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GLOBAL HEALTH AND CHILD SURVIVAL ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 622. Up to $13,500,000 of the funds made available by 
this Act in title III for assistance under the heading ‘‘Global Health 
and Child Survival’’, may be used to reimburse United States 
Government agencies, agencies of State governments, institutions 
of higher learning, and private and voluntary organizations for 
the full cost of individuals (including for the personal services 
of such individuals) detailed or assigned to, or contracted by, as 
the case may be, the United States Agency for International 
Development for the purpose of carrying out activities under that 
heading: Provided, That up to $3,500,000 of the funds made avail-
able by this Act for assistance under the heading ‘‘Development 
Assistance’’ may be used to reimburse such agencies, institutions, 
and organizations for such costs of such individuals carrying out 
other development assistance activities: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated by titles III and IV of this Act that are made 
available for bilateral assistance for child survival activities or 
disease programs including activities relating to research on, and 
the prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law except for 
the provisions under the heading ‘‘Global Health and Child Sur-
vival’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuber-
culosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 
et seq.), as amended: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under title III of this Act, not less than $461,000,000 shall 
be made available for family planning/reproductive health. 
AFGHANISTAN 
SEC. 623. Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV 
of this Act, not less than $1,057,050,000 should be made available 
for assistance for Afghanistan: Provided, That of the funds made 
available pursuant to this section, $3,000,000 should be made avail-
able for reforestation activities: Provided further, That funds made 
available pursuant to the previous proviso should be matched, to 
the maximum extent possible, with contributions from American 
and Afghan businesses: Provided further, That of the funds allocated 
for assistance for Afghanistan from this Act not less than 
$75,000,000 shall be made available to support programs that 
directly address the needs of Afghan women and girls, including 
for the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, the Afghan 
Ministry of Women’s Affairs, and for women-led nonprofit organiza-
tions in Afghanistan: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated by this Act that are available for Afghanistan, $20,000,000 
should be made available through United States universities to 
develop 
agriculture 
extension 
services 
for 
Afghan 
farmers, 
$2,000,000 should be made available for a United States contribu-
tion to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization/International Secu-
rity Assistance Force Post-Operations Humanitarian Relief Fund, 
and not less than $10,000,000 should be made available for contin-
ued support of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment’s Afghan Civilian Assistance Program. 
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 624. Prior to providing excess Department of Defense 
articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign Assistance
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Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations to the same extent and under the same conditions 
as are other committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: 
Provided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense 
articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of 
Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in accord-
ance with the regular notification procedures of such Committees 
if such defense articles are significant military equipment (as 
defined in section 47(9) of the Arms Export Control Act) or are 
valued (in terms of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, 
or if notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 
of appropriated funds for specific countries that would receive such 
excess defense articles: Provided further, That such Committees 
shall also be informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense 
articles. 
GLOBAL FUND MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 625. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
20 percent of the funds that are appropriated by this Act for 
a contribution to support the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuber-
culosis and Malaria (the ‘‘Global Fund’’) shall be withheld from 
obligation to the Global Fund until the Secretary of State certifies 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the Global Fund— 
(1) is releasing incremental disbursements only if grantees 
demonstrate progress against clearly defined performance 
indicators; 
(2) is providing support and oversight to country-level enti-
ties, such as country coordinating mechanisms, principal recipi-
ents, and Local Fund Agents (LFAs), to enable them to fulfill 
their mandates; 
(3) has a full-time, professional, independent Office of 
Inspector General that is fully operational; 
(4) requires LFAs to assess whether a principal recipient 
has the capacity to oversee the activities of sub-recipients; 
(5) is making progress toward implementing a reporting 
system that breaks down grantee budget allocations by pro-
grammatic activity; 
(6) has adopted and is implementing a policy to publish 
on a publicly available website the reports of the Global Fund’s 
Inspector General in a manner that is consistent with the 
Policy for Disclosure of Reports of the Inspector General as 
approved at the 16th Meeting of the Board of the Global Fund 
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and 
(7) is tracking and encouraging the involvement of civil 
society, including faith-based organizations, in country coordi-
nating mechanisms and program implementation. 
(b) The Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations not later than 120 days after enactment 
of this Act on the involvement of faith-based organizations in Global 
Fund programs. The report shall include— 
(1) on a country-by-country basis— 
(A) a description of the amount of grants and sub- 
grants provided to faith-based organizations; and 
(B) a detailed description of the involvement of faith- 
based organizations in the Country Coordinating Mecha-
nism (CCM) process of the Global Fund; and
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(2) a description of actions the Global Fund is taking to 
enhance the involvement of faith-based organizations in the 
CCM process, particularly in countries in which the involve-
ment of faith-based organizations has been underrepresented. 
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST COUNTRIES 
SEC. 626. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance under 
any heading of this Act and funds appropriated under any such 
heading in a provision of law enacted prior to the enactment of 
this Act, shall not be made available to any country which the 
President determines— 
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual 
or group which has committed an act of international terrorism; 
or 
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism. 
(b) The President may waive the application of subsection (a) 
to a country if the President determines that national security 
or humanitarian reasons justify such waiver. The President shall 
publish each waiver in the Federal Register and, at least 15 days 
before the waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the waiver (including the justification for the waiver) 
in accordance with the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 627. In order to enhance the continued participation of 
nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-development and debt- 
for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization which is a 
grantee or contractor of the United States Agency for International 
Development may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 
which accrue to that organization as a result of economic assistance 
provided under title III of this Act and, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, any 
interest earned on such investment shall be used for the purpose 
for which the assistance was provided to that organization. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 628. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CURRENCIES.— 
(1) If assistance is furnished to the government of a foreign 
country under chapters 1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements 
which result in the generation of local currencies of that 
country, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall— 
(A) require that local currencies be deposited in a 
separate account established by that government; 
(B) enter into an agreement with that government 
which sets forth— 
(i) the amount of the local currencies to be gen-
erated; and 
(ii) the terms and conditions under which the cur-
rencies so deposited may be utilized, consistent with 
this section; and
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(C) establish by agreement with that government the 
responsibilities of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and that government to monitor and 
account for deposits into and disbursements from the sepa-
rate account. 
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be agreed upon 
with the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a 
separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent 
amount of local currencies, shall be used only— 
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 
4 of part II (as the case may be), for such purposes as— 
(i) project and sector assistance activities; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of the United 
States Government. 
(3) PROGRAMMING
ACCOUNTABILITY.—The United States 
Agency for International Development shall take all necessary 
steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies 
disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate 
account established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for 
the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2). 
(4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—Upon termi-
nation of assistance to a country under chapter 1 or 10 of 
part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), any 
unencumbered balances of funds which remain in a separate 
account established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed 
of for such purposes as may be agreed to by the government 
of that country and the United States Government. 
(5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development shall 
report on an annual basis as part of the justification documents 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on the use 
of local currencies for the administrative requirements of the 
United States Government as authorized in subsection (a)(2)(B), 
and such report shall include the amount of local currency 
(and United States dollar equivalent) used and/or to be used 
for such purpose in each applicable country. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) If assistance is made available to the government of 
a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash 
transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
country shall be required to maintain such funds in a separate 
account and not commingle them with any other funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF
LAW.—Such 
funds may be obligated and expended notwithstanding provi-
sions of law which are inconsistent with the nature of this 
assistance including provisions which are referenced in the 
Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference 
accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report No. 
98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to obligating 
any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assistance, the 
President shall submit a notification through the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
which shall include a detailed description of how the funds 
proposed to be made available will be used, with a discussion