IIB 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5522 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 12, 2006 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other pur4 poses, namely: 

5 TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT 

6 ASSISTANCE 

7 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED 

8 STATES 

9 INSPECTOR GENERAL

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

11 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

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

13 available until September 30, 2008. 

14 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au16 thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 

17 funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora18 tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con19 tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi20 tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government 

21 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 

22 out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor23 poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur24 ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi25 tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear 


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

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

3 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi4 ble to receive economic or military assistance under this 

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

6 of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That not7 withstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428, as 

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

9 shall remain in effect through October 1, 2007. 

10 SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION

11 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur12 ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of 

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

14 $26,382,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2010: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

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

17 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur18 ther, That such sums shall remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2025, for the disbursement of direct loans, 

20 loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated 

21 in fiscal years 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010: Provided fur22 ther, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or 

23 any prior Act appropriating funds for foreign operations, 

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

25 or grants may be used for any other purpose except 


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1 through the regular notification procedures of the Com2 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 

3 appropriated by this paragraph are made available not4 withstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Import Bank 

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

6 any product by any Eastern European country, any Baltic 

7 State or any agency or national thereof. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

9 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

10 and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 

11 hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 

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

13 reception and representation expenses for members of the 

14 Board of Directors, $75,234,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) 

15 (reduced by $1,000,000): Provided, That the Export-Im16 port Bank may accept, and use, payment or services pro17 vided by transaction participants for legal, financial, or 

18 technical services in connection with any transaction for 

19 which an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance 

20 commitment has been made: Provided further, That, not21 withstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the Export 

22 Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall re23 main in effect until October 1, 2007. 


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1 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT 

2 CORPORATION 

3 NON-CREDIT ACCOUNT

4 The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au5 thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 

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

7 commitments within the limits of funds available to it and 

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

9 That the amount available for administrative expenses to 

10 carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an 

11 amount for official reception and representation expenses 

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

13 $45,453,000 (reduced by $1,000,000): Provided further, 

14 That project-specific transaction costs, including direct 

15 and indirect costs incurred in claims settlements, and 

16 other direct costs associated with services provided to spe17 cific investors or potential investors pursuant to section 

18 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be 

19 considered administrative expenses for the purposes of this 

20 heading. 

21 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 

23 $20,035,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 

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

25 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Non-Credit 


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

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

3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur4 ther, That such sums shall be available for direct loan obli5 gations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made 

6 during fiscal years 2007, 2008, and 2009: Provided fur7 ther, That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2007 remain 

8 available for disbursement through 2014; funds obligated 

9 in fiscal year 2008 remain available for disbursement 

10 through 2015; funds obligated in fiscal year 2009 remain 

11 available for disbursement through 2016: Provided further, 

12 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

13 Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to 

14 undertake any program authorized by title IV of the For15 eign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided further, 

16 That funds made available pursuant to the authority of 

17 the previous proviso shall be subject to the regular notifi18 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

19 In addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad20 ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may 

21 be derived from amounts available for administrative ex22 penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in 

23 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Non-Credit 

24 Account and merged with said account. 


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1 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

4 $50,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2008. 

6 TITLE II—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

7 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

8 For expenses necessary to enable the President to 

9 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

10 1961, and for other purposes, to remain available until 

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

12 follows: 

13 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

14 DEVELOPMENT 

15 CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

19 Act of 1961, for child survival, health, and family plan20 ning/reproductive health activities, in addition to funds 

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

22 remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, 

23 That this amount shall be made available for such activi24 ties as: (1) immunization programs; (2) oral rehydration 

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1 grams which directly address the needs of mothers and 

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

3 for children displaced or orphaned by causes other than 

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

5 of, and research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, ma6 laria, and other infectious diseases, and for assistance to 

7 communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including 

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

9 planning/reproductive health: Provided further, That none 

10 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 

11 available for nonproject assistance, except that funds may 

12 be made available for such assistance for ongoing health 

13 activities: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

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

15 to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be 

16 used to monitor and provide oversight of child survival, 

17 maternal and family planning/reproductive health, and in18 fectious disease programs: Provided further, That the fol19 lowing amounts should be allocated as follows: 

20 $356,400,000 for child survival and maternal health; 

21 $25,000,000 for vulnerable children; $346,621,000 for 

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

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

24 including in areas where population growth threatens bio25 diversity or endangered species: Provided further, That of 


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1 the funds appropriated under this heading, and in addition 

2 to funds allocated under the previous proviso, not less 

3 than $200,000,000 shall be made available, notwith4 standing any other provision of law, except for the United 

5 States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and 

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

7 States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 

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

9 be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time10 ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 

11 That funds appropriated under this heading, may be made 

12 available for a United States contribution to The GAVI 

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

14 merged with funds appropriated by this Act under the 

15 heading ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States Agency 

16 for International Development’’ for costs directly related 

17 to international health, but funds made available for such 

18 costs may not be derived from amounts made available 

19 for contributions under this and preceding provisos: Pro20 vided further, That none of the funds made available in 

21 this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appro22 priations may be made available to any organization or 

23 program which, as determined by the President of the 

24 United States, supports or participates in the manage25 ment of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary 


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1 sterilization: Provided further, That none of the funds 

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

3 performance of abortion as a method of family planning 

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

5 Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be 

6 construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions 

7 against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assist8 ance Act of 1961: Provided further, That none of the funds 

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

10 or against abortion: Provided further, That in order to re11 duce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds 

12 shall be available only to voluntary family planning 

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

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

15 planning methods and services, and that any such vol16 untary family planning project shall meet the following re17 quirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the 

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

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

20 of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular 

21 method of family planning (this provision shall not be con22 strued to include the use of quantitative estimates or indi23 cators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the 

24 project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes, 

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1 change for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B) 

2 program personnel for achieving a numerical target or 

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

4 acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 

5 planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or ben6 efit, including the right of access to participate in any pro7 gram of general welfare or the right of access to health 

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

9 accept family planning services; (4) the project shall pro10 vide family planning acceptors comprehensible information 

11 on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, in12 cluding those conditions that might render the use of the 

13 method inadvisable and those adverse side effects known 

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

15 project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs 

16 and devices and medical procedures are provided only in 

17 the context of a scientific study in which participants are 

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

19 60 days after the date on which the Administrator of the 

20 United States Agency for International Development de21 termines that there has been a violation of the require22 ments contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this 

23 proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the re24 quirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the 

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1 priations a report containing a description of such viola2 tion and the corrective action taken by the Agency: Pro3 vided further, That in awarding grants for natural family 

4 planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

5 of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against be6 cause of such applicant’s religious or conscientious com7 mitment to offer only natural family planning; and, addi8 tionally, all such applicants shall comply with the require9 ments of the previous proviso: Provided further, That for 

10 purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or appro11 priating funds for foreign operations, export financing, 

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

13 to family planning assistance, shall not be construed to 

14 prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, of infor15 mation or counseling about all pregnancy options: Pro16 vided further, That to the maximum extent feasible, taking 

17 into consideration cost, timely availability, and best health 

18 practices, funds appropriated in this Act or prior appro19 priations Acts that are made available for condom pro20 curement shall be made available only for the procurement 

21 of condoms manufactured in the United States: Provided 

22 further, That information provided about the use of 

23 condoms as part of projects or activities that are funded 

24 from amounts appropriated by this Act shall be medically 


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1 accurate and shall include the public health benefits and 

2 failure rates of such use. 

3 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

7 of 1961, $1,294,000,000, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2008: Provided, That $365,000,000 should be 

9 allocated for basic education: Provided further, That of 

10 the funds appropriated under this heading and managed 

11 by the United States Agency for International Develop12 ment Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 

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

14 available only for programs to improve women’s leader15 ship capacity in recipient countries: Provided further, 

16 That such funds may not be made available for construc17 tion: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

18 under this heading that are made available for assistance 

19 programs for displaced and orphaned children and vic20 tims of war, not to exceed $42,500, in addition to funds 

21 otherwise available for such purposes, may be used to 

22 monitor and provide oversight of such programs: Pro23 vided further, That funds appropriated under this head24 ing should be made available for programs in sub-Saha25 ran Africa to address sexual and gender-based violence: 


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1 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

2 this heading, $10,000,000 may be made available for co3 operative development programs within the Office of Pri4 vate and Voluntary Cooperation: Provided further, That 

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

6 rural water and sanitation projects in East Africa. 

7 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AND FAMINE ASSISTANCE

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

10 international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon11 struction assistance, $348,800,000, to remain available 

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

13 prevention and relief. 

14 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

15 For necessary expenses for international disaster re16 habilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to sec17 tion 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

18 $40,000,000, to remain available until expended, to sup19 port transition to democracy and to long-term develop20 ment of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support 

21 may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve 

22 democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic in23 frastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: 

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1 mittees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to begin2 ning a new program of assistance: Provided further, That 

3 if the President determines that it is important to the na4 tional interests of the United States to provide transition 

5 assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under this 

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

7 this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the For8 eign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of 

9 this heading and under the authorities applicable to funds 

10 appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 

11 funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso 

12 shall be made available subject to prior consultation with 

13 the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro17 vided by the United States Agency for International De18 velopment, as authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the 

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

20 be derived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act 

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

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

23 Provided, That such funds shall be made available only 

24 for micro and small enterprise programs, urban programs, 

25 and other programs which further the purposes of part 


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

2 the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed loans, 

3 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

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

5 funds made available by this paragraph may be used for 

6 the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under 

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

8 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

9 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

10 provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general provi11 sions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of 

12 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in sec13 tion 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Com14 mittee on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall 

15 be applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees provided 

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

17 available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of 

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

19 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

20 credit programs administered by the United States Agency 

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

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1 able under this heading shall remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2009. 

3 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

4 DISABILITY FUND

5 For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and 

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

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

8 OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY

9 FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

12 $646,000,000, of which up to $25,000,000 may remain 

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

14 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 

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

16 available to finance the construction (including architect 

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

18 offices for use by the United States Agency for Inter19 national Development, unless the Administrator has iden20 tified such proposed construction (including architect and 

21 engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of of22 fices in a report submitted to the Committees on Appro23 priations at least 15 days prior to the obligation of these 

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1 struction (including architect and engineering services), 

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

3 $1,000,000: Provided further, That contracts or agree4 ments entered into with funds appropriated under this 

5 heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of 

6 such funds through fiscal year 2008: Provided further, 

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

8 a new overseas mission of the United States Agency for 

9 International Development without the prior written noti10 fication to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

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

12 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by 

13 the Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to 

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

15 Expenses of the United States Agency for International 

16 Development’’ in accordance with the provisions of those 

17 sections: Provided further, That none of the funds appro18 priated by this Act or any prior Act making appropria19 tions for foreign operations, export financing, or related 

20 programs may be used by the United States Agency for 

21 International Development for the rent of buildings and 

22 space in buildings in the United States pursuant to the 

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

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

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1 ment executed for the purpose of maintaining United 

2 States Agency for International Development continuity 

3 of operations and to the cost of terminating the domestic 

4 lease executed on September 30, 2005. 

5 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND OF THE UNITED STATES

6 AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

7 For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 

8 related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement 

9 of information technology and related capital investments, 

10 pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

11 1961, $105,300,000, to remain available until expended: 

12 Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other13 wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 

14 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

15 for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification 

16 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

17 further, That of the funds appropriated under this head18 ing, not to exceed $89,000,000 may be made available for 

19 the purposes of implementing the Capital Security Cost 

20 Sharing Program. 

21 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

22 DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

25 $39,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 


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1 2008, which sum shall be available for the Office of the 

2 Inspector General of the United States Agency for Inter3 national Development. 

4 OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

5 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

8 of chapter 4 of part II, $2,650,740,000 (increased by 

9 $2,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

10 2008: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 

11 heading, not less than $120,000,000 shall be available 

12 only for Israel, which sum shall be available on a grant 

13 basis as a cash transfer and shall be disbursed within 30 

14 days of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 

15 not less than $455,000,000 shall be available only for 

16 Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant basis, and 

17 of which sum cash transfer assistance shall be provided 

18 with the understanding that Egypt will undertake signifi19 cant economic and political reforms which are additional 

20 to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal years: 

21 Provided further, That with respect to the provision of as22 sistance for Egypt for democracy and governance activi23 ties, the organizations implementing such assistance and 

24 the specific nature of that assistance shall not be subject 

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1 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

2 heading for assistance for Egypt, not less than 

3 $135,000,000 shall be made available for project assist4 ance, of which not less than $50,000,000 shall be made 

5 available for democracy, human rights and governance 

6 programs and not less than $50,000,000 shall be used for 

7 education programs: Provided further, That of the funds 

8 appropriated under this heading for assistance for Egypt 

9 for economic reform activities, $200,000,000 shall be 

10 withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State de11 termines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

12 that Egypt has met the calendar year 2005 benchmarks 

13 accompanying the ‘‘Financial Sector Reform Memo14 randum of Understanding’’ dated March 20, 2005: Pro15 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

16 heading, $135,000,000 is available only to carry out pro17 grams in Colombia and may be transferred to ‘‘Develop18 ment Assistance’’ to continue programs administered by 

19 the United States Agency for International Development: 

20 Provided further, That $15,000,000 of the funds appro21 priated under this heading should be made available for 

22 Cyprus to be used only for scholarships, administrative 

23 support of the scholarship program, bicommunal projects, 

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1 tion between the two communities on Cyprus: Provided 

2 further, That in exercising the authority to provide cash 

3 transfer assistance for Israel, the President shall ensure 

4 that the level of such assistance does not cause an adverse 

5 impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports from the 

6 United States to such country and that Israel enters into 

7 a side letter agreement in an amount proportional to the 

8 fiscal year 1999 agreement: Provided further, That of the 

9 funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

10 $250,500,000 should be made available only for assistance 

11 for Jordan: Provided further, That none of the funds ap12 propriated under this heading may be made available for 

13 assistance for the West Bank and Gaza: Provided further, 

14 That $35,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this 

15 heading shall be made available for assistance for Leb16 anon, of which not less than $6,000,000 should be made 

17 available for scholarships and direct support of American 

18 educational institutions in Lebanon: Provided further, 

19 That not more than $225,000,000 of the funds made 

20 available for assistance for Afghanistan under this head21 ing may be obligated for such assistance until the Sec22 retary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropria23 tions that the Government of Afghanistan at both the na24 tional and local level is cooperating fully with United 

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1 in Afghanistan: Provided further, That such report shall 

2 include an analysis of the steps being taken by the Govern3 ment of Afghanistan, at the national and local level, to 

4 cooperate fully with United States funded poppy eradi5 cation and interdiction efforts in Afghanistan: Provided 

6 further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 

7 that are available for assistance for the Democratic Re8 public of Timor-Leste, up to $1,000,000 may be available 

9 for administrative expenses of the United States Agency 

10 for International Development: Provided further, That not11 withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro12 priated under this heading may be made available for pro13 grams and activities for the Central Highlands of Viet14 nam: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 

15 heading that are made available for a Middle East Financ16 ing Facility, Middle East Enterprise Fund, or any other 

17 similar entity in the Middle East shall be subject to the 

18 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap19 propriations. 

20 INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

23 1961, $10,800,000, which shall be available for the United 

24 States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland 

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1 sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 

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

3 be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time4 ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 

5 That funds made available under this heading shall re6 main available until September 30, 2008. 

7 ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC

8 STATES

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

10 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support 

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

12 $227,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2008, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 

14 provision of law, for assistance and for related programs 

15 for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States. 

16 (b) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

17 considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign 

18 Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available 

19 the administrative authorities contained in that Act for 

20 the use of economic assistance. 

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

22 apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, 

23 That notwithstanding any provision of this or any other 

24 Act, including provisions in this subsection regarding the 

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1 erated by, or converted from, funds appropriated by this 

2 Act and by previous appropriations Acts and made avail3 able for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia 

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

5 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

6 1961 and the SEED Act. 

7 (d) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap8 propriated under this heading made available for economic 

9 revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he 

10 determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria11 tions that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has 

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

13 Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and 

14 Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, 

15 and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga16 tions, and related activities between state sponsors of ter17 rorism and terrorist organizations and Bosnian officials 

18 has not been terminated. 

19 ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE

20 FORMER SOVIET UNION

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

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

23 Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assist24 ance for the Independent States of the former Soviet 

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


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

2 provisions of such chapters shall apply to funds appro3 priated by this paragraph: Provided further, That funds 

4 made available for the Southern Caucasus region may be 

5 used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for con6 fidence-building measures and other activities in further7 ance of the peaceful resolution of the regional conflicts, 

8 especially those in the vicinity of Abkhazia and Nagorno9 Karabagh: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

10 other provision of law, funds appropriated under this 

11 heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

12 for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro13 grams, that are made available pursuant to the provisions 

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

15 to a 6 percent ceiling on administrative expenses. 

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

17 less than $41,000,000 should be made available, in addi18 tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for 

19 assistance for child survival, environmental and reproduc20 tive health, and to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and 

21 other infectious diseases, and for related activities. 

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

23 that are allocated for assistance for the Government of 

24 the Russian Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from 

25 obligation until the President determines and certifies in 


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1 writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov2 ernment of the Russian Federation— 

3 (A) has terminated implementation of arrange4 ments to provide Iran with technical expertise, train5 ing, technology, or equipment necessary to develop a 

6 nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facilities or 

7 programs, or ballistic missile capability; and 

8 (B) is providing full access to international non9 government organizations providing humanitarian 

10 relief to refugees and internally displaced persons in 

11 Chechnya. 

12 (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 

13 (A) assistance to combat infectious diseases, 

14 child survival activities, or assistance for victims of 

15 trafficking in persons; and 

16 (B) activities authorized under title V (Non17 proliferation and Disarmament Programs and Ac18 tivities) of the FREEDOM Support Act. 

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

20 not apply to— 

21 (1) activities to support democracy or assist22 ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act 

23 and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201 or non24 proliferation assistance; 


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1 (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 

2 Development Agency under section 661 of the For3 eign Assistance Act of 1961; 

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

5 United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 

6 acting within his or her official capacity; 

7 (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee or 

8 other assistance provided by the Overseas Private 

9 Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 

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

11 (5) any financing provided under the Export12 Import Bank Act of 1945; or 

13 (6) humanitarian assistance. 

14 TRADE CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT FUND

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

17 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the enhance18 ment of trade capacity in foreign countries, $522,000,000, 

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

20 That these funds shall be available to the Director of 

21 Trade Capacity Enhancement to be used only for enhanc22 ing trade capacity, most especially to assist a country in 

23 efforts to qualify for, implement and benefit from free 

24 trade agreements with the United States: Provided further, 

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1 funds appropriated under this heading may be transferred 

2 to and merged with funds appropriated by this Act under 

3 the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Sup4 port Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Bal5 tic States’’, ‘‘Assistance to Independent States of the 

6 Former Soviet Union’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Initia7 tive’’: Provided further, That any such transfers shall be 

8 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com9 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 

10 appropriated under this heading are in addition to funds 

11 otherwise available for such purposes. 

12 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

13 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 

15 the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 

16 provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

17 of 1969, $19,268,000, to remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2008. 

19 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

20 For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the 

21 International Security and Development Cooperation Act 

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

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

24 made available to grantees may be invested pending ex25 penditure for project purposes when authorized by the 


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1 Board of Directors of the Foundation: Provided further, 

2 That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes 

3 for which the grant was made: Provided further, That not4 withstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Develop5 ment Foundation Act: (1) in exceptional circumstances the 

6 Board of Directors of the Foundation may waive the 

7 $250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect 

8 to a project; and (2) a project may exceed the limitation 

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

10 currency fluctuation: Provided further, That the Founda11 tion shall provide a report to the Committees on Appro12 priations after each time such authority is exercised. 

13 PEACE CORPS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

16 of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), including the pur17 chase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 

18 administrative purposes for use outside of the United 

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

20 30, 2008: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

21 under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Pro22 vided further, That the Director may transfer to the For23 eign Currency Fluctuations Account, as authorized by 22 

24 U.S.C. 2515, an amount not to exceed $2,000,000: Pro25 vided further, That funds transferred pursuant to the preVerDate Aug 31 2005 23:05 Jun 12, 2006 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5522.RFS H5522

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1 vious proviso may not be derived from amounts made 

2 available for Peace Corps overseas operations. 

3 MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

4 For necessary expenses for the ‘‘Millennium Chal5 lenge Corporation’’, $2,000,000,000, to remain available 

6 until expended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 

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

8 for administrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge 

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

10 the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 

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

12 Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 for candidate countries 

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

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

15 be made available until the Chief Executive Officer of the 

16 Millennium Challenge Corporation provides a report to the 

17 Committees on Appropriations listing the candidate coun18 tries that will be receiving assistance under section 616 

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

20 country, a description of the proposed programs, projects 

21 and activities, and the implementing agency or agencies 

22 of the United States Government: Provided further, That 

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

24 shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Pro25 vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 


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1 may be made available for a Millennium Challenge Com2 pact entered into pursuant to section 609 of the Millen3 nium Challenge Act of 2003 only if such Compact obli4 gates, or contains a commitment to obligate subject to the 

5 availability of funds and the mutual agreement of the par6 ties to the Compact to proceed, the entire amount of the 

7 United States Government funding anticipated for the du8 ration of the Compact. 

9 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

10 GLOBAL HIV/AIDS INITIATIVE

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

14 including administrative expenses of the Office of the 

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

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

17 made available, notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, except for the United States Leadership Against 

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

20 Law 108–25) for a United States contribution to the Glob21 al Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and 

22 shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make 

23 timely payment for projects and activities: Provided, That 

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

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1 made available to the Office of the United States Global 

2 AIDS Coordinator for technical assistance related to the 

3 activities of the Global Fund. 

4 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

5 ENFORCEMENT

6 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 

7 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $703,600,000 (in8 creased by $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000), to re9 main available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That 

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

11 use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance 

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

13 excess property from an agency of the United States Gov14 ernment for the purpose of providing it to a foreign coun15 try under chapter 8 of part I of that Act subject to the 

16 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap17 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 

18 shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations not 

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

20 Act and prior to the initial obligation of funds appro21 priated under this heading, a report on the proposed uses 

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

23 basis for each proposed program, project, or activity: Pro24 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

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1 able for training programs and activities of the Inter2 national Law Enforcement Academies: Provided further, 

3 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

4 $26,100,000 shall be made available to carry out pro5 grams in Colombia: Provided further, That $10,000,000 

6 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

7 made available for demand reduction programs: Provided 

8 further, That of the funds appropriated under this head9 ing, not more than $33,484,000 may be available for ad10 ministrative expenses. 

11 ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE

12 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 

13 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support 

14 counterdrug activities in the Andean region of South 

15 America, $506,850,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2009: Provided, That in fiscal year 2007, 

17 funds available to the Department of State for assistance 

18 to the Government of Colombia shall be available to sup19 port a unified campaign against narcotics trafficking, 

20 against activities by organizations designated as terrorist 

21 organizations such as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of 

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

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

24 and to take actions to protect human health and welfare 

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1 operations: Provided further, That this authority shall 

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

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

7 Provided further, That the President shall ensure that if 

8 any helicopter procured with funds under this heading is 

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

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

13 with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

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

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

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

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

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

21 available in this Act for demobilization/reintegration of 

22 members of foreign terrorist organizations in Colombia 

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

24 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria25 tions: Provided further, That section 482(b) of the Foreign 


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1 Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appro2 priated under this heading: Provided further, That assist3 ance provided with funds appropriated under this heading 

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

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

7 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of 

8 the funds appropriated under this heading that are avail9 able for alternative development/institution building, not 

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

11 United States Agency for International Development: Pro12 vided further, That with respect to funds apportioned to 

13 the United States Agency for International Development 

14 under the previous proviso, the responsibility for policy de15 cisions for the use of such funds, including what activities 

16 will be funded and the amount of funds that will be pro17 vided for each of those activities, shall be the responsibility 

18 of the Director of Foreign Assistance in consultation with 

19 the Assistant Secretary of State for International Nar20 cotics and Law Enforcement Affairs: Provided further, 

21 That no United States Armed Forces personnel or United 

22 States civilian contractor employed by the United States 

23 will participate in any combat operation in connection with 

24 assistance made available by this Act for Colombia: Pro25 vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 


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1 that are made available for assistance for the Bolivian 

2 military may be made available for such purposes only if 

3 the Secretary of State certifies that the Bolivian military 

4 is respecting human rights, and civilian judicial authori5 ties are investigating and prosecuting, with the military’s 

6 cooperation, military personnel who have been implicated 

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

8 of the funds appropriated under this heading, not more 

9 than $18,060,000 may be available for administrative ex10 penses of the Department of State, and not more than 

11 $7,800,000 may be available, in addition to amounts oth12 erwise available for such purposes, for administrative ex13 penses of the United States Agency for International De14 velopment. 

15 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

16 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

18 by law, a contribution to the International Committee of 

19 the Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contribu20 tions to the International Organization for Migration and 

21 the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and 

22 other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; sala23 ries and expenses of personnel and dependents as author24 ized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as 

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1 United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor 

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

3 5, United States Code, $750,206,000, to remain available 

4 until expended: Provided, That not more than 

5 $23,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses: 

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

7 funds made available under this heading shall be made 

8 available for refugees from the former Soviet Union and 

9 Eastern Europe and other refugees resettling in Israel: 

10 Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 

11 heading may be made available for a headquarters con12 tribution to the International Committee of the Red Cross 

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

14 to the appropriate committees of Congress) that the 

15 Magen David Adom Society of Israel is not being denied 

16 participation in the activities of the International Red 

17 Cross and Red Crescent Movement. 

18 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

19 ASSISTANCE FUND

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

23 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

2 RELATED PROGRAMS

3 For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter4 rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 

5 $425,010,000 (increased by $5,000,000), to carry out the 

6 provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assist7 ance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assistance, chapter 9 

8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 

9 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act, section 23 of the 

10 Arms Export Control Act or the Foreign Assistance Act 

11 of 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of 

12 unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small arms, and 

13 related activities, notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 law, including activities implemented through nongovern15 mental and international organizations, and section 301 

16 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a voluntary con17 tribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency 

18 (IAEA), and for a United States contribution to the Com19 prehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Com20 mission: Provided, That of this amount not to exceed 

21 $38,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 

22 made available for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament 

23 Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to pro24 mote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to non25 proliferation and disarmament: Provided further, That 


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1 such funds may also be used for such countries other than 

2 the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and 

3 international organizations when it is in the national secu4 rity interest of the United States to do so: Provided fur5 ther, That funds appropriated under this heading may be 

6 made available for the International Atomic Energy Agen7 cy only if the Secretary of State determines (and so re8 ports to the Congress) that Israel is not being denied its 

9 right to participate in the activities of that Agency: Pro10 vided further, That of the funds made available for 

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

12 in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, 

13 may be used for administrative expenses related to the op14 eration and management of the demining program: Pro15 vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 

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

17 ‘‘Export Control and Border Security’’ shall remain avail18 able until September 30, 2008. 

19 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

20 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

24 2009, which shall be available notwithstanding any other 


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1 provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun2 tries. 

3 DEBT RESTRUCTURING

4 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con5 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and 

6 loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for 

7 which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made 

8 available for programs within the International Affairs 

9 Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling, reduc10 ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as 

11 a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries, 

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

13 of 1961, of modifying concessional credit agreements with 

14 least developed countries, as authorized under section 411 

15 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 

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

17 and credit agreements, as authorized under section 572 

18 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 

19 Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100– 

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

21 or guarantees made pursuant to the Export-Import Bank 

22 Act of 1945, by countries that are eligible for debt reduc23 tion pursuant to title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law 

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

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1 2009: Provided, That not less than $20,000,000 of the 

2 funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail3 able to carry out the provisions of part V of the Foreign 

4 Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That amounts 

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

6 debt reduction under the enhanced HIPC initiative by— 

7 (1) the Inter-American Development Bank; 

8 (2) the African Development Fund; 

9 (3) the African Development Bank; and 

10 (4) the Central American Bank for Economic 

11 Integration: 

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

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

14 of State has credible evidence that the government of such 

15 country is engaged in a consistent pattern of gross viola16 tions of internationally recognized human rights or in mili17 tary or civil conflict that undermines its ability to develop 

18 and implement measures to alleviate poverty and to devote 

19 adequate human and financial resources to that end: Pro20 vided further, That on the basis of final appropriations, 

21 the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with the Com22 mittees on Appropriations concerning which countries and 

23 international financial institutions are expected to benefit 

24 from a United States contribution to the HIPC Trust 

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1 Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the Committees on 

2 Appropriations not less than 15 days in advance of the 

3 signature of an agreement by the United States to make 

4 payments to the HIPC Trust Fund of amounts for such 

5 countries and institutions: Provided further, That the Sec6 retary of the Treasury may disburse funds designated for 

7 debt reduction through the HIPC Trust Fund only for the 

8 benefit of countries that— 

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

10 not to accept new market-rate loans from the inter11 national financial institution receiving debt repay12 ment as a result of such disbursement, other than 

13 loans made by such institutions to export-oriented 

14 commercial projects that generate foreign exchange 

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

16 and 

17 (2) have documented and demonstrated their 

18 commitment to redirect their budgetary resources 

19 from international debt repayments to programs to 

20 alleviate poverty and promote economic growth that 

21 are additional to or expand upon those previously 

22 available for such purposes: 

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

24 section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and 

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1 priated under this heading: Provided further, That none 

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

3 any other appropriations Act shall be made available for 

4 Sudan or Burma unless the Secretary of the Treasury de5 termines and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

6 that a democratically elected government has taken office. 

7 TITLE III—MILITARY ASSISTANCE 

8 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

9 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

12 $88,000,000, of which up to $3,000,000 may remain 

13 available until expended: Provided, That the civilian per14 sonnel for whom military education and training may be 

15 provided under this heading may include civilians who are 

16 not members of a government whose participation would 

17 contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian con18 trol of the military, or respect for human rights. 

19 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For expenses necessary for grants to enable the 

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

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

24 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

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

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

3 the funds appropriated by this paragraph for Israel shall 

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

5 Provided further, That to the extent that the Government 

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

7 grants made available for Israel by this paragraph shall, 

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

9 for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than 

10 $610,000,000 shall be available for the procurement in 

11 Israel of defense articles and defense services, including 

12 research and development: Provided further, That of the 

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

14 be made available for assistance for Jordan: Provided fur15 ther, That funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

16 by this paragraph shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding 

17 any requirement in section 23 of the Arms Export Control 

18 Act: Provided further, That funds made available under 

19 this paragraph shall be obligated upon apportionment in 

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

21 States Code, section 1501(a). 

22 None of the funds made available under this heading 

23 shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 

24 articles, defense services, or design and construction serv25 ices that are not sold by the United States Government 


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1 under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 

2 country proposing to make such procurements has first 

3 signed an agreement with the United States Government 

4 specifying the conditions under which such procurements 

5 may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun6 try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub7 mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec8 tion 515 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the 

9 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

10 for assistance for Sudan and Guatemala: Provided further, 

11 That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 

12 may be made available for assistance for Haiti except pur13 suant to the regular notification procedures of the Com14 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 

15 made available under this heading may be used, notwith16 standing any other provision of law, for demining, the 

17 clearance of unexploded ordnance, and related activities, 

18 and may include activities implemented through non19 governmental and international organizations: Provided 

20 further, That only those countries for which assistance was 

21 justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financing Pro22 gram’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation 

23 for security assistance programs may utilize funds made 

24 available under this heading for procurement of defense 

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1 ices that are not sold by the United States Government 

2 under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, 

3 That funds appropriated under this heading shall be ex4 pended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely 

5 payment for defense articles and services: Provided fur6 ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

7 $90,000,000 shall be available for Colombia and that with8 in these funds, the Department of Defense should ensure 

9 sufficient resources are provided for the acquisition of ad10 ditional aircraft for the Colombian Navy’s maritime sur11 veillance mission: Provided further, That not more than 

12 $42,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

13 may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the 

14 purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only 

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

16 of administering military assistance and sales: Provided 

17 further, That not more than $359,000,000 of funds real18 ized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export 

19 Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred by the 

20 Department of Defense during fiscal year 2007 pursuant 

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

22 that this limitation may be exceeded only through the reg23 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro24 priations: Provided further, That foreign military financing 

25 program funds estimated to be outlayed for Egypt during 


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1 fiscal year 2007 shall be transferred to an interest bearing 

2 account for Egypt in the Federal Reserve Bank of New 

3 York within 30 days of enactment of this Act. 

4 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

7 $170,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro8 priated under this heading shall be obligated or expended 

9 except as provided through the regular notification proce10 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

11 TITLE IV—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC 

12 ASSISTANCE 

13 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

14 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

15 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

16 For the United States contribution for the Global En17 vironment Facility, $56,250,000 to the International 

18 Bank for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for 

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

20 of the Treasury, to remain available until expended. 

21 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

22 ASSOCIATION

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

25 to remain available until expended. 


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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE

2 AMERICAS MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND

3 For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Mul4 tilateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treas5 ury, for the United States contribution to the fund, 

6 $23,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

7 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

8 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

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

10 Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Develop11 ment Bank Act, as amended, $115,250,000, to remain 

12 available until expended. 

13 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

14 For payment to the African Development Bank by 

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

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

17 remain available until expended. 

18 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

19 The United States Governor of the African Develop20 ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 

21 for the callable capital portion of the United States share 

22 of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 

23 $78,622,000. 


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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

2 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

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

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

5 until expended. 

6 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR

7 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

8 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

9 of the Treasury to increase the resources of the Inter10 national Fund for Agricultural Development, 

11 $18,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

15 and of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Pro16 gram Participation Act of 1973, $327,570,000: Provided, 

17 That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 

18 may be made available to the International Atomic En19 ergy Agency (IAEA): Provided further, That section 

20 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act shall not apply to 

21 contributions to the United Nations Democracy Fund. 


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1 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

2 COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE

3 DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

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

5 be made as payment to any international financial institu6 tion while the United States Executive Director to such 

7 institution is compensated by the institution at a rate 

8 which, together with whatever compensation such Director 

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

10 provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV 

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

12 United States Code, or while any alternate United States 

13 Director to such institution is compensated by the institu14 tion at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an indi15 vidual occupying a position at level V of the Executive 

16 Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 

17 Code. 

18 (b) For purposes of this section ‘‘international finan19 cial institutions’’ are: the International Bank for Recon20 struction and Development, the Inter-American Develop21 ment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian De22 velopment Fund, the African Development Bank, the Afri23 can Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund, 

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1 RESTRICTIONS ON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO

2 UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES

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

4 may be made available to pay any voluntary contribution 

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

6 United Nations Development Program) if the United Na7 tions implements or imposes any taxation on any United 

8 States persons. 

9 LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES

10 SEC. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made avail11 able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $100,500 shall 

12 be for official residence expenses of the United States 

13 Agency for International Development during the current 

14 fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall be 

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

16 United States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu 

17 of dollars. 

18 UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT

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

20 are appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 

21 shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations a quar22 terly accounting by program, project, and activity of the 

23 funds received by such Department or Agency in this fiscal 

24 year or any previous fiscal year that remain unobligated 

25 and unexpended. 


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1 LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

2 SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made avail3 able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $250,000 shall 

4 be available for representation and entertainment allow5 ances, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available 

6 for entertainment allowances, for the United States Agen7 cy for International Development during the current fiscal 

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

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

10 Provided further, That appropriate steps shall be taken to 

11 assure that, to the maximum extent possible, United 

12 States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dol13 lars: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

14 by this Act for general costs of administering military as15 sistance and sales under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 

16 Financing Program’’, not to exceed $4,000 shall be avail17 able for entertainment expenses and not to exceed 

18 $130,000 shall be available for representation allowances: 

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

20 Act under the heading ‘‘International Military Education 

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

22 for entertainment allowances: Provided further, That of 

23 the funds made available by this Act for the Inter-Amer24 ican Foundation, not to exceed $2,000 shall be available 

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

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

3 available for entertainment expenses: Provided further, 

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

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

6 $4,000 shall be available for representation and entertain7 ment allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made 

8 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Millennium Chal9 lenge Corporation’’, not to exceed $115,000 shall be avail10 able for representation and entertainment allowances. 

11 PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES

12 ASSISTANCE

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

14 the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 

15 to provide assistance for a foreign country under a new 

16 bilateral agreement governing the terms and conditions 

17 under which such assistance is to be provided unless such 

18 agreement includes a provision stating that assistance pro19 vided by the United States shall be exempt from taxation, 

20 or reimbursed, by the foreign government, and the Sec21 retary of State shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 

22 amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as nec23 essary, to conform with this requirement. 

24 (b) REIMBURSEMENT OF FOREIGN TAXES.—An 

25 amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes as26 sessed during fiscal year 2007 on funds appropriated by 


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1 this Act by a foreign government or entity against com2 modities financed under United States assistance pro3 grams for which funds are appropriated by this Act, either 

4 directly or through grantees, contractors and subcontrac5 tors shall be withheld from obligation from funds appro6 priated for assistance for fiscal year 2008 and allocated 

7 for the central government of such country and for the 

8 West Bank and Gaza Program to the extent that the Sec9 retary of State certifies and reports in writing to the Com10 mittees on Appropriations that such taxes have not been 

11 reimbursed to the Government of the United States. 

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

13 minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 

14 subsection (b). 

15 (d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 

16 from obligation for each country or entity pursuant to sub17 section (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance to coun18 tries which do not assess taxes on United States assistance 

19 or which have an effective arrangement that is providing 

20 substantial reimbursement of such taxes. 

21 (e) DETERMINATIONS.— 

22 (1) The provisions of this section shall not 

23 apply to any country or entity the Secretary of State 

24 determines— 


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1 (A) does not assess taxes on United States 

2 assistance or which has an effective arrange3 ment that is providing substantial reimburse4 ment of such taxes; or 

5 (B) the foreign policy interests of the 

6 United States outweigh the policy of this sec7 tion to ensure that United States assistance is 

8 not subject to taxation. 

9 (2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 

10 the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 

11 prior to exercising the authority of this subsection 

12 with regard to any country or entity. 

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

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

15 to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist16 ance contained in this section. 

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

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

19 value added taxes and customs duties imposed on 

20 commodities financed with United States assistance 

21 for programs for which funds are appropriated by 

22 this Act; and 

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

24 framework bilateral agreement between the Govern25 ment of the United States and the government of 


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1 the country receiving assistance that describes the 

2 privileges and immunities applicable to United 

3 States foreign assistance for such country generally, 

4 or an individual agreement between the Government 

5 of the United States and such government that de6 scribes, among other things, the treatment for tax 

7 purposes that will be accorded the United States as8 sistance provided under that agreement. 

9 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN

10 COUNTRIES

11 SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated 

13 or expended to finance directly any assistance or repara14 tions to Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Pro15 vided, That for purposes of this section, the prohibition 

16 on obligations or expenditures shall include direct loans, 

17 credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Import 

18 Bank or its agents: Provided further, That for purposes 

19 of this section, the prohibition shall not include activities 

20 of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation in Libya: 

21 Provided further, That the prohibition shall not include di22 rect loans, credits, insurance and guarantees made avail23 able by the Export-Import Bank or its agents for or in 

24 Libya. 


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1 MILITARY COUPS

2 SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or other3 wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated 

4 or expended to finance directly any assistance to the gov5 ernment of any country whose duly elected head of govern6 ment is deposed by military coup or decree: Provided, That 

7 assistance may be resumed to such government if the 

8 President determines and certifies to the Committees on 

9 Appropriations that subsequent to the termination of as10 sistance a democratically elected government has taken of11 fice: Provided further, That the provisions of this section 

12 shall not apply to assistance to promote democratic elec13 tions or public participation in democratic processes: Pro14 vided further, That funds made available pursuant to the 

15 previous provisos shall be subject to the regular notifica16 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

17 TRANSFERS

18 SEC. 509. (a)(1) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BE19 TWEEN AGENCIES.—None of the funds made available by 

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

21 or instrumentality of the United States Government, ex22 cept pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority 

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

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

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

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1 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated 

2 or transferred to agencies of the United States Govern3 ment pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 

4 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

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

6 funds made available by this Act may be obligated under 

7 an appropriation account to which they were not appro8 priated, except for transfers specifically provided for in 

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

10 to the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign 

11 Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with 

12 and provides a written policy justification to the Commit13 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

14 and the Senate. 

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

16 agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appro17 priated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between 

18 the United States Agency for International Development 

19 and another agency of the United States Government 

20 under the authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign As21 sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, 

22 shall expressly provide that the Office of the Inspector 

23 General for the agency receiving the transfer or allocation 

24 of such funds shall perform periodic program and financial 

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1 transferred under such authority may be made available 

2 for the cost of such audits. 

3 COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES

4 SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of 

6 the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of sec7 tion 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used 

8 to provide financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and 

9 major non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing 

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

11 articles from United States commercial suppliers, not in12 cluding Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters 

13 and other types of aircraft having possible civilian applica14 tion), if the President determines that there are compel15 ling foreign policy or national security reasons for those 

16 defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather 

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

18 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

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

20 this Act shall remain available for obligation after the ex21 piration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so pro22 vided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for 

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

24 667, chapters 4, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 

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

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1 sistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, shall 

2 remain available for an additional 4 years from the date 

3 on which the availability of such funds would otherwise 

4 have expired, if such funds are initially obligated before 

5 the expiration of their respective periods of availability 

6 contained in this Act: Provided further, That, notwith7 standing any other provision of this Act, any funds made 

8 available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chap9 ter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

10 which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements 

11 in order to address balance of payments or economic policy 

12 reform objectives, shall remain available until expended. 

13 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

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

15 this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to the govern16 ment of any country which is in default during a period 

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

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

19 government of such country by the United States pursuant 

20 to a program for which funds are appropriated under this 

21 Act unless the President determines, following consulta22 tions with the Committees on Appropriations, that assist23 ance to such country is in the national interest of the 

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1 COMMERCE AND TRADE

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

3 made available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance 

4 and none of the funds otherwise made available pursuant 

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

6 Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or ex7 pended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other 

8 financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro9 duction of any commodity for export by any country other 

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

11 in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro12 ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the 

13 assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 

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

15 Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Ex16 port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc17 tors the benefits to industry and employment in the 

18 United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United 

19 States producers of the same, similar, or competing com20 modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the 

21 Committees on Appropriations. 

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

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

24 Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing 

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1 duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training 

2 in connection with the growth or production in a foreign 

3 country of an agricultural commodity for export which 

4 would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro5 duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection 

6 shall not prohibit— 

7 (1) activities designed to increase food security 

8 in developing countries where such activities will not 

9 have a significant impact on the export of agricul10 tural commodities of the United States; or 

11 (2) research activities intended primarily to 

12 benefit American producers. 

13 SURPLUS COMMODITIES

14 SEC. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in15 struct the United States Executive Directors of the Inter16 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the 

17 International Development Association, the International 

18 Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development 

19 Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel20 opment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora21 tion, the North American Development Bank, the Euro22 pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Afri23 can Development Bank, and the African Development 

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

25 oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds 

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1 the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 

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

3 assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 

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

5 REPROGRAMMING NOTIFICATIONS AND TRANSFER

6 GUIDELINES

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

8 this Act or in prior Acts making appropriations for foreign 

9 operations, export financing, and related programs, from 

10 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

11 by the collection of currency reflows or other offsetting 

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

13 finance an activity, program, or project specifically denied 

14 funding by Congress in this Act. 

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

16 in prior Acts making appropriations for foreign oper17 ations, export financing, and related programs, from any 

18 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

19 the collection of currency reflows or other offsetting collec20 tions, or made available by transfer, may be used to ini21 tiate a new or terminate an existing activity, program, or 

22 project not previously justified without prior notification 

23 of the Committees on Appropriations. 

24 (c) For the purposes of providing the executive 

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1 of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘Child Sur2 vival and Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assist3 ance’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, 

4 ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar5 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean 

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

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

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

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

10 Operations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, ‘‘Operating Ex11 penses of the United States Agency for International De12 velopment’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States 

13 Agency for International Development Office of Inspector 

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

15 and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora16 tion’’ (by country only), ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro17 gram’’, ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, 

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

19 shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, 

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

21 operations not justified or in excess of the amount justi22 fied to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation 

23 under any of these specific headings unless the Commit24 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 

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1 shall not enter into any commitment of funds appropriated 

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

3 Act for the provision of major defense equipment, other 

4 than conventional ammunition, or other major defense 

5 items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat ve6 hicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent 

7 in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless the 

8 Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in ad9 vance of such commitment: Provided further, That this 

10 paragraph shall not apply to any reprogramming for an 

11 activity, program, or project for which funds are appro12 priated under title II or title III of this Act of less than 

13 10 percent of the amount previously justified to the Con14 gress for obligation for such activity, program, or project 

15 for the current fiscal year. 

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

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

18 Act requiring notification in accordance with the regular 

19 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria20 tions, may be waived if failure to do so would pose a sub21 stantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided, That 

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

23 or the appropriate congressional committees, shall be pro24 vided as early as practicable, but in no event later than 

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1 requirement was applicable, in the context of the cir2 cumstances necessitating such waiver: Provided further, 

3 That any notification provided pursuant to such a waiver 

4 shall contain an explanation of the emergency cir5 cumstances. 

6 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

7 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

8 SEC. 516. Subject to the regular notification proce9 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro10 priated under this Act or any previously enacted Act mak11 ing appropriations for foreign operations, export financ12 ing, and related programs, which are returned or not made 

13 available for organizations and programs because of the 

14 implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist15 ance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation 

16 until September 30, 2008. 

17 INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

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

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

20 Former Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for assist21 ance for a government of an Independent State of the 

22 former Soviet Union if that government directs any action 

23 in violation of the territorial integrity or national sov24 ereignty of any other Independent State of the former So25 viet Union, such as those violations included in the Hel26 sinki Final Act: Provided, That such funds may be made 


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1 available without regard to the restriction in this sub2 section if the President determines that to do so is in the 

3 national security interest of the United States. 

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

5 ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So6 viet Union’’ shall be made available for any state to en7 hance its military capability: Provided, That this restric8 tion does not apply to demilitarization, demining or non9 proliferation programs. 

10 (c) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist11 ance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 

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

13 Uzbekistan shall be subject to the regular notification pro14 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

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

16 for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union 

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

18 to environment and natural resources) of the Foreign As19 sistance Act of 1961. 

20 (e) In issuing new task orders, entering into con21 tracts, or making grants, with funds appropriated in this 

22 Act or prior appropriations Acts under the heading ‘‘As23 sistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 

24 Union’’ and under comparable headings in prior appro25 priations Acts, for projects or activities that have as one 


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1 of their primary purposes the fostering of private sector 

2 development, the Coordinator for United States Assistance 

3 to Europe and Eurasia and the implementing agency shall 

4 encourage the participation of and give significant weight 

5 to contractors and grantees who propose investing a sig6 nificant amount of their own resources (including volun7 teer services and in-kind contributions) in such projects 

8 and activities. 

9 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND

10 INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

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

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

13 amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor14 tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 

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

16 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist17 ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 

18 the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 

19 of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 

20 incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 

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

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

23 for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 

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

25 involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 

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

2 obligated or expended for any country or organization if 

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

4 such country or organization would violate any of the 

5 above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri6 lizations. 

7 EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES

8 SEC. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria9 tion other than for administrative expenses made available 

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

11 Act may be transferred between such appropriations for 

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

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

14 but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 

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

16 any such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such au17 thority shall be subject to the regular notification proce18 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

19 SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

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

21 shall be obligated or expended for assistance for Liberia, 

22 Serbia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, or Cambodia except 

23 as provided through the regular notification procedures of 

24 the Committees on Appropriations. 


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1 DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

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

3 project, and activity’’ shall be defined at the appropria4 tions Act account level and shall include all appropriations 

5 and authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limita6 tions with the exception that for the following accounts: 

7 Economic Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing 

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

9 considered to include country, regional, and central pro10 gram level funding within each such account; for the devel11 opment assistance accounts of the United States Agency 

12 for International Development ‘‘program, project, and ac13 tivity’’ shall also be considered to include central, country, 

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

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

16 in accordance with a report, to be provided to the Commit17 tees on Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment 

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

19 Assistance Act of 1961. 

20 CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH ACTIVITIES

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

22 available by this Act for assistance under the heading 

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

24 used to reimburse United States Government agencies, 

25 agencies of State governments, institutions of higher 

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1 full cost of individuals (including for the personal services 

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

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

4 International Development for the purpose of carrying out 

5 activities under that heading: Provided, That up to 

6 $3,500,000 of the funds made available by this Act for 

7 assistance under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 

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

9 organizations for such costs of such individuals carrying 

10 out other development assistance activities: Provided fur11 ther, That funds appropriated by titles II and III of this 

12 Act that are made available for assistance for child sur13 vival activities or disease programs including activities re14 lating to research on, and the prevention, treatment and 

15 control of, HIV/AIDS may be made available notwith16 standing any other provision of law except for the provi17 sions under the heading ‘‘Child Survival and Health Pro18 grams Fund’’ and the United States Leadership Against 

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

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

21 AFGHANISTAN

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

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

24 available for humanitarian, reconstruction, and related as25 sistance for Afghanistan: Provided, That of the funds 

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1 should be made available for reforestation activities: Pro2 vided further, That funds made available pursuant to the 

3 previous proviso should be matched, to the maximum ex4 tent possible, with contributions from American and Af5 ghan businesses: Provided further, That of the funds allo6 cated for assistance for Afghanistan from this Act and 

7 other Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, 

8 export financing, and related programs for fiscal year 

9 2007, not less than $50,000,000 should be made available 

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

12 NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

13 SEC. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of 

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

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

17 same extent and under the same conditions as are other 

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

20 defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the 

21 Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 

22 Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 

23 procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 

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

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

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1 notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 

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

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

6 GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND

7 MALARIA

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

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

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

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

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

13 Fund until the Secretary of State certifies to the Commit14 tees on Appropriations that the Global Fund— 

15 (1) has clear progress indicators upon which to 

16 determine the release of incremental disbursements; 

17 (2) is releasing such incremental disbursements 

18 only if progress is being made based on those indica19 tors; and 

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

23 to enable them to fulfill their mandates. 

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

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1 on Appropriations that such waiver is important to the 

2 national interest of the United States. 

3 PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST

4 COUNTRIES

5 SEC. 526. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assist6 ance under any heading of this Act and funds appro7 priated under any such heading in a provision of law en8 acted prior to the enactment of this Act, shall not be made 

9 available to any country which the President determines— 

10 (1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any 

11 individual or group which has committed an act of 

12 international terrorism; or 

13 (2) otherwise supports international terrorism. 

14 (b) The President may waive the application of sub15 section (a) to a country if the President determines that 

16 national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 

17 waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the 

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

19 takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropria20 tions of the waiver (including the justification for the waiv21 er) in accordance with the regular notification procedures 

22 of the Committees on Appropriations. 

23 DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

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1 mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 

2 the United States Agency for International Development 

3 may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 

4 which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 

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

6 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

7 on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 

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

9 provided to that organization. 

10 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

11 SEC. 528. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL

12 CURRENCIES.— 

13 (1) If assistance is furnished to the government 

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

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

16 Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the 

17 generation of local currencies of that country, the 

18 Administrator of the United States Agency for 

19 International Development shall— 

20 (A) require that local currencies be depos21 ited in a separate account established by that 

22 government; 

23 (B) enter into an agreement with that gov24 ernment which sets forth— 

25 (i) the amount of the local currencies 

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1 (ii) the terms and conditions under 

2 which the currencies so deposited may be 

3 utilized, consistent with this section; and 

4 (C) establish by agreement with that gov5 ernment the responsibilities of the United 

6 States Agency for International Development 

7 and that government to monitor and account 

8 for deposits into and disbursements from the 

9 separate account. 

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

11 agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur12 rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 

13 subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur14 rencies, shall be used only— 

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

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

17 for such purposes as— 

18 (i) project and sector assistance activi19 ties; or 

20 (ii) debt and deficit financing; or 

21 (B) for the administrative requirements of 

22 the United States Government. 

23 (3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—The 

24 United States Agency for International Development 

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1 equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 

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

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

4 for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 

5 (a)(2). 

6 (4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PRO7 GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun8 try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 

9 part II (as the case may be), any unencumbered bal10 ances of funds which remain in a separate account 

11 established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be dis12 posed of for such purposes as may be agreed to by 

13 the government of that country and the United 

14 States Government. 

15 (5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Adminis16 trator of the United States Agency for International 

17 Development shall report on an annual basis as part 

18 of the justification documents submitted to the Com19 mittees on Appropriations on the use of local cur20 rencies for the administrative requirements of the 

21 United States Government as authorized in sub22 section (a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the 

23 amount of local currency (and United States dollar 

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

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1 (b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 

2 (1) If assistance is made available to the gov3 ernment of a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 

4 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As5 sistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer assistance or 

6 as nonproject sector assistance, that country shall be 

7 required to maintain such funds in a separate ac8 count and not commingle them with any other 

9 funds. 

10 (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF

11 LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 

12 notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon13 sistent with the nature of this assistance including 

14 provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan15 atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac16 companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re17 port No. 98–1159). 

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

19 obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec20 tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica21 tion through the regular notification procedures of 

22 the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in23 clude a detailed description of how the funds pro24 posed to be made available will be used, with a dis25 cussion of the United States interests that will be 


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1 served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, 

2 a description of the economic policy reforms that will 

3 be promoted by such assistance). 

4 (4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 

5 funds may be exempt from the requirements of sub6 section (b)(1) only through the notification proce7 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

8 ENTERPRISE FUND RESTRICTIONS

9 SEC. 529. (a) Prior to the distribution of any assets 

10 resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up 

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

12 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in ac13 cordance with the regular notification procedures of the 

14 Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution 

15 of the assets of the Enterprise Fund. 

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

17 Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary 

18 to make timely payment for projects and activities. 

19 FINANCIAL MARKET ASSISTANCE IN TRANSITION

20 COUNTRIES

21 SEC. 530. Of the funds appropriated in Title II of 

22 this Act, not less than $40,000,000 should be made avail23 able for building capital markets and financial systems in 

24 countries in transition, of which not less than $20,000,000 

25 should be designated for not-for-profit organizations that 

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1 AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN

2 FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

3 SEC. 531. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 

4 provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 

5 contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria6 tions for foreign operations, export financing, and related 

7 programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities au8 thorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the 

9 Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Develop10 ment Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly report 

11 to the Committees on Appropriations whenever it is con12 ducting activities or is proposing to conduct activities in 

13 a country for which assistance is prohibited. 

14 IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

15 SEC. 532. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

16 may be obligated or expended to provide— 

17 (1) any financial incentive to a business enter18 prise currently located in the United States for the 

19 purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 

20 outside the United States if such incentive or in21 ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ22 ees of such business enterprise in the United States 

23 because United States production is being replaced 

24 by such enterprise outside the United States; or 

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1 ally recognized workers rights, as defined in section 

2 507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the 

3 recipient country, including any designated zone or 

4 area in that country: Provided, That the application 

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

6 commensurate with the level of development of the 

7 recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 

8 assistance for the informal sector in such country, 

9 micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 

10 agriculture. 

11 SPECIAL AUTHORITIES

12 SEC. 533. (a) AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, PAKISTAN, LEB13 ANON, MONTENEGRO, VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED

14 CHILDREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appro15 priated by this Act that are made available for assistance 

16 for Afghanistan may be made available notwithstanding 

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

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

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

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

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

22 Burmese, and to assist victims of trafficking in persons 

23 and, subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

24 Committees on Appropriations, to combat such traf25 ficking, may be made available notwithstanding any other 

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1 (b) TROPICAL FORESTRY AND BIODIVERSITY CON2 SERVATION ACTIVITIES.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

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

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

5 of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision 

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

7 biodiversity conservation activities and energy programs 

8 aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided, 

9 That such assistance shall be subject to sections 116, 

10 502B, and 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

11 (c) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap12 propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 

13 chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As14 sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Agricultural Trade 

15 Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be used 

16 by the United States Agency for International Develop17 ment to employ up to 25 personal services contractors in 

18 the United States, notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

20 for new or expanded overseas programs and activities 

21 managed by the agency until permanent direct hire per22 sonnel are hired and trained: Provided, That not more 

23 than 10 of such contractors shall be assigned to any bu24 reau or office: Provided further, That such funds appro25 priated to carry out title II of the Agricultural Trade DeVerDate Aug 31 2005 23:05 Jun 12, 2006 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5522.RFS H5522

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1 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, may be made avail2 able only for personal services contractors assigned to the 

3 Office of Food for Peace. 

4 (d)(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the provi5 sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the Presi6 dent determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker 

7 of the House of Representatives and the President pro 

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

9 security interests of the United States. 

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

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

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

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

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

15 award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro16 priated by this Act, the United States Agency for Inter17 national Development may provide an exception to the fair 

18 opportunity process for placing task orders under such 

19 contracts when the order is placed with any category of 

20 small or small disadvantaged business. 

21 (f) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHOR22 ITY.—In providing assistance with funds appropriated by 

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

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1 trict, municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging 

2 from instability, as well as a nation emerging from insta3 bility. 

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

5 by the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 

6 Assistance of the United States Agency for International 

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

8 $10,000,000 shall be made available as a general contribu9 tion to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any 

10 other provision of law. 

11 (h) UNIFIED CAMPAIGN.—Funds transferred pursu12 ant to the authority contained in the fifth proviso under 

13 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ in di14 vision E of Public Law 108–7 may be made available for 

15 helicopters, training, and other assistance for the Colom16 bian Armed Forces for such things as pipeline security 

17 and interdiction, notwithstanding the limitation to security 

18 for the Cano Limon pipeline in such proviso. 

19 (i) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.— 

20 (1) With respect to funds appropriated by this 

21 Act that are available for assistance for Pakistan, 

22 the President may waive the prohibition on assist23 ance contained in section 508 of this Act subject to 

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

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1 certification, and consultation, by the President 

2 prior to the exercise of such waiver authority. 

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

4 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not 

5 apply with respect to assistance for Pakistan from 

6 funds appropriated by this Act. 

7 (3) Notwithstanding the date contained in sec8 tion 6 of Public Law 107–57, as amended, the provi9 sions of sections 2 and 4 of that Act shall remain 

10 in effect through the current fiscal year. 

11 (j) MIDDLE EAST FOUNDATION.—Of the funds ap12 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup13 port Fund’’ that are available for the Middle East Part14 nership Initiative, up to $35,000,000 may be made avail15 able, including as an endowment, notwithstanding any 

16 other provision of law and following consultations with the 

17 Committees on Appropriations, to establish and operate 

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

19 whose purposes include to support democracy, governance, 

20 human rights, and the rule of law: Provided, That such 

21 funds may be made available to the Foundation only to 

22 the extent that the Foundation has commitments from 

23 sources other than the United States Government to at 

24 least match the funds provided under the authority of this 

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1 section 201 of the Support for East European Democracy 

2 (SEED) Act of 1989 (excluding the authorizations of ap3 propriations provided in subsection (b) of that section) 

4 shall be deemed to apply to any such foundation or similar 

5 entity referred to under this subsection, and to funds 

6 made available to such entity, in order to enable it to pro7 vide assistance for purposes of this section: Provided fur8 ther, That prior to the initial obligation of funds for any 

9 such foundation or similar entity pursuant to the authori10 ties of this subsection, other than for administrative sup11 port, the Secretary of State shall take steps to ensure, on 

12 an ongoing basis, that any such funds made available pur13 suant to such authorities are not provided to or through 

14 any individual or group that the management of the foun15 dation or similar entity knows or has reason to believe, 

16 advocates, plans, sponsors, or otherwise engages in ter17 rorist activities: Provided further, That section 530 of this 

18 Act shall apply to any such foundation or similar entity 

19 established pursuant to this subsection: Provided further, 

20 That the authority of the Foundation, or any similar enti21 ty, to provide assistance shall cease to be effective on Sep22 tember 30, 2010. 

23 ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

24 SEC. 534. It is the sense of the Congress that— 

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

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1 mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 

2 in the region and to United States investment and 

3 trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 

4 (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret5 tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 

6 publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 

7 Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 

8 (3) all Arab League states should normalize re9 lations with their neighbor Israel; 

10 (4) the President and the Secretary of State 

11 should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab 

12 League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to 

13 demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking 

14 into consideration the participation of any recipient 

15 country in the boycott when determining to sell 

16 weapons to said country; and 

17 (5) the President should report to Congress an18 nually on specific steps being taken by the United 

19 States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 

20 their relations with Israel to bring about the termi21 nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, includ22 ing those to encourage allies and trading partners of 

23 the United States to enact laws prohibiting busi24 nesses from complying with the boycott and penal25 izing businesses that do comply. 


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1 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

2 SEC. 535. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN3 MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 

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

5 shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 

6 programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 

7 appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 

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

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

10 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for 

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

12 before using the authority of this subsection to furnish as13 sistance in support of programs of nongovernmental orga14 nizations, the President shall notify the Committees on 

15 Appropriations under the regular notification procedures 

16 of those committees, including a description of the pro17 gram to be assisted, the assistance to be provided, and 

18 the reasons for furnishing such assistance: Provided fur19 ther, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed 

20 to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abor21 tion or involuntary sterilizations contained in this or any 

22 other Act. 

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1 strict assistance under the Agricultural Trade Develop2 ment and Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none 

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

4 and made available pursuant to this subsection may be 

5 obligated or expended except as provided through the reg6 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro7 priations. 

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

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

10 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

11 of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup12 port international terrorism; or 

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

14 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

15 of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 

16 country that violates internationally recognized 

17 human rights. 

18 RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

19 SEC. 536. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which 

20 are specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other 

21 programs within the same account notwithstanding the 

22 designation if compliance with the designation is made im23 possible by operation of any provision of this or any other 

24 Act: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be sub25 ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit26 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance 


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1 that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be 

2 made available under the same terms and conditions as 

3 originally provided. 

4 (b) In addition to the authority contained in sub5 section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap6 propriated by this Act and administered by the United 

7 States Agency for International Development that are spe8 cifically designated for particular programs or activities by 

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

10 fiscal year if the Administrator of such agency determines 

11 and reports promptly to the Committees on Appropria12 tions that the termination of assistance to a country or 

13 a significant change in circumstances makes it unlikely 

14 that such designated funds can be obligated during the 

15 original period of availability: Provided, That such des16 ignated funds that are continued available for an addi17 tional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the purpose 

18 of such designation. 

19 CEILINGS AND DESIGNATED FUNDING LEVELS

20 SEC. 537. Ceilings and specifically designated fund21 ing levels contained in this Act shall not be applicable to 

22 funds or authorities appropriated or otherwise made avail23 able by any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically 

24 so directs. 


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1 PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

2 SEC. 538. No part of any appropriation contained in 

3 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

4 within the United States not authorized before the date 

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

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

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

8 533. 

9 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS

10 MEMBERS

11 SEC. 539. None of the funds appropriated or made 

12 available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign 

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

14 in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any mem15 ber of the United Nations or, from funds appropriated by 

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

17 Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of an18 other country’s delegation at international conferences 

19 held under the auspices of multilateral or international or20 ganizations. 

21 NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION

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

23 available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a non24 governmental organization which fails to provide upon 

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


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1 the auditing requirements of the United States Agency for 

2 International Development. 

3 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERN4 MENTS THAT EXPORT LETHAL MILITARY EQUIP5 MENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL

6 TERRORISM

7 SEC. 541. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth8 erwise made available by this Act may be available to any 

9 foreign government which provides lethal military equip10 ment to a country the government of which the Secretary 

11 of State has determined is a terrorist government for pur12 poses of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 

13 1979. The prohibition under this section with respect to 

14 a foreign government shall terminate 12 months after that 

15 government ceases to provide such military equipment. 

16 This section applies with respect to lethal military equip17 ment provided under a contract entered into after October 

18 1, 1997. 

19 (b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any 

20 other similar provision of law, may be furnished if the 

21 President determines that furnishing such assistance is 

22 important to the national interests of the United States. 

23 (c) Whenever the waiver authority of subsection (b) 

24 is exercised, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

25 congressional committees a report with respect to the fur26 nishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include 


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1 a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, in2 cluding the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, 

3 and an explanation of how the assistance furthers United 

4 States national interests. 

5 WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES AND

6 REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES

7 SEC. 542. (a) Subject to subsection (c), of the funds 

8 appropriated by this Act that are made available for as9 sistance for a foreign country, an amount equal to 110 

10 percent of the total amount of the unpaid fully adjudicated 

11 parking fines and penalties and unpaid property taxes 

12 owed by the central government of such country shall be 

13 withheld from obligation for assistance for the central gov14 ernment of such country until the Secretary of State sub15 mits a certification to the appropriate congressional com16 mittees stating that such parking fines and penalties and 

17 unpaid property taxes are fully paid. 

18 (b) Funds withheld from obligation pursuant to sub19 section (a) may be made available for other programs or 

20 activities funded by this Act, after consultation with and 

21 subject to the regular notification procedures of the appro22 priate congressional committees, provided that no such 

23 funds shall be made available for assistance for the central 

24 government of a foreign country that has not paid the 

25 total amount of the fully adjudicated parking fines and 

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1 (c) Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that 

2 have been withheld under any other provision of law. 

3 (d)(1) The Secretary of State may waive the require4 ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to parking 

5 fines and penalties no sooner than 60 days from the date 

6 of enactment of this Act, or at any time with respect to 

7 a particular country, if the Secretary determines that it 

8 is in the national interests of the United States to do so. 

9 (2) The Secretary of State may waive the require10 ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to the un11 paid property taxes if the Secretary of State determines 

12 that it is in the national interests of the United States 

13 to do so. 

14 (e) Not later than 6 months after the initial exercise 

15 of the waiver authority in subsection (d), the Secretary 

16 of State, after consultations with the City of New York, 

17 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

18 describing a strategy, including a timetable and steps cur19 rently being taken, to collect the parking fines and pen20 alties and unpaid property taxes and interest owed by na21 tions receiving foreign assistance under this Act. 

22 (f) In this section: 

23 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com24 mittees’’ means the Committee on Appropriations of 


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1 the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of 

2 the House of Representatives. 

3 (2) The term ‘‘fully adjudicated’’ includes cir4 cumstances in which the person to whom the vehicle 

5 is registered— 

6 (A)(i) has not responded to the parking 

7 violation summons; or 

8 (ii) has not followed the appropriate adju9 dication procedure to challenge the summons; 

10 and 

11 (B) the period of time for payment of or 

12 challenge to the summons has lapsed. 

13 (3) The term ‘‘parking fines and penalties’’ 

14 means parking fines and penalties— 

15 (A) owed to— 

16 (i) the District of Columbia; or 

17 (ii) New York, New York; and 

18 (B) incurred during the period April 1, 

19 1997, through September 30, 2006. 

20 (4) The term ‘‘unpaid property taxes’’ means 

21 the amount of unpaid taxes and interest determined 

22 to be owed by a foreign country on real property in 

23 the District of Columbia or New York, New York in 

24 a court order or judgment entered against such 


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1 country by a court of the United States or any State 

2 or subdivision thereof. 

3 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE

4 WEST BANK AND GAZA

5 SEC. 543. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

6 may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Libera7 tion Organization (PLO) for the West Bank and Gaza un8 less the President has exercised the authority under sec9 tion 604(a) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 

10 1995 (title VI of Public Law 104–107) or any other legis11 lation to suspend or make inapplicable section 307 of the 

12 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and that suspension is 

13 still in effect: Provided, That if the President fails to make 

14 the certification under section 604(b)(2) of the Middle 

15 East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 or to suspend the pro16 hibition under other legislation, funds appropriated by this 

17 Act may not be obligated for assistance for the Palestine 

18 Liberation Organization for the West Bank and Gaza. 

19 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN

20 SEC. 544. If the President determines that doing so 

21 will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 

22 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 

23 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec24 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up 

25 to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 

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1 the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 

2 Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the 

3 Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola4 tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained 

5 in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determina6 tion required under this section shall be in lieu of any de7 terminations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro8 vided further, That the drawdown made under this section 

9 for any tribunal shall not be construed as an endorsement 

10 or precedent for the establishment of any standing or per11 manent international criminal tribunal or court: Provided 

12 further, That funds made available for tribunals other 

13 than Yugoslavia, Rwanda, or the Special Court for Sierra 

14 Leone shall be made available subject to the regular notifi15 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

16 LANDMINES

17 SEC. 545. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, demining equipment available to the United States 

19 Agency for International Development and the Depart20 ment of State and used in support of the clearance of 

21 landmines and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian 

22 purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign 

23 countries, subject to such terms and conditions as the 

24 President may prescribe. 


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1 RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN

2 AUTHORITY

3 SEC. 546. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

4 may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Je5 rusalem a new office of any department or agency of the 

6 United States Government for the purpose of conducting 

7 official United States Government business with the Pal8 estinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor 

9 Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel10 PLO Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this re11 striction shall not apply to the acquisition of additional 

12 space for the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem: 

13 Provided further, That meetings between officers and em14 ployees of the United States and officials of the Pales15 tinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing 

16 entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin17 ciples, for the purpose of conducting official United States 

18 Government business with such authority should continue 

19 to take place in locations other than Jerusalem. As has 

20 been true in the past, officers and employees of the United 

21 States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on 

22 other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now 

23 occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social 

24 contacts, and have incidental discussions. 


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1 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES

2 SEC. 547. None of the funds appropriated or other3 wise made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter4 national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign 

5 Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 

6 activities or under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and 

7 Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and 

8 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be obligated or expended 

9 to pay for— 

10 (1) alcoholic beverages; or 

11 (2) entertainment expenses for activities that 

12 are substantially of a recreational character, includ13 ing but not limited to entrance fees at sporting 

14 events, theatrical and musical productions, and 

15 amusement parks. 

16 HAITI

17 SEC. 548. (a) The Government of Haiti shall be eligi18 ble to purchase defense articles and services under the 

19 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for 

20 the Coast Guard. 

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

22 under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

23 Law Enforcement’’ may be used to transfer excess weap24 ons, ammunition or other lethal property of an agency of 

25 the United States Government to the Government of Haiti 

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1 of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 

2 that: (1) the United Nations Mission in Haiti 

3 (MINUSTAH) has carried out the vetting of the senior 

4 levels of the Haitian National Police and has ensured that 

5 those credibly alleged to have committed serious crimes, 

6 including drug trafficking and human rights violations, 

7 have been suspended; and (2) the Haitian National Gov8 ernment is cooperating in a reform and restructuring plan 

9 for the Haitian National Police and the reform of the judi10 cial system as called for in United Nations Security Coun11 cil Resolution 1608 adopted on June 22, 2005. 

12 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

13 AUTHORITY

14 SEC. 549. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the 

15 funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions 

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

17 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect to pro18 viding funds to the Palestinian Authority. 

19 (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 

20 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 

21 the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 

22 President pro tempore of the Senate that waiving such 

23 prohibition is important to the national security interests 

24 of the United States. 

25 (c) 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 (d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu4 ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub5 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail6 ing the steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest 

7 terrorists, confiscate weapons and dismantle the terrorist 

8 infrastructure. The report shall also include a description 

9 of how funds will be spent and the accounting procedures 

10 in place to ensure that they are properly disbursed. 

11 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES

12 SEC. 550. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be provided to any unit of the security forces 

14 of a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible 

15 evidence that such unit has committed gross violations of 

16 human rights, unless the Secretary determines and reports 

17 to the Committees on Appropriations that the government 

18 of such country is taking effective measures to bring the 

19 responsible members of the security forces unit to justice: 

20 Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed 

21 to withhold funds made available by this Act from any 

22 unit of the security forces of a foreign country not credibly 

23 alleged to be involved in gross violations of human rights: 

24 Provided further, That in the event that funds are withheld 

25 from any unit pursuant to this section, the Secretary of 

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1 basis for such action and shall, to the maximum extent 

2 practicable, assist the foreign government in taking effec3 tive measures to bring the responsible members of the se4 curity forces to justice. 

5 FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT

6 SEC. 551. The annual foreign military training report 

7 required by section 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

8 1961 shall be submitted by the Secretary of Defense and 

9 the Secretary of State to the Committees on Appropria10 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate by 

11 the date specified in that section. 

12 AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT

13 SEC. 552. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 

14 funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Trade and Devel15 opment Agency’’, ‘‘Overseas Private Investment Corpora16 tion’’, and ‘‘Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’’, may be obli17 gated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 

18 Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Department 

19 Basic Authorities Act of 1956. 

20 CAMBODIA

21 SEC. 553. The Secretary of the Treasury should in22 struct the United States executive directors of the inter23 national financial institutions to use the voice and vote 

24 of the United States to oppose loans to the Central Gov25 ernment of Cambodia, except loans to meet basic human 

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1 PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

2 SEC. 554. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 

3 of the funds appropriated by this Act may be provided 

4 to support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of 

5 State determines and certifies to the appropriate congres6 sional committees that— 

7 (1) a new leadership of a Palestinian governing 

8 entity has been democratically elected through cred9 ible and competitive elections; 

10 (2) the elected governing entity of a new Pales11 tinian state— 

12 (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 

13 to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 

14 (B) is taking appropriate measures to 

15 counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 

16 West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 

17 of terrorist infrastructures; 

18 (C) is establishing a new Palestinian secu19 rity entity that is cooperative with appropriate 

20 Israeli and other appropriate security organiza21 tions; and 

22 (3) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 

23 body of a new Palestinian state) is working with 

24 other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef25 forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 


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1 peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 

2 an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 

3 context of full and normal relationships, which 

4 should include— 

5 (A) termination of all claims or states of 

6 belligerency; 

7 (B) respect for and acknowledgement of 

8 the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and polit9 ical independence of every state in the area 

10 through measures including the establishment 

11 of demilitarized zones; 

12 (C) their right to live in peace within se13 cure and recognized boundaries free from 

14 threats or acts of force; 

15 (D) freedom of navigation through inter16 national waterways in the area; and 

17 (E) a framework for achieving a just set18 tlement of the refugee problem. 

19 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con20 gress that the newly-elected governing entity should enact 

21 a constitution assuring the rule of law, an independent ju22 diciary, and respect for human rights for its citizens, and 

23 should enact other laws and regulations assuring trans24 parent and accountable governance. 


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1 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 

2 (a) if he determines that it is vital to the national security 

3 interests of the United States to do so. 

4 (d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 

5 shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 

6 Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or a 

7 newly-elected governing entity, in order to help meet the 

8 requirements of subsection (a), consistent with the provi9 sions of section 550 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance 

10 to the Palestinian Authority’’). 

11 COLOMBIA

12 SEC. 555. (a) DETERMINATION AND CERTIFICATION

13 REQUIRED.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are 

14 available for assistance for the Colombian Armed Forces, 

15 may be made available as follows: 

16 (1) Up to 75 percent of such funds may be obli17 gated prior to a determination and certification by 

18 the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (2). 

19 (2) Up to 12.5 percent of such funds may be 

20 obligated only after the Secretary of State certifies 

21 and reports to the appropriate congressional com22 mittees that: 

23 (A) The Commander General of the Co24 lombian Armed Forces is suspending from the 

25 Armed Forces those members, of whatever rank 

26 who, according to the Minister of Defense or 


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1 the Procuraduria General de la Nacion, have 

2 been credibly alleged to have committed gross 

3 violations of human rights, including extra-judi4 cial killings, or to have aided or abetted para5 military organizations. 

6 (B) The Colombian Government is vigor7 ously investigating and prosecuting those mem8 bers of the Colombian Armed Forces, of what9 ever rank, who have been credibly alleged to 

10 have committed gross violations of human 

11 rights, including extra-judicial killings, or to 

12 have aided or abetted paramilitary organiza13 tions, and is promptly punishing those members 

14 of the Colombian Armed Forces found to have 

15 committed such violations of human rights or to 

16 have aided or abetted paramilitary organiza17 tions. 

18 (C) The Colombian Armed Forces have 

19 made substantial progress in cooperating with 

20 civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities in 

21 such cases (including providing requested infor22 mation, such as the identity of persons sus23 pended from the Armed Forces and the nature 

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1 nesses, relevant military documents, and other 

2 requested information). 

3 (D) The Colombian Armed Forces have 

4 made substantial progress in severing links (in5 cluding denying access to military intelligence, 

6 vehicles, and other equipment or supplies, and 

7 ceasing other forms of active or tacit coopera8 tion) at the command, battalion, and brigade 

9 levels, with paramilitary organizations, espe10 cially in regions where these organizations have 

11 a significant presence. 

12 (E) The Colombian Government is disman13 tling paramilitary leadership and financial net14 works by arresting commanders and financial 

15 backers, especially in regions where these net16 works have a significant presence. 

17 (F) The Colombian Government is taking 

18 effective steps to ensure that the Colombian 

19 Armed Forces are not violating the land and 

20 property rights of Colombia’s indigenous com21 munities. 

22 (3) The balance of such funds may be obligated 

23 after July 31, 2007, if the Secretary of State cer24 tifies and reports to the appropriate congressional 

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1 Armed Forces are continuing to meet the conditions 

2 contained in paragraph (2) and are conducting vig3 orous operations to restore government authority 

4 and respect for human rights in areas under the ef5 fective control of paramilitary and guerrilla organi6 zations. 

7 (b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Funds made 

8 available by this Act for the Colombian Armed Forces 

9 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

10 the Committees on Appropriations. 

11 (c) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—Not later than 60 

12 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 

13 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2008, the Sec14 retary of State shall consult with internationally recog15 nized human rights organizations regarding progress in 

16 meeting the conditions contained in subsection (a). 

17 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) AIDED OR ABETTED.—The term ‘‘aided or 

19 abetted’’ means to provide any support to para20 military groups, including taking actions which 

21 allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of 

22 such groups. 

23 (2) PARAMILITARY GROUPS.—The term ‘‘para24 military groups’’ means illegal self-defense groups 

25 and illegal security cooperatives. 


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1 ILLEGAL ARMED GROUP

2 SEC. 556. (a) DENIAL OF VISAS TO SUPPORTERS OF

3 COLOMBIAN ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS.—Subject to sub4 section (b), the Secretary of State shall not issue a visa 

5 to any alien who the Secretary determines, based on cred6 ible evidence— 

7 (1) has willfully provided any support to the 

8 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), 

9 the National Liberation Army (ELN), or the United 

10 Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), including 

11 taking actions or failing to take actions which allow, 

12 facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of such 

13 groups; or 

14 (2) has committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or 

15 otherwise participated in the commission of gross 

16 violations of human rights, including extra-judicial 

17 killings, in Colombia. 

18 (b) WAIVER.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 

19 Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appro20 priate congressional committees, on a case-by-case basis, 

21 that the issuance of a visa to the alien is necessary to 

22 support the peace process in Colombia or for urgent hu23 manitarian reasons. 


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1 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

2 BROADCASTING CORPORATION

3 SEC. 557. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

5 equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 

6 other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 

7 Corporation. 

8 WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM

9 SEC. 558. (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds ap10 propriated by this Act for assistance under the West Bank 

11 and Gaza program may be made available for the purpose 

12 of recognizing or otherwise honoring individuals who com13 mit, or have committed, acts of terrorism. 

14 (b) AUDITS.— 

15 (1) The Administrator of the United States 

16 Agency for International Development shall ensure 

17 that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 

18 and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 

19 subgrantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro20 gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 

21 ensure, among other things, compliance with this 

22 section. 

23 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to 

24 $1,000,000 may be used by the Office of the Inspec25 tor General of the United States Agency for Inter26 national Development for audits, inspections, and 


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1 other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 

2 this subsection. 

3 (c) The Comptroller General of the United States 

4 shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treat5 ment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 

6 West Bank and Gaza Program in fiscal year 2006 under 

7 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’. The audit shall 

8 address— 

9 (1) the extent to which such Program complies 

10 with the requirements of subsection (a), and 

11 (2) an examination of all programs, projects, 

12 and activities carried out under such Program, in13 cluding both obligations and expenditures. 

14 (d) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 

15 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 

16 Committees on Appropriations updating the report con17 tained in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of Public 

18 Law 109–13. 

19 CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

20 SEC. 559. (a) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF CON21 TRIBUTION.—Of the amounts made available under 

22 ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ and ‘‘Child 

23 Survival and Health Programs Fund’’ for fiscal year 

24 2007, $34,000,000 shall be made available for the United 

25 Nations Population Fund (hereafter in this section re26 ferred to as the ‘‘UNFPA’’): Provided, That of this 


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1 amount, not less than $22,275,000 shall be derived from 

2 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘International Or3 ganizations and Programs’’. 

4 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

5 under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Pro6 grams’’ in this Act that are available for UNFPA, that 

7 are not made available for UNFPA because of the oper8 ation of any provision of law, shall be transferred to 

9 ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’ and shall 

10 be made available for family planning, maternal, and re11 productive health activities, subject to the regular notifica12 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

13 (c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.— 

14 None of the funds made available under ‘‘International 

15 Organizations and Programs’’ may be made available for 

16 the UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Repub17 lic of China. 

18 (d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

19 Amounts made available under ‘‘International Organiza20 tions and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2007 for the UNFPA 

21 may not be made available to UNFPA unless— 

22 (1) the UNFPA maintains amounts made avail23 able to the UNFPA under this section in an account 

24 separate from other accounts of the UNFPA; 


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1 (2) the UNFPA does not commingle amounts 

2 made available to the UNFPA under this section 

3 with other sums; and 

4 (3) the UNFPA does not fund abortions. 

5 WAR CRIMINALS

6 SEC. 560. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or 

7 otherwise made available pursuant to this Act may be 

8 made available for assistance, and the Secretary of the 

9 Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc10 tors to the international financial institutions to vote 

11 against any new project involving the extension by such 

12 institutions of any financial or technical assistance, to any 

13 country, entity, or municipality whose competent authori14 ties have failed, as determined by the Secretary of State, 

15 to take necessary and significant steps to implement its 

16 international legal obligations to apprehend and transfer 

17 to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former 

18 Yugoslavia (the ‘‘Tribunal’’) all persons in their territory 

19 who have been indicted by the Tribunal and to otherwise 

20 cooperate with the Tribunal. 

21 (2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply 

22 to humanitarian assistance or assistance for democratiza23 tion. 

24 (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply unless 

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1 propriate congressional committees that the competent au2 thorities of such country, entity, or municipality are— 

3 (1) cooperating with the Tribunal, including ac4 cess for investigators to archives and witnesses, the 

5 provision of documents, and the surrender and 

6 transfer of indictees or assistance in their apprehen7 sion; and 

8 (2) are acting consistently with the Dayton Ac9 cords. 

10 (c) Not less than 10 days before any vote in an inter11 national financial institution regarding the extension of 

12 any new project involving financial or technical assistance 

13 or grants to any country or entity described in subsection 

14 (a), the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 

15 the Secretary of State, shall provide to the Committees 

16 on Appropriations a written justification for the proposed 

17 assistance, including an explanation of the United States 

18 position regarding any such vote, as well as a description 

19 of the location of the proposed assistance by municipality, 

20 its purpose, and its intended beneficiaries. 

21 (d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of 

22 State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

23 International Development, and the Secretary of the 

24 Treasury shall consult with representatives of human 

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1 evant information to help prevent indicted war criminals 

2 from benefiting from any financial or technical assistance 

3 or grants provided to any country or entity described in 

4 subsection (a). 

5 (e) The Secretary of State may waive the application 

6 of subsection (a) with respect to projects within a country, 

7 entity, or municipality upon a written determination to the 

8 Committees on Appropriations that such assistance di9 rectly supports the implementation of the Dayton Accords. 

10 (f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 

11 (1) COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘country’’ means 

12 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. 

13 (2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ refers to the 

14 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, 

15 Montenegro and the Republika Srpska. 

16 (3) MUNICIPALITY.—The term ‘‘municipality’’ 

17 means a city, town or other subdivision within a 

18 country or entity as defined herein. 

19 (4) DAYTON ACCORDS.—The term ‘‘Dayton Ac20 cords’’ means the General Framework Agreement 

21 for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with 

22 annexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, November 

23 10 through 16, 1995. 

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1 national financial institution (as defined in section 

2 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions Act) 

3 and the International Monetary Fund to oppose any loan, 

4 grant, strategy or policy of these institutions that would 

5 require user fees or service charges on poor people for pri6 mary education or primary healthcare, including preven7 tion and treatment efforts for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuber8 culosis, and infant, child, and maternal well-being, in con9 nection with the institutions’ financing programs. 

10 FUNDING FOR SERBIA

11 SEC. 562. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 

12 be made available for assistance for the central Govern13 ment of Serbia after May 31, 2007, if the President has 

14 made the determination and certification contained in sub15 section (c). 

16 (b) After May 31, 2007, the Secretary of the Treas17 ury should instruct the United States executive directors 

18 to the international financial institutions to support loans 

19 and assistance to the Government of Serbia and Monte20 negro subject to the conditions in subsection (c): Provided, 

21 That section 576 of the Foreign Operations, Export Fi22 nancing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, 

23 as amended, shall not apply to the provision of loans and 

24 assistance to the Government of Serbia and Montenegro 

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1 (c) The determination and certification referred to in 

2 subsection (a) is a determination by the President and a 

3 certification to the Committees on Appropriations that the 

4 Government of Serbia and Montenegro is— 

5 (1) cooperating with the International Criminal 

6 Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia including access 

7 for investigators, the provision of documents, and 

8 the surrender and transfer of indictees or assistance 

9 in their apprehension, including Ratko Mladic; 

10 (2) taking steps that are consistent with the 

11 Dayton Accords to end Serbian financial, political, 

12 security and other support which has served to 

13 maintain separate Republika Srpska institutions; 

14 and 

15 (3) taking steps to implement policies which re16 flect a respect for minority rights and the rule of 

17 law. 

18 (d) This section shall not apply to Montenegro, 

19 Kosovo, humanitarian assistance or assistance to promote 

20 democracy. 

21 COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE

22 SEC. 563. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 

23 by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of 

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

25 Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding section 660 

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1 ability of civilian police authority through training and 

2 technical assistance in human rights, the rule of law, stra3 tegic planning, and through assistance to foster civilian 

4 police roles that support democratic governance including 

5 assistance for programs to prevent conflict, respond to dis6 asters, address gender-based violence, and foster improved 

7 police relations with the communities they serve. 

8 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub9 section (a) shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 

10 the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 

11 Appropriations. 

12 SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST

13 SEC. 564. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The 

14 President may reduce amounts owed to the United States 

15 (or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country 

16 as a result of— 

17 (1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 

18 222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; or 

19 (2) credits extended or guarantees issued under 

20 the Arms Export Control Act. 

21 (b) LIMITATIONS.— 

22 (1) The authority provided by subsection (a) 

23 may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi24 cial debt relief and referendum agreements, com25 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. 565. (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. 566. 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. 567. 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 

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1 SUDAN

2 SEC. 568. (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 EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH

4 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES

5 SEC. 569. Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the For6 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during 

7 fiscal year 2007, funds available to the Department of De8 fense may be expended for crating, packing, handling, and 

9 transportation of excess defense articles transferred under 

10 the authority of section 516 of such Act to Albania, Af11 ghanistan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugo12 slavian Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, India, Iraq, 

13 Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, 

14 Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, 

15 Turkmenistan, and Ukraine. 

16 CUBA

17 SEC. 570. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

18 under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

19 Law Enforcement’’ may be made available for assistance 

20 to the Government of Cuba. 

21 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

22 SEC. 571. Programs funded under titles II and III 

23 of this Act that provide training for foreign police, judicial, 

24 and military officials, shall include, where appropriate, 

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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. 572. (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. 573. (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. 574. (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 

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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 purposes in this bill. 

10 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

11 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 575. (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. 576. (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 LIMITATION ON FUNDS RELATING TO ATTENDANCE OF

16 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AT CONFERENCES OCCURRING

17 OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

18 SEC. 577. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend20 ance of more than 50 employees of agencies or depart21 ments of the United States Government who are stationed 

22 in the United States, at any single international con23 ference occurring outside the United States, unless the 

24 Secretary of State determines that such attendance is in 

25 the national interest: Provided, That for purposes of this 

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1 conference attended by representatives of the United 

2 States Government and representatives of foreign govern3 ments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 

4 organizations. 

5 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES

6 THAT REFUSE TO EXTRADITE TO THE UNITED

7 STATES ANY INDIVIDUAL ACCUSED IN THE UNITED

8 STATES OF KILLING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER

9 SEC. 578. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act for the Department of State may be used to provide 

11 assistance to the central government of a country which 

12 has notified the Department of State of its refusal to ex13 tradite to the United States any individual indicted in the 

14 United States for killing a law enforcement officer, as 

15 specified in a United States extradition request. 

16 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND BUDGET AND HIRING

17 CEILINGS

18 SEC. 579. 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 Inter23 national Monetary Fund does not penalize countries for 

24 increased government spending on healthcare or education 

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1 restraints, hiring or wage bill ceilings or other limits im2 posed by the International Monetary Fund. 

3 GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE FAILED TO PERMIT CERTAIN

4 EXTRADITIONS

5 SEC. 580. 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 charged 

13 with a criminal offense for which the maximum penalty 

14 is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. 

15 REPORTING REQUIREMENT

16 SEC. 581. The Secretary of State shall provide the 

17 Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 

18 2007, and for each fiscal quarter, a report in writing on 

19 the uses of funds made available under the headings ‘‘For20 eign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Mili21 tary Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper22 ations’’: Provided, That such report shall include a de23 scription of the obligation and expenditure of funds, and 

24 the specific country in receipt of, and the use or purpose 

25 of the assistance provided by such funds. 


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1 ASSISTANCE FOR DEMOBILIZATION AND DISARMAMENT

2 OF FORMER IRREGULAR COMBATANTS IN COLOMBIA

3 SEC. 582. (a) AVAILABLITY OF FUNDS.—Of the 

4 funds appropriated in this Act, up to $20,000,000 may 

5 be made available in fiscal year 2007 for assistance for 

6 the demobilization and disarmament of former members 

7 of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) in Colombia, 

8 specifically the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia 

9 (AUC), the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia 

10 (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN), if the 

11 Secretary of State makes a certification described in sub12 section (b) to the appropriate congressional committees 

13 prior to the initial obligation of amounts for such assist14 ance for the fiscal year involved. 

15 (b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this 

16 subsection is a certification that— 

17 (1) assistance for the fiscal year will be pro18 vided only for individuals who have: (A) verifiably 

19 renounced and terminated any affiliation or involve20 ment with FTOs or other illegal armed groups; and 

21 (B) are meeting all the requirements of the Colom22 bia Demobilization Program, including having dis23 closed their involvement in past crimes and their 

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1 sources, illegal assets, and the location of kidnapping 

2 victims and bodies of the disappeared; 

3 (2) the Government of Colombia is providing 

4 full cooperation to the Government of the United 

5 States to extradite the leaders and members of the 

6 FTOs who have been indicted in the United States 

7 for murder, kidnapping, narcotics trafficking, and 

8 other violations of United States law; 

9 (3) the Government of Colombia is imple10 menting a concrete and workable framework for dis11 mantling the organizational structures of foreign ter12 rorist organizations; and 

13 (4) funds shall not be made available as cash 

14 payments to individuals and are available only for 

15 activities under the following categories: verification, 

16 reintegration (including training and education), vet17 ting, recovery of assets for reparations for victims, 

18 and investigations and prosecutions. 

19 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT21 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com22 mittees’’ means— 

23 (A) the Committee on Appropriations and 

24 the Committee on International Relations of the 

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1 (B) the Committee on Appropriations and 

2 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen3 ate. 

4 (2) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 

5 term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an or6 ganization designated as a terrorist organization 

7 under section 219 of the Immigration and Nation8 ality Act. 

9 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE CAPACITY

10 ENHANCEMENT

11 SEC. 583. The Administrator of the United States 

12 Agency for International Development (USAID) shall cre13 ate within USAID a new office of Trade Capacity En14 hancement and designate a Director of that office: Pro15 vided, That this office shall be responsible for USAID’s 

16 trade capacity building programs, coordinating the imple17 mentation of all programs developed by the State Depart18 ment for trade capacity building and coordinating govern19 ment-wide trade capacity building efforts of United States 

20 agencies: Provided further, That this office shall be respon21 sible for ensuring that country strategic plans, as appro22 priate, include a trade capacity enhancement strategic 

23 goal and monitor the implementation plan for achieving 

24 this goal. 


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1 ENHANCING WOMEN’S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES

2 SEC. 584. (a) SUPPORT FOR WOMEN’S SMALL- AND

3 MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN DEVELOPING COUN4 TRIES. 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—When carrying out enter6 prise development programs with funds appropriated 

7 in ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

8 Funds’’, or otherwise made available in the Act for 

9 ‘‘Development Assistance’’, the Director of Foreign 

10 Assistance shall ensure that, where appropriate, 

11 such programs, projects, and activities meet the re12 quirements of paragraph (2) of this subsection. 

13 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements re14 ferred to in paragraph (1) are the following: 

15 (A) In coordination with developing coun16 try governments and interested individuals and 

17 organizations, create or enhance laws, regula18 tions, enforcement, and other practices that 

19 promote access to banking and financial serv20 ices for women-owned small- and medium-sized 

21 enterprises, and eliminate or reduce regulatory 

22 barriers that may exist in this regard. 

23 (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. 585. 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 LIMITATION ON FUNDS

23 SEC. 586. None of the funds made available in this 

24 Act may be used in contravention of section 2320(a) of 

25 title 18, United States Code. 


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1 LIMITATION ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

2 AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR MEXICO

3 SEC. 587. Of the funds appropriated in this Act 

4 under the heading ‘‘INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CON5 TROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT’’, not more than 

6 $39,000,000 may be available for assistance for Mexico. 

7 ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT TUBERCULOSIS

8 SEC. 588. The amounts otherwise provided by this 

9 Act are revised by increasing the amount made available 

10 for ‘‘CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND’’ 

11 for programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and 

12 research on tuberculosis, as authorized by section 104B 

13 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b– 

14 3), by reducing the amount made available for ‘‘OPER15 ATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR

16 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT’’, and by reducing the 

17 amount made available for ‘‘CONTRIBUTION TO THE

18 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND’’, by $10,000,000, 

19 $5,000,000, and $5,000,000, respectively. 

20 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR SAUDI

21 ARABIA

22 SEC. 589. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be obligated or expended to finance any assist24 ance to Saudi Arabia. 


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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations, 

2 Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations 

3 Act, 2007’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2006. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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