(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ESTABLISH-
MENT OF OFFICE.—It is the sense of Congress that the 
Secretary should establish an office of multilateral democ-
racy promotion to address issues related to the Commu-
nity of Democracies and democracy promotion activities 
in international organizations, such as the United Nations. 
SEC. 203. INITIATIVES AT THE UNITED NATIONS. 
(a) UNITED NATIONS DEMOCRACY CAUCUS.—It is 
the sense of Congress that the United States should con-
tinue to support a Democracy Caucus at the United Na-
tions and that the creation of a Democracy Caucus in each 
international organization and multilateral institution of 
which the United States is a member will not only improve 
the internal governance of such organizations and institu-
tions but will also strengthen the implementation of com-
mitments by such organizations and institutions regarding 
democracy and human rights. 
(b) UNITED NATIONS DEMOCRACY FUND.— 
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the United States should continue to 
contribute to and work with other countries to en-
hance the goals and work of the United Nations De-
mocracy Fund. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated for each of 
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fiscal years 2008 and 2009 such sums as may be 
necessary to provide for a United States contribution 
to the United Nations Democracy Fund. 
TITLE III—FUNDING FOR 
PROMOTION OF DEMOCRACY 
SEC. 301. POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to provide 
financial assistance to eligible entities and eligible individ-
uals in order to promote democracy in nondemocratic 
countries and democratic transition countries. 
SEC. 302. HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FUND. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PURPOSES OF 
THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FUND.—It is the 
sense of Congress that the Human Rights and Democracy 
Fund should continue to be used for innovative approaches 
to promoting democracy and human rights and to support 
strategies developed pursuant to section 116 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended by section 
102(a)(1)(C) of this Act, in nondemocratic countries and 
democratic transition countries. 
(b) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
AUTHORITIES.—Assistance 
provided through the Human Rights and Democracy Fund 
may be provided to eligible entities and eligible individuals 
in foreign countries, notwithstanding any provision of law 
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that prohibits assistance to a foreign country or to a gov-
ernment of a foreign country. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT
ON
THE STATUS
OF
THE 
HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FUND.—Not later than 
60 days after the conclusion of each fiscal year, the Assist-
ant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees an annual report on the status of the Human 
Rights and Democracy Fund. Each such annual report 
shall contain the following information: 
(1) An identification of each eligible entity and 
eligible individual who received assistance during the 
previous fiscal year under subsection (b) and a sum-
mary of the activities of each such recipient. 
(2) An account of projects funded and outside 
contributions received during the previous fiscal 
year. 
(3) A balance sheet of income and outlays cur-
rent as of the conclusion of the fiscal year to which 
such report is relevant. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds available to 
carry out chapter 4 of Part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 
2009, there are authorized to be appropriated to the 
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Human Rights and Democracy Fund to carry out 
the purposes of this section $50,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2008 and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
Amounts appropriated under this section are author-
ized to remain available until expended. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Not more 
than five percent of amounts appropriated to the 
Human Rights and Democracy Fund for each fiscal 
year may be applied toward administrative expenses 
associated with carrying out this section. 
(3) CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary may ac-
cept contributions to the Human Rights and Democ-
racy Fund from the governments of other demo-
cratic countries, private foundations, private citizens, 
and other nongovernmental sources. Any such con-
tributions shall be merged into such Fund and shall 
be available to the same extent and under the same 
conditions as other amounts available to the Fund. 
SEC. 303. INSTRUMENTS FOR PROVIDING DEMOCRACY AS-
SISTANCE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Democracy assistance has many different 
forms, including assistance to promote the rule of 
law, build the capacity of civil society, political par-
ties, and legislatures, improve the independence of 
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the media and the judiciary, enhance independent 
auditing functions, and advance security sector re-
form. 
(2) Assistance through United States non-gov-
ernmental organizations in the form of grants and 
cooperative agreements can play a key role in that 
such organizations frequently have long-standing re-
lationships with individuals and nongovernmental or-
ganizations that support democratic principles, prac-
tices, and values in foreign countries, and have other 
means that enable them to foster those relationships, 
and allow assistance to be provided without direct 
government involvement that could undermine the 
purpose of such assistance (by, for example, creating 
an appearance of outside interference). 
(3) Contracts and other acquisition mecha-
nisms, because of their more direct association with 
and control by the United States Government, may 
not be as effective as non-governmental organiza-
tions in working to build the political capacity of 
civil society, political parties, and legislatures, but 
have an appropriate role to play in providing certain 
technical solutions and related assistance in such 
areas as fostering independence of the judiciary, pro-
viding modern infrastructures for parliaments, in-
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