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country in receipt of, and the use or purpose of the assist-
ance provided by such funds. 
ANTICORRUPTION PROVISIONS 
SEC. 681. Twenty percent of the funds appropriated 
under title V of this Act under the heading ‘‘INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE’’, shall be 
withheld from disbursement until the Secretary of the 
Treasury reports to the appropriate Congressional com-
mittees on the extent to which the World Bank has com-
pleted the following: 
(1) World Bank procurement guidelines have 
been applied to all procurement financed in whole or 
in part by a loan from the World Bank or a credit 
agreement or grant from the International Develop-
ment Association (IDA). 
(2) The World Bank proposal ‘‘Increasing the 
Use of Country Systems in Procurement’’ dated 
March 2005 has been withdrawn. 
(3) The World Bank maintains a strong central 
procurement office staffed with senior experts who 
are designated to address commercial concerns, 
questions, and complaints regarding procurement 
procedures and payments under IDA and World 
Bank projects. 
(4) Thresholds for international competitive 
bidding have been established to maximize inter-
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national competitive bidding in accordance with 
sound 
procurement 
practices, 
including 
trans-
parency, competition, and cost-effective results for 
the Borrowers. 
(5) All tenders under the World Bank’s na-
tional competitive bidding provisions are subject to 
the same advertisement requirements as tenders 
under international competitive bidding. 
(6) Loan agreements between the World Bank 
and the Borrowers have been made public. 
INDONESIA 
SEC. 682. Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING 
PROGRAM’’, not more than $6,000,000 may be made 
available for assistance for Indonesia, until the Secretary 
of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations on 
steps taken by the Government of Indonesia on the fol-
lowing— 
(1) prosecution and punishment, in a manner 
proportional to the crime, for members of the Armed 
Forces who have been credibly alleged to have com-
mitted gross violations of human rights; 
(2) cooperation by the Armed Forces, at the di-
rection of the President of Indonesia, with civilian 
judicial authorities and with international efforts to 
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resolve cases of gross violations of human rights in 
East Timor and elsewhere; and 
(3) implementation by the Armed Forces, at the 
direction of the President of Indonesia, of reforms to 
increase the transparency and accountability of their 
operations and financial management. 
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GROWTH FUND 
SEC. 683. ESTABLISHMENT
OF
THE GROWTH 
FUND.— 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, act-
ing through the Director of United States Foreign 
Assistance, shall establish the Global Resources and 
Opportunities for Women to Thrive (GROWTH) 
Fund for the purpose of enhancing economic oppor-
tunities for very poor, poor, and low-income women 
in developing countries with a focus on— 
(A) increasing women-owned enterprise de-
velopment; 
(B) increasing property rights for women; 
(C) increasing women’s access to financial 
services; 
(D) increasing women in leadership in im-
plementing organizations, such as indigenous 
nongovernmental 
organizations, 
community- 
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based organizations, and regulated financial 
intermediaries; 
(E) improving women’s employment bene-
fits and conditions; and 
(F) increasing women’s ability to benefit 
from global trade. 
(2) ROLE OF USAID MISSIONS.—The Fund shall 
be available to USAID missions to apply for addi-
tional funding to support specific additional activi-
ties that enhance women’s economic opportunities or 
to integrate gender into existing economic oppor-
tunity programs. 
(b) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—The Fund shall be 
available to USAID missions to support— 
(1) initiatives to eliminate legal and institu-
tional barriers to women’s ownership of assets, ac-
cess to credit, access to information and communica-
tion technologies, and engagement in business activi-
ties within or outside of the home; 
(2) microfinance and microenterprise develop-
ment programs that— 
(A) specifically target women with respect 
to outreach and marketing; and 
(B) provide products specifically to address 
women’s assets, needs, and the barriers women 
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encounter with respect to participation in enter-
prise and financial services; 
(3) programs, projects, and activities for enter-
prise development for women in developing countries 
that— 
(A) in coordination with developing coun-
try governments and interested individuals and 
organizations, encourage or enhance laws, regu-
lations, enforcement, and other practices that 
promote access to banking and financial serv-
ices for women-owned small- and medium-sized 
enterprises, and eliminate or reduce regulatory 
barriers that may exist in this regard; 
(B) promote access to information and 
communication technologies (ICT) with training 
in ICT for women-owned small- and medium- 
sized enterprises; 
(C) provide training, through local associa-
tions of women-owned enterprises or nongovern-
mental organizations in record keeping, finan-
cial and personnel management, international 
trade, business planning, marketing, policy ad-
vocacy, leadership development, and other rel-
evant areas; 
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