implementing such assistance and the specific nature of 
that assistance shall not be subject to the prior approval 
by the Government of Egypt: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading for assistance 
for Egypt, not less than $135,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for project assistance, of which not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be made available for democracy, 
human rights and governance programs and not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be used for education programs: Pro-
vided further, That $11,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading should be made available for Cyprus 
to be used for scholarships, administrative support of the 
scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and measures 
aimed at reunification of the island and designed to reduce 
tensions and promote peace and cooperation between the 
two communities on Cyprus: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$263,547,000 should be made available only for assistance 
for Jordan: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading not more than $63,500,000 
may be made available for assistance for the West Bank 
and Gaza: Provided further, That $45,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail-
able for assistance for Lebanon, of which not less than 
$10,000,000 should be made available for scholarships
and direct support of American educational institutions in 
Lebanon: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
not 
more 
than 
$300,000,000 of the funds made available for assistance 
for Afghanistan under this heading may be obligated for 
such assistance until the Secretary of State certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Af-
ghanistan at both the national and provincial level is co-
operating fully with United States funded poppy eradi-
cation and interdiction efforts in Afghanistan: Provided 
further, That the President may waive the previous proviso 
if he determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that to do so is vital to the national security in-
terests of the United States: Provided further, That such 
report shall include an analysis of the steps being taken 
by the Government of Afghanistan, at the national and 
provincial level, to cooperate fully with United States 
funded poppy eradication and interdiction efforts in Af-
ghanistan: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $218,500,000 
is available only to carry out programs in Colombia and 
may be transferred to ‘‘DEVELOPMENT ASSIST-
ANCE’’ to continue programs administered by the United 
States Agency for International Development: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 
that are available for assistance for the Democratic Re-
public of Timor-Leste, up to $1,000,000 may be available 
for administrative expenses of the United States Agency 
for International Development: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for pro-
grams and activities for the Central Highlands of Viet-
nam: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading that are made available for a Middle East Financ-
ing Facility, Middle East Enterprise Fund, or any other 
similar entity in the Middle East shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $15,000,000, which shall be available for the United 
States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland 
and shall be made available in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 
(Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall 
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time-
ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading shall re-
main available until September 30, 2009.
ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC 
STATES 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support 
for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, 
$297,332,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for assistance and for related programs 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States. 
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available 
the administrative authorities contained in that Act for 
the use of economic assistance. 
(c) The provisions of section 628 of this Act shall 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any provision of this or any other 
Act, including provisions in this subsection regarding the 
application of section 628 of this Act, local currencies gen-
erated by, or converted from, funds appropriated by this 
Act and by previous appropriations Acts and made avail-
able for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia 
may be used in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States to 
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 and the Support for East European Democracy 
SEED Act of 1989. 
(d) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap-
propriated under this heading made available for economic 
revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he 
determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has 
not complied with article III of annex 1–A of the General 
Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and 
Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, 
and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga-
tions, and related activities between state sponsors of ter-
rorism and terrorist organizations and Bosnian officials 
has not been terminated. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE 
FORMER SOVIET UNION 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assist-
ance for the Independent States of the former Soviet 
Union and for related programs, $397,585,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That the 
provisions of such chapters shall apply to funds appro-
priated by this paragraph: Provided further, That funds 
made available for the Southern Caucasus region may be 
used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for con-
fidence-building measures and other activities in further-
ance of the peaceful resolution of the regional conflicts, 
especially those in the vicinity of Abkhazia and Nagorno- 
Karabagh: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this 
heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 
for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams, that are made available pursuant to the provisions 
of section 807 of Public Law 102–511 shall be subject 
to a 6 percent ceiling on administrative expenses. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $52,200,000 should be made available, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for 
assistance for child survival, environmental and reproduc-
tive health, and to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and 
other infectious diseases, and for related activities. 
(c)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading 
that are allocated for assistance for the Government of 
the Russian Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from 
obligation until the President determines and certifies in 
writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
ernment of the Russian Federation— 
(A) has terminated implementation of arrange-
ments to provide Iran with technical expertise, train-
ing, technology, or equipment necessary to develop a