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Calendar No. 150

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 3057

[Report No. 109–96] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 29, 2005

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

JUNE 30, 2005

Reported by Mr. MCCONNELL, with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title 

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

AN ACT

Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2006, 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 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 
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1 TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT 

2 ASSISTANCE 

3 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

4 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au5 thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 

6 funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora7 tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con8 tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi9 tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government 

10 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 

11 out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor12 poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur13 ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi14 tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear 

15 equipment, fuel, or technology to any country, other than 

16 a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article IX of the 

17 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi18 ble to receive economic or military assistance under this 

19 Act, that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date 

20 of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That not21 withstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428, as 

22 amended, sections 1(a) and (b) of Public Law 103–428 

23 shall remain in effect through October 1, 2006. 

24 SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION

25 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur26 ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of 
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1 the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, 

2 $125,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2009: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

4 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

5 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur6 ther, That such sums shall remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2024, for the disbursement of direct loans, 

8 loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated 

9 in fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009: Provided fur10 ther, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or 

11 any prior Act appropriating funds for foreign operations, 

12 export financing, and related programs for tied-aid credits 

13 or grants may be used for any other purpose except 

14 through the regular notification procedures of the Com15 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 

16 appropriated by this paragraph are made available not17 withstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Import Bank 

18 Act of 1945, in connection with the purchase or lease of 

19 any product by any Eastern European country, any Baltic 

20 State or any agency or national thereof. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

22 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

23 and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 

24 hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 

25 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official 

26 reception and representation expenses for members of the 
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1 Board of Directors, $73,200,000 (reduced by 

2 $5,000,000): Provided, That the Export-Import Bank may 

3 accept, and use, payment or services provided by trans4 action participants for legal, financial, or technical services 

5 in connection with any transaction for which an applica6 tion for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has 

7 been made: Provided further, That, notwithstanding sub8 section (b) of section 117 of the Export Enhancement Act 

9 of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall remain in effect until 

10 October 1, 2006. 

11 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

12 NONCREDIT ACCOUNT

13 The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au14 thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 

15 as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and 

16 commitments within the limits of funds available to it and 

17 in accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided,

18 That the amount available for administrative expenses to 

19 carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an 

20 amount for official reception and representation expenses 

21 which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed 

22 $42,274,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans23 action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 

24 in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated 

25 with services provided to specific investors or potential in-
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1 vestors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance 

2 Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative ex3 penses for the purposes of this heading. 

4 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 

6 $20,276,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 

7 Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from 

8 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Non-Credit 

9 Account: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

10 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

11 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur12 ther, That such sums shall be available for direct loan obli13 gations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made 

14 during fiscal years 2006 and 2007: Provided further, That 

15 such sums shall remain available through fiscal year 2014 

16 for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obli17 gated in fiscal year 2006, and through fiscal year 2015 

18 for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obli19 gated in fiscal year 2007: Provided further, That notwith20 standing any provision of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

21 1961, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au22 thorized to undertake any program authorized by title IV 

23 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided 

24 further, That funds made available pursuant to the author25 ity of the previous proviso shall be subject to the regular 
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1 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria2 tions. 

3 In addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad4 ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may 

5 be derived from amounts available for administrative ex6 penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in 

7 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 

8 Account and merged with said account. 

9 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

10 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

12 of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

13 $50,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2007. 

15 TITLE II—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

16 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

17 For expenses necessary to enable the President to 

18 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

19 1961, and for other purposes, to remain available until 

20 September 30, 2006, unless otherwise specified herein, as 

21 follows: 
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1 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

2 DEVELOPMENT

3 CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

6 of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

7 Act of 1961, for child survival, health, and family plan8 ning/reproductive health activities, in addition to funds 

9 otherwise available for such purposes, $1,497,000,000, to 

10 remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided,

11 That this amount shall be made available for such activi12 ties as: (1) immunization programs; (2) oral rehydration 

13 programs; (3) health, nutrition, water and sanitation pro14 grams which directly address the needs of mothers and 

15 children, and related education programs; (4) assistance 

16 for children displaced or orphaned by causes other than 

17 AIDS; (5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control 

18 of, and research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, ma19 laria, and other infectious diseases, and for assistance to 

20 communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including 

21 children displaced or orphaned by AIDS; and (6) family 

22 planning/reproductive health: Provided further, That none 

23 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 

24 available for nonproject assistance, except that funds may 

25 be made available for such assistance for ongoing health 

26 activities: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
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1 under this heading, not to exceed $250,000, in addition 

2 to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be 

3 used to monitor and provide oversight of child survival, 

4 maternal and family planning/reproductive health, and in5 fectious disease programs: Provided further, That the fol6 lowing amounts should be allocated as follows: 

7 $347,000,000 for child survival and maternal health; 

8 $25,000,000 for vulnerable children; $350,000,000 for 

9 HIV/AIDS; $200,000,000 for other infectious diseases; 

10 and $375,000,000 for family planning/reproductive health, 

11 including in areas where population growth threatens bio12 diversity or endangered species: Provided further, That of 

13 the funds appropriated under this heading, and in addition 

14 to funds allocated under the previous proviso, not less 

15 than $200,000,000 shall be made available for a United 

16 States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 

17 Tuberculosis and Malaria (the ‘‘Global Fund’’), and shall 

18 be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time19 ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further,

20 That up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds 

21 made available to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2006 may 

22 be made available to the United States Agency for Inter23 national Development for technical assistance related to 

24 the activities of the Global Fund: Provided further, That 

25 of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
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1 $65,000,000 should be made available for a United States 

2 contribution to The Vaccine Fund, and up to $6,000,000 

3 may be transferred to and merged with funds appropriated 

4 by this Act under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses of the 

5 United States Agency for International Development’’ for 

6 costs directly related to international health, but funds 

7 made available for such costs may not be derived from 

8 amounts made available for contribution under this and 

9 preceding provisos: Provided further, That none of the 

10 funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated bal11 ances from prior appropriations may be made available to 

12 any organization or program which, as determined by the 

13 President of the United States, supports or participates 

14 in the management of a program of coercive abortion or 

15 involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That none of 

16 the funds made available under this Act may be used to 

17 pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family 

18 planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice 

19 abortions: Provided further, That nothing in this para20 graph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory 

21 prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the 

22 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That 

23 none of the funds made available under this Act may be 

24 used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further,

25 That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing 
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1 nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family 

2 planning projects which offer, either directly or through 

3 referral to, or information about access to, a broad range 

4 of family planning methods and services, and that any 

5 such voluntary family planning project shall meet the fol6 lowing requirements: (1) service providers or referral 

7 agents in the project shall not implement or be subject 

8 to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of 

9 births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors 

10 of a particular method of family planning (this provision 

11 shall not be construed to include the use of quantitative 

12 estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning pur13 poses); (2) the project shall not include payment of incen14 tives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an indi15 vidual in exchange for becoming a family planning accep16 tor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical 

17 target or quota of total number of births, number of fam18 ily planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method 

19 of family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right 

20 or benefit, including the right of access to participate in 

21 any program of general welfare or the right of access to 

22 health care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision 

23 not to accept family planning services; (4) the project shall 

24 provide family planning acceptors comprehensible infor25 mation on the health benefits and risks of the method cho-
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1 sen, including those conditions that might render the use 

2 of the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects 

3 known to be consequent to the use of the method; and 

4 (5) the project shall ensure that experimental contracep5 tive drugs and devices and medical procedures are pro6 vided only in the context of a scientific study in which 

7 participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; 

8 and, not less than 60 days after the date on which the 

9 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter10 national Development determines that there has been a 

11 violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), 

12 (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice 

13 of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph 

14 (4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the 

15 Committees on Appropriations a report containing a de16 scription of such violation and the corrective action taken 

17 by the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding grants 

18 for natural family planning under section 104 of the For19 eign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discrimi20 nated against because of such applicant’s religious or con21 scientious commitment to offer only natural family plan22 ning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply 

23 with the requirements of the previous proviso: Provided 

24 further, That for purposes of this or any other Act author25 izing or appropriating funds for foreign operations, export 
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1 financing, and related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as 

2 it relates to family planning assistance, shall not be con3 strued to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, 

4 of information or counseling about all pregnancy options: 

5 Provided further, That to the maximum extent feasible, 

6 taking into consideration cost, timely availability, and best 

7 health practices, funds appropriated in this Act or prior 

8 appropriations Acts that are made available for condom 

9 procurement shall be made available only for the procure10 ment of condoms manufactured in the United States: Pro11 vided further, That information provided about the use of 

12 condoms as part of projects or activities that are funded 

13 from amounts appropriated by this Act shall be medically 

14 accurate and shall include the public health benefits and 

15 failure rates of such use. 

16 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

17 For necessary expenses of the United States Agency 

18 for International Development to carry out the provisions 

19 of sections 103, 105, 106, and subtitle A of title VI of 

20 chapter II, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assist21 ance Act of 1961, $1,460,000,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2007: Provided, That $214,000,000 

23 should be allocated for trade capacity building, of which 

24 at least $20,000,000 shall be made available for labor and 

25 environmental capacity building activities relating to the 

26 free trade agreement with the countries of Central Amer-
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1 ica and the Dominican Republic: Provided further, That 

2 $365,000,000 should be allocated for basic education: Pro3 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

4 heading and managed by the United States Agency for 

5 International Development Bureau of Democracy, Con6 flict, and Humanitarian Assistance, not less than 

7 $15,000,000 shall be made available only for programs to 

8 improve women’s leadership capacity in recipient coun9 tries: Provided further, That such funds may not be made 

10 available for construction: Provided further, That of the 

11 funds appropriated under this heading that are made 

12 available for assistance programs for displaced and or13 phaned children and victims of war, not to exceed 

14 $37,500, in addition to funds otherwise available for such 

15 purposes, may be used to monitor and provide oversight 

16 of such programs: Provided further, That funds appro17 priated under this heading should be made available for 

18 programs in sub-Saharan Africa to address sexual and 

19 gender-based violence: Provided further, That up to 

20 $15,000,000 should be made available for drinking water 

21 supply projects in east Africa. 

22 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AND FAMINE ASSISTANCE

23 For necessary expenses of the United States Agency 

24 for International Development to carry out the provisions 

25 of section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 

26 international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon-
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1 struction assistance, $356,000,000, to remain available 

2 until expended of which $20,000,000 should be for famine 

3 prevention and relief. 

4 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

5 For necessary expenses for international disaster re6 habilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to sec7 tion 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

8 $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, to sup9 port transition to democracy and to long-term develop10 ment of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support 

11 may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve 

12 democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic in13 frastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: 

14 Provided further, That the United States Agency for Inter15 national Development shall submit a report to the Com16 mittees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to begin17 ning a new program of assistance: Provided further, That 

18 if the President determines that is important to the na19 tional interests of the United States to provide transition 

20 assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under this 

21 heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by 

22 this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the For23 eign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of 

24 this heading and under the authorities applicable to funds 

25 appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 

26 funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso 
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1 shall be made available subject to prior consultation with 

2 the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro6 vided by the United States Agency for International De7 velopment, as authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the 

8 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $21,000,000, to 

9 remain available until September 30, 2008, may be de10 rived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act to 

11 carry out part I of such Act and under the heading ‘‘As12 sistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: Pro13 vided, That such funds shall be made available only for 

14 micro and small enterprise programs, urban programs, 

15 and other programs which further the purposes of part 

16 I of the Act: Provided further, That such costs, including 

17 the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed loans, 

18 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

19 Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 

20 funds made available by this paragraph may be used for 

21 the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under 

22 this Act or prior Acts, and funds used for such costs shall 

23 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

24 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

25 provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general provi26 sions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of 
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1 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in sec2 tion 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Com3 mittee on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall 

4 be applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees provided 

5 under this heading: Provided further, That these funds are 

6 available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of 

7 which is to be guaranteed, of up to $700,000,000. 

8 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

9 credit programs administered by the United States Agency 

10 for International Development, $8,000,000, which may be 

11 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Op12 erating Expenses of the United States Agency for Inter13 national Development: Provided, That funds made avail14 able under this paragraph shall remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2007. 

16 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

17 DISABILITY FUND

18 For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and 

19 Disability Fund’’, as authorized by the Foreign Service 

20 Act of 1980, $41,700,000. 

21 OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY

22 FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

24 of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

25 $630,000,000, of which up to $25,000,000 may remain 

26 available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That none 
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1 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 

2 the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ may be made 

3 available to finance the construction (including architect 

4 and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of 

5 offices for use by the United States Agency for Inter6 national Development, unless the Administrator has iden7 tified such proposed construction (including architect and 

8 engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of of9 fices in a report submitted to the Committees on Appro10 priations at least 15 days prior to the obligation of these 

11 funds for such purposes: Provided further, That the pre12 vious proviso shall not apply where the total cost of con13 struction (including architect and engineering services), 

14 purchase, or long-term lease of offices does not exceed 

15 $1,000,000: Provided further, That contracts or agree16 ments entered into with funds appropriated under this 

17 heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of 

18 such funds through fiscal year 2006: Provided further,

19 That none of the funds in this Act may be used to open 

20 a new overseas mission of the United States Agency for 

21 International Development without the prior written noti22 fication of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

23 further, That the authority of sections 610 and 109 of the 

24 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the 

25 Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry 
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1 out chapter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Ex2 penses of the United States Agency for International De3 velopment’’ in accordance with the provisions of those sec4 tions. 

5 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

6 For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 

7 related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement 

8 of information technology and related capital investments, 

9 pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

10 1961, $77,700,000, to remain available until expended: 

11 Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other12 wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 

13 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

14 for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification 

15 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

16 further, That of the amounts appropriated under this 

17 heading, not to exceed $55,800,000 may be made available 

18 for the purposes of implementing the Capital Security 

19 Cost Sharing Program: Provided further, That the Admin20 istrator of the United States Agency for International De21 velopment shall assess fair and reasonable rental pay22 ments for the use of space by employees of other United 

23 States Government agencies in buildings constructed 

24 using funds appropriated under this heading, and such 

25 rental payments shall be deposited into this account as 

26 an offsetting collection: Provided further, That the rental 
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1 payments collected pursuant to the previous proviso and 

2 deposited as an offsetting collection shall be available for 

3 obligation only pursuant to the regular notification proce4 dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur5 ther, That the assignment of United States Government 

6 employees or contractors to space in buildings constructed 

7 using funds appropriated under this heading shall be sub8 ject to the concurrence of the Administrator of the United 

9 States Agency for International Development. 

10 OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY

11 FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF IN12 SPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

14 of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

15 $36,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2007, which sum shall be available for the Office of the 

17 Inspector General of the United States Agency for Inter18 national Development. 

19 OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

20 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

23 of chapter 4 of part II, $2,558,525,000, to remain avail24 able until September 30, 2007: Provided, That of the 

25 funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

26 $240,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which sum 
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1 shall be available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and 

2 shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this 

3 Act: Provided further, That not less than $495,000,000 

4 shall be available only for Egypt, which sum shall be pro5 vided on a grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer 

6 assistance shall be provided with the understanding that 

7 Egypt will undertake significant economic reforms which 

8 are additional to those which were undertaken in previous 

9 fiscal years: Provided further, That of the funds made 

10 available under this heading for Egypt, not less than 

11 $50,000,000 shall be used for programs to improve and 

12 promote democracy, governance, and human rights and 

13 not less than $50,000,000 shall be used for education pro14 grams: Provided further, That with respect to the provision 

15 of assistance for Egypt for democracy and governance ac16 tivities, the organizations implementing such assistance 

17 and the specific nature of that assistance shall not be sub18 ject to the prior approval by the Government of Egypt: 

19 Provided further, That in exercising the authority to pro20 vide cash transfer assistance for Israel, the President shall 

21 ensure that the level of such assistance does not cause an 

22 adverse impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports 

23 from the United States to such country and that Israel 

24 enters into a side letter agreement in an amount propor25 tional to the fiscal year 1999 agreement: Provided further,
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1 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

2 less than $250,000,000 should be made available only for 

3 assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That $20,000,000 

4 of the funds appropriated under this heading should be 

5 made available for Cyprus to be used only for scholarships, 

6 administrative support of the scholarship program, 

7 bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at reunification 

8 of the island and designed to reduce tensions and promote 

9 peace and cooperation between the two communities on 

10 Cyprus: Provided further, That $40,000,000 of the funds 

11 appropriated under this heading should be made available 

12 for assistance for Lebanon, of which not less than 

13 $6,000,000 should be made available for scholarships and 

14 direct support of American educational institutions in 

15 Lebanon: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

16 this heading that are made available for a Middle East 

17 Financing Facility, Middle East Enterprise Fund, or any 

18 other similar entity in the Middle East shall be subject 

19 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

20 on Appropriations: Provided further, That not more than 

21 $225,000,000 of the funds made available for assistance 

22 for Afghanistan under this heading may be obligated for 

23 such assistance until the Secretary of State certifies to the 

24 Committees on Appropriations, that the Government of 

25 Afghanistan at both the national and local level, is cooper-
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1 ating fully with United States funded poppy eradication 

2 and interdiction efforts in Afghanistan: Provided further,

3 That with respect to funds appropriated under this head4 ing in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 

5 foreign operations, export financing, and related pro6 grams, the responsibility for policy decisions and justifica7 tions for the use of such funds, including whether there 

8 will be a program for a country that uses those funds and 

9 the amount of each such program, shall be the responsi10 bility of the Secretary of State and the Deputy Secretary 

11 of State and this responsibility shall not be delegated. 

12 INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

14 of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

15 1961, $13,500,000, which shall be available for the United 

16 States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland 

17 and shall be made available in accordance with the provi18 sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 

19 (Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall 

20 be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time21 ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further,

22 That funds made available under this heading shall re23 main available until September 30, 2007. 
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1 ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC

2 STATES

3 (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

4 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support 

5 for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, 

6 $357,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2007, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 

8 provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun9 tries and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

10 1961, for assistance and for related programs for Eastern 

11 Europe and the Baltic States. 

12 (b) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

13 considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign 

14 Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available 

15 the administrative authorities contained in that Act for 

16 the use of economic assistance. 

17 (c) The provisions of section 529 of this Act shall 

18 apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided,

19 That local currencies generated by, or converted from, 

20 funds appropriated by this Act and by previous appropria21 tions Acts and made available for the economic revitaliza22 tion program in Bosnia may be used in Eastern Europe 

23 and the Baltic States to carry out the provisions of the 

24 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East 

25 European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989. 
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1 (d) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap2 propriated under this heading made available for economic 

3 revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he 

4 determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria5 tions that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has 

6 not complied with article III of annex 1–A of the General 

7 Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and 

8 Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, 

9 and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga10 tions, and related activities between state sponsors of ter11 rorism and terrorist organizations and Bosnian officials 

12 has not been terminated. 

13 ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE

14 FORMER SOVIET UNION

15 (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

16 of chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

17 Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assist18 ance for the Independent States of the former Soviet 

19 Union and for related programs, $477,000,000, to remain 

20 available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That the 

21 provisions of such chapters shall apply to funds appro22 priated by this paragraph: Provided further, That, not23 withstanding any provision of the Freedom Support Act 

24 of 1992, funds appropriated under this heading in this Act 

25 or prior Acts making appropriations for foreign oper26 ations, export financing, and related programs, that are 
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1 made available pursuant to the provisions of section 807 

2 of Public Law 102–511 shall be subject to a 6 percent 

3 ceiling on administrative expenses. 

4 (b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

5 less than $52,000,000 should be made available, in addi6 tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for 

7 assistance for child survival, environmental and reproduc8 tive health, and to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and 

9 other infectious diseases, and for related activities. 

10 (c)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading 

11 that are allocated for assistance for the Government of 

12 the Russian Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from 

13 obligation until the President determines and certifies in 

14 writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov15 ernment of the Russian Federation—

16 (A) has terminated implementation of arrange17 ments to provide Iran with technical expertise, train18 ing, technology, or equipment necessary to develop a 

19 nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facilities or 

20 programs, or ballistic missile capability; and 

21 (B) is providing full access to international non22 government organizations providing humanitarian 

23 relief to refugees and internally displaced persons in 

24 Chechnya. 

25 (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—
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1 (A) assistance to combat infectious diseases, 

2 child survival activities, or assistance for victims of 

3 trafficking in persons; and 

4 (B) activities authorized under title V (Non5 proliferation and Disarmament Programs and Ac6 tivities) of the FREEDOM Support Act. 

7 (d) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall 

8 not apply to—

9 (1) activities to support democracy or assist10 ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act 

11 and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201 or non12 proliferation assistance; 

13 (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 

14 Development Agency under section 661 of the For15 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421); 

16 (3) any activity carried out by a member of the 

17 United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 

18 acting within his or her official capacity; 

19 (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee or 

20 other assistance provided by the Overseas Private 

21 Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 

22 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

23 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.); 

24 (5) any financing provided under the Export25 Import Bank Act of 1945; or 
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1 (6) humanitarian assistance. 

2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

3 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 

5 the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 

6 provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

7 of 1969, $19,500,000, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2007. 

9 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

10 For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the 

11 International Security and Development Cooperation Act 

12 of 1980, Public Law 96–533, $20,500,000, to remain 

13 available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That funds 

14 made available to grantees may be invested pending ex15 penditure for project purposes when authorized by the 

16 board of directors of the Foundation: Provided further,

17 That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes 

18 for which the grant was made: Provided further, That not19 withstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Develop20 ment Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the 

21 board of directors of the Foundation may waive the 

22 $250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect 

23 to a project: Provided further, That the Foundation shall 

24 provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

25 after each time such waiver authority is exercised. 
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1 PEACE CORPS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

4 of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), including the pur5 chase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 

6 administrative purposes for use outside of the United 

7 States, $325,000,000, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2007: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

9 under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Pro10 vided further, That the Director may transfer to the For11 eign Currency Fluctuations Account, as authorized by 22 

12 U.S.C. 2515, an amount not to exceed $2,000,000: Pro13 vided further, That funds transferred pursuant to the pre14 vious proviso may not be derived from amounts made 

15 available for Peace Corps overseas operations. 

16 MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

17 For necessary expenses for the ‘‘Millennium Chal18 lenge Corporation’’, $1,750,000,000 to remain available 

19 until expended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 

20 under this heading, up to $75,000,000 may be available 

21 for administrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge 

22 Corporation: Provided further, That up to 10 percent of 

23 the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 

24 available to carry out the purposes of section 616 of the 

25 Millennium Challenge Act of 2003: Provided further, That 

26 none of the funds available to carry out section 616 of 
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1 such Act may be made available until the Chief Executive 

2 Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation provides 

3 a report to the Committees on Appropriations listing the 

4 candidate countries that will be receiving assistance under 

5 section 616 of such Act, the level of assistance proposed 

6 for each such country, a description of the proposed pro7 grams, projects and activities, and the implementing agen8 cy or agencies of the United States Government: Provided 

9 further, That section 605(e)(4) of the Millennium Chal10 lenge Act of 2003 shall apply to funds appropriated under 

11 this heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

12 under this heading may be made available for a Millen13 nium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 

14 609 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 only if such 

15 Compact obligates, or contains a commitment to obligate 

16 subject to the availability of funds and the mutual agree17 ment of the parties to the Compact to proceed, the entire 

18 amount of the United States Government funding antici19 pated for the duration of the Compact. 

20 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

21 GLOBAL HIV/AIDS INITIATIVE

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

23 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the prevention, 

24 treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, 

25 $1,920,000,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
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1 $1,000,000), to remain available until expended: Provided,

2 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

3 less than $200,000,000 shall be made available for a 

4 United States Contribution to the Global Fund to Fight 

5 AIDS, Turberculosis and Malaria (the ‘‘Global Fund’’), 

6 and shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to 

7 make timely payment for projects and activities: Provided 

8 further, That not more than $12,000,000 of the funds ap9 propriated under this heading may be made available for 

10 administrative expenses of the Office of the Coordinator 

11 of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/

12 AIDS Globally of the Department of State. 

13 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

14 ENFORCEMENT

15 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 

16 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $437,400,000 (in17 creased by $5,000,000), to remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2008: Provided, That during fiscal year 2006, 

19 the Department of State may also use the authority of 

20 section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, with21 out regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property 

22 from an agency of the United States Government for the 

23 purpose of providing it to a foreign country under chapter 

24 8 of part I of that Act subject to the regular notification 

25 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

26 further, That the Secretary of State shall provide to the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations not later than 45 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act and prior to 

3 the initial obligation of funds appropriated under this 

4 heading, a report on the proposed uses of all funds under 

5 this heading on a country-by-country basis for each pro6 posed program, project, or activity: Provided further, That 

7 $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

8 should be made available for demand reduction programs: 

9 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

10 this heading, not more than $33,484,000 may be available 

11 for administrative expenses. 

12 ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE

13 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 

14 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support 

15 counterdrug activities in the Andean region of South 

16 America, $734,500,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2008: Provided, That in fiscal year 2006, 

18 funds available to the Department of State for assistance 

19 to the Government of Colombia shall be available to sup20 port a unified campaign against narcotics trafficking, 

21 against activities by organizations designated as terrorist 

22 organizations such as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of 

23 Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), 

24 and the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), 

25 and to take actions to protect human health and welfare 

26 in emergency circumstances, including undertaking rescue 
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1 operations: Provided further, That this authority shall 

2 cease to be effective if the Secretary of State has credible 

3 evidence that the Colombian Armed Forces are not con4 ducting vigorous operations to restore government author5 ity and respect for human rights in areas under the effec6 tive control of paramilitary and guerrilla organizations: 

7 Provided further, That the President shall ensure that if 

8 any helicopter procured with funds under this heading is 

9 used to aid or abet the operations of any illegal self-de10 fense group or illegal security cooperative, such helicopter 

11 shall be immediately returned to the United States: Pro12 vided further, That the Secretary of State, in consultation 

13 with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

14 International Development, shall provide to the Commit15 tees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act and prior to the initial 

17 obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, a re18 port on the proposed uses of all funds under this heading 

19 on a country-by-country basis for each proposed program, 

20 project, or activity: Provided further, That funds made 

21 available in this Act for demobilization/reintegration of 

22 members of foreign terrorist organizations in Colombia 

23 shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 

24 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria25 tions: Provided further, That section 482(b) of the Foreign 
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1 Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appro2 priated under this heading: Provided further, That assist3 ance provided with funds appropriated under this heading 

4 that is made available notwithstanding section 482(b) of 

5 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made avail6 able subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

7 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That no 

8 United States Armed Forces personnel or United States 

9 civilian contractor employed by the United States will par10 ticipate in any combat operation in connection with assist11 ance made available by this Act for Colombia: Provided 

12 further, That of the funds appropriated under this head13 ing, not more than $19,015,000 may be available for ad14 ministrative expenses of the Department of State, and not 

15 more than $7,800,000 may be available, in addition to 

16 amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for admin17 istrative expenses of the United States Agency for Inter18 national Development. 

19 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

20 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

21 to enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized 

22 by law, a contribution to the International Committee of 

23 the Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contribu24 tions to the International Organization for Migration and 

25 the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and 

26 other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; sala-
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1 ries and expenses of personnel and dependents as author2 ized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as 

3 authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, 

4 United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor 

5 vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 

6 5, United States Code, $790,720,000, which shall remain 

7 available until expended: Provided, That not more than 

8 $22,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses: 

9 Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 

10 heading may be made available for a headquarters con11 tribution to the International Committee of the Red Cross 

12 only if the Secretary of State determines (and so reports 

13 to the appropriate committees of Congress) that the 

14 Magen David Adom Society of Israel is not being denied 

15 participation in the activities of the International Red 

16 Cross and Red Crescent Movement. 

17 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

18 ASSISTANCE FUND

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

20 of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 

21 Act of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), 

22 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

23 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

24 RELATED PROGRAMS

25 For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter26 rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 
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1 $400,350,000 (increased by $7,000,000) (reduced by 

2 $7,000,000), to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of 

3 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti4 terrorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign 

5 Assistance Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM 

6 Support Act, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 

7 or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activi8 ties, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction 

9 of small arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any 

10 other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign 

11 countries, including activities implemented through non12 governmental and international organizations, and section 

13 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a voluntary 

14 contribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency 

15 (IAEA), and for a United States contribution to the Com16 prehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Com17 mission: Provided, That of this amount not to exceed 

18 $37,500,000, to remain available until expended, may be 

19 made available for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament 

20 Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of law that re21 stricts assistance to foreign countries, to promote bilateral 

22 and multilateral activities relating to nonproliferation and 

23 disarmament: Provided further, That such funds may also 

24 be used for such countries other than the Independent 

25 States of the former Soviet Union and international orga-
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1 nizations when it is in the national security interest of the 

2 United States to do so: Provided further, That funds ap3 propriated under this heading may be made available for 

4 the International Atomic Energy Agency only if the Sec5 retary of State determines (and so reports to the Con6 gress) that Israel is not being denied its right to partici7 pate in the activities of that Agency: Provided further,

8 That of the funds made available for demining and related 

9 activities, not to exceed $705,000, in addition to funds 

10 otherwise available for such purposes, may be used for ad11 ministrative expenses related to the operation and man12 agement of the demining program: Provided further, That 

13 funds appropriated under this heading that are available 

14 for ‘‘Anti-terrorism Assistance’’ and ‘‘Export Control and 

15 Border Security’’ shall remain available until September 

16 30, 2007: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

17 under this heading shall be made available for programs 

18 and countries in the amounts contained in the table in19 cluded in the report accompanying this Act: Provided fur20 ther, That any proposed increases or decreases to the 

21 amounts contained in such table shall be subject to the 

22 regular notification procedures of the Committee on Ap23 propriations and section 634A of the Foreign Assistance 

24 Act of 1961 and notifications shall be transmitted at least 

25 15 days in advance of the obligation of funds. 
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1 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

2 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

4 of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

5 $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2009, which shall be available notwithstanding any other 

7 provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun8 tries. 

9 DEBT RESTRUCTURING

10 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con11 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and 

12 loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for 

13 which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made 

14 available for programs within the International Affairs 

15 Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling, reduc16 ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as 

17 a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries, 

18 pursuant to parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act 

19 of 1961, of modifying concessional credit agreements with 

20 least developed countries, as authorized under section 411 

21 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 

22 of 1954, as amended, of concessional loans, guarantees 

23 and credit agreements, as authorized under section 572 

24 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 

25 Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–

26 461), and of canceling amounts owed, as a result of loans 
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1 or guarantees made pursuant to the Export-Import Bank 

2 Act of 1945, by countries that are eligible for debt reduc3 tion pursuant to title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law 

4 by section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113, 

5 $65,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2008: Provided, That not less than $20,000,000 of the 

7 funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail8 able to carry out the provisions of part V of the Foreign 

9 Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That up to 

10 $45,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

11 may be used by the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to 

12 the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Trust Fund 

13 administered by the International Bank for Reconstruc14 tion and Development amounts for the benefit of countries 

15 that are eligible for debt reduction pursuant to title V of 

16 H.R. 3425 as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(5) of 

17 Public Law 106–113: Provided further, That amounts paid 

18 to the HIPC Trust Fund may be used only to fund debt 

19 reduction under the enhanced HIPC initiative by—

20 (1) the Inter-American Development Bank; 

21 (2) the African Development Fund; 

22 (3) the African Development Bank; and 

23 (4) the Central American Bank for Economic 

24 Integration: 
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1 Provided further, That funds may not be paid to the HIPC 

2 Trust Fund for the benefit of any country if the Secretary 

3 of State has credible evidence that the government of such 

4 country is engaged in a consistent pattern of gross viola5 tions of internationally recognized human rights or in mili6 tary or civil conflict that undermines its ability to develop 

7 and implement measures to alleviate poverty and to devote 

8 adequate human and financial resources to that end: Pro9 vided further, That on the basis of final appropriations, 

10 the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with the Com11 mittees on Appropriations concerning which countries and 

12 international financial institutions are expected to benefit 

13 from a United States contribution to the HIPC Trust 

14 Fund during the fiscal year: Provided further, That the 

15 Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the Committees on 

16 Appropriations not less than 15 days in advance of the 

17 signature of an agreement by the United States to make 

18 payments to the HIPC Trust Fund of amounts for such 

19 countries and institutions: Provided further, That the Sec20 retary of the Treasury may disburse funds designated for 

21 debt reduction through the HIPC Trust Fund only for the 

22 benefit of countries that—

23 (1) have committed, for a period of 24 months, 

24 not to accept new market-rate loans from the inter25 national financial institution receiving debt repay-
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1 ment as a result of such disbursement, other than 

2 loans made by such institutions to export-oriented 

3 commercial projects that generate foreign exchange 

4 which are generally referred to as ‘‘enclave’’ loans; 

5 and 

6 (2) have documented and demonstrated their 

7 commitment to redirect their budgetary resources 

8 from international debt repayments to programs to 

9 alleviate poverty and promote economic growth that 

10 are additional to or expand upon those previously 

11 available for such purposes: 

12 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

13 under this heading in this or any other appropriations Act 

14 shall be made available for Sudan or Burma unless the 

15 Secretary of the Treasury determines and notifies the 

16 Committees on Appropriations that a democratically elect17 ed government has taken office. 

18 TITLE III—MILITARY ASSISTANCE 

19 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

20 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

22 of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

23 $86,744,000, of which up to $3,000,000 may remain 

24 available until expended: Provided, That the civilian per25 sonnel for whom military education and training may be 
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1 provided under this heading may include civilians who are 

2 not members of a government whose participation would 

3 contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian con4 trol of the military, or respect for human rights: Provided 

5 further, That funds appropriated under this heading for 

6 military education and training for Nigeria may only be 

7 provided through the regular notification procedures of the 

8 Committees on Appropriations. 

9 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For expenses necessary for grants to enable the 

12 President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the 

13 Arms Export Control Act, $4,442,300,000: Provided, 

14 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

15 less than $2,280,000,000 shall be available for grants only 

16 for Israel, and not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be made 

17 available for grants only for Egypt: Provided further, That 

18 the funds appropriated by this paragraph for Israel shall 

19 be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this Act: 

20 Provided further, That to the extent that the Government 

21 of Israel requests that funds be used for such purposes, 

22 grants made available for Israel by this paragraph shall, 

23 as agreed by Israel and the United States, be available 

24 for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than 

25 $595,000,000 shall be available for the procurement in 

26 Israel of defense articles and defense services, including 
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1 research and development: Provided further, That of the 

2 funds appropriated by this paragraph, $206,000,000 

3 should be made available for assistance for Jordan: Pro4 vided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise made 

5 available by this paragraph shall be nonrepayable notwith6 standing any requirement in section 23 of the Arms Ex7 port Control Act: Provided further, That funds made avail8 able under this paragraph shall be obligated upon appor9 tionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of title 31, 

10 United States Code, section 1501(a). 

11 None of the funds made available under this heading 

12 shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 

13 articles, defense services, or design and construction serv14 ices that are not sold by the United States Government 

15 under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 

16 country proposing to make such procurements has first 

17 signed an agreement with the United States Government 

18 specifying the conditions under which such procurements 

19 may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun20 try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub21 mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec22 tion 515 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the 

23 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

24 for assistance for Sudan and Guatemala: Provided further,

25 That funds made available under this heading may be 
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1 used, notwithstanding any other provision of law that re2 stricts assistance to foreign countries, for demining, the 

3 clearance of unexploded ordnance, and related activities, 

4 and may include activities implemented through non5 governmental and international organizations: Provided 

6 further, That only those countries for which assistance was 

7 justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financing Pro8 gram’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation 

9 for security assistance programs may utilize funds made 

10 available under this heading for procurement of defense 

11 articles, defense services or design and construction serv12 ices that are not sold by the United States Government 

13 under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further,

14 That funds appropriated under this heading shall be ex15 pended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely 

16 payment for defense articles and services: Provided fur17 ther, That not more than $41,600,000 of the funds appro18 priated under this heading may be obligated for necessary 

19 expenses, including the purchase of passenger motor vehi20 cles for replacement only for use outside of the United 

21 States, for the general costs of administering military as22 sistance and sales: Provided further, That not more than 

23 $373,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to section 

24 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be obli25 gated for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense 
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1 during fiscal year 2006 pursuant to section 43(b) of the 

2 Arms Export Control Act, except that this limitation may 

3 be exceeded only through the regular notification proce4 dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur5 ther, That foreign military financing program funds esti6 mated to be outlayed for Egypt during fiscal year 2006 

7 shall be transferred to an interest bearing account for 

8 Egypt in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York within 

9 30 days of enactment of this Act. 

10 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

12 of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

13 $177,800,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro14 priated under this heading shall be obligated or expended 

15 except as provided through the regular notification proce16 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

17 TITLE IV—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC 

18 ASSISTANCE 

19 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

20 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

21 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

22 ASSOCIATION

23 For payment to the International Development Asso24 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $950,000,000, 

25 to remain available until expended. 
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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT

2 GUARANTEE AGENCY

3 For payment to the Multilateral Investment Guar4 antee Agency by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

5 $1,741,515, to remain available until expended. 

6 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

7 The United States Governor of the Multilateral In8 vestment Guarantee Agency may subscribe without fiscal 

9 year limitation to the callable capital portion of the United 

10 States share of such capital in an amount not to exceed 

11 $8,126,527. 

12 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN INVESTMENT

13 CORPORATION

14 For payment to the Inter-American Investment Cor15 poration by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,741,515, to 

16 remain available until expended. 

17 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS

18 MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND

19 For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Mul20 tilateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treas21 ury, for the United States contribution to the fund, 

22 $1,741,515, to remain available until expended. 

23 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

24 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

25 of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the Asian 

26 Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Develop-
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1 ment Bank Act, as amended, $115,250,000, to remain 

2 available until expended. 

3 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

4 For payment to the African Development Bank by 

5 the Secretary of the Treasury, $5,638,350, for the United 

6 States paid-in share of the increase in capital stock, to 

7 remain available until expended. 

8 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

9 The United States Governor of the African Develop10 ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 

11 for the callable capital portion of the United States share 

12 of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 

13 $88,333,855. 

14 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

15 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

16 of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the African 

17 Development Fund, $135,700,000, to remain available 

18 until expended. 

19 CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR

20 RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

21 For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruc22 tion and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

23 $1,015,677 for the United States share of the paid-in por24 tion of the increase in capital stock, to remain available 

25 until expended. 
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1 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

2 The United States Governor of the European Bank 

3 for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe with4 out fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of 

5 the United States share of such capital stock in an amount 

6 not to exceed $2,249,888. 

7 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR

8 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

9 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

10 of the Treasury to increase the resources of the Inter11 national Fund for Agricultural Development, 

12 $15,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

15 of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and 

16 of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program 

17 Participation Act of 1973, $328,958,000: Provided, That 

18 none of the funds appropriated under this heading may 

19 be made available to the International Atomic Energy 

20 Agency (IAEA). 

21 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

22 COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE

23 DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

24 SEC. 501. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act may 

25 be made as payment to any international financial institu26 tion while the United States Executive Director to such 
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1 institution is compensated by the institution at a rate 

2 which, together with whatever compensation such Director 

3 receives from the United States, is in excess of the rate 

4 provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV 

5 of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 

6 United States Code, or while any alternate United States 

7 Director to such institution is compensated by the institu8 tion at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an indi9 vidual occupying a position at level V of the Executive 

10 Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 

11 Code. 

12 (b) For purposes of this section ‘‘international finan13 cial institutions’’ are: the International Bank for Recon14 struction and Development, the Inter-American Develop15 ment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian De16 velopment Fund, the African Development Bank, the Afri17 can Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund, 

18 the North American Development Bank, and the Euro19 pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 

20 RESTRICTIONS ON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO

21 UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES

22 SEC. 502. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

23 may be made available to pay any voluntary contribution 

24 of the United States to the United Nations (including the 

25 United Nations Development Program) if the United Na-
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1 tions implements or imposes any taxation on any United 

2 States persons. 

3 LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES

4 SEC. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made avail5 able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $100,500 shall 

6 be for official residence expenses of the United States 

7 Agency for International Development during the current 

8 fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall be 

9 taken to assure that, to the maximum extent possible, 

10 United States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu 

11 of dollars. 

12 LIMITATION ON EXPENSES

13 SEC. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made avail14 able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be 

15 for entertainment expenses of the United States Agency 

16 for International Development during the current fiscal 

17 year. 

18 LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

19 SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made avail20 able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $125,000 shall 

21 be available for representation allowances for the United 

22 States Agency for International Development during the 

23 current fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall 

24 be taken to assure that, to the maximum extent possible, 

25 United States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu 

26 of dollars: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
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1 able by this Act for general costs of administering military 

2 assistance and sales under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 

3 Financing Program’’, not to exceed $4,000 shall be avail4 able for entertainment expenses and not to exceed 

5 $130,000 shall be available for representation allowances: 

6 Provided further, That of the funds made available by this 

7 Act under the heading ‘‘International Military Education 

8 and Training’’, not to exceed $55,000 shall be available 

9 for entertainment allowances: Provided further, That of 

10 the funds made available by this Act for the Inter-Amer11 ican Foundation, not to exceed $2,000 shall be available 

12 for entertainment and representation allowances: Provided 

13 further, That of the funds made available by this Act for 

14 the Peace Corps, not to exceed a total of $4,000 shall be 

15 available for entertainment expenses: Provided further,

16 That of the funds made available by this Act under the 

17 heading ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, not to exceed 

18 $4,000 shall be available for representation and entertain19 ment allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made 

20 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Millennium Chal21 lenge Corporation’’, not to exceed $115,000 shall be avail22 able for representation and entertainment allowances. 

23 PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES

24 ASSISTANCE

25 SEC. 506. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None of 

26 the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 
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1 to provide assistance for a foreign country under a new 

2 bilateral agreement governing the terms and conditions 

3 under which such assistance is to be provided unless such 

4 agreement includes a provision stating that assistance pro5 vided by the United States shall be exempt from taxation, 

6 or reimbursed, by the foreign government, and the Sec7 retary of State shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 

8 amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as nec9 essary, to conform with this requirement. 

10 (b) REIMBURSEMENT OF FOREIGN TAXES.—An 

11 amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes as12 sessed during fiscal year 2006 on funds appropriated by 

13 this Act by a foreign government or entity against com14 modities financed under United States assistance pro15 grams for which funds are appropriated by this Act, either 

16 directly or through grantees, contractors and subcontrac17 tors shall be withheld from obligation from funds appro18 priated for assistance for fiscal year 2007 and allocated 

19 for the central government of such country and for the 

20 West Bank and Gaza Program to the extent that the Sec21 retary of State certifies and reports in writing to the Com22 mittees on Appropriations that such taxes have not been 

23 reimbursed to the Government of the United States. 
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1 (c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 

2 minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 

3 subsection (b). 

4 (d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 

5 from obligation for each country or entity pursuant to sub6 section (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance to coun7 tries which do not assess taxes on United States assistance 

8 or which have an effective arrangement that is providing 

9 substantial reimbursement of such taxes. 

10 (e) DETERMINATIONS.—

11 (1) The provisions of this section shall not 

12 apply to any country or entity the Secretary of State 

13 determines—

14 (A) does not assess taxes on United States 

15 assistance or which has an effective arrange16 ment that is providing substantial reimburse17 ment of such taxes; or 

18 (B) the foreign policy interests of the 

19 United States outweigh the policy of this sec20 tion to ensure that United States assistance is 

21 not subject to taxation. 

22 (2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 

23 the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 

24 prior to exercising the authority of this subsection 

25 with regard to any country or entity. 
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1 (f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 

2 issue rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, 

3 to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist4 ance contained in this section. 

5 (g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

6 (1) the terms ‘‘taxes’’ and ‘‘taxation’’ refer to 

7 value added taxes and customs duties imposed on 

8 commodities financed with United States assistance 

9 for programs for which funds are appropriated by 

10 this Act; and 

11 (2) the term ‘‘bilateral agreement’’ refers to a 

12 framework bilateral agreement between the Govern13 ment of the United States and the government of 

14 the country receiving assistance that describes the 

15 privileges and immunities applicable to United 

16 States foreign assistance for such country generally, 

17 or an individual agreement between the Government 

18 of the United States and such government that de19 scribes, among other things, the treatment for tax 

20 purposes that will be accorded the United States as21 sistance provided under that agreement. 

22 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN

23 COUNTRIES

24 SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated 

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1 tions to Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Pro2 vided, That for purposes of this section, except with re3 spect to Libya, the prohibition on obligations or expendi4 tures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance and 

5 guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 

6 MILITARY COUPS

7 SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated 

9 or expended to finance directly any assistance to the gov10 ernment of any country whose duly elected head of govern11 ment is deposed by military coup or decree: Provided, That 

12 assistance may be resumed to such government if the 

13 President determines and certifies to the Committees on 

14 Appropriations that subsequent to the termination of as15 sistance a democratically elected government has taken of16 fice: Provided further, That the provisions of this section 

17 shall not apply to assistance to promote democratic elec18 tions or public participation in democratic processes: Pro19 vided further, That funds made available pursuant to the 

20 previous provisos shall be subject to the regular notifica21 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

22 TRANSFERS

23 SEC. 509. (a)(1) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BE24 TWEEN AGENCIES.—None of the funds made available by 

25 this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, 

26 or instrumentality of the United States Government, ex-
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1 cept pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority 

2 provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

3 (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition to 

4 transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, 

5 funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 

6 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated 

7 or transferred to agencies of the United States Govern8 ment pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 

9 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

10 (b) TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the 

11 funds made available by this Act may be obligated under 

12 an appropriation account to which they were not appro13 priated, except for transfers specifically provided for in 

14 this Act, unless the President, not less than 5 days prior 

15 to the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign 

16 Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with 

17 and provides a written policy justification to the Commit18 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

19 and the Senate. 

20 (c) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.—Any 

21 agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appro22 priated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between 

23 the United States Agency for International Development 

24 and another agency of the United States Government 

25 under the authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign As-
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1 sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, 

2 shall expressly provide that the Office of the Inspector 

3 General for the agency receiving the transfer or allocation 

4 of such funds shall perform periodic program and financial 

5 audits of the use of such funds: Provided, That funds 

6 transferred under such authority may be made available 

7 for the cost of such audits. 

8 COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES

9 SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

10 that restricts assistance to foreign countries, and subject 

11 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

12 on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) of the 

13 Arms Export Control Act may be used to provide financ14 ing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and major non-NATO al15 lies for the procurement by leasing (including leasing with 

16 an option to purchase) of defense articles from United 

17 States commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense 

18 Equipment (other than helicopters and other types of air19 craft having possible civilian application), if the President 

20 determines that there are compelling foreign policy or na21 tional security reasons for those defense articles being pro22 vided by commercial lease rather than by government-to23 government sale under such Act. 

24 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

25 SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in 

26 this Act shall remain available for obligation after the ex-
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1 piration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so pro2 vided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for 

3 the purposes of chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of part I, section 

4 667, chapters 4, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 

5 Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export 

6 Control Act, and funds provided under the heading ‘‘As7 sistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, shall 

8 remain available for an additional 4 years from the date 

9 on which the availability of such funds would otherwise 

10 have expired, if such funds are initially obligated before 

11 the expiration of their respective periods of availability 

12 contained in this Act: Provided further, That, notwith13 standing any other provision of this Act, any funds made 

14 available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chap15 ter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

16 which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements 

17 in order to address balance of payments or economic policy 

18 reform objectives, shall remain available until expended. 

19 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

20 SEC. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in 

21 this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to the govern22 ment of any country which is in default during a period 

23 in excess of 1 calendar year in payment to the United 

24 States of principal or interest on any loan made to the 

25 government of such country by the United States pursuant 

26 to a program for which funds are appropriated under this 
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1 Act unless the President determines, following consulta2 tions with the Committees on Appropriations, that assist3 ance to such country is in the national interest of the 

4 United States. 

5 COMMERCE AND TRADE

6 SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

7 made available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance 

8 and none of the funds otherwise made available pursuant 

9 to this Act to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas 

10 Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or ex11 pended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other 

12 financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro13 duction of any commodity for export by any country other 

14 than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be 

15 in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro16 ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the 

17 assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 

18 producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: 

19 Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Ex20 port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc21 tors the benefits to industry and employment in the 

22 United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United 

23 States producers of the same, similar, or competing com24 modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the 

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1 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any 

2 other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign 

3 Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing 

4 or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro5 duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training 

6 in connection with the growth or production in a foreign 

7 country of an agricultural commodity for export which 

8 would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro9 duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection 

10 shall not prohibit—

11 (1) activities designed to increase food security 

12 in developing countries where such activities will not 

13 have a significant impact on the export of agricul14 tural commodities of the United States; or 

15 (2) research activities intended primarily to 

16 benefit American producers. 

17 SURPLUS COMMODITIES

18 SEC. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in19 struct the United States Executive Directors of the Inter20 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the 

21 International Development Association, the International 

22 Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development 

23 Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel24 opment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora25 tion, the North American Development Bank, the Euro26 pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Afri-
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1 can Development Bank, and the African Development 

2 Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to 

3 oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds 

4 appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act, for 

5 the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 

6 for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the 

7 assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 

8 producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity. 

9 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

10 SEC. 515. For the purposes of providing the executive 

11 branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none 

12 of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘Child Sur13 vival and Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assist14 ance’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, 

15 ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar16 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean 

17 Counterdrug Initiative’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe 

18 and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Assistance for the Independent 

19 States of the Former Soviet Union’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

20 Fund’’, ‘‘Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping 

21 Operations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, ‘‘Operating Ex22 penses of the United States Agency for International De23 velopment’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States 

24 Agency for International Development Office of Inspector 

25 General’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 

26 and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora-
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1 tion’’ (by country only), ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro2 gram’’, ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, 

3 ‘‘Peace Corps’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, 

4 shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, 

5 projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other 

6 operations not justified or in excess of the amount justi7 fied to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation 

8 under any of these specific headings unless the Commit9 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 

10 previously notified 15 days in advance: Provided, That the 

11 President shall not enter into any commitment of funds 

12 appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms 

13 Export Control Act for the provision of major defense 

14 equipment, other than conventional ammunition, or other 

15 major defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, 

16 or combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 

17 20 percent in excess of the quantities justified to Congress 

18 unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 

19 days in advance of such commitment: Provided further, 

20 That this section shall not apply to any reprogramming 

21 for an activity, program, or project for which funds are 

22 appropriated under title II of this Act of less than 10 per23 cent of the amount previously justified to the Congress 

24 for obligation for such activity, program, or project for the 

25 current fiscal year: Provided further, That the require-
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1 ments of this section or any similar provision of this Act 

2 or any other Act, including any prior Act requiring notifi3 cation in accordance with the regular notification proce4 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, may be 

5 waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk 

6 to human health or welfare: Provided further, That in case 

7 of any such waiver, notification to the Congress, or the 

8 appropriate congressional committees, shall be provided as 

9 early as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after 

10 taking the action to which such notification requirement 

11 was applicable, in the context of the circumstances neces12 sitating such waiver: Provided further, That any notifica13 tion provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an 

14 explanation of the emergency circumstances. 

15 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

16 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

17 SEC. 516. Subject to the regular notification proce18 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro19 priated under this Act or any previously enacted Act mak20 ing appropriations for foreign operations, export financ21 ing, and related programs, which are returned or not made 

22 available for organizations and programs because of the 

23 implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist24 ance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation 

25 until September 30, 2007. 
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1 INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

2 SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated under 

3 the heading ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the 

4 Former Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for assist5 ance for a government of an Independent State of the 

6 former Soviet Union—

7 (1) unless that government is making progress 

8 in implementing comprehensive economic reforms 

9 based on market principles, private ownership, re10 spect for commercial contracts, and equitable treat11 ment of foreign private investments; and 

12 (2) if that government applies or transfers 

13 United States assistance to any entity for the pur14 pose of expropriating or seizing ownership or control 

15 of assets, investments, or ventures. 

16 Assistance may be furnished without regard to this sub17 section if the President determines that to do so is in the 

18 national interest. 

19 (b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 

20 ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So21 viet Union’’ shall be made available for assistance for a 

22 government of an Independent State of the former Soviet 

23 Union if that government directs any action in violation 

24 of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any 

25 other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such 
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1 as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Pro2 vided, That such funds may be made available without re3 gard to the restriction in this subsection if the President 

4 determines that to do so is in the national security interest 

5 of the United States. 

6 (c) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 

7 ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So8 viet Union’’ shall be made available for any state to en9 hance its military capability: Provided, That this restric10 tion does not apply to demilitarization, demining or non11 proliferation programs. 

12 (d) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist13 ance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 

14 Union’’ for the Russian Federation, Armenia, 

15 Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan shall be subject to the reg16 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro17 priations. 

18 (e) Funds made available in this Act for assistance 

19 for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union 

20 shall be subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating 

21 to environment and natural resources) of the Foreign As22 sistance Act of 1961. 

23 (f) In issuing new task orders, entering into con24 tracts, or making grants, with funds appropriated in this 

25 Act or prior appropriations Acts under the heading ‘‘As-
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1 sistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 

2 Union’’ and under comparable headings in prior appro3 priations Acts, for projects or activities that have as one 

4 of their primary purposes the fostering of private sector 

5 development, the Coordinator for United States Assistance 

6 to Europe and Eurasia and the implementing agency shall 

7 encourage the participation of and give significant weight 

8 to contractors and grantees who propose investing a sig9 nificant amount of their own resources (including volun10 teer services and in-kind contributions) in such projects 

11 and activities. 

12 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND

13 INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

14 SEC. 518. None of the funds made available to carry 

15 out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 

16 amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor17 tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 

18 coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds 

19 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist20 ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 

21 the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 

22 of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 

23 incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 

24 the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 

25 Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay 

26 for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 
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1 part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or 

2 involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 

3 None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 

4 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 

5 obligated or expended for any country or organization if 

6 the President certifies that the use of these funds by any 

7 such country or organization would violate any of the 

8 above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri9 lizations. 

10 EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES

11 SEC. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria12 tion other than for administrative expenses made available 

13 for fiscal year 2006, for programs under title I of this 

14 Act may be transferred between such appropriations for 

15 use for any of the purposes, programs, and activities for 

16 which the funds in such receiving account may be used, 

17 but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 

18 provided, shall be increased by more than 25 percent by 

19 any such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such au20 thority shall be subject to the regular notification proce21 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

22 SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

23 SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

24 shall be obligated or expended for Serbia, Sudan, 

25 Zimbabwe, or Pakistan, except as provided through the 
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1 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap2 propriations. 

3 DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

4 SEC. 521. For the purpose of this Act ‘‘program, 

5 project, and activity’’ shall be defined at the appropria6 tions Act account level and shall include all appropriations 

7 and authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limita8 tions with the exception that for the following accounts: 

9 Economic Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing 

10 Program, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be 

11 considered to include country, regional, and central pro12 gram level funding within each such account; for the devel13 opment assistance accounts of the United States Agency 

14 for International Development ‘‘program, project, and ac15 tivity’’ shall also be considered to include central, country, 

16 regional, and program level funding, either as: (1) justified 

17 to the Congress; or (2) allocated by the executive branch 

18 in accordance with a report, to be provided to the Commit19 tees on Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment 

20 of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the Foreign 

21 Assistance Act of 1961. 

22 CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH ACTIVITIES

23 SEC. 522. Up to $13,500,000 of the funds made 

24 available by this Act for assistance under the heading 

25 ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’, may be 

26 used to reimburse United States Government agencies, 
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1 agencies of State governments, institutions of higher 

2 learning, and private and voluntary organizations for the 

3 full cost of individuals (including for the personal services 

4 of such individuals) detailed or assigned to, or contracted 

5 by, as the case may be, the United States Agency for 

6 International Development for the purpose of carrying out 

7 activities under that heading: Provided, That up to 

8 $3,500,000 of the funds made available by this Act for 

9 assistance under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 

10 may be used to reimburse such agencies, institutions, and 

11 organizations for such costs of such individuals carrying 

12 out other development assistance activities: Provided fur13 ther, That funds appropriated by titles II and III of this 

14 Act that are made available for bilateral assistance for 

15 child survival activities or disease programs including ac16 tivities relating to research on, and the prevention, treat17 ment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made available 

18 notwithstanding any provision of the Foreign Assistance 

19 Act of 1961 and any other provision of law that restricts 

20 assistance to foreign countries except for the provisions 

21 under the heading ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs 

22 Fund’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/

23 AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 

24 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended. 
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1 AFGHANISTAN

2 SEC. 523. Of the funds appropriated by titles II and 

3 III of this Act, not less than $954,000,000 should be made 

4 available for humanitarian, reconstruction, and related as5 sistance for Afghanistan: Provided, That of the funds allo6 cated for assistance for Afghanistan from this Act and 

7 other Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, 

8 export financing, and related programs for fiscal year 

9 2006, not less than $50,000,000 should be made available 

10 to support programs that directly address the needs of Af11 ghan women and girls. 

12 NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

13 SEC. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of 

14 Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the 

15 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De16 fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the 

17 same extent and under the same conditions as are other 

18 committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro19 vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess 

20 defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the 

21 Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 

22 Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 

23 procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 

24 significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) 

25 of the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms 

26 of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if 
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1 notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 

2 of appropriated funds for specific countries that would re3 ceive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 

4 such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac5 quisition cost of such defense articles. 

6 HIV/AIDS

7 SEC. 525. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

8 of this Act, 25 percent of the funds that are appropriated 

9 by this Act for a contribution to support the Global Fund 

10 to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the ‘‘Global 

11 Fund’’) shall be withheld from obligation to the Global 

12 Fund until the Secretary of State certifies to the Commit13 tees on Appropriations that the Global Fund—

14 (1) has established clear progress indicators 

15 upon which to determine the release of incremental 

16 disbursements; 

17 (2) is releasing such incremental disbursements 

18 only if positive results have been attained based on 

19 those indicators; and 

20 (3) is providing support and oversight to coun21 try-level entities, such as country coordinating mech22 anisms, principal recipients, and local Fund agents, 

23 to enable them to fulfill their mandates. 

24 (b) The Secretary of State may waive paragraph (1) 

25 of this subsection if she determines and reports to the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations that such waiver is impor2 tant to the national interest of the United States. 

3 DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS

4 SEC. 526. (a) Not less than $27,000,000 (increased 

5 by $9,000,000) of the funds appropriated by this Act 

6 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should be 

7 allocated for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund: 

8 Provided, That up to $1,200,000 may be used for the 

9 Reagan/Fascell Democracy Fellows program. 

10 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law that 

11 restricts assistance to foreign countries, up to $1,500,000 

12 of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

13 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be provided to make 

14 grants to educational, humanitarian, and nongovern15 mental organizations and individuals inside Iran and Syria 

16 to support the advancement of democracy and human 

17 rights in Iran and Syria, and such funds may be provided 

18 through the National Endowment for Democracy. 

19 PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST

20 COUNTRIES

21 SEC. 527. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assist22 ance under any heading of this Act and funds appro23 priated under any such heading in a provision of law en24 acted prior to the enactment of this Act, shall not be made 

25 available to any country which the President determines—
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1 (1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any 

2 individual or group which has committed an act of 

3 international terrorism; or 

4 (2) otherwise supports international terrorism. 

5 (b) The President may waive the application of sub6 section (a) to a country if the President determines that 

7 national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 

8 waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the 

9 Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver 

10 takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropria11 tions of the waiver (including the justification for the waiv12 er) in accordance with the regular notification procedures 

13 of the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

15 SEC. 528. In order to enhance the continued partici16 pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel17 opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern18 mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 

19 the United States Agency for International Development 

20 may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 

21 which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 

22 assistance provided under title II of this Act and, subject 

23 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

24 on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 

25 shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was 

26 provided to that organization. 
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1 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

2 SEC. 529. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL

3 CURRENCIES.—(1) If assistance is furnished to the gov4 ernment of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of 

5 part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

6 Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the genera7 tion of local currencies of that country, the Administrator 

8 of the United States Agency for International Develop9 ment shall—

10 (A) require that local currencies be deposited in 

11 a separate account established by that government; 

12 (B) enter into an agreement with that govern13 ment which sets forth—

14 (i) the amount of the local currencies to be 

15 generated; and 

16 (ii) the terms and conditions under which 

17 the currencies so deposited may be utilized, con18 sistent with this section; and 

19 (C) establish by agreement with that govern20 ment the responsibilities of the United States Agen21 cy for International Development and that govern22 ment to monitor and account for deposits into and 

23 disbursements from the separate account. 

24 (2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be agreed 

25 upon with the foreign government, local currencies depos-
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1 ited in a separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or 

2 an equivalent amount of local currencies, shall be used 

3 only—

4 (A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or 

5 chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), for such 

6 purposes as—

7 (i) project and sector assistance activities; 

8 or 

9 (ii) debt and deficit financing; or 

10 (B) for the administrative requirements of the 

11 United States Government. 

12 (3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—The United 

13 States Agency for International Development shall take all 

14 necessary steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local 

15 currencies disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) 

16 from the separate account established pursuant to sub17 section (a)(1) are used for the purposes agreed upon pur18 suant to subsection (a)(2). 

19 (4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—

20 Upon termination of assistance to a country under chapter 

21 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case 

22 may be), any unencumbered balances of funds which re23 main in a separate account established pursuant to sub24 section (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes as may 
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1 be agreed to by the government of that country and the 

2 United States Government. 

3 (5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator 

4 of the United States Agency for International Develop5 ment shall report on an annual basis as part of the jus6 tification documents submitted to the Committees on Ap7 propriations on the use of local currencies for the adminis8 trative requirements of the United States Government as 

9 authorized in subsection (a)(2)(B), and such report shall 

10 include the amount of local currency (and United States 

11 dollar equivalent) used and/or to be used for such purpose 

12 in each applicable country. 

13 (b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.—

14 (1) If assistance is made available to the government of 

15 a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chap16 ter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

17 as cash transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assist18 ance, that country shall be required to maintain such 

19 funds in a separate account and not commingle them with 

20 any other funds. 

21 (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF

22 LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended not23 withstanding provisions of law which are inconsistent with 

24 the nature of this assistance including provisions which 

25 are referenced in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the 
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1 Committee of Conference accompanying House Joint Res2 olution 648 (House Report No. 98–1159). 

3 (3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to obli4 gating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assist5 ance, the President shall submit a notification through the 

6 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap7 propriations, which shall include a detailed description of 

8 how the funds proposed to be made available will be used, 

9 with a discussion of the United States interests that will 

10 be served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, a 

11 description of the economic policy reforms that will be pro12 moted by such assistance). 

13 (4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance funds 

14 may be exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1) 

15 only through the notification procedures of the Commit16 tees on Appropriations. 

17 ENTERPRISE FUND RESTRICTIONS

18 SEC. 530. (a) Prior to the distribution of any assets 

19 resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up 

20 of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President 

21 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in ac22 cordance with the regular notification procedures of the 

23 Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution 

24 of the assets of the Enterprise Fund. 
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1 (b) Funds made available by this Act for Enterprise 

2 Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary 

3 to make timely payment for projects and activities. 

4 FINANCIAL MARKET ASSISTANCE IN TRANSITION

5 COUNTRIES

6 SEC. 531. Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

7 under the headings ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, 

8 ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’, 

9 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Affairs Tech10 nical Assistance’’, ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States 

11 of the Former Soviet Union’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-ter12 rorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, and ‘‘Assist13 ance for Eastern Europe and Baltic States’’, not less than 

14 $40,000,000 should be made available for building capital 

15 markets and financial systems in countries in transition. 

16 AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN

17 FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

18 SEC. 532. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 

19 provisions of this Act, and provisions contained in prior 

20 Acts authorizing or making appropriations for foreign op21 erations, export financing, and related programs, shall not 

22 be construed to prohibit activities authorized by or con23 ducted under the Peace Corps Act, the Inter-American 

24 Foundation Act or the African Development Foundation 

25 Act. The agency shall promptly report to the Committees 

26 on Appropriations whenever it is conducting activities or 
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1 is proposing to conduct activities in a country for which 

2 assistance is prohibited. 

3 IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

4 SEC. 533. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

5 may be obligated or expended to provide—

6 (1) any financial incentive to a business enter7 prise currently located in the United States for the 

8 purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 

9 outside the United States if such incentive or in10 ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ11 ees of such business enterprise in the United States 

12 because United States production is being replaced 

13 by such enterprise outside the United States; or 

14 (2) assistance for any program, project, or ac15 tivity that contributes to the violation of internation16 ally recognized workers rights, as defined in section 

17 507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the 

18 recipient country, including any designated zone or 

19 area in that country: Provided, That the application 

20 of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should be 

21 commensurate with the level of development of the 

22 recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 

23 assistance for the informal sector in such country, 

24 micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 

25 agriculture. 
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1 SPECIAL AUTHORITIES

2 SEC. 534. (a) AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, LEBANON, 

3 MONTENEGRO, VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHILDREN, 

4 AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated by this 

5 Act that are made available for assistance for Afghanistan 

6 may be made available notwithstanding section 512 of this 

7 Act or any similar provision of law and section 660 of the 

8 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and funds appropriated 

9 in titles I and II of this Act that are made available for 

10 Lebanon, Montenegro, Pakistan, and for victims of war, 

11 displaced children, and displaced Burmese, and to assist 

12 victims of trafficking in persons and, subject to the regular 

13 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria14 tions, to combat such trafficking, may be made available 

15 notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts 

16 assistance to foreign countries and section 660 of the For17 eign Assistance Act of 1961. 

18 (b) TROPICAL FORESTRY AND BIODIVERSITY CON19 SERVATION ACTIVITIES.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

20 to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, 

21 and chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act 

22 of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision 

23 of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries and 

24 section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for 

25 the purpose of supporting tropical forestry and biodiver-
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1 sity conservation activities and energy programs aimed at 

2 reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided, That such 

3 assistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 

4 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

5 (c) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap6 propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 

7 chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As8 sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Agricultural Trade 

9 Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be used 

10 by the United States Agency for International Develop11 ment to employ up to 25 personal services contractors in 

12 the United States, for the purpose of providing direct, in13 terim support for new or expanded overseas programs and 

14 activities managed by the agency until permanent direct 

15 hire personnel are hired and trained: Provided, That not 

16 more than 10 of such contractors shall be assigned to any 

17 bureau or office: Provided further, That such funds appro18 priated to carry out title II of the Agricultural Trade De19 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, may be made avail20 able only for personal services contractors assigned to the 

21 Office of Food for Peace. 

22 (d)(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the provi23 sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the Presi24 dent determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker 

25 of the House of Representatives and the President pro 
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1 tempore of the Senate that it is important to the national 

2 security interests of the United States. 

3 (2) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any 

4 waiver pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no 

5 more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 

6 apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

7 (e) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 

8 award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro9 priated by this Act, the United States Agency for Inter10 national Development may provide an exception to the fair 

11 opportunity process for placing task orders under such 

12 contracts when the order is placed with any category of 

13 small or small disadvantaged business. 

14 (f) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2006, the 

15 President may use up to $45,000,000 under the authority 

16 of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not17 withstanding the funding ceiling in section 451(a). 

18 (g) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHOR19 ITY.—In providing assistance with funds appropriated by 

20 this Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance 

21 Act of 1961, support for a nation emerging from insta22 bility may be deemed to mean support for regional, dis23 trict, municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging 

24 from instability, as well as a nation emerging from insta25 bility. 
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1 (h) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Of the funds managed 

2 by the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 

3 Assistance of the United States Agency for International 

4 Development, from this or any other Act, not less than 

5 $6,000,000 shall be made available as a general contribu6 tion to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any 

7 other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign 

8 countries. 

9 (i) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.—

10 Funds appropriated by this Act that are provided to the 

11 National Endowment for Democracy may be provided not12 withstanding any other provision of law or regulation that 

13 restricts assistance to foreign countries. 

14 ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

15 SEC. 535. It is the sense of the Congress that—

16 (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 

17 secondary boycott of American firms that have com18 mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 

19 in the region and to United States investment and 

20 trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 

21 (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret22 tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 

23 publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 

24 Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 

25 (3) all Arab League states should normalize re26 lations with their neighbor Israel; 
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1 (4) the President and the Secretary of State 

2 should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab 

3 League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to 

4 demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking 

5 into consideration the participation of any recipient 

6 country in the boycott when determining to sell 

7 weapons to said country; and 

8 (5) the President should report to Congress an9 nually on specific steps being taken by the United 

10 States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 

11 their relations with Israel to bring about the termi12 nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, includ13 ing those to encourage allies and trading partners of 

14 the United States to enact laws prohibiting busi15 nesses from complying with the boycott and penal16 izing businesses that do comply. 

17 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

18 SEC. 536. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN19 MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions on assistance for 

20 foreign countries contained in this or any other Act shall 

21 not be construed to restrict assistance in support of pro22 grams of nongovernmental organizations from funds ap23 propriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chap24 ters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of part 

25 II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and from funds 

26 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern 
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1 Europe and the Baltic States’’: Provided, That before 

2 using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 

3 in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 

4 the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria5 tions under the regular notification procedures of those 

6 committees, including a description of the program to be 

7 assisted, the assistance to be provided, and the reasons 

8 for furnishing such assistance: Provided further, That 

9 nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any 

10 existing statutory prohibitions against abortion or involun11 tary sterilizations contained in this or any other Act. 

12 (b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2006, re13 strictions on assistance to foreign countries contained in 

14 this or any other Act shall not be construed to restrict 

15 assistance under the Agricultural Trade Development and 

16 Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none of the funds 

17 appropriated to carry out title I of such Act and made 

18 available pursuant to this subsection may be obligated or 

19 expended except as provided through the regular notifica20 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

21 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply—

22 (1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 

23 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

24 of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup25 port international terrorism; or 
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1 (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 

2 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

3 of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 

4 country that violates internationally recognized 

5 human rights. 

6 RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

7 SEC. 537. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which 

8 are earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs 

9 within the same account notwithstanding the earmark if 

10 compliance with the earmark is made impossible by oper11 ation of any provision of this Act or any other provision 

12 contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria13 tions for foreign operations, export financing, and related 

14 programs: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall 

15 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

16 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That as17 sistance that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection 

18 shall be made available under the same terms and condi19 tions as originally provided. 

20 (b) In addition to the authority contained in sub21 section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap22 propriated by this Act and administered by the United 

23 States Agency for International Development that are ear24 marked for particular programs or activities by this or any 

25 other Act shall be extended for an additional fiscal year 

26 if the Administrator of such agency determines and re-
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1 ports promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that 

2 the termination of assistance to a country or a significant 

3 change in circumstances makes it unlikely that such ear4 marked funds can be obligated during the original period 

5 of availability: Provided, That such earmarked funds that 

6 are continued available for an additional fiscal year shall 

7 be obligated only for the purpose of such earmark. 

8 CEILINGS AND EARMARKS

9 SEC. 538. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this 

10 Act shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appro11 priated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act 

12 unless such Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or min13 imum funding requirements contained in any other Act 

14 shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act. 

15 PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

16 SEC. 539. No part of any appropriation contained in 

17 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

18 within the United States not authorized before the date 

19 of the enactment of this Act by the Congress. 

20 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS

21 MEMBERS

22 SEC. 540. None of the funds appropriated or made 

23 available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign 

24 Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or 

25 in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any mem26 ber of the United Nations or, from funds appropriated by 
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1 this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign 

2 Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of an3 other country’s delegation at international conferences 

4 held under the auspices of multilateral or international or5 ganizations. 

6 NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION

7 SEC. 541. None of the funds appropriated or made 

8 available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a non9 governmental organization which fails to provide upon 

10 timely request any document, file, or record necessary to 

11 the auditing requirements of the United States Agency for 

12 International Development. 

13 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERN14 MENTS THAT EXPORT LETHAL MILITARY EQUIP15 MENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL

16 TERRORISM

17 SEC. 542. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth18 erwise made available by this Act may be available to any 

19 foreign government which provides lethal military equip20 ment to a country the government of which the Secretary 

21 of State has determined is a terrorist government for pur22 poses of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 

23 1979. The prohibition under this section with respect to 

24 a foreign government shall terminate 12 months after that 

25 government ceases to provide such military equipment. 

26 This section applies with respect to lethal military equip-
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1 ment provided under a contract entered into after October 

2 1, 1997. 

3 (b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any 

4 other similar provision of law, may be furnished if the 

5 President determines that furnishing such assistance is 

6 important to the national interests of the United States. 

7 (c) Whenever the waiver authority of subsection (b) 

8 is exercised, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

9 congressional committees a report with respect to the fur10 nishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include 

11 a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, in12 cluding the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, 

13 and an explanation of how the assistance furthers United 

14 States national interests. 

15 WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES AND

16 REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES

17 SEC. 543. (a) Subject to subsection (c), of the funds 

18 appropriated by this Act that are made available for as19 sistance for a foreign country, an amount equal to 110 

20 percent of the total amount of the unpaid fully adjudicated 

21 parking fines and penalties and unpaid property taxes 

22 owed by the central government of such country shall be 

23 withheld from obligation for assistance for the central gov24 ernment of such country until the Secretary of State sub25 mits a certification to the appropriate congressional com-
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1 mittees stating that such parking fines and penalties and 

2 unpaid property taxes are fully paid. 

3 (b) Funds withheld from obligation pursuant to sub4 section (a) may be made available for other programs or 

5 activities funded by this Act, after consultation with and 

6 subject to the regular notification procedures of the appro7 priate congressional committees, provided that no such 

8 funds shall be made available for assistance for the central 

9 government of a foreign country that has not paid the 

10 total amount of the fully adjudicated parking fines and 

11 penalties and unpaid property taxes owed by such country. 

12 (c) Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that 

13 have been withheld under any other provision of law. 

14 (d)(1) The Secretary of State may waive the require15 ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to parking 

16 fines and penalties no sooner than 60 days from the date 

17 of enactment of this Act, or at any time with respect to 

18 a particular country, if the Secretary determines that it 

19 is in the national interests of the United States to do so. 

20 (2) The Secretary of State may waive the require21 ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to the un22 paid property taxes if the Secretary of State determines 

23 that it is in the national interests of the United States 

24 to do so. 
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1 (e) Not later than 6 months after the initial exercise 

2 of the waiver authority in subsection (d), the Secretary 

3 of State, after consultations with the City of New York, 

4 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

5 describing a strategy, including a timetable and steps cur6 rently being taken, to collect the parking fines and pen7 alties and unpaid property taxes and interest owed by na8 tions receiving foreign assistance under this Act. 

9 (f) In this section: 

10 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com11 mittees’’ means the Committee on Appropriations of 

12 the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of 

13 the House of Representatives. 

14 (2) The term ‘‘fully adjudicated’’ includes cir15 cumstances in which the person to whom the vehicle 

16 is registered—

17 (A)(i) has not responded to the parking 

18 violation summons; or 

19 (ii) has not followed the appropriate adju20 dication procedure to challenge the summons; 

21 and 

22 (B) the period of time for payment of or 

23 challenge to the summons has lapsed. 

24 (3) The term ‘‘parking fines and penalties’’ 

25 means parking fines and penalties—
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1 (A) owed to—

2 (i) the District of Columbia; or 

3 (ii) New York, New York; and 

4 (B) incurred during the period April 1, 

5 1997, through September 30, 2005. 

6 (4) The term ‘‘unpaid property taxes’’ means 

7 the amount of unpaid taxes and interest determined 

8 to be owed by a foreign country on real property in 

9 the District of Columbia or New York, New York in 

10 a court order or judgment entered against such 

11 country by a court of the United States or any State 

12 or subdivision thereof. 

13 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE

14 WEST BANK AND GAZA

15 SEC. 544. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

16 may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Libera17 tion Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the 

18 President has exercised the authority under section 604(a) 

19 of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title 

20 VI of Public Law 104–107) or any other legislation to sus21 pend or make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign As22 sistance Act of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect: 

23 Provided, That if the President fails to make the certifi24 cation under section 604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace 

25 Facilitation Act of 1995 or to suspend the prohibition 

26 under other legislation, funds appropriated by this Act 
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1 may not be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Lib2 eration Organization for the West Bank and Gaza. 

3 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN

4 SEC. 545. If the President determines that doing so 

5 will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 

6 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 

7 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec8 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up 

9 to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 

10 Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to 

11 the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 

12 Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the 

13 Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola14 tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained 

15 in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determina16 tion required under this section shall be in lieu of any de17 terminations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro18 vided further, That the drawdown made under this section 

19 for any tribunal shall not be construed as an endorsement 

20 or precedent for the establishment of any standing or per21 manent international criminal tribunal or court: Provided 

22 further, That funds made available for tribunals other 

23 than Yugoslavia, Rwanda, or the Special Court for Sierra 

24 Leone shall be made available subject to the regular notifi25 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 LANDMINES

2 SEC. 546. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

3 that restricts assistance to foreign countries, demining 

4 equipment available to the United States Agency for Inter5 national Development and the Department of State and 

6 used in support of the clearance of landmines and 

7 unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be 

8 disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, subject 

9 to such terms and conditions as the President may pre10 scribe. 

11 RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN

12 AUTHORITY

13 SEC. 547. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

14 may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Je15 rusalem a new office of any department or agency of the 

16 United States Government for the purpose of conducting 

17 official United States Government business with the Pal18 estinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor 

19 Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel20 PLO Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this re21 striction shall not apply to the acquisition of additional 

22 space for the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem: 

23 Provided further, That meetings between officers and em24 ployees of the United States and officials of the Pales25 tinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing 

26 entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin-
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1 ciples, for the purpose of conducting official United States 

2 Government business with such authority should continue 

3 to take place in locations other than Jerusalem. As has 

4 been true in the past, officers and employees of the United 

5 States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on 

6 other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now 

7 occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social 

8 contacts, and have incidental discussions. 

9 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES

10 SEC. 548. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter12 national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign 

13 Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 

14 activities or under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and 

15 Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and 

16 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be obligated or expended 

17 to pay for—

18 (1) alcoholic beverages; or 

19 (2) entertainment expenses for activities that 

20 are substantially of a recreational character, includ21 ing but not limited to entrance fees at sporting 

22 events, theatrical and musical productions, and 

23 amusement parks. 

24 HAITI

25 SEC. 549. The Government of Haiti shall be eligible 

26 to purchase defense articles and services under the Arms 
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1 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the Coast 

2 Guard. 

3 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

4 AUTHORITY

5 SEC. 550. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the 

6 funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions 

7 of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

8 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect to pro9 viding funds to the Palestinian Authority. 

10 (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 

11 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 

12 the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 

13 President pro tempore of the Senate that waiving such 

14 prohibition is important to the national security interests 

15 of the United States. 

16 (c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any 

17 waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 

18 more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 

19 apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

20 (d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu21 ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub22 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail23 ing the steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest 

24 terrorists, confiscate weapons and dismantle the terrorist 

25 infrastructure. The report shall also include a description 
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1 of how funds will be spent and the accounting procedures 

2 in place to ensure that they are properly disbursed. 

3 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES

4 SEC. 551. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be provided to any unit of the security forces 

6 of a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible 

7 evidence that such unit has committed gross violations of 

8 human rights, unless the Secretary determines and reports 

9 to the Committees on Appropriations that the government 

10 of such country is taking effective measures to bring the 

11 responsible members of the security forces unit to justice: 

12 Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed 

13 to withhold funds made available by this Act from any 

14 unit of the security forces of a foreign country not credibly 

15 alleged to be involved in gross violations of human rights: 

16 Provided further, That in the event that funds are withheld 

17 from any unit pursuant to this section, the Secretary of 

18 State shall promptly inform the foreign government of the 

19 basis for such action and shall, to the maximum extent 

20 practicable, assist the foreign government in taking effec21 tive measures to bring the responsible members of the se22 curity forces to justice. 

23 FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT

24 SEC. 552. The annual foreign military training report 

25 required by section 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

26 1961 shall be submitted by the Secretary of Defense and 
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1 the Secretary of State to the Committees on Appropria2 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate by 

3 the date specified in that section. 

4 AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT

5 SEC. 553. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 

6 funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Trade and Devel7 opment Agency’’, ‘‘Overseas Private Investment Corpora8 tion’’, and ‘‘Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’’, may be obli9 gated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 

10 Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Department 

11 Basic Authorities Act of 1956. 

12 CAMBODIA

13 SEC. 554. The Secretary of the Treasury should in14 struct the United States executive directors of the inter15 national financial institutions to use the voice and vote 

16 of the United States to oppose loans to the Central Gov17 ernment of Cambodia, except loans to meet basic human 

18 needs. 

19 PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

20 SEC. 555. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 

21 of the funds appropriated by this Act may be provided 

22 to support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of 

23 State determines and certifies to the appropriate congres24 sional committees that—
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1 (1) a new leadership of a Palestinian governing 

2 entity has been democratically elected through cred3 ible and competitive elections; 

4 (2) the elected governing entity of a new Pales5 tinian state—

6 (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 

7 to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 

8 (B) is taking appropriate measures to 

9 counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 

10 West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 

11 of terrorist infrastructures; 

12 (C) is establishing a new Palestinian secu13 rity entity that is cooperative with appropriate 

14 Israeli and other appropriate security organiza15 tions; and 

16 (3) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 

17 body of a new Palestinian state) is working with 

18 other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef19 forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 

20 peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 

21 an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 

22 context of full and normal relationships, which 

23 should include—

24 (A) termination of all claims or states of 

25 belligerency; 
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1 (B) respect for and acknowledgement of 

2 the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and polit3 ical independence of every state in the area 

4 through measures including the establishment 

5 of demilitarized zones; 

6 (C) their right to live in peace within se7 cure and recognized boundaries free from 

8 threats or acts of force; 

9 (D) freedom of navigation through inter10 national waterways in the area; and 

11 (E) a framework for achieving a just set12 tlement of the refugee problem. 

13 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con14 gress that the newly-elected governing entity should enact 

15 a constitution assuring the rule of law, an independent ju16 diciary, and respect for human rights for its citizens, and 

17 should enact other laws and regulations assuring trans18 parent and accountable governance. 

19 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 

20 (a) if he determines that it is vital to the national security 

21 interests of the United States to do so. 

22 (d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 

23 shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 

24 Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or a 

25 newly-elected governing entity, in order to help meet the 
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1 requirements of subsection (a), consistent with the provi2 sions of section 550 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance 

3 to the Palestinian Authority’’). 

4 COLOMBIA

5 SEC. 556. (a) DETERMINATION AND CERTIFICATION

6 REQUIRED.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are 

7 available for assistance for the Colombian Armed Forces, 

8 may be made available as follows: 

9 (1) Up to 75 percent of such funds may be obli10 gated prior to a determination and certification by 

11 the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (2). 

12 (2) Up to 12.5 percent of such funds may be 

13 obligated only after the Secretary of State certifies 

14 and reports to the appropriate congressional com15 mittees that: 

16 (A) The Commander General of the Co17 lombian Armed Forces is suspending from the 

18 Armed Forces those members, of whatever rank 

19 who, according to the Minister of Defense or 

20 the Procuraduria General de la Nacion, have 

21 been credibly alleged to have committed gross 

22 violations of human rights, including extra-judi23 cial killings, or to have aided or abetted para24 military organizations. 

25 (B) The Colombian Government is vigor26 ously investigating and prosecuting those mem-
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1 bers of the Colombian Armed Forces, of what2 ever rank, who have been credibly alleged to 

3 have committed gross violations of human 

4 rights, including extra-judicial killings, or to 

5 have aided or abetted paramilitary organiza6 tions, and is promptly punishing those members 

7 of the Colombian Armed Forces found to have 

8 committed such violations of human rights or to 

9 have aided or abetted paramilitary organiza10 tions. 

11 (C) The Colombian Armed Forces have 

12 made substantial progress in cooperating with 

13 civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities in 

14 such cases (including providing requested infor15 mation, such as the identity of persons sus16 pended from the Armed Forces and the nature 

17 and cause of the suspension, and access to wit18 nesses, relevant military documents, and other 

19 requested information). 

20 (D) The Colombian Armed Forces have 

21 made substantial progress in severing links (in22 cluding denying access to military intelligence, 

23 vehicles, and other equipment or supplies, and 

24 ceasing other forms of active or tacit coopera25 tion) at the command, battalion, and brigade 
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1 levels, with paramilitary organizations, espe2 cially in regions where these organizations have 

3 a significant presence. 

4 (E) The Colombian Government is disman5 tling paramilitary leadership and financial net6 works by arresting commanders and financial 

7 backers, especially in regions where these net8 works have a significant presence. 

9 (3) The balance of such funds may be obligated 

10 after July 31, 2006, if the Secretary of State cer11 tifies and reports to the appropriate congressional 

12 committees, after such date, that the Colombian 

13 Armed Forces are continuing to meet the conditions 

14 contained in paragraph (2) and are conducting vig15 orous operations to restore government authority 

16 and respect for human rights in areas under the ef17 fective control of paramilitary and guerrilla organi18 zations. 

19 (b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Funds made 

20 available by this Act for the Colombian Armed Forces 

21 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

22 the Committees on Appropriations. 

23 (c) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—Not later than 60 

24 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 

25 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2007, the Sec-
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1 retary of State shall consult with internationally recog2 nized human rights organizations regarding progress in 

3 meeting the conditions contained in that subsection. 

4 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) AIDED OR ABETTED.—The term ‘‘aided or 

6 abetted’’ means to provide any support to para7 military groups, including taking actions which 

8 allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of 

9 such groups. 

10 (2) PARAMILITARY GROUPS.—The term ‘‘para11 military groups’’ means illegal self-defense groups 

12 and illegal security cooperatives. 

13 ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS

14 SEC. 557. (a) DENIAL OF VISAS TO SUPPORTERS OF

15 COLOMBIAN ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS.—Subject to sub16 section (b), the Secretary of State shall not issue a visa 

17 to any alien who the Secretary determines, based on cred18 ible evidence—

19 (1) has willfully provided any support to the 

20 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), 

21 the National Liberation Army (ELN), or the United 

22 Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), including 

23 taking actions or failing to take actions which allow, 

24 facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of such 

25 groups; or 
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1 (2) has committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or 

2 otherwise participated in the commission of gross 

3 violations of human rights, including extra-judicial 

4 killings, in Colombia. 

5 (b) WAIVER.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 

6 Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appro7 priate congressional committees, on a case-by-case basis, 

8 that the issuance of a visa to the alien is necessary to 

9 support the peace process in Colombia or for urgent hu10 manitarian reasons. 

11 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

12 BROADCASTING CORPORATION

13 SEC. 558. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

15 equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 

16 other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 

17 Corporation. 

18 WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM

19 SEC. 559. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2006, 30 

20 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral 

21 West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State 

22 shall certify to the appropriate committees of Congress 

23 that procedures have been established to assure the Comp24 troller General of the United States will have access to 

25 appropriate United States financial information in order 

26 to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro-
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1 gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

2 Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 

3 (b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap4 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup5 port Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 

6 the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 

7 ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through 

8 any individual, private or government entity, or edu9 cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 

10 to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has 

11 engaged in, terrorist activity. The Secretary of State shall, 

12 as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the steps 

13 to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall termi14 nate assistance to any individual, entity, or educational in15 stitution which he has determined to be involved in or ad16 vocating terrorist activity. 

17 (c) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated 

18 by this Act for assistance under the West Bank and Gaza 

19 program may be made available for the purpose of recog20 nizing or otherwise honoring individuals who commit, or 

21 have committed, acts of terrorism. 

22 (d) AUDITS.—

23 (1) The Administrator of the United States 

24 Agency for International Development shall ensure 

25 that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 
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1 and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 

2 subgrantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro3 gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 

4 ensure, among other things, compliance with this 

5 section. 

6 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

7 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are 

8 made available for assistance for the West Bank and 

9 Gaza, up to $1,000,000 may be used by the Office 

10 of the Inspector General of the United States Agen11 cy for International Development for audits, inspec12 tions, and other activities in furtherance of the re13 quirements of this subsection. Such funds are in ad14 dition to funds otherwise available for such pur15 poses. 

16 (e) Subsequent to the certification specified in sub17 section (a), the Comptroller General of the United States 

18 shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treat19 ment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 

20 West Bank and Gaza Program in fiscal year 2006 under 

21 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’. The audit shall 

22 address—

23 (1) the extent to which such Program complies 

24 with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c), 

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1 (2) an examination of all programs, projects, 

2 and activities carried out under such Program, in3 cluding both obligations and expenditures. 

4 CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

5 SEC. 560. (a) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF CON6 TRIBUTION.—Of the amounts made available under 

7 ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ and ‘‘Child 

8 Survival and Health Programs Fund’’ for fiscal year 

9 2006, $34,000,000 shall be made available for the United 

10 Nations Population Fund (hereafter in this section re11 ferred to as the ‘‘UNFPA’’): Provided, That of this 

12 amount, not less than $25,000,000 shall be derived from 

13 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘International Or14 ganizations and Programs’’. 

15 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

16 under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Pro17 grams’’ in this Act that are available for UNFPA, that 

18 are not made available for UNFPA because of the oper19 ation of any provision of law, shall be transferred to 

20 ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’ and shall 

21 be made available for family planning, maternal, and re22 productive health activities, subject to the regular notifica23 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

24 (c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—

25 None of the funds made available under ‘‘International 

26 Organizations and Programs’’ may be made available for 
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1 the UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Repub2 lic of China. 

3 (d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—

4 Amounts made available under ‘‘International Organiza5 tions and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2006 for the UNFPA 

6 may not be made available to UNFPA unless—

7 (1) the UNFPA maintains amounts made avail8 able to the UNFPA under this section in an account 

9 separate from other accounts of the UNFPA; 

10 (2) the UNFPA does not commingle amounts 

11 made available to the UNFPA under this section 

12 with other sums; and 

13 (3) the UNFPA does not fund abortions. 

14 WAR CRIMINALS

15 SEC. 561. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or 

16 otherwise made available pursuant to this Act may be 

17 made available for assistance, and the Secretary of the 

18 Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc19 tors to the international financial institutions to vote 

20 against any new project involving the extension by such 

21 institutions of any financial or technical assistance, to any 

22 country, entity, or municipality whose competent authori23 ties have failed, as determined by the Secretary of State, 

24 to take necessary and significant steps to implement its 

25 international legal obligations to apprehend and transfer 

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1 Yugoslavia (the ‘‘Tribunal’’) all persons in their territory 

2 who have been indicted by the Tribunal and to otherwise 

3 cooperate with the Tribunal. 

4 (2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply 

5 to humanitarian assistance or assistance for democratiza6 tion. 

7 (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply unless 

8 the Secretary of State determines and reports to the ap9 propriate congressional committees that the competent au10 thorities of such country, entity, or municipality are—

11 (1) cooperating with the Tribunal, including ac12 cess for investigators to archives and witnesses, the 

13 provision of documents, and the surrender and 

14 transfer of indictees or assistance in their apprehen15 sion; and 

16 (2) are acting consistently with the Dayton Ac17 cords. 

18 (c) Not less than 10 days before any vote in an inter19 national financial institution regarding the extension of 

20 any new project involving financial or technical assistance 

21 or grants to any country or entity described in subsection 

22 (a), the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 

23 the Secretary of State, shall provide to the Committees 

24 on Appropriations a written justification for the proposed 

25 assistance, including an explanation of the United States 
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1 position regarding any such vote, as well as a description 

2 of the location of the proposed assistance by municipality, 

3 its purpose, and its intended beneficiaries. 

4 (d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of 

5 State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

6 International Development, and the Secretary of the 

7 Treasury shall consult with representatives of human 

8 rights organizations and all government agencies with rel9 evant information to help prevent indicted war criminals 

10 from benefiting from any financial or technical assistance 

11 or grants provided to any country or entity described in 

12 subsection (a). 

13 (e) The Secretary of State may waive the application 

14 of subsection (a) with respect to projects within a country, 

15 entity, or municipality upon a written determination to the 

16 Committees on Appropriations that such assistance di17 rectly supports the implementation of the Dayton Accords. 

18 (f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 

19 (1) COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘country’’ means 

20 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. 

21 (2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ refers to the 

22 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, 

23 Montenegro and the Republika Srpska. 
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1 (3) MUNICIPALITY.—The term ‘‘municipality’’ 

2 means a city, town or other subdivision within a 

3 country or entity as defined herein. 

4 (4) DAYTON ACCORDS.—The term ‘‘Dayton Ac5 cords’’ means the General Framework Agreement 

6 for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with 

7 annexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, November 

8 10 through 16, 1995. 

9 USER FEES

10 SEC. 562. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in11 struct the United States Executive Director at each inter12 national financial institution (as defined in section 

13 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions Act) 

14 and the International Monetary Fund to oppose any loan, 

15 grant, strategy or policy of these institutions that would 

16 require user fees or service charges on poor people for pri17 mary education or primary healthcare, including preven18 tion and treatment efforts for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuber19 culosis, and infant, child, and maternal well-being, in con20 nection with the institutions’ financing programs. 

21 FUNDING FOR SERBIA

22 SEC. 563. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 

23 be made available for assistance for the central Govern24 ment of Serbia after May 31, 2006, if the President has 

25 made the determination and certification contained in sub26 section (c). 
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1 (b) After May 31, 2006, the Secretary of the Treas2 ury should instruct the United States executive directors 

3 to the international financial institutions to support loans 

4 and assistance to the Government of Serbia and Monte5 negro subject to the conditions in subsection (c): Provided,

6 That section 576 of the Foreign Operations, Export Fi7 nancing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, 

8 as amended, shall not apply to the provision of loans and 

9 assistance to the Government of Serbia and Montenegro 

10 through international financial institutions. 

11 (c) The determination and certification referred to in 

12 subsection (a) is a determination by the President and a 

13 certification to the Committees on Appropriations that the 

14 Government of Serbia and Montenegro is—

15 (1) cooperating with the International Criminal 

16 Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia including access 

17 for investigators, the provision of documents, and 

18 the surrender and transfer of indictees or assistance 

19 in their apprehension, including making all prac20 ticable efforts to apprehend and transfer Ratko 

21 Mladic; 

22 (2) taking steps that are consistent with the 

23 Dayton Accords to end Serbian financial, political, 

24 security and other support which has served to 
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1 maintain separate Republika Srpska institutions; 

2 and 

3 (3) taking steps to implement policies which re4 flect a respect for minority rights and the rule of 

5 law. 

6 (d) This section shall not apply to Montenegro, 

7 Kosovo, humanitarian assistance or assistance to promote 

8 democracy. 

9 COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE

10 SEC. 564. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 

11 by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of 

12 part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

13 Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding section 660 

14 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness and account15 ability of civilian police authority through training and 

16 technical assistance in human rights, the rule of law, stra17 tegic planning, and through assistance to foster civilian 

18 police roles that support democratic governance including 

19 assistance for programs to prevent conflict, respond to dis20 asters, address gender-based violence, and foster improved 

21 police relations with the communities they serve. 

22 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub23 section (a) shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 

24 the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 

25 Appropriations. 
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1 SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST

2 SEC. 565. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The 

3 President may reduce amounts owed to the United States 

4 (or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country 

5 as a result of—

6 (1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 

7 222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

8 (2) credits extended or guarantees issued under 

9 the Arms Export Control Act; 

10 (b) LIMITATIONS.—

11 (1) The authority provided by subsection (a) 

12 may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi13 cial debt relief and referendum agreements, com14 monly referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’. 

15 (2) The authority provided by subsection (a) 

16 may be exercised only in such amounts or to such 

17 extent as is provided in advance by appropriations 

18 Acts. 

19 (3) The authority provided by subsection (a) 

20 may be exercised only with respect to countries with 

21 heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from 

22 the International Development Association, but not 

23 from the International Bank for Reconstruction and 

24 Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’ 

25 countries. 
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1 (c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub2 section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country 

3 whose government—

4 (1) does not have an excessive level of military 

5 expenditures; 

6 (2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts 

7 of international terrorism; 

8 (3) is not failing to cooperate on international 

9 narcotics control matters; 

10 (4) (including its military or other security 

11 forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of 

12 gross violations of internationally recognized human 

13 rights; and 

14 (5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the 

15 application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations 

16 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. 

17 (d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro18 vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 

19 the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

20 ‘‘Debt Restructuring’’. 

21 (e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A re22 duction of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be 

23 considered assistance for the purposes of any provision of 

24 law limiting assistance to a country. The authority pro25 vided by subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding 
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1 section 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or 

2 section 321 of the International Development and Food 

3 Assistance Act of 1975. 

4 AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES

5 SEC. 566. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC6 TION, OR CANCELLATION.—

7 (1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL

8 CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi9 sion of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun10 tries, the President may, in accordance with this sec11 tion, sell to any eligible purchaser any concessional 

12 loan or portion thereof made before January 1, 

13 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 

14 1961, to the government of any eligible country as 

15 defined in section 702(6) of that Act or on receipt 

16 of payment from an eligible purchaser, reduce or 

17 cancel such loan or portion thereof, only for the pur18 pose of facilitating—

19 (A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop20 ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or 

21 (B) a debt buyback by an eligible country 

22 of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible 

23 country uses an additional amount of the local 

24 currency of the eligible country, equal to not 

25 less than 40 percent of the price paid for such 

26 debt by such eligible country, or the difference 
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1 between the price paid for such debt and the 

2 face value of such debt, to support activities 

3 that link conservation and sustainable use of 

4 natural resources with local community develop5 ment, and child survival and other child devel6 opment, in a manner consistent with sections 

7 707 through 710 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

8 of 1961, if the sale, reduction, or cancellation 

9 would not contravene any term or condition of 

10 any prior agreement relating to such loan. 

11 (2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding 

12 any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac13 cordance with this section, establish the terms and 

14 conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced, 

15 or canceled pursuant to this section. 

16 (3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined 

17 in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

18 1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency 

19 primarily responsible for administering part I of the 

20 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that 

21 the President has determined to be eligible, and 

22 shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, reduc23 tion, or cancellation of a loan pursuant to this sec24 tion. Such agency shall make adjustment in its ac25 counts to reflect the sale, reduction, or cancellation. 
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1 (4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub2 section shall be available only to the extent that ap3 propriations for the cost of the modification, as de4 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

5 of 1974, are made in advance. 

6 (b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the 

7 sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, 

8 or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in 

9 the United States Government account or accounts estab10 lished for the repayment of such loan. 

11 (c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold 

12 pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who 

13 presents plans satisfactory to the President for using the 

14 loan for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, 

15 debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 

16 (d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to 

17 any eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation 

18 pursuant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible 

19 country, the President should consult with the country 

20 concerning the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or 

21 canceled and their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt22 for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 

23 (e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro24 vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 
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1 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt 

2 Restructuring’’. 

3 BASIC EDUCATION

4 SEC. 567. Of the funds appropriated by title II of 

5 this Act, not less than $465,000,000 shall be made avail6 able for basic education, of which not less than $250,000 

7 shall be provided to the Comptroller General of the United 

8 States to prepare an analysis of United States funded 

9 international basic education programs: Provided, That 

10 the analysis, which should be submitted to the Committee 

11 within nine months of enactment of this Act, shall include, 

12 but not be limited to—

13 (1) the amount of funds provided for basic edu14 cation by all United States Government agencies in 

15 fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005; 

16 (2) a country-by-country and project-by-project 

17 breakdown of such funds; 

18 (3) an analysis of host country contributions to 

19 education at the local, provincial, and federal level; 

20 (4) the amount of funds, including loans, pro21 vided for basic education by other major bilateral 

22 donors and multilateral institutions, including 

23 United Nations agencies and the World Bank 

24 Group, including a historical view of such levels; 
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1 (5) an analysis of United States efforts to in2 crease the commitment of other major bilateral do3 nors and multilateral institutions to basic education; 

4 (6) an analysis of how various United States 

5 Government agencies coordinate in the provision of 

6 such assistance, including how such coordination 

7 contributes to achievement of the Millennium Devel8 opment Goals with respect to basic education; 

9 (7) an analysis of the effect of the quadrupling 

10 of United States assistance for basic education since 

11 fiscal year 2001 on education programs in the devel12 oping world; and 

13 (8) recommendations on the content and struc14 ture of United States assistance that would increase 

15 its effectiveness in promoting literary and numeracy. 

16 RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS

17 SEC. 568. Of the funds appropriated under the head18 ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000 

19 should be made available to support reconciliation pro20 grams and activities which bring together individuals of 

21 different ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds from 

22 areas of civil conflict and war. 

23 SUDAN

24 SEC. 569. (a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the 

25 funds appropriated by title II of this Act, not less than 
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1 $367,000,000 should be made available for assistance for 

2 Sudan. 

3 (b) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—Subject to sub4 section (c): 

5 (1) Notwithstanding section 501(a) of the 

6 International Malaria Control Act of 2000 (Public 

7 Law 106–570) or any other provision of law that re8 stricts funds for foreign countries, none of the funds 

9 appropriated by this Act may be made available for 

10 assistance for the Government of Sudan. 

11 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

12 may be made available for the cost, as defined in 

13 section 502, of the Congressional Budget Act of 

14 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees held 

15 by the Government of Sudan, including the cost of 

16 selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the 

17 United States, and modifying concessional loans, 

18 guarantees, and credit agreements. 

19 (c) Subsection (b) shall not apply if the Secretary of 

20 State determines and certifies to the Committees on Ap21 propriations that—

22 (1) the Government of Sudan has taken signifi23 cant steps to disarm and disband government-sup24 ported militia groups in the Darfur region; 
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1 (2) the Government of Sudan and all govern2 ment-supported militia groups are honoring their 

3 commitments made in the cease-fire agreement of 

4 April 8, 2004; and 

5 (3) the Government of Sudan is allowing 

6 unimpeded access to Darfur to humanitarian aid or7 ganizations, the human rights investigation and hu8 manitarian teams of the United Nations, including 

9 protection officers, and an international monitoring 

10 team that is based in Darfur and that has the sup11 port of the United States. 

12 (d) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (b) 

13 shall not apply to—

14 (1) humanitarian assistance; 

15 (2) assistance for Darfur and for areas outside 

16 the control of the Government of Sudan; and 

17 (3) assistance to support implementation of the 

18 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. 

19 (e) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act and 

20 section 501 of Public Law 106–570, the terms ‘‘Govern21 ment of Sudan’’, ‘‘areas outside of control of the Govern22 ment of Sudan’’, and ‘‘area in Sudan outside of control 

23 of the Government of Sudan’’ shall have the same meaning 

24 and application as was the case immediately prior to June 

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1 Blue Nile State and Abyei shall be deemed ‘‘areas outside 

2 of control of the Government of Sudan’’. 

3 TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING

4 SEC. 570. Of the funds appropriated by this Act, 

5 under the headings ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, 

6 ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’, 

7 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Affairs Tech8 nical Assistance’’, and ‘‘International Organizations and 

9 Programs’’, not less than $522,000,000 should be made 

10 available for trade capacity building assistance: Provided,

11 That $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated in this Act 

12 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be 

13 made available for labor and environmental capacity build14 ing activities relating to the free trade agreement with the 

15 countries of Central America and the Dominican Republic. 

16 EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH

17 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES

18 SEC. 571. Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the For19 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during 

20 fiscal year 2006, funds available to the Department of De21 fense may be expended for crating, packing, handling, and 

22 transportation of excess defense articles transferred under 

23 the authority of section 516 of such Act to Albania, Af24 ghanistan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugo25 slavian Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, India, Iraq, 

26 Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, 
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1 Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, 

2 Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. 

3 CUBA

4 SEC. 572. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

5 under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

6 Law Enforcement’’ may be made available for assistance 

7 to the Government of Cuba. 

8 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE TRAINING

9 SEC. 573. Programs funded under titles II and III 

10 of this Act that provide training for foreign police, judicial, 

11 and military officials, shall include instruction on how to 

12 address incidences and victims of gender-based violence: 

13 Provided, That the Secretary of State, in consultation with 

14 the Secretary of Defense, shall report to the Committee 

15 on Appropriations, no later than 180 days after enactment 

16 of this Act, how such instruction is being incorporated into 

17 programs funded under titles II and III of this Act. 

18 LIMITATION ON ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND ASSISTANCE

19 FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE

20 PARTIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

21 SEC. 574. (a) None of the funds made available in 

22 this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

23 Fund’’ may be used to provide assistance to the govern24 ment of a country that is a party to the International 

25 Criminal Court and has not entered into an agreement 

26 with the United States pursuant to Article 98 of the Rome 
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1 Statute preventing the International Criminal Court from 

2 proceeding against United States personnel present in 

3 such country. 

4 (b) The President may, with prior notice to Congress, 

5 waive the prohibition of subsection (a) with respect to a 

6 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (‘‘NATO’’) member 

7 country, a major non-NATO ally (including Australia, 

8 Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Argentina, the Republic of 

9 Korea, and New Zealand), Taiwan, or such other country 

10 as he may determine if he determines and reports to the 

11 appropriate congressional committees that it is important 

12 to the national interests of the United States to waive such 

13 prohibition. 

14 (c) The President may, with prior notice to Congress, 

15 waive the prohibition of subsection (a) with respect to a 

16 particular country if he determines and reports to the ap17 propriate congressional committees that such country has 

18 entered into an agreement with the United States pursu19 ant to Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the 

20 International Criminal Court from proceeding against 

21 United States personnel present in such country. 

22 (d) The prohibition of this section shall not apply to 

23 countries otherwise eligible for assistance under the Mil24 lennium Challenge Act of 2003, notwithstanding section 

25 606(a)(2)(B) of such Act. 
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1 TIBET

2 SEC. 575. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should 

3 instruct the United States executive director to each inter4 national financial institution to use the voice and vote of 

5 the United States to support projects in Tibet if such 

6 projects do not provide incentives for the migration and 

7 settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or facilitate the 

8 transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and natural re9 sources to non-Tibetans; are based on a thorough needs10 assessment; foster self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people 

11 and respect Tibetan culture and traditions; and are sub12 ject to effective monitoring. 

13 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law that 

14 restricts assistance to foreign countries, not less than 

15 $4,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

16 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should be made 

17 available to nongovernmental organizations to support ac18 tivities which preserve cultural traditions and promote 

19 sustainable development and environmental conservation 

20 in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Autonomous Re21 gion and in other Tibetan communities in China. 

22 CENTRAL AMERICA

23 SEC. 576. Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

24 under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs 

25 Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than the 

26 amount of funds initially allocated pursuant to section 
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1 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal 

2 year 2005 should be made available for El Salvador, Gua3 temala, Nicaragua and Honduras. 

4 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

5 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

6 SEC. 577. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $75,000,000 of 

7 the funds made available in this Act to carry out the provi8 sions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, in9 cluding funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance 

10 for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, may be used 

11 by the United States Agency for International Develop12 ment (USAID) to hire and employ individuals in the 

13 United States and overseas on a limited appointment basis 

14 pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 of the 

15 Foreign Service Act of 1980. 

16 (b) RESTRICTIONS.—

17 (1) The number of individuals hired in any fis18 cal year pursuant to the authority contained in sub19 section (a) may not exceed 175. 

20 (2) The authority to hire individuals contained 

21 in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 

22 2008. 

23 (c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of this section may 

24 only be used to the extent that an equivalent number of 

25 positions that are filled by personal services contractors 

26 or other nondirect-hire employees of USAID, who are 
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1 compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I 

2 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds 

3 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern 

4 Europe and the Baltic States’’, are eliminated. 

5 (d) PRIORITY SECTORS.—In exercising the authority 

6 of this section, primary emphasis shall be placed on ena7 bling USAID to meet personnel positions in technical skill 

8 areas currently encumbered by contractor or other non9 direct-hire personnel. 

10 (e) CONSULTATIONS.—The USAID Administrator 

11 shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations at 

12 least on a quarterly basis concerning the implementation 

13 of this section. 

14 (f) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 

15 charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 

16 under the authority of this section shall be the account 

17 to which such individual’s responsibilities primarily relate. 

18 Funds made available to carry out this section may be 

19 transferred to and merged and consolidated with funds ap20 propriated for ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States 

21 Agency for International Development’’. 

22 (g) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appro23 priated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign As24 sistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under 

25 the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Bal-
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1 tic States’’, may be used, in addition to funds otherwise 

2 available for such purposes, for the cost (including the 

3 support costs) of individuals detailed to or employed by 

4 the United States Agency for International Development 

5 whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs in 

6 response to natural disasters. 

7 HIPC DEBT REDUCTION

8 SEC. 578. Section 501(b) of H.R. 3425, as enacted 

9 into law by section 1000(a)(5) of division B of Public Law 

10 106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–311), is amended by adding 

11 at the end the following new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(5) The Act of March 11, 1941 (chapter 11; 

13 55 Stat. 31; 22 U.S.C. 411 et seq.; commonly known 

14 as the ‘Lend-Lease Act’).’’. 

15 OPIC TRANSFER AUTHORITY

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 579. Whenever the President determines that 

18 it is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assist19 ance Act of 1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of the 

20 funds appropriated under title II of this Act may be trans21 ferred to and merged with funds appropriated by this Act 

22 for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Program 

23 Account, to be subject to the terms and conditions of that 

24 account: Provided, That such funds shall not be available 

25 for administrative expenses of the Overseas Private In26 vestment Corporation: Provided further, That funds ear-
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1 marked by this Act shall not be transferred pursuant to 

2 this section: Provided further, That the exercise of such 

3 authority shall be subject to the regular notification proce4 dures of the Committees on Appropriations.

5 CONFLICT RESPONSE

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 580. Whenever the Secretary of State deter8 mines that it is in the national interest of the United 

9 States, the Secretary is authorized to furnish reconstruc10 tion and stabilization assistance, on such terms and condi11 tions as the Secretary may determine, for the purpose of 

12 preventing, responding to, or enabling transition from con13 flict or civil strife in foreign countries or regions: Provided, 

14 That the Secretary may transfer up to $100,000,000 

15 among accounts of the Department of State and to other 

16 Federal agencies as necessary to carry out these authori17 ties: Provided further, That pursuant to a determination 

18 by the Secretary of State that it is in the national interest 

19 of the United States to prevent or respond to conflict or 

20 civil strife in foreign countries or regions, or to enable 

21 transition from such strife assistance provided under this 

22 paragraph, as well as assistance provided with funds ap23 propriated under titles II and III of this Act for countries 

24 subject to a determination made under this paragraph, 

25 may be used: Provided further, That the exercise of such 
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1 authority shall be subject to the regular notification proce2 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 RESCISSION

4 SEC. 581. Of the funds provided in title II of Public 

5 Law 108–447, under the heading ‘‘Other Bilateral Eco6 nomic Assistance, Economic Support Fund’’, $64,000,000 

7 is hereby rescinded. 

8 ANTICORRUPTION PROVISIONS

9 SEC. 582. Twenty-five percent of the funds appro10 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘International De11 velopment Association’’, shall be withheld from obligation 

12 until the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the appro13 priate congressional committees that—

14 (a) World Bank procurement guidelines are ap15 plied to all procurement financed in whole or in part 

16 by a loan from the International Bank for Recon17 struction and Development (IBRD) or a credit 

18 agreement or grant from the International Develop19 ment Association (IDA); 

20 (b) the World Bank proposal ‘‘Increasing the 

21 Use of Country Systems in Procurement’’ dated 

22 March 2005 has been withdrawn; 

23 (c) the World Bank is maintaining a strong 

24 central procurement office staffed with senior ex25 perts who are designated to address commercial con26 cerns, questions, and complaints regarding procure-
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1 ment procedures and payments under IDA and 

2 IBRD projects; 

3 (d) thresholds for international competitive bid4 ding are established to maximize international com5 petitive bidding in accordance with sound procure6 ment practices, including transparency, competition, 

7 and cost-effective results for the Borrowers; 

8 (e) all tenders under the World Bank’s national 

9 competitive bidding provisions are subject to the 

10 same advertisement requirements as tenders under 

11 international competitive bidding; and 

12 (f) loan agreements are made public between 

13 the World Bank and the Borrowers. 

14 PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS

15 CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE TO

16 THE GOVERNMENT OF HAITI

17 SEC. 583. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act under the heading ‘‘INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CON19 TROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT’’ may be used to transfer 

20 excess property of an agency of the United States Govern21 ment to the Government of Haiti. 

22 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO ROMANIA UNDER THE

23 SUPPORT FOR EAST EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY (SEED)

24 ACT OF 1989

25 SEC. 584. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

26 under the heading ‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE
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1 AND THE BALTIC STATES’’ may be obligated or expended 

2 for assistance to Romania under the Support for East Eu3 ropean Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989. 

4 LIMITATION ON FUNDS RELATING TO ATTENDANCE OF

5 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AT CONFERENCES OCCURRING

6 OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

7 SEC. 585. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend9 ance of more than 50 employees of a Federal department 

10 or agency at any single conference occurring outside the 

11 United States. 

12 LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS BY THE EXPORT-IMPORT

13 BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

14 SEC. 586. Of the amounts provided in title I, under 

15 the heading ‘‘EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED

16 STATES—ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES’’, not more than 

17 $66,200,000 may be expended while there is a vacancy 

18 in position of the head of the Office of Inspector General 

19 in the Export-Import Bank of the United States. 

20 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES

21 THAT REFUSE TO EXTRADITE TO THE UNITED

22 STATES ANY INDIVIDUAL ACCUSED IN THE UNITED

23 STATES OF KILLING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER

24 SEC. 587. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act for the Department of State may be used to provide 

26 assistance to any country the government of which has 
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1 notified the Department of State of its refusal to extradite 

2 to the United States any individual accused in the United 

3 States of killing a law enforcement officer, as specified in 

4 a United States extradition request. 

5 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR SAUDI

6 ARABIA

7 SEC. 588. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated 

9 or expended to finance any assistance to Saudi Arabia. 

10 PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS BY THE EXPORT-IMPORT

11 BANK OF THE UNITED STATES TO APPROVE AN AP12 PLICATION FOR A LONG-TERM LOAN OR LOAN GUAR13 ANTEE WITH RESPECT TO A NUCLEAR PROJECT IN

14 THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

15 SEC. 589. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used by the Export-Import Bank of the United 

17 States to approve an application for a long-term loan or 

18 loan guarantee with respect to a nuclear project in the 

19 People’s Republic of China. 

20 GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE FAILED TO PERMIT CERTAIN

21 EXTRADITIONS

22 SEC. 590. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act for the Department of State, other than funds pro24 vided under the heading ‘‘INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS

25 CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT’’, may be used to pro26 vide assistance to any country with whom the United 
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1 States has an extradition treaty and whose government 

2 has notified the Department of State of its refusal to ex3 tradite to the United States any individual accused of 

4 committing a criminal offense for which the maximum 

5 penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of pa6 role, or a lesser term of imprisonment. 

7 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations, 

8 Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations 

9 Act, 2006’’.

10 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

11 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

12 fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other pur13 poses, namely:

14 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 

15 AGENCY 

16 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

17 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

18 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Department of State and 

21 the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, including 

22 employment, without regard to civil service and classifica23 tion laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed 

24 $700,000 of this appropriation), as authorized by section 

25 801 of the United States Information and Educational Ex26 change Act of 1948; representation to certain international 
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1 organizations in which the United States participates pur2 suant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and consent 

3 of the Senate or specific Acts of Congress; arms control, non4 proliferation and disarmament activities as authorized; ac5 quisition by exchange or purchase of passenger motor vehi6 cles as authorized by law; and for expenses of general ad7 ministration, $3,755,118,000: Provided, That of the amount 

8 made available under this heading, not to exceed $4,000,000 

9 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds in the 

10 ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’ ap11 propriations account, to be available only for emergency 

12 evacuations and terrorism rewards: Provided further, That 

13 of the amount made available under this heading, not less 

14 than $328,000,000 shall be available only for public diplo15 macy international information programs: Provided fur16 ther, That of the amount made available under this head17 ing, not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available for 

18 the Scholar Rescue Fund: Provided further, That funds 

19 available under this heading may be made available for a 

20 United States Government interagency task force to exam21 ine, coordinate and oversee United States participation in 

22 the United Nations headquarters renovation project: Pro23 vided further, That no funds may be obligated or expended 

24 for processing licenses for the export of satellites of United 

25 States origin (including commercial satellites and satellite 
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1 components) to the People’s Republic of China unless, at 

2 least 15 days in advance, the Committees on Appropria3 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are 

4 notified of such proposed action. 

5 In addition, not to exceed $1,469,000 shall be derived 

6 from fees collected from other executive agencies for lease 

7 or use of facilities located at the International Center in 

8 accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act; 

9 in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, 

10 $490,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by that 

11 section, to be used for the purposes set out in that section; 

12 in addition, as authorized by section 810 of the United 

13 States Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to 

14 exceed $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, may 

15 be credited to this appropriation from fees or other pay16 ments received from English teaching, library, motion pic17 tures, and publication programs and from fees from edu18 cational advising and counseling and exchange visitor pro19 grams; and, in addition, not to exceed $15,000, which shall 

20 be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use 

21 of Blair House facilities. 

22 In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up23 grades, $689,523,000, to remain available until expended. 

24 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

25 For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 

26 Fund, $58,895,000, to remain available until expended, as 
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1 authorized: Provided, That section 135(e) of Public Law 

2 103–236 shall not apply to funds available under this head3 ing. 

4 CENTRALIZED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION

5 PROGRAM

6 For expenses relating to the modernization of the infor7 mation technology systems and networks of the Department 

8 of State, $74,105,000, to remain available until expended. 

9 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen11 eral, $33,000,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the 

12 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), as it 

13 relates to post inspections. 

14 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

15 For expenses of educational and cultural exchange pro16 grams, as authorized, $440,200,000, to remain available 

17 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000,000, 

18 to remain available until expended, may be credited to this 

19 appropriation from fees or other payments received from 

20 or in connection with English teaching, educational advis21 ing and counseling programs, and exchange visitor pro22 grams as authorized: Provided further, That notwith23 standing any other provision of law, of the funds appro24 priated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made avail25 able for an endowment for the Aung San Suu Kyi Center 

26 for Democracy, and not less than $13,500,000 shall be made 
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1 available for educational and cultural exchanges with the 

2 People’s Republic of China, including for American studies 

3 programs. 

4 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES

5 For representation allowances as authorized, 

6 $8,281,000. 

7 PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

8 For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Sec9 retary of State to provide for extraordinary protective serv10 ices, as authorized, $9,390,000. 

11 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

12 For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 

13 Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–303), pre14 serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for build15 ings that are owned or directly leased by the Department 

16 of State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail17 able, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the 

18 Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 

19 $603,800,000, to remain available until expended as au20 thorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 

21 domestic and overseas representation as authorized: Pro22 vided, That none of the funds appropriated in this para23 graph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, fur24 nishings, or generators for other departments and agencies. 
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1 In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up2 grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 

3 $900,200,000, to remain available until expended. 

4 EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

5 SERVICE

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State 

8 to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic 

9 and Consular Service, $13,643,000, to remain available 

10 until expended as authorized, of which such sums as nec11 essary may be transferred to and merged with funds in the 

12 ‘‘Repatriation Loans Program Account’’, subject to the 

13 same terms and conditions. 

14 REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For the cost of direct loans, $712,000, as authorized: 

17 Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

18 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres19 sional Budget Act of 1974. 

20 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

21 carry out the direct loan program, $607,000, which may 

22 be transferred to and merged with funds in the ‘‘Diplomatic 

23 and Consular Programs’’ account. 
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1 PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela3 tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $19,751,000, to remain avail4 able until September 30, 2007. 

5 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

6 DISABILITY FUND

7 For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 

8 Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $131,700,000. 

9 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

10 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

11 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 

12 meet annual obligations of membership in international 

13 multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 

14 pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven15 tions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,166,212,000, to remain 

16 available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That the Sec17 retary of State shall, at the time of the submission of the 

18 President’s budget to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 

19 31, United States Code, transmit to the Committees on Ap20 propriations the most recent biennial budget prepared by 

21 the United Nations for the operations of the United Nations: 

22 Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall notify 

23 the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in ad24 vance (or in an emergency, as far in advance as is prac25 ticable) of any United Nations action to increase funding 

26 for any United Nations program without identifying an off-
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1 setting decrease elsewhere in the United Nations budget and 

2 cause the United Nations budget for the biennium 2006–

3 2007 to exceed the revised United Nations budget level for 

4 the biennium 2004–2005 of $3,695,480,000: Provided fur5 ther, That any payment of arrearages under this title shall 

6 be directed toward special activities that are mutually 

7 agreed upon by the United States and the respective inter8 national organization: Provided further, That none of the 

9 funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for 

10 a United States contribution to an international organiza11 tion for the United States share of interest costs made 

12 known to the United States Government by such organiza13 tion for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through 

14 external borrowings. 

15 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

16 ACTIVITIES

17 For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex18 penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 

19 the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 

20 security, $1,035,500,000, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2006: Provided, That none of the funds made 

22 available under this title shall be obligated or expended for 

23 any new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mission 

24 unless, at least 15 days in advance of voting for the new 

25 or expanded mission in the United Nations Security Coun26 cil (or in an emergency as far in advance as is practicable): 
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1 (1) the Committees on Appropriations and other appro2 priate committees of the Congress are notified of the esti3 mated cost and length of the mission, the national interest 

4 that will be served, and the planned exit strategy; and (2) 

5 a reprogramming of funds pursuant to section 6088 of this 

6 Act is submitted, and the procedures therein followed, set7 ting forth the source of funds that will be used to pay for 

8 the cost of the new or expanded mission: Provided further, 

9 That funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses only 

10 upon a certification by the Secretary of State to the appro11 priate committees of the Congress that American manufac12 turers and suppliers are being given opportunities to pro13 vide equipment, services, and material for United Nations 

14 peacekeeping activities equal to those being given to foreign 

15 manufacturers and suppliers: Provided further, That none 

16 of the funds made available under this heading are avail17 able to pay the United States share of the cost of court mon18 itoring that is part of any United Nations peacekeeping 

19 mission. 

20 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 

22 meet obligations of the United States arising under treaties, 

23 or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 
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1 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 

2 UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

3 For necessary expenses for the United States Section 

4 of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 

5 United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli6 cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 

7 $6,000 for representation; as follows: 

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

10 $28,700,000. 

11 CONSTRUCTION

12 For detailed plan preparation and construction of au13 thorized projects, $5,300,000, to remain available until ex14 pended, as authorized. 

15 AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

16 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the 

17 International Joint Commission and the International 

18 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au19 thorized by treaties between the United States and Canada 

20 or Great Britain, and for the Border Environment Coopera21 tion Commission as authorized by Public Law 103–182, 

22 $10,400,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall be available 

23 for representation expenses incurred by the International 

24 Joint Commission. 
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1 INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

2 For necessary expenses for international fisheries com3 missions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, 

4 $25,623,000: Provided, That the United States’ share of 

5 such expenses may be advanced to the respective commis6 sions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324. 

7 OTHER

8 PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION

9 For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized by 

10 the Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $15,000,000, to 

11 remain available until September 30, 2007, as authorized. 

12 CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE TRUST

13 FUND

14 For a grant to the Center for Middle Eastern-Western 

15 Dialogue Trust Fund (22 U.S.C. 2078), $1,000,000 for op16 eration of the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue 

17 in Istanbul, Turkey, to remain available until expended. 

18 In addition, for necessary expenses of the Center for 

19 Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the total 

20 amount of the interest and earnings accruing to such Fund 

21 on or before September 30, 2006, to remain available until 

22 expended. 

23 EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

24 For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel25 lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 

26 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 
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1 U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 

2 the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund 

3 on or before September 30, 2006, to remain available until 

4 expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

5 herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa6 tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the pay7 ment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

8 5376; or for purposes which are not in accordance with 

9 OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative Require10 ments) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit Organi11 zations), including the restrictions on compensation for per12 sonal services. 

13 ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

14 For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 

15 Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Rela16 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 

17 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to the 

18 Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 

19 2006, to remain available until expended. 

20 EAST-WEST CENTER

21 To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car22 rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 

23 Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, 

24 by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical Inter25 change Between East and West in the State of Hawaii, 

26 $20,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
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1 herein shall be used to pay any salary, or enter into any 

2 contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the 

3 rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376. 

4 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

5 For grants made by the Department of State to the 

6 National Endowment for Democracy as authorized by the 

7 National Endowment for Democracy Act, $8,800,000 to re8 main available until expended. 

9 COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S

10 HERITAGE ABROAD

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 

13 Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $499,000, as 

14 authorized by section 1303 of Public Law 99–83. 

15 COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses for the United States Commis18 sion on International Religious Freedom, as authorized by 

19 title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 

20 (Public Law 105–292), $1,000,000. 

21 COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security 

24 and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 

25 94–304, $2,030,000, to remain available as authorized by 

26 section 3 of Public Law 99–7. 
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1 CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE

2 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive 

5 Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as author6 ized, $1,900,000, including not more than $3,000 for the 

7 purpose of official representation, to remain available until 

8 September 30, 2007. 

9 UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW

10 COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the United States-China 

13 Economic and Security Review Commission, $2,800,000, 

14 including not more than $5,000 for the purpose of official 

15 representation, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2007. 

17 UNITED STATES SENATE-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY

18 GROUP

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the United States Senate21 China Interparliamentary Group, as authorized under sec22 tion 153 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (22 

23 U.S.C. 276n; Public Law 108–99; 118 Stat. 448), $150,000 

24 to remain available until September 30, 2007. 
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1 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 

4 of Peace as authorized in the United States Institute of 

5 Peace Act, $21,850,000, to remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2007. 

7 RELATED AGENCY 

8 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

9 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

10 For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting 

11 Board of Governors, as authorized, to carry out inter12 national communication activities, and to make and super13 vise grants for radio and television broadcasting to the Mid14 dle East, $603,394,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

15 in this heading, not to exceed $16,000 may be used for offi16 cial receptions within the United States as authorized, not 

17 to exceed $35,000 may be used for representation abroad 

18 as authorized, and not to exceed $39,000 may be used for 

19 official reception and representation expenses of Radio Free 

20 Europe/Radio Liberty; and in addition, notwithstanding 

21 any other provision of law, not to exceed $2,000,000 in re22 ceipts from advertising and revenue from business ventures, 

23 not to exceed $500,000 in receipts from cooperating inter24 national organizations, and not to exceed $1,000,000 in re25 ceipts from privatization efforts of the Voice of America and 
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1 the International Broadcasting Bureau, to remain avail2 able until expended for carrying out authorized purposes. 

3 BROADCASTING TO CUBA

4 For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting 

5 Board of Governors to carry out broadcasting to Cuba, in6 cluding the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement 

7 of facilities for radio and television transmission and recep8 tion and purchase, lease, and installation of necessary 

9 equipment for radio and television transmission and recep10 tion, $37,656,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2007. 

12 BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

13 For the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement 

14 of facilities for radio transmission and reception, and pur15 chase and installation of necessary equipment for radio and 

16 television transmission and reception as authorized, 

17 $10,893,000, to remain available until expended, as author18 ized.

19 TITLE II—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT 

20 ASSISTANCE 

21 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

22 INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen24 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

25 Act of 1978, as amended, $1,000,000, to remain available 

26 until September 30, 2007. 
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1 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au3 thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 

4 funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora5 tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con6 tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi7 tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government Cor8 poration Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying out 

9 the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation: 

10 Provided, That none of the funds available during the cur11 rent fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, con12 tracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, 

13 fuel, or technology to any country, other than a nuclear14 weapon state as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the 

15 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive 

16 economic or military assistance under this Act, that has 

17 detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of the enactment 

18 of this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

19 1(c) of Public Law 103–428, as amended, sections 1(a) and 

20 (b) of Public Law 103–428 shall remain in effect through 

21 October 1, 2006. 

22 SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION

23 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, 

24 and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Ex25 port-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $125,000,000, 

26 to remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided, 
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1 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 

2 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg3 et Act of 1974: Provided further, That such sums shall re4 main available until September 30, 2024, for the disburse5 ment of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied6 aid grants obligated in fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 

7 2009: Provided further, That none of the funds appro8 priated by this Act or any prior Act appropriating funds 

9 for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro10 grams for tied-aid credits or grants may be used for any 

11 other purpose except through the regular notification proce12 dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur13 ther, That funds appropriated by this paragraph are made 

14 available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Im15 port Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the purchase 

16 or lease of any product by any Eastern European country, 

17 any Baltic State or any agency or national thereof. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

19 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

20 and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 

21 hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 

22 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official 

23 reception and representation expenses for members of the 

24 Board of Directors, $73,200,000: Provided, That the Ex25 port-Import Bank may accept, and use, payment or services 

26 provided by transaction participants for legal, financial, 
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1 or technical services in connection with any transaction for 

2 which an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance 

3 commitment has been made: Provided further, That, not4 withstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the Export En5 hancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall remain 

6 in effect until October 1, 2006. 

7 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

8 NONCREDIT ACCOUNT

9 The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au10 thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 

11 as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and com12 mitments within the limits of funds available to it and in 

13 accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided, That 

14 the amount available for administrative expenses to carry 

15 out the credit and insurance programs (including an 

16 amount for official reception and representation expenses 

17 which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed 

18 $42,274,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans19 action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 

20 in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with 

21 services provided to specific investors or potential investors 

22 pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

23 1961, shall not be considered administrative expenses for 

24 the purposes of this heading. 
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1 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 

3 $20,276,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 

4 Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from the 

5 Overseas Private Investment Corporation Non-Credit Ac6 count: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi7 fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

8 Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

9 such sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and 

10 loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal 

11 years 2006 and 2007: Provided further, That such sums 

12 shall remain available through fiscal year 2014 for the dis13 bursement of direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal 

14 year 2006, and through fiscal year 2015 for the disburse15 ment of direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year 

16 2007: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

17 provision of law, the Overseas Private Investment Corpora18 tion is authorized to undertake any program authorized by 

19 title IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Pro20 vided further, That funds made available pursuant to the 

21 authority of the previous proviso shall be subject to the reg22 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro23 priations. 

24 In addition, such sums as may be necessary for admin25 istrative expenses to carry out the credit program may be 
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1 derived from amounts available for administrative expenses 

2 to carry out the credit and insurance programs in the Over3 seas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account 

4 and merged with said account. 

5 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

6 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

8 section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

9 $50,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007.

10 TITLE III—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

11 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

12 For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry 

13 out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

14 and for other purposes, to remain available until September 

15 30, 2006, unless otherwise specified herein, as follows: 

16 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

17 DEVELOPMENT

18 CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

21 chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

22 of 1961, for child survival, health, and family planning/

23 reproductive health activities, in addition to funds other24 wise available for such purposes, $1,659,000,000, to remain 

25 available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That this 

26 amount shall be made available for such activities as: (1) 
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1 immunization programs; (2) oral rehydration programs; 

2 (3) health, nutrition, water and sanitation programs which 

3 directly address the needs of mothers and children, and re4 lated education programs; (4) assistance for children dis5 placed or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; (5) pro6 grams for the prevention, treatment, control of, and research 

7 on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other infec8 tious diseases, and for assistance to communities severely 

9 affected by HIV/AIDS, including children displaced or or10 phaned by AIDS; and (6) family planning/reproductive 

11 health: Provided further, That none of the funds appro12 priated under this heading may be made available for non13 project assistance, except that funds may be made available 

14 for such assistance for ongoing health activities: Provided 

15 further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

16 not to exceed $350,000, in addition to funds otherwise 

17 available for such purposes, may be used to monitor and 

18 provide oversight of child survival, maternal and family 

19 planning/reproductive health, and infectious disease pro20 grams: Provided further, That the following amounts should 

21 be allocated as follows: $375,000,000 for child survival and 

22 maternal health; $30,000,000 for vulnerable children; 

23 $350,000,000 for HIV/AIDS including not less than 

24 $42,000,000 to support the development of microbicides as 

25 a means for combating HIV/AIDS; $285,000,000 for other 
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1 infectious diseases; and $369,000,000 for family planning/

2 reproductive health, including in areas where population 

3 growth threatens biodiversity or endangered species: Pro4 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

5 heading, and in addition to funds allocated under the pre6 vious proviso, not less than $250,000,000 shall be made 

7 available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, ex8 cept for the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, 

9 Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–

10 25), for a United States contribution to the Global Fund 

11 to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the ‘‘Global 

12 Fund’’), and shall be expended at the minimum rate nec13 essary to make timely payment for projects and activities: 

14 Provided further, That up to 5 percent of the aggregate 

15 amount of funds made available to the Global Fund in fis16 cal year 2006 may be made available to the United States 

17 Agency for International Development for technical assist18 ance related to the activities of the Global Fund: Provided 

19 further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 

20 that are available for HIV/AIDS programs and activities, 

21 not less than $35,000,000 should be made available for the 

22 International AIDS Vaccine Initiative: Provided further, 

23 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

24 $70,000,000 should be made available for a United States 

25 contribution to The Vaccine Fund, and up to $6,000,000 
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1 may be transferred to and merged with funds appropriated 

2 by this Act under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses of the 

3 United States Agency for International Development’’ for 

4 costs directly related to international health, but funds 

5 made available for such costs may not be derived from 

6 amounts made available for contribution under this and 

7 preceding provisos: Provided further, That restrictions with 

8 respect to assistance provided with funds appropriated by 

9 this Act for HIV/AIDS, family planning, or child survival 

10 and health activities shall not be construed to restrict assist11 ance in support of programs to expand the availability and 

12 use of condoms for HIV/AIDS prevention and of contracep13 tives to reduce the incidence of abortion: Provided further, 

14 That none of the funds made available in this Act nor any 

15 unobligated balances from prior appropriations may be 

16 made available to any organization or program which, as 

17 determined by the President of the United States, directly 

18 supports coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Pro19 vided further, That the previous proviso shall not be con20 strued to deny funding to any organization or program 

21 solely because the government of a country engages in coer22 cive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided further, 

23 That none of the funds made available under this Act may 

24 be used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method 

25 of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to 
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1 practice abortions: Provided further, That nothing in this 

2 paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory 

3 prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the For4 eign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That none 

5 of the funds made available under this Act may be used 

6 to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, That in 

7 order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, 

8 funds shall be available only to voluntary family planning 

9 projects which offer, either directly or through referral to, 

10 or information about access to, a broad range of family 

11 planning methods and services, and that any such vol12 untary family planning project shall meet the following re13 quirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the 

14 project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or other 

15 numerical targets, of total number of births, number of fam16 ily planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method 

17 of family planning (this provision shall not be construed 

18 to include the use of quantitative estimates or indicators 

19 for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the project shall 

20 not include payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or fi21 nancial reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for be22 coming a family planning acceptor; or (B) program per23 sonnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of total 

24 number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or 

25 acceptors of a particular method of family planning; (3) 
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1 the project shall not deny any right or benefit, including 

2 the right of access to participate in any program of general 

3 welfare or the right of access to health care, as a consequence 

4 of any individual’s decision not to accept family planning 

5 services; (4) the project shall provide family planning ac6 ceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits 

7 and risks of the method chosen, including those conditions 

8 that might render the use of the method inadvisable and 

9 those adverse side effects known to be consequent to the use 

10 of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure that experi11 mental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical proce12 dures are provided only in the context of a scientific study 

13 in which participants are advised of potential risks and 

14 benefits; and, not less than 60 days after the date on which 

15 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter16 national Development determines that there has been a vio17 lation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), (2), 

18 (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of viola19 tions of the requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this 

20 proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees 

21 on Appropriations a report containing a description of such 

22 violation and the corrective action taken by the Agency: 

23 Provided further, That in awarding grants for natural fam24 ily planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance 

25 Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against be-
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1 cause of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commit2 ment to offer only natural family planning; and, addition3 ally, all such applicants shall comply with the requirements 

4 of the previous proviso: Provided further, That for purposes 

5 of this or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds 

6 for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro7 grams, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family planning 

8 assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, 

9 consistent with local law, of information or counseling 

10 about all pregnancy options: Provided further, That infor11 mation provided about the use of condoms as part of 

12 projects or activities that are funded from amounts appro13 priated by this Act shall be medically accurate and shall 

14 include the public health benefits and failure rates of such 

15 use. 

16 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

18 sections 103, 105, 106, and 131, and chapter 10 of part 

19 I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,675,000,000, to 

20 remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That 

21 $350,000,000 should be made available for basic education: 

22 Provided further, That of the aggregate amount of the funds 

23 appropriated by this Act that are made available for agri24 culture and rural development programs, $40,000,000 shall 

25 be made available for plant biotechnology research and de26 velopment: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
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1 priated under this heading, not less than $1,000,000 shall 

2 be made available for support of the United States Tele3 communications Training Institute: Provided further, That 

4 not less than $2,300,000 shall be made available for core 

5 support for the International Fertilizer Development Cen6 ter: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

7 this heading, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made avail8 able for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad pro9 gram: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

10 under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available for 

11 cooperative development programs within the Office of Pri12 vate and Voluntary Cooperation: Provided further, That of 

13 the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

14 $700,000 shall be made available to the nonprofit organiza15 tion that conducted the 2001 Micronutrient Compliance Re16 view to improve food aid product quality and nutrient de17 livery, and shall remain available until expended: Provided 

18 further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 

19 that are made available for assistance programs for dis20 placed and orphaned children and victims of war, not to 

21 exceed $42,500, in addition to funds otherwise available for 

22 such purposes, may be used to monitor and provide over23 sight of such programs: Provided further, That of the funds 

24 appropriated under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made 

25 available for the Doulos Foundation for programs in South 
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1 Asia: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

2 under this heading, not less than $20,000,000 shall be made 

3 available for the Election and Political Processes Program 

4 of the Office of Democracy and Governance, United States 

5 Agency for International Development, of which not less 

6 than $18,000,000 shall be made available for democracy 

7 grants: Provided further, That not less than $5,000,000 

8 should be made available for pilot programs to support ef9 forts to reduce the incidence of child marriage in developing 

10 countries: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

11 under this heading, not less than $20,000,000 shall be made 

12 available to develop clean water treatment activities in de13 veloping countries: Provided further, That of the funds ap14 propriated by this Act, not less than $200,000,000 shall be 

15 made available for drinking water supply projects and re16 lated activities, of which not less than $50,000,000 should 

17 be made available for programs in Africa. 

18 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AND FAMINE ASSISTANCE

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

20 section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for inter21 national disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction 

22 assistance, $400,000,000, to remain available until ex23 pended, of which $20,000,000 should be for famine preven24 tion and relief. 
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1 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

2 For necessary expenses for international disaster reha3 bilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section 

4 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $50,000,000, to 

5 remain available until expended, to support transition to 

6 democracy and to long-term development of countries in cri7 sis: Provided, That such support may include assistance to 

8 develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and 

9 processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the 

10 peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the 

11 United States Agency for International Development shall 

12 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at 

13 least 5 days prior to beginning a new program of assist14 ance: Provided further, That if the President determines 

15 that is important to the national interests of the United 

16 States to provide transition assistance in excess of the 

17 amount appropriated under this heading, up to 

18 $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry 

19 out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

20 of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading and under 

21 the authorities applicable to funds appropriated under this 

22 heading: Provided further, That funds made available pur23 suant to the previous proviso shall be made available subject 

24 to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropria25 tions. 
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1 DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro4 vided by the United States Agency for International Devel5 opment, as authorized by sections 108 and 635 of the For6 eign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $21,000,000 may be de7 rived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act to 

8 carry out part I of such Act and under the heading ‘‘Assist9 ance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: Provided, 

10 That such funds shall be made available only for micro and 

11 small enterprise programs, urban programs, and other pro12 grams which further the purposes of part I of the Act: Pro13 vided further, That such costs, including the cost of modi14 fying such direct and guaranteed loans, shall be as defined 

15 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 

16 amended: Provided further, That funds made available by 

17 this paragraph may be used for the cost of modifying any 

18 such guaranteed loans under this Act or prior Acts, and 

19 funds used for such costs shall be subject to the regular noti20 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 

21 Provided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) 

22 (relating to general provisions applicable to the Develop23 ment Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

24 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported 

25 by the House Committee on International Relations on May 

26 9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and loan guaran-
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1 tees provided under this heading: Provided further, That 

2 these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 

3 any portion of which is to be guaranteed, of up to 

4 $700,000,000. 

5 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

6 credit programs administered by the United States Agency 

7 for International Development, $8,000,000, which may be 

8 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Oper9 ating Expenses of the United States Agency for Inter10 national Development: Provided, That funds made avail11 able under this heading shall remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2007. 

13 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

14 DISABILITY FUND

15 For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and 

16 Disability Fund’’, as authorized by the Foreign Service Act 

17 of 1980, $41,700,000. 

18 OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY

19 FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

21 section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

22 $620,000,000, of which up to $25,000,000 may remain 

23 available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That none 

24 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 

25 the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ may be made 

26 available to finance the construction (including architect 
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1 and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of 

2 offices for use by the United States Agency for International 

3 Development, unless the Administrator has identified such 

4 proposed construction (including architect and engineering 

5 services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices in a report 

6 submitted to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 

7 days prior to the obligation of these funds for such purposes: 

8 Provided further, That the previous proviso shall not apply 

9 where the total cost of construction (including architect and 

10 engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices 

11 does not exceed $1,000,000: Provided further, That contracts 

12 or agreements entered into with funds appropriated under 

13 this heading may entail commitments for the expenditure 

14 of such funds through fiscal year 2007: Provided further, 

15 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 

16 than $36,600,000 shall be made available for operations in 

17 Iraq and Afghanistan: Provided further, That none of the 

18 funds in this Act may be used to open a new overseas mis19 sion of the United States Agency for International Develop20 ment without the prior written notification of the Commit21 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the author22 ity of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

23 of 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary of State to trans24 fer funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of 

25 such Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States Agen-
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1 cy for International Development’’ in accordance with the 

2 provisions of those sections. 

3 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

4 For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 

5 related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of 

6 information technology and related capital investments, 

7 pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

8 1961, $77,700,000, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That this amount is in addition to funds otherwise 

10 available for such purposes: Provided further, That funds 

11 appropriated under this heading shall be available for obli12 gation only pursuant to the regular notification procedures 

13 of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

14 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to 

15 exceed $19,709,000 may be made available for the purposes 

16 of implementing the Capital Security Cost Sharing Pro17 gram. 

18 OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY

19 FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF IN20 SPECTOR GENERAL

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

22 section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

23 $36,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 

24 which sum shall be available for the Office of the Inspector 

25 General of the United States Agency for International De26 velopment. 
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1 OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

2 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

4 chapter 4 of part II, $3,036,375,000, to remain available 

5 until September 30, 2007: Provided, That of the funds ap6 propriated under this heading, not less than $240,000,000 

7 shall be available only for Israel, which sum shall be avail8 able on a grant basis as a cash transfer and shall be dis9 bursed within 30 days of the enactment of this Act: Pro10 vided further, That not less than $495,000,000 shall be 

11 available only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on 

12 a grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance 

13 shall be provided with the understanding that Egypt will 

14 undertake significant economic and political reforms which 

15 are additional to those which were undertaken in previous 

16 fiscal years: Provided further, That with respect to the pro17 vision of assistance for Egypt for democracy and govern18 ance activities, the organizations implementing such assist19 ance and the specific nature of that assistance shall not be 

20 subject to the prior approval by the Government of Egypt: 

21 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

22 heading for assistance for Egypt, not less than $35,000,000 

23 shall be made available for democracy and governance pro24 grams and not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 

25 for scholarships for disadvantaged Egyptian students to at-
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1 tend the American University in Cairo: Provided further, 

2 That of the funds appropriated under this heading for as3 sistance for Egypt for economic reform activities, 

4 $227,600,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the 

5 Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees 

6 on Appropriations that Egypt has met the calendar year 

7 2005 benchmarks accompanying the ‘‘Financial Sector Re8 form Memorandum of Understanding’’ dated March 20, 

9 2005, and that Egypt has agreed to the installation of an 

10 FM transmitter in Media City for Radio SAWA: Provided 

11 further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

12 not less than $2,500,000 should be made available for tech13 nical assistance for countries to implement and enforce the 

14 Kimberley Process Certification Scheme: Provided further, 

15 That in exercising the authority to provide cash transfer 

16 assistance for Israel, the President shall ensure that the level 

17 of such assistance does not cause an adverse impact on the 

18 total level of nonmilitary exports from the United States 

19 to such country and that Israel enters into a side letter 

20 agreement in an amount proportional to the fiscal year 

21 1999 agreement: Provided further, That of the funds appro22 priated under this heading, not less than $250,000,000 

23 should be made available only for assistance for Jordan: 

24 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

25 heading, $120,000,000 shall be made available for the ‘‘Mid-
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1 dle East Partnership Initiative’’: Provided further, That 

2 $35,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

3 shall be made available for assistance for Lebanon, of which 

4 not less than $4,000,000 should be made available for schol5 arships and direct support of American educational institu6 tions in Lebanon: Provided further, That funds appro7 priated under this heading may be made available for Cy8 prus only for scholarships, administrative support of the 

9 scholarship program, bicommunal projects, measures aimed 

10 at reunification of the island, and activities to reduce ten11 sions and promote peace and cooperation between the two 

12 communities on Cyprus: Provided further, That of the funds 

13 appropriated under this heading, not less than $35,000,000 

14 shall be made available for assistance for the Philippines: 

15 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

16 heading, not less than $22,000,000 shall be made available 

17 for assistance for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, 

18 of which up to $1,000,000 may be available for administra19 tive expenses of the United States Agency for International 

20 Development: Provided further, That of the funds appro21 priated under this heading, not less than $10,000,000 

22 should be made available for democracy programs and ac23 tivities in Ethiopia: Provided further, That of the funds ap24 propriated under this heading, not less than $2,000,000 

25 should be made available for East Asia and Pacific Envi-
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1 ronment Initiatives: Provided further, That prior to the ob2 ligation of funds appropriated under this heading for as3 sistance for the Central Government of Pakistan, the Sec4 retary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 

5 Appropriations describing steps taken in the previous six 

6 months by the Government of Pakistan to protect the rights 

7 and safety of Pakistani human rights defenders: Provided 

8 further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

9 $3,000,000 shall be made available for the Foundation for 

10 Security and Sustainability: Provided further, That not11 withstanding any other provision of law, $4,000,000 shall 

12 be made available for programs and activities for the Cen13 tral Highlands of Vietnam: Provided further, That of the 

14 funds appropriated under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be 

15 made available for economic development programs con16 ducted by Indonesian universities: Provided further, That 

17 of the funds appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 

18 shall be made available for democracy and media programs 

19 in Thailand: Provided further, That of the funds appro20 priated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 

21 available to continue to support the provision of wheelchairs 

22 for needy persons in developing countries: Provided further, 

23 That funds appropriated under this heading that are made 

24 available for a Middle East Financing Facility, Middle 

25 East Enterprise Fund, or any other similar entity in the 
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1 Middle East shall be subject to the regular notification pro2 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur3 ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

4 not less than $4,000,000 shall be made available for the Of5 fice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human 

6 Rights in Nepal: Provided further, That with respect to 

7 funds appropriated under this heading in this Act or prior 

8 Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export 

9 financing, and related programs, the responsibility for pol10 icy decisions and justifications for the use of such funds, 

11 including whether there will be a program for a country 

12 that uses those funds and the amount of each such program, 

13 shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of State and the 

14 Deputy Secretary of State and this responsibility shall not 

15 be delegated. 

16 ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC

17 STATES

18 (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

19 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for 

20 East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, 

21 $395,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2007, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 

23 provision of law, for assistance and for related programs 

24 for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: Provided, That 

25 of the funds appropriated under this heading $3,500,000 

26 shall be made available for leadership development pro-
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1 grams for women and youth and $5,000,000 shall be made 

2 available for rule of law programs for the training of judges. 

3 (b) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

4 considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign As5 sistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the 

6 administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use 

7 of economic assistance. 

8 (c) The provisions of section 6029 of this Act shall 

9 apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, 

10 That notwithstanding any provision of this or any other 

11 Act, including provisions in this subsection regarding the 

12 application of section 6029 of this Act, local currencies gen13 erated by, or converted from, funds appropriated by this 

14 Act and by previous appropriations Acts and made avail15 able for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia may 

16 be used in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States to carry 

17 out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

18 and the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) 

19 Act of 1989. 

20 (d) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap21 propriated under this heading made available for economic 

22 revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he 

23 determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria24 tions that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has 

25 not complied with article III of annex 1–A of the General 
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1 Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and 

2 Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, 

3 and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga4 tions, and related activities between state sponsors of ter5 rorism and terrorist organizations and Bosnian officials 

6 has not been terminated. 

7 ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE

8 FORMER SOVIET UNION

9 (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

10 of chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

11 Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance 

12 for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and 

13 for related programs, $565,000,000, to remain available 

14 until September 30, 2007: Provided, That the provisions of 

15 such chapters shall apply to funds appropriated by this 

16 paragraph: Provided further, That funds made available for 

17 the Southern Caucasus region may be used, notwith18 standing any other provision of law, for confidence-building 

19 measures and other activities in furtherance of the peaceful 

20 resolution of the regional conflicts, especially those in the 

21 vicinity of Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabagh: Provided fur22 ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

23 $6,500,000 should be available only to meet the health and 

24 other assistance needs of victims of trafficking in persons: 

25 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

26 heading, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 
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1 to the National Endowment for Democracy for political 

2 party development programs in Russia: Provided further, 

3 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

4 appropriated under this heading in this Act or prior Acts 

5 making appropriations for foreign operations, export fi6 nancing, and related programs, that are made available 

7 pursuant to the provisions of section 807 of Public Law 

8 102–511 shall be subject to a 6 percent ceiling on adminis9 trative expenses. 

10 (b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that 

11 are made available for assistance for Ukraine, not less than 

12 $7,000,000 shall be made available for nuclear reactor safe13 ty initiatives, and not less than $5,000,000 shall be made 

14 available for coal mine safety programs. 

15 (c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

16 $2,500,000 shall be made available for the Business Infor17 mation Service for the Newly Independent States. 

18 (d)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading 

19 that are allocated for assistance for the Government of the 

20 Russian Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from obli21 gation until the President determines and certifies in writ22 ing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Govern23 ment of the Russian Federation—

24 (A) has terminated implementation of arrange25 ments to provide Iran with technical expertise, train-
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1 ing, technology, or equipment necessary to develop a 

2 nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facilities or 

3 programs, or ballistic missile capability; and 

4 (B) is providing full access to international non5 government organizations providing humanitarian 

6 relief to refugees and internally displaced persons in 

7 Chechnya. 

8 (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—

9 (A) assistance to combat infectious diseases, child 

10 survival activities, or assistance for victims of traf11 ficking in persons; and 

12 (B) activities authorized under title V (Non13 proliferation and Disarmament Programs and Activi14 ties) of the FREEDOM Support Act. 

15 (e) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall 

16 not apply to—

17 (1) activities to support democracy or assistance 

18 under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and sec19 tion 1424 of Public Law 104–201 or non-proliferation 

20 assistance; 

21 (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 

22 Development Agency under section 661 of the Foreign 

23 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421); 
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1 (3) any activity carried out by a member of the 

2 United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 

3 acting within his or her official capacity; 

4 (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee or 

5 other assistance provided by the Overseas Private In6 vestment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 of 

7 part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

8 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.); 

9 (5) any financing provided under the Export10 Import Bank Act of 1945; or 

11 (6) humanitarian assistance. 

12 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

13 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 

15 the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the pro16 visions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, 

17 $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007. 

18 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

19 For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the Inter20 national Security and Development Cooperation Act of 

21 1980, Public Law 96–533, $25,000,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2007: Provided, That funds made 

23 available to grantees may be invested pending expenditure 

24 for project purposes when authorized by the board of direc25 tors of the Foundation: Provided further, That interest 

26 earned shall be used only for the purposes for which the 
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1 grant was made: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

2 section 505(a)(2) of the African Development Foundation 

3 Act, in exceptional circumstances the board of directors of 

4 the Foundation may waive the $250,000 limitation con5 tained in that section with respect to a project: Provided 

6 further, That the Foundation shall provide a report to the 

7 Committees on Appropriations after each time such waiver 

8 authority is exercised. 

9 PEACE CORPS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

12 the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), including the purchase 

13 of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for adminis14 trative purposes for use outside of the United States, 

15 $320,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2007: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under 

17 this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Provided 

18 further, That the Director may transfer to the Foreign Cur19 rency Fluctuations Account, as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 

20 2515, an amount not to exceed $2,000,000: Provided fur21 ther, That funds transferred pursuant to the previous pro22 viso may not be derived from amounts made available for 

23 Peace Corps overseas operations. 

24 MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

25 For necessary expenses for the ‘‘Millennium Challenge 

26 Corporation’’, $1,800,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 

2 this heading, up to $70,000,000 may be available for ad3 ministrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge Corpora4 tion: Provided further, That up to 10 percent of the funds 

5 appropriated under this heading may be made available to 

6 carry out the purposes of section 616 of the Millennium 

7 Challenge Act of 2003 for candidate countries for fiscal year 

8 2006: Provided further, That none of the funds available 

9 to carry out section 616 of such Act may be made available 

10 until the Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Chal11 lenge Corporation provides a report to the Committees on 

12 Appropriations listing the candidate countries that will be 

13 receiving assistance under section 616 of such Act, the level 

14 of assistance proposed for each such country, a description 

15 of the proposed programs, projects and activities, and the 

16 implementing agency or agencies of the United States Gov17 ernment: Provided further, That section 605(e)(4) of the 

18 Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 shall apply to funds ap19 propriated under this heading: Provided further, That 

20 funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail21 able for a Millennium Challenge Compact entered into pur22 suant to section 609 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 

23 2003 only if such Compact obligates, or contains a commit24 ment to obligate subject to the availability of funds and the 

25 mutual agreement of the parties to the Compact to proceed, 
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1 the entire amount of the United States Government funding 

2 anticipated for the duration of the Compact. 

3 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

4 GLOBAL HIV/AIDS INITIATIVE

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

6 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the prevention, treat7 ment, and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, 

8 $2,020,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

9 which $150,000,000 shall be made available, notwith10 standing any other provision of law, except for the United 

11 States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and 

12 Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25) for a United 

13 States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tu14 berculosis and Malaria, and shall be expended at the min15 imum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects 

16 and activities: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 

17 under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be made available for 

18 a United States contribution to UNAIDS. 

19 DEMOCRACY FUND

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

21 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of de22 mocracy, human rights, independent media, and the rule 

23 of law globally, $175,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

25 heading shall be made available notwithstanding any other 

26 provision of law, as follows: $85,000,000 for the Human 
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1 Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, 

2 Human Rights and Labor, Department of State; 

3 $80,000,000 for the National Endowment for Democracy; 

4 and $10,000,000 for a United States contribution to a 

5 United Nations democracy fund: Provided further, That 

6 funds appropriated under this heading are in addition to 

7 funds otherwise available for such purposes: Provided fur8 ther, That of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, 

9 not less than $1,448,200,000 shall be made available for de10 mocracy, human rights and rule of law programs, of which 

11 not more than $250,000,000 shall be made available for con12 tracts to promote democracy, human rights, and the rule 

13 of law globally. 

14 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

15 ENFORCEMENT

16 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 

17 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $523,874,000, to remain 

18 available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That during 

19 fiscal year 2006, the Department of State may also use the 

20 authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

21 1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive excess 

22 property from an agency of the United States Government 

23 for the purpose of providing it to a foreign country under 

24 chapter 8 of part I of that Act subject to the regular notifi25 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 

26 Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall provide 
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1 to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 45 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act and prior to the 

3 initial obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, 

4 a report on the proposed uses of all funds under this head5 ing on a country-by-country basis for each proposed pro6 gram, project, or activity: Provided further, That of the 

7 funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

8 $16,000,000 shall be made available for training programs 

9 and activities of the International Law Enforcement Acad10 emies: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

11 under this heading, not less than $1,500,000 shall be made 

12 available for police training in the Republic of Timor-Leste: 

13 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

14 heading, not more than $30,000,000 may be available for 

15 administrative expenses. 

16 ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE

17 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 

18 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support counterdrug ac19 tivities in the Andean region of South America, 

20 $734,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2007: Provided, That in fiscal year 2006, funds available 

22 to the Department of State for assistance to the Government 

23 of Colombia shall be available to support a unified cam24 paign against narcotics trafficking, against activities by or25 ganizations designated as terrorist organizations such as 

26 the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the 
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1 National Liberation Army (ELN), and the United Self-De2 fense Forces of Colombia (AUC), and to take actions to pro3 tect human health and welfare in emergency circumstances, 

4 including undertaking rescue operations: Provided further, 

5 That this authority shall cease to be effective if the Secretary 

6 of State has credible evidence that the Colombian Armed 

7 Forces are not conducting vigorous operations to restore 

8 government authority and respect for human rights in areas 

9 under the effective control of paramilitary and guerrilla or10 ganizations: Provided further, That the President shall en11 sure that if any helicopter procured with funds under this 

12 heading is used to aid or abet the operations of any illegal 

13 self-defense group or illegal security cooperative, such heli14 copter shall be immediately returned to the United States: 

15 Provided further, That the Secretary of State, in consulta16 tion with the Administrator of the United States Agency 

17 for International Development, shall provide to the Com18 mittees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act and prior to the initial 

20 obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, a re21 port on the proposed uses of all funds under this heading 

22 on a country-by-country basis for each proposed program, 

23 project, or activity: Provided further, That funds made 

24 available in this Act for demobilization/reintegration of 

25 members of foreign terrorist organizations in Colombia 
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1 shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 

2 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria3 tions: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

4 under this heading, not more than $278,450,000 shall be 

5 made available for assistance for the Colombian Armed 

6 Forces and National Police: Provided further, That of the 

7 funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

8 $149,757,000 shall be made available for alternative devel9 opment/institution building in Colombia, which shall be ap10 portioned directly to the United States Agency for Inter11 national Development: Provided further, That with respect 

12 to funds apportioned to the United States Agency for Inter13 national Development under the previous proviso, the re14 sponsibility for policy decisions for the use of such funds, 

15 including what activities will be funded and the amount 

16 of funds that will be provided for each of those activities, 

17 shall be the responsibility of the Administrator of the 

18 United States Agency for International Development in 

19 consultation with the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter20 national Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs: Provided 

21 further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

22 not less than $8,000,000 should be made available for judi23 cial reform programs in Colombia: Provided further, That 

24 of the funds appropriated under this heading, in addition 

25 to funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso, 
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1 not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available to the 

2 United States Agency for International Development for or3 ganizations and programs to protect human rights: Pro4 vided further, That not more than 20 percent of the funds 

5 appropriated by this Act that are used for the procurement 

6 of chemicals for aerial coca and poppy fumigation pro7 grams may be made available for such programs unless the 

8 Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropria9 tions that: (1) the herbicide is being used in accordance with 

10 EPA label requirements for comparable use in the United 

11 States and with Colombian laws; and (2) the herbicide, in 

12 the manner it is being used, does not pose unreasonable 

13 risks or adverse effects to humans or the environment in14 cluding endemic species: Provided further, That such funds 

15 may not be made available unless the Secretary of State 

16 certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that com17 plaints of harm to health or licit crops caused by such fumi18 gation are evaluated and fair compensation is being paid 

19 for meritorious claims: Provided further, That such funds 

20 may not be made available for such purposes unless pro21 grams are being implemented by the United States Agency 

22 for International Development, the Government of Colom23 bia, or other organizations, in consultation with local com24 munities, to provide alternative sources of income in areas 

25 where security permits for small-acreage growers whose il-
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1 licit crops are targeted for fumigation: Provided further, 

2 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 

3 than $2,000,000 should be made available through non4 governmental organizations for programs to protect bio5 diversity and indigenous reserves in Colombia: Provided 

6 further, That funds appropriated by this Act may be used 

7 for aerial fumigation in Colombia’s national parks or re8 serves only if the Secretary of State determines that it is 

9 in accordance with Colombian laws and that there are no 

10 effective alternatives to reduce drug cultivation in these 

11 areas: Provided further, That section 482(b) of the Foreign 

12 Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appro13 priated under this heading: Provided further, That assist14 ance provided with funds appropriated under this heading 

15 that is made available notwithstanding section 482(b) of 

16 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available 

17 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit18 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That no United 

19 States Armed Forces personnel or United States civilian 

20 contractor employed by the United States will participate 

21 in any combat operation in connection with assistance 

22 made available by this Act for Colombia: Provided further, 

23 That funds appropriated under this heading that are made 

24 available for assistance for the Bolivian military may be 

25 made available for such purposes only if the Secretary of 
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1 State certifies that the Bolivian military is respecting 

2 human rights, and civilian judicial authorities are inves3 tigating and prosecuting, with the military’s cooperation, 

4 military personnel who have been implicated in gross viola5 tions of human rights: Provided further, That of the funds 

6 appropriated under this heading, not more than 

7 $16,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses 

8 of the Department of State, and not more than $7,000,000 

9 may be available, in addition to amounts otherwise avail10 able for such purposes, for administrative expenses of the 

11 United States Agency for International Development. 

12 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

13 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 

14 enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized by 

15 law, a contribution to the International Committee of the 

16 Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contributions 

17 to the International Organization for Migration and the 

18 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and other 

19 activities to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and 

20 expenses of personnel and dependents as authorized by the 

21 Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as authorized by 

22 sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, United States Code; 

23 purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services 

24 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

25 $900,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro26 vided, That not more than $23,000,000 may be available 
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1 for administrative expenses: Provided further, That not less 

2 than $40,000,000 of the funds made available under this 

3 heading shall be made available for refugees from the former 

4 Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and other refugees reset5 tling in Israel: Provided further, That funds made available 

6 under this heading should be made available for assistance 

7 for refugees from North Korea: Provided further, That funds 

8 appropriated under this heading may be made available for 

9 a headquarters contribution to the International Committee 

10 of the Red Cross only if the Secretary of State determines 

11 (and so reports to the appropriate committees of Congress) 

12 that the Magen David Adom Society of Israel is not being 

13 denied participation in the activities of the International 

14 Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. 

15 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

16 ASSISTANCE FUND

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

18 section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act 

19 of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), $40,000,000, to 

20 remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 

21 made available under this heading are appropriated not22 withstanding the provisions contained in section 2(c)(2) of 

23 such Act which would limit the amount of funds which 

24 could be appropriated for this purpose. 
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1 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

2 RELATED PROGRAMS

3 For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter4 rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 

5 $440,100,000, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of 

6 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-ter7 rorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assist8 ance Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support 

9 Act, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act or the For10 eign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the 

11 clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small 

12 arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any other 

13 provision of law, including activities implemented through 

14 nongovernmental and international organizations, and sec15 tion 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a vol16 untary contribution to the International Atomic Energy 

17 Agency (IAEA), and for a United States contribution to 

18 the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory 

19 Commission: Provided, That of this amount not to exceed 

20 $37,500,000, to remain available until expended, may be 

21 made available for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament 

22 Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to pro23 mote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to non24 proliferation and disarmament: Provided further, That 

25 such funds may also be used for such countries other than 
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1 the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and 

2 international organizations when it is in the national secu3 rity interest of the United States to do so: Provided further, 

4 That funds appropriated under this heading may be made 

5 available for the International Atomic Energy Agency only 

6 if the Secretary of State determines (and so reports to the 

7 Congress) that Israel is not being denied its right to partici8 pate in the activities of that Agency: Provided further, That 

9 of the funds made available for demining and related activi10 ties, not to exceed $705,000, in addition to funds otherwise 

11 available for such purposes, may be used for administrative 

12 expenses related to the operation and management of the 

13 demining program: Provided further, That funds appro14 priated under this heading that are available for ‘‘Anti-ter15 rorism Assistance’’ and ‘‘Export Control and Border Secu16 rity’’ shall remain available until September 30, 2007. 

17 CONFLICT RESPONSE FUND

18 For necessary expenses to assist in stabilizing and re19 constructing a country that is in, or is in transition from, 

20 conflict or civil strife, $74,000,000, to remain available 

21 until expended: Provided, That funds available under this 

22 paragraph may be used for assistance for a country only 

23 if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations that it is important to the na25 tional security interests of the United States to do so and 

26 consults with the Committees on Appropriations prior to 
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1 making any such determination: Provided further, That the 

2 President may exercise the authority of section 552 of the 

3 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard and in ad4 dition to the dollar limitations contained in that section, 

5 to furnish assistance under this heading with respect to any 

6 country that is the subject of a determination made under 

7 this heading: Provided further, That assistance furnished 

8 under this heading for any country that is the subject of 

9 a determination under this heading may be made available 

10 notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided fur11 ther, That the previous proviso shall not apply to section 

12 6051 of this Act: Provided further, That the administrative 

13 authorities of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be 

14 applicable to the funds and resources available under this 

15 paragraph: Provided further, That up to an aggregate 

16 amount of 5 percent of the funds appropriated under this 

17 paragraph may be made available to United States Govern18 ment agencies for the administrative costs of such agencies 

19 in implementing activities under this paragraph: Provided 

20 further, That funds and resources available under this head21 ing shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

22 of the Committees on Appropriations except that such noti23 fication shall be transmitted at least 5 days in advance of 

24 the obligation of funds. 
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1 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

2 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

4 section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

5 $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 

6 which shall be available notwithstanding any other provi7 sion of law. 

8 DEBT RESTRUCTURING

9 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres10 sional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan 

11 guarantees, as the President may determine, for which 

12 funds have been appropriated or otherwise made available 

13 for programs within the International Affairs Budget Func14 tion 150, including the cost of selling, reducing, or canceling 

15 amounts owed to the United States as a result of 

16 concessional loans made to eligible countries, pursuant to 

17 parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of 

18 modifying concessional credit agreements with least devel19 oped countries, as authorized under section 411 of the Agri20 cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as 

21 amended, of concessional loans, guarantees and credit 

22 agreements, as authorized under section 572 of the Foreign 

23 Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Ap24 propriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–461), and of can25 celing amounts owed, as a result of loans or guarantees 

26 made pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, by 
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1 countries that are eligible for debt reduction pursuant to 

2 title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law by section 

3 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113, $99,750,000, to remain 

4 available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That not less 

5 than $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 

6 heading shall be made available to carry out the provisions 

7 of part V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided 

8 further, That up to $75,000,000 of the funds appropriated 

9 under this heading may be used by the Secretary of the 

10 Treasury to pay to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries 

11 (HIPC) Trust Fund administered by the International 

12 Bank for Reconstruction and Development amounts for the 

13 benefit of countries that are eligible for debt reduction pur14 suant to title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law by section 

15 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113: Provided further, That 

16 amounts paid to the HIPC Trust Fund may be used only 

17 to fund debt reduction under the enhanced HIPC initiative 

18 by—

19 (1) the Inter-American Development Bank; 

20 (2) the African Development Fund; 

21 (3) the African Development Bank; and 

22 (4) the Central American Bank for Economic In23 tegration: 

24 Provided further, That funds may not be paid to the HIPC 

25 Trust Fund for the benefit of any country if the Secretary 
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1 of State has credible evidence that the government of such 

2 country is engaged in a consistent pattern of gross viola3 tions of internationally recognized human rights or in mili4 tary or civil conflict that undermines its ability to develop 

5 and implement measures to alleviate poverty and to devote 

6 adequate human and financial resources to that end: Pro7 vided further, That on the basis of final appropriations, the 

8 Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with the Committees 

9 on Appropriations concerning which countries and inter10 national financial institutions are expected to benefit from 

11 a United States contribution to the HIPC Trust Fund dur12 ing the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

13 the Treasury shall inform the Committees on Appropria14 tions not less than 15 days in advance of the signature of 

15 an agreement by the United States to make payments to 

16 the HIPC Trust Fund of amounts for such countries and 

17 institutions: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 

18 Treasury may disburse funds designated for debt reduction 

19 through the HIPC Trust Fund only for the benefit of coun20 tries that—

21 (1) have committed, for a period of 24 months, 

22 not to accept new market-rate loans from the inter23 national financial institution receiving debt repay24 ment as a result of such disbursement, other than 

25 loans made by such institutions to export-oriented 
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1 commercial projects that generate foreign exchange 

2 which are generally referred to as ‘‘enclave’’ loans; 

3 and 

4 (2) have documented and demonstrated their 

5 commitment to redirect their budgetary resources 

6 from international debt repayments to programs to 

7 alleviate poverty and promote economic growth that 

8 are additional to or expand upon those previously 

9 available for such purposes: 

10 Provided further, That any limitation of subsection (e) of 

11 section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and As12 sistance Act of 1954 shall not apply to funds appropriated 

13 under this heading: Provided further, That none of the 

14 funds made available under this heading in this or any 

15 other appropriations Act shall be made available for Sudan 

16 or Burma unless the Secretary of the Treasury determines 

17 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations that a 

18 democratically elected government has taken office: Pro19 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 

20 this heading may be paid to the HIPC Trust Fund for the 

21 benefit of any country that has accepted loans from an 

22 international financial institution between such country’s 

23 decision point and completion point: Provided further, That 

24 the terms ‘‘decision point’’ and ‘‘completion point’’ shall 
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1 have the same meaning as defined by the International 

2 Monetary Fund.

3 TITLE IV—MILITARY ASSISTANCE 

4 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

5 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

7 section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

8 $86,744,000, of which up to $3,000,000 may remain avail9 able until expended: Provided, That the civilian personnel 

10 for whom military education and training may be provided 

11 under this heading may include civilians who are not mem12 bers of a government whose participation would contribute 

13 to improved civil-military relations, civilian control of the 

14 military, or respect for human rights: Provided further, 

15 That funds appropriated under this heading for military 

16 education and training for Guatemala may only be avail17 able for expanded international military education and 

18 training, and funds made available for Haiti, the Demo19 cratic Republic of the Congo, and Nigeria may only be pro20 vided through the regular notification procedures of the 

21 Committees on Appropriations. 

22 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For expenses necessary for grants to enable the Presi25 dent to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms 

26 Export Control Act, $4,603,600,000: Provided, That of the 
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1 funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

2 $2,280,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel: 

3 Provided further, That the funds appropriated by this para4 graph for Israel shall be disbursed within 30 days of the 

5 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That to the extent 

6 that the Government of Israel requests that funds be used 

7 for such purposes, grants made available for Israel by this 

8 paragraph shall, as agreed by Israel and the United States, 

9 be available for advanced weapons systems, of which not 

10 less than $595,000,000 shall be available for the procure11 ment in Israel of defense articles and defense services, in12 cluding research and development: Provided further, That 

13 of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, $206,000,000 

14 shall be made available for assistance for Jordan: Provided 

15 further, That of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, 

16 $10,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for Tuni17 sia: Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise 

18 made available by this paragraph shall be nonrepayable 

19 notwithstanding any requirement in section 23 of the Arms 

20 Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds made 

21 available under this paragraph shall be obligated upon ap22 portionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of title 

23 31, United States Code, section 1501(a). 

24 None of the funds made available under this heading 

25 shall be available to finance the procurement of defense arti-
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1 cles, defense services, or design and construction services 

2 that are not sold by the United States Government under 

3 the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign country pro4 posing to make such procurements has first signed an agree5 ment with the United States Government specifying the 

6 conditions under which such procurements may be financed 

7 with such funds: Provided, That all country and funding 

8 level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the 

9 regular notification procedures of section 6015 of this Act: 

10 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 

11 under this heading shall be available for assistance for 

12 Sudan and Guatemala: Provided further, That none of the 

13 funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail14 able for assistance for Haiti except pursuant to the regular 

15 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria16 tions: Provided further, That funds made available under 

17 this heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provi18 sion of law, for demining, the clearance of unexploded ord19 nance, and related activities, and may include activities 

20 implemented through nongovernmental and international 

21 organizations: Provided further, That only those countries 

22 for which assistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military 

23 Sales Financing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congres24 sional presentation for security assistance programs may 

25 utilize funds made available under this heading for procure-
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1 ment of defense articles, defense services or design and con2 struction services that are not sold by the United States 

3 Government under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided 

4 further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 

5 be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely 

6 payment for defense articles and services: Provided further, 

7 That not more than $42,500,000 of the funds appropriated 

8 under this heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, 

9 including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for re10 placement only for use outside of the United States, for the 

11 general costs of administering military assistance and sales: 

12 Provided further, That not more than $373,000,000 of funds 

13 realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export 

14 Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred by the 

15 Department of Defense during fiscal year 2006 pursuant 

16 to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except that 

17 this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 

18 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria19 tions: Provided further, That foreign military financing 

20 program funds estimated to be outlayed for Egypt during 

21 fiscal year 2006 shall be transferred to an interest bearing 

22 account for Egypt in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York 

23 within 30 days of enactment of this Act. 

24 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

25 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

26 section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
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1 $195,800,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro2 priated under this heading shall be obligated or expended 

3 except as provided through the regular notification proce4 dures of the Committees on Appropriations.

5 TITLE V—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC 

6 ASSISTANCE 

7 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

8 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

9 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

10 For the United States contribution for the Global En11 vironment Facility, $107,500,000 to the International Bank 

12 for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for the Glob13 al Environment Facility (GEF), by the Secretary of the 

14 Treasury, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

15 That the GEF Council should approve a performance-based 

16 allocation system. 

17 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

18 ASSOCIATION

19 For payment to the International Development Asso20 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $900,000,000, to 

21 remain available until expended. 

22 CONTRIBUTION TO THE MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT

23 GUARANTEE AGENCY

24 For payment to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee 

25 Agency by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,300,000, to re26 main available until expended. 
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1 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

2 The United States Governor of the Multilateral Invest3 ment Guarantee Agency may subscribe without fiscal year 

4 limitation to the callable capital portion of the United 

5 States share of such capital in an amount not to exceed 

6 $8,127,000. 

7 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN INVESTMENT

8 CORPORATION

9 For payment to the Inter-American Investment Cor10 poration by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,500,000, to 

11 remain available until expended. 

12 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS

13 MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND

14 For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Multi15 lateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

16 for the United States contribution to the fund, $3,742,000, 

17 to remain available until expended, of which $2,000,000 

18 shall be for payments of arrears. 

19 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

20 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

21 of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the Asian 

22 Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Develop23 ment Bank Act, as amended, $100,000,000, to remain 

24 available until expended. 
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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

2 For payment to the African Development Bank by the 

3 Secretary of the Treasury, $3,638,000, for the United States 

4 paid-in share of the increase in capital stock, to remain 

5 available until expended. 

6 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

7 The United States Governor of the African Develop8 ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation for 

9 the callable capital portion of the United States share of 

10 such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $88,334,000. 

11 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

12 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

13 of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the African 

14 Development Fund, $135,700,000, to remain available until 

15 expended. 

16 CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR

17 RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

18 For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction 

19 and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

20 $1,016,000 for the United States share of the paid-in por21 tion of the increase in capital stock, to remain available 

22 until expended. 

23 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

24 The United States Governor of the European Bank for 

25 Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fis26 cal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the 
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1 United States share of such capital stock in an amount not 

2 to exceed $2,250,000. 

3 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR

4 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

5 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

6 of the Treasury to increase the resources of the International 

7 Fund for Agricultural Development, $15,000,000, to remain 

8 available until expended. 

9 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

11 section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of 

12 section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program Par13 ticipation Act of 1973, $330,000,000: Provided, That none 

14 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 

15 available to the International Atomic Energy Agency 

16 (IAEA).

17 TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

18 COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE

19 DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

20 SEC. 6001. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act may 

21 be made as payment to any international financial institu22 tion while the United States Executive Director to such in23 stitution is compensated by the institution at a rate which, 

24 together with whatever compensation such Director receives 

25 from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided 
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1 for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the 

2 Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 

3 States Code, or while any alternate United States Director 

4 to such institution is compensated by the institution at a 

5 rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occu6 pying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under 

7 section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. 

8 (b) For purposes of this section ‘‘international finan9 cial institutions’’ are: the International Bank for Recon10 struction and Development, the Inter-American Develop11 ment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Devel12 opment Fund, the African Development Bank, the African 

13 Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund, the 

14 North American Development Bank, and the European 

15 Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 

16 RESTRICTIONS ON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED

17 NATIONS AGENCIES

18 SEC. 6002. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

19 may be made available to pay any voluntary contribution 

20 of the United States to the United Nations (including the 

21 United Nations Development Program) if the United Na22 tions implements or imposes any taxation on any United 

23 States persons. 

24 LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES

25 SEC. 6003. Of the funds appropriated or made avail26 able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $100,500 shall be 
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1 for official residence expenses of the United States Agency 

2 for International Development during the current fiscal 

3 year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to as4 sure that, to the maximum extent possible, United States5 owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars. 

6 LIMITATION ON EXPENSES

7 SEC. 6004. Of the funds appropriated or made avail8 able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be for 

9 entertainment expenses of the United States Agency for 

10 International Development during the current fiscal year. 

11 LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

12 SEC. 6005. Of the funds appropriated or made avail13 able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $250,000 shall be 

14 available for representation allowances for the United 

15 States Agency for International Development during the 

16 current fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall 

17 be taken to assure that, to the maximum extent possible, 

18 United States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu 

19 of dollars: Provided further, That of the funds made avail20 able by this Act for general costs of administering military 

21 assistance and sales under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 

22 Financing Program’’, not to exceed $4,000 shall be avail23 able for entertainment expenses and not to exceed $130,000 

24 shall be available for representation allowances: Provided 

25 further, That of the funds made available by this Act under 

26 the heading ‘‘International Military Education and Train-
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1 ing’’, not to exceed $55,000 shall be available for entertain2 ment allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made 

3 available by this Act for the Inter-American Foundation, 

4 not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for entertainment 

5 and representation allowances: Provided further, That of 

6 the funds made available by this Act for the Peace Corps, 

7 not to exceed a total of $4,000 shall be available for enter8 tainment expenses: Provided further, That of the funds 

9 made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Trade and 

10 Development Agency’’, not to exceed $4,000 shall be avail11 able for representation and entertainment allowances: Pro12 vided further, That of the funds made available by this Act 

13 under the heading ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, 

14 not to exceed $115,000 shall be available for representation 

15 and entertainment allowances. 

16 PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES

17 ASSISTANCE

18 SEC. 6006. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None of 

19 the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 

20 to provide assistance for a foreign country under a new bi21 lateral agreement governing the terms and conditions under 

22 which such assistance is to be provided unless such agree23 ment includes a provision stating that assistance provided 

24 by the United States shall be exempt from taxation, or reim25 bursed, by the foreign government, and the Secretary of 

26 State shall expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to 
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1 existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with 

2 this requirement. 

3 (b) REIMBURSEMENT OF FOREIGN TAXES.—An 

4 amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed 

5 during fiscal year 2006 on funds appropriated by this Act 

6 by a foreign government or entity against commodities fi7 nanced under United States assistance programs for which 

8 funds are appropriated by this Act, either directly or 

9 through grantees, contractors and subcontractors shall be 

10 withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for as11 sistance for fiscal year 2007 and allocated for the central 

12 government of such country and for the West Bank and 

13 Gaza Program to the extent that the Secretary of State cer14 tifies and reports in writing to the Committees on Appro15 priations that such taxes have not been reimbursed to the 

16 Government of the United States. 

17 (c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 

18 minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of sub19 section (b). 

20 (d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 

21 from obligation for each country or entity pursuant to sub22 section (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance to countries 

23 which do not assess taxes on United States assistance or 

24 which have an effective arrangement that is providing sub25 stantial reimbursement of such taxes. 
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1 (e) DETERMINATIONS.—

2 (1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 

3 to any country or entity the Secretary of State deter4 mines—

5 (A) does not assess taxes on United States 

6 assistance or which has an effective arrangement 

7 that is providing substantial reimbursement of 

8 such taxes; or 

9 (B) the foreign policy interests of the United 

10 States outweigh the policy of this section to en11 sure that United States assistance is not subject 

12 to taxation. 

13 (2) The Secretary of State shall consult with the 

14 Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior 

15 to exercising the authority of this subsection with re16 gard to any country or entity. 

17 (f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 

18 issue rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, 

19 to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist20 ance contained in this section. 

21 (g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

22 (1) the terms ‘‘taxes’’ and ‘‘taxation’’ refer to 

23 value added taxes and customs duties imposed on 

24 commodities financed with United States assistance 
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1 for programs for which funds are appropriated by 

2 this Act; and 

3 (2) the term ‘‘bilateral agreement’’ refers to a 

4 framework bilateral agreement between the Govern5 ment of the United States and the government of the 

6 country receiving assistance that describes the privi7 leges and immunities applicable to United States for8 eign assistance for such country generally, or an indi9 vidual agreement between the Government of the 

10 United States and such government that describes, 

11 among other things, the treatment for tax purposes 

12 that will be accorded the United States assistance 

13 provided under that agreement. 

14 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN

15 COUNTRIES

16 SEC. 6007. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated 

18 or expended to finance directly any assistance or repara19 tions to Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Pro20 vided, That for purposes of this section, the prohibition on 

21 obligations or expenditures shall include direct loans, cred22 its, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank 

23 or its agents. 

24 MILITARY COUPS

25 SEC. 6008. None of the funds appropriated or other26 wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated 
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1 or expended to finance directly any assistance to the govern2 ment of any country whose duly elected head of government 

3 is deposed by decree or military coup: Provided, That as4 sistance may be resumed to such government if the Presi5 dent determines and certifies to the Committees on Appro6 priations that subsequent to the termination of assistance 

7 a democratically elected government has taken office: Pro8 vided further, That the provisions of this section shall not 

9 apply to assistance to promote democratic elections or pub10 lic participation in democratic processes: Provided further, 

11 That funds made available pursuant to the previous pro12 visos shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

13 of the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 TRANSFERS

15 SEC. 6009. (a)(1) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BE16 TWEEN AGENCIES.—None of the funds made available by 

17 titles II through V of this Act may be transferred to any 

18 department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

19 Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or 

20 transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro21 priation Act. 

22 (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition to 

23 transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, 

24 funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 

25 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated or 

26 transferred to agencies of the United States Government 
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1 pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 632 

2 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

3 (b) TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the 

4 funds made available by this Act may be obligated under 

5 an appropriation account to which they were not appro6 priated, except for transfers specifically provided for in this 

7 Act, unless the President, not less than 5 days prior to the 

8 exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign Assist9 ance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and pro10 vides a written policy justification to the Committees on 

11 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

12 Senate. 

13 (c) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.—Any 

14 agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appro15 priated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between the 

16 United States Agency for International Development and 

17 another agency of the United States Government under the 

18 authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

19 of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, shall expressly 

20 provide that the Office of the Inspector General for the agen21 cy receiving the transfer or allocation of such funds shall 

22 perform periodic program and financial audits of the use 

23 of such funds: Provided, That funds transferred under such 

24 authority may be made available for the cost of such audits. 
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1 COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES

2 SEC. 6010. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of 

4 the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of section 

5 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used to pro6 vide financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and major non7 NATO allies for the procurement by leasing (including leas8 ing with an option to purchase) of defense articles from 

9 United States commercial suppliers, not including Major 

10 Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and other types 

11 of aircraft having possible civilian application), if the 

12 President determines that there are compelling foreign pol13 icy or national security reasons for those defense articles 

14 being provided by commercial lease rather than by govern15 ment-to-government sale under such Act. 

16 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

17 SEC. 6011. No part of any appropriation contained 

18 in any title of this Act shall remain available for obligation 

19 after the expiration of the current fiscal year unless ex20 pressly so provided in this Act: Provided, That funds appro21 priated for the purposes of chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of part 

22 I, section 667, chapters 4, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the 

23 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Ex24 port Control Act, and funds provided under the heading 

25 ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, 

26 shall remain available for an additional 4 years from the 
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1 date on which the availability of such funds would other2 wise have expired, if such funds are initially obligated be3 fore the expiration of their respective periods of availability 

4 contained in this Act: Provided further, That, notwith5 standing any other provision of this Act, any funds made 

6 available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 

7 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which 

8 are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements in order 

9 to address balance of payments or economic policy reform 

10 objectives, shall remain available until expended. 

11 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

12 SEC. 6012. No part of any appropriation contained 

13 in this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to the govern14 ment of any country which is in default during a period 

15 in excess of 1 calendar year in payment to the United 

16 States of principal or interest on any loan made to the gov17 ernment of such country by the United States pursuant to 

18 a program for which funds are appropriated under this Act 

19 unless the President determines, following consultations 

20 with the Committees on Appropriations, that assistance to 

21 such country is in the national interest of the United States. 

22 COMMERCE AND TRADE

23 SEC. 6013. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made 

24 available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance and 

25 none of the funds otherwise made available pursuant to this 

26 Act to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private 
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1 Investment Corporation shall be obligated or expended to 

2 finance any loan, any assistance or any other financial 

3 commitments for establishing or expanding production of 

4 any commodity for export by any country other than the 

5 United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus 

6 on world markets at the time the resulting productive ca7 pacity is expected to become operative and if the assistance 

8 will cause substantial injury to United States producers of 

9 the same, similar, or competing commodity: Provided, That 

10 such prohibition shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank 

11 if in the judgment of its Board of Directors the benefits to 

12 industry and employment in the United States are likely 

13 to outweigh the injury to United States producers of the 

14 same, similar, or competing commodity, and the Chairman 

15 of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropriations. 

16 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 

17 Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assist18 ance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breed19 ing feasibility study, variety improvement or introduction, 

20 consultancy, publication, conference, or training in connec21 tion with the growth or production in a foreign country 

22 of an agricultural commodity for export which would com23 pete with a similar commodity grown or produced in the 

24 United States: Provided, That this subsection shall not pro25 hibit—
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1 (1) activities designed to increase food security 

2 in developing countries where such activities will not 

3 have a significant impact on the export of agricul4 tural commodities of the United States; or 

5 (2) research activities intended primarily to ben6 efit American producers. 

7 SURPLUS COMMODITIES

8 SEC. 6014. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in9 struct the United States Executive Directors of the Inter10 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the 

11 International Development Association, the International 

12 Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development 

13 Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel14 opment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, 

15 the North American Development Bank, the European 

16 Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the African De17 velopment Bank, and the African Development Fund to use 

18 the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any assist19 ance by these institutions, using funds appropriated or 

20 made available pursuant to this Act, for the production or 

21 extraction of any commodity or mineral for export, if it 

22 is in surplus on world markets and if the assistance will 

23 cause substantial injury to United States producers of the 

24 same, similar, or competing commodity. 
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1 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

2 SEC. 6015. For the purposes of providing the executive 

3 branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none 

4 of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘Child Sur5 vival and Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assist6 ance’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, 

7 ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar8 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean 

9 Counterdrug Initiative’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe 

10 and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Assistance for the Independent 

11 States of the Former Soviet Union’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

12 Fund’’, ‘‘Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’’, ‘‘Democracy 

13 Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment 

14 Fund’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States Agency 

15 for International Development’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of 

16 the United States Agency for International Development 

17 Office of Inspector General’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-ter18 rorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium 

19 Challenge Corporation’’ (by country only), ‘‘Foreign Mili20 tary Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Military Edu21 cation and Training’’, ‘‘Peace Corps’’, and ‘‘Migration and 

22 Refugee Assistance’’, shall be available for obligation for ac23 tivities, programs, projects, type of materiel assistance, 

24 countries, or other operations not justified or in excess of 

25 the amount justified to the Committees on Appropriations 
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1 for obligation under any of these specific headings unless 

2 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con3 gress are previously notified 15 days in advance: Provided, 

4 That the President shall not enter into any commitment 

5 of funds appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the 

6 Arms Export Control Act for the provision of major defense 

7 equipment, other than conventional ammunition, or other 

8 major defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, 

9 or combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 

10 20 percent in excess of the quantities justified to Congress 

11 unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 

12 days in advance of such commitment: Provided further, 

13 That this section shall not apply to any reprogramming 

14 for an activity, program, or project for which funds are ap15 propriated under title III of this Act of less than 10 percent 

16 of the amount previously justified to the Congress for obliga17 tion for such activity, program, or project for the current 

18 fiscal year: Provided further, That the requirements of this 

19 section or any similar provision of this Act or any other 

20 Act, including any prior Act requiring notification in ac21 cordance with the regular notification procedures of the 

22 Committees on Appropriations, may be waived if failure 

23 to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health or 

24 welfare: Provided further, That in case of any such waiver, 

25 notification to the Congress, or the appropriate congres-
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1 sional committees, shall be provided as early as practicable, 

2 but in no event later than 3 days after taking the action 

3 to which such notification requirement was applicable, in 

4 the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver: 

5 Provided further, That any notification provided pursuant 

6 to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emer7 gency circumstances. 

8 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

9 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

10 SEC. 6016. Subject to the regular notification proce11 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro12 priated under this Act or any previously enacted Act mak13 ing appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, 

14 and related programs, which are returned or not made 

15 available for organizations and programs because of the im16 plementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

17 of 1961, shall remain available for obligation until Sep18 tember 30, 2007. 

19 INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

20 SEC. 6017. (a) None of the funds appropriated under 

21 the heading ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the 

22 Former Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for assist23 ance for a government of an Independent State of the former 

24 Soviet Union if that government directs any action in vio25 lation of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of 

26 any other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, 
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1 such as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: 

2 Provided, That such funds may be made available without 

3 regard to the restriction in this subsection if the President 

4 determines that to do so is in the national security interest 

5 of the United States. 

6 (b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 

7 ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 

8 Union’’ shall be made available for any state to enhance 

9 its military capability: Provided, That this restriction does 

10 not apply to demilitarization, demining or nonproliferation 

11 programs. 

12 (c) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance 

13 for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’ for 

14 the Russian Federation, Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine 

15 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

16 Committees on Appropriations. 

17 (d) Funds made available in this Act for assistance 

18 for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union shall 

19 be subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating to envi20 ronment and natural resources) of the Foreign Assistance 

21 Act of 1961. 

22 (e) In issuing new task orders, entering into contracts, 

23 or making grants, with funds appropriated in this Act or 

24 prior appropriations Acts under the heading ‘‘Assistance 

25 for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’ and 
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1 under comparable headings in prior appropriations Acts, 

2 for projects or activities that have as one of their primary 

3 purposes the fostering of private sector development, the Co4 ordinator for United States Assistance to Europe and Eur5 asia and the implementing agency shall encourage the par6 ticipation of and give significant weight to contractors and 

7 grantees who propose investing a significant amount of 

8 their own resources (including volunteer services and in9 kind contributions) in such projects and activities. 

10 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND

11 INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

12 SEC. 6018. None of the funds made available to carry 

13 out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend14 ed, may be used to pay for the performance of abortions 

15 as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce 

16 any person to practice abortions. None of the funds made 

17 available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

18 of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the perform19 ance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family 

20 planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive 

21 to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds 

22 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance 

23 Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any bio24 medical research which relates in whole or in part, to meth25 ods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary steri26 lization as a means of family planning. None of the funds 
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1 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance 

2 Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended for 

3 any country or organization if the President certifies that 

4 the use of these funds by any such country or organization 

5 would violate any of the above provisions related to abor6 tions and involuntary sterilizations. 

7 EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES

8 SEC. 6019. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria9 tion other than for administrative expenses made available 

10 for fiscal year 2006, for programs under title II of this Act 

11 may be transferred between such appropriations for use for 

12 any of the purposes, programs, and activities for which the 

13 funds in such receiving account may be used, but no such 

14 appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 

15 shall be increased by more than 25 percent by any such 

16 transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such authority shall 

17 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com18 mittees on Appropriations. 

19 SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

20 SEC. 6020. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

21 shall be obligated or expended for assistance for Liberia, 

22 Serbia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, or Cambodia except 

23 as provided through the regular notification procedures of 

24 the Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

2 SEC. 6021. For the purpose of titles II through V of 

3 this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be defined 

4 at the appropriations Act account level and shall include 

5 all appropriations and authorizations Acts earmarks, ceil6 ings, and limitations with the exception that for the fol7 lowing accounts: Economic Support Fund and Foreign 

8 Military Financing Program ‘‘program, project, and activ9 ity’’ shall also be considered to include country, regional, 

10 and central program level funding within each such ac11 count; for the development assistance accounts of the United 

12 States Agency for International Development ‘‘program, 

13 project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to include 

14 central, country, regional, and program level funding, ei15 ther as: (1) justified to the Congress; or (2) allocated by 

16 the executive branch in accordance with a report, to be pro17 vided to the Committees on Appropriations within 30 days 

18 of the enactment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) 

19 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

20 CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH ACTIVITIES

21 SEC. 6022. Up to $13,500,000 of the funds made avail22 able by this Act for assistance under the heading ‘‘Child 

23 Survival and Health Programs Fund’’, may be used to re24 imburse United States Government agencies, agencies of 

25 State governments, institutions of higher learning, and pri26 vate and voluntary organizations for the full cost of indi-
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1 viduals (including for the personal services of such individ2 uals) detailed or assigned to, or contracted by, as the case 

3 may be, the United States Agency for International Devel4 opment for the purpose of carrying out activities under that 

5 heading: Provided, That up to $3,500,000 of the funds made 

6 available by this Act for assistance under the heading ‘‘De7 velopment Assistance’’ may be used to reimburse such agen8 cies, institutions, and organizations for such costs of such 

9 individuals carrying out other development assistance ac10 tivities: Provided further, That funds appropriated by titles 

11 III and IV of this Act that are made available for bilateral 

12 assistance for child survival activities or disease programs 

13 including activities relating to research on, and the preven14 tion, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made 

15 available notwithstanding any other provision of law except 

16 for the provisions under the heading ‘‘Child Survival and 

17 Health Programs Fund’’ and the United States Leadership 

18 Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 

19 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Pro20 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under title 

21 III of this Act, not less than $450,000,000 shall be made 

22 available for family planning/reproductive health: Provided 

23 further, That the Comptroller General of the United States 

24 shall conduct an audit on the use of funds appropriated 

25 for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 under the heading ‘‘Child 
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1 Survival and Health Programs Fund’’, to include specific 

2 recommendations on improving the effectiveness of such 

3 funds. 

4 AFGHANISTAN

5 SEC. 6023. Of the funds appropriated by titles III and 

6 IV of this Act, not less than $920,000,000 should be made 

7 available for humanitarian, reconstruction, and related as8 sistance for Afghanistan: Provided, That of the funds made 

9 available pursuant to this section, not less than $5,000,000 

10 shall be made available for reforestation activities: Provided 

11 further, That funds made available pursuant to the previous 

12 proviso should be matched, to the maximum extent possible, 

13 with contributions from American and Afghan businesses: 

14 Provided further, That of the funds made available pursu15 ant to this section, not less than $3,000,000 should be made 

16 available for assistance for Afghan families and commu17 nities that have suffered losses as a result of the military 

18 operations against the Taliban and insurgents, including 

19 to employ an individual to serve as a liaison between Af20 ghan families and communities, the Afghan Independent 

21 Human Rights Commission, United States Armed Forces, 

22 and the United States Agency for International Develop23 ment: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

24 pursuant to this section, not less than $2,000,000 should 

25 be made available for the Afghan Independent Human 

26 Rights Commission and for other Afghan human rights or-
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1 ganizations: Provided further, That of the funds made 

2 available pursuant to this section, up to $6,000,000 should 

3 be available for a National Emergency Response and Pre4 paredness System, to include the development of an Emer5 gency Operations Center: Provided further, That to the 

6 maximum extent practicable members of the Afghan Na7 tional Army should be vetted for involvement in terrorism, 

8 human rights violations, and drug trafficking: Provided 

9 further, That of the funds allocated for assistance for Af10 ghanistan by this Act not less than $10,000,000 shall be 

11 made available for grants to support training and equip12 ment to improve the capacity of women-led Afghan non13 governmental organizations and to support the activities of 

14 such organizations. 

15 NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

16 SEC. 6024. Prior to providing excess Department of 

17 Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the 

18 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense 

19 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same 

20 extent and under the same conditions as are other commit21 tees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Provided, 

22 That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense arti23 cles under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department 

24 of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 

25 in accordance with the regular notification procedures of 

26 such Committees if such defense articles are significant 
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1 military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the Arms 

2 Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original ac3 quisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is 

4 required elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated 

5 funds for specific countries that would receive such excess 

6 defense articles: Provided further, That such Committees 

7 shall also be informed of the original acquisition cost of such 

8 defense articles. 

9 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT

10 SEC. 6025. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

12 available in this Act, except for those provided under the 

13 headings ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ and 

14 ‘‘Broadcasting to Cuba’’, may be obligated for the procure15 ment of aircraft. 

16 DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS

17 SEC. 6026. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

18 of law, of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 

19 the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist20 ance Act of 1961, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made 

21 available for assistance for activities to support democracy, 

22 human rights, and the rule of law in the People’s Republic 

23 of China and Hong Kong: Provided, That funds appro24 priated under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

25 should be made available for assistance for Taiwan for the 

26 purposes of furthering political and legal reforms: Provided 
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1 further, That such funds shall only be made available to 

2 the extent that they are matched from sources other than 

3 the United States Government: Provided further, That 

4 funds made available pursuant to the authority of this sub5 section shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

6 of the Committees on Appropriations. 

7 (b)(1) In addition to the funds made available in sub8 section (a), of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

9 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ not less than 

10 $25,000,000 shall be made available for programs and ac11 tivities to foster democracy, human rights, civic education, 

12 women’s development, press freedom, and the rule of law 

13 in countries located outside the Middle East region with 

14 a significant Muslim population, and where such programs 

15 and activities would be important to United States efforts 

16 to respond to, deter, or prevent acts of international ter17 rorism: Provided, That funds made available pursuant to 

18 the authority of this subsection should support new initia19 tives and activities in those countries: Provided further, 

20 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

21 $5,000,000 shall be made available for continuing programs 

22 and activities that provide professional training for jour23 nalists: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

24 provision of law, not less than $7,000,000 of such funds 

25 may be used for making grants to educational, humani-
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1 tarian and nongovernmental organizations and individuals 

2 inside Iran to support the advancement of democracy and 

3 human rights in Iran: Provided further, That, notwith4 standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated 

5 pursuant to this Act may be made available for democracy, 

6 human rights, and rule of law programs for Syria and 

7 Iran: Provided further, That funds made available pursu8 ant to this subsection shall be subject to the regular notifica9 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

10 (2) In addition to funds made available under sub11 sections (a) and (b)(1), of the funds appropriated by this 

12 Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ not less 

13 than $4,500,000 shall be made available for programs and 

14 activities of the National Endowment for Democracy to fos15 ter democracy, human rights, civic education, women’s de16 velopment, press freedom, and the rule of law in countries 

17 in sub-Saharan Africa. 

18 (c) Of the funds made available under subsection (a), 

19 not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available for the 

20 Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of De21 mocracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of State, 

22 to support the activities described in subsection (a), and 

23 of the funds made available under subsection (b)(1), not less 

24 than $15,000,000 shall be made available for such Fund 

25 to support the activities described in subsection (b)(1): Pro-
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1 vided, That up to $1,200,000 may be used for the Reagan/

2 Fascell Democracy Fellows program. 

3 (d) Of the funds made available under subsection (a), 

4 not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for the 

5 National Endowment for Democracy to support the activi6 ties described in subsection (a), and of the funds made 

7 available under subsection (b)(1), not less than $10,000,000 

8 shall be made available for the National Endowment for 

9 Democracy to support the activities described in subsection 

10 (b)(1): Provided, That the Secretary of State shall provide 

11 a report to the Committees on Appropriations within 120 

12 days of the date of enactment of this Act on the status of 

13 the allocation and obligation of such funds. 

14 PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST

15 COUNTRIES

16 SEC. 6027. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assist17 ance under any heading of this Act and funds appropriated 

18 under any such heading in a provision of law enacted prior 

19 to the enactment of this Act, shall not be made available 

20 to any country which the President determines—

21 (1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any in22 dividual or group which has committed an act of 

23 international terrorism; or 

24 (2) otherwise supports international terrorism. 

25 (b) The President may waive the application of sub26 section (a) to a country if the President determines that 
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1 national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 

2 waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the Fed3 eral Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver takes 

4 effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 

5 waiver (including the justification for the waiver) in ac6 cordance with the regular notification procedures of the 

7 Committees on Appropriations. 

8 DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

9 SEC. 6028. In order to enhance the continued partici10 pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel11 opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental 

12 organization which is a grantee or contractor of the United 

13 States Agency for International Development may place in 

14 interest bearing accounts local currencies which accrue to 

15 that organization as a result of economic assistance pro16 vided under title III of this Act and, subject to the regular 

17 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria18 tions, any interest earned on such investment shall be used 

19 for the purpose for which the assistance was provided to 

20 that organization. 

21 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

22 SEC. 6029. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CUR23 RENCIES.—(1) If assistance is furnished to the government 

24 of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part I or 

25 chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

26 under agreements which result in the generation of local 
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1 currencies of that country, the Administrator of the United 

2 States Agency for International Development shall—

3 (A) require that local currencies be deposited in 

4 a separate account established by that government; 

5 (B) enter into an agreement with that govern6 ment which sets forth—

7 (i) the amount of the local currencies to be 

8 generated; and 

9 (ii) the terms and conditions under which 

10 the currencies so deposited may be utilized, con11 sistent with this section; and 

12 (C) establish by agreement with that government 

13 the responsibilities of the United States Agency for 

14 International Development and that government to 

15 monitor and account for deposits into and disburse16 ments from the separate account. 

17 (2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be agreed 

18 upon with the foreign government, local currencies depos19 ited in a separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or 

20 an equivalent amount of local currencies, shall be used 

21 only—

22 (A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or 

23 chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), for such 

24 purposes as—
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1 (i) project and sector assistance activities; 

2 or 

3 (ii) debt and deficit financing; or 

4 (B) for the administrative requirements of the 

5 United States Government. 

6 (3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—The United 

7 States Agency for International Development shall take all 

8 necessary steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local cur9 rencies disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the 

10 separate account established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) 

11 are used for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to sub12 section (a)(2). 

13 (4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—Upon 

14 termination of assistance to a country under chapter 1 or 

15 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), 

16 any unencumbered balances of funds which remain in a 

17 separate account established pursuant to subsection (a) 

18 shall be disposed of for such purposes as may be agreed to 

19 by the government of that country and the United States 

20 Government. 

21 (5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator of 

22 the United States Agency for International Development 

23 shall report on an annual basis as part of the justification 

24 documents submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

25 on the use of local currencies for the administrative require-
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1 ments of the United States Government as authorized in 

2 subsection (a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the 

3 amount of local currency (and United States dollar equiva4 lent) used and/or to be used for such purpose in each appli5 cable country. 

6 (b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.—(1) 

7 If assistance is made available to the government of a for8 eign country, under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 

9 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash 

10 transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 

11 country shall be required to maintain such funds in a sepa12 rate account and not commingle them with any other funds. 

13 (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.—

14 Such funds may be obligated and expended notwithstanding 

15 provisions of law which are inconsistent with the nature 

16 of this assistance including provisions which are referenced 

17 in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of 

18 Conference accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 

19 (House Report No. 98–1159). 

20 (3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to obli21 gating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assist22 ance, the President shall submit a notification through the 

23 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro24 priations, which shall include a detailed description of how 

25 the funds proposed to be made available will be used, with 
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1 a discussion of the United States interests that will be 

2 served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, a de3 scription of the economic policy reforms that will be pro4 moted by such assistance). 

5 (4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance funds 

6 may be exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1) 

7 only through the notification procedures of the Committees 

8 on Appropriations. 

9 ENTERPRISE FUND RESTRICTIONS

10 SEC. 6030. (a) Prior to the distribution of any assets 

11 resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up 

12 of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President 

13 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in ac14 cordance with the regular notification procedures of the 

15 Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution 

16 of the assets of the Enterprise Fund. 

17 (b) Funds made available by this Act for Enterprise 

18 Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary 

19 to make timely payment for projects and activities. 

20 BURMA

21 SEC. 6031. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in22 struct the United States executive director to each appro23 priate international financial institution in which the 

24 United States participates, to oppose and vote against the 

25 extension by such institution of any loan or financial or 
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1 technical assistance or any other utilization of funds of the 

2 respective bank to and for Burma. 

3 (b) Of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Eco4 nomic Support Fund’’, not less than $8,000,000 shall be 

5 made available to support democracy activities in Burma, 

6 along the Burma-Thailand border, for activities of Burmese 

7 student groups and other organizations located outside 

8 Burma, and for the purpose of supporting the provision of 

9 humanitarian assistance to displaced Burmese along Bur10 ma’s borders: Provided, That funds made available under 

11 this heading may be made available notwithstanding any 

12 other provision of law: Provided further, That in addition 

13 to assistance for Burmese refugees provided under the head14 ing ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ in this Act, not 

15 less than $3,000,000 shall be allocated to the Bureau of Pop16 ulation, Refugees and Migration, Department of State, for 

17 assistance for community-based organizations operating in 

18 Thailand to provide food, medical and other humanitarian 

19 assistance to internally displaced persons in eastern 

20 Burma: Provided further, That funds made available under 

21 this section shall be subject to the regular notification proce22 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

23 (c) The President shall include amounts expended by 

24 the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 

25 to the State Peace and Development Council in Burma, di-
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1 rectly or through groups and organizations affiliated with 

2 the Global Fund, in making determinations regarding the 

3 amount to be withheld by the United States from its con4 tribution to the Global Fund pursuant to section 

5 202(d)(4)(A)(ii) of Public Law 108–25. 

6 (d) Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other 

7 Act, none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 

8 made available for assistance for the central government of 

9 any country that is a major provider of weapons or defense10 related equipment to the State Peace and Development 

11 Council. 

12 (e) The President may waive subsection (d) if he deter13 mines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

14 that to do so is in the national security interests of the 

15 United States. 

16 (f) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

17 be made available for the United Nations Office on Drugs 

18 and Crime (UNODC) unless the Secretary of State deter19 mines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

20 that the UNODC in Burma is reporting to other relevant 

21 United Nations organizations incidents of gross human 

22 rights violations encountered during the conduct of its pro23 grams in Burma. 

24 (g) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 

25 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available for pro-
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1 grams and activities involving the Association of Southeast 

2 Asian Nations (ASEAN) if the State Peace and Develop3 ment Council in Burma assumes chairmanship of ASEAN 

4 in 2006. 

5 AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN

6 FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

7 SEC. 6032. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 

8 provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 

9 contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria10 tions for foreign operations, export financing, and related 

11 programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities au12 thorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the 

13 Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Develop14 ment Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly report to 

15 the Committees on Appropriations whenever it is con16 ducting activities or is proposing to conduct activities in 

17 a country for which assistance is prohibited. 

18 IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

19 SEC. 6033. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

20 may be obligated or expended to provide—

21 (1) any financial incentive to a business enter22 prise currently located in the United States for the 

23 purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 

24 outside the United States if such incentive or induce25 ment is likely to reduce the number of employees of 

26 such business enterprise in the United States because 
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1 United States production is being replaced by such 

2 enterprise outside the United States; or 

3 (2) assistance for any program, project, or activ4 ity that contributes to the violation of internationally 

5 recognized workers rights, as defined in section 507(4) 

6 of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the recipient 

7 country, including any designated zone or area in 

8 that country: Provided, That the application of sec9 tion 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should be com10 mensurate with the level of development of the recipi11 ent country and sector, and shall not preclude assist12 ance for the informal sector in such country, micro 

13 and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder agri14 culture. 

15 SPECIAL AUTHORITIES

16 SEC. 6034. (a) AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, PAKISTAN, LEB17 ANON, MONTENEGRO, VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL18 DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated by 

19 this Act that are made available for assistance for Afghani20 stan may be made available notwithstanding section 6012 

21 of this Act or any similar provision of law and section 660 

22 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and funds appro23 priated in titles II and III of this Act that are made avail24 able for Iraq, Lebanon, Montenegro, Pakistan, and for vic25 tims of war, displaced children, and displaced Burmese, 

26 and to assist victims of trafficking in persons and, subject 
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1 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

2 Appropriations, to combat such trafficking, may be made 

3 available notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

4 (b) TROPICAL FORESTRY AND BIODIVERSITY CON5 SERVATION ACTIVITIES.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

6 to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and 

7 chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

8 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

9 for the purpose of supporting tropical forestry and biodiver10 sity conservation activities and energy programs aimed at 

11 reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided, That such as12 sistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A 

13 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

14 (c) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap15 propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 

16 chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign Assist17 ance Act of 1961, and title II of the Agricultural Trade 

18 Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be used by 

19 the United States Agency for International Development to 

20 employ up to 25 personal services contractors in the United 

21 States, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 

22 purpose of providing direct, interim support for new or ex23 panded overseas programs and activities managed by the 

24 agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired and 

25 trained: Provided, That not more than 10 of such contrac-
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1 tors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided fur2 ther, That such funds appropriated to carry out title II of 

3 the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 

4 1954, may be made available only for personal services con5 tractors assigned to the Office of Food for Peace. 

6 (d)(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the provi7 sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the Presi8 dent determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of 

9 the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore 

10 of the Senate that it is important to the national security 

11 interests of the United States. 

12 (2) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiv13 er pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no more 

14 than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply 

15 beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

16 (e) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 

17 award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro18 priated by this Act, the United States Agency for Inter19 national Development may provide an exception to the fair 

20 opportunity process for placing task orders under such con21 tracts when the order is placed with any category of small 

22 or small disadvantaged business. 

23 (f) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2006, the 

24 President may use up to $100,000,000 under the authority 
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1 of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not2 withstanding the funding ceiling in section 451(a). 

3 (g) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHORITY.—

4 In providing assistance with funds appropriated by this 

5 Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

6 of 1961, support for a nation emerging from instability 

7 may be deemed to mean support for regional, district, mu8 nicipal, or other sub-national entity emerging from insta9 bility, as well as a nation emerging from instability. 

10 (h) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Of the funds managed 

11 by the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 

12 Assistance of the United States Agency for International 

13 Development, from this or any other Act, not less than 

14 $10,000,000 shall be made available as a general contribu15 tion to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any other 

16 provision of law. 

17 (i) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.—Funds 

18 appropriated by this Act that are provided to the National 

19 Endowment for Democracy may be provided notwith20 standing any other provision of law or regulation. 

21 (j) UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding any 

22 other provision of law, of the funds appropriated under the 

23 heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ in this Act, not less than 

24 $10,000,000 shall be made available to American edu25 cational institutions for programs and activities in the Peo-
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1 ple’s Republic of China relating to the environment, democ2 racy, and the rule of law: Provided, That funds made avail3 able pursuant to this authority shall be subject to the reg4 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro5 priations. 

6 (k) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Public Law 107–57, 

7 as amended, is further amended as follows in the specified 

8 subsections—

9 (1) subsection 1(b) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘2003’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘2006’’; 

11 (2) paragraph 1(b)(1) is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘2003’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘2006’’; 

13 (3) paragraph 3(2) is amended to read as fol14 lows: 

15 ‘‘(2) Such provision of the annual foreign oper16 ations, export financing, and related programs appro17 priations Acts for fiscal years 2005 and 2006, as are 

18 comparable to section 512 of the Foreign Operations, 

19 Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropria20 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–429; 114 Stat. 

21 1900A–25).’’; and 

22 (4) section 6 is amended by striking ‘‘2003’’ and 

23 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘2006’’. 

24 (l) ENTERPRISE FUND AND FOUNDATION.—Funds ap25 propriated under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
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1 in this or any prior Act making appropriations for foreign 

2 operations, export financing and related programs may be 

3 made available, including as an endowment, notwith4 standing any other provision of law and following consulta5 tions with the Committees on Appropriations, to establish 

6 and operate a Middle East Enterprise Fund and Founda7 tion, or any other similar entities, for the Middle East re8 gion, to support democracy and private enterprise building, 

9 respectively, as well as for related purposes: Provided, That 

10 provisions contained in section 201 of the Support for East 

11 European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (excluding the 

12 authorizations of appropriations provided in subsection (b) 

13 of that section) shall be deemed to apply to any such fund, 

14 foundation, or similar entity referred to under this sub15 section and to funds made available to such entity in order 

16 to enable it to provide assistance, including by grant and 

17 financing: Provided further, That prior to the initial obli18 gation of funds for any such fund, foundation, or similar 

19 entity pursuant to the authorities of this subsection, other 

20 than for administrative support, the Secretary of State 

21 shall take steps to ensure, on an ongoing basis, that any 

22 such amounts made available pursuant to such authorities 

23 are not provided to or through any individual or group that 

24 the management of the fund, foundation or entity knows 

25 or has reason to believe, advocates, plans, sponsors, or other-
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1 wise engages in terrorist activities: Provided further, That 

2 section 6030 of this Act shall apply to any such fund, foun3 dation, or similar entity established by this subsection. 

4 (m) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—(1) Section 

5 21(h)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

6 2761(h)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘North Atlan7 tic Treaty Organization’’ the following: ‘‘or the Govern8 ments of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or Israel’’. 

9 (2) Section 21(h)(2) of the Arms Export Control 

10 Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(h)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘or 

11 to any member government that Organization if that 

12 Organization or member government’’ and inserting 

13 the following: ‘‘, to any member of that Organization, 

14 or to the Governments of Australia, New Zealand, 

15 Japan, or Israel if that Organization, member gov16 ernment, or the Governments of Australia, New Zea17 land, Japan, or Israel’’. 

18 (3) Section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

19 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347) is amended—

20 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 

21 President’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) The President’’; 

22 and 

23 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

24 subsection: 
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1 ‘‘(b) The President shall seek reimbursement for mili2 tary education and training furnished under this chapter 

3 from countries using assistance under section 23 of the 

4 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763, relating to the 

5 Foreign Military Financing Program) to purchase such 

6 military education and training at a rate comparable to 

7 the rate charged to countries receiving grant assistance for 

8 military education and training under this chapter.’’. 

9 (n) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—The Foreign Oper10 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro11 priations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–167) is amended—

12 (1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—

13 (A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 

14 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2005, and 2006’’; and 

15 (B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2005’’ 

16 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2006’’; and 

17 (2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in sub18 section (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘2006’’. 

20 (o) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Of the funds made 

21 available under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 

22 assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, not to exceed 

23 $2,000,000, in addition to funds otherwise available for 

24 such purposes, may be used for administrative expenses of 
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1 the United States Agency for International Development to 

2 carry out programs in the West Bank and Gaza. 

3 ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

4 SEC. 6035. It is the sense of the Congress that—

5 (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 

6 secondary boycott of American firms that have com7 mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 

8 in the region and to United States investment and 

9 trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 

10 (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret11 tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 

12 publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 

13 Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 

14 (3) all Arab League states should normalize rela15 tions with their neighbor Israel; 

16 (4) the President and the Secretary of State 

17 should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab League 

18 boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to dem19 onstrate that opposition by, for example, taking into 

20 consideration the participation of any recipient coun21 try in the boycott when determining to sell weapons 

22 to said country; and 

23 (5) the President should report to Congress an24 nually on specific steps being taken by the United 

25 States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 

26 their relations with Israel to bring about the termi-
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1 nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, including 

2 those to encourage allies and trading partners of the 

3 United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses 

4 from complying with the boycott and penalizing busi5 nesses that do comply. 

6 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

7 SEC. 6036. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN8 MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 

9 or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 

10 shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 

11 programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds ap12 propriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chap13 ters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of part II 

14 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and from funds ap15 propriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Eu16 rope and the Baltic States’’: Provided, That before using 

17 the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance in sup18 port of programs of nongovernmental organizations, the 

19 President shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 

20 under the regular notification procedures of those commit21 tees, including a description of the program to be assisted, 

22 the assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing 

23 such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this sub24 section shall be construed to alter any existing statutory 

25 prohibitions against abortion or involuntary sterilizations 

26 contained in this or any other Act. 
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1 (b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2006, re2 strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 

3 to assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict 

4 assistance under the Agricultural Trade Development and 

5 Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none of the funds 

6 appropriated to carry out title I of such Act and made 

7 available pursuant to this subsection may be obligated or 

8 expended except as provided through the regular notifica9 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

10 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply—

11 (1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 

12 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

13 of law prohibiting assistance to countries that support 

14 international terrorism; or 

15 (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign As16 sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of 

17 law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 

18 country that violates internationally recognized 

19 human rights. 

20 RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

21 SEC. 6037. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which 

22 are earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs 

23 within the same account notwithstanding the earmark if 

24 compliance with the earmark is made impossible by oper25 ation of any provision of this or any other Act: Provided, 

26 That any such reprogramming shall be subject to the reg-
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1 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro2 priations: Provided further, That assistance that is repro3 grammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made avail4 able under the same terms and conditions as originally pro5 vided. 

6 (b) In addition to the authority contained in sub7 section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap8 propriated by this Act and administered by the United 

9 States Agency for International Development that are ear10 marked for particular programs or activities by this or any 

11 other Act shall be extended for an additional fiscal year 

12 if the Administrator of such agency determines and reports 

13 promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that the ter14 mination of assistance to a country or a significant change 

15 in circumstances makes it unlikely that such earmarked 

16 funds can be obligated during the original period of avail17 ability: Provided, That such earmarked funds that are con18 tinued available for an additional fiscal year shall be obli19 gated only for the purpose of such earmark. 

20 CEILINGS AND EARMARKS

21 SEC. 6038. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this 

22 Act shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appro23 priated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act 

24 unless such Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or min25 imum funding requirements contained in any other Act 

26 shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act. 
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1 PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

2 SEC. 6039. No part of any appropriation contained 

3 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur4 poses within the United States not authorized before the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided, 

6 That not to exceed $750,000 may be made available to carry 

7 out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96–533. 

8 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS

9 SEC. 6040. None of the funds appropriated or made 

10 available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign 

11 Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or 

12 in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member 

13 of the United Nations or, from funds appropriated by this 

14 Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assist15 ance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of another 

16 country’s delegation at international conferences held under 

17 the auspices of multilateral or international organizations. 

18 NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION

19 SEC. 6041. None of the funds appropriated or made 

20 available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a non21 governmental organization which fails to provide upon 

22 timely request any document, file, or record necessary to 

23 the auditing requirements of the United States Agency for 

24 International Development. 
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1 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

2 THAT EXPORT LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO

3 COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

4 SEC. 6042. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth5 erwise made available by this Act may be available for as6 sistance for any foreign government which provides lethal 

7 military equipment to a country the government of which 

8 the Secretary of State has determined is a terrorist govern9 ment for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administra10 tion Act. The prohibition under this section with respect 

11 to a foreign government shall terminate 12 months after 

12 that government ceases to provide such military equipment. 

13 This section applies with respect to lethal military equip14 ment provided under a contract entered into after October 

15 1, 1997. 

16 (b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any other 

17 similar provision of law, may be furnished if the President 

18 determines that furnishing such assistance is important to 

19 the national interests of the United States. 

20 (c) Whenever the waiver authority of subsection (b) is 

21 exercised, the President shall submit to the appropriate con22 gressional committees a report with respect to the fur23 nishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include 

24 a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, in25 cluding the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, and 
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1 an explanation of how the assistance furthers United States 

2 national interests. 

3 WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES AND

4 REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES

5 SEC. 6043. (a) Subject to subsection (c), of the funds 

6 appropriated by this Act that are made available for assist7 ance for a foreign country, an amount equal to 110 percent 

8 of the total amount of the unpaid fully adjudicated parking 

9 fines and penalties and unpaid property taxes owed by the 

10 central government of such country shall be withheld from 

11 obligation for assistance for the central government of such 

12 country until the Secretary of State submits a certification 

13 to the appropriate congressional committees stating that 

14 such parking fines and penalties and unpaid property taxes 

15 are fully paid. 

16 (b) Funds withheld from obligation pursuant to sub17 section (a) may be made available for other programs or 

18 activities funded by this Act, after consultation with and 

19 subject to the regular notification procedures of the appro20 priate congressional committees, provided that no such 

21 funds shall be made available for assistance for the central 

22 government of a foreign country that has not paid the total 

23 amount of the fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties 

24 and unpaid property taxes owed by such country. 

25 (c) Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that have 

26 been withheld under any other provision of law. 
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1 (d)(1) The Secretary of State may waive the require2 ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to parking 

3 fines and penalties no sooner than 60 days from the date 

4 of enactment of this Act, or at any time with respect to 

5 a particular country, if the Secretary determines that it 

6 is in the national interests of the United States to do so. 

7 (2) The Secretary of State may waive the requirements 

8 set forth in subsection (a) with respect to the unpaid prop9 erty taxes if the Secretary of State determines that it is 

10 in the national interests of the United States to do so. 

11 (e) Not later than 6 months after the initial exercise 

12 of the waiver authority in subsection (d), the Secretary of 

13 State, after consultations with the City of New York, shall 

14 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations de15 scribing a strategy, including a timetable and steps cur16 rently being taken, to collect the parking fines and penalties 

17 and unpaid property taxes and interest owed by nations 

18 receiving foreign assistance under this Act. 

19 (f) In this section: 

20 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com21 mittees’’ means the Committee on Appropriations of 

22 the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of 

23 the House of Representatives. 
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1 (2) The term ‘‘fully adjudicated’’ includes cir2 cumstances in which the person to whom the vehicle 

3 is registered—

4 (A)(i) has not responded to the parking vio5 lation summons; or 

6 (ii) has not followed the appropriate adju7 dication procedure to challenge the summons; 

8 and 

9 (B) the period of time for payment of or 

10 challenge to the summons has lapsed. 

11 (3) The term ‘‘parking fines and penalties’’ 

12 means parking fines and penalties—

13 (A) owed to—

14 (i) the District of Columbia; or 

15 (ii) New York, New York; and 

16 (B) incurred during the period April 1, 

17 1997, through September 30, 2005. 

18 (4) The term ‘‘unpaid property taxes’’ means the 

19 amount of unpaid taxes and interest determined to be 

20 owed by a foreign country on real property in the 

21 District of Columbia or New York, New York in a 

22 court order or judgment entered against such country 

23 by a court of the United States or any State or sub24 division thereof. 
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1 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST

2 BANK AND GAZA

3 SEC. 6044. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

4 may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation 

5 Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the Presi6 dent has exercised the authority under section 604(a) of the 

7 Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of Pub8 lic Law 104–107) or any other legislation to suspend or 

9 make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

10 of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect: Provided, That 

11 if the President fails to make the certification under section 

12 604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 

13 or to suspend the prohibition under other legislation, funds 

14 appropriated by this Act may not be obligated for assistance 

15 for the Palestine Liberation Organization for the West Bank 

16 and Gaza. 

17 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN

18 SEC. 6045. If the President determines that doing so 

19 will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 

20 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 

21 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec22 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to 

23 $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Na24 tions War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the 

25 former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council 

26 or such other tribunals or commissions as the Council may 
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1 establish or authorize to deal with such violations, without 

2 regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) 

3 thereof: Provided, That the determination required under 

4 this section shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise 

5 required under section 552(c): Provided further, That the 

6 drawdown made under this section for any tribunal shall 

7 not be construed as an endorsement or precedent for the es8 tablishment of any standing or permanent international 

9 criminal tribunal or court: Provided further, That funds 

10 made available for tribunals other than Yugoslavia, Rwan11 da, or the Special Court for Sierra Leone shall be made 

12 available subject to the regular notification procedures of 

13 the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 LANDMINES

15 SEC. 6046. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, demining equipment available to the United States 

17 Agency for International Development and the Department 

18 of State and used in support of the clearance of landmines 

19 and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may 

20 be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, subject 

21 to such terms and conditions as the President may pre22 scribe. 

23 RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

24 SEC. 6047. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

25 may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Jeru26 salem a new office of any department or agency of the 
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1 United States Government for the purpose of conducting of2 ficial United States Government business with the Pales3 tinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor 

4 Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO 

5 Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this restriction 

6 shall not apply to the acquisition of additional space for 

7 the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem: Provided fur8 ther, That meetings between officers and employees of the 

9 United States and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or 

10 any successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in 

11 the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose 

12 of conducting official United States Government business 

13 with such authority should continue to take place in loca14 tions other than Jerusalem. As has been true in the past, 

15 officers and employees of the United States Government 

16 may continue to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with 

17 Palestinians (including those who now occupy positions in 

18 the Palestinian Authority), have social contacts, and have 

19 incidental discussions. 

20 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES

21 SEC. 6048. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter23 national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign 

24 Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 

25 activities or under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and 

26 Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and 
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1 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be obligated or expended 

2 to pay for—

3 (1) alcoholic beverages; or 

4 (2) entertainment expenses for activities that are 

5 substantially of a recreational character, including 

6 but not limited to entrance fees at sporting events, 

7 theatrical and musical productions, and amusement 

8 parks. 

9 HAITI

10 SEC. 6049. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, 

11 not less than the following amounts shall be made available 

12 for assistance for Haiti—

13 (1) $20,000,000 from ‘‘Child Survival and 

14 Health Programs Fund’’; 

15 (2) $30,000,000 from ‘‘Development Assistance’’; 

16 (3) $50,000,000 from ‘‘Economic Support 

17 Fund’’; 

18 (4) $15,000,000 from ‘‘International Narcotics 

19 Control and Law Enforcement’’; 

20 (5) $1,000,000 from ‘‘Foreign Military Financ21 ing Program’’; and 

22 (6) $215,000 from ‘‘International Military Edu23 cation and Training’’. 

24 (b) The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to pur25 chase defense articles and services under the Arms Export 

26 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the Coast Guard. 
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1 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

2 AUTHORITY

3 SEC. 6050. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the 

4 funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions 

5 of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

6 may be obligated or expended with respect to providing 

7 funds to the Palestinian Authority. 

8 (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 

9 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 

10 the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi11 dent pro tempore of the Senate that waiving such prohibi12 tion is important to the national security interests of the 

13 United States. 

14 (c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiv15 er pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more 

16 than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply 

17 beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

18 (d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu19 ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall submit 

20 a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 

21 steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest terror22 ists, confiscate weapons and dismantle the terrorist infra23 structure. The report shall also include a description of how 

24 funds will be spent and the accounting procedures in place 

25 to ensure that they are properly disbursed. 
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1 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES

2 SEC. 6051. None of the funds made available by this 

3 Act for assistance may be provided to any unit of the secu4 rity forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of State 

5 has credible evidence that such unit has committed gross 

6 violations of human rights, unless the Secretary determines 

7 and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the 

8 government of such country is taking effective measures to 

9 bring the responsible members of the security forces unit 

10 to justice: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be 

11 construed to withhold funds made available by this Act from 

12 any unit of the security forces of a foreign country not 

13 credibly alleged to be involved in gross violations of human 

14 rights: Provided further, That in the event that funds are 

15 withheld from any unit pursuant to this section, the Sec16 retary of State shall promptly inform the foreign govern17 ment of the basis for such action and shall, to the maximum 

18 extent practicable, assist the foreign government in taking 

19 effective measures to bring the responsible members of the 

20 security forces to justice. 

21 FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT

22 SEC. 6052. The annual foreign military training re23 port required by section 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

24 of 1961 shall be submitted by the Secretary of Defense and 

25 the Secretary of State to the Committees on Appropriations 
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1 of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the date 

2 specified in that section. 

3 AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT

4 SEC. 6053. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 

5 funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Trade and Devel6 opment Agency’’, ‘‘Overseas Private Investment Corpora7 tion’’, and ‘‘Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’’, may be obligated 

8 and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 

9 91–672 and section 15 of the State Department Basic Au10 thorities Act of 1956. 

11 CAMBODIA

12 SEC. 6054. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated by 

13 this Act may be made available for assistance for the Cen14 tral Government of Cambodia. 

15 (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to assistance for 

16 basic education, reproductive and maternal and child 

17 health, cultural and historic preservation, programs for the 

18 prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, 

19 HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, polio and other infectious 

20 diseases, development and implementation of legislation 

21 and implementation of procedures on inter-country adop22 tions consistent with international standards, rule of law 

23 programs, counternarcotics programs, programs to combat 

24 human trafficking that are provided through nongovern25 mental organizations, anti-corruption programs, and for 
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1 the Ministry of Women and Veterans Affairs to combat 

2 human trafficking. 

3 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other 

4 Act, of the funds appropriated by this Act under the head5 ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, $15,000,000 shall be made 

6 available for activities to support democracy and human 

7 rights, including assistance for democratic political parties 

8 in Cambodia. 

9 (c) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out provi10 sions of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

11 may be made available notwithstanding subsection (a). 

12 PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

13 SEC. 6055. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None of 

14 the funds appropriated by this Act may be provided to sup15 port a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of State deter16 mines and certifies to the appropriate congressional com17 mittees that—

18 (1) a new leadership of a Palestinian governing 

19 entity has been democratically elected through credible 

20 and competitive elections; 

21 (2) the elected governing entity of a new Pales22 tinian state—

23 (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to 

24 peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 

25 (B) is taking appropriate measures to 

26 counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 
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1 West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 

2 of terrorist infrastructures; 

3 (C) is establishing a new Palestinian secu4 rity entity that is cooperative with appropriate 

5 Israeli and other appropriate security organiza6 tions; and 

7 (3) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 

8 body of a new Palestinian state) is working with 

9 other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef10 forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 

11 peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 

12 an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 

13 context of full and normal relationships, which should 

14 include—

15 (A) termination of all claims or states of 

16 belligerency; 

17 (B) respect for and acknowledgement of the 

18 sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 

19 independence of every state in the area through 

20 measures including the establishment of demili21 tarized zones; 

22 (C) their right to live in peace within secure 

23 and recognized boundaries free from threats or 

24 acts of force; 
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1 (D) freedom of navigation through inter2 national waterways in the area; and 

3 (E) a framework for achieving a just settle4 ment of the refugee problem. 

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

6 that the newly-elected governing entity should enact a con7 stitution assuring the rule of law, an independent judici8 ary, and respect for human rights for its citizens, and 

9 should enact other laws and regulations assuring trans10 parent and accountable governance. 

11 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection (a) 

12 if he determines that it is vital to the national security in13 terests of the United States to do so. 

14 (d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 

15 shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 

16 Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or a 

17 newly-elected governing entity, in order to help meet the 

18 requirements of subsection (a), consistent with the provi19 sions of section 6050 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance 

20 to the Palestinian Authority’’). 

21 COLOMBIA

22 SEC. 6056. (a) DETERMINATION AND CERTIFICATION

23 REQUIRED.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

24 funds appropriated by this Act that are available for assist25 ance for the Colombian Armed Forces, may be made avail26 able as follows: 
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1 (1) Up to 75 percent of such funds may be obli2 gated prior to a determination and certification by 

3 the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (2). 

4 (2) Up to 12.5 percent of such funds may be obli5 gated only after the Secretary of State certifies and 

6 reports to the appropriate congressional committees 

7 that: 

8 (A) The Commander General of the Colom9 bian Armed Forces is suspending from the 

10 Armed Forces those members, of whatever rank 

11 who, according to the Minister of Defense or the 

12 Procuraduria General de la Nacion, have been 

13 credibly alleged to have committed gross viola14 tions of human rights, including extra-judicial 

15 killings, or to have aided or abetted paramilitary 

16 organizations. 

17 (B) The Colombian Government is vigor18 ously investigating and prosecuting those mem19 bers of the Colombian Armed Forces, of whatever 

20 rank, who have been credibly alleged to have 

21 committed gross violations of human rights, in22 cluding extra-judicial killings, or to have aided 

23 or abetted paramilitary organizations, and is 

24 promptly punishing those members of the Colom25 bian Armed Forces found to have committed such 
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1 violations of human rights or to have aided or 

2 abetted paramilitary organizations. 

3 (C) The Colombian Armed Forces have 

4 made substantial progress in cooperating with 

5 civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities in 

6 such cases (including providing requested infor7 mation, such as the identity of persons sus8 pended from the Armed Forces and the nature 

9 and cause of the suspension, and access to wit10 nesses, relevant military documents, and other 

11 requested information). 

12 (D) The Colombian Armed Forces have 

13 made substantial progress in severing links (in14 cluding denying access to military intelligence, 

15 vehicles, and other equipment or supplies, and 

16 ceasing other forms of active or tacit coopera17 tion) at the command, battalion, and brigade 

18 levels, with paramilitary organizations, espe19 cially in regions where these organizations have 

20 a significant presence. 

21 (E) The Colombian Government is disman22 tling paramilitary leadership and financial net23 works by arresting commanders and financial 

24 backers, especially in regions where these net25 works have a significant presence. 
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1 (F) The Colombian Armed Forces are re2 specting the legal, cultural, and territorial rights 

3 of Colombia’s indigenous communities. 

4 (3) The balance of such funds may be obligated 

5 after July 31, 2006, if the Secretary of State certifies 

6 and reports to the appropriate congressional commit7 tees, after such date, that the Colombian Armed 

8 Forces are continuing to meet the conditions con9 tained in paragraph (2) and are conducting vigorous 

10 operations to restore government authority and re11 spect for human rights in areas under the effective 

12 control of paramilitary and guerrilla organizations. 

13 (b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Funds made 

14 available by this Act for the Colombian Armed Forces shall 

15 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com16 mittees on Appropriations. 

17 (c) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—

18 (1) Prior to making the certifications required 

19 by subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall consult 

20 with the appropriate congressional committees and 

21 with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human 

22 Rights in Colombia regarding each of the conditions 

23 specified in paragraphs (2)(A) through (F) of that 

24 subsection. 
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1 (2) Not later than 60 days after the date of en2 actment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter 

3 until September 30, 2007, the Secretary of State shall 

4 consult with internationally recognized human rights 

5 organizations regarding progress in meeting the con6 ditions contained in subsection (a). 

7 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) AIDED OR ABETTED.—The term ‘‘aided or 

9 abetted’’ means to provide any support to para10 military groups, including taking actions which 

11 allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of 

12 such groups. 

13 (2) PARAMILITARY GROUPS.—The term ‘‘para14 military groups’’ means illegal self-defense groups 

15 and illegal security cooperatives. 

16 ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS

17 SEC. 6057. (a) DENIAL OF VISAS TO SUPPORTERS OF

18 COLOMBIAN ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS.—Subject to sub19 section (b), the Secretary of State shall not issue a visa to 

20 any alien who the Secretary determines, based on credible 

21 evidence—

22 (1) has willfully provided any support to the 

23 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the 

24 National Liberation Army (ELN), or the United Self25 Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), including taking 

26 actions or failing to take actions which allow, facili-
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1 tate, or otherwise foster the activities of such groups; 

2 or 

3 (2) has committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or 

4 otherwise participated in the commission of gross vio5 lations of human rights, including extra-judicial 

6 killings, in Colombia. 

7 (b) WAIVER.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 

8 Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appro9 priate congressional committees, on a case-by-case basis, 

10 that the issuance of a visa to the alien is necessary to sup11 port the peace process in Colombia or for urgent humani12 tarian reasons. 

13 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

14 BROADCASTING CORPORATION

15 SEC. 6058. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

17 equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 

18 other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 

19 Corporation. 

20 WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM

21 SEC. 6059. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2006, 30 

22 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral 

23 West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall 

24 certify to the appropriate committees of Congress that pro25 cedures have been established to assure the Comptroller Gen26 eral of the United States will have access to appropriate 
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1 United States financial information in order to review the 

2 uses of United States assistance for the Program funded 

3 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the West 

4 Bank and Gaza. 

5 (b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds appro6 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

7 Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec8 retary of State shall take all appropriate steps to ensure 

9 that such assistance is not provided to or through any indi10 vidual, private or government entity, or educational insti11 tution that the Secretary knows or has reason to believe ad12 vocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, ter13 rorist activity. The Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, 

14 establish procedures specifying the steps to be taken in car15 rying out this subsection and shall terminate assistance to 

16 any individual, entity, or educational institution which he 

17 has determined to be involved in or advocating terrorist ac18 tivity. 

19 (c) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated by 

20 this Act for assistance under the West Bank and Gaza pro21 gram may be made available for the purpose of recognizing 

22 or otherwise honoring individuals who commit, or have 

23 committed, acts of terrorism. 

24 (d) AUDITS.—
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1 (1) The Administrator of the United States 

2 Agency for International Development shall ensure 

3 that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 

4 and grantees, and significant subcontractors and sub5 grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Program, 

6 are conducted at least on an annual basis to ensure, 

7 among other things, compliance with this section. 

8 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

9 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made 

10 available for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 

11 up to $1,000,000 may be used by the Office of the In12 spector General of the United States Agency for Inter13 national Development for audits, inspections, and 

14 other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 

15 this subsection. Such funds are in addition to funds 

16 otherwise available for such purposes. 

17 (e) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 

18 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Com19 mittees on Appropriations updating the report contained 

20 in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of Public Law 109–

21 72. 

22 CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

23 SEC. 6060. (a) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF CON24 TRIBUTION.—Of the amounts made available under ‘‘Inter25 national Organizations and Programs’’ and ‘‘Child Sur26 vival and Health Programs Fund’’ for fiscal year 2006, 
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1 $35,000,000 shall be made available for the United Nations 

2 Population Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as 

3 the ‘‘UNFPA’’): Provided, That of this amount, not less 

4 than $20,000,000 shall be derived from funds appropriated 

5 under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Pro6 grams’’. 

7 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

8 under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Pro9 grams’’ in this Act that are available for the UNFPA, that 

10 are not made available for UNFPA because of the operation 

11 of any provision of law, shall be transferred to ‘‘Child Sur12 vival and Health Programs Fund’’ and shall be made avail13 able only for family planning, maternal, and reproductive 

14 health activities, subject to the regular notification proce15 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

16 (c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—None 

17 of the funds made available under ‘‘International Organiza18 tions and Programs’’ may be made available for the 

19 UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Republic 

20 of China. 

21 (d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

22 Amounts made available under ‘‘International Organiza23 tions and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2006 for the UNFPA 

24 may not be made available to UNFPA unless—
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1 (1) the UNFPA maintains amounts made avail2 able to the UNFPA under this section in an account 

3 separate from other accounts of the UNFPA; 

4 (2) the UNFPA does not commingle amounts 

5 made available to the UNFPA under this section with 

6 other sums; and 

7 (3) the UNFPA does not fund abortions. 

8 WAR CRIMINALS

9 SEC. 6061. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or 

10 otherwise made available pursuant to this Act may be made 

11 available for assistance, and the Secretary of the Treasury 

12 shall instruct the United States executive directors to the 

13 international financial institutions to vote against any new 

14 project involving the extension by such institutions of any 

15 financial or technical assistance, to any country, entity, or 

16 municipality whose competent authorities have failed, as 

17 determined by the Secretary of State, to take necessary and 

18 significant steps to implement its international legal obli19 gations to apprehend and transfer to the International 

20 Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (the ‘‘Tri21 bunal’’) all persons in their territory who have been in22 dicted by the Tribunal and to otherwise cooperate with the 

23 Tribunal. 

24 (2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply 

25 to humanitarian assistance or assistance for democratiza26 tion. 
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1 (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply unless 

2 the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appro3 priate congressional committees that the competent authori4 ties of such country, entity, or municipality are—

5 (1) cooperating with the Tribunal, including ac6 cess for investigators to archives and witnesses, the 

7 provision of documents, and the surrender and trans8 fer of indictees or assistance in their apprehension; 

9 and 

10 (2) are acting consistently with the Dayton Ac11 cords. 

12 (c) Not less than 10 days before any vote in an inter13 national financial institution regarding the extension of 

14 any new project involving financial or technical assistance 

15 or grants to any country or entity described in subsection 

16 (a), the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

17 Secretary of State, shall provide to the Committees on Ap18 propriations a written justification for the proposed assist19 ance, including an explanation of the United States posi20 tion regarding any such vote, as well as a description of 

21 the location of the proposed assistance by municipality, its 

22 purpose, and its intended beneficiaries. 

23 (d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of State, 

24 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter25 national Development, and the Secretary of the Treasury 
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1 shall consult with representatives of human rights organiza2 tions and all government agencies with relevant informa3 tion to help prevent indicted war criminals from benefiting 

4 from any financial or technical assistance or grants pro5 vided to any country or entity described in subsection (a). 

6 (e) The Secretary of State may waive the application 

7 of subsection (a) with respect to projects within a country, 

8 entity, or municipality upon a written determination to 

9 the Committees on Appropriations that such assistance di10 rectly supports the implementation of the Dayton Accords. 

11 (f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 

12 (1) COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘country’’ means Bos13 nia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. 

14 (2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ refers to the 

15 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Mon16 tenegro and the Republika Srpska. 

17 (3) MUNICIPALITY.—The term ‘‘municipality’’ 

18 means a city, town or other subdivision within a 

19 country or entity as defined herein. 

20 (4) DAYTON ACCORDS.—The term ‘‘Dayton Ac21 cords’’ means the General Framework Agreement for 

22 Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with an23 nexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, November 10 

24 through 16, 1995. 
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1 USER FEES

2 SEC. 6062. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in3 struct the United States Executive Director at each inter4 national financial institution (as defined in section 

5 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions Act) 

6 and the International Monetary Fund to oppose any loan, 

7 grant, strategy or policy of these institutions that would 

8 require user fees or service charges on poor people for pri9 mary education or primary healthcare, including preven10 tion and treatment efforts for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuber11 culosis, and infant, child, and maternal well-being, in con12 nection with the institutions’ financing programs. 

13 FUNDING FOR SERBIA

14 SEC. 6063. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 

15 be made available for assistance for the central Government 

16 of Serbia after May 31, 2006, if the President has made 

17 the determination and certification contained in subsection 

18 (c). 

19 (b) After May 31, 2006, the Secretary of the Treasury 

20 should instruct the United States executive directors to the 

21 international financial institutions to support loans and 

22 assistance to the Government of Serbia and Montenegro sub23 ject to the conditions in subsection (c): Provided, That sec24 tion 576 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 

25 Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, as amended, 

26 shall not apply to the provision of loans and assistance to 
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1 the Government of Serbia and Montenegro through inter2 national financial institutions. 

3 (c) The determination and certification referred to in 

4 subsection (a) is a determination by the President and a 

5 certification to the Committees on Appropriations that the 

6 Government of Serbia and Montenegro is—

7 (1) cooperating with the International Criminal 

8 Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia including access 

9 for investigators, the provision of documents, and the 

10 surrender and transfer of indictees or assistance in 

11 their apprehension, including Ratko Mladic and 

12 Radovan Karadzic, unless the Secretary of State de13 termines and reports to the Committees on Appro14 priations that these individuals are no longer residing 

15 in Serbia; 

16 (2) taking steps that are consistent with the 

17 Dayton Accords to end Serbian financial, political, 

18 security and other support which has served to main19 tain separate Republika Srpska institutions; and 

20 (3) taking steps to implement policies which re21 flect a respect for minority rights and the rule of law. 

22 (d) This section shall not apply to Montenegro, Kosovo, 

23 humanitarian assistance or assistance to promote democ24 racy. 
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1 COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE

2 SEC. 6064. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by 

3 this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part 

4 I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 

5 of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of that 

6 Act, to enhance the effectiveness and accountability of civil7 ian police authority through training and technical assist8 ance in human rights, the rule of law, strategic planning, 

9 and through assistance to foster civilian police roles that 

10 support democratic governance including assistance for 

11 programs to prevent conflict, respond to disasters, address 

12 gender-based violence, and foster improved police relations 

13 with the communities they serve. 

14 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub15 section (a) shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 

16 the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 

17 Appropriations. 

18 SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST

19 SEC. 6065. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The 

20 President may reduce amounts owed to the United States 

21 (or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country 

22 as a result of—

23 (1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 222 

24 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

25 (2) credits extended or guarantees issued under 

26 the Arms Export Control Act; or 
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1 (3) any obligation or portion of such obligation, 

2 to pay for purchases of United States agricultural 

3 commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit 

4 Corporation under export credit guarantee programs 

5 authorized pursuant to section 5(f) of the Commodity 

6 Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 1948, as 

7 amended, section 4(b) of the Food for Peace Act of 

8 1966, as amended (Public Law 89–808), or section 

9 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, as amend10 ed (Public Law 95–501). 

11 (b) LIMITATIONS.—

12 (1) The authority provided by subsection (a) 

13 may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi14 cial debt relief and referendum agreements, commonly 

15 referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’. 

16 (2) The authority provided by subsection (a) 

17 may be exercised only in such amounts or to such ex18 tent as is provided in advance by appropriations 

19 Acts. 

20 (3) The authority provided by subsection (a) 

21 may be exercised only with respect to countries with 

22 heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from 

23 the International Development Association, but not 

24 from the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
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1 Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’ 

2 countries. 

3 (c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub4 section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country 

5 whose government—

6 (1) does not have an excessive level of military 

7 expenditures; 

8 (2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts 

9 of international terrorism; 

10 (3) is not failing to cooperate on international 

11 narcotics control matters; 

12 (4) (including its military or other security 

13 forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of gross 

14 violations of internationally recognized human rights; 

15 and 

16 (5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the 

17 application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations 

18 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. 

19 (d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority provided 

20 by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to the funds 

21 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt Restruc22 turing’’. 

23 (e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A reduc24 tion of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be consid25 ered assistance for the purposes of any provision of law lim-
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1 iting assistance to a country. The authority provided by 

2 subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding section 

3 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or section 321 

4 of the International Development and Food Assistance Act 

5 of 1975. 

6 AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES

7 SEC. 6066. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC8 TION, OR CANCELLATION.—

9 (1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL

10 CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi11 sion of law, the President may, in accordance with 

12 this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any 

13 concessional loan or portion thereof made before Jan14 uary 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act 

15 of 1961, to the government of any eligible country as 

16 defined in section 702(6) of that Act or on receipt of 

17 payment from an eligible purchaser, reduce or cancel 

18 such loan or portion thereof, only for the purpose of 

19 facilitating—

20 (A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop21 ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or 

22 (B) a debt buyback by an eligible country 

23 of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible 

24 country uses an additional amount of the local 

25 currency of the eligible country, equal to not less 

26 than 40 percent of the price paid for such debt 
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1 by such eligible country, or the difference between 

2 the price paid for such debt and the face value 

3 of such debt, to support activities that link con4 servation and sustainable use of natural re5 sources with local community development, and 

6 child survival and other child development, in a 

7 manner consistent with sections 707 through 710 

8 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, if the sale, 

9 reduction, or cancellation would not contravene 

10 any term or condition of any prior agreement 

11 relating to such loan. 

12 (2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding 

13 any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac14 cordance with this section, establish the terms and 

15 conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced, or 

16 canceled pursuant to this section. 

17 (3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined 

18 in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

19 1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency 

20 primarily responsible for administering part I of the 

21 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that the 

22 President has determined to be eligible, and shall di23 rect such agency to carry out the sale, reduction, or 

24 cancellation of a loan pursuant to this section. Such 
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1 agency shall make adjustment in its accounts to re2 flect the sale, reduction, or cancellation. 

3 (4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub4 section shall be available only to the extent that ap5 propriations for the cost of the modification, as de6 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

7 of 1974, are made in advance. 

8 (b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the 

9 sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, 

10 or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in 

11 the United States Government account or accounts estab12 lished for the repayment of such loan. 

13 (c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold pur14 suant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who pre15 sents plans satisfactory to the President for using the loan 

16 for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, debt17 for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 

18 (d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to any 

19 eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation pursu20 ant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible country, 

21 the President should consult with the country concerning 

22 the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or canceled and 

23 their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development 

24 swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 
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1 (e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority provided 

2 by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds 

3 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt Restruc4 turing’’. 

5 REPORTING REQUIREMENT

6 SEC. 6067. The Secretary of State shall provide the 

7 Committees on Appropriations, not later than January 1, 

8 2006, and for each fiscal quarter thereafter, a report in 

9 writing on the uses of funds made available under the head10 ings ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘Inter11 national Military Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peace12 keeping Operations’’: Provided, That such report shall in13 clude a description of the obligation and expenditure of 

14 funds, and the specific country in receipt of, and the use 

15 or purpose of the assistance provided by such funds. 

16 RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS

17 SEC. 6068. Of the funds appropriated under the head18 ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $20,000,000 

19 shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provi20 sion of law, to support reconciliation programs and activi21 ties which bring together individuals of different ethnic, re22 ligious, and political backgrounds from areas of civil con23 flict and war. 

24 SUDAN

25 SEC. 6069. (a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the 

26 funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than 
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1 $112,350,000 should be made available for assistance for 

2 Sudan. 

3 (b) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—Subject to sub4 section (c): 

5 (1) Notwithstanding section 501(a) of the Inter6 national Malaria Control Act of 2000 (Public Law 

7 106–570) or any other provision of law, none of the 

8 funds appropriated by this Act may be made avail9 able for assistance for the Government of Sudan. 

10 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

11 may be made available for the cost, as defined in sec12 tion 502, of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 

13 modifying loans and loan guarantees held by the Gov14 ernment of Sudan, including the cost of selling, reduc15 ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States, 

16 and modifying concessional loans, guarantees, and 

17 credit agreements. 

18 (c) Subsection (b) shall not apply if the Secretary of 

19 State determines and certifies to the Committees on Appro20 priations that—

21 (1) the Government of Sudan has taken signifi22 cant steps to disarm and disband government-sup23 ported militia groups in the Darfur region; 

24 (2) the Government of Sudan and all govern25 ment-supported militia groups are honoring their 
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1 commitments made in the cease-fire agreement of 

2 April 8, 2004; and 

3 (3) the Government of Sudan is allowing 

4 unimpeded access to Darfur to humanitarian aid or5 ganizations, the human rights investigation and hu6 manitarian teams of the United Nations, including 

7 protection officers, and an international monitoring 

8 team that is based in Darfur and that has the sup9 port of the United States. 

10 (d) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (b) 

11 shall not apply to—

12 (1) humanitarian assistance; 

13 (2) assistance for Darfur and for areas outside 

14 the control of the Government of Sudan; and 

15 (3) assistance to support implementation of the 

16 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. 

17 (e) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act and 

18 section 501 of Public Law 106–570, the terms ‘‘Government 

19 of Sudan’’, ‘‘areas outside of control of the Government of 

20 Sudan’’, and ‘‘area in Sudan outside of control of the Gov21 ernment of Sudan’’ shall have the same meaning and appli22 cation as was the case immediately prior to June 5, 2004, 

23 and, with regard to assistance in support of a viable peace 

24 agreement, Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue 

25 Nile State and Abyei. 
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1 PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES

2 SEC. 6070. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

4 in this Act, not more than $1,035,500,000 shall be available 

5 for payment to the United Nations for assessed and other 

6 expenses of international peacekeeping activities. 

7 EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH

8 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES

9 SEC. 6071. Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the For10 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during 

11 fiscal year 2006, funds available to the Department of De12 fense may be expended for crating, packing, handling, and 

13 transportation of excess defense articles transferred under 

14 the authority of section 516 of such Act to Albania, Afghani15 stan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugoslavian Re16 public of Macedonia, Georgia, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, 

17 Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Paki18 stan, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, 

19 Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. 

20 INDONESIA

21 SEC. 6072. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

22 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may 

23 be made available for assistance for Indonesia, and licenses 

24 may be issued for the export of lethal defense articles for 

25 the Indonesian Armed Forces, only if the Secretary of State 

26 certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that—
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1 (1) the Armed Forces are taking steps to counter 

2 international terrorism, consistent with democratic 

3 principles and the rule of law, and in cooperation 

4 with countries in the region; 

5 (2) the Indonesian Government is prosecuting 

6 and punishing, in a manner proportional to the 

7 crime, members of the Armed Forces, of whatever 

8 rank, who have been credibly alleged to have com9 mitted gross violations of human rights or to have 

10 aided or abetted militia groups; and 

11 (3) at the direction of the President of Indonesia, 

12 the Armed Forces are implementing reforms to in13 crease the transparency and accountability of their 

14 operations and financial management. 

15 (b) The Secretary of State may waive subsection (a) 

16 if the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees 

17 on Appropriations that to do so is in the national security 

18 interests of the United States. 

19 LIMITATION ON CONTRACTS

20 SEC. 6073. None of the funds made available under 

21 this Act may be used to fund any contract in contravention 

22 of section 8(d)(6) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

23 637(d)(6)). 

24 ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS

25 SEC. 6074. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated 

26 under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than 
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1 $165,500,000 shall be made available for programs and ac2 tivities which directly protect biodiversity, including for3 ests, in developing countries, of which not less than 

4 $10,000,000 should be made available to implement the 

5 United States Agency for International Development’s bio6 diversity conservation strategy for the Amazon basin, which 

7 amount shall be in addition to the amounts requested for 

8 biodiversity activities in these countries in fiscal year 2006: 

9 Provided, That of the funds appropriated by this Act, not 

10 less than $17,500,000 should be made available for the 

11 Congo Basin Forest Partnership of which not less than 

12 $2,500,000 should be made available to the United States 

13 Fish and Wildlife Service for the protection of great apes 

14 in Central Africa: Provided further, That of the funds ap15 propriated by this Act, not less than $180,000,000 shall be 

16 made available to support clean energy and other climate 

17 change policies and programs in developing countries, of 

18 which $100,000,000 should be made available to directly 

19 promote and deploy energy conservation, energy efficiency, 

20 and renewable and clean energy technologies, and of which 

21 the balance should be made available to directly: (1) meas22 ure, monitor, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; (2) in23 crease carbon sequestration activities; and (3) enhance cli24 mate change mitigation and adaptation programs. 
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1 (b) CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT.—Not later than 45 

2 days after the date on which the President’s fiscal year 2007 

3 budget request is submitted to Congress, the President shall 

4 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations de5 scribing in detail the following—

6 (1) all Federal agency obligations and expendi7 tures, domestic and international, for climate change 

8 programs and activities in fiscal year 2006, including 

9 an accounting of expenditures by agency with each 

10 agency identifying climate change activities and asso11 ciated costs by line item as presented in the Presi12 dent’s Budget Appendix; and 

13 (2) all fiscal year 2005 obligations and estimated 

14 expenditures, fiscal year 2006 estimated expenditures 

15 and estimated obligations, and fiscal year 2007 re16 quested funds by the United States Agency for Inter17 national Development, by country and central pro18 gram, for each of the following: (i) to promote the 

19 transfer and deployment of a wide range of United 

20 States clean energy and energy efficiency technologies; 

21 (ii) to assist in the measurement, monitoring, report22 ing, verification, and reduction of greenhouse gas 

23 emissions; (iii) to promote carbon capture and seques24 tration measures; (iv) to help meet such countries’ re25 sponsibilities under the Framework Convention on 
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1 Climate Change; and (v) to develop assessments of the 

2 vulnerability to impacts of climate change and miti3 gation and adaptation response strategies. 

4 (c) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.—

5 (1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall inform 

6 the managements of the international financial insti7 tutions and the public that it is the policy of the 

8 United States that any assistance by such institutions 

9 (including but not limited to any loan, credit, grant, 

10 or guarantee) for the extraction and export of oil, gas, 

11 coal, timber, or other natural resource should not be 

12 provided unless the government of the country has in 

13 place or is taking the necessary steps to establish 

14 functioning systems for: (i) accurately accounting for 

15 revenues and expenditures in connection with the ex16 traction and export of the type of natural resource to 

17 be extracted or exported; (ii) the independent auditing 

18 of such accounts and the widespread public dissemi19 nation of the audits; and (iii) verifying government 

20 receipts against company payments including wide21 spread dissemination of such payment information in 

22 a manner that does not create competitive disadvan23 tage or disclose proprietary information. 

24 (2) Not later than 180 days after the enactment 

25 of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
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1 a report to the Committees on Appropriations describ2 ing, for each international financial institution, the 

3 amount and type of assistance provided, by country, 

4 for the extraction and export of oil, gas, coal, timber, 

5 or other national resource since September 30, 2005. 

6 UZBEKISTAN

7 SEC. 6075. Assistance may be provided to the central 

8 Government of Uzbekistan only if the Secretary of State de9 termines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

10 that the Government of Uzbekistan is making substantial 

11 and continuing progress in meeting its commitments under 

12 the ‘‘Declaration on the Strategic Partnership and Coopera13 tion Framework Between the Republic of Uzbekistan and 

14 the United States of America’’, including respect for human 

15 rights, establishing a genuine multi-party system, and en16 suring free and fair elections, freedom of expression, and 

17 the independence of the media, and that a credible inter18 national investigation of the May 31, 2005, shootings in 

19 Andijan is underway with the support of the Government 

20 of Uzbekistan: Provided, That for the purposes of this sec21 tion ‘‘assistance’’ shall include excess defense articles. 

22 CENTRAL ASIA

23 SEC. 6076. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 

24 be made available for assistance for the Government of 

25 Kazakhstan only if the Secretary of State determines and 

26 reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
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1 ernment of Kazakhstan has made significant improvements 

2 in the protection of human rights during the preceding 6 

3 month period. 

4 (b) The Secretary of State may waive subsection (a) 

5 if he determines and reports to the Committees on Appro6 priations that such a waiver is important to the national 

7 security of the United States. 

8 (c) Not later than October 1, 2006, the Secretary of 

9 State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro10 priations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

11 Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the 

12 House of Representatives describing the following: 

13 (1) The defense articles, defense services, and fi14 nancial assistance provided by the United States to 

15 the countries of Central Asia during the 6-month pe16 riod ending 30 days prior to submission of such re17 port. 

18 (2) The use during such period of defense arti19 cles, defense services, and financial assistance pro20 vided by the United States by units of the armed 

21 forces, border guards, or other security forces of such 

22 countries. 

23 (d) Prior to the initial obligation of assistance for the 

24 Government of Kyrgyzstan, the Secretary of State shall sub25 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations describ-
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1 ing (1) whether the Government of Kyrgyzstan is forcibly 

2 returning Uzbeks who have fled violence and political perse3 cution, in violation of the 1951 Geneva Convention relating 

4 to the status of refugees, and the Convention Against Tor5 ture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading 

6 Treatment; (2) efforts made by the United States to prevent 

7 such returns; and (3) the response of the Government of 

8 Kyrgyzstan. 

9 (e) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘countries 

10 of Central Asia’’ means Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz 

11 Republic, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. 

12 DISABILITY PROGRAMS

13 SEC. 6077. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

14 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 

15 $4,000,000 shall be made available for programs and activi16 ties administered by the United States Agency for Inter17 national Development (USAID) to address the needs and 

18 protect the rights of people with disabilities in developing 

19 countries, to be allocated as follows—

20 (1) $1,500,000 for United States organizations 

21 that specialize in advocacy for people with disabil22 ities, to provide training, technical, and related as23 sistance for local organizations that work primarily 

24 on behalf of people with disabilities in developing 

25 countries; and 
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1 (2) $2,500,000 for equipment and other assist2 ance for such local organizations. 

3 (b) Of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Op4 erating Expenses of the United States Agency for Inter5 national Development’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be made 

6 available to develop and implement training for staff in 

7 overseas USAID missions to promote the full inclusion and 

8 equal participation of people with disabilities in developing 

9 countries. 

10 (c) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treas11 ury, and the Administrator of USAID shall seek to ensure 

12 that, where appropriate, construction projects funded by 

13 this Act are accessible to people with disabilities and in 

14 compliance with the USAID Policy on Standards for Acces15 sibility for the Disabled, or other similar accessibility 

16 standards. 

17 (d) Of the funds made available pursuant to subsection 

18 (a), not more than 7 percent may be for management, over19 sight and technical support. 

20 (e) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

21 of this Act, and 180 days thereafter, the Administrator of 

22 USAID shall submit a report describing the programs, ac23 tivities, and organizations funded pursuant to this section. 

24 ZIMBABWE

25 SEC. 6078. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in26 struct the United States executive director to each inter-
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1 national financial institution to vote against any extension 

2 by the respective institution of any loans to the Government 

3 of Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to pro4 mote democracy, unless the Secretary of State determines 

5 and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the 

6 rule of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, including re7 spect for ownership and title to property, freedom of speech 

8 and association. 

9 TIBET

10 SEC. 6079. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should 

11 instruct the United States executive director to each inter12 national financial institution to use the voice and vote of 

13 the United States to support projects in Tibet if such 

14 projects do not provide incentives for the migration and set15 tlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or facilitate the transfer 

16 of ownership of Tibetan land and natural resources to non17 Tibetans; are based on a thorough needs-assessment; foster 

18 self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people and respect Tibetan 

19 culture and traditions; and are subject to effective moni20 toring. 

21 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 

22 less than $4,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act 

23 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should be 

24 made available to nongovernmental organizations to sup25 port activities which preserve cultural traditions and pro26 mote sustainable development and environmental conserva-
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1 tion in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Autonomous 

2 Region and in other Tibetan communities in China, and 

3 not less than $250,000 should be made available to the Na4 tional Endowment for Democracy for human rights and de5 mocracy programs relating to Tibet. 

6 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MINORITY RELIGIOUS FAITHS IN

7 THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

8 SEC. 6080. None of the funds appropriated for assist9 ance under this Act may be made available for the Govern10 ment of the Russian Federation, after 180 days from the 

11 date of the enactment of this Act, unless the President deter12 mines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Appro13 priations that the Government of the Russian Federation 

14 has implemented no statute, Executive order, regulation or 

15 similar government action that would discriminate, or 

16 which has as its principal effect discrimination, against re17 ligious groups or religious communities in the Russian Fed18 eration in violation of accepted international agreements 

19 on human rights and religious freedoms to which the Rus20 sian Federation is a party. 

21 WAR CRIMES IN AFRICA

22 SEC. 6081. (a) The Congress recognizes the important 

23 contribution that the democratically elected Government of 

24 Nigeria has played in fostering stability in West Africa. 

25 (b) The Congress reaffirms its support for the efforts 

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1 (ICTR) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) to 

2 bring to justice individuals responsible for war crimes and 

3 crimes against humanity in a timely manner. 

4 (c) Funds appropriated by this Act, including funds 

5 for debt restructuring, may be made available for assistance 

6 to the central government of a country in which individuals 

7 indicted by ICTR and SCSL are credibly alleged to be liv8 ing, if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 

9 Committees on Appropriations that such government is co10 operating with ICTR and SCSL, including the surrender 

11 and transfer of indictees in a timely manner: Provided, 

12 That this subsection shall not apply to assistance provided 

13 under section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or 

14 to project assistance under title III of this Act: Provided 

15 further, That the United States shall use its voice and vote 

16 in the United Nations Security Council to fully support ef17 forts by ICTR and SCSL to bring to justice individuals 

18 indicted by such tribunals in a timely manner. 

19 (d) The prohibition in subsection (c) may be waived 

20 on a country by country basis if the President determines 

21 that doing so is in the national security interest of the 

22 United States: Provided, That prior to exercising such 

23 waiver authority, the President shall submit a report to the 

24 Committees on Appropriations, in classified form if nec25 essary, on: (1) the steps being taken to obtain the coopera-
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1 tion of the government in surrendering the indictee in ques2 tion to SCSL or ICTR; (2) a strategy for bringing the in3 dictee before ICTR or SCSL; and (3) the justification for 

4 exercising the waiver authority. 

5 ADMISSION OF REFUGEES

6 SEC. 6082. (a) The Secretary of State shall utilize pri7 vate voluntary organizations with expertise in the protec8 tion needs of refugees in the processing of refugees overseas 

9 for admission and resettlement to the United States, and 

10 shall utilize such agencies in addition to the United Nations 

11 High Commissioner for Refugees in the identification and 

12 referral of refugees. 

13 (b) The Secretary of State should maintain a system 

14 for accepting referrals of appropriate candidates for reset15 tlement from local private, voluntary organizations and 

16 work to ensure that particularly vulnerable refugee groups 

17 receive special consideration for admission into the United 

18 States, including—

19 (1) long-stayers in countries of first asylum; 

20 (2) unaccompanied refugee minors; 

21 (3) refugees outside traditional camp settings; 

22 and 

23 (4) refugees in woman-headed households. 

24 (c) The Secretary of State shall give special consider25 ation to—
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1 (1) refugees of all nationalities who have close 

2 family ties to citizens and residents of the United 

3 States; and 

4 (2) other groups of refugees who are of special 

5 concern to the United States. 

6 UNOBLIGATED BALANCES

7 SEC. 6083. The amount appropriated in this Act is 

8 hereby reduced by $200,296,000 to reduce unobligated bal9 ances as follows: 

10 (1) From ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, 

11 $100,296,000. 

12 (2) From ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

13 Law Enforcement’’, $100,000,000. 

14 SECURITY IN ASIA

15 SEC. 6084. (a) Of the funds appropriated under the 

16 heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not less 

17 than the following amounts shall be made available to en18 hance security in Asia, consistent with democratic prin19 ciples and the rule of law—

20 (1) $45,000,000 for assistance for the Phil21 ippines; 

22 (2) $1,500,000 for assistance for Indonesia; 

23 (3) $1,000,000 for assistance for Bangladesh; 

24 (4) $4,000,000 for assistance for Mongolia; 

25 (5) $1,500,000 for assistance for Thailand; 

26 (6) $1,000,000 for assistance for Sri Lanka; 
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1 (7) $1,000,000 for assistance for Cambodia; 

2 (8) $500,000 for assistance for Fiji; and 

3 (9) $250,000 for assistance for Tonga. 

4 (b) In addition to amounts appropriated elsewhere in 

5 this Act, $25,000,000 is hereby appropriated for ‘‘Foreign 

6 Military Financing Program’’: Provided, That these funds 

7 shall be available only to assist the Philippines in address8 ing the critical deficiencies identified in the Joint Defense 

9 Assessment of 2003. 

10 (c) Funds made available for assistance for Indonesia 

11 pursuant to subsection (a) may be made available for the 

12 Indonesian Navy notwithstanding section 6072 of this Act: 

13 Provided, That such funds shall only be made available sub14 ject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

15 on Appropriations. 

16 (d) Funds made available for assistance for Cambodia 

17 pursuant to subsection (a) shall be made available notwith18 standing section 6054 of this Act: Provided, That such funds 

19 shall only be made available subject to the regular notifica20 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

21 (e) NEPAL.—

22 (1) The Congress condemns the Maoist 

23 insurgency’s atrocities against civilians, including 

24 torture, extrajudicial killings, and forced recruitment 

25 of children. 
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1 (2) The Congress recognizes the difficulties the 

2 Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) faces in countering the 

3 Maoist threat, but deplores the violations of human 

4 rights by the RNA. 

5 (3) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘For6 eign Military Financing Program’’ may be made 

7 available for assistance for Nepal only if the Sec8 retary of State certifies to the Committees on Appro9 priations that the Government of Nepal, including its 

10 security forces: 

11 (A) has released all political detainees, in12 cluding those detained before February 1, 2005; 

13 (B) has restored civil liberties, including 

14 due process under law, freedoms of speech, the 

15 press and association, and the right of move16 ment; 

17 (C) has demonstrated a commitment to a 

18 clear timetable for the return to democratic rep19 resentative government consistent with the 1990 

20 Nepalese Constitution; 

21 (D) is ensuring that the Royal Anti-Corrup22 tion Commission functions as a transparent, 

23 non-political, and objective body in accordance 

24 with the 1990 Nepalese Constitution and with 

25 respect to the judicial process; 
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1 (E) has determined the number of and is 

2 complying with habeas corpus orders issued by 

3 Nepal’s Supreme Court and appellate courts, in4 cluding all outstanding orders, and the security 

5 forces are respecting these orders; 

6 (F) is ensuring the independence of the Na7 tional Human Rights Commission of Nepal 

8 (NHRC) in accordance with constitutional pro9 visions, including providing adequate funding 

10 and staff; 

11 (G) is granting civilian prosecutors and ju12 dicial authorities, the NHRC, the Office of the 

13 United Nations High Commissioner for Human 

14 Rights in Nepal, and international humani15 tarian organizations, unannounced and 

16 unimpeded access to all detainees, witnesses, rel17 evant documents, and other requested informa18 tion, and is cooperating with these entities to 

19 identify and resolve all security related cases in20 volving persons in government custody; and 

21 (H) is taking effective steps to (i) ensure 

22 that Nepalese security forces comply with the Ge23 neva Convention on Law of Land Warfare; (ii) 

24 end torture, extrajudicial killings, and other 

25 gross violations of human rights; and (iii) pros-
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1 ecute and punish, in a manner proportional to 

2 the crime, members of such forces who are re3 sponsible for such violations. 

4 (4) The Secretary of State may waive the re5 quirements of paragraph (3) if the Secretary certifies 

6 to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is 

7 in the national security interests of the United States. 

8 UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN BURMA

9 SEC. 6085. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

10 of law, of the funds appropriated in any title of this Act, 

11 an amount equal to the amount the United Nations Devel12 opment Program will spend in Burma (including all pro13 grams and activities administered by the United Nations 

14 Development Program) shall be withheld until the Secretary 

15 of State determines and reports to the Committees on Ap16 propriations that all programs and activities of the United 

17 Nations Development Program (including all programs and 

18 activities administered by the United Nations Development 

19 Program) in Burma—

20 (1) are undertaken only through international or 

21 private voluntary organizations that the Secretary of 

22 State deems independent of the State Peace and De23 velopment Council (SPDC); 

24 (2) provide no financial, political, or military 

25 benefit, including the provision of goods, services, or 

26 per diems, to the SPDC or any agency or entity of, 
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1 or affiliated with, the SPDC (including the Myanmar 

2 Maternal and Child Welfare Association, the 

3 Myanmar Council of Churches, the Myanmar Medical 

4 Association, the Myanmar Women Affairs Federation, 

5 and the Union of Solidarity Development Associa6 tion); and 

7 (3) are carried out only after consultation with 

8 the leadership of the National League for Democracy. 

9 (b) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

10 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Com11 mittees on Appropriations a report detailing all programs 

12 and activities of the United Nations Development Program 

13 (including all programs and activities administered by the 

14 United Nations Development Programs) in Burma and all 

15 recipients and subrecipients of funds provided under such 

16 programs and activities. 

17 DEMOCRACY EXCEPTION

18 SEC. 6086. Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2005 

19 under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Inter20 national Military Education and Training’’ may be made 

21 available for democracy and rule of law programs and ac22 tivities, notwithstanding the provisions of section 574 of Di23 vision D of Public Law 108–447. 

24 UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS

25 SEC. 6087. Of the funds appropriated by title III of 

26 this Act, not less than $40,000,000 shall be made available 
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1 to the Office of the Higher Education Community Liaison 

2 in the Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade 

3 of the United States Agency for International Development 

4 and used for projects and activities of United States-based 

5 colleges and universities: Provided, That these funds shall 

6 be in addition to funds otherwise available under this Act 

7 for such programs. 

8 RESCISSION

9 SEC. 6088. Of the unobligated balances available under 

10 the heading ‘‘United States-Canada Alaska Rail Commis11 sion Salaries and Expenses’’ in prior Acts making appro12 priations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice and 

13 State, the Judiciary and related agencies, $2,000,000 is re14 scinded. 

15 COOPERATION WITH CUBA ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS

16 MATTERS

17 SEC. 6089. (a) Subject to subsection (b), of the funds 

18 appropriated under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 

19 Control and Law Enforcement’’, $5,000,000 should be made 

20 available for the purposes of preliminary work by the De21 partment of State, or such other entity as the Secretary of 

22 State may designate, to establish cooperation with appro23 priate agencies of the Government of Cuba on counter-nar24 cotics matters, including matters relating to cooperation, 

25 coordination, and mutual assistance in the interdiction of 
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1 illicit drugs being transported through Cuba airspace or 

2 over Cuba waters. 

3 (b) The amount in subsection (a) shall not be available 

4 if the President certifies that—

5 (1) Cuba does not have in place appropriate pro6 cedures to protect against the loss of innocent life in 

7 the air and on the ground in connection with the 

8 interdiction of illegal drugs; and 

9 (2) there is evidence of involvement of the Gov10 ernment of Cuba in drug trafficking. 

11 FRANCOPHONE COUNTRIES

12 SEC. 6090. Of the funds appropriated by title III of 

13 this Act, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 

14 for English language training programs for Vietnam, Cam15 bodia, Laos, Mali, Cote D’Ivoire, Senegal, and other 

16 Francophone countries. 

17 TRANSFER OF FUNDS

18 SEC. 6091. Of the funds appropriated in this Act 

19 under the heading ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Initiative’’, up to 

20 $40,000,000 shall be made available for security assistance 

21 and nonproliferation activities in the Western Hemisphere: 

22 Provided, That of this amount, up to $10,000,000 shall be 

23 transferred to ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, 

24 Demining and Related Programs’’ for the destruction of 

25 man portable air defense systems, small arms, and light 

26 weapons: Provided further, That up to $30,000,000 shall 
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1 be transferred to ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

2 for military and security assistance to coalition partners 

3 in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

4 ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION IN CENTRAL AMERICA

5 SEC. 6092. (a) In addition to the amounts requested 

6 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance 

7 for Guatemala and Nicaragua in fiscal year 2006, not less 

8 than $5,000,000 should be made available for programs and 

9 activities to strengthen the Guatemalan Government’s capa10 bilities to combat organized crime and corruption, and not 

11 less than $5,000,000 should be made available for media 

12 and civil society programs and activities to combat corrup13 tion and strengthen democracy in Nicaragua. 

14 (b) Funds made available pursuant to this section 

15 shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 

16 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria17 tions. 

18 IRAQ

19 SEC. 6093. (a) Of the funds available under the head20 ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for Iraq, not 

21 less than $10,000,000, to remain available until September 

22 30, 2007, shall be transferred to and merged with funds ap23 propriated under the heading ‘‘Iraqi Relief and Reconstruc24 tion Fund’’ and shall be made available for the Marla 

25 Ruzicka Iraqi War Victims Fund. 
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1 (b) Of the funds available under the heading ‘‘Eco2 nomic Support Fund’’ for assistance for Iraq, not less than 

3 $1,000,000 shall be made available for programs and activi4 ties to strengthen the capacity of the Government of Iraq 

5 to transparently manage its revenues, including oil reve6 nues, in accordance with international best practices. 

7 NEGLECTED DISEASES

8 SEC. 6094. Of the funds appropriated under the head9 ing ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’, not less 

10 than $30,000,000 shall be made available to establish an 

11 Integrated Multi-Disease Control (‘‘IMDC’’) Initiative to 

12 demonstrate the health and economic benefits of an inte13 grated response to the control of neglected diseases including 

14 intestinal parasites, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, 

15 onchocerciasis, trachoma and leprosy: Provided, That the 

16 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter17 national Development, in consultation with the Secretary 

18 of State, should identify an appropriate multilateral mech19 anism to carry out this purpose and maximize the leverage 

20 of the United States contribution with those of other donors: 

21 Provided further, That the IMDC Initiative should operate 

22 under the oversight of an Advisory Board to include rep23 resentatives from the relevant international technical non24 governmental organizations addressing the specific diseases, 

25 recipient countries, donor countries, the private sector, 

26 UNICEF and the World Health Organization: Provided 
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1 further, That the Advisory Board should be authorized to 

2 make programmatic decisions and evaluate the effectiveness 

3 of programs: Provided further, That funds made available 

4 pursuant to this section shall be subject to the regular notifi5 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

6 ORPHANS, DISPLACED AND ABANDONED CHILDREN

7 SEC. 6095. Of the funds appropriated under title III 

8 of this Act, not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available 

9 for pilot projects to improve the capacity of local govern10 ment agencies and nongovernmental organizations to pre11 vent abandonment, address the needs of orphans, displaced 

12 and abandoned children and provide permanent homes 

13 through family reunification, guardianship and domestic 

14 adoptions. 

15 FORENSIC ASSISTANCE

16 SEC. 6096. Of the funds appropriated under title III 

17 of this Act, not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available 

18 through the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and 

19 Labor, Department of State, to support investigations, in20 cluding DNA analysis, in cases of extrajudicial killings and 

21 child disappearances in Central and South America: Pro22 vided, That funds appropriated under this section are in 

23 addition to funds otherwise made available for such pur24 poses. 
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1 COORDINATOR FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ISSUES

2 SEC. 6097. (a) After consultation with the Committees 

3 on Appropriations and not later than 90 days after enact4 ment of this Act, the Administrator of the United States 

5 Agency for International Development shall designate a 

6 ‘‘Coordinator for Indigenous Peoples Issues’’ whose respon7 sibilities shall include the following—

8 (1) consulting with representatives of indigenous 

9 peoples organizations; 

10 (2) ensuring that the rights and needs of indige11 nous peoples are effectively addressed in United 

12 States Agency for International Development policies, 

13 programs and activities; 

14 (3) monitoring the design and implementation of 

15 United States Agency for International Development 

16 policies, programs and activities which directly or in17 directly affect indigenous peoples; and 

18 (4) coordinating with other Federal agencies on 

19 relevant issues relating to indigenous peoples. 

20 REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS

21 SEC. 6098. (a) None of the funds provided under title 

22 I of this Act, or provided under previous appropriations 

23 Acts to accounts under such title that remain available for 

24 obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2006, or provided 

25 from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 

26 derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
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1 funded by such title, shall be available for obligation or ex2 penditure through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) cre3 ates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or 

4 activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for 

5 any project or activity for which funds have been denied 

6 or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga7 nizes or renames offices; (6) reorganizes, programs or ac8 tivities; or (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

9 activities presently performed by Federal employees; unless 

10 the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress 

11 are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of 

12 funds. 

13 (b) None of the funds provided under title I of this 

14 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to ac15 counts under such title that remain available for obligation 

16 or expenditure in fiscal year 2006, or provided from any 

17 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

18 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by such 

19 title, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for ac20 tivities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of 

21 funds in excess of $750,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

22 that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; 

23 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 

24 project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 

25 as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general 
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1 savings, including savings from a reduction in personnel, 

2 which would result in a change in existing programs, ac3 tivities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the Ap4 propriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are no5 tified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

6 PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS

7 SEC. 6099. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used for any United Nations undertaking when 

9 it is made known to the Federal official having authority 

10 to obligate or expend such funds that: (1) the United Na11 tions undertaking is a peacekeeping mission; (2) such un12 dertaking will involve United States Armed Forces under 

13 the command or operational control of a foreign national; 

14 and (3) the President’s military advisors have not sub15 mitted to the President a recommendation that such in16 volvement is in the national security interests of the United 

17 States and the President has not submitted to the Congress 

18 such a recommendation. 

19 UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT

20 SEC. 6100. Any Department or Agency to which funds 

21 are appropriated in this Act shall provide to the Commit22 tees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of the cumu23 lative balances of any unobligated funds that were received 

24 by such agency during any previous fiscal year. 
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1 RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGATIONS

2 SEC. 6101. None of the funds made available in title 

3 I of this Act may be used to pay expenses for any United 

4 States delegation to any specialized agency, body, or com5 mission of the United Nations if such commission is chaired 

6 or presided over by a country, the government of which the 

7 Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 

8 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 

9 App. 2405(j)(1)), has provided support for acts of inter10 national terrorism. 

11 EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION

12 SEC. 6102. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

13 a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 

14 States may not include office space or other accommoda15 tions for an employee of a Federal agency or department 

16 if the Secretary of State determines that such department 

17 or agency has not provided to the Department of State the 

18 full amount of funding required by subsection (e) of section 

19 604 of the Secure Embassy Construction and 

20 Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (as enacted into law by sec21 tion 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113 and contained in 

22 appendix G of that Act; 113 Stat. 1501A–453), as amended 

23 by section 629 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 

24 and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropria25 tions Act, 2005. 
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1 (b) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), 

2 a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 

3 States may include office space or other accommodations 

4 for members of the Marine Corps. 

5 ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS

6 SEC. 6103. Funds appropriated under title I of this 

7 Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for al8 lowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 

9 of title 5, United States Code; for services as authorized by 

10 5 U.S.C. 3109; and for hire of passenger transportation 

11 pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b). 

12 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

13 SEC. 6104. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria14 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De15 partment of State in title I of this Act may be transferred 

16 between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, 

17 except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 

18 by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 

19 That not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

20 available for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting 

21 Board of Governors in this Act may be transferred between 

22 such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 

23 otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 

24 than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided further, 

25 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

26 as a reprogramming of funds under section 6088 of this 
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1 Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 

2 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

3 section. 

4 UNITED STATES CITIZENS BORN IN JERUSALEM

5 SEC. 6105. For the purposes of registration of birth, 

6 certification of nationality, or issuance of a passport of a 

7 United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem, the Sec8 retary of State shall, upon request of the citizen, record the 

9 place of birth as Israel. 

10 SENIOR POLICY OPERATING GROUP

11 SEC. 6106. (a) The Senior Policy Operating Group on 

12 Trafficking in Persons, established under section 406 of di13 vision B of Public Law 108–7 to coordinate agency activi14 ties regarding policies (including grants and grant policies) 

15 involving the international trafficking in persons, shall co16 ordinate all such policies related to the activities of traf17 fickers and victims of severe forms of trafficking. 

18 (b) None of the funds provided in this or any other 

19 Act shall be expended to perform functions that duplicate 

20 coordinating responsibilities of the Operating Group. 

21 (c) The Operating Group shall continue to report only 

22 to the authorities that appointed them pursuant to section 

23 406 of division B of Public Law 108–7. 

24 STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORITIES

25 SEC. 6107. Funds appropriated under title I of this 

26 Act for the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the De-
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1 partment of State may be obligated and expended notwith2 standing section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori3 ties Act of 1956, section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au4 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 

5 103–236), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security 

6 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 

7 REPORT ON INDONESIAN COOPERATION

8 SEC. 6108. Funds available under the heading ‘‘Inter9 national Military Education and Training’’ may only be 

10 made available for assistance for Indonesia if the Secretary 

11 of State submits a report to the Committees on Appropria12 tions that describes—

13 (1) the status of the investigation of the murders 

14 of two United States citizens and one Indonesian cit15 izen that occurred on August 31, 2002 in Timika, In16 donesia, the status of any individuals indicted within 

17 the United States or Indonesia for crimes relating to 

18 those murders, and the status of judicial proceedings 

19 relating to those murders; 

20 (2) the efforts by the Government of Indonesia to 

21 arrest individuals indicted for crimes relating to those 

22 murders and any other actions taken by the Govern23 ment of Indonesia, including the Indonesian judici24 ary, police and Armed Forces, to bring the individ25 uals responsible for those murders to justice; and, 
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1 (3) the cooperation provided by the Government 

2 of Indonesia, including the Indonesian judiciary, po3 lice and Armed Forces, to requests related to those 

4 murders made by the Secretary of State or the Direc5 tor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

6 WEST PAPUA REPORT

7 SEC. 6109. Not later than 90 days after enactment of 

8 this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 

9 the Committee on Appropriations, describing—

10 (1) the approximate number of Indonesian 

11 troops in West Papua including trends in the number 

12 and deployment of security forces, the approximate 

13 number of armed separatists, and progress toward a 

14 political settlement of the conflict there including ini15 tiatives from Papuan civil society such as the ‘‘land 

16 of peace’’ proposal; 

17 (2) current humanitarian and human rights 

18 conditions in West Papua, including access for inter19 national and domestic humanitarian and human 

20 rights groups and the media; 

21 (3) the extent to which international funding for 

22 reconstruction in Aceh is being contracted or subcon23 tracted to firms controlled by or affiliated with the 

24 Indonesian military, and the involvement of Acehnese 

25 local and provincial government and civil society in 
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1 planning and decision-making in reconstruction ef2 forts; 

3 (4) human rights conditions in Aceh, the approx4 imate number of Indonesian troops in Aceh including 

5 trends in the number and deployment of security 

6 forces, and efforts by the United States Government to 

7 promote a political settlement of the conflict; and 

8 (5) activities of militia, including jihadist-ori9 ented militia, and the extent to which members of In10 donesia’s security forces support these militia. 

11 DEMOBILIZATION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS

12 SEC. 6110. (a) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated 

13 by this Act that are available for assistance for Colombia 

14 may not be made available for demobilization/reintegration 

15 of any Colombian-based foreign terrorist organization 

16 (FTO) or its members, unless it is for limited activities that 

17 are determined by the Justice Department to be consistent 

18 with United States anti-terrorism laws, and the Secretary 

19 of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that: 

20 (1) The Government of Colombia has not adopted 

21 any law or policy that is inconsistent with its obliga22 tions under the United States-Colombian treaty on 

23 extradition, and has continued to extradite Colom24 bian citizens to the United States, including members 

25 and former members of such FTO’s, in accordance 

26 with that treaty; 
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1 (2) The Colombian legal framework governing 

2 the demobilization/reintegration of such FTO or its 

3 members: 

4 (A) provides for effective investigation, pros5 ecution and punishment, in proportion to the 

6 crimes committed, of gross violations of humani7 tarian law and drug trafficking committed by 

8 members of such FTO’s; 

9 (B) conditions sentence reductions for each 

10 member of such FTO on a full and truthful con11 fession of his involvement in criminal activity; 

12 full disclosure of his knowledge of the FTO’s 

13 structure, financing sources, and illegal assets; 

14 and turnover of the totality of his illegal assets; 

15 (C) conditions sentence reductions for each 

16 commander of such FTO on a cessation of illegal 

17 activity by the troops under his command and 

18 on the group’s turnover of the totality of its ille19 gal assets; and 

20 (D) provides that members of such FTO will 

21 lose all sentence reductions under the law if they 

22 are subsequently found to have withheld illegal 

23 assets, lied to the authorities about their crimi24 nal activities in the group, rejoined the same or 
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1 another FTO, or engaged in new illegal activi2 ties. 

3 (3) An inter-agency working group consisting of 

4 representatives from the Drug Enforcement Adminis5 tration, the Department of Justice, and the Depart6 ments of State and Defense has consulted with local 

7 and national Colombian law enforcement and mili8 tary authorities, representatives from the Office of the 

9 United Nations High Commissioner for Human 

10 Rights in Colombia, and representatives of Colombian 

11 civil society organizations, and has independently 

12 concluded in a detailed report submitted to the Com13 mittees on Appropriations, based on the best informa14 tion available to the interagency working group, that: 

15 (A) the FTO is not violating any ceasefire 

16 and has ceased illegal activities, including narco17 trafficking, extortion, and violations of inter18 national humanitarian law; 

19 (B) the FTO’s criminal and financial struc20 ture is being destroyed and the FTO, or any 

21 part thereof, is not regrouping to continue illegal 

22 activities; 

23 (C) the Government of Colombia is con24 ducting effective investigations and prosecutions 

25 of the commanders of the FTO’s for crimes, in-
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1 cluding violations of international humanitarian 

2 law, attributable to them, and, when appro3 priate, extraditing them to the United States; 

4 (D) the Government of Colombia is aggres5 sively implementing an effective procedure to lo6 cate and confiscate illegal assets, held directly or 

7 through third parties, by the FTO and its mem8 bers, such as land, laboratories, and other assets 

9 used for the cultivation, processing, and trans10 portation of illegal narcotics; and 

11 (E) the Government of Colombia is enforc12 ing FTO ceasefires by barring individuals who 

13 are credibly accused of crimes in breach of any 

14 such ceasefire from receiving benefits for demobi15 lization. 

16 (b) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—Prior to issuing any 

17 certification under this section, the Secretary of State shall 

18 consult with internationally recognized human rights orga19 nizations and the Office of the United Nations High Com20 missioner for Human Rights in Colombia regarding each 

21 of the conditions specified in this section. 

22 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) ILLEGAL ASSETS.—The term ‘‘illegal assets’’ 

24 means any and all assets that FTO’s or their mem-
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1 bers possess either directly or through third parties, 

2 and that—

3 (A) were acquired through or as a result of 

4 criminal activity; or 

5 (B) were in the past or are at present being 

6 used for criminal activities, including the pro7 duction, processing, and trafficking of illicit nar8 cotics. 

9 (2) COMMANDER.—The term ‘‘commander’’ 

10 means any person who formally or in practice com11 mands or leads a substantial front or block of an 

12 FTO. 

13 (3) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 

14 term ‘‘Foreign Terrorist Organization’’ or ‘‘FTO’’ 

15 means any and all groups that were or are, as of the 

16 time of certification, on the Department of State’s list 

17 of Foreign Terrorist Organizations, including the 

18 United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), Revo19 lutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and the 

20 National Liberation Army (ELN). 

21 ASSISTANCE FOR FOREIGN NONGOVERNMENTAL

22 ORGANIZATIONS

23 SEC. 6111. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, regulation, or policy, in determining eligibility for as25 sistance authorized under part I of the Foreign Assistance 
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1 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), foreign nongovern2 mental organizations— 

3 (1) shall not be ineligible for such assistance sole4 ly on the basis of health or medical services including 

5 counseling and referral services, provided by such or6 ganizations with non-United States Government 

7 funds if such services do not violate the laws of the 

8 country in which they are being provided and would 

9 not violate United States Federal law if provided in 

10 the United States; and 

11 (2) shall not be subject to requirements relating 

12 to the use of non-United States Government funds for 

13 advocacy and lobbying activities other than those that 

14 apply to United States nongovernmental organiza15 tions receiving assistance under part I of such Act. 

16 STATEMENT

17 SEC. 6112. (a) Funds provided in this Act for the fol18 lowing accounts shall be made available for programs and 

19 countries in the amounts contained in the respective tables 

20 included in the report accompanying this Act: 

21 ‘‘International Fisheries Commission’’. 

22 ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’. 

23 ‘‘Broadcasting Capital Improvements’’. 

24 ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 

25 States’’. 
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1 ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the 

2 Former Soviet Union’’. 

3 ‘‘Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’’. 

4 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 

5 ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’. 

6 (b) Any proposed increases or decreases to the amounts 

7 contained in such tables in the accompanying report shall 

8 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com9 mittees on Appropriations and section 634A of the Foreign 

10 Assistance Act of 1961.

11 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, 

12 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

13 Act, 2006’’.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.’’.

Calendar No. 150

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 3057

[Report No. 109–96] 

AN ACT

Making appropriations for foreign operations, exother purposes. cal year ending September 30, 2006, and for port financing, and related programs for the fisJUNE 29, 2005

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

J

Appropriations 

UNE 30, 2005

Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title