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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. 
(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 cooperation 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. 688. (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 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, including activities as follows: 
(1) The provision of equipment and training for law enforce-
ment, including in the interpretation of intellectual property 
laws. 
(2) The provision of training for judges and prosecutors, 
including in the interpretation of intellectual property laws. 
(3) The provision of assistance in complying with obliga-
tions under applicable international treaties and agreements 
on copyright and intellectual property. 
(b) CONSULTATION
WITH
WORLD
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY 
ORGANIZATION.—In carrying out the program authorized by sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 
consult with and provide assistance to the World Intellectual Prop-
erty Organization in order to promote the integration of countries 
described in subsection (a) into the global intellectual property 
system. 
(c) FUNDING.—Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made 
available under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, $5,000,000 may be made available in fiscal 
year 2008 for the program authorized by subsection (a). 
NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES 
SEC. 689. Of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Global 
Health and Child Survival’’, not less than $15,000,000 shall be 
made available to support the United States Agency for Inter-
national 
Development’s 
ongoing 
program 
to 
implement 
an 
integrated response to the control of neglected diseases including 
intestinal 
parasites, 
schistosomiasis, 
lymphatic 
filariasis, 
onchocerciasis, trachoma and leprosy: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International Development 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, representa-
tives from the relevant international technical and nongovernmental 
organizations addressing the specific diseases, recipient countries, 
donor countries, the private sector, UNICEF and the World Health
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Organization: (1) on the most effective uses of such funds to dem-
onstrate the health and economic benefits of such an approach; 
and (2) to develop a multilateral, integrated initiative to control 
these diseases that will enhance coordination and effectiveness 
and maximize the leverage of United States contributions with 
those of other donors: Provided further, That funds made available 
pursuant to this section shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
EGYPT 
SEC. 690. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ or under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are available for assistance 
for Egypt, $100,000,000 shall not be made available for obligation 
until the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that the Government of Egypt has taken concrete 
and measurable steps to— 
(1) adopt and implement judicial reforms that protect the 
independence of the judiciary; 
(2) review criminal procedures and train police leadership 
in modern policing to curb police abuses; and 
(3) detect and destroy the smuggling network and tunnels 
that lead from Egypt to Gaza. 
(b) Not less than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary may waive subsection (a) if the Secretary determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such waiver 
is in the national security interest of the United States. 
RELIEF FOR IRAQI, MONTAGNARDS, HMONG AND OTHER REFUGEES 
WHO DO NOT POSE A THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 691. (a) AMENDMENT TO AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THE 
BAR
TO ADMISSION INAPPLICABLE.—Section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(3)(B)(i)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘The Secretary of State, after consultation with the Attorney 
General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, after consultation with the Secretary of 
State and the Attorney General, may determine in such Secretary’s 
sole unreviewable discretion that subsection (a)(3)(B) shall not apply 
with respect to an alien within the scope of that subsection or 
that subsection (a)(3)(B)(vi)(III) shall not apply to a group within 
the scope of that subsection, except that no such waiver may be 
extended to an alien who is within the scope of subsection 
(a)(3)(B)(i)(II), no such waiver may be extended to an alien who 
is a member or representative of, has voluntarily and knowingly 
engaged in or endorsed or espoused or persuaded others to endorse 
or espouse or support terrorist activity on behalf of, or has volun-
tarily and knowingly received military-type training from a terrorist 
organization that is described in subclause (I) or (II) of subsection 
(a)(3)(B)(vi), and no such waiver may be extended to a group that 
has engaged terrorist activity against the United States or another 
democratic country or that has purposefully engaged in a pattern 
or practice of terrorist activity that is directed at civilians. Such 
a determination shall neither prejudice the ability of the United 
States Government to commence criminal or civil proceedings 
involving a beneficiary of such a determination or any other person,
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nor create any substantive or procedural right or benefit for a 
beneficiary of such a determination or any other person. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law (statutory or nonstatutory), 
including section 2241 of title 28, or any other habeas corpus 
provision, and sections 1361 and 1651 of such title, no court shall 
have jurisdiction to review such a determination or revocation 
except in a proceeding for review of a final order of removal pursu-
ant to section 1252 of this title, and review shall be limited to 
the extent provided in section 1252(a)(2)(D). The Secretary of State 
may not exercise the discretion provided in this clause with respect 
to an alien at any time during which the alien is the subject 
of pending removal proceedings under section 1229a of this title.’’. 
(b) AUTOMATIC RELIEF FOR THE HMONG AND OTHER GROUPS 
THAT DO NOT POSE A THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES.—For pur-
poses of section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)), the Karen National Union/Karen Lib-
eration Army (KNU/KNLA), the Chin National Front/Chin National 
Army (CNF/CNA), the Chin National League for Democracy 
(CNLD), the Kayan New Land Party (KNLP), the Arakan Liberation 
Party (ALP), the Mustangs, the Alzados, the Karenni National 
Progressive Party, and appropriate groups affiliated with the 
Hmong and the Montagnards shall not be considered to be a ter-
rorist organization on the basis of any act or event occurring before 
the date of enactment of this section. Nothing in this subsection 
may be construed to alter or limit the authority of the Secretary 
of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security to exercise his 
discretionary authority pursuant to section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(3)(B)(i)). 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 212(a)(3)(B)(ii) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(ii)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Subclause (VII)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subclause 
(IX)’’. 
(d) DESIGNATION OF THE TALIBAN AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZA-
TION.—For purposes of section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)), the Taliban shall be consid-
ered to be a terrorist organization described in subclause (I) of 
clause (vi) of that section. 
(e) REPORT ON DURESS WAIVERS.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall provide to the Committees on the Judiciary of the 
United States Senate and House of Representatives a report, not 
less than 180 days after the enactment of this Act and every 
year thereafter, which may include a classified annex, if appro-
priate, describing— 
(1) the number of individuals subject to removal from the 
United States for having provided material support to a ter-
rorist group who allege that such support was provided under 
duress; 
(2) a breakdown of the types of terrorist organizations 
to which the individuals described in paragraph (1) have pro-
vided material support; 
(3) a description of the factors that the Department of 
Homeland Security considers when evaluating duress waivers; 
and 
(4) any other information that the Secretary believes that 
the Congress should consider while overseeing the Depart-
ment’s application of duress waivers.
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(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of enactment of this section, and 
these amendments and sections 212(a)(3)(B) and 212(d)(3)(B) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B) and 
1182(d)(3)(B)), as amended by these sections, shall apply to— 
(1) removal proceedings instituted before, on, or after the 
date of enactment of this section; and 
(2) acts and conditions constituting a ground for inadmis-
sibility, excludability, deportation, or removal occurring or 
existing before, on, or after such date. 
REPORT ON ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 692. Not later than August 1, 2008, the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development and the Chief Executive 
Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations a report on the level of corruption 
in each country that receives development assistance appropriated 
in this Act. 
DEMOCRACY, THE RULE OF LAW, AND GOVERNANCE IN IRAN 
SEC. 693. Of the funds appropriated in this Act, $60,000,000 
should be made available for programs to promote democracy, the 
rule of law, and governance in Iran. 
DENIAL OF VISAS RELATED TO REMOVAL OF ALIENS 
SEC. 694. 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)) (relating to discontinuing 
granting visas to nationals of countries that are denying or delaying 
accepting aliens removed from the United States). 
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 
SEC. 695. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for a United States contribution to the United 
Nations Human Rights Council. 
(b) The prohibition under subsection (a) shall not apply if— 
(1) the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on 
Appropriations that the provision of funds to support the United 
Nations Human Rights Council is in the national interest of 
the United States; or 
(2) the United States is a member of the Human Rights 
Council. 
ATTENDANCE AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES 
SEC. 696. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 
50 employees of agencies or departments of the United States 
Government who are stationed in the United States, at any single 
international conference 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 conference attended
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by representatives of the United States Government and representa-
tives of foreign governments, international organizations, or non-
governmental organizations. 
SAUDI ARABIA 
SEC. 697. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to 
finance any assistance to Saudi Arabia: Provided, That the Presi-
dent may waive the prohibition of this section if the President 
certifies to the Committees on Appropriations, 15 days prior to 
the obligation of funds for assistance for Saudi Arabia, that Saudi 
Arabia is cooperating with efforts to combat international terrorism 
and that the proposed assistance will help facilitate that effort. 
CENTRAL ASIA 
SEC. 698. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
available for assistance for the Government of Kazakhstan only 
if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that the Government of Kazakhstan has made 
significant improvements in the protection of human rights and 
civil liberties during the preceding 6 month period, including by 
fulfilling obligations recommended by the Organization for Security 
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the areas of election proce-
dures, media freedom, freedom of religion, free assembly and 
minority rights, and by meeting the commitments it made in connec-
tion with its assumption of the Chairmanship of the OSCE in 
2010. 
(b) The Secretary of State may waive subsection (a) if the 
Secretary determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that such a waiver is important to the national security 
of the United States. 
(c) Not later than October 1, 2008, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives describing 
the following: 
(1) The defense articles, defense services, and financial 
assistance provided by the United States to the countries of 
Central Asia during the 12-month period ending 30 days prior 
to submission of such report. 
(2) The use during such period of defense articles, defense 
services, and financial assistance provided by the United States 
by units of the armed forces, border guards, or other security 
forces of such countries. 
(d) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘countries of Central 
Asia’’ means Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, 
and Turkmenistan. 
DISABILITY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 699. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $4,000,000 
shall be made available for programs and activities administered 
by the United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID) to address the needs and protect the rights of people 
with disabilities in developing countries, of which $1,500,000 should
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be made available to disability advocacy organizations that have 
expertise in working to protect the rights and increasing the 
independence and full participation of people with disabilities: Pro-
vided, That funds for disability advocacy organizations should be 
used for training and technical assistance for foreign disabled per-
sons organizations in such areas as advocacy, education, inde-
pendent living, and transportation, with the goal of promoting equal 
participation of people with disabilities in developing countries: 
Provided further, That USAID should seek to disburse at least 
25 percent of the funds made available pursuant to this subsection 
in the form of small grants. 
(b) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses 
of the United States Agency for International Development’’ shall 
be made available to develop and implement training for staff 
in overseas USAID missions to promote the full inclusion and 
equal participation of people with disabilities in developing coun-
tries. 
(c) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and 
the Administrator of USAID shall seek to ensure that, where appro-
priate, construction projects funded by this Act are accessible to 
people with disabilities and in compliance with the USAID Policy 
on Standards for Accessibility for the Disabled, or other similar 
accessibility standards. 
(d) Of the funds made available pursuant to subsection (a), 
not more than 7 percent may be for management, oversight and 
technical support. 
(e) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and 180 days thereafter, the Administrator of USAID 
shall submit a report describing the programs, activities, and 
organizations funded pursuant to this section. 
ORPHANS, DISPLACED AND ABANDONED CHILDREN 
SEC. 699A. Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act, $3,000,000 should be made available for activities to improve 
the capacity of foreign government agencies and nongovernmental 
organizations to prevent child abandonment, address the needs 
of orphans, displaced and abandoned children and provide perma-
nent homes through family reunification, guardianship and 
domestic adoptions: Provided, That funds made available under 
title III of this Act should be made available, as appropriate, con-
sistent with— 
(1) the goal of enabling children to remain in the care 
of their family of origin, but when not possible, placing children 
in permanent homes through adoption; 
(2) the principle that such placements should be based 
on informed consent which has not been induced by payment 
or compensation; 
(3) the view that long-term foster care or institutionaliza-
tion are not permanent options and should be used when no 
other suitable permanent options are available; and 
(4) the recognition that programs that protect and support 
families can reduce the abandonment and exploitation of chil-
dren.
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ADVISOR FOR ACTIVITIES RELATING TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 
INTERNATIONALLY 
SEC. 699B. (a) ADVISOR.—After consultation with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations and not later than 90 days after the enact-
ment of this Act, there shall be established within the Department 
of State in the immediate office of the Director of United States 
Foreign Assistance an Advisor for Activities Relating to Indigenous 
Peoples Internationally (hereinafter in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Advisor’’), who shall be appointed by the Director. The Advisor 
shall report directly to the Director. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Advisor shall: 
(1) Advise the Director of United States Foreign Assistance 
and the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development on matters relating to the rights and 
needs of indigenous peoples internationally and should rep-
resent the United States Government on such matters in 
meetings with foreign governments and multilateral institu-
tions. 
(2) Provide for the oversight and coordination of all 
resources, programs, projects, and activities of the United 
States Government to protect the rights and address the needs 
of indigenous peoples internationally. 
(3) Develop and coordinate assistance strategies with spe-
cific goals, guidelines, benchmarks, and impact assessments 
(including support for local indigenous peoples’ organizations). 
(c) FUNDS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, not less than 
$250,000 shall be made available for implementing the provisions 
of this section. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations describing progress made in implementing this 
section. 
CHILD SOLDIERS 
SEC. 699C. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available for foreign military financing, foreign military sales, 
direct commercial sales, or excess Defense articles by this Act 
or any other Act making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs may be obligated or other-
wise made available to the government of a country that is identified 
by the Department of State in the Department of State’s most 
recent Country Reports on Human Rights Practices as having 
governmental armed forces or government supported armed groups, 
including paramilitaries, militias, or civil defense forces, that recruit 
or use child soldiers. 
(b) The Secretary of State may provide assistance or defense 
articles otherwise prohibited under subsection (a) to a country upon 
certifying to the Committees on Appropriations that the government 
of such country has implemented effective measures to demobilize 
children from its forces or from government-supported armed groups 
and prohibit and prevent the future recruitment or use of child 
soldiers.
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(c) The Secretary of State may waive the application to a 
country of the prohibition in subsection (a) if the Secretary deter-
mines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
waiver is important to the national interest of the United States. 
FUNDING FOR SERBIA 
SEC. 699D. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
available for assistance for the central Government of Serbia after 
May 31, 2008, if the President has made the determination and 
certification contained in subsection (c). 
(b) After May 31, 2008, the Secretary of the Treasury should 
instruct the United States executive directors to the international 
financial institutions to support loans and assistance to the Govern-
ment of Serbia subject to the conditions in subsection (c). 
(c) The determination and certification referred to in subsection 
(a) is a determination by the President and a certification to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Serbia is— 
(1) cooperating with the International Criminal Tribunal 
for the former Yugoslavia including access for investigators, 
the provision of documents, timely information on the location, 
movement, and sources of financial support of indictees, and 
the surrender and transfer of indictees or assistance in their 
apprehension, including Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic; 
(2) taking steps that are consistent with the Dayton Accords 
to end Serbian financial, political, security and other support 
which has served to maintain separate Republika Srpska 
institutions; and 
(3) taking steps to implement policies which reflect a 
respect for minority rights and the rule of law. 
(d) This section shall not apply to Kosovo, humanitarian assist-
ance or assistance to promote democracy. 
PHILIPPINES 
SEC. 699E. Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not to exceed 
$30,000,000 may be made available for assistance for the Phil-
ippines, of which $2,000,000 may only be made available after 
the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that— 
(1) the Philippine Government is implementing the rec-
ommendations of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on 
Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions; 
(2) the Philippine Government is implementing a policy 
of promoting military personnel who demonstrate profes-
sionalism and respect for human rights, and is investigating 
and prosecuting military personnel and others who have been 
credibly alleged to have committed extrajudicial executions or 
other violations of human rights; and 
(3) the Philippine military is not engaging in acts of intimi-
dation or violence against members of legal organizations who 
advocate for human rights. 
PAKISTAN 
SEC. 699F. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, up to