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requirements described in subparagraphs (E) 
and (F) of such paragraph. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) are as follows: 
(A) The Commander General of the Co-
lombian Armed Forces is suspending from the 
Colombian Armed Forces those members, of 
whatever rank, who, according to the Minister 
of Defense or the Procuraduria General de la 
Nacion, have been credibly alleged to have com-
mitted gross violations of human rights, includ-
ing extra-judicial killings, or to have aided or 
abetted paramilitary organizations. 
(B) The Government of Colombia is inves-
tigating and prosecuting, in the civilian justice 
system, those members of the Colombian Armed 
Forces, of whatever rank, who have been 
credibly alleged to have committed human 
rights 
violations, 
including 
extra-judicial 
killings, torture, or attacks against human 
rights defenders, or to have aided or abetted 
paramilitary organizations or successor armed 
groups, is suspending such members during the 
course of investigation, and is promptly pun-
ishing those members of the Colombian Armed 
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Forces found to have committed such violations 
of human rights or to have aided or abetted 
paramilitary organizations or successor armed 
groups. 
(C) The Colombian Armed Forces have 
made demonstrable efforts to cooperate fully 
with civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities 
in cases referred to in subparagraph (B) (in-
cluding providing requested information, such 
as the identity of persons suspended from the 
Armed Forces and the nature and cause of the 
suspension, and access to witnesses, relevant 
military documents, and other requested infor-
mation). 
(D) The Government of Colombia is ensur-
ing that the Colombian Armed Forces are not 
violating the land and property rights of Colom-
bia’s indigenous and Afro-Colombian commu-
nities, and that the Colombian Armed Forces 
are appropriately distinguishing between civil-
ians, including displaced persons, and combat-
ants in their operations. 
(E) The Colombian Armed Forces have 
made substantial progress in and are severing 
links (including denying access to military intel-
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ligence, vehicles, and other equipment or sup-
plies, and ceasing other forms of active or tacit 
cooperation) at all levels, with paramilitary or-
ganizations or successor armed groups, espe-
cially in regions in which such organizations 
have or had a significant presence. 
(F) The civilian judicial authorities of the 
Government of Colombia are making demon-
strable progress in dismantling paramilitary 
leadership and financial networks by arresting 
and vigorously prosecuting under civilian crimi-
nal law individuals who have provided financial, 
planning, or logistical support, or have other-
wise aided or abetted paramilitary organizations 
or successor armed groups, by identifying and 
confiscating land and other assets illegally ac-
quired by paramilitary organizations or their 
associates and returning such land or assets to 
their rightful owners, by revoking reduced sen-
tences for demobilized paramilitaries who en-
gage in new criminal activity, and by arresting, 
prosecuting under civilian criminal law, and 
when requested, promptly extraditing to the 
United States, new, re-armed, and non-demobi-
lized members of successor groups, especially in 
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regions in which these networks have or had a 
significant presence. 
(3) CERTAIN FUNDS EXEMPTED.—The require-
ment to withhold funds from obligation pursuant to 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) shall 
not apply with respect to funds made available under 
the heading ‘‘ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIA-
TIVE’’ for continued support for the Critical Flight 
Safety Program or any alternative development pro-
grams in Colombia administered by the Bureau of 
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Af-
fairs of the Department of State. 
(4) REPORT.—At the time the Secretary of 
State submits the certifications required by para-
graph (1)(A) and (1)(B) of this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall also submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations a report that contains, with respect to 
each such paragraph, a detailed description of the 
specific actions taken by both the Colombian Gov-
ernment and Colombian Armed Forces which sup-
ports each requirement of the certification, and the 
cases or issues brought to the attention of the Sec-
retary for which the response or action taken by the 
Colombian Government or Armed Forces has been 
inadequate. 
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(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Funds made 
available by this Act for the Colombian Armed Forces 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 
90 days thereafter until September 30, 2010, the Sec-
retary of State shall consult with internationally recog-
nized human rights organizations regarding progress in 
meeting the requirements contained in subsection (a)(2). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AIDED OR ABETTED.—The term ‘‘aided or 
abetted’’ means to provide any support to para-
military or successor armed groups, including taking 
actions which allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster 
the activities of such groups. 
(2) PARAMILITARY GROUPS.—The term ‘‘para-
military groups’’ means illegal self-defense groups 
and illegal security cooperatives, including those 
groups and cooperatives that have formerly demobi-
lized but continue illegal operations, as well as parts 
thereof. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 657. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 
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