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Union Calendar No. 271 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5522 

[Report No. 109–486] 

Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 5, 2006 

Mr. KOLBE, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

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

September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 


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1 TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT 

2 ASSISTANCE 

3 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED 

4 STATES 

5 INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

7 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

8 General Act of 1978, as amended, $988,000, to remain 

9 available until September 30, 2008. 

10 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au12 thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 

13 funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora14 tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con15 tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi16 tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government 

17 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 

18 out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor19 poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur20 ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi21 tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear 

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

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

24 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi25 ble to receive economic or military assistance under this 


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

2 of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That not3 withstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428, as 

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

5 shall remain in effect through October 1, 2007. 

6 SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION

7 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur8 ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of 

9 the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, 

10 $26,382,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2010: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

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

13 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur14 ther, That such sums shall remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2025, for the disbursement of direct loans, 

16 loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated 

17 in fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010: Provided fur18 ther, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or 

19 any prior Act appropriating funds for foreign operations, 

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

21 or grants may be used for any other purpose except 

22 through the regular notification procedures of the Com23 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 

24 appropriated by this paragraph are made available not25 withstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Import Bank 


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

2 any product by any Eastern European country, any Baltic 

3 State or any agency or national thereof. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

5 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

6 and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 

7 hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 

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

9 reception and representation expenses for members of the 

10 Board of Directors, $75,234,000: Provided, That the Ex11 port-Import Bank may accept, and use, payment or serv12 ices provided by transaction participants for legal, finan13 cial, or technical services in connection with any trans14 action for which an application for a loan, guarantee or 

15 insurance commitment has been made: Provided further, 

16 That, notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the 

17 Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof 

18 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2007. 

19 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT 

20 CORPORATION 

21 NON-CREDIT ACCOUNT

22 The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au23 thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 

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

25 commitments within the limits of funds available to it and 


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

2 That the amount available for administrative expenses to 

3 carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an 

4 amount for official reception and representation expenses 

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

6 $45,453,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans7 action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 

8 in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated 

9 with services provided to specific investors or potential in10 vestors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance 

11 Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative ex12 penses for the purposes of this heading. 

13 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 

15 $20,035,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 

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

17 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Non-Credit 

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

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

20 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur21 ther, That such sums shall be available for direct loan obli22 gations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made 

23 during fiscal years 2007, 2008, and 2009: Provided fur24 ther, That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2007 remain 

25 available for disbursement through 2014; funds obligated 


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1 in fiscal year 2008 remain available for disbursement 

2 through 2015; funds obligated in fiscal year 2009 remain 

3 available for disbursement through 2016: Provided further, 

4 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

5 Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to 

6 undertake any program authorized by title IV of the For7 eign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided further, 

8 That funds made available pursuant to the authority of 

9 the previous proviso shall be subject to the regular notifi10 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

11 In addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad12 ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may 

13 be derived from amounts available for administrative ex14 penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in 

15 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Non-Credit 

16 Account and merged with said account. 

17 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

20 $50,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2008. 

22 TITLE II—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

23 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

24 For expenses necessary to enable the President to 

25 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 


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1 1961, and for other purposes, to remain available until 

2 September 30, 2007, unless otherwise specified herein, as 

3 follows: 

4 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

5 DEVELOPMENT 

6 CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

10 Act of 1961, for child survival, health, and family plan11 ning/reproductive health activities, in addition to funds 

12 otherwise available for such purposes, $1,565,613,000, to 

13 remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, 

14 That this amount shall be made available for such activi15 ties as: (1) immunization programs; (2) oral rehydration 

16 programs; (3) health, nutrition, water and sanitation pro17 grams which directly address the needs of mothers and 

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

19 for children displaced or orphaned by causes other than 

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

21 of, and research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, ma22 laria, and other infectious diseases, and for assistance to 

23 communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including 

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

25 planning/reproductive health: Provided further, That none 


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1 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 

2 available for nonproject assistance, except that funds may 

3 be made available for such assistance for ongoing health 

4 activities: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

5 under this heading, not to exceed $350,000, in addition 

6 to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be 

7 used to monitor and provide oversight of child survival, 

8 maternal and family planning/reproductive health, and in9 fectious disease programs: Provided further, That the fol10 lowing amounts should be allocated as follows: 

11 $356,400,000 for child survival and maternal health; 

12 $25,000,000 for vulnerable children; $346,621,000 for 

13 HIV/AIDS; $287,592,000 for other infectious diseases; 

14 and $350,000,000 for family planning/reproductive health, 

15 including in areas where population growth threatens bio16 diversity or endangered species: Provided further, That of 

17 the funds appropriated under this heading, and in addition 

18 to funds allocated under the previous proviso, not less 

19 than $200,000,000 shall be made available, notwith20 standing any other provision of law, except for the United 

21 States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and 

22 Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), for a United 

23 States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 

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

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1 ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 

2 That funds appropriated under this heading, may be made 

3 available for a United States contribution to The GAVI 

4 Fund, and up to $6,000,000 may be transferred to and 

5 merged with funds appropriated by this Act under the 

6 heading ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States Agency 

7 for International Development’’ for costs directly related 

8 to international health, but funds made available for such 

9 costs may not be derived from amounts made available 

10 for contributions under this and preceding provisos: Pro11 vided further, That none of the funds made available in 

12 this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appro13 priations may be made available to any organization or 

14 program which, as determined by the President of the 

15 United States, supports or participates in the manage16 ment of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary 

17 sterilization: Provided further, That none of the funds 

18 made available under this Act may be used to pay for the 

19 performance of abortion as a method of family planning 

20 or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions: 

21 Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be 

22 construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions 

23 against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assist24 ance Act of 1961: Provided further, That none of the funds 

25 made available under this Act may be used to lobby for 


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1 or against abortion: Provided further, That in order to re2 duce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds 

3 shall be available only to voluntary family planning 

4 projects which offer, either directly or through referral to, 

5 or information about access to, a broad range of family 

6 planning methods and services, and that any such vol7 untary family planning project shall meet the following re8 quirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the 

9 project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or 

10 other numerical targets, of total number of births, number 

11 of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular 

12 method of family planning (this provision shall not be con13 strued to include the use of quantitative estimates or indi14 cators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the 

15 project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes, 

16 gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in ex17 change for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B) 

18 program personnel for achieving a numerical target or 

19 quota of total number of births, number of family planning 

20 acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 

21 planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or ben22 efit, including the right of access to participate in any pro23 gram of general welfare or the right of access to health 

24 care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision not to 

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1 vide family planning acceptors comprehensible information 

2 on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, in3 cluding those conditions that might render the use of the 

4 method inadvisable and those adverse side effects known 

5 to be consequent to the use of the method; and (5) the 

6 project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs 

7 and devices and medical procedures are provided only in 

8 the context of a scientific study in which participants are 

9 advised of potential risks and benefits; and, not less than 

10 60 days after the date on which the Administrator of the 

11 United States Agency for International Development de12 termines that there has been a violation of the require13 ments contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this 

14 proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the re15 quirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the 

16 Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appro17 priations a report containing a description of such viola18 tion and the corrective action taken by the Agency: Pro19 vided further, That in awarding grants for natural family 

20 planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

21 of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against be22 cause of such applicant’s religious or conscientious com23 mitment to offer only natural family planning; and, addi24 tionally, all such applicants shall comply with the require25 ments of the previous proviso: Provided further, That for 


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1 purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or appro2 priating funds for foreign operations, export financing, 

3 and related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates 

4 to family planning assistance, shall not be construed to 

5 prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, of infor6 mation or counseling about all pregnancy options: Pro7 vided further, That to the maximum extent feasible, taking 

8 into consideration cost, timely availability, and best health 

9 practices, funds appropriated in this Act or prior appro10 priations Acts that are made available for condom pro11 curement shall be made available only for the procurement 

12 of condoms manufactured in the United States: Provided 

13 further, That information provided about the use of 

14 condoms as part of projects or activities that are funded 

15 from amounts appropriated by this Act shall be medically 

16 accurate and shall include the public health benefits and 

17 failure rates of such use. 

18 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

20 of sections 103, 105, 106, and sections 251 through 255, 

21 and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

22 of 1961, $1,294,000,000, to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2008: Provided, That $365,000,000 should be 

24 allocated for basic education: Provided further, That of 

25 the funds appropriated under this heading and managed 


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1 by the United States Agency for International Develop2 ment Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 

3 Assistance, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made 

4 available only for programs to improve women’s leader5 ship capacity in recipient countries: Provided further, 

6 That such funds may not be made available for construc7 tion: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

8 under this heading that are made available for assistance 

9 programs for displaced and orphaned children and vic10 tims of war, not to exceed $42,500, in addition to funds 

11 otherwise available for such purposes, may be used to 

12 monitor and provide oversight of such programs: Pro13 vided further, That funds appropriated under this head14 ing should be made available for programs in sub-Saha15 ran Africa to address sexual and gender-based violence: 

16 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

17 this heading, $10,000,000 may be made available for co18 operative development programs within the Office of Pri19 vate and Voluntary Cooperation: Provided further, That 

20 not less than $20,000,000 should be made available for 

21 rural water and sanitation projects in East Africa. 

22 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AND FAMINE ASSISTANCE

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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1 struction assistance, $348,800,000, to remain available 

2 until expended, of which $30,000,000 should be for famine 

3 prevention and relief. 

4 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

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

8 $40,000,000, to remain available until expended, to sup9 port transition to democracy and to long-term develop10 ment of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support 

11 may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve 

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

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

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

20 assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under this 

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

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

24 this heading and under the authorities applicable to funds 

25 appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 


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1 funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso 

2 shall be made available subject to prior consultation with 

3 the Committees on Appropriations. 

4 DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro7 vided by the United States Agency for International De8 velopment, as authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the 

9 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $21,000,000 may 

10 be derived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act 

11 to carry out part I of such Act and under the heading 

12 ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: 

13 Provided, That such funds shall be made available only 

14 for micro and small enterprise programs, urban programs, 

15 and other programs which further the purposes of part 

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

17 the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed loans, 

18 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

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

20 funds made available by this paragraph may be used for 

21 the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under 

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

23 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

24 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

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1 sions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of 

2 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in sec3 tion 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Com4 mittee on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall 

5 be applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees provided 

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

7 available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of 

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

9 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

10 credit programs administered by the United States Agency 

11 for International Development, $8,400,000, which may be 

12 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Op13 erating Expenses of the United States Agency for Inter14 national Development: Provided, That funds made avail15 able under this heading shall remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2009. 

17 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

18 DISABILITY FUND

19 For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and 

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

21 Act of 1980, $38,700,000. 

22 OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY

23 FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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


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1 $646,000,000, of which up to $25,000,000 may remain 

2 available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That none 

3 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 

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

5 available to finance the construction (including architect 

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

7 offices for use by the United States Agency for Inter8 national Development, unless the Administrator has iden9 tified such proposed construction (including architect and 

10 engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of of11 fices in a report submitted to the Committees on Appro12 priations at least 15 days prior to the obligation of these 

13 funds for such purposes: Provided further, That the pre14 vious proviso shall not apply where the total cost of con15 struction (including architect and engineering services), 

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

17 $1,000,000: Provided further, That contracts or agree18 ments entered into with funds appropriated under this 

19 heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of 

20 such funds through fiscal year 2008: Provided further, 

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

22 a new overseas mission of the United States Agency for 

23 International Development without the prior written noti24 fication to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

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


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1 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by 

2 the Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to 

3 carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating 

4 Expenses of the United States Agency for International 

5 Development’’ in accordance with the provisions of those 

6 sections: Provided further, That none of the funds appro7 priated by this Act or any prior Act making appropria8 tions for foreign operations, export financing, or related 

9 programs may be used by the United States Agency for 

10 International Development for the rent of buildings and 

11 space in buildings in the United States pursuant to the 

12 authority of section 636(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 

13 Act of 1961: Provided further, That the previous proviso 

14 shall not apply to any lease, agreement, or other instru15 ment executed for the purpose of maintaining United 

16 States Agency for International Development continuity 

17 of operations and to the cost of terminating the domestic 

18 lease executed on September 30, 2005. 

19 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND OF THE UNITED STATES

20 AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

21 For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 

22 related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement 

23 of information technology and related capital investments, 

24 pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

25 1961, $105,300,000, to remain available until expended: 


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1 Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other2 wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 

3 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

4 for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification 

5 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

6 further, That of the funds appropriated under this head7 ing, not to exceed $89,000,000 may be made available for 

8 the purposes of implementing the Capital Security Cost 

9 Sharing Program. 

10 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

11 DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

14 $39,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2008, which sum shall be available for the Office of the 

16 Inspector General of the United States Agency for Inter17 national Development. 

18 OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

19 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

22 of chapter 4 of part II, $2,650,740,000, to remain avail23 able until September 30, 2008: Provided, That of the 

24 funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

25 $120,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which sum 


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1 shall be available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and 

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

3 Act: Provided further, That not less than $455,000,000 

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

6 assistance shall be provided with the understanding that 

7 Egypt will undertake significant economic and political re8 forms which are additional to those which were under9 taken in previous fiscal years: Provided further, That with 

10 respect to the provision of assistance for Egypt for democ11 racy and governance activities, the organizations imple12 menting such assistance and the specific nature of that 

13 assistance shall not be subject to the prior approval by 

14 the Government of Egypt: Provided further, That of the 

15 funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for 

16 Egypt, not less than $135,000,000 shall be made available 

17 for project assistance, of which not less than $50,000,000 

18 shall be made available for democracy, human rights and 

19 governance programs and not less than $50,000,000 shall 

20 be used for education programs: Provided further, That 

21 of the funds appropriated under this heading for assist22 ance for Egypt for economic reform activities, 

23 $200,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the 

24 Secretary of State determines and reports to the Commit25 tees on Appropriations that Egypt has met the calendar 


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1 year 2005 benchmarks accompanying the ‘‘Financial Sec2 tor Reform Memorandum of Understanding’’ dated March 

3 20, 2005: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

4 under this heading, $135,000,000 is available only to 

5 carry out programs in Colombia and may be transferred 

6 to ‘‘Development Assistance’’ to continue programs ad7 ministered by the United States Agency for International 

8 Development: Provided further, That $15,000,000 of the 

9 funds appropriated under this heading should be made 

10 available for Cyprus to be used only for scholarships, ad11 ministrative support of the scholarship program, 

12 bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at reunification 

13 of the island and designed to reduce tensions and promote 

14 peace and cooperation between the two communities on 

15 Cyprus: Provided further, That in exercising the authority 

16 to provide cash transfer assistance for Israel, the Presi17 dent shall ensure that the level of such assistance does 

18 not cause an adverse impact on the total level of non19 military exports from the United States to such country 

20 and that Israel enters into a side letter agreement in an 

21 amount proportional to the fiscal year 1999 agreement: 

22 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

23 this heading, not less than $250,500,000 should be made 

24 available only for assistance for Jordan: Provided further, 

25 That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 


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1 may be made available for assistance for the West Bank 

2 and Gaza: Provided further, That $35,500,000 of the 

3 funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail4 able for assistance for Lebanon, of which not less than 

5 $6,000,000 should be made available for scholarships and 

6 direct support of American educational institutions in 

7 Lebanon: Provided further, That not more than 

8 $225,000,000 of the funds made available for assistance 

9 for Afghanistan under this heading may be obligated for 

10 such assistance until the Secretary of State certifies to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Af12 ghanistan at both the national and local level is cooper13 ating fully with United States funded poppy eradication 

14 and interdiction efforts in Afghanistan: Provided further, 

15 That such report shall include an analysis of the steps 

16 being taken by the Government of Afghanistan, at the na17 tional and local level, to cooperate fully with United States 

18 funded poppy eradication and interdiction efforts in Af19 ghanistan: Provided further, That of the funds appro20 priated under this heading that are available for assistance 

21 for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, up to 

22 $1,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses 

23 of the United States Agency for International Develop24 ment: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

25 provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading 


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1 may be made available for programs and activities for the 

2 Central Highlands of Vietnam: Provided further, That 

3 funds appropriated under this heading that are made 

4 available for a Middle East Financing Facility, Middle 

5 East Enterprise Fund, or any other similar entity in the 

6 Middle East shall be subject to the regular notification 

7 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

8 INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

11 1961, $10,800,000, which shall be available for the United 

12 States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland 

13 and shall be made available in accordance with the provi14 sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 

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

16 be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time17 ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 

18 That funds made available under this heading shall re19 main available until September 30, 2008. 

20 ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC

21 STATES

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

23 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support 

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

25 $227,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 


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1 2008, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 

2 provision of law, for assistance and for related programs 

3 for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States. 

4 (b) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

5 considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign 

6 Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available 

7 the administrative authorities contained in that Act for 

8 the use of economic assistance. 

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

10 apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, 

11 That notwithstanding any provision of this or any other 

12 Act, including provisions in this subsection regarding the 

13 application of section 529 of this Act, local currencies gen14 erated by, or converted from, funds appropriated by this 

15 Act and by previous appropriations Acts and made avail16 able for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia 

17 may be used in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States to 

18 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

19 1961 and the SEED Act. 

20 (d) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap21 propriated under this heading made available for economic 

22 revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he 

23 determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria24 tions that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has 

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1 Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and 

2 Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, 

3 and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga4 tions, and related activities between state sponsors of ter5 rorism and terrorist organizations and Bosnian officials 

6 has not been terminated. 

7 ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE

8 FORMER SOVIET UNION

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

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

11 Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assist12 ance for the Independent States of the former Soviet 

13 Union and for related programs, $371,280,000, to remain 

14 available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That the 

15 provisions of such chapters shall apply to funds appro16 priated by this paragraph: Provided further, That funds 

17 made available for the Southern Caucasus region may be 

18 used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for con19 fidence-building measures and other activities in further20 ance of the peaceful resolution of the regional conflicts, 

21 especially those in the vicinity of Abkhazia and Nagorno22 Karabagh: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

23 other provision of law, funds appropriated under this 

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1 grams, that are made available pursuant to the provisions 

2 of section 807 of Public Law 102–511 shall be subject 

3 to a 6 percent ceiling on administrative expenses. 

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

5 less than $41,000,000 should be made available, in addi6 tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for 

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

9 other infectious diseases, and for related activities. 

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

11 that are allocated for assistance for the Government of 

12 the Russian Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from 

13 obligation until the President determines and certifies in 

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

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

19 nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facilities or 

20 programs, or ballistic missile capability; and 

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

23 relief to refugees and internally displaced persons in 

24 Chechnya. 

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1 (A) assistance to combat infectious diseases, 

2 child survival activities, or assistance for victims of 

3 trafficking in persons; and 

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

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

8 not apply to— 

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

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

13 (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 

14 Development Agency under section 661 of the For15 eign Assistance Act of 1961; 

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

17 United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 

18 acting within his or her official capacity; 

19 (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee or 

20 other assistance provided by the Overseas Private 

21 Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 

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

23 (5) any financing provided under the Export24 Import Bank Act of 1945; or 

25 (6) humanitarian assistance. 


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1 TRADE CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

4 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the enhance5 ment of trade capacity in foreign countries, $522,000,000, 

6 to remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, 

7 That these funds shall be available to the Director of 

8 Trade Capacity Enhancement to be used only for enhanc9 ing trade capacity, most especially to assist a country in 

10 efforts to qualify for, implement and benefit from free 

11 trade agreements with the United States: Provided further, 

12 That in order to accomplish the purposes provided herein, 

13 funds appropriated under this heading may be transferred 

14 to and merged with funds appropriated by this Act under 

15 the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Sup16 port Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Bal17 tic States’’, ‘‘Assistance to Independent States of the 

18 Former Soviet Union’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Initia19 tive’’: Provided further, That any such transfers shall be 

20 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com21 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 

22 appropriated under this heading are in addition to funds 

23 otherwise available for such purposes. 


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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

2 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 

4 the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 

5 provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

6 of 1969, $19,268,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2008. 

8 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

9 For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the 

10 International Security and Development Cooperation Act 

11 of 1980, Public Law 96–533, $22,726,000, to remain 

12 available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That funds 

13 made available to grantees may be invested pending ex14 penditure for project purposes when authorized by the 

15 Board of Directors of the Foundation: Provided further, 

16 That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes 

17 for which the grant was made: Provided further, That not18 withstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Develop19 ment Foundation Act, (1) in exceptional circumstances the 

20 Board of Directors of the Foundation may waive the 

21 $250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect 

22 to a project and (2) a project may exceed the limitation 

23 by up to $10,000 if the increase is due solely to foreign 

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1 tion shall provide a report to the Committees on Appro2 priations after each time such authority is exercised. 

3 PEACE CORPS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

6 of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), including the pur7 chase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 

8 administrative purposes for use outside of the United 

9 States, $324,587,000, to remain available until September 

10 30, 2008: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

11 under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Pro12 vided further, That the Director may transfer to the For13 eign Currency Fluctuations Account, as authorized by 22 

14 U.S.C. 2515, an amount not to exceed $2,000,000: Pro15 vided further, That funds transferred pursuant to the pre16 vious proviso may not be derived from amounts made 

17 available for Peace Corps overseas operations. 

18 MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

19 For necessary expenses for the ‘‘Millennium Chal20 lenge Corporation’’, $2,000,000,000, to remain available 

21 until expended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 

22 under this heading, up to $95,000,000 may be available 

23 for administrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge 

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

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

2 Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 for candidate countries 

3 for fiscal year 2007: Provided further, That none of the 

4 funds available to carry out section 616 of such Act may 

5 be made available until the Chief Executive Officer of the 

6 Millennium Challenge Corporation provides a report to the 

7 Committees on Appropriations listing the candidate coun8 tries that will be receiving assistance under section 616 

9 of such Act, the level of assistance proposed for each such 

10 country, a description of the proposed programs, projects 

11 and activities, and the implementing agency or agencies 

12 of the United States Government: Provided further, That 

13 section 605(e)(4) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 

14 shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Pro15 vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 

16 may be made available for a Millennium Challenge Com17 pact entered into pursuant to section 609 of the Millen18 nium Challenge Act of 2003 only if such Compact obli19 gates, or contains a commitment to obligate subject to the 

20 availability of funds and the mutual agreement of the par21 ties to the Compact to proceed, the entire amount of the 

22 United States Government funding anticipated for the du23 ration of the Compact. 


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1 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

2 GLOBAL HIV/AIDS INITIATIVE

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

6 including administrative expenses of the Office of the 

7 Global AIDS Coordinator, $2,772,500,000, to remain 

8 available until expended, of which $244,500,000 shall be 

9 made available, notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, except for the United States Leadership Against 

11 HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public 

12 Law 108–25) for a United States contribution to the Glob13 al Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and 

14 shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make 

15 timely payment for projects and activities: Provided, That 

16 up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made 

17 available to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2007 may be 

18 made available to the Office of the United States Global 

19 AIDS Coordinator for technical assistance related to the 

20 activities of the Global Fund. 

21 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

22 ENFORCEMENT

23 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 

24 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $703,600,000, to re25 main available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That 


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1 during fiscal year 2007, the Department of State may also 

2 use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance 

3 Act of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive 

4 excess property from an agency of the United States Gov5 ernment for the purpose of providing it to a foreign coun6 try under chapter 8 of part I of that Act subject to the 

7 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap8 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 

9 shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations not 

10 later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this 

11 Act and prior to the initial obligation of funds appro12 priated under this heading, a report on the proposed uses 

13 of all funds under this heading on a country-by-country 

14 basis for each proposed program, project, or activity: Pro15 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

16 heading, not less than $16,250,000 shall be made avail17 able for training programs and activities of the Inter18 national Law Enforcement Academies: Provided further, 

19 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

20 $26,100,000 shall be made available to carry out pro21 grams in Colombia: Provided further, That $10,000,000 

22 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

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1 ing, not more than $33,484,000 may be available for ad2 ministrative expenses. 

3 ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE

4 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 

5 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support 

6 counterdrug activities in the Andean region of South 

7 America, $506,850,000, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2009: Provided, That in fiscal year 2007, 

9 funds available to the Department of State for assistance 

10 to the Government of Colombia shall be available to sup11 port a unified campaign against narcotics trafficking, 

12 against activities by organizations designated as terrorist 

13 organizations such as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of 

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

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

16 and to take actions to protect human health and welfare 

17 in emergency circumstances, including undertaking rescue 

18 operations: Provided further, That this authority shall 

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

20 evidence that the Colombian Armed Forces are not con21 ducting vigorous operations to restore government author22 ity and respect for human rights in areas under the effec23 tive control of paramilitary and guerrilla organizations: 

24 Provided further, That the President shall ensure that if 

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1 used to aid or abet the operations of any illegal self-de2 fense group or illegal security cooperative, such helicopter 

3 shall be immediately returned to the United States: Pro4 vided further, That the Secretary of State, in consultation 

5 with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

6 International Development, shall provide to the Commit7 tees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the 

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

9 obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, a re10 port on the proposed uses of all funds under this heading 

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

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

13 available in this Act for demobilization/reintegration of 

14 members of foreign terrorist organizations in Colombia 

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

16 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria17 tions: Provided further, That section 482(b) of the Foreign 

18 Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appro19 priated under this heading: Provided further, That assist20 ance provided with funds appropriated under this heading 

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

22 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made avail23 able subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

24 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of 

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1 able for alternative development/institution building, not 

2 less than $85,400,000 shall be apportioned directly to the 

3 United States Agency for International Development: Pro4 vided further, That with respect to funds apportioned to 

5 the United States Agency for International Development 

6 under the previous proviso, the responsibility for policy de7 cisions for the use of such funds, including what activities 

8 will be funded and the amount of funds that will be pro9 vided for each of those activities, shall be the responsibility 

10 of the Director of Foreign Assistance in consultation with 

11 the Assistant Secretary of State for International Nar12 cotics and Law Enforcement Affairs: Provided further, 

13 That no United States Armed Forces personnel or United 

14 States civilian contractor employed by the United States 

15 will participate in any combat operation in connection with 

16 assistance made available by this Act for Colombia: Pro17 vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 

18 that are made available for assistance for the Bolivian 

19 military may be made available for such purposes only if 

20 the Secretary of State certifies that the Bolivian military 

21 is respecting human rights, and civilian judicial authori22 ties are investigating and prosecuting, with the military’s 

23 cooperation, military personnel who have been implicated 

24 in gross violations of human rights: Provided further, That 

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1 than $18,060,000 may be available for administrative ex2 penses of the Department of State, and not more than 

3 $7,800,000 may be available, in addition to amounts oth4 erwise available for such purposes, for administrative ex5 penses of the United States Agency for International De6 velopment. 

7 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

8 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

10 by law, a contribution to the International Committee of 

11 the Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contribu12 tions to the International Organization for Migration and 

13 the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and 

14 other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; sala15 ries and expenses of personnel and dependents as author16 ized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as 

17 authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, 

18 United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor 

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

20 5, United States Code, $750,206,000, to remain available 

21 until expended: Provided, That not more than 

22 $23,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses: 

23 Provided further, That not less than $40,000,000 of the 

24 funds made available under this heading shall be made 

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1 Eastern Europe and other refugees resettling in Israel: 

2 Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 

3 heading may be made available for a headquarters con4 tribution to the International Committee of the Red Cross 

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

6 to the appropriate committees of Congress) that the 

7 Magen David Adom Society of Israel is not being denied 

8 participation in the activities of the International Red 

9 Cross and Red Crescent Movement. 

10 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

11 ASSISTANCE FUND

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

15 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

16 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

17 RELATED PROGRAMS

18 For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter19 rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 

20 $425,010,000, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of 

21 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti22 terrorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign 

23 Assistance Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM 

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1 ties, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction 

2 of small arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any 

3 other provision of law, including activities implemented 

4 through nongovernmental and international organizations, 

5 and section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

6 for a voluntary contribution to the International Atomic 

7 Energy Agency (IAEA), and for a United States contribu8 tion to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Pre9 paratory Commission: Provided, That of this amount not 

10 to exceed $38,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

11 may be made available for the Nonproliferation and Disar12 mament Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relat14 ing to nonproliferation and disarmament: Provided further, 

15 That such funds may also be used for such countries other 

16 than the Independent States of the former Soviet Union 

17 and international organizations when it is in the national 

18 security interest of the United States to do so: Provided 

19 further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 

20 be made available for the International Atomic Energy 

21 Agency only if the Secretary of State determines (and so 

22 reports to the Congress) that Israel is not being denied 

23 its right to participate in the activities of that Agency: 

24 Provided further, That of the funds made available for 

25 demining and related activities, not to exceed $700,000, 


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1 in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, 

2 may be used for administrative expenses related to the op3 eration and management of the demining program: Pro4 vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 

5 that are available for ‘‘Anti-terrorism Assistance’’ and 

6 ‘‘Export Control and Border Security’’ shall remain avail7 able until September 30, 2008. 

8 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

9 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

12 $23,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2009, which shall be available notwithstanding any other 

14 provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun15 tries. 

16 DEBT RESTRUCTURING

17 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con18 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and 

19 loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for 

20 which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made 

21 available for programs within the International Affairs 

22 Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling, reduc23 ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as 

24 a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries, 

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1 of 1961, of modifying concessional credit agreements with 

2 least developed countries, as authorized under section 411 

3 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 

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

5 and credit agreements, as authorized under section 572 

6 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 

7 Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100– 

8 461), and of canceling amounts owed, as a result of loans 

9 or guarantees made pursuant to the Export-Import Bank 

10 Act of 1945, by countries that are eligible for debt reduc11 tion pursuant to title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law 

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

13 $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2009: Provided, That not less than $20,000,000 of the 

15 funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail16 able to carry out the provisions of part V of the Foreign 

17 Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That amounts 

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

19 debt reduction under the enhanced HIPC initiative by— 

20 (1) the Inter-American Development Bank; 

21 (2) the African Development Fund; 

22 (3) the African Development Bank; and 

23 (4) the Central American Bank for Economic 

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

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

3 of State has credible evidence that the government of such 

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

7 and implement measures to alleviate poverty and to devote 

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

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

12 international financial institutions are expected to benefit 

13 from a United States contribution to the HIPC Trust 

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

15 Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the Committees on 

16 Appropriations not less than 15 days in advance of the 

17 signature of an agreement by the United States to make 

18 payments to the HIPC Trust Fund of amounts for such 

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

21 debt reduction through the HIPC Trust Fund only for the 

22 benefit of countries that— 

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

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1 ment as a result of such disbursement, other than 

2 loans made by such institutions to export-oriented 

3 commercial projects that generate foreign exchange 

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

5 and 

6 (2) have documented and demonstrated their 

7 commitment to redirect their budgetary resources 

8 from international debt repayments to programs to 

9 alleviate poverty and promote economic growth that 

10 are additional to or expand upon those previously 

11 available for such purposes: 

12 Provided further, That any limitation of subsection (e) of 

13 section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and 

14 Assistance Act of 1954 shall not apply to funds appro15 priated under this heading: Provided further, That none 

16 of the funds made available under this heading in this or 

17 any other appropriations Act shall be made available for 

18 Sudan or Burma unless the Secretary of the Treasury de19 termines and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

20 that a democratically elected government has taken office. 

21 TITLE III—MILITARY ASSISTANCE 

22 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

23 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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1 $88,000,000, of which up to $3,000,000 may remain 

2 available until expended: Provided, That the civilian per3 sonnel for whom military education and training may be 

4 provided under this heading may include civilians who are 

5 not members of a government whose participation would 

6 contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian con7 trol of the military, or respect for human rights. 

8 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For expenses necessary for grants to enable the 

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

12 Arms Export Control Act, $4,454,900,000: Provided, 

13 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

14 less than $2,340,000,000 shall be available for grants only 

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

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

17 the funds appropriated by this paragraph for Israel shall 

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

19 Provided further, That to the extent that the Government 

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

21 grants made available for Israel by this paragraph shall, 

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

23 for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than 

24 $610,000,000 shall be available for the procurement in 

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1 research and development: Provided further, That of the 

2 funds appropriated by this paragraph, $216,000,000 shall 

3 be made available for assistance for Jordan: Provided fur4 ther, That funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

5 by this paragraph shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding 

6 any requirement in section 23 of the Arms Export Control 

7 Act: Provided further, That funds made available under 

8 this paragraph shall be obligated upon apportionment in 

9 accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of title 31, United 

10 States Code, section 1501(a). 

11 None of the funds made available under this heading 

12 shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 

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

15 under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 

16 country proposing to make such procurements has first 

17 signed an agreement with the United States Government 

18 specifying the conditions under which such procurements 

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

23 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

24 for assistance for Sudan and Guatemala: Provided further, 

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1 may be made available for assistance for Haiti except pur2 suant to the regular notification procedures of the Com3 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 

4 made available under this heading may be used, notwith5 standing any other provision of law, for demining, the 

6 clearance of unexploded ordnance, and related activities, 

7 and may include activities implemented through non8 governmental and international organizations: Provided 

9 further, That only those countries for which assistance was 

10 justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financing Pro11 gram’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation 

12 for security assistance programs may utilize funds made 

13 available under this heading for procurement of defense 

14 articles, defense services or design and construction serv15 ices that are not sold by the United States Government 

16 under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, 

17 That funds appropriated under this heading shall be ex18 pended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely 

19 payment for defense articles and services: Provided fur20 ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

21 $90,000,000 shall be available for Colombia and that with22 in these funds, the Department of Defense should ensure 

23 sufficient resources are provided for the acquisition of ad24 ditional aircraft for the Colombian Navy’s maritime sur25 veillance mission: Provided further, That not more than 


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1 $42,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

2 may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the 

3 purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only 

4 for use outside of the United States, for the general costs 

5 of administering military assistance and sales: Provided 

6 further, That not more than $359,000,000 of funds real7 ized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export 

8 Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred by the 

9 Department of Defense during fiscal year 2007 pursuant 

10 to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except 

11 that this limitation may be exceeded only through the reg12 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro13 priations: Provided further, That foreign military financing 

14 program funds estimated to be outlayed for Egypt during 

15 fiscal year 2007 shall be transferred to an interest bearing 

16 account for Egypt in the Federal Reserve Bank of New 

17 York within 30 days of enactment of this Act. 

18 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

21 $170,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro22 priated under this heading shall be obligated or expended 

23 except as provided through the regular notification proce24 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 


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1 TITLE IV—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC 

2 ASSISTANCE 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

4 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

5 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

6 For the United States contribution for the Global En7 vironment Facility, $56,250,000 to the International 

8 Bank for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for 

9 the Global Environment Facility (GEF), by the Secretary 

10 of the Treasury, to remain available until expended. 

11 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

12 ASSOCIATION

13 For payment to the International Development Asso14 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $950,000,000, 

15 to remain available until expended. 

16 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE

17 AMERICAS MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND

18 For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Mul19 tilateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treas20 ury, for the United States contribution to the fund, 

21 $23,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

23 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

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1 ment Bank Act, as amended, $115,250,000, to remain 

2 available until expended. 

3 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

4 For payment to the African Development Bank by 

5 the Secretary of the Treasury, $5,018,000, for the United 

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

7 remain available until expended. 

8 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

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

11 for the callable capital portion of the United States share 

12 of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 

13 $78,622,000. 

14 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

15 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

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

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

18 until expended. 

19 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR

20 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

21 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

22 of the Treasury to increase the resources of the Inter23 national Fund for Agricultural Development, 

24 $18,000,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

3 of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

4 and of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Pro5 gram Participation Act of 1973, $327,570,000: Provided, 

6 That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 

7 may be made available to the International Atomic En8 ergy Agency (IAEA): Provided further, That section 

9 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act shall not apply to 

10 contributions to the United Nations Democracy Fund. 

11 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

12 COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE

13 DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

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

15 be made as payment to any international financial institu16 tion while the United States Executive Director to such 

17 institution is compensated by the institution at a rate 

18 which, together with whatever compensation such Director 

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

20 provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV 

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

22 United States Code, or while any alternate United States 

23 Director to such institution is compensated by the institu24 tion at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an indi25 vidual occupying a position at level V of the Executive 


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1 Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 

2 Code. 

3 (b) For purposes of this section ‘‘international finan4 cial institutions’’ are: the International Bank for Recon5 struction and Development, the Inter-American Develop6 ment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian De7 velopment Fund, the African Development Bank, the Afri8 can Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund, 

9 the North American Development Bank, and the Euro10 pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 

11 RESTRICTIONS ON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO

12 UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES

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

14 may be made available to pay any voluntary contribution 

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

16 United Nations Development Program) if the United Na17 tions implements or imposes any taxation on any United 

18 States persons. 

19 LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES

20 SEC. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made avail21 able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $100,500 shall 

22 be for official residence expenses of the United States 

23 Agency for International Development during the current 

24 fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall be 

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1 United States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu 

2 of dollars. 

3 UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT

4 SEC. 504. Any Department or Agency to which funds 

5 are appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 

6 shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations a quar7 terly accounting by program, project, and activity of the 

8 funds received by such Department or Agency in this fiscal 

9 year or any previous fiscal year that remain unobligated 

10 and unexpended. 

11 LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

12 SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made avail13 able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $250,000 shall 

14 be available for representation and entertainment allow15 ances, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available 

16 for entertainment allowances, for the United States Agen17 cy for International Development during the current fiscal 

18 year: Provided, That no such entertainment funds may be 

19 used for the purposes listed in section 548 of this Act: 

20 Provided further, That appropriate steps shall be taken to 

21 assure that, to the maximum extent possible, United 

22 States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dol23 lars: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

24 by this Act for general costs of administering military as25 sistance and sales under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 

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1 able for entertainment expenses and not to exceed 

2 $130,000 shall be available for representation allowances: 

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

4 Act under the heading ‘‘International Military Education 

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

6 for entertainment allowances: Provided further, That of 

7 the funds made available by this Act for the Inter-Amer8 ican Foundation, not to exceed $2,000 shall be available 

9 for entertainment and representation allowances: Provided 

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

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

12 available for entertainment expenses: Provided further, 

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

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

15 $4,000 shall be available for representation and entertain16 ment allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made 

17 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Millennium Chal18 lenge Corporation’’, not to exceed $115,000 shall be avail19 able for representation and entertainment allowances. 

20 PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES

21 ASSISTANCE

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

23 the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 

24 to provide assistance for a foreign country under a new 

25 bilateral agreement governing the terms and conditions 

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1 agreement includes a provision stating that assistance pro2 vided by the United States shall be exempt from taxation, 

3 or reimbursed, by the foreign government, and the Sec4 retary of State shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 

5 amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as nec6 essary, to conform with this requirement. 

7 (b) REIMBURSEMENT OF FOREIGN TAXES.—An 

8 amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes as9 sessed during fiscal year 2007 on funds appropriated by 

10 this Act by a foreign government or entity against com11 modities financed under United States assistance pro12 grams for which funds are appropriated by this Act, either 

13 directly or through grantees, contractors and subcontrac14 tors shall be withheld from obligation from funds appro15 priated for assistance for fiscal year 2008 and allocated 

16 for the central government of such country and for the 

17 West Bank and Gaza Program to the extent that the Sec18 retary of State certifies and reports in writing to the Com19 mittees on Appropriations that such taxes have not been 

20 reimbursed to the Government of the United States. 

21 (c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 

22 minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 

23 subsection (b). 

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1 section (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance to coun2 tries which do not assess taxes on United States assistance 

3 or which have an effective arrangement that is providing 

4 substantial reimbursement of such taxes. 

5 (e) DETERMINATIONS.— 

6 (1) The provisions of this section shall not 

7 apply to any country or entity the Secretary of State 

8 determines— 

9 (A) does not assess taxes on United States 

10 assistance or which has an effective arrange11 ment that is providing substantial reimburse12 ment of such taxes; or 

13 (B) the foreign policy interests of the 

14 United States outweigh the policy of this sec15 tion to ensure that United States assistance is 

16 not subject to taxation. 

17 (2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 

18 the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 

19 prior to exercising the authority of this subsection 

20 with regard to any country or entity. 

21 (f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 

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

23 to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist24 ance contained in this section. 

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

2 value added taxes and customs duties imposed on 

3 commodities financed with United States assistance 

4 for programs for which funds are appropriated by 

5 this Act; and 

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

7 framework bilateral agreement between the Govern8 ment of the United States and the government of 

9 the country receiving assistance that describes the 

10 privileges and immunities applicable to United 

11 States foreign assistance for such country generally, 

12 or an individual agreement between the Government 

13 of the United States and such government that de14 scribes, among other things, the treatment for tax 

15 purposes that will be accorded the United States as16 sistance provided under that agreement. 

17 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN

18 COUNTRIES

19 SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated 

21 or expended to finance directly any assistance or repara22 tions to Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Pro23 vided, That for purposes of this section, the prohibition 

24 on obligations or expenditures shall include direct loans, 

25 credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Import 

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1 of this section, the prohibition shall not include activities 

2 of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation in Libya: 

3 Provided further, That the prohibition shall not include di4 rect loans, credits, insurance and guarantees made avail5 able by the Export-Import Bank or its agents for or in 

6 Libya. 

7 MILITARY COUPS

8 SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated 

10 or expended to finance directly any assistance to the gov11 ernment of any country whose duly elected head of govern12 ment is deposed by military coup or decree: Provided, That 

13 assistance may be resumed to such government if the 

14 President determines and certifies to the Committees on 

15 Appropriations that subsequent to the termination of as16 sistance a democratically elected government has taken of17 fice: Provided further, That the provisions of this section 

18 shall not apply to assistance to promote democratic elec19 tions or public participation in democratic processes: Pro20 vided further, That funds made available pursuant to the 

21 previous provisos shall be subject to the regular notifica22 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

23 TRANSFERS

24 SEC. 509. (a)(1) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BE25 TWEEN AGENCIES.—None of the funds made available by 

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1 or instrumentality of the United States Government, ex2 cept pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority 

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

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

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

6 funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 

7 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated 

8 or transferred to agencies of the United States Govern9 ment pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 

10 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

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

12 funds made available by this Act may be obligated under 

13 an appropriation account to which they were not appro14 priated, except for transfers specifically provided for in 

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

16 to the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign 

17 Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with 

18 and provides a written policy justification to the Commit19 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Senate. 

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

22 agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appro23 priated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between 

24 the United States Agency for International Development 

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1 under the authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign As2 sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, 

3 shall expressly provide that the Office of the Inspector 

4 General for the agency receiving the transfer or allocation 

5 of such funds shall perform periodic program and financial 

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

7 transferred under such authority may be made available 

8 for the cost of such audits. 

9 COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES

10 SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of 

12 the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of sec13 tion 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used 

14 to provide financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and 

15 major non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing 

16 (including leasing with an option to purchase) of defense 

17 articles from United States commercial suppliers, not in18 cluding Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters 

19 and other types of aircraft having possible civilian applica20 tion), if the President determines that there are compel21 ling foreign policy or national security reasons for those 

22 defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather 

23 than by government-to-government sale under such Act. 

24 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

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1 piration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so pro2 vided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for 

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

4 667, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 

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

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

8 remain available for an additional 4 years from the date 

9 on which the availability of such funds would otherwise 

10 have expired, if such funds are initially obligated before 

11 the expiration of their respective periods of availability 

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

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

16 which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements 

17 in order to address balance of payments or economic policy 

18 reform objectives, shall remain available until expended. 

19 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

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

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

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

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

25 government of such country by the United States pursuant 

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1 Act unless the President determines, following consulta2 tions with the Committees on Appropriations, that assist3 ance to such country is in the national interest of the 

4 United States. 

5 COMMERCE AND TRADE

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

7 made available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance 

8 and none of the funds otherwise made available pursuant 

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

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

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

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

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

17 assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 

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

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

22 United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United 

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

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

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

3 Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing 

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

6 in connection with the growth or production in a foreign 

7 country of an agricultural commodity for export which 

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

10 shall not prohibit— 

11 (1) activities designed to increase food security 

12 in developing countries where such activities will not 

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

15 (2) research activities intended primarily to 

16 benefit American producers. 

17 SURPLUS COMMODITIES

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

21 International Development Association, the International 

22 Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development 

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1 can Development Bank, and the African Development 

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

3 oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds 

4 appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act, for 

5 the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 

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

7 assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 

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

9 REPROGRAMMING NOTIFICATIONS AND TRANSFER

10 GUIDELINES

11 SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in 

12 this Act or in prior Acts making appropriations for foreign 

13 operations, export financing, and related programs, from 

14 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

15 by the collection of currency reflows or other offsetting 

16 collections, or made available by transfer, may be used to 

17 finance an activity, program, or project specifically denied 

18 funding by Congress in this Act. 

19 (b) None of the funds made available in this Act or 

20 in prior Acts making appropriations for foreign oper21 ations, export financing, and related programs, from any 

22 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

23 the collection of currency reflows or other offsetting collec24 tions, or made available by transfer, may be used to ini25 tiate a new or terminate an existing activity, program, or 


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1 project not previously justified without prior notification 

2 of the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 (c) For the purposes of providing the executive 

4 branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none 

5 of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘Child Sur6 vival and Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assist7 ance’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, 

8 ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar9 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean 

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

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

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

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

14 Operations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, ‘‘Operating Ex15 penses of the United States Agency for International De16 velopment’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States 

17 Agency for International Development Office of Inspector 

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

19 and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora20 tion’’ (by country only), ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro21 gram’’, ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, 

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

23 shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, 

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1 fied to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation 

2 under any of these specific headings unless the Commit3 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 

4 notified 15 days in advance: Provided, That the President 

5 shall not enter into any commitment of funds appropriated 

6 for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control 

7 Act for the provision of major defense equipment, other 

8 than conventional ammunition, or other major defense 

9 items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat ve10 hicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent 

11 in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless the 

12 Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in ad13 vance of such commitment: Provided further, That this 

14 paragraph shall not apply to any reprogramming for an 

15 activity, program, or project for which funds are appro16 priated under title II or title III of this Act of less than 

17 10 percent of the amount previously justified to the Con18 gress for obligation for such activity, program, or project 

19 for the current fiscal year. 

20 (d) The requirements of this section or any similar 

21 provision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior 

22 Act requiring notification in accordance with the regular 

23 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria24 tions, may be waived if failure to do so would pose a sub25 stantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided, That 


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1 in case of any such waiver, notification to the Congress, 

2 or the appropriate congressional committees, shall be pro3 vided as early as practicable, but in no event later than 

4 3 days after taking the action to which such notification 

5 requirement was applicable, in the context of the cir6 cumstances necessitating such waiver: Provided further, 

7 That any notification provided pursuant to such a waiver 

8 shall contain an explanation of the emergency cir9 cumstances. 

10 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

11 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

12 SEC. 516. Subject to the regular notification proce13 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro14 priated under this Act or any previously enacted Act mak15 ing appropriations for foreign operations, export financ16 ing, and related programs, which are returned or not made 

17 available for organizations and programs because of the 

18 implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist19 ance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation 

20 until September 30, 2008. 

21 INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

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

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

24 Former Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for assist25 ance for a government of an Independent State of the 

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1 in violation of the territorial integrity or national sov2 ereignty of any other Independent State of the former So3 viet Union, such as those violations included in the Hel4 sinki Final Act: Provided, That such funds may be made 

5 available without regard to the restriction in this sub6 section if the President determines that to do so is in the 

7 national security interest of the United States. 

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

9 ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So10 viet Union’’ shall be made available for any state to en11 hance its military capability: Provided, That this restric12 tion does not apply to demilitarization, demining or non13 proliferation programs. 

14 (c) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist15 ance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 

16 Union’’ for the Russian Federation, Armenia, and 

17 Uzbekistan shall be subject to the regular notification pro18 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

19 (d) Funds made available in this Act for assistance 

20 for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union 

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

22 to environment and natural resources) of the Foreign As23 sistance Act of 1961. 

24 (e) In issuing new task orders, entering into con25 tracts, or making grants, with funds appropriated in this 


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1 Act or prior appropriations Acts under the heading ‘‘As2 sistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 

3 Union’’ and under comparable headings in prior appro4 priations Acts, for projects or activities that have as one 

5 of their primary purposes the fostering of private sector 

6 development, the Coordinator for United States Assistance 

7 to Europe and Eurasia and the implementing agency shall 

8 encourage the participation of and give significant weight 

9 to contractors and grantees who propose investing a sig10 nificant amount of their own resources (including volun11 teer services and in-kind contributions) in such projects 

12 and activities. 

13 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND

14 INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

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

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

17 amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor18 tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 

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

20 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist21 ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 

22 the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 

23 of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 

24 incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 

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

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1 for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 

2 part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or 

3 involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 

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

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

6 obligated or expended for any country or organization if 

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

8 such country or organization would violate any of the 

9 above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri10 lizations. 

11 EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES

12 SEC. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria13 tion other than for administrative expenses made available 

14 for fiscal year 2007, for programs under title I of this 

15 Act may be transferred between such appropriations for 

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

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

18 but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 

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

20 any such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such au21 thority shall be subject to the regular notification proce22 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

23 SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

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

25 shall be obligated or expended for assistance for Liberia, 

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1 as provided through the regular notification procedures of 

2 the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

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

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

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

9 Economic Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21 Assistance Act of 1961. 

22 CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH ACTIVITIES

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

24 available by this Act for assistance under the heading 

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

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1 agencies of State governments, institutions of higher 

2 learning, and private and voluntary organizations for the 

3 full cost of individuals (including for the personal services 

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

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

6 International Development for the purpose of carrying out 

7 activities under that heading: Provided, That up to 

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

9 assistance under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 

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

11 organizations for such costs of such individuals carrying 

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

14 Act that are made available for assistance for child sur15 vival activities or disease programs including activities re16 lating to research on, and the prevention, treatment and 

17 control of, HIV/AIDS may be made available notwith18 standing any other provision of law except for the provi19 sions under the heading ‘‘Child Survival and Health Pro20 grams Fund’’ and the United States Leadership Against 

21 HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 

22 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended. 

23 AFGHANISTAN

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

25 III of this Act, not less than $931,400,000 should be made 

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1 sistance for Afghanistan: Provided, That of the funds 

2 made available pursuant to this section, $3,000,000 

3 should be made available for reforestation activities: Pro4 vided further, That funds made available pursuant to the 

5 previous proviso should be matched, to the maximum ex6 tent possible, with contributions from American and Af7 ghan businesses: Provided further, That of the funds allo8 cated for assistance for Afghanistan from this Act and 

9 other Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, 

10 export financing, and related programs for fiscal year 

11 2007, not less than $50,000,000 should be made available 

12 to support programs that directly address the needs of Af13 ghan women and girls. 

14 NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

15 SEC. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of 

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

17 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De18 fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the 

19 same extent and under the same conditions as are other 

20 committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro21 vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess 

22 defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the 

23 Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 

24 Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 

25 procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 

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

2 of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if 

3 notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 

4 of appropriated funds for specific countries that would re5 ceive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 

6 such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac7 quisition cost of such defense articles. 

8 GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND

9 MALARIA

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

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

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

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

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

15 Fund until the Secretary of State certifies to the Commit16 tees on Appropriations that the Global Fund— 

17 (1) has clear progress indicators upon which to 

18 determine the release of incremental disbursements; 

19 (2) is releasing such incremental disbursements 

20 only if progress is being made based on those indica21 tors; and 

22 (3) is providing support and oversight to coun23 try-level entities, such as country coordinating mech24 anisms, principal recipients, and local Fund agents, 

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1 (b) The Secretary of State may waive subsection (a) 

2 if the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees 

3 on Appropriations that such waiver is important to the 

4 national interest of the United States. 

5 HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY

6 SEC. 526. (a) Not less than $27,000,000 of the funds 

7 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 

8 Support Fund’’ should be allocated for the Human Rights 

9 and Democracy Fund: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 

10 of such funds may be used for the Reagan/Fascell Democ11 racy Fellows program. 

12 PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST

13 COUNTRIES

14 SEC. 527. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assist15 ance under any heading of this Act and funds appro16 priated under any such heading in a provision of law en17 acted prior to the enactment of this Act, shall not be made 

18 available to any country which the President determines— 

19 (1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any 

20 individual or group which has committed an act of 

21 international terrorism; or 

22 (2) otherwise supports international terrorism. 

23 (b) The President may waive the application of sub24 section (a) to a country if the President determines that 

25 national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 

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

2 takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropria3 tions of the waiver (including the justification for the waiv4 er) in accordance with the regular notification procedures 

5 of the Committees on Appropriations. 

6 DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

7 SEC. 528. In order to enhance the continued partici8 pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel9 opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern10 mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 

11 the United States Agency for International Development 

12 may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 

13 which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 

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

15 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

16 on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 

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

18 provided to that organization. 

19 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

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

21 CURRENCIES.— 

22 (1) If assistance is furnished to the government 

23 of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part 

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

25 Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the 

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1 Administrator of the United States Agency for 

2 International Development shall— 

3 (A) require that local currencies be depos4 ited in a separate account established by that 

5 government; 

6 (B) enter into an agreement with that gov7 ernment which sets forth— 

8 (i) the amount of the local currencies 

9 to be generated; and 

10 (ii) the terms and conditions under 

11 which the currencies so deposited may be 

12 utilized, consistent with this section; and 

13 (C) establish by agreement with that gov14 ernment the responsibilities of the United 

15 States Agency for International Development 

16 and that government to monitor and account 

17 for deposits into and disbursements from the 

18 separate account. 

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

20 agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur21 rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 

22 subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur23 rencies, shall be used only— 


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

2 I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), 

3 for such purposes as— 

4 (i) project and sector assistance activi5 ties; or 

6 (ii) debt and deficit financing; or 

7 (B) for the administrative requirements of 

8 the United States Government. 

9 (3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—The 

10 United States Agency for International Development 

11 shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 

12 equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 

13 to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 

14 established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 

15 for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 

16 (a)(2). 

17 (4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PRO18 GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun19 try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 

20 part II (as the case may be), any unencumbered bal21 ances of funds which remain in a separate account 

22 established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be dis23 posed of for such purposes as may be agreed to by 

24 the government of that country and the United 

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1 (5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Adminis2 trator of the United States Agency for International 

3 Development shall report on an annual basis as part 

4 of the justification documents submitted to the Com5 mittees on Appropriations on the use of local cur6 rencies for the administrative requirements of the 

7 United States Government as authorized in sub8 section (a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the 

9 amount of local currency (and United States dollar 

10 equivalent) used and/or to be used for such purpose 

11 in each applicable country. 

12 (b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 

13 (1) If assistance is made available to the gov14 ernment of a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 

15 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As16 sistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer assistance or 

17 as nonproject sector assistance, that country shall be 

18 required to maintain such funds in a separate ac19 count and not commingle them with any other 

20 funds. 

21 (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF

22 LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 

23 notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon24 sistent with the nature of this assistance including 

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1 atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac2 companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re3 port No. 98–1159). 

4 (3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 

5 obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec6 tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica7 tion through the regular notification procedures of 

8 the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in9 clude a detailed description of how the funds pro10 posed to be made available will be used, with a dis11 cussion of the United States interests that will be 

12 served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, 

13 a description of the economic policy reforms that will 

14 be promoted by such assistance). 

15 (4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 

16 funds may be exempt from the requirements of sub17 section (b)(1) only through the notification proce18 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

19 ENTERPRISE FUND RESTRICTIONS

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

21 resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up 

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

23 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in ac24 cordance with the regular notification procedures of the 

25 Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution 

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1 (b) Funds made available by this Act for Enterprise 

2 Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary 

3 to make timely payment for projects and activities. 

4 FINANCIAL MARKET ASSISTANCE IN TRANSITION

5 COUNTRIES

6 SEC. 531. Of the funds appropriated in Title II of 

7 this Act, not less than $40,000,000 should be made avail8 able for building capital markets and financial systems in 

9 countries in transistion, of which not less than 

10 $20,000,000 should be designated for not-for-profit orga11 nizations that mobilize volunteers with experience in the 

12 financial sector. 

13 AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN

14 FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

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

16 provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 

17 contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria18 tions for foreign operations, export financing, and related 

19 programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities au20 thorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the 

21 Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Develop22 ment Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly report 

23 to the Committees on Appropriations whenever it is con24 ducting activities or is proposing to conduct activities in 

25 a country for which assistance is prohibited. 


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1 IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

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

3 may be obligated or expended to provide— 

4 (1) any financial incentive to a business enter5 prise currently located in the United States for the 

6 purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 

7 outside the United States if such incentive or in8 ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ9 ees of such business enterprise in the United States 

10 because United States production is being replaced 

11 by such enterprise outside the United States; or 

12 (2) assistance for any program, project, or ac13 tivity that contributes to the violation of internation14 ally recognized workers rights, as defined in section 

15 507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the 

16 recipient country, including any designated zone or 

17 area in that country: Provided, That the application 

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

19 commensurate with the level of development of the 

20 recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 

21 assistance for the informal sector in such country, 

22 micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 

23 agriculture. 

24 SPECIAL AUTHORITIES

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1 CHILDREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appro2 priated by this Act that are made available for assistance 

3 for Afghanistan may be made available notwithstanding 

4 section 512 of this Act or any similar provision of law and 

5 section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and 

6 funds appropriated in titles I and II of this Act that are 

7 made available for Iraq, Lebanon, Montenegro, Pakistan, 

8 and for victims of war, displaced children, and displaced 

9 Burmese, and to assist victims of trafficking in persons 

10 and, subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

11 Committees on Appropriations, to combat such traf12 ficking, may be made available notwithstanding any other 

13 provision of law. 

14 (b) TROPICAL FORESTRY AND BIODIVERSITY CON15 SERVATION ACTIVITIES.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

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

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

18 of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision 

19 of law, for the purpose of supporting tropical forestry and 

20 biodiversity conservation activities and energy programs 

21 aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided, 

22 That such assistance shall be subject to sections 116, 

23 502B, and 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

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1 chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As2 sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Agricultural Trade 

3 Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be used 

4 by the United States Agency for International Develop5 ment to employ up to 25 personal services contractors in 

6 the United States, notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim support 

8 for new or expanded overseas programs and activities 

9 managed by the agency until permanent direct hire per10 sonnel are hired and trained: Provided, That not more 

11 than 10 of such contractors shall be assigned to any bu12 reau or office: Provided further, That such funds appro13 priated to carry out title II of the Agricultural Trade De14 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, may be made avail15 able only for personal services contractors assigned to the 

16 Office of Food for Peace. 

17 (d)(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the provi18 sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the Presi19 dent determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker 

20 of the House of Representatives and the President pro 

21 tempore of the Senate that it is important to the national 

22 security interests of the United States. 

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

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

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

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

4 award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro5 priated by this Act, the United States Agency for Inter6 national Development may provide an exception to the fair 

7 opportunity process for placing task orders under such 

8 contracts when the order is placed with any category of 

9 small or small disadvantaged business. 

10 (f) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHOR11 ITY.—In providing assistance with funds appropriated by 

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

13 Act of 1961, support for a nation emerging from insta14 bility may be deemed to mean support for regional, dis15 trict, municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging 

16 from instability, as well as a nation emerging from insta17 bility. 

18 (g) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Of the funds managed 

19 by the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 

20 Assistance of the United States Agency for International 

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

22 $10,000,000 shall be made available as a general contribu23 tion to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any 

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1 (h) UNIFIED CAMPAIGN.—Funds transferred pursu2 ant to the authority contained in the fifth proviso under 

3 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ in di4 vision E of Public Law 108–7 may be made available for 

5 helicopters, training, and other assistance for the Colom6 bian Armed Forces for such things as pipeline security 

7 and interdiction, notwithstanding the limitation to security 

8 for the Cano Limon pipeline in such proviso. 

9 (i) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.— 

10 (1) With respect to funds appropriated by this 

11 Act that are available for assistance for Pakistan, 

12 the President may waive the prohibition on assist13 ance contained in section 508 of this Act subject to 

14 the requirements contained in section 1(b) of Public 

15 Law 107–57, as amended, for a determination and 

16 certification, and consultation, by the President 

17 prior to the exercise of such waiver authority. 

18 (2) Section 512 of this Act and section 620(q) 

19 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not 

20 apply with respect to assistance for Pakistan from 

21 funds appropriated by this Act. 

22 (3) Notwithstanding the date contained in sec23 tion 6 of Public Law 107–57, as amended, the provi24 sions of sections 2 and 4 of that Act shall remain 

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1 (j) MIDDLE EAST FOUNDATION.—Of the funds ap2 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup3 port Fund’’ that are available for the Middle East Part4 nership Initiative, up to $35,000,000 may be made avail5 able, including as an endowment, notwithstanding any 

6 other provision of law and following consultations with the 

7 Committees on Appropriations, to establish and operate 

8 a Middle East Foundation, or any other similar entity, 

9 whose purposes include to support democracy, governance, 

10 human rights, and the rule of law, as well as private enter11 prise development in the Middle East region: Provided, 

12 That such funds may be made available to the Foundation 

13 only to the extent that the Foundation has commitments 

14 from sources other than the United States Government 

15 to at least match the funds provided under the authority 

16 of this subsection: Provided further, That provisions con17 tained in section 201 of the Support for East European 

18 Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (excluding the authoriza19 tions of appropriations provided in subsection (b) of that 

20 section) shall be deemed to apply to any such foundation 

21 or similar entity referred to under this subsection, and to 

22 funds made available to such entity, in order to enable 

23 it to provide assistance for purposes of this section: Pro24 vided further, That prior to the initial obligation of funds 

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1 authorities of this subsection, other than for administra2 tive support, the Secretary of State shall take steps to en3 sure, on an ongoing basis, that any such funds made avail4 able pursuant to such authorities are not provided to or 

5 through any individual or group that the management of 

6 the foundation or similar entity knows or has reason to 

7 believe, advocates, plans, sponsors, or otherwise engages 

8 in terrorist activities: Provided further, That section 530 

9 of this Act shall apply to any such foundation or similar 

10 entity established pursuant to this subsection: Provided 

11 further, That the authority of the Foundation, or any simi12 lar entity, to provide assistance shall cease to be effective 

13 on September 30, 2010. 

14 ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

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

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

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

19 in the region and to United States investment and 

20 trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 

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

23 publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 

24 Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 

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1 (4) the President and the Secretary of State 

2 should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab 

3 League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to 

4 demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking 

5 into consideration the participation of any recipient 

6 country in the boycott when determining to sell 

7 weapons to said country; and 

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

10 States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 

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

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

17 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

18 SEC. 536. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN19 MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 

20 or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 

21 shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 

22 programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 

23 appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 

24 chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 

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

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1 Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: Provided, That 

2 before using the authority of this subsection to furnish as3 sistance in support of programs of nongovernmental orga4 nizations, the President shall notify the Committees on 

5 Appropriations under the regular notification procedures 

6 of those committees, including a description of the pro7 gram to be assisted, the assistance to be provided, and 

8 the reasons for furnishing such assistance: Provided fur9 ther, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed 

10 to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abor11 tion or involuntary sterilizations contained in this or any 

12 other Act. 

13 (b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2007, re14 strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 

15 to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re16 strict assistance under the Agricultural Trade Develop17 ment and Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none 

18 of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act 

19 and made available pursuant to this subsection may be 

20 obligated or expended except as provided through the reg21 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro22 priations. 

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

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

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1 of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup2 port international terrorism; or 

3 (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 

4 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

5 of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 

6 country that violates internationally recognized 

7 human rights. 

8 RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

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

10 are specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other 

11 programs within the same account notwithstanding the 

12 designation if compliance with the designation is made im13 possible by operation of any provision of this or any other 

14 Act: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be sub15 ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit16 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance 

17 that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be 

18 made available under the same terms and conditions as 

19 originally provided. 

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

23 States Agency for International Development that are spe24 cifically designated for particular programs or activities by 

25 this or any other Act shall be extended for an additional 

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1 and reports promptly to the Committees on Appropria2 tions that the termination of assistance to a country or 

3 a significant change in circumstances makes it unlikely 

4 that such designated funds can be obligated during the 

5 original period of availability: Provided, That such des6 ignated funds that are continued available for an addi7 tional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the purpose 

8 of such designation. 

9 CEILINGS AND DESIGNATED FUNDING LEVELS

10 SEC. 538. Ceilings and specifically designated fund11 ing levels contained in this Act shall not be applicable to 

12 funds or authorities appropriated or otherwise made avail13 able by any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically 

14 so directs: Provided, That specifically designated funding 

15 levels or minimum funding requirements contained in any 

16 other Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated 

17 by this Act. 

18 PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

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

20 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

21 within the United States not authorized before the date 

22 of the enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided, 

23 That not to exceed $25,000 may be made available to 

24 carry out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96– 

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1 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS

2 MEMBERS

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

4 available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign 

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

6 in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any mem7 ber of the United Nations or, from funds appropriated by 

8 this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign 

9 Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of an10 other country’s delegation at international conferences 

11 held under the auspices of multilateral or international or12 ganizations. 

13 NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION

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

15 available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a non16 governmental organization which fails to provide upon 

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

18 the auditing requirements of the United States Agency for 

19 International Development. 

20 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERN21 MENTS THAT EXPORT LETHAL MILITARY EQUIP22 MENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL

23 TERRORISM

24 SEC. 542. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth25 erwise made available by this Act may be available to any 

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1 ment to a country the government of which the Secretary 

2 of State has determined is a terrorist government for pur3 poses of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 

4 1979. The prohibition under this section with respect to 

5 a foreign government shall terminate 12 months after that 

6 government ceases to provide such military equipment. 

7 This section applies with respect to lethal military equip8 ment provided under a contract entered into after October 

9 1, 1997. 

10 (b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any 

11 other similar provision of law, may be furnished if the 

12 President determines that furnishing such assistance is 

13 important to the national interests of the United States. 

14 (c) Whenever the waiver authority of subsection (b) 

15 is exercised, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

16 congressional committees a report with respect to the fur17 nishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include 

18 a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, in19 cluding the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, 

20 and an explanation of how the assistance furthers United 

21 States national interests. 

22 WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES AND

23 REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES

24 SEC. 543. (a) Subject to subsection (c), of the funds 

25 appropriated by this Act that are made available for as26 sistance for a foreign country, an amount equal to 110 


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1 percent of the total amount of the unpaid fully adjudicated 

2 parking fines and penalties and unpaid property taxes 

3 owed by the central government of such country shall be 

4 withheld from obligation for assistance for the central gov5 ernment of such country until the Secretary of State sub6 mits a certification to the appropriate congressional com7 mittees stating that such parking fines and penalties and 

8 unpaid property taxes are fully paid. 

9 (b) Funds withheld from obligation pursuant to sub10 section (a) may be made available for other programs or 

11 activities funded by this Act, after consultation with and 

12 subject to the regular notification procedures of the appro13 priate congressional committees, provided that no such 

14 funds shall be made available for assistance for the central 

15 government of a foreign country that has not paid the 

16 total amount of the fully adjudicated parking fines and 

17 penalties and unpaid property taxes owed by such country. 

18 (c) Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that 

19 have been withheld under any other provision of law. 

20 (d)(1) The Secretary of State may waive the require21 ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to parking 

22 fines and penalties no sooner than 60 days from the date 

23 of enactment of this Act, or at any time with respect to 

24 a particular country, if the Secretary determines that it 

25 is in the national interests of the United States to do so. 


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1 (2) The Secretary of State may waive the require2 ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to the un3 paid property taxes if the Secretary of State determines 

4 that it is in the national interests of the United States 

5 to do so. 

6 (e) Not later than 6 months after the initial exercise 

7 of the waiver authority in subsection (d), the Secretary 

8 of State, after consultations with the City of New York, 

9 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

10 describing a strategy, including a timetable and steps cur11 rently being taken, to collect the parking fines and pen12 alties and unpaid property taxes and interest owed by na13 tions receiving foreign assistance under this Act. 

14 (f) In this section: 

15 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com16 mittees’’ means the Committee on Appropriations of 

17 the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of 

18 the House of Representatives. 

19 (2) The term ‘‘fully adjudicated’’ includes cir20 cumstances in which the person to whom the vehicle 

21 is registered— 

22 (A)(i) has not responded to the parking 

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1 (ii) has not followed the appropriate adju2 dication procedure to challenge the summons; 

3 and 

4 (B) the period of time for payment of or 

5 challenge to the summons has lapsed. 

6 (3) The term ‘‘parking fines and penalties’’ 

7 means parking fines and penalties— 

8 (A) owed to— 

9 (i) the District of Columbia; or 

10 (ii) New York, New York; and 

11 (B) incurred during the period April 1, 

12 1997, through September 30, 2006. 

13 (4) The term ‘‘unpaid property taxes’’ means 

14 the amount of unpaid taxes and interest determined 

15 to be owed by a foreign country on real property in 

16 the District of Columbia or New York, New York in 

17 a court order or judgment entered against such 

18 country by a court of the United States or any State 

19 or subdivision thereof. 

20 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE

21 WEST BANK AND GAZA

22 SEC. 544. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

23 may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Libera24 tion Organization (PLO) for the West Bank and Gaza un25 less the President has exercised the authority under sec26 tion 604(a) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 


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1 1995 (title VI of Public Law 104–107) or any other legis2 lation to suspend or make inapplicable section 307 of the 

3 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and that suspension is 

4 still in effect: Provided, That if the President fails to make 

5 the certification under section 604(b)(2) of the Middle 

6 East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 or to suspend the pro7 hibition under other legislation, funds appropriated by this 

8 Act may not be obligated for assistance for the Palestine 

9 Liberation Organization for the West Bank and Gaza. 

10 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN

11 SEC. 545. If the President determines that doing so 

12 will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 

13 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 

14 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec15 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up 

16 to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 

17 Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to 

18 the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 

19 Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the 

20 Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola21 tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained 

22 in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determina23 tion required under this section shall be in lieu of any de24 terminations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro25 vided further, That the drawdown made under this section 

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1 or precedent for the establishment of any standing or per2 manent international criminal tribunal or court: Provided 

3 further, That funds made available for tribunals other 

4 than Yugoslavia, Rwanda, or the Special Court for Sierra 

5 Leone shall be made available subject to the regular notifi6 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

7 LANDMINES

8 SEC. 546. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, demining equipment available to the United States 

10 Agency for International Development and the Depart11 ment of State and used in support of the clearance of 

12 landmines and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian 

13 purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign 

14 countries, subject to such terms and conditions as the 

15 President may prescribe. 

16 RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN

17 AUTHORITY

18 SEC. 547. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

19 may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Je20 rusalem a new office of any department or agency of the 

21 United States Government for the purpose of conducting 

22 official United States Government business with the Pal23 estinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor 

24 Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel25 PLO Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this re26 striction shall not apply to the acquisition of additional 


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1 space for the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem: 

2 Provided further, That meetings between officers and em3 ployees of the United States and officials of the Pales4 tinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing 

5 entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin6 ciples, for the purpose of conducting official United States 

7 Government business with such authority should continue 

8 to take place in locations other than Jerusalem. As has 

9 been true in the past, officers and employees of the United 

10 States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on 

11 other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now 

12 occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social 

13 contacts, and have incidental discussions. 

14 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES

15 SEC. 548. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter17 national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign 

18 Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 

19 activities or under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and 

20 Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and 

21 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be obligated or expended 

22 to pay for— 

23 (1) alcoholic beverages; or 

24 (2) entertainment expenses for activities that 

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1 events, theatrical and musical productions, and 

2 amusement parks. 

3 HAITI

4 SEC. 549. (a) The Government of Haiti shall be eligi5 ble to purchase defense articles and services under the 

6 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for 

7 the Coast Guard. 

8 (b) None of the funds made available in this Act 

9 under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

10 Law Enforcement’’ may be used to transfer excess weap11 ons, ammunition or other lethal property of an agency of 

12 the United States Government to the Government of Haiti 

13 for use by the Haitian National Police until the Secretary 

14 of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 

15 that: (1) the United Nations Mission in Haiti 

16 (MINUSTAH) has carried out the vetting of the senior 

17 levels of the Haitian National Police and has ensured that 

18 those credibly alleged to have committed serious crimes, 

19 including drug trafficking and human rights violations, 

20 have been suspended; and (2) the Haitian National Gov21 ernment is cooperating in a reform and restructuring plan 

22 for the Haitian National Police and the reform of the judi23 cial system as called for in United Nations Security Coun24 cil Resolution 1608 adopted on June 22, 2005. 


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1 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

2 AUTHORITY

3 SEC. 550. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the 

4 funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions 

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

6 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect to pro7 viding funds to the Palestinian Authority. 

8 (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 

9 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 

10 the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 

11 President pro tempore of the Senate that waiving such 

12 prohibition is important to the national security interests 

13 of the United States. 

14 (c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any 

15 waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 

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

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

18 (d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu19 ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub20 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail21 ing the steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest 

22 terrorists, confiscate weapons and dismantle the terrorist 

23 infrastructure. The report shall also include a description 

24 of how funds will be spent and the accounting procedures 

25 in place to ensure that they are properly disbursed. 


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1 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES

2 SEC. 551. None of the funds made available by this 

3 Act may be provided to any unit of the security forces 

4 of a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible 

5 evidence that such unit has committed gross violations of 

6 human rights, unless the Secretary determines and reports 

7 to the Committees on Appropriations that the government 

8 of such country is taking effective measures to bring the 

9 responsible members of the security forces unit to justice: 

10 Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed 

11 to withhold funds made available by this Act from any 

12 unit of the security forces of a foreign country not credibly 

13 alleged to be involved in gross violations of human rights: 

14 Provided further, That in the event that funds are withheld 

15 from any unit pursuant to this section, the Secretary of 

16 State shall promptly inform the foreign government of the 

17 basis for such action and shall, to the maximum extent 

18 practicable, assist the foreign government in taking effec19 tive measures to bring the responsible members of the se20 curity forces to justice. 

21 FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT

22 SEC. 552. The annual foreign military training report 

23 required by section 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

24 1961 shall be submitted by the Secretary of Defense and 

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1 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate by 

2 the date specified in that section. 

3 AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT

4 SEC. 553. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 

5 funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Trade and Devel6 opment Agency’’, ‘‘Overseas Private Investment Corpora7 tion’’, and ‘‘Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’’, may be obli8 gated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 

9 Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Department 

10 Basic Authorities Act of 1956. 

11 CAMBODIA

12 SEC. 554. The Secretary of the Treasury should in13 struct the United States executive directors of the inter14 national financial institutions to use the voice and vote 

15 of the United States to oppose loans to the Central Gov16 ernment of Cambodia, except loans to meet basic human 

17 needs. 

18 PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

19 SEC. 555. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 

20 of the funds appropriated by this Act may be provided 

21 to support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of 

22 State determines and certifies to the appropriate congres23 sional committees that— 

24 (1) a new leadership of a Palestinian governing 

25 entity has been democratically elected through cred26 ible and competitive elections; 


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1 (2) the elected governing entity of a new Pales2 tinian state— 

3 (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 

4 to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 

5 (B) is taking appropriate measures to 

6 counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 

7 West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 

8 of terrorist infrastructures; 

9 (C) is establishing a new Palestinian secu10 rity entity that is cooperative with appropriate 

11 Israeli and other appropriate security organiza12 tions; and 

13 (3) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 

14 body of a new Palestinian state) is working with 

15 other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef16 forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 

17 peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 

18 an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 

19 context of full and normal relationships, which 

20 should include— 

21 (A) termination of all claims or states of 

22 belligerency; 

23 (B) respect for and acknowledgement of 

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1 through measures including the establishment 

2 of demilitarized zones; 

3 (C) their right to live in peace within se4 cure and recognized boundaries free from 

5 threats or acts of force; 

6 (D) freedom of navigation through inter7 national waterways in the area; and 

8 (E) a framework for achieving a just set9 tlement of the refugee problem. 

10 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con11 gress that the newly-elected governing entity should enact 

12 a constitution assuring the rule of law, an independent ju13 diciary, and respect for human rights for its citizens, and 

14 should enact other laws and regulations assuring trans15 parent and accountable governance. 

16 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 

17 (a) if he determines that it is vital to the national security 

18 interests of the United States to do so. 

19 (d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 

20 shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 

21 Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or a 

22 newly-elected governing entity, in order to help meet the 

23 requirements of subsection (a), consistent with the provi24 sions of section 550 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance 

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1 COLOMBIA

2 SEC. 556. (a) DETERMINATION AND CERTIFICATION

3 REQUIRED.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are 

4 available for assistance for the Colombian Armed Forces, 

5 may be made available as follows: 

6 (1) Up to 75 percent of such funds may be obli7 gated prior to a determination and certification by 

8 the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (2). 

9 (2) Up to 12.5 percent of such funds may be 

10 obligated only after the Secretary of State certifies 

11 and reports to the appropriate congressional com12 mittees that: 

13 (A) The Commander General of the Co14 lombian Armed Forces is suspending from the 

15 Armed Forces those members, of whatever rank 

16 who, according to the Minister of Defense or 

17 the Procuraduria General de la Nacion, have 

18 been credibly alleged to have committed gross 

19 violations of human rights, including extra-judi20 cial killings, or to have aided or abetted para21 military organizations. 

22 (B) The Colombian Government is vigor23 ously investigating and prosecuting those mem24 bers of the Colombian Armed Forces, of what25 ever rank, who have been credibly alleged to 


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1 have committed gross violations of human 

2 rights, including extra-judicial killings, or to 

3 have aided or abetted paramilitary organiza4 tions, and is promptly punishing those members 

5 of the Colombian Armed Forces found to have 

6 committed such violations of human rights or to 

7 have aided or abetted paramilitary organiza8 tions. 

9 (C) The Colombian Armed Forces have 

10 made substantial progress in cooperating with 

11 civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities in 

12 such cases (including providing requested infor13 mation, such as the identity of persons sus14 pended from the Armed Forces and the nature 

15 and cause of the suspension, and access to wit16 nesses, relevant military documents, and other 

17 requested information). 

18 (D) The Colombian Armed Forces have 

19 made substantial progress in severing links (in20 cluding denying access to military intelligence, 

21 vehicles, and other equipment or supplies, and 

22 ceasing other forms of active or tacit coopera23 tion) at the command, battalion, and brigade 

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1 cially in regions where these organizations have 

2 a significant presence. 

3 (E) The Colombian Government is disman4 tling paramilitary leadership and financial net5 works by arresting commanders and financial 

6 backers, especially in regions where these net7 works have a significant presence. 

8 (F) The Colombian Government is taking 

9 effective steps to ensure that the Colombian 

10 Armed Forces are not violating the land and 

11 property rights of Colombia’s indigenous com12 munities. 

13 (3) The balance of such funds may be obligated 

14 after July 31, 2007, if the Secretary of State cer15 tifies and reports to the appropriate congressional 

16 committees, after such date, that the Colombian 

17 Armed Forces are continuing to meet the conditions 

18 contained in paragraph (2) and are conducting vig19 orous operations to restore government authority 

20 and respect for human rights in areas under the ef21 fective control of paramilitary and guerrilla organi22 zations. 

23 (b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Funds made 

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1 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

2 the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 (c) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—Not later than 60 

4 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 

5 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2008, the Sec6 retary of State shall consult with internationally recog7 nized human rights organizations regarding progress in 

8 meeting the conditions contained in subsection (a). 

9 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) AIDED OR ABETTED.—The term ‘‘aided or 

11 abetted’’ means to provide any support to para12 military groups, including taking actions which 

13 allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of 

14 such groups. 

15 (2) PARAMILITARY GROUPS.—The term ‘‘para16 military groups’’ means illegal self-defense groups 

17 and illegal security cooperatives. 

18 ILLEGAL ARMED GROUP

19 SEC. 557. (a) DENIAL OF VISAS TO SUPPORTERS OF

20 COLOMBIAN ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS.—Subject to sub21 section (b), the Secretary of State shall not issue a visa 

22 to any alien who the Secretary determines, based on cred23 ible evidence— 

24 (1) has willfully provided any support to the 

25 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), 

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1 Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), including 

2 taking actions or failing to take actions which allow, 

3 facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of such 

4 groups; or 

5 (2) has committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or 

6 otherwise participated in the commission of gross 

7 violations of human rights, including extra-judicial 

8 killings, in Colombia. 

9 (b) WAIVER.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 

10 Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appro11 priate congressional committees, on a case-by-case basis, 

12 that the issuance of a visa to the alien is necessary to 

13 support the peace process in Colombia or for urgent hu14 manitarian reasons. 

15 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

16 BROADCASTING CORPORATION

17 SEC. 558. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

19 equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 

20 other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 

21 Corporation. 

22 WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM

23 SEC. 559. (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds ap24 propriated by this Act for assistance under the West Bank 

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1 of recognizing or otherwise honoring individuals who com2 mit, or have committed, acts of terrorism. 

3 (b) AUDITS.— 

4 (1) The Administrator of the United States 

5 Agency for International Development shall ensure 

6 that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 

7 and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 

8 subgrantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro9 gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 

10 ensure, among other things, compliance with this 

11 section. 

12 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to 

13 $1,000,000 may be used by the Office of the Inspec14 tor General of the United States Agency for Inter15 national Development for audits, inspections, and 

16 other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 

17 this subsection. 

18 (c) The Comptroller General of the United States 

19 shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treat20 ment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 

21 West Bank and Gaza Program in fiscal year 2006 under 

22 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’. The audit shall 

23 address— 

24 (1) the extent to which such Program complies 

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1 (2) an examination of all programs, projects, 

2 and activities carried out under such Program, in3 cluding both obligations and expenditures. 

4 (d) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 

5 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 

6 Committees on Appropriations updating the report con7 tained in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of Public 

8 Law 109–13. 

9 CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

10 SEC. 560. (a) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF CON11 TRIBUTION.—Of the amounts made available under 

12 ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ and ‘‘Child 

13 Survival and Health Programs Fund’’ for fiscal year 

14 2007, $34,000,000 shall be made available for the United 

15 Nations Population Fund (hereafter in this section re16 ferred to as the ‘‘UNFPA’’): Provided, That of this 

17 amount, not less than $22,275,000 shall be derived from 

18 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘International Or19 ganizations and Programs’’. 

20 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

21 under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Pro22 grams’’ in this Act that are available for UNFPA, that 

23 are not made available for UNFPA because of the oper24 ation of any provision of law, shall be transferred to 

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1 productive health activities, subject to the regular notifica2 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 (c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.— 

4 None of the funds made available under ‘‘International 

5 Organizations and Programs’’ may be made available for 

6 the UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Repub7 lic of China. 

8 (d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

9 Amounts made available under ‘‘International Organiza10 tions and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2007 for the UNFPA 

11 may not be made available to UNFPA unless— 

12 (1) the UNFPA maintains amounts made avail13 able to the UNFPA under this section in an account 

14 separate from other accounts of the UNFPA; 

15 (2) the UNFPA does not commingle amounts 

16 made available to the UNFPA under this section 

17 with other sums; and 

18 (3) the UNFPA does not fund abortions. 

19 WAR CRIMINALS

20 SEC. 561. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or 

21 otherwise made available pursuant to this Act may be 

22 made available for assistance, and the Secretary of the 

23 Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc24 tors to the international financial institutions to vote 

25 against any new project involving the extension by such 

26 institutions of any financial or technical assistance, to any 


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1 country, entity, or municipality whose competent authori2 ties have failed, as determined by the Secretary of State, 

3 to take necessary and significant steps to implement its 

4 international legal obligations to apprehend and transfer 

5 to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former 

6 Yugoslavia (the ‘‘Tribunal’’) all persons in their territory 

7 who have been indicted by the Tribunal and to otherwise 

8 cooperate with the Tribunal. 

9 (2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply 

10 to humanitarian assistance or assistance for democratiza11 tion. 

12 (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply unless 

13 the Secretary of State determines and reports to the ap14 propriate congressional committees that the competent au15 thorities of such country, entity, or municipality are— 

16 (1) cooperating with the Tribunal, including ac17 cess for investigators to archives and witnesses, the 

18 provision of documents, and the surrender and 

19 transfer of indictees or assistance in their apprehen20 sion; and 

21 (2) are acting consistently with the Dayton Ac22 cords. 

23 (c) Not less than 10 days before any vote in an inter24 national financial institution regarding the extension of 

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1 or grants to any country or entity described in subsection 

2 (a), the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 

3 the Secretary of State, shall provide to the Committees 

4 on Appropriations a written justification for the proposed 

5 assistance, including an explanation of the United States 

6 position regarding any such vote, as well as a description 

7 of the location of the proposed assistance by municipality, 

8 its purpose, and its intended beneficiaries. 

9 (d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of 

10 State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

11 International Development, and the Secretary of the 

12 Treasury shall consult with representatives of human 

13 rights organizations and all government agencies with rel14 evant information to help prevent indicted war criminals 

15 from benefiting from any financial or technical assistance 

16 or grants provided to any country or entity described in 

17 subsection (a). 

18 (e) The Secretary of State may waive the application 

19 of subsection (a) with respect to projects within a country, 

20 entity, or municipality upon a written determination to the 

21 Committees on Appropriations that such assistance di22 rectly supports the implementation of the Dayton Accords. 

23 (f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 

24 (1) COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘country’’ means 

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1 (2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ refers to the 

2 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, 

3 Montenegro and the Republika Srpska. 

4 (3) MUNICIPALITY.—The term ‘‘municipality’’ 

5 means a city, town or other subdivision within a 

6 country or entity as defined herein. 

7 (4) DAYTON ACCORDS.—The term ‘‘Dayton Ac8 cords’’ means the General Framework Agreement 

9 for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with 

10 annexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, November 

11 10 through 16, 1995. 

12 USER FEES

13 SEC. 562. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in14 struct the United States Executive Director at each inter15 national financial institution (as defined in section 

16 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions Act) 

17 and the International Monetary Fund to oppose any loan, 

18 grant, strategy or policy of these institutions that would 

19 require user fees or service charges on poor people for pri20 mary education or primary healthcare, including preven21 tion and treatment efforts for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuber22 culosis, and infant, child, and maternal well-being, in con23 nection with the institutions’ financing programs. 

24 FUNDING FOR SERBIA

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1 ment of Serbia after May 31, 2007, if the President has 

2 made the determination and certification contained in sub3 section (c). 

4 (b) After May 31, 2007, the Secretary of the Treas5 ury should instruct the United States executive directors 

6 to the international financial institutions to support loans 

7 and assistance to the Government of Serbia and Monte8 negro subject to the conditions in subsection (c): Provided, 

9 That section 576 of the Foreign Operations, Export Fi10 nancing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, 

11 as amended, shall not apply to the provision of loans and 

12 assistance to the Government of Serbia and Montenegro 

13 through international financial institutions. 

14 (c) The determination and certification referred to in 

15 subsection (a) is a determination by the President and a 

16 certification to the Committees on Appropriations that the 

17 Government of Serbia and Montenegro is— 

18 (1) cooperating with the International Criminal 

19 Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia including access 

20 for investigators, the provision of documents, and 

21 the surrender and transfer of indictees or assistance 

22 in their apprehension, including Ratko Mladic; 

23 (2) taking steps that are consistent with the 

24 Dayton Accords to end Serbian financial, political, 

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1 maintain separate Republika Srpska institutions; 

2 and 

3 (3) taking steps to implement policies which re4 flect a respect for minority rights and the rule of 

5 law. 

6 (d) This section shall not apply to Montenegro, 

7 Kosovo, humanitarian assistance or assistance to promote 

8 democracy. 

9 COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE

10 SEC. 564. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 

11 by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of 

12 part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

13 Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding section 660 

14 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness and account15 ability of civilian police authority through training and 

16 technical assistance in human rights, the rule of law, stra17 tegic planning, and through assistance to foster civilian 

18 police roles that support democratic governance including 

19 assistance for programs to prevent conflict, respond to dis20 asters, address gender-based violence, and foster improved 

21 police relations with the communities they serve. 

22 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub23 section (a) shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 

24 the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 

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1 SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST

2 SEC. 565. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The 

3 President may reduce amounts owed to the United States 

4 (or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country 

5 as a result of— 

6 (1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 

7 222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

8 (2) credits extended or guarantees issued under 

9 the Arms Export Control Act; or 

10 (3) any obligation or portion of such obligation, 

11 to pay for purchases of United States agricultural 

12 commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit 

13 Corporation under export credit guarantee programs 

14 authorized pursuant to section 5(f) of the Com15 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 

16 1948, as amended, section 4(b) of the Food for 

17 Peace Act of 1966, as amended (Public Law 89– 

18 808), or section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act 

19 of 1978, as amended (Public Law 95–501). 

20 (b) LIMITATIONS.— 

21 (1) The authority provided by subsection (a) 

22 may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi23 cial debt relief and referendum agreements, com24 monly referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’. 


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1 (2) The authority provided by subsection (a) 

2 may be exercised only in such amounts or to such 

3 extent as is provided in advance by appropriations 

4 Acts. 

5 (3) The authority provided by subsection (a) 

6 may be exercised only with respect to countries with 

7 heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from 

8 the International Development Association, but not 

9 from the International Bank for Reconstruction and 

10 Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’ 

11 countries. 

12 (c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub13 section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country 

14 whose government— 

15 (1) does not have an excessive level of military 

16 expenditures; 

17 (2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts 

18 of international terrorism; 

19 (3) is not failing to cooperate on international 

20 narcotics control matters; 

21 (4) (including its military or other security 

22 forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of 

23 gross violations of internationally recognized human 

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1 (5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the 

2 application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations 

3 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. 

4 (d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro5 vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 

6 the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

7 ‘‘Debt Restructuring’’. 

8 (e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A re9 duction of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be 

10 considered assistance for the purposes of any provision of 

11 law limiting assistance to a country. The authority pro12 vided by subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding 

13 section 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or 

14 section 321 of the International Development and Food 

15 Assistance Act of 1975. 

16 AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES

17 SEC. 566. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC18 TION, OR CANCELLATION.— 

19 (1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL

20 CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi21 sion of law, the President may, in accordance with 

22 this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any 

23 concessional loan or portion thereof made before 

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1 country as defined in section 702(6) of that Act or 

2 on receipt of payment from an eligible purchaser, re3 duce or cancel such loan or portion thereof, only for 

4 the purpose of facilitating— 

5 (A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop6 ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or 

7 (B) a debt buyback by an eligible country 

8 of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible 

9 country uses an additional amount of the local 

10 currency of the eligible country, equal to not 

11 less than 40 percent of the price paid for such 

12 debt by such eligible country, or the difference 

13 between the price paid for such debt and the 

14 face value of such debt, to support activities 

15 that link conservation and sustainable use of 

16 natural resources with local community develop17 ment, and child survival and other child devel18 opment, in a manner consistent with sections 

19 707 through 710 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

20 of 1961, if the sale, reduction, or cancellation 

21 would not contravene any term or condition of 

22 any prior agreement relating to such loan. 

23 (2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding 

24 any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac25 cordance with this section, establish the terms and 


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1 conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced, 

2 or canceled pursuant to this section. 

3 (3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined 

4 in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

5 1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency 

6 primarily responsible for administering part I of the 

7 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that 

8 the President has determined to be eligible, and 

9 shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, reduc10 tion, or cancellation of a loan pursuant to this sec11 tion. Such agency shall make adjustment in its ac12 counts to reflect the sale, reduction, or cancellation. 

13 (4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub14 section shall be available only to the extent that ap15 propriations for the cost of the modification, as de16 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

17 of 1974, are made in advance. 

18 (b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the 

19 sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, 

20 or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in 

21 the United States Government account or accounts estab22 lished for the repayment of such loan. 

23 (c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold 

24 pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who 

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1 loan for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, 

2 debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 

3 (d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to 

4 any eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation 

5 pursuant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible 

6 country, the President should consult with the country 

7 concerning the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or 

8 canceled and their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt9 for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 

10 (e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro11 vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 

12 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt 

13 Restructuring’’. 

14 BASIC EDUCATION

15 SEC. 567. Of the funds appropriated by title II of 

16 this Act, not less than $550,000,000 shall be made avail17 able for basic education. 

18 RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS

19 SEC. 568. Of the funds appropriated under the head20 ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000 

21 should be made available to support reconciliation pro22 grams and activities which bring together individuals of 

23 different ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds from 

24 areas of civil conflict and war. 


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1 SUDAN

2 SEC. 569. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—Subject 

3 to subsection (b): 

4 (1) Notwithstanding section 501(a) of the 

5 International Malaria Control Act of 2000 (Public 

6 Law 106–570) or any other provision of law, none 

7 of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 

8 available for assistance for the Government of 

9 Sudan. 

10 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

11 may be made available for the cost, as defined in 

12 section 502, of the Congressional Budget Act of 

13 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees held 

14 by the Government of Sudan, including the cost of 

15 selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the 

16 United States, and modifying concessional loans, 

17 guarantees, and credit agreements. 

18 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of 

19 State determines and certifies to the Committees on Ap20 propriations that— 

21 (1) the Government of Sudan has taken signifi22 cant steps to disarm and disband government-sup23 ported militia groups in the Darfur region; 

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1 ceasefire commitments made in the Darfur Peace 

2 Agreement; and 

3 (3) the Government of Sudan is allowing 

4 unimpeded access to Darfur to humanitarian aid or5 ganizations, the human rights investigation and hu6 manitarian teams of the United Nations, including 

7 protection officers, and an international monitoring 

8 team that is based in Darfur and that has the sup9 port of the United States. 

10 (c) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (b) 

11 shall not apply to— 

12 (1) humanitarian assistance; 

13 (2) assistance for Darfur and for areas outside 

14 the control of the Government of Sudan; and 

15 (3) assistance to support implementation of the 

16 Comprehensive Peace Agreement or the Darfur 

17 Peace Agreement. 

18 (d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act and 

19 section 501 of Public Law 106–570, the terms ‘‘Govern20 ment of Sudan’’, ‘‘areas outside of control of the Govern21 ment of Sudan’’, and ‘‘area in Sudan outside of control 

22 of the Government of Sudan’’ shall have the same meaning 

23 and application as was the case immediately prior to June 

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1 Blue Nile State and Abyei shall be deemed ‘‘areas outside 

2 of control of the Government of Sudan’’. 

3 PEACE CORPS PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS

4 SEPARATION PAY

5 SEC. 570. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab6 lished in the Treasury of the United States a fund for 

7 the Peace Corps to provide separation pay for host country 

8 resident personal services contractors of the Peace Corps. 

9 (b) FUNDING.—The Director of the Peace Corps may 

10 deposit in such fund— 

11 (1) amounts previously obligated and not can12 celed for separation pay of host country resident 

13 personal services contractors of the Peace Corps; 

14 and 

15 (2) amounts obligated for fiscal years after 

16 2006 for the current and future costs of separation 

17 pay for host country resident personal services con18 tractors of the Peace Corps. 

19 (c) AVAILABILITY.—Beginning in fiscal year 2007 

20 and thereafter, amounts in the fund are available without 

21 fiscal year limitation for severance, retirement, or other 

22 separation payments to host country resident personal 

23 services contractors of the Peace Corps in countries where 

24 such pay is legally authorized. 


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1 EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH

2 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES

3 SEC. 571. Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the For4 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during 

5 fiscal year 2007, funds available to the Department of De6 fense may be expended for crating, packing, handling, and 

7 transportation of excess defense articles transferred under 

8 the authority of section 516 of such Act to Albania, Af9 ghanistan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugo10 slavian Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, India, Iraq, 

11 Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, 

12 Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, 

13 Turkmenistan, and Ukraine. 

14 CUBA

15 SEC. 572. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

16 under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

17 Law Enforcement’’ may be made available for assistance 

18 to the Government of Cuba. 

19 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

20 SEC. 573. Programs funded under titles II and III 

21 of this Act that provide training for foreign police, judicial, 

22 and military officials, shall include, where appropriate, 

23 programs and activities that address gender-based vio24 lence. 


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1 LIMITATION ON ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND ASSISTANCE

2 FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE

3 PARTIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

4 SEC. 574. (a) None of the funds made available in 

5 this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

6 Fund’’ may be used to provide assistance to the govern7 ment of a country that is a party to the International 

8 Criminal Court and has not entered into an agreement 

9 with the United States pursuant to Article 98 of the Rome 

10 Statute preventing the International Criminal Court from 

11 proceeding against United States personnel present in 

12 such country. 

13 (b) The President may, with prior notice to Congress, 

14 waive the prohibition of subsection (a) with respect to a 

15 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (‘‘NATO’’) member 

16 country, a major non-NATO ally (including Australia, 

17 Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Argentina, the Republic of 

18 Korea, and New Zealand), Taiwan, or such other country 

19 as he may determine if he determines and reports to the 

20 appropriate congressional committees that it is important 

21 to the national interests of the United States to waive such 

22 prohibition. 

23 (c) The President may, with prior notice to Congress, 

24 waive the prohibition of subsection (a) with respect to a 

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1 propriate congressional committees that such country has 

2 entered into an agreement with the United States pursu3 ant to Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the 

4 International Criminal Court from proceeding against 

5 United States personnel present in such country. 

6 (d) The prohibition of this section shall not apply to 

7 countries otherwise eligible for assistance under the Mil8 lennium Challenge Act of 2003, notwithstanding section 

9 606(a)(2)(B) of such Act. 

10 TIBET

11 SEC. 575. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should 

12 instruct the United States executive director to each inter13 national financial institution to use the voice and vote of 

14 the United States to support projects in Tibet if such 

15 projects do not provide incentives for the migration and 

16 settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or facilitate the 

17 transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and natural re18 sources to non-Tibetans; are based on a thorough needs19 assessment; foster self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people 

20 and respect Tibetan culture and traditions; and are sub21 ject to effective monitoring. 

22 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 

23 less than $4,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this 

24 Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should 

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1 support activities which preserve cultural traditions and 

2 promote sustainable development and environmental con3 servation in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Autono4 mous Region and in other Tibetan communities in China, 

5 and not less than $250,000 should be made available to 

6 the National Endowment for Democracy for human rights 

7 and democracy programs relating to Tibet. 

8 WESTERN HEMISPHERE

9 SEC. 576. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

10 under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs 

11 Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than the 

12 amount of funds initially allocated pursuant to section 

13 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal 

14 year 2006 should be made available for El Salvador, Gua15 temala, Nicaragua and Honduras. 

16 (b) In addition to the amounts requested under the 

17 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for 

18 Nicaragua and Guatemala in fiscal year 2007, not less 

19 than $1,500,000 should be made available for electoral as20 sistance, media and civil society programs, and activities 

21 to combat corruption and strengthen democracy in Nica22 ragua, and not less than $1,500,000 should be made avail23 able for programs and activities to combat organized 

24 crime, crimes of violence specifically targeting women, and 

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1 (c) Funds made available pursuant to subsection (b) 

2 shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees 

3 on Appropriations. 

4 (d) Of the funds appropriated in title II of this Act, 

5 not less than the amount of funds initially allocated pursu6 ant to section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

7 1961 for fiscal year 2006 in the aggregate for countries 

8 of the Western Hemisphere should be made available for 

9 such puposes in this bill. 

10 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

11 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 577. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $81,000,000 of 

14 the funds made available in this Act to carry out the provi15 sions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, in16 cluding funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance 

17 for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, may be used 

18 by the United States Agency for International Develop19 ment (USAID) to hire and employ individuals in the 

20 United States and overseas on a limited appointment basis 

21 pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 of the 

22 Foreign Service Act of 1980. 

23 (b) RESTRICTIONS.— 

24 (1) The number of individuals hired in any fis25 cal year pursuant to the authority contained in sub26 section (a) may not exceed 175. 


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1 (2) The authority to hire individuals contained 

2 in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 

3 2008. 

4 (c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 

5 may only be used to the extent that an equivalent number 

6 of positions that are filled by personal services contractors 

7 or other nondirect-hire employees of USAID, who are 

8 compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I 

9 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds 

10 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern 

11 Europe and the Baltic States’’, are eliminated. 

12 (d) PRIORITY SECTORS.—In exercising the authority 

13 of this section, primary emphasis shall be placed on ena14 bling USAID to meet personnel positions in technical skill 

15 areas currently encumbered by contractor or other non16 direct-hire personnel. 

17 (e) CONSULTATIONS.—The USAID Administrator 

18 shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations at 

19 least on a quarterly basis concerning the implementation 

20 of this section. 

21 (f) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 

22 charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 

23 under the authority of this section shall be the account 

24 to which such individual’s responsibilities primarily relate. 

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1 transferred to and merged and consolidated with funds ap2 propriated for ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States 

3 Agency for International Development’’. 

4 (g) MANAGEMENT REFORM PILOT.—Of the funds 

5 made available in subsection (a), USAID may use, in addi6 tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, up to 

7 $10,000,000 to fund overseas support costs of members 

8 of the Foreign Service with a Foreign Service rank of four 

9 or below: Provided, That such authority is only used to 

10 reduce USAID’s reliance on overseas personal services 

11 contractors or other nondirect-hire employees com12 pensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I of 

13 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds ap14 propriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Eu15 rope and the Baltic States’’. 

16 (h) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appro17 priated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign As18 sistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under 

19 the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Bal20 tic States’’, may be used, in addition to funds otherwise 

21 available for such purposes, for the cost (including the 

22 support costs) of individuals detailed to or employed by 

23 the United States Agency for International Development 

24 whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs in 

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1 RESCISSIONS

2 SEC. 578. (a) Of the funds provided in title IV of 

3 Public Law 109–102, under the heading ‘‘Funds Appro4 priated to the President, International Financial Institu5 tions, Contribution to the International Development As6 sociation’’, $188,100,000 is hereby rescinded. 

7 (b) Of the funds appropriated in Public Law 109– 

8 102 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that 

9 are available for assistance and under such heading in 

10 prior Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, 

11 export financing, and related programs, $200,000,000 are 

12 hereby rescinded: Provided, That such amount shall be de13 rived only from funds not yet expended for cash transfer 

14 assistance. 

15 OPIC TRANSFER AUTHORITY

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 579. Whenever the President determines that 

18 it is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assist19 ance Act of 1961, up to a total of $30,000,000 of the 

20 funds appropriated for programs in Iraq under title II of 

21 this Act may be transferred to and merged with funds ap22 propriated by this Act for the Overseas Private Investment 

23 Corporation Program Account, to be subject to the terms 

24 and conditions of that account: Provided, That such funds 

25 shall not be available for administrative expenses of the 

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1 ther, That funds specially designated by this Act shall not 

2 be transferred pursuant to this section: Provided further, 

3 That the exercise of such authority shall be subject to the 

4 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap5 propriations. 

6 LIMITATION ON FUNDS RELATING TO ATTENDANCE OF

7 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AT CONFERENCES OCCURRING

8 OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

9 SEC. 580. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend11 ance of more than 50 employees of agencies or depart12 ments of the United States Government who are stationed 

13 in the United States, at any single international con14 ference occurring outside the United States, unless the 

15 Secretary of State determines that such attendance is in 

16 the national interest: Provided, That for purposes of this 

17 section the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a 

18 conference attended by representatives of the United 

19 States Government and representatives of foreign govern20 ments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 

21 organizations. 


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1 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES

2 THAT REFUSE TO EXTRADITE TO THE UNITED

3 STATES ANY INDIVIDUAL ACCUSED IN THE UNITED

4 STATES OF KILLING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER

5 SEC. 581. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act for the Department of State may be used to provide 

7 assistance to the central government of a country which 

8 has notified the Department of State of its refusal to ex9 tradite to the United States any individual indicted in the 

10 United States for killing a law enforcement officer, as 

11 specified in a United States extradition request, unless the 

12 Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appro13 priations in writing that the application of the restriction 

14 to a country or countries is contrary to the national inter15 est of the United States. 

16 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND BUDGET AND HIRING

17 CEILINGS

18 SEC. 582. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in19 struct the United States Executive Director at the Inter20 national Monetary Fund to use the voice of the United 

21 States to ensure that any loan, project, agreement, memo22 randum, instrument, plan or other program of the 

23 Intenational Monetary Fund does not penalize countries 

24 for increased government spending on healthcare or edu25 cation by exempting such increases from national budget 


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1 caps or restraints, hiring or wage bill celings or other lim2 its imposed by the International Monetary Fund. 

3 GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE FAILED TO PERMIT CERTAIN

4 EXTRADITIONS

5 SEC. 583. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act for the Department of State, other than funds pro7 vided under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

8 and Law Enforcement’’, may be used to provide assistance 

9 to the central government of a country with which the 

10 United States has an extradition treaty and which govern11 ment has notified the Department of State of its refusal 

12 to extradite to the United States any individual indicted 

13 for a criminal offense for which the maximum penalty is 

14 life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, unless 

15 the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Ap16 propriations in writing that the application of this restric17 tion to a country or countries is contrary to the national 

18 interest of the United States. 

19 REPORTING REQUIREMENT

20 SEC. 584. The Secretary of State shall provide the 

21 Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 

22 2007, and for each fiscal quarter, a report in writing on 

23 the uses of funds made available under the headings ‘‘For24 eign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Mili25 tary Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper26 ations’’: Provided, That such report shall include a deVerDate Aug 31 2005 21:44 Jun 05, 2006 Jkt 049196 PO 00000 Frm 00138 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5522.RH H5522

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1 scription of the obligation and expenditure of funds, and 

2 the specific country in receipt of, and the use or purpose 

3 of the assistance provided by such funds. 

4 ASSISTANCE FOR DEMOBILIZATION AND DISARMAMENT

5 OF FORMER IRREGULAR COMBATANTS IN COLOMBIA

6 SEC. 585. (a) AVAILABLITY OF FUNDS.—Of the 

7 funds appropriated in this Act, up to $20,000,000 may 

8 be made available in fiscal year 2007 for assistance for 

9 the demobilization and disarmament of former members 

10 of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) in Colombia, 

11 specifically the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia 

12 (AUC), the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia 

13 (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN), if the 

14 Secretary of State makes a certification described in sub15 section (b) to the appropriate congressional committees 

16 prior to the intial obligation of amounts for such assist17 ance for the fiscal year involved. 

18 (b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this 

19 subsection is a certification that— 

20 (1) assistance for the fiscal year will be pro21 vided only for individuals who have: (A) verifiably 

22 renounced and terminated any affiliation or involve23 ment with FTOs or other illegal armed groups; and 

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1 closed their involvement in past crimes and their 

2 knowledge of the FTO’s structure, financing 

3 sources, illegal assets, and the location of kidnapping 

4 victims and bodies of the disappeared; 

5 (2) the Government of Colombia is providing 

6 full cooperation to the Government of the United 

7 States to extradite the leaders and members of the 

8 FTOs who have been indicted in the United States 

9 for murder, kidnapping, narcotics trafficking, and 

10 other violations of United States law; 

11 (3) the Government of Colombia is imple12 menting a concrete and workable framework for dis13 mantling the organizational structures of foreign ter14 rorist organizations; and 

15 (4) funds shall not be made available as cash 

16 payments to individuals and are available only for 

17 activities under the following categories: verification, 

18 reintegration (including training and education), vet19 ting, recovery of assets for reparations for victims, 

20 and investigations and prosecutions. 

21 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT23 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com24 mittees’’ means— 


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1 (A) the Committee on Appropriations and 

2 the Committee on International Relations of the 

3 House of Representatives; and 

4 (B) the Committee on Appropriations and 

5 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen6 ate. 

7 (2) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 

8 term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an or9 ganization designated as a terrorist organization 

10 under section 219 of the Immigration and Nation11 ality Act. 

12 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE CAPACITY

13 ENHANCEMENT

14 SEC. 586. The Administrator of the United States 

15 Agency for International Development (USAID) shall cre16 ate within USAID a new office of Trade Capacity En17 hancement and designate a Director of that office: Pro18 vided, That this office shall be responsible for USAID’s 

19 trade capacity building programs, coordinating the imple20 mentation of all programs developed by the State Depart21 ment for trade capacity building and coordinating govern22 ment-wide trade capacity building efforts of United States 

23 agencies: Provided further, That this office shall be respon24 sible for ensuring that country strategic plans, as appro25 priate, include a trade capacity enhancement strategic 


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1 goal and monitor the implemenation plan for achieving 

2 this goal. 

3 ENHANCING WOMEN’S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES

4 SEC. 587. (a) SUPPORT FOR WOMEN’S SMALL- AND

5 MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN DEVELOPING COUN6 TRIES. 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—When carrying out enter8 prise development programs with funds appropriated 

9 in ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

10 Funds’’, or otherwise made available in the Act for 

11 ‘‘Development Assistance’’, the Director of Foreign 

12 Assistance shall ensure that, where appropriate, 

13 such programs, projects, and activities meet the re14 quirements of paragraph (2) of this subsection. 

15 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements re16 ferred to in paragraph (1) are the following: 

17 (A) In coordination with developing coun18 try governments and interested individuals and 

19 organizations, create or enhance laws, regula20 tions, enforcement, and other practices that 

21 promote access to banking and financial serv22 ices for women-owned small- and medium-sized 

23 enterprises, and eliminate or reduce regulatory 

24 barriers that may exist in this regard. 

25 (B) Promote access to information and 

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1 in ICT for women-owned small- and medium2 sized enterprises. 

3 (C) Provide training, through local associa4 tions of women-owned enterprises in record 

5 keeping, financial and personnel management, 

6 international trade, business planning, mar7 keting, policy advocacy, and other relevant 

8 areas. 

9 (D) Provide resources to establish and en10 hance local, national, and international net11 works and associations of women-owned small12 and medium-sized enterprises. 

13 (E) Provide incentives for nongovern14 mental organizations and regulated financial 

15 intermediaries to develop products, services, and 

16 marketing and outreach strategies specifically 

17 designed to facilitate and promote women’s par18 ticipation in small and medium-sized business 

19 development programs by addressing women’s 

20 assets, needs, and the barriers they face to par21 ticipation in enterprise and financial services. 

22 (F) Seek to award contracts to qualified 

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1 digenous women, including during post-conflict 

2 reconstruction in jobs not traditionally under3 taken by women. 

4 (b) TRADE BENEFITS FOR WOMEN IN DEVELOPING

5 COUNTRIES.—The enterprise development and trade ca6 pacity promotion programs administered by the Depart7 ment of State and the United States Agency for Inter8 national Development shall incorporate the following ob9 jectives: 

10 (1) Provide training and education to women’s 

11 civil society, including those organizations rep12 resenting poor women, and to women-owned enter13 prises and associations of such enterprises, on how 

14 to respond to economic opportunities created by 

15 trade preference programs, trade agreements, or 

16 other policies creating market access, including 

17 training on United States market access require18 ments and procedures. 

19 (2) Provide capacity building for women entre20 preneurs, including microentrepreneurs, on produc21 tion strategies, quality standards, formation of co22 operatives, market research, and market develop23 ment. 


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1 (3) Provide capacity building to women, includ2 ing poor women, to promote diversification of prod3 ucts and value-added processing. 

4 (4) Provide training to official government ne5 gotiators representing developing countries in order 

6 to enhance the ability of such negotiators to formu7 late trade policy and negotiate agreements that take 

8 into account the needs and priorities of a country’s 

9 poor, including poor women. 

10 (5) Provide training to local women’s groups in 

11 developing countries in order to enhance their ability 

12 to collect information and data, formulate proposals, 

13 and inform and impact official government nego14 tiators representing their country in international 

15 trade negotiations of the needs and priorities of a 

16 country’s poor, including poor women. 

17 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 

18 after the enactment of this Act, the Director of Foreign 

19 Assistance shall report to the Committees on Appropria20 tions on the implementation of the provisions of sub21 sections (a) and (b) of this section. 

22 AUTHORIZATION

23 SEC. 588. To authorize United States participation 

24 in, and appropriations for, the United States contribution 

25 to the first replenishment of the resources of the Enter26 prise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund, the 


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1 Inter-American Development Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 283 et 

2 seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 39. FIRST REPLENISHMENT OF THE RESOURCES OF 

4 THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS MUL5 TILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND. 

6 ‘‘(a) CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 

8 Treasury may contribute on behalf of the United 

9 States $150,000,000 to the first replenishment of 

10 the resources of the Enterprise for the Americas 

11 Multilateral Investment Fund. 

12 ‘‘(2) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—The au13 thority provided by paragraph (1) may be exercised 

14 only to the extent and in the amounts provided for 

15 in advance in appropriations Acts. 

16 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO17 PRIATIONS.—For the United States contribution author18 ized by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro19 priated not more than $150,000,000, without fiscal year 

20 limitation, for payment by the Secretary of the Treas21 ury.’’. 

22 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations, 

23 Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations 

24 Act, 2007’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 271 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5522 

[Report No. 109

–486] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for foreign operations, exother purposes. cal year ending September 30, 2007, and for port financing, and related programs for the fisJUNE 5, 2006 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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