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conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced, 
or canceled pursuant to this section. 
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined 
in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency 
primarily responsible for administering part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that 
the President has determined to be eligible, and 
shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, reduc-
tion, or cancellation of a loan pursuant to this sec-
tion. Such agency shall make adjustment in its ac-
counts to reflect the sale, reduction, or cancellation. 
(4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub-
section shall be available only to the extent that ap-
propriations for the cost of the modification, as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, are made in advance. 
(b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the 
sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, 
or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in 
the United States Government account or accounts estab-
lished for the repayment of such loan. 
(c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who 
presents plans satisfactory to the President for using the 
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loan for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, 
debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 
(d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to 
any eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation 
pursuant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible 
country, the President should consult with the country 
concerning the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or 
canceled and their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt- 
for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt 
Restructuring’’. 
BASIC EDUCATION 
SEC. 567. Of the funds appropriated by title II of 
this Act, not less than $550,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for basic education. 
RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS 
SEC. 568. Of the funds appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000 
should be made available to support reconciliation pro-
grams and activities which bring together individuals of 
different ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds from 
areas of civil conflict and war. 
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SUDAN 
SEC. 569. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—Subject 
to subsection (b): 
(1) Notwithstanding section 501(a) of the 
International Malaria Control Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106–570) or any other provision of law, none 
of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
available for assistance for the Government of 
Sudan. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for the cost, as defined in 
section 502, of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees held 
by the Government of Sudan, including the cost of 
selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the 
United States, and modifying concessional loans, 
guarantees, and credit agreements. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of 
State determines and certifies to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that— 
(1) the Government of Sudan has taken signifi-
cant steps to disarm and disband government-sup-
ported militia groups in the Darfur region; 
(2) the Government of Sudan and all govern-
ment-supported militia groups are honoring their 
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ceasefire commitments made in the Darfur Peace 
Agreement; and 
(3) the Government of Sudan is allowing 
unimpeded access to Darfur to humanitarian aid or-
ganizations, the human rights investigation and hu-
manitarian teams of the United Nations, including 
protection officers, and an international monitoring 
team that is based in Darfur and that has the sup-
port of the United States. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (b) 
shall not apply to— 
(1) humanitarian assistance; 
(2) assistance for Darfur and for areas outside 
the control of the Government of Sudan; and 
(3) assistance to support implementation of the 
Comprehensive Peace Agreement or the Darfur 
Peace Agreement. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act and 
section 501 of Public Law 106–570, the terms ‘‘Govern-
ment of Sudan’’, ‘‘areas outside of control of the Govern-
ment of Sudan’’, and ‘‘area in Sudan outside of control 
of the Government of Sudan’’ shall have the same meaning 
and application as was the case immediately prior to June 
5, 2004, and, Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, 
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Blue Nile State and Abyei shall be deemed ‘‘areas outside 
of control of the Government of Sudan’’. 
PEACE CORPS PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS 
SEPARATION PAY 
SEC. 570. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a fund for 
the Peace Corps to provide separation pay for host country 
resident personal services contractors of the Peace Corps. 
(b) FUNDING.—The Director of the Peace Corps may 
deposit in such fund— 
(1) amounts previously obligated and not can-
celed for separation pay of host country resident 
personal services contractors of the Peace Corps; 
and 
(2) amounts obligated for fiscal years after 
2006 for the current and future costs of separation 
pay for host country resident personal services con-
tractors of the Peace Corps. 
(c) AVAILABILITY.—Beginning in fiscal year 2007 
and thereafter, amounts in the fund are available without 
fiscal year limitation for severance, retirement, or other 
separation payments to host country resident personal 
services contractors of the Peace Corps in countries where 
such pay is legally authorized. 
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EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH 
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES 
SEC. 571. Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during 
fiscal year 2007, funds available to the Department of De-
fense may be expended for crating, packing, handling, and 
transportation of excess defense articles transferred under 
the authority of section 516 of such Act to Albania, Af-
ghanistan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugo-
slavian Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, India, Iraq, 
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, 
Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, and Ukraine. 
CUBA 
SEC. 572. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’ may be made available for assistance 
to the Government of Cuba. 
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 
SEC. 573. Programs funded under titles II and III 
of this Act that provide training for foreign police, judicial, 
and military officials, shall include, where appropriate, 
programs and activities that address gender-based vio-
lence. 
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LIMITATION ON ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND ASSISTANCE 
FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE 
PARTIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT 
SEC. 574. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ may be used to provide assistance to the govern-
ment of a country that is a party to the International 
Criminal Court and has not entered into an agreement 
with the United States pursuant to Article 98 of the Rome 
Statute preventing the International Criminal Court from 
proceeding against United States personnel present in 
such country. 
(b) The President may, with prior notice to Congress, 
waive the prohibition of subsection (a) with respect to a 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (‘‘NATO’’) member 
country, a major non-NATO ally (including Australia, 
Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Argentina, the Republic of 
Korea, and New Zealand), Taiwan, or such other country 
as he may determine if he determines and reports to the 
appropriate congressional committees that it is important 
to the national interests of the United States to waive such 
prohibition. 
(c) The President may, with prior notice to Congress, 
waive the prohibition of subsection (a) with respect to a 
particular country if he determines and reports to the ap-
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propriate congressional committees that such country has 
entered into an agreement with the United States pursu-
ant to Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the 
International Criminal Court from proceeding against 
United States personnel present in such country. 
(d) The prohibition of this section shall not apply to 
countries otherwise eligible for assistance under the Mil-
lennium Challenge Act of 2003, notwithstanding section 
606(a)(2)(B) of such Act. 
TIBET 
SEC. 575. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should 
instruct the United States executive director to each inter-
national financial institution to use the voice and vote of 
the United States to support projects in Tibet if such 
projects do not provide incentives for the migration and 
settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or facilitate the 
transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and natural re-
sources to non-Tibetans; are based on a thorough needs- 
assessment; foster self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people 
and respect Tibetan culture and traditions; and are sub-
ject to effective monitoring. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
less than $4,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should 
be made available to nongovernmental organizations to 
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support activities which preserve cultural traditions and 
promote sustainable development and environmental con-
servation in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Autono-
mous Region and in other Tibetan communities in China, 
and not less than $250,000 should be made available to 
the National Endowment for Democracy for human rights 
and democracy programs relating to Tibet. 
WESTERN HEMISPHERE 
SEC. 576. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs 
Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than the 
amount of funds initially allocated pursuant to section 
653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal 
year 2006 should be made available for El Salvador, Gua-
temala, Nicaragua and Honduras. 
(b) In addition to the amounts requested under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for 
Nicaragua and Guatemala in fiscal year 2007, not less 
than $1,500,000 should be made available for electoral as-
sistance, media and civil society programs, and activities 
to combat corruption and strengthen democracy in Nica-
ragua, and not less than $1,500,000 should be made avail-
able for programs and activities to combat organized 
crime, crimes of violence specifically targeting women, and 
corruption in Guatemala. 
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(c) Funds made available pursuant to subsection (b) 
shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(d) Of the funds appropriated in title II of this Act, 
not less than the amount of funds initially allocated pursu-
ant to section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 for fiscal year 2006 in the aggregate for countries 
of the Western Hemisphere should be made available for 
such puposes in this bill. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 577. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $81,000,000 of 
the funds made available in this Act to carry out the provi-
sions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, in-
cluding funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, may be used 
by the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment (USAID) to hire and employ individuals in the 
United States and overseas on a limited appointment basis 
pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS.— 
(1) The number of individuals hired in any fis-
cal year pursuant to the authority contained in sub-
section (a) may not exceed 175. 
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(2) The authority to hire individuals contained 
in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 
2008. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 
may only be used to the extent that an equivalent number 
of positions that are filled by personal services contractors 
or other nondirect-hire employees of USAID, who are 
compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern 
Europe and the Baltic States’’, are eliminated. 
(d) PRIORITY SECTORS.—In exercising the authority 
of this section, primary emphasis shall be placed on ena-
bling USAID to meet personnel positions in technical skill 
areas currently encumbered by contractor or other non-
direct-hire personnel. 
(e) CONSULTATIONS.—The USAID Administrator 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations at 
least on a quarterly basis concerning the implementation 
of this section. 
(f) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 
charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 
under the authority of this section shall be the account 
to which such individual’s responsibilities primarily relate. 
Funds made available to carry out this section may be 
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transferred to and merged and consolidated with funds ap-
propriated for ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development’’. 
(g) MANAGEMENT REFORM PILOT.—Of the funds 
made available in subsection (a), USAID may use, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, up to 
$10,000,000 to fund overseas support costs of members 
of the Foreign Service with a Foreign Service rank of four 
or below: Provided, That such authority is only used to 
reduce USAID’s reliance on overseas personal services 
contractors or other nondirect-hire employees com-
pensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Eu-
rope and the Baltic States’’. 
(h) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Bal-
tic States’’, may be used, in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes, for the cost (including the 
support costs) of individuals detailed to or employed by 
the United States Agency for International Development 
whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs in 
response to natural disasters. 
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RESCISSIONS 
SEC. 578. (a) Of the funds provided in title IV of 
Public Law 109–102, under the heading ‘‘Funds Appro-
priated to the President, International Financial Institu-
tions, Contribution to the International Development As-
sociation’’, $188,100,000 is hereby rescinded. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated in Public Law 109– 
102 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that 
are available for assistance and under such heading in 
prior Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs, $200,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded: Provided, That such amount shall be de-
rived only from funds not yet expended for cash transfer 
assistance. 
OPIC TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 579. Whenever the President determines that 
it is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, up to a total of $30,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated for programs in Iraq under title II of 
this Act may be transferred to and merged with funds ap-
propriated by this Act for the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation Program Account, to be subject to the terms 
and conditions of that account: Provided, That such funds 
shall not be available for administrative expenses of the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation: Provided fur-
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ther, That funds specially designated by this Act shall not 
be transferred pursuant to this section: Provided further, 
That the exercise of such authority shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
LIMITATION ON FUNDS RELATING TO ATTENDANCE OF 
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AT CONFERENCES OCCURRING 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 580. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees of agencies or depart-
ments of the United States Government who are stationed 
in the United States, at any single international con-
ference occurring outside the United States, unless the 
Secretary of State determines that such attendance is in 
the national interest: Provided, That for purposes of this 
section the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a 
conference attended by representatives of the United 
States Government and representatives of foreign govern-
ments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 
organizations. 
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LIMITATION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
FOREIGN
COUNTRIES 
THAT
REFUSE
TO
EXTRADITE
TO
THE
UNITED 
STATES ANY INDIVIDUAL ACCUSED IN THE UNITED 
STATES OF KILLING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 
SEC. 581. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Department of State may be used to provide 
assistance to the central government of a country which 
has notified the Department of State of its refusal to ex-
tradite to the United States any individual indicted in the 
United States for killing a law enforcement officer, as 
specified in a United States extradition request, unless the 
Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appro-
priations in writing that the application of the restriction 
to a country or countries is contrary to the national inter-
est of the United States. 
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND BUDGET AND HIRING 
CEILINGS 
SEC. 582. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States Executive Director at the Inter-
national Monetary Fund to use the voice of the United 
States to ensure that any loan, project, agreement, memo-
randum, instrument, plan or other program of the 
Intenational Monetary Fund does not penalize countries 
for increased government spending on healthcare or edu-
cation by exempting such increases from national budget 
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caps or restraints, hiring or wage bill celings or other lim-
its imposed by the International Monetary Fund. 
GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE FAILED TO PERMIT CERTAIN 
EXTRADITIONS 
SEC. 583. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Department of State, other than funds pro-
vided under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’, may be used to provide assistance 
to the central government of a country with which the 
United States has an extradition treaty and which govern-
ment has notified the Department of State of its refusal 
to extradite to the United States any individual indicted 
for a criminal offense for which the maximum penalty is 
life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, unless 
the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Ap-
propriations in writing that the application of this restric-
tion to a country or countries is contrary to the national 
interest of the United States. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 584. The Secretary of State shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 
2007, and for each fiscal quarter, a report in writing on 
the uses of funds made available under the headings ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’: Provided, That such report shall include a de-
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