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Act unless the President determines, following consulta-
tions with the Committees on Appropriations, that assist-
ance to such country is in the national interest of the 
United States. 
COMMERCE AND TRADE 
SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
made available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance 
and none of the funds otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or ex-
pended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other 
financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro-
duction of any commodity for export by any country other 
than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be 
in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro-
ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the 
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: 
Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Ex-
port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc-
tors the benefits to industry and employment in the 
United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United 
States producers of the same, similar, or competing com-
modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
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(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing 
or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro-
duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training 
in connection with the growth or production in a foreign 
country of an agricultural commodity for export which 
would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro-
duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection 
shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities designed to increase food security 
in developing countries where such activities will not 
have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; or 
(2) research activities intended primarily to 
benefit American producers. 
SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States Executive Directors of the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the 
International Development Association, the International 
Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development 
Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel-
opment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora-
tion, the North American Development Bank, the Euro-
pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Afri-
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can Development Bank, and the African Development 
Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to 
oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds 
appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act, for 
the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 
for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the 
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity. 
REPROGRAMMING NOTIFICATIONS AND TRANSFER 
GUIDELINES 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act or in prior Acts making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs, from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of currency reflows or other offsetting 
collections, or made available by transfer, may be used to 
finance an activity, program, or project specifically denied 
funding by Congress in this Act. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act or 
in prior Acts making appropriations for foreign oper-
ations, export financing, and related programs, from any 
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of currency reflows or other offsetting collec-
tions, or made available by transfer, may be used to ini-
tiate a new or terminate an existing activity, program, or 
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project not previously justified without prior notification 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) For the purposes of providing the executive 
branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none 
of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘Child Sur-
vival and Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, 
‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar-
cotics 
Control 
and 
Law 
Enforcement’’, 
‘‘Andean 
Counterdrug Initiative’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe 
and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Assistance for the Independent 
States of the Former Soviet Union’’, ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping 
Operations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, ‘‘Operating Ex-
penses of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development Office of Inspector 
General’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 
and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion’’ (by country only), ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’, ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, 
‘‘Peace Corps’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, 
shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, 
projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other 
operations not justified or in excess of the amount justi-
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fied to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation 
under any of these specific headings unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
notified 15 days in advance: Provided, That the President 
shall not enter into any commitment of funds appropriated 
for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control 
Act for the provision of major defense equipment, other 
than conventional ammunition, or other major defense 
items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat ve-
hicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent 
in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless the 
Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in ad-
vance of such commitment: Provided further, That this 
paragraph shall not apply to any reprogramming for an 
activity, program, or project for which funds are appro-
priated under title II or title III of this Act of less than 
10 percent of the amount previously justified to the Con-
gress for obligation for such activity, program, or project 
for the current fiscal year. 
(d) The requirements of this section or any similar 
provision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior 
Act requiring notification in accordance with the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, may be waived if failure to do so would pose a sub-
stantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided, That 
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in case of any such waiver, notification to the Congress, 
or the appropriate congressional committees, shall be pro-
vided as early as practicable, but in no event later than 
3 days after taking the action to which such notification 
requirement was applicable, in the context of the cir-
cumstances necessitating such waiver: Provided further, 
That any notification provided pursuant to such a waiver 
shall contain an explanation of the emergency cir-
cumstances. 
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 516. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
priated under this Act or any previously enacted Act mak-
ing appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs, which are returned or not made 
available for organizations and programs because of the 
implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2008. 
INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION 
SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the 
Former Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for assist-
ance for a government of an Independent State of the 
former Soviet Union if that government directs any action 
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in violation of the territorial integrity or national sov-
ereignty of any other Independent State of the former So-
viet Union, such as those violations included in the Hel-
sinki Final Act: Provided, That such funds may be made 
available without regard to the restriction in this sub-
section if the President determines that to do so is in the 
national security interest of the United States. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union’’ shall be made available for any state to en-
hance its military capability: Provided, That this restric-
tion does not apply to demilitarization, demining or non-
proliferation programs. 
(c) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union’’ for the Russian Federation, Armenia, and 
Uzbekistan shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(d) Funds made available in this Act for assistance 
for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union 
shall be subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating 
to environment and natural resources) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961. 
(e) In issuing new task orders, entering into con-
tracts, or making grants, with funds appropriated in this 
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Act or prior appropriations Acts under the heading ‘‘As-
sistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union’’ and under comparable headings in prior appro-
priations Acts, for projects or activities that have as one 
of their primary purposes the fostering of private sector 
development, the Coordinator for United States Assistance 
to Europe and Eurasia and the implementing agency shall 
encourage the participation of and give significant weight 
to contractors and grantees who propose investing a sig-
nificant amount of their own resources (including volun-
teer services and in-kind contributions) in such projects 
and activities. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND 
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available to carry 
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor-
tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 
coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 
the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 
of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 
incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 
the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay 
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for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 
part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or 
involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 
None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 
obligated or expended for any country or organization if 
the President certifies that the use of these funds by any 
such country or organization would violate any of the 
above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri-
lizations. 
EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion other than for administrative expenses made available 
for fiscal year 2007, for programs under title I of this 
Act may be transferred between such appropriations for 
use for any of the purposes, programs, and activities for 
which the funds in such receiving account may be used, 
but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 
provided, shall be increased by more than 25 percent by 
any such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such au-
thority shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be obligated or expended for assistance for Liberia, 
Serbia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, or Cambodia except 
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as provided through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 
SEC. 521. For the purpose of this Act ‘‘program, 
project, and activity’’ shall be defined at the appropria-
tions Act account level and shall include all appropriations 
and authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limita-
tions with the exception that for the following accounts: 
Economic Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing 
Program, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be 
considered to include country, regional, and central pro-
gram level funding within each such account; for the devel-
opment assistance accounts of the United States Agency 
for International Development ‘‘program, project, and ac-
tivity’’ shall also be considered to include central, country, 
regional, and program level funding, either as: (1) justified 
to the Congress; or (2) allocated by the executive branch 
in accordance with a report, to be provided to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment 
of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961. 
CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 522. Up to $13,500,000 of the funds made 
available by this Act for assistance under the heading 
‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’, may be 
used to reimburse United States Government agencies, 
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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 available 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 fur-
ther, That funds appropriated by titles II and III of this 
Act that are made available for assistance for child sur-
vival activities or disease programs including activities re-
lating to research on, and the prevention, treatment and 
control of, HIV/AIDS may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law except for the provi-
sions under the heading ‘‘Child Survival and Health Pro-
grams Fund’’ and the United States Leadership Against 
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 
Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended. 
AFGHANISTAN 
SEC. 523. Of the funds appropriated by titles II and 
III of this Act, not less than $931,400,000 should be made 
available for humanitarian, reconstruction, and related as-
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