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on Appropriations that the Colombian Armed Forces are con-
tinuing to meet the requirements described in paragraph (2) 
and are conducting vigorous operations to restore civilian 
government authority and respect for human rights in areas 
under the effective control of paramilitary organizations or 
successor armed groups and guerrilla organizations. 
(4) CERTAIN FUNDS EXEMPTED.—The requirement to with-
hold funds from obligation shall not apply with respect to 
funds made available under the heading ‘‘Andean Counterdrug 
Programs’’ for continued support for the Critical Flight Safety 
Program or for any alternative development programs in 
Colombia administered by the Bureau of International Nar-
cotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the Department of State. 
(5) REPORT.—At the time the Secretary of State submits 
certifications pursuant to paragraphs (1)(B) and (3) of this 
subsection, the Secretary shall also submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations a report that contains, with respect to each 
such paragraph, a detailed description of the specific actions 
taken by both the Colombian Government and Colombian 
Armed Forces which support each requirement of the certifi-
cation, and the cases or issues brought to the attention of 
the Secretary, including through the Department of State’s 
annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, for which 
the actions taken by the Colombian Government or Armed 
Forces have been determined by the Secretary of State to 
be inadequate. 
(d) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until 
September 30, 2008, the Secretary of State shall consult with Colom-
bian and internationally recognized human rights organizations 
regarding progress in meeting the requirements contained in sub-
section (c)(2). 
(e) ASSISTANCE
FOR DEMOBILIZATION
AND DISARMAMENT
OF 
FORMER COMBATANTS IN COLOMBIA.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Of the funds appropriated 
in this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, up 
to $11,442,000 may be made available in fiscal year 2008 for 
assistance for the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegra-
tion of former members of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) 
in Colombia, if the Secretary of State consults with and makes 
a certification described in paragraph (2) to the Committees 
on Appropriations prior to the initial obligation of amounts 
for such assistance for the fiscal year involved. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this sub-
section is a certification that— 
(A) assistance for the fiscal year will be provided only 
for individuals who have: (i) verifiably renounced and 
terminated any affiliation or involvement with FTOs or 
other illegal armed groups; (ii) are meeting all the require-
ments of the Colombia demobilization program, including 
having disclosed their involvement in past crimes and their 
knowledge of the FTO’s structure, financing sources, illegal 
assets, and the location of kidnapping victims and bodies 
of the disappeared; and (iii) are not involved in acts of 
intimidation or violence; 
(B) the Government of Colombia is providing full 
cooperation to the Government of the United States to
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extradite the leaders and members of the FTOs who have 
been indicted in the United States for murder, kidnapping, 
narcotics trafficking, or other violations of United States 
law, and is extraditing to the United States those com-
manders, leaders and members indicted in the United 
States who have breached the terms of the Colombian 
demobilization program, including by failing to fully confess 
their crimes, failing to disclose their illegal assets, or 
committing new crimes since the approval of the Justice 
and Peace Law; 
(C) the Government of Colombia is not knowingly 
taking any steps to legalize the titles of land or other 
assets illegally obtained and held by FTOs, their associates, 
or successors, has established effective procedures to iden-
tify such land and other assets, and is seizing and returning 
such land and other assets to their rightful occupants or 
owners; 
(D) the Government of Colombia is implementing a 
concrete and workable framework for dismantling the 
organizational structures of foreign terrorist organizations; 
and 
(E) 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), vetting, recovery of 
assets for reparations for victims, and investigations and 
prosecutions. 
(f) ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS.— 
(1) DENIAL OF VISAS TO SUPPORTERS OF COLOMBIAN 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 Revolu-
tionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National 
Liberation Army (ELN), the United Self-Defense Forces 
of Colombia (AUC), or successor armed groups, including 
taking actions or failing to take actions which allow, facili-
tate, or otherwise foster the activities of such groups; or 
(B) has committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or other-
wise participated in the commission of a gross violation 
of human rights, including extra-judicial killings, in 
Colombia. 
(2) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply if the Secretary 
of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations, on a 
case-by-case basis, that the issuance of a visa to the alien 
is necessary to support the peace process in Colombia or for 
urgent humanitarian reasons. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AIDED OR ABETTED.—The term ‘‘aided or abetted’’ means 
to provide any support to paramilitary or successor armed 
groups, including taking actions which allow, facilitate, or 
otherwise foster the activities of such groups. 
(2) 
PARAMILITARY
GROUPS.—The 
term 
‘‘paramilitary 
groups’’ means illegal self-defense groups and illegal security 
cooperatives, including those groups and cooperatives that have 
formerly demobilized but continue illegal operations, as well 
as parts thereof.
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(3) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘foreign 
terrorist organization’’ means an organization designated as 
a terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY 
SEC. 650. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be obligated 
or expended with respect to providing funds to the Palestinian 
Authority. 
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection (a) shall 
not apply if the President certifies in writing to the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the 
Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations that waiving such 
prohibition is important to the national security interests of the 
United States. 
(c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiver pursuant 
to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more than a period of 
6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months after 
the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursuant to sub-
section (b) is exercised, the President shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations detailing the justification for 
the waiver, the purposes for which the funds will be spent, and 
the accounting procedures in place to ensure that the funds are 
properly disbursed. The report shall also detail the steps the Pales-
tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons 
and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES 
SEC. 651. Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 is amended by adding the following section: 
‘‘SEC. 620J. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No assistance shall be furnished under this 
Act or the Arms Export Control Act to any unit of the security 
forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible 
evidence that such unit has committed gross violations of human 
rights. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not 
apply if the Secretary determines and reports to the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on 
Appropriations that the government of such country is taking effec-
tive measures to bring the responsible members of the security 
forces unit to justice. 
‘‘(c) DUTY TO INFORM.—In the event that funds are withheld 
from any unit pursuant to this section, the Secretary of State 
shall promptly inform the foreign government of the basis for such 
action and shall, to the maximum extent practicable, assist the 
foreign government in taking effective measures to bring the respon-
sible members of the security forces to justice.’’.
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FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT 
SEC. 652. The annual foreign military training report required 
by section 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be 
submitted by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State 
to the Committees on Appropriations by the date specified in that 
section. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 653. Funds appropriated by this Act, except funds appro-
priated under the headings ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’ and 
‘‘Overseas Private Investment Corporation’’, may be obligated and 
expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 and 
section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. 
LIBYA 
SEC. 654. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance 
directly any assistance for Libya. 
(b) The prohibition of subsection (a) shall no longer apply 
if the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Government of Libya has made the final settlement 
payments to the Pan Am 103 victims’ families, paid to the LaBelle 
Disco bombing victims the agreed upon settlement amounts, and 
is engaging in good faith settlement discussions regarding other 
relevant terrorism cases. 
(c) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions describing (1) actions taken by the Department of State to 
facilitate a resolution of these cases; and (2) United States commer-
cial activities in Libya’s energy sector. 
PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 
SEC. 655. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None of the funds 
appropriated under titles II through V of this Act may be provided 
to support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of State deter-
mines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
that— 
(1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian state— 
(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to peaceful 
co-existence with the State of Israel; 
(B) is taking appropriate measures to counter terrorism 
and terrorist financing in the West Bank and Gaza, 
including the dismantling of terrorist infrastructures, and 
is cooperating with appropriate Israeli and other appro-
priate security organizations; and 
(2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing entity of 
a new Palestinian state) is working with other countries in 
the region to vigorously pursue efforts to establish a just, 
lasting, and comprehensive peace in the Middle East that will 
enable Israel and an independent Palestinian state to exist 
within the context of full and normal relationships, which 
should include— 
(A) termination of all claims or states of belligerency; 
(B) respect for and acknowledgement of the sov-
ereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence