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agreement) in excess of $1,000,000 of funds under this 
heading, and in excess of $2,500,000 under other headings 
in this Act, for the promotion of democracy, with the ex-
ception of programs and activities of the National Endow-
ment for Democracy, shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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, 2010. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM 
Support Act, and the Support for East European Democ-
racy (SEED) Act of 1989, $650,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010, which shall be available, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, for assistance 
and for related programs for countries identified in section 
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3 of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 3(c) of the 
SEED Act: Provided, That 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 con-
tained in that Act for the use of economic assistance: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any provision of this 
or any other Act, funds appropriated in prior years under 
the headings ‘‘Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union’’ and similar headings and ‘‘Assistance for Eastern 
Europe and the Baltic States’’ and similar headings, and 
currencies generated by or converted from such funds, 
shall be available for use in any country for which funds 
are made available under this heading without regard to 
the geographic limitations of the heading under which 
such funds were originally appropriated: Provided further, 
That funds made available for the Southern Caucasus re-
gion may be used for confidence-building measures and 
other activities in furtherance of the peaceful resolution 
of conflicts, including in Nagorno-Karabagh. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $875,000,000, to re-
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main available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That 
during fiscal year 2009, the Department of State may also 
use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive 
excess property from an agency of the United States Gov-
ernment for the purpose of providing it to a foreign coun-
try or international organization under chapter 8 of part 
I of that Act subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of State shall provide to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and prior to the initial 
obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, a re-
port on the proposed uses of all funds under this heading 
on a country-by-country basis for each proposed program, 
project, or activity: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for 
Afghanistan may be made available for eradication pro-
grams through the aerial spraying of herbicides unless the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that the President of Afghanistan 
has requested assistance for such aerial spraying pro-
grams for counternarcotics or counterterrorism purposes: 
Provided further, That in the event the Secretary of State 
makes a determination pursuant to the previous proviso, 
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