Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other-
wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
further, That funds appropriated under this heading and
under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United
States Agency for International Development’’ may be
made available for USAID’s contribution to the Capital
Cost Sharing Program only if all other agencies who have
agreed to participate in that program during the current
fiscal year are making their contributions to the program.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$35,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2006, which sum shall be available for the Office of the
Inspector General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development.
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 4 of part II, $2,450,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2006: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than
$360,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which sum
shall be available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and
shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this
Act or by October 31, 2004, whichever is later: Provided
further, That not less than $535,000,000 shall be available
only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant
basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance shall be
provided with the understanding that Egypt will under-
take significant economic reforms which are additional to
those which were undertaken in previous fiscal years: Pro-
vided further, That in exercising the authority to provide
cash transfer assistance for Israel, the President shall en-
sure that the level of such assistance does not cause an
adverse impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports
from the United States to such country and that Israel
enters into a side letter agreement in an amount propor-
tional to the fiscal year 1999 agreement: Provided further,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than $250,000,000 should be made available only for
assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That not to exceed
$200,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing may be used for the costs, as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying
direct loans and guarantees for Pakistan: Provided further,
That amounts that are made available under the previous
proviso for the cost of modifying direct loans and guaran-
tees shall not be considered ‘‘assistance’’ for the purposes
of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country: Pro-
vided further, That $13,500,000 of the funds appropriated
under this heading should be made available for Cyprus
to be used only for scholarships, administrative support
of the scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and
measures aimed at reunification of the island and designed
to reduce tensions and promote peace and cooperation be-
tween the two communities on Cyprus: Provided further,
That $35,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this
heading should be made available for assistance for Leb-
anon, of which not less than $4,000,000 should be made
available for scholarships and direct support of American
educational institutions in Lebanon: Provided further,
That funds appropriated under this heading that are made
available for assistance for the Central Government of
Lebanon shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That $22,000,000 of the funds appropriated under
this heading should be made available for assistance for
the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste: Provided further,
That $50,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this
heading should be made available for assistance for Haiti: