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capability of at least 25 million gallons per day (mgd) from the 
Tijuana River, subject to the following conditions: (1) IBWC shall 
resume negotiations in accordance with section 804 of Public Law 
106–457; (2) IBWC shall prepare design and engineering plans 
to upgrade the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment 
Plant to treat 25 mgd to secondary treatment and update its concep-
tual designs for a scalable project capable of treating up to 100 
mgd to secondary at the facility; and (3) none of the funds made 
available by this section may be obligated for construction before 
the Government Accountability Office completes a report on the 
proposed projects. 
COMMISSION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 118. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR PERFORMANCE REVIEWS.—The 
United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission 
shall comply with chapter 43 of title 5, United States Code, 
regarding the establishment and regular review of employee 
performance appraisals. 
(b) LIMITATION ON CASH AWARDS.—The United States-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission shall comply with sec-
tion 4505a of title 5, United States Code, with respect to limitations 
on payment of performance-based cash awards. 
TITLE II 
EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized 
to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to such corporation, and in accordance with 
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 
out the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation: 
Provided, That none of the funds available during the current 
fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, contracts, or commit-
ments for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology 
to any country, other than a nuclear-weapon state as defined in 
Article IX of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 
Weapons eligible to receive economic or military assistance under 
this Act, that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date 
of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428, as amended, sections 1(a) and 
(b) of Public Law 103–428 shall remain in effect through October 
1, 2008: Provided further, That not less than 10 percent of the 
aggregate loan, guarantee, and insurance authority available to
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the Export-Import Bank under this Act should be used for renew-
able energy and environmentally beneficial products and services. 
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, and 
tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Export-Import 
Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $68,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2011: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 
That such sums shall remain available until September 30, 2026, 
for the disbursement of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance 
and tied-aid grants obligated in fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, 
and 2011: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
by this Act or any prior Act appropriating funds for foreign oper-
ations, export financing, and related programs for tied-aid credits 
or grants may be used for any other purpose except through the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph 
are made available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export- 
Import Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the purchase or lease 
of any product by any Eastern European country, any Baltic State 
or any agency or national thereof. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaran-
teed loan and insurance programs, including hire of passenger 
motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 
not to exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses for members of the Board of Directors, $78,000,000: Pro-
vided, That the Export-Import Bank may accept, and use, payment 
or services provided by transaction participants for legal, financial, 
or technical services in connection with any transaction for which 
an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has 
been made: Provided further, That notwithstanding subsection (b) 
of section 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection 
(a) thereof shall remain in effect until October 1, 2008. 
RECEIPTS COLLECTED 
Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act 
of 1945, as amended, and the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, 
as amended, in an amount not to exceed the amount appropriated 
herein, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account: 
Provided, That the sums herein appropriated from the General 
Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting 
collections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 
the General Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That amounts 
collected in fiscal year 2008 in excess of obligations, up to 
$50,000,000, shall become available October 1, 2008 and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2011.
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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT 
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized 
to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided 
by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and commitments within 
the limits of funds available to it and in accordance with law 
as may be necessary: Provided, That the amount available for 
administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance pro-
grams (including an amount for official reception and representation 
expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed 
$47,500,000: Provided further, That project-specific transaction 
costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred in claims settle-
ments, and other direct costs associated with services provided 
to specific investors or potential investors pursuant to section 234 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered 
administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, $23,500,000, as 
authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation Noncredit Account: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 
That such sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and 
loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal years 
2008, 2009, and 2010: Provided further, That funds so obligated 
in fiscal year 2008 remain available for disbursement through 2016; 
funds obligated in fiscal year 2009 remain available for disburse-
ment through 2017; funds obligated in fiscal year 2010 remain 
available for disbursement through 2018: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation is authorized to undertake any program 
authorized by title IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in 
Iraq: Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to 
the authority of the previous proviso shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
In addition, such sums as may be necessary for administrative 
expenses to carry out the credit program may be derived from 
amounts available for administrative expenses to carry out the 
credit and insurance programs in the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation Noncredit Account and merged with said account. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $50,400,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009.
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TITLE III 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out 
the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other 
purposes, to remain available until September 30, 2008, unless 
otherwise specified herein, as follows: 
GLOBAL HEALTH AND CHILD SURVIVAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapters 
1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for 
global health activities, in addition to funds otherwise available 
for such purposes, $1,843,150,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 
United States Agency for International Development: Provided, 
That this amount shall be made available for such activities as: 
(1) child survival and maternal health programs; (2) immunization 
and oral rehydration programs; (3) other health, nutrition, water 
and sanitation programs which directly address the needs of moth-
ers and children, and related education programs; (4) assistance 
for children displaced or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; 
(5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and research 
on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other infectious dis-
eases, and for assistance to communities severely affected by HIV/ 
AIDS, including children infected or affected by AIDS; and (6) 
family planning/reproductive health: Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated under this paragraph may be made avail-
able for nonproject assistance, except that funds may be made 
available for such assistance for ongoing health activities: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this paragraph, not 
to exceed $350,000, in addition to funds otherwise available for 
such purposes, may be used to monitor and provide oversight of 
child survival, maternal and family planning/reproductive health, 
and infectious disease programs: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this paragraph the following amounts should 
be allocated as follows: $450,150,000 for child survival and maternal 
health; $15,000,000 for vulnerable children; $350,000,000 for HIV/ 
AIDS; $633,000,000 for other infectious diseases, including 
$153,000,000 for tuberculosis control, of which $15,000,000 shall 
be used for the Global TB Drug Facility; and $395,000,000 for 
family planning/reproductive health, including in areas where popu-
lation growth threatens biodiversity or endangered species: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this paragraph, 
$72,500,000 should be made available for a United States contribu-
tion to The GAVI Fund, and up to $6,000,000 may be transferred 
to and merged with funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development’’ for costs directly related to global health, 
but funds made available for such costs may not be derived from 
amounts made available for contribution under this and preceding 
provisos: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this paragraph, $115,000,000 shall be made available to combat
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avian influenza, of which $15,000,000 shall be made available, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law except section 551 of 
Public Law 109–102, to enhance the preparedness of militaries 
in Asia and Africa to respond to an avian influenza pandemic, 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available in this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appro-
priations may be made available to any organization or program 
which, as determined by the President of the United States, sup-
ports or participates in the management of a program of coercive 
abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That any 
determination made under the previous proviso must be made 
no later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and must be accompanied by a comprehensive analysis as well 
as the complete evidence and criteria utilized to make the deter-
mination: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this Act may be used to pay for the performance of abortion 
as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person 
to practice abortions: Provided further, That nothing in this para-
graph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions 
against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this Act may be used to lobby for or against abortion: Pro-
vided further, That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in devel-
oping nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family 
planning projects which offer, either directly or through referral 
to, or information about access to, a broad range of family planning 
methods and services, and that any such voluntary family planning 
project shall meet the following requirements: (1) service providers 
or referral agents in the project shall not implement or be subject 
to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of births, 
number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular 
method of family planning (this provision shall not be construed 
to include the use of quantitative estimates or indicators for budg-
eting and planning purposes); (2) the project shall not include 
payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: 
(A) an individual in exchange for becoming a family planning 
acceptor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical target 
or quota of total number of births, number of family planning 
acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family planning; 
(3) the project shall not deny any right or benefit, including the 
right of access to participate in any program of general welfare 
or the right of access to health care, as a consequence of any 
individual’s decision not to accept family planning services; (4) 
the project shall provide family planning acceptors comprehensible 
information on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, 
including those conditions that might render the use of the method 
inadvisable and those adverse side effects known to be consequent 
to the use of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure that 
experimental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical proce-
dures are provided only in the context of a scientific study in 
which participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; and, 
not less than 60 days after the date on which the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development deter-
mines that there has been a violation of the requirements contained 
in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or 
practice of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph
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(4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations a report containing a description of such violation 
and the corrective action taken by the Agency: Provided further, 
That in awarding grants for natural family planning under section 
104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be 
discriminated against because of such applicant’s religious or con-
scientious commitment to offer only natural family planning; and, 
additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the requirements 
of the previous proviso: Provided further, That for purposes of 
this or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs, the term ‘‘moti-
vate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance, shall not be 
construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, of 
information or counseling about all pregnancy options: Provided 
further, That to the maximum extent feasible, taking into consider-
ation cost, timely availability, and best health practices, funds 
appropriated in this Act or prior appropriations Acts that are made 
available for condom procurement shall be made available only 
for the procurement of condoms manufactured in the United States: 
Provided further, That information provided about the use of 
condoms as part of projects or activities that are funded from 
amounts appropriated by this Act shall be medically accurate and 
shall include the public health benefits and failure rates of such 
use: Provided further, That of the amount provided by this para-
graph, $115,000,000 is designated as described in section 5 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the prevention, treatment, 
and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, $4,700,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, and which shall be apportioned 
directly to the Department of State: Provided, That of the funds 
appropriated under this paragraph, $550,000,000 shall be made 
available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for 
the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and 
Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25) for a United States con-
tribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and 
Malaria, and shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary 
to make timely payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 
That up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made 
available to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2008 may be made 
available to the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment for technical assistance related to the activities of the Global 
Fund: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
paragraph, up to $13,000,000 may be made available, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for administrative 
expenses of the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading shall be 
made available notwithstanding the second sentence of section 
403(a) of Public Law 108–25. 
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 
103, 105, 106, and sections 251 through 255, and chapter 10 of 
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,636,881,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading that are made available 
for assistance programs for displaced and orphaned children and
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victims of war, not to exceed $43,000, in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes, may be used to monitor and provide 
oversight of such programs: Provided further, That $400,000,000 
should be allocated for basic education: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $245,000,000 
shall be made available for microenterprise and microfinance 
development programs for the poor, especially women: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $28,000,000 shall be made available for Collaborative 
Research Support Programs: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, $750,000 shall be made available 
to implement 7 U.S.C. section 1736g–2(a)(2)(C) to improve food 
aid product quality and nutrient delivery: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$22,500,000 shall be made available for the American Schools and 
Hospitals Abroad program: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, $12,000,000 should be made avail-
able for cooperative development programs within the Office of 
Private and Voluntary Cooperation: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading should be made available for pro-
grams to address sexual and gender-based violence: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated in this Act, not less than 
$300,000,000 shall be made available for safe drinking water and 
sanitation supply projects, including water management related 
to safe drinking water and sanitation, only to implement the Sen-
ator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109–121), of which not less than $125,000,000 should be made 
available for such projects in Africa: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be made available for programs to improve 
women’s leadership capacity in recipient countries, and $10,000,000 
may be made available to support a fund that enhances economic 
opportunities for very poor, poor, and low-income women in devel-
oping countries. 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for international disaster 
relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance, $432,350,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $20,000,000 should 
be for famine prevention and relief: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided by this paragraph, $110,000,000 is designated 
as described in section 5 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act). 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for international disaster rehabilitation 
and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section 491 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, $45,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to support transition to democracy and to long-term 
development of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support 
may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve demo-
cratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, 
and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That 
the United States Agency for International Development shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5
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days prior to beginning a new program of assistance: Provided 
further, That if the President determines that it is important to 
the national interests of the United States to provide transition 
assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry 
out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
may be used for purposes of this heading and under the authorities 
applicable to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be made available subject to prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees provided by 
the United States Agency for International Development, as author-
ized by sections 256 and 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, up to $21,000,000 may be derived by transfer from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act and under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: 
Provided, That such funds shall be made available only for micro 
and small enterprise programs, urban programs, and other pro-
grams which further the purposes of part I of the Act: Provided 
further, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such direct 
and guaranteed loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 
That funds made available by this paragraph may be used for 
the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under this Act 
or prior Acts, and funds used for such costs shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) 
(relating to general provisions applicable to the Development Credit 
Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained 
in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Committee 
on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable 
to direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this heading: 
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any portion of which is to be guaranteed, of up 
to $700,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out credit 
programs administered by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, $8,160,000, which may be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the 
United States Agency for International Development: Provided, 
That funds made available under this heading shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010. 
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $655,800,000, of which 
up to $25,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2009: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 
and under the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ may be made
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available to finance the construction (including architect and 
engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices for 
use by the United States Agency for International Development, 
unless the Administrator has identified such proposed construction 
(including architect and engineering services), purchase, or long- 
term lease of offices in a report submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the obligation of these 
funds for such purposes: Provided further, That the previous proviso 
shall not apply where the total cost of construction (including 
architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease 
of offices does not exceed $1,000,000: Provided further, That con-
tracts or agreements entered into with funds appropriated under 
this heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of such 
funds through fiscal year 2009: Provided further, That any decision 
to open a new overseas mission or office of the United States 
Agency for International Development or, except where there is 
a substantial security risk to mission personnel, to close or signifi-
cantly reduce the number of personnel of any such mission or 
office, shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
authority of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary of State to transfer 
funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act 
to ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development’’ in accordance with the provisions of those 
sections: Provided further, That of the amount provided by this 
paragraph, $20,800,000 is designated as described in section 5 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and related 
costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of information 
technology and related capital investments, pursuant to section 
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $88,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That this amount is in addition 
to funds otherwise available for such purposes: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $38,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009, which sum shall be available 
for the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Agency 
for International Development. 
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $2,994,823,000,