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Calendar No. 48 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 600 

[Report No. 109–35] 

To authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 

broadcasting activities for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for the Peace 

Corps for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for foreign assistance programs 

for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 10, 2005 

Mr. LUGAR, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following 

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for the Department of State 

and international broadcasting activities for fiscal years 

2006 and 2007, for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 

2006 and 2007, for foreign assistance programs for fiscal 

years 2006 and 2007, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF 

2 CONTENTS. 

3 (a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into two divi4 sions as follows: 

5 (1) DIVISION A.—Foreign Relations Authoriza6 tions. 

7 (2) DIVISION B.—Foreign Assistance Author8 izations. 

9 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

10 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

DIVISION A—FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATIONS 

Sec. 100. Short title. 

TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Subtitle A—Department of State 

Sec. 101. Administration of foreign affairs. 

Sec. 102. International organizations and conferences. 

Sec. 103. International commissions. 

Sec. 104. Migration and refugee assistance. 

Sec. 105. Centers and foundations. 

Sec. 106. Vietnam Fulbright Academic Exchange Program. 

Subtitle B—United States International Broadcasting Activities 

Sec. 111. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND 

ACTIVITIES 

Sec. 201. Interference with protective functions. 

Sec. 202. Authority to issue administrative subpoenas. 

Sec. 203. Enhanced Department of State authority for uniformed security officers. 

Sec. 204. Grant authorities. 

Sec. 205. International Litigation Fund. 

Sec. 206. Retention of medical reimbursements. 

Sec. 207. Transfer authority for buying power maintenance account. 

Sec. 208. Accountability review boards. 

Sec. 209. Designation of Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza. 
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Sec. 210. Removal of contracting prohibition. 

Sec. 211. American Institute in Taiwan facilities enhancement. 

Sec. 212. Extension of the Advisory Committee on Cultural Diplomacy. 

Sec. 213. Victims of crime in foreign countries. 

Sec. 214. United States Diplomacy Center. 

Sec. 215. Strengthening United States educational programs in the Islamic 

world. 

TITLE III—ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Sec. 301. Education allowances. 

Sec. 302. Official residence expenses. 

Sec. 303. Increased limits applicable to post differentials and danger pay allowances. 

Sec. 304. Home leave. 

Sec. 305. Fellowship of Hope Program. 

Sec. 306. Security Officers Exchange Program. 

Sec. 307. Reemployment of annuitants. 

Sec. 308. Suspension of Foreign Service members without pay. 

Sec. 309. Separation of lowest-ranked Foreign Service members. 

Sec. 310. Clarification of Foreign Service Grievance Board procedures. 

Sec. 311. Repeal of requirement for recertification process for members of the 

Senior Foreign Service. 

Sec. 312. Deadline for issuance of regulations regarding retirement credit for 

government service performed abroad. 

Sec. 313. Worldwide availability. 

Sec. 314. Technical amendments to title 5 provisions on recruitment, relocation, 

and retention bonuses. 

Sec. 315. Limited appointments in the Foreign Service. 

Sec. 316. Personal service contractors. 

Sec. 317. Disclosure requirements applicable to proposed recipients of the personal rank of ambassador or minister. 

Sec. 318. Provision of living quarters and allowances to the United States representatives to the United Nations. 

TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 

Sec. 401. Limitation on the United States share of assessments for United Nations peacekeeping operations. 

Sec. 402. REDI center. 

Sec. 403. Report to Congress on implementation of the Brahimi Report. 

Sec. 404. Sense of Congress on the United Nations budgetary discipline and 

management reform. 

TITLE V—BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 

Sec. 501. Short title. 

Sec. 502. Middle East Broadcasting Networks. 

Sec. 503. Improving signal delivery to Cuba. 

Sec. 504. Extension of authority for Radio Free Asia. 

Sec. 505. Personal services contracting program. 

Sec. 506. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands education benefits. 

Sec. 507. Exemption from numerical limitations for temporary workers. 

TITLE VI—CONSULAR AUTHORITIES 
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Sec. 601. Technical amendments to Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. 

Sec. 602. International student exchange programs. 

TITLE VII—RECONSTRUCTION AND STABILIZATION 

Sec. 701. Short title. 

Sec. 702. Finding; purpose. 

Sec. 703. Definitions. 

Sec. 704. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 705. Authority to provide assistance for reconstruction and stabilization 

crises. 

Sec. 706. Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization. 

Sec. 707. Response Readiness Corps. 

Sec. 708. Stabilization and reconstruction training and education. 

Sec. 709. Service related to stabilization and reconstruction. 

Sec. 710. Authorities related to personnel. 

Sec. 711. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND REPORTING 

REQUIREMENTS 

Sec. 801. Reports on acquisition and major security upgrades. 

Sec. 802. Fellowships for multidisciplinary training on nonproliferation issues. 

Sec. 803. Reporting requirements related to United States international agreements. 

Sec. 804. Requirement to submit to Congress findings under the Diplomatic 

Security Act. 

Sec. 805. Requirement for additional report concerning efforts to promote 

Israel’s diplomatic relations with other countries. 

Sec. 806. Sense of Congress relating to Magen David Adom Society. 

Sec. 807. Limitation on use of funds relating to United States policy with respect to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. 

Sec. 808. Authorization of appropriations for the United States Commission on 

International Religious Freedom. 

Sec. 809. Sense of Congress on terrorist attack on United States Consulate in 

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 

Sec. 810. Sense of Congress on participation of women in elections in Saudi 

Arabia. 

Sec. 811. Strategy on combatting terrorism in West Africa. 

DIVISION B—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATIONS 

Sec. 2001. Short title. 

TITLE XXI—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Subtitle A—Development Assistance and Related Programs Authorizations 

Sec. 2101. Development assistance. 

Sec. 2102. Child Survival and Health Programs Fund. 

Sec. 2103. Development credit authority. 

Sec. 2104. Program to provide technical assistance to foreign governments and 

foreign central banks of developing or transitional countries. 

Sec. 2105. International organizations and programs. 

Sec. 2106. Continued availability of certain funds withheld from international 

organizations. 
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Sec. 2107. International disaster and famine assistance. 

Sec. 2108. Transition initiatives. 

Sec. 2109. Assistance for the independent states of the former Soviet Union. 

Sec. 2110. Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic states. 

Sec. 2111. Operating expenses of the United States Agency for International 

Development. 

Sec. 2112. Capital investment funds for the United States Agency for International Development. 

Sec. 2113. Millennium Challenge assistance. 

Sec. 2114. Debt relief. 

Sec. 2115. Peace Corps. 

Sec. 2116. Middle East Partnership Initiative. 

Sec. 2117. Assistance to combat the avian flu. 

Subtitle B—Counternarcotics, Security Assistance, and Related Programs 

Authorizations 

Sec. 2121. International narcotics control and law enforcement. 

Sec. 2122. Economic Support Fund. 

Sec. 2123. International military education and training. 

Sec. 2124. Peacekeeping operations. 

Sec. 2125. Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs. 

Sec. 2126. Foreign military financing program. 

Subtitle C—Independent Agencies Authorizations 

Sec. 2131. Inter-American Foundation. 

Sec. 2132. African Development Foundation. 

TITLE XXII—AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

AUTHORITIES 

Subtitle A—Foreign Assistance Act Amendments and Related Provisions 

Sec. 2201. Development policy. 

Sec. 2202. Assistance for nongovernmental organizations. 

Sec. 2203. Authority for use of funds for unanticipated contingencies. 

Sec. 2204. Authority to accept lethal excess property. 

Sec. 2205. Reconstruction and famine assistance under international disaster 

assistance authority. 

Sec. 2206. Funding authorities for assistance for the independent states of the 

former Soviet Union. 

Sec. 2207. Waiver of net proceeds resulting from disposal of United States defense articles provided to a foreign country on a grant basis. 

Sec. 2208. Additions to war reserve stockpiles for allies for fiscal years 2006 

and 2007. 

Sec. 2209. Restrictions on economic support funds for Lebanon. 

Sec. 2210. Administration of justice. 

Sec. 2211. Demining programs. 

Sec. 2212. Special waiver authority. 

Sec. 2213. Prohibition of assistance for countries in default. 

Sec. 2214. Military coups. 

Sec. 2215. Designation of position for which appointee is nominated. 

Sec. 2216. Exceptions to requirement for congressional notification of program 

changes. 

Sec. 2217. Commitments for expenditures of funds. 

Sec. 2218. Alternative dispute resolution. 
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Sec. 2219. Administrative authorities. 

Sec. 2220. Assistance for law enforcement forces. 

Sec. 2221. Special debt relief for the poorest countries. 

Sec. 2222. Congo Basin Forest Partnership. 

Sec. 2223. Landmine clearance programs. 

Sec. 2224. Middle East Foundation. 

Sec. 2225. Database of United States military assistance. 

Sec. 2226. Millennium Challenge assistance for certain countries. 

Subtitle B—Arms Export Control Act Amendments and Related Provisions 

Sec. 2231. Thresholds for advance notice to Congress of sales or upgrades of 

defense articles, design and construction services, and major 

defense equipment. 

Sec. 2232. Clarification of requirement for advance notice to Congress of comprehensive export authorizations. 

Sec. 2233. Authority to provide cataloging data and services to non-NATO 

countries. 

Sec. 2234. FREEDOM Support Act permanent waiver authority. 

Sec. 2235. Extension of Pakistan waivers. 

Sec. 2236. Consolidation of reports on nonproliferation in South Asia. 

Sec. 2237. Haitian Coast Guard. 

Sec. 2238. Requirement for the provision of certain assistance to Indonesia. 

TITLE XXIII—RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM SECURITY 

Sec. 2301. Short title. 

Sec. 2302. Definitions. 

Sec. 2303. Embassy threat assessment reports. 

Sec. 2304. Foreign first responders. 

Sec. 2305. Availability of funds. 

TITLE XXIV—GLOBAL PATHOGEN SURVEILLANCE 

Sec. 2401. Short title. 

Sec. 2402. Findings; purpose. 

Sec. 2403. Definitions. 

Sec. 2404. Priority for certain countries. 

Sec. 2405. Restriction. 

Sec. 2406. Fellowship program. 

Sec. 2407. In-country training in laboratory techniques and syndrome surveillance. 

Sec. 2408. Assistance for the purchase and maintenance of public health laboratory equipment. 

Sec. 2409. Assistance for improved communication of public health information. 

Sec. 2410. Assignment of public health personnel to United States missions and 

international organizations. 

Sec. 2411. Expansion of certain United States government laboratories abroad. 

Sec. 2412. Assistance for regional health networks and expansion of foreign epidemiology training programs. 

Sec. 2413. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE XXV—REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER MATTERS 

Subtitle A—Elimination and Modification of Certain Reporting Requirements 

Sec. 2501. Annual report on territorial integrity. 
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Sec. 2502. Annual reports on activities in Colombia. 

Sec. 2503. Annual report on foreign military training. 

Sec. 2504. Report on human rights in Haiti. 

Subtitle B—New Reports and Other Matters 

Sec. 2511. Amendments to the Arms Control and Disarmament Act. 

Sec. 2512. Support for independent media in Ethiopia. 

Sec. 2513. Support for justice sector in Central African States and the African 

Union. 

Sec. 2514. Support for Haiti. 

Sec. 2515. Global Peace Operations Initiative. 

Sec. 2516. Assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in certain countries of the Caribbean region. 

Sec. 2517. Repeal of obsolete assistance authority. 

Sec. 2518. Consolidation of certain submissions under the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002. 

Sec. 2519. Technical corrections. 

Sec. 2520. Requirement for report on United States policy toward Haiti. 

Sec. 2521. United States policy on tsunami relief and reconstruction in Aceh, 

Indonesia. 

Sec. 2522. Drug price transparency in the emergency plan for AIDS relief. 

TITLE XXVI—SAFE WATER 

Sec. 2601. Short title. 

Sec. 2602. Findings. 

Sec. 2603. Water for health and development. 

Sec. 2604. Pilot program for water sustainability infrastructure development 

and capacity building. 

Sec. 2605. Safe water strategy. 

Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE XXVII—PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS 

DURING HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES 

Sec. 2701. Short title. 

Sec. 2702. Definitions. 

Sec. 2703. Findings. 

Subtitle A—Program and Policy Coordination 

Sec. 2711. Requirement to develop comprehensive strategy. 

Sec. 2712. Designation of coordinator. 

Subtitle B—Prevention and Preparedness 

Sec. 2721. Reporting and monitoring systems. 

Sec. 2722. Protection training and expertise. 

Subtitle C—Protection of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 

Sec. 2731. Codes of conduct. 

Sec. 2732. Health services for refugees and displaced persons. 

Sec. 2733. Economic self-sufficiency of vulnerable populations affected by a humanitarian emergency. 

Sec. 2734. International military education and training. 
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Sec. 2735. Sense of Congress regarding actions of United Nations peacekeepers. 

Subtitle D—Protection of Vulnerable Populations Affected by a Humanitarian 

Emergency 

Sec. 2741. Actions to support protection. 

Sec. 2742. Protection assistance. 

TITLE XXVIII—CONVENTIONAL ARMS DISARMAMENT 

Sec. 2801. Short title. 

Sec. 2802. Findings; sense of Congress. 

Sec. 2803. Statement of policy. 

Sec. 2804. Global program for the safeguarding and elimination of conventional 

arms. 

Sec. 2805. Redesignation of Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement as Office of Conventional Arms Threat Reduction. 

Sec. 2806. Report on conventional arms threat reduction. 

Sec. 2807. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 2808. Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund defined. 

1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM4 MITTEE.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations 

6 of the Senate and the Committee or International 

7 Relations of the House of Representatives. 

8 (2) SECRETARY.—Except as otherwise provided, 

9 the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of State. 

10 DIVISION A—FOREIGN 

11 RELATIONS AUTHORIZATIONS 

12 SEC. 100. SHORT TITLE. 

13 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Relations 

14 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007’’. 
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1 TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF 

2 APPROPRIATIONS 

3 Subtitle A—Department of State 

4 SEC. 101. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 

5 The following amounts are authorized to be appro6 priated for the Department of State under ‘‘Administra7 tion of Foreign Affairs’’ to carry out the authorities, func8 tions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of foreign 

9 affairs of the United States, and for other purposes au10 thorized by law: 

11 (1) DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS.— 

12 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA13 TIONS.—For ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro14 grams’’, $4,472,641,000 for fiscal year 2006, 

15 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

16 year 2007. 

17 (B) WORLDWIDE SECURITY UPGRADES.— 

18 Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 

19 by subparagraph (A), $689,523,000 for fiscal 

20 year 2006, and such sums as may be necessary 

21 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be made 

22 available for worldwide security upgrades. 

23 (2) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.—For ‘‘Cap24 ital Investment Fund’’, $133,000,000 for fiscal year 
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1 2006, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

2 year 2007. 

3 (3) EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION AND

4 MAINTENANCE.—For ‘‘Embassy Security, Construc5 tion and Maintenance’’, $1,526,000,000 for fiscal 

6 year 2006, and such sums as may be necessary for 

7 fiscal year 2007. 

8 (4) EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE

9 PROGRAMS.—For ‘‘Educational and Cultural Ex10 change Programs’’, $430,400,000 for fiscal year 

11 2006, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

12 year 2007. 

13 (5) REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES.—For 

14 ‘‘Representation Allowances’’, $8,281,000 for fiscal 

15 year 2006, and such sums as may be necessary for 

16 fiscal year 2007. 

17 (6) PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND

18 OFFICIALS.—For ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions 

19 and Officials’’, $9,390,000 for fiscal year 2006, and 

20 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007. 

21 (7) EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND

22 CONSULAR SERVICE.—For ‘‘Emergencies in the Dip23 lomatic and Consular Service’’, $13,643,000 for fis24 cal year 2006, and such sums as may be necessary 

25 for fiscal year 2007. 
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1 (8) REPATRIATION LOANS.—For ‘‘Repatriation 

2 Loans’’, $1,319,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such 

3 sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007. 

4 (9) PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN

5 TAIWAN.—For ‘‘Payment to the American Institute 

6 in Taiwan’’, $19,751,000 for fiscal year 2006, and 

7 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007. 

8 (10) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 

9 For ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, $29,983,000 

10 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may be nec11 essary for fiscal year 2007. 

12 SEC. 102. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CON13 FERENCES. 

14 (a) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL

15 ORGANIZATIONS.—There are authorized to be appro16 priated for ‘‘Contributions to International Organiza17 tions’’, $1,296,500,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such 

18 sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007 for the 

19 Department of State to carry out the authorities, func20 tions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the for21 eign affairs of the United States with respect to inter22 national organizations and to carry out other authorities 

23 in law consistent with such purposes. 

24 (b) CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE25 KEEPING ACTIVITIES.— 
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1 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.— 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Con3 tributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’, 

4 $1,035,500,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums 

5 as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007 for the De6 partment of State to carry out the authorities, func7 tions, duties, and responsibilities of the United 

8 States with respect to international peacekeeping ac9 tivities and to carry out other authorities in law con10 sistent with such purposes. 

11 (2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appro12 priated pursuant to paragraph (1) are authorized to 

13 be available until expended. 

14 (c) FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES.— 

15 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—In 

16 addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated 

17 by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro18 priated for the Department of State such sums as 

19 may be necessary for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to 

20 offset adverse fluctuations in foreign currency ex21 change rates. 

22 (2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro23 priated under this subsection shall be available for 

24 obligation and expenditure only to the extent that 

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1 et determines and certifies to the appropriate con2 gressional committees that such amounts are nec3 essary due to such fluctuations. 

4 SEC. 103. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS. 

5 The following amounts are authorized to be appro6 priated under ‘‘International Commissions’’ for the De7 partment of State to carry out the authorities, functions, 

8 duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign 

9 affairs of the United States with respect to international 

10 commissions and for other purposes authorized by law: 

11 (1) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER

12 COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.—For 

13 ‘‘International Boundary and Water Commission, 

14 United States and Mexico’’— 

15 (A) for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 

16 $28,700,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such 

17 sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007; 

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19 (B) for ‘‘Construction’’, $6,600,000 for fis20 cal year 2006, and such sums as may be nec21 essary for fiscal year 2007. 

22 (2) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION, 

23 UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—For ‘‘International 

24 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada’’, 
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1 $1,429,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as 

2 may be necessary for fiscal year 2007. 

3 (3) INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION.—For 

4 ‘‘International Joint Commission’’, $6,320,000 for 

5 fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may be nec6 essary for fiscal year 2007. 

7 (4) INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMIS8 SIONS.—For ‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’, 

9 $25,123,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as 

10 may be necessary for fiscal year 2007. 

11 SEC. 104. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro13 priated for ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ for au14 thorized activities, $892,770,000 for fiscal year 2006, and 

15 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007. 

16 (b) REFUGEES RESETTLING IN ISRAEL.—Of the 

17 amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection 

18 (a), $40,000,000 is authorized to be made available for 

19 fiscal year 2006 for the resettlement of refugees in Israel. 

20 (c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

21 pursuant to subsection (a) are authorized to be available 

22 until expended. 

23 SEC. 105. CENTERS AND FOUNDATIONS. 

24 (a) ASIA FOUNDATION.—There are authorized to be 

25 appropriated for ‘‘The Asia Foundation’’ for authorized 
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1 activities, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such 

2 sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007. 

3 (b) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.— 

4 There are authorized to be appropriated for the ‘‘National 

5 Endowment for Democracy’’ for authorized activities, 

6 $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may 

7 be necessary for fiscal year 2007. 

8 (c) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTER9 CHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.—There are author10 ized to be appropriated for ‘‘Center for Cultural and Tech11 nical Interchange Between East and West’’ for authorized 

12 activities, $13,024,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such 

13 sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007. 

14 SEC. 106. VIETNAM FULBRIGHT ACADEMIC EXCHANGE PRO15 GRAM. 

16 Of the amount made available for ‘‘Educational and 

17 Cultural Exchange Programs’’ under section 101(4), 

18 $5,000,000 is authorized to be made available for each 

19 of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out the Vietnam 

20 scholarship program established by section 229 of the For21 eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 

22 1993 (Public Law 102–138). 
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1 Subtitle B—United States Inter2 national Broadcasting Activities 

3 SEC. 111. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 The following amounts are authorized to be appro5 priated to carry out United States Government inter6 national broadcasting activities under the United States 

7 Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the 

8 Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the Television Broad9 casting to Cuba Act, the United States International 

10 Broadcasting Act of 1994, and the Foreign Affairs Re11 form and Restructuring Act of 1998, and to carry out 

12 other authorities in law consistent with such purposes: 

13 (1) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPER14 ATIONS.—For ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper15 ations,’’ $641,050,000 for the fiscal year 2006 and 

16 such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 

17 2007. 

18 (2) BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.— 

19 For ‘‘Broadcasting Capital Improvements,’’ 

20 $10,893,000 for the fiscal year 2006 and such sums 

21 as may be necessary for the fiscal year 2007. 
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1 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF 

2 STATE AUTHORITIES AND AC3 TIVITIES 

4 SEC. 201. INTERFERENCE WITH PROTECTIVE FUNCTIONS. 

5 (a) OFFENSE.—Chapter 7 of title 18, United States 

6 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘§ 117. Interference with certain protective functions 

8 ‘‘Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, 

9 or interferes with a Federal law enforcement agent en10 gaged, within the United States or the special maritime 

11 territorial jurisdiction of the United States, in the per12 formance of the protective functions authorized by section 

13 37 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 

14 (22 U.S.C. 2709) or section 103 of the Diplomatic Secu15 rity Act (22 U.S.C. 4802) shall be fined under this title 

16 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

18 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

19 at the end the following new item: 

‘‘117. Interference with certain protective functions.’’. 

20 SEC. 202. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE ADMINISTRATIVE SUB21 POENAS. 

22 Section 37 of the State Department Basic Authorities 

23 Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2709) is amended by adding at 

24 the end the following new subsection: 
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1 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENAS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of State 

3 determines that there is an imminent threat against 

4 a person, foreign mission, or international organiza5 tion protected under the authority of subsection 

6 (a)(3), the Secretary may issue in writing, and cause 

7 to be served, a subpoena requiring— 

8 ‘‘(A) the production of any records or 

9 other items relevant to the threat; and 

10 ‘‘(B) testimony by the custodian of the 

11 items required to be produced concerning the 

12 production and authenticity of those items. 

13 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) RETURN DATE.—A subpoena under 

15 this subsection shall describe the items required 

16 to be produced and shall specify a return date 

17 within a reasonable period of time within which 

18 the requested items may be assembled and 

19 made available. The return date specified may 

20 not be less than 24 hours after service of the 

21 subpoena. 

22 ‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION TO ATTORNEY GEN23 ERAL.—As soon as practicable following the 

24 issuance of a subpoena under this subsection, 
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1 the Secretary shall notify the Attorney General 

2 of its issuance. 

3 ‘‘(C) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The fol4 lowing provisions of section 3486 of title 18, 

5 United States Code, shall apply to the exercise 

6 of the authority of paragraph (1): 

7 ‘‘(i) Paragraphs (4) through (8) of 

8 subsection (a). 

9 ‘‘(ii) Subsections (b), (c), and (d). 

10 ‘‘(3) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—The au11 thority under this subsection may be delegated only 

12 to the Deputy Secretary of State. 

13 ‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than Feb14 ruary 1 of each year, the Secretary of State shall 

15 submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

16 the Senate and the Committee on International Re17 lations of the House of Representatives a report re18 garding the exercise of the authority under this sub19 section during the previous calendar year.’’. 

20 SEC. 203. ENHANCED DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITY 

21 FOR UNIFORMED SECURITY OFFICERS. 

22 The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 

23 is amended by inserting after section 37 (22 U.S.C. 2709) 

24 the following new section: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 37A. PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS AND AREAS IN THE 

2 UNITED STATES BY DESIGNATED LAW EN3 FORCEMENT OFFICERS. 

4 ‘‘(a) DESIGNATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI5 CERS.—The Secretary of State may designate Department 

6 of State uniformed guards as law enforcement officers for 

7 duty in connection with the protection of buildings and 

8 areas within the United States for which the Department 

9 of State provides protective services, including duty in 

10 areas outside the property to the extent necessary to pro11 tect the property and persons on the property. 

12 ‘‘(b) POWERS OF OFFICERS.—While engaged in the 

13 performance of official duties as a law enforcement officer 

14 designated under subsection (a), an officer may— 

15 ‘‘(1) enforce Federal laws and regulations for 

16 the protection of persons and property; 

17 ‘‘(2) carry firearms; and 

18 ‘‘(3) make arrests without warrant for any of19 fense against the United States committed in the of20 ficer’s presence, or for any felony cognizable under 

21 the laws of the United States if the officer has rea22 sonable grounds to believe that the person to be ar23 rested has committed or is committing such felony 

24 in connection with the buildings and areas, or per25 sons, for which the Department of State is providing 

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1 ‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—(1) The Secretary of State may 

2 prescribe regulations necessary for the administration of 

3 buildings and areas within the United States for which 

4 the Department of State provides protective services. The 

5 regulations may include reasonable penalties, within the 

6 limits prescribed in subsection (d), for violations of the 

7 regulations. 

8 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary 

9 of Homeland Security in prescribing the regulations under 

10 paragraph (1). 

11 ‘‘(3) The regulations shall be posted and kept posted 

12 in a conspicuous place on the property. 

13 ‘‘(d) PENALTIES.—A person violating a regulation 

14 prescribed under subsection (c) shall be fined under title 

15 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 

16 30 days, or both. 

17 ‘‘(e) TRAINING OFFICERS.—The Secretary of State 

18 may also designate firearms and explosives training offi19 cers as law enforcement officers under subsection (a) for 

20 the limited purpose of safeguarding firearms, ammunition, 

21 and explosives that are located at firearms and explosives 

22 training facilities approved by the Secretary or are in tran23 sit between training facilities and Department of State 

24 weapons and munitions vaults. 
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1 ‘‘(f) ATTORNEY GENERAL APPROVAL.—The powers 

2 granted to officers designated under this section shall be 

3 exercised in accordance with guidelines approved by the 

4 Attorney General. 

5 ‘‘(g) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORITY.—Noth6 ing in this section shall be construed to affect the author7 ity of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Adminis8 trator of General Services, or any Federal law enforcement 

9 agency. 

10 ‘‘(h) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER STATUS.—The 

11 use of the term ‘law enforcement officer’ in this section 

12 shall not be construed to qualify a person so designated 

13 under this section as a law enforcement officer, as that 

14 term is defined in section 8401(17) of title 5, United 

15 States Code, for purposes of chapter 84 of such title.’’. 

16 SEC. 204. GRANT AUTHORITIES. 

17 Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

18 of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended by adding 

19 at the end the following new section: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 61. GRANT AUTHORITIES. 

21 ‘‘The Secretary of State is authorized to support, by 

22 grants, cooperative agreements, or contract, the following 

23 activities: 

24 ‘‘(1) Outreach and public diplomacy activities 

25 regarding the benefits of agricultural biotechnology, 
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1 science-based regulatory systems, and the applica2 tion of such technology for trade and development. 

3 ‘‘(2) Training and technical assistance projects 

4 regarding protection of intellectual property rights.’’. 

5 SEC. 205. INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION FUND. 

6 Section 38(d)(3) of the State Department Basic Au7 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2710(d)(3)) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) by inserting ‘‘as a result of a decision of an 

10 international tribunal,’’ after ‘‘by the Department of 

11 State’’; and 

12 (2) by inserting a comma after ‘‘United States 

13 Government’’. 

14 SEC. 206. RETENTION OF MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENTS. 

15 Section 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Pub16 lic Law 96–465) (22 U.S.C. 4084) is amended by adding 

17 at the end the following new subsection: 

18 ‘‘(g) Reimbursements paid to the Secretary of State 

19 for funding the costs of medical care abroad for employees 

20 and eligible family members shall be credited to the cur21 rently available applicable appropriation account. Such re22 imbursements shall be available for obligation and expend23 iture during the fiscal year in which they are received or 

24 for such longer period of time as may be provided in law.’’. 
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1 SEC. 207. TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR BUYING POWER 

2 MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT. 

3 Section 24(b)(7) of the State Department Basic Au4 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(b)(7)) is amended 

5 by striking subparagraph (D). 

6 SEC. 208. ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS. 

7 Section 301(a) of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 

8 U.S.C. 4831(a)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

10 (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(3) FACILITIES IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.— 

14 ‘‘(A) LIMITED EXEMPTION FROM REQUIRE15 MENT TO CONVENE BOARD.—The Secretary of 

16 State is not required to convene a Board in the 

17 case of an incident that— 

18 ‘‘(i) involves serious injury, loss of 

19 life, or significant destruction of property 

20 at, or related to, a United States Govern21 ment mission in Afghanistan or Iraq; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) occurs during the period begin23 ning on July 1, 2004, and ending on Sep24 tember 30, 2009. 
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1 ‘‘(B) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—In the 

2 case of an incident described in subparagraph 

3 (A), the Secretary shall— 

4 ‘‘(i) promptly notify the Committee on 

5 International Relations of the House of 

6 Representatives and the Committee on 

7 Foreign Relations of the Senate of the in8 cident; 

9 ‘‘(ii) conduct an inquiry of the inci10 dent; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) upon completion of the inquiry 

12 required by clause (ii), submit to such 

13 committees a report on the findings and 

14 recommendations related to such inquiry 

15 and the actions taken with respect to such 

16 recommendations.’’. 

17 SEC. 209. DESIGNATION OF COLIN L. POWELL RESIDENTIAL 

18 PLAZA. 

19 (a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal building in King20 ston, Jamaica, formerly known as the Crowne Plaza and 

21 now a staff housing facility for the United States mission 

22 in Jamaica, shall be known and designated at the ‘‘Colin 

23 L. Powell Residential Plaza’’. 

24 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg25 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
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1 States to the Federal building referred to in subsection 

2 (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Colin L. Pow3 ell Residential Plaza. 

4 SEC. 210. REMOVAL OF CONTRACTING PROHIBITION. 

5 Section 406(c) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security 

6 and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–399) is 

7 repealed. 

8 SEC. 211. AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN FACILITIES EN9 HANCEMENT. 

10 Section 3(a) of the American Institute in Taiwan Fa11 cilities Enhancement Act (Public Law 106–212) is amend12 ed by striking ‘‘the sum of $75,000,000’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘such sums as may be necessary’’. 

14 SEC. 212. EXTENSION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON 

15 CULTURAL DIPLOMACY. 

16 Section 224(j) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

17 Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2451 note) is amended 

18 by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2007’’. 

19 SEC. 213. VICTIMS OF CRIME IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 

20 (a) VICTIMS OF CRIME OFFICE.— 

21 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es22 tablish the Victims of Crime Office within the Bu23 reau of Consular Affairs of the Department. 

24 (2) DUTIES.—The head of the Victims of Crime 

25 Office shall— 
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1 (A) compile a database of information re2 garding incidents of violent crime committed 

3 against nationals of the United States in a for4 eign country; 

5 (B) provide information and training to 

6 consular officers to assist such officers in ad7 dressing the needs of nationals of the United 

8 States who are victims of a violent crime in a 

9 foreign country; and 

10 (C) administer the assistance program au11 thorized under subsection (b). 

12 (3) TIME FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.— 

13 The Secretary shall complete the action required 

14 under paragraph (1) not later than 180 days after 

15 the enactment of this Act. 

16 (b) ASSISTANCE FOR CRIME VICTIMS.— 

17 (1) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.—The 

18 Secretary is authorized to provide financial assist19 ance from funds available under section 4 of the 

20 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

21 U.S.C. 2671), to crime victims to address the needs 

22 of such victims. Such assistance may include funds 

23 for— 

24 (A) advance payment of emergency services 

25 including medical and travel expenses; 
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1 (B) travel to and from judicial pro2 ceedings; 

3 (C) the shipment of remains; and 

4 (D) repatriation of victims of domestic vio5 lence or child abuse. 

6 (2) NONDUPLICATION OF ASSISTANCE.—A 

7 crime victim is not eligible for assistance under 

8 paragraph (1) to meet a need of such crime victim 

9 if the Secretary determines that such crime victim is 

10 eligible to receive assistance from any other source, 

11 including from a program of assistance of a State, 

12 to meet such need. 

13 (3) OFFICE TO ADMINISTER PROGRAM.—The 

14 Secretary shall carry out this subsection through the 

15 head of the Victims of Crime Office. 

16 (4) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pre17 scribe such regulations as the Secretary determines 

18 necessary to administer the program of assistance to 

19 crime victims under paragraph (1). 

20 (5) AVAILABILITY OF EMERGENCY FUNDS.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 4(b)(2) of the 

22 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 

23 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671(b)(2)) is amended by 

24 adding at the end the following new subpara25 graph: 
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1 ‘‘(K) assistance to crime victims under section 

2 213 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis3 cal Years 2006 and 2007.’’. 

4 (B) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Such sec5 tion is further amended— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (I), by striking 

7 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

8 (ii) in subparagraph (J), by striking 

9 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

10 and’’. 

11 (c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

12 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report 

13 to the appropriate congressional committees on the activi14 ties of the Victims of Crime Office. The report shall in15 clude information on— 

16 (1) the operation of such Office; 

17 (2) the expenditure of any funds under sub18 paragraph (K) of section 4(b)(2) of the State De19 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as added 

20 by subsection (b); and 

21 (3) the recommendations of the Secretary, if 

22 any, for legislation that is necessary to improve the 

23 operation of such Office. 

24 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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1 (1) CRIME VICTIM.—The term ‘‘crime victim’’ 

2 means a national of the United States who is a vic3 tim of violent crime in a foreign country. 

4 (2) NATIONAL OF THE UNITED STATES.—The 

5 term ‘‘national of the United States’’ has the mean6 ing given that term in section 101(a)(22) of the Im7 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

8 1101(a)(22)). 

9 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

10 the several States of the United States, the District 

11 of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 

12 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 

13 the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. 

14 (4) VIOLENT CRIME.—The term ‘‘violent crime’’ 

15 means the crimes of murder, non-negligent man16 slaughter, forcible rape, robbery, child abuse, domes17 tic abuse, kidnaping, and aggravated assault, as de18 fined by the Secretary. 

19 SEC. 214. UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY CENTER. 

20 Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

21 of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651, et seq.), as amended by section 

22 204, is amended by adding after section 61 the following 

23 new section: 

24 ‘‘SEC. 62. THE UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY CENTER. 

25 ‘‘(a) ACTIVITIES.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) SUPPORT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 

2 State is authorized to provide by contract, grant, or 

3 otherwise, for the performance of appropriate mu4 seum visitor and educational outreach services, in5 cluding organizing conference activities, museum 

6 shop services, and food services, in the public exhibit 

7 and related space utilized by the United States Di8 plomacy Center (in this section referred to as the 

9 ‘Center’). 

10 ‘‘(2) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.—The Secretary 

11 may pay all reasonable expenses of conference activi12 ties conducted by the Center, including refreshments 

13 and reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by 

14 participants. 

15 ‘‘(3) RECOVERY OF COSTS.—Any revenues gen16 erated under the authority of paragraph (1) for vis17 itor services may be retained, as a recovery of the 

18 costs of operating the Center, and credited to any 

19 Department of State appropriation. 

20 ‘‘(b) DISPOSITION OF UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY

21 CENTER ARTIFACTS AND MATERIALS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) PROPERTY OF SECRETARY.—All historic 

23 documents, artifacts, or other articles permanently 

24 acquired by the Department of State and deter25 mined by the Secretary to be suitable for display in 
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1 the Center shall be considered to be the property of 

2 the Secretary in the Secretary’s official capacity and 

3 shall be subject to disposition solely in accordance 

4 with this subsection. 

5 ‘‘(2) SALE OR TRADE.—Whenever the Secretary 

6 makes the determination under paragraph (3) with 

7 respect to an item, the Secretary may sell at fair 

8 market value, trade, or transfer the item, without re9 gard to the requirements of subtitle I of title 40, 

10 United States Code. The proceeds of any such sale 

11 may be used solely for the advancement of the Cen12 ter’s mission and may not be used for any purpose 

13 other than the acquisition and direct care of collec14 tions. 

15 ‘‘(3) DETERMINATIONS PRIOR TO SALE OR

16 TRADE.—The determination referred to in para17 graph (2), with respect to an item, is a determina18 tion that— 

19 ‘‘(A) the item no longer serves to further 

20 the purposes of the Center established in the 

21 collections management policy of the Center; or 

22 ‘‘(B) in order to maintain the standards of 

23 the collections of the Center, the sale or ex24 change of the item would be a better use of the 

25 item. 
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1 ‘‘(4) LOANS.—The Secretary may also lend 

2 items covered by paragraph (1), when not needed for 

3 use or display in the Center, to the Smithsonian In4 stitution or a similar institution for repair, study, or 

5 exhibition.’’. 

6 SEC. 215. STRENGTHENING UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL 

7 PROGRAMS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) ELIGIBLE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 

10 term ‘‘eligible college or university’’ means a college 

11 or university that— 

12 (A) is primarily located in an eligible coun13 try; 

14 (B) is organized under laws of the United 

15 States, a State, or the District of Columbia; 

16 (C) is recognized as a not-for-profit organi17 zation under the provisions of section 501(c)(3) 

18 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 

19 (D) is accredited by an accrediting agency 

20 recognized by the Secretary of Education; and 

21 (E) is not controlled by the government of 

22 an eligible country. 

23 (2) ELIGIBLE COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘eligible 

24 country’’ means a country or entity in Africa, the 

25 Middle East, South Asia, or Southeast Asia that— 
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1 (A) has a significant Muslim population; 

2 and 

3 (B) is designated by the Secretary as an 

4 eligible country. 

5 (3) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec6 ondary school’’ means a school that serves students 

7 in any of the grades 9 through 12 or equivalent 

8 grades in a foreign education system, as determined 

9 by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary 

10 of Education. 

11 (b) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.— 

12 (1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subsection 

13 is to improve the national security of the United 

14 States by providing scholarships for students in the 

15 Islamic world to study at United States institutions 

16 of higher education that are chartered and accred17 ited in the United States and that are primarily lo18 cated in the Islamic world in order to— 

19 (A) nurture United States values and 

20 ideals in the Islamic world; 

21 (B) foster mutual respect for United 

22 States and Islamic values and culture; and 

23 (C) improve mutual understanding between 

24 the people of the United States and people in 

25 the Islamic world. 
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1 (2) SPECIFIC PROGRAM.—To carry out the pur2 pose of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish 

3 a program to offer scholarships to permit an indi4 vidual to attend an eligible college or university if 

5 such individual— 

6 (A) has graduated from secondary school; 

7 and 

8 (B) is a citizen or resident of an eligible 

9 country. 

10 (3) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

11 (A) RELATIONSHIP TO THE MUTUAL EDU12 CATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE ACT OF

13 1961.—The Secretary shall utilize the authori14 ties of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 

15 Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) 

16 to carry out the program authorized by this 

17 subsection by grant, contract, or otherwise with 

18 eligible colleges or universities. 

19 (B) EMPHASIS ON DEGREE PROGRAMS.— 

20 The program established by the Secretary 

21 under this subsection shall emphasize scholar22 ships in support of complete programs of study 

23 leading to the award of an academic degree. 

24 (C) ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.— 

25 The Secretary or the eligible college or univer-
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1 sity shall establish the English language pro2 ficiency of eligible secondary school graduates. 

3 For secondary school graduates found in need 

4 of additional English language training, the 

5 Secretary shall provide for not to exceed twelve 

6 months of such training prior to the commence7 ment of the student’s course of regular aca8 demic study at an eligible college or university. 

9 (c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts authorized 

11 to be appropriated for educational and cultural ex12 change programs in each of the fiscal years 2005 

13 through 2009, there is authorized to be made avail14 able to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary 

15 to carry out programs under this section. 

16 (2) AVAILABLE UNTIL EXPENDED.—Amounts 

17 made available pursuant to paragraph (1) are au18 thorized to remain available until expended. 

19 TITLE III—ORGANIZATION AND 

20 PERSONNEL OF THE DEPART21 MENT OF STATE 

22 SEC. 301. EDUCATION ALLOWANCES. 

23 Section 5924(4) of title 5, United States Code, is 

24 amended— 

25 (1) in the first sentence of subparagraph (A)— 
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1 (A) by inserting after ‘‘Act)’’ the following: 

2 ‘‘and, in those cases in which educational trips 

3 are required for successful completion of a 

4 grade or course, the cost of such trips’’; and 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘nearest locality’’ and in6 serting ‘‘nearest United States locality’’; 

7 (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(B) The travel expenses of dependents of 

10 an employee to and from a school to obtain a 

11 secondary, post-secondary, or post-bacca12 laureate education, not to exceed 1 annual trip 

13 each way for each dependent, except that an al14 lowance payment under subparagraph (A) of 

15 this paragraph may not be made for a depend16 ent during the 12 months following the arrival 

17 of the dependent at the selected educational in18 stitution under authority contained in this sub19 paragraph.’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub21 paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(D) Allowances provided pursuant to sub23 paragraphs (A) and (B) may include, at the 

24 election of the employee, payment or reimburse25 ment of the costs incurred to store baggage for 
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1 the employee’s dependent at or in the vicinity of 

2 the dependent’s school during one trip per year 

3 by the dependent between the school and the 

4 employee’s duty station, except that such pay5 ment or reimbursement may not exceed the cost 

6 that the Government would incur to transport 

7 the baggage with the dependent in connection 

8 with the trip, and such payment or reimburse9 ment shall be in lieu of transportation of the 

10 baggage.’’. 

11 SEC. 302. OFFICIAL RESIDENCE EXPENSES. 

12 Section 5913 of title 5, United States Code, is 

13 amended by adding at the end the following new sub14 section: 

15 ‘‘(c) Funds made available under subsection (b) may 

16 be provided in advance to persons eligible to receive reim17 bursements.’’. 

18 SEC. 303. INCREASED LIMITS APPLICABLE TO POST DIF19 FERENTIALS AND DANGER PAY ALLOW20 ANCES. 

21 (a) REPEAL OF LIMITED-SCOPE EFFECTIVE DATE

22 FOR PREVIOUS INCREASE.—Subsection (c) of section 591 

23 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 

24 Programs Appropriations Act, 2004 (division D of Public 

25 Law 108–199) is repealed. 
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1 (b) POST DIFFERENTIALS.—Section 5925(a) of title 

2 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘25 percent 

3 of the rate of basic pay or, in the case of an employee 

4 of the United States Agency for International Develop5 ment,’’. 

6 (c) DANGER PAY ALLOWANCES.—Section 5928 of 

7 title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘25 

8 percent of the basic pay of the employee or 35 percent 

9 of the basic pay of the employee in the case of an employee 

10 of the United States Agency for International Develop11 ment’’ both places that it appears and inserting ‘‘35 per12 cent of the basic pay of the employee’’. 

13 SEC. 304. HOME LEAVE. 

14 (a) ELIGIBILITY FOR TRAVEL AND RELATED EX15 PENSES.—Section 901(6) of the Foreign Service Act of 

16 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘unbro17 ken by home leave’’ each place that phrase occurs. 

18 (b) LENGTH OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE ABROAD BE19 FORE REQUIRED LEAVE.—Section 903(a) of the Foreign 

20 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4083(a)) is amended by 

21 striking ‘‘18 months’’ and inserting ‘‘12 months’’. 

22 SEC. 305. FELLOWSHIP OF HOPE PROGRAM. 

23 (a) FELLOWSHIP AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 5 of title 

24 I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3981 
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1 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 

2 new section: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 506. FELLOWSHIP OF HOPE.—(a) The Sec4 retary is authorized to establish the Fellowship of Hope 

5 Program. Under the program, the Secretary may assign 

6 a member of the Service, for not more than one year, to 

7 a position with any designated country or designated enti8 ty that permits an employee to be assigned to a position 

9 with the Department. 

10 ‘‘(b) The salary and benefits of a member of the Serv11 ice shall be paid as described in subsection (b) of section 

12 503 during a period in which such member is participating 

13 in the Fellowship of Hope Program. The salary and bene14 fits of an employee of a designated country or designated 

15 entity participating in such program shall be paid by such 

16 country or entity during the period in which such employee 

17 is participating in the program. 

18 ‘‘(c) In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) The term ‘designated country’ means a 

20 member country of— 

21 ‘‘(A) the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza22 tion; or 

23 ‘‘(B) the European Union. 

24 ‘‘(2) The term ‘designated entity’ means— 
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1 ‘‘(A) the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza2 tion; or 

3 ‘‘(B) the European Union.’’. 

4 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

5 Such Act is further amended— 

6 (1) in section 503 (22 U.S.C. 3983)— 

7 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

8 ‘‘AND’’ and inserting ‘‘FOREIGN GOVERN9 MENTS, OR’’; and 

10 (B) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting after 

11 ‘‘body’’ the following: ‘‘, or with a foreign gov12 ernment under section 506’’; and 

13 (2) in section 2, in the table of contents— 

14 (A) by striking the item relating to section 

15 503 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 503. Assignments to agencies, international organizations, foreign governments, or other bodies.’’; 

16 and 

17 (B) by inserting after the item relating to 

18 section 505 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 506. Fellowship of Hope Program.’’. 

19 SEC. 306. SECURITY OFFICERS EXCHANGE PROGRAM. 

20 (a) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 5 of title I of the Foreign 

21 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3981 et seq.), as amended 

22 by section 307, is further amended by adding at the end 

23 the following new section: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 507. SECURITY OFFICERS EXCHANGE.—(a) 

2 The Secretary is authorized to establish the Security Offi3 cers Exchange Program. Under the program, the Sec4 retary may assign a member of the service, for not more 

5 than a total of 3 years, to a position with the Government 

6 of Australia or the United Kingdom if such Government 

7 permits an employee of such Government to be assigned 

8 to a position with the Department. 

9 ‘‘(b) The salary and benefits of the members of the 

10 service shall be paid as described in section 503(b) during 

11 a period in which such officer is participating in the Secu12 rity Officers Exchange Program. The salary and benefits 

13 of an employee of the Government of Australia or the 

14 United Kingdom participating in such program shall be 

15 paid by such country during the period in which such em16 ployee is participating in the program.’’. 

17 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

18 Such Act, as amended by section 307, is further amend19 ed— 

20 (1) in section 503(a)(1) (22 U.S.C. 

21 3983(a)(1)), by inserting ‘‘or 507’’ after ‘‘section 

22 506’’; and 

23 (2) in section 2, in the table of contents, by in24 serting after the item relating to section 506 the fol25 lowing: 

‘‘Sec. 507. Security Officers Exchange Program.’’. 
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1 SEC. 307. REEMPLOYMENT OF ANNUITANTS. 

2 (a) ADDITIONAL WAIVER OF ANNUITY LIMITATIONS

3 FOR FOREIGN SERVICE ANNUITANTS.—Section 824(g) of 

4 the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064(g)) is 

5 amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(g)(1) The Secretary of State may waive the appli7 cation of subsections (a) through (d) on a case-by-case 

8 basis for an annuitant reemployed on a temporary basis— 

9 ‘‘(A) if, and for so long as, such waiver is nec10 essary due to an emergency involving a direct threat 

11 to life or property or other unusual circumstances; 

12 or 

13 ‘‘(B) if the annuitant is employed in a position 

14 for which there is exceptional difficulty in recruiting 

15 or retaining a qualified employee. 

16 ‘‘(2) The authority of the Secretary of State under 

17 paragraph (1)(B) to waive the application of subsections 

18 (a) through (d) shall expire on September 30, 2007.’’. 

19 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary should prescribe 

20 regulations for the exercise of waiver authority under sec21 tion 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

22 4064(b)), as amended by subsection (a), including criteria 

23 for the exercise or delegation of such authority. 

24 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 

25 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

26 of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
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1 committees a report on the exercise of the waiver authori2 ties provided under section 824(g) of the Foreign Service 

3 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064(g)), as amended by sub4 section (a). The report shall include the number and type 

5 of positions that have been filled under such waiver au6 thority, and the retirement date, former job title, and new 

7 job title of each annuitant reemployed under such author8 ity. 

9 SEC. 308. SUSPENSION OF FOREIGN SERVICE MEMBERS 

10 WITHOUT PAY. 

11 (a) SUSPENSION.—Section 610 of the Foreign Serv12 ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4010) is amended by adding 

13 at the end the following new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(c)(1) The Secretary may suspend a member of the 

15 Service without pay when there is reasonable cause to be16 lieve that the member has committed a crime for which 

17 a sentence of imprisonment may be imposed and there is 

18 a connection between the conduct and the efficiency of the 

19 Service. 

20 ‘‘(2) Any member of the Service for which a suspen21 sion is proposed shall be entitled to— 

22 ‘‘(A) written notice stating the specific rea23 sons for the proposed suspension; 

24 ‘‘(B) a reasonable time to respond orally 

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1 ‘‘(C) representation by an attorney or 

2 other representative; and 

3 ‘‘(D) a final written decision, including the 

4 specific reasons for such decision, as soon as 

5 practicable. 

6 ‘‘(3) Any member suspended under this section 

7 may file a grievance in accordance with the proce8 dures applicable to grievances under chapter 11 of 

9 this title. 

10 ‘‘(4) In the case of a grievance filed under 

11 paragraph (3)— 

12 ‘‘(A) the review by the Foreign Service 

13 Grievance Board shall be limited to a deter14 mination of whether the reasonable cause re15 quirement has been fulfilled and whether there 

16 is a connection between the conduct and the ef17 ficiency of the Service; and 

18 ‘‘(B) the Foreign Service Grievance Board 

19 may not exercise the authority provided under 

20 section 1106(8). 

21 ‘‘(5) In this subsection: 

22 ‘‘(A) The term ‘reasonable time’ means— 

23 ‘‘(i) with respect to a member of the 

24 Service assigned to duty in the United 
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1 States, at least 15 days after receiving no2 tice of the proposed suspension; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) with respect to a member of the 

4 Service assigned to duty outside the 

5 United States, at least 30 days after re6 ceiving notice of the proposed suspension. 

7 ‘‘(B) The term ‘suspend’ or ‘suspension’ 

8 means the placing of a member of the Service 

9 in a temporary status without duties and pay.’’. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

11 (1) AMENDMENT OF SECTION HEADING.—Such 

12 section, as amended by subsection (a), is further 

13 amended in the section heading by inserting ‘‘; SUS14 PENSION’’ before the period at the end. 

15 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating 

16 to such section in the table of contents in section 2 

17 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 610. Separation for cause; suspension.’’. 

18 SEC. 309. SEPARATION OF LOWEST-RANKED FOREIGN 

19 SERVICE MEMBERS. 

20 Section 2311(b)(1) of the Foreign Relations Author21 ization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4010 

22 note) is amended— 

23 (1) by striking ‘‘Not later than 90 days after 

24 the date of enactment of this Act, the’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘The’’; 
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘2 

2 percent’’; and 

3 (3) by striking ‘‘for 2 or more of the 5 years 

4 preceding the date of enactment of this Act’’ and in5 serting ‘‘at least twice in any 5-year period’’. 

6 SEC. 310. CLARIFICATION OF FOREIGN SERVICE GRIEV7 ANCE BOARD PROCEDURES. 

8 Section 1106(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

9 (22 U.S.C. 4136(8)) is amended in the first sentence— 

10 (1) by inserting ‘‘the involuntary separation of 

11 the grievant (other than an involuntary separation 

12 for cause under section 610(a)),’’ after ‘‘consid13 ering’’; and 

14 (2) by striking ‘‘the grievant or’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘the grievant, or’’. 

16 SEC. 311. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR RECERTIFI17 CATION PROCESS FOR MEMBERS OF THE 

18 SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE. 

19 Section 305(d) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

20 (22 U.S.C. 3945(d)) is repealed. 

21 SEC. 312. DEADLINE FOR ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS RE22 GARDING RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR GOV23 ERNMENT SERVICE PERFORMED ABROAD. 

24 Section 321(f) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

25 Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (5 U.S.C. 8411 note) is amended 
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1 by inserting ‘‘, not later than 60 days after the date of 

2 the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 

3 Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007,’’ after ‘‘regulations’’. 

4 SEC. 313. WORLDWIDE AVAILABILITY. 

5 Section 301(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

6 (22 U.S.C. 3941(b)) is amended by inserting at the end 

7 ‘‘At the time of entry into the Service, each member of 

8 the Service must be worldwide available, as determined by 

9 the Secretary of State through appropriate medical exami10 nations, unless the Secretary determines that a waiver of 

11 the worldwide availability requirement is required to fulfill 

12 a compelling Service need.’’. 

13 SEC. 314. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5 PROVI14 SIONS ON RECRUITMENT, RELOCATION, AND 

15 RETENTION BONUSES. 

16 (a) RECRUITMENT AND RELOCATION BONUSES.— 

17 Section 5753(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, is 

18 amended by inserting after ‘‘a position’’ the following, ‘‘, 

19 other than as a member of the Foreign Service,’’. 

20 (b) RETENTION ALLOWANCES.—Section 

21 5754(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 

22 by inserting after ‘‘a position’’ the following ‘‘, other than 

23 as a member of the Foreign Service,’’. 
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1 SEC. 315. LIMITED APPOINTMENTS IN THE FOREIGN SERV2 ICE. 

3 Section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

4 U.S.C. 3949) is amended— 

5 (1) by adding at the end the following new sub6 section: 

7 ‘‘(c)(1) Non-career specialist employees who have 

8 served five consecutive years under a limited appointment 

9 may be reappointed to a subsequent limited appointment, 

10 provided that there is a one-year break in service between 

11 each appointment. 

12 ‘‘(2) The requirement for a one-year break in service 

13 may be waived by the Secretary of State in cases of special 

14 need.’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection 

16 (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’; and 

17 (3) in subsection (b)— 

18 (A) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

19 follows: 

20 ‘‘(3) as a career candidate if— 

21 ‘‘(A) continued service is determined appro22 priate to remedy a matter that would be cognizable 

23 as a grievance under chapter 11; or 

24 ‘‘(B) the career candidate is called to military 

25 active duty under chapter 43 of title 38, United 
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1 States Code, and the limited appointment expires in 

2 the course of such military active duty;’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

4 after the semicolon; 

5 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe6 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

7 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

8 paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(6) in exceptional circumstances when the Sec10 retary determines the needs of the Service require 

11 the extension of a limited appointment— 

12 ‘‘(A) for a period of time not to exceed 12 

13 months provided such period of time does not 

14 permit additional review by the boards under 

15 section 306; or 

16 ‘‘(B) in order to settle a grievance, claim, 

17 or complaint not otherwise provided for in this 

18 section.’’. 

19 SEC. 316. PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTORS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the conditions in sub21 section (b), the Inspector General of the Department of 

22 State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (in this 

23 section referred to as the ‘‘Inspector General’’) may estab24 lish a demonstration program (in this section referred to 

25 as the ‘‘program’’) for the purpose of hiring as personal 
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1 services contractors nationals of the United States (as de2 fined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Na3 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)) or aliens authorized 

4 to be employed in the United States, without regard to 

5 civil service and classification laws, to provide services to 

6 the Office of the Inspector General to respond to new or 

7 emerging needs or to augment current services. 

8 (b) CONDITIONS.—The authority under subsection 

9 (a) is subject to the following conditions: 

10 (1) The Inspector General determines that ex11 isting personnel resources are insufficient. 

12 (2) The contract length for a personal service 

13 contractor, including options, may not exceed 2 

14 years, unless the Inspector General makes a finding 

15 that exceptional circumstances justify an extension 

16 of up to one additional year. 

17 (3) Not more than a total of 20 individuals may 

18 be employed at any one time as personal services 

19 contractors under the program. 

20 (c) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 

21 award personal services contracts under this section shall 

22 terminate on December 31, 2007. A contract entered into 

23 prior to the termination date under this subsection may 

24 remain in effect until not later than June 30, 2008. 
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1 (d) OTHER AUTHORITIES NOT AFFECTED.—The au2 thority provided in this section is in addition to any other 

3 authority of the Inspector General to hire personal service 

4 contractors. 

5 SEC. 317. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO 

6 PROPOSED RECIPIENTS OF THE PERSONAL 

7 RANK OF AMBASSADOR OR MINISTER. 

8 Section 302(a)(2)(B)(ii)(IV) of the Foreign Service 

9 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3942(a)(2)(B)(ii)(IV)) is amended 

10 by inserting before the period at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘, including information that is required to be disclosed 

12 on the Standard Form 278, or any successor financial dis13 closure report’’. 

14 SEC. 318. PROVISION OF LIVING QUARTERS AND ALLOW15 ANCES TO THE UNITED STATES REPRESENT16 ATIVES TO THE UNITED NATIONS. 

17 Section 9 of the United Nations Participation Act of 

18 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287e–1) is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 9. (a) The Secretary of State may, under such 

20 regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe, and notwith21 standing subsections (a) and (b) of section 3324 of title 

22 31, United States Code, and section 5536 of title 5, 

23 United States Code— 

24 ‘‘(1) make available to the Permanent Rep25 resentative of the United States to the United Na-
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1 tions and the Deputy Permanent Representative of 

2 the United States to the United Nations— 

3 ‘‘(A) living quarters leased or rented by 

4 the United States for a period that does not ex5 ceed 10 years; and 

6 ‘‘(B) allowances for unusual expenses inci7 dent to the operation and maintenance of such 

8 living quarters that are similar to expenses au9 thorized to be funded by section 5913 of title 

10 5, United States Code; 

11 ‘‘(2) make available living quarters in New 

12 York leased or rented by the United States for a pe13 riod of not more than 10 years to— 

14 ‘‘(A) not more than 40 members of the 

15 Foreign Service assigned to the United States 

16 Mission to the United Nations or other United 

17 States representatives to the United Nations; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(B) not more than 2 employees who serve 

20 at the pleasure of the Permanent Representa21 tive of the United States to the United Nations; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(3) provide an allowance, as the Secretary con24 siders appropriate, to each Delegate and Alternate 

25 Delegate of the United States to any session of the 
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1 General Assembly of the United Nations who is not 

2 a permanent member of the staff of the United 

3 States Mission to the United Nations, in order to 

4 compensate each such Delegate or Alternate Dele5 gate for necessary housing and subsistence expenses 

6 with respect to attending any such session. 

7 ‘‘(b) The Secretary of State may not make available 

8 living quarters or allowances under subsection (a) to an 

9 employee who is occupying living quarters that are owned 

10 by such employee. 

11 ‘‘(c) Living quarters and allowances provided under 

12 subsection (a) shall be considered for all purposes as au13 thorized— 

14 ‘‘(1) by chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Serv15 ice Act of 1980; and 

16 ‘‘(2) by section 5913 of title 5, United States 

17 Code. 

18 ‘‘(d) The Inspector General of the Department of 

19 State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall peri20 odically review the administration of this section with a 

21 view to achieving cost savings and developing appropriate 

22 recommendations to make to the Secretary of State re23 garding the administration of this section.’’. 
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1 TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL 

2 ORGANIZATIONS 

3 SEC. 401. LIMITATION ON THE UNITED STATES SHARE OF 

4 ASSESSMENTS FOR UNITED NATIONS PEACE5 KEEPING OPERATIONS. 

6 Section 404(b)(2)(B) of the Foreign Relations Au7 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 

8 287e note) is amended by adding at the end the following 

9 new clause: 

10 ‘‘(v) For assessments made after cal11 endar year 2004, 27.1 percent.’’. 

12 SEC. 402. REDI CENTER. 

13 The Secretary is authorized to provide for the partici14 pation by the United States in the Regional Emerging 

15 Disease Intervention (‘‘REDI’’) Center in Singapore. 

16 SEC. 403. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 

17 THE BRAHIMI REPORT. 

18 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

20 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re21 port assessing the progress made to implement the rec22 ommendations set out in the Report of the Panel on 

23 United Nations Peace Operations, transmitted from the 

24 Secretary General of the United Nations to the President 

25 of the General Assembly and the President of the Security 
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1 Council on August 21, 2000 (referred to in this section 

2 as the ‘‘Report’’). 

3 (b) CONTENT.—The report required by subsection 

4 (a) shall include— 

5 (1) an assessment of the progress made by the 

6 United Nations toward implementing the rec7 ommendations set out in the Report; 

8 (2) a description of the progress made toward 

9 strengthening the capability of the United Nations 

10 to deploy a civilian police force and rule of law 

11 teams on an emergency basis at the request of the 

12 United Nations Security Council; and 

13 (3) a description of the policies, programs, and 

14 strategies of the United States Government that 

15 support the implementation of the recommendations 

16 set out in the Report, especially in the areas of civil17 ian police and rule of law. 

18 SEC. 404. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE UNITED NATIONS 

19 BUDGETARY DISCIPLINE AND MANAGEMENT 

20 REFORM. 

21 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find22 ings: 

23 (1) It is the responsibility of Congress to ensure 

24 that international organizations that receive con25 tributions from the United States, including the 
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1 United Nations, utilize United States taxpayer 

2 money in a manner that is effective and cost-effi3 cient, and that promotes the policy goals of the 

4 United States. 

5 (2) The United States contributes 22 percent of 

6 the United Nations regular budget and approxi7 mately 27 percent of costs associated with United 

8 Nations peacekeeping operations. 

9 (3) The member states of the United Nations 

10 have increased the regular budget by more than 

11 $1,000,000,000 since the 1994–1995 biennium to 

12 deal with evolving global issues. 

13 (4) The member states of the United Nations 

14 have made commitments which have increased the 

15 costs of United Nations peacekeeping operations to 

16 more than $5,000,000,000 during the 2005–2006 

17 biennium. 

18 (5) The February 3, 2005, report of the Inde19 pendent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations 

20 Oil-for-Food Programme found significant weak21 nesses in United Nations management and internal 

22 oversight of the Oil-for-Food Programme, including 

23 a determination that the actions of the Executive 

24 Director of the United Nations Office of the Iraq 

25 Programme, which administered the Oil-for-Food 
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1 Programme in Iraq, created ‘‘grave and continuing 

2 conflict of interest, were ethically improper, and seri3 ously undermined the integrity of the United Na4 tions’’. 

5 (6) The United States Government Account6 ability Office found that the audit and summary re7 ports of the United Nations Office of Internal Over8 sight Services (OIOS) revealed numerous defi9 ciencies in the management and internal controls of 

10 the Oil-for-Food Programme, and that United Na11 tions management and the Office of the Iraq Pro12 gramme prevented OIOS from reporting its results 

13 directly to the United Nations Security Council. 

14 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con15 gress that— 

16 (1) the United Nations should comply fully with 

17 its commitments to budgetary discipline and man18 agement reform; and 

19 (2) the Secretary should instruct any United 

20 States representative to the United Nations to use 

21 the voice and vote of the United States to seek to 

22 enact significant and necessary changes to improve 

23 the accountability and increase the transparency of 

24 the United Nations processes, including in its peace25 keeping missions around the world, as part of the 
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1 follow-up to the 2005 United Nations report on re2 form initiatives entitled ‘‘The Report of the Sec3 retary-General’s High-level Panel on Threats, Chal4 lenges and Change’’. 

5 TITLE V—BROADCASTING 

6 BOARD OF GOVERNORS 

7 SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 

8 This title may be cited as the ‘‘International Broad9 casting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007’’. 

10 SEC. 502. MIDDLE EAST BROADCASTING NETWORKS. 

11 (a) AUTHORITY.—The United States International 

12 Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), is 

13 amended by inserting after section 309 the following new 

14 section: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 310. MIDDLE EAST BROADCASTING NETWORKS. 

16 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Grants authorized under section 

17 305 shall be available to make annual grants to Middle 

18 East Broadcasting Networks for the purpose of carrying 

19 out radio and television broadcasting to the Middle East 

20 region. 

21 ‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—Middle East Broadcasting Net22 works shall provide radio and television programming to 

23 the Middle East region consistent with the broadcasting 

24 standards and broadcasting principles set forth in section 

25 303. 
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1 ‘‘(c) GRANT AGREEMENT.—Any grant agreement or 

2 grants under this section shall be subject to the following 

3 limitations and restrictions: 

4 ‘‘(1) The Broadcasting Board of Governors may 

5 not make any grant to the nonprofit corporation, 

6 Middle East Broadcasting Networks, unless its cer7 tificate of incorporation provides that— 

8 ‘‘(A) the Board of Directors of Middle 

9 East Broadcasting Networks shall consist of the 

10 members of the Broadcasting Board of Gov11 ernors established under section 304 and of no 

12 other members; and 

13 ‘‘(B) such Board of Directors shall make 

14 all major policy determinations governing the 

15 operation of Middle East Broadcasting Net16 works, and shall appoint and fix the compensa17 tion of such managerial officers and employees 

18 of Middle East Broadcasting Networks as it 

19 considers necessary to carry out the purposes of 

20 the grant provided under this title. 

21 ‘‘(2) Any grant agreement under this section 

22 shall require that any contract entered into by Mid23 dle East Broadcasting Networks shall specify that 

24 obligations are assumed by Middle East Broad-
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1 casting Networks and not the United States Govern2 ment. 

3 ‘‘(3) Any grant agreement shall require that 

4 any lease agreement entered into by Middle East 

5 Broadcasting Networks shall be, to the maximum 

6 extent possible, assignable to the United States Gov7 ernment. 

8 ‘‘(4) Grants awarded under this section shall be 

9 made pursuant to a grant agreement that— 

10 ‘‘(A) requires that grant funds be used 

11 only for activities consistent with this section; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(B) provides that failure to comply with 

14 such requirements shall permit the grant to be 

15 terminated without fiscal obligation to the 

16 United States. 

17 ‘‘(5) Duplication of language services and tech18 nical operations among Middle East Broadcasting 

19 Networks (including Radio Sawa), RFE/RL, Incor20 porated, and the International Broadcasting Bureau 

21 will be reduced to the extent appropriate, as deter22 mined by the Board. 

23 ‘‘(d) NOT A FEDERAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMEN24 TALITY.—Nothing in this title may be construed to make 

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1 instrumentality, nor shall the officers or employees of Mid2 dle East Broadcasting Networks be deemed to be officers 

3 or employees of the United States Government. 

4 ‘‘(e) AUDIT AND INSPECTION.— 

5 ‘‘(1) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED

6 STATES.—The Comptroller General of the United 

7 States may exercise, with respect to financial audit8 ing of Middle East Broadcasting Networks corpora9 tion, the authorities provided by chapter 7 of title 

10 31, United States Code, to the extent such authori11 ties may apply with respect to corporations that are 

12 not Federal agencies or instrumentalities. 

13 ‘‘(2) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The Inspector 

14 General of the Department of State and the Broad15 casting Board of Governors may exercise with re16 spect to Middle East Broadcasting Networks cor17 poration the authorities granted by section 209 of 

18 the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929) 

19 and the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

20 App.) to the extent such authorities may apply with 

21 respect to corporations that are not Federal agencies 

22 or instrumentalities.’’. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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1 (1) AUTHORITIES OF BOARD.—Section 305 of 

2 the United States International Broadcasting Act of 

3 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6204), is amended— 

4 (A) in paragraph (5) of subsection (a), by 

5 striking ‘‘and 309’’ and inserting ‘‘, 309, and 

6 310’’; 

7 (B) in paragraph (6) of such subsection, 

8 by striking ‘‘and 309’’ and inserting ‘‘, 309, 

9 and 310’’; and 

10 (C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘and 

11 309’’ and inserting ‘‘, 309, and 310’’. 

12 (2) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU.— 

13 Section 307 of the United States International 

14 Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6206), is 

15 amended— 

16 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and 

17 309’’ and inserting ‘‘, 309, and 310’’; and 

18 (B) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘, Mid19 dle East Broadcasting Networks,’’ after ‘‘Asia’’. 

20 (3) IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.—Section 

21 304(g) of the United States International Broad22 casting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6203(g)), is amend23 ed— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘Incor25 porated’’, and inserting a comma; and 
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1 (B) by adding ‘‘, and Middle East Broad2 casting Networks’’ after ‘‘Asia’’. 

3 (4) CREDITABLE SERVICE.—Section 

4 8332(b)(11) of title 5, United States Code, is 

5 amended by inserting ‘‘the Middle East Broad6 casting Network;’’ after ‘‘the Asia Foundation;’’. 

7 SEC. 503. IMPROVING SIGNAL DELIVERY TO CUBA. 

8 Section 3 of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 

9 U.S.C. 1465a) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking subsection (b); 

11 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub12 section (b); 

13 (3) by amending subsection (b), as redesignated 

14 by paragraph (2), to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(b) In order to effect radio broadcasting to Cuba, 

16 the Broadcasting Board of Governors is authorized to uti17 lize the United States international broadcasting facilities 

18 located in Marathon, Florida and the 1180 AM frequency 

19 used at those facilities. In addition to the above facilities, 

20 the Broadcasting Board of Governors may simultaneously 

21 utilize other governmental and nongovernmental broad22 casting transmission facilities, and other frequencies, in23 cluding the Amplitude Modulation (AM) band, the Fre24 quency Modulation (FM) band, and the Shortwave (SW) 

25 band. The Broadcasting Board of Governors may lease 
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1 time on commercial or noncommercial educational AM 

2 band, FM band, and SW band radio broadcasting stations 

3 to carry part of the service programs or to rebroadcast 

4 service programs.’’; 

5 (4) by striking subsections (d) and (f); 

6 (5) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub7 section (c); and 

8 (6) by amending subsection (c), as redesignated 

9 by paragraph (5), to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(c) Any service program of United States Govern11 ment radio broadcasts to Cuba authorized by this section 

12 shall be designated ‘Radio Marti program’.’’. 

13 SEC. 504. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR RADIO FREE 

14 ASIA. 

15 Section 309 of the United States International 

16 Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘2009’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘2015’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2009’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘2015’’. 

21 SEC. 505. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTING PROGRAM. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 504 of the Foreign Rela23 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 

24 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6206 note), is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (a)— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘pilot’’; and 

2 (B) by striking ‘‘broadcasters, producers, 

3 and writers’’ and inserting ‘‘broadcasters and 

4 other broadcasting specialists’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘60’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘100’’; and 

7 (3) by striking subsection (c). 

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Foreign Rela9 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 

10 107–228; 116 Stat. 1350) is amended— 

11 (1) in section 504, by striking ‘‘PILOT’’ in the 

12 section heading; and 

13 (2) in the table of contents in section 2(b), by 

14 amending the item related to section 504 to read as 

15 follows: 

‘‘Sec. 504. Personal services contracting program.’’. 

16 SEC. 506. COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA 

17 ISLANDS EDUCATION BENEFITS. 

18 Section 305(a) of the United States International 

19 Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6204(a)) is amend20 ed— 

21 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (17) and (18) 

22 as (18) and (19), respectively; and 

23 (2) by inserting after paragraph (16), the fol24 lowing new paragraph: 

25 ‘‘(17) To, in its discretion— 
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1 ‘‘(A) pay the expenses of primary and sec2 ondary schooling for dependents of personnel 

3 stationed in the Commonwealth of the Northern 

4 Mariana Islands at a cost not in excess of those 

5 authorized by the Department of Defense for 

6 the same area, when it is determined by the 

7 Broadcasting Board of Governors that schools 

8 available in the locality are unable to provide 

9 adequately for the education of such depend10 ents; and 

11 ‘‘(B) provide transportation of those de12 pendents between their place of residence and 

13 schools serving the area, which those depend14 ents would normally attend within the local 

15 area, when the Broadcasting Board of Gov16 ernors determines that such schools are not ac17 cessible by public means of transportation.’’. 

18 SEC. 507. EXEMPTION FROM NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS FOR 

19 TEMPORARY WORKERS. 

20 Section 214(g)(5)(B) of the Immigration and Nation21 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(5)(B)) is amended to read as 

22 follows: 

23 ‘‘(B) is employed (or has received an offer of 

24 employment) by or at the Broadcasting Board of 

25 Governors or one of its grantees, a nonprofit re-
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1 search organization, or a governmental research or2 ganization; or’’. 

3 TITLE VI—CONSULAR 

4 AUTHORITIES 

5 SEC. 601. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO INTELLIGENCE RE6 FORM AND TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT OF 

7 2004. 

8 (a) TRANSIT WITHOUT VISA PROGRAM.—Section 

9 7209(d) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Preven10 tion Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458) is amended to 

11 read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(d) TRANSIT WITHOUT VISA PROGRAM.—The Sec13 retary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State 

14 shall not use any authorities granted under section 

15 212(d)(4)(C) of such Act until the Secretary of Homeland 

16 Security completely implements a security plan to fully en17 sure secure transit passage areas to prevent aliens pro18 ceeding in immediate and continuous transit through the 

19 United States from illegally entering the United States.’’. 

20 (b) FRONTLINE COUNTERTERRORIST TRAVEL TECH21 NOLOGY AND TRAINING.—Section 7201(c)(1) of the Intel22 ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 is 

23 amended in the second sentence by inserting after ‘‘De24 partment of Homeland Security’’ the following: ‘‘and the 

25 Department of State’’. 
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1 (c) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDED

2 INADMISSABILITIES.—Section 5506 of the Intelligence Re3 form and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 is amended 

4 by inserting after ‘‘consultation with the Secretary of 

5 Homeland Security’’ the following: ‘‘and the Secretary of 

6 State’’. 

7 SEC. 602. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PRO8 GRAMS. 

9 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON RECIPROCITY AGREE10 MENTS.—It is the sense of Congress that the United 

11 States should negotiate reciprocity agreements with for12 eign countries with the goal of mutual agreement on ex13 tending the validity of student and scholar visas to 4 years 

14 and permitting multiple entry into the United States by 

15 an individual using a student or scholar visa. 

16 (b) CONSULAR OFFICER GUIDANCE.— 

17 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following 

18 findings: 

19 (A) The United States has a strategic in20 terest in encouraging international students, 

21 scholars, scientists, and exchange visitors to 

22 visit the United States to study, collaborate in 

23 research, and to develop personal relationships. 

24 (B) Openness to international students, 

25 scholars, scientists, and exchange visitors serves 
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1 vital and longstanding national foreign policy, 

2 educational, and economic interests and the ero3 sion of such openness undermines the national 

4 security interests of the United States. 

5 (C) Educating successive generations of fu6 ture world leaders has long been a foundation 

7 of the United States international influence and 

8 leadership. 

9 (D) Open scientific exchange enables the 

10 United States to benefit from the knowledge of 

11 the world’s top students and scientists and has 

12 been a critical factor in maintaining the United 

13 States leadership in science and technology. 

14 (E) Improvements to the visa processing 

15 procedures of the United States would enhance 

16 the national security of the United States by 

17 permitting— 

18 (i) closer scrutiny of visa applicants 

19 who might pose threats to national secu20 rity; and 

21 (ii) timely adjudication of visa appli22 cations submitted by individuals whose 

23 presence in the United States serves an 

24 important national interest. 
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1 (2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

2 Congress that— 

3 (A) improvements to the visa processing 

4 procedures of the United States that should be 

5 considered for implementation include— 

6 (i) an operational visa policy that ar7 ticulates the national interest of the United 

8 States in denying entry to visitors who 

9 seek to harm the United States and in 

10 opening entry to legitimate visitors, to 

11 guide consular officers in achieving the ap12 propriate balance; 

13 (ii) focusing the efforts of the visa 

14 system on visitors who require special 

15 screening, while minimizing delays for le16 gitimate visitors; and 

17 (iii) a timely, transparent, and pre18 dictable visa process, through appropriate 

19 guidelines for inter-agency review of visa 

20 applications; and 

21 (B) the Secretary should continue to issue 

22 updated appropriate guidance to consular offi23 cers to improve the procedures for processing 

24 visa applications in order to facilitate United 
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1 States openness to international student, schol2 ar, scientist, and international visitors. 

3 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

4 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 

5 with the Secretary of Education, Secretary of Commerce, 

6 Secretary of Homeland Security, and Secretary of Energy, 

7 shall submit to Congress a report that includes a descrip8 tion, for calendar years 2004 and 2005, of— 

9 (1) the measures carried out to enhance access 

10 to the United States by foreign students, scholars, 

11 scientists, and exchange visitors and to improve 

12 inter-agency coordination with regard to foreign stu13 dents, scholars, scientists, and exchange visitors; 

14 (2) the measures carried out to utilize the edu15 cational advising centers of the Department of State 

16 that are located in foreign countries to promote 

17 study in the United States and to prescreen visa ap18 plicants; 

19 (3) the measures carried out to negotiate recip20 rocal agreements referred to in subsection (a); 

21 (4) the number of foreign students, scholars, 

22 scientists, and exchange visitors who applied for 

23 visas to enter the United States, disaggregated by 

24 applicants’ fields of study or expertise, the number 

25 of such visa applications that are approved, the 
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1 number of such visa applications that are denied, 

2 and the reasons for such denials; 

3 (5) the average processing time for an applica4 tion for a visa submitted by a foreign student, schol5 ar, scientist, or exchange visitor; 

6 (6) the number of applications for a visa sub7 mitted by foreign students, scholars, scientists, or 

8 exchange visitors that require inter-agency review; 

9 (7) the number of applications for a visa sub10 mitted by foreign students, scholars, scientists, or 

11 exchange visitors that were approved after receipt of 

12 such applications in a period of time that was— 

13 (A) less than 15 days; 

14 (B) between 15 and 30 days; 

15 (C) between 31 and 45 days; 

16 (D) between 46 and 60 days; 

17 (E) between 61 and 90 days; or 

18 (F) more than 90 days; and 

19 (8) the measures carried out to reduce the time 

20 required for universities and programs approved 

21 under the Student and Exchange Visitor Informa22 tion System (SEVIS) required by the Illegal Immi23 gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 

24 1996 (Division C of Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 
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1 3009–546) to perform the clerical tasks associated 

2 with SEVIS. 

3 TITLE VII—RECONSTRUCTION 

4 AND STABILIZATION 

5 SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Reconstruction and 

7 Stabilization Civilian Management Act of 2005’’. 

8 SEC. 702. FINDING; PURPOSE. 

9 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the resources of 

10 the United States Armed Forces have been burdened by 

11 having to undertake stabilization and reconstruction tasks 

12 in the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq, and other countries of 

13 the world that could have been performed by civilians, 

14 which has resulted in lengthy deployments for Armed 

15 Forces personnel. 

16 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to provide 

17 for the development, as a core mission of the Department 

18 of State and the United States Agency for International 

19 Development, of an effective expert civilian response capa20 bility to carry out reconstruction and stabilization activi21 ties in a country or region that is in, or is in transition 

22 from, conflict or civil strife. 

23 SEC. 703. DEFINITIONS. 

24 In this title: 
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1 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis2 trator’’ means the Administrator of the United 

3 States Agency for International Development. 

4 (2) DEPARTMENT.—Except as otherwise pro5 vided in this Act, the term ‘‘Department’’ means the 

6 Department of State. 

7 (3) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 

8 agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

9 105 of title 5, United States Code. 

10 SEC. 704. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

11 It is the sense of Congress that— 

12 (1) the civilian element of United States joint 

13 civilian-military operations should be strengthened in 

14 order to enhance the execution of current and future 

15 reconstruction and stabilization activities in foreign 

16 countries or regions that are in, or are in transition 

17 from, conflict or civil strife; 

18 (2) the capability of civilian agencies of the 

19 United States Government to carry out reconstruc20 tion and stabilization activities in such countries or 

21 regions should also be enhanced through a new rapid 

22 response corps of civilian experts supported by the 

23 establishment of a new system of planning, organiza24 tion, personnel policies, and education and training, 

25 and the provision of adequate resources; 
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1 (3) the international community, including non2 governmental organizations, and the United Nations 

3 and its specialized agencies, should be further en4 couraged to participate in planning and organizing 

5 reconstruction and stabilization activities in such 

6 countries or regions; 

7 (4) the President should establish a new direc8 torate of stabilization and reconstruction activities 

9 within the National Security Council to oversee the 

10 development of interagency contingency plans and 

11 procedures, including plans and procedures for joint 

12 civilian-military operations, to address stabilization 

13 and reconstruction requirements in such countries or 

14 regions; 

15 (5) the President should establish a standing 

16 committee to exercise responsibility for overseeing 

17 the formulation and execution of stabilization and 

18 reconstruction policy in order to ensure appropriate 

19 interagency coordination in the planning and execu20 tion of stabilization and reconstruction activities, in21 cluding joint civilian-military operations, of the 

22 United States Government, and should provide for 

23 the committee— 

24 (A) to be chaired by the Assistant to the 

25 President for National Security Affairs; and 
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1 (B) to include the heads of— 

2 (i) the Department; 

3 (ii) the United States Agency for 

4 International Development; 

5 (iii) the Department of Labor; 

6 (iv) the Department of Commerce; 

7 (v) the Department of Justice; 

8 (vi) the Department of the Treasury; 

9 (vii) the Department of Agriculture; 

10 (viii) the Department of Defense; and 

11 (ix) other Executive agencies as ap12 propriate; 

13 (6) the Secretary and the Administrator should 

14 work with the Secretary of Defense to establish a 

15 personnel exchange program among the Department, 

16 the United States Agency for International Develop17 ment, and the Department of Defense, including the 

18 regional commands and the Joint Staff, to enhance 

19 the stabilization and reconstruction skills of military 

20 and civilian personnel and their ability to undertake 

21 joint operations; and 

22 (7) the heads of other Executive agencies 

23 should establish personnel exchange programs that 

24 are designed to enhance the stabilization and recon25 struction skills of military and civilian personnel. 
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1 SEC. 705. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR RE2 CONSTRUCTION AND STABILIZATION CRISES. 

3 Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act 

4 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended by inserting 

5 after section 617 the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 618. ASSISTANCE FOR A RECONSTRUCTION AND STA7 BILIZATION CRISIS. 

8 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—If the President determines that 

9 it is important to the national interests of the United 

10 States for United States civilian agencies or non-Federal 

11 employees to assist in stabilizing and reconstructing a 

12 country or region that is in, or is in transition from, con13 flict or civil strife, the President may, in accordance with 

14 the provisions set forth in section 614(a)(3), notwith15 standing any other provision of law, and on such terms 

16 and conditions as the President may determine, furnish 

17 assistance to respond to the crisis. 

18 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL AUTHORITIES.—To provide assistance 

19 authorized in subsection (a), the President may exercise 

20 the authorities contained in sections 552(c)(2), 610, and 

21 614 of this Act without regard to the percentage and ag22 gregate dollar limitations contained in such sections. 

23 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING.— 

24 ‘‘(1) INITIAL AUTHORIZATION.—There is au25 thorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limi-
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1 tation, $100,000,000 in funds that may be used to 

2 provide assistance authorized in subsection (a). 

3 ‘‘(2) REPLENISHMENT.—There is authorized to 

4 be appropriated each fiscal year such sums as may 

5 be necessary to replenish funds expended as pro6 vided under paragraph (1). Funds authorized to be 

7 appropriated under this paragraph shall be available 

8 without fiscal year limitation for the same purpose 

9 and under the same conditions as are provided 

10 under paragraph (1).’’. 

11 SEC. 706. OFFICE OF THE COORDINATOR FOR RECON12 STRUCTION AND STABILIZATION. 

13 Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

14 of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), as amended by section 

15 214, is further amended by adding at the end the following 

16 new section: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 63. RECONSTRUCTION AND STABILIZATION. 

18 ‘‘(a) OFFICE OF THE COORDINATOR FOR RECON19 STRUCTION AND STABILIZATION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es21 tablish within the Department of State an Office of 

22 the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabiliza23 tion. 

24 ‘‘(2) COORDINATOR FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND

25 STABILIZATION.—The head of the Office shall be the 
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1 Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, 

2 who shall be appointed by the Secretary, by and with 

3 the advice and consent of the Senate. The Coordi4 nator shall report directly to the Secretary and shall 

5 have the rank and status of Ambassador-at-Large. 

6 ‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Office 

7 of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabiliza8 tion include the following: 

9 ‘‘(A) Monitoring, in coordination with rel10 evant bureaus within the Department of State, 

11 political and economic instability worldwide to 

12 anticipate the need for mobilizing United States 

13 and international assistance for the stabilization 

14 and reconstruction of countries or regions that 

15 are in, or are in transition from, conflict or civil 

16 strife. 

17 ‘‘(B) Assessing the various types of sta18 bilization and reconstruction crises that could 

19 occur and cataloging and monitoring the non20 military resources and capabilities of Executive 

21 agencies that are available to address such cri22 ses. 

23 ‘‘(C) Planning to address requirements, 

24 such as demobilization, policing, human rights 

25 monitoring, and public information, that com-
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1 monly arise in stabilization and reconstruction 

2 crises. 

3 ‘‘(D) Coordinating with relevant Executive 

4 agencies (as that term is defined in section 105 

5 of title 5, United States Code) to develop inter6 agency contingency plans to mobilize and deploy 

7 civilian personnel to address the various types 

8 of such crises. 

9 ‘‘(E) Entering into appropriate arrange10 ments with other Executive agencies to carry 

11 out activities under this section and the Recon12 struction and Stabilization Civilian Manage13 ment Act of 2005. 

14 ‘‘(F) Identifying personnel in State and 

15 local governments and in the private sector who 

16 are available to participate in the Response 

17 Readiness Corps or the Response Readiness Re18 serve established under subsection (b) or to oth19 erwise participate in or contribute to stabiliza20 tion and reconstruction activities. 

21 ‘‘(G) Ensuring that training of civilian per22 sonnel to perform such stabilization and recon23 struction activities is adequate and, as appro24 priate, includes security training that involves 
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1 exercises and simulations with the Armed 

2 Forces, including the regional commands. 

3 ‘‘(H) Sharing information and coordi4 nating plans for stabilization and reconstruction 

5 activities with the United Nations and its spe6 cialized agencies, the North Atlantic Treaty Or7 ganization, nongovernmental organizations, and 

8 other foreign national and international organi9 zations. 

10 ‘‘(I) Coordinating plans and procedures for 

11 joint civilian-military operations with respect to 

12 stabilization and reconstruction activities. 

13 ‘‘(J) Maintaining the capacity to field on 

14 short notice an evaluation team to undertake 

15 on-site needs assessment. 

16 ‘‘(b) RESPONSE TO STABILIZATION AND RECON17 STRUCTION CRISIS.—If the President makes a determina18 tion regarding a stabilization and reconstruction crisis 

19 under section 618 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

20 the President may designate the Coordinator, or such 

21 other individual as the President may determine appro22 priate, as the coordinator of the United States response. 

23 The individual so designated, or, in the event the Presi24 dent does not make such a designation, the Coordinator 

25 for Reconstruction and Stabilization, shall— 
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1 ‘‘(1) assess the immediate and long-term need 

2 for resources and civilian personnel; 

3 ‘‘(2) identify and mobilize non-military re4 sources to respond to the crisis; and 

5 ‘‘(3) coordinate the activities of the other indi6 viduals or management team, if any, designated by 

7 the President to manage the United States re8 sponse.’’. 

9 SEC. 707. RESPONSE READINESS CORPS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 63 of the State Depart11 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as added by section 

12 706) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

13 subsection: 

14 ‘‘(c) RESPONSE READINESS CORPS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) RESPONSE READINESS ACTIVE DUTY PER16 SONNEL.— 

17 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.— 

18 The Secretary, in consultation with the Admin19 istrator of the United States Agency for Inter20 national Development, is authorized to establish 

21 a Response Readiness Corps (hereafter referred 

22 to in this section as the ‘Corps’) to provide as23 sistance in support of stabilization and recon24 struction activities in foreign countries or re-
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1 gions that are in, or are in transition from, con2 flict or civil strife. 

3 ‘‘(B) COMPOSITION.—The Secretary and 

4 Administrator of the United States Agency for 

5 International Development should coordinate in 

6 the recruitment, hiring, and training of— 

7 ‘‘(i) up to 250 personnel to serve in 

8 the active duty Corps; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) such other personnel as the Sec10 retary, in consultation with the Adminis11 trator, may designate as members of the 

12 Corps from among employees of the De13 partment of State and the United States 

14 Agency for International Development. 

15 ‘‘(C) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall train 

16 the members of the Corps to perform services 

17 necessary to carry out the purpose of the Corps 

18 under subparagraph (A). 

19 ‘‘(D) COMPENSATION.—Members of the 

20 Corps hired under subparagraph (B)(i) shall be 

21 compensated in accordance with the appropriate 

22 salary class for the Foreign Service, as set forth 

23 in sections 402 and 403 of the Foreign Service 

24 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3962 and 22 U.S.C. 

25 3963), or in accordance with the relevant au-
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1 thority under sections 3101 and 3392 of title 5, 

2 United States Code. 

3 ‘‘(2) RESPONSE READINESS RESERVE DUTY

4 PERSONNEL.— 

5 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.— 

6 The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of 

7 other relevant Executive agencies, is authorized 

8 to establish and maintain a roster of personnel 

9 who are trained and available as needed to per10 form services necessary to carry out the pur11 pose of the Corps under paragraph (1)(A). The 

12 personnel listed on the roster shall constitute a 

13 reserve component of the Response Readiness 

14 Corps. 

15 ‘‘(B) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—The Re16 sponse Readiness reserve component may in17 clude employees of the Department of State, in18 cluding Foreign Service Nationals, employees of 

19 the United States Agency for International De20 velopment, employees of any other Executive 

21 agency (as that term is defined in section 105 

22 of title 5, United States Code), and employees 

23 from the legislative and judicial branches who— 
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1 ‘‘(i) have the training and skills nec2 essary to enable them to contribute to sta3 bilization and reconstruction activities; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) have volunteered for deployment 

5 to carry out stabilization and reconstruc6 tion activities. 

7 ‘‘(C) NON-FEDERAL PERSONNEL.—The 

8 Response Readiness reserve component should 

9 also include at least 500 personnel, which may 

10 include retired employees of the Federal Gov11 ernment, contractor personnel, nongovern12 mental organization personnel, and State and 

13 local government employees, who— 

14 ‘‘(i) have the training and skills nec15 essary to enable them to contribute to sta16 bilization and reconstruction activities; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) have volunteered to carry out 

18 stabilization and reconstruction activities. 

19 ‘‘(3) USE OF RESPONSE READINESS CORPS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) RESPONSE READINESS ACTIVE DUTY

21 COMPONENT.—The members of the active duty 

22 Corps shall be available— 

23 ‘‘(i) if responding in support of sta24 bilization and reconstruction activities pur25 suant to a determination by the President 
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1 regarding a stabilization and reconstruc2 tion crisis under section 618 of the For3 eign Assistance Act of 1961, for deploy4 ment in support of such activities; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) if not responding as described in 

6 clause (i), for assignment in the United 

7 States, United States diplomatic missions, 

8 and United States Agency for Inter9 national Development missions. 

10 ‘‘(B) RESPONSE READINESS RESERVE

11 COMPONENT.—The Secretary may deploy mem12 bers of the reserve component under paragraph 

13 (2) in support of stabilization and reconstruc14 tion activities in a foreign country or region if 

15 the President makes a determination regarding 

16 a stabilization and reconstruction crisis under 

17 section 618 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

18 1961.’’. 

19 (b) EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITY.—The full-time per20 sonnel authorized to be employed in the Response Readi21 ness Corps under section 63(c)(1)(B)(i) of the State De22 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as added by sub23 section (a)) are in addition to any other full-time per24 sonnel of the Department or the United States Agency for 
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1 International Development authorized to be employed 

2 under any other provision of law. 

3 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

4 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

5 to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 

6 the status of efforts to establish the Response Readiness 

7 Corps under this section. The report shall include rec8 ommendations— 

9 (1) for any legislation necessary to implement 

10 subsection (a); and 

11 (2) related to the regulation and structure of 

12 the Response Readiness Corps, including with re13 spect to pay and employment security for, and ben14 efit and retirement matters related to, such individ15 uals. 

16 SEC. 708. STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION TRAIN17 ING AND EDUCATION. 

18 Section 701 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

19 U.S.C. 4021) is amended— 

20 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub21 section (h); and 

22 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol23 lowing new subsection: 

24 ‘‘(g) STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION CUR25 RICULUM.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND MISSION.—The Sec2 retary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense 

3 and the Secretary of the Army, is authorized to es4 tablish a stabilization and reconstruction curriculum 

5 for use in programs of the Foreign Service Institute, 

6 the National Defense University, and the United 

7 States Army War College. 

8 ‘‘(2) CURRICULUM CONTENT.—The curriculum 

9 shall include the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) An overview of the global security en11 vironment, including an assessment of 

12 transnational threats and an analysis of United 

13 States policy options to address such threats. 

14 ‘‘(B) A review of lessons learned from pre15 vious United States and international experi16 ences in stabilization and reconstruction activi17 ties. 

18 ‘‘(C) An overview of the relevant respon19 sibilities, capabilities, and limitations of various 

20 Executive agencies (as that term is defined in 

21 section 105 of title 5, United States Code) and 

22 the interactions among them. 

23 ‘‘(D) A discussion of the international re24 sources available to address stabilization and 

25 reconstruction requirements, including re-
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1 sources of the United Nations and its special2 ized agencies, nongovernmental organizations, 

3 private and voluntary organizations, and foreign 

4 governments, together with an examination of 

5 the successes and failures experienced by the 

6 United States in working with such entities. 

7 ‘‘(E) A study of the United States inter8 agency system. 

9 ‘‘(F) Foreign language training. 

10 ‘‘(G) Training and simulation exercises for 

11 joint civilian-military emergency response oper12 ations.’’. 

13 SEC. 709. SERVICE RELATED TO STABILIZATION AND RE14 CONSTRUCTION. 

15 (a) PROMOTION PURPOSES.—Service in stabilization 

16 and reconstruction operations overseas, membership in the 

17 Response Readiness Corps under section 63(c) of the 

18 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as 

19 added by section 707), and education and training in the 

20 stabilization and reconstruction curriculum established 

21 under section 701(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

22 (as added by section 708) should be considered among the 

23 favorable factors for the promotion of employees of Execu24 tive agencies. 
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1 (b) PERSONNEL TRAINING AND PROMOTION.—The 

2 Secretary and the Administrator should take steps to en3 sure that, not later than 3 years after the date of the en4 actment of this Act, at least 10 percent of the employees 

5 of the Department and the United States Agency for 

6 International Development in the United States are mem7 bers of the Response Readiness Corps or are trained in 

8 the activities of, or identified for potential deployment in 

9 support of, the Response Readiness Corps. The Secretary 

10 should provide such training to Ambassadors and Deputy 

11 Chiefs of Mission. 

12 (c) OTHER INCENTIVES AND BENEFITS.—The Sec13 retary and the Administrator may establish and admin14 ister a system of awards and other incentives and benefits 

15 to confer appropriate recognition on and reward any indi16 vidual who is assigned, detailed, or deployed to carry out 

17 stabilization or reconstruction activities in accordance with 

18 this title. 

19 SEC. 710. AUTHORITIES RELATED TO PERSONNEL. 

20 (a) CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, or the Ad22 ministrator with the concurrence of the Secretary, 

23 may enter into contracts to procure the services of 

24 nationals of the United States (as defined in section 

25 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
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1 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)) or aliens authorized to be 

2 employed in the United States as personal services 

3 contractors for the purpose of carrying out this title, 

4 without regard to Civil Service or classification laws, 

5 for service in the Office of the Coordinator for Re6 construction and Stabilization or for service in for7 eign countries to assist, in stabilizing and recon8 structing a country or region that is in, or is in 

9 transition from, conflict or civil strife. 

10 (2) LIMITATION.—Not more than 100 individ11 uals may be engaged to perform services under a 

12 contract described in paragraph (1) at any time. 

13 (3) NOT EMPLOYEES.—Individuals performing 

14 services under contracts described in paragraph (1) 

15 shall not by virtue of performing such services be 

16 considered to be employees of the United States 

17 Government for purposes of any law administered by 

18 the Office of Personnel Management (except that 

19 the Secretary or Administrator may determine the 

20 applicability to such individuals of any law adminis21 tered by the Secretary or Administrator concerning 

22 the performance of such services by such individ23 uals). 

24 (b) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Secretary 

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1 tain services without delay, employ experts and consult2 ants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

3 to assist in stabilizing and reconstructing a country or re4 gion that is in, or is in transition from, conflict or civil 

5 strife, without requiring compliance with any otherwise 

6 applicable requirements for that employment as the Sec7 retary or Administrator may determine, except that such 

8 employment shall be terminated after 60 days if by that 

9 time the applicable requirements are not complied with. 

10 (c) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT AND ASSIGN DETAILS.— 

11 The Secretary is authorized to accept details or assign12 ments of employees of Executive agencies, members of the 

13 uniformed services, and employees of State or local gov14 ernments on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis in 

15 order to assist in stabilizing and reconstructing a country 

16 or region that is in, or is in, transition from conflict or 

17 civil strife. The assignment of an employee of a State or 

18 local government under this subsection shall be consistent 

19 with subchapter VI of chapter 33 of title 5, United States 

20 Code. 

21 (d) DUAL COMPENSATION WAIVER.—The Secretary 

22 may waive the application of subsections (a) through (d) 

23 of section 824 of the Foreign Service Act (22 U.S.C. 

24 4064), for annuitants under the Foreign Service Retire25 ment and Disability System or the Foreign Service Pen-
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1 sion System who are reemployed on a temporary basis in 

2 order to be assigned, detailed, or deployed to assist in sta3 bilization and reconstruction activities in accordance with 

4 this title. 

5 (e) EXTENSION OF CERTAIN FOREIGN SERVICE

6 BENEFITS.—The Secretary may extend to any individuals 

7 assigned, detailed, or deployed to carry out stabilization 

8 and reconstruction activities in accordance with this title 

9 the benefits or privileges set forth in sections 412, 413, 

10 704, and 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

11 U.S.C. 972, 22 U.S.C. 3973, 22 U.S.C. 4024, and 22 

12 U.S.C. 4081) to the same extent and manner that such 

13 benefits and privileges are extended to members of the 

14 Foreign Service. 

15 (f) COMPENSATORY TIME.—Notwithstanding any 

16 other provision of law, the Secretary may, subject to the 

17 consent of an individual who is assigned, detailed, or de18 ployed to carry out stabilization and reconstruction activi19 ties in accordance with this title, grant such individual 

20 compensatory time off for an equal amount of time spent 

21 in regularly or irregularly scheduled overtime work. Credit 

22 for compensatory time off earned shall not form the basis 

23 for any additional compensation. Any such compensatory 

24 time not used within 26 pay periods shall be forfeited. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may accept 

2 volunteer services to assist in stabilization and re3 construction activities under this title and section 63 

4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 

5 1956 (as added by section 706) without regard to 

6 section 1342 of title 31, United States Code. 

7 (2) TYPES OF VOLUNTEERS.—Donors of vol8 untary services accepted for purposes of this section 

9 may include— 

10 (A) advisors; 

11 (B) experts; 

12 (C) consultants; and 

13 (D) persons performing services in any 

14 other capacity determined appropriate by the 

15 Secretary. 

16 (3) SUPERVISION.—The Secretary shall— 

17 (A) ensure that each person performing 

18 voluntary services accepted under this section is 

19 notified of the scope of the voluntary services 

20 accepted; 

21 (B) supervise the volunteer to the same ex22 tent as employees receiving compensation for 

23 similar services; and 

24 (C) ensure that the volunteer has appro25 priate credentials or is otherwise qualified to 
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1 perform in each capacity for which the volun2 teer’s services are accepted. 

3 (4) APPLICABILITY OF LAW RELATING TO FED4 ERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—A person pro5 viding volunteer services accepted under this section 

6 shall not be considered an employee of the Federal 

7 Government in the performance of those services, ex8 cept for the purposes of the following provisions of 

9 law: 

10 (A) Chapter 81 of title 5, United States 

11 Code, relating to compensation for work-related 

12 injuries. 

13 (B) Chapter 11 of title 18, United States 

14 Code, relating to conflicts of interest. 

15 (5) APPLICABILITY OF LAW RELATING TO VOL16 UNTEER LIABILITY PROTECTION.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—A person providing vol18 unteer services accepted under this section shall 

19 be deemed to be a volunteer of a nonprofit or20 ganization or governmental entity, with respect 

21 to the accepted services, for purposes of the 

22 Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 

23 14501 et seq.). 

24 (B) INAPPLICABILITY OF EXCEPTIONS TO

25 VOLUNTEER LIABILITY PROTECTION.—Section 
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1 4(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 14503(d)) does not 

2 apply with respect to the liability of a person 

3 with respect to services of such person that are 

4 accepted under this section. 

5 (h) AUTHORITY FOR OUTSIDE ADVISORS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may establish 

7 temporary commissions composed of individuals with 

8 appropriate expertise to facilitate the carrying out of 

9 this title. 

10 (2) INAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The require11 ments of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

12 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the activities of a 

13 commission established under this subsection. 

14 SEC. 711. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

15 There are authorized to be appropriated $24,000,000 

16 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary 

17 for fiscal year 2007 for personnel, education and training, 

18 equipment, and travel costs for purposes of carrying out 

19 this title and the amendments made by this title. 
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1 TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS 

2 PROVISIONS AND REPORTING 

3 REQUIREMENTS 

4 SEC. 801. REPORTS ON ACQUISITION AND MAJOR SECU5 RITY UPGRADES. 

6 Section 605(c) of the Secure Embassy Construction 

7 and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of the Admiral 

8 James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Au9 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (as enacted 

10 into law by section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113 and 

11 contained in appendix G of that Act; 113 Stat. 1501A– 

12 454)) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘SEMIANNUAL’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘ANNUAL’’; and 

15 (2) by striking ‘‘June 1 and’’; and 

16 (3) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘two fiscal 

17 quarters’’ and inserting ‘‘year’’. 

18 SEC. 802. FELLOWSHIPS FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAIN19 ING ON NONPROLIFERATION ISSUES. 

20 (a) FELLOWSHIPS AUTHORIZED.—In carrying out 

21 international exchange programs, the Secretary shall de22 sign and implement a program to encourage eligible stu23 dents to study at an accredited United States institution 

24 of higher education in an appropriate graduate program. 
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1 (b) ELIGIBLE STUDENT DEFINED.—In this section, 

2 the term ‘‘eligible student’’ means a citizen of a foreign 

3 country who— 

4 (1) has completed undergraduate education; 

5 and 

6 (2) is qualified (as determined by the Sec7 retary). 

8 (c) APPROPRIATE GRADUATE PROGRAM DEFINED.— 

9 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate graduate program’’ 

10 means a graduate level program that provides for the mul11 tidisciplinary study of issues relating to weapons non12 proliferation and includes training in— 

13 (1) diplomacy; 

14 (2) arms control; 

15 (3) multilateral export controls; or 

16 (4) threat reduction assistance. 

17 (d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts au18 thorized to be appropriated for educational and cultural 

19 exchange programs under section 101(4), $2,000,000 may 

20 be available to carry out this section. 

21 SEC. 803. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO 

22 UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL AGREE23 MENTS. 

24 Section 112b of title 1, United States Code, is 

25 amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (a)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ in the first sen3 tence and inserting ‘‘Committee on Foreign Re4 lations of the Senate and the Committee on 

5 International Relations of the House of Rep6 resentatives’’; and 

7 (B) in the second sentence— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘However, any’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘Any’’; and 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘shall not be so trans11 mitted’’ and all that follows through 

12 ‘‘House of Representatives’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘shall be transmitted’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (b)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘the President shall, under 

16 his own signature,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec17 retary of State shall’’; 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘Speaker’’ and all that fol19 lows through ‘‘the chairman of the’’; 

20 (C) by inserting ‘‘and the Committee on 

21 International Relations of the House of Rep22 resentatives’’ after ‘‘of the Senate’’; and 

23 (D) by striking ‘‘the Congress’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘such Committees’’. 
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1 SEC. 804. REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT TO CONGRESS FIND2 INGS UNDER THE DIPLOMATIC SECURITY 

3 ACT. 

4 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 304 of the Diplomatic 

5 Security Act (22 U.S.C. 4834) is amended in subsection 

6 (b), by striking ‘‘State,’’ and inserting ‘‘State and the ap7 propriate congressional committees,’’. 

8 (b) CONFORMING AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS.— 

9 (1) PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS.—Paragraph 

10 (1) of subsection (d) of such section is amended to 

11 read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(1) PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS.—In any 

13 case in which a Board transmits recommendations 

14 under subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of 

15 State shall, not later than 90 days after the receipt 

16 of such recommendations, submit a report to the ap17 propriate congressional committees on each such rec18 ommendation and the action taken with respect to 

19 that recommendation.’’. 

20 (2) PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATIONS.—Para21 graph (2) of such subsection is amended by striking 

22 ‘‘Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘appropriate congressional 

23 committees’’. 

24 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE25 FINED.—Such section is further amended by adding at the 

26 end the following new subsection: 
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1 ‘‘(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

2 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate congres3 sional committees’ means the Committee on Foreign Rela4 tions of the Senate and the Committee on International 

5 Relations of the House of Representatives.’’. 

6 SEC. 805. REQUIREMENT FOR ADDITIONAL REPORT CON7 CERNING EFFORTS TO PROMOTE ISRAEL’S 

8 DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUN9 TRIES. 

10 Section 215(b) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza11 tion Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 116 

12 Stat. 1366) is amended by inserting ‘‘and again not later 

13 than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the For14 eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 

15 2007,’’ after ‘‘Act,’’ in the matter preceding paragraph 

16 (1). 

17 SEC. 806. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO MAGEN 

18 DAVID ADOM SOCIETY. 

19 It is the sense of Congress that, in light of the find20 ings of fact set out in section 690(a) of the Foreign Rela21 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 

22 107–228; 116 Stat. 1414) and the fact that the Federa23 tion of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has not 

24 granted full membership to the Magen David Adom Soci25 ety, the United States should continue to press for full 
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1 membership for the Magen David Adom Society in the 

2 International Red Cross Movement. 

3 SEC. 807. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS RELATING TO 

4 UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO 

5 JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL. 

6 (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CONSULATE

7 IN JERUSALEM.—None of the funds authorized to be ap8 propriated by this division may be expended for the oper9 ation of any United States consulate or diplomatic facility 

10 in Jerusalem that is not under the supervision of the 

11 United States Ambassador to Israel. 

12 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PUBLICA13 TIONS.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated 

14 by this division may be available for the publication of any 

15 official document of the United States that lists countries 

16 including Israel and their capital cities unless the publica17 tion identifies Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. 

18 SEC. 808. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 

19 UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTER20 NATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 207 of 

22 the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 

23 U.S.C. 6435) is amended by striking ‘‘$3,000,000 for the 

24 fiscal year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,000,000 for fiscal 
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1 year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

2 year 2007’’. 

3 (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Subsection (b) of 

4 such section is amended by striking ‘‘subparagraph (a)’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 

6 SEC. 809. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TERRORIST ATTACK ON 

7 UNITED STATES CONSULATE IN JEDDAH, 

8 SAUDI ARABIA. 

9 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find10 ings: 

11 (1) In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on December 4, 

12 2004, five armed terrorists entered the compound of 

13 the United States Consulate with the likely intention 

14 to murder Americans. 

15 (2) The combined efforts of the United States 

16 Embassy Marine Security Guard detachment and 

17 the perimeter security guards prevented the 

18 attackers from breaching the chancery building in 

19 spite of intense machine gun fire by the terrorists. 

20 (3) Based on their inability to enter the main 

21 building, the terrorists attempted to learn the loca22 tion of any other Americans who might be in the 

23 compound. 

24 (4) In spite of imminent threats of death, 

25 United States Consulate employees refused to di-
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1 vulge the whereabouts of any United States staff, in2 cluding those they had hidden nearby. 

3 (5) During the attack and in the ensuing battle 

4 with Saudi National Guard units, the following four 

5 Foreign Service Nationals were murdered: 

6 (A) Ali Yaslem BinTalib, from Yemen, who 

7 worked for the United States Government for 

8 more than 25 years, who leaves behind a wife. 

9 (B) Imad-E-Deen Musa All, from Sudan, 

10 who worked for the United States Government 

11 for more than 26 years, who leaves behind a 

12 wife and two daughters aged 16 and 13. 

13 (C) Mohammed Basheer Uddin, from 

14 India, who worked for the United States Gov15 ernment for 16 months, who leaves behind a 

16 wife and elder brother. 

17 (D) Romeo Dela Rosa, from the Phil18 ippines, who worked for the United States Gov19 ernment for more than 12 years, who leaves be20 hind a wife and 12 year old son. 

21 (6) During the attack, Jaufar Sadik of Sri 

22 Lanka died returning fire against the attackers in 

23 his capacity as a local guard while protecting the 

24 Consulate. 
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1 (7) During the attack, 10 other Foreign Service 

2 Nationals were seriously injured. 

3 (8) The Governments of the United States and 

4 Saudi Arabia remain committed to bringing those 

5 responsible for planning, assisting, and carrying out 

6 these attacks to justice. 

7 (9) The United States and Saudi Arabia are al8 lied by a common interest in building a stable, 

9 peaceful, and prosperous world. 

10 (10) The acts of murder committed on Decem11 ber 6, 2004, demonstrate again that terrorism re12 spects neither boundaries nor borders. 

13 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ATTACK ON CON14 SULATE.—Congress— 

15 (1) notes the vital role that Foreign Service Na16 tionals serve throughout the world and recognizes 

17 their integral efforts in providing for the operation 

18 of diplomacy overseas; 

19 (2) applauds the quick thinking on the part of 

20 the Marine Security Guards to secure the chancery 

21 when the attack on the United States Consulate in 

22 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, occurred; 

23 (3) expresses its condolences to the families of 

24 the individuals murdered in the terrorist attack; 
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1 (4) expresses its sympathies to the individuals 

2 injured in the attack; 

3 (5) conveys its hope for the rapid and complete 

4 recovery of all such injured individuals; and 

5 (6) expresses its solidarity with all those coun6 tries that stand united against terrorism and work 

7 together to bring to justice the perpetrators of this 

8 and other terrorist attacks. 

9 SEC. 810. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PARTICIPATION OF 

10 WOMEN IN ELECTIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA. 

11 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find12 ings: 

13 (1) On February 10, 2005, for the first time in 

14 over forty years, Saudi Arabia held the first stage of 

15 nationwide municipal elections. 

16 (2) Women in Saudi Arabia were not permitted 

17 to run for office or vote during these municipal elec18 tions. 

19 (3) While the United States acknowledges the 

20 deep cultural and religious traditions and sentiments 

21 within Saudi society, without the right to vote, Saudi 

22 women are denied not only a basic human right but 

23 also the ability to contribute fully to the economic 

24 development, modernization and prosperity of their 

25 own country. 
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1 (4) According to the State Department’s 2004 

2 Report on Human Rights Practices, in Saudi Arabia 

3 ‘‘women have few political or social rights and were 

4 not treated as equal members of society. There were 

5 no active women’s rights groups.’’. 

6 (5) In December 2003, a petition submitted by 

7 more than 300 Saudi Arabian women called for 

8 greater rights for women in Saudi Arabia and great9 er recognition of their contributions to society. 

10 (6) The Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Saud 

11 Al Faisal stated after the election that he assumed 

12 women will be allowed to vote in future elections and 

13 that modernization of Saudi society was taking place 

14 because of the actions of Saudi women themselves. 

15 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 

16 Congress that— 

17 (1) the municipal elections in Saudi Arabia are 

18 a positive initial step in broadening civic participa19 tion; and 

20 (2) it is in the interest of Saudi Arabia to per21 mit women to run for office and vote in all future 

22 elections. 
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1 SEC. 811. STRATEGY ON COMBATTING TERRORISM IN WEST 

2 AFRICA. 

3 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR STRATEGY.—Not later than 

4 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec5 retary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of De6 fense, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and 

7 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter8 national Development, shall submit to the Committee on 

9 Foreign Relations of the Senate and Committee on Inter10 national Relations of the House of Representatives a strat11 egy for combating terrorism in West Africa during the 3- 

12 year period beginning on such date. 

13 (b) CONTENT.—The strategy shall include— 

14 (1) a comprehensive assessment of the activity 

15 of international terrorist organizations in West Afri16 ca; 

17 (2) an interagency plan for dealing with the 

18 threats posed by international terrorist organizations 

19 in West Africa; 

20 (3) a description of the resources required to 

21 implement the plan described in paragraph (2); 

22 (4) a description of the planned coordination 

23 with all other regional counter-terrorism efforts in24 cluding the Pan-Sahel and East Africa Counter-Ter25 rorism Initiatives, and any other similar programs in 

26 the region, including in North Africa; and 
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1 (5) an analysis of the expected level of coopera2 tion from countries in West Africa and other appro3 priate countries in implementing the plan described 

4 in paragraph (2). 

5 DIVISION B—FOREIGN 

6 ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATIONS 

7 SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 

8 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Assistance 

9 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007’’. 

10 TITLE XXI—AUTHORIZATION OF 

11 APPROPRIATIONS 

12 Subtitle A—Development Assist13 ance and Related Programs Au14 thorizations 

15 SEC. 2101. DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE. 

16 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

17 are authorized to be appropriated to the President for 

18 ‘‘Development Assistance’’, $1,103,233,000 for fiscal year 

19 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 

20 2007, to carry out sections 103, 105, 106, and 496 of 

21 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151a, 

22 2151c, 2151d, and 2293). 

23 (b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 

24 this section for the purposes specified in subsection (a)— 
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1 (1) are authorized to remain available until ex2 pended; and 

3 (2) are in addition to amounts otherwise avail4 able for such purposes. 

5 (c) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE AUTHORIZATIONS.— 

6 (1) AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND

7 NUTRITION.—Section 103(a) of the Foreign Assist8 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151a(a)) is amend9 ed— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘(a)(1)’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘(a)’’; 

12 (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); 

13 and 

14 (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 

15 (B), and (C), as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), 

16 respectively. 

17 (2) EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES DE18 VELOPMENT.—Section 105(a) of such Act (22 

19 U.S.C. 2151c(a)) is amended by striking the second 

20 sentence. 

21 (3) ENERGY, PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZA22 TIONS, AND SELECTED DEVELOPMENT ACTIVI23 TIES.—Section 106 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2151d) 

24 is amended by striking subsections (e) and (f). 
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1 (d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT OF DEVELOPMENT

2 FUND FOR AFRICA.—Section 497 of the Foreign Assist3 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2294) is amended by striking 

4 ‘‘AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DE5 VELOPMENT FUND FOR AFRICA.—’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—’’. 

7 SEC. 2102. CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS 

8 FUND. 

9 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

10 are authorized to be appropriated to the President for 

11 ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’, 

12 $1,251,500,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as 

13 may be necessary for fiscal year 2007, to carry out sec14 tions 104 and 496 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

15 (22 U.S.C. 2151b and 2293). Amounts authorized to be 

16 appropriated under this section are in addition to amounts 

17 available under other provisions of law to combat the 

18 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the acquired im19 mune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), tuberculosis, or ma20 laria. 

21 (b) FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS.—Of the amount 

22 authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), 

23 $346,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may 

24 be necessary for fiscal year 2007 may be used for assist25 ance under sections 104(b) and 496(i)(3) of the Foreign 
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1 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(b) and 

2 2293(i)(3)). 

3 (c) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 

4 this section for the purposes specified in subsection (a)— 

5 (1) are authorized to remain available until ex6 pended; and 

7 (2) are in addition to amounts otherwise avail8 able for such purposes. 

9 (d) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE AUTHORIZATIONS AND

10 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 104(c) of the For11 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(c)) is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (A) by striking subparagraphs (B) and 

15 (C); and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘(2)(A)’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘(2)’’; and 

18 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the last sen19 tence. 

20 SEC. 2103. DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY. 

21 Subtitle B of title VI chapter 2 of part I of the For22 eign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by inserting after 

23 section 256 the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 256A. DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY. 

2 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find3 ings: 

4 ‘‘(1) Developing countries often have large re5 serves of privately held capital that are not being 

6 adequately mobilized and invested due to weak fi7 nancial institutions and other market imperfections 

8 in such countries. 

9 ‘‘(2) Partial loan guarantees, particularly when 

10 used as an integral part of a development strategy, 

11 are useful to leverage local private capital for devel12 opment while reforming and strengthening devel13 oping country financial markets. 

14 ‘‘(3) Requiring risk-sharing guarantees and lim15 iting guarantee assistance to private lenders encour16 ages such lenders to provide appropriate oversight 

17 and management of development projects funded 

18 with loans made by such lenders and, thereby, maxi19 mize the benefit which such projects will achieve. 

20 ‘‘(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States 

21 to make partial loan guarantees available to private lend22 ers to fund development projects in developing countries 

23 that encourage such lenders to provide appropriate over24 sight and management of such development projects. 

25 ‘‘(c) AUTHORITY.—To carry out the policy set forth 

26 in subsection (b), the President is authorized to provide 
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1 assistance in the form of loans and partial loan guarantees 

2 to private lenders in developing countries to achieve the 

3 economic development purposes of the provisions of this 

4 part. 

5 ‘‘(d) POLICIES TO LIMIT FINANCIAL RISK TO THE

6 UNITED STATES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) PRIORITY FOR ASSISTANCE.—The Presi8 dent, in providing assistance under this section, shall 

9 give priority to providing partial loan guarantees 

10 made pursuant to the authority in subsection (c) 

11 that are used in transactions in which the financial 

12 risk of loss to the United States Government under 

13 such guarantee does not exceed the financial risk of 

14 loss of the private lender that receives such guar15 antee. 

16 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM EXPOSURE.—The investment or 

17 risk of the United States in any one development 

18 project may not exceed 70 percent of the total out19 standing investment or risk associated with such 

20 project. 

21 ‘‘(e) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Assistance provided under 

23 this section shall be provided on such terms and con24 ditions as the President determines appropriate. 
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1 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM TOTAL AMOUNT OF LOANS OR

2 GUARANTIES PER BORROWER.—The principal 

3 amount of loans made or guaranteed under this sec4 tion in any fiscal year, with respect to any single 

5 country or borrower, may not exceed $100,000,000. 

6 ‘‘(f) OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.—A par7 tial loan guarantee made under subsection (c) shall con8 stitute an obligation, in accordance with the terms of such 

9 guarantee, of the United States of America and the full 

10 faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged 

11 for the full payment and performance of such obligation. 

12 ‘‘(g) PROCUREMENT PROVISIONS.—Assistance may 

13 be provided under this section notwithstanding section 

14 604(a). 

15 ‘‘(h) DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY PROGRAM

16 ACCOUNT.—There is established on the books of the 

17 Treasury an account known as the Development Credit 

18 Authority Program Account. There shall be deposited into 

19 the account all amounts made available for providing as20 sistance under this section, other than amounts made 

21 available for administrative expenses to carry out this sec22 tion. Amounts in the Account shall be available to provide 

23 assistance under this section. 

24 ‘‘(i) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts authorized 

2 to be available for the purposes of part I of this Act 

3 and for the Support for Eastern European Democ4 racy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), 

5 not more than $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

6 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007 

7 may be made available to carry out this section. 

8 ‘‘(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Amounts made 

9 available under paragraph (1) may be transferred to 

10 the Development Credit Authority Program Account 

11 established by subsection (h). 

12 ‘‘(3) SUBSIDY COST.—Amounts made available 

13 under paragraph (1) shall be available for the sub14 sidy cost, as defined in section 502(5) of the Federal 

15 Reform Credit Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5)), of 

16 activities under this section. 

17 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

19 appropriated for administrative expenses to carry 

20 out this section $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

21 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007. 

22 ‘‘(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—The amounts ap23 propriated for administrative expenses under para24 graph (1) may be transferred to and merged with 

25 amounts made available under section 667(a). 
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1 ‘‘(k) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated or made 

2 available under this section are authorized to remain avail3 able until expended.’’. 

4 SEC. 2104. PROGRAM TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 

5 TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND FOREIGN 

6 CENTRAL BANKS OF DEVELOPING OR TRAN7 SITIONAL COUNTRIES. 

8 Section 129(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

9 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151aa(j)(1)) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may 

12 be necessary for fiscal year 2007’’. 

13 SEC. 2105. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PRO14 GRAMS. 

15 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

16 302 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

17 2222) is amended by striking subsections (a) through (j) 

18 and inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(a) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 

20 President $281,908,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such 

21 sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007, for grants 

22 to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Amounts appro23 priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 

24 this section are in addition to amounts otherwise available 

25 for such purposes.’’. 
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is 

2 further amended— 

3 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AUTHORIZA4 TION.—’’ and inserting ‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF AP5 PROPRIATIONS.—’’; and 

6 (2) by redesignating subsections (k), (l), and 

7 (m) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively. 

8 SEC. 2106. CONTINUED AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN FUNDS 

9 WITHHELD FROM INTERNATIONAL ORGANI10 ZATIONS. 

11 Section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

12 (22 U.S.C. 2227) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Iraq,’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub15 section: 

16 ‘‘(e) Funds available in any fiscal year to carry out 

17 the provisions of this chapter that are returned or not 

18 made available for organizations and programs because of 

19 the application of this section shall remain available for 

20 obligation until September 30 of the fiscal year after the 

21 fiscal year for which such funds are appropriated.’’. 

22 SEC. 2107. INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AND FAMINE ASSIST23 ANCE. 

24 Section 492(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

25 (22 U.S.C. 2292a(a)) is amended by striking 
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1 ‘‘$25,000,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $25,000,000 for 

2 fiscal year 1987’’ and inserting ‘‘$655,500,000 for fiscal 

3 year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

4 year 2007’’. 

5 SEC. 2108. TRANSITION INITIATIVES. 

6 Section 494 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

7 (22 U.S.C. 2292c) is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 494. TRANSITION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE. 

9 ‘‘(a) TRANSITION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSIST10 ANCE.—The President is authorized to furnish assistance 

11 to support the transition to democracy and to long-term 

12 development in accordance with the general authority con13 tained in section 491, including assistance to— 

14 ‘‘(1) develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic 

15 institutions and processes; 

16 ‘‘(2) revitalize basic infrastructure; and 

17 ‘‘(3) foster the peaceful resolution of conflict. 

18 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

19 are authorized to be appropriated to the President 

20 $325,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may 

21 be necessary for fiscal year 2007, to carry out this section. 

22 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 

23 this section for the purpose specified in subsection (b)— 

24 ‘‘(1) are authorized to remain available until ex25 pended; and 
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1 ‘‘(2) are in addition to amounts otherwise avail2 able to carry out this section.’’. 

3 SEC. 2109. ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF 

4 THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. 

5 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

6 are authorized to be appropriated to the President for 

7 ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So8 viet Union’’, $482,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such 

9 sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007, to carry 

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

11 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295 et seq. and 2296 et seq.) 

12 and the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801 et 

13 seq.). 

14 (b) BIRTH DEFECTS SURVEILLANCE AND FOLIC

15 ACID WHEAT FORTIFICATION PROJECTS.—Of the amount 

16 authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), not 

17 less than $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums 

18 as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007 should be made 

19 available for birth defects surveillance and folic acid wheat 

20 fortification projects in Ukraine and the other independent 

21 states of the former Soviet Union. 

22 (c) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 

23 this section for the purposes specified in subsection (a)— 

24 (1) are authorized to remain available until ex25 pended; and 
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1 (2) are in addition to amounts otherwise avail2 able for such purposes. 

3 SEC. 2110. ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE 

4 BALTIC STATES. 

5 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

6 are authorized to be appropriated to the President for 

7 ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’ 

8 $382,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may 

9 be necessary for fiscal year 2007 to carry out the Support 

10 for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 

11 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), and the Foreign Assistance Act of 

12 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.). 

13 (b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 

14 this section for the purposes specified in subsection (a)— 

15 (1) are authorized to remain available until ex16 pended; 

17 (2) are in addition to amounts otherwise avail18 able for such purposes; 

19 (3) may be made available notwithstanding any 

20 other provision of law; and 

21 (4) shall be considered to be economic assist22 ance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

23 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) for purposes of making applica24 ble the administrative authorities contained in that 

25 Act for the use of economic assistance. 
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1 SEC. 2111. OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES 

2 AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOP3 MENT. 

4 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

5 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

6 2427) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert9 ing the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) $680,735,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

11 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007 

12 for necessary operating expenses of the United 

13 States Agency for International Development; and’’; 

14 and 

15 (B) in paragraph (2) of such subsection, 

16 by striking ‘‘agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Agency’’; 

17 (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub18 section (c); and 

19 (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol20 lowing new subsection (b): 

21 ‘‘(b) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 

22 President, in addition to funds available under subsection 

23 (a) or any other provision of law for such purposes— 

24 ‘‘(1) $36,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such 

25 sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007, for 

26 necessary operating expenses of the Office of Inspec-
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1 tor General of the United States Agency for Inter2 national Development; and 

3 ‘‘(2) such amounts as may be necessary for in4 creases in pay, retirement, and other employee bene5 fits authorized by law for the employees of such Of6 fice, and for other nondiscretionary costs of such Of7 fice.’’. 

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of sec9 tion 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

10 2427) is amended by striking ‘‘EXPENSES.—’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR

12 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—’’. 

13 SEC. 2112. CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUNDS FOR THE UNITED 

14 STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DE15 VELOPMENT. 

16 There are authorized to be appropriated $77,700,000 

17 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary 

18 for fiscal year 2007 for overseas construction and related 

19 costs and for enhancement of information technology and 

20 related investments. 

21 SEC. 2113. MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ASSISTANCE. 

22 Section 619(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 

23 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7718) is amended by striking the period 

24 at the end and inserting ‘‘, $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 
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1 2006, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 

2 2007.’’. 

3 SEC. 2114. DEBT RELIEF. 

4 There is authorized to be appropriated for purposes 

5 of United States contributions for debt relief under the 

6 Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 (part V of the 

7 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.)), 

8 poorest country debt reduction, bilateral Heavily Indebted 

9 Poor Countries (HIPC) debt reduction, and the Heavily 

10 Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Trust Fund adminis11 tered by the International Bank for Reconstruction and 

12 Development for the period beginning October 1, 2005, 

13 and ending September 30, 2007, $99,750,000, of which 

14 not more than $20,000,000 may be made available to 

15 carry out the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998. 

16 SEC. 2115. PEACE CORPS. 

17 Section 3(b)(1) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 

18 2502(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$270,000,000’’ and 

19 all that follows through ‘‘2003’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘$345,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may 

21 be necessary for fiscal year 2007’’. 

22 SEC. 2116. MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE. 

23 (a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Congress makes the 

24 following declarations: 
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1 (1) The United States and the international 

2 community have long-term interests in the stability, 

3 security and prosperity of the people of the Middle 

4 East and North Africa and their ability to meet the 

5 challenges of the 21st century. 

6 (2) The United States and the international 

7 community should, through a Middle East Partner8 ship Initiative, support modernization and reform ef9 forts that advance education, promote economic op10 portunity, foster private sector development, 

11 strengthen civil society, and enhance security in the 

12 Middle East and North Africa. 

13 (3) The United States recognizes that the coun14 tries included in this large region have many forms 

15 of government and are at varying stages of eco16 nomic, political, and social development; and that 

17 any assistance and cooperative efforts in these na18 tions should aim to improve the lives of individuals 

19 and take into account cultural, historical, and reli20 gious factors in each country. 

21 (4) The United States further recognizes that 

22 modernization and reform in countries included in 

23 this large region must be generated by the people of 

24 these nations themselves and that their efforts will 

25 require long-term, sustained, and multi-dimensional 
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1 assistance and cooperative support from the United 

2 States and others in the international community. 

3 (5) The United States Government, in par4 ticular, should provide its expertise to enhance the 

5 efforts of governments in the Middle East and North 

6 Africa to address the gaps identified in the Arab De7 velopment Reports of 2002 and 2003, including dif8 fusion of knowledge, freedom, and women’s em9 powerment, as follows: 

10 (A) To address the knowledge deficit, the 

11 United States should support the efforts of gov12 ernments in the Middle East and North Africa 

13 to revamp antiquated and under-resourced edu14 cation systems, tapping human capital in the 

15 region and drawing from the rich cultural, lin16 guistic, and intellectual heritage of these states. 

17 United States efforts should support a broader 

18 quality of education and wider availability of 

19 education within these societies. 

20 (B) To encourage greater human free21 doms, the United States Government should 

22 support efforts that increase the ability of peo23 ple to freely express ideas and opinions, to asso24 ciate with one another, to influence governing 
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1 systems, and to fully participate in political 

2 processes. 

3 (C) To support empowerment of women in 

4 this large region, the United States Government 

5 should support programs that are gender-inclu6 sive, gender-sensitive, and that increase the role 

7 of women in society, the market place, and gov8 ernance. 

9 (6) Fostering modernization, reform, develop10 ment, and stability in the countries of the Middle 

11 East and North Africa will help eliminate environ12 ments that fuel terrorism by expanding opportunities 

13 for education, decreasing isolationism, improving the 

14 welfare of the people of the region, and promoting 

15 the active involvement of citizens in the direction 

16 and development of their society and systems of gov17 ernance. 

18 (b) PURPOSES OF ASSISTANCE.—The purposes of as19 sistance authorized by this section are to support through 

20 the Middle East Partnership Initiative programs and ac21 tivities— 

22 (1) to help achieve broad-based, multi-ethnic, 

23 gender-sensitive, and fully representative govern24 ments in the Middle East and North Africa that are 

25 freely chosen by the people of each country and that 
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1 respect the human rights of all people, particularly 

2 women; 

3 (2) to help modernize the institutions and infra4 structure of Middle East and North Africa countries 

5 with a particular emphasis on meeting the political, 

6 educational, health, and economic needs of women 

7 and children to better enable their full participation 

8 in society, enhancing civil society, independent 

9 media, the judiciary and the rule of law; 

10 (3) to support the continued efforts of the 

11 United States Government and the international 

12 community to address gaps identified by the Arab 

13 Development Reports of 2002 and 2003, especially 

14 regarding diffusion of knowledge, advancement of 

15 human freedom, and empowerment of women, in the 

16 countries of the Middle East and North Africa; and 

17 (4) to support the economic development of the 

18 Middle East and North Africa through programs 

19 that create jobs, educate and train women in the 

20 labor force, enhance the health care system, and cre21 ate an environment that encourages investment in 

22 the countries of the region. 

23 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE.—Of the 

24 amount authorized to be appropriated for Economic Sup25 port Fund assistance under section 2122 for fiscal year 
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1 2006, $120,000,000 may be made available for programs 

2 and activities under the Middle East Partnership Initia3 tive. 

4 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

6 after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 

7 thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 

8 report on the activities of the United States Govern9 ment to carry out the provisions of this section. 

10 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

11 this section shall include— 

12 (A) a description of the Middle East Part13 nership Initiative programs and activities un14 dertaken, by country; 

15 (B) a description of the funds obligated 

16 and expended in each country, by program and 

17 fiscal year; 

18 (C) a description of the coordination of 

19 these efforts within the United States Govern20 ment interagency process and with other na21 tions. 

22 (e) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA DEFINED.— 

23 In this section, the term ‘‘Middle East and North Africa’’ 

24 includes the countries and governing entities that are cov-
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1 ered by the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the Depart2 ment of State. 

3 SEC. 2117. ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT THE AVIAN FLU. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find5 ings: 

6 (1) On February 21, 2005, Dr. Julie 

7 Gerberding, the Director of the Centers for Disease 

8 Control and Prevention, stated that avian flu is ‘‘a 

9 very ominous situation for the globe’’ and that avian 

10 flu is ‘‘the most important threat we are facing right 

11 now’’. 

12 (2) On February 23, 2005, Dr. Shigeru Omi, 

13 Regional Director for the Western Pacific Region of 

14 the World Health Organization (WHO), stated with 

15 respect to the avian flu, ‘‘[w]e at WHO believe that 

16 the world is now in the gravest possible danger of 

17 a pandemic’’. 

18 (3) There is no vaccine available for the H5N1 

19 strain of the avian flu, the strain of the avian flu 

20 which is infecting human beings through contact 

21 with infected live birds and which has a 72-percent 

22 mortality rate. 

23 (4) At an international conference in Vietnam 

24 on the avian flu held in February 2005, the WHO 

25 called for at least $100,000,000 in new funding to 
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1 combat avian flu before the disease has a chance to 

2 mutate into a strain that can be passed between 

3 human beings. 

4 (b) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION TO COMBAT THE

5 AVIAN FLU.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days after 

7 the date of enactment of this Act, if not already ac8 complished, the President should establish an inter9 agency task force composed of representatives of the 

10 Department of State, Department of Health and 

11 Human Services, Department of Agriculture, and 

12 other appropriate agencies. 

13 (2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the inter14 agency task force shall include— 

15 (A) designing and implementing a com16 prehensive, international strategy to prevent, 

17 and if necessary responding to, an outbreak of 

18 the avian flu; 

19 (B) ensuring program and policy coordina20 tion among agencies of the United States Gov21 ernment, other countries, international organi22 zations, private entities, and other nongovern23 mental organizations in carrying out the strat24 egy described in subparagraph (A); and 
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1 (C) maintaining proper management, im2 plementation, and oversight by agencies respon3 sible for executing programs undertaken pursu4 ant to the strategy described in subparagraph 

5 (A). 

6 (3) REPRESENTATION.—A representative of an 

7 agency or department who participates in the inter8 agency task force should hold the position of an as9 sistant secretary, or an equivalent position, or a 

10 higher ranking position at such agency or depart11 ment. 

12 (4) CONSULTATION.—In establishing the inter13 agency task force, the President should consult with 

14 the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, the 

15 Speaker and minority leader of the House of Rep16 resentatives, and the chairman and ranking mem17 bers of the appropriate congressional committees. 

18 (5) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after 

19 the date of enactment of this Act, and every 120 

20 days thereafter until the task force described in sub21 section (b) ceases operations, the President shall 

22 submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

23 and Forestry, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

24 and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

25 and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on 
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1 Agriculture, the Committee on Education and the 

2 Workforce, and the Committee on International Re3 lations of the House of Representatives a report set4 ting forth progress made on formulating and imple5 menting the strategy described in paragraph (2)(A). 

6 (c) ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO AN

7 OUTBREAK OF THE AVIAN FLU.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts oth9 erwise available for preventing and responding to an 

10 outbreak of the avian flu, out of funds authorized to 

11 be appropriated to carry out the provisions of sec12 tion 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

13 U.S.C. 2292), $25,000,000 may be made available 

14 for fiscal year 2006 to provide assistance for pre15 venting and responding to an outbreak of the avian 

16 flu. 

17 (2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro18 priated pursuant to paragraph (1) are authorized to 

19 remain available until expended. 

20 (3) USES OF ASSISTANCE.—Amounts appro21 priated pursuant to paragraph (1) are authorized to 

22 be used to provide assistance for preventing and re23 sponding to an outbreak of the avian flu, may be 

24 transferred to other appropriate agencies of the 

25 United States Government, and may be made avail-
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1 able for contributions to appropriate international 

2 organizations, including the World Health Organiza3 tion. 

4 Subtitle B—Counternarcotics, Se5 curity Assistance, and Related 

6 Programs Authorizations 

7 SEC. 2121. INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 

8 ENFORCEMENT. 

9 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Para10 graph (1) of section 482(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

11 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291a(a)) is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘$147,783,000’’ and all that follows and inserting 

13 ‘‘$1,258,374,000 for fiscal year 2006, of which 

14 $734,500,000 is authorized to be appropriated for the An15 dean Counterdrug Initiative, and such sums as may be 

16 necessary for fiscal year 2007.’’. 

17 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR COLOMBIA.—That 

18 section is further amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing new paragraphs: 

20 ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

21 amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 

22 purposes of section 481 for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, 

23 and amounts appropriated for fiscal years prior to fiscal 

24 year 2006 for purposes of such section that remain avail25 able for obligation, as well as assistance provided with 
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1 amounts appropriated for fiscal years prior to fiscal year 

2 2006, may be used to furnish assistance to the Govern3 ment of Colombia— 

4 ‘‘(A) to support a unified campaign against 

5 narcotics trafficking and terrorist activities; and 

6 ‘‘(B) to take actions to protect human health 

7 and welfare in emergency circumstances, including 

8 undertaking rescue operations. 

9 ‘‘(4) Assistance furnished to the Government of Co10 lombia under this section— 

11 ‘‘(A) shall be subject, for fiscal year 2006, to 

12 the limitations on the assignment of United States 

13 personnel in Colombia set forth in section 1021(c) of 

14 the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authoriza15 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108– 

16 375); 

17 ‘‘(B) shall be subject to the condition that no 

18 United States Armed Forces personnel and no em19 ployees of United States contractors participate in 

20 any combat operation in connection with such assist21 ance; and 

22 ‘‘(C) shall be subject to the condition that the 

23 Government of Colombia is fulfilling its commitment 

24 to the United States with respect to its human 

25 rights practices and its policy with respect to para-
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1 military organizations, including the specific condi2 tions set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of 

3 section 556(a)(2) of the Foreign Operations, Export 

4 Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations 

5 Act, 2005 (division D of Public Law 108–447).’’. 

6 SEC. 2122. ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND. 

7 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

8 532(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

9 2346a(a)) is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(a) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 

11 President to carry out the purposes of this chapter 

12 $3,036,375,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as 

13 may be necessary for fiscal year 2007.’’. 

14 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL.— 

15 Section 513(b)(1) of the Security Assistance Act of 2000 

16 (Public Law 106–280; 114 Stat. 856), as amended by sec17 tion 1221(a) of the Security Assistance Act of 2002 (divi18 sion B of Public Law 107–228; 116 Stat. 1430), is further 

19 amended by striking ‘‘2002 and 2003’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘2006 and 2007’’. 

21 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR EGYPT.— 

22 Section 514(b)(1) of the Security Assistance Act of 2000 

23 (114 Stat. 857), as amended by section 1221(b) of the 

24 Security Assistance Act of 2002 (116 Stat. 1430), is fur-
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1 ther amended by striking ‘‘2002 and 2003’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘2006 and 2007’’. 

3 SEC. 2123. INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND 

4 TRAINING. 

5 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

6 542 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

7 2347a) is amended by striking ‘‘There are authorized’’ 

8 and all that follows through ‘‘fiscal year 1987’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Presi10 dent to carry out the purposes of this chapter $86,744,000 

11 for the fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be nec12 essary for fiscal year 2007, of which not less than 

13 $2,000,000 should be made available for Greece in each 

14 such fiscal year’’. 

15 (b) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TO INTERNATIONAL

16 ORGANIZATIONS.—Section 541 of the Foreign Assistance 

17 Act (22 U.S.C. 2347) is amended in the first sentence by 

18 inserting ‘‘and comparable personnel of international or19 ganizations’’ after ‘‘foreign countries’’. 

20 SEC. 2124. PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS. 

21 Section 552(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

22 (22 U.S.C. 2348a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘There are 

23 authorized’’ and all that follows through ‘‘fiscal year 

24 1987’’ and inserting ‘‘There are authorized to be appro25 priated to the President to carry out the purposes of this 
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1 chapter, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 

2 such purposes, $195,800,000 for the fiscal year 2006 and 

3 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007’’. 

4 SEC. 2125. NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, 

5 DEMINING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS. 

6 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

7 are authorized to be appropriated to the President for fis8 cal year 2006, $440,100,000, and such sums as may be 

9 necessary for fiscal year 2007, for Nonproliferation, Anti10 Terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs for the pur11 pose of carrying out nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, 

12 demining, and related programs and activities under— 

13 (1) chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assist14 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2349aa et seq.); 

15 (2) chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assist16 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2349bb et seq.); 

17 (3) paragraph (2) of section 551 of the Foreign 

18 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2348), as added 

19 by section 2211(a) of this Act, including not to ex20 ceed $700,000 for administrative expenses related to 

21 the activities described in such paragraph, which 

22 amount shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 

23 available for such purposes; 

24 (4) section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act 

25 (22 U.S.C. 5854) and programs under the Non-
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1 proliferation and Disarmament Fund to promote bi2 lateral and multilateral activities relating to non3 proliferation and disarmament, notwithstanding any 

4 other provision of law, including, when in the na5 tional security interests of the United States, with 

6 respect to international organizations and countries 

7 other than the independent states of the former So8 viet Union; 

9 (5) section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 

10 (22 U.S.C. 2763), for demining activities, the clear11 ance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of 

12 small arms, and related activities, notwithstanding 

13 any other provision of law; 

14 (6) section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

15 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2221); 

16 (7) the Radiological Terrorism Security Act of 

17 2005 under title XXIII of this Act; and 

18 (8) the Global Pathogen Surveillance Act of 

19 2005 under title XXIV of this Act. 

20 (b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 

21 this section for the purpose specified in subsection (a)— 

22 (1) are authorized to remain available until ex23 pended; and 

24 (2) are in addition to amounts otherwise avail25 able for that purpose. 
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1 SEC. 2126. FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM. 

2 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

3 are authorized to be appropriated to the President for 

4 grant assistance under section 23 of the Arms Export 

5 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), $4,588,600,000 for fiscal 

6 year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

7 year 2007. 

8 (b) ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL.—Section 513(c) of the 

9 Security Assistance Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–280; 

10 114 Stat. 856), as amended by section 1221(a) of the Se11 curity Assistance Act of 2002 (division B of Public Law 

12 107–228; 116 Stat. 1430), is further amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2002 and 

14 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2006 and 2007’’; 

15 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Funds au16 thorized’’ and all that follows through ‘‘later.’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘Funds authorized to be available for 

18 Israel under subsection (b)(1) and paragraph (1) for 

19 fiscal year 2006 shall be disbursed not later than 30 

20 days after the date of the enactment of an Act mak21 ing appropriations for foreign operations, export fi22 nancing, and related programs for fiscal year 2006, 

23 or October 31, 2005, whichever is later’’; and 

24 (3) in paragraph (4)— 

25 (A) by striking ‘‘2002 and 2003’’ and in26 serting ‘‘2006 and 2007’’; and 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘$535,000,000 for fiscal 

2 year 2002 and not less than $550,000,000 for 

3 fiscal year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘$596,000,000 

4 for fiscal year 2006’’. 

5 (c) ASSISTANCE FOR EGYPT.—Section 514 of the Se6 curity Assistance Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 857), as amend7 ed by section 1221(b) of the Security Assistance Act of 

8 2002 (116 Stat. 1430), is further amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘2002 and 

10 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2006 and 2007’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Funds esti12 mated’’ and all that follows through ‘‘of the respec13 tive fiscal year, whichever is later’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘Funds estimated to be outlayed for Egypt under 

15 subsection (c) during fiscal year 2006 shall be dis16 bursed to an interest-bearing account for Egypt in 

17 the Federal Reserve Bank of New York not later 

18 than 30 days after the date of the enactment of an 

19 Act making appropriations for foreign operations, 

20 export financing, and related programs for fiscal 

21 year 2006, or by October 31, 2005, whichever is 

22 later’’. 
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1 Subtitle C—Independent Agencies 

2 Authorizations 

3 SEC. 2131. INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION. 

4 Section 401(s) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 

5 (22 U.S.C. 290f(s)) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(s) There are authorized to be appropriated 

7 $17,826,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may 

8 be necessary for fiscal year 2007, to carry out this section. 

9 Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization in 

10 this subsection are authorized to remain available until ex11 pended.’’. 

12 SEC. 2132. AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION. 

13 The first sentence of section 510 of the International 

14 Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (22 

15 U.S.C. 290h–8) is amended by striking ‘‘$3,872,000 for 

16 fiscal year 1986 and $3,872,000 for fiscal year 1987’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘$18,850,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such 

18 sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007’’. 
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1 TITLE XXII—AMENDMENTS TO 

2 GENERAL FOREIGN ASSIST3 ANCE AUTHORITIES 

4 Subtitle A—Foreign Assistance Act 

5 Amendments and Related Provi6 sions 

7 SEC. 2201. DEVELOPMENT POLICY. 

8 Section 102(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

9 (22 U.S.C. 2151–1(b)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (5), by— 

11 (A) striking ‘‘development; and’’ and in12 serting ‘‘development;’’; and 

13 (B) inserting before the period at the end 

14 the following: ‘‘; democracy and the rule of law; 

15 and economic growth and the building of trade 

16 capacity’’; and 

17 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

18 paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(18) The United States development assist20 ance program should take maximum advantage of 

21 the increased participation of United States private 

22 foundations, business enterprises, and private citi23 zens in funding international development activities. 

24 The program should utilize the development experi25 ence and expertise of its personnel, its access to 
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1 host-country officials, and its overseas presence to 

2 facilitate public-private alliances and to leverage pri3 vate sector resources toward the achievement of de4 velopment assistance objectives.’’. 

5 SEC. 2202. ASSISTANCE FOR NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANI6 ZATIONS. 

7 Section 123(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

8 (22 U.S.C. 2151u(e)) is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(e)(1) Restrictions contained in this or any other 

10 Act with respect to assistance for a country shall not be 

11 construed to restrict assistance in support of programs of 

12 nongovernmental organizations from— 

13 ‘‘(A) funds made available to carry out this 

14 chapter and chapters 10, 11, and 12 of part I and 

15 chapter 4 of part II; or 

16 ‘‘(B) funds made available for economic assist17 ance activities under the Support for East European 

18 Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5401 et 

19 seq.). 

20 ‘‘(2) The President shall submit to Congress, in ac21 cordance with section 634A, advance notice of an intent 

22 to obligate funds under the authority of this subsection 

23 to furnish assistance in support of programs of nongovern24 mental organizations. 
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1 ‘‘(3) Assistance may not be furnished through non2 governmental organizations to the central government of 

3 a country under the authority of this subsection, but as4 sistance may be furnished to local, district, or subnational 

5 government entities under such authority.’’. 

6 SEC. 2203. AUTHORITY FOR USE OF FUNDS FOR UNANTICI7 PATED CONTINGENCIES. 

8 Section 451(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

9 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2261(a)(1)) is amended— 

10 (1) by inserting ‘‘or the Arms Export Control 

11 Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.)’’ after ‘‘chapter 1 of 

12 this part)’’; and 

13 (2) by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘$50,000,000’’. 

15 SEC. 2204. AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT LETHAL EXCESS PROP16 ERTY. 

17 Section 482(g) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

18 (22 U.S.C. 2291a(g)) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘(g) EXCESS PROPERTY.—For’’ 

20 and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(g) EXCESS PROPERTY.— 

22 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—For’’; 

23 (2) by striking ‘‘nonlethal’’; 

24 (3) by inserting ‘‘(including lethal or nonlethal 

25 property)’’ after ‘‘excess property’’; and 
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1 (4) by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—Before obligating any 

4 funds to obtain lethal excess property under para5 graph (1), the Secretary shall submit a notification 

6 of such action to Congress in accordance with the 

7 procedures set forth in section 634A.’’. 

8 SEC. 2205. RECONSTRUCTION AND FAMINE ASSISTANCE 

9 UNDER INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSIST10 ANCE AUTHORITY. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 491 of the Foreign Assist12 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘manmade disasters’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘manmade disasters, including fam16 ine,’’; and 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘disasters.’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘disasters and for programs of reconstruction 

19 following such disasters.’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘programs of 

21 reconstruction following disasters,’’ after ‘‘prepared22 ness,’’; and 

23 (3) in subsection (c)— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘relief and rehabilitation’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘relief, rehabilitation, and recon3 struction assistance’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘disasters.’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘disasters, including famine.’’. 

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of 

7 chapter 9 of part I of such Act is amended by inserting 

8 ‘‘AND FAMINE’’ after ‘‘DISASTER’’. 

9 SEC. 2206. FUNDING AUTHORITIES FOR ASSISTANCE FOR 

10 THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER 

11 SOVIET UNION. 

12 Chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

13 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295 et seq.) is amended— 

14 (1) in section 498B(j)(1) (22 U.S.C. 

15 2295b(j)(1))— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘authorized to be appro17 priated for fiscal year 1993 by’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘made available to carry out’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘appropriated for fiscal 

20 year 1993’’; and 

21 (2) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 

22 498C(b) (22 U.S.C. 2295c(b) (1) and (2)), by strik23 ing ‘‘under subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘to carry 

24 out this chapter’’. 
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1 SEC. 2207. WAIVER OF NET PROCEEDS RESULTING FROM 

2 DISPOSAL OF UNITED STATES DEFENSE AR3 TICLES PROVIDED TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY 

4 ON A GRANT BASIS. 

5 Section 505(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

6 (22 U.S.C. 2314(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘In the case 

7 of items which were delivered prior to 1985, the’’ in the 

8 second sentence and inserting ‘‘The’’. 

9 SEC. 2208. ADDITIONS TO WAR RESERVE STOCKPILES FOR 

10 ALLIES FOR FISCAL YEARS 2006 AND 2007. 

11 Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

12 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by strik13 ing ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007’’. 

15 SEC. 2209. RESTRICTIONS ON ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUNDS 

16 FOR LEBANON. 

17 Section 1224 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

18 Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2346 note) is amended 

19 by adding at the end the following subsection: 

20 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does not apply to 

21 assistance made available to address the needs of southern 

22 Lebanon.’’. 

23 SEC. 2210. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. 

24 Section 534 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

25 (22 U.S.C. 2346c) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘in countries 

2 in Latin America and the Caribbean’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)(3)— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘pro5 cedures; and’’ and inserting ‘‘procedures;’’; 

6 (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

7 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 

8 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

9 subparagraph: 

10 ‘‘(E) programs to enhance the protection 

11 of participants in judicial cases;’’; 

12 (3) by striking subsection (c); 

13 (4) in subsection (e), by striking the second and 

14 third sentences; and 

15 (5) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

16 subsections (c) and (d), respectively. 

17 SEC. 2211. DEMINING PROGRAMS. 

18 (a) CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 551 of 

19 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2348) is 

20 amended— 

21 (1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Such 

22 assistance may include reimbursements’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘Such assistance may include the following: 

24 ‘‘(1) Reimbursements’’; and 

25 (2) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(2) Demining activities, clearance of 

2 unexploded ordnance, destruction of small arms, and 

3 related activities, notwithstanding any other provi4 sion of law.’’. 

5 (b) DISPOSAL OF DEMINING EQUIPMENT.—Notwith6 standing any other provision of law, demining equipment 

7 available to the United States Agency for International 

8 Development and the Department of State and used in 

9 support of the clearance of landmines and unexploded ord10 nance for humanitarian purposes, may be disposed of on 

11 a grant basis in foreign countries, subject to such terms 

12 and conditions as the President determines appropriate. 

13 (c) LANDMINE AWARENESS PROGRAM FOR THE

14 CHILDREN OF AFGHANISTAN AND OTHER CHILDREN AT

15 RISK IN AREAS OF CONFLICT.— 

16 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following 

17 findings: 

18 (A) Most landmines in Afghanistan were 

19 laid between 1980 and 1992. 

20 (B) Additional landmines were laid be21 tween 1992 and 1996, during the conflict be22 tween the Taliban and the Northern Alliance. 

23 (C) United States bombings against the 

24 Taliban in 2001 and 2002 further increased the 
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1 unexploded ordinance and cluster bombs 

2 throughout Afghanistan. 

3 (D) The clearance of landmines is a slow 

4 and expensive process. 

5 (E) Certain types of landmines and other 

6 unexploded ordinance are small, brightly col7 ored, and attractive to children. 

8 (F) More than 150 Afghans, many of them 

9 children, are injured every month by these 

10 weapons. 

11 (G) In 2003, reconstituted Taliban forces 

12 sought out and attacked workers clearing land13 mines, in an attempt to discredit the Govern14 ment of President Karzai and the United States 

15 military presence. 

16 (H) In May 2003, after a string of Taliban 

17 attacks in which mine removal workers were 

18 killed or seriously injured, the United Nations 

19 suspended all mine-clearing operations in much 

20 of southern Afghanistan. 

21 (I) Effective landmine awareness programs 

22 targeted to children could save lives in Afghani23 stan and in other areas of conflict where 

24 unexploded ordinance are a danger to the safety 

25 of children. 
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1 (2) ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY.—The President is 

2 authorized to furnish assistance to fund innovative 

3 programs designed to educate children in Afghani4 stan and other affected areas about the dangers of 

5 landmines and other unexploded ordinances, espe6 cially those proposed by organizations with extensive 

7 background in children’s educational programs. 

8 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

9 addition to funds otherwise authorized to be appro10 priated for demining and related activities under the 

11 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et 

12 seq.), there are authorized to be appropriated for fis13 cal years 2006 and 2007 such sums as may be nec14 essary to carry out the purposes of this subsection. 

15 SEC. 2212. SPECIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY. 

16 (a) REVISION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 614 of the 

17 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2364) is 

18 amended in subsection (a)— 

19 (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in20 serting the following new paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(1) The President may authorize any assistance, 

22 sale, or other action under this Act, the Arms Export Con23 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), or any other law that 

24 authorizes the furnishing of foreign assistance or the ap25 propriation of funds for foreign assistance, without regard 
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1 to any of the provisions described in subsection (b) if the 

2 President determines, and notifies the Committees on For3 eign Relations and Appropriations of the Senate and the 

4 Committees on International Relations and Appropria5 tions of the House of Representatives in writing— 

6 ‘‘(A) with respect to assistance or other actions 

7 under chapter 2 or 5 of part II of this Act, or sales 

8 or other actions under the Arms Export Control Act, 

9 that to do so is vital to the national security inter10 ests of the United States; and 

11 ‘‘(B) with respect to other assistance or actions, 

12 that to do so is important to the security interests 

13 of the United States.’’; and 

14 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and 

15 (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively. 

16 (b) INCREASED LIMITATION ON SINGLE COUNTRY

17 ALLOCATION.—Subsection (a)(3)(C) of such section, as 

18 redesignated, is amended by striking ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘$75,000,000’’. 

20 (c) REPEAL OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO GERMANY

21 AND A CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Section 614 of 

22 such Act is further amended by striking subsections (b) 

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1 (d) INAPPLICABLE OR WAIVABLE LAWS.—Such sec2 tion, as amended by subsection (c), is further amended 

3 by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(b) INAPPLICABLE OR WAIVABLE LAWS.—The pro5 visions referred to in subsection (a) are those set forth 

6 in any of the following: 

7 ‘‘(1) Any provision of this Act. 

8 ‘‘(2) Any provision of the Arms Export Control 

9 Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.). 

10 ‘‘(3) Any provision of law that authorizes the 

11 furnishing of foreign assistance or appropriates 

12 funds for foreign assistance. 

13 ‘‘(4) Any other provision of law that restricts 

14 assistance, sales or leases, or other action under a 

15 provision of law referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or 

16 (3). 

17 ‘‘(5) Any provision of law that relates to re18 ceipts and credits accruing to the United States.’’. 

19 SEC. 2213. PROHIBITION OF ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTRIES 

20 IN DEFAULT. 

21 (a) CLARIFICATION OF PROHIBITED RECIPIENTS.— 

22 Section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

23 U.S.C. 2370(q)) is amended— 

24 (1) by striking ‘‘any country’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘the government of any country’’; and 
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘such country’’ each place it ap2 pears and inserting ‘‘such government’’. 

3 (b) PERIOD OF PROHIBITION.—Such section is fur4 ther amended by striking ‘‘six calendar months’’ and in5 serting ‘‘one year’’. 

6 SEC. 2214. MILITARY COUPS. 

7 Section 620 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

8 (22 U.S.C. 2370) is amended by inserting after subsection 

9 (l) the following new subsection (m): 

10 ‘‘(m)(1) No assistance may be furnished under this 

11 Act or the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 

12 seq.) for the government of a country if the duly elected 

13 head of government for such country is deposed by decree 

14 or military coup. The prohibition in the preceding sentence 

15 shall cease to apply to a country if the President deter16 mines and certifies to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

17 of the Senate and the Committee on International Rela18 tions of the House of Representatives that after the termi19 nation of assistance a democratically elected government 

20 for such country has taken office. 

21 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to assistance to 

22 promote democratic elections or public participation in 

23 democratic processes. 

24 ‘‘(3) The President may waive the application of 

25 paragraph (1), and any comparable provision of law, to 
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1 a country upon determining that it is important to the 

2 national security interest of the United States to do so.’’. 

3 SEC. 2215. DESIGNATION OF POSITION FOR WHICH AP4 POINTEE IS NOMINATED. 

5 Section 624 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

6 (22 U.S.C. 2384) is amended by inserting after subsection 

7 (c) the following new subsection (d): 

8 ‘‘(d) Whenever the President submits to the Senate 

9 a nomination of an individual for appointment to a posi10 tion authorized under subsection (a), the President shall 

11 designate the particular position in the agency for which 

12 the individual is nominated.’’. 

13 SEC. 2216. EXCEPTIONS TO REQUIREMENT FOR CONGRES14 SIONAL NOTIFICATION OF PROGRAM 

15 CHANGES. 

16 Section 634A(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

17 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1(b)) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 

19 (1); 

20 (2) by striking the period at the end of para21 graph (2) and inserting a semicolon; and 

22 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

23 paragraphs: 

24 ‘‘(3) of funds if the advance notification would 

25 pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare, 
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1 but such notification shall be provided to the com2 mittees of Congress named in subsection (a) not 

3 later than 3 days after the action is taken; or 

4 ‘‘(4) of funds made available under section 23 

5 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) 

6 for the provision of major defense equipment (other 

7 than conventional ammunition), aircraft, ships, mis8 siles, or combat vehicles in quantities not in excess 

9 of 20 percent of the quantities previously justified 

10 under section 25 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2765).’’. 

11 SEC. 2217. COMMITMENTS FOR EXPENDITURES OF FUNDS. 

12 Section 635(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

13 (22 U.S.C. 2395(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘available’’ 

14 and all that follows through ‘‘may,’’ and inserting ‘‘made 

15 available under this Act may,’’. 

16 SEC. 2218. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. 

17 Section 635(i) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

18 (22 U.S.C. 2395(i)) is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

20 claims arising as a result of operations under this Act may 

21 be settled (including by use of alternative dispute resolu22 tion procedures) or arbitrated with the consent of the par23 ties. Payment made pursuant to any such settlement or 

24 arbitration shall be final and conclusive.’’. 
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1 SEC. 2219. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES. 

2 Section 636 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

3 (22 U.S.C. 2396) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Civil 

6 Service Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of 

7 Personnel Management’’; 

8 (B) by striking paragraph (5) and insert9 ing the following new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(5) purchase and hire of passenger motor vehi11 cles;’’; and 

12 (C) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘for not 

13 to exceed ten years’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘not to exceed 

15 $6,000,000 of the’’; and 

16 (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Not to ex17 ceed $2,500,000 of funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Funds’’. 

18 SEC. 2220. ASSISTANCE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT FORCES. 

19 Section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

20 (22 U.S.C. 2420) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (b)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘or’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and the 

24 provision of professional’’ and all that follows 

25 through ‘‘democracy’’ and inserting ‘‘including 
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1 any regional, district, municipal, or other sub2 national entity emerging from instability’’; 

3 (C) by striking the period at the end of 

4 paragraph (7) and inserting a semicolon; and 

5 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

6 paragraphs: 

7 ‘‘(8) with respect to assistance to combat cor8 ruption in furtherance of the objectives for which 

9 programs are authorized to be established under sec10 tion 133 of this Act; 

11 ‘‘(9) with respect to the provision of profes12 sional public safety training, including training in 

13 internationally recognized standards of human 

14 rights, the rule of law, and the promotion of civilian 

15 police roles that support democracy; 

16 ‘‘(10) with respect to assistance to combat traf17 ficking in persons; or 

18 ‘‘(11) with respect to assistance for constabu19 laries or comparable law enforcement authorities in 

20 support of developing capabilities for and deploy21 ment to peace operations.’’; and 

22 (2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 

23 following new subsection: 

24 ‘‘(d) Subsection (a) shall not apply to assistance for 

25 law enforcement forces for which the President, on a case- 
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1 by-case basis, determines that it is important to the na2 tional interest of the United States to furnish such assist3 ance and submits to the committees of the Congress re4 ferred to in subsection (a) of section 634A of this Act an 

5 advance notification of the obligation of funds for such 

6 assistance in accordance with such section.’’. 

7 SEC. 2221. SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST 

8 COUNTRIES. 

9 The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by 

10 adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘PART VI—SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE 

12 POOREST COUNTRIES 

13 ‘‘SEC. 901. SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST COUN14 TRIES. 

15 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Subject to subsections (b) and 

16 (c), the President may reduce amounts owed to the United 

17 States (or any agency of the United States) by an eligible 

18 country as a result of any of the following transactions: 

19 ‘‘(1) Concessional loans extended under part I 

20 or chapter 4 of part II, or antecedent foreign eco21 nomic assistance laws. 

22 ‘‘(2) Guarantees issued under sections 221 and 

23 222. 
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1 ‘‘(3) Credits extended or guarantees issued 

2 under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

3 2751 et seq.). 

4 ‘‘(4) Any obligation, or portion of such obliga5 tion, to pay for purchases of United States agricul6 tural commodities guaranteed by the Commodity 

7 Credit Corporation under export credit guarantee 

8 programs authorized pursuant to— 

9 ‘‘(A) section 5(f) of the Commodity Credit 

10 Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c(f)); 

11 ‘‘(B) section 201(b) of the Agricultural 

12 Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5621(b)); or 

13 ‘‘(C) section 202 of the Agricultural Trade 

14 Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5622). 

15 ‘‘(b) GENERAL LIMITATIONS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) EXCLUSIVE CONDITIONS.—The authority 

17 provided in subsection (a) may be exercised— 

18 ‘‘(A) only to implement multilateral official 

19 debt relief and referendum agreements, com20 monly referred to as ‘Paris Club Agreed Min21 utes’; 

22 ‘‘(B) only in such amounts or to such ex23 tent as is provided in advance in appropriations 

24 Acts; and 
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1 ‘‘(C) only with respect to countries with 

2 heavy debt burdens that— 

3 ‘‘(i) are eligible to borrow from the 

4 International Development Association, but 

5 not from the International Bank for Re6 construction and Development, commonly 

7 referred to as ‘IDA-only’ countries; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) are not determined ineligible 

9 under subsection (c). 

10 ‘‘(2) ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF CONGRESS.— 

11 The authority provided by subsection (a) shall be 

12 subject to the requirements of section 634A. 

13 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY LIMITATIONS.—The authority pro14 vided by subsection (a) may be exercised only with respect 

15 to a country the government of which, as determined by 

16 the President— 

17 ‘‘(1) does not make an excessive level of mili18 tary expenditures; 

19 ‘‘(2) has not repeatedly provided support for 

20 acts of international terrorism; 

21 ‘‘(3) is not failing to cooperate on international 

22 narcotics control matters; 

23 ‘‘(4) does not engage, through its military or 

24 security forces or by other means, in a consistent 
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1 pattern of gross violations of internationally recog2 nized human rights; and 

3 ‘‘(5) is not ineligible for assistance under sec4 tion 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 

5 Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2370a). 

6 ‘‘(d) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A re7 duction of debt pursuant to subsection (a) may not be con8 sidered assistance for purposes of any provision of law lim9 iting assistance to a country. The authority provided in 

10 subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding section 

11 620(r) of this Act or section 321 of the International De12 velopment and Food Assistance Act of 1975 (22 U.S.C. 

13 2220a note).’’. 

14 SEC. 2222. CONGO BASIN FOREST PARTNERSHIP. 

15 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find16 ings: 

17 (1) Deforestation and environmental degrada18 tion in the Congo Basin in central Africa pose a 

19 major threat to the wellbeing and livelihood of the 

20 African people and to the world at large. 

21 (2) It is in the national interest of the United 

22 States to assist the countries of the Congo Basin to 

23 reduce the rate of forest degradation and loss of bio24 diversity. 
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1 (3) The Congo Basin Forest Partnership, an 

2 initiative involving the Central Africa Regional Pro3 gram for the Environment of the United States 

4 Agency for International Development, and also the 

5 Department, the United States Fish and Wildlife 

6 Service, the National Park Service, the National 

7 Forest Service, and National Aeronautics and Space 

8 Administration, was established to address in a vari9 ety of ways the environmental conditions in the 

10 Congo Basin. 

11 (4) In partnership with nongovernmental envi12 ronmental groups, the Congo Basin Forest Partner13 ship will foster improved conservation and manage14 ment of natural resources through programs at the 

15 local, national, and regional levels to help reverse the 

16 environmental degradation of the Congo Basin. 

17 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con18 gress that— 

19 (1) the Congo Basin Forest Partnership pro20 gram represents a significant effort at addressing 

21 the complex environmental and development chal22 lenges in the Congo Basin; and 

23 (2) the President should make available for fis24 cal years 2006 and 2007 such sums as may be nec25 essary to capitalize on the strong cooperation and 
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1 momentum of State governments, international or2 ganizations, and non-governmental organizations in 

3 protecting the natural resources in the region. 

4 SEC. 2223. LANDMINE CLEARANCE PROGRAMS. 

5 The Secretary is authorized to support cooperative 

6 arrangements commonly known as public-private partner7 ships for landmine clearance programs by grant or cooper8 ative agreement. 

9 SEC. 2224. MIDDLE EAST FOUNDATION. 

10 (a) PURPOSES.—The purpose of this section is to 

11 support, through the provision of grants, technical assist12 ance, training, and other programs, in the countries of the 

13 Middle East, the expansion of— 

14 (1) civil society; 

15 (2) opportunities for political participation for 

16 all citizens; 

17 (3) protections for internationally recognized 

18 human rights, including the rights of women; 

19 (4) educational system reforms; 

20 (5) independent media; 

21 (6) policies that promote economic opportunities 

22 for citizens; 

23 (7) the rule of law; and 

24 (8) democratic processes of government. 

25 (b) MIDDLE EAST FOUNDATION.— 
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1 (1) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary is author2 ized to designate an appropriate private, nonprofit 

3 organization that is organized or incorporated under 

4 the laws of the United States or of a State as the 

5 Middle East Foundation (referred to in this section 

6 as the ‘‘Foundation’’). 

7 (2) FUNDING.—The Secretary is authorized to 

8 provide funding to the Foundation through the Mid9 dle East Partnership Initiative of the Department of 

10 State. The Foundation shall use amounts provided 

11 under this paragraph to carry out the purposes of 

12 this section, including through making grants and 

13 providing other assistance to entities to carry out 

14 programs for such purposes. 

15 (3) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT16 TEES.—The Secretary shall notify the appropriate 

17 congressional committees before designating an ap18 propriate organization as the Foundation. 

19 (c) GRANTS FOR PROJECTS.— 

20 (1) FOUNDATION TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Sec21 retary shall enter into an agreement with the Foun22 dation that requires the Foundation to use the funds 

23 provided under subsection (b)(2) to make grants to 

24 persons (other than governments or government en25 tities) located in the Middle East or working with 
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1 local partners based in the Middle East to carry out 

2 projects that support the purposes specified in sub3 section (a). 

4 (2) CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY.—Under the 

5 agreement described in paragraph (1), the Founda6 tion may make a grant to an institution of higher 

7 education located in the Middle East to create a cen8 ter for public policy for the purpose of permitting 

9 scholars and professionals from the countries of the 

10 Middle East and from other countries, including the 

11 United States, to carry out research, training pro12 grams, and other activities to inform public policy13 making in the Middle East and to promote broad 

14 economic, social, and political reform for the people 

15 of the Middle East. 

16 (3) APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS.—An entity 

17 seeking a grant from the Foundation under this sec18 tion shall submit an application to the head of the 

19 Foundation at such time, in such manner, and in20 cluding such information as the head of the Founda21 tion may reasonably require. 

22 (d) PRIVATE CHARACTER OF THE FOUNDATION.— 

23 Nothing in this section shall be construed— 

24 (1) to make the Foundation an agency or estab25 lishment of the United States Government, or to 
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1 make the officers or employees of the Foundation of2 ficers or employees of the United States for purposes 

3 of title 5, United States Code; or 

4 (2) to impose any restriction on the Founda5 tion’s acceptance of funds from private and public 

6 sources in support of its activities consistent with 

7 the purposes of this section. 

8 (e) LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS TO FOUNDATION

9 PERSONNEL.—No part of the funds provided to the Foun10 dation under this section shall inure to the benefit of any 

11 officer or employee of the Foundation, except as salary 

12 or reasonable compensation for services. 

13 (f) RETENTION OF INTEREST.—The Foundation may 

14 hold funds provided under this section in interest-bearing 

15 accounts prior to the disbursement of such funds to carry 

16 out the purposes of this section and may retain for use 

17 for such purposes any interest earned without returning 

18 such interest to the Treasury of the United States and 

19 without further appropriation by Congress. 

20 (g) FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

21 (1) INDEPENDENT PRIVATE AUDITS OF THE

22 FOUNDATION.—The accounts of the Foundation 

23 shall be audited annually in accordance with gen24 erally accepted auditing standards by independent 

25 certified public accountants or independent licensed 
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1 public accountants certified or licensed by a regu2 latory authority of a State or other political subdivi3 sion of the United States. The report of the inde4 pendent audit shall be included in the annual report 

5 required by subsection (h). 

6 (2) GAO AUDITS.—The financial transactions 

7 undertaken pursuant to this section by the Founda8 tion may be audited by the Government Account9 ability Office in accordance with such principles and 

10 procedures and under such rules and regulations as 

11 may be prescribed by the Comptroller General of the 

12 United States. 

13 (3) AUDITS OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—A recipient of a grant 

15 from the Foundation shall agree to permit an 

16 audit of the books and records of such recipient 

17 related to the use of the grant funds. 

18 (B) RECORDKEEPING.—Such recipient 

19 shall maintain appropriate books and records to 

20 facilitate an audit referred to subparagraph 

21 (A), including— 

22 (i) separate accounts with respect to 

23 the grant funds; 

24 (ii) records that fully disclose the use 

25 of the grant funds; 
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1 (iii) records describing the total cost 

2 of any project carried out using grant 

3 funds; and 

4 (iv) the amount and nature of any 

5 funds received from other sources that 

6 were combined with the grant funds to 

7 carry out a project. 

8 (h) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than January 31, 

9 2007, and annually thereafter, the Foundation shall sub10 mit to the appropriate congressional committees and make 

11 available to the public an annual report that includes, for 

12 the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the report 

13 is submitted, a comprehensive and detailed description 

14 of— 

15 (1) the operations and activities of the Founda16 tion that were carried out using funds provided 

17 under this section; 

18 (2) grants made by the Foundation to other en19 tities with funds provided under this section; 

20 (3) other activities of the Foundation to further 

21 the purposes of this section; and 

22 (4) the financial condition of the Foundation. 
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1 SEC. 2225. DATABASE OF UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSIST2 ANCE. 

3 Section 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

4 (22 U.S.C. 2415) is amended by striking subsection (c) 

5 and inserting the following new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF REPORT INFORMATION ON

7 THE INTERNET.— 

8 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT FOR DATABASE.—The Sec9 retary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 

10 Defense, shall make available to the public the un11 classified portion of each such report in the form of 

12 a database that is available via the Internet and that 

13 may be searched by various criteria. 

14 ‘‘(2) SCHEDULE FOR UPDATING.—Not later 

15 than April 1 of each year, the Secretary of State 

16 shall make available in the database the information 

17 contained in the annual report for the fiscal year 

18 ending the previous September 30.’’. 

19 SEC. 2226. MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ASSISTANCE FOR 

20 CERTAIN COUNTRIES. 

21 Section 616(d) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 

22 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7715(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

23 year 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘a fiscal year’’. 
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1 Subtitle B—Arms Export Control 

2 Act Amendments and Related 

3 Provisions 

4 SEC. 2231. THRESHOLDS FOR ADVANCE NOTICE TO CON5 GRESS OF SALES OR UPGRADES OF DEFENSE 

6 ARTICLES, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 

7 SERVICES, AND MAJOR DEFENSE EQUIP8 MENT. 

9 (a) LETTERS OF OFFER TO SELL.—Subsection (b) 

10 of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

11 2776) is amended— 

12 (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (1)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘Subject to paragraph (6), 

14 in’’ and inserting ‘‘In’’; 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘Act for $50,000,000’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘Act for $100,000,000’’; 

17 (C) by striking ‘‘services for 

18 $200,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘services for 

19 $350,000,000’’; 

20 (D) by striking ‘‘$14,000,000’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘$50,000,000’’; and 

22 (E) by inserting ‘‘and in other cases if the 

23 President determines it is appropriate,’’ before 

24 ‘‘before such letter’’; 

25 (2) in the first sentence of paragraph (5)(C)— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Subject to paragraph (6), 

2 if’’ and inserting ‘‘If’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘costs $14,000,000’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘costs $50,000,000’’; 

5 (C) by striking ‘‘equipment, $50,000,000’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘equipment, $100,000,000’’; 

7 (D) by striking ‘‘or $200,000,000’’ and in8 serting ‘‘or $350,000,000’’; and 

9 (E) by inserting ‘‘and in other cases if the 

10 President determines it is appropriate,’’ before 

11 ‘‘then the President’’; and 

12 (3) by striking paragraph (6). 

13 (b) EXPORT LICENSES.—Subsection (c) of section 36 

14 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (1)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘Subject to paragraph (5), 

18 in’’ and inserting ‘‘In’’; 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘$14,000,000’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘$50,000,000’’; 

21 (C) by striking ‘‘services sold under a con22 tract in the amount of $50,000,000’’ and in23 serting ‘‘services sold under a contract in the 

24 amount of $100,000,000’’; and 
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1 (D) by inserting ‘‘and in other cases if the 

2 President determines it is appropriate,’’ before 

3 ‘‘before issuing such’’; 

4 (2) in the last sentence of paragraph (2), by 

5 striking ‘‘(A) and (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A), (B), and 

6 (C)’’; and 

7 (3) by striking paragraph (5). 

8 (c) PRESIDENTIAL CONSENT.—Section 3(d) of the 

9 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(d)) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) in paragraphs (1) and (3)(A)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘Subject to paragraph (5), 

13 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘$14,000,000’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘$50,000,000’’; and 

16 (C) by striking ‘‘service valued (in terms of 

17 its original acquisition cost) at $50,000,000’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘service valued (in terms of its 

19 original acquisition cost) at $100,000,000’’; and 

20 (2) by striking paragraph (5). 

21 SEC. 2232. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR AD22 VANCE NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF COM23 PREHENSIVE EXPORT AUTHORIZATIONS. 

24 Subsection (d) of section 36 of the Arms Export Con25 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) is amended— 
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1 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ and in4 serting ‘‘this subparagraph’’; and 

5 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

6 subparagraph: 

7 ‘‘(B) Notwithstanding section 27(g), in the case of 

8 a comprehensive authorization described in section 126.14 

9 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (or any cor10 responding similar regulation) for the proposed export of 

11 defense articles or defense services in an amount that ex12 ceeds a limitation set forth in subsection (c)(1), before the 

13 comprehensive authorization is approved or the addition 

14 of a foreign government or other foreign partner to the 

15 comprehensive authorization is approved, the President 

16 shall submit a certification with respect to the comprehen17 sive authorization in a manner similar to the certification 

18 required under subsection (c)(1) of this section and con19 taining comparable information, except that the last sen20 tence of such subsection shall not apply to certifications 

21 submitted pursuant to this subparagraph.’’; and 

22 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Approval for 

23 an agreement subject to paragraph (1) may not be 

24 given under section 38’’ and inserting ‘‘Approval for 

25 an agreement subject to paragraph (1)(A), or for a 
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1 comprehensive authorization subject to paragraph 

2 (1)(B), may not be given under section 38 or section 

3 126.14 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (or 

4 any corresponding similar regulation), as the case 

5 may be,’’. 

6 SEC. 2233. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE CATALOGING DATA 

7 AND SERVICES TO NON-NATO COUNTRIES. 

8 Section 21(h)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

9 U.S.C. 2761(h)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘to the North 

10 Atlantic Treaty Organization or to any member govern11 ment of that Organization if that Organization or member 

12 government’’ and inserting ‘‘to the North Atlantic Treaty 

13 Organization, to any member government of that Organi14 zation, or to the government of any other country if that 

15 Organization, member government, or other government’’. 

16 SEC. 2234. FREEDOM SUPPORT ACT PERMANENT WAIVER 

17 AUTHORITY. 

18 (a) AUTHORITY TO WAIVE RESTRICTIONS AND ELI19 GIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—If the President submits the 

20 certification and report described in subsection (b) with 

21 respect to an independent state of the former Soviet Union 

22 for a fiscal year, funds may be obligated and expended 

23 during that fiscal year under sections 503 and 504 of the 

24 FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5853 and 5854) for 

25 assistance or other programs and activities for that state 
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1 even if that state has not met one or more of the require2 ments for eligibility under paragraphs (1) through (4) of 

3 section 502 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 5852). 

4 (b) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The certification and report 

6 referred to in subsection (a) are a written certifi7 cation submitted by the President to Congress that 

8 the waiver of the restriction under such section 502 

9 and the requirements in that section during the fis10 cal year covered by such certification is important to 

11 the national security interests of the United States, 

12 together with a report containing the following: 

13 (A) A description of the activity or activi14 ties that prevent the President from certifying 

15 that the state is committed to the matters set 

16 forth in the provisions of law specified in sub17 section (a) in such fiscal year. 

18 (B) An explanation of why the waiver is 

19 important to the national security interests of 

20 the United States. 

21 (C) A description of the strategy, plan, or 

22 policy of the President for promoting the com23 mitment of the state to, and compliance by the 

24 state with, such matters, notwithstanding the 

25 waiver. 
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1 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—A report under para2 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

3 but may include a classified annex. 

4 (c) INAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN PROGRAMS.—The 

5 authority provided in subsection (a) does not apply to any 

6 program described in section 1501(b) of the National De7 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 

8 104–201; 50 U.S.C. 2362 note) or any activity under such 

9 a program. 

10 SEC. 2235. EXTENSION OF PAKISTAN WAIVERS. 

11 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2006.—Section 1(b) of the Act en12 titled ‘‘An Act to authorize the President to exercise waiv13 ers of foreign assistance restrictions with respect to Paki14 stan through September 30, 2003, and for other pur15 poses’’, approved October 27, 2001 (Public Law 107–57; 

16 115 Stat. 403), is amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(b) FISCAL YEAR 2006.— 

18 ‘‘(1) WAIVER.—The President is authorized to 

19 waive, with respect to Pakistan, any provision of the 

20 foreign operations, export financing, and related pro21 grams appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006 that 

22 prohibits direct assistance to a country whose duly 

23 elected head of government was deposed by decree or 

24 military coup, if the President determines and cer-
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1 tifies to the appropriate congressional committees 

2 that such waiver— 

3 ‘‘(A) would facilitate the transition to 

4 democratic rule in Pakistan; and 

5 ‘‘(B) is important to United States efforts 

6 to respond to, deter, or prevent acts of inter7 national terrorism.’’. 

8 (b) EXEMPTION OF PAKISTAN FROM FOREIGN AS9 SISTANCE PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN COUN10 TRY LOAN DEFAULTS.—Section 3(2) of such Act is 

11 amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(2) Such provisions of annual foreign oper13 ations, export financing, and related programs ap14 propriations Act for fiscal years 2005 and 2006, as 

15 are comparable to section 512 of the Foreign Oper16 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 

17 Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–429; 

18 114 Stat. 1900A–25).’’. 

19 (c) TERMINATION DATE.—Section 6 of such Act is 

20 amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘Except as otherwise provided in section 1 or 3, the 

22 provisions of this Act shall terminate on October 1, 

23 2006.’’. 
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1 SEC. 2236. CONSOLIDATION OF REPORTS ON NON2 PROLIFERATION IN SOUTH ASIA. 

3 Section 1601(c) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza4 tion Act, Fiscal Year 2003 is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—The report required to be submitted 

6 to Congress not later than April 1, 2006, pursuant to sec7 tion 620F(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

8 U.S.C. 2376(c)) shall include a description of the efforts 

9 of the United States Government to achieve the objectives 

10 described in subsections (a) and (b), the progress made 

11 toward achieving such objectives, and the likelihood that 

12 such objectives will be achieved by September 30, 2006.’’. 

13 SEC. 2237. HAITIAN COAST GUARD. 

14 The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to purchase 

15 defense articles and services for the Haitian Coast Guard 

16 under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 

17 seq.), subject to the prior notification requirements under 

18 section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

19 U.S.C. 2394–1). 

20 SEC. 2238. REQUIREMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF CER21 TAIN ASSISTANCE TO INDONESIA. 

22 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find23 ings: 

24 (1) The cooperation offered by the Government 

25 of Indonesia in working with the Federal Bureau of 

26 Investigation on the investigation into the murders 
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1 of two United States Citizens and one Indonesian 

2 citizen that occurred on August 31, 2002, in 

3 Timika, Indonesia is appreciated and welcomed by 

4 Congress. 

5 (2) The successful conclusion of the investiga6 tion into those murders and bringing the responsible 

7 individuals to justice will require the continued co8 operation of the Government of Indonesia. 

9 (b) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—None of the funds 

10 made available under section 23 of the Arms Export Con11 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) or under chapter 5 of part II 

12 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 

13 et seq.) for fiscal year 2006 may be made available for 

14 assistance to the Government of Indonesia or to the Indo15 nesian Armed Forces until the Secretary submits a report 

16 to the appropriate congressional committees that de17 scribes— 

18 (1) the status of the investigation of the mur19 ders of two United States citizens and one Indo20 nesian citizen that occurred on August 31, 2002 in 

21 Timika, Indonesia, the status of any individuals in22 dicted within the United States or Indonesia for 

23 crimes relating to those murders, and the status of 

24 judicial proceedings relating to those murders; 
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1 (2) the ability of United States officials to in2 vestigate those murders, including the ability to con3 duct unimpeded interviews during fiscal year 2005 

4 in Indonesia with individuals identified by officials of 

5 the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other United 

6 States officials; 

7 (3) the efforts made during fiscal year 2005 by 

8 the Government of the United States or the Govern9 ment of Indonesia to arrest individuals indicted for 

10 crimes relating to those murders; 

11 (4) the ability of United States officials to ac12 cess documents or other items determined by United 

13 States officials to be pertinent to the investigation of 

14 those murders; 

15 (5) the ability of United States officials, work16 ing in cooperation with Indonesian officials, to take 

17 evidence that may be related to those murders from 

18 Indonesia for analysis in the United States; 

19 (6) the cooperation provided by the Government 

20 of Indonesia, the police in Indonesia, the Armed 

21 Forces of Indonesia, or the judiciary in Indonesia in 

22 response to requests related to those murders made 

23 by the Secretary of State or the Director of the Fed24 eral Bureau of Investigation during fiscal year 2005; 

25 and 
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1 (7) any other actions taken during fiscal year 

2 2005 by the Government of Indonesia, the police in 

3 Indonesia, the Armed Forces of Indonesia, or the ju4 diciary in Indonesia to bring the individuals respon5 sible for those murders to justice. 

6 TITLE XXIII—RADIOLOGICAL 

7 TERRORISM SECURITY 

8 SEC. 2301. SHORT TITLE. 

9 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Radiological Ter10 rorism Security Act of 2005’’. 

11 SEC. 2302. DEFINITIONS. 

12 In this title: 

13 (1) BYPRODUCT MATERIAL.—The term ‘‘by14 product material’’ has the meaning given the term in 

15 section 11 e. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 

16 U.S.C. 2014(e)). 

17 (2) IAEA.—The term ‘‘IAEA’’ means the 

18 International Atomic Energy Agency. 

19 (3) RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL.—The term ‘‘ra20 dioactive material’’ means— 

21 (A) source material and special nuclear 

22 material, but does not include natural or de23 pleted uranium; 

24 (B) nuclear byproduct material; 
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1 (C) material made radioactive by bombard2 ment in an accelerator; and 

3 (D) all refined isotopes of radium. 

4 (4) SOURCE MATERIAL.—The term ‘‘source ma5 terial’’ has the meaning given the term in section 11 

6 z. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 

7 2014(z)). 

8 (5) SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL.—The term 

9 ‘‘special nuclear material’’ has the meaning given 

10 the term in section 11 aa. of the Atomic Energy Act 

11 of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(aa)). 

12 SEC. 2303. EMBASSY THREAT ASSESSMENT REPORTS. 

13 (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall, at 

14 the times specified in subsection (c), submit to the appro15 priate congressional committees a report— 

16 (1) detailing the preparations made at United 

17 States diplomatic missions abroad to detect and 

18 mitigate a radiological attack on United States mis19 sions and other United States facilities under the 

20 control of the Secretary; 

21 (2) setting forth a rank-ordered list of the Sec22 retary’s priorities for improving radiological security 

23 and consequence management at United States mis24 sions; and 
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1 (3) providing a rank-ordered list of the missions 

2 where such improvement is most important. 

3 (b) BUDGET REQUEST.—Each report under sub4 section (a) shall also include a proposed budget to carry 

5 out the improvements listed in such report pursuant to 

6 subsection (a)(2). 

7 (c) TIMING.— 

8 (1) FIRST REPORT.—The first report under 

9 subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than 180 

10 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

11 (2) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Subsequent re12 ports under subsection (a) shall be submitted with 

13 the budget justification materials submitted by the 

14 Secretary to Congress in support of the budget of 

15 the President for the fiscal year (as submitted under 

16 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) for 

17 each fiscal year after fiscal year 2006. 

18 (d) FORM.—Each report shall be submitted in un19 classified form, but may include a classified annex. 

20 SEC. 2304. FOREIGN FIRST RESPONDERS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to as22 sist foreign countries, or to propose that the IAEA assist 

23 foreign countries, in the development of appropriate na24 tional response plans and the training of first responders 

25 to— 
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1 (1) detect, identify, and characterize radioactive 

2 material; 

3 (2) understand the hazards posed by radioactive 

4 contamination; 

5 (3) understand the risks encountered at various 

6 dose rates; 

7 (4) enter contaminated areas safely and speed8 ily; and 

9 (5) evacuate persons within a contaminated 

10 area. 

11 (b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out activities 

12 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into account 

13 the findings of the threat assessment reports required by 

14 section 2303. 

15 SEC. 2305. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 

16 Of the funds appropriated under this Act for Non17 proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Pro18 grams, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Presi19 dent for fiscal year 2006, $2,000,000 to carry out this 

20 title. 

21 TITLE XXIV—GLOBAL 

22 PATHOGEN SURVEILLANCE 

23 SEC. 2401. SHORT TITLE. 

24 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Global Pathogen Sur25 veillance Act of 2005’’. 
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1 SEC. 2402. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find3 ings: 

4 (1) Bioterrorism poses a grave national security 

5 threat to the United States. The insidious nature of 

6 the threat, the likely delayed recognition in the event 

7 of an attack, and the underpreparedness of the do8 mestic public health infrastructure may produce cat9 astrophic consequences following a biological weap10 ons attack upon the United States. 

11 (2) A contagious pathogen engineered as a bio12 logical weapon and developed, tested, produced, or 

13 released in another country can quickly spread to 

14 the United States. Given the realities of inter15 national travel, trade, and migration patterns, a 

16 dangerous pathogen released anywhere in the world 

17 can spread to United States territory in a matter of 

18 days, before any effective quarantine or isolation 

19 measures can be implemented. 

20 (3) To effectively combat bioterrorism and en21 sure that the United States is fully prepared to pre22 vent, diagnose, and contain a biological weapons at23 tack, measures to strengthen the domestic public 

24 health infrastructure and improve domestic surveil25 lance and monitoring, while absolutely essential, are 

26 not sufficient. 
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1 (4) The United States should enhance coopera2 tion with the World Health Organization, regional 

3 health organizations, and individual countries, in4 cluding data sharing with appropriate United States 

5 departments and agencies, to help detect and quickly 

6 contain infectious disease outbreaks or bioterrorism 

7 agents before they can spread. 

8 (5) The World Health Organization (WHO) has 

9 done an impressive job in monitoring infectious dis10 ease outbreaks around the world, including the re11 cent emergence of the Severe Acute Respiratory 

12 Syndrome (SARS) epidemic, particularly with the 

13 establishment in April 2000 of the Global Outbreak 

14 Alert and Response network. 

15 (6) The capabilities of the World Health Orga16 nization are inherently limited by the quality of the 

17 data and information it receives from member coun18 tries, the narrow range of diseases (plague, cholera, 

19 and yellow fever) upon which its disease surveillance 

20 and monitoring is based, and the consensus process 

21 it uses to add new diseases to the list. Developing 

22 countries in particular often cannot devote the nec23 essary resources to build and maintain public health 

24 infrastructures. 
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1 (7) In particular, developing countries could 

2 benefit from— 

3 (A) better trained public health profes4 sionals and epidemiologists to recognize disease 

5 patterns; 

6 (B) appropriate laboratory equipment for 

7 diagnosis of pathogens; 

8 (C) disease reporting based on symptoms 

9 and signs (known as ‘‘syndrome surveillance’’), 

10 affording the earliest possible opportunity to 

11 conduct an effective response; 

12 (D) a narrowing of the existing technology 

13 gap in syndrome surveillance capabilities and 

14 real-time information dissemination to public 

15 health officials; and 

16 (E) appropriate communications equip17 ment and information technology to efficiently 

18 transmit information and data within national 

19 and regional health networks, including inex20 pensive, Internet-based Geographic Information 

21 Systems (GIS) and relevant telephone-based 

22 systems for early recognition and diagnosis of 

23 diseases. 

24 (8) The United States is working with states of 

25 the former Soviet Union to monitor disease out-
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1 breaks in that region, and it has begun a program 

2 under the United States-Mexico Border Health Com3 mission to work with the Secretariat of Health of 

4 the government of Mexico and the States of Mexico 

5 that border the United States by providing, among 

6 other forms of assistance, assistance of the kind pro7 vided for in this title. What is needed now is an ef8 fort to improve pathogen surveillance worldwide. 

9 (9) An effective international capability to mon10 itor and quickly diagnose infectious disease out11 breaks will offer dividends not only in the event of 

12 biological weapons development, testing, production, 

13 and attack, but also in the more likely cases of natu14 rally occurring infectious disease outbreaks that 

15 could threaten the United States. Furthermore, a 

16 robust surveillance system will serve to deter ter17 rorist use of biological weapons, as early detection 

18 will help mitigate the intended effects of such malev19 olent uses. 

20 (b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this title are as fol21 lows: 

22 (1) To enhance the capability and cooperation 

23 of the international community, including the World 

24 Health Organization and individual countries, 

25 through enhanced pathogen surveillance and appro-
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1 priate data sharing, to detect, identify, and contain 

2 infectious disease outbreaks, whether the cause of 

3 those outbreaks is intentional human action or nat4 ural in origin. 

5 (2) To enhance the training of public health 

6 professionals and epidemiologists from eligible devel7 oping countries in advanced Internet-based and 

8 other electronic syndrome surveillance systems, in 

9 addition to traditional epidemiology methods, so that 

10 they may better detect, diagnose, and contain infec11 tious disease outbreaks, especially those due to 

12 pathogens most likely to be used in a biological 

13 weapons attack. 

14 (3) To provide assistance to developing coun15 tries to purchase appropriate public health labora16 tory equipment necessary for infectious disease sur17 veillance and diagnosis. 

18 (4) To provide assistance to developing coun19 tries to purchase appropriate communications equip20 ment and information technology, including, as ap21 propriate, relevant computer equipment, Internet 

22 connectivity mechanisms, and telephone-based appli23 cations to effectively gather, analyze, and transmit 

24 public health information for infectious disease sur25 veillance and diagnosis. 
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1 (5) To make available greater numbers of 

2 United States Government public health profes3 sionals to international health organizations, re4 gional health networks, and United States diplo5 matic missions where appropriate. 

6 (6) To establish ‘‘lab-to-lab’’ cooperative rela7 tionships between United States public health lab8 oratories and established foreign counterparts. 

9 (7) To expand the training and outreach activi10 ties of overseas United States laboratories, including 

11 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and De12 partment of Defense entities, to enhance the disease 

13 surveillance capabilities of developing countries. 

14 (8) To provide appropriate technical assistance 

15 to existing regional health networks and, where ap16 propriate, seed money for new regional networks. 

17 SEC. 2403. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this title: 

19 (1) BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION.—The 

20 term ‘‘Biological Weapons Convention’’ means the 

21 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, 

22 Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Bio23 logical) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruc24 tion, signed at Washington, London, and Moscow 

25 April 10, 1972. 
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1 (2) ELIGIBLE DEVELOPING COUNTRY.—The 

2 term ‘‘eligible developing country’’ means any devel3 oping country that— 

4 (A) has agreed to the objective of fully 

5 complying with requirements of the World 

6 Health Organization on reporting public health 

7 information on outbreaks of infectious diseases; 

8 (B) has not been determined by the Sec9 retary, for purposes of section 40 of the Arms 

10 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780), section 

11 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

12 (22 U.S.C. 2371), or section 6(j) of the Export 

13 Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 

14 2405j), to have repeatedly provided support for 

15 acts of international terrorism, unless the Sec16 retary exercises a waiver certifying that it is in 

17 the national interest of the United States to 

18 provide assistance under the provisions of this 

19 title; 

20 (C) is a state party to the Biological 

21 Weapons Convention; and 

22 (D) is determined by the United States 

23 Government not to have an offensive biological 

24 weapons program. 
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1 (3) ELIGIBLE NATIONAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 

2 national’’ means any citizen or national of an eligible 

3 developing country who— 

4 (A) is eligible to receive a visa under the 

5 provisions of the Immigration and Nationality 

6 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.); and 

7 (B) is not currently or previously affiliated 

8 with or employed by a laboratory or entity de9 termined by the United States Government to 

10 be involved in offensive biological weapons ac11 tivities. 

12 (4) INTERNATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION.— 

13 The term ‘‘international health organization’’ in14 cludes the World Health Organization and the Pan 

15 American Health Organization. 

16 (5) LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘laboratory’’ 

17 means a facility for the biological, microbiological, 

18 serological, chemical, immuno-hematological, 

19 hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, 

20 or other examination of materials derived from the 

21 human body for the purpose of providing informa22 tion for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of 

23 any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of 

24 the health of, human beings. 
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1 (6) SELECT AGENT.—The term ‘‘select agent’’ 

2 has the meaning given such term for purposes of 

3 section 72.6 of title 42, Code of Federal Regula4 tions. 

5 (7) SYNDROME SURVEILLANCE.—The term 

6 ‘‘syndrome surveillance’’ means the recording of 

7 symptoms (patient complaints) and signs (derived 

8 from physical examination) combined with simple ge9 ographic locators to track the emergence of a disease 

10 in a population. 

11 SEC. 2404. PRIORITY FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES. 

12 Priority in the provision of United States assistance 

13 for eligible developing countries under all the provisions 

14 of this title shall be given to those countries that permit 

15 personnel from the World Health Organization and the 

16 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate 

17 outbreaks of infectious diseases on their territories, pro18 vide early notification of disease outbreaks, and provide 

19 pathogen surveillance data to appropriate United States 

20 departments and agencies in addition to international 

21 health organizations. 

22 SEC. 2405. RESTRICTION. 

23 Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no 

24 foreign nationals participating in programs authorized 

25 under this title shall have access, during the course of such 
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1 participation, to select agents that may be used as, or in, 

2 a biological weapon, except in a supervised and controlled 

3 setting. 

4 SEC. 2406. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a fellow6 ship program (in this section referred to as the ‘‘pro7 gram’’) under which the Secretary, in consultation with 

8 the Secretary of Health and Human Services and subject 

9 to the availability of appropriations, shall award fellow10 ships to eligible nationals to pursue public health edu11 cation or training, as follows: 

12 (1) MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH DEGREE.— 

13 Graduate courses of study leading to a master of 

14 public health degree with a concentration in epidemi15 ology from an institution of higher education in the 

16 United States with a Center for Public Health Pre17 paredness, as determined by the Centers for Disease 

18 Control and Prevention. 

19 (2) ADVANCED PUBLIC HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGY

20 TRAINING.—Advanced public health training in epi21 demiology to be carried out at the Centers for Dis22 ease Control and Prevention (or equivalent State fa23 cility), or other Federal facility (excluding the De24 partment of Defense or United States National Lab-
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1 oratories), for a period of not less than 6 months or 

2 more than 12 months. 

3 (b) SPECIALIZATION IN BIOTERRORISM.—In addition 

4 to the education or training specified in subsection (a), 

5 each recipient of a fellowship under this section (in this 

6 section referred to as a ‘‘fellow’’) may take courses of 

7 study at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

8 or at an equivalent facility on diagnosis and containment 

9 of likely bioterrorism agents. 

10 (c) FELLOWSHIP AGREEMENT.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—In awarding a fellowship 

12 under the program, the Secretary, in consultation 

13 with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

14 shall require the recipient to enter into an agree15 ment under which, in exchange for such assistance, 

16 the recipient— 

17 (A) will maintain satisfactory academic 

18 progress (as determined in accordance with reg19 ulations issued by the Secretary and confirmed 

20 in regularly scheduled updates to the Secretary 

21 from the institution providing the education or 

22 training on the progress of the recipient’s edu23 cation or training); 

24 (B) will, upon completion of such edu25 cation or training, return to the recipient’s 
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1 country of nationality or last habitual residence 

2 (so long as it is an eligible developing country) 

3 and complete at least four years of employment 

4 in a public health position in the government or 

5 a nongovernmental, not-for-profit entity in that 

6 country or, with the approval of the Secretary, 

7 complete part or all of this requirement through 

8 service with an international health organiza9 tion without geographic restriction; and 

10 (C) agrees that, if the recipient is unable 

11 to meet the requirements described in subpara12 graph (A) or (B), the recipient will reimburse 

13 the United States for the value of the assist14 ance provided to the recipient under the fellow15 ship, together with interest at a rate deter16 mined in accordance with regulations issued by 

17 the Secretary but not higher than the rate gen18 erally applied in connection with other Federal 

19 loans. 

20 (2) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive the 

21 application of paragraph (1)(B) and (1)(C) if the 

22 Secretary determines that it is in the national inter23 est of the United States to do so. 

24 (d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary, in consulta25 tion with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
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1 is authorized to enter into an agreement with any eligible 

2 developing country under which the country agrees— 

3 (1) to establish a procedure for the nomination 

4 of eligible nationals for fellowships under this sec5 tion; 

6 (2) to guarantee that a fellow will be offered a 

7 professional public health position within the country 

8 upon completion of his studies; and 

9 (3) to certify to the Secretary when a fellow has 

10 concluded the minimum period of employment in a 

11 public health position required by the fellowship 

12 agreement, with an explanation of how the require13 ment was met. 

14 (e) PARTICIPATION OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS.— 

15 On a case-by-case basis, the Secretary may provide for the 

16 participation of United States citizens under the provi17 sions of this section if the Secretary determines that it 

18 is in the national interest of the United States to do so. 

19 Upon completion of such education or training, a United 

20 States recipient shall complete at least 5 years of employ21 ment in a public health position in an eligible developing 

22 country or an international health organization. 
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1 SEC. 2407. IN-COUNTRY TRAINING IN LABORATORY TECH2 NIQUES AND SYNDROME SURVEILLANCE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—In conjunction with the Centers 

4 for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department 

5 of Defense, the Secretary shall, subject to the availability 

6 of appropriations, support short training courses in-coun7 try (not in the United States) for laboratory technicians 

8 and other public health personnel from eligible developing 

9 countries in laboratory techniques relating to the identi10 fication, diagnosis, and tracking of pathogens responsible 

11 for possible infectious disease outbreaks. Training under 

12 this section may be conducted in overseas facilities of the 

13 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or in Overseas 

14 Medical Research Units of the Department of Defense, as 

15 appropriate. The Secretary shall coordinate such training 

16 courses, where appropriate, with the existing programs 

17 and activities of the World Health Organization. 

18 (b) TRAINING IN SYNDROME SURVEILLANCE.—In 

19 conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Pre20 vention and the Department of Defense, the Secretary 

21 shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, estab22 lish and support short training courses in-country (not in 

23 the United States) for public health personnel from eligi24 ble developing countries in techniques of syndrome surveil25 lance reporting and rapid analysis of syndrome informa26 tion using Geographic Information System (GIS) and 
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1 other Internet-based tools. Training under this subsection 

2 may be conducted via the Internet or in appropriate facili3 ties as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary shall 

4 coordinate such training courses, where appropriate, with 

5 the existing programs and activities of the World Health 

6 Organization. 

7 SEC. 2408. ASSISTANCE FOR THE PURCHASE AND MAINTE8 NANCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY 

9 EQUIPMENT. 

10 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The President is authorized, 

11 on such terms and conditions as the President may deter12 mine, to furnish assistance to eligible developing countries 

13 to purchase and maintain public health laboratory equip14 ment described in subsection (b). 

15 (b) EQUIPMENT COVERED.—Equipment described in 

16 this subsection is equipment that is— 

17 (1) appropriate, where possible, for use in the 

18 intended geographic area; 

19 (2) necessary to collect, analyze, and identify 

20 expeditiously a broad array of pathogens, including 

21 mutant strains, which may cause disease outbreaks 

22 or may be used as a biological weapon; 

23 (3) compatible with general standards set forth, 

24 as appropriate, by the World Health Organization 

25 and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
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1 to ensure interoperability with regional and inter2 national public health networks; 

3 (4) necessary to secure and monitor pathogen 

4 collections containing select agents; and 

5 (5) not defense articles or defense services as 

6 those terms are defined under section 47 of the 

7 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794). 

8 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec9 tion shall be construed to exempt the exporting of goods 

10 and technology from compliance with applicable provisions 

11 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 

12 2401 et seq.) or any successor statute. 

13 (d) LIMITATION.—Amounts appropriated to carry 

14 out this section shall not be made available for the pur15 chase from a foreign country of equipment that, if made 

16 in the United States, would be subject to the Arms Export 

17 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) or likely be barred 

18 or subject to special conditions under the Export Adminis19 tration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.) or any 

20 successor statute. 

21 (e) HOST COUNTRY’S COMMITMENTS.—The assist22 ance provided under this section shall be contingent upon 

23 the host country’s commitment to provide the resources, 

24 infrastructure, and other assets required to house, main-
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1 tain, support, secure, monitor, and maximize use of this 

2 equipment and appropriate technical personnel. 

3 SEC. 2409. ASSISTANCE FOR IMPROVED COMMUNICATION 

4 OF PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION. 

5 (a) ASSISTANCE FOR PURCHASE OF COMMUNICATION

6 EQUIPMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The 

7 President is authorized to provide, on such terms and con8 ditions as the President may determine, assistance to eligi9 ble developing countries for the purchase and maintenance 

10 of communications equipment and information technology 

11 described in subsection (b), and supporting equipment, 

12 necessary to effectively collect, analyze, and transmit pub13 lic health information. 

14 (b) COVERED EQUIPMENT.—Equipment (and infor15 mation technology) described in this subsection is equip16 ment that— 

17 (1) is suitable for use under the particular con18 ditions of the area of intended use; 

19 (2) meets appropriate World Health Organiza20 tion standards to ensure interoperability with like 

21 equipment of other countries and international 

22 health organizations; and 

23 (3) is not defense articles or defense services as 

24 those terms are defined under section 47 of the 

25 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794). 
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1 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec2 tion shall be construed to exempt the exporting of goods 

3 and technology from compliance with applicable provisions 

4 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 

5 2401 et seq.) or any successor statute. 

6 (d) LIMITATION.—Amounts appropriated to carry 

7 out this section shall not be made available for the pur8 chase from a foreign country of equipment that, if made 

9 in the United States, would be subject to the Arms Export 

10 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) or likely be barred 

11 or subject to special conditions under the Export Adminis12 tration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.) or any 

13 successor statute. 

14 (e) ASSISTANCE FOR STANDARDIZATION OF REPORT15 ING.—The President is authorized to provide, on such 

16 terms and conditions as the President may determine, 

17 technical assistance and grant assistance to international 

18 health organizations to facilitate standardization in the re19 porting of public health information between and among 

20 developing countries and international health organiza21 tions. 

22 (f) HOST COUNTRY’S COMMITMENTS.—The assist23 ance provided under this section shall be contingent upon 

24 the host country’s commitment to provide the resources, 

25 infrastructure, and other assets required to house, sup-
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1 port, maintain, secure, and maximize use of this equip2 ment and appropriate technical personnel. 

3 SEC. 2410. ASSIGNMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH PERSONNEL 

4 TO UNITED STATES MISSIONS AND INTER5 NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the request of a United 

7 States chief of diplomatic mission or an international 

8 health organization, and with the concurrence of the Sec9 retary, the head of a Federal agency may assign to the 

10 respective United States mission or organization any offi11 cer or employee of the agency occupying a public health 

12 position within the agency for the purpose of enhancing 

13 disease and pathogen surveillance efforts in developing 

14 countries. 

15 (b) REIMBURSEMENT.—The costs incurred by a Fed16 eral agency by reason of the detail of personnel under sub17 section (a) may be reimbursed to that agency out of the 

18 applicable appropriations account of the Department if the 

19 Secretary determines that the relevant agency may other20 wise be unable to assign such personnel on a non-reim21 bursable basis. 
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1 SEC. 2411. EXPANSION OF CERTAIN UNITED STATES GOV2 ERNMENT LABORATORIES ABROAD. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap4 propriations, the Centers for Disease Control and Preven5 tion and the Department of Defense shall each— 

6 (1) increase the number of personnel assigned 

7 to laboratories of the Centers or the Department, as 

8 appropriate, located in eligible developing countries 

9 that conduct research and other activities with re10 spect to infectious diseases; and 

11 (2) expand the operations of those laboratories, 

12 especially with respect to the implementation of on13 site training of foreign nationals and regional out14 reach efforts involving neighboring countries. 

15 (b) COOPERATION AND COORDINATION BETWEEN

16 LABORATORIES.—Subsection (a) shall be carried out in 

17 such a manner as to foster cooperation and avoid duplica18 tion between and among laboratories. 

19 (c) RELATION TO CORE MISSIONS AND SECURITY.— 

20 The expansion of the operations of overseas laboratories 

21 of the Centers or the Department under this section shall 

22 not— 

23 (1) detract from the established core missions 

24 of the laboratories; or 
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1 (2) compromise the security of those labora2 tories, as well as their research, equipment, exper3 tise, and materials. 

4 SEC. 2412. ASSISTANCE FOR REGIONAL HEALTH NETWORKS 

5 AND EXPANSION OF FOREIGN EPIDEMI6 OLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMS. 

7 (a) AUTHORITY.—The President is authorized, on 

8 such terms and conditions as the President may deter9 mine, to provide assistance for the purposes of— 

10 (1) enhancing the surveillance and reporting ca11 pabilities of the World Health Organization and ex12 isting regional health networks; and 

13 (2) developing new regional health networks. 

14 (b) EXPANSION OF FOREIGN EPIDEMIOLOGY TRAIN15 ING PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of Health and Human 

16 Services is authorized to establish new country or regional 

17 Foreign Epidemiology Training Programs in eligible devel18 oping countries. 

19 SEC. 2413. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

20 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts authorized 

22 to be appropriated under this division for Non23 proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related 

24 Programs, there is authorized to be appropriated 
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1 $35,000,000 for the fiscal year 2006 to carry out 

2 this title. 

3 (2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts 

4 made available under paragraph (1)— 

5 (A) $25,000,000 for the fiscal year 2006 is 

6 authorized to be available to carry out sections 

7 2406, 2407, 2408, and 2409; 

8 (B) $500,000 for the fiscal year 2006 is 

9 authorized to be available to carry out section 

10 2410; 

11 (C) $2,500,000 for the fiscal year 2006 is 

12 authorized to be available to carry out section 

13 2411; and 

14 (D) $7,000,000 for the fiscal year 2006 is 

15 authorized to be available to carry out section 

16 2412. 

17 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The amount appro18 priated pursuant to subsection (a) is authorized to remain 

19 available until expended. 

20 (c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 

21 days after the date of the enactment of this title, the Sec22 retary shall submit a report, in conjunction with the Sec23 retary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary 

24 of Defense, containing— 
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1 (1) a description of the implementation of pro2 grams under this title; and 

3 (2) an estimate of the level of funding required 

4 to carry out those programs at a sufficient level. 

5 TITLE XXV—REPORTING RE6 QUIREMENTS AND OTHER 

7 MATTERS 

8 Subtitle A—Elimination and Modi9 fication of Certain Reporting 

10 Requirements 

11 SEC. 2501. ANNUAL REPORT ON TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY. 

12 Section 560 of the Foreign Operations, Export Fi13 nancing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1994 

14 (titles I through V of Public Law 103–87; 107 Stat. 966) 

15 is amended by striking subsection (g). 

16 SEC. 2502. ANNUAL REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES IN COLOMBIA. 

17 Section 694 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

18 Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 116 Stat. 

19 1415; 22 U.S.C. 2291 note) is amended by adding at the 

20 end the following: 

21 ‘‘(c) REPORT CONSOLIDATION.—The Secretary may 

22 satisfy the annual reporting requirements of this section 

23 by incorporating the required information with the annual 

24 report submitted pursuant to section 489(a) of the For25 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291h(a)).’’. 
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1 SEC. 2503. ANNUAL REPORT ON FOREIGN MILITARY TRAIN2 ING. 

3 Subsection (a)(1) of section 656 of the Foreign As4 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2416) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘January 31’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘March 1’’; and 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘and all such training proposed 

8 for the current year’’. 

9 SEC. 2504. REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN HAITI. 

10 Section 616(c) of the Departments of Commerce, 

11 Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 

12 Appropriations Act, 1999 (section 101(b) of division A of 

13 Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–114), is amended— 

14 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘not later 

15 than 3 months after the date of the enactment of 

16 this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘as part of the annual re17 port submitted under paragraph (4) of this sub18 section’’; and 

19 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, as part of 

20 the annual report submitted under paragraph (4) of 

21 this subsection,’’ after ‘‘the appropriate congres22 sional committees’’. 
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1 Subtitle B—New Reports and Other 

2 Matters 

3 SEC. 2511. AMENDMENTS TO THE ARMS CONTROL AND DIS4 ARMAMENT ACT. 

5 (a) VERIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE.—Section 306(a) 

6 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 

7 2577(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or other formal com8 mitment’’ after ‘‘agreement’’ each place it appears in 

9 paragraphs (1) and (2). 

10 (b) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

11 (1) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORTS.—Section 403 

12 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 

13 U.S.C. 2593a) is amended to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 403. (a) REPORT ON OBJECTIVES AND NEGO15 TIATIONS.—Not later than April 15 of each year, the 

16 President shall submit to the Speaker of the House of 

17 Representatives and to the Chairman of the Committee 

18 on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report prepared by 

19 the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary 

20 of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Director of Na21 tional Intelligence, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 

22 of Staff, on the status of United States policy and actions 

23 with respect to arms control, nonproliferation, and disar24 mament. Such report shall include— 
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1 ‘‘(1) a detailed statement concerning the arms 

2 control, nonproliferation, and disarmament objec3 tives of the executive branch of Government for the 

4 forthcoming year; and 

5 ‘‘(2) a detailed assessment of the status of any 

6 ongoing arms control, nonproliferation, or disar7 mament negotiations, including a comprehensive de8 scription of negotiations or other activities during 

9 the preceding year and an appraisal of the status 

10 and prospects for the forthcoming year. 

11 ‘‘(b) REPORT ON COMPLIANCE.—Not later than April 

12 15 of each year, the President shall submit to the Speaker 

13 of the House of Representatives and to the Chairman of 

14 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a re15 port prepared by the Secretary of State with the concur16 rence of the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 

17 and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Sec18 retary of Energy, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 

19 of Staff on the status of United States policy and actions 

20 with respect to arms control, nonproliferation, and disar21 mament compliance. Such report shall include— 

22 ‘‘(1) a detailed assessment of adherence of the 

23 United States to obligations undertaken in arms 

24 control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agree25 ments, including information on the policies and or-
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1 ganization of each relevant agency or department of 

2 the United States to ensure adherence to such obli3 gations, a description of national security programs 

4 with a direct bearing on questions of adherence to 

5 such obligations and of steps being taken to ensure 

6 adherence, and a compilation of any substantive 

7 questions raised during the preceding year and any 

8 corrective action taken; 

9 ‘‘(2) a detailed assessment of the adherence of 

10 other nations to obligations undertaken in all arms 

11 control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agree12 ments or commitments, including the Missile Tech13 nology Control Regime, to which the United States 

14 is a participating state, including information on ac15 tions taken by each nation with regard to the size, 

16 structure, and disposition of its military forces in 

17 order to comply with arms control, nonproliferation, 

18 or disarmament agreements or commitments, includ19 ing, in the case of each agreement or commitment 

20 about which compliance questions exist— 

21 ‘‘(A) a description of each significant issue 

22 raised and efforts made and contemplated with 

23 the other participating state to seek resolution 

24 of the difficulty; 
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1 ‘‘(B) an assessment of damage, if any, to 

2 United States security and other interests; 

3 ‘‘(C) recommendations as to any steps that 

4 should be considered to redress any damage to 

5 United States national security and to reduce 

6 compliance problems; and 

7 ‘‘(D) for states that are not parties to such 

8 agreements or commitments, a description of 

9 activities of concern carried out by such states 

10 and efforts underway to bring such states into 

11 adherence with such agreements or commit12 ments; 

13 ‘‘(3) a discussion of any material noncompliance 

14 by foreign governments with their binding commit15 ments to the United States with respect to the pre16 vention of the spread of nuclear explosive devices (as 

17 defined in section 830(4) of the Nuclear Prolifera18 tion Prevention Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6305(4)) by 

19 non-nuclear-weapon states (as defined in section 

20 830(5) of that Act (22 U.S.C. 6305(5)) or the ac21 quisition by such states of unsafeguarded special nu22 clear material (as defined in section 830(8) of that 

23 Act (22 U.S.C. 6305(8)), including— 

24 ‘‘(A) a net assessment of the aggregate 

25 military significance of all such violations; 
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1 ‘‘(B) a statement of the compliance policy 

2 of the United States with respect to violations 

3 of those commitments; and 

4 ‘‘(C) what actions, if any, the President 

5 has taken or proposes to take to bring any 

6 country committing such a violation into com7 pliance with those commitments; and 

8 ‘‘(4) a specific identification, to the maximum 

9 extent practicable in unclassified form, of each and 

10 every question that exists with respect to compliance 

11 by other countries with arms control, nonprolifera12 tion, and disarmament agreements and other formal 

13 commitments with the United States. 

14 ‘‘(c) CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION COMPLI15 ANCE REPORT REQUIREMENT SATISFIED.—The report 

16 submitted pursuant to subsection (b) shall include the in17 formation required under section 2(10)(C) of Senate Reso18 lution 75, 105th Congress, agreed to April 24, 1997, ad19 vising and consenting to the ratification of the Convention 

20 on the Prohibition of Development, Production, Stock21 piling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their De22 struction, with annexes, done at Paris January 13, 1993 

23 and entered into force April 29, 1997 (popularly known 

24 as the ‘Chemical Weapons Convention’; T.Doc. 103–21) 
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1 ‘‘(d) CLASSIFICATION OF REPORT.—The reports re2 quired by this section shall be submitted in unclassified 

3 form, with classified annexes, as appropriate. The report 

4 portions described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection 

5 (b) shall summarize in detail, at least in classified an6 nexes, the information, analysis, and conclusions relevant 

7 to possible noncompliance by other countries that are pro8 vided by United States intelligence agencies. 

9 ‘‘(e) REPORTING CONSECUTIVE NONCOMPLIANCE.— 

10 If the President in consecutive reports submitted to the 

11 Congress under subsection (b) reports that any country 

12 is not in full compliance with its binding nonproliferation 

13 commitments to the United States, then the President 

14 shall include in the second such report an assessment of 

15 what actions are necessary to compensate for such viola16 tions. 

17 ‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—Each report re18 quired by subsection (b) shall include a discussion of each 

19 significant issue described in subsection (b)(4) that was 

20 contained in a previous report issued under this section 

21 during 1995, or after December 31, 1995, until the ques22 tion or concern has been resolved and such resolution has 

23 been reported in detail to the Committee on Foreign Rela24 tions and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen25 ate and the Committee on International Relations and the 
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1 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 

2 of Representatives.’’. 

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading 

4 of such section is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS’’. 

6 SEC. 2512. SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN ETHI7 OPIA. 

8 Of the amounts made available under chapter 1 of 

9 part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

10 2151 et seq.), such sums as are necessary may be made 

11 available in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to support inde12 pendent media in Ethiopia, including providing support 

13 to— 

14 (1) strengthen the capacity of journalists; and 

15 (2) increase access to printing facilities by indi16 viduals who work in the print media. 

17 SEC. 2513. SUPPORT FOR JUSTICE SECTOR IN CENTRAL AF18 RICAN STATES AND THE AFRICAN UNION. 

19 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find20 ings: 

21 (1) The President has expressed enthusiasm for 

22 increasing African judicial capacity and for sup23 porting the development of the African Union’s pro24 posed African Court of Justice. 

25 (2) In recent years, the Central African States 

26 of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
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1 Rwanda, and Uganda have all been involved in over2 lapping conflicts that have destabilized the region 

3 and contributed to the deaths of millions of civilians. 

4 (3) The Department of State’s 2004 Country 

5 Report on Human Rights Practices in Burundi 

6 states that ‘‘impunity and the continuing lack of ac7 countability for those who committed past abuses re8 mained serious problems.’’ 

9 (4) The Department of State’s 2004 Country 

10 Report on Human Rights Practices in Rwanda 

11 states that ‘‘arbitrary arrest and detention and pro12 longed pretrial detention remained serious prob13 lems. . . . The judiciary did not always ensure due 

14 process or expeditious trials. The Government con15 tinued to conduct genocide trials at a slow pace.’’ 

16 (5) The Department of State’s 2004 Country 

17 Report on Human Rights Practices in the Demo18 cratic Republic of the Congo states that ‘‘govern19 ment security forces committed unlawful killings, 

20 torture, beatings, acts of rape, extortion, and other 

21 abuses, such as lootings and interference with citi22 zens, right to privacy. In general, security forces op23 erated with impunity. . . . Armed groups com24 mitted numerous, serious abuses with impunity 

25 against civilians, including deliberate large-scale 
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1 killings, the burning of villages, kidnappings, tor2 ture, rape, cannibalism, mutilation, looting, and ex3 tortion.’’ 

4 (6) The Department of State’s 2004 Country 

5 Report on Human Rights Practices in Uganda 

6 states that ‘‘the Government punished some security 

7 force officials who were guilty of abuses; however, 

8 impunity remained a problem. . . . Poor judicial ad9 ministration, lack of resources, a large case backlog, 

10 and lengthy trial delays limited due process rights, 

11 including the right to a fair trial.’’ 

12 (7) The report submitted to Congress by the 

13 Secretary on February 2, 2005, under section 4 of 

14 the Northern Uganda Crisis Response Act (Public 

15 Law 108–283) states that ‘‘The UPDF [Ugandan 

16 People’s Defense Force] is feared by many ordinary 

17 civilians in northern Uganda and its record of civil18 military relations is mixed. . . . The relation be19 tween the UPDF’s complaint processing system, the 

20 civil judicial process, and the UHCR [Ugandan 

21 Human Rights Commission] needs to be clarified, 

22 and links between the various systems need to be 

23 strengthened.’’ 

24 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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1 (1) Of the amounts made available under chap2 ter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

3 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.), up to $15,000,000 

4 may be made available for fiscal year 2006 to sup5 port the development of responsible justice and rec6 onciliation mechanisms in the Democratic Republic 

7 of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda, in8 cluding programs to combat impunity for abuses 

9 committed by the security services and programs to 

10 increase awareness of gender-based violence and to 

11 improve local capacity to prevent and respond to 

12 such violence. 

13 (2) Of the amounts made available under chap14 ter 3 of part I of such Act for International Organi15 zations and Programs, such sums as may be nec16 essary may be made available to support the efforts 

17 of the African Union to enhance its judicial capacity. 

18 (c) REPORT.— 

19 (1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 

20 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

21 Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate 

22 congressional committees on efforts to strengthen 

23 the judicial capacity in Africa. 

24 (2) CONTENT.—The report required under 

25 paragraph (1) shall include a description of— 
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1 (A) the steps that the Department of State 

2 has taken to engage with the organs and mem3 ber states of the African Union to determine 

4 what technical, logistical, financial, or political 

5 support the United States could provide to 

6 more effectively strengthen judicial capacity in 

7 Africa; 

8 (B) the specific requests made by the Afri9 can Union for assistance to strengthen judicial 

10 capacity in Africa; 

11 (C) the assistance provided thus far by the 

12 United States Government to the African Union 

13 for the purposes of strengthening the institu14 tional and judicial capacity of the African 

15 Union; 

16 (D) a 5-year strategy for bolstering the ju17 dicial capacity of the African Union; and 

18 (E) the specific steps taken by the Depart19 ment of State and additional steps planned in 

20 the next 5 years to address the ongoing impu21 nity for grave human rights abuses and to in22 crease independent judicial capacity in Burundi, 

23 Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, 

24 and Uganda. 
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1 SEC. 2514. SUPPORT FOR HAITI. 

2 Of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2006 

3 pursuant to the authorizations of appropriations in sec4 tions 2101(a), 2102, 2107, and 2126(a) and pursuant to 

5 the amendments made by sections 2108, 2121(a), 

6 2122(a), 2123, and 2124, not less than $163,000,000 

7 should be made available to provide assistance to Haiti. 

8 SEC. 2515. GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE. 

9 (a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts made 

10 available under chapter 6 of part II of the Foreign Assist11 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C 2348 et seq.), $114,400,000 

12 may be made available in fiscal year 2006, and such 

13 amounts as may be necessary may be made available in 

14 fiscal year 2007, to support the Global Peace Operations 

15 Initiative developed and approved by the President in 

16 2004. 

17 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION.— 

18 (1) CRITERIA.—Countries receiving support 

19 under the Global Peace Operations Initiative should 

20 be selected on the basis of— 

21 (A) the country’s willingness to participate 

22 in peace support operations; 

23 (B) the country’s military capability; 

24 (C) the country’s democratic governance; 

25 (D) the nature of the relations between the 

26 civil and military authorities within the country; 
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1 (E) the human rights record of the coun2 try, with particular attention paid to the record 

3 of the military; and 

4 (F) the relations between the country and 

5 its neighboring states. 

6 (2) ELIGIBILITY REVIEW.—The eligibility sta7 tus of participating countries shall be reviewed at 

8 least annually. 

9 (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON LOCAL CONSULTA10 TIONS.—It is the sense of Congress that the Department 

11 of State should— 

12 (1) provide information about the nature and 

13 purpose of the training provided under the Global 

14 Peace Operations Initiative to nationals of a country 

15 participating in that Initiative, including parliamen16 tarians and nongovernmental humanitarian and 

17 human rights organizations; and 

18 (2) to the extent possible, provide such informa19 tion prior to the beginning of training activities in 

20 such country under the Global Peace Operations Ini21 tiative. 

22 (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MONITORING.—It is 

23 further the sense of Congress that— 

24 (1) the Secretary of State and the heads of 

25 other relevant departments and agencies should 
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1 monitor the performance and conduct of military 

2 units that receive training or support under the 

3 Global Peace Operations Initiative; and 

4 (2) the Secretary should provide to the appro5 priate congressional committees an annual report on 

6 the information gained through such monitoring. 

7 SEC. 2516. ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS IN CERTAIN 

8 COUNTRIES OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION. 

9 Section 1(f)(2)(B)(ii)(VII) of the State Department 

10 Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 

11 2651a(f)(2)(B)(ii)(VII)) is amended by inserting after 

12 ‘‘Zambia,’’ the following: ‘‘Antigua and Barbuda, the Ba13 hamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, 

14 Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the 

15 Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, 

16 Dominican Republic,’’. 

17 SEC. 2517. REPEAL OF OBSOLETE ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY. 

18 Sections 495 through 495K of the Foreign Assistance 

19 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292f through 2292q) are re20 pealed. 
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1 SEC. 2518. CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN SUBMISSIONS 

2 UNDER THE AFGHANISTAN FREEDOM SUP3 PORT ACT OF 2002. 

4 Section 305 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 

5 of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7555) is amended by adding at the 

6 end the following new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(c) CONSOLIDATION OF REPORTS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—In order to enhance effi9 cient use of resources, the President may consolidate 

10 or combine into one submission for any year any of 

11 the following matters required to be submitted in or 

12 for that year: 

13 ‘‘(A) The strategy under subsection (a). 

14 ‘‘(B) An annual report under subsection 

15 (b). 

16 ‘‘(C) An annual submission of the Afghani17 stan assistance plan required under section 

18 104(c). 

19 ‘‘(D) The semiannual report required 

20 under section 206(c), relating to the implemen21 tation of strategies for meeting the immediate 

22 and long-term security needs of Afghanistan. 

23 ‘‘(2) COMBINED DISCUSSION.—The authority 

24 under paragraph (1) includes authority to satisfy a 

25 requirement for addressing a factor or a criterion in 

26 a strategy, plan, or report referred to in that para-
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1 graph by addressing that factor or criterion once in 

2 the consolidated or combined submission for the pur3 poses of all such requirements.’’. 

4 SEC. 2519. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

5 (a) ERROR IN ENROLLMENT.—Effective as of No6 vember 21, 1990, as if included therein, section 10(a)(1) 

7 of Public Law 101–623 (104 Stat. 3356), relating to an 

8 amendment of section 610(a) of the Foreign Assistance 

9 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2360(a)), is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘ ‘part I’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘ ‘part I)’ ’’. 

11 (b) REDESIGNATION OF DUPLICATIVELY NUMBERED

12 SECTION.—Section 620G of the Foreign Assistance Act 

13 of 1961, as added by section 149 of Public Law 104–164 

14 (110 Stat. 1436; 22 U.S.C. 2378a), is redesignated as sec15 tion 620J. 

16 (c) CORRECTION OF SHORT TITLE.—Effective as of 

17 September 30, 1961, as if included therein, section 111 

18 of Public Law 87–329 (75 Stat. 719; 22 U.S.C. 2151 

19 note) is amended by striking ‘‘ ‘The Foreign’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘the ‘Foreign’’. 

21 SEC. 2520. REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT ON UNITED STATES 

22 POLICY TOWARD HAITI. 

23 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find24 ings: 
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1 (1) Haiti is plagued by chronic political insta2 bility, economic and political crises, and significant 

3 social challenges. 

4 (2) The United States has a political and eco5 nomic interest and a humanitarian and moral re6 sponsibility in assisting the Government and people 

7 of Haiti in resolving the country’s problems and 

8 challenges. 

9 (3) The situation in Haiti is increasingly cause 

10 for alarm and concern, and a sustained, coherent, 

11 and active approach by the United States Govern12 ment is needed to make progress toward resolving 

13 Haiti’s political and economic crises. 

14 (b) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than 60 

15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec16 retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional com17 mittees a report that describes United States policy to18 ward Haiti. The report shall include the following: 

19 (1) The plan for the reconstruction of Haiti for 

20 fiscal years 2006 and 2007. 

21 (2) A description of the activities that have 

22 been and will be carried out by the United States 

23 Government, and the activities that will be carried 

24 out by the United States Government, for the fol25 lowing purposes: 
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1 (A) To establish democracy and rule of law 

2 in Haiti, in a manner that is consistent with 

3 the Constitution of Haiti and international re4 quirements described in resolutions of the 

5 United Nations, the Organization of American 

6 States, or other international organizations. 

7 (B) To assist in the disarmament, demobi8 lization, and reintegration of illegally armed 

9 forces in Haiti, in coordination with the United 

10 Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti 

11 (MINUSTAH) and the Organization of Amer12 ican States. 

13 (C) To assist in the reform and training of 

14 the Haitian National Police, in coordination 

15 with MINUSTAH and the Organization of 

16 American States, to include vetting, human 

17 rights, and weapons monitoring programs that 

18 adhere to internationally accepted norms. 

19 (D) To promote, in collaboration with the 

20 Haitian interim government, the holding of free 

21 and fair elections in Haiti that are monitored 

22 by international monitors and observers. 

23 (E) To combat the human immuno24 deficiency virus (HIV) or the acquired immune 

25 deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Haiti. 
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1 (F) To promote economic development in 

2 Haiti through assistance to critical sectors such 

3 as health and education, and for job creation, 

4 including through support for trade preference 

5 legislation specifically for Haiti. 

6 (G) To encourage other countries and 

7 international organizations to provide assistance 

8 to Haiti, including by fulfilling the pledges for 

9 over $1,200,000,000 in assistance made at the 

10 July 2004 International Donors Conference on 

11 Haiti. 

12 (H) To ensure that MINUSTAH is fully 

13 staffed at the authorized levels of military and 

14 civilian personnel and that it remains in Haiti 

15 for a period of time sufficient to adequately re16 train the Haitian National Police. 

17 SEC. 2521. UNITED STATES POLICY ON TSUNAMI RELIEF 

18 AND RECONSTRUCTION IN ACEH, INDONESIA. 

19 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find20 ings: 

21 (1) The destruction in South and Southeast 

22 Asia caused by the tsunami that occurred on Decem23 ber 26, 2004, has created a possible opportunity for 

24 progress in resolving the 30-year dispute between 
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1 the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh 

2 Movement (GAM). 

3 (2) In negotiations during February 2005, the 

4 GAM and Government of Indonesia made important 

5 progress in resolving some of their differences, 

6 prompting the Vice President of Indonesia to say he 

7 was pleased with the progress of the talks and that 

8 ‘‘[t]he result is much better than [the result of] pre9 vious meetings’’. 

10 (3) In a joint statement, issued on January 25, 

11 2005, the Co-Chairs of the Tokyo Conference on Re12 construction and Development of Sri Lanka stated 

13 that tsunami assistance should adhere to ‘‘basic 

14 principles of equity’’ and be ‘‘sensitive to and 

15 strengthens the Peace Process’’. 

16 (b) POLICY.—It should be the policy of the United 

17 States to work to formulate a joint statement with other 

18 donor countries which are providing assistance for tsu19 nami relief and reconstruction efforts in Aceh, Indonesia, 

20 that calls for the provision of such assistance— 

21 (1) to be equitably distributed throughout the 

22 impacted areas of Indonesia; and 

23 (2) to be used to strengthen and support the 

24 negotiations between the Government of Indonesia 

25 and the Free Aceh Movement. 
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1 SEC. 2522. DRUG PRICE TRANSPARENCY IN THE EMER2 GENCY PLAN FOR AIDS RELIEF. 

3 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than 90 

4 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Coordi5 nator of United States Government Activities to Combat 

6 HIV/AIDS Globally shall make available to the public a 

7 report setting forth the amount of United States funding 

8 provided under the authorities of the United States Lead9 ership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act 

10 of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), or under an amendment 

11 made to that Act, to procure anti-retroviral drugs in a 

12 country described in section 1(f)(2)(B)(VII) of the State 

13 Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 

14 2651a(f)(2)(B)(VII). The report shall include a detailed 

15 description of the anti-retroviral drugs procured, includ16 ing— 

17 (1) the amount expended for generics and name 

18 brand drugs; 

19 (2) the price paid per unit of each drug; and 

20 (3) the vendor from which the drugs were pur21 chased. 

22 (b) ANNUAL UPDATE.—The Coordinator of United 

23 States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Glob24 ally shall update the report required by subsection (a) by 

25 January 31 each year and make such updates available 

26 to the public. 
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1 TITLE XXVI—SAFE WATER 

2 SEC. 2601. SHORT TITLE. 

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Water: Currency 

4 for Peace Act of 2005’’. 

5 SEC. 2602. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress makes the following findings: 

7 (1) Water-related diseases are a human trag8 edy, killing and debilitating millions of people annu9 ally, preventing millions of people from leading 

10 healthy lives, and undermining development efforts. 

11 (2) Providing safe supplies of water, and sani12 tation and hygiene improvements would save millions 

13 of lives by reducing the prevalence of water-borne 

14 diseases, water-based diseases, water-privation dis15 eases, and water-related vector diseases. 

16 (3) An estimated 1,800,000 people die of 

17 diarrhoeal diseases every year. Ninety percent of 

18 these people are children under the age of five who 

19 live in developing countries. Simple household and 

20 personal hygiene measures, such as household water 

21 treatment and safe storage and effective hand wash22 ing with soap, reduce the burden of diarrhoeal dis23 ease by more than 40 percent. 

24 (4) According to the World Health Organiza25 tion, 88 percent of diarrhoeal disease can be attrib-
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1 uted to unsafe water supply, and inadequate sanita2 tion and hygiene. 

3 (5) Around the world, more than 150,000,000 

4 people are threatened by blindness caused by tra5 choma, a disease that is spread through poor hy6 giene and sanitation, and aggravated by inadequate 

7 water supply. 

8 (6) Chronic intestinal helminth infections are a 

9 leading source of global morbidity, including cog10 nitive impairment and anemia for hundred of mil11 lions of children and adults. Access to safe water 

12 and sanitation and better hygiene practices can 

13 greatly reduce the number of these infections. 

14 (7) Schistosomiasis is a disease that affects 

15 200,000,000 people, 20,000,000 of whom suffer seri16 ous consequences, including liver and intestinal dam17 age. Improved water resource management to reduce 

18 infestation of surface water, improved sanitation and 

19 hygiene, and deworming treatment can dramatically 

20 reduce this burden. 

21 (8) In 2002, 2,600,000,000 people lacked ac22 cess to improved sanitation. In sub-Saharan Africa, 

23 only 36 percent of the population has access to im24 proved sanitation. In developing countries, only 31 
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1 percent of the population in rural areas has access 

2 to improved sanitation. 

3 (9) Improved management of water resources 

4 can contribute to comprehensive strategies for con5 trolling mosquito populations associated with life6 threatening vector-borne diseases in developing coun7 tries, especially malaria, which kills more than 

8 1,000,000 people each year, most of whom are chil9 dren. 

10 (10) Natural disasters such as floods and 

11 droughts threaten people’s health. Floods contami12 nate drinking-water systems with industrial waste 

13 refuse, sewage, and human and animal excreta. 

14 Droughts exacerbate malnutrition and limit access 

15 to drinking water supplies. Sound water resource 

16 management can mitigate the impact of such natural 

17 disasters. 

18 (11) The United Nations Population Fund re19 port entitled ‘‘Water: A Critical Resource’’ stated 

20 that ‘‘Nearly 500 million people [suffer from] water 

21 stress or serious water scarcity. Under current 

22 trends, two-thirds of the world’s population may be 

23 subject to moderate to high water stress by 2025’’. 

24 Effective water management and equitable allocation 

25 of scarce water supplies for all uses will become in-
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1 creasingly important for meeting both human and 

2 ecosystem water needs in the future. 

3 (12) The participants in the World Summit on 

4 Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg, 

5 South Africa, in 2002, agreed to the Plan of Imple6 mentation of the World Summit on Sustainable De7 velopment which included an agreement to work to 

8 reduce by one-half ‘‘the proportion of people who are 

9 unable to reach or afford safe drinking water,’’ and 

10 ‘‘the proportion of people without access to basic 

11 sanitation’’ by 2015. 

12 (13) At the World Summit on Sustainable De13 velopment, building on the U.S.-Japan Partnership 

14 for Security and Prosperity announced in June 2001 

15 by President Bush and Prime Minister Koizumi, the 

16 United States and Japan announced a Clean Water 

17 for People Initiative to cooperate in providing safe 

18 water and sanitation to the world’s poor, improve 

19 watershed management, and increase the produc20 tivity of water. 

21 (14) At the World Summit on Sustainable De22 velopment, the United States announced the Water 

23 for the Poor Initiative which committed the United 

24 States to provide $750,000,000 over 3 years to in25 crease access to safe water and sanitation services, 
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1 improve watershed management, and increase the 

2 productivity of water. During fiscal year 2004, the 

3 United States provided an estimated $472,000,000 

4 in assistance to the Water for the Poor Initiative, in5 cluding funds made available for reconstruction ac6 tivities in Iraq, of which $388,000,000 was made 

7 available for safe drinking water and sanitation pro8 grams. 

9 (15) During fiscal year 2004, the United States 

10 provided $49,000,000 in assistance for activities to 

11 provide safe drinking water and sanitation in sub12 Saharan Africa, an amount that is equal to 6.5 per13 cent of total United States foreign assistance pro14 vided for all water activities in the Water for the 

15 Poor Initiative. 

16 (16) At the 2003 Summit of the Group of 

17 Eight in Evian, France, the members of the Group 

18 of Eight produced a plan entitled ‘‘Water: A G8 Ac19 tion Plan’’ that stated that a lack of water can un20 dermine human security. The Action Plan committed 

21 the members of the Group of Eight to playing a 

22 more active role in international efforts to provide 

23 safe water and sanitation to the world’s poor by mo24 bilizing domestic resources in developing countries 

25 for water infrastructure financing through the devel-
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1 opment and strengthening of local capital markets 

2 and financial institutions, particularly by estab3 lishing, where appropriate, at the national and local 

4 levels, revolving funds that offer local currency 

5 financings, which allow communities to finance cap6 ital-intensive water infrastructure projects over an 

7 affordable period of time at competitive rates. 

8 (17) The G8 Action Plan also committed mem9 bers of the Group of Eight to provide risk mitigation 

10 mechanisms for such revolving funds and to provide 

11 technical assistance for the development of efficient 

12 local financial markets and building municipal gov13 ernment capacity to design and implement finan14 cially viable projects and provide, as appropriate, 

15 targeted subsidies for the poorest communities that 

16 cannot fully service market rate debt. 

17 (18) The United Nations General Assembly 

18 Resolution 58/217 of February 9, 2004, proclaimed 

19 ‘‘the period from 2005 to 2015 the International 

20 Decade for Action, ‘Water for Life’, to commence on 

21 World Water Day, 22 March 2005’’ for the purpose 

22 of increasing the focus of the international commu23 nity on water-related issues at all levels and on the 

24 implementation of water-related programs and 

25 projects. 
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1 SEC. 2603. WATER FOR HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of the Foreign Assistance 

3 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by in4 serting after section 104C the following new section: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 104D. WATER FOR HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

6 ‘‘(a) FINDING.—Congress makes the following find7 ings: 

8 ‘‘(1) Access to safe water and sanitation and 

9 improved hygiene are significant factors in control10 ling the spread of disease in the developing world 

11 and positively affecting economic development. 

12 ‘‘(2) The health of children and other vulner13 able rural and urban populations in developing coun14 tries, especially sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, 

15 is threatened by a lack of adequate safe water, sani16 tation, and hygiene. 

17 ‘‘(3) Efforts to meet United States foreign as18 sistance objectives, including those related to agri19 culture, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 

20 and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), 

21 and the environment will be advanced by improving 

22 access to safe water and sanitation and promoting 

23 sound water management throughout the world. 

24 ‘‘(4) Developing sustainable financing mecha25 nisms, including private sector financing, is critical 
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1 to the long-term sustainability of improved water 

2 supply, sanitation, and hygiene. 

3 ‘‘(5) The annual level of investment needed to 

4 meet the water and sanitation needs of developing 

5 countries far exceeds the amount of Official Develop6 ment Assistance (ODA) and spending by govern7 ments of developing countries, so attracting greater 

8 public and private investment is essential. 

9 ‘‘(6) Long-term sustainability in the provision 

10 of access to safe water and sanitation and in the 

11 maintenance of water and sanitation facilities re12 quires a legal and regulatory environment conducive 

13 to private sector investment and private sector par14 ticipation in the delivery of water and sanitation 

15 services. 

16 ‘‘(7) The absence of robust domestic financial 

17 markets and sources for long-term financing are a 

18 major impediment to the development of water and 

19 sanitation projects in developing countries. 

20 ‘‘(8) At the 2003 Summit of the Group of 

21 Eight in Evian, France, the members of the Group 

22 of Eight produced a plan entitled ‘Water: A G8 Ac23 tion Plan’ that contemplated the promotion of do24 mestic revolving funds to provide local currency fi25 nancing for capital-intensive water infrastructure 
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1 projects. Innovative financing mechanisms such as 

2 revolving funds and pooled-financings have been very 

3 effective vehicles for mobilizing domestic savings for 

4 investments in water and sanitation both in the 

5 United States and in some developing countries. 

6 These mechanisms can serve as a catalyst for great7 er investment in water and sanitation projects by vil8 lages, small towns, and municipalities. 

9 ‘‘(9) The G8 Action Plan also committed mem10 bers of the Group of Eight to improving coordina11 tion and cooperation between donors, and such im12 proved coordination and cooperation is essential for 

13 enlarging the beneficial impact of donor initiatives. 

14 ‘‘(b) POLICY.—It is a major objective of United 

15 States foreign assistance— 

16 ‘‘(1) to promote good health and economic de17 velopment by providing assistance to expand access 

18 to safe water and sanitation, promote sound water 

19 management, and improve hygiene for people around 

20 the world; and 

21 ‘‘(2) to promote, to the maximum extent prac22 ticable and appropriate, long-term sustainability in 

23 the provision of access to safe water and sanitation 

24 by encouraging private investment in water and 

25 sanitation infrastructure and services. 
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1 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out the policy set 

3 out in subsection (b), the President is authorized to 

4 furnish assistance, including health information and 

5 education, to advance good health and promote eco6 nomic development by improving the safety of water 

7 supplies, expanding access to safe water and sanita8 tion, promoting sound water management, and pro9 moting better hygiene. 

10 ‘‘(2) LOCAL CURRENCY.—The President may 

11 use payments made in local currencies under an 

12 agreement made under title I of the Agricultural 

13 Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 

14 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to provide assistance under this 

15 section, including assistance for activities related to 

16 drilling or maintaining wells.’’. 

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 104(c) of 

18 the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 

19 of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1704(c)) is amended by adding at the 

20 end the following new paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(9) SAFE WATER.—To provide assistance 

22 under section 104D of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

23 1961 to advance good health and promote economic 

24 development by improving the safety of water sup-
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1 plies, including programs related to drilling or main2 taining wells.’’. 

3 SEC. 2604. PILOT PROGRAM FOR WATER SUSTAINABILITY 

4 INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND CA5 PACITY BUILDING. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104D of the Foreign As7 sistance Act of 1961, as added by section 2603(a), is 

8 amended by adding at the end the following new sub9 section: 

10 ‘‘(d) PILOT CLEAN WATER SUSTAINABILITY INFRA11 STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.— 

12 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PROGRAM.—In 

13 order to study the feasibility and desirability of a 

14 program to assist countries that have a high propor15 tion of the population that is susceptible to water16 borne illnesses as a result of a lack of basic infra17 structure for clean water and sanitation, the Presi18 dent, in close coordination with the Administrator of 

19 the United States Agency for International Develop20 ment and the Director of the Overseas Private In21 vestment Corporation, is authorized to establish a 5- 

22 year pilot program under which the President may— 

23 ‘‘(A) provide for the issuance of investment 

24 insurance, investment guarantees, or loan guar25 antees, provide for direct investment or invest-
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1 ment encouragement, or carry out special 

2 projects and programs for eligible investors to 

3 assist such countries in the development of safe 

4 drinking water and sanitation infrastructure 

5 programs; and 

6 ‘‘(B) provide assistance to support the ac7 tivities described in subparagraphs (A) through 

8 (D) of paragraph (2) for the purposes of— 

9 ‘‘(i) carrying out the policy set out in 

10 subsection (b); and 

11 ‘‘(ii) maximizing the effectiveness of 

12 assistance provided under subparagraph 

13 (A). 

14 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Assistance pro15 vided to a country under paragraph (1)(B) shall be 

16 used to— 

17 ‘‘(A) assess the water development needs 

18 of such country; 

19 ‘‘(B) design projects to address such water 

20 development needs; 

21 ‘‘(C) develop the capacity of individuals 

22 and institutions in such country to carry out 

23 and maintain water development programs 

24 through training, joint work projects, and edu25 cational programs; and 
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1 ‘‘(D) provide long-term monitoring of 

2 water development programs. 

3 ‘‘(3) GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATION.—The President 

4 may only provide assistance under the pilot program 

5 under paragraph (1) to a country based on consulta6 tion with Congress. 

7 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL CRITERIA.—In making deter8 minations of eligibility under this subsection, the 

9 President should give preferential consideration to 

10 projects sponsored by or significantly involving 

11 United States small businesses or cooperatives. 

12 ‘‘(5) IMPLEMENTATION.—To the extent pro13 vided for in advance in appropriations Acts, the 

14 President is authorized to create such legal mecha15 nisms as may be necessary for the implementation of 

16 its authorities under this subsection. Such legal 

17 mechanisms may be deemed non-Federal borrowers 

18 for purposes of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 

19 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 

20 ‘‘(6) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Notwithstanding 

21 any other provision of law, the President is author22 ized to provide assistance under the pilot program 

23 under paragraph (1) in the form of partial loan 

24 guarantees, provided that such a loan guarantee 
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1 may not exceed 75 percent of the total amount of 

2 the loan. 

3 ‘‘(7) COORDINATION.—The President is author4 ized to coordinate the activities of each agency or de5 partment of the United States to provide to a coun6 try assistance for an activity described in subpara7 graphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (2). 

8 ‘‘(8) FEDERAL AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

9 Under the direction of the President, the head of 

10 each agency or department of the United States is 

11 authorized to assign, detail, or otherwise make avail12 able to the Department of State any officer or em13 ployee of such agency or department who possesses 

14 expertise related to an activity described in subpara15 graphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (2). 

16 ‘‘(9) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The President 

17 shall annually prepare and submit to the Committee 

18 on Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Rela19 tions, and the Committee on Health, Education, 

20 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Com21 mittee on Appropriations, the Committee on Inter22 national Relations, and the Committee on Energy 

23 and Commerce of the House of Representatives a re24 port concerning the implementation of the pilot pro25 gram under this subsection.’’. 
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

2 subsection (a) shall be effective during the 5-year period 

3 beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 2605. SAFE WATER STRATEGY. 

5 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR STRATEGY.—The Secretary, 

6 in close coordination with the Administrator of the United 

7 States Agency for International Development and in con8 sultation with other appropriate Federal agencies, appro9 priate international organizations, foreign governments, 

10 United States nongovernmental organizations, and other 

11 appropriate entities, shall develop and implement a strat12 egy to further the United States foreign assistance objec13 tive to promote economic development by promoting good 

14 health through the provision of assistance to expand ac15 cess to safe water and sanitation, to promote sound water 

16 management, and to improve hygiene for people around 

17 the world. 

18 (b) CONTENT.—The strategy required by subsection 

19 (a) shall include— 

20 (1) an assessment of the activities that have 

21 been carried out, or that are planned to be carried 

22 out, by the United States to improve hygiene or ac23 cess to safe water and sanitation by underserved 

24 rural or urban poor populations, the countries of 

25 sub-Saharan Africa, or in countries that receive as-
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1 sistance from the United States Agency for Inter2 national Development; 

3 (2) methods to achieve long-term sustainability 

4 in the provision of access to safe water and sanita5 tion, the maintenance of water and sanitation facili6 ties, and effective promotion of improved hygiene, in 

7 the context of appropriate financial, municipal, 

8 health, and water management systems; 

9 (3) methods to use United States assistance to 

10 promote community-based approaches, including the 

11 involvement of civil society, to further the objectives 

12 described in subsection (a); 

13 (4) methods to mobilize and leverage the finan14 cial, technical, and managerial expertise of busi15 nesses, governments, nongovernmental, and civil so16 ciety in the form of public-private alliances such as 

17 the Global Development Alliances of the Agency 

18 which encourage innovation and effective solutions 

19 for improving sustainable access to safe water and 

20 sanitation; 

21 (5) goals to further the objectives described in 

22 subsection (a) and methods to measure whether 

23 progress is being made to meet such goals, including 

24 indicators to measure progress and procedures to 

25 regularly evaluate and monitor progress; 
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1 (6) assessments of the challenges and obstacles 

2 that impede the provision of access to safe water 

3 and sanitation, as well as the improvement of hy4 giene practices, critical in developing countries; 

5 (7) assessments of how access to safe water, 

6 sanitation, and hygiene programs, as well as water 

7 resource programs, effectively support the goal of 

8 combating the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 

9 and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome 

10 (AIDS); 

11 (8) assessments of the roles that other coun12 tries or entities, including international organiza13 tions, could play in furthering such objective and 

14 mechanisms to establish coordination among the 

15 United States, foreign countries, and other entities; 

16 (9) assessments of the level of resources that 

17 are needed each year to further such objective; and 

18 (10) methods to coordinate and integrate pro19 grams of the United States to further such objective 

20 with other United States foreign assistance pro21 grams. 

22 (c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

23 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

24 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Presi-
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1 dent shall submit to Congress a report that de2 scribes the strategy required by subsection (a). 

3 (2) REPORT.—Not less than once every 2 years 

4 after the submission of the initial report under para5 graph (1), the President shall submit to Congress a 

6 report on the status of the implementation of the 

7 strategy and progress made in achieving the objec8 tive described in subsection (a). 

9 SEC. 2606. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro11 priated for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2011 

12 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this title and 

13 the amendments made by this title. 

14 (b) OTHER AMOUNTS.—Amounts appropriated pur15 suant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection 

16 (a) shall be in addition to the amounts otherwise available 

17 to carry out this title and the amendments made by this 

18 title. 
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1 TITLE XXVII—PROTECTION OF 

2 VULNERABLE POPULATIONS 

3 DURING HUMANITARIAN 

4 EMERGENCIES 

5 Sec. 2701. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Protection of Vulner7 able Populations During Humanitarian Emergencies Act 

8 of 2005’’. 

9 SEC. 2702. DEFINITIONS. 

10 In this title: 

11 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Agency’’ means the 

12 United States Agency for International Develop13 ment. 

14 (2) CHILDREN.—The term ‘‘children’’ means 

15 persons under the age of 18 years. 

16 (3) COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘coordinator’’ 

17 means the individual designated by the Secretary 

18 under section 2712(a). 

19 (4) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

20 means the Department of State. 

21 (5) EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN.—The term 

22 ‘‘exploitation of children’’ includes— 

23 (A) adult sexual activity with children; 

24 (B) kidnapping or forcibly separating chil25 dren from their families; 
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1 (C) subjecting children to forced child 

2 labor; 

3 (D) forcing children to commit or witness 

4 acts of violence, including compulsory recruit5 ment into armed forces or as combatants; and 

6 (E) withholding or obstructing access of 

7 children to food, shelter, medicine, and basic 

8 human services. 

9 (6) HIV.—The term ‘‘HIV’’ means the human 

10 immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes the ac11 quired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). 

12 (7) HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY.—The term 

13 ‘‘humanitarian emergency’’ means a situation in 

14 which, due to a natural or manmade disaster, civil15 ians, including refugees and internally displaced per16 sons, require basic humanitarian assistance. 

17 (8) INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE.— 

18 The term ‘‘Inter-Agency Standing Committee’’ 

19 means the Inter-Agency Standing Committee estab20 lished in response to United Nations General Assem21 bly Resolution 46/182 of December 19, 1991. 

22 (9) PROTECTION.—The term ‘‘protection’’ 

23 means all appropriate measures to provide the phys24 ical and psychological security of, provide equal ac-
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1 cess to basic services for, and safeguard the legal 

2 and human rights of, individuals. 

3 (10) SEX TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘sex traf4 ficking’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

5 103 of Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

6 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

7 (11) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE.—The 

8 term ‘‘sexual exploitation and abuse’’ means causing 

9 harm to a person through— 

10 (A) rape; 

11 (B) sexual assault or torture; 

12 (C) sex trafficking and trafficking in per13 sons; 

14 (D) demands for sex in exchange for em15 ployment, goods, services, or protection; and 

16 (E) other forms of sexual violence. 

17 (12) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—The term 

18 ‘‘trafficking in persons’’ has the meaning given the 

19 term ‘‘severe forms of trafficking in persons’’ in sec20 tion 103 of Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

21 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102). 

22 (13) VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.—The term 

23 ‘‘vulnerable populations’’ means those people, such 

24 as women, children, the disabled, and the elderly, 
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1 who by virtue of their status are at a disadvantage 

2 in obtaining or accessing goods and services. 

3 SEC. 2703. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress makes the following findings: 

5 (1) The nature of war has changed dramatically 

6 in recent decades, putting civilians, especially women 

7 and children, at greater risk of death, disease, dis8 placement, and exploitation. 

9 (2) In the last decade alone, more than 

10 2,000,000 children have been killed during wars, 

11 while more than 4,000,000 have survived physical 

12 mutilation, and more than 1,000,000 have been or13 phaned or separated from their families as a result 

14 of war. 

15 (3) The use of rape, particularly against women 

16 and girls, is an increasingly common tactic in mod17 ern war. 

18 (4) Civilians, particularly women and children, 

19 account for the vast majority of those adversely af20 fected by humanitarian emergencies, including as 

21 refugees and internally displaced persons, and in22 creasingly are targeted by combatants and armed 

23 elements for murder, abduction, forced military con24 scription, involuntary servitude, displacement, sexual 

25 abuse and slavery, mutilation, and loss of freedom. 
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1 (5) Large-scale natural disasters, such as the 

2 tsunami that struck South East Asia, South Asia, 

3 and East Africa on December 26, 2004, and claimed 

4 over 200,000 lives, are particularly threatening to 

5 children, who are often orphaned or separated from 

6 their families. 

7 (6) Traditionally, the response to such humani8 tarian emergencies has focused on providing food, 

9 medical care, and shelter needs, and has placed less 

10 emphasis on the safety and security of those affected 

11 by a humanitarian emergency. 

12 (7) Refugee women and girls face particular 

13 threats because of power inequities, including being 

14 forced to exchange sex for food and humanitarian 

15 supplies, and being at increased risk of rape and 

16 sexual exploitation and abuse due to poor security in 

17 refugee camps. 

18 (8) In some circumstances, humanitarian agen19 cies have failed to make individuals affected by a hu20 manitarian emergency, especially women and chil21 dren, aware of their rights to protection and assist22 ance, to give them access to effective channels of re23 dress, and to make humanitarian workers aware of 

24 their duty to respect these rights and provide ade25 quate assistance. 
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1 (9) Refugee and displaced women face height2 ened risks of developing complications during preg3 nancy, suffering a miscarriage, dying, being injured 

4 during childbirth, becoming infected with HIV or 

5 another sexually transmitted infection, or suffering 

6 from posttraumatic stress disorder. 

7 (10) Despite the heightened risks for women 

8 during a humanitarian emergency, women’s needs 

9 for specialized health services have often been over10 looked by donors and relief organizations, which are 

11 focused on providing food, water, and shelter. 

12 (11) There is a substantial need for the protec13 tion of civilians, especially women and children, to be 

14 given a high priority during all humanitarian emer15 gencies. 

16 Subtitle A—Program and Policy 

17 Coordination 

18 SEC. 2711. REQUIREMENT TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE 

19 STRATEGY. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, in consulta21 tion with the Administrator of the United States Agency 

22 for International Development, develop a comprehensive 

23 strategy for the protection of vulnerable populations, espe24 cially women and children, who are affected by a humani25 tarian emergency. The strategy shall include— 
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1 (1) measures to address the specific protection 

2 needs of women and children; 

3 (2) training for personnel to respond to the spe4 cific needs of such vulnerable populations; and 

5 (3) measures taken to comply with section 

6 2731. 

7 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

8 of the enactment of this title, the Secretary shall submit 

9 to the appropriate congressional committees a report set10 ting forth the strategy described in subsection (a). 

11 SEC. 2712. DESIGNATION OF COORDINATOR. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

13 date of enactment of this title, the Secretary shall des14 ignate an individual within the Department or the Agency 

15 as the coordinator to be responsible for the oversight and 

16 coordination of efforts by the Department and the Agency 

17 to provide protection for vulnerable populations, especially 

18 women and children, affected by a humanitarian emer19 gency. 

20 (b) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 

21 shall consult with the Administrator of the United States 

22 Agency for International Development in making a des23 ignation under subsection (a). 

24 (c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 5 days after des25 ignating an official as a coordinator under subsection (a), 
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1 the Secretary shall inform the appropriate congressional 

2 committees of such designation. 

3 Subtitle B—Prevention and 

4 Preparedness 

5 SEC. 2721. REPORTING AND MONITORING SYSTEMS. 

6 (a) DUTIES OF COORDINATOR.—The coordinator 

7 shall— 

8 (1) develop and maintain a database of histor9 ical information about occurrences of sexual exploi10 tation and abuse, and other exploitation, of children 

11 during a humanitarian emergency; 

12 (2) establish a reporting and monitoring system 

13 for United States diplomatic missions to collect and 

14 submit to the coordinator information that indicates 

15 that vulnerable populations, especially women and 

16 children, are being targeted for or are at substantial 

17 risk of violence or exploitation in humanitarian 

18 emergencies; 

19 (3) assist United States diplomatic missions in 

20 developing responses to situations where there is a 

21 substantial risk of sexual exploitation and abuse or 

22 exploitation of children that may occur during a hu23 manitarian emergency; and 

24 (4) develop mechanisms for the receipt and dis25 tribution of reports to and from the public and rel-
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1 evant nongovernmental and international organiza2 tions of evidence of sexual exploitation and abuse 

3 and exploitation of children during a humanitarian 

4 emergency. 

5 (b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out duties under 

6 paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), the Coordinator 

7 shall consult with inter-governmental organizations and 

8 nongovernmental organizations. 

9 SEC. 2722. PROTECTION TRAINING AND EXPERTISE. 

10 (a) FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.—The Administrator of 

11 the United States Agency for International Development 

12 is authorized to establish a fellowship program at the 

13 Agency to increase the expertise of the personnel of the 

14 Agency in developing programs and policies to carry out 

15 activities related to the protection of vulnerable popu16 lations, especially women and children, affected by a hu17 manitarian emergency. 

18 (b) TERM OF FELLOWSHIP.—An individual may par19 ticipate in a fellowship under this section for a term of 

20 not more than 3 years. 

21 (c) NUMBER OF FELLOWS.—The Administrator is 

22 authorized to employ up to 10 fellows at any one time 

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1 (d) QUALIFICATION.—An individual is qualified to 

2 participate in a fellowship under this section if such indi3 vidual has the specific expertise required— 

4 (1) to develop and implement policies and pro5 grams related to the protection of vulnerable popu6 lations, especially women and children; and 

7 (2) to promote the exchange of knowledge and 

8 experience between the Agency and entities that as9 sist the Agency in carrying out assistance programs. 

10 Subtitle C—Protection of Refugees 

11 and Internally Displaced Persons 

12 SEC. 2731. CODES OF CONDUCT. 

13 None of the funds made available by the Department 

14 or Agency to provide assistance under section 491 of the 

15 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292) or over16 seas assistance under section 2 of the Migration and Ref17 ugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601) may be 

18 provided to a primary grantee or contractor for the pur19 pose of providing assistance to refugees or internally dis20 placed persons unless such grantee or contractor has 

21 adopted a code of conduct that is consistent with the 6 

22 core principles recommended by the Inter-Agency Stand23 ing Committee. To the extent practicable, a grantee or 

24 contractor that has adopted such a code of conduct shall 

25 ensure that subgrantees and subcontractors of such grant-
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1 ee or contractor have adopted, or agree to act in accord2 ance with, such a code of conduct. 

3 SEC. 2732. HEALTH SERVICES FOR REFUGEES AND DIS4 PLACED PERSONS. 

5 (a) PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES TO VULNER6 ABLE POPULATIONS AFFECTED BY HUMANITARIAN

7 EMERGENCIES.—The coordinator shall seek to ensure 

8 that organizations funded by the Department and the 

9 Agency for the purpose of responding to a humanitarian 

10 emergency coordinate and implement activities needed to 

11 respond to the health needs of vulnerable populations, es12 pecially women and children, as soon as practicable and 

13 not later than 30 days after the onset of a humanitarian 

14 emergency. 

15 (b) ACTIVITIES DEFINED.—The activities referred to 

16 in subsection (a) include activities to— 

17 (1) prevent and manage the consequences of 

18 sexual violence; 

19 (2) reduce transmission of HIV; 

20 (3) provide obstetric care; and 

21 (4) develop a plan to integrate women’s health 

22 services into the primary health care services pro23 vided during a humanitarian emergency. 
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1 SEC. 2733. ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF VULNERABLE 

2 POPULATIONS AFFECTED BY A HUMANI3 TARIAN EMERGENCY. 

4 (a) AMENDMENTS TO MICROENTERPRISE ACT OF

5 2000.—Section 102 of the Microenterprise for Self-Reli6 ance Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 2151f note) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (4)— 

8 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 

9 (C), and (D) and subparagraphs (C), (D), and 

10 (E), respectively; and 

11 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(B) Women displaced by armed conflict are 

14 particularly at risk, lacking access to traditional live15 lihoods and means for generating income.’’; and 

16 (2) in paragraph (13)— 

17 (A) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

18 subparagraph (C); and 

19 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(B) Particular efforts should be made to ex22 pand the availability of microcredit programs to in23 ternally displaced persons, who historically have not 

24 had access to such programs.’’. 

25 (b) AMENDMENT TO THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

26 ACT.—Section 256(b)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
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1 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2212(b)(3)) is amended by inserting 

2 after ‘‘clients’’ the following: ‘‘, including women 

3 microentrepeneurs,’’. 

4 SEC. 2734. INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND 

5 TRAINING. 

6 Section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

7 (22 U.S.C. 2347) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘or (iv)’’ and inserting ‘‘(iv)’’; 

9 and 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘rights.’’ and inserting ‘‘rights, 

11 or (v) improve the protection of civilians, especially 

12 women and children, including those who are refu13 gees or displaced persons.’’. 

14 SEC. 2735. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ACTIONS OF 

15 UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS. 

16 It is the sense of Congress that— 

17 (1) the Secretary-General of the United Nations 

18 should strengthen the existing ability of the United 

19 Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations to 

20 protect civilians, especially women and children, 

21 from sexual exploitation and abuse by personnel in 

22 peace operation missions by— 

23 (A) directing the Department of Peace24 keeping Operations to identify nongovernmental 

25 organizations and local community officials to 
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1 receive and communicate to senior level mission 

2 officials credible reports from civilians of sexual 

3 exploitation and abuse; 

4 (B) ensuring that there is a mechanism in 

5 place for all credible allegations of sexual ex6 ploitation and abuse to be brought to the atten7 tion of senior level mission officials in an expe8 dited fashion; 

9 (C) developing missions based rapid re10 sponse teams to investigate allegations of sexual 

11 exploitation and abuse; 

12 (D) improving informational programs for 

13 United Nations personnel on their responsibility 

14 not to engage in acts of sexual exploitation and 

15 abuse and the sanctions for such actions; 

16 (E) identifying troop contributing coun17 tries that refuse to investigate allegations of 

18 sexual exploitation and abuse by nationals serv19 ing in peacekeeping missions; 

20 (F) permanently excluding individuals 

21 found to have engaged in sexual abuse or ex22 ploitation, as well as troop contingent com23 manders and civilian managerial personnel 

24 complicit in such behavior, from participating in 
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1 future United Nations peacekeeping missions; 

2 and 

3 (G) demanding that troop contributing 

4 countries— 

5 (i) thoroughly investigate cases in 

6 which their nationals have been alleged to 

7 have engaged in sexual abuse or exploi8 tation which on United Nations peace9 keeping missions; and 

10 (ii) punish those found guilty of such 

11 misconduct; 

12 (2) troop contributing states should ensure that 

13 their soldiers are properly trained on United Nations 

14 guidelines regarding proper conduct towards civil15 ians, in particular those guidelines that address gen16 der-based violence, before participating in United 

17 Nations peace operation missions; 

18 (3) the United Nations should suspend payment 

19 of peacekeeping funds to countries when there is 

20 credible evidence of sexual exploitation and abuse by 

21 troops of such countries that are participating in 

22 peacekeeping operations, and the governments of 

23 such countries are not investigating or punishing 

24 such conduct; and 
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1 (4) the Secretary should consider a suspension 

2 of United States military assistance to countries 

3 that do not— 

4 (A) investigate allegations of sexual exploi5 tation and abuse by troops participating in 

6 United Nations peacekeeping operations; or 

7 (B) hold perpetrators of such abuse and 

8 exploitation accountable. 

9 Subtitle D—Protection of Vulner10 able Populations Affected by a 

11 Humanitarian Emergency 

12 SEC. 2741. ACTIONS TO SUPPORT PROTECTION. 

13 (a) PROGRAMS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR

14 RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT.—The United 

15 States Executive Director of the International Bank for 

16 Reconstruction and Development should take steps to en17 sure that disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration 

18 programs developed and funded by the International Bank 

19 for Reconstruction and Development provide benefits to 

20 former combatants that are comparable to the benefits 

21 provided by such programs to other individuals. 

22 (b) REPORT REGARDING PROGRAMS TO ASSIST CI23 VILIAN POLICE.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

24 of enactment of this title, the Secretary shall submit a re25 port to the appropriate congressional committees on all 
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1 current programs being conducted by the Department or 

2 the Agency to assist foreign countries with the enforce3 ment of the laws of such countries that are designed to 

4 protect women and children and improve accountability 

5 for sexual exploitation and abuse. 

6 SEC. 2742. PROTECTION ASSISTANCE. 

7 Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

8 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by adding 

9 at the end the following new section: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 135. ASSISTANCE FOR THE PROTECTION OF VULNER11 ABLE POPULATIONS DURING HUMANITARIAN 

12 EMERGENCIES. 

13 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provi14 sion of law, and subject to the limitations of subsection 

15 (b), the President is authorized to provide assistance for 

16 programs, projects, and activities to promote the security 

17 of, provide equal access to basic services for, and safe18 guard the legal and human rights of civilians, especially 

19 women and children, who are affected by a humanitarian 

20 emergency. Such assistance shall include programs— 

21 ‘‘(1) to build the capacity of nongovernmental 

22 organizations to address the special protection needs 

23 of vulnerable populations, especially women and chil24 dren, affected by a humanitarian emergency; 
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1 ‘‘(2) to support local and international non2 governmental initiatives to prevent, detect, and re3 port exploitation of children and sexual exploitation 

4 and abuse, including through the provision of train5 ing humanitarian protection monitors for refugees 

6 and internally displaced persons; 

7 ‘‘(3) to conduct protection and security assess8 ments for refugees and internally displaced persons 

9 in camps or in communities for the purpose of im10 proving the design and security of camps for refu11 gees and internally displaced persons, with special 

12 emphasis on the security of women and children; 

13 ‘‘(4) to provide, when practicable, education 

14 during a humanitarian emergency, including struc15 tured activities that create safe spaces for children, 

16 in particular girls; 

17 ‘‘(5) to reintegrate and rehabilitate former com18 batants and survivors of a humanitarian emergency, 

19 including through education, psychosocial assistance 

20 and trauma counseling, family and community re21 insertion, medical assistance, and strengthening 

22 community systems to support sustained reintegra23 tion; 

24 ‘‘(6) to establish registries and clearinghouses 

25 to trace relatives and begin family reunification, 
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1 with a specific focus on helping children find their 

2 families; 

3 ‘‘(7) to provide interim care and placement for 

4 separated children and orphans, including moni5 toring and followup services; 

6 ‘‘(8) to provide legal services for survivors of 

7 sexual exploitation, abuse, or torture, including the 

8 collection of evidence for war crimes tribunals and 

9 advocacy for legal reform; and 

10 ‘‘(9) to provide to local law enforcement per11 sonnel working in areas affected by a humanitarian 

12 emergency training in human rights law, particularly 

13 as it relates to the protection of women and children. 

14 ‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE.—Amounts made 

15 available to carry out this part and chapter 4 of part II 

16 may be made available to carry out this section.’’. 

17 TITLE XXVIII—CONVENTIONAL 

18 ARMS DISARMAMENT 

19 SEC. 2801. SHORT TITLE. 

20 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Conventional Arms 

21 Disarmament Act of 2005’’. 

22 SEC. 2802. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

23 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find24 ings: 
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1 (1) The global proliferation of man-portable air 

2 defense systems (MANPADS), other conventional 

3 weapons, and tactical missile systems poses a direct 

4 threat to the national security of the United States. 

5 (2) The use of MANPADS and other conven6 tional weapons by terrorists and insurgent groups 

7 continues to hamper United States efforts to achieve 

8 peace and security in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

9 (3) The proliferation of tactical missile systems 

10 provides many regimes with a means of income and 

11 threatens international peace and security. 

12 (4) The Government Accountability Office has 

13 estimated that there are between 500,000 and 

14 750,000 MANPADS in the world. 

15 (5) Many countries that possess stocks of 

16 MANPADS, other conventional weapons, and tac17 tical missile systems no longer require such weapons 

18 for their own security or self defense, but do not 

19 possess the means for the elimination or safe20 guarding of such systems. 

21 (6) There is currently no single United States 

22 program designed to promote efforts in other coun23 tries related to conventional arms threat reduction 

24 and the elimination of tactical missiles. 
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1 (7) The Department of State has not used the 

2 Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund for any ac3 tivity to eliminate any tactical missile systems since 

4 2002. 

5 (8) The proliferation of conventional weapons in 

6 developing countries that have experienced civil con7 flict threatens political stability and economic devel8 opment in those countries and neighboring countries. 

9 (9) Land mines left over from past conflicts 

10 continue to pose a humanitarian threat and a bar11 rier to economic development in many countries 

12 around the world. 

13 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con14 gress that— 

15 (1) where appropriate, the United States Gov16 ernment should provide assistance to countries seek17 ing to secure, remove, or eliminate stocks of 

18 MANPADS, other conventional weapons, and tac19 tical missile systems that pose a proliferation threat; 

20 and 

21 (2) given the clear links between global net22 works of terrorism and networks of the illicit trade 

23 in conventional weapons, the United States Govern24 ment should place consistent, broad, and continued 

25 emphasis on combating the proliferation of 
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1 MANPADS, other conventional weapons, and tac2 tical missile systems within the broader nonprolifera3 tion strategy of the United States. 

4 SEC. 2803. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

5 It is the policy of the United States to assist the gov6 ernments of other countries in safeguarding or eliminating 

7 stocks of MANPADS, other conventional weapons, and 

8 tactical missile systems that pose a proliferation, local or 

9 regional security, or humanitarian threat. 

10 SEC. 2804. GLOBAL PROGRAM FOR THE SAFEGUARDING 

11 AND ELIMINATION OF CONVENTIONAL ARMS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 

13 carry out an accelerated global program to secure, remove, 

14 or eliminate stocks of MANPADS, other conventional 

15 weapons, and tactical missile systems, as well as related 

16 equipment and facilities, that are determined by the Sec17 retary to pose a proliferation threat. 

18 (b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program authorized 

19 under subsection (a) may include the following activities: 

20 (1) Humanitarian demining activities. 

21 (2) Programs for the elimination or securing of 

22 tactical missile systems. 

23 (3) Programs for the elimination or securing of 

24 MANPADS. 
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1 (4) Activities to destroy other conventional 

2 weapons. 

3 (5) Programs to assist countries in the safe 

4 handling and proper storage of MANPADS, other 

5 conventional weapons, and tactical missile systems. 

6 (6) Cooperative programs with the North Atlan7 tic Treaty Organization and other international or8 ganizations to assist countries in the safe handling 

9 and proper storage or elimination of MANPADS, 

10 other conventional weapons, and tactical missile sys11 tems. 

12 (7) The utilization of funds for the elimination 

13 or safeguarding of MANPADS, other conventional 

14 weapons, and tactical missile systems. 

15 (8) The management of MANPADS, other con16 ventional weapons, and tactical missile systems at lo17 cations where United States funds have been used to 

18 provide for the security of such weapons. 

19 (9) Actions to ensure that equipment and 

20 funds, including security upgrades at locations for 

21 the storage or disposition of MANPADS, other con22 ventional weapons, tactical missile systems, and re23 lated equipment that are determined by the Sec24 retary of State to pose a proliferation threat, con25 tinue to be used for authorized purposes. 
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1 SEC. 2805. REDESIGNATION OF OFFICE OF WEAPONS RE2 MOVAL AND ABATEMENT AS OFFICE OF CON3 VENTIONAL ARMS THREAT REDUCTION. 

4 (a) REDESIGNATION.—The Office of Weapons Re5 moval and Abatement of the Department of State is redes6 ignated the Office of Conventional Arms Threat Reduc7 tion. The principal duties of the office are to formulate 

8 policy on conventional arms threat reduction and to plan 

9 and administer programs for carrying out activities under 

10 section 2804. 

11 (b) REFERENCE.—Any reference in a law, map, regu12 lation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

13 States to the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement 

14 referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a ref15 erence to the Office of Conventional Arms Threat Reduc16 tion. 

17 SEC. 2806. REPORT ON CONVENTIONAL ARMS THREAT RE18 DUCTION. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub21 mit to the Committees on Foreign Relations and Appro22 priations of the Senate and the Committees on Inter23 national Relations and Appropriations of the House of 

24 Representatives a report on conventional arms threat re25 duction. 
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1 (b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection 

2 (a) shall include the following information: 

3 (1) A description of prior efforts of the Depart4 ment of State regarding conventional arms threat 

5 reduction. 

6 (2) A description of the progress made in initi7 ating the operations of the Office of Conventional 

8 Arms Threat Reduction, as redesignated under sec9 tion 2805. 

10 (3) A description, on a country-by-country 

11 basis, of the implementation of a global strategy for 

12 the elimination or safeguarding of MANPADS, other 

13 conventional weapons, and tactical missile systems, 

14 including, to the extent possible, a prioritization of 

15 such elimination and safeguarding efforts with re16 spect to the proliferation sensitivity of such weapons 

17 in each country and their potential impact on local 

18 and regional security. 

19 (4) An evaluation of the extent to which activi20 ties under this title and other United States Govern21 ment programs are integrated to ensure that the 

22 conventional arms threat reduction efforts of the 

23 United States are consistent with United States pol24 icy and goals in countries receiving assistance 

25 through such activities. 
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1 (5) A description of the scope and nature of 

2 United States programs related to the elimination of 

3 tactical missile systems, in particular, efforts under 

4 the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund re5 garding the elimination of such systems. 

6 (c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

7 shall be in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 

8 annex. 

9 SEC. 2807. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount authorized to be 

11 appropriated in section 2125 for Nonproliferation, Anti12 Terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs for fiscal 

13 year 2006, other than for humanitarian demining and 

14 demining and mine action programs under the Inter15 national Trust Fund, not less than $20,000,000 should 

16 be made available for activities related to the securing, re17 moval, or elimination of stocks of MANPADS, other con18 ventional weapons, tactical missile systems, and related 

19 equipment and facilities. 

20 (b) LIMITATION.—Of the funds made available under 

21 subsection (a), not more than $10,000,000 may be obli22 gated until the Secretary submits to the Committees on 

23 Foreign Relations and Appropriations of the Senate and 

24 the Committees on International Relations and Appropria-
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1 tions of the House of Representatives the report required 

2 under section 2806. 

3 SEC. 2808. NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT FUND 

4 DEFINED. 

5 In this title, the term ‘‘Nonproliferation and Disar6 mament Fund’’ means the Nonproliferation and Disar7 mament Fund established under section 504 of the 

8 FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5854). 
Calendar No. 48 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 600 

[Report No. 109–35] 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for the Department of 

2007, and for other purposes. assistance programs for fiscal years 2006 and Corps for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for foreign for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for the Peace State and international broadcasting activities 

MARCH 10, 2005 

Read twice and placed on the calendar