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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. 574. (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 purposes in this bill. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 575. (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. 576. (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. 
LIMITATION ON FUNDS RELATING TO ATTENDANCE OF 
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AT CONFERENCES OCCURRING 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 577. 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 
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conference attended by representatives of the United 
States Government and representatives of foreign govern-
ments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 
organizations. 
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. 578. 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. 
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND BUDGET AND HIRING 
CEILINGS 
SEC. 579. 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 Inter-
national Monetary Fund does not penalize countries for 
increased government spending on healthcare or education 
by exempting such increases from national budget caps or 
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restraints, hiring or wage bill ceilings or other limits im-
posed by the International Monetary Fund. 
GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE FAILED TO PERMIT CERTAIN 
EXTRADITIONS 
SEC. 580. 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 charged 
with a criminal offense for which the maximum penalty 
is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 581. 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-
scription of the obligation and expenditure of funds, and 
the specific country in receipt of, and the use or purpose 
of the assistance provided by such funds. 
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ASSISTANCE FOR DEMOBILIZATION AND DISARMAMENT 
OF FORMER IRREGULAR COMBATANTS IN COLOMBIA 
SEC. 582. (a) AVAILABLITY
OF FUNDS.—Of the 
funds appropriated in this Act, up to $20,000,000 may 
be made available in fiscal year 2007 for assistance for 
the demobilization and disarmament of former members 
of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) in Colombia, 
specifically the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia 
(AUC), the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia 
(FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN), if the 
Secretary of State makes a certification described in sub-
section (b) to the appropriate congressional committees 
prior to the initial obligation of amounts for such assist-
ance for the fiscal year involved. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this 
subsection is a certification that— 
(1) assistance for the fiscal year will be pro-
vided only for individuals who have: (A) verifiably 
renounced and terminated any affiliation or involve-
ment with FTOs or other illegal armed groups; and 
(B) are meeting all the requirements of the Colom-
bia Demobilization Program, including having dis-
closed their involvement in past crimes and their 
knowledge of the FTO’s structure, financing 
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sources, illegal assets, and the location of kidnapping 
victims and bodies of the disappeared; 
(2) the Government of Colombia is providing 
full cooperation to the Government of the United 
States to extradite the leaders and members of the 
FTOs who have been indicted in the United States 
for murder, kidnapping, narcotics trafficking, and 
other violations of United States law; 
(3) the Government of Colombia is imple-
menting a concrete and workable framework for dis-
mantling the organizational structures of foreign ter-
rorist organizations; and 
(4) funds shall not be made available as cash 
payments to individuals and are available only for 
activities under the following categories: verification, 
reintegration (including training and education), vet-
ting, recovery of assets for reparations for victims, 
and investigations and prosecutions. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Appropriations and 
the Committee on International Relations of the 
House of Representatives; and 
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(B) the Committee on Appropriations and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate. 
(2) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an or-
ganization designated as a terrorist organization 
under section 219 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act. 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE CAPACITY 
ENHANCEMENT 
SEC. 583. The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID) shall cre-
ate within USAID a new office of Trade Capacity En-
hancement and designate a Director of that office: Pro-
vided, That this office shall be responsible for USAID’s 
trade capacity building programs, coordinating the imple-
mentation of all programs developed by the State Depart-
ment for trade capacity building and coordinating govern-
ment-wide trade capacity building efforts of United States 
agencies: Provided further, That this office shall be respon-
sible for ensuring that country strategic plans, as appro-
priate, include a trade capacity enhancement strategic 
goal and monitor the implementation plan for achieving 
this goal. 
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ENHANCING WOMEN’S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES 
SEC. 584. (a) SUPPORT FOR WOMEN’S SMALL- AND 
MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
IN DEVELOPING COUN-
TRIES. 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—When carrying out enter-
prise development programs with funds appropriated 
in ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 
Funds’’, or otherwise made available in the Act for 
‘‘Development Assistance’’, the Director of Foreign 
Assistance shall ensure that, where appropriate, 
such programs, projects, and activities meet the re-
quirements of paragraph (2) of this subsection. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) are the following: 
(A) In coordination with developing coun-
try governments and interested individuals and 
organizations, create or enhance laws, regula-
tions, 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 
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in ICT for women-owned small- and medium- 
sized enterprises. 
(C) Provide training, through local associa-
tions of women-owned enterprises in record 
keeping, financial and personnel management, 
international trade, business planning, mar-
keting, policy advocacy, and other relevant 
areas. 
(D) Provide resources to establish and en-
hance local, national, and international net-
works and associations of women-owned small- 
and medium-sized enterprises. 
(E) Provide incentives for nongovern-
mental organizations and regulated financial 
intermediaries to develop products, services, and 
marketing and outreach strategies specifically 
designed to facilitate and promote women’s par-
ticipation in small and medium-sized business 
development programs by addressing women’s 
assets, needs, and the barriers they face to par-
ticipation in enterprise and financial services. 
(F) Seek to award contracts to qualified 
indigenous women-owned small and medium- 
sized enterprises, including for post-conflict re-
construction and to facilitate employment of in-
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digenous women, including during post-conflict 
reconstruction in jobs not traditionally under-
taken by women. 
(b) TRADE BENEFITS FOR WOMEN IN DEVELOPING 
COUNTRIES.—The enterprise development and trade ca-
pacity promotion programs administered by the Depart-
ment of State and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall incorporate the following ob-
jectives: 
(1) Provide training and education to women’s 
civil society, including those organizations rep-
resenting poor women, and to women-owned enter-
prises and associations of such enterprises, on how 
to respond to economic opportunities created by 
trade preference programs, trade agreements, or 
other policies creating market access, including 
training on United States market access require-
ments and procedures. 
(2) Provide capacity building for women entre-
preneurs, including microentrepreneurs, on produc-
tion strategies, quality standards, formation of co-
operatives, market research, and market develop-
ment. 
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(3) Provide capacity building to women, includ-
ing poor women, to promote diversification of prod-
ucts and value-added processing. 
(4) Provide training to official government ne-
gotiators representing developing countries in order 
to enhance the ability of such negotiators to formu-
late trade policy and negotiate agreements that take 
into account the needs and priorities of a country’s 
poor, including poor women. 
(5) Provide training to local women’s groups in 
developing countries in order to enhance their ability 
to collect information and data, formulate proposals, 
and inform and impact official government nego-
tiators representing their country in international 
trade negotiations of the needs and priorities of a 
country’s poor, including poor women. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the enactment of this Act, the Director of Foreign 
Assistance shall report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions on the implementation of the provisions of sub-
sections (a) and (b) of this section. 
AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 585. To authorize United States participation 
in, and appropriations for, the United States contribution 
to the first replenishment of the resources of the Enter-
prise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund, the 
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Inter-American Development Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 283 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 39. FIRST REPLENISHMENT OF THE RESOURCES OF 
THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS MUL-
TILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND. 
‘‘(a) CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury may contribute on behalf of the United 
States $150,000,000 to the first replenishment of 
the resources of the Enterprise for the Americas 
Multilateral Investment Fund. 
‘‘(2) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—The au-
thority provided by paragraph (1) may be exercised 
only to the extent and in the amounts provided for 
in advance in appropriations Acts. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—For the United States contribution author-
ized by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro-
priated not more than $150,000,000, without fiscal year 
limitation, for payment by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury.’’. 
LIMITATION ON FUNDS 
SEC. 586. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 2320(a) of 
title 18, United States Code. 
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LIMITATION ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL 
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR MEXICO 
SEC. 587. Of the funds appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CON-
TROL
AND
LAW
ENFORCEMENT’’, not more than 
$39,000,000 may be available for assistance for Mexico. 
ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT TUBERCULOSIS 
SEC. 588. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act are revised by increasing the amount made available 
for ‘‘CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND’’ 
for programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and 
research on tuberculosis, as authorized by section 104B 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b– 
3), by reducing the amount made available for ‘‘OPER-
ATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT’’, and by reducing the 
amount made available for ‘‘CONTRIBUTION
TO
THE 
ASIAN
DEVELOPMENT
FUND’’, 
by 
$10,000,000, 
$5,000,000, and $5,000,000, respectively. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR SAUDI 
ARABIA 
SEC. 589. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended to finance any assist-
ance to Saudi Arabia. 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2007’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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