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the Secretary of State shall consult with internation-
ally recognized human rights and justice organiza-
tions, including organizations representing internally 
displaced persons, and representatives of victims of 
demobilized FTOs, regarding progress in meeting 
the conditions contained in paragraph (3). 
(6) FOREIGN
TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection the term ‘‘foreign ter-
rorist organization’’ means an organization des-
ignated as a terrorist organization under section 219 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
(7) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Funds 
made available in title III of this Act for demobiliza-
tion/reintegration of former members of FTOs in 
Colombia shall be subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(b) ASSISTANCE TO THE ORGANIZATION OF AMER-
ICAN STATES (OAS) MISSION TO SUPPORT THE PEACE 
PROCESS IN COLOMBIA.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘ECONOMIC SUPPORT 
FUND’’, not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available 
to support the peace process in Colombia, as follows: 
(1) not less than $2,700,000 shall be made 
available to the OAS Mission to Support the Peace 
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Process in Colombia to assist the mission to fulfill 
its mandate of independent international verification 
of the paramilitary demobilization process; and 
(2) not less than $300,000 may be made avail-
able to the Inter-American Commission on Human 
Rights to conduct monitoring of the demobilization 
process. 
WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM 
SEC. 659. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2008, 30 
days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral 
West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State 
shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations that 
procedures have been established to assure the Comp-
troller General of the United States will have access to 
appropriate United States financial information in order 
to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro-
gram funded under the heading ‘‘ECONOMIC SUPPORT 
FUND’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 
(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘ECONOMIC 
SUPPORT FUND’’ for assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza, the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate 
steps to ensure that such assistance is not provided to or 
through any individual, private or government entity, or 
educational institution that the Secretary knows or has 
reason to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, 
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or has engaged in, terrorist activity nor those that have 
as a trustee any member of a certified foreign terrorist 
organization. The Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, 
establish procedures specifying the steps to be taken in 
carrying out this subsection and shall terminate assistance 
to any individual, entity, or educational institution which 
she has determined to be involved in or advocating ter-
rorist activity. 
(c) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated under titles 
II thourgh V of this Act for assistance under the 
West Bank and Gaza program may be made avail-
able for the purpose of recognizing or otherwise hon-
oring individuals who commit, or have committed 
acts of terrorism. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available by this or prior ap-
propriations act, including funds made available by 
transfer, may be made available for obligation for se-
curity assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until 
the Secretary of State reports to the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives on 
the benchmarks that have been established for secu-
rity assistance for the West Bank and Gaza and re-
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ports on the extent of Palestinian compliance with 
such benchmarks. 
(d) AUDITS.— 
(1) The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall ensure 
that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 
and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 
sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro-
gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 
ensure, among other things, compliance with this 
section. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to 
$1,000,000 may be used by the Office of the Inspec-
tor General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development for audits, inspections, and 
other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 
this subsection. 
(e) Subsequent to the certification specified in sub-
section (a), the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treat-
ment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 
West Bank and Gaza Program in fiscal year 2008 under 
the heading ‘‘ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND’’. The 
audit shall address— 
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(1) the extent to which such Program complies 
with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c), 
and 
(2) an examination of all programs, projects, 
and activities carried out under such Program, in-
cluding both obligations and expenditures. 
(f) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 
act, the secretary of state shall submit a report to the com-
mittees on appropriations updating the report contained 
in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of Public Law 109– 
13. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS POPULATION 
FUND 
SEC. 660. (a) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF CON-
TRIBUTION.—Of the amounts made available under 
‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ and ‘‘Child 
Survival and Health Programs Fund’’ accounts for fiscal 
year 2008, $40,000,000 shall be made available for the 
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA): Provided, 
That of this amount, not less than $23,000,000 shall be 
derived from funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS AND PROGRAMS’’ in this Act that are available 
for UNFPA, that are not made available for UNFPA be-
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cause of the operation of any provision of law, shall be 
transferred to the ‘‘CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH 
PROGRAMS FUND’’ account and shall be made avail-
able for family planning, maternal, and reproductive 
health activities, subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.— 
None of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used by UNFPA for a country program in the People’s 
Republic of China. 
(d) CONDITIONS
ON AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS.— 
Amounts made available under this Act for UNFPA may 
not be made available to UNFPA unless— 
(1) UNFPA maintains amounts made available 
to UNFPA under this section in an account separate 
from other accounts of UNFPA; 
(2) UNFPA does not commingle amounts made 
available to UNFPA under this section with other 
sums; and 
(3) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND DOLLAR-FOR-DOL-
LAR WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 
(1) Not later than four months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report to the appropriate Congressional 
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committees indicating the amount of funds that the 
UNFPA is budgeting for the year in which the re-
port is submitted for a country program in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China. 
(2) If a report under subparagraph (d) indi-
cates that the UNFPA plans to spend funds for a 
country program in the People’s Republic of China 
in the year covered by the report, then the amount 
of such funds that the UNFPA plans to spend in 
the People’s Republic of China shall be deducted 
from the funds made available to the UNFPA after 
March 1 for obligation for the remainder of the fis-
cal year in which the report is submitted. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit 
the authority of the President to deny funds to any organi-
zation by reason of the application of another provision 
of this Act or any other provision of law. 
WAR CRIMINALS 
SEC. 661. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available under titles II through V of this 
Act may be made available for assistance, and the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Ex-
ecutive Director at each international financial institution 
to vote against any new project involving the extension by 
such institutions of any financial or technical assistance, 
to any country, entity, or municipality whose competent 
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authorities have failed, as determined by the Secretary of 
State, to take necessary and significant steps to imple-
ment its international legal obligations to apprehend and 
transfer to the International Criminal Tribunal for the 
former Yugoslavia (the ‘‘Tribunal’’) all persons in their 
territory who have been indicted by the Tribunal and to 
otherwise cooperate with the Tribunal. 
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply 
to humanitarian assistance or assistance for democratiza-
tion. 
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply unless 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the ap-
propriate Congressional committees that the competent 
authorities of such country, entity, or municipality are— 
(1) cooperating with the Tribunal, including ac-
cess for investigators to archives and witnesses, the 
provision of documents, and the surrender and 
transfer of indictees or assistance in their apprehen-
sion; and 
(2) are acting consistently with the Dayton Ac-
cords. 
(c) Not less than ten days before any vote in an inter-
national financial institution regarding the extension of 
any new project involving financial or technical assistance 
or grants to any country or entity described in subsection 
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(a), the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations a written justification for the proposed 
assistance, including an explanation of the United States 
position regarding any such vote, as well as a description 
of the location of the proposed assistance by municipality, 
its purpose, and its intended beneficiaries. 
(d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of 
State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, and the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall consult with representatives of human 
rights organizations and all government agencies with rel-
evant information to help prevent indicted war criminals 
from benefiting from any financial or technical assistance 
or grants provided to any country or entity described in 
subsection (a). 
(e) The Secretary of State may waive the application 
of subsection (a) with respect to projects within a country, 
entity, or municipality upon a written determination to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such assistance di-
rectly supports the implementation of the Dayton Accords. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘country’’ means 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. 
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(2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ refers to the 
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, 
Montenegro and the Republika Srpska. 
(3) MUNICIPALITY.—The term ‘‘municipality’’ 
means a city, town or other subdivision within a 
country or entity as defined herein. 
(4) DAYTON ACCORDS.—The term ‘‘Dayton Ac-
cords’’ means the General Framework Agreement 
for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with 
annexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, November 
10 through 16, 1995. 
USER FEES 
SEC. 662. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States Executive Director at each inter-
national financial institution (as defined in section 
1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions Act) 
and the International Monetary Fund to oppose any loan, 
grant, strategy or policy of these institutions that would 
require user fees or service charges on poor people for pri-
mary education or primary healthcare, including preven-
tion, treatment and care efforts for HIV/AIDS, malaria, 
tuberculosis, and infant, child, and maternal well-being, 
in connection with the institutions’ financing programs. 
FUNDING FOR SERBIA 
SEC. 663. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for assistance for the central Govern-
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ment of Serbia and the Government of Montenegro after 
May 31, 2008, if the President has made the determina-
tion and certification contained in subsection (c). 
(b) After May 31, 2008, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury should instruct the United States Executive Director 
at each international financial institution to support loans 
and assistance to the Government of Serbia and Govern-
ment of Montenegro subject to the conditions in sub-
section (c): Provided, That section 576 of the Foreign Op-
erations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1997, as amended, shall not apply to the 
provision of loans and assistance to the Governments of 
Serbia and Montenegro through international financial in-
stitutions. 
(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 and the Government of Montenegro 
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, travel, and sources of fi-
nancial support of indictees, and the surrender and 
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transfer of indictees or assistance in their apprehen-
sion, including Ratko Mladic; 
(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 re-
flect a respect for minority rights and the rule of 
law. 
(d) This section shall not apply to Kosovo and Monte-
negro, humanitarian assistance or assistance to promote 
democracy. 
COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 664. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 
by title III of this Act to carry out the provisions of chap-
ter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding sec-
tion 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness and ac-
countability of civilian police authority through training 
and technical assistance in human rights, the rule of law, 
strategic planning, and through assistance to foster civil-
ian police roles that support democratic governance in-
cluding assistance for programs to prevent conflict, re-
spond to disasters, address gender-based violence, and fos-
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ter improved police relations with the communities they 
serve. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 
the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST 
SEC. 665. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The 
President may reduce amounts owed to the United States 
(or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country 
as a result of— 
(1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 
222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 
(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under 
the Arms Export Control Act; or 
(3) any obligation or portion of such obligation, 
to pay for purchases of United States agricultural 
commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit 
Corporation under export credit guarantee programs 
authorized pursuant to section 5(f) of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 
1948, as amended, section 4(b) of the Food for 
Peace Act of 1966, as amended (Public Law 89– 
808), or section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act 
of 1978, as amended (Public Law 95–501). 
(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
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(1) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi-
cial debt relief and referendum agreements, com-
monly referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’. 
(2) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only in such amounts or to such 
extent as is provided in advance by appropriations 
Acts. 
(3) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only with respect to countries with 
heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from 
the International Development Association, but not 
from the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’ 
countries. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country 
whose government— 
(1) does not have an excessive level of military 
expenditures; 
(2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts 
of international terrorism; 
(3) is not failing to cooperate on international 
narcotics control matters; 
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(4) does not engage in a consistent pattern of 
gross violations of internationally recognized human 
rights (including its military or other security 
forces); and 
(5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the 
application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. 
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘DEBT RESTRUCTURING’’. 
(e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A re-
duction of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be 
considered assistance for the purposes of any provision of 
law limiting assistance to a country. The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding 
section 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or 
section 321 of the International Development and Food 
Assistance Act of 1975. 
AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES 
SEC. 666. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC-
TION, OR CANCELLATION.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL 
CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may, in accordance with 
this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any 
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