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countries: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading that are made available for a Middle East Fi-
nancing Facility, Middle East Enterprise Fund, or any 
other similar entity in the Middle East shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That with respect to 
funds appropriated under this heading in this Act or prior 
Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs, the responsibility for pol-
icy decisions and justifications for the use of such funds, 
including whether there will be a program for a country 
that uses those funds and the amount of each such program, 
shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of State and the 
Deputy Secretary of State and this responsibility shall not 
be delegated. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC 
STATES 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for 
East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, 
$410,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2006, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for assistance and for related programs 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: Provided, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading that are made 
available for assistance for Bulgaria, $2,000,000 shall be
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made available to enhance safety at nuclear power plants: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not more than $87,000,000 may be made available 
for assistance for Serbia: Provided further, That the amount 
contained in the previous proviso shall be reduced by an 
amount equal to the amount of financial and other support, 
as determined by the Secretary of State, that Serbia has 
provided to Slobodan Milosevic and other indicted war 
criminals, and their families, during calendar year 2004: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be made available for programs and countries in 
the amounts contained in the table included in the report 
accompanying this Act: Provided further, That any pro-
posed increases or decreases to the amounts contained in 
such table shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations and section 
634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and notifica-
tions shall be transmitted at least 15 days in advance of 
the obligation of funds. 
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the 
administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use 
of economic assistance.
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(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other 
Act, local currencies generated by, or converted from, funds 
appropriated by this Act and by previous appropriations 
Acts and made available for the economic revitalization 
program in Bosnia may be used in Eastern Europe and 
the Baltic States to carry out the provisions of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East European 
Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE 
FORMER SOVIET UNION 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance 
for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and 
for related programs, $560,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the provisions of 
such chapters shall apply to funds appropriated by this 
paragraph: Provided further, That funds made available for 
the Southern Caucasus region may be used, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for confidence-building 
measures and other activities in furtherance of the peaceful 
resolution of the regional conflicts, especially those in the 
vicinity of Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabagh: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$8,000,000 should be available only to meet the health and 
other assistance needs of victims of trafficking in persons:
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Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, $20,000,000 shall be made available solely for as-
sistance for the Russian Far East: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, $6,000,000 
should be made available for an emergency operations cen-
ter in Kazakhstan: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, funds appropriated under this 
heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 
for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams, that are made available pursuant to the provisions 
of section 807 of Public Law 102–511 shall be subject to 
a 6 percent ceiling on administrative expenses: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be made available for programs and countries in the 
amounts contained in the table included in the report ac-
companying this Act: Provided further, That any proposed 
increases or decreases to the amounts contained in such 
table shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations and section 634A of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and notifications shall 
be transmitted at least 15 days in advance of the obligation 
of funds. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that 
are made available for assistance for Ukraine, not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for nuclear reactor safe-
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ty initiatives, and not less than $3,000,000 shall be made 
available for coal mine safety programs. 
(c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $93,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for Russia, of which not less than $4,000,000 shall be made 
available to the National Endowment for Democracy for de-
mocracy, human rights and rule of law programs. 
(d) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $75,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for Armenia. 
(e) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $6,500,000 shall be made available for democracy, 
human rights, and rule of law programs in Belarus. 
(f)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading 
that are allocated for assistance for the Government of the 
Russian Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from obli-
gation until the President determines and certifies in writ-
ing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation: 
(A) has terminated implementation of arrange-
ments to provide Iran with technical expertise, train-
ing, technology, or equipment necessary to develop a 
nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facilities or 
programs, or ballistic missile capability; and