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obligated or expended except as provided through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply—
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup-
port international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 537. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which 
are earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs 
within the same account notwithstanding the earmark if 
compliance with the earmark is made impossible by oper-
ation of any provision of this or any other Act: Provided, 
That any such reprogramming shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That assistance that is repro-
grammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made avail-
able under the same terms and conditions as originally 
provided.
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(b) In addition to the authority contained in sub-
section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap-
propriated by this Act and administered by the United 
States Agency for International Development that are ear-
marked for particular programs or activities by this or any 
other Act shall be extended for an additional fiscal year 
if the Administrator of such agency determines and re-
ports promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that 
the termination of assistance to a country or a significant 
change in circumstances makes it unlikely that such ear-
marked funds can be obligated during the original period 
of availability: Provided, That such earmarked funds that 
are continued available for an additional fiscal year shall 
be obligated only for the purpose of such earmark. 
CEILINGS AND EARMARKS 
SEC. 538. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this 
Act shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appro-
priated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act 
unless such Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or min-
imum funding requirements contained in any other Act 
shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act. 
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA 
SEC. 539. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
within the United States not authorized before the date 
of the enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided,
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That not to exceed $750,000 may be made available to 
carry out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96–
533. 
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS 
MEMBERS 
SEC. 540. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or 
in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any mem-
ber of the United Nations or, from funds appropriated by 
this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of an-
other country’s delegation at international conferences 
held under the auspices of multilateral or international or-
ganizations. 
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION 
SEC. 541. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a non-
governmental organization which fails to provide upon 
timely request any document, file, or record necessary to 
the auditing requirements of the United States Agency for 
International Development.
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PROHIBITION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
FOREIGN
GOVERN-
MENTS
THAT
EXPORT
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIP-
MENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL 
TERRORISM 
SEC. 542. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be available to any 
foreign government which provides lethal military equip-
ment to a country the government of which the Secretary 
of State has determined is a terrorist government for pur-
poses of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act. 
The prohibition under this section with respect to a for-
eign government shall terminate 12 months after that gov-
ernment ceases to provide such military equipment. This 
section applies with respect to lethal military equipment 
provided under a contract entered into after October 1, 
1997. 
(b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any 
other similar provision of law, may be furnished if the 
President determines that furnishing such assistance is 
important to the national interests of the United States. 
(c) Whenever the waiver authority of subsection (b) 
is exercised, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report with respect to the fur-
nishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include 
a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, in-