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Calendar No. 700 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2812 

[Report No. 108–346] 

Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2004 

Mr. MCCONNELL, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported, under authority of the order of the Senate of January 7, 2003, the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

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

September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 
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1 TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT 

2 ASSISTANCE 

3 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

4 INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

6 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

7 General Act of 1978, as amended, $1,140,000. 

8 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au10 thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 

11 funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora12 tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con13 tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi14 tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government 

15 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 

16 out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor17 poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur18 ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi19 tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear 

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

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

22 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi23 ble to receive economic or military assistance under this 

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

25 of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That not26 withstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428, as 
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1 amended, sections 1(a) and (b) of Public Law 103–428 

2 shall remain in effect through October 1, 2005. 

3 SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION

4 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur5 ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of 

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

7 $115,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2008: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

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

10 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur11 ther, That such sums shall remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2023 for the disbursement of direct loans, loan 

13 guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated in fis14 cal years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008: Provided further, 

15 That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or any 

16 prior Act appropriating funds for foreign operations, ex17 port financing, and related programs for tied-aid credits 

18 or grants may be used for any other purpose except 

19 through the regular notification procedures of the Com20 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 

21 appropriated by this paragraph are made available not22 withstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Import Bank 

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

24 any product by any Eastern European country, any Baltic 

25 State or any agency or national thereof. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

2 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

3 and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 

4 hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 

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

6 reception and representation expenses for members of the 

7 Board of Directors, $73,200,000: Provided, That the Ex8 port-Import Bank may accept, and use, payment or serv9 ices provided by transaction participants for legal, finan10 cial, or technical services in connection with any trans11 action for which an application for a loan, guarantee or 

12 insurance commitment has been made: Provided further, 

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

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

15 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2005. 

16 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

17 NONCREDIT ACCOUNT

18 The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au19 thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 

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

21 commitments within the limits of funds available to it and 

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

23 That the amount available for administrative expenses to 

24 carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an 

25 amount for official reception and representation expenses 
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1 which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed 

2 $42,885,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans3 action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 

4 in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated 

5 with services provided to specific investors or potential in6 vestors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance 

7 Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative ex8 penses for the purposes of this heading. 

9 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 

11 $24,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 

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

13 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Non-Credit 

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

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

16 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur17 ther, That such sums shall be available for direct loan obli18 gations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made 

19 during fiscal years 2005 and 2006: Provided further, That 

20 such sums shall remain available through fiscal year 2013 

21 for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obli22 gated in fiscal year 2005, and through fiscal year 2014 

23 for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obli24 gated in fiscal year 2006. 

25 In addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad26 ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may 
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1 be derived from amounts available for administrative ex2 penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in 

3 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 

4 Account and merged with said account. 

5 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

6 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

9 $49,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2006. 

11 TITLE II—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

12 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

13 For expenses necessary to enable the President to 

14 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

15 1961, and for other purposes, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2005, unless otherwise specified herein, as 

17 follows: 

18 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

19 DEVELOPMENT

20 CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

24 Act of 1961, for child survival, health, and family plan25 ning/reproductive health activities, in addition to funds 

26 otherwise available for such purposes, $1,550,000,000, to 
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1 remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, 

2 That this amount shall be made available for such activi3 ties as: (1) immunization programs; (2) oral rehydration 

4 programs; (3) health, nutrition, water and sanitation pro5 grams which directly address the needs of mothers and 

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

7 for children displaced or orphaned by causes other than 

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

9 of, and research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, ma10 laria, and other infectious diseases, and for assistance to 

11 communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including 

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

13 planning/reproductive health: Provided further, That none 

14 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 

15 available for nonproject assistance, except that funds may 

16 be made available for such assistance for ongoing health 

17 activities: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

18 under this heading, not to exceed $250,000, in addition 

19 to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be 

20 used to monitor and provide oversight of child survival, 

21 maternal and family planning/reproductive health, and in22 fectious disease programs: Provided further, That the fol23 lowing amounts should be allocated as follows: 

24 $345,000,000 for child survival and maternal health; 

25 $30,000,000 for vulnerable children; $600,000,000 for 
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1 HIV/AIDS including not less than $32,000,000 to support 

2 the development of microbicides as a means for combating 

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

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

5 including in areas where population growth threatens bio6 diversity or endangered species: Provided further, That of 

7 the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

8 $250,000,000 shall be made available, notwithstanding 

9 any other provision of law, except for the United States 

10 Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 

11 Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) as 

12 amended, for a United States contribution to the Global 

13 Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the 

14 ‘‘Global Fund’’), and shall be expended at the minimum 

15 rate necessary to make timely payment for projects and 

16 activities: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

17 under this heading that are available for HIV/AIDS pro18 grams and activities, not less than $28,000,000 should be 

19 made available for the International AIDS Vaccine Initia20 tive and not less than $28,000,000 should be made avail21 able for a United States contribution to UNAIDS: Pro22 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

23 heading, $65,000,000 should be made available for a 

24 United States contribution to The Vaccine Fund, and up 

25 to $6,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with 
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1 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Oper2 ating Expenses of the United States Agency for Inter3 national Development’’ for costs directly related to inter4 national health, but funds made available for such costs 

5 may not be derived from amounts made available for con6 tribution under this and preceding provisos: Provided fur7 ther, That restrictions with respect to assistance provided 

8 with funds appropriated by this Act for HIV/AIDS, family 

9 planning, or child survival and health activities shall not 

10 be construed to restrict assistance in support of programs 

11 to expand the availability and use of condoms for HIV/ 

12 AIDS prevention and of contraceptives to reduce the inci13 dence of abortion: Provided further, That nothing in this 

14 paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing statu15 tory prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the 

16 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That 

17 none of the funds made available in this Act nor any unob18 ligated balances from prior appropriations may be made 

19 available to any organization or program which, as deter20 mined by the President of the United States, directly sup21 ports a program of coercive abortion or involuntary steri22 lization: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall 

23 not be construed to deny funding to any organization or 

24 program solely because the government of a country en25 gages in coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Pro-
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1 vided further, That none of the funds made available under 

2 this Act may be used to pay for the performance of abor3 tion as a method of family planning or to motivate or co4 erce any person to practice abortions: Provided further, 

5 That none of the funds made available under this Act may 

6 be used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, 

7 That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing 

8 nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family 

9 planning projects which offer, either directly or through 

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

11 of family planning methods and services, and that any 

12 such voluntary family planning project shall meet the fol13 lowing requirements: (1) service providers or referral 

14 agents in the project shall not implement or be subject 

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

16 births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors 

17 of a particular method of family planning (this provision 

18 shall not be construed to include the use of quantitative 

19 estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning pur20 poses); (2) the project shall not include payment of incen21 tives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an indi22 vidual in exchange for becoming a family planning accep23 tor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical 

24 target or quota of total number of births, number of fam25 ily planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method 
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1 of family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right 

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

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

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

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

6 provide family planning acceptors comprehensible infor7 mation on the health benefits and risks of the method cho8 sen, including those conditions that might render the use 

9 of the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects 

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

11 (5) the project shall ensure that experimental contracep12 tive drugs and devices and medical procedures are pro13 vided only in the context of a scientific study in which 

14 participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; 

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

16 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter17 national Development determines that there has been a 

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

19 (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice 

20 of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph 

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

22 Committees on Appropriations a report containing a de23 scription of such violation and the corrective action taken 

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

25 for natural family planning under section 104 of the For-
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1 eign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discrimi2 nated against because of such applicant’s religious or con3 scientious commitment to offer only natural family plan4 ning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply 

5 with the requirements of the previous proviso: Provided 

6 further, That for purposes of this or any other Act author7 izing or appropriating funds for foreign operations, export 

8 financing, and related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as 

9 it relates to family planning assistance, shall not be con10 strued to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, 

11 of information or counseling about all pregnancy options: 

12 Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be 

13 construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions 

14 against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assist15 ance Act of 1961. 

16 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

17 For necessary expenses of the United States Agency 

18 for International Development to carry out the provisions 

19 of sections 103, 105, 106, and 131, and chapter 10 of 

20 part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

21 $1,460,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2006: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

23 under title II of this Act that are managed by or allocated 

24 to the United States Agency for International Develop25 ment’s Global Development Secretariat, may be made 

26 available except through the regular notification proce-
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1 dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur2 ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 

3 that are made available for assistance programs for dis4 placed and orphaned children and victims of war, not to 

5 exceed $37,500, in addition to funds otherwise available 

6 for such purposes, may be used to monitor and provide 

7 oversight of such programs: Provided further, That of the 

8 aggregate amount of the funds appropriated by this Act 

9 that are made available for agriculture and rural develop10 ment programs, $40,000,000 shall be made available for 

11 plant biotechnology research and development: Provided 

12 further, That not less than $2,300,000 shall be made avail13 able for core support for the International Fertilizer De14 velopment Center: Provided further, That of the funds ap15 propriated under this heading, not less than $22,000,000 

16 should be made available for the American Schools and 

17 Hospitals Abroad program: Provided further, That of the 

18 funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

19 $1,000,000 shall be made available for support of the 

20 United States Telecommunications Training Institute: 

21 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

22 this heading, not less than $2,000,000 shall be made avail23 able for support of the International Real Property Foun24 dation: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

25 under this heading, not less than $5,000,000 should be 
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1 made available for pilot programs in the Democratic Re2 public of the Congo, Uganda, Burundi, and Liberia to ad3 dress sexual and gender-based violence: Provided further, 

4 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, in ad5 dition to funds made available pursuant to the previous 

6 proviso, not less than $8,000,000 should be made available 

7 for assistance for Liberia: Provided further, That of the 

8 funds appropriated under this heading, $2,000,000 shall 

9 be made available for Water Missions International to de10 velop clean water treatment projects in developing coun11 tries: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated by 

12 this Act, $100,000,000 shall be made available for drink13 ing water supply projects and related activities. 

14 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AND FAMINE ASSISTANCE

15 For necessary expenses of the United States Agency 

16 for International Development to carry out the provisions 

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

18 international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon19 struction assistance, $335,500,000, to remain available 

20 until expended. 

21 In addition, for necessary expenses for assistance for 

22 famine prevention and relief, including for mitigation of 

23 the effects of famine, $50,000,000, to remain available 

24 until expended: Provided, That such funds shall be made 

25 available utilizing the general authorities of section 491 

26 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be in 
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1 addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: 

2 Provided further, That funds appropriated by this para3 graph shall be available for obligation subject to prior con4 sultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 

5 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

6 For necessary expenses for international disaster re7 habilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to sec8 tion 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

9 $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, to sup10 port transition to democracy and to long-term develop11 ment of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support 

12 may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve 

13 democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic in14 frastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: 

15 Provided further, That the United States Agency for Inter16 national Development shall submit a report to the Com17 mittees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to begin18 ning a new program of assistance: Provided further, That 

19 if the President determines that is important to the na20 tional interests of the United States to provide transition 

21 assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under this 

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

23 this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the For24 eign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of 

25 this heading and under the authorities applicable to funds 

26 appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 
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1 funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso 

2 shall be made available subject to prior consultation with 

3 the Committees on Appropriations. 

4 DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro7 vided by the United States Agency for International De8 velopment, as authorized by sections 108 and 635 of the 

9 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, funds may be derived by 

10 transfer from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 

11 part I of such Act and under the heading ‘‘Assistance for 

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

13 such funds shall not exceed $21,000,000, which shall be 

14 made available only for micro and small enterprise pro15 grams, urban programs, and other programs which fur16 ther the purposes of part I of the Act: Provided further, 

17 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such di18 rect and guaranteed loans, shall be as defined in section 

19 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend20 ed: Provided further, That these funds are available to sub21 sidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guar22 anteed, of up to $700,000,000: Provided further, That the 

23 provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general provi24 sions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of 

25 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in sec26 tion 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Com-
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1 mittee on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall 

2 be applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees provided 

3 under this heading: Provided further, That funds made 

4 available by this paragraph may be used for the cost of 

5 modifying any such guaranteed loans under this Act or 

6 prior Acts, and funds used for such costs shall be subject 

7 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

8 on Appropriations. 

9 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

10 credit programs administered by the United States Agency 

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

12 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Op13 erating Expenses of the United States Agency for Inter14 national Development: Provided, That funds made avail15 able under this heading shall remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2007. 

17 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

18 DISABILITY FUND

19 For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and 

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

21 Act of 1980, $42,500,000. 

22 OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY

23 FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

26 $600,000,000, of which up to $25,000,000 may remain 
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1 available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That none 

2 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 

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

4 available to finance the construction (including architect 

5 and engineering services), purchase, or long term lease of 

6 offices for use by the United States Agency for Inter7 national Development, unless the Administrator has iden8 tified such proposed construction (including architect and 

9 engineering services), purchase, or long term lease of of10 fices in a report submitted to the Committees on Appro11 priations at least 15 days prior to the obligation of these 

12 funds for such purposes: Provided further, That the pre13 vious proviso shall not apply where the total cost of con14 struction (including architect and engineering services), 

15 purchase, or long term lease of offices does not exceed 

16 $1,000,000: Provided further, That contracts or agree17 ments entered into with funds appropriated under this 

18 heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of 

19 such funds through fiscal year 2006: Provided further, 

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

21 a new overseas mission of the United States Agency for 

22 International Development without the prior written noti23 fication of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

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

25 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the 
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1 Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry 

2 out chapter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Ex3 penses of the United States Agency for International De4 velopment’’ in accordance with the provisions of those sec5 tions. 

6 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

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, $59,000,000, 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 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter15 national Development shall assess fair and reasonable 

16 rental payments for the use of space by employees of other 

17 United States Government agencies in buildings con18 structed using funds appropriated under this heading, and 

19 such rental payments shall be deposited into this account 

20 as an offsetting collection: Provided further, That the rent21 al payments collected pursuant to the previous proviso and 

22 deposited as an offsetting collection shall be available for 

23 obligation only pursuant to the regular notification proce24 dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur25 ther, That the assignment of United States Government 

26 employees or contractors to space in buildings constructed 
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1 using funds appropriated under this heading shall be sub2 ject to the concurrence of the Administrator of the United 

3 States Agency for International Development: Provided 

4 further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 

5 be available for obligation only pursuant to the regular 

6 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria7 tions. 

8 OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY

9 FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF IN10 SPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

13 $35,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2006, which sum shall be available for the Office of the 

15 Inspector General of the United States Agency for Inter16 national Development. 

17 OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

18 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

20 of chapter 4 of part II, $2,470,000,000, to remain avail21 able until September 30, 2006: Provided, That of the 

22 funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

23 $360,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which sum 

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

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

26 Act or by October 31, 2004, whichever is later: Provided 
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1 further, That not less than $535,000,000 shall be available 

2 only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant 

3 basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance shall be 

4 provided with the understanding that Egypt will under5 take significant economic and political reforms which are 

6 additional to those which were undertaken in previous fis7 cal years, and of which not more than $200,000,000 shall 

8 be provided as Commodity Import Program assistance: 

9 Provided further, That with respect to the provision of as10 sistance for Egypt for democracy and governance activi11 ties, the organizations implementing such assistance and 

12 the specific nature of that assistance shall not be subject 

13 to the prior approval by the Government of Egypt: Pro14 vided further, That in exercising the authority to provide 

15 cash transfer assistance for Israel, the President shall en16 sure that the level of such assistance does not cause an 

17 adverse impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports 

18 from the United States to such country and that Israel 

19 enters into a side letter agreement in an amount propor20 tional to the fiscal year 1999 agreement: Provided further, 

21 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

22 less than $250,000,000 shall be made available only for 

23 assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That funds appro24 priated under this heading shall be made available for ad25 ministrative costs of the United States Agency for Inter-
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1 national Development to implement regional programs in 

2 Asia and the Near East, including the Middle East Part3 nership Initiative, in addition to amounts otherwise avail4 able for such purposes: Provided further, That 

5 $13,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

6 shall be made available for Cyprus to be used only for 

7 scholarships, administrative support of the scholarship 

8 program, bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at re9 unification of the island and designed to reduce tensions 

10 and promote peace and cooperation between the two com11 munities on Cyprus: Provided further, That $35,000,000 

12 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

13 made available for assistance for Lebanon, of which not 

14 less than $4,000,000 should be made available to Amer15 ican educational institutions for scholarships and direct 

16 support: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

17 534(a) of this Act, funds appropriated under this heading 

18 that are made available for assistance for the Central Gov19 ernment of Lebanon shall be subject to the regular notifi20 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 

21 Provided further, That not to exceed $200,000,000 of the 

22 funds appropriated under this heading may be used for 

23 the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

24 Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans and guaran25 tees for Pakistan: Provided further, That amounts that are 
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1 made available under the previous proviso for the costs 

2 of modifying direct loans and guarantees shall not be con3 sidered ‘‘assistance’’ for the purposes of provisions of law 

4 limiting assistance to a country: Provided further, That of 

5 the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

6 $22,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for the 

7 Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, of which up to 

8 $1,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses 

9 of the United States Agency for International Develop10 ment: Provided further, That of the funds available under 

11 this heading for assistance for Indonesia, not less than 

12 $3,000,000 shall be made available to Internews to pro13 mote freedom of the media in Indonesia and not less than 

14 $2,000,000 shall be made available for economic develop15 ment programs conducted by Indonesian universities: Pro16 vided further, That of the funds available under this head17 ing for assistance for Jordan, $5,000,000 should be made 

18 available for the Rosary Sisters Hospital in Jordan: Pro19 vided further, That of the funds available under this head20 ing for the ‘‘Middle East Partnership Initiative’’, up to 

21 $4,500,000 may be made available for scholarship pro22 grams for students from countries with significant Muslim 

23 populations at American institutions of higher education 

24 in the Middle East that are accredited by an accrediting 

25 agency recognized by the United States Department of 
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1 Education: Provided further, That of the funds appro2 priated under this heading, not less than $2,500,000 

3 should be made available for technical assistance for coun4 tries to implement and enforce the Kimberley Process Cer5 tification Scheme: Provided further, That of the funds ap6 propriated under this heading, not less than $3,750,000 

7 should be made available for East Asia and Pacific Envi8 ronment Initiatives: Provided further, That of the funds 

9 appropriated under this heading, not less than 

10 $10,000,000 should be made available for assistance for 

11 Kenya: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

12 under this heading, not less than $500,000 should be 

13 made available to support the Commission to Investigate 

14 Illegal Groups and Clandestine Security Apparatus in 

15 Guatemala: Provided further, That of the funds appro16 priated under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be made 

17 available for the Foundation for Security and Sustain18 ability: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

19 under this heading that are made available for assistance 

20 for Pakistan, not less than $10,000,000 should be made 

21 available to support programs and activities conducted by 

22 indigenous organizations that seek to further educational, 

23 health, employment, and other opportunities for the people 

24 of Pakistan, of which up to $4,000,000 should be made 

25 available for the Pakistan Human Development Fund and 
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1 $1,000,000 for the Amanut Society: Provided further, 

2 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

3 $10,000,000 shall be made available to continue to sup4 port the provision of wheelchairs for needy persons in de5 veloping countries: Provided further, That funds appro6 priated under this heading that are made available for a 

7 Middle East Financing Facility, Middle East Enterprise 

8 Fund, or any other similar entity in the Middle East shall 

9 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

10 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

11 with respect to funds appropriated under this heading in 

12 this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for foreign 

13 operations, export financing, and related programs, the re14 sponsibility for policy decisions and justifications for the 

15 use of such funds, including whether there will be a pro16 gram for a country that uses those funds and the amount 

17 of each such program, shall be the responsibility of the 

18 Secretary of State and the Deputy Secretary of State and 

19 this responsibility shall not be delegated. 

20 ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC

21 STATES

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

23 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support 

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

25 $410,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

26 2006, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 
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1 provision of law, for assistance and for related programs 

2 for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: Provided, That 

3 of the funds appropriated under this heading that are 

4 made available for assistance for Bulgaria, $2,000,000 

5 shall be made available to enhance safety at nuclear power 

6 plants: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

7 under this heading, not more than $87,000,000 may be 

8 made available for assistance for Serbia: Provided further, 

9 That the amount contained in the previous proviso shall 

10 be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of financial 

11 and other support, as determined by the Secretary of 

12 State, that Serbia has provided to Slobodan Milosevic and 

13 other indicted war criminals, and their families, during 

14 calendar year 2004: Provided further, That funds appro15 priated under this heading shall be made available for pro16 grams and countries in the amounts contained in the table 

17 included in the report accompanying this Act: Provided 

18 further, That any proposed increases or decreases to the 

19 amounts contained in such table shall be subject to the 

20 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap21 propriations and section 634A of the Foreign Assistance 

22 Act of 1961 and notifications shall be transmitted at least 

23 15 days in advance of the obligation of funds. 

24 (b) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

25 considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign 
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1 Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available 

2 the administrative authorities contained in that Act for 

3 the use of economic assistance. 

4 (c) Notwithstanding any provision of this or any 

5 other Act, local currencies generated by, or converted 

6 from, funds appropriated by this Act and by previous ap7 propriations Acts and made available for the economic re8 vitalization program in Bosnia may be used in Eastern 

9 Europe and the Baltic States 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 ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE

13 FORMER SOVIET UNION

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

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

16 Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assist17 ance for the Independent States of the former Soviet 

18 Union and for related programs, $560,000,000, to remain 

19 available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the 

20 provisions of such chapters shall apply to funds appro21 priated by this paragraph: Provided further, That funds 

22 made available for the Southern Caucasus region may be 

23 used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for con24 fidence-building measures and other activities in further25 ance of the peaceful resolution of the regional conflicts, 

26 especially those in the vicinity of Abkhazia and Nagorno- 
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1 Karabagh: Provided further, That of the funds appro2 priated under this heading, $8,000,000 should be available 

3 only to meet the health and other assistance needs of vic4 tims of trafficking in persons: Provided further, That of 

5 the funds appropriated under this heading, $20,000,000 

6 shall be made available solely for assistance for the Rus7 sian Far East: Provided further, That of the funds appro8 priated under this heading, $6,000,000 should be made 

9 available for an emergency operations center in 

10 Kazakhstan: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

11 other provision of law, funds appropriated under this 

12 heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

13 for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro14 grams, that are made available pursuant to the provisions 

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

16 to a 6 percent ceiling on administrative expenses: Provided 

17 further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 

18 be made available for programs and countries in the 

19 amounts contained in the table included in the report ac20 companying this Act: Provided further, That any proposed 

21 increases or decreases to the amounts contained in such 

22 table shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

23 of the Committees on Appropriations and section 634A 

24 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and notifications 
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1 shall be transmitted at least 15 days in advance of the 

2 obligation of funds. 

3 (b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that 

4 are made available for assistance for Ukraine, not less 

5 than $5,000,000 shall be made available for nuclear reac6 tor safety initiatives, and not less than $3,000,000 shall 

7 be made available for coal mine safety programs. 

8 (c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

9 less than $93,000,000 shall be made available for assist10 ance for Russia, of which not less than $4,000,000 shall 

11 be made available to the National Endowment for Democ12 racy for democracy, human rights and rule of law pro13 grams. 

14 (d) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

15 less than $75,000,000 shall be made available for assist16 ance for Armenia. 

17 (e) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

18 less than $6,500,000 shall be made available for democ19 racy, human rights, and rule of law programs in Belarus. 

20 (f)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading 

21 that are allocated for assistance for the Government of 

22 the Russian Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from 

23 obligation until the President determines and certifies in 

24 writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov25 ernment of the Russian Federation: 
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1 (A) has terminated implementation of arrange2 ments to provide Iran with technical expertise, train3 ing, technology, or equipment necessary to develop a 

4 nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facilities or 

5 programs, or ballistic missile capability; and 

6 (B) is providing full access to international non7 government organizations providing humanitarian 

8 relief to refugees and internally displaced persons in 

9 Chechnya. 

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

11 (A) assistance to combat infectious diseases, 

12 child survival activities, or assistance for victims of 

13 trafficking in persons; and 

14 (B) activities authorized under title V (Non15 proliferation and Disarmament Programs and Ac16 tivities) of the FREEDOM Support Act. 

17 (g) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall 

18 not apply to— 

19 (1) activities to support democracy or assist20 ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act 

21 and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201 or non22 proliferation assistance; 

23 (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 

24 Development Agency under section 661 of the For25 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421); 
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1 (3) any activity carried out by a member of the 

2 United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 

3 acting within his or her official capacity; 

4 (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee or 

5 other assistance provided by the Overseas Private 

6 Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 

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

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

9 (5) any financing provided under the Export10 Import Bank Act of 1945; or 

11 (6) humanitarian assistance. 

12 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

13 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 

15 the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 

16 provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

17 of 1969, $19,000,000, to remain available until September 

18 30, 2006. 

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, $20,000,000, to remain 

23 available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That funds 

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

26 board of directors of the Foundation: Provided further, 
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1 That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes 

2 for which the grant was made: Provided further, That not3 withstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Develop4 ment Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the 

5 board of directors of the Foundation may waive the 

6 $250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect 

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

8 provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

9 after each time such waiver authority is exercised. 

10 PEACE CORPS

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

12 of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $310,000,000, in13 cluding the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor 

14 vehicles for administrative purposes for use outside of the 

15 United States: Provided, That none of the funds appro16 priated under this heading shall be used to pay for abor17 tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

18 this heading shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2006. 

20 MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

21 For necessary expenses for the ‘‘Millennium Chal22 lenge Account’’, $1,120,000,000, to remain available until 

23 expended. 
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1 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

2 GLOBAL HIV/AIDS INITIATIVE

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

6 $1,450,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That increased emphasis should be given to building 

8 local capacity of foreign governments and nongovern9 mental organizations to implement sustainable HIV/AIDS 

10 prevention, care and treatment programs as a component 

11 of national health care delivery systems: Provided further, 

12 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

13 $25,000,000 shall be made available for HIV/AIDS edu14 cation and outreach programs that utilize state of the art 

15 information technology: Provided further, That of the 

16 funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Assistance for 

17 Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Assistance for 

18 the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’, 

19 ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Initiative’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Fi20 nancing Program’’, and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 

21 less than $42,000,000 shall be made available for pro22 grams for the prevention, treatment, and control of, and 

23 research on, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria: Pro24 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

25 heading, not more than $8,818,000 may be made available 
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1 for administrative expenses of the office of the Coordi2 nator of United States Government Activities to Combat 

3 HIV/AIDS Globally of the Department of State. 

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, $328,820,000, to re8 main available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That 

9 during fiscal year 2005, the Department of State may also 

10 use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance 

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

12 excess property from an agency of the United States Gov13 ernment for the purpose of providing it to a foreign coun14 try under chapter 8 of part I of that Act subject to the 

15 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap16 propriations: Provided further, That of the funds appro17 priated under this heading, $15,000,000 should be made 

18 available for anti-trafficking in persons programs, includ19 ing trafficking prevention, protection and assistance for 

20 victims, and prosecution of traffickers: Provided further, 

21 That the Secretary of State shall provide to the Commit22 tees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the 

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

24 obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, a re25 port on the proposed uses of all funds under this heading 

26 on a country-by-country basis for each proposed program, 
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1 project, or activity: Provided further, That of the funds 

2 appropriated under this heading, not less than 

3 $17,000,000 should be made available for training pro4 grams and activities of the International Law Enforce5 ment Academies: Provided further, That of the funds ap6 propriated under this heading, not less than $12,000,000 

7 shall be made available for assistance for the Philippines 

8 for police training and other related activities: Provided 

9 further, That of the funds appropriated under this head10 ing, $3,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 

11 the Government of Malta for the purchase of helicopters 

12 to enhance its ability to control its borders and deter ter13 rorists: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

14 under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made available 

15 for combating piracy of United States intellectual prop16 erty: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

17 under this heading, not less than $1,500,000 should be 

18 made available to the International Foundation of Hope 

19 for alternative crop programs in Nangarhar Province, Af20 ghanistan: Provided further, That of the funds appro21 priated under this heading, not less than $1,000,000 

22 should be made available for police training in the Demo23 cratic Republic of Timor-Leste: Provided further, That of 

24 the funds appropriated under this heading, not more than 

25 $26,117,000 may be available for administrative expenses. 
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1 ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE

2 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 

3 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support 

4 counterdrug activities in the Andean region of South 

5 America, $731,000,000, to remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2007: Provided, That in fiscal year 2005, 

7 funds available to the Department of State for assistance 

8 to the Government of Colombia shall be available to sup9 port a unified campaign against narcotics trafficking, 

10 against activities by organizations designated as terrorist 

11 organizations such as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of 

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

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

14 and to take actions to protect human health and welfare 

15 in emergency circumstances, including undertaking rescue 

16 operations: Provided further, That this authority shall 

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

18 evidence that the Colombian Armed Forces are not con19 ducting vigorous operations to restore government author20 ity and respect for human rights in areas under the effec21 tive control of paramilitary and guerrilla organizations: 

22 Provided further, That the President shall ensure that if 

23 any helicopter procured with funds under this heading is 

24 used to aid or abet the operations of any illegal self-de25 fense group or illegal security cooperative, such helicopter 
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1 shall be immediately returned to the United States: Pro2 vided further, That the Secretary of State, in consultation 

3 with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

4 International Development, shall provide to the Commit5 tees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the 

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

7 obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, a re8 port on the proposed uses of all funds under this heading 

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

10 project, or activity: Provided further, That of the funds 

11 appropriated under this heading, not less than 

12 $272,000,000 shall be made available for alternative de13 velopment/institution building, of which $240,000,000 

14 shall be apportioned directly to the United States Agency 

15 for International Development, including $140,000,000 

16 for assistance for Colombia: Provided further, That with 

17 respect to funds apportioned to the United States Agency 

18 for International Development under the previous proviso, 

19 the responsibility for policy decisions for the use of such 

20 funds, including what activities will be funded and the 

21 amount of funds that will be provided for each of those 

22 activities, shall be the responsibility of the Administrator 

23 of the United States Agency for International Develop24 ment in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of State 

25 for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs: 
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1 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

2 this heading, not less than $6,000,000 should be made 

3 available for judicial reform programs in Colombia: Pro4 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

5 heading, in addition to funds made available pursuant to 

6 the previous proviso, not less than $6,000,000 shall be 

7 made available to the United States Agency for Inter8 national Development for organizations and programs to 

9 protect human rights: Provided further, That funds appro10 priated by this Act that are otherwise available for such 

11 purposes may be made available to support the demobiliza12 tion of illegal armed groups in Colombia only if the Sec13 retary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropria14 tions that: (1) the Colombian legal framework governing 

15 the demobilization of such groups provides for prosecution 

16 and punishment, in proportion to the crimes committed, 

17 of those responsible for gross violations of human rights 

18 and drug trafficking; (2) actions are being taken by the 

19 Government of Colombia to ensure the dismantling of un20 derlying structures of such groups, including the seizure 

21 of financial and real property assets; (3) actions are being 

22 taken by the Government of Colombia to enable the return 

23 of civilians forcibly displaced by such groups; and (4) the 

24 United States Government may continue to extradite Co25 lombian citizens in accordance with existing extradition 
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1 treaties: Provided further, That not more than 20 percent 

2 of the funds appropriated by this Act that are used for 

3 the procurement of chemicals for aerial coca and poppy 

4 fumigation programs may be made available for such pro5 grams unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Com6 mittees on Appropriations that: (1) the herbicide mixture 

7 is being used in accordance with EPA label requirements 

8 for comparable use in the United States and with Colom9 bian laws; and (2) the herbicide mixture, in the manner 

10 it is being used, does not pose unreasonable risks or ad11 verse effects to humans or the environment: Provided fur12 ther, That such funds may not be made available unless 

13 the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Ap14 propriations that complaints of harm to health or licit 

15 crops caused by such fumigation are evaluated and fair 

16 compensation is being paid for meritorious claims: Pro17 vided further, That such funds may not be made available 

18 for such purposes unless programs are being implemented 

19 by the United States Agency for International Develop20 ment, the Government of Colombia, or other organiza21 tions, in consultation with local communities, to provide 

22 alternative sources of income in areas where security per23 mits for small-acreage growers whose illicit crops are tar24 geted for fumigation: Provided further, That of the funds 

25 appropriated under this heading, not less than $2,000,000 
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1 should be made available through nongovernmental orga2 nizations for programs to protect biodiversity and indige3 nous reserves in Colombia: Provided further, That funds 

4 appropriated by this Act may be used for aerial fumigation 

5 in Colombia’s national parks or reserves only if the Sec6 retary of State certifies that it is in accordance with Co7 lombian laws and that there are no effective alternatives 

8 to reduce drug cultivation in these areas: Provided further, 

9 That section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

10 shall not apply to funds appropriated under this heading: 

11 Provided further, That assistance provided with funds ap12 propriated under this heading that is made available not13 withstanding section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

14 of 1961 shall be made available subject to the regular noti15 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 

16 Provided further, That no United States Armed Forces 

17 personnel or United States civilian contractor employed by 

18 the United States will participate in any combat operation 

19 in connection with assistance made available by this Act 

20 for Colombia: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

21 under this heading that are available for assistance for 

22 the Bolivian military and police are subject to the regular 

23 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria24 tions and may be made available for such purposes only 

25 if the Bolivian military and police are respecting human 
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1 rights and cooperating with civilian judicial authorities, 

2 and the Bolivian Government is prosecuting and punishing 

3 those responsible for violations of human rights: Provided 

4 further, That of the funds appropriated under this head5 ing, not more than $16,285,000 may be available for ad6 ministrative expenses of the Department of State, and not 

7 more than $4,500,000 may be available, in addition to 

8 amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for admin9 istrative expenses of the United States Agency for Inter10 national Development. 

11 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

12 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

14 by law, a contribution to the International Committee of 

15 the Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contribu16 tions to the International Organization for Migration and 

17 the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and 

18 other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; sala19 ries and expenses of personnel and dependents as author20 ized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as 

21 authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, 

22 United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor 

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

24 5, United States Code, $775,000,000, which shall remain 

25 available until expended: Provided, That not more than 

26 $22,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses: 
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1 Provided further, That not less than $50,000,000 of the 

2 funds made available under this heading shall be made 

3 available for refugees from the former Soviet Union and 

4 Eastern Europe and other refugees resettling in Israel: 

5 Provided further, That funds made available under this 

6 heading should be made available to international organi7 zations for assistance for refugees from North Korea: Pro8 vided further, That funds made available under this head9 ing and the heading ‘‘Emergency Migration and Refugee 

10 Assistance Fund’’ shall be made available to nongovern11 mental organizations located in Thailand for humanitarian 

12 assistance inside Burma: Provided further, That funds ap13 propriated under this heading may be made available for 

14 a headquarters contribution to the International Com15 mittee of the Red Cross only if the Secretary of State de16 termines (and so reports to the appropriate committees 

17 of Congress) that the Magen David Adom Society of Israel 

18 is not being denied participation in the activities of the 

19 International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. 

20 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

21 ASSISTANCE FUND

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

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

25 $50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro26 vided, That funds made available under this heading are 
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1 appropriated notwithstanding the provisions contained in 

2 section 2(c)(2) of such Act which would limit the amount 

3 of funds which could be appropriated for this purpose. 

4 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

5 RELATED PROGRAMS

6 For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter7 rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 

8 $415,200,000, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of 

9 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti10 terrorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign 

11 Assistance Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM 

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

13 or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activi14 ties, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction 

15 of small arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any 

16 other provision of law, including activities implemented 

17 through nongovernmental and international organizations, 

18 and section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

19 for a voluntary contribution to the International Atomic 

20 Energy Agency (IAEA), and for a United States contribu21 tion to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Pre22 paratory Commission: Provided, That of this amount not 

23 to exceed $34,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

24 may be made available for the Nonproliferation and Disar25 mament Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of 

26 law, to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relat-
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1 ing to nonproliferation and disarmament: Provided further, 

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

3 than the Independent States of the former Soviet Union 

4 and international organizations when it is in the national 

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

6 further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 

7 be made available for the International Atomic Energy 

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

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

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

11 Provided further, That funds available during fiscal year 

12 2005 for a contribution to the Comprehensive Nuclear 

13 Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission and that are 

14 not necessary to make the United States contribution to 

15 the Commission in the amount assessed for fiscal year 

16 2005 shall be made available for a voluntary contribution 

17 to the International Atomic Energy Agency and shall re18 main available until September 30, 2006: Provided further, 

19 That of the funds made available for demining and related 

20 activities, not to exceed $690,000, in addition to funds 

21 otherwise available for such purposes, may be used for ad22 ministrative expenses related to the operation and man23 agement of the demining program: Provided further, That 

24 the Secretary of State is authorized to provide, from funds 

25 appropriated under this heading in this Act and each sub-
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1 sequent Act making appropriations for foreign operations, 

2 export financing and related programs, not to exceed 

3 $250,000 for public-private partnerships for mine action 

4 by grant, cooperative agreement, or contract: Provided fur5 ther, That funds appropriated under this heading that are 

6 available for ‘‘Anti-terrorism Assistance’’ and ‘‘Export 

7 Control and Border Security’’ shall remain available until 

8 September 30, 2006: Provided further, That of the funds 

9 appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 should be 

10 made available for mobile robot systems and radiation de11 tection technology to combat international terrorism: Pro12 vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 

13 shall be made available for programs and countries in the 

14 amounts contained in the table included in the report ac15 companying this Act: Provided further, That any proposed 

16 increases or decreases to the amounts contained in such 

17 table shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

18 of the Committees on Appropriations and section 634A 

19 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and notifications 

20 shall be transmitted at least 15 days in advance of the 

21 obligation of funds. 

22 CONFLICT RESPONSE FUND

23 For necessary expenses to assist in stabilizing and re24 constructing a country that is in, or is in transition from, 

25 conflict or civil strife, $20,000,000, to remain available 

26 until expended: Provided, That funds available under this 
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1 paragraph may be used for assistance for a country only 

2 if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 

3 Committees on Appropriations, that it is important to the 

4 national security interest of the United States to do so 

5 and consults with the Committees on Appropriations prior 

6 to making any such determination: Provided further, That 

7 the responsibility for this determination required by the 

8 previous proviso and policy decisions and justifications for 

9 the use of funds made available under the authority of 

10 this paragraph, including the amount of assistance pro11 vided to a country under this authority, shall be the re12 sponsibility of the Secretary of State and the Deputy Sec13 retary of State and shall not be delegated: Provided fur14 ther, That the President may exercise the authority of sec15 tion 552 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without 

16 regard and in addition to the dollar limitations contained 

17 in that section, to furnish assistance under this heading 

18 with respect to any country that is the subject of a deter19 mination made under this heading: Provided further, That 

20 assistance furnished under this heading for any country 

21 that is the subject of a determination under this heading 

22 may be made available notwithstanding any other provi23 sion of law: Provided further, That the previous proviso 

24 shall not apply to section 551 of this Act: Provided further, 

25 That the administrative authorities of the Foreign Assist-
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1 ance Act of 1961 shall be applicable to the funds and re2 sources available under this paragraph: Provided further, 

3 That up to 5 percent of the funds available under this 

4 paragraph may be made available for the administrative 

5 costs of United States Government agencies implementing 

6 activities under this paragraph: Provided further, That 

7 funds and resources available under this heading shall be 

8 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com9 mittees on Appropriations except that such notifications 

10 shall be transmitted at least 5 days in advance of the obli11 gation of funds. 

12 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

13 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

16 $17,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2007, which shall be available notwithstanding any other 

18 provision of law. 

19 DEBT RESTRUCTURING

20 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con21 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and 

22 loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for 

23 which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made 

24 available for programs within the International Affairs 

25 Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling, reduc26 ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as 
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1 a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries, 

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

3 of 1961, and of modifying concessional credit agreements 

4 with least developed countries, as authorized under section 

5 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assist6 ance Act of 1954, as amended, and concessional loans, 

7 guarantees and credit agreements, as authorized under 

8 section 572 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 

9 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public 

10 Law 100–461), and of canceling amounts owed, as a result 

11 of loans or guarantees made pursuant to the Export-Im12 port Bank Act of 1945, by countries that are eligible for 

13 debt reduction pursuant to title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted 

14 into law by section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113, 

15 $95,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2007: Provided, That not less than $20,000,000 of the 

17 funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail18 able to carry out the provisions of part V of the Foreign 

19 Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That 

20 $75,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

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

22 the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Trust Fund 

23 administered by the International Bank for Reconstruc24 tion and Development amounts for the benefit of countries 

25 that are eligible for debt reduction pursuant to title V of 
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1 H.R. 3425 as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(5) of 

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

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

4 reduction under the enhanced HIPC initiative by— 

5 (1) the Inter-American Development Bank; 

6 (2) the African Development Fund; 

7 (3) the African Development Bank; and 

8 (4) the Central American Bank for Economic 

9 Integration: 

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

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

12 of State has credible evidence that the government of such 

13 country is engaged in a consistent pattern of gross viola14 tions of internationally recognized human rights or in mili15 tary or civil conflict that undermines its ability to develop 

16 and implement measures to alleviate poverty and to devote 

17 adequate human and financial resources to that end: Pro18 vided further, That on the basis of final appropriations, 

19 the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with the Com20 mittees on Appropriations concerning which countries and 

21 international financial institutions are expected to benefit 

22 from a United States contribution to the HIPC Trust 

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

24 Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the Committees on 

25 Appropriations not less than 15 days in advance of the 
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1 signature of an agreement by the United States to make 

2 payments to the HIPC Trust Fund of amounts for such 

3 countries and institutions: Provided further, That the Sec4 retary of the Treasury may disburse funds designated for 

5 debt reduction through the HIPC Trust Fund only for the 

6 benefit of countries that— 

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

8 not to accept new market-rate loans from the inter9 national financial institution receiving debt repay10 ment as a result of such disbursement, other than 

11 loans made by such institutions to export-oriented 

12 commercial projects that generate foreign exchange 

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

14 and 

15 (2) have documented and demonstrated their 

16 commitment to redirect their budgetary resources 

17 from international debt repayments to programs to 

18 alleviate poverty and promote economic growth that 

19 are additional to or expand upon those previously 

20 available for such purposes: 

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

22 section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and 

23 Assistance Act of 1954 shall not apply to funds appro24 priated under this heading: Provided further, That none 

25 of the funds made available under this heading in this or 
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1 any other appropriations Act shall be made available for 

2 Sudan or Burma unless the Secretary of the Treasury de3 termines and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

4 that a democratically elected government has taken office. 

5 TITLE III—MILITARY ASSISTANCE 

6 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

7 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

10 $89,730,000, of which up to $3,000,000 may remain 

11 available until expended: Provided, That the civilian per12 sonnel for whom military education and training may be 

13 provided under this heading may include civilians who are 

14 not members of a government whose participation would 

15 contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian con16 trol of the military, or respect for human rights: Provided 

17 further, That funds appropriated under this heading for 

18 military education and training for Guatemala may only 

19 be available for expanded international military education 

20 and training, and funds made available for Cambodia, 

21 Haiti, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and 

22 Guatemala may only be provided through the regular noti23 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For expenses necessary for grants to enable the 

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

5 Arms Export Control Act, $4,777,500,000: Provided, That 

6 of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 

7 than $2,220,000,000 shall be available for grants only for 

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

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

10 the funds appropriated by this paragraph for Israel shall 

11 be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this Act 

12 or by October 31, 2004, whichever is later: Provided fur13 ther, That to the extent that the Government of Israel re14 quests that funds be used for such purposes, grants made 

15 available for Israel by this paragraph shall, as agreed by 

16 Israel and the United States, be available for advanced 

17 weapons systems, of which not less than $583,000,000 

18 shall be available for the procurement in Israel of defense 

19 articles and defense services, including research and devel20 opment: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

21 by this paragraph, $206,000,000 shall be made available 

22 for assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That of the 

23 funds appropriated by this paragraph, $5,000,000 may be 

24 transferred to and consolidated with funds appropriated 

25 under the heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, 

26 Demining and Related Programs’’, and made available, in 
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1 addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, 

2 as follows: $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

3 may be made available to carry out the provisions of sec4 tion 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act for the Non5 proliferation and Disarmament Fund, notwithstanding 

6 any other provision of law, to promote bilateral and multi7 lateral activities relating to nonproliferation and disar8 mament; and $2,500,000 may be made available as an ad9 ditional contribution to ‘‘Anti-Terrorism Assistance’’ pro10 grams: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

11 by this paragraph, $10,000,000 shall be made available 

12 for assistance for Tunisia: Provided further, That of the 

13 funds appropriated by this paragraph, $8,000,000 shall 

14 be made available for assistance for Armenia: Provided 

15 further, That of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, 

16 not less than $30,000,000 shall be made available for as17 sistance for Liberia: Provided further, That of the funds 

18 appropriated under this heading, not more than 

19 $2,000,000 may be made available for assistance for 

20 Uganda and only for non-lethal military equipment if the 

21 Secretary of State determines and reports to the Commit22 tees on Appropriations that the Government of Uganda, 

23 during the previous six months, has made significant im24 provements in: (1) the protection of human rights, espe25 cially preventing acts of torture; (2) the protection of civil-
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1 ians in northern and eastern Uganda; (3) the 

2 professionalization of the Ugandan armed forces, includ3 ing transparency of military budgets; and (4) the preven4 tion of recruitment of children into armed militias and the 

5 demobilization of existing militias: Provided further, That 

6 of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 

7 than $15,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 

8 for Georgia: Provided further, That in addition to the 

9 funds appropriated under this heading, up to 

10 $150,000,000 may be derived by transfer from unobli11 gated balances of funds appropriated under the headings 

12 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financ13 ing Program’’ in prior appropriations Acts and not other14 wise designated in those Acts for a specific country, use, 

15 or purpose: Provided further, That funds appropriated by 

16 this paragraph shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any 

17 requirement in section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: 

18 Provided further, That funds made available under this 

19 paragraph shall be obligated upon apportionment in ac20 cordance with paragraph (5)(C) of title 31, United States 

21 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 not more than $40,500,000 of the funds appro7 priated under this heading may be obligated for necessary 

8 expenses, including the purchase of passenger motor vehi9 cles for replacement only for use outside of the United 

10 States, for the general costs of administering military as11 sistance and sales: Provided further, That not more than 

12 $367,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to section 

13 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be obli14 gated for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense 

15 during fiscal year 2005 pursuant to section 43(b) of the 

16 Arms Export Control Act, except that this limitation may 

17 be exceeded only through the regular notification proce18 dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur19 ther, That foreign military financing program funds esti20 mated to be outlayed for Egypt during fiscal year 2005 

21 shall be transferred to an interest bearing account for 

22 Egypt in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York within 

23 30 days of enactment of this Act or by October 31, 2004, 

24 whichever is later. 
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1 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

4 $104,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

5 provision of law except section 551 of this Act, funds ap6 propriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 

7 2005 may be transferred to the Department of State and 

8 may be made available by the Department of State to pro9 vide such assistance as the Secretary of State deems ap10 propriate for the military or security forces of a foreign 

11 country in order to enhance the capability of such country 

12 to participate in international peacekeeping or peace en13 forcement operations: Provided further, That none of the 

14 funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated 

15 or expended except as provided through the regular notifi16 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

17 TITLE IV—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC 

18 ASSISTANCE 

19 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

20 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

21 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

22 For the United States contribution for the Global En23 vironment Facility, $120,678,000 to the International 

24 Bank for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for 

25 the Global Environment Facility, by the Secretary of the 

26 Treasury, to remain available until expended. 
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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2 ASSOCIATION

3 For payment to the International Development Asso4 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $820,000,000, 

5 to remain available until expended. 

6 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS

7 MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND

8 For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Mul9 tilateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treas10 ury, for the United States contribution to the fund, 

11 $15,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

13 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

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

15 Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Develop16 ment Bank Act, as amended, $69,691,000, to remain 

17 available until expended. 

18 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

19 For payment to the African Development Bank by 

20 the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,100,000, for the United 

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

22 remain available until expended. 

23 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

24 The United States Governor of the African Develop25 ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 

26 for the callable capital portion of the United States share 
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1 of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 

2 $79,532,933. 

3 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

4 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

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

6 Development Fund, $75,000,000, to remain available until 

7 expended. 

8 CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR

9 RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

10 For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruc11 tion and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

12 $35,431,000 for the United States share of the paid-in 

13 portion of the increase in capital stock, to remain available 

14 until expended. 

15 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

16 The United States Governor of the European Bank 

17 for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe with18 out fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of 

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

20 not to exceed $121,997,000. 

21 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR

22 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

23 For the United States contribution by the Secretary 

24 of the Treasury to increase the resources of the Inter25 national Fund for Agricultural Development, 

26 $15,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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

4 of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program 

5 Participation Act of 1973, $328,925,000: Provided, That 

6 none of the funds appropriated under this heading may 

7 be made available to the International Atomic Energy 

8 Agency (IAEA): Provided further, That funds appro9 priated under this heading shall be made available for pro10 grams and countries in the amounts contained in the table 

11 included in the report accompanying this Act: Provided 

12 further, That any proposed increases or decreases to the 

13 amounts contained in such table shall be subject to the 

14 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap15 propriations and section 634A of the Foreign Assistance 

16 Act of 1961 and notifications shall be transmitted at least 

17 15 days in advance of the obligation of funds. 

18 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

19 COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE

20 DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

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

22 be made as payment to any international financial institu23 tion while the United States Executive Director to such 

24 institution is compensated by the institution at a rate 

25 which, together with whatever compensation such Director 
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1 receives from the United States, is in excess of the rate 

2 provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV 

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

4 United States Code, or while any alternate United States 

5 Director to such institution is compensated by the institu6 tion at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an indi7 vidual occupying a position at level V of the Executive 

8 Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 

9 Code. 

10 (b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘international finan11 cial institutions’’ are: the International Bank for Recon12 struction and Development, the Inter-American Develop13 ment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian De14 velopment Fund, the African Development Bank, the Afri15 can Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund, 

16 the North American Development Bank, and the Euro17 pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 

18 RESTRICTIONS ON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO

19 UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES

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

21 may be made available to pay any voluntary contribution 

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

23 United Nations Development Program) if the United Na24 tions implements or imposes any taxation on any United 

25 States persons. 
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1 LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES

2 SEC. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made avail3 able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $100,500 shall 

4 be for official residence expenses of the United States 

5 Agency for International Development during the current 

6 fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall be 

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

8 United States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu 

9 of dollars. 

10 LIMITATION ON EXPENSES

11 SEC. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made avail12 able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be 

13 for entertainment expenses of the United States Agency 

14 for International Development during the current fiscal 

15 year. 

16 LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

17 SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made avail18 able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $125,000 shall 

19 be available for representation allowances for the United 

20 States Agency for International Development during the 

21 current fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall 

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

23 United States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu 

24 of dollars: Provided further, That of the funds made avail25 able by this Act for general costs of administering military 

26 assistance and sales under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 
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1 Financing Program’’, not to exceed $2,000 shall be avail2 able for entertainment expenses and not to exceed 

3 $125,000 shall be available for representation allowances: 

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

5 Act under the heading ‘‘International Military Education 

6 and Training’’, not to exceed $50,000 shall be available 

7 for entertainment allowances: Provided further, That of 

8 the funds made available by this Act for the Inter-Amer9 ican Foundation, not to exceed $2,000 shall be available 

10 for entertainment and representation allowances: Provided 

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

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

13 available for entertainment expenses: Provided further, 

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

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

16 $2,000 shall be available for representation and entertain17 ment allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made 

18 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Millennium Chal19 lenge Corporation’’, not to exceed $100,000 shall be avail20 able for representation allowances. 

21 PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES

22 ASSISTANCE

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

24 the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 

25 to provide assistance for a foreign country under a new 

26 bilateral agreement governing the terms and conditions 
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1 under which such assistance is to be provided unless such 

2 agreement includes a provision stating that assistance pro3 vided by the United States shall be exempt from taxation, 

4 or reimbursed, by the foreign government, and the Sec5 retary of State shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 

6 amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as nec7 essary, to conform with this requirement. 

8 (b) REIMBURSEMENT OF FOREIGN TAXES.—An 

9 amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes as10 sessed during fiscal year 2005 on funds appropriated by 

11 this Act by a foreign government or entity against com12 modities financed under United States assistance pro13 grams for which funds are appropriated by this Act, either 

14 directly or through grantees, contractors and subcontrac15 tors shall be withheld from obligation from funds appro16 priated for assistance for fiscal year 2006 and allocated 

17 for the central government of such country and for the 

18 West Bank and Gaza Program to the extent that the Sec19 retary of State certifies and reports in writing to the Com20 mittees on Appropriations that such taxes have not been 

21 reimbursed to the Government of the United States. 

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

23 minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 

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1 (d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 

2 from obligation for each country or entity pursuant to sub3 section (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance to coun4 tries which do not assess taxes on United States assistance 

5 or which have an effective arrangement that is providing 

6 substantial reimbursement of such taxes. 

7 (e) DETERMINATIONS.— 

8 (1) The provisions of this section shall not 

9 apply to any country or entity the Secretary of State 

10 determines— 

11 (A) does not assess taxes on United States 

12 assistance or which has an effective arrange13 ment that is providing substantial reimburse14 ment of such taxes; or 

15 (B) the foreign policy interests of the 

16 United States outweigh the policy of this sec17 tion to ensure that United States assistance is 

18 not subject to taxation. 

19 (2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 

20 the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 

21 prior to exercising the authority of this subsection 

22 with regard to any country or entity. 

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

24 issue rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, 
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1 to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist2 ance contained in this section. 

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

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

5 value added taxes and customs duties imposed on 

6 commodities financed with United States assistance 

7 for programs for which funds are appropriated by 

8 this Act; and 

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

10 framework bilateral agreement between the Govern11 ment of the United States and the government of 

12 the country receiving assistance that describes the 

13 privileges and immunities applicable to United 

14 States foreign assistance for such country generally, 

15 or an individual agreement between the Government 

16 of the United States and such government that de17 scribes, among other things, the treatment for tax 

18 purposes that will be accorded the United States as19 sistance provided under that agreement. 

20 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN

21 COUNTRIES

22 SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated 

24 or expended to finance directly any assistance or repara25 tions to Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Pro26 vided, That for purposes of this section, the prohibition 
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1 on obligations or expenditures shall include direct loans, 

2 credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Import 

3 Bank or its agents. 

4 MILITARY COUPS

5 SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated 

7 or expended to finance directly any assistance to the gov8 ernment of any country whose duly elected head of govern9 ment is deposed by decree or military coup: Provided, That 

10 assistance may be resumed to such government if the 

11 President determines and certifies to the Committees on 

12 Appropriations that subsequent to the termination of as13 sistance a democratically elected government has taken of14 fice: Provided further, That the provisions of this section 

15 shall not apply to assistance to promote democratic elec16 tions or public participation in democratic processes: Pro17 vided further, That funds made available pursuant to the 

18 previous provisos shall be subject to the regular notifica19 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 TRANSFERS

21 SEC. 509. (a)(1) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BE22 TWEEN AGENCIES.—None of the funds made available by 

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

24 or instrumentality of the United States Government, ex25 cept pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority 

26 provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
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1 (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition to 

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

3 funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 

4 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated 

5 or transferred to agencies of the United States Govern6 ment pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 

7 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

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

9 funds made available by this Act may be obligated under 

10 an appropriation account to which they were not appro11 priated, except for transfers specifically provided for in 

12 this Act, unless the President, not less than five days prior 

13 to the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign 

14 Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with 

15 and provides a written policy justification to the Commit16 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

17 and the Senate. 

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

19 agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appro20 priated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between 

21 the United States Agency for International Development 

22 and another agency of the United States Government 

23 under the authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign As24 sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, 

25 shall expressly provide that the Office of the Inspector 
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1 General for the agency receiving the transfer or allocation 

2 of such funds shall perform periodic program and financial 

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

4 transferred under such authority may be made available 

5 for the cost of such audits. 

6 COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES

7 SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of 

9 the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of sec10 tion 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used 

11 to provide financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and 

12 major non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing 

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

14 articles from United States commercial suppliers, not in15 cluding Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters 

16 and other types of aircraft having possible civilian applica17 tion), if the President determines that there are compel18 ling foreign policy or national security reasons for those 

19 defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather 

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

21 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

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

23 this Act shall remain available for obligation after the ex24 piration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so pro25 vided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for 

26 the purposes of chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of part I, section 
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1 667, chapters 4, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 

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

3 Control Act, and funds provided under the heading ‘‘As4 sistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, shall 

5 remain available for an additional four years from the date 

6 on which the availability of such funds would otherwise 

7 have expired, if such funds are initially obligated before 

8 the expiration of their respective periods of availability 

9 contained in this Act: Provided further, That, notwith10 standing any other provision of this Act, any funds made 

11 available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chap12 ter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

13 which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements 

14 in order to address balance of payments or economic policy 

15 reform objectives, shall remain available until expended. 

16 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

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

18 this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to the govern19 ment of any country which is in default during a period 

20 in excess of one calendar year in payment to the United 

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

22 government of such country by the United States pursuant 

23 to a program for which funds are appropriated under this 

24 Act unless the President determines, following consulta25 tions with the Committees on Appropriations, that assist-
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1 ance to such country is in the national interest of the 

2 United States. 

3 COMMERCE AND TRADE

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

5 made available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance 

6 and none of the funds otherwise made available pursuant 

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

8 Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or ex9 pended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other 

10 financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro11 duction of any commodity for export by any country other 

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

13 in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro14 ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the 

15 assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 

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

17 Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Ex18 port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc19 tors the benefits to industry and employment in the 

20 United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United 

21 States producers of the same, similar, or competing com22 modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the 

23 Committees on Appropriations. 

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

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

26 Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing 
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1 or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro2 duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training 

3 in connection with the growth or production in a foreign 

4 country of an agricultural commodity for export which 

5 would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro6 duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection 

7 shall not prohibit— 

8 (1) activities designed to increase food security 

9 in developing countries where such activities will not 

10 have a significant impact on the export of agricul11 tural commodities of the United States; or 

12 (2) research activities intended primarily to 

13 benefit American producers. 

14 SURPLUS COMMODITIES

15 SEC. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in16 struct the United States Executive Directors of the Inter17 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the 

18 International Development Association, the International 

19 Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development 

20 Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel21 opment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora22 tion, the North American Development Bank, the Euro23 pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Afri24 can Development Bank, and the African Development 

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

26 oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds 
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1 appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act, for 

2 the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 

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

4 assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 

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

6 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

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

8 branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none 

9 of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘Child Sur10 vival and Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assist11 ance’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, 

12 ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar13 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean 

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

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

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

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

18 Operations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, ‘‘Operating Ex19 penses of the United States Agency for International De20 velopment’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States 

21 Agency for International Development Office of Inspector 

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

23 and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora24 tion’’ (by country only), ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro25 gram’’, ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, 

26 ‘‘Peace Corps’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, 
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1 shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, 

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

3 operations not justified or in excess of the amount justi4 fied to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation 

5 under any of these specific headings unless the Commit6 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 

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

8 President shall not enter into any commitment of funds 

9 appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms 

10 Export Control Act for the provision of major defense 

11 equipment, other than conventional ammunition, or other 

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

13 or combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 

14 20 percent in excess of the quantities justified to Congress 

15 unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 

16 days in advance of such commitment: Provided further, 

17 That this section shall not apply to any reprogramming 

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

19 appropriated under title II of this Act of less than 10 per20 cent of the amount previously justified to the Congress 

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

22 current fiscal year: Provided further, That all 

23 reprogrammings of funds appropriated by this Act and 

24 prior Acts under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics 

25 Control and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Andean 
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1 Counterdrug Initiative’’ by the Department of State shall 

2 be subject to the same review and approval procedures by 

3 the Department of State as apply to the reprogramming 

4 by the Department of funds appropriated under the head5 ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’: Provided further, That the 

6 requirements of this section or any similar provision of 

7 this Act or any other Act, including any prior Act requir8 ing notification in accordance with the regular notification 

9 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, may be 

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

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

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

13 appropriate congressional committees, shall be provided as 

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

15 taking the action to which such notification requirement 

16 was applicable, in the context of the circumstances neces17 sitating such waiver: Provided further, That any notifica18 tion provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an 

19 explanation of the emergency circumstances. 

20 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

21 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

22 SEC. 516. Subject to the regular notification proce23 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro24 priated under this Act or any previously enacted Act mak25 ing appropriations for foreign operations, export financ26 ing, and related programs, which are returned or not made 
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1 available for organizations and programs because of the 

2 implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist3 ance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation 

4 until September 30, 2006. 

5 INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

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

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

8 Former Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for assist9 ance for a government of an Independent State of the 

10 former Soviet Union if that government directs any action 

11 in violation of the territorial integrity or national sov12 ereignty of any other Independent State of the former So13 viet Union, such as those violations included in the Hel14 sinki Final Act: Provided, That such funds may be made 

15 available without regard to the restriction in this sub16 section if the President determines that to do so is in the 

17 national security interest of the United States. 

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

19 ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So20 viet Union’’ shall be made available for any state to en21 hance its military capability: Provided, That this restric22 tion does not apply to demilitarization, demining or non23 proliferation programs. 

24 (c) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist25 ance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 

26 Union’’ for the Russian Federation, Armenia, Georgia, 
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1 and Ukraine shall be subject to the regular notification 

2 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

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

4 for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union 

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

6 to environment and natural resources) of the Foreign As7 sistance Act of 1961. 

8 (e) In issuing new task orders, entering into con9 tracts, or making grants, with funds appropriated in this 

10 Act or prior appropriations Acts under the heading ‘‘As11 sistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 

12 Union’’ and under comparable headings in prior appro13 priations Acts, for projects or activities that have as one 

14 of their primary purposes the fostering of private sector 

15 development, the Coordinator for United States Assistance 

16 to Europe and Eurasia and the implementing agency shall 

17 encourage the participation of and give significant weight 

18 to contractors and grantees who propose investing a sig19 nificant amount of their own resources (including volun20 teer services and in-kind contributions) in such projects 

21 and activities. 

22 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND

23 INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

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

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

26 amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor-
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1 tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 

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

3 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist4 ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 

5 the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 

6 of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 

7 incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 

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

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

10 for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 

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

12 involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 

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

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

15 obligated or expended for any country or organization if 

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

17 such country or organization would violate any of the 

18 above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri19 lizations. 

20 EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES

21 SEC. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria22 tion other than for administrative expenses made available 

23 for fiscal year 2005, for programs under title I of this 

24 Act may be transferred between such appropriations for 

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

26 which the funds in such receiving account may be used, 
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1 but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 

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

3 any such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such au4 thority shall be subject to the regular notification proce5 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

6 SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

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

8 shall be obligated or expended for Liberia, Serbia, Sudan, 

9 Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Cambodia, or Haiti except as pro10 vided through the regular notification procedures of the 

11 Committees on Appropriations. 

12 DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

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

14 project, and activity’’ shall be defined at the appropria15 tions Act account level and shall include all appropriations 

16 and authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limita17 tions with the exception that for the following accounts: 

18 Economic Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing 

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

20 considered to include country, regional, and central pro21 gram level funding within each such account; for the devel22 opment assistance accounts of the United States Agency 

23 for International Development ‘‘program, project, and ac24 tivity’’ shall also be considered to include central, country, 

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

26 to the Congress; or (2) allocated by the executive branch 
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1 in accordance with a report, to be provided to the Commit2 tees on Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment 

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

4 Assistance Act of 1961. 

5 CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH ACTIVITIES

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

7 available by this Act for assistance under the heading 

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

9 used to reimburse United States Government agencies, 

10 agencies of State governments, institutions of higher 

11 learning, and private and voluntary organizations for the 

12 full cost of individuals (including for the personal services 

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

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

15 International Development for the purpose of carrying out 

16 activities under that heading: Provided, That up to 

17 $3,500,000 of the funds made available by this Act for 

18 assistance under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 

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

20 organizations for such costs of such individuals carrying 

21 out other development assistance activities: Provided fur22 ther, That funds appropriated by titles II and III of this 

23 Act that are made available for bilateral assistance for 

24 child survival activities or disease programs including ac25 tivities relating to research on, and the prevention, treat26 ment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made available 
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1 notwithstanding any other provision of law except for the 

2 provisions under the heading ‘‘Child Survival and Health 

3 Programs Fund’’ and the United States Leadership 

4 Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 

5 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amend6 ed: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

7 title II of this Act, not less than $450,000,000 shall be 

8 made available for family planning/reproductive health. 

9 AFGHANISTAN

10 SEC. 523. Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not 

11 less than $504,450,000 shall be made available for hu12 manitarian and reconstruction assistance for Afghanistan: 

13 Provided, That of the funds made available pursuant to 

14 this section, not less than $225,000,000 should be from 

15 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

16 Fund’’: Provided further, That funds appropriated by this 

17 Act that are available for assistance for the Afghan Na18 tional Army should be made available if members of the 

19 Army have been vetted for any involvement in terrorism, 

20 human rights violations, drug trafficking, and other seri21 ous criminal activity: Provided further, That of the funds 

22 made available pursuant to this section, not less than 

23 $2,000,000 should be made available for reforestation ac24 tivities: Provided further, That funds made available pur25 suant to the previous proviso should be matched, to the 

26 maximum extent possible, with contributions from Amer-
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1 ican and Afghan businesses: Provided further, That of the 

2 funds made available pursuant to this section, not less 

3 than $2,000,000 shall be made available for the Afghan 

4 Independent Human Rights Commission and for other Af5 ghan human rights organizations: Provided further, That 

6 of the funds made available pursuant to this section, not 

7 less than $50,000,000 shall be made available to support 

8 programs that directly address the needs of Afghan 

9 women and girls, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall 

10 be made available for small grants to support training and 

11 equipment to improve the capacity of women-led Afghan 

12 nongovernmental organizations and to support the activi13 ties of such organizations: Provided further, That not less 

14 than $2,000,000 should be made available for assistance 

15 for Afghan communities and families that have suffered 

16 losses as a result of the military operations. 

17 NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

18 SEC. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of 

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

20 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De21 fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the 

22 same extent and under the same conditions as are other 

23 committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro24 vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess 

25 defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the 

26 Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 
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1 Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 

2 procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 

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

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

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

6 notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 

7 of appropriated funds for specific countries that would re8 ceive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 

9 such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac10 quisition cost of such defense articles. 

11 HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND

12 SEC. 525. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of sec13 tion 104A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and to 

14 assist in providing a safe, secure, reliable, and sustainable 

15 supply chain of pharmaceuticals and other products need16 ed to provide care and treatment of persons with HIV/ 

17 AIDS and related infections, the Coordinator of the 

18 United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/ 

19 AIDS Globally (the ‘‘Coordinator’’) is authorized to estab20 lish an HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund (in this section 

21 referred to as the ‘‘HIV/AIDS Fund’’). 

22 (b) Funds deposited during any fiscal year in the 

23 HIV/AIDS Fund shall be available without fiscal year lim24 itation and used for pharmaceuticals and other products 

25 needed to provide care and treatment of persons with 
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1 HIV/AIDS and related infections, including, but not lim2 ited to— 

3 (1) anti-retroviral drugs; 

4 (2) other pharmaceuticals and medical items 

5 needed to provide care and treatment to persons 

6 with HIV/AIDS and related infections; 

7 (3) laboratory and other supplies for per8 forming tests related to the provision of care and 

9 treatment to persons with HIV/AIDS and related in10 fections; 

11 (4) other medical supplies needed for the oper12 ation of HIV/AIDS treatment and care centers, in13 cluding products needed in programs for the preven14 tion of mother-to-child transmission; 

15 (5) pharmaceuticals and health commodities 

16 needed for the provision of palliative care; and 

17 (6) laboratory and clinical equipment, as well as 

18 equipment needed for the transportation and care of 

19 HIV/AIDS supplies, and other equipment needed to 

20 provide prevention, care and treatment of HIV/ 

21 AIDS described above. 

22 (c) There may be deposited during any fiscal year in 

23 the HIV/AIDS Fund payments for HIV/AIDS pharma24 ceuticals and products provided from the HIV/AIDS Fund 

25 received from applicable appropriations and funds of the 
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1 United States Agency for International Development, the 

2 Department of Health and Human Services, the Depart3 ment of Defense, or other Federal agencies and other 

4 sources at actual cost of the HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals 

5 and other products, actual cost plus the additional costs 

6 of providing such HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other 

7 products, or at any other price agreed to by the Coordi8 nator or his designee. 

9 (d) There may be deposited in the HIV/AIDS Fund 

10 payments for the loss of, or damage to, HIV/AIDS phar11 maceuticals and products held in the HIV/AIDS Fund, re12 bates, reimbursements, refunds and other credits applica13 tion to the operation of the HIV/AIDS Fund. 

14 (e) At the close of each fiscal year the Coordinator 

15 may transfer out of the HIV/AIDS Fund to other HIV/ 

16 AIDS programmatic areas such amounts as the Coordi17 nator determines to be in excess of the needs of the HIV/ 

18 AIDS Fund. 

19 (f) At the close of each fiscal year the Coordinator 

20 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

21 detailing the financial activities of the HIV/AIDS Fund, 

22 including sources of income and information regarding 

23 disbursements. 

24 DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS

25 SEC. 526. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

26 of law, of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
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1 the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As2 sistance Act of 1961, not less than $35,000,000 shall be 

3 made available for assistance for activities to support de4 mocracy, human rights, and the rule of law in the People’s 

5 Republic of China and Hong Kong: Provided, That funds 

6 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

7 Fund’’ should be made available for assistance for Taiwan 

8 for the purposes of furthering political and legal reforms: 

9 Provided further, That such funds shall only be made 

10 available to the extent that they are matched from sources 

11 other than the United States Government: Provided fur12 ther, That funds made available pursuant to the authority 

13 of this subsection shall be subject to the regular notifica14 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

15 (b)(1) In addition to the funds made available in sub16 section (a), of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

17 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ not less than 

18 $25,000,000 shall be made available for programs and ac19 tivities to foster democracy, human rights, civic education, 

20 women’s development, press freedom, and the rule of law 

21 in countries with a significant Muslim population, and 

22 where such programs and activities would be important 

23 to United States efforts to respond to, deter, or prevent 

24 acts of international terrorism: Provided, That funds made 

25 available pursuant to the authority of this subsection 
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1 should support new initiatives and activities in those coun2 tries: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

3 under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be made available 

4 for programs and activities that provide professional train5 ing for journalists, of which $2,000,000 shall be made 

6 available to Internews: Provided further, That of the funds 

7 appropriated under such heading, in addition to other 

8 amounts made available for Egypt in this Act, funds shall 

9 be made available to support civil society organizations 

10 working for democracy, human rights, and the rule of law 

11 in Egypt: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

12 other provision of law, not less than $3,000,000 of such 

13 funds may be used for making grants to educational, hu14 manitarian and nongovernmental organizations and indi15 viduals inside Iran to support the advancement of democ16 racy and human rights in Iran: Provided further, That not17 withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro18 priated pursuant to the authority of this subsection may 

19 be made available for democracy, human rights, and rule 

20 of law programs for Syria: Provided further, That funds 

21 made available pursuant to this subsection shall be subject 

22 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

23 on Appropriations. 

24 (2) In addition to funds made available under sub25 sections (a) and (b)(1), of the funds appropriated by this 
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1 Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ not less 

2 than $5,000,000 shall be made available for programs and 

3 activities of the National Endowment for Democracy to 

4 foster democracy, human rights, civic education, women’s 

5 development, press freedom, and the rule of law in coun6 tries in sub-Saharan Africa, and not less than $1,500,000 

7 shall be made available for such programs and activities 

8 of the National Endowment for Democracy in countries 

9 in Asia. 

10 (c) Of the funds made available under subsection (a), 

11 not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for the 

12 Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of De13 mocracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of State, 

14 to support the activities described in subsection (a), and 

15 of the funds made available under subsection (b)(1), not 

16 less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for such 

17 Fund to support the activities described in subsection 

18 (b)(1): Provided, That the total amount of funds made 

19 available by this Act under ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 

20 activities of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and 

21 Labor, Department of State, including funds available in 

22 this section, shall be not less than $57,000,000. 

23 (d) Of the funds made available under subsection (a), 

24 not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for the 

25 National Endowment for Democracy to support the activi-
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1 ties described in subsection (a), and of the funds made 

2 available under subsection (b)(1), not less than 

3 $5,000,000 shall be made available for the National En4 dowment for Democracy to support the activities described 

5 in subsection (b)(1): Provided, That the Secretary of State 

6 shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropria7 tions within 120 days of the date of enactment of this 

8 Act on the status of the allocation and obligation of such 

9 funds. 

10 (e) Of the funds made available under subsection (a), 

11 $10,000,000 shall be made available to American edu12 cational institutions for programs and activities in the 

13 People’s Republic of China relating to the environment, 

14 democracy and the rule of law: Provided, That funds avail15 able under this subsection shall be made available subject 

16 to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropria17 tions. 

18 PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST

19 COUNTRIES

20 SEC. 527. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assist21 ance under any heading of this Act and funds appro22 priated under any such heading in a provision of law en23 acted prior to the enactment of this Act, shall not be made 

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1 (1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any 

2 individual or group which has committed an act of 

3 international terrorism; or 

4 (2) otherwise supports international terrorism. 

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

7 national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 

8 waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the 

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

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

13 of the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

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

19 the United States Agency for International Development 

20 may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 

21 which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 

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

23 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

24 on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 

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

26 provided to that organization. 
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1 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

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

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

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

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

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

10 (A) require that local currencies be deposited in 

11 a separate account established by that government; 

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

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

15 generated; and 

16 (ii) the terms and conditions under which 

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

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

23 disbursements from the separate account. 

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

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1 ited in a separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or 

2 an equivalent amount of local currencies, shall be used 

3 only— 

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

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

6 purposes as— 

7 (i) project and sector assistance activities; 

8 or 

9 (ii) debt and deficit financing; or 

10 (B) for the administrative requirements of the 

11 United States Government. 

12 (3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—The United 

13 States Agency for International Development shall take all 

14 necessary steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local 

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

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

19 (4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.— 

20 Upon termination of assistance to a country under chapter 

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

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

2 United States Government. 

3 (5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator 

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

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

10 include the amount of local currency (and United States 

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

12 in each applicable country. 

13 (b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 

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

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

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

19 funds in a separate account and not commingle them with 

20 any other funds. 

21 (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF

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

24 the nature of this assistance including provisions which 

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

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

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

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

9 with a discussion of the United States interests that will 

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

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

13 (4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance funds 

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

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

17 ENTERPRISE FUND RESTRICTIONS

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

19 resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up 

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

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

23 Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution 

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

2 Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary 

3 to make timely payment for projects and activities. 

4 BURMA

5 SEC. 531. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

6 instruct the United States executive director to each ap7 propriate international financial institution in which the 

8 United States participates, to oppose and vote against the 

9 extension by such institution of any loan or financial or 

10 technical assistance or any other utilization of funds of 

11 the respective bank to and for Burma. 

12 (b) Of the funds appropriated under the heading 

13 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000 

14 shall be made available to support democracy activities in 

15 Burma, along the Burma-Thailand border, for activities 

16 of Burmese student groups and other organizations lo17 cated outside Burma, and for the purpose of supporting 

18 the provision of humanitarian assistance to displaced Bur19 mese along Burma’s borders: Provided, That funds made 

20 available under this heading may be made available not21 withstanding any other provision of law: Provided further, 

22 That in addition to assistance for Burmese refugees pro23 vided under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist24 ance’’ in this Act, not less than $4,000,000 of the funds 

25 made available under this heading shall be made available 

26 for humanitarian assistance for displaced Burmese and 
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1 host communities in Thailand, and not less than 

2 $3,000,000 of such funds shall be made available to Thai3 land-based, nongovernmental organizations operating 

4 along the Thai-Burma border to provide food, medical and 

5 other humanitarian assistance to internally displaced peo6 ples in Burma: Provided further, That funds made avail7 able under this section shall be subject to the regular noti8 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

9 (c) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

10 be made available to the government of any country that 

11 is a major provider of weapons or other defense-related 

12 equipment to the State Peace and Development Council. 

13 AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN

14 FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

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

16 provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 

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

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

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

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

25 a country for which assistance is prohibited. 
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1 IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

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

3 may be obligated or expended to provide— 

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

6 purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 

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

10 because United States production is being replaced 

11 by such enterprise outside the United States; or 

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

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

16 recipient country, including any designated zone or 

17 area in that country: Provided, That the application 

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

19 commensurate with the level of development of the 

20 recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 

21 assistance for the informal sector in such country, 

22 micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 

23 agriculture. 

24 SPECIAL AUTHORITIES

25 SEC. 534. (a) AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, PAKISTAN, LEB26 ANON, MONTENEGRO, VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED
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1 CHILDREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appro2 priated by this Act that are made available for assistance 

3 for Afghanistan may be made available notwithstanding 

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

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

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

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

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

9 Burmese, and to assist victims of trafficking in persons 

10 and, subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

11 Committees on Appropriations, to combat such trafficking 

12 and to address sexual and gender-based violence, may be 

13 made available notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

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

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

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

18 of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision 

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

20 biodiversity conservation activities and energy programs 

21 aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided, 

22 That such assistance shall be subject to sections 116, 

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

24 (c) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap25 propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 
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1 chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As2 sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Agricultural Trade 

3 Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be used 

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

6 the United States, notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

8 for new or expanded overseas programs and activities 

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

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

16 Office of Food for Peace. 

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

20 of the House of Representatives and the President pro 

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

22 security interests of the United States. 

23 (2) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiv24 er pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no more 
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1 than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply 

2 beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

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

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

7 opportunity process for placing task orders under such 

8 contracts when the order is placed with any category of 

9 small or small disadvantaged business. 

10 (f) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2005, the 

11 President may use up to $50,000,000 under the authority 

12 of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not13 withstanding the funding ceiling in section 451(a). 

14 (g) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHOR15 ITY.—In providing assistance with funds appropriated by 

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

17 Act of 1961, support for a nation emerging from insta18 bility may be deemed to mean support for regional, dis19 trict, municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging 

20 from instability, as well as a nation emerging from insta21 bility. 

22 (h) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Of the funds managed 

23 by the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 

24 Assistance of the United States Agency for International 

25 Development, from this or any other Act, not less than 
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1 $6,000,000 shall be made available as a general contribu2 tion to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any 

3 other provision of law. 

4 (i) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.— 

5 Funds appropriated by this Act that are provided to the 

6 National Endowment for Democracy may be provided not7 withstanding any other provision of law or regulation. 

8 (j) SUDAN.—For the purposes of section 501 of Pub9 lic Law 106–570, the terms ‘‘areas outside of control of 

10 the Government of Sudan’’ and ‘‘area in Sudan outside 

11 of control of the Government of Sudan’’ shall, upon con12 clusion of a peace agreement between the Government of 

13 Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, have 

14 the same meaning and application as was the case imme15 diately prior to the conclusion of such agreement. 

16 (k) INDOCHINESE PAROLEES.—Section 586 of the 

17 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro18 grams Appropriations Act, 2001 (8 U.S.C. 1255 note), as 

19 enacted into law by section 101(a) of Public Law 106– 

20 429, is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 

22 that term appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 

23 Homeland Security’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (a)— 
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1 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

2 by striking ‘‘she’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary 

3 of Homeland Security’’; and 

4 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘within 

5 three years after the date of promulgation by 

6 the Attorney General of regulations in connec7 tion with this title’’; 

8 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘212(8)(A)’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘212(a)(8)(A)’’; 

10 (4) by striking subsection (d); 

11 (5) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 

12 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 

13 (6) by adding at the end the following new sub14 section: 

15 ‘‘(f) ADJUDICATION OF APPLICATIONS.—The Sec16 retary of Homeland Security shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) adjudicate applications for adjustment 

18 under this section, notwithstanding any limitation on 

19 the number of adjustments under this section or any 

20 deadline for such applications that previously existed 

21 in law or regulation; and 

22 ‘‘(2) not charge a fee in addition to any fee that 

23 previously was submitted with such application.’’; 

24 and 
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1 (7) The amendments made by this subsection 

2 shall take effect as if enacted as part of the Foreign 

3 Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro4 grams Appropriations Act, 2001. 

5 (l) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Public Law 107– 

6 57, as amended, is further amended— 

7 (1) in section 1(b) by striking ‘‘2004’’ wherever 

8 appearing (including in the caption), and inserting 

9 in lieu thereof ‘‘2005’’; 

10 (2) in section 3(2), by striking ‘‘and ‘‘2004’’ 

11 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘2004 and 2005’’; and 

12 (3) in section 6, by striking ‘‘2004’’ and insert13 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘2005’’. 

14 (m) ENDOWMENTS.— 

15 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act and 

16 prior Acts making appropriations for foreign oper17 ations, export financing, and related programs, that 

18 are available for assistance for Cambodia, the fol19 lowing amounts should be made available as follows: 

20 (A) $5,000,000 for an endowment for a 

21 Cambodian nongovernmental organization to 

22 document genocide and crimes against human23 ity in Cambodia; and 

24 (B) $3,750,000 for an endowment for an 

25 American nongovernmental organization to sus-
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1 tain rehabilitation programs in Cambodia for 

2 persons suffering from physical disabilities. 

3 (2) Such organizations may place amounts 

4 made available under this subsection in interest 

5 bearing accounts and any interest earned on such in6 vestment shall be used for the purpose for which 

7 funds were made available under this subsection. 

8 (3) Funds appropriated in subsequent Acts 

9 making appropriations for foreign operations, export 

10 financing, and related programs may also be used 

11 for purposes of this subsection. 

12 (n) CONFORMITY OF LAWS.—Title 16, United States 

13 Code is amended— 

14 (1) in section 3371(f), by inserting ‘‘or foreign 

15 country’’ after ‘‘indigenous to any State’’; 

16 (2) in section 3371(f)(B), by inserting ‘‘or for17 eign’’ after ‘‘State’’; 

18 (3) in section 3372(a)(2)(B), by inserting be19 fore the semicolon ‘‘or in violation of any foreign 

20 law’’; and 

21 (4) in section 3372(a)(3)(B), by inserting be22 fore the semicolon ‘‘or in violation of any foreign 

23 law’’. 

24 (o) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Chapter 5 of title 

25 I of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations 
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1 Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–11), is amended under the 

2 heading ‘‘Loan Guarantees to Israel’’— 

3 (1) by striking ‘‘During the period beginning 

4 March 1, 2003, and ending September 30, 2005,’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘During the period beginning March 

6 1, 2003, and ending September 30, 2007,’’; and 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘That if less than the full 

8 amount of guarantees authorized to be made avail9 able is issued prior to September 30, 2005,’’ and in10 serting ‘‘That if less than the full amount of guaran11 tees authorized to be made available is issued prior 

12 to September 30, 2007,’’. 

13 ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

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

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

16 secondary boycott of American firms that have com17 mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 

18 in the region and to United States investment and 

19 trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 

20 (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret21 tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 

22 publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 

23 Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 

24 (3) the three Arab League countries with diplo25 matic and trade relations with Israel should return 

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1 downgrading their relations with Israel, and should 

2 play a constructive role in securing a peaceful reso3 lution of the Israeli-Arab conflict; 

4 (4) the remaining Arab League states should 

5 normalize relations with their neighbor Israel; 

6 (5) the President and the Secretary of State 

7 should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab 

8 League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to 

9 demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking 

10 into consideration the participation of any recipient 

11 country in the boycott when determining to sell 

12 weapons to said country; and 

13 (6) the President should report to Congress an14 nually on specific steps being taken by the United 

15 States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 

16 their relations with Israel to bring about the termi17 nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, includ18 ing those to encourage allies and trading partners of 

19 the United States to enact laws prohibiting busi20 nesses from complying with the boycott and penal21 izing businesses that do comply. 

22 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

23 SEC. 536. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN24 MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 

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

26 shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 
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1 programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 

2 appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 

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

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

5 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for 

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

7 before using the authority of this subsection to furnish as8 sistance in support of programs of nongovernmental orga9 nizations, the President shall notify the Committees on 

10 Appropriations under the regular notification procedures 

11 of those committees, including a description of the pro12 gram to be assisted, the assistance to be provided, and 

13 the reasons for furnishing such assistance: Provided fur14 ther, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed 

15 to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abor16 tion or involuntary sterilizations contained in this or any 

17 other Act. 

18 (b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2005, re19 strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 

20 to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re21 strict assistance under the Agricultural Trade Develop22 ment and Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none 

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

24 and made available pursuant to this subsection may be 

25 obligated or expended except as provided through the reg-
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1 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro2 priations. 

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

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

5 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

6 of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup7 port international terrorism; or 

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

9 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

10 of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 

11 country that violates internationally recognized 

12 human rights. 

13 RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

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

15 are earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs 

16 within the same account notwithstanding the earmark if 

17 compliance with the earmark is made impossible by oper18 ation of any provision of this or any other Act: Provided, 

19 That any such reprogramming shall be subject to the reg20 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro21 priations: Provided further, That assistance that is repro22 grammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made avail23 able under the same terms and conditions as originally 

24 provided. 

25 (b) In addition to the authority contained in sub26 section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap-
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1 propriated by this Act and administered by the United 

2 States Agency for International Development that are ear3 marked for particular programs or activities by this or any 

4 other Act shall be extended for an additional fiscal year 

5 if the Administrator of such agency determines and re6 ports promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that 

7 the termination of assistance to a country or a significant 

8 change in circumstances makes it unlikely that such ear9 marked funds can be obligated during the original period 

10 of availability: Provided, That such earmarked funds that 

11 are continued available for an additional fiscal year shall 

12 be obligated only for the purpose of such earmark. 

13 CEILINGS AND EARMARKS

14 SEC. 538. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this 

15 Act shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appro16 priated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act 

17 unless such Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or min18 imum funding requirements contained in any other Act 

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

20 PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

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

22 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

23 within the United States not authorized before the date 

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

25 That not to exceed $750,000 may be made available to 
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1 carry out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96– 

2 533. 

3 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS

4 MEMBERS

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

6 available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign 

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

8 in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any mem9 ber of the United Nations or, from funds appropriated by 

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

11 Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of an12 other country’s delegation at international conferences 

13 held under the auspices of multilateral or international or14 ganizations. 

15 NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION

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

17 available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a non18 governmental organization which fails to provide upon 

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

20 the auditing requirements of the United States Agency for 

21 International Development. 
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1 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERN2 MENTS THAT EXPORT LETHAL MILITARY EQUIP3 MENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL

4 TERRORISM

5 SEC. 542. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth6 erwise made available by this Act may be available to any 

7 foreign government which provides lethal military equip8 ment to a country the government of which the Secretary 

9 of State has determined is a terrorist government for pur10 poses of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act. 

11 The prohibition under this section with respect to a for12 eign government shall terminate 12 months after that gov13 ernment ceases to provide such military equipment. This 

14 section applies with respect to lethal military equipment 

15 provided under a contract entered into after October 1, 

16 1997. 

17 (b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any 

18 other similar provision of law, may be furnished if the 

19 President determines that furnishing such assistance is 

20 important to the national interests of the United States. 

21 (c) Whenever the waiver authority of subsection (b) 

22 is exercised, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

23 congressional committees a report with respect to the fur24 nishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include 

25 a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, in-
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1 cluding the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, 

2 and an explanation of how the assistance furthers United 

3 States national interests. 

4 WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES

5 OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES

6 SEC. 543. (a) Subject to subsection (c), of the funds 

7 appropriated by this Act that are made available for as8 sistance for a foreign country, an amount equal to 110 

9 percent of the total amount of the unpaid fully adjudicated 

10 parking fines and penalties owed by the central govern11 ment of such country shall be withheld from obligation for 

12 assistance for the central government of such country 

13 until the Secretary of State submits a certification to the 

14 appropriate congressional committees stating that such 

15 parking fines and penalties are fully paid. 

16 (b) Funds withheld from obligation pursuant to sub17 section (a) may be made available for other programs or 

18 activities funded by this Act, after consultation with and 

19 subject to the regulation notification procedures of the ap20 propriate congressional committees, provided that no such 

21 funds shall be made available for assistance for the central 

22 government of a foreign country that has not paid the 

23 total amount of the fully adjudicated parking fines and 

24 penalties owed by such country. 

25 (c) Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that 

26 have been withheld under any other provision of law. 
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1 (d) The Secretary of State may waive the require2 ments set forth in subsection (a) no sooner than 60 days 

3 from the date of enactment of this Act, or at any time 

4 with respect to a particular country, if the Secretary deter5 mines that it is in the national interests of the United 

6 States to do so. 

7 (e) Not later than 6 months after the initial exercise 

8 of the waiver authority in subsection (d), the Secretary 

9 of State, after consultations with the City of New York, 

10 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

11 describing a strategy, including a timetable and steps cur12 rently being taken, to collect the parking fines and pen13 alties owed by nations receiving foreign assistance under 

14 this Act. 

15 (f) In this section: 

16 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com17 mittees’’ means the Committee on Appropriations of 

18 the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of 

19 the House of Representatives. 

20 (2) The term ‘‘fully adjudicated’’ includes cir21 cumstances in which the person to whom the vehicle 

22 is registered— 

23 (A)(i) has not responded to the parking 

24 violation summons; or 
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1 (ii) has not followed the appropriate adju2 dication procedure to challenge the summons; 

3 and 

4 (B) the period of time for payment of or 

5 challenge to the summons has lapsed. 

6 (3) The term ‘‘parking fines and penalties’’ 

7 means parking fines and penalties— 

8 (A) owed to— 

9 (i) the District of Columbia; or 

10 (ii) New York, New York; and 

11 (B) incurred during the period April 1, 

12 1997 through September 30, 2004. 

13 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE

14 WEST BANK AND GAZA

15 SEC. 544. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

16 may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Libera17 tion Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the 

18 President has exercised the authority under section 604(a) 

19 of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title 

20 VI of Public Law 104–107) or any other legislation to sus21 pend or make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign As22 sistance Act of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect: 

23 Provided, That if the President fails to make the certifi24 cation under section 604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace 

25 Facilitation Act of 1995 or to suspend the prohibition 

26 under other legislation, funds appropriated by this Act 
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1 may not be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Lib2 eration Organization for the West Bank and Gaza. 

3 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN

4 SEC. 545. If the President determines that doing so 

5 will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 

6 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 

7 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec8 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up 

9 to $32,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 

10 Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to 

11 the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 

12 Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the 

13 Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola14 tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained 

15 in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determina16 tion required under this section shall be in lieu of any de17 terminations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro18 vided further, That the drawdown made under this section 

19 for any tribunal shall not be construed as an endorsement 

20 or precedent for the establishment of any standing or per21 manent international criminal tribunal or court: Provided 

22 further, That funds made available for tribunals other 

23 than Yugoslavia, Rwanda, or the Special Court for Sierra 

24 Leone shall be made available subject to the regular notifi25 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 LANDMINES

2 SEC. 546. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, demining equipment available to the United States 

4 Agency for International Development and the Depart5 ment of State and used in support of the clearance of 

6 landmines and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian 

7 purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign 

8 countries, subject to such terms and conditions as the 

9 President may prescribe. 

10 RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN

11 AUTHORITY

12 SEC. 547. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

13 may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Je14 rusalem a new office of any department or agency of the 

15 United States Government for the purpose of conducting 

16 official United States Government business with the Pal17 estinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor 

18 Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel19 PLO Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this re20 striction shall not apply to the acquisition of additional 

21 space for the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem: 

22 Provided further, That meetings between officers and em23 ployees of the United States and officials of the Pales24 tinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing 

25 entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin26 ciples, for the purpose of conducting official United States 
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1 Government business with such authority should continue 

2 to take place in locations other than Jerusalem. As has 

3 been true in the past, officers and employees of the United 

4 States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on 

5 other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now 

6 occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social 

7 contacts, and have incidental discussions. 

8 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES

9 SEC. 548. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter11 national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign 

12 Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 

13 activities or under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and 

14 Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and 

15 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be obligated or expended 

16 to pay for— 

17 (1) alcoholic beverages; or 

18 (2) entertainment expenses for activities that 

19 are substantially of a recreational character, includ20 ing but not limited to entrance fees at sporting 

21 events, theatrical and musical productions, and 

22 amusement parks. 

23 HAITI

24 SEC. 549. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, 

25 not less than the following amounts shall be made avail26 able for assistance for Haiti— 
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1 (1) $20,000,000 from ‘‘Child Survival and 

2 Health Programs Fund’’, including $2,000,000 for 

3 Zanmi Lasante; 

4 (2) $25,000,000 from ‘‘Development Assist5 ance’’, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be 

6 made available for agriculture and environment pro7 grams, including $2,000,000 for the Hillside Agri8 culture Production program; 

9 (3) $25,000,000 from ‘‘Economic Support 

10 Fund’’, which shall be made available for judicial re11 form programs; and 

12 (4) $10,000,000 from ‘‘International Narcotics 

13 Control and Law Enforcement’’, which shall be 

14 made available for police training. 

15 (b) The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to pur16 chase defense articles and services under the Arms Export 

17 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the Coast Guard. 

18 (c) Not later than 60 days after enactment of this 

19 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 

20 Committees on Appropriations containing an assessment 

21 of the Haitian Government’s role in the trial and acquittal 

22 of Louis Jodel Chamblain, and of the Haitian Govern23 ment’s efforts to prosecute and punish individuals respon24 sible for gross violations of human rights. 
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1 (d) Not less than 90 days after enactment of this Act, 

2 the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Com3 mittees on Appropriations which contains a detailed multi4 year assistance strategy for Haiti. 

5 (e) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 

6 Act and after consultation with appropriate international 

7 development organizations and Haitian officials, organiza8 tions and communities, the Administrator of the United 

9 States Agency for International Development shall submit 

10 a report to the Committees on Appropriations setting 

11 forth a plan for the reforestation of areas in Haiti that 

12 are vulnerable to erosion which pose significant danger to 

13 human health and safety. 

14 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

15 AUTHORITY

16 SEC. 550. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the 

17 funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions 

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

19 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect to pro20 viding funds to the Palestinian Authority. 

21 (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 

22 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 

23 the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 

24 President pro tempore of the Senate that waiving such 

25 prohibition is important to the national security interests 

26 of the United States. 
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1 (c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any 

2 waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 

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

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

5 (d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu6 ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub7 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail8 ing the steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest 

9 terrorists, confiscate weapons and dismantle the terrorist 

10 infrastructure. The report shall also include a description 

11 of how funds will be spent and the accounting procedures 

12 in place to ensure that they are properly disbursed. 

13 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES

14 SEC. 551. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be provided to any unit of the security forces 

16 of a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible 

17 evidence that such unit has committed gross violations of 

18 human rights, unless the Secretary determines and reports 

19 to the Committees on Appropriations that the government 

20 of such country is taking effective measures to bring the 

21 responsible members of the security forces unit to justice: 

22 Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed 

23 to withhold funds made available by this Act from any 

24 unit of the security forces of a foreign country not credibly 

25 alleged to be involved in gross violations of human rights: 

26 Provided further, That in the event that funds are withheld 
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1 from any unit pursuant to this section, the Secretary of 

2 State shall promptly inform the foreign government of the 

3 basis for such action and shall, to the maximum extent 

4 practicable, assist the foreign government in taking effec5 tive measures to bring the responsible members of the se6 curity forces to justice. 

7 FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT

8 SEC. 552. The annual foreign military training report 

9 required by section 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

10 1961 shall be submitted by the Secretary of Defense and 

11 the Secretary of State to the Committees on Appropria12 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate by 

13 the date specified in that section. 

14 AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT

15 SEC. 553. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 

16 funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Trade and Devel17 opment Agency’’, ‘‘Millenium Challenge Corporation’’, and 

18 ‘‘Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’’, may be obligated and ex19 pended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 

20 and section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities 

21 Act of 1956. 

22 CAMBODIA

23 SEC. 554. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should 

24 instruct the United States executive directors of the inter25 national financial institutions to use the voice and vote 

26 of the United States to oppose loans to the Central Gov-
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1 ernment of Cambodia, except loans to meet basic human 

2 needs. 

3 (b)(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

4 may be made available for assistance for the Central Gov5 ernment of Cambodia. 

6 (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to assistance for 

7 basic education, reproductive and maternal and child 

8 health, cultural and historic preservation, programs for 

9 the prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, 

10 HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, polio and other infec11 tious diseases, development and implementation of legisla12 tion and implementation of procedures on inter-country 

13 adoptions consistent with international standards, coun14 ternarcotics programs, programs to combat human traf15 ficking that are provided through nongovernmental orga16 nizations, and for the Ministry of Women and Veterans 

17 Affairs to combat human trafficking. 

18 (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), of the funds ap19 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup20 port Fund’’, up to $5,000,000 may be made available for 

21 activities to support democracy, including assistance for 

22 democratic political parties. 

23 (d) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out pro24 visions of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

25 1961 may be made available notwithstanding subsection 
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1 (b) only if at least 15 days prior to the obligation of such 

2 funds, the Secretary of State provides to the Committees 

3 on Appropriations a list of those individuals who have been 

4 credibly alleged to have ordered or carried out 

5 extrajudicial and political killings that occurred during the 

6 March 1997 grenade attack against the Khmer Nation 

7 Party. 

8 (e) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

9 available by this Act may be used to provide assistance 

10 to any tribunal established by the Government of Cam11 bodia. 

12 PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

13 SEC. 555. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 

14 of the funds appropriated by this Act may be provided 

15 to support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of 

16 State determines and certifies to the appropriate congres17 sional committees that— 

18 (1) a new leadership of a Palestinian governing 

19 entity has been democratically elected through cred20 ible and competitive elections; 

21 (2) the elected governing entity of a new Pales22 tinian state— 

23 (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 

24 to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 

25 (B) is taking appropriate measures to 

26 counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 
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1 West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 

2 of terrorist infrastructures; 

3 (C) is establishing a new Palestinian secu4 rity entity that is cooperative with appropriate 

5 Israeli and other appropriate security organiza6 tions; and 

7 (3) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 

8 body of a new Palestinian state) is working with 

9 other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef10 forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 

11 peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 

12 an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 

13 context of full and normal relationships, which 

14 should include— 

15 (A) termination of all claims or states of 

16 belligerency; 

17 (B) respect for and acknowledgement of 

18 the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and polit19 ical independence of every state in the area 

20 through measures including the establishment 

21 of demilitarized zones; 

22 (C) their right to live in peace within se23 cure and recognized boundaries free from 

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1 (D) freedom of navigation through inter2 national waterways in the area; and 

3 (E) a framework for achieving a just set4 tlement of the refugee problem. 

5 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con6 gress that the newly elected governing entity should enact 

7 a constitution assuring the rule of law, an independent ju8 diciary, and respect for human rights for its citizens, and 

9 should enact other laws and regulations assuring trans10 parent and accountable governance. 

11 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 

12 (a) if he determines that it is important to the national 

13 security interests of the United States to do so. 

14 (d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 

15 shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 

16 Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or a 

17 newly elected governing entity, in order to help meet the 

18 requirements of subsection (a), consistent with the provi19 sions of section 550 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance 

20 to the Palestinian Authority’’). 

21 COLOMBIA

22 SEC. 556. (a) DETERMINATION AND CERTIFICATION

23 REQUIRED.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

24 funds appropriated by this Act that are available for as25 sistance for the Colombian Armed Forces, may be made 

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1 (1) Up to 75 percent of such funds may be obli2 gated prior to a determination and certification by 

3 the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (2). 

4 (2) Up to 12.5 percent of such funds may be 

5 obligated only after the Secretary of State certifies 

6 and reports to the appropriate congressional com7 mittees that: 

8 (A) The Commander General of the Co9 lombian Armed Forces is suspending from the 

10 Armed Forces those members, of whatever rank 

11 who, according to the Minister of Defense or 

12 the Procuraduria General de la Nacion, have 

13 been credibly alleged to have committed gross 

14 violations of human rights, including extra-judi15 cial killings, or to have aided or abetted para16 military organizations. 

17 (B) The Colombian Government is vigor18 ously investigating and prosecuting those mem19 bers of the Colombian Armed Forces, of what20 ever rank, who have been credibly alleged to 

21 have committed gross violations of human 

22 rights, including extra-judicial killings, or to 

23 have aided or abetted paramilitary organiza24 tions, and is promptly punishing those members 

25 of the Colombian Armed Forces found to have 
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1 committed such violations of human rights or to 

2 have aided or abetted paramilitary organiza3 tions. 

4 (C) The Colombian Armed Forces have 

5 made substantial progress in cooperating with 

6 civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities in 

7 such cases (including providing requested infor8 mation, such as the identity of persons sus9 pended from the Armed Forces and the nature 

10 and cause of the suspension, and access to wit11 nesses, relevant military documents, and other 

12 requested information). 

13 (D) The Colombian Armed Forces have 

14 made substantial progress in severing links (in15 cluding denying access to military intelligence, 

16 vehicles, and other equipment or supplies, and 

17 ceasing other forms of active or tacit coopera18 tion) at the command, battalion, and brigade 

19 levels, with paramilitary organizations, espe20 cially in regions where these organizations have 

21 a significant presence. 

22 (E) The Colombian Government is disman23 tling paramilitary leadership and financial net24 works by arresting commanders and financial 
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1 backers, especially in regions where these net2 works have a significant presence. 

3 (3) The balance of such funds may be obligated 

4 after July 31, 2005, if the Secretary of State cer5 tifies and reports to the appropriate congressional 

6 committees, after such date, that the Colombian 

7 Armed Forces are continuing to meet the conditions 

8 contained in paragraph (2) and are conducting vig9 orous operations to restore government authority 

10 and respect for human rights in areas under the ef11 fective control of paramilitary and guerrilla organi12 zations. 

13 (b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Funds made 

14 available by this Act for the Colombian Armed Forces 

15 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

16 the Committees on Appropriations. 

17 (c) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.— 

18 (1) Prior to making the certifications required 

19 by subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall re20 quest the opinion of the Office of the United Nations 

21 High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia 

22 and consult with the International Committee of the 

23 Red Cross regarding each of the conditions specified 

24 in paragraphs (2)(A) through (E) of that subsection. 
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1 (2) Not later than 60 days after the date of en2 actment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter 

3 until September 30, 2006, the Secretary of State 

4 shall consult with internationally recognized human 

5 rights organizations regarding progress in meeting 

6 the conditions contained in that subsection. 

7 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) AIDED OR ABETTED.—The term ‘‘aided or 

9 abetted’’ means to provide any support to para10 military groups, including taking actions which 

11 allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of 

12 such groups. 

13 (2) PARAMILITARY GROUPS.—The term ‘‘para14 military groups’’ means illegal self-defense groups 

15 and illegal security cooperatives. 

16 ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS

17 SEC. 557. (a) DENIAL OF VISAS TO SUPPORTERS OF

18 COLOMBIAN ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS.—Subject to sub19 section (b), the Secretary of State shall not issue a visa 

20 to any alien who the Secretary determines, based on cred21 ible evidence— 

22 (1) has willfully provided any support to the 

23 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), 

24 the National Liberation Army (ELN), or the United 

25 Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), including 

26 taking actions or failing to take actions which allow, 
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1 facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of such 

2 groups; or 

3 (2) has committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or 

4 otherwise participated in the commission of gross 

5 violations of human rights, including extra-judicial 

6 killings, in Colombia. 

7 (b) WAIVER.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 

8 Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appro9 priate congressional committees, on a case-by-case basis, 

10 that the issuance of a visa to the alien is necessary to 

11 support the peace process in Colombia or for urgent hu12 manitarian reasons. 

13 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

14 BROADCASTING CORPORATION

15 SEC. 558. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

17 equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 

18 other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 

19 Corporation. 

20 WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM

21 SEC. 559. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2005, 30 

22 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral 

23 West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State 

24 shall certify to the appropriate committees of Congress 

25 that procedures have been established to assure the Comp26 troller General of the United States will have access to 
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1 appropriate United States financial information in order 

2 to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro3 gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

4 Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 

5 (b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap6 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup7 port Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 

8 the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 

9 ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through 

10 any individual, private or government entity, or edu11 cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 

12 to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has 

13 engaged in, terrorist activity. The Secretary of State shall, 

14 as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the steps 

15 to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall termi16 nate assistance to any individual, entity, or educational in17 stitution which he has determined to be involved in or ad18 vocating terrorist activity. 

19 (c) CERTIFICATION.—Prior to making an award of 

20 any grant or cooperative agreement obligating funds ap21 propriated by this Act for assistance under the West Bank 

22 and Gaza program, the United States Agency for Inter23 national Development shall obtain from the proposed re24 cipient of such funds a certification to the effect that the 

25 recipient will take all reasonable steps to ensure that it 
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1 does not, and will not, knowingly provide material support 

2 or resources to any individual or entity that engages in, 

3 or has engaged in, terrorist acts: Provided, That such cer4 tification shall also require that the proposed recipient will 

5 implement reasonable monitoring and oversight procedure 

6 to safeguard against assistance being diverted to support 

7 terrorist activity. 

8 (d) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated 

9 by this Act for assistance under the West Bank and Gaza 

10 program may be made available for the purpose of recog11 nizing or otherwise honoring individuals who commit, or 

12 have committed, acts of terrorism. 

13 (e) AUDITS.—(1) The Administrator of the United 

14 States Agency for International Development shall ensure 

15 that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors and 

16 grantees, and significant subcontractors and subgrantees, 

17 under the West Bank and Gaza Program, are conducted 

18 at least on an annual basis to ensure, among other things, 

19 compliance with this section. 

20 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

21 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made avail22 able for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, up to 

23 $1,000,000 may be used by the Office of the Inspector 

24 General of the United States Agency for International De25 velopment for audits, inspections, and other activities in 
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1 furtherance of the requirements of this subsection. Such 

2 funds are in addition to funds otherwise available for such 

3 purposes. 

4 CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

5 SEC. 560. (a) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF CON6 TRIBUTION.—Of the amounts made available under 

7 ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ and ‘‘Child 

8 Survival and Health Programs Fund’’ for fiscal year 

9 2005, $34,000,000 shall be made available for the United 

10 Nations Population Fund (hereafter in this section re11 ferred to as the ‘‘UNFPA’’): Provided, That of this 

12 amount, not less than $25,000,000 shall be derived from 

13 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘International Or14 ganizations and Programs’’. 

15 (b) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Of the funds ap16 propriated in Public Law 108–199 that were available for 

17 the UNFPA, $25,000,000 shall be made available for the 

18 family planning, maternal, and reproductive health activi19 ties of the United States Agency for International Devel20 opment in Albania, Azerbaijan, the Democratic Republic 

21 of the Congo, Ethiopia, Georgia, Haiti, Kazakhstan, 

22 Kenya, Nigeria, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Tanzania, 

23 Uganda, and the Ukraine: Provided, That such programs 

24 and activities shall be deemed to have been justified to 

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1 (c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.— 

2 None of the funds made available under ‘‘International 

3 Organizations and Programs’’ may be made available for 

4 the UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Repub5 lic of China. 

6 (d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

7 Amounts made available under ‘‘International Organiza8 tions and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2005 for the UNFPA 

9 may not be made available to UNFPA unless— 

10 (1) the UNFPA maintains amounts made avail11 able to the UNFPA under this section in an account 

12 separate from other accounts of the UNFPA; 

13 (2) the UNFPA does not commingle amounts 

14 made available to the UNFPA under this section 

15 with other sums; and 

16 (3) the UNFPA does not fund abortions. 

17 WAR CRIMINALS

18 SEC. 561. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or 

19 otherwise made available pursuant to this Act may be 

20 made available for assistance, and the Secretary of the 

21 Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc22 tors to the international financial institutions to vote 

23 against any new project involving the extension by such 

24 institutions of any financial or technical assistance, to any 

25 country, entity, or municipality whose competent authori26 ties have failed, as determined by the Secretary of State, 
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1 to take necessary and significant steps to implement its 

2 international legal obligations to apprehend and transfer 

3 to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former 

4 Yugoslavia (the ‘‘Tribunal’’) all persons in their territory 

5 who have been indicted by the Tribunal and to otherwise 

6 cooperate with the Tribunal. 

7 (2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply 

8 to humanitarian assistance or assistance for democratiza9 tion. 

10 (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply unless 

11 the Secretary of State determines and reports to the ap12 propriate congressional committees that the competent au13 thorities of such country, entity, or municipality are— 

14 (1) cooperating with the Tribunal, including ac15 cess for investigators to archives and witnesses, the 

16 provision of documents, and the surrender and 

17 transfer of indictees or assistance in their apprehen18 sion; and 

19 (2) are acting consistently with the Dayton Ac20 cords. 

21 (c) Not less than 10 days before any vote in an inter22 national financial institution regarding the extension of 

23 any new project involving financial or technical assistance 

24 or grants to any country or entity described in subsection 

25 (a), the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
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1 the Secretary of State, shall provide to the Committees 

2 on Appropriations a written justification for the proposed 

3 assistance, including an explanation of the United States 

4 position regarding any such vote, as well as a description 

5 of the location of the proposed assistance by municipality, 

6 its purpose, and its intended beneficiaries. 

7 (d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of 

8 State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

9 International Development, and the Secretary of the 

10 Treasury shall consult with representatives of human 

11 rights organizations and all government agencies with rel12 evant information to help prevent indicted war criminals 

13 from benefiting from any financial or technical assistance 

14 or grants provided to any country or entity described in 

15 subsection (a). 

16 (e) The Secretary of State may waive the application 

17 of subsection (a) with respect to projects within a country, 

18 entity, or municipality upon a written determination to the 

19 Committees on Appropriations that such assistance di20 rectly supports the implementation of the Dayton Accords. 

21 (f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 

22 (1) COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘country’’ means 

23 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. 
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1 (2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ refers to the 

2 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, 

3 Montenegro and the Republika Srpska. 

4 (3) MUNICIPALITY.—The term ‘‘municipality’’ 

5 means a city, town or other subdivision within a 

6 country or entity as defined herein. 

7 (4) DAYTON ACCORDS.—The term ‘‘Dayton Ac8 cords’’ means the General Framework Agreement 

9 for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with 

10 annexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, November 

11 10 through 16, 1995. 

12 USER FEES

13 SEC. 562. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in14 struct the United States Executive Director at each inter15 national financial institution (as defined in section 

16 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions Act) 

17 and the International Monetary Fund to oppose any loan, 

18 grant, strategy or policy of these institutions that would 

19 require user fees or service charges on poor people for pri20 mary education or primary healthcare, including preven21 tion and treatment efforts for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuber22 culosis, and infant, child, and maternal well-being, in con23 nection with the institutions’ financing programs. 

24 FUNDING FOR SERBIA

25 SEC. 563. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 

26 be made available for assistance for the central Govern-
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1 ment of Serbia after May 31, 2005, if the President has 

2 made the determination and certification contained in sub3 section (c). 

4 (b) After May 31, 2005, the Secretary of the Treas5 ury should instruct the United States executive directors 

6 to the international financial institutions to support loans 

7 and assistance to the Government of Serbia and Monte8 negro subject to the conditions in subsection (c): Provided, 

9 That section 576 of the Foreign Operations, Export Fi10 nancing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, 

11 as amended, shall not apply to the provision of loans and 

12 assistance to the Government of Serbia and Montenegro 

13 through international financial institutions. 

14 (c) The determination and certification referred to in 

15 subsection (a) is a determination by the President and a 

16 certification to the Committees on Appropriations that the 

17 Government of Serbia and Montenegro is— 

18 (1) cooperating with the International Criminal 

19 Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia including access 

20 for investigators, the provision of documents, and 

21 the surrender and transfer of indictees or assistance 

22 in their apprehension, including making all prac23 ticable efforts to apprehend and transfer Ratko 

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1 (2) taking steps that are consistent with the 

2 Dayton Accords to end Serbian financial, political, 

3 security and other support which has served to 

4 maintain separate Republika Srpska institutions; 

5 and 

6 (3) taking steps to implement policies which re7 flect a respect for minority rights and the rule of 

8 law. 

9 (d) This section shall not apply to Montenegro, 

10 Kosovo, humanitarian assistance or assistance to promote 

11 democracy. 

12 COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE

13 SEC. 564. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 

14 by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of 

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

16 Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding section 660 

17 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness and account18 ability of civilian police authority through training and 

19 technical assistance in human rights, the rule of law, stra20 tegic planning, and through assistance to foster civilian 

21 police roles that support democratic governance including 

22 assistance for programs to prevent conflict and foster im23 proved police relations with the communities they serve. 

24 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub25 section (a) shall be subject to the regular notification pro26 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST

2 SEC. 565. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The 

3 President may reduce amounts owed to the United States 

4 (or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country 

5 as a result of— 

6 (1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 

7 222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

8 (2) credits extended or guarantees issued under 

9 the Arms Export Control Act; or 

10 (3) any obligation or portion of such obligation, 

11 to pay for purchases of United States agricultural 

12 commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit 

13 Corporation under export credit guarantee programs 

14 authorized pursuant to section 5(f) of the Com15 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 

16 1948, as amended, section 4(b) of the Food for 

17 Peace Act of 1966, as amended (Public Law 89– 

18 808), or section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act 

19 of 1978, as amended (Public Law 95–501). 

20 (b) LIMITATIONS.— 

21 (1) The authority provided by subsection (a) 

22 may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi23 cial debt relief and referendum agreements, com24 monly referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’. 
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1 (2) The authority provided by subsection (a) 

2 may be exercised only in such amounts or to such 

3 extent as is provided in advance by appropriations 

4 Acts. 

5 (3) The authority provided by subsection (a) 

6 may be exercised only with respect to countries with 

7 heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from 

8 the International Development Association, but not 

9 from the International Bank for Reconstruction and 

10 Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’ 

11 countries. 

12 (c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub13 section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country 

14 whose government— 

15 (1) does not have an excessive level of military 

16 expenditures; 

17 (2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts 

18 of international terrorism; 

19 (3) is not failing to cooperate on international 

20 narcotics control matters; 

21 (4) (including its military or other security 

22 forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of 

23 gross violations of internationally recognized human 

24 rights; and 
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1 (5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the 

2 application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations 

3 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. 

4 (d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro5 vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 

6 the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

7 ‘‘Debt Restructuring’’. 

8 (e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A re9 duction of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be 

10 considered assistance for the purposes of any provision of 

11 law limiting assistance to a country. The authority pro12 vided by subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding 

13 section 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or 

14 section 321 of the International Development and Food 

15 Assistance Act of 1975. 

16 AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES

17 SEC. 566. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC18 TION, OR CANCELLATION.— 

19 (1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL

20 CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi21 sion of law, the President may, in accordance with 

22 this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any 

23 concessional loan or portion thereof made before 

24 January 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assist25 ance Act of 1961, to the government of any eligible 

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1 on receipt of payment from an eligible purchaser, re2 duce or cancel such loan or portion thereof, only for 

3 the purpose of facilitating— 

4 (A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop5 ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or 

6 (B) a debt buyback by an eligible country 

7 of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible 

8 country uses an additional amount of the local 

9 currency of the eligible country, equal to not 

10 less than 40 percent of the price paid for such 

11 debt by such eligible country, or the difference 

12 between the price paid for such debt and the 

13 face value of such debt, to support activities 

14 that link conservation and sustainable use of 

15 natural resources with local community develop16 ment, and child survival and other child devel17 opment, in a manner consistent with sections 

18 707 through 710 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

19 of 1961, if the sale, reduction, or cancellation 

20 would not contravene any term or condition of 

21 any prior agreement relating to such loan. 

22 (2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding 

23 any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac24 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 

25 presents plans satisfactory to the President for using the 
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1 loan for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, 

2 debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 

3 (d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to 

4 any eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation 

5 pursuant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible 

6 country, the President should consult with the country 

7 concerning the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or 

8 canceled and their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt9 for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 

10 (e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro11 vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 

12 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt 

13 Restructuring’’. 

14 BASIC EDUCATION

15 SEC. 567. Of the funds appropriated by title II of 

16 this Act, not less than $335,000,000 should be made avail17 able for basic education. 

18 RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS

19 SEC. 568. Of the funds appropriated under the head20 ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000 

21 shall be made available to support reconciliation programs 

22 and activities which bring together individuals of different 

23 ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds from areas of 

24 civil conflict and war. 
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1 ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS

2 SEC. 569. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated 

3 under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 

4 than $175,500,000 shall be made available for programs 

5 and activities which directly protect biodiversity, including 

6 forests, in developing countries, of which not less than 

7 $15,000,000 shall be made available to implement a re8 gional strategy for biodiversity conservation in the coun9 tries comprising the Amazon basin of South America, in10 cluding to improve the capacity of indigenous communities 

11 and local law enforcement agencies to protect the biodiver12 sity of indigenous reserves, which amount shall be in addi13 tion to the amounts requested for biodiversity activities 

14 in these countries in fiscal year 2005: Provided, That 

15 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Andean 

16 Counterdrug Initiative’’ shall also be made available in fis17 cal year 2005 to support such strategy: Provided further, 

18 That of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than 

19 $17,500,000 should be made available for the Congo 

20 Basin Forest Partnership, of which not less than 

21 $2,500,000 should be made available for the Great Apes 

22 Conservation Fund, administered by the United States 

23 Fish and Wildlife Service, for use in Central Africa: Pro24 vided further, That of the funds appropriated by this Act, 

25 not less than $180,000,000 shall be made available to sup-
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1 port policies and programs in developing countries that di2 rectly (1) promote a wide range of energy conservation, 

3 energy efficiency and clean energy programs and activi4 ties, including the transfer of clean and environmentally 

5 sustainable energy technologies; (2) measure, monitor, 

6 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; (3) increase carbon 

7 sequestration activities; and (4) enhance climate change 

8 mitigation and adaptation programs. 

9 (b) CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT.—Not later than 45 

10 days after the date on which the President’s fiscal year 

11 2006 budget request is submitted to Congress, the Presi12 dent shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro13 priations describing in detail the following— 

14 (1) all Federal agency obligations and expendi15 tures, domestic and international, for climate change 

16 programs and activities in fiscal year 2005, includ17 ing an accounting of expenditures by agency with 

18 each agency identifying climate change activities and 

19 associated costs by line item as presented in the 

20 President’s Budget Appendix; and 

21 (2) all fiscal year 2004 obligations and esti22 mated expenditures, fiscal year 2005 estimated ex23 penditures and estimated obligations, and fiscal year 

24 2006 requested funds by the United States Agency 

25 for International Development, by country and cen-
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1 tral program, for each of the following: (i) to pro2 mote the transfer and deployment of a wide range 

3 of United States clean energy and energy efficiency 

4 technologies; (ii) to assist in the measurement, moni5 toring, reporting, verification, and reduction of 

6 greenhouse gas emissions; (iii) to promote carbon 

7 capture and sequestration measures; (iv) to help 

8 meet such countries’ responsibilities under the 

9 Framework Convention on Climate Change; and (v) 

10 to develop assessments of the vulnerability to im11 pacts of climate change and mitigation and adapta12 tion response strategies. 

13 CENTRAL ASIA

14 SEC. 570. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 

15 be made available for assistance for the central Govern16 ment of Uzbekistan only if the Secretary of State deter17 mines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

18 that the Government of Uzbekistan is making substantial 

19 and continuing progress in meeting its commitments 

20 under the ‘‘Declaration on the Strategic Partnership and 

21 Cooperation Framework Between the Republic of 

22 Uzbekistan and the United States of America’’, including 

23 respect for human rights, establishing a genuine multi24 party system, and ensuring free and fair elections, free25 dom of expression, and the independence of the media. 
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1 (b) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made 

2 available for assistance for the Government of Kazakhstan 

3 only if the Secretary of State determines and reports to 

4 the Committees on Appropriations that the Government 

5 of Kazakhstan has made significant improvements in the 

6 protection of human rights during the preceding 6 month 

7 period. 

8 (c) The Secretary of State may waive subsection (b) 

9 if he determines and reports to the Committees on Appro10 priations that such a waiver is in the national security in11 terest of the United States. 

12 (d) Not later than October 1, 2005, the Secretary of 

13 State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro14 priations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

15 Senate and the Committee on International Relations of 

16 the House of Representatives describing the following: 

17 (1) The defense articles, defense services, and 

18 financial assistance provided by the United States to 

19 the countries of Central Asia during the 6-month pe20 riod ending 30 days prior to submission of such re21 port. 

22 (2) The use during such period of defense arti23 cles, defense services, and financial assistance pro24 vided by the United States by units of the armed 
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1 forces, border guards, or other security forces of 

2 such countries. 

3 (e) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘countries 

4 of Central Asia’’ means Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz 

5 Republic, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. 

6 EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH

7 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES

8 SEC. 571. Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the For9 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during 

10 fiscal year 2005, funds available to the Department of De11 fense may be expended for crating, packing, handling, and 

12 transportation of excess defense articles transferred under 

13 the authority of section 516 of such Act to Albania, Bul14 garia, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugoslavia Republic of 

15 Macedonia, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lat16 via, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, 

17 Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and 

18 Uzbekistan. 

19 DISABILITY RIGHTS

20 SEC. 572. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

21 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and in ad22 dition to funds made available pursuant to section 526(c), 

23 not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for a 

24 Fund for Inclusion, Leadership, and Human Rights of 

25 People with Disabilities, to be administered by the Bureau 

26 of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
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1 State, in consultation with the Administrator of the 

2 United States Agency for International Development 

3 (‘‘USAID’’): Provided, That such funds should be made 

4 available as grants to nongovernmental organizations that 

5 work on behalf of people with disabilities in developing 

6 countries: Provided further, That not to exceed 20 percent 

7 of such funds should be made available for a Disability 

8 Rights Fellowship Program at the Department of State 

9 and USAID, including the cost of necessary administra10 tive and salary expenses. 

11 (b) The Secretary of State and the USAID Adminis12 trator shall designate within their respective agencies an 

13 individual to serve as ‘‘Disability Advisor’’, whose function 

14 it shall be to ensure that disability rights are addressed, 

15 where appropriate, in United States policies and pro16 grams. 

17 (c) Funds made available under subsection (a) shall 

18 be made available for an international conference on the 

19 needs of people with disabilities, including disability 

20 rights, advocacy and access. 

21 (d) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the 

22 Treasury, and the USAID Administrator shall seek to en23 sure that the needs of people with disabilities are ad24 dressed, where appropriate, in democracy, human rights, 

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1 by the Department of State, Department of the Treasury, 

2 and USAID. 

3 (e) The USAID Administrator shall seek to ensure 

4 that programs, projects and activities administered by 

5 USAID comply fully with USAID’s ‘‘Policy Paper: Dis6 ability’’ issued on September 12, 1997: Provided, That not 

7 later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, USAID 

8 shall implement procedures to require that prospective 

9 grantees seeking funding from USAID specify, when rel10 evant, how the proposed program, project or activity for 

11 which funding is being requested will protect the rights 

12 and address the needs of persons with disabilities. 

13 ZIMBABWE

14 SEC. 573. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in15 struct the United States executive director to each inter16 national financial institution to vote against any extension 

17 by the respective institution of any loans or grants, to the 

18 Government of Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human 

19 needs or to promote democracy, unless the Secretary of 

20 State determines and certifies to the Committees on Ap21 propriations that the rule of law has been restored in 

22 Zimbabwe, including respect for ownership and title to 

23 property, freedom of speech and association. 

24 TIBET

25 SEC. 574. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should 

26 instruct the United States executive director to each inter-
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1 national financial institution to use the voice and vote of 

2 the United States to support projects in Tibet if such 

3 projects do not provide incentives for the migration and 

4 settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or facilitate the 

5 transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and natural re6 sources to non-Tibetans; are based on a thorough needs7 assessment; foster self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people 

8 and respect Tibetan culture and traditions; and are sub9 ject to effective monitoring. 

10 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 

11 less than $4,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this 

12 Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall 

13 be made available to nongovernmental organizations to 

14 support activities which preserve cultural traditions and 

15 promote sustainable development and environmental con16 servation in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Autono17 mous Region and in other Tibetan communities in China, 

18 and not less than $250,000 shall be made available to the 

19 National Endowment for Democracy for programs and ac20 tivities relating to Tibet. 

21 INDONESIA

22 SEC. 575. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

23 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may 

24 be made available for assistance for Indonesia, and li25 censes may be issued for the export of lethal defense arti26 cles for the Indonesian Armed Forces, only if the Presi-
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1 dent certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 

2 that— 

3 (1) the Indonesian Armed Forces are not com4 mitting gross violations of human rights; 

5 (2) the Indonesia Minister of Defense is sus6 pending from the Armed Forces those members, of 

7 whatever rank, who have been credibly alleged to 

8 have committed gross violations of human rights, or 

9 to have aided or abetted militia groups; 

10 (3) the Indonesian Government is prosecuting 

11 those members of the Indonesian Armed Forces, of 

12 whatever rank, who have been credibly alleged to 

13 have committed gross violations of human rights, or 

14 to have aided or abetted militia groups, and is pun15 ishing those members of the Indonesian Armed 

16 Forces found to have committed such violations of 

17 human rights or to have aided or abetted militia 

18 groups; 

19 (4) the Indonesian Armed Forces are cooper20 ating with civilian prosecutors and judicial authori21 ties in Indonesia and with the joint United Nations22 East Timor Serious Crimes Unit (SCU) in such 

23 cases (including extraditing those indicted by the 

24 SCU to East Timor and providing access to wit-
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1 nesses, relevant documents, and other requested in2 formation); and 

3 (5) the Minister of Defense is making publicly 

4 available audits of receipts and expenditures of the 

5 Indonesian Armed Forces. 

6 (b) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Inter7 national Military Education and Training’’ may be made 

8 available for assistance for Indonesia if the Secretary of 

9 State determines and reports to the Committees on Appro10 priations that the Indonesian Government and Armed 

11 Forces are cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Inves12 tigation’s investigation into the August 31, 2002 murders 

13 of two American citizens and one Indonesian citizen in 

14 Timika, Indonesia. 

15 UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS

16 SEC. 576. Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

17 under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs 

18 Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

19 Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 

20 States’’, and ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of 

21 the Former Soviet Union’’, $40,000,000 shall be made 

22 available to the Office of the Higher Education Commu23 nity Liaison in the Bureau for Economic Growth, Agri24 culture and Trade of the United States Agency for Inter25 national Development and used for projects and activities 

26 of United States-based colleges and universities: Provided, 
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1 That these funds shall be in addition to funds otherwise 

2 available under this Act for such programs. 

3 NIGERIA

4 SEC. 577. The President shall submit a report to the 

5 Committees on Appropriations describing the involvement 

6 of the Nigerian Armed Forces in the incident in Benue 

7 State, the measures that are being taken to bring such 

8 individuals to justice, and whether any Nigerian Armed 

9 Forces units involved with the incident in Benue State are 

10 receiving United States assistance. 

11 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MINORITY RELIGIOUS FAITHS

12 IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

13 SEC. 578. None of the funds appropriated under this 

14 Act may be made available for the Government of the Rus15 sian Federation, after 180 days from the date of the en16 actment of this Act, unless the President determines and 

17 certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations 

18 that the Government of the Russian Federation has imple19 mented no statute, executive order, regulation or similar 

20 government action that would discriminate, or which has 

21 as its principal effect discrimination, against religious 

22 groups or religious communities in the Russian Federation 

23 in violation of accepted international agreements on 

24 human rights and religious freedoms to which the Russian 

25 Federation is a party. 
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1 NICARAGUA AND GUATEMALA

2 SEC. 579. (a) Of the funds appropriated under the 

3 headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Child Survival 

4 and Health Programs Fund’’, not less than $36,000,000 

5 shall be made available for assistance for Nicaragua and 

6 not less than $23,000,000 shall be made available for as7 sistance for Guatemala. 

8 (b) Not to exceed $2,000,000 in prior year ‘‘Military 

9 Assistance Program’’ funds that are available for Guate10 mala may be made available for non-lethal defense items 

11 for Guatemala if the Secretary of State certifies to the 

12 Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on For13 eign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Inter14 national Relations of the House that— 

15 (1) the role of the Guatemalan military has 

16 been limited, both in doctrine and in practice, to 

17 only those activities in defense of Guatemala’s sov18 ereignty and territorial integrity that are permitted 

19 by the 1996 Peace Accords, and the Government of 

20 Guatemala is taking steps to amend Article 244 of 

21 the Constitution to reflect such changes; 

22 (2) the Guatemalan military is cooperating with 

23 civilian judicial authorities, including providing 

24 unimpeded access to witnesses, documents and clas25 sified intelligence files, in investigations and prosecu-
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1 tions of military personnel who have been implicated 

2 in human rights violations and other criminal activ3 ity; 

4 (3) the Government of Guatemala is actively 

5 working with the United Nations to resolve legal im6 pediments to the establishment of the Commission 

7 for the Investigation of Illegal Groups and Clandes8 tine Security Organizations (CICIACS), so that 

9 CICIACS can effectively accomplish its mission of 

10 investigating and bringing to justice illegal groups 

11 and members of clandestine security organizations; 

12 (4) the Government of Guatemala is continuing 

13 its efforts to make its military budget process trans14 parent and accessible to civilian authorities and to 

15 the public of present and past expenditures; 

16 (5) the Government of Guatemala has com17 mitted to facilitate the prompt establishment of an 

18 office in Guatemala of the United Nations High 

19 Commissioner for Human Rights; and 

20 (6) the Government of Guatemala is taking 

21 steps to increase its efforts to combat narcotics traf22 ficking and organized crime. 

23 WAR CRIMES IN AFRICA

24 SEC. 580. (a) The Congress recognizes the important 

25 contribution that the democratically elected Government 

26 of Nigeria has played in fostering stability in West Africa. 
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1 (b) The Congress reaffirms its support for the efforts 

2 of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 

3 (ICTR) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) 

4 to bring to justice individuals responsible for war crimes 

5 and crimes against humanity in a timely manner. 

6 (c) Funds appropriated by this Act, including funds 

7 for debt restructuring, may be made available for assist8 ance to the central government of a country in which indi9 viduals indicted by ICTR and SCSL are credibly alleged 

10 to be living, if the Secretary of State determines and re11 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such gov12 ernment is cooperating with ICTR and SCSL, including 

13 the surrender and transfer of indictees in a timely manner: 

14 Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to assist15 ance provided under section 551 of the Foreign Assistance 

16 Act of 1961 or to project assistance under title II of this 

17 Act: Provided further, That the United States shall use 

18 its voice and vote in the United Nations Security Council 

19 to fully support efforts by ICTR and SCSL to bring to 

20 justice individuals indicted by such tribunals in a timely 

21 manner. 

22 (d) The prohibition in subsection (c) may be waived 

23 on a country by country basis if the President determines 

24 that doing so is in the national security interest of the 

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1 waiver authority, the President shall submit a report to 

2 the Committees on Appropriations, in classified form if 

3 necessary, on (1) the steps being taken to obtain the co4 operation of the government in surrendering the indictee 

5 in question to SCSL or ICTR; (2) a strategy for bringing 

6 the indictee before ICTR or SCSL; and (3) the justifica7 tion for exercising the waiver authority. 

8 ADMISSION OF REFUGEES

9 SEC. 581. (a) The Secretary of State shall utilize pri10 vate voluntary organizations with expertise in the protec11 tion needs of refugees in the processing of refugees over12 seas for admission and resettlement to the United States, 

13 and shall utilize such agencies in addition to the United 

14 Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the identifica15 tion and referral of refugees. 

16 (b) The Secretary of State should maintain a system 

17 for accepting referrals of appropriate candidates for reset18 tlement from local private, voluntary organizations and 

19 work to ensure that particularly vulnerable refugee groups 

20 receive special consideration for admission into the United 

21 States, including— 

22 (1) long-stayers in countries of first asylum; 

23 (2) unaccompanied refugee minors; 

24 (3) refugees outside traditional camp settings; 

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1 (4) refugees in woman-headed households. 

2 (c) The Secretary of State shall give special consider3 ation to— 

4 (1) refugees of all nationalities who have close 

5 family ties to citizens and residents of the United 

6 States; and 

7 (2) other groups of refugees who are of special 

8 concern to the United States. 

9 (d) Not later than 120 days after the date of enact10 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 

11 report to the Committees on Appropriations describing the 

12 steps that have been taken to implement this section. 

13 CODE OF CONDUCT

14 SEC. 582. (a) None of the funds made available by 

15 title II under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist16 ance’’ or ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’ to provide assistance to 

17 refugees or internally displaced persons may be provided 

18 to an organization that has failed to adopt a code of con19 duct consistent with the Inter-Agency Standing Com20 mittee Task Force on Protection From Sexual Exploi21 tation and Abuse in Humanitarian Crises six core prin22 ciples for the protection of beneficiaries of humanitarian 

23 assistance. 

24 (b) In administering the amounts made available for 

25 the accounts described in subsection (a), the Secretary of 

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1 International Development shall incorporate specific poli2 cies and programs for the purpose of identifying specific 

3 needs of, and particular threats to, women and children 

4 at the various stages of humanitarian emergencies, espe5 cially at the onset of such emergency. 

6 DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY

7 SEC. 583. Funds appropriated by this Act to carry 

8 out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be 

9 used, in addition to funds otherwise available for such pur10 poses, for the cost (including the support costs) of individ11 uals detailed to or employed by the United States Agency 

12 for International Development whose primary responsi13 bility is to carry out programs to address natural or man14 made disasters or programs under the heading ‘‘Transi15 tion Initiatives’’. 

16 DENIAL OF VISAS TO CORRUPT OFFICIALS

17 SEC. 584. Not later than 60 days after enactment 

18 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 

19 to the Committees on Appropriations setting forth proce20 dures and guidelines for (1) implementing the President’s 

21 Proclamation dated January 12, 2004, which established 

22 a policy of denying entry into the United States to corrupt 

23 current and former public officials and certain members 

24 of their families; and (2) for making public the names of 

25 those individuals who have been denied entry as a result 

26 of such Proclamation. 
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1 ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE

2 SEC. 585. Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

3 under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Eco4 nomic Support Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000 shall be 

5 made available for programs and activities to assist vic6 tims of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treat7 ment, including for centers for victims of torture that pro8 vide services consistent with the goals of the Torture Vic9 tims Relief Reauthorization Act of 1999. 

10 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

11 DEVELOPMENT PILOT MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE

12 SEC. 586. (a) PILOT ACTIVITIES.—Subject to sub13 section (b), the Administrator of the United States Agency 

14 for International Development may use up to $25,000,000 

15 of the funds appropriated to carry out part I of the For16 eign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated 

17 to carry out the Support for East European Democracy 

18 (SEED) Act of 1989, to pay administrative costs for fiscal 

19 year 2005, including salary, benefits, allowances, and 

20 overseas support costs of employees, of up to 2 overseas 

21 missions or offices of the agency. 

22 (b) CONDITIONS.— 

23 (1) The authority of subsection (a) may be ex24 ercised only if the Administrator submits a plan ap25 proved by the Office of Management and Budget 
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1 and the Department of State to the Committees on 

2 Appropriations, that— 

3 (A) identifies the overseas missions or of4 fices for which this authority will be exercised, 

5 and explains the process by which these mis6 sions or offices were selected; 

7 (B) contains separate estimates of the ad8 ministrative costs for fiscal year 2005 of the 

9 different types of project assistance and non10 project assistance programs administered by 

11 such mission or office; and 

12 (C) describes the bases for such estimates. 

13 (2) Subsequent reports shall be submitted to 

14 the Committees on Appropriations by the Adminis15 trator at least every 60 days until January 15, 2006 

16 to describe any changes made to the plan as origi17 nally submitted or later modified. 

18 (c) INITIAL CHARGES.—Funds appropriated under 

19 the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States 

20 Agency for International Development’’ for fiscal year 

21 2005 may be initially charged for the purposes of this sec22 tion. 

23 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

24 DEVELOPMENT HIRING AUTHORITY

25 SEC. 587. (a) USE OF PROGRAM FUNDS.—Up to 

26 $12,500,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to 
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1 carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

2 Act of 1961 may be transferred to and consolidated with 

3 funds appropriated under the heading, ‘‘Operating Ex4 penses of the United States Agency for International De5 velopment’’ (USAID), and used by USAID to appoint and 

6 employ full-time Civil Service and full-time Foreign Serv7 ice personnel, including to pay the costs of salaries, bene8 fits, and allowances of such personnel: Provided, That the 

9 authority of this section may be used to appoint and em10 ploy not more than 50 individuals. 

11 (b) CONDITIONS.—The authority of this section— 

12 (1) may not be used until USAID completes a 

13 comprehensive workforce analysis that is approved 

14 by the USAID Administrator and submitted to the 

15 Office of Management and Budget and the Office of 

16 Personnel Management; 

17 (2) may only be used to meet shortages in tech18 nical skill areas identified in the approved workforce 

19 analysis; 

20 (3) may only be used to the extent that an 

21 equivalent number of positions that are filled by per22 sonal service contractors or other employees of 

23 USAID, who are compensated with funds appro24 priated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part 
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1 I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, are elimi2 nated; and 

3 (4) may only be exercised after notification of 

4 the Committees on Appropriations and the Office of 

5 Management and Budget. 

6 CERTAIN CLAIMS FOR EXPROPRIATION BY THE

7 GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA

8 SEC. 588. Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Au9 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 

10 2370(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following 

11 new subsection: 

12 ‘‘(i) CERTAIN CLAIMS FOR EXPROPRIATION BY THE

13 GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA.— 

14 ‘‘(1) Any action of the types set forth in sub15 paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) of subsection (a)(1) 

16 that was taken by the Government of Nicaragua 

17 during the period beginning on January 1, 1956, 

18 and ending on January 9, 2002, shall not be consid19 ered in implementing the prohibition under sub20 section (a) unless the action has been presented in 

21 accordance with the procedure set forth in para22 graph (2). 

23 ‘‘(2) An action shall be deemed presented for 

24 purposes of paragraph (1) if it is— 

25 ‘‘(A) in writing; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) received by the United States Depart2 ment of State on or before 120 days after the 

3 date specified in paragraph (3) at— 

4 ‘‘(i) the headquarters of the United 

5 States Department of State in Wash6 ington, D.C.; or, 

7 ‘‘(ii) the Embassy of the United 

8 States of America to Nicaragua. 

9 ‘‘(3) The date to which paragraph (2) refers is 

10 a date after enactment of this subsection that is 

11 specified by the Secretary of State, in the Sec12 retary’s discretion, in a notice published in the Fed13 eral Register.’’. 

14 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND

15 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK RESTRICTIONS

16 SEC. 589. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS BY

17 OPIC.—None of the funds made available in this Act may 

18 be used by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 

19 to insure, reinsure, guarantee, or finance any investment 

20 in connection with a project involving the mining, 

21 polishing or other processing, or sale of diamonds in a 

22 country that fails to meet the requirements of subsection 

23 (c). 

24 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS BY THE EXPORT25 IMPORT BANK.—None of the funds made available in this 

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1 States to guarantee, insure, extend credit, or participate 

2 in an extension of credit in connection with the export of 

3 any goods to a country for use in an enterprise involving 

4 the mining, polishing or other processing, or sale of dia5 monds in a country that fails to meet the requirements 

6 of subsection (c). 

7 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements referred to 

8 in subsections (a) and (b) are that the country concerned 

9 is implementing the recommendations, obligations and re10 quirements developed by the Kimberley Process on conflict 

11 diamonds. 

12 SECURITY IN ASIA

13 SEC. 590. (a) Of the funds appropriated under the 

14 heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not less 

15 than the following amounts shall be made available to en16 hance security in Asia, consistent with democratic prin17 ciples and the rule of law— 

18 (1) $55,000,000 for assistance for the Phil19 ippines; 

20 (2) $6,000,000 for assistance for Indonesia; 

21 (3) $2,000,000 for assistance for Bangladesh; 

22 (4) $1,500,000 for assistance for the Demo23 cratic Republic of Timor-Leste; 

24 (5) $2,000,000 for assistance for Mongolia; 

25 (6) $5,000,000 for assistance for Nepal; 

26 (7) $2,500,000 for assistance for Thailand; 
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1 (8) $1,000,000 for assistance for Sri Lanka; 

2 (9) $1,000,000 for assistance for Cambodia; 

3 (10) $500,000 for assistance for Fiji; and 

4 (11) $250,000 for assistance for Tonga. 

5 (b) Funds made available for assistance for Indonesia 

6 pursuant to subsection (a) may be made available notwith7 standing section 575 of this Act: Provided, That such 

8 funds may only be made available to the Indonesian navy 

9 for the purposes of enhancing maritime security: Provided 

10 further, That sections 575(a)(1) and (4) of this Act shall 

11 apply with respect to the Indonesia navy for purposes of 

12 this section: Provided further, That such funds shall only 

13 be made available subject to the regular notification proce14 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

15 (c) Funds made available for assistance for Cambodia 

16 pursuant to subsection (a) shall be made available not17 withstanding section 554 of this Act: Provided, That such 

18 funds shall only be made available subject to the regular 

19 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria20 tions. 

21 COOPERATION WITH CUBA ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS

22 MATTERS

23 SEC. 591. (a) Subject to subsection (b), of the funds 

24 appropriated under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 

25 Control and Law Enforcement’’, $5,000,000 should be 

26 made available for the purposes of preliminary work by 
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1 the Department of State, or such other entity as the Sec2 retary of State may designate, to establish cooperation 

3 with appropriate agencies of the Government of Cuba on 

4 counter-narcotics matters, including matters relating to 

5 cooperation, coordination, and mutual assistance in the 

6 interdiction of illicit drugs being transported through 

7 Cuba airspace or over Cuba waters. 

8 (b) The amount in subsection (a) shall not be avail9 able if the President certifies that— 

10 (1) Cuba does not have in place appropriate 

11 procedures to protect against the loss of innocent 

12 life in the air and on the ground in connection with 

13 the interdiction of illegal drugs; and 

14 (2) there is evidence of involvement of the Gov15 ernment of Cuba in drug trafficking. 

16 HIPC DEBT REDUCTION AND TRUST FUND

17 SEC. 592. (a) Section 801(b)(1) of Public Law 106– 

18 429 is amended— 

19 (1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘appropriated’’; and 

20 (2) by inserting before the period ‘‘; and (ii) for 

21 fiscal years 2004–2006, not more than 

22 $150,000,000, for purposes of additional United 

23 States contributions to the HIPC Trust Fund ad24 ministered by the Bank, which are authorized to re25 main available until expended’’. 
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1 (b) Section 501(i) of Public Law 106–113 is amended 

2 by deleting ‘‘2003–2004’’ and inserting in lieu thereof 

3 ‘‘2000–2006’’. 

4 ASSISTANCE TO MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CANDIDATE

5 COUNTRIES

6 SEC. 593. Section 616(d) of the Millennium Chal7 lenge Act of 2003 (title VI of division D of Public Law 

8 108–199) is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.—For each of fiscal years 2004 and 

10 2005 and every fiscal year thereafter, of the amounts ap11 propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

12 under section 619(a), up to 10 percent is authorized to 

13 be made available to carry out this section.’’. 

14 CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

15 SEC. 594. None of the funds appropriated under this 

16 Act may be made available for assistance for the central 

17 Government of the Russian Federation if the Secretary 

18 of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro19 priations that the central Government of the Russian Fed20 eration has not pledged or is not contributing funds or 

21 other significant resources for the construction of the new 

22 shelter over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant: Provided, 

23 That this provision shall not apply to democracy, rule of 

24 law, child survival and health, and environment programs. 
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1 DEBT RESTRUCTURING AUTHORITY

2 SEC. 595. (a) Of the funds appropriated under the 

3 heading ‘‘Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund’’ in title 

4 II of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for 

5 Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghani6 stan, 2004 (Public Law 108–106), $360,000,000 may be 

7 made available for the costs, as defined in section 502 of 

8 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct 

9 loans and loan guarantees for Iraq, without regard to the 

10 sectoral allocations and related provisos under that head11 ing in such Act: Provided, That the authority of this sec12 tion shall be used subject to prior consultation with the 

13 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

14 obligation of funds pursuant to the authority provided in 

15 this section shall be subject to the regular notification pro16 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

17 further, That such amount is designated as an emergency 

18 requirement pursuant to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 

19 (108th Congress), as made applicable to the House of 

20 Representatives by H. Res. 649 (108th Congress) and ap21 plicable to the Senate by section 14007 of Public Law 

22 108–287. 

23 (b) Title II, chapter 2 of Public Law 108–106 is 

24 amended under the heading ‘‘Other Bilateral Economic 

25 Assistance’’ by— 
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1 (1) in the first proviso, striking ‘‘10 percent’’ 

2 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘20 percent’’; and 

3 (2) in the first proviso, striking ‘‘by more than 

4 20 percent’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘by more 

5 than 30 percent’’. 

6 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

7 Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to 

8 undertake any program authorized by title IV of the For9 eign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided, That funds 

10 made available pursuant to the authority of this section 

11 shall be subject to the regular reprogramming notification 

12 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

13 COMPLIANCE WITH THE ALGIERS AGREEMENTS

14 SEC. 596. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

15 may be made available for assistance for the central Gov16 ernments of Ethiopia or Eritrea unless the Secretary of 

17 State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro18 priations that such government is taking steps to comply 

19 with the terms of the Algiers Agreements: Provided, That 

20 this section shall not apply to democracy, rule of law, child 

21 survival and health, basic education, and agriculture pro22 grams. 

23 NORTH KOREA AND BURMA

24 SEC. 597. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act or prior Acts making appropriations for foreign oper26 ations, export financing, and related programs as a United 
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1 States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 

2 Tuberculosis and Malaria may be made available for as3 sistance for the Government of North Korea or the State 

4 Peace and Development Council in Burma, or affiliated 

5 groups and organizations. 

6 THAILAND

7 SEC. 598. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act that 

8 are available for the central Government of Thailand may 

9 be made available if the Secretary of State determines and 

10 reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the cen11 tral Government of Thailand (1) supports the advance12 ment of democracy in Burma; (2) is not hampering the 

13 delivery of humanitarian and other assistance to people 

14 in Thailand who have fled Burma; and (3) is not forcibly 

15 repatriating Burmese to Burma. 

16 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), of the funds ap17 propriated by this Act, not less than $4,000,000 shall be 

18 made available to promote democracy and human rights 

19 in Thailand, and not less than $1,000,000 shall be made 

20 available to promote and protect an independent media in 

21 Thailand. 

22 (c) The Secretary of State may waive subsection (a) 

23 if he determines and reports to the Committees on Appro24 priations that to do so is in the national security interest 

25 of the United States. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS RELATED TO

2 MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS

3 SEC. 599. (a) Section 1307 of the International Fi4 nancial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262m–7) is amend5 ed— 

6 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED BEFORE FAVORABLE

9 VOTE ON PROPOSAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

10 shall instruct the United States Executive Director of each 

11 multilateral development bank not to vote in favor of any 

12 proposal (including but not limited to any kind of pro13 posed loan, credit, grant, guarantee, or policy) which 

14 would result or be likely to result in a significant impact 

15 on the environment, unless the Secretary, after consulta16 tion with the Secretary of State and the Administrators 

17 of the United States Agency for International Develop18 ment and the Environmental Protection Agency, deter19 mines that for at least 120 days before the date of the 

20 vote— 

21 ‘‘(1) an assessment analyzing the environmental 

22 impacts of the proposal, including associated and cu23 mulative impacts, and of alternatives to the pro24 posal, has been completed by the borrower or the 
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1 bank, and has been made available to the board of 

2 directors of the bank; 

3 ‘‘(2) the assessment (or a comprehensive sum4 mary of the assessment) and copies of any related 

5 draft loan, credit, grant, guarantee, or policy (with 

6 proprietary information redacted) have been made 

7 available to the bank, affected groups, and local non8 governmental organizations; and 

9 ‘‘(3) environment and development agencies of 

10 the member countries of the bank are notified that 

11 the assessment (or a comprehensive summary of the 

12 assessment) and any related draft loan, credit, 

13 grant, guarantee, or policy are available on the 

14 bank’s website.’’; and 

15 (2) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(g) MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK DE18 FINED.—In this title, the term ‘multilateral development 

19 bank’ means the International Bank for Reconstruction 

20 and Development, the European Bank for Reconstruction 

21 and Development, the International Development Associa22 tion, the International Finance Corporation, the Multilat23 eral Investment Guarantee Agency, the African Develop24 ment Bank, the African Development Fund, the Asian De25 velopment Bank, the North American Development Bank, 
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1 the Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter-Amer2 ican Investment Corporation, any other institution (other 

3 than the International Monetary Fund) specified in sec4 tion 1701(c)(2), and any subsidiary of any such institu5 tion, and in section 1504, the term ‘multilateral develop6 ment institution’ includes the North American Develop7 ment Bank and any such subsidiary.’’ 

8 (b) Section 1303(b) of the International Financial In9 stitutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262m–7) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

11 the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Devel12 opment Bank, and the African Development Bank’’ and 

13 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘multilateral development banks’’. 

14 (c) Not more than 180 days after the date of enact15 ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue 

16 temporary regulations to implement title XIII of the Inter17 national Financial Institutions Act, as amended, and, 

18 after public notice and comment, final regulations not 

19 more than one year thereafter. 

20 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

21 SEC. 599A. (a) ELIGIBILITY FOR IN-COUNTRY REF22 UGEE PROCESSING IN VIETNAM.—For purposes of eligi23 bility for in-country refugee processing for nationals of 

24 Vietnam during fiscal years 2004 and 2005, an alien de25 scribed in subsection (b) shall be considered to be a ref26 ugee of special humanitarian concern to the United States 
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1 (within the meaning of section 207 of the Immigration and 

2 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157)) and shall be admitted 

3 to the United States for resettlement if the alien would 

4 be admissible as an immigrant under the Immigration and 

5 Nationality Act (except as provided in section 207(c)(3) 

6 of that Act). 

7 (b) ALIENS COVERED.—An alien described in this 

8 subsection is an alien who— 

9 (1) is the son or daughter of a qualified na10 tional; 

11 (2) is 21 years of age or older; and 

12 (3) was unmarried as of the date of acceptance 

13 of the alien’s parent for resettlement under the Or14 derly Departure Program or through the United 

15 States Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City. 

16 (c) QUALIFIED NATIONAL.—The term ‘‘qualified na17 tional’’ in subsection (b)(1) means a national of Vietnam 

18 who— 

19 (1)(A) was formerly interned in a re-education 

20 camp in Vietnam by the Government of the Socialist 

21 Republic of Vietnam; or 

22 (B) is the widow or widower of an individual 

23 described in subparagraph (A); 
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1 (2)(A) qualified for refugee processing under 

2 the Orderly Departure Program re-education sub3 program; and 

4 (B) is or was accepted under the Orderly De5 parture Program or through the United States Con6 sulate General in Ho Chi Minh City— 

7 (i) for resettlement as a refugee; or 

8 (ii) for admission to the United States as 

9 an immediate relative immigrant; and 

10 (3)(A) is presently maintaining a residence in 

11 the United States or whose surviving spouse is pres12 ently maintaining such a residence; or 

13 (B) was approved for refugee resettlement or 

14 immigrant visa processing and is awaiting departure 

15 formalities from Vietnam or whose surviving spouse 

16 is awaiting such departure formalities. 

17 EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES

18 SEC. 599B. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

19 inform the managements of the international financial in20 stitutions and the public that it is the policy of the United 

21 States that any assistance by such institutions (including 

22 but not limited to any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) 

23 for the extraction and export of oil, gas, coal, timber, or 

24 other natural resource should not be provided unless the 

25 government of the country has in place or is taking the 

26 necessary steps to establish functioning systems for (1) 
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1 accurately accounting for revenues and expenditures in 

2 connection with the extraction and export of the type of 

3 natural resource to be extracted or exported; (2) the inde4 pendent auditing of such accounts and the widespread 

5 public dissemination of the audits; and (3) verifying gov6 ernment receipts against company payments including 

7 widespread dissemination of such payment information in 

8 a manner that does not create competitive disadvantage 

9 or disclose proprietary information. 

10 (b) Not later than 180 days after the enactment of 

11 this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a re12 port to the Committees on Appropriations describing, for 

13 each international financial institution, the amount and 

14 type of assistance provided, by country, for the extraction 

15 and export of oil, gas, coal, timber, or other national re16 source since September 30, 2004. 

17 ASSISTANCE FOR FOREIGN NONGOVERNMENTAL

18 ORGANIZATIONS

19 SEC. 599C. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, regulation, or policy, in determining eligibility for as21 sistance authorized under part I of the Foreign Assistance 

22 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), foreign nongovern23 mental organizations— 

24 (1) shall not be ineligible for such assistance 

25 solely on the basis of health or medical services in26 cluding counseling and referral services, provided by 
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1 such organizations with non-United States Govern2 ment funds if such services do not violate the laws 

3 of the country in which they are being provided and 

4 would not violate United States Federal law if pro5 vided in the United States; and 

6 (2) shall not be subject to requirements relating 

7 to the use of non-United States Government funds 

8 for advocacy and lobbying activities other than those 

9 that apply to United States nongovernmental organi10 zations receiving assistance under part I of such 

11 Act. 

12 SUDAN

13 SEC. 599D. (a) Of the funds appropriated under the 

14 heading ‘‘Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund’’ of Public 

15 Law 108–106, $150,000,000 shall be made available by 

16 transfer for necessary expenses of the United States Agen17 cy for International Development to carry out the provi18 sions of section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

19 to respond to or prevent unforeseen complex foreign crises 

20 and to meet urgent humanitarian needs in Darfur, Sudan 

21 and the region. 

22 (b) The entire amount in subsection (a) is designated 

23 as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of 

24 S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), as made applicable to 

25 the House of Representatives by H. Res. 649 (108th Con-
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1 gress) and applicable to the Senate by section 14007 of 

2 Public Law 108–287. 

3 (c) That such amount shall be available only to the 

4 extent that an official budget request for $150,000,000 

5 that includes designation of the amount as an emergency 

6 requirement, as defined in S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Con7 gress), is transmitted by the President to the Congress. 

8 (d) If the President does not submit an official budg9 et request required by subsection (c) within 30 days of 

10 enactment of the Act, the funds made available under this 

11 section shall revert back to the ‘‘Iraq Relief and Recon12 struction Fund’’ of Public Law 108–106. 

13 (e) It is the Sense of the Senate that the transfer 

14 authority that Congress included under chapter 2 of title 

15 II of Public Law 108–106, which authorized the transfer 

16 of up to 0.5 percent from funds made available under 

17 Chapter 2 for Sudan, should be triggered to provide funds 

18 to address the humanitarian disaster in Darfur, Sudan 

19 and region. 

20 ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT

21 AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA

22 SEC. 599E. In addition, $150,000,000 is appro23 priated for ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’, 

24 which shall be made available for a United States con25 tribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis 

26 and Malaria, in accordance with the provisions applicable 
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1 to the Fund under that heading in this Act: Provided, 

2 That funds appropriated by this section are designated by 

3 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

4 section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), as made 

5 applicable to the House of Representatives by H. Res. 649 

6 (108th Congress) and applicable to the Senate by section 

7 14007 of Public Law 108–287: Provided further, That 

8 such funds shall be divided evenly between malaria control 

9 programs and HIV/AIDS drug procurement and treat10 ment: Provided further, That the malaria funds shall be 

11 only used in low income and least developed countries for 

12 grants (to be awarded through competitive procedures) for 

13 country malaria control programs in which not less than 

14 50 percent of the grant amounts shall support indoor re15 sidual spraying interventions: Provided further, That no 

16 user fees or other fees may be charged by the government 

17 of a country concerned under a program funded utilizing 

18 such amount for any malaria intervention under such pro19 gram: Provided further, That none of the funds appro20 priated by this section shall be expended for assistance 

21 for Burma or for any country officially designated by the 

22 United States Department of State as a state sponsor of 

23 terrorism. 
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations, 

2 Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations 

3 Act, 2005’’. 

Calendar No. 700 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2812 

[Report No. 108–346] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for foreign operations, exother purposes. cal year ending September 30, 2005, and for port financing, and related programs for the fisSEPTEMBER 16, 2004 

Read twice and placed on the calendar