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‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, subject to section 615 
of this Act: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation 
of which $1,500,000 shall be for grants of not less than 
$500,000 for significant historic preservation projects: Pro-
vided further, That there shall be one additional senior per-
manent position at United States Embassy Moscow whose 
sole responsibilities shall be to monitor human rights and 
the implementation of Russian laws relating to nongovern-
mental organizations, communicate United States support 
for human rights defenders and journalists who are har-
assed and arrested, and support the work of civil society 
groups: Provided further, That funds available under this 
heading may be made available for a United States Govern-
ment interagency task force to examine, coordinate and 
oversee United States participation in the United Nations 
headquarters renovation project: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading are available, pur-
suant to 31 U.S.C. 1108(g), for the field examination of 
programs and activities in the United States funded from 
any account in this title. 
In addition, not to exceed $1,558,390 shall be derived 
from fees collected from other executive agencies for lease 
or use of facilities located at the International Center in
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accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act; 
in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, 
$490,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by that 
section, to be used for the purposes set out in that section; 
in addition, as authorized by section 810 of the United 
States Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to 
exceed $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, may 
be credited to this appropriation from fees or other pay-
ments received from English teaching, library, motion pic-
tures, and publication programs and from fees from edu-
cational advising and counseling and exchange visitor pro-
grams; and, in addition, not to exceed $15,000, which shall 
be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use 
of Blair House facilities. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security protec-
tion, $909,598,000, to remain available until expended. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, $63,743,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized: Provided, That section 135(e) of Public Law 
103–236 shall not apply to funds available under this head-
ing. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $35,508,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the
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Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), as it 
relates to post inspections. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange pro-
grams, as authorized, $509,482,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, may be credited to this 
appropriation from fees or other payments received from 
or in connection with English teaching, educational advis-
ing and counseling programs, and exchange visitor pro-
grams as authorized: Provided further, That of the funds 
available under this heading up to $2,000,000 may be made 
available to the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foun-
dation, subject to authorization: Provided further, That if 
a majority of the Board of Directors of such Foundation 
is not confirmed by the Senate by August 1, 2008, the Sec-
retary shall provide $1,000,000 of such funds to the Ben-
jamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program and 
$1,000,000 shall be provided to the Fulbright Program to 
augment existing study abroad programs. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
For 
representation 
allowances 
as 
authorized, 
$8,175,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Sec-
retary of State to provide for extraordinary protective serv-
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ices, as authorized, $14,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2009. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–303), pre-
serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for build-
ings that are owned or directly leased by the Department 
of State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the 
Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 
$792,534,000, to remain available until expended as au-
thorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 
domestic and overseas representation as authorized: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated in this para-
graph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, fur-
nishings, or generators for other departments and agencies. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 
$649,278,000, to remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State 
to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic 
and Consular Service, $9,000,000, only for emergency evac-
uations and terrorism rewards, to remain available until
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expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the ‘‘Repatriation Loans Pro-
gram Account’’, subject to the same terms and conditions. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $678,000, as authorized: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $607,000, which may 
be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Diplomatic and Con-
sular Programs’’. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $16,351,000. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $158,900,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 
meet annual obligations of membership in international 
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
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tions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,374,400,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of State shall, at the time of the submission of the 
President’s budget to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, transmit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations the most recent biennial budget prepared by 
the United Nations for the operations of the United Nations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in ad-
vance (or in an emergency, as far in advance as is prac-
ticable) of any United Nations action to increase funding 
for any United Nations program without identifying an off-
setting decrease elsewhere in the United Nations budget and 
cause the United Nations budget for the biennium 2008– 
2009 to exceed the revised United Nations budget level for 
the biennium 2006–2007 of $4,173,895,900: Provided fur-
ther, That any payment of arrearages under this title shall 
be directed toward activities that are mutually agreed upon 
by the United States and the respective international orga-
nization: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be available for a United 
States contribution to an international organization for the 
United States share of interest costs made known to the 
United States Government by such organization for loans
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incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through external bor-
rowings. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
security, $1,352,000,000, of which 15 percent shall remain 
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That at least 
15 days in advance of voting in the United Nations Secu-
rity Council (or in an emergency as far in advance as is 
practicable) for any new or expanded United Nations 
peacekeeping mission, the Secretary of State shall, with re-
gard to any new or expanded mission, notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations and other appropriate Committees 
of the Congress of its estimated cost and duration, the 
United States national interest that will be served, the 
planned exit strategy, the specific measures the United Na-
tions is taking to prevent United Nations employees, con-
tractor personnel, and peacekeeping forces serving in any 
such mission from trafficking in persons, exploiting victims 
of trafficking, or committing acts of illegal sexual exploi-
tation, and to hold accountable individuals who engage in 
such acts while participating in the peacekeeping mission; 
and a notification of funds pursuant to section 615 of this 
Act is submitted, and the procedures therein followed, set-
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ting forth the source of funds that will be used to pay for 
the cost of the new or expanded mission: Provided further, 
That funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses only 
after a determination by the Secretary of State that Amer-
ican manufacturers and suppliers are being given opportu-
nities to provide equipment, services, and material for 
United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those being 
given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers. 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
meet obligations of the United States arising under treaties, 
or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section 
of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 
United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 
$6,000 for representation; as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$30,430,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $88,425,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized.
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AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the 
International Joint Commission and the International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Canada 
or Great Britain, and for the Border Environment Coopera-
tion Commission as authorized by Public Law 103–182, 
$11,250,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall be available 
for representation expenses incurred by the International 
Joint Commission. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries com-
missions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, 
$27,054,000: Provided, That the United States’ share of 
such expenses may be advanced to the respective commis-
sions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for programs in the amounts contained in the table included 
in the report accompanying this Act and no proposal for 
deviation from those amounts shall be considered. 
OTHER 
PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized by 
the Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $16,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, as authorized.
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CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE TRUST 
FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle East-
ern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the total amount of the 
interest and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before 
September 30, 2008, to remain available until expended. 
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 
of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 
U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund 
on or before September 30, 2008, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa-
tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the pay-
ment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5376; or for purposes which are not in accordance with 
OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative Require-
ments) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit Organi-
zations), including the restrictions on compensation for per-
sonal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22
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U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to the 
Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 
2008, to remain available until expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 
Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, 
by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical Inter-
change Between East and West in the State of Hawaii, 
$20,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
herein shall be used to pay any salary, or enter into any 
contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the 
rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, as authorized, to carry out inter-
national communication activities, including the purchase, 
rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio 
and television transmission and reception and purchase, 
lease, and installation and operation of necessary equip-
ment, including aircraft, for radio and television trans-
mission and reception to Cuba, and to make and supervise 
grants for radio and television broadcasting to the Middle 
East, $662,727,000: Provided, That of the total amount in