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(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 
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. 667. (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appro-
priated by title III of this Act, not less than $750,000,000 
shall be made available for assistance for developing coun-
tries for basic education. Of this amount, not less than 
$265,000,000 shall be provided and implemented in coun-
tries that have an approved national education plan. 
(b) COORDINATOR.—There shall be established with-
in the Department of State in the immediate office of the 
Secretary of State, a Coordinator of United States Gov-
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ernment activities to provide basic education assistance in 
developing countries (hereinafter in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Coordinator’’). 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—That this Coordinator shall 
have primary responsibility for the oversight and coordina-
tion of all resources and international activities of the 
United States Government that provide assistance in de-
veloping countries for basic education. The individual serv-
ing as the Coordinator may not hold any other position 
in the Federal Government during the individual’s time 
of service as Coordinator. 
(d) STRATEGY.—The President shall develop a com-
prehensive integrated United States Government strategy 
to provide assistance in developing countries for basic edu-
cation within 90 days of enactment of this Act. 
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2008, the Secretary of State shall report to 
the Committees on Appropriations on the implementation 
of United States Government assistance programs in de-
veloping countries for basic education. 
(f) Funds appropriated by title II of Public Law 109– 
102 and provided to the Comptroller General pursuant to 
section 567 of that Act shall be available until expended 
and are also available to the Comptroller General to con-
duct further evaluations of basic education programs in
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developing countries under the direction of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS 
SEC. 668. Of the funds appropriated by title III of 
this Act under the heading ‘‘ECONOMIC SUPPORT 
FUND’’, not less than $12,000,000 shall be made avail-
able to support Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation 
Programs and an additional amount of $11,000,000 shall 
be made available to support Middle East People to People 
Coexistence Programs to promote activities which bring 
together individuals of different ethnic, religious, and po-
litical backgrounds from areas of civil conflict and war. 
SUDAN 
SEC. 669. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—Subject 
to subsection (d): 
(1) Notwithstanding 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
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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 honors its 
pledges to cease attacks upon civilians and disarms 
and demobilizes the Janjaweed and other govern-
ment-supported militias. 
(2) The Government of Sudan and all govern-
ment-supported militia groups are honoring their 
commitments made in all previous cease-fire agree-
ments. 
(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 the international monitoring 
team that is based in Darfur and has the support 
of the United States. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (b) 
shall not apply to— 
(1) humanitarian assistance;
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(2) assistance for the Darfur region, Southern 
Sudan, Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, 
Blue Nile State, and Abyei; and 
(3) assistance to support implementation of the 
Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Darfur 
Peace Agreement or any other internationally-recog-
nized viable peace agreement in Sudan. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 
term ‘‘Government of Sudan’’, shall not include the Gov-
ernment of Southern Sudan. 
(e) Notwithstanding any other law, assistance in this 
Act may be made available to the Government of Southern 
Sudan to provide non-lethal military assistance, military 
education and training, and defense services controlled 
under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 
CRF 120.1 et seq.) if the Secretary of State— 
(1) determines that the provision of such items 
is in the national interest of the United States; and 
(2) not later than 15 days before the provision 
of any such assistance, notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions in the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs in the House of Representatives of such de-
termination.
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TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING 
SEC. 670. Of the funds appropriated by this Act, 
under the headings ‘‘DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE’’, 
‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE 
BALTIC STATES’’, ‘‘ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND’’, 
‘‘ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE’’, and ‘‘AS-
SISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF 
THE FORMER SOVIET UNION’’, not less than 
$525,000,000 should be made available for trade capacity 
building assistance: Provided, That $10,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘ECO-
NOMIC SUPPORT FUND’’ shall be made available for 
labor and environmental capacity building activities relat-
ing to the free trade agreement with the countries of Cen-
tral America and the Dominican Republic. 
EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH 
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES 
SEC. 671. Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during 
fiscal year 2008, 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,
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Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, and Ukraine. 
ASSISTANCE TO COLOMBIA LAW ENFORCEMENT TO 
COMBAT ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS 
SEC. 672. (a) ASSISTANCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AND INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.— 
(1) WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS OF FUNDS.— 
The Secretary of State shall withhold the obligation 
of funds for assistance to any Colombian law en-
forcement or intelligence agency, including the Co-
lombian National Police, the Fiscalı´a, and the 
Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (the In-
telligence Service), if the Secretary determines 
that— 
(A) there has been significant infiltration 
of the agency by the Revolutionary Armed 
Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Lib-
eration Army (ELN), or the United Self-De-
fense Forces of Colombia (AUC), successor 
groups, or criminal organizations; or 
(B) the agency’s leadership has willfully 
provided any support to such groups, including 
taking actions or failing to take actions which 
allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the activi-
ties of such groups.
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(2) RESUMPTION
OF
ASSISTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of State may resume the obligation of funds 
suspended under paragraph (1) if the Secretary de-
termines and certifies to the Committees on Appro-
priations, based on a careful review of the structure 
and membership of the agency involved, that it has 
credibly and effectively eliminated the penetration of 
individuals associated with illegal armed groups, and 
removed those leaders and members who were pro-
viding support to such groups. 
(b) ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS.— 
(1) DENIAL OF VISAS TO SUPPORTERS OF CO-
LOMBIAN
ILLEGAL
ARMED
GROUPS.—Subject to 
paragraph (2), the Secretary of State shall not issue 
a visa to any alien who the Secretary determines, 
based on credible evidence— 
(A) has willfully provided any support to 
the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia 
(FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), 
or the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia 
(AUC), or successor groups, including taking 
actions or failing to take actions which allow, 
facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of 
such groups; or
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(B) has committed, ordered, incited, as-
sisted, or otherwise participated in the commis-
sion of gross violations of human rights, includ-
ing extra-judicial killings, in Colombia. 
(2) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply if 
the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 
the Committees on Appropriations, on a case-by-case 
basis, that the issuance of a visa to the alien is nec-
essary to support the peace process in Colombia or 
for urgent humanitarian reasons. 
CUBA 
SEC. 673. 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. 674. Programs funded under titles III and IV 
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. 
LIMITATION ON ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND ASSISTANCE 
FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE 
PARTIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT 
SEC. 675. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act under the heading ‘‘ECONOMIC SUPPORT
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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-
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.
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(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. 676. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should 
instruct the United States Executive Director at each 
international 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 $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated by title 
III of this Act under the heading ‘‘ECONOMIC SUP-
PORT FUND’’ should be made available to nongovern-
mental organizations to support activities which preserve 
cultural traditions and promote sustainable development 
and environmental conservation in Tibetan communities 
in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan 
communities in China, and not less than $250,000 should 
be made available to the National Endowment for Democ-
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racy for human rights and democracy programs relating 
to Tibet. 
WESTERN HEMISPHERE 
SEC. 677. (a) Not less than the amounts of funds 
initially allocated for the fiscal year 2007 pursuant to sec-
tion 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for El 
Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Honduras under the 
headings ‘‘CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PRO-
GRAMS FUND’’ and ‘‘DEVELOPMENT ASSIST-
ANCE’’, should be made available for each such country 
from funds appropriated under such headings by this Act. 
(b) Not less than the aggregate amount of funds ini-
tially allocated for the fiscal year 2007 pursuant to section 
653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for countries 
in the Western Hemisphere under the heading ‘‘FOR-
EIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM’’, should be 
made available for such countries from funds appropriated 
under such heading by this Act: Provided, That not less 
than the following amounts from funds appropriated by 
this Act under such heading shall be made available to 
enhance security in the Western Hemisphere consistent 
with democratic principles and the rule of law— 
(1) $48,000,000 for assistance for Colombia; 
(2) $4,800,000 for assistance for El Salvador; 
(3) $500,000 for assistance for Honduras; 
(4) $300,000 for assistance for Bolivia;
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(5) $250,000 for assistance for Guatemala; and 
(6) $100,000 for assistance for Belize. 
(c) Funds made available pursuant to subsection (b) 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 678. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $81,000,000 of 
the funds made available in title III of this Act to carry 
out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE 
BALTIC STATES’’, may be used by the United States 
Agency for International Development (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. 
(2) The authority to hire individuals contained 
in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 
2009.
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(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 non-direct 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 
transferred to and merged and consolidated with funds ap-
propriated for ‘‘OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE
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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 non-direct 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 EUROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES’’. 
(h) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appro-
priated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR 
EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC 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 re-
sponsibility is to carry out programs in response to natural 
disasters.
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OPIC TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 679. 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 $20,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under title III of this Act may be 
transferred to and merged with funds appropriated by this 
Act for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Pro-
gram 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 Pri-
vate Investment Corporation: Provided further, That des-
ignated funding levels in this Act shall not be transferred 
pursuant to this section: Provided further, That the exer-
cise of such authority shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 680. The Secretary of State shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 
2008, and for each fiscal quarter, a report in writing on 
the uses of funds made available under the headings 
‘‘FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM’’, 
‘‘INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND 
TRAINING’’, and ‘‘PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS’’: 
Provided, That such report shall include a description of 
the obligation and expenditure of funds, and the specific
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country in receipt of, and the use or purpose of the assist-
ance provided by such funds. 
ANTICORRUPTION PROVISIONS 
SEC. 681. Twenty percent of the funds appropriated 
under title V of this Act under the heading ‘‘INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE’’, shall be 
withheld from disbursement until the Secretary of the 
Treasury reports to the appropriate Congressional com-
mittees on the extent to which the World Bank has com-
pleted the following: 
(1) World Bank procurement guidelines have 
been applied to all procurement financed in whole or 
in part by a loan from the World Bank or a credit 
agreement or grant from the International Develop-
ment Association (IDA). 
(2) The World Bank proposal ‘‘Increasing the 
Use of Country Systems in Procurement’’ dated 
March 2005 has been withdrawn. 
(3) The World Bank maintains a strong central 
procurement office staffed with senior experts who 
are designated to address commercial concerns, 
questions, and complaints regarding procurement 
procedures and payments under IDA and World 
Bank projects. 
(4) Thresholds for international competitive 
bidding have been established to maximize inter-
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national competitive bidding in accordance with 
sound 
procurement 
practices, 
including 
trans-
parency, competition, and cost-effective results for 
the Borrowers. 
(5) All tenders under the World Bank’s na-
tional competitive bidding provisions are subject to 
the same advertisement requirements as tenders 
under international competitive bidding. 
(6) Loan agreements between the World Bank 
and the Borrowers have been made public. 
INDONESIA 
SEC. 682. Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING 
PROGRAM’’, not more than $6,000,000 may be made 
available for assistance for Indonesia, until the Secretary 
of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations on 
steps taken by the Government of Indonesia on the fol-
lowing— 
(1) prosecution and punishment, in a manner 
proportional to the crime, for members of the Armed 
Forces who have been credibly alleged to have com-
mitted gross violations of human rights; 
(2) cooperation by the Armed Forces, at the di-
rection of the President of Indonesia, with civilian 
judicial authorities and with international efforts to
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resolve cases of gross violations of human rights in 
East Timor and elsewhere; and 
(3) implementation by the Armed Forces, at the 
direction of the President of Indonesia, of reforms to 
increase the transparency and accountability of their 
operations and financial management. 
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GROWTH FUND 
SEC. 683. ESTABLISHMENT
OF
THE GROWTH 
FUND.— 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, act-
ing through the Director of United States Foreign 
Assistance, shall establish the Global Resources and 
Opportunities for Women to Thrive (GROWTH) 
Fund for the purpose of enhancing economic oppor-
tunities for very poor, poor, and low-income women 
in developing countries with a focus on— 
(A) increasing women-owned enterprise de-
velopment; 
(B) increasing property rights for women; 
(C) increasing women’s access to financial 
services; 
(D) increasing women in leadership in im-
plementing organizations, such as indigenous 
nongovernmental 
organizations, 
community-
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based organizations, and regulated financial 
intermediaries; 
(E) improving women’s employment bene-
fits and conditions; and 
(F) increasing women’s ability to benefit 
from global trade. 
(2) ROLE OF USAID MISSIONS.—The Fund shall 
be available to USAID missions to apply for addi-
tional funding to support specific additional activi-
ties that enhance women’s economic opportunities or 
to integrate gender into existing economic oppor-
tunity programs. 
(b) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—The Fund shall be 
available to USAID missions to support— 
(1) initiatives to eliminate legal and institu-
tional barriers to women’s ownership of assets, ac-
cess to credit, access to information and communica-
tion technologies, and engagement in business activi-
ties within or outside of the home; 
(2) microfinance and microenterprise develop-
ment programs that— 
(A) specifically target women with respect 
to outreach and marketing; and 
(B) provide products specifically to address 
women’s assets, needs, and the barriers women
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encounter with respect to participation in enter-
prise and financial services; 
(3) programs, projects, and activities for enter-
prise development for women in developing countries 
that— 
(A) in coordination with developing coun-
try governments and interested individuals and 
organizations, encourage or enhance laws, regu-
lations, 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 
in ICT for women-owned small- and medium- 
sized enterprises; 
(C) provide training, through local associa-
tions of women-owned enterprises or nongovern-
mental organizations in record keeping, finan-
cial and personnel management, international 
trade, business planning, marketing, policy ad-
vocacy, leadership development, and other rel-
evant areas;
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(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 nongovernmental 
organizations and regulated financial inter-
mediaries 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; 
and 
(F) seek to award contracts to qualified in-
digenous women-owned small- and medium- 
sized enterprises, including for post-conflict re-
construction and to facilitate employment of in-
digenous women, including during post-conflict 
reconstruction in jobs not traditionally under-
taken by women; 
(4) programs, projects, and activities for the 
promotion of private property rights and land tenure 
security for women in developing countries that are 
implemented by local, indigenous nongovernmental
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and community-based organizations dedicated to ad-
dressing the needs of women, especially women’s or-
ganizations that— 
(A) advocate to amend and harmonize 
statutory and customary law to give women 
equal rights to own, use, and inherit property; 
(B) promote legal literacy among women 
and men about property rights for women and 
how to exercise such rights; 
(C) assist women in making land claims 
and protecting women’s existing claims; and 
(D) advocate for equitable land titling and 
registration for women; 
(5) activities to increase women’s access to em-
ployment and to higher quality employment with 
better remuneration and working conditions in devel-
oping countries, including access to insurance and 
other social safety nets, in informal and formal em-
ployment relative to core labor standards determined 
by the International Labor Organization. Such ac-
tivities should include— 
(A) public education efforts to inform poor 
women and men of their legal rights related to 
employment;
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(B) education and vocational training tai-
lored to enable poor women to access opportuni-
ties in potential growth sectors in their local 
economies and in jobs within the formal and in-
formal sectors where women are not tradition-
ally highly represented; 
(C) efforts to support self-employed poor 
women or wage workers to form or join inde-
pendent unions or other labor associations to 
increase their income and improve their work-
ing conditions; and 
(D) advocacy efforts to protect the rights 
of women in the workplace, including— 
(i) developing programs with the par-
ticipation of civil society to eliminate gen-
der-based violence; and 
(ii) providing capacity-building assist-
ance to women’s organizations to effec-
tively research and monitor labor rights 
conditions; 
(6) assistance to governments and organizations 
in developing countries seeking to design and imple-
ment laws, regulations, and programs to improve 
working conditions for women and to facilitate their 
entry into and advancement in the workplace;
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(7) training and education to women in civil so-
ciety, including those organizations representing 
poor women, and to women-owned enterprises and 
associations of such enterprises, on how to respond 
to economic opportunities created by trade pref-
erence programs, trade agreements, or other policies 
creating market access, including training on United 
States market access requirements and procedures; 
(8) capacity-building for women entrepreneurs, 
including microentrepreneurs, on production strate-
gies, quality standards, formation of cooperatives, 
market research, and market development; 
(9) capacity-building to women, including poor 
women, to promote diversification of products and 
value-added processing; 
(10) training to official government negotiators 
representing developing countries in order to en-
hance the ability of such negotiators to formulate 
trade policy and negotiate agreements that take into 
account the respective needs and priorities of a 
country’s poor women and men; 
(11) training to local, indigenous women’s 
groups in developing countries in order to enhance 
their ability to collect information and data, formu-
late proposals, and inform and impact official gov-
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ernment negotiators representing their country in 
international trade negotiations of the respective 
needs and priorities of a country’s poor women and 
men; and 
(12) technical assistance and capacity-building 
to local, indigenous civil society for— 
(A) local indigenous women’s organizations 
to the maximum extent practicable; and 
(B) nongovernmental organizations and 
regulated financial intermediaries that dem-
onstrate a commitment to gender equity in their 
leadership either through current practice or 
through specific programs to increase the rep-
resentation of women in their governance and 
management. 
PEACEKEEPING CAP 
SEC. 684. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404(b)(2)(B) 
of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
1994 and 1995, (22 U.S.C. 287e note) is amended at the 
end by adding the following: ‘‘(v) For assessments made 
during calendar year 2008, 27.1 percent.’’. 
LIMITATION ON BASING IN IRAQ 
SEC. 685. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Government of the United States 
to enter into a permanent basing rights agreement be-
tween the United States and Iraq.
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PROHIBITION ON USE OF TORTURE 
SEC. 686. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 
justify the use of torture by any official or contract em-
ployee of the United States Government. 
REPORT ON INDONESIAN COOPERATION 
SEC. 687. Funds available under the heading 
‘‘INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND 
TRAINING’’ may only be made available for assistance 
for Indonesia if the Secretary of State submits a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations that describes: 
(1) Steps taken by the Indonesian government 
to deny promotion to and to remove from service 
military officers indicted for serious crimes; the ex-
tent to which the Indonesian Government is cooper-
ating with international efforts to bring current and 
past officials to justice; and that past and present 
Indonesian military officials are cooperating with do-
mestic inquiries into past abuses, including the 
forced disappearance and killing of student activists 
in 1998 and 1999. 
(2) The Indonesian government’s response to 
the report of the Commission for Reception, Truth 
and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste and the June 
2006 report of the report to the Secretary-General 
of the Commission of Experts to Review the Pros-
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ecution of Serious Violations of Human Rights in 
Timor-Leste in 1999. 
(3) Steps taken by the Indonesian government 
to implement and enforce the 2004 Indonesian law 
which requires the Indonesian military to divest 
itself of legal and illegal businesses before 2009. 
(4) The extent to which the Indonesian govern-
ment has removed restrictions impending access to 
and travel within the provinces of Papua and West 
Irian Jaya by United Nations personnel, diplomats, 
journalists, international non-governmental organiza-
tion personnel and researchers, humanitarian and 
human rights workers and others. 
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. 688. 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.
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GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE FAILED TO PERMIT CERTAIN 
EXTRADITIONS 
SEC. 689. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Department of State, other than funds pro-
vided under the heading ‘‘INTERNATIONAL NAR-
COTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT’’, 
may be used to provide assistance to the central govern-
ment of a country with which the United States has an 
extradition treaty and which government has notified the 
Department of State of its refusal to extradite to the 
United States any individual charged with a criminal of-
fense for which the maximum penalty is life imprisonment 
without the possibility of parole. 
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND BUDGET AND HIRING 
CEILINGS 
SEC. 690. 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 
restraints, hiring or wage bill ceilings or other limits im-
posed by the International Monetary Fund.
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ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS 
SEC. 691. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE’’, 
not less than $501,000,000 shall be made available for 
programs and activities which directly protect biodiversity 
and promote clean energy. 
(b) CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT.—Not later than 60 
days after the date on which the President’s fiscal year 
2009 budget request is submitted to Congress, the Presi-
dent shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations describing in detail the following: 
(1) All Federal agency obligations and expendi-
tures, domestic and international, for climate change 
programs and activities in fiscal year 2009, includ-
ing an accounting of expenditures by agency with 
each agency identifying climate change activities and 
associated costs by line item as presented in the 
President’s Budget Appendix. 
(2) All fiscal year 2007 obligations and esti-
mated expenditures, fiscal year 2008 estimated ex-
penditures and estimated obligations, and fiscal year 
2009 requested funds by the United States Agency 
for International Development, by country and cen-
tral program, for each of the following—
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(A) to promote the transfer and deploy-
ment of a wide range of United States clean en-
ergy and energy efficiency technologies; 
(B) to assist in the measurement, moni-
toring, reporting, verification, and reduction of 
greenhouse gas emissions; 
(C) to promote carbon capture and seques-
tration measures; 
(D) to help meet such countries’ respon-
sibilities under the Framework Convention on 
Climate Change; and 
(E) to develop assessments of the vulner-
ability to impacts of climate change and mitiga-
tion and adaptation response strategies. 
(c) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.—(1) The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the managements 
of the international financial institutions and the public 
that it is the policy of the United States that any assist-
ance by such institutions (including but not limited to any 
loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) for the extraction and 
export of oil, gas, coal, timber, or other natural resource 
should not be provided unless the government of the coun-
try has in place or is taking the necessary steps to estab-
lish functioning systems for—
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(A) accurately accounting for revenues and ex-
penditures in connection with the extraction and ex-
port of the type of natural resource to be extracted 
or exported; 
(B) the independent auditing of such accounts 
and the widespread public dissemination of the au-
dits; and 
(C) verifying government receipts against com-
pany payments including widespread dissemination 
of such payment information, and disclosing such 
documents as Host Government Agreements, Con-
cession Agreements, and bidding documents, allow-
ing in any such dissemination or disclosure for the 
redaction of, or exceptions for, information that is 
commercially proprietary or that would create com-
petitive disadvantage. 
(2) Not later than 180 days after the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a re-
port to the Committees on Appropriations describing, for 
each international financial institution, the amount and 
type of assistance provided, by country, for the extraction 
and export of oil, gas, coal, timber, or other national re-
source since September 30, 2005. 
UZBEKISTAN 
SEC. 692. Assistance may be provided to the central 
Government of Uzbekistan only if the Secretary of State
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determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Government of Uzbekistan is making sub-
stantial and continuing progress in meeting its commit-
ments under the ‘‘Declaration on the Strategic Partner-
ship and Cooperation Framework Between the Republic 
of Uzbekistan and the United States of America’’, includ-
ing respect for human rights, establishing a genuine multi- 
party system, and ensuring free and fair elections, free-
dom of expression, and the independence of the media, and 
that a credible international investigation of the May 31, 
2005, shootings in Andijan is underway with the support 
of the Government of Uzbekistan: Provided, That for the 
purposes of this section ‘‘assistance’’ shall include excess 
defense articles. 
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MINORITY RELIGIOUS FAITHS 
IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
SEC. 693. None of the funds appropriated for assist-
ance under this Act may be made available for the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation, after 180 days from the 
date of the enactment of this Act, unless the President 
determines and certifies in writing to the Committees on 
Appropriations that the Government of the Russian Fed-
eration has implemented no statute, executive order, regu-
lation or similar government action that would discrimi-
nate, or which has as its principal effect discrimination, 
against religious groups or religious communities in the
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Russian Federation in violation of accepted international 
agreements on human rights and religious freedoms to 
which the Russian Federation is a party. 
WAR CRIMES IN AFRICA 
SEC. 694. (a) The Congress reaffirms its support for 
the efforts of the International Criminal Tribunal for 
Rwanda (ICTR) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone 
(SCSL) to bring to justice individuals responsible for war 
crimes and crimes against humanity in a timely manner. 
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act, including funds 
for debt restructuring, may be made available for assist-
ance to the central government of a country in which indi-
viduals indicted by ICTR and SCSL are credibly alleged 
to be living, if the Secretary of State determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such gov-
ernment is cooperating with ICTR and SCSL, including 
the surrender and transfer of indictees in a timely manner: 
Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to assist-
ance provided under section 551 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 or to project assistance under title II of this 
Act: Provided further, That the United States shall use 
its voice and vote in the United Nations Security Council 
to fully support efforts by ICTR and SCSL to bring to 
justice individuals indicted by such tribunals in a timely 
manner.
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(c) The prohibition in subsection (b) may be waived 
on a country by country basis if the President determines 
that doing so is in the national security interest of the 
United States: Provided, That prior to exercising such 
waiver authority, the President shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations, in classified form if 
necessary, on— 
(1) the steps being taken to obtain the coopera-
tion of the government in surrendering the indictee 
in question to the court of jurisdiction; 
(2) a strategy, including a timeline, for bringing 
the indictee before such court; and 
(3) the justification for exercising the waiver 
authority. 
COMBATTING PIRACY OF UNITED STATES COPYRIGHTED 
MATERIALS 
SEC. 695. (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Sec-
retary of State may carry out a program of activities to 
combat piracy in countries that are not members of the 
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 
(OECD), including activities as follows: 
(1) The provision of equipment and training for 
law enforcement, including in the interpretation of 
intellectual property laws.
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(2) The provision of training for judges and 
prosecutors, including in the interpretation of intel-
lectual property laws. 
(3) The provision of assistance in complying 
with obligations under applicable international trea-
ties and agreements on copyright and intellectual 
property. 
(b) CONSULTATION WITH WORLD INTELLECTUAL 
PROPERTY ORGANIZATION.—In carrying out the program 
authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, consult with and provide as-
sistance to the World Intellectual Property Organization 
in order to promote the integration of countries described 
in subsection (a) into the global intellectual property sys-
tem. 
(c) FUNDING.—Of the amount appropriated or other-
wise made available under the heading ‘‘INTER-
NATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW EN-
FORCEMENT’’, $5,000,000 may be made available in 
fiscal year 2008 for the program authorized by subsection 
(a). 
OVERSIGHT OF IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 696. (a) Section 3001 of the Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Recon-
struction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108– 
106; 117 Stat. 1238; 5 U.S.C. App., note to section 8G
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of Public Law 95–452), as amended by section 1054(b) 
of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 
2397), section 2 of the Iraq Reconstruction Accountability 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–440), and section 3801 of 
the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recov-
ery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 
(Public Law 110–28) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (h)(1) by striking ‘‘pay rates.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘pay rates, and may exercise the au-
thorities of subsections (b) through (i) of section 
3161 of title 5, United States Code (without regard 
to subsection (a) of such section).’’; 
(2) in subsection (o)(1)(B) by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year 2006 or fiscal year 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
years 2006 through 2008’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end of such section the fol-
lowing subsection: 
‘‘(p) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For the purposes of 
carrying out the duties of the Inspector General, any 
United States funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able for fiscal years 2006 through 2008 for the reconstruc-
tion of Iraq, irrespective of the designation of such funds, 
shall be deemed to be amounts appropriated or otherwise
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made available to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction 
Fund.’’. 
(b) Section 1054(a) of Public Law 109–364 is 
amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘fis-
cal years 2006 through 2008’’. 
UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS RENOVATION 
SEC. 697. It is the sense of the Congress that the 
amount of any loan for the renovation of the United Na-
tions headquarters building located in New York, New 
York, should not exceed $600,000,000: Provided, That if 
any loan exceeds $600,000,000, the Secretary of State 
shall notify the Congress of the current cost of the renova-
tion and cost containment measures. 
NEGLECTED DISEASES 
SEC. 698. Of the funds appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’, not less 
than $18,000,000 shall be made available to support an 
integrated response to the control of neglected diseases in-
cluding intestinal parasites, schistosomiasis, lymphatic fil-
ariasis, onchocerciasis, trachoma and leprosy: Provided, 
That the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall consult with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, representatives from the relevant 
international technical and nongovernmental organizations 
addressing the specific diseases, recipient countries, donor 
countries, the private sector, UNICEF and the World
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Health Organization: (1) on the most effective uses of 
such funds to demonstrate the health and economic bene-
fits of such an approach; and (2) to develop a multilateral, 
integrated initiative to control these diseases that will en-
hance coordination and effectiveness and maximize the le-
verage of United States contributions with those of other 
donors: Provided further, That funds made available pur-
suant to this section shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EGYPT 
SEC. 699. (a) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO-
GRAM.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act for Egypt 
under the heading ‘‘FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING 
PROGRAM’’, $200,000,000 shall not be made available 
for obligation until the Secretary of State certifies and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
ernment of Egypt has taken concrete and measurable 
steps to— 
(1) enact and implement a new judicial author-
ity law that protects the independence of the judici-
ary; 
(2) review criminal procedures and train police 
leadership in modern policing to curb police abuses; 
and
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(3) detect and destroy the smuggling network 
and smuggling tunnels that lead from Egypt to 
Gaza. 
RELIEF FOR THE HMONG AND MONTAGNARDS 
SEC. 699A. Section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)), is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new clause: ‘‘Clause 
(vi) shall not apply to the Hmong or Montagnards on the 
basis of any act or event occurring in or before 1975’’.T 
Section 212(a)(3)(B)(ii) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(ii)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Subclause (VII)’’ and replacing it with ‘‘Sub-
clause (IX)’’. 
REPORT ON ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 699B. (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 
May 1, 2008, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Chief Executive Officer of 
the Millennium Challenge Corporation, shall submit to 
Committees on Appropriations a report on the level of cor-
ruption in each country that receives assistance in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Assistance 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, or ‘‘Assistance 
for the States of the Former Soviet Union’’. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall—
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(1) assess the level of corruption in each coun-
try’s political, economic, and judicial sectors, includ-
ing detailed information regarding specific acts of 
corruption; 
(2) assess the extent to which recent elections 
in each country have been free and fair; 
(3) include information regarding steps each 
country has taken to combat corruption; 
(4) describe at the program, project, and activ-
ity level how the United States assistance is de-
signed to strengthen anti-corruption activities in 
each country, including specific outcome goals and 
objectives; and 
(5) include an identification of countries that 
the Secretary of State determines require special 
scrutiny for fiscal year 2009, including an identifica-
tion of countries that the Secretary determines are 
not making significant efforts to comply with min-
imum standards for anti-corruption activities. 
(c) METHODOLOGY.—Not later than September 30, 
2007, the Secretary of State shall provide to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations a detailed description of— 
(1) the methodology for assessing the level of 
corruption in each country for purposes of preparing 
the report required by subsection (a) and for evalu-
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ating each country’s annual progress in fighting cor-
ruption; and 
(2) the indicators upon which the Secretary will 
make such assessments. 
PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE DEMOCRACY, THE RULE OF LAW, 
AND GOVERNANCE IN IRAN 
SEC. 699C. Of the funds appropriated in this Act, 
$50,000,000 should be made available for programs to im-
prove democracy, the rule of law, and governance in Iran. 
SEC. 699D. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for negotiating the participation of addi-
tional countries under the visa waiver program described 
in section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1187). 
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS RELATING TO 
RESTRICTIONS ON RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN 
SEC. 699E. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enforce any of the provisions in the 
Memorandum to all Department and Agency Executive 
Secretaries dated, February 2, 2001, and entitled ‘‘Guide-
lines on Relations With Taiwan’’. 
SEC. 699F. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to carry out the diversity visa program 
under sections 201(e), 203(c), or 204(a)(1)(I) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(e), 1153(c), 
and 1154(a)(1)(I)).
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SEC. 699G. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be expended in violation of section 243(d) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(d)) (re-
lating to discontinuing granting visas to nationals of coun-
tries denying or delaying accepting aliens removed from 
the United States). 
SEC. 699H. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to purchase light bulbs for operations 
in the United States unless the light bulbs have the ‘‘EN-
ERGY STAR’’ or ‘‘Federal Energy Management Pro-
gram’’ designation. 
SEC. 699I. None of the funds made available in this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be 
made available for Ethiopia. 
SEC. 699J. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Department of State as a con-
tribution for the United Nations Human Rights Council. 
SEC. 699K. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to provide an immigrant or non-
immigrant visa to a national or citizen of a country with 
which the United States maintains diplomatic relations 
and the central government of which has notified the Sec-
retary of State of its refusal to extradite to the United 
States any individual indicted in the United States for kill-
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ing a law enforcement officer, as specified in a United 
States extradition request. 
SEC. 699L. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for the International Seabed Authority 
or the Enterprise of the International Seabed Authority. 
SEC. 699M. 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 from a Federal depart-
ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 
the United States. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST ASSISTANCE TO SAUDI ARABIA 
SEC. 699N. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act— 
(1) shall be obligated or expended to finance 
any assistance to Saudi Arabia; or 
(2) shall be used to execute a waiver of section 
571 or 614 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2349aa or 2364) with regard to assist-
ance to Saudi Arabia. 
SEC. 699O. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to provide direct aid to the Palestinian 
Authority, except as otherwise provided by existing law.
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This Act may be cited as ‘‘The Department of State, 
Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2008’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 22 (legis-
lative day, June 21), 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2764 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 
and for other purposes.