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Calendar No. 265 

110TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! SENATE 1st Session 110–128 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND 

RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2008 

JULY 10, 2007.—Ordered to be printed 

Mr. LEAHY, from the Committee on Appropriations, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 2764] 

The Committee on Appropriations to which was referred the bill 

(H.R. 2764), making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2008, and for other purposes, reports the same to 

the Senate with an amendment, and recommends that the bill as 

amended do pass. 

Amounts in new budget authority 

Total of bill as reported to the Senate .................... $34,401,900,000 

Amount of 2007 appropriations ............................... 37,127,661,000 

Amount of 2008 budget estimate ............................ 35,102,620,000 

Amount of House allowance .................................... 34,401,900,000 

Bill as recommended to Senate compared to— 

2007 appropriations .......................................... ¥2,725,761,000 

2008 budget estimate ........................................ ¥700,720,000 

House allowance ................................................ ........................... 
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C O N T E N T S 

Page 

Glossary of Terms .................................................................................................... 4 

Introduction .............................................................................................................. 6 

Summary of Estimates ..................................................................................... 6 

Transparency in Congressional Directives ..................................................... 6 

Title I: 

Department of State and Related Agency: 

Diplomatic and Consular Programs ......................................................... 8 

Capital Investment Fund .......................................................................... 12 

Office of Inspector General ....................................................................... 12 

Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs ...................................... 12 

Representation Allowances ....................................................................... 16 

Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials .......................................... 16 

Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance ............................... 16 

Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service ........................... 18 

Repatriation Loans Program Account ..................................................... 18 

Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan ....................................... 18 

Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund ........ 18 

Contributions to International Organizations ........................................ 19 

Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities ....................... 19 

International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and 

Mexico ..................................................................................................... 20 

Construction ............................................................................................... 20 

American Sections, International Commissions ..................................... 21 

International Fisheries Commission ........................................................ 21 

Payment to the Asia Foundation ............................................................. 22 

Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund .................... 22 

Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund ........................ 22 

Israeli Arab Scholarship Program ........................................................... 22 

East-West Center ...................................................................................... 23 

National Endowment for Democracy ....................................................... 23 

Broadcasting Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Operations ...................................................................................................... 23 

Broadcasting Capital Improvements ....................................................... 24 

Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad .......... 24 

Commission on International Religious Freedom ................................... 25 

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe ............................. 25 

Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of 

China ...................................................................................................... 25 

United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission ....... 25 

United States Senate-China Interparliamentary Group ........................ 26 

United States Institute of Peace .............................................................. 26 

Title II: 

Export and Investment Assistance: 

Export-Import Bank of the United States ............................................... 27 

Overseas Private Investment Corporation .............................................. 27 

Trade and Development Agency .............................................................. 28 

Title III: 

Bilateral Economic Assistance: 

Funds Appropriated to the President ...................................................... 29 

Global Health Programs ........................................................................... 29 

Development Assistance ........................................................................... 35 

International Disaster Assistance ............................................................ 43 

Transition Initiatives ................................................................................ 44 

Development Credit Authority ................................................................. 44 
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Title III—Continued 

Bilateral Economic Assistance—Continued 

Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for International 

Development ........................................................................................... 44 

Capital Investment Fund .......................................................................... 44 

Operating Expenses of the Office of the Inspector General ................... 44 

Other Bilateral Economic Assistance: 

Economic Support Fund .................................................................... 45 

Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States ..................... 50 

Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 

Union ............................................................................................... 51 

Independent Agencies: 

Inter-American Foundation ............................................................... 52 

African Development Foundation ..................................................... 52 

Peace Corps ........................................................................................ 53 

Millennium Challenge Corporation .................................................. 53 

Department of State: 

Global HIV/AIDS Initiative ............................................................... 54 

Democracy Fund ................................................................................. 54 

International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement .................. 56 

Andean Programs ............................................................................... 57 

Migration and Refugee Assistance ................................................... 63 

United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance 

Fund ................................................................................................ 63 

Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Programs ............................................................................................... 63 

Department of the Treasury: 

International Affairs Technical Assistance ...................................... 64 

Debt Restructing ................................................................................ 65 

Title IV: 

Military Assistance: 

International Military Education and Training ...................................... 66 

Foreign Military Financing Program ....................................................... 66 

Peacekeeping Operations .......................................................................... 67 

Title V: 

Multilateral Economic Assistance: 

International Financial Institutions Summary ...................................... 69 

Global Environment Facility ............................................................. 69 

Contribution to the International Development Association .......... 69 

Contribution to the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund ................................................................................ 70 

Contribution to the Asian Development Fund ................................. 70 

Contribution to the African Development Bank .............................. 70 

Limitation on Callable Capital Subscriptions .................................. 70 

Contribution to the African Development Fund .............................. 70 

Contribution to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ........................................................................................ 70 

Contribution to the International Fund for Agricultural Development ................................................................................................. 70 

International Organizations and Programs ..................................... 70 

General Provisions—Titles II–V ............................................................................. 72 

Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate .......................................................................................................................... 75 

Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate ................................................................................................................... 76 

Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate ................................................................................................................... 77 

Budget Impact Statement ....................................................................................... 85 
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS 

ABA—American Bar Association 

AP—Andean Programs 

ADF—African Development Foundation 

ASHA—American Schools and Hospitals Abroad 

CEELI—Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative 

CGIAR—Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research 

CIPA—Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities 

CRSP—Collaborative Research Support Program 

DA—Development Assistance 

DF—Democracy Fund 

DFA—Director for Foreign Assistance 

DRL—Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human 

Rights and Labor 

DRC—Democratic Republic of the Congo 

ERMA—Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund 

ESF—Economic Support Fund 

FAA—Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

FAO—Food and Agriculture Organization 

FMF—Foreign Military Financing 

FSA—Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 

Union 

GAO—Government Accountability Office 

GAVI—Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization 

GEF—Global Environmental Facility 

GHI—Global HIV/AIDS Initiative 

GHP—Global Health Programs 

HRDF—Human Rights and Democracy Fund 

IAF—Inter-American Foundation 

IBO—International Broadcasting Operations 

IDA—International Disaster Assistance 

IDP—Internally Displaced Person 

IFAD—International Fund for Agricultural Development 

IFI—International Financial Institution 

ILEA—International Law Enforcement Training Academies 

IMET—International Military Education and Training 

INCLE—International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement 

IO&P—International Organization and Programs 

LWVF—Patrick Leahy War Victims Fund 

MCC—Millennium Challenge Corporation 

MEPI—Middle East Partnership Initiative 

MRA—Migration and Refugee Assistance 

MTN—Middle East Television Network 

NADR—Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining, and Related 

Programs 

NED—National Endowment for Democracy 
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NGO—Nongovernmental organization 

OAS—Organization of American States 

OBO—Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations 

OPIC—Overseas Private Investment Corporation 

PKO—Peacekeeping Operations 

RFA—Radio Free Asia 

RFE/RL—Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

SEED—Assistance for Eastern European and Baltic States 

TB—Tuberculosis 

TDA—Trade and Development Agency 

TI—Transition Initiatives 

U.N.—United Nations 

UNAIDS—Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS 

UNICEF—United Nations Children’s Fund 

UNIFEM—United Nations Development Fund for Women 

USAID—United States Agency for International Development 

USIP—United States Institute for Peace 

VOA—Voice of America 

WFP—World Food Program 

WHO—World Health Organization 

WTO—World Trade Organization 
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INTRODUCTION 

SUMMARY TABLE: AMOUNTS IN NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY 

Item Budget request Committee 

recommendation 

Committee recommendation compared with budget 

estimate increase 

(∂) or decrease 

(¥) 

Title I—Department of State and Related Agency ................. $10,723,857,000 $10,683,661,000 ¥$40,196,000 

Title II—Export and investment assistance ........................... ¥108,100,000 ¥117,100,000 ¥9,000,000 

Title III—Bilateral economic assistance ................................. 17,851,813,000 17,335,455,000 ¥516,358,000 

Title IV—Military assistance ................................................... 4,846,700,000 4,838,077,000 ¥8,623,000 

Title V—Multilateral economic assistance ............................. 1,788,350,000 1,660,807,000 ¥127,543,000 

Title VI—General Provisions .................................................... .............................. 1,000,000 ∂1,000,000 

SUMMARY OF ESTIMATES

In fiscal year 2007, the Congress appropriated $37,127,661,000 

for the Department of State and related agency and foreign operations and related programs, including $5,686,408,000 in supplemental appropriations. This year, the Committee recommends 

$34,401,900,000 of which $34,243,000,000 is for discretionary 

spending, and $158,900,000 is for mandatory spending. 

TRANSPARENCY IN CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTIVES

On January 18, 2007, the Senate passed S. 1, The Legislative 

Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007, by a vote of 96–2. 

While the Committee awaits final action on this legislation, the 

chairman and ranking member of the Committee issued interim requirements to ensure that the goals of S. 1 are in place for the appropriations bills for fiscal year 2008. 

The Constitution vests in the Congress the power of the purse. 

The Committee believes strongly that Congress should make the 

decisions on how to allocate the people’s money. In order to improve transparency and accountability in the process of approving 

earmarks (as defined in S. 1) in appropriations measures, each 

Committee report includes, for each earmark: 

—(1) the name of the member(s) making the request, and where 

appropriate, the President; 

—(2) the name and location of the intended recipient or, if there 

is no specifically intended recipient, the intended location of 

the activity; and 

—(3) the purpose of such earmark. 

The term ‘‘congressional earmark’’ means a provision or report 

language included primarily at the request of a senator, providing, 

authorizing, or recommending a specific amount of discretionary 

budget authority, credit authority, or other spending authority for 

a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other ex-
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penditure with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific state, locality or congressional district, other than through a statutory or administrative, formula-driven, or competitive award process. 

For purposes of the Department of State, Foreign Operations Appropriations Act, 2008, ‘‘congressional earmark’’ does not include an 

earmark, directive or recommendation of a specific amount for any 

of the following: an entity or organization for which funds are requested in the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2008 or in 

associated budget justification documents submitted to the Congress; a foreign country or government; a United States Government entity; an organization or entity established pursuant to an 

act of Congress or for which funding is authorized by an act of Congress; the United Nations or any related or associated entity; or an 

international or multilateral organization. 

For each earmark, a member is required to provide a certification 

that neither the member (nor his or her spouse) has a pecuniary 

interest in such earmark, consistent with Senate Rule XXXVII(4). 

Such certifications are available to the public at http://appropriations.senate.gov/senators.cfm or go to appropriations.senate.gov and 

click on ‘‘Members’’. 
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TITLE I 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

The Committee recommends a total of $10,648,013,000 for the 

Department of State and related agency including the Broadcasting 

Board of Governors. 

ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $4,313,734,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 870,658,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 4,942,700,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 4,747,078,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,794,973,000 

The Committee recommends $4,790,135,000 for Diplomatic and 

Consular Programs. Of these funds, $3,885,375,000 is for ongoing 

operations, including public diplomacy activities, and $909,598,000 

is for Worldwide Security Protection. 

Staffing.—The Committee provided a total of 1,069 new positions 

in fiscal years 2002, 2003 and 2004 to support the Diplomatic 

Readiness Initiative. The Committee is concerned that the gains 

made during that time have been depleted due to the Department 

of State’s decision to move more positions to Iraq, leaving gaps at 

many posts and inhibiting critical language training. The Committee supports the Secretary’s transformational diplomacy initiative to place more people in countries where there is a greater U.S. 

strategic interest. In the next phase the Committee urges the Secretary to further reduce domestic positions to bolster areas critical 

to U.S. interests around the world, such as public diplomacy and 

consular services. 

The Committee recommendation provides $83,564,000 for program enhancements requested in fiscal year 2008, a decrease of 

$68,565,000 below the request without prejudice. 

The Committee does not support the request to provide 20 positions to posts where a vacancy exists as a result of personnel serving in Iraq. Instead the Committee recommends personnel at Embassy Baghdad are reduced and that positions are returned to 

other priority posts, consistent with congressional direction in Public Law 110–28. 

The Committee is concerned that the Office of the DFA lacks sufficient capacity to promptly and adequately respond to requests for 

information from Congress regarding foreign assistance funding, 

programs and staffing. The Committee is also concerned that con-
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sultations arising from the report submitted pursuant to section 

653(a) of the FAA have been protracted and not always responsive 

to the Congress’ interests and intent. The Committee has therefore 

provided $8,131,000 for the Office, which is $500,000 above the request, but $1,000,000 shall not be obligated until completion of the 

fiscal year 2008 653(a) consultations with the Committee. 

Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI).—The Committee 

directs the Secretary to implement WHTI according to the statutory deadline of June 1, 2009. An earlier implementation would result in an increase in the backlog in processing new passport applications and likely delays at border crossings, as evidenced by the 

Departments of State and Homeland Security recent decision to 

delay passport requirements for air travel in the Western Hemisphere. 

The Department’s development of an alternative passport card 

for travel in the Western Hemisphere shall meet the requirements 

set forth in section 546 of Public Law 109–295, the Department of 

Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007. The Committee expects the Department to take all necessary measures to ensure 

that implementation of WHTI protects border communities from 

disruptions, especially in commerce and regular travel. 

The Committee requests the Secretary examine the need to expand existing capacity of other related facilities or the creation of 

additional passport agencies in U.S. border States to facilitate 

issuance of a passport or equivalent travel documents as required 

by WHTI. The Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress no 

later than March 1, 2008, with recommendations to support the 

provisional need to issue WHTI documents in border communities. 

The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of 

State are directed to provide quarterly briefings to the Committee 

on the progress being made on meeting these requirements. 

Passport Processing.—The Committee is aware that the recent 

strain on the Department’s passport application processing capacity 

has had a significant negative impact on the traveling public. The 

Department requested and was provided additional authority and 

resources in fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007 to increase the capacity to process passport applications. Due to the haphazard public 

information distributed by the Departments of State and Homeland 

Security related to implementation of the WHTI, passport processing capacity was overwhelmed. The Committee recognizes that 

projections of demand did not anticipate the current level of passport applications. However, the Department must make its responsibility to the public a higher priority and respond more rapidly to 

passport demand. The Committee is disappointed that not until 3 

months after passport processing capacity was overwhelmed, during which time the wait to receive a passport increased from an average of 6 weeks to 12 weeks, the Department finally requested additional resources. The Committee supports the Department’s fiscal 

year 2007 proposal to use $36,900,000 of Border Security revenue 

to hire 400 additional personnel. The Committee provides 

$40,000,000 above the budget request in fiscal year 2008 for passport operations, facilities and systems to help alleviate this backlog 

and to expand public outreach, including education about the 

WHTI implementation deadline, the passport application process, 
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and options for expediting an application. In addition to the 122 

new positions funded in the President’s request, the Committee directs that an additional 500 personnel are hired in fiscal year 2008, 

providing a total of 822 new personnel to support Consular Affairs. 

Consular Services Demonstration Program.—The Committee recognizes the challenges foreign nationals face in obtaining visas, including the requirement to appear in person at U.S. Missions for 

application processing and interviews. The Committee provides 

$5,000,000 for a demonstration program to expand access to consular services, including through the use of mobile consular services. 

PROGRAM ISSUES

American Presence Posts.—The Committee supports the proposal 

to expand American Presence Posts outside of capital cities to 

strengthen U.S. public diplomacy, including necessary funding in 

the Worldwide Security Upgrades and Embassy, Security, Construction and Maintenance accounts. 

Cultural Heritage.—The committee recommends $7,000,000 to 

preserve cultural heritage through Department programs and activities, of which $6,000,000 shall be for the Ambassador’s Fund for 

Cultural Preservation [AFCP] and $1,000,000 shall be for the Cultural Antiquities Task Force. This is an increase of $3,000,000 above the budget request for 

AFCP. The Committee directs the Department of State to support 

at least three projects of a significant scale and historic value, for 

which grants should not be less than $500,000, such as archeological restoration of Phnom Bakhen, Cambodia and Mayan archeological sites in the Peten region of Guatemala. The Committee directs the Department of State to provide sufficient staff to support 

the AFCP and to develop Regional Cultural Preservation Officers, 

if feasible, at posts to facilitate preservation. 

Cybersecurity.—The Committee is aware of the need to safeguard 

the Department of State’s computer networks, including through 

threat assessment technologies and the use of state-of-the-art computer investigative tools. The Committee recommends the Department of State assess threats to, and the vulnerabilities of, the Department’s computer networks, and to consider the need to improve 

the capacity to monitor inside threats to networks of United States 

Missions. 

Hague Convention.—The Committee requests the Secretary to 

submit a report within 30 days of enactment of this act on the Department’s progress on and expected date of ratification of the 

Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-Operation in 

Respect of Intercountry Adoption. 

The Committee is concerned with the Department’s commitment 

to ratifying the Convention and directs that the report include an 

explanation of the delay in ratification since 1994, what further action must be taken by the Department of State and other U.S. 

agencies before ratification, and what if any further legislative action is needed to ensure U.S. compliance with the provisions of the 

Convention. 

Hurricane Katrina Pledges.—The Committee is concerned that 

the Department lacks the internal management to accept and proc-
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ess offers of foreign assistance, as was evidenced after Hurricanes 

Katrina and Rita in 2005. The Committee directs the Secretary of 

State to report within 60 days of enactment of this act on implementation of the nine recommendations made by the administration’s review ‘‘The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons 

Learned’’. 

Public Diplomacy.—The Committee recognizes the importance of 

public diplomacy programs in articulating U.S. foreign policy to disparate world audiences and in countering extremist ideology, and 

provides $364,905,000 for these programs, an amount equal to the 

budget request. 

Reconstruction.—The Committee supports the mission of the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization [S/CRS] 

to improve the coordinated U.S. government assistance to countries 

after a period of conflict and is aware of the challenges S/CRS 

faces, as outlined in the Office of Inspector General Report (ISP– 

1–07–26, May 2007). However, limited resources cannot accommodate 57 additional positions requested. The Committee recommends 

that the Department continue to maximize interagency resources to 

support S/CRS. The Committee requests a report on the status of 

creating a civilian reserve corps with funding provided in Public 

Law 110–28. 

Russia.—The Committee is alarmed with the deterioration of 

human rights, attacks against the media, and the harassment of 

pro-democracy and other civil society groups in Russia. The Committee is concerned that Embassy Moscow lacks sufficient personnel to adequately monitor and engage the Russian Government 

on these issues of critical importance to Russia’s future and to 

U.S.-Russian relations. Therefore, the Committee includes a provision which requires one additional dedicated senior position with 

the sole responsibilities of meeting regularly with human rights defenders and journalists who have suffered harassment and with 

other civil society groups, meeting with appropriate Russian officials, convening regular meetings with representatives of other governments to encourage collective monitoring, observing trials, and 

conducting prison visits, including in the provinces. 

Soft Targets.—The Committee recommends $18,000,000 for security enhancements to soft targets such as overseas schools and residential compounds, an increase of $2,000,000 above the budget request. The Committee directs that the additional funds be 

prioritized to those countries and regions impacted by Islamic extremism. 

Trafficking.—The Committee recommendation includes 

$4,215,000 for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, an amount equal to the request, and recommends that the Office increase monitoring and enforcement of Department regulations related to the treatment and protection against abuse of A– 

3 and G–5 visa recipient domestic workers. The Committee encourages the Department to take all necessary action to ensure the fair 

treatment of domestic staff at foreign embassies located in the 

United States. 

The Committee requests the Secretary of State submit a report 

by May 1, 2008, on the uses of funding to combat human trafficking, including operations of the Office to Monitor and Combat 
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Trafficking in Persons [TIP] and all program funds. The report 

shall include the proportion of funds managed by TIP and by posts 

in the field. The Committee supports a balanced approach that 

achieves an overall strategic policy and provides flexibility for posts 

to respond to trafficking issues in the field. 

Worldwide Security.—The Committee provides $909,598,000 for 

Worldwide Security Protection, an increase of $228,882,000 above 

the regular fiscal year 2007 level. The Committee has renamed this 

sub-account (previously named ‘‘Worldwide Security Upgrades’’) to 

more accurately reflect the purposes of the funds appropriated. 

The Committee is aware that the actual fiscal year 2007 operating level for Worldwide Security Protection was $777,216,000, including emergency supplemental funds from Public Law 110–28, 

and that the fiscal year 2008 budget request recommends an increase of $187,544,000, accounting for fiscal year 2007 supplemental funds. The Committee recommendation supports the request to continue maintenance and to expand the replacement cycle 

for armored vehicles. The Committee was unable to fully fund the 

request for new positions to support Transformational Diplomacy; 

therefore a commensurate decrease was made from new positions 

associated with ‘‘post growth’’. In addition, the Committee did not 

provide funding to plan for the 2010 Olympic Games and will consider such a request in future legislation. 

CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $58,143,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 70,743,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 59,062,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 63,743,000 

The Committee recommends $63,743,000 for the Capital Investment Fund. The Committee supports the request to upgrade the 

Worldwide Agency-wide Locally Engaged Staff Payroll system to 

improve efficiency. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $29,646,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 36,500,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 32,508,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 32,508,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 35,508,000 

The Committee recommends $35,508,000 for the Office of Inspector General [OIG], an increase of $3,000,000 above the request to 

strengthen oversight of programs in Iraq and Afghanistan. The 

Committee notes that the OIG conducts regular audits and inspections of the Department’s programs and intends that the additional 

funds be used to expand inspections of government contracts, agency programs and other reconstruction activities. 

EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $445,275,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 20,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 486,400,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 501,400,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 509,482,000 
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The Committee recommends $509,482,000 for Educational and 

Cultural Exchange Programs. 

Funds are allocated in the following table: 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2007 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2008 

budget estimate 

Committee recommendation Change from 

budget estimate 

Academic Programs: 

Fulbright Program: Students, Scholars, 

Teachers, Humphrey, Undergraduates .... 205,733 222,645 222,645 ..........................

Global Academic Exchanges: 

Educational Advising and Student Services .......................................................... 6,840 10,172 10,872 ∂700 

English Language Programs ....................... 17,350 14,331 14,331 ..........................

Subtotal, Global Academic Exchanges ... 24,190 24,503 25,203 ∂700 

Special Academic Exchanges: 

Regional Graduate Fellowships ................... 22,200 22,200 22,200 ..........................

American Overseas Research Centers ......... 3,316 3,316 3,816 ∂500 

South Pacific Exchanges ............................. 494 500 500 ..........................

Timor Leste Exchanges ................................ 500 500 500 ..........................

Mobility Exchange Clearinghouse ................ 494 500 500 ..........................

Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship 

Program ................................................... 3,918 4,918 5,925 ∂1,007 

George Mitchell Fellowship Program ........... 494 500 500 ..........................

Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation ......... .......................... 400 2,000 ∂1,600 

University of Miami Hemispheric Program .. 494 500 500 ..........................

Tibet Fund .................................................... 600 600 750 ∂150 

Subtotal, Special Academic Exchanges .. 32,510 33,934 37,191 ∂3,257 

Total, Academic Programs ...................... 262,433 281,082 285,039 ∂3,957 

Professional and Cultural Exchanges: 

International Visitor Program ...................... 75,005 74,255 77,285 ∂3,030 

Leaders in Education Initiative ................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

Citizen Exchange Programs ......................... 64,930 70,950 76,950 ∂6,000 

Youth Exchange and Study Program 

(YES) ........................................................ [19,000 ] [19,000 ] [25,000 ] [∂6,000 ] 

Special Professional and Cultural Exchanges: 

Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange ......... 3,286 3,256 3,256 ..........................

Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program ............ 1,853 1,877 1,877 ..........................

Irish Institute ............................................... 790 800 1,000 ∂200 

Ngwang Choephel Fellows (Tibet) ............... 600 600 650 ∂50 

Youth Science Leadership Institute of the 

Americas .................................................. 148 150 150 ..........................

Institute for Representative Government .... 494 500 500 ..........................

Pakistan Literacy Training Program ............ 247 250 345 ∂95 

Subtotal, Special Professional and Cultural Exchanges .................................. 8,041 7,683 7,808 ∂125 

Total, Professional and Cultural Exchanges .............................................. 147,976 152,888 162,013 ∂9,125 

One-time grant program (special projects) ......... .......................... .......................... 10,000 ∂10,000 

Program and Performance: .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

Evaluation Program ..................................... 1,910 1,910 1,910 ..........................

Alumni Global Networks Program ................ 1,000 1,260 1,260 ..........................

Subtotal, Program and Performance ...... 2,910 3,170 3,170 ..........................

Exchanges Support ............................................... 48,496 49,260 49,260 ..........................
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[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2007 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2008 

budget estimate 

Committee recommendation Change from 

budget estimate 

Transfers (SEED, ESF, FSA) .................................. 4,385 .......................... .......................... ..........................

Total, Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs ................................ 466,200 486,400 509,482 ∂23,082 

Every program for which the Committee recommends funding in 

the previous table is established pursuant to an act of Congress, or 

is a program for which funding is authorized by an act of Congress, 

or was included in the President’s budget request for fiscal year 

2008. 

National Security Language Initiative [NSLI].—The Committee 

supports the NSLI, particularly the Department of State’s effort to 

expand international exchange programs to people who would not 

traditionally study abroad and to a greater diversity of U.S. educational institutions. The Committee supports the investment in 

developing fluency in strategically important foreign languages and 

encourages the Department to utilize exchange programs to support foreign language teachers, especially with U.S. public secondary schools with programs of international studies and foreign 

languages. The Committee supports summer, semester, and yearlong programs for students to reach a greater number of participants within available resources. 

The Committee supports expanding international exchange to 

non-traditional areas and commends the Department’s programs 

which are focused on low income students, language learning, and 

community colleges, particularly in Latin America and Africa. 

The Committee recommendation includes an increase of $700,000 

above the request for educational advising and student services to 

expand opportunities for Americans to study abroad by identifying 

quality higher education resources and activities in developing 

countries and to disseminate information to the U.S. higher education community. 

The Committee supports continuation in fiscal year 2008 of a 

pilot program for U.S. high school students to study in Muslim majority countries as funded in Public Law 110–28. 

Simon Foundation.—The Committee recommendation includes 

up to $2,000,000 to support the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad 

Foundation, subject to authorization and confirmation of the Board 

of Directors. The Secretary of State shall submit a plan for expanding U.S. student exchange, in particular the investment needed to 

expand overseas capacity of high quality educational institutions in 

developing countries and other non-traditional study abroad regions. Funding for this program was requested by the President, 

consistent with section 104 of Public Law 108–199. 

One-time International Exchange Grant Program.—The Committee directs the Department of State to develop a program to provide one-time grants for international exchanges that address 

issues of mutual interest to the United States and other countries. 

Within 90 days of enactment of this act and after consultation with 

the Committee, the Department shall submit a plan to the Committee detailing criteria for eligibility in this new program. The 
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program shall be only for the actual exchange of people and should 

benefit a population that is not being addressed through existing 

authorized exchanges. The Department shall submit a report of 

those organizations that are eligible for a grant and, not later than 

September 1, 2008, submit a report to the Committee describing 

the grant recipients and intended use of funds. 

The Committee encourages the Department to utilize this new 

program to expand international exchanges in areas that are not 

predominantly served by other U.S. Government exchange programs, such as exchange with developing countries; community 

leaders who would not traditionally have an opportunity to participate in an exchange; students and youth with high financial need; 

and minority ethnic groups. 

The following exchange programs shall be eligible for consideration: 

Associated Colleges of the South.—A proposal to expand teaching 

of critical languages, such as Chinese and Arabic. 

Dillard University.—A proposal for educational exchange and 

critical language training in East Asia and the Pacific, the Middle 

East, and Latin America. 

Cultural History Exchange.—A proposal to provide for educational and cultural exchange associated with the Lake Champlain Quadracentennial. 

Education Initiative for Central and Eastern Europe.—A proposal 

to strengthen free and just societies in Central and Eastern Europe. 

Montana State University, Bozeman.—A proposal to develop 

higher education partnerships in the Middle East. 

Saint Anselm College.—A proposal for educational exchange in 

the Middle East in partnership with the American University of 

Beirut, Hebrew University, American University in Cairo and Hebron University. 

Saint Michael’s College.—A proposal to train young leaders from 

Latin America, particularly low income and indigenous populations. 

Spelman College.—A proposal for student and faculty exchange 

with China. 

St. Bonaventure University’s Father Mychal Judge Program.—A 

proposal for academic, civic, and cultural exchange with Ireland. 

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.—A proposal to 

expand science, technology and engineering exchange with Mongolia. 

Peace, Health, Communications, Cooperation in the Middle East 

Program.—A proposal to provide for exchange of doctors, researchers, scientists, and youth with the Middle East. 

University of Iowa.—A proposal for educational exchange with 

universities in Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia. 

University of Louisville.—A proposal to expand Arabic language 

study. 

University of Massachusetts Confucius Institute.—A proposal to 

expand educational exchange with China. 

University of Missouri-St. Louis.—A proposal to expand education in health and business. 
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University of Vermont.—A proposal to expand foreign language 

teacher training in Chinese and Mandarin to pre-college students. 

In addition to one-time grants, the Committee encourages the 

Department to consider new proposals from previously funded 

grantees in fiscal year 2006 (H. Report 109–272) and prior fiscal 

years within discretionary funding if they meet appropriate guidelines. The Committee notes that these programs will not be considered for additional one-time funding in future years. 

REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $8,175,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 8,175,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 8,175,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 8,175,000 

The Committee recommends $8,175,000 for Representation Allowances to provide reimbursement to Foreign Service Officers for 

expenditures incurred in their official capacities abroad in establishing and maintaining relations with officials of foreign governments and members of local communities. 

PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $9,270,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 18,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 28,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 14,000,000 

The Committee recommends $14,000,000 for the Protection of 

Foreign Missions and Officials to reimburse local governments and 

communities for the extraordinary costs incurred in providing protection for international organizations, foreign missions and officials, and foreign dignitaries under certain circumstances. 

The Committee recommends that in instances where a local jurisdiction will realize a financial benefit from a visit from a foreign 

dignitary, such circumstances should be taken into account by the 

Department of State in assessing the need for reimbursement 

under this program. The Committee expects the Department to 

provide reimbursement to local jurisdictions on a timely basis if 

claims are fully justified. 

EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $1,489,726,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 1,599,434,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,536,798,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,441,812,000 

The Committee recommends $1,441,812,000 for Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance to provide for management of 

the United States Government’s real property assets overseas in 

order to provide diplomatic and consular missions with secure, safe, 

and functional facilities. 

The Committee is concerned that security and real estate constraints have necessitated construction of new embassy compounds 

farther from the center of a city and may lack access by public 

transportation. The OBO should conduct an assessment of the accessibility of consular operations to the local population and determine if accessibility can be improved. 
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Senate Report 109–96 directed the Department of State to report 

for each fiscal quarter: the date planned for each construction contract to be awarded during the current year and budget year; actual costs for each contract award; the cost of each Embassy construction project identified in the budget request; a comparison to 

the Long Range Overseas Building Plan; and any contract savings 

or overrun realized at contract signing or during execution. 

The Committee recommendation is $157,622,000 below the request, due to budget constraints and the Committee’s concern with 

the rapidly increasing size and cost of new Embassies. The Committee expects the Department to seek to right-size embassies to 

reflect the actual U.S. interests in each country and not to treat 

construction of a new embassy as an opportunity to expand staff. 

American Center.—The Committee supports the creation of a 

model American Center in New Delhi, India and recommends 

$18,000,000, an amount equal to the budget request. The Center 

should be the focus of all U.S. public diplomacy efforts, be accessible to the public, and reflect the openness of America. 

As a result of recent security requirements many U.S. Embassies 

are unable to make American libraries and resources available to 

the public, which furthers a negative image of the United States. 

The Committee expects this American Center to provide the model 

for other posts to strengthen the U.S. image and relationships in 

host countries. 

Funds are allocated in the following table: 

EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Embassy Construction and Security Fiscal year 2008 

request 

Committee recommendation Change from request 

Embassy Construction and Security Projects: 

Baku, Azerbaijan (NEC) .............................................................. 114,800 114,800 ..........................

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei (NEC) .......................................... 51,800 51,800 ..........................

Beiruit, Lebanon (Annex) ............................................................ 47,300 47,300 ..........................

Belgrade, Serbia (NEC) ............................................................... 134,100 129,100 ¥5,000 

Guayaquil, Ecuador (NEC) .......................................................... 32,000 32,000 ..........................

Juba, Sudan (NEC/Housing) ........................................................ 130,000 120,000 ¥10,000 

Kinshasa, Dem Rep of the Congo (NEC) .................................... 115,000 115,000 ..........................

Lusaka, Zambia (NEC) ................................................................ 102,300 102,300 ..........................

Monrovia, Liberia (NEC) .............................................................. 104,100 104,100 ..........................

Moscow, Russia (Annex) ............................................................. 79,700 79,700 ..........................

Tripoli, Libya ............................................................................... 109,900 .......................... ¥109,900 

Sites and Planning ..................................................................... 142,075 114,775 ¥27,300 

Capital Security Cost Sharing .................................................... ¥361,658 ¥361,658 ..........................

Other Reimbursements ............................................................... ¥109,239 ¥109,239 ..........................

Subtotal, Construction ............................................................ 692,178 539,978 ¥152,200 

Non-Capital Programs: 

Compound Security ..................................................................... 99,722 91,300 ¥8,422 

Soft Targets ................................................................................ 15,000 18,000 ∂3,000 

Subtotal, Non-Capital appropriation ...................................... 114,722 109,300 ¥5,422 

Total, Embassy Construction and Security ............................ 806,900 649,278 ¥157,622 
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EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $4,940,000

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. (35,000,000) 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 19,000,000

House allowance .................................................................................... 14,000,000

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 9,000,000

The Committee recommends $9,000,000 for Emergencies in the 

Diplomatic and Consular Service. These funds are available only 

for emergency evacuations and terrorism awards. 

The Committee notes that Public Law 110–28 provided the authority for up to $35,000,000 if it is needed for emergency evacuations and terrorism rewards. The Committee directs the Secretary 

of State to request additional supplemental funds should actual requirements increase in fiscal year 2008. 

REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $1,302,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 1,285,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,285,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,285,000 

The Committee recommends $1,285,000 for the Repatriation 

Loans Program Account. 

PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $15,826,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 16,351,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 16,351,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 16,351,000 

The Committee recommends $16,351,000 for the American Institute in Taiwan. 

PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY

FUND

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $163,700,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 158,900,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 158,900,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 158,900,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $158,900,000 for 

this account, and consolidates in one account funding for both the 

Department of State and USAID mandatory retirement and disability programs. 

This appropriation is authorized by Public Law 96–465, the Foreign Service Act of 1980, which provides for an appropriation to the 

fund in 30 equal annual installments of the amount required for 

the unfunded liability created by new benefits, new groups of beneficiaries, or increased salaries on which benefits are computed. 
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES

CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $1,151,318,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 50,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 1,354,400,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,354,400,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,374,400,000 

The Committee recommends $1,374,400,000 for Contributions to 

International Organizations. This amount is $20,000,000 above the 

budget request, and, in addition to $50,000,000 provided in Public 

Law 110–28, continues the Committee’s effort to provide the necessary funds to pay U.S. assessments to these organizations in a 

timely manner. 

The Committee recommendation provides the assessed costs of 

U.S. membership in international organizations as authorized by 

conventions, treaties, or specific acts of Congress for fiscal year 

2008. The Committee directs the Secretary of State to request sufficient funds to pay annual U.S. assessed dues and any accumulated 

arrears to international organizations and encourages the Department of State to evaluate the benefit of U.S. membership on an annual basis. 

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $1,135,275,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 283,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 1,107,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,302,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,352,000,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,352,000,000 

for CIPA, which is $245,000,000 above the budget request, but still 

$66,275,000 below projected current requirements for U.S. contributions to peacekeeping. 

The Committee notes that the budget request for U.S. assessed 

contributions to international peacekeeping missions assumed a reduction in the cost of every mission except UNMIS below the fiscal 

year 2007 operating level, yet the United States voted in the U.N. 

Security Council to expand the mandate of peacekeeping missions. 

The request was unrealistic considering the significant contribution 

to peace and stability provided by U.N. peacekeeping activities, 

without the participation of U.S. troops. In addition, new peacekeeping missions are anticipated in fiscal year 2008 in Chad, the 

Central African Republic, Somalia and possibly Darfur. The Committee does not support the administration’s practice of underfunding peacekeeping activities and relying on limited supplemental funds. 

The Committee notes that $88,000,000 was included in Public 

Law 110–28 for an anticipated U.N. peacekeeping mission in Chad 

and the Central African Republic. 

The Committee recommendation includes language, as requested 

by the President, to adjust the authorized level of U.S. assessments 

for peacekeeping activities for fiscal year 2008 from 25 percent to 

27.1 percent. The Committee notes that the Congress provided the 
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same adjustment in fiscal year 2005 and that the administration 

has requested such adjustment in each fiscal year since. 

The Committee urges continued U.S. support for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Cyprus [UNFICYP] at the assessed level for 

2008. 

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES

AND MEXICO

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $27,643,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 30,430,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 30,430,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 30,430,000 

The Committee recommends $30,430,000 for the International 

Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico. 

CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $5,232,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 71,725,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 15,725,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 88,425,000 

The Committee recommends $88,425,000 for construction. None 

of the funds provided under this heading may be obligated until 

the Department of State has submitted, and the Committee has approved, a spending plan in accordance with section 615 of this act. The Committee recommendation includes up to $66,000,000 for 

construction in the United States of secondary wastewater treatment capability, only after the IBWC determines that negotiations 

to implement section 804 of Public Law 106–457, as amended, are 

completed. 

The Committee is concerned with the continued delays in building treatment facilities to process sewage on the Tijuana River. Because the proposed treatment facility in Tijuana has been unable 

to meet established deadlines, the President requested and the 

Committee provides $66,000,000 for an alternative project in San 

Diego. Construction of a facility capable of secondary treatment of 

at least 25 million gallons a day is necessary to ensure the IBWC 

meets a Federal court-issued timeframe for compliance with the 

Clean Water Act by September 30, 2008. The Committee directs 

GAO to conduct a review of both the proposed Bajagua Project and 

upgrades to the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment 

Plant, evaluating each project’s feasibility, efficiency and effectiveness and identifying the reasons for on-going delays associated 

with these projects. 

The Committee directs that $11,700,000 may be made available 

for the Rio Grande Canalization project in Dona Ana County, New 

Mexico for sediment removal and construction and $10,000,000 

may be made available for levee rehabilitation and sediment removal associated with the Rio Grande Flood Control System Rehabilitation project in Texas. 

The Committee requests the Secretary to evaluate and report to 

the Committee on the feasibility of and action required, including 
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legislation, for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out the 

construction program of the IBWC. 

AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $9,911,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 10,395,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 10,630,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 11,250,000 

The Committee recommends $11,250,000 for American Sections. 

Within the amount provided, $1,530,000 is for the International Boundary Commission, $7,500,000 is for the International Joint 

Commission, and $2,220,000 is for the Border Environment Cooperation Commission. Within the amount provided for the International Joint Commission, $500,000 is for the Lake Champlain 

Basin Program. 

INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $23,694,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 21,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 26,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 27,054,000 

The Committee recommends $27,054,000 for the International 

Fisheries Commissions. 

The Committee recommendation is $6,054,000 above the budget 

request in order to provide the actual treaty-obligated dues in fiscal 

year 2008. The Committee urges the Department of State to request sufficient funding for these programs. 

Funds are allocated in the following table: 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Program Fiscal year 2007 

enacted 

Fiscal year 

2008 request 

Committee recommendation Change from 

request 

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) ......... 1,747 $1,800 1,800 ......................

Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) ......................... 14,386 12,140 17,200 ∂5,060 

Lake Champlain Program ........................................ [200 ] ...................... [700 ] ∂700 

Pacific Salmon Commission (PSC) ................................... 2,800 3,049 3,049 ......................

International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) ............ 2,834 2,300 2,900 ∂600 

Other Marine Conservation Organizations: 

International Whaling Commission (IWC) ............... 170 260 260 ......................

North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission 

(NPAFC) ............................................................... 130 125 140 ∂15 

International Commission for the Conservation of 

Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) ........................................ 260 251 270 ∂19 

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) .. 263 150 250 ∂100 

Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) ........................ 88 90 95 ∂5 

North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization 

(NASCO) ............................................................... 46 45 50 ∂5 

International Council for the Exploration of the 

Sea (ICES) ........................................................... 210 200 220 ∂20 

North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) 92 90 105 ∂15 

International Sea Turtle Conservation ..................... 115 100 140 ∂40 

Antarctic Treaty ....................................................... 35 35 50 ∂15 

Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission 

(WCPFC) ............................................................... 317 250 410 ∂160 

Expenses of the U.S. Commissioners ...................... 200 115 115 ......................

Subtotal, Other Marine Conservation Organizations ................................................................ 1,927 1,711 2,105 ∂394 
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[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Program Fiscal year 2007 

enacted 

Fiscal year 

2008 request 

Committee recommendation Change from 

request 

Total, International Fisheries Commissions ........ 23,693 21,000 27,054 ∂6,054 

Within the amount provided for the GLFC, $700,000 is for the 

eradication of lampreys in Lake Champlain. The GLFC is directed 

to give priority to States that have provided matching grants when 

distributing lampricide funds. 

OTHER

PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $13,821,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 10,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 15,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 16,000,000 

The Committee recommends $16,000,000 for The Asia Foundation. 

CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE TRUST FUND

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $750,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 875,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 875,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 875,000 

The Committee recommends $875,000 for the Center for Middle 

Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund (as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 

2078). 

EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM TRUST FUND

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $494,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 500,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 500,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 500,000 

The Committee recommends $500,000 from interest and earnings 

in the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund, authorized by the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–454). 

ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $370,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 375,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 375,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 375,000 

The Committee recommends $375,000 from interest and earnings 

in the Israeli Arab Scholarship Endowment Fund, authorized by 

section 214 of Public Law 102–138, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993. 
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EAST-WEST CENTER

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $18,994,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 10,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 20,000,000 

The Committee recommends $20,000,000 for the East-West Center. 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $74,042,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 80,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 80,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. ........................... 

The Committee includes funding for NED under the Democracy 

Fund account. 

RELATED AGENCY 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $636,387,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 10,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 657,477,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 671,632,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 662,727,000 

The Committee recommends $662,727,000 for IBO. 

This account funds the operating and engineering costs of VOA, 

RFE/RL, RFA, MBN and the Broadcasting Board of Governors. 

Funds are allocated in the following table: 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Program Fiscal year 2007 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2008 

request 

Committee recommendation Change from request 

International Broadcasting Bureau [IBB]: 

Voice of America .................................................. 171,642 178,346 187,136 ∂8,790 

Broadcasting to Cuba ......................................... 33,681 38,700 33,681 ¥5,019 

Engineering and Technical Services ................... 149,969 136,090 140,313 ∂4,223 

Agency Direction .................................................. 28,851 27,333 27,333 ........................

Management ........................................................ 46,876 48,974 48,974 ........................

Program Support .................................................. 19,022 19,668 19,668 ........................

Subtotal, IBB ................................................... 450,041 449,111 457,105 ∂7,994 

Independent Grantee Organizations: 

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) .......... 75,051 75,145 80,045 ∂4,900 

Radio Free Asia (RFA) ......................................... 31,584 31,457 34,957 ∂3,500 

Middle East Broadcasting Networks ................... 82,950 101,764 90,620 ¥11,144 

Subtotal, Grantees .......................................... 189,585 208,366 205,622 ¥2,744 

Total, International Broadcasting Operations ............................................................ 639,626 657,477 662,727 ∂5,250 

Language Service Reductions.—The Committee recommendation 

supports continuing broadcasting which the administration proposed for language service reductions in fiscal year 2008, particularly Albanian, Bosnian, Cantonese, Croatian, English, Georgian, 
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Kazakh, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, South Slavic, 

Tibetan, Thai, Ukrainian, and Uzbek. However, the Committee 

supports BBG increasing the efficiency of this programming by 

broadcasting in the most effective means possible while increasing 

the total number of hours broadcast. The BBG annual program 

plan shall include a report on how the audience has been increased 

and efficiencies achieved. 

Alhurra.—The Committee recommendation does not include 

$11,144,000 to continue the expansion of Alhurra broadcasting to 

the Middle East, as initiated with $10,000,000 in Public Law 110– 

28. The Committee will consider this request as part of future legislation. 

The Committee is concerned with recent reports regarding the 

broadcasting of interviews and speeches made by terrorist-affiliated 

and militant leaders on Alhurra television in the Middle East. The 

Committee reiterates its strong support for free and fair broadcasting to the Middle East and reminds the Broadcasting Board of 

Governors that this does not include broadcasts that provide a platform for groups or persons associated with foreign terrorist organizations, as defined by the Department of State. The Committee directs the BBG, in conjunction with the Middle East Broadcasting 

Networks, to make public English transcripts on a case by case 

basis if requested by the Committees on Appropriations. 

Support for Alhurra may only be made available if the Secretary 

of State certifies and reports to the Committee that Alhurra does 

not advocate on behalf of any organization that the Secretary 

knows, or has reason to believe, engages in acts of terrorism. 

North Korea.—The Committee recommends not less than 

$5,000,000 for broadcasting into North Korea through RFA Korea 

Service and VOA Korea Service, and directs that these funds be 

used to increase daily broadcast hours of original content and to 

improve the accessibility of radio transmissions. 

BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $7,624,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 10,748,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 10,748,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 10,748,000 

The Committee recommends $10,748,000 for the Broadcasting 

Capital Improvements. 

COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE

ABROAD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $493,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 499,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 499,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 499,000 

The Committee recommends $499,000 for the Commission for the 

Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad. 
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COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $3,000,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 258,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 3,300,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 3,400,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 3,000,000 

The Committee recommends $3,000,000 for the Commission on 

International Religious Freedom. 

COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $2,004,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 2,037,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 2,037,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,037,000 

The Committee recommends $2,037,000 for this Commission. 

CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE PEOPLE’S

REPUBLIC OF CHINA

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $1,876,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 2,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 2,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,000,000 

The Committee recommends $2,000,000 for this Commission. 

UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW

COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $2,962,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 4,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 4,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,962,000 

The Committee recommends $2,962,000 for this Commission and 

provides that funds shall be obligated only after the Secretary of 

State consults with the Committee on the findings of the GAO’s 

audit of the Commission. The Committee is concerned with the apparent lack of financial and management controls in the operations 

of the Commission, as evidenced by a budget justification devoid of 

details, such as not providing the salary, benefits and other costs 

related to a request for new personnel; not detailing the distribution of requested funds for travel, including the number of people 

participating; and not providing a comparison of the request to 

prior expenditures. The Committee recommendation requires a 

spending plan which effectively addresses the recommendations 

made by the Government Accountability Office review currently 

underway. The Committee expects to be consulted on the spending 

plan prior to expenditure of any funds. 
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UNITED STATES SENATE-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $149,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... ........................... 

House allowance .................................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 150,000 

The Committee recommends $150,000 for the United States Senate-China Interparliamentary Group, and recommends that this 

group is funded by the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill in 

fiscal year 2009. 

UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

OPERATING EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $22,064,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 30,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 26,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 25,000,000 

The Committee recommends $25,000,000 for the USIP. The Committee strongly supports the mission of USIP, but is concerned that 

USIP’s new building may impose significant future operational and 

maintenance burdens on this relatively small organization. The 

Committee is concerned with excessive administrative costs associated with some past USIP activities. The Committee expects USIP 

to be prudent, to focus its resources on key issues that are not otherwise being effectively addressed, and provide practical recommendations and policy initiatives in furtherance of conflict resolution, stability and peace. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—TITLE I 

SEC. 101. Allowances and Differentials. 

SEC. 102. Unobligated Balances Report. 

SEC. 103. Embassy Construction. 

SEC. 104. Peacekeeping Missions. 

SEC. 105. Denial of Visas. 

SEC. 106. United States Citizens Born in Jerusalem. 

SEC. 107. Department of State Authorities. 

SEC. 108. Restriction on Contributions to the United Nations. 

SEC. 109. Personnel Actions. 

SEC. 110. Restrictions on United Nations Delegations. 

SEC. 111. Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation. 

SEC. 112. Attendance at International Conferences. 

SEC. 113. Peacekeeping Assessment. 

SEC. 114. Alhurra Broadcasting. 

SEC. 115. Commission Financial Management. 

SEC. 116. References. 
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TITLES II–V

FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED 

PROGRAMS 

TITLE II 

EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $990,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 1,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,000,000 

SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $26,382,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 68,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 68,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 68,000,000 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $72,468,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 78,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 78,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 78,000,000 

The Committee recommends $1,000,000 for the Inspector General, $78,000,000 for Administrative Expenses for the Export-Import Bank, and $68,000,000 for the subsidy appropriation. 

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION

DIRECT LOANS

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $20,073,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 29,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 20,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 21,000,000 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $41,851,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 47,500,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 47,500,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 47,500,000 

The Committee recommends $47,500,000 for OPIC administrative expenses. 
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TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $50,391,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 50,400,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 50,400,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 50,400,000 

The Committee recommends $50,400,000 for the TDA. 
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TITLE III 

BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $4,744,452,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 338,200 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 3,756,827,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 4,834,660,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 9,141,903,000 

The amounts listed in the above table for fiscal year 2007 appropriations, the fiscal year 2008 budget estimate and the Committee 

recommendation, include funds appropriated or requested under 

global health programs, development assistance, USAID operating 

expenses, USAID Inspector General operating expenses, international disaster and famine assistance, transition initiatives, and 

credit programs. 

GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $1,718,150,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 161,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 1,564,279,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,980,150,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 6,531,425,000 

The Committee recommends a total of $6,531,425,000 for the 

Global Health Programs account, which supports health activities 

abroad, including those to combat HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and 

other infectious diseases including neglected tropical diseases, and 

to reduce child mortality, provide voluntary family planning services, and protect women’s health. The Committee consolidates all 

funding contained in the budget request for HIV/AIDS programs 

under the GHP account. The Committee recommendation for the 

GHP account includes $1,481,425,000 for programs and activities 

requested under the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund account, which is $267,146,000 more than the President’s request. 

Funds are allocated in the following table: 

GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS (ALL ACCOUNTS) 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Program, by account Fiscal year 2008 

request 

Committee recommendation Change from request 

HIV/AIDS: 

GHP: 

Global HIV/AIDS Initiative .................................................... 4,150,000 4,450,000 ∂300,000 

Global Fund .......................................................................... .......................... [300,000 ] ........................

UNAIDS ................................................................................. [27,000 ] [40,000 ] ∂13,000 

USAID HIV/AIDS ............................................................................. 314,278 350,000 ∂35,722 
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GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS (ALL ACCOUNTS)—Continued 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Program, by account Fiscal year 2008 

request 

Committee recommendation Change from request 

Microbicides ......................................................................... 30,000 [45,000 ] ∂15,000 

Global Fund ................................................................................... .......................... 250,000 ∂250,000 

Total, HIV/AIDS ......................................................................... 4,494,278 5,050,000 ∂555,722 

Total, Global Fund .................................................................... .......................... [550,000 ] ∂550,000 

Child Survival and Maternal Health: 

GHP ............................................................................................... 345,600 450,000 ∂104,400 

GAVI Fund ............................................................................ 18,411 [75,000 ] ∂56,589 

Micronutrients ...................................................................... .......................... [30,000 ] ∂30,000 

ESF ................................................................................................ 20,700 20,698 ¥2 

SEED .............................................................................................. 700 700 ........................

FSU ................................................................................................ 5,100 5,119 ∂19 

Total, Child and Maternal Health ............................................ 372,100 476,517 ∂104,417 

Family Planning/Reproductive Health: 

GHP ............................................................................................... 301,700 395,000 ∂93,300 

ESF ................................................................................................ 14,300 54,250 ∂39,950 

SEED .............................................................................................. 1,700 1,700 ........................

FSU ................................................................................................ 7,100 10,110 ∂3,010 

Total, Family Planning/Reproductive Health ............................ 324,800 461,060 ∂136,260 

Other Infectious Diseases: 

Avian Influenza ............................................................................. .......................... .......................... ........................

GHP ............................................................................................... 100,000 100,000 ........................

Total, Avian Influenza .............................................................. 100,000 100,000 ........................

Tuberculosis: 

GHP ...................................................................................... 79,400 99,420 ∂20,020 

ESF ....................................................................................... 500 500 ........................

FSU ....................................................................................... 10,000 10,250 ∂250 

Total, Tuberculosis .......................................................... 89,900 110,170 ∂20,270 

Malaria: 

GHP ...................................................................................... 385,000 355,005 ¥29,995 

ESF ....................................................................................... 2,500 2,500 ........................

Total, Malaria .................................................................. 387,500 357,505 ¥29,995 

Polio: GHP ..................................................................................... .......................... 32,000 ∂32,000 

Total, Polio ................................................................................ .......................... 32,000 ∂32,000 

Neglected Tropical Diseases: GHP ................................................ 6,000 15,000 ∂9,000 

Total, Neglected Tropical Diseases .......................................... 6,000 15,000 ∂9,000 

Unallocated Infectious Diseases GHP ........................................... .......................... 20,000 ∂20,000 

Total, Other Infectious Diseases .............................................. 583,400 634,675 ∂51,275 

Vulnerable Children: 

GHP ............................................................................................... 4,000 15,000 ∂11,000 

Total, Vulnerable Children ........................................................ 4,000 15,000 ∂11,000 
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GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS (ALL ACCOUNTS)—Continued 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Program, by account Fiscal year 2008 

request 

Committee recommendation Change from request 

Total, Global Health Programs ................................................. 5,715,978 6,531,425 ∂815,447 

Total, All Accounts ................................................................... 5,778,578 6,637,252 ∂858,674 

The Committee provides $450,000,000 for child survival and maternal health activities under the GHP account, and $26,517,000 

under other accounts, for a total of $476,517,000. 

PROGRAM ISSUES

CHILD SURVIVAL AND MATERNAL HEALTH

The Committee believes the key to addressing the health crisis 

in the poorest countries, particularly in Africa, is building public 

health systems that are capable of providing basic health services, 

especially for women and children. An essential component of any 

strategy is to provide training and support for health care workers, 

many of whom are dying of AIDS, leaving in droves to obtain jobs 

in foreign countries, or abandoning primary health care to join organizations working to combat HIV/AIDS which can pay higher salaries. The Committee strongly supports HIV/AIDS prevention, care 

and treatment programs, but they are no substitute for building 

the public health capacity to prevent the needless deaths of millions of children before the age of five, and more than half a million 

women from pregnancy-related causes, each year. Accordingly, the 

Committee has substantially increased funding for child survival 

and maternal health programs, and directs USAID to consult with 

the Committee and the public health community on how best to 

utilize these additional funds to build sustainable public health 

systems, including by training more health care workers. 

Disabilities.—The Committee recommends USAID consider funding a proposal of Christian Blind Mission, which addresses physical 

disabilities in the Great Lakes region of Africa. 

The Committee recognizes the work of Operation Smile and recommends USAID consider funding a proposal to support its medical and educational activities in developing countries. 

Holy Family Hospital.—The Committee recommends continued 

support for the Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem, and recognizes 

the quality care that institution provides to the Palestinian people, 

often those most in need. 

Iodine Deficiency.—The Committee recommends at least 

$2,000,000 for the UNICEF iodine deficiency disorders program. 

Vaccines and Immunization.—The Committee provides 

$75,000,000 for a contribution to the GAVI Fund. 

The Committee recommends up to $40,000,000 for assistance for 

Ethiopia, and recommends that of this amount sufficient funding 

be provided for childhood immunization programs. 

The Committee provides $32,000,000 for programs to eradicate 

polio. 

Vitamin A and Other Micronutrients.—The Committee provides 

$30,000,000 for USAID’s micronutrient program, of which at least 
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$20,000,000 should be for programs related to Vitamin A deficiency. 

Zanmi Lasante.—The Committee recommends USAID provide 

support to Zanmi Lasante to improve health care in Haiti. 

FAMILY PLANNING/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

The Committee provides a total of $461,060,000 from all accounts 

in this act for family planning and reproductive health programs. 

HIV/AIDS

The Committee provides a total of $5,090,000,000 for programs 

and activities to combat HIV/AIDS. The Committee consolidates 

funds requested for this purpose in all accounts in this act under 

the GHP account, including $40,000,000 provided in section 699 of 

this act as an additional amount for the U.S. contribution to the 

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria. 

AIDS Vaccine.—The Committee recommends continued funding 

for the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. 

Blood Safety.—The Committee continues to support Safe Blood 

for Africa, which assists African nations through training and technical assistance to develop systems to ensure that blood supplies 

are screened for HIV/AIDS and other diseases. 

Eurasia.—The Committee supports the work of the Eurasian 

Medical Education Program of the American College of Physicians 

to address HIV/AIDS and chronic diseases in Russia, and recommends continued funding for this program. 

Food and Nutrition.—The Global AIDS Coordinator, in consultation with the DFA, should report to the Committee by May 1, 2008, 

on the following regarding focus countries: (1) the level of funding 

within the Emergency Plan for fiscal year 2007 that was spent on 

food and nutritional support for people living with and affected by 

HIV/AIDS; (2) projected spending on food and nutritional support 

for people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS for fiscal year 

2008; and, (3) the steps the Global AIDS Coordinator has taken to 

address the challenges identified in the ‘‘Report on Food and Nutrition for People Living with HIV/AIDS’’, May 2006. 

Global Fund.—The Committee provides $590,000,000 in this act 

for a U.S. contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and 

Malaria. The Committee understands an additional $300,000,000 is 

provided in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations act, 2008, for a total contribution from both acts of $890,000,000, an increase of $166,000,000 

above fiscal year 2007. 

Media Programs.—The Committee supports the use of local 

media in combating HIV/AIDS and recommends continued funding 

for these programs in Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia and other countries 

in Africa, and increased funding for these programs in India. 

Microbicides.—The Committee provides $45,000,000 for research 

on and development of microbicides as a means of combating HIV/ 

AIDS, and recommends continued support for the International 

Partnership for Microbicides. 

Mother-to-Child Transmission.—The Committee continues to 

support programs that prevent mother-to-child transmission 

[PMTCT] of HIV. The Committee believes that additional resources 
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are required to expand access to these programs, including care 

and treatment. The Committee directs the Global AIDS Coordinator to provide the resources and technical assistance necessary 

to expand access to PMTCT services, including effective drug regimes, and to encourage stronger linkages between PMTCT and 

care and treatment programs. 

The Committee recommends that USAID consider supporting a 

proposal from Mothers2Mothers to prevent transmission of HIV/ 

AIDS from mothers to infants. 

Nurses Training.—The Committee is aware of a proposal of 

Catholic Medical Mission Board, in conjunction with the Chinese 

Nurses Association, to train nurses in HIV/AIDS care, and recommends USAID consider supporting this initiative. 

Orphans.—The Committee notes that section 403(b) of title IV of 

Public Law 108–25, the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 

AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003, mandates not less 

than 10 percent of HIV/AIDS assistance for orphans and vulnerable 

children affected by HIV/AIDS. The Committee directs the Global 

AIDS Coordinator to ensure that at least this level of assistance is 

made available. 

Pediatric AIDS.—The Committee recommends the Global AIDS 

Coordinator consider a proposal by the Baylor Pediatric AIDS Initiative to engage in the Pediatric AIDS Corps. 

Private Funds.—The Committee notes that the administration 

has indicated its intention to adopt guidelines for NGOs on how to 

implement the requirement in section 22 U.S.C. section 7631(f), 

specifically to adopt a regime that allows for separation of federally-funded activities and privately funded prohibited activities. 

The Committee welcomes the decision to distinguish between publicly funded activities and those carried out with private funds and 

urges the administration to impose the least possible burdens so as 

to avoid requirements that waste resources that could otherwise be 

used to save lives. The Committee notes that the administration 

has adopted similar regulations in its faith-based initiative, which 

should be used as the model in this instance. The Committee will 

view unfavorably any requirements that impose more costly and 

burdensome restrictions than those that apply to faith-based grantees. 

NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

The Committee provides $15,000,000 for continued support of 

USAID’s cooperative agreement in support of an integrated response to the control of neglected tropical diseases, including intestinal parasites, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, 

trachoma, and leprosy. The Committee requests to be consulted on 

the uses of these funds, including country-specific allocations. 

OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The Committee recommends a total of $634,675,000 for other infectious diseases, including avian influenza, tuberculosis, malaria, 

measles, meningitis, and polio. 

Avian Influenza Virus.—The Committee provides $100,000,000 

for programs and activities to contain and prevent an avian influenza pandemic, an amount equal to the budget request, and notes 
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these funds are in addition to $161,000,000 provided for such purposes in Public Law 110–28. 

The Committee is aware of the many challenges to combatting 

avian influenza in developing countries and recognizes that in some 

circumstances foreign militaries may be well positioned to assist in 

this endeavor. Therefore, the Committee provides an additional 

$25,000,000 to enhance the preparedness of militaries in Asia and 

Africa to respond to an avian influenza pandemic, including 

through training and equipment. The Committee requests to be 

consulted prior to the initial obligations of these funds. 

Malaria.—The Committee provides a total of $357,505,000 for 

programs to combat malaria. The Committee directs that these 

funds be made available in accordance with country strategic plans 

incorporating best public health practices including insecticidetreated bed nets, artemisinin combination therapies, and indoor residual spraying, and with significant support for purchase of commodities and equipment. The Committee supports continued funding for the Malaria Vaccine Initiative and for the Medicines for Malaria Venture. 

Meningitis.—The Committee is concerned that meningitis has 

plagued sub-Saharan Africa for over a century, threatening the 

lives of half a billion people, especially the young. Of those infected, 

10 percent die and 25 percent are left with severe neurological 

damage. The Committee is aware of the Meningitis Vaccine Project, 

which is supported by private donors to develop an affordable vaccine. The Committee recommends USAID consider funding this initiative. 

TB.—The Committee provides a total of $110,170,000 for programs to combat tuberculosis from all accounts in this act. 

The Committee urges the Global AIDS Coordinator to (1) increase funding for TB–HIV coordinated activities with the goal of 

ensuring that TB screening and treatment is provided to as many 

co-infected individuals as possible in each focus country; (2) in consultation with appropriate host country officials and multilateral 

organizations, develop a national strategy for each focus country to 

ensure that all TB patients are provided HIV testing and counseling as well as referral for AIDS treatment and care; (3) issue 

guidance that TB–HIV coordinated activities are required in each 

country operational plan; and (4) provide funding to the World 

Health Organization for technical support to expand TB treatment 

and improve coordination of programs to fight HIV and TB, including drug resistant TB. The Committee is concerned with the emergence of drug resistant strains of tuberculosis, including multi-drug 

resistant-TB [MDR–TB] and extensively drug resistant-TB [XDR– 

TB], which threaten to undermine progress in AIDS treatment and 

progress to combat TB control globally. MDR–TB and XDR–TB are 

new, drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis found mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa where the mortality rate for XDR–TB is roughly 90 

percent. The Committee urges USAID to work with the Office of 

the Global HIV/AIDS Coordinator to strengthen overall TB treatment efforts and to otherwise slow the emergence of MDR and 

XDR–TB strains. 
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Technology.—The Committee supports the work of HealthTech to 

develop innovative solutions to public health needs in developing 

countries. 

VULNERABLE CHILDREN

The Committee provides $15,000,000 for programs and activities 

that address the needs of vulnerable children. 

Orphans.—The Committee recommends that USAID consider 

funding a proposal from Kidsave International for a global intervention to help countries place orphans into permanent homes. 

Blindness.—The Committee recommends $1,900,000 for children’s blindness programs. 

To the maximum extent practicable, the Committee intends 

funding for blind children to be focused on eye surgery and vision 

corrections for children, and is to be implemented in a manner that 

provides the most funds to the field. 

The Committee recognizes the work of Helen Keller International 

and other organizations to assist blind children and children with 

low levels of vision. 

UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $1,508,760,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 1,041,248,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,733,760,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,455,000,000 

The Development Assistance account consists of a wide range of 

poverty-reduction and long-term development activities including 

free market development, agriculture and rural development, 

urban, environment, and energy, basic education, and micro-credit 

programs. 

PROGRAM ISSUES

AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

Agriculture Development Strategy.—The Committee notes the 

critical role of agriculture in developing countries in alleviating 

hunger and poverty. It is also the backbone of employment that 

helps stem the tide of immigration to already overcrowded, overburdened urban areas. The Committee is concerned that support 

for agriculture-led economic growth lags far behind other foreign 

assistance programs, and directs the DFA to submit a report, not 

later than May 1, 2008, describing a multi-year, regional strategy 

to substantially increase funding for agriculture development programs. In preparing the strategy, the DFA should consult with representatives of foreign governments, U.S. universities, and nongovernmental and international organizations that support agricultural development overseas. 

Arid Lands.—The Committee recommends USAID support the 

work of the International Arid Lands Consortium in addressing 

water, agriculture, and energy issues in the Middle East and Central Asia. 
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Cacao.—The Committee supports the promotion of sustainable 

cacao production in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. The 

Committee recognizes the work of the Andean Countries Cocoa Export Support Opportunity, a partnership between private industry, 

governments and international organizations to encourage the sustainable development in cacao-producing areas as an alternative to 

coca cultivation. 

Coffee.—The Committee is aware that coffee is grown in more 

than half of the municipalities of Colombia and that coffee growing 

involves over half a million Colombian farmers and their families, 

mostly small enterprises, in areas that are still socially and economically vulnerable. The Committee recommends USAID work 

with the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia to provide assistance to these communities to increase the productivity 

and marketability of their product. 

Collaborative Research Support Programs.—The Committee pro- vides $29,000,000 for CRSPs. 

The Committee supports assistance for research and development of salt-resistant crops. 

The Committee recommends creation of a CRSP focused on water 

issues. 

Crop Diversity.—The Committee notes that crop diversity provides the genetic building blocks for adapting crops to constantly 

evolving pests, diseases, and changing climates, and is aware that 

much of the world’s crop diversity is neither safely conserved nor 

readily available to scientists and farmers who rely on it. The Global Crop Diversity Trust was created by the FAO and CGIAR to collect, document and store seeds securely in order to preserve genetic 

diversity. The United States was an early supporter of the Trust 

and the Committee recommends USAID contribute in 2008. 

Dairy Development Programs.—The Committee continues its support for dairy development programs. 

Fertilizer Programs.—The Committee recommends continued 

support for the International Fertilizer Development Center. 

Food Aid Quality.—Under Public Law 480, USAID provides food 

aid to millions of hungry people each year. However, quality problems and outdated product formulations have damaged our reputation as the world’s most generous provider of such aid. There is a 

critical need to improve product quality and adjust formulations to 

meet the needs of today’s vulnerable populations. The Committee 

provides $750,000 to support activities underway with the Food Aid 

Quality Enhancement Program to improve food aid product quality 

and nutrient delivery, consistent with the authority in 7 U.S.C. section 1736g–2(a)(2)(c). 

Water.—The Committee provides not less than $300,000,000 of 

the funds appropriated by this act for safe drinking water and sanitation supply projects, to be expended in accordance with Public 

Law 109–121, the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 

2005. Of this amount, not less than $125,000,000 should be used 

in Africa. 

The Committee recognizes the work of the International Rural 

Water Association in providing training and technical assistance to 

improve the quality of water and health in Central America and 

the Caribbean. 
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The Committee recommends USAID consider funding a project in 

Uganda to increase access to potable water in Kapchorwa District. 

The Committee recommends USAID consider funding a proposal 

by Water Leaders Foundation for a reverse osmosis water purification project in a developing country. 

The Committee supports funding for Ong Tidene, a local NGO 

that drills wells for Tuareg nomads who live in northern Niger, one 

of the most arid areas of Africa. 

AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS ABROAD

The Committee continues to recognize the important contributions made to U.S. foreign policy by institutions funded by the 

ASHA program and provides that not less than $22,000,000 shall 

be made available to support these institutions in fiscal year 2008. 

The Committee, once again, expects USAID to allocate sufficient 

sums to administer the ASHA program from funds provided for Operating Expenses, so it will not be necessary to expend program 

funds for administrative purposes. 

Although the Committee understands that ASHA funds are 

available for a variety of purposes, such as construction and equipment, libraries, computer technology, curriculum and staff support, 

and related expenses, the Committee reaffirms its intention that 

this assistance is not for permanent budget support to ASHA recipients. The Committee encourages ASHA to give priority to institutions which demonstrate a need and a commitment to private 

fundraising to match government support. 

The Committee recognizes the contributions made by several institutions and believes that they warrant consideration for further 

ASHA support, including: Lebanese American University; International College and the American University of Beirut; The Johns 

Hopkins University’s Center in Nanjing, China; the Cancer Center 

of the American British Cowdray Medical Center in Mexico; the 

Hadassah Medical Organization; American University in Kosovo; 

and Shaare Zedek Medical Center. 

CONFLICT MITIGATION AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

Patrick Leahy War Victims Fund.—The Committee continues to 

support the LWVF which assists persons who are disabled as a result of armed conflict. The Committee recommends $15,000,000 for 

this Fund administered by USAID. 

Public Donations.—The Committee is aware of many private 

American individuals and groups who want to donate assistance to 

needy people overseas. USAID has a long history of partnering 

with the U.S. private sector, most recently formalized as the Global 

Development Alliance, to leverage assistance to meet development 

objectives. 

In the context of natural or manmade disasters, the generosity 

of the American public has been expressed in cash and in-kind donations, often provided through private relief agencies, to the victims of those disasters. The Committee believes there is an increasing desire on the part of the American public, either individually 

or through community, faith-based, or other local groups, to provide 

assistance. However, shipping items overseas, such as clothing and 

shelter that are suitable for affected populations, can be difficult to 
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arrange and prohibitively expensive. These individuals and groups 

are not looking to the U.S. Government to provide financing for 

their donations. Instead, they want help in getting their donations 

to people in need. The Committee believes USAID should support 

the participation of these groups and individuals in furtherance of 

foreign assistance objectives. 

The Committee requests the DFA to submit a report, by May 1, 

2008, that addresses ways in which USAID can facilitate the participation of private citizens and community groups in the foreign 

assistance program. The report should address, in particular, the 

concept of establishing a clearinghouse for private donations, and 

should identify U.S. Government mechanisms and programs, as 

well as recommendations, for assisting in the delivery of such privately donated relief aid. The report should also include legislative 

changes that might be needed. 

Sports Programs.—The Committee is aware that sports programs, including those that benefit persons with disabilities, enhance health and development and strengthen communities. The 

Committee supports the work of organizations involved in these efforts, including Right to Play and Special Olympics. 

Victims of Torture.—The Committee recommends $10,000,000 for 

programs and activities that address the needs of victims of torture. The Committee recommends support for centers for victims of 

torture that provide services consistent with the goals of Public 

Law 106–87, the Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 

1999. 

EDUCATION

The Committee recommends funding in this act above the current level for basic education programs, including civic education 

and teacher training. 

Africa.—The Committee recommends continued funding for programs that increase access to basic education in sub-Saharan Africa through the reduction or elimination of school fees. The Committee recommends $15,000,000 for basic education programs in 

Ethiopia from all accounts in this act, an increase of $2,200,000 

above the budget request. 

Latin America.—The Committee is aware of the work of Alfalit 

International in providing literacy and basic education programs in 

Bolivia and the Dominican Republic. 

ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY CONSERVATION

Biodiversity.—The Committee provides not less than 

$195,000,000 from the DA account for biodiversity conservation 

programs and activities. 

The Committee recognizes USAID’s Amazon Basin Conservation 

Initiative, which supports the work of national and local governments, civil society groups, and indigenous organizations, in the 

South American countries that share the Amazon watershed, to 

protect it from illegal logging and mining, destructive agricultural 

practices, and unsustainable development. The Committee provides 

$15,000,000 for this program in fiscal year 2008, in addition to the 

level of funding provided in fiscal year 2006 for other biodiversity 

conservation activities in these countries. 
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Birds of Prey.—The Committee recommends continued funding 

for the Peregrine Fund’s work in the International Raptor Center, 

to be matched by private contributions. 

Energy.—The Committee recommends not less than $195,000,000 

from all accounts in this act to support policies and programs in 

developing countries that promote energy efficiency, renewable energy, and cleaner energy technologies, including $15,000,000 for 

USAID’s Office of Energy and Information Technology. The Committee supports funding for small hydro, solar, and wind projects, 

particularly in areas where other sources of energy are not available. 

The Committee expects United States Government agencies to 

continue to participate in the nine-agency Clean Energy Technology Exports Initiative. 

Endangered Species.—The Committee recommends continued 

support from funds made available for Indonesia for programs to 

protect the habitat of orangutans in Borneo and Sumatra. 

The Committee supports continued funding for programs to protect great apes in Central Africa, including through the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service and NGOs such as the Jane Goodall Institute 

and members of the International Gorilla Conservation Program. 

Lead Batteries.—The Committee is aware of the work of Occupational Knowledge International to promote the Better Environmental Sustainability Targets Certification for the lead battery industry, to limit emissions and encourage recycling of lead batteries 

which threaten health, especially of children, in developing counties where batteries are increasingly used to produce solar and 

wind energy. 

HIGHER EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

The Committee recommends increased funding for programs and 

activities targeted toward higher education, training and workforce 

development. 

The Committee is concerned that over the past 20 years USAID’s 

support for higher education degree training has declined dramatically, from 15,000 trainees to less than 1,000 today. Many of these 

graduates have contributed to the political and economic development of their countries, but they are now reaching retirement age. 

The Committee requests USAID to submit a report by May 1, 2008, 

describing past funding trends for higher education programs and 

the projected cost of increasing the number of trainees by 3,000. 

Entrepreneurship.—The Committee recommends USAID consider 

funding a proposal of the Center of Entrepreneurship for a distance 

learning program in the Balkans. The Committee also recommends 

USAID consider funding a proposal from CHOICE Humanitarian 

to improve the quality of life in Africa and Latin America through 

microenterprize and leadership training. 

The Committee is aware of the work of the Education for Employment Foundation to create jobs through vocational, technical 

and managerial training for youth in predominantly Muslim countries, where unemployment among youth is as high as 50 percent. 

Recognizing that as many as 100 million new job seekers will enter 

the workforce in these countries in the next 15 years, the Committee recommends USAID consider funding this initiative. 
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Scholarships.—The Committee recommends continued funding 

for the CASS program to provide scholarships at U.S. colleges for 

students with high financial need from Latin America and elsewhere. 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

Artisans.—The Committee is aware of a project initiated by Aid 

to Artisans to promote lead-free pottery glazes used by Mexican ceramists. The Committee recommends USAID consider funding a 

proposal to expand this initiative to other countries where there 

are serious health and environmental risks associated with leaded 

pottery production. 

Microenterprise Development Programs.—The Committee pro- vides $250,000,000 from all accounts in this act for microfinance 

and microenterprise development programs for the poor, especially 

women. The Committee expects USAID to preserve the viability of 

leading private NGO microfinance networks and PVOs in order to 

maximize assistance to poor clients. 

The Committee directs that 50 percent of funds available should 

be for grants to private nongovernmental organizations, networks, 

and practitioner institutions, and that $30,000,000 should be provided to USAID’s Office of Microenterprise through a central funding mechanism for contracts, cooperative agreements and grants. 

The Committee recommends $20,000,000 be used for microfinance 

service providers working with people infected by HIV/AIDS. 

Cooperative Development Program.—The Committee provides $12,000,000 for USAID’s Cooperative Development Program within 

the Office of Private and Voluntary Cooperation. 

Professional Services.—The Committee supports continued funding for the Financial Services Volunteer Corps. 

Property Rights.—The Committee is aware of the Institute of Liberty and Democracy and the International Real Property Foundation [IRPF], which create private real estate markets and promote 

property rights abroad. The Committee recommends that USAID 

continue support for these initiatives. 

Rural Electrification.—The Committee notes that rural electric 

cooperative projects have provided electricity, local economic development, increased living standards and greater political stability in 

developing countries. The Committee recommends continued support through the International Rural Power Access and Cooperative 

Electrification program, and the use of local currencies to meet the 

capital costs of international rural electrification programs and 

projects sponsored by U.S. rural electric cooperatives, and for co-finance planning, advisory and training assistance in concert with 

other international partners. 

Telecommunications.—The Committee recommends continued 

funding for the United States Telecommunications Training Institute. 

UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS

Each fiscal year the Committee receives a large number of requests to fund specific activities at or through American institutions of higher education. The Committee strongly supports activities that advance international development and U.S. foreign policy 
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goals. The Committee has reviewed the concepts proposed for funding, and recommends that USAID and/or the Department of State 

(as appropriate for the proposed project) consider proposals submitted by the following organizations. 

Unless a proposal demonstrates a unique, innovative, or proprietary capability, or demonstrates special considerations that justify 

limited or non-competitive treatment, the Committee expects that 

competitive procedures will be applied with regard to the proposals 

on the list that follows. The Committee also expects USAID to give 

priority to proposals that have technical merit, realistic budgets, 

matching contributions, and achievable objectives. Proposals are to 

be submitted to USAID and/or the Department of State for consideration within 90 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

No later than 60 days after the submission of the report required 

by section 653(a) of the FAA, USAID should submit a report to the 

Committee on the status of each activity identified below. Such a 

report should include: (1) the status of the funding proposal by the 

organization associated with each activity; (2) the degree to which 

the proposal is consistent with and would advance international development and U.S. foreign policy goals for the country or region 

in which the activity would take place; (3) the degree to which 

matching or other funds would be provided by the organization to 

complement the Federal contribution; (4) to the extent known at 

the time, any decision by USAID or the Department of State on 

funding the activity, including the funding level; and (5) any other 

relevant information deemed important by USAID or the Department of State. The Committee also expects to receive a second report on the status of these proposals no later than July 1, 2008. 

With the foregoing in mind, the Committee recommends the following proposals for USAID and the Department of State’s consideration: 

Brandeis University.—A proposal to fund the International Center for Democracy and Governance. 

Catholic Medical Mission Board.—A proposal, in conjunction 

with the Chinese Ministry of Health and the Chinese Nurses Association, to train nurses in HIV/AIDS care. 

DeKalb International Training Center.—A proposal for training 

student athletes from newly emerging democracies. 

EARTH University Foundation.—A proposal to train leaders in 

small business in Latin America, Africa and Asia. 

Franklin Pierce University.—A proposal in conjunction with the 

Luhansk National Pedagogical University in Ukraine for business 

education. 

Indiana University at Bloomington.—A proposal to establish a 

database of Burmese human rights abuses. 

Iowa State University.—A proposal to establish a program to reduce poverty in Mexico. 

New Mexico State University.—A proposal to facilitate on-line 

communication between American and Mexican students, as well 

as Israeli and Palestinian students, concerning issues of mutual interest. 

Northeastern University.—A proposal to support the Athletes for 

Human Rights initiative. 
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Monmouth University.—A proposal, in conjunction with the University of Ghana, to increase primary school enrollment and performance. 

SUNY College of Technology at Delhi.—A proposal for a professional development program to improve nursing skills and care in 

the Republic of Georgia. 

Temple University.—A proposal to expand the criminal law procedure program with Tsinghua University. 

Texas A&M University.—A proposal to support the Borlaug Fellows Program to strengthen agriculture, science and technology in 

developing countries. 

University of Alabama.— A proposal to establish a pilot program 

which will promote Central American food products in foreign markets and increase exports. 

University of Hawaii at Manoa.—A proposal, in conjunction with 

universities in Northern Iraq and in the United States, to train a 

diverse cadre of workers in Iraq in technical skills that will promote reconstruction and self-sufficiency. 

University of Iowa.—A proposal to establish a Center for Digital 

Communications in Development and Education to improve primary and secondary education in Africa. 

University of Iowa.—A proposal to train teachers and educational 

administrators in Timor-Leste. 

University of Kentucky.—A proposal for coal mine safety programs in the former Soviet Union. 

University of Kentucky.—A proposal, in conjunction with Indonesian universities, to further economic development in Indonesia. 

University of Miami.—A proposal to continue a collaborative initiative to improve child health in the Ukraine. 

University of Missouri at Columbia.—A proposal to apply biotechnology to grain legumes to improve nutrition in Vietnam. 

University of Nebraska at Lincoln.—A proposal to develop a joint 

program with the Gimlekollen School of Journalism & Communication in Norway and the Government of Norway to train journalists 

from Ethiopia and Kosovo. 

University of Nebraska at Omaha.—A proposal to establish a 

community-based education program to provide teacher training 

and vocational training in Afghanistan. 

University of Nebraska at Omaha.—A proposal for a communitybased education project in Afghanistan, and a proposal to support 

the Afghanistan Young Leaders Program. 

University of Notre Dame.—A proposal to continue work to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in Haiti. 

Utah State University.—A proposal, in conjunction with Texas 

A&M University, to develop an irrigation research, education and 

training program in the Middle East. 

Utah Valley State College.—A proposal to combat HIV/AIDS in 

Ghana. 

Western Kentucky University.—A proposal for the continued funding of an international journalist training program. 

Western Kentucky University.—A proposal to address environmental health issues in China. 
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WOMEN’S PROGRAMS

Afghanistan.—As in past years, the Committee has provided 

funding to address the critical needs of Afghan women and girls, 

including support for women-led Afghan NGOs. The Committee directs the DFA to submit a report by May 1, 2008, detailing the 

uses of funds appropriated for these purposes for each year since 

fiscal year 2002. The Committee directs that the report assess the 

impacts of this assistance on healthcare, education and training, 

protection, and women led organizations; and to recommend new 

approaches that could better address the growing and unique 

needs, vulnerabilities, and potential of girls in Afghanistan. Additionally, the Committee directs the DFA to report on best practices 

or programs currently being implemented in Afghanistan for 

women and girls which could be replicated in other countries in the 

region. 

Creative Wellness Institute.—The Committee requests USAID 

consider funding a proposal of the Creative Wellness Institute to 

address the needs of high-risk Guatemalan women and their families. 

GROWTH Fund.—The Committee supports the establishment of 

the GROWTH Fund, which is intended to enhance economic opportunities for very poor, poor, and low-income women in developing 

countries. Programs supported by the Fund should increase 

women-owned enterprise development; property rights for women; 

women’s access to financial services; women in organizational leadership positions; women’s ability to benefit from global trade; and 

improve women’s employment benefits and conditions. 

Women’s Leadership.—The Committee recommends USAID consider funding a proposal from Women’s Campaign International to 

expand political participation of women. 

Girls’ Empowerment.—The Committee directs the DFA to submit 

a report to the Committee by May 1, 2008, that includes: (1) an assessment, including data disaggregated by gender where possible, 

of current U.S.-funded efforts to improve access of girls in developing countries to healthcare, education and training, and protection (including from child marriage, human trafficking, genderbased violence, HIV/AIDS, and other sexually transmitted diseases); (2) examples of best practices or programs that could be replicated; and (3) a strategy to address the unique needs, 

vulnerabilities, and potential of girls in developing countries. 

INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $361,350,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 165,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 297,300,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 322,350,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 322,350,000 

The Committee recommends $322,350,000 for International Disaster Assistance. 

The Committee noted that significant resources are required to 

address international disasters and famines, and urges the administration to request sufficient funds for these purposes in fiscal year 

2008. 
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TRANSITION INITIATIVES

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $39,600,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 37,200,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 40,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 50,000,000 

The Committee recommends $50,000,000 for Transition Initiatives. 

DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $21,790,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 21,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 21,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 21,000,000 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $7,920,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 7,400,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 7,400,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 8,920,000 

OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $626,832,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 8,700,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 609,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 625,700,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 645,700,000 

The Committee recommends $645,700,000 for USAID’s operating 

expenses, an increase of $36,700,000 above the budget request. 

CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $69,300,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 126,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 87,300,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 90,508,000 

The Committee recommends $90,508,000 for the Capital Investment Fund, due to budget constraints. 

OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $35,640,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 3,500,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 38,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 38,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 38,000,000 

The Committee recommends $38,000,000 for Operating Expenses 

of the Office of the Inspector General. 
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OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $2,455,010,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 2,624,300,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 3,319,567,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 2,668,206,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 3,015,000,000 

The Committee recommends $3,015,000,000 for the ESF account. 

Funds are allocated in the following table: 

ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Country/Program Fiscal year 2008 

request 

Committee recommendation Change from request 

Country: 

Burma ............................................................................................. 2,790 11,000 ∂8,210 

Cambodia ........................................................................................ 12,170 15,000 ∂2,830 

Cuba ................................................................................................ 45,700 15,000 ¥30,700 

Dominican Republic ........................................................................ 10,000 15,000 ∂5,000 

Egypt ............................................................................................... 415,000 415,000 ........................

Guatemala ....................................................................................... 10,000 12,000 ∂2,000 

Haiti ................................................................................................ 63,394 73,394 ∂10,000 

Indonesia ......................................................................................... 60,000 65,000 ∂5,000 

Iran .................................................................................................. 75,000 25,000 ¥50,000 

Jordan .............................................................................................. 263,547 363,547 ∂100,000 

Lebanon ........................................................................................... 42,100 45,000 ∂2,900 

Libya ................................................................................................ 500 300 ¥200 

Nepal ............................................................................................... ........................ 10,000 ∂10,000 

Philippines ...................................................................................... 25,996 30,000 ∂4,004 

Tibet ................................................................................................ ........................ 5,000 ∂5,000 

Timor-Leste ..................................................................................... 8,640 16,000 ∂7,360 

Vietnam ........................................................................................... 5,700 10,700 ∂5,000 

West Bank/Gaza .............................................................................. 63,500 75,000 ∂11,500 

Program: 

Afghan Civilian Assistance ............................................................. ........................ 10,000 ∂10,000 

Disability Programs ......................................................................... ........................ 4,000 ∂4,000 

East Asia and Pacific Environment ................................................ 490 2,500 ∂2,010 

Extractive Industries Transparency ................................................. ........................ 3,000 ∂3,000 

Israeli-Palestinian Fund .................................................................. ........................ 7,000 ∂8,000 

Kimberley Process ........................................................................... ........................ 3,000 ∂3,000 

Marla Ruzicka Fund ........................................................................ ........................ 5,000 ∂5,000 

Middle East Partnership Initiative .................................................. 75,000 55,000 ¥20,000 

Iraqi Scholar Rescue ....................................................................... ........................ [5,000 ] ∂5,000 

Middle East Regional Cooperation ................................................. 3,800 5,000 ∂1,200 

Reconciliation Programs ................................................................. ........................ 20,000 ∂20,000 

Special Court Sierra Leone ............................................................. ........................ 12,000 ∂12,000 

Trafficking in Persons ..................................................................... 6,700 10,000 ∂3,300 

Wheelchairs ..................................................................................... ........................ 5,000 ∂5,000 

Unallocated ESF .............................................................................. 2,129,540 1,671,559 ¥457,981 

Total, ESF ................................................................................... 3,319,567 3,015,000 ¥304,567 

Afghanistan.—The Committee supports funding for revitalization 

and preservation of the historic center of Kabul in partnership with 

organizations which provide labor training in traditional crafts and 

artistry. 

Burma.—The Committee recommends not less than $12,500,000 

for assistance for Burma from all accounts in this act, an increase 

of $7,870,000 above the budget request. 
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The Committee has restored funding for the reductions proposed 

in the budget request for democracy and human rights programs 

in Burma, and believes that the failure to include these funds is 

evidence of flaws in the administration’s foreign assistance reform 

efforts. 

The Committee expects sufficient support for programs that address the needs of Burmese refugees and IDPs. 

The Committee again calls for the immediate and unconditional 

release of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and all prisoners 

of conscience in Burma whereby national reconciliation may occur. 

Cambodia.—The Committee recommends not less than 

$57,000,000 for assistance for Cambodia from all accounts in this 

act, including $15,000,000 in ESF assistance. 

The Committee has restored funding for critical HIV/AIDS, rule 

of law, and democracy programs that were proposed for reductions 

in the budget request. The Committee notes the concerns of indigenous reformers with the proposed reductions, and urges the administration to make clear its support for democracy and human rights 

in Cambodia. The Committee again recommends not less than 

$15,000,000 be made available for democracy programs. 

The Committee urges the administration to exercise Presidential 

Proclamation 7750 to prohibit corrupt Cambodian officials identified in the June 2007 Global Witness report entitled ‘‘Cambodia’s 

Family Trees: Illegal Logging and the Stripping of Public Assets by 

Cambodia’s Elite’’ from entering the United States. The Committee 

encourages other countries, particularly in Europe and Asia, to implement similar restrictions. 

Conflict Diamonds.—The Committee provides $3,000,000 to implement the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, including by 

strengthening the role and capacity of civil society groups in the 

Kimberley Process. 

Cyprus.—The Committee continues to support assistance for 

scholarships, administrative support of the scholarship program, 

bicommunal projects, measures aimed at reunification of the island 

of Cyprus and to reduce tension and promote peace and cooperation. The Committee is aware of concerns that some projects on Cyprus have been funded without advance consultation with the Government of Cyprus. The Committee recommends that such consultation occur whenever practicable in the interest of transparency 

in the allocation of funds. The Committee understands that U.S. 

assistance does not go to the Government of Cyprus, but rather to 

private and nongovernmental organizations, and therefore the 

Committee intends that with respect to the provision of such assistance, the organizations implementing such assistance and the specific nature of that assistance shall not be subject to the prior approval of any foreign government. 

Disabilities.—The Committee provides $4,000,000 to address the 

needs and protect the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries, and commends the work of the Advisory Committee on Persons with Disabilities at the Department of State and 

USAID. Of this amount, $1,500,000 should be made available to organizations that advocate for people with disabilities. 

Dominican Republic.—The Committee recognizes the long and 

close relationship between the United States and the Dominican 
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Republic, and provides $5,000,000 above the budget request for 

GHP and DA assistance. The Committee is concerned with racially 

motivated discrimination and violence in the Dominican Republic 

and urges the Dominican Government to affirm and protect the 

fundamental rights of all people within its borders. A related concern is that some children born in the Dominican Republic are 

being denied the right to nationality guaranteed under Dominican 

law, thereby rendering them defacto stateless. The Committee also 

urges the Dominican Government to take effective measures to prevent labor rights abuses of Haitian migrant workers. 

East Asia and Pacific Funding.—The Committee regrets that, excluding HIV/AIDS funding for Vietnam, the budget request for programs and activities in East Asia and the Pacific reflects a 

$39,000,000 decrease below the fiscal year 2006 level. The Committee is concerned that this reduction may give the wrong impression, and urges the administration to request funding for fiscal 

year 2009 that reflects the importance of this region to U.S. strategic interests. 

Environmental Security and Sustainability.—The Committee recognizes the work of the Foundation for Environmental Security and 

Sustainability [FESS] to address critical national security issues, 

including regional instability arising from resource scarcity and 

management practices, natural hazards, and other environmental 

stresses. The Committee recognizes the importance of the Foundation’s conflict management and mitigation programs, particularly 

initiatives to develop regional and global approaches to combat corruption, implement extractive industries’ best practices, and promote effective reconstruction of post-conflict countries to promote 

stability and security. The Committee recommends continued support to FESS for these activities. 

Haiti.—The Committee recommends $73,394,000 for Haiti, an increase of $10,000,000 above the budget request. The Committee remains concerned with the problem of pretrial detention in Haiti, as 

well as the myriad of other challenges Haiti faces as it struggles 

to rebuild after years of political violence and upheaval. Today, 

thousands of Haitians languish in the National Penitentiary and 

police lock-ups, often for months or years, without having been 

charged with any crime. This is a potentially explosive situation 

that is also inhumane. For over a decade, the Committee has repeatedly urged USAID to address this problem through its judicial 

reform programs, but the situation remains as bad as ever. The 

Committee provides $5,000,000 specifically to address the problem 

of pre-trial detention and to reform Haiti’s dysfunctional judicial 

case management system. The Committee also provides $5,000,000 

to support USAID watershed reforestation program in Haiti, to stabilize Haiti’s fragile hillsides and support sustainable agriculture. 

Indonesia.—The Committee recommends $65,000,000 for assistance for Indonesia, an increase of $5,000,000 above the budget request, and expects not less than $15,500,000 be provided for humanitarian and development programs in Aceh from all accounts 

in this act, particularly those that address the needs of noncombatants. The Committee recognizes the significant political gains in 

Aceh following the recent election of a former Free Aceh Movement 

[GAM] leader as Governor, and encourages the administration and 
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other international donors to increase engagement in order to cement the peace process. 

Iran.—The Committee supports the goals of promoting democracy in Iran, but received a total of only one page of justification 

material for the request of $75,000,000 for this program. The Committee is particularly concerned that grantees suspected of receiving U.S. assistance have been harassed and arrested by the Government of Iran for their pro-democracy activities. The Committee 

provides $25,000,000 for democracy programs in Iran, and recommends the administration seek future funding for these activities under a different appropriations function. The Committee also 

provides $22,287,000 for broadcasting, including Radio Farda, to 

Iran by VOA and RFE/RL in title I of the act. 

Iraq.—The Committee encourages the Department of State to 

collaborate with the Iraq Memory Foundation to complete the Legacy of Evil Project and to develop the Virtual Site of Remembrance 

Project, including the annotation of Ba’ath Party regime documents. 

The Committee is aware of the Youth Center/Work Study Program in Iraq that is administered by the Iraqi Ministry of Youth 

and Sport and recommends USAID consider a proposal for funding. 

Israeli-Palestinian Fund.—The Committee provides $8,000,000 

for the Israeli-Palestinian Peace, Reconciliation, and Democracy 

Fund. The Committee intends these funds be used to support people-to-people reconciliation programs, and that grants be made on 

a transparent, competitive basis. 

Jordan.—The Committee provides $363,547,000 for assistance for Jordan, an increase of $100,000,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee requests the additional funds be used to address 

social and economic development needs, including for Iraqis seeking refuge in Jordan. 

Lebanon.—The Committee provides $500,000 to the U.S. Forest 

Service to support its forest management and wildlife conservation 

programs in Lebanon. 

Marla Ruzicka Iraqi War Victims Fund.—The Committee provides $5,000,000 for this Fund administered by USAID. 

MEPI.—The Committee recommends $55,000,000 for the Middle 

East Partnership Initiative, of which $9,000,000 is for scholarship 

programs for students from countries with significant Muslim populations at not-for-profit U.S. educational institutions in the Middle 

East. 

MERC.—The Committee recommends $5,000,000 for continued 

support for the Middle East Regional Cooperation Program. 

Nepal.—The Committee believes this critical time of transition is 

no time to be reducing assistance for Nepal, one of the world’s poorest countries, as it struggles to end a decade of civil conflict. Nepal 

faces the near Herculean tasks of building democratic institutions, 

disarming and reintegrating Maoist combatants, and overcoming 

centuries of caste discrimination, corruption, poverty and injustice. 

The Committee believes the United States should play a more active and visible role in supporting this process, and provides 

$10,000,000 in ESF assistance to more than make up for the proposed cuts in the budget request. The Committee intends that not 

less than $2,000,000 be made available for training and capacity 
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building to promote the role of women in civil society, political parties, and the Parliament of Nepal. 

North Korea.—The Committee recommends $3,000,000 for democracy and human rights programs in North Korea, as authorized 

by Public Law 108–333, the North Korean Human Rights Act of 

2004. 

Philippines/Mindanao.—The Committee provides $30,000,000 

for assistance for the Philippines, and expects a portion of these 

funds to be used to support peace efforts between the Government 

of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, including 

through the United States Institute for Peace. The Committee 

urges the administration to request additional support if a permanent peace accord is achieved. 

Special Court for Sierra Leone.—The Committee provides not less than $12,000,000 for a contribution to the Special Court for Sierra 

Leone. 

Regional Strategies.—The Committee is concerned that the administration has not articulated coherent strategies for pursuing 

U.S. interests in East Asia, the Middle East, or Central America, 

and directs the Secretary of State to submit a report not later than 

120 days after enactment of this act detailing United States interests and objectives in these regions, on a country-by-country and 

regional basis, and a 5-year funding strategy proposed to advance 

those interests and achieve those objectives. 

Religious Tolerance.—The Committee recognizes the need to 

counter Islamic extremism, and is aware of the successes of 

LibforAll’s tolerance and moderation programs in Indonesia. The 

Committee supports expansion of these types of programs globally, 

particularly in the Middle East, and recommends the Department 

of State and USAID consider funding proposals from LibforAll for 

this purpose. 

Vietnam.—The Committee supports judicial and economic reform 

programs in Vietnam which strengthen the rule of law, protect 

human rights, and expand economic opportunities. The Committee 

is disappointed with the budget request for Vietnam, particularly 

as relations continue to normalize. The Committee provides 

$10,700,000 in ESF assistance for Vietnam, almost double the request, to support the STAR program and other activities. 

West Bank and Gaza.—The Committee continues to support the 

First Regional Cooperative Program for Health to be conducted by 

the Hebrew University’s Kuvin Center and Al Quds University. 

Wheelchairs.—The Committee recommends not less than 

$5,000,000 for wheelchair programs in developing countries. The 

Committee intends funding for wheelchair programs to be allocated 

through a fully open and competitive process based on merit. The 

Committee supports programs that encourage local initiative, utilize appropriate technology, and are sustainable. 

The Committee recommends the Department of State and 

USAID consider a proposal by the Wheelchair Foundation to provide wheelchairs to the needy in developing countries. 

Reconciliation Programs.—The Committee provides $20,000,000 

for reconciliation programs and activities which bring together individuals of different ethnic, religious and political backgrounds in 

countries affected by civil conflict and war. This global program 
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seeks to promote understanding, mutual respect and reconciliation 

through the active participation of members of opposing groups. 

The Committee supports funding of local organizations in affected countries and believes that the following organizations are 

among those deserving consideration for support under this program or under the Israeli-Palestinian Peace, Reconciliation, and 

Democracy Fund: 

The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies.—A proposal 

to bring Arab and Israeli college students together to promote 

understanding and solve common environmental problems. 

Interns for Peace.—A proposal to unite youth, women, and 

diverse ethnic groups in cooperative development in the Middle 

East and elsewhere. 

Facing History and Ourselves.—A proposal to expand international conflict resolution and promote democracy. 

Jerusalem YMCA.—A proposal to foster inter-faith, interracial and inter-group understanding. 

Project Children.—A proposal to bring together Protestant 

and Catholic children from Ireland. 

Seeds of Peace.—A proposal to promote understanding between teenagers in the Middle East, South Asia, Cyprus, and 

the Balkans. 

ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $273,900,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110—28) ................................. 214,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 289,322,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 297,332,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 294,568,000 

The Committee recommends $294,568,000 for Eastern Europe 

and the Baltic States. 

Funds are allocated in the following table: 

ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES (SEED) 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Country Fiscal year 2007 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2008 

request 

Committee recommendation Change from request 

Albania .......................................................................... 21,100 16,200 17,200 ∂1,000 

Bosnia and Herzegovina ............................................... 32,100 22,900 27,422 ∂4,522 

Kosovo ........................................................................... 77,700 151,246 151,246 ........................

Macedonia ..................................................................... 28,100 18,900 18,900 ........................

Montenegro ................................................................... 8,500 7,572 8,000 ∂428 

Serbia ............................................................................ 60,000 51,300 53,300 ∂2,000 

Europe Regional ............................................................ 46,400 21,204 18,500 ¥2,704 

Total, SEED ...................................................... 273,900 289,322 294,568 ∂5,246 

Bosnia-Herzegovina.—The Committee is aware that the Government of Bosnia-Herzegovina has taken steps to prosecute war 

criminals in its domestic courts. The Committee recognizes that for 

these cases to be handled properly and justice to be done in a timely manner, assistance is needed. The Committee recommends 

$3,000,000 be made available to support investigations, prosecutions and trials of war criminals in Bosnia-Herzegovina. 
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Legal Reform.—The Committee recommends continued funding 

for the ABA Rule of Law Initiatives including the CEELI program 

and programs in other regions. These programs should be carried 

out through cooperative agreements. 

ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET

UNION

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $452,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 351,585,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 397,585,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 401,885,000 

The Committee recommends $401,885,000 for the FSA account. 

Funds are allocated in the following table: 

ASSISTANCE FOR INDEPENDENT STATES OF FORMER SOVIET UNION (FSA) 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Country Fiscal year 2008 

request 

Committee recommendation Change from request 

Europe and Eurasia: 

Armenia ............................................................................................. 35,000 39,000 ∂4,000 

Azerbaijan ......................................................................................... 18,000 22,000 ∂4,000 

Belarus .............................................................................................. 10,000 11,000 ∂1,000 

Georgia .............................................................................................. 50,500 55,500 ∂5,000 

Moldova ............................................................................................. 13,300 15,300 ∂2,000 

Russia ............................................................................................... 50,000 74,000 ∂24,000 

Ukraine .............................................................................................. 71,000 72,000 ∂1,000 

Eurasia Regional ............................................................................... 22,219 22,414 ∂195 

Subtotal, Europe and Eurasia ...................................................... 270,019 311,214 ∂41,195 

South and Central Asia: 

Kazakhstan ........................................................................................ 14,397 15,397 ∂1,000 

Kyrgyz Republic ................................................................................. 23,815 26,500 ∂2,685 

Tajikistan .......................................................................................... 26,880 26,800 ¥80 

Turkmenistan .................................................................................... 5,500 8,000 ∂2,500 

Uzbekistan ......................................................................................... 8,474 8,474 ........................

Central Asia Regional ....................................................................... 2,500 5,500 ∂3,000 

Subtotal, South and Central Asia ................................................ 81,566 90,671 ∂9,105 

Total, FSA ..................................................................................... 351,585 401,885 ∂50,300 

Children and Orphans.—The Committee remains concerned with 

the plight of children and orphans in the former Soviet Union, and 

recommends the Department of State and USAID consider proposals from Kidsave and New Life Ministries to address these urgent needs in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Latvia. 

Civilian Research and Development.—The Committee is aware of 

the work of the Civilian Research and Development Foundation 

[CRDF], which has helped to channel the research activities of 

weapons scientists in the Former Soviet Union in constructive directions. The Committee recommends continued support for CRDF 

from this account and with MEPI funds, to enable CRDF to expand 

its activities to work with scientists and engineers from the Middle 

East, North Africa, and elsewhere outside the FSU region. 

Central Asia.—The Committee recognizes the work of the Eurasia Foundation in promoting democratic institutions, independent 

media, and business education throughout the former Soviet Union. 
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The Committee supports funding for the Foundation at a level comparable to previous fiscal years to continue this work. 

The Committee continues to support the Institute for Sustainable 

Communities, which works to strengthen civil society groups in 

Eastern Europe and Central Asia that are involved in environmental conservation and democracy building. 

Hellenicare.—The Committee supports the Primary Health Care 

Initiative in countries of the former Soviet Union, and recommends 

funding for this program. 

Nagorno Karabakh.—The Committee continues to be concerned 

about the plight of the victims of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, 

and recommends funds be made available to address ongoing humanitarian needs in Nagorno Karabakh. 

North Caucasus.—The Committee is concerned that armed conflicts and continuing low-intensity violence have caused great suffering and resulted in enormous humanitarian and development 

needs in the North Caucasus, and provides $8,000,000 to address 

these needs. The Committee intends for funds to be spent for the 

provision of both immediate and long term basic services to conflict-affected populations (including housing, water, sanitation, public health), support for education and youth, economic development, 

the promotion of good governance (including citizen participation, 

human rights, free media, development of NGOs), and conflict mitigation. The funds should be dispersed through a transparent and 

competitive process. 

U.S.-Ukraine.—The Committee recognizes the community partnership programs of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation that support 

grassroots reform and civic participation in Ukraine and recommends consideration of a proposal from the Foundation. 

U.S. Forest Service.—The Committee notes the work of the U.S. 

Forest Service in the Russian Far East to promote sustainable forestry management, habitat protection for endangered species, protected area management and ecotourism, and fire management. 

The Committee provides $500,000 to support and expand these efforts. 

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $19,305,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 19,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 19,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 22,000,000 

The Committee recommends $22,000,000 for the Inter-American 

Foundation. 

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $22,770,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 30,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 30,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 30,000,000 

The Committee recommends $30,000,000 for the African Development Foundation. 
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PEACE CORPS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $319,640,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 333,500,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 333,500,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 323,500,000 

The Committee recommends $323,500,000 for the Peace Corps. 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $1,752,300,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 3,000,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,800,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,200,000,000 

The Committee recommends $1,200,000,000 for the MCC. Since 

fiscal year 2004 the Committee has provided a total of 

$6,000,000,000 for the MCC, of which $5,100,000,000 is available 

for compact assistance. The Committee is aware that according to 

the GAO, only $3,000,000,000 of that amount had been obligated 

for 11 compacts, of which less than one-thirtieth has been disbursed. The slow rate of disbursement reflects, in part, the MCC’s 

overly optimistic estimates of compact countries’ capacity to meet 

compact requirements, which may result in significant unobligated 

but undisbursed balances when compacts expire. There are few 

tangible results that can be measured from any of these compacts. 

The unobligated balance currently available for compact assistance 

is $2,100,000,000. 

According to the MCC, four compacts are projected for signature 

in fiscal year 2008, for a total of $1,776,000,000. Other expenses 

($200,000,000) and threshhold country programs ($190,000,000) are 

projected to total $390,000,000. The MCC requires $1,386,000,000 

to sign the four projected compacts in fiscal year 2008 (in addition 

to the planned use of $578,000,000 in carry over funding). Accordingly, and partly due to budget constraints, the Committee provides $1,200,000,000 for the MCC in fiscal year 2008. The Committee notes that as of March 2007, the average size of compacts 

is $271,000,000, but that for fiscal year 2008, the average size 

would increase to $485,000,000. The Committee further notes that 

one of these compacts, for Tanzania, a country of 37 million people, 

would require $699,000,000, exceeding the combined total of the 

fiscal year 2008 budget requests under the DA and ESF accounts 

for all of sub-Saharan Africa. The Committee questions whether 

this is the most effective use of scarce resources for a continent of 

close to a billion people, most of whom are impoverished. 

The Committee supports the goals of the MCC to provide assistance in a manner that promotes economic growth, reduces extreme 

poverty, and strengthens good governance, economic freedom, and 

investments in people. However, the Committee has been disappointed in several respects by the way it has been implemented. 

Compacts have been signed with some countries of little if any 

strategic importance to the United States. Only a miniscule portion 

of funding has been devoted to improving health, education or governance, which are necessary to alleviate poverty. No compacts 

have included judicial reform as a primary component, although 
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violent crime, corruption and dysfunctional judicial systems are an 

impediment to development in many of the countries that have 

signed compacts. 

The Committee was faced with difficult choices, caused in part 

by the administration’s decision to not include any funds for the 

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria in its budget request 

for State, Foreign Operations, as well as by arrears owed in connection with binding treaty obligations. The Committee directs the 

MCC to proceed judiciously regarding future compacts until the results of compacts previously signed can be evaluated. The Committee directs the Comptroller General to audit and assess the financial management and oversight of MCC programs. 

Report.—The Committee notes that MCC compacts often focus on 

infrastructure to improve trade capacity and the movement of 

goods to markets. The Committee urges the MCC and compact 

countries to consider environmental factors in the planning and development of infrastructure. The Committee directs the MCC to 

submit a report not later than 90 days after enactment of this act, 

detailing the programmatic measures and investments the MCC intends to undertake to address any adverse social and environmental consequences of infrastructure investments. In addition, the 

Committee encourages the MCC to consult with environmental experts to develop infrastructure planning mechanisms to enable recipient countries to minimize the environmental and social costs of 

their compact proposals at the outset, and actively encourage such 

countries to set aside an adequate portion of compact funds to implement effective environmental mitigation measures. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

GLOBAL HIV/AIDS INITIATIVE

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $3,246,520,000

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 4,150,000,000

House allowance .................................................................................... 4,450,000,000

Committee recommendation ................................................................. [5,090,000,000] 

The Committee consolidates all funds for health programs contained in the budget request under the GHP account. 

The Committee provides a total of $5,090,000,000 for HIV/AIDS 

programs under the GHP account. 

DEMOCRACY FUND

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $94,050,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 109–28) .................................. 260,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... ........................... 

House allowance .................................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 177,000,000 

The Committee recommends $177,000,000 for the Democracy 

Fund, of which $75,000,000 is for the HRDF and $102,000,000 is 

for the NED. To increase oversight and coordination of programs 

and activities that promote democracy globally, the Committee 

strongly recommends the administration request funding for democracy programs under the Democracy Fund account in subsequent fiscal years. 
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Definition.—To ensure a common understanding of democracy 

programs among United States Government agencies, the Committee defines the term ‘‘promotion of democracy’’ as it is used in 

this act to include programs that support good governance, human 

rights, independent media, and the rule of law, and otherwise 

strengthen the capacity of democratic political parties, governments, civil society organizations, and citizens to support the development of democratic institutions. 

Democracy and Foreign Aid Reform.—The budget request in- cludes $1,447,965,000 for the promotion of democracy globally 

under the ‘‘Governing Justly and Democratically’’ pillar, an amount 

which, according to the Department of State, is $214,766,000 above 

the fiscal year 2006 funding level. 

The Committee notes, however, that if proposed funding levels for activities in Iraq ($171,820,000), Afghanistan ($202,000,000), 

and Pakistan ($41,600,000), and proposed new start programs in 

Iran ($75,000,000), Libya ($300,000), North Korea ($2,000,000), and 

Middle East Regional ($300,000), are backed out of both the fiscal 

year 2008 budget request and fiscal year 2006 level, $996,845,000 

remains for the advancement of democracy abroad. This reflects a 

decrease of $78,005,000 below the fiscal year 2006 level. 

The Committee believes that funding for programs to promote 

democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan should not come at the expense 

of ongoing activities to advance democracy in other important regions of the world. 

HRDF.—The Committee recommends $75,000,000 for the Human 

Rights and Democracy Fund, an increase of $35,000,000 above the 

budget request, of which $15,000,000 is for democracy, human 

rights, and rule of law programs in the People’s Republic of China, 

Hong Kong and Taiwan and $10,000,000 is for the continuation of 

programs to promote democracy in countries outside the Middle 

East with a significant Muslim population. 

NED.—The Committee recommends $102,000,000 for core support for the NED, an amount $22,000,000 above the budget request. Funds are allocated in the following table: 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Organization Fiscal year 2008 

request 

Committee recommendation Change from request 

Africa .......................................................................................................... 9,600 16,750 ∂7,150 

Asia ............................................................................................................ 10,640 17,250 ∂6,610 

Middle East ................................................................................................ 24,070 18,000 ¥6,070 

Central and Eastern Europe ...................................................................... 4,260 5,000 ∂740 

Independent States of the Former Soviet Union ....................................... 8,530 15,000 ∂6,470 

Latin America/Caribbean ........................................................................... 8,240 12,000 ∂3,760 

Multiregional .............................................................................................. 4,260 6,500 ∂2,240 

Administration ............................................................................................ 8,800 9,500 ∂700 

Democratic Activities ................................................................................. 1,600 2,000 ∂400 

Total, National Endowment for Democracy .................................. 80,000 102,000 ∂22,000 

The Committee recommends an additional $18,000,000 for NED 

from funds requested under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for the Inde-
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pendent States of the Former Soviet Union’’ to support ongoing programs funded under those accounts in prior fiscal years. 

Reports Required.—The Committee is particularly perplexed by 

the proposed reductions in funding for democracy programs for 

Zimbabwe (¥$3,586,000), Burma (¥$3,621,000), and the Philippines (¥$5,071,000), and requests the Department of State to 

provide a report to the Committees, not later than 60 days after 

enactment of this act, justifying these cuts on a project-by-project 

basis. 

The Committee requests the Comptroller General of the United 

States to conduct an assessment of democracy promotion programs 

conducted by USAID and the Department of State, to include: the 

process by which democracy promotion strategies are formulated 

and budgeted within, and between, relevant United States Government bureaus and agencies; the coordinating mechanisms for democracy promotion programs between USAID and the Department 

of State; the process by which decisions are made by USAID for 

utilizing for-profit contractors and not-for-profit grantees in democracy programs and activities; and a comparison of programmatic 

innovation, effectiveness and administrative efficiency between 

USAID and DRL. 

Responsibilities.—The Committee recommends that the Assistant 

Secretary of State for Democracy Human Rights and Labor have 

responsibility for all HRDF policy, funding and programming decisions in this act and subsequent acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing and related programs. In addition, the Committee recommends the Assistant Secretary have responsibility for the development of strategies for the promotion of 

democracy globally and the coordination of programs between the 

Department of State and USAID. 

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $472,616,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 252,000,000 

Rescission ............................................................................................... ¥13,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 634,600,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 568,475,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 558,449,000 

The Committee recommends $558,449,000 for INCLE. 

ILEAs.—The Committee recommends an increase of $2,500,000 

to the budget request from within funds provided under this account, to be allocated equally among the four ILEAs, with an equal 

share reserved for a new Latin America ILEA if it is established 

during fiscal year 2008. 

El Salvador.—The Committee is concerned with the rise of violent crime in El Salvador where police are poorly trained and underpaid, perpetrators are rarely arrested, witnesses are afraid to 

testify, and impunity is the norm. An example is the unsolved murder of Gilberto Soto, a native of El Salvador, an American citizen, 

and an official with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. 

The initial police investigation and prosecution was badly flawed, 

and the Committee urges the Salvadoran Government to conduct 

a new, credible investigation and to bring to justice those responsible. 
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Guatemala.—The Committee is concerned with the rise in organized crime and gang violence, as well as the murders of young 

women, in Guatemala. Corruption and a dysfunctional justice system have prevented an effective response to these serious problems. In a particularly disturbing case, on February 19, 2007, three 

Salvadoran lawmakers and their driver were brutally murdered. 

Soon thereafter, four Guatemalan police officers who had been imprisoned in connection with the crime were also murdered. Although several Guatemalan law enforcement officials resigned in 

the wake of these killings, there has been little progress in solving 

the case. The Committee believes that establishing the rule of law 

in Guatemala is imperative for the future economic, social and political development of the country, and that this will not be possible 

until the perpetrators of these heinous acts are brought to justice. 

Jordan.—The Committee previously provided $120,000,000 to 

construct the Jordan International Police Training Center [JIPTC] 

which has trained some 40,000 Iraqi police. The Committee is concerned that a facility which reflects both a significant U.S. investment and has provided a safe location for training Iraqi police recruits may not be utilized in the future. The Committee directs the 

Secretary to provide the Committee with a plan for future use of 

this important resource consistent with the investment and with 

U.S. interests in the region. 

Missing and Exploited Children.—The Committee recognizes the 

work of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 

and supports activities overseas, such as information sharing, 

tracking incidents, and identifying patterns of international child 

pornography. The Committee recommends the Department of State 

consider a proposal for this purpose. 

ANDEAN PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $721,500,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 442,812,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 312,460,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 415,050,000 

The Committee recommends $415,050,000 for Andean Programs, a decrease of $27,762,000 below the budget request for programs 

and activities requested under the ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Initiative’’. Funds are allocated in the following table: 

ANDEAN PROGRAMS 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Country Fiscal year 2008 

request 

Committee recommendation Change from request 

Bolivia ........................................................................................................ 30,000 30,000 ........................

Brazil .......................................................................................................... 1,000 1,000 ........................

Colombia .................................................................................................... 366,968 337,206 ¥29,762 

Ecuador ...................................................................................................... 7,000 8,000 ∂1,000 

Panama ...................................................................................................... 1,000 1,000 ........................

Peru ............................................................................................................ 36,844 37,844 ∂1,000 

Total, Andean Programs ............................................................... 442,812 415,050 ¥27,762 

The Committee requires that all reprogramming of funds under 

this heading shall be subject to the same review and approval pro-
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cedures by the Department of State as apply to the reprogramming 

of ESF funds. 

Funds for Colombia are allocated in the following table: 
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COLOMBIA 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Program ESF AP NADR IMET FMF Fiscal year 2008 request Committee rec- ommendation Change from re- quest 

PEACE AND SECURITY Counterterrorism: Governments’ Capabilities ....................................... ........................ ........................ 3,315 ........................ ........................ 3,315 3,315 ........................

Subtotal, Counterterrorism ...................................................... ........................ ........................ 3,315 ........................ ........................ 3,315 3,315 ........................

Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform: 

Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) ............. 10,442 1,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ 11,442 11,442 ........................Destruction and Security of Conventional Weapons ................... ........................ ........................ 427 ........................ ........................ 427 427 ........................Defense, Military, and Border Restructuring, Reform and Operations ....................................................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,500 78,000 79,500 59,500 ¥20,000 

(Manual Eradication Protection, by transfer from AP) ....... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ [10,000 ] ∂10,000 

Law Enforcement Restructuring, Reform and Operations ........... ........................ 20,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ 20,000 15,000 ¥5,000 Program Support (Stabilization) .................................................. 650 424 ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,074 1,074 ........................

Subtotal, Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform ..................................................................................... 11,092 21,424 427 1,500 78,000 112,443 87,443 ¥25,000 

Counternarcotics: 

Eradication ................................................................................... ........................ 189,651 ........................ ........................ ........................ 189,651 139,000 ¥50,651 

(Transfer to FMF) ................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ¥10,000 ¥10,000 

Alternative Development and Alternative Livelihoods ................. 67,566 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 67,566 97,566 ∂30,000 Interdiction ................................................................................... ........................ 142,023 ........................ ........................ ........................ 142,023 142,023 ........................Drug Demand Reduction .............................................................. ........................ 214 ........................ ........................ ........................ 214 214 ........................Program Support (Narcotics) ....................................................... 3,136 7,027 ........................ ........................ ........................ 10,163 5,163 ¥5,000 

Subtotal, Counternarcotics ...................................................... 70,702 338,915 ........................ ........................ ........................ 409,617 373,966 ¥35,651 

Transitional Crime: 

Financial Crimes and Money Laundering .................................... ........................ 861 ........................ ........................ ........................ 861 861 ........................Program Support (Crime) ............................................................. ........................ 18 ........................ ........................ ........................ 18 18 ........................

Subtotal, Transitional Crime ................................................... ........................ 879 ........................ ........................ ........................ 879 879 ........................
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COLOMBIA—Continued 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Program ESF AP NADR IMET FMF Fiscal year 2008 request Committee rec- ommendation Change from re- quest 

Total, Peace and Security ........................................................ 81,794 361,218 3,742 1,500 78,000 526,254 465,603 ¥60,651 

GOVERNING JUSTLY and DEMOCRATICALLY 

Rule of Law and Human Rights: 

Constitutions, Laws and Legal Systems ..................................... ........................ 250 ........................ ........................ ........................ 250 250 ........................Justice System .............................................................................. 5,740 5,371 ........................ ........................ ........................ 11,111 42,000 ∂30,889 Human Rights .............................................................................. 8,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 8,000 8,000 ........................Program Support (Rule of Law) ................................................... 1,116 129 ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,245 1,245 ........................

Subtotal, Rule of Law and Human Rights ............................. 14,856 5,750 ........................ ........................ ........................ 20,606 51,495 ∂30,889 

Good Governance: 

Local Government and Decentralization ...................................... 2,479 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 2,479 2,479 ........................Program Support (Governance) .................................................... 421 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 421 421 ........................

Subtotal, Good Governance ..................................................... 2,900 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 2,900 2,900 ........................

Political Competition and Consensus-Building: 

Political Parties ............................................................................ 687 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 687 687 ........................Program Support (Political Competition) ..................................... 63 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 63 63 ........................

Subtotal, Political Competition and Consensus-Building ....... 750 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 750 750 ........................Total, Governing Justly and Democratically ............................ 18,506 5,750 ........................ ........................ ........................ 24,256 55,145 ∂30,889 

INVESTING IN PEOPLE 

Social and Economic Services and Protection for Vulnerable Populations: Assistance ........................................................................... 35,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 35,000 40,000 ∂5,000 

Subtotal, Social and Economic Services and Protection for 

Vulnerable Populations ....................................................... 35,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 35,000 40,000 ∂5,000 

Total, Investing in People ........................................................ 35,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 35,000 40,000 ∂5,000 
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ECONOMIC GROWTH 

Trade and Investment: 

Trade and Investment Capacity ................................................... 4,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 4,000 .......................... ........................Program Support (Trade) ............................................................. 200 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ .......................... ........................

Subtotal, Trade and Investment ........................................................... 4,200 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 4,000 .......................... ¥4,000 

Total, Economic Growth ........................................................... 4,200 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 4,000 .......................... ¥4,000 Total, Colombia ........................................................................ 139,500 366,968 3,742 1,500 78,000 589,510 560,748 ¥28,762 
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Colombia.—The Committee affirms its strong support for Colombia and provides a total of $560,748,000, which is $28,762,000 

below the budget request and $4,677,000 above the fiscal year 2007 

level. Within this amount, the Committee has increased the percentage of the total that is available for alternative development 

and justice programs and directs that at least $15,000,000 of these 

funds be used for programs which specifically benefit Afro-Colombian communities. The Committee also designates a portion of the 

assistance for the Colombian military to provide security for manual eradication programs, which the Committee believes is more 

likely to reduce coca cultivation over the long term than aerial 

eradication. 

The Committee notes that after spending in excess of 

$5,000,000,000 in support of Plan Colombia since 2000, some areas 

of the country are safer and Colombia’s economic indicators are, for 

the most part, positive. However, reports of unlawful killings by 

the army have increased in the past 2 years, and impunity for such 

crimes remains the norm. After predictions 6 years ago that Plan 

Colombia would cut by half the amount of coca production by 2005, 

the availability and price of cocaine on America’s streets remain 

unchanged. There is no indication that the ability of Colombian 

drug traffickers to meet the demand for cocaine in the United 

States and elsewhere has been appreciably diminished. Coca is now 

grown in small, hard to eradicate plots in every department of the 

country, as coca growers continue to adapt to aerial eradication and 

destroy more forest as they replant. 

The Committee is convinced that the majority of coca growers 

would voluntarily shift to licit crops in order to avoid the dangers 

and difficulties of growing coca, if provided viable alternatives. Specialty varieties of coffee and cacao offer such alternatives, but require considerable training and support. To date, far too few resources have been devoted to such programs. 

The Committee has also been disappointed with the paltry support for justice programs in a country where impunity poses a serious impediment to peace, security, and economic and political development. The Committee has included additional funds to support the Office of the Colombian Attorney General and other justice 

programs, including the Human Rights Unit, the Justice and Peace 

Unit, the Procuraduria General de la Nacion, and the Defensoria 

del Pueblo. A portion of the funds made available for the Human 

Rights Unit should be used to support investigations of killings of 

trade unionists. The Committee is concerned with the plethora of 

units within the Office of Attorney General with overlapping authority to investigate violations of human rights, and urges close 

cooperation and coordination to ensure that cases are properly and 

thoroughly investigated. Funds provided to support the Defensor 

del Pueblo should be used, in part, to advise and assist victims in 

connection with the paramilitary demobilization process. The Committee provides $9,000,000 to enable the Attorney General to expeditiously develop a credible witness protection program so victims 

of paramilitaries and other armed groups can safely provide testimony. The Committee provides $3,000,000 to immediately improve 

the quality of forensic investigations of mass graves, some of which 
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have been conducted without the capacity to properly identify or 

safeguard remains, or to determine the cause of death. 

The Committee provides $40,000,000, which is $5,000,000 above 

the budget request, for assistance for Colombia’s large population 

of internally displaced persons. 

MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $833,033,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 130,500,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 773,500,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 829,900,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 889,000,000 

The Committee recommends $889,000,000 for the MRA account. 

Montagnards.—The Committee requests the Secretary of State to 

submit a report by March 1, 2008, on the estimated number of 

Montagnards who are refugees in Cambodia and are seeking to resettle in the United States, and their reasons for departing Vietnam. 

North Korea.—The Committee supports programs to meet the 

needs of refugees fleeing North Korea, as authorized by Public Law 

108–333, the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004. 

Tibetan Refugees.—The Committee supports assistance for Tibetan refugees who have fled their homeland and are in transit in 

Nepal or resettled in India. 

Unaccompanied Minors.—The Committee notes the shortage of 

referrals for refugee processing of unaccompanied minors, including 

orphans and children with disabilities and recommends that the 

Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration work with other Federal agencies, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, and refugee resettlement organizations, to 

prioritize identification, screening and registering of vulnerable unaccompanied refugee minors to facilitate their resettlement. 

UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ASSISTANCE

FUND

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $55,000,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110—28) ................................. 55,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 55,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 45,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 45,000,000 

The Committee provides $45,000,000 for the ERMA account and 

notes that an additional $55,000,000 was included in Public Law 

110–28. 

NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED

PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $405,999,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 57,500,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 464,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 467,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 499,000,000 

The Committee provides $499,000,000 for the NADR account. 

Funds are allocated in the following table: 
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NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMS 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Program Fiscal year 2008 

request 

Committee recommendation Change from request 

Nonproliferation Programs: 

Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund ..................................... 30,000 32,000 ∂2,000 

Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance .............. 41,270 51,270 ∂10,000 

Global Threat Reduction (formerly NWMDE) ................................. 53,500 62,500 ∂9,000 

Biosecurity Engagement Program ................................................. [20,000 ] [30,000 ] ∂10,000 

IAEA Voluntary Contribution .......................................................... 50,000 53,000 ∂3,000 

CTBT International Monitoring System ......................................... 18,000 28,000 ∂10,000 

Subtotal, Nonproliferation Programs ........................................ 192,770 226,770 ∂34,000 

Anti-Terrorism Programs: 

Anti-terrorism Assistance ............................................................. 124,311 124,311 ........................

Terrorist Interdiction Programs ..................................................... 18,345 18,345 ........................

CT Engagement with Allies .......................................................... 1,000 1,000 ........................

Counterterrorism Financing .......................................................... 6,368 6,368 ........................

Subtotal, Anti-terrorism Programs ........................................... 150,024 150,024 ........................

Regional Stability and Humanitarian Assistance: 

Humanitarian Demining Program ................................................. 66,485 66,485 ........................

International Trust Fund ............................................................... 10,000 11,000 ∂1,000 

Small Arms/Light Weapons Destruction ....................................... 44,721 44,721 ........................

Subtotal, Regional Stability and Humanitarian Assistance .... 121,206 122,206 ∂1,000 

Total, NADR .............................................................................. 464,000 499,000 ∂35,000 

Biosecurity Engagement Program.—The Committee supports efforts to secure dangerous pathogens worldwide, particularly in 

South and Southeast Asia, and recommends $30,000,000, an increase of $10,000,000 above the budget request, for this global 

threat reduction program. 

Materials of Mass Destruction.—The Committee supports sections 10–12 of Public Law 109–472 which strengthens U.S. efforts 

to interdict illicit shipments of weapons or materials of mass destruction and secure vulnerable stockpiles of conventional weapons. 

The Committee provides $46,059,000 to implement these programs, 

of which $10,000,000 is under Export Control and Related Border 

Security Assistance, and $36,059,000 is under the Small Arms and 

Light Weapons Destruction program. An additional $2,000,000 for 

these programs is under the Nonproliferation and Disarmament 

Fund. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $19,800,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 2,750,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 24,800,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 18,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 22,800,000 

The Committee provides $22,800,000 for the International Affairs 

Technical Assistance program. 
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DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $64,350,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 207,300,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 200,300,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 200,300,000 

The Committee provides $200,300,000 for bilateral Heavily Indebted Poor Country [HIPC] and poorest country debt reduction, 

HIPC Trust Fund, and Tropical Forest Conservation Act debt reduction programs. The Committee recommends $20,000,000 to support implementation of the Tropical Forest Conservation Act. 
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TITLE IV

MILITARY ASSISTANCE 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $85,877,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 89,500,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 85,076,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 85,877,000 

The Committee provides $85,877,000 for the IMET program, a decrease of $3,623,000 below the budget request. 

FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $4,815,800,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 265,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 4,536,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 4,509,236,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,579,000,000 

The Committee provides $4,579,000,000 for the FMF account. 

Funds are allocated in the following table: 

FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Country Fiscal year 2008 

request 

Committee recommendation Change from request 

Colombia .................................................................................................. 78,000 58,000 ¥20,000 

Egypt ........................................................................................................ 1,300,000 1,300,000 ........................

Fiji ............................................................................................................ 110 .......................... ¥110 

Georgia ..................................................................................................... 10,000 10,000 ........................

Guatemala ................................................................................................ ........................ 500 ∂500 

Indonesia .................................................................................................. 15,700 15,700 ........................

Israel ........................................................................................................ 2,400,000 2,400,000 ........................

Jordan ....................................................................................................... 200,000 300,000 ∂100,000 

Lebanon .................................................................................................... 9,600 9,600 ........................

Pakistan ................................................................................................... 300,000 300,000 ........................

Philippines ............................................................................................... 11,100 30,000 ∂18,900 

Sudan ....................................................................................................... 100 .......................... ¥100 

Thailand ................................................................................................... 500 .......................... ¥500 

Tunisia ..................................................................................................... 2,064 8,413 ∂6,349 

Subtotal, Allocated FMF ............................................................. 4,327,174 4,432,213 ¥105 

Transfer from AP for Colombia ................................................................ ........................ [10,000 ] ∂10,000 

Unallocated FMF ...................................................................................... 208,826 136,787 ¥72,039 

Total, Foreign Military Financing Program ................................. 4,536,000 4,579,000 ∂43,000 

Monitoring of Assistance.—The Committee is concerned that the 

Department of State’s capacity and procedures for monitoring the 

use of U.S. military equipment provided to foreign security forces 

is uneven and inadequate. While some effort is made to track this 
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assistance, U.S. embassies do not have the personnel to do the job 

effectively. The Committee notes that the negative consequences of 

U.S. equipment ending up in the wrong hands are potentially so serious that more resources are needed for monitoring its use, and 

has therefore included a provision to address this need. 

Bangladesh.—The Committee is concerned with the continuing 

political crackdown by the Bangladeshi military-backed ‘‘care 

taker’’ government. According to reports, tens of thousands of people have been arrested and several have died in custody. The Committee notes that among the purposes for which NADR and FMF 

assistance was requested for Bangladesh in fiscal year 2008 is to 

enhance the security forces’ capacity to counter terrorist activity 

and violent extremism. The Committee is concerned that this assistance may be misused to support the government’s use of emergency powers to stifle peaceful political dissent. 

Ethiopia.—The Committee is aware that Ethiopia has supported 

U.S. counter-terrorism policies in the Horn of Africa. However, the 

Committee is concerned with reports of serious and pervasive 

human rights abuses by the Ethiopian military against civilians, 

particularly in the Somali, Oromia, and Gambella regions of the 

country. The Committee seeks assurance that monitoring is adequate to prevent U.S. equipment from going to units that commit 

abuses, and the Ethiopian Government is taking effective measures 

to bring to justice military personnel who commit such crimes. 

Indonesia.—The Committee provides $15,700,000 for assistance 

for Indonesia, an amount equal to the budget request. The Committee recognizes the significant strides Indonesia has made in 

Aceh, democratic governance and counter-terrorism cooperation. 

The Committee regards the U.S.-Indonesian relationship to be one 

of strategic importance, and anticipates further assistance as more 

progress is made particularly in strengthening the rule of law, military reform including budget transparency, and resolving the situation in Papua. The Committee remains concerned with the lack of 

progress in accountability for human rights violations. The Committee recommends an additional $2,000,000 for Indonesia when 

the Secretary of State reports that the Indonesian Government has 

provided plans for effectively addressing these concerns. 

Jordan.—The Committee provides $300,000,000 for assistance 

for Jordan, an increase of $100,000,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee requests the additional funds be used for border security and counterterrorism programs. 

PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $223,250,000 

Emergency supplemental (Public Law 110–28) .................................. 230,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 221,200,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 293,200,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 273,200,000 

The Committee provides $273,200,000 for the PKO account 

which supports multilateral peacekeeping operations and training. 

MFO.—The Committee recommends $25,000,000 for a United 

States contribution to the Multinational Force and Observer mission in the Sinai, an increase of $4,000,000 above the budget request. The Committee notes the security challenges associated with 
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this mission as the situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, and 

expects additional funds to meet pressing security needs. To the 

maximum extent practicable, the Committee recommends that additional funds for security requirements to be matched by sources 

other than the United States. 
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TITLE V 

MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SUMMARY

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $1,273,220,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 1,498,950,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,352,862,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,346,882,000 

The Committee provides the total amount of paid-in capital funding shown above to provide for contributions to the International 

Development Association, the Global Environment Facility, the 

Inter-American Development Bank’s Multilateral Investment Fund, 

the Asian Development Fund, the African Development Bank and 

Fund, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

and the International Fund for Agriculture Development. 

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $79,200,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 106,763,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 106,763,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 106,763,000 

The Committee provides $106,763,000 for a contribution to the 

GEF, an amount equal to the request. 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $940,500,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 1,060,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 950,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,000,000,000 

The Committee provides $1,000,000,000 for a U.S. contribution to 

IDA, which is $60,000,000 below the budget request and 

$59,500,000 above the fiscal year 2007 level. The Committee supports IDA’s mission, but is concerned with reports of an acceleration of World Bank financing of large infrastructure projects without adequate consideration of the potential adverse environmental 

impacts, including in the Amazon region. Given the World Bank’s 

history of supporting projects in environmentally sensitive areas 

that have caused lasting harm to tropical forests, biodiversity, and 

indigenous people living in these areas, the Committee requires a 

report by the Secretary of the Treasury that the World Bank will 

not support projects which would contribute to such harm. 

The Committee is aware that the World Bank is establishing a 

fund for the Advanced Market Commitments for pneumococcal vaccines. The Committee recommends that the Department of the 
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Treasury consult with the Committee on the necessary steps for 

the United States to participate in this fund. 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS

MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $1,725,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 29,232,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 25,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 25,000,000 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $99,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 133,906,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 115,306,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 90,000,000 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $3,602,000

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 2,037,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 2,037,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,037,000 

LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. ($88,334,000) 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... (31,918,770) 

House allowance .................................................................................... (31,918,770) 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. (31,918,770) 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $134,343,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 140,584,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 135,684,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 105,000,000 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND

DEVELOPMENT

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. ........................... 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... $10,159,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 10,159,000 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL

DEVELOPMENT

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $14,850,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 18,072,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 18,072,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 18,072,000 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2007 ............................................................................. $326,163,000 

Budget estimate, 2008 ........................................................................... 289,400,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 333,400,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 313,925,000 

The Committee provides $313,925,000 for the IO&P account. 

Funds are allocated in the following table: 
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 

[Budget authority in thousands of dollars] 

Organization Fiscal year 2008 

request 

Committee recommendation Change from request 

Center for Human Settlements (U.N.-Habitat) .......................................... $1,000 $1,000 ........................

IMO Maritime Security Programs ............................................................... 400 400 ........................

International Civil Aviation Organization .................................................. 950 950 ........................

International Conservation Programs ........................................................ 5,906 6,500 ∂594 

International Contributions for Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Activities .................................................................................................... 1,000 1,000 ........................

International Development Law Organization ............................................ 300 300 ........................

International Panel on Climate Change/U.N. Framework on Climate 

Change .................................................................................................. 5,320 5,500 ∂180 

Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund .......................................................... 19,000 19,000 ........................

OAS Development Assistance Programs .................................................... 5,225 5,500 ∂275 

OAS Fund for Strengthening Democracy ................................................... 2,500 3,500 ∂1,000 

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ............................... 4,000 4,500 ∂500 

U.N. Children’s Fund .................................................................................. 123,000 129,000 ∂6,000 

U.N. Democracy Fund ................................................................................. 14,000 ........................ ¥14,000 

U.N. Development Fund for Women ........................................................... 950 3,500 ∂2,550 

U.N. Development Program ........................................................................ 75,300 100,000 ∂24,700 

U.N. Environment Program ........................................................................ 9,524 10,500 ∂976 

U.N. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative ....................................... 10,000 ........................ ¥10,000 

U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ........................ 2,000 3,000 ∂1,000 

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights .............................................. ........................ 7,000 ∂7,000 

U.N. Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human 

Rights .................................................................................................... 1,425 1,425 ........................

U.N. Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture ............................................... 4,750 7,000 ∂2,250 

UNIFEM Trust Fund .................................................................................... ........................ 1,500 ∂1,500 

World Meteorological Organization ............................................................ 1,900 1,900 ........................

World Trade Organization .......................................................................... 950 950 ........................

Total, International Organizations and Programs ........................ 289,400 313,925 ∂24,525 

Inter-American Human Rights Commission.—The committee supports the Inter-American Human Rights Commission which adjudicates cases of alleged violations of human rights in OAS member 

states. However, the Committee is concerned that some cases 

brought before the Commission have languished for years, and that 

justice delayed is justice denied. The Committee provides 

$3,500,000 for a contribution to the OAS Fund for Strengthening 

Democracy, which is $1,000,000 above the budget request, and 

$500,000 of this amount is subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—TITLES II–V 

SEC. 601. Compensation for United States Executive Directors to 

International Financial Institutions. 

SEC. 602. Allocations. 

SEC. 603. Limitation on Residence Expenses. 

SEC. 604. Unobligated Balances Report. 

SEC. 605. Limitation on Representational Allowances. 

SEC. 606. Prohibition on Taxation of United States Assistance. 

SEC. 607. Prohibition Against Direct Funding for Certain Countries. 

SEC. 608. Military Coups. 

SEC. 609. Transfers. 

SEC. 610. Commercial Leasing of Defense Articles. 

SEC. 611. Availability of Funds. 

SEC. 612. Limitation on Assistance to Countries in Default. 

SEC. 613. Commerce and Trade. 

SEC. 614. Surplus Commodities. 

SEC. 615. Reprogramming Notification Requirements. 

SEC. 616. Limitation on Availability of Funds for International 

Organizations and Programs. 

SEC. 617. Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. 

SEC. 618. Prohibition on Funding for Abortions and Involuntary 

Sterilization. 

SEC. 619. Export Financing Transfer Authorities. 

SEC. 620. Special Notification Requirements. 

SEC. 621. Definition of Program, Project, and Activity. 

SEC. 622. Global Health Activities. 

SEC. 623. Afghanistan. 

SEC. 624. Notification on Excess Defense Equipment. 

SEC. 625. Global Fund Management. 

SEC. 626. Prohibition on Bilateral Assistance to Terrorist Countries. 

SEC. 627. Debt-for-Development. 

SEC. 628. Separate Accounts. 

SEC. 629. Enterprise Fund Restrictions. 

SEC. 630. International Family Planning. 

SEC. 631. Authorities for the Peace Corps, Inter-American Foundation and African Development Foundation. 

SEC. 632. Impact on Jobs in the United States. 

SEC. 633. Comprehensive Foreign Assistance Report. 

SEC. 634. Special Authorities. 

SEC. 635. Arab League Boycott of Israel. 

SEC. 636. Eligibility for Assistance. 

SEC. 637. Reservations of Funds. 

SEC. 638. Asia. 

SEC. 639. Prohibition on Publicity or Propaganda. 

SEC. 640. Prohibition of Payments to United Nations Members. 
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SEC. 641. Requests for Documents. 

SEC. 642. Prohibition on Assistance to Foreign Governments that 

Export Lethal Military Equipment to Countries Supporting International Terrorism. 

SEC. 643. Withholding of Assistance for Parking Fines and Real 

Property Taxes Owed by Foreign Countries. 

SEC. 644. Limitation on Assistance for the PLO for the West 

Bank and Gaza. 

SEC. 645. War Crimes Tribunals Drawdown. 

SEC. 646. Landmines. 

SEC. 647. Restrictions Concerning the Palestinian Authority. 

SEC. 648. Prohibition of Payment of Certain Expenses. 

SEC. 649. Western Hemisphere. 

SEC. 650. Limitation on Assistance to the Palestinian Authority. 

SEC. 651. Limitation on Assistance to Security Forces. 

SEC. 652. Foreign Military Training Report. 

SEC. 653. Authorization Requirement. 

SEC. 654. Avian Influenza Preparedness. 

SEC. 655. Palestinian Statehood. 

SEC. 656. Colombia. 

SEC. 657. Illegal Armed Groups. 

SEC. 658. West Bank and Gaza Assistance. 

SEC. 659. War Criminals. 

SEC. 660. User Fees. 

SEC. 661. Funding for Serbia. 

SEC. 662. Community-Based Police Assistance. 

SEC. 663. Special Debt Relief for the Poorest. 

SEC. 664. Authority to Engage in Debt Buybacks or Sales. 

SEC. 665. Reconciliation Programs. 

SEC. 666. Sudan. 

SEC. 667. Transparency and Accountability. 

SEC. 668. Excess Defense Articles for Central and South European Countries and Certain Other Countries. 

SEC. 669. Zimbabwe. 

SEC. 670. Development Grants Program. 

SEC. 671. Monitoring of Military Assistance. 

SEC. 672. Disaster Assistance and Recovery. 

SEC. 673. United States Agency for International Development 

Management (Including Transfer of Funds). 

SEC. 674. OPIC Transfer Authority Including Transfer of Funds. 

SEC. 675. Reporting Requirement. 

SEC. 676. Environment and Energy Conservation Programs. 

SEC. 677. Uzbekistan. 

SEC. 678. Central Asia. 

SEC. 679. Disability Programs. 

SEC. 680. Neglected Tropical Diseases. 

SEC. 681. Orphans, Displaced and Abandoned Children. 

SEC. 682. Coordinator for Indigenous Peoples Internationally. 

SEC. 683. Oversight of Iraq Reconstruction. 

SEC. 684. Demobilization and Disarmament in Colombia. 

SEC. 685. Indonesia. 

SEC. 686. Assistance for Guatemala. 

SEC. 687. Child Soldiers. 

SEC. 688. Philippines. 
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SEC. 689. Pakistan. 

SEC. 690. Sri Lanka. 

SEC. 691. Peace Corps Separation Pay. 

SEC. 692. Multilateral Development Banks. 

SEC. 693. Millennium Challenge Corporation. 

SEC. 694. Material Support. 

SEC. 695. Cluster Munitions. 

SEC. 696. Cuba. 

SEC. 697. Libya. 

SEC. 698. Carry Forward of Unused Special Immigrant Visas 

SEC. 699. Global Fund Contribution. 

SEC. 699A. References. 
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COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Rule XVI, paragraph 7 requires that every report on a general 

appropriation bill filed by the Committee must identify each recommended amendment, with particularity, which proposes an item 

of appropriation which is not made to carry out the provisions of 

an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution previously passed by the Senate during that session. 

Items providing funding for fiscal year 2008 which lack authorization are as follows: 

Administration of Foreign Affairs; 

International Organizations; 

International Commissions; 

Other Department of State; 

Broadcasting Board of Governors; 

Commission on International Religious Freedom; 

U.S. Institute of Peace; 

Child Survival and Health Programs Fund; 

Development Assistance; 

International Disaster and Famine Assistance; 

Transition Initiatives; 

Development Credit Authority; 

USAID Operating Expenses; 

USAID Operating Expenses, Office of Inspector General; 

USAID Capital Investment Fund; 

Economic Support Fund; 

Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States; 

Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 

Union; 

Inter-American Foundation; 

African Development Foundation; 

Peace Corps; 

Millennium Challenge Corporation; 

Democracy Fund; 

International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement; 

Andean Counterdrug Initiative; 

Migration and Refugee Assistance; 

United States Emergency Migration and Refugee Assistance 

Fund; 

Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Assistance; 

International Affairs Technical Assistance; 

Debt Restructuring; 

International Military Education and Training; 

Foreign Military Financing Program; 

Peacekeeping Operations; 

International Organizations and Programs; 
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Asian Development Fund; and 

African Development Fund. 

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI, OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on June 28, 2007, the 

Committee ordered reported en bloc: an original bill (S. 1745) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 

science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2008, and authorized the chairman of the committee or the 

chairman of the subcommittee to offer the text of the Senate bill 

as a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute to the 

House companion measure; an original bill (S. 1751) making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes, and authorized the chairman of the committee or the chairman of the subcommittee to offer the text of the Senate bill as a 

committee amendment in the nature of a substitute to the House 

companion measure; and H.R. 2764, making appropriations for the 

Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes, 

with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; with each bill 

subject to amendment and subject to the budget allocations, by a 

recorded vote of 28–1, a quorum being present. The vote was as follows: 

Yeas Nays 

Chairman Byrd Mr. Brownback 

Mr. Inouye 

Mr. Leahy 

Mr. Harkin 

Ms. Mikulski 

Mr. Kohl 

Mrs. Murray 

Mr. Dorgan 

Mrs. Feinstein 

Mr. Durbin 

Mr. Johnson 

Ms. Landrieu 

Mr. Reed 

Mr. Lautenberg 

Mr. Nelson 

Mr. Cochran 

Mr. Stevens 

Mr. Specter 

Mr. Domenici 

Mr. Bond 

Mr. McConnell 

Mr. Shelby 

Mr. Gregg 

Mr. Bennett 

Mr. Craig 

Mrs. Hutchison 
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Mr. Allard 

Mr. Alexander 

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee report on a 

bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute or part 

of any statute include ‘‘(a) the text of the statute or part thereof 

which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a comparative print of 

that part of the bill or joint resolution making the amendment and 

of the statute or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing by 

stricken-through type and italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical devices the omissions and insertions which 

would be made by the bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form 

recommended by the Committee.’’ 

In compliance with this rule, the following changes in existing 

law proposed to be made by the bill are shown as follows: existing 

law to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is 

printed in italic, and existing law in which no change is proposed 

is shown in roman. 

TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND 

EMPLOYEES 

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APPENDIX 

* * * * * * * 

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Act Nov. 6, 

2003, P.L. 108–106, Title III, § 3001, 117 Stat. 1234; Oct. 28, 2004, 

P.L. 108–375, Title XII, Subtitle A, § 1203(a), (c)–(j), 118 Stat. 2078, 

2079; Nov. 14, 2005, P.L. 109–102, Title V, § 599, 119 Stat. 2240; 

Oct. 17, 2006, P.L. 109–364, Div A, Title X, Subtitle F, § 1054(b), 

Subtitle H, § 1071(g)(13) (effective 10/28/2004, and as if included in 

Act Oct. 28, 2004), 120 Stat. 2397, 2403; Dec. 20, 2006, P.L. 109– 

440, § 2, 120 Stat. 3286; May 25, 2007, P.L. 110–28, Title III, Ch. 

8, § 3801, 121 Stat. 147, provides: 

* * * * * * *‘‘ 

‘‘(o) TERMINATION.— 

(1) * * * 

(A) The Office of the Inspector General shall terminate 

10 months after 80 percent of the funds appropriated or 

otherwise made available to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund have been expended. 

‘‘(B) For purposes of calculating the termination of the 

Office of the Inspector General under this subsection, any 

United States funds appropriated or otherwise made available for øfiscal year 2006 or fiscal year 2007¿ fiscal years 

2006 through 2008 for the reconstruction of Iraq, irrespective of the designation of such funds, shall be deemed to 

be amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to 

the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund. 

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TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY 

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CHAPTER 12—IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY 

IMMIGRATION 

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§ 1182. Inadmissible aliens 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(3) Security and related grounds 

(A) In general 

* * * * * * * 

(B) Terrorist activities. 

(i) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(ii) Exception. 

øSubclause (VII)¿ Subclause (IX) of clause (i) does 

not apply to a spouse or child— 

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(iv) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(VI) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(aa) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(dd) to a terrorist organization described in 

clause (vi)(III), or to any member of such an organization, unless the actor can demonstrate by 

clear and convincing evidence that the actor did 

not know, and should not reasonably have known, 

that the organization was a terrorist organization. 

It shall be an affirmative defense to inadmissibility under this subsection that the actor provided material support under duress. 

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(vi) Terrorist organization defined. 

øAs¿ Except as provided in clause (vii), as used in 

this section, the term ‘‘terrorist organization’’ means 

an organization— 

(I) designated under section 219; 

(II) otherwise designated, upon publication in 

the Federal Register, by the Secretary of State in 

consultation with or upon the request of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
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rity, as a terrorist organization, after finding that 

the organization engages in the activities described in subclauses (I) through (VI) of clause 

(iv); or 

(III) that is a group of two or more individuals, whether organized or not, which engages in, 

or has a subgroup which engages in, the activities 

described in subclauses (I) through (VI) of clause 

(iv). 

(vii) Notwithstanding clause (vi), for purposes of 

this section the Hmong, the Montagnards, the Karen 

National Union/Karen Liberation Army (KNU/ 

KNLA), the Chin National Front/Chin National Army 

(CNF/CNA), the Chin National League for Democracy 

(CNLD), the Kayan New Land Party (KNLP), the 

Arakan Liberation Party (ALP), the Mustangs, the 

Alzados, and the Karenni National Progressive Party 

shall not be considered to be a terrorist organization on 

the basis of any act or event occurring before the date 

of enactment of this section. Nothing in this subsection 

may be construed to alter or limit the authority of the 

Secretary of State and Secretary of Homeland Security 

to exercise their discretionary authority pursuant to 

212(d)(3)(B)(i) (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(3)(B)(i)). 

* * * * * * * 

(d) Temporary admission of nonimmigrants 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(3)(A) * * * 

(B)(i) øThe Secretary of State, after consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with the Secretary 

of State and the Attorney General, may conclude in such Secretary’s sole unreviewable discretion that subsection 

(a)(3)(B)(i)(IV)(bb) or (a)(3)(B)(i)(VII) shall not apply to an alien, 

that subsection (a)(3)(B)(iv)(VI) shall not apply with respect to any 

material support an alien afforded to an organization or individual 

that has engaged in a terrorist activity, or that subsection 

(a)(3)(B)(vi)(III) shall not apply to a group solely by virtue of having a subgroup within the scope of that subsection. The Secretary 

of State may not, however, exercise discretion under this clause 

with respect to an alien once removal proceedings against the alien 

are instituted under section 240.¿ The Secretary of State, after consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland 

Security, or the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation 

with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, may determine in such Secretary’s sole unreviewable discretion that subsection (a)(3)(B) shall not apply with respect to an alien, within the 

scope of that subsection, unless that alien is described in subsection 

(a)(3)(B)(i)(V), or that subsection (a)(3)(B)(vi)(III) shall not apply to 

a group. Such a determination shall neither prejudice the ability of 

the United States Government to commence criminal or civil proceedings involving a beneficiary of such a determination or any 
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other person, nor create any substantive or procedural right or benefit for a beneficiary of such a determination or any other person. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law (statutory or non-statutory), including but not limited to section 2241 of title 28, or any 

other habeas corpus provision, and sections 1361 and 1651 of such 

title, no court shall have jurisdiction to review such a determination 

or revocation except in a proceeding for review of a final order of 

removal pursuant to section 242 and only to the extent provided in 

section 242(a)(2)(D). The Secretary of State may not exercise the discretion provided in this clause with respect to an alien at any time 

during which the alien is the subject of pending removal proceedings under section 1229a of title 8. 

(ii) Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the 

Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

each provide to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of 

Representatives and of the Senate, the Committee on International 

Relations of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report on the aliens to 

whom such Secretary has applied clause (i). Within one week of applying clause (i) to a group, the Secretary of State or the Secretary 

of Homeland Security shall provide a report to such Committees. 

(iii) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

Act, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary of State shall each publish in the Federal Register regulations establishing the process by which the eligibility of a refugee, 

asylum seeker, or individual seeking to adjust his or her immigration status is considered eligible for any of the exceptions authorized 

by clause (i), including a timeline for issuing a determination. 

* * * * * * * 

TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE 

* * * * * * * 

CHAPTER 39—ARMS EXPORT CONTROL 

* * * * * * * 

SUBCHAPTER III—MILITARY EXPORT CONTROLS 

* * * * * * * 

§ 2778. Control of arms exports and imports 

NOTE

Anti-personnel landmine export moratorium. Act Oct. 23, 1992, 

P.L. 102–484, Div A, Title XIII, Subtitle G, § 1365, 106 Stat. 2561; 

Nov. 30, 1993, P.L. 103–160, Div A, Title XI, Subtitle H, 

§ 1182(c)(3), Title XIV, Subtitle C, δ 1423(c), 107 Stat. 1772, 1832; 

Feb. 12, 1996, P.L. 104–107, Title V, § 558, 110 Stat. 743; Sept. 30, 

1996, P.L. 104-208, Div A, Title I, § 101(c) [Title V, § 556], 110 Stat. 

3009–161; Nov. 29, 1999, P.L. 106–113, Div B, § 1000(a)(2), 113 

Stat. 1535 (enacting into law § 553 of Title V of H.R. 3422 (113 

Stat. 1501A–99), as introduced on Nov. 17, 1999); Jan. 10, 2002, 

P.L. 107–115, Title V, § 548, 115 Stat. 2156, provides: 
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‘‘(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

‘‘(c) MORATORIUM ON TRANSFERS OF ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES ABROAD. øDuring the 16-year period beginning on October 

23, 1992¿ During the 22 year period beginning on October 23, 

1992.— 

* * * * * * * 

CHAPTER 84—MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACT OF 2003 

* * * * * * * 

§ 7706. Eligible countries 

(a) * * * 

(b) Criteria. 

* * * * * * * 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(2) economic freedom, including a demonstrated commitment to 

economic policies that— 

(A) encourage citizens and firms to participate in global 

trade and international capital markets; 

(B) promote private sector growth øand the sustainable 

management of natural resources¿; 

* * * * * * * 

(3) investments in the people of such country, particularly 

women and children, including programs that— 

(A) promote broad-based primary education; øand¿ 

(B) strengthen and build capacity to provide quality public 

health and reduce child mortalityø.¿; and 

(C) promote the protection of biodiversity and the sustainable management and use of natural resources. 

* * * * * * * 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961, PUBLIC LAW 87–195 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 620I. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT

RESTRICT UNITED STATES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.— 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(c) NOTICE.—Prior to making any determination under subsection (b), the President shall notify the Committee on International Relations, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the 

Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives of his intention to make such a determination, the effective date of the determination, and the reasons for making the 

determination. 
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SEC. 620J. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—No assistance shall be furnished under this 

Act or the Arms Export Control Act to any unit of the security forces 

of a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible evidence 

that such unit has committed gross violations of human rights. 

(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not 

apply if the Secretary determines and reports to the Committee on 

Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Appropriations that the government of such country is taking effective measures to bring the responsible members of the security forces unit to 

justice. 

(c) DUTY TO INFORM.—In the event that funds are withheld 

from any unit pursuant to this section, the Secretary of State shall 

promptly inform the foreign government of the basis for such action 

and shall, to the maximum extent practicable, assist the foreign government in taking effective measures to bring the responsible members of the security forces to justice. 

* * * * * * * 

FOREIGN OPERATIONS EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1990, PUBLIC LAW 101–167 

* * * * * * * 

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

* * * * * * * 

ESTABLISHING CATEGORIES OF ALIENS FOR PURPOSES OF REFUGEE

DETERMINATIONS

SEC. 599D. (a) * * * 

(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF CATEGORIES.— 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(3) Within the number of admissions of refugees allocated for 

each of fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992 for refugees who are 

nationals of the Soviet Union under section 207(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and within the number of such 

admissions allocated for each of fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, 

1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 

2006, øand 2007¿ 2007, and 2008 for refugees who are nationals of the independent states of the former Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania under such section, notwithstanding 

any other provision of law, the President shall allocate one 

thousand of such admissions for such fiscal year to refugees 

who are within the category of aliens described in paragraph 

(2)(B). 

* * * * * * * 

(e) PERIOD OF APPLICATION.— 
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(1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the date of the 

enactment of this Act and shall only apply to applications for 

refugee status submitted before October 1, ø2007¿ 2008. (2) Subsection (c) shall apply to decisions made after the date 

of the enactment of this Act and before October 1, ø2007¿ 

2008. (3) Subsection (d) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall only apply to reapplications for refugee status submitted before October 1, ø2007¿ 2008. 

* * * * * * * 

ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR CERTAIN SOVIET AND INDOCHINESE

PAROLEES

SEC. 599E. (a) * * * 

(b) ALIENS ELIGIBLE FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—The benefits 

provided in subsection (a) shall only apply to an alien who— 

(1) * * * 

(2) was inspected and granted parole into the United States 

during the period beginning on August 15, 1988, and ending on 

September 30, ø2007¿ 2008, after being denied refugee status. 

* * * * * * * 

PUBLIC LAW 106–113 

* * * * * * * 

APPENDIX E—H.R. 3425 

* * * * * * * 

TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL DEBT RELIEF 

SEC. 501. ACTIONS TO PROVIDE BILATERAL DEBT RELIEF. 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the cost (as defined in section 502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990) 

of the cancellation of any debt under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the President such sums as may be necessary for each of the øfiscal years 2000 through 2004, which¿ fiscal years 2000–2010, which shall remain available until expended. 

* * * * * * * 

CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005, PUBLIC 

LAW 108–447 

* * * * * * * 

DIVISION D—FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, 

AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 591. (a) Section 801(b)(1) of Public Law 106–429 is 

amended— 

(1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘appropriated’’; and 
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(2) by inserting before the period ‘‘; and (ii) for øfiscal 

years 2004–2006¿ fiscal years 2004–2010, not more than 

$150,000,000, for purposes of additional United States contributions to the HIPC Trust Fund administered by the Bank, 

which are authorized to remain available until expended’’. 

* * * * * * * 

JOHN WARNER NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007, PUBLIC LAW 109–364 

* * * * * * * 

TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

* * * * * * * 

Subtitle F—Miscellaneous Authorities and 

Limitations on Availability and Use of 

Funds 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 1054. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION. 

(a) DUTIES.—For purposes of carrying out the duties of the 

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction under section 

3001(f) of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 

(Public Law 108–106; 117 Stat. 1235 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. App., note 

to section 8G of Public Law 95–452), any United States funds appropriated or otherwise made available for øfiscal year 2006¿ fiscal 

years 2006 through 2008 for the reconstruction of Iraq, irrespective 

of the designation of such funds, shall be deemed to be amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund. 

(b) TERMINATION.—Section 3001(o) of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction 

of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108–106; 117 Stat. 

1238; 5 U.S.C. App., note to section 8G of Public Law 95–452) is 

amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(o) TERMINATION.—The Office of the Inspector General shall 

terminate on October 1, 2007, with transition operations authorized to continue through December 31, 2007.’’. 

(p) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For the purposes of carrying out 

the duties of the Inspector General, any United States funds appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal years 2006 through 

2008 for the reconstruction of Iraq, irrespective of the designation of 

such funds, shall be deemed to be amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund. 

* * * * * * * 
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BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL 

PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 

308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93–344, AS AMENDED 

[In millions of dollars] 

Budget authority Outlays 

Committee 

allocation 

Amount 

of bill 

Committee 

allocation 

Amount 

of bill 

Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations 

to its subcommittees of amounts in the Budget Resolution 

for 2008: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations: 

Mandatory ............................................................................ 159 159 159 1 159 

Discretionary ........................................................................ 34,243 34,243 33,540 1 33,511 

Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation: 

2008 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 2 17,270 

2009 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 9,128 

2010 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 3,463 

2011 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 2,103 

2012 and future years ........................................................ .................... .................... .................... 2,137 

Financial assistance to State and local governments for 

2008 ......................................................................................... NA .................... NA ....................

1 Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority. 

2 Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority. 

NA: Not applicable. 
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2007 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 2007 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Administration of Foreign Affairs 

Diplomatic and consular programs ......................................................... 3,656,564 3,977,940 3,782,318 3,885,375 ∂228,811 ¥92,565 ∂103,057 

(Transfer out) .................................................................................. (¥3,949 ) ............................ ............................ (210,000 ) (∂213,949 ) (∂210,000 ) (∂210,000 ) Worldwide security upgrades .......................................................... 681,949 964,760 964,760 909,598 ∂227,649 ¥55,162 ¥55,162 Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 870,658 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥870,658 ............................ ............................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) (Transfer out) .... (¥20,000 ) ............................ ............................ ............................ (∂20,000 ) ............................ ............................

Total, Diplomatic and consular programs ................................. 5,209,171 4,942,700 4,747,078 4,794,973 ¥414,198 ¥147,727 ∂47,895 

Emergency appropriations ................................................. 870,658 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥870,658 ............................ ............................

Capital investment fund .......................................................................... 58,143 70,743 59,062 63,743 ∂5,600 ¥7,000 ∂4,681 Office of Inspector General ...................................................................... 29,914 32,508 32,508 35,508 ∂5,594 ∂3,000 ∂3,000 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 36,500 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥36,500 ............................ ............................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) Special IG for 

Iraq reconstruction (By transfer) ................................................ (35,000 ) ............................ ............................ ............................ (¥35,000 ) ............................ ............................

Educational and cultural exchange programs ........................................ 445,671 486,400 501,400 509,482 ∂63,811 ∂23,082 ∂8,082 

(Transfer out) .................................................................................. ............................ ............................ (¥6,000 ) ............................ ............................ ............................ (∂6,000 ) Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 20,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥20,000 ............................ ............................

Representation allowances ...................................................................... 8,175 8,175 8,175 8,175 ............................ ............................ ............................Protection of foreign missions and officials ........................................... 9,270 18,000 28,000 14,000 ∂4,730 ¥4,000 ¥14,000 Embassy security, construction, and maintenance ................................. 592,277 792,534 729,898 792,534 ∂200,257 ............................ ∂62,636 

Worldwide security upgrades .......................................................... 898,575 806,900 806,900 649,278 ¥249,297 ¥157,622 ¥157,622 

Emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service ............................. 4,940 19,000 14,000 9,000 ∂4,060 ¥10,000 ¥5,000 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) (By transfer) ...... (20,000 ) ............................ ............................ ............................ (¥20,000 ) ............................ ............................(By transfer) .................................................................................... ............................ ............................ ............................ (10,000 ) (∂10,000 ) (∂10,000 ) (∂10,000 ) 
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Repatriation Loans Program Account: 

Direct loans subsidy ....................................................................... 703 678 678 678 ¥25 ............................ ............................Administrative expenses ................................................................. 599 607 607 607 ∂8 ............................ ............................

Total, Repatriation loans program account ............................... 1,302 1,285 1,285 1,285 ¥17 ............................ ............................

Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan ........................................ 15,826 16,351 16,351 16,351 ∂525 ............................ ............................Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund ........... 125,000 122,500 158,900 158,900 ∂33,900 ∂36,400 ............................

Total, Administration of Foreign Affairs ..................................... 7,454,764 7,317,096 7,103,557 7,053,229 ¥401,535 ¥263,867 ¥50,328 

International Organizations 

Contributions to international organizations, current year assessment ..................................................................................................... 1,151,318 1,354,400 1,354,400 1,374,400 ∂223,082 ∂20,000 ∂20,000 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 50,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥50,000 ............................ ............................

Contributions for international peacekeeping activities, current year .... 1,135,275 1,107,000 1,302,000 1,352,000 ∂216,725 ∂245,000 ∂50,000 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 283,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥283,000 ............................ ............................

Total, International Organizations .............................................. 2,619,593 2,461,400 2,656,400 2,726,400 ∂106,807 ∂265,000 ∂70,000 

Emergency appropriations ................................................. 333,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥333,000 ............................ ............................

International Commissions 

International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and 

Mexico: 

Salaries and expenses .................................................................... 27,718 30,430 30,430 30,430 ∂2,712 ............................ ............................Construction .................................................................................... 5,232 71,725 15,725 88,425 ∂83,193 ∂16,700 ∂72,700 

American sections, international commissions ....................................... 9,962 10,395 10,630 11,250 ∂1,288 ∂855 ∂620 International fisheries commissions ........................................................ 23,694 21,000 26,000 27,054 ∂3,360 ∂6,054 ∂1,054 

Total, International commissions ............................................... 66,606 133,550 82,785 157,159 ∂90,553 ∂23,609 ∂74,374 

Other 

Payment to the Asia Foundation ............................................................. 13,821 10,000 15,000 16,000 ∂2,179 ∂6,000 ∂1,000 Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue .......................................... 750 875 875 875 ∂125 ............................ ............................Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship program .............................................. 494 500 500 500 ∂6 ............................ ............................Israeli Arab scholarship program ............................................................ 370 375 375 375 ∂5 ............................ ............................East-West Center ..................................................................................... 18,994 10,000 ............................ 20,000 ∂1,006 ∂10,000 ∂20,000 National Endowment for Democracy ........................................................ 74,042 80,000 80,000 ............................ ¥74,042 ¥80,000 ¥80,000 

Total, Department of State ......................................................... 10,249,434 10,013,796 9,939,492 9,974,538 ¥274,896 ¥39,258 ∂35,046 
88 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2007 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 2007 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Emergency appropriations ................................................. 1,260,158 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥1,260,158 ............................ ............................

Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................. 493 499 499 499 ∂6 ............................ ............................

Commission on International Religious Freedom 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................. 3,000 3,300 3,400 3,000 ............................ ¥300 ¥400 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) (By transfer) ...... (258 ) ............................ ............................ ............................ (¥258 ) ............................ ............................

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................. 2,004 2,037 2,037 2,037 ∂33 ............................ ............................

Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of 

China 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................. 1,876 2,000 2,000 2,000 ∂124 ............................ ............................

United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................. 2,962 4,000 4,000 2,962 ............................ ¥1,038 ¥1,038 

United States Senate-China United States Senate Interparliamentary 

Groups 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................................. 149 ............................ ............................ 150 ∂1 ∂150 ∂150 

United States Institute of Peace 

Operating expenses .................................................................................. 22,064 30,000 26,000 25,000 ∂2,936 ¥5,000 ¥1,000 

RELATED AGENCIES 

Broadcasting Board of Governors 

International Broadcasting Operations .................................................... 639,126 618,777 671,632 662,727 ∂23,601 ∂43,950 ¥8,905 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 10,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥10,000 ............................ ............................
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Broadcasting to Cuba .............................................................................. ............................ 38,700 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥38,700 ............................Broadcasting capital improvements ........................................................ 7,624 10,748 10,748 10,748 ∂3,124 ............................ ............................

Total, Broadcasting Board of Governors .................................... 656,750 668,225 682,380 673,475 ∂16,725 ∂5,250 ¥8,905 Total, title I, Department of State and Related Agencies ......... 10,938,732 10,723,857 10,659,808 10,683,661 ¥255,071 ¥40,196 ∂23,853 

Appropriations .................................................................... (9,668,574 ) (10,723,857 ) (10,659,808 ) (10,683,661 ) (∂1,015,087 ) (¥40,196 ) (∂23,853 ) Emergency appropriations ................................................. 1,270,158 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥1,270,158 ............................ ............................(Transfer out) ..................................................................... (¥3,949 ) ............................ (¥6,000 ) (210,000 ) (∂213,949 ) (∂210,000 ) (∂216,000 ) 

TITLE II—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 

Subsidy appropriation .............................................................................. 26,382 68,000 68,000 68,000 ∂41,618 ............................ ............................Administrative expenses .......................................................................... 72,468 78,000 78,000 78,000 ∂5,532 ............................ ............................Inspector General ..................................................................................... 990 1,000 1,000 1,000 ∂10 ............................ ............................Negative subsidy ...................................................................................... ¥45,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ∂45,000 ............................ ............................Offsetting collections ............................................................................... ............................ ¥146,000 ¥146,000 ¥146,000 ¥146,000 ............................ ............................

Total, Export-Import Bank of the United States ........................ 54,840 1,000 1,000 1,000 ¥53,840 ............................ ............................

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 

Noncredit account: 

Administrative expenses ................................................................. 41,851 47,500 47,500 47,500 ∂5,649 ............................ ............................Insurance fees and other offsetting collections ............................. ¥258,000 ¥236,000 ¥237,000 ¥237,000 ∂21,000 ¥1,000 ............................

Subsidy appropriation .............................................................................. 20,073 29,000 20,000 21,000 ∂927 ¥8,000 ∂1,000 

Total, Overseas Private Investment Corporation ........................ ¥196,076 ¥159,500 ¥169,500 ¥168,500 ∂27,576 ¥9,000 ∂1,000 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

Trade and development agency ............................................................... 50,391 50,400 50,400 50,400 ∂9 ............................ ............................

Total, title II Export and investment assistance ....................... ¥90,845 ¥108,100 ¥118,100 ¥117,100 ¥26,255 ¥9,000 ∂1,000 

TITLE III—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

United States Agency for International Development 

Global Health Programs (Child survival) ................................................. 1,718,150 1,564,279 1,980,150 6,531,425 ∂4,813,275 ∂4,967,146 ∂4,551,275 

HIV/AIDS .......................................................................................... ............................ ............................ ............................ (5,050,000 ) (∂5,050,000 ) (∂5,050,000 ) (∂5,050,000 ) 
90 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2007 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 2007 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Global fund contribution ................................................................. (247,500 ) ............................ (250,000 ) (550,000 ) (∂302,500 ) (∂550,000 ) (∂300,000 ) (Transfer out) .................................................................................. (¥5,940 ) ............................ (¥6,000 ) ............................ (∂5,940 ) ............................ (∂6,000 ) Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 161,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥161,000 ............................ ............................

Development assistance .......................................................................... 1,508,760 1,041,248 1,733,760 1,455,000 ¥53,760 ∂413,752 ¥278,760 

(Transfer out) .................................................................................. (¥20,790 ) (¥21,000 ) (¥21,000 ) (¥21,000 ) (¥210 ) ............................ ............................

International disaster assistance ............................................................ 361,350 297,300 322,350 322,350 ¥39,000 ∂25,050 ............................

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 165,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥165,000 ............................ ............................

Transition Initiatives ................................................................................ 39,600 37,200 40,000 50,000 ∂10,400 ∂12,800 ∂10,000 Development Credit Authority: 

(By transfer) .................................................................................... (20,790 ) (21,000 ) (21,000 ) (21,000 ) (∂210 ) ............................ ............................Administrative expenses ................................................................. 7,920 7,400 7,400 8,920 ∂1,000 ∂1,520 ∂1,520 

Subtotal, Development assistance ............................................. 3,961,780 2,947,427 4,083,660 8,367,695 ∂4,405,915 ∂5,420,268 ∂4,284,035 

Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund ........... 38,700 36,400 ............................ ............................ ¥38,700 ¥36,400 ............................Operating expenses of the U.S. Agency for International Development ..................................................................................................... 626,832 609,000 625,700 645,700 ∂18,868 ∂36,700 ∂20,000 

(By transfer) .................................................................................... (5,940 ) (6,000 ) (6,000 ) (6,000 ) (∂60 ) ............................ ............................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 8,700 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥8,700 ............................ ............................

Capital Investment Fund ......................................................................... 69,300 126,000 87,300 90,508 ∂21,208 ¥35,492 ∂3,208 Operating expenses of the U.S. Agency for International Development 

Office of Inspector General ................................................................. 35,640 38,000 38,000 38,000 ∂2,360 ............................ ............................

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 3,500 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥3,500 ............................ ............................

Total, USAID ................................................................................ 4,744,452 3,756,827 4,834,660 9,141,903 ∂4,397,451 ∂5,385,076 ∂4,307,243 

Emergency appropriations ................................................. 338,200 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥338,200 ............................ ............................
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Other Bilateral Economic Assistance 

Economic support fund: 

Israel ............................................................................................... 120,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥120,000 ............................ ............................Egypt ............................................................................................... 455,000 415,000 415,000 ............................ ¥455,000 ¥415,000 ¥415,000 Other ................................................................................................ 1,880,010 2,904,567 2,253,206 3,015,000 ∂1,134,990 ∂110,433 ∂761,794 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) .................. 2,624,300 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥2,624,300 ............................ ............................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) (By transfer) Department of Defense ............................................... (110,000 ) ............................ ............................ ............................ (¥110,000 ) ............................ ............................

Subtotal, Economic support fund ................................. 5,079,310 3,319,567 2,668,206 3,015,000 ¥2,064,310 ¥304,567 ∂346,794 

International Fund for Ireland ................................................................. 13,365 ............................ 15,000 ............................ ¥13,365 ............................ ¥15,000 Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States ............................ 273,900 289,322 297,332 294,568 ∂20,668 ∂5,246 ¥2,764 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 214,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥214,000 ............................ ............................

Assistance for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union ....... 452,000 351,585 397,585 401,885 ¥50,115 ∂50,300 ∂4,300 

Total, Other Bilateral Economic Assistance ............................... 6,032,575 3,960,474 3,378,123 3,711,453 ¥2,321,122 ¥249,021 ∂333,330 

Emergency appropriations ................................................. 2,838,300 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥2,838,300 ............................ ............................

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

Inter-American Foundation 

Appropriation ............................................................................................ 19,305 19,000 19,000 22,000 ∂2,695 ∂3,000 ∂3,000 

African Development Foundation 

Appropriation ............................................................................................ 22,770 30,000 30,000 30,000 ∂7,230 ............................ ............................

Peace Corps 

Appropriation ............................................................................................ 319,640 333,500 333,500 323,500 ∂3,860 ¥10,000 ¥10,000 

Millenium Challenge Corporation 

Appropriation ............................................................................................ 1,752,300 3,000,000 1,800,000 1,200,000 ¥552,300 ¥1,800,000 ¥600,000 

Department of State 

Global HIV/AIDS initiative ........................................................................ 3,246,520 4,150,000 4,450,000 ............................ ¥3,246,520 ¥4,150,000 ¥4,450,000 

Global fund contribution ................................................................. (377,500 ) ............................ (300,000 ) ............................ (¥377,500 ) ............................ (¥300,000 ) 

Democracy Fund ....................................................................................... 94,050 ............................ ............................ 177,000 ∂82,950 ∂177,000 ∂177,000 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 260,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥260,000 ............................ ............................

International narcotics control and law enforcement ............................. 472,616 634,600 568,475 558,449 ∂85,833 ¥76,151 ¥10,026 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 252,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥252,000 ............................ ............................Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) (Rescission) ....... ¥13,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ∂13,000 ............................ ............................
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2007 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 2007 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Andean programs ..................................................................................... 721,500 442,812 312,460 415,050 ¥306,450 ¥27,762 ∂102,590 Migration and refugee assistance ........................................................... 833,033 773,500 829,900 889,000 ∂55,967 ∂115,500 ∂59,100 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 130,500 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥130,500 ............................ ............................

United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund ....... 55,000 55,000 45,000 45,000 ¥10,000 ¥10,000 ............................

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 55,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥55,000 ............................ ............................

Nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs .......... 405,999 464,000 467,000 499,000 ∂93,001 ∂35,000 ∂32,000 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 57,500 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥57,500 ............................ ............................

Subtotal, Department of State ............................................... 6,570,718 6,519,912 6,672,835 2,583,499 ¥3,987,219 ¥3,936,413 ¥4,089,336 

Emergency appropriations ................................................. 755,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥755,000 ............................ ............................

Department of the Treasury 

International Affairs Technical Assistance .............................................. 19,800 24,800 18,000 22,800 ∂3,000 ¥2,000 ∂4,800 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 2,750 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥2,750 ............................ ............................

Debt restructuring .................................................................................... 64,350 207,300 200,300 200,300 ∂135,950 ¥7,000 ............................

Subtotal, Department of the Treasury ........................................ 86,900 232,100 218,300 223,100 ∂136,200 ¥9,000 ∂4,800 Total, title III, Bilateral economic assistance ............................ 19,548,660 17,851,813 17,286,418 17,235,455 ¥2,313,205 ¥616,358 ¥50,963 

Appropriations .................................................................... (15,627,410 ) (17,851,813 ) (17,286,418 ) (17,235,455 ) (∂1,608,045 ) (¥616,358 ) (¥50,963 ) Emergency appropriations ................................................. (3,921,250 ) ............................ ............................ ............................ (¥3,921,250 ) ............................ ............................

(By transfer) ............................................................................... (26,730 ) (27,000 ) (27,000 ) (27,000 ) (∂270 ) ............................ ............................(Transfer out) .............................................................................. (¥26,730 ) (¥21,000 ) (¥27,000 ) (¥21,000 ) (∂5,730 ) ............................ (∂6,000 ) 

TITLE IV—MILITARY ASSISTANCE 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

International Military Education and Training ........................................ 85,877 89,500 85,076 85,877 ............................ ¥3,623 ∂801 Foreign Military Financing Program: 

Grants: 

Israel ...................................................................................... 2,340,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 ∂60,000 ............................ ............................Egypt ...................................................................................... 1,300,000 1,300,000 1,300,000 1,300,000 ............................ ............................ ............................
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Other ....................................................................................... 910,800 836,000 809,236 879,000 ¥31,800 ∂43,000 ∂69,764 

Subtotal, Grants ................................................................ 4,550,800 4,536,000 4,509,236 4,579,000 ∂28,200 ∂43,000 ∂69,764 

(Limitation on administrative expenses) ........................................ (41,600 ) (41,900 ) (41,900 ) (41,900 ) (∂300 ) ............................ ............................

(by transfer) ........................................................................... ............................ ............................ ............................ ............................ ............................ ............................ ............................

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 265,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥265,000 ............................ ............................

Total, Foreign Military Financing ........................................... 4,815,800 4,536,000 4,509,236 4,579,000 ¥236,800 ∂43,000 ∂69,764 

Peacekeeping operations .......................................................................... 223,250 221,200 293,200 273,200 ∂49,950 ∂52,000 ¥20,000 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 110–28) ........................... 230,000 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥230,000 ............................ ............................

Subtotal, Peacekeeping operations ............................................ 453,250 221,200 293,200 273,200 ¥180,050 ∂52,000 ¥20,000 Total, title IV, Military assistance .............................................. 5,354,927 4,846,700 4,887,512 4,938,077 ¥416,850 ∂91,377 ∂50,565 

Appropriations .................................................................... (4,859,927 ) (4,846,700 ) (4,887,512 ) (4,938,077 ) (∂78,150 ) (∂91,377 ) (∂50,565 ) Emergency appropriations ................................................. (495,000 ) ............................ ............................ ............................ (¥495,000 ) ............................ ............................

(Limitation on administrative expenses) .................................... (41,600 ) (41,900 ) (41,900 ) (41,900 ) (∂300 ) ............................ ............................

TITLE V—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

International Financial Institutions 

World Bank Group 

Contribution to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Global Environment Facility .................................................. 79,200 106,763 106,763 106,763 ∂27,563 ............................ ............................Contribution to the International Development Association .................... 940,500 1,060,000 950,000 1,000,000 ∂59,500 ¥60,000 ∂50,000 Contribution to Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency .................... ............................ 1,082 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥1,082 ............................

(Limitation on callable capital subscriptions) ............................... (8,127 ) (7,300 ) (7,300 ) (7,300 ) (¥827 ) ............................ ............................

Total, World Bank Group ............................................................ 1,019,700 1,167,845 1,056,763 1,106,763 ∂87,063 ¥61,082 ∂50,000 

Contribution to the Inter-American Development Bank: Contribution to 

the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund .......... 1,725 29,232 25,000 25,000 ∂23,275 ¥4,232 ............................

Inter-American Investment Corporation ................................................... ............................ 7,264 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥7,264 ............................

Total, Inter-American Development Bank ................................... 1,725 36,496 25,000 25,000 ∂23,275 ¥11,496 ............................

Contribution to the Asian Development Fund ......................................... 99,000 133,906 115,306 90,000 ¥9,000 ¥43,906 ¥25,306 
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2007 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation Senate Committee recommendation compared with (∂ or ¥) 2007 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance 

Contribution to the African Development Bank: 

Paid-in capital ................................................................................ 3,602 2,037 2,037 2,037 ¥1,565 ............................ ............................(Limitation on callable capital subscriptions) ............................... (88,334 ) (31,919 ) (31,919 ) (31,919 ) (¥56,415 ) ............................ ............................Contribution to the African Development Fund .............................. 134,343 140,584 135,684 105,000 ¥29,343 ¥35,584 ¥30,684 

Total, African Development Bank ............................................... 137,945 142,621 137,721 107,037 ¥30,908 ¥35,584 ¥30,684 

Contribution to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: 

Paid-in capital ................................................................................ ............................ 10 ............................ 10 ∂10 ............................ ∂10 (Limitation on callable capital subscriptions) ............................... (2,250 ) ............................ ............................ ............................ (¥2,250 ) ............................ ............................

Contribution to the International Fund for Agricultural Development .... 14,850 18,072 18,072 18,072 ∂3,222 ............................ ............................

Total, International Financial Institutions .................................. 1,273,220 1,498,950 1,352,862 1,346,882 ∂73,662 ¥152,068 ¥5,980 

International Organizations and Programs 

Appropriation ............................................................................................ 326,163 289,400 333,400 313,925 ¥12,238 ∂24,525 ¥19,475 

Total, title V, Multilateral economic assistance ........................ 1,599,383 1,788,350 1,686,262 1,660,807 ∂61,424 ¥127,543 ¥25,455 (Limitation on callable capital subscript) ................................. (98,711 ) (39,219 ) (39,219 ) (39,219 ) (¥59,492 ) ............................ ............................

TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 694 material support ....................................................................... ............................ ............................ ............................ 1,000 ∂1,000 ∂1,000 ∂1,000 Sec. 699 Global Fund additional amount ............................................... ............................ ............................ ............................ 40,000 ∂40,000 ∂40,000 ∂40,000 Sec. 699 Economic Support fund (rescission) ........................................ ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥40,000 ¥40,000 ¥40,000 ¥40,000 Expenditure transfer (Sec. 540) ............................................................... ............................ ............................ ............................ ............................ ............................ ............................ ............................Sec. 6084 Security in Asia ...................................................................... 9,900 ............................ ............................ ............................ ¥9,900 ............................ ............................Rescission ................................................................................................ ¥231,350 ............................ ............................ ............................ ∂231,350 ............................ ............................ATB pay raise (Sec. 111 of H.J. Res. 20) ................................................ ¥1,746 ............................ ............................ ............................ ∂1,746 ............................ ............................
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Total, title VI, General Provisions ............................................... ¥223,196 ............................ ............................ 1,000 ∂224,196 ∂1,000 ∂1,000 

Appropriations .................................................................... (8,154 ) ............................ ............................ (41,000 ) (∂32,846 ) (∂41,000 ) (∂41,000 ) Rescissions ........................................................................ (¥231,350 ) ............................ ............................ (¥40,000 ) (∂191,350 ) (¥40,000 ) (¥40,000 ) 

Grand total ................................................................................. 37,127,661 35,102,620 34,401,900 34,401,900 ¥2,725,761 ¥700,720 ............................

Appropriations .................................................................... (31,672,603 ) (35,102,620 ) (34,401,900 ) (34,441,900 ) (∂2,769,297 ) (¥660,720 ) (∂40,000 ) Emergency appropriations ................................................. (5,686,408 ) ............................ ............................ ............................ (¥5,686,408 ) ............................ ............................Rescissions ........................................................................ (¥231,350 ) ............................ ............................ (¥40,000 ) (∂191,350 ) (¥40,000 ) (¥40,000 ) 

(By transfer) ............................................................................... (26,730 ) (27,000 ) (27,000 ) (37,000 ) (∂10,270 ) (∂10,000 ) (∂10,000 ) (Transfer out) .............................................................................. (¥30,679 ) (¥21,000 ) (¥33,000 ) (189,000 ) (∂219,679 ) (∂210,000 ) (∂222,000 ) (Limitation on administrative expenses) .................................... (41,600 ) (41,900 ) (41,900 ) (41,900 ) (∂300 ) ............................ ............................(Limitation on callable capital subscript) ................................. (98,711 ) (39,219 ) (39,219 ) (39,219 ) (¥59,492 ) ............................ ............................

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