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(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE.—The President shall provide 
grants to nongovernmental organizations to support 
sustainable economic development, cultural and his-
torical preservation, health care, education, and envi-
ronmental sustainability projects for Tibetans inside 
Tibet that are designed in accordance with the prin-
ciples contained in subsection (e). 
‘‘(2) ROLE
OF
SPECIAL
COORDINATOR.—The 
United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues 
(established under section 621(a)) shall review and 
approve all projects carried out pursuant to para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Presi-
dent to carry out this subsection $6,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2006 and $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.’’. 
(b) LANGUAGE TRAINING.—Section 619 of the Tibetan 
Policy Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6901 
note) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘SEC. 619. REQUIREMENT FOR TIBETAN LANGUAGE TRAIN-
ING. 
‘‘The Secretary shall ensure at least one Foreign Serv-
ice officer assigned to a United States post in the People’s 
Republic of China responsible for monitoring developments 
in Tibet has at least six months of Tibetan language train-
ing prior to taking up such assignment at such post, unless 
such officer possesses equivalent fluency. If the Secretary de-
termines that training resources and timing permit, such 
officer shall receive one year of such training.’’. 
(c) SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR TIBETAN ISSUES.—
Section 621 of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (Public Law 
107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) PERSONNEL.—The Secretary shall assign dedi-
cated personnel to the Office of the Special Coordinator for 
Tibetan Issues sufficient to assist in the management of the 
responsibilities of this section and section 616(d)(2).’’. 
SEC. 943. AMENDMENTS TO THE ANGLO-IRISH AGREEMENT 
SUPPORT ACT OF 1986. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that—
(1) United States assistance for the Inter-
national Fund for Ireland (‘‘International Fund’’) 
has contributed greatly to the economic development 
of Northern Ireland and that both objectives of the
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Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Public 
Law 99–415), economic development and reconcili-
ation, remain critical to achieving a just and lasting 
peace in the region, especially in the economically-de-
pressed areas; and 
(2) since policing reform is a significant part of 
winning public confidence and acceptance in the new 
form of government in Northern Ireland, the Inter-
national Fund is encouraged to support programs 
that enhance relations between communities, and be-
tween the police and the communities they serve, pro-
mote human rights training for police, and enhance 
peaceful mediation in neighborhoods of continued con-
flict. 
(b) AMENDMENTS.—
(1) FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.—Section 2(b) of 
the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Pub-
lic Law 99–415) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘Furthermore, the Inter-
national Fund is encouraged to support programs 
that enhance relations between communities, and be-
tween the police and the communities they serve, pro-
mote human rights training for police, enhance peace-
ful mediation in neighborhoods of continued conflict, 
promote training programs to enhance the new dis-
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trict partnership police boards recommended by the 
Patten Commission, and assist in the transition of 
former British military installations and prisons into 
sites for peaceful, community-supported activities, 
such as housing, retail, and commercial develop-
ment.’’. 
(2) UNITED
STATES
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
THE 
INTERNATIONAL FUNDS.—Section 3 of the Anglo-Irish 
Agreement Support Act of 1986 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) FISCAL YEARS 2006 AND 2007.—Of the amounts 
made available for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to the economic support 
fund), there are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 
for each such fiscal year for United States contributions to 
the International Fund. Amounts appropriated pursuant to 
the authorization of appropriations under the preceding 
sentence are authorized to remain available until expended. 
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 
2006 and 2007 under this subsection, it is the sense of Con-
gress that not less than 35 percent of such amount for each 
such fiscal year should be used to carry out the last sentence 
of section 2(b).’’.
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(3) ANNUAL
REPORTS.—Section 6(1) of the 
Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 is amend-
ed by adding at the end before the semicolon the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, specifically through improving local com-
munity relations and relations between the police and 
the people they serve’’. 
SEC. 944. ASSISTANCE FOR DEMOBILIZATION AND DISAR-
MAMENT OF FORMER IRREGULAR COMBAT-
ANTS IN COLOMBIA. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Amounts made available for 
fiscal year 2006 and each subsequent fiscal year for assist-
ance for the Republic of Colombia under this Act or any 
other provision of law may be made available for assistance 
for the demobilization and disarmament of former members 
of foreign terrorist organizations in Colombia, specifically 
the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), the Rev-
olutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Na-
tional Liberation Army (ELN), if the Secretary of State 
makes a certification described in subsection (b) to the ap-
propriate congressional committees prior to the initial obli-
gation of amounts for such assistance for the fiscal year 
involved. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this 
subsection is a certification that—
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(1) assistance for the fiscal year will be provided 
only for individuals who have verifiably renounced 
and terminated any affiliation or involvement with 
foreign terrorist organizations; 
(2) the Government of Colombia is continuing to 
provide full cooperation with the Government of the 
United States relating to extradition requests involv-
ing leaders and members of the foreign terrorist orga-
nizations involved in murder, kidnapping, narcotics 
trafficking, and other violations of United States law; 
and 
(3) the Government of Colombia has established 
a concrete and workable framework for dismantling 
the organizational structures of foreign terrorist orga-
nizations that adequately balances the need for both 
reconciliation and justice with concerns for funda-
mental human rights. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means—
(A) the Committee on Appropriations and 
the Committee on International Relations of the 
House of Representatives; and
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(B) the Committee on Appropriations and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate. 
(2) FOREIGN
TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an orga-
nization designated as a terrorist organization under 
section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
SEC. 945. SUPPORT FOR FAMINE RELIEF IN ETHIOPIA. 
(a) DEMONSTRATION INSURANCE PROJECT.—The Sec-
retary of State is authorized to make a United States vol-
untary contribution to the United Nations World Food Pro-
gram to establish and carry out a demonstration insurance 
project in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 
using weather derivatives to transfer the risk of catastrophic 
drought resulting in famine from vulnerable subsistence 
farmers to international capital markets for the purpose of 
protecting vulnerable subsistence farmers against income 
and asset losses during natural disasters. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year and two years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on the implementation of the project referred to in 
subsection (a).
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(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
this section up to $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 946. ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND 
HUMAN RIGHTS IN VIETNAM. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the Socialist Re-
public of Vietnam is a one-party state, ruled and controlled 
by the Communist Party of Vietnam, which continues to 
deny the right of citizens to change their government, pro-
hibits independent political, labor, and social organiza-
tions, and continues to commit serious human rights viola-
tions, including the detention and imprisonment of persons 
for the peaceful expression of dissenting religious and polit-
ical views. 
(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States—
(1) to limit United States nonhumanitarian as-
sistance provided to the Government of Vietnam, not 
to exceed the amount so provided for fiscal year 2005, 
unless the President certifies to Congress not later 
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act that, during the 12-month period preceding such 
certification, Vietnam has made substantial progress 
toward—
(A) releasing political and religious pris-
oners;
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(B) respecting religious freedom and other 
universally recognized human rights; 
(C) allowing open access to the United 
States for its refugee program; 
(D) cooperating fully toward providing in-
formation concerning the locations of members of 
the United States Armed Forces who continue to 
be officially listed as missing in action as a re-
sult of the Vietnam conflict; 
(E) respecting the rights of ethnic minori-
ties in the Central Highlands; and 
(F) ensuring that it is not acting in com-
plicity with organizations engaged in the traf-
ficking of human persons; and 
(2) to ensure that programs of educational and 
cultural exchange with Vietnam actively promote 
progress towards freedom and democracy in Vietnam 
by ensuring that Vietnamese nationals who have al-
ready demonstrated a commitment to these values are 
included in such programs. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘United 
States nonhumanitarian assistance’’ means—
(1) any assistance under the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (including programs under title IV of
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chapter 2 of part I of such Act, relating to the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation), other than—
(A) disaster relief assistance, including any 
assistance under chapter 9 of part I of such Act; 
(B) assistance which involves the provision 
of food (including monetization of food) or medi-
cine; 
(C) assistance for refugees; and 
(D) assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, in-
cluding any assistance under section 104A of 
such Act; and 
(2) sales, or financing on any terms, under the 
Arms Export Control Act. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 
provide assistance to nongovernmental organizations 
and organizations to promote democracy and inter-
nationally recognized human rights in Vietnam. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Presi-
dent $2,000,000 to carry out paragraph (1).
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Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 
Provisions 
SEC. 951. REPORT ON UNITED STATES WEAPONS TRANS-
FERS, SALES, AND LICENSING TO HAITI. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on all United States weapons transfers, sales, and licensing 
to the Government of the Republic of Haiti for the period 
beginning on October 4, 1991, and ending on the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include a detailed description of each of the following: 
(1) The names of the individuals or govern-
mental entities to which weapons were transferred, 
sold, or licensed. 
(2) The number and types of weapons trans-
ferred, sold, or licensed. 
(3) The safeguards, if any, that were required 
prior to the transfer, sale, or license of the weapons. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘United 
States weapons transfers, sales, and licensing’’ means trans-
fers, sales, and licensing of weapons under—
(1) section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2778); or
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(2) chapter 8 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.). 
SEC. 952. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ASSISTANCE 
FOR REGIONAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND 
TRAINING PROGRAMS. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress recognizes that 
many health problems are not country specific. Instead 
many health issues can be categorized and treated more ef-
fectively on a regional basis. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment should use up to five percent of country-specific health 
program funds, as needed, to address regional health edu-
cation and training needs in instances in which it would 
be more cost effective to implement health education and 
training programs on a regional basis. 
SEC. 953. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ASSISTANCE 
FOR REGIONAL HEALTH CARE DELIVERY. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress declares the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Health systems in developing countries for 
allocating and managing health resources are dys-
functional and incapable of addressing evolving epi-
demiological and demographical changes.
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(2) Neither regional nor countrywide health 
problems can be adequately addressed without the in-
frastructure for health systems in place. 
(3) The areas in Africa, Europe, Eurasia, the 
Middle East, and Asia with the greatest health prob-
lems all lack the infrastructure for health systems that 
can support providers and contain the cost of treat-
ment. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment should use up to five percent of country-specific health 
program funds, as needed, to support projects to create and 
improve indigenous capacity for health care delivery in re-
gions in which such projects are most needed. 
SEC. 954. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ELIMINATION 
OF 
EXTREME 
POVERTY 
IN 
DEVELOPING 
COUNTRIES. 
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the elimination of extreme poverty in devel-
oping countries should be a major priority of United 
States foreign policy; 
(2) the Unites States should further demonstrate 
its leadership and commitment to eliminating ex-
treme poverty by working with developing countries, 
donor countries, and multilateral institutions com-
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mitted to the necessary reforms, policies, and prac-
tices that reduce extreme poverty in developing coun-
tries and by pursuing greater coordination with key 
allies and international partners; and 
(3) the President, acting through the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and in consultation with the heads of 
other appropriate departments and agencies of the 
Government of the United States, international orga-
nizations, international financial institutions, recipi-
ent governments, civil society organizations, and 
other appropriate entities, should develop a com-
prehensive strategy to eliminate extreme poverty in 
developing countries that involves foreign assistance, 
foreign and local private investment, technical assist-
ance, private-public partnerships, and debt relief. 
SEC. 955. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING UNITED 
STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE. 
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) United States foreign assistance should be 
used to support local capacity-building in developing 
countries and should focus on improving the institu-
tional capacities of developing countries in order to 
promote long-term development; and
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(2) the Department of State, the United States 
Agency for International Development, and the Mil-
lennium Challenge Corporation should increase their 
efforts to enhance recipient country participation in 
the planning of development programs, promote re-
cipient country ownership of the programs, and build 
local capacity within the recipient country. 
TITLE X—REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 1001. TRANS-SAHARA COUNTER-TERRORISM INITIA-
TIVE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that efforts by the Government of the United States to ex-
pand the Pan Sahel Initiative into a robust counter-ter-
rorism program in the Saharan region of Africa, to be 
known as the ‘‘Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorism Initia-
tive’’, should be strongly supported. 
(b) REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a detailed strategy, in classified form, re-
garding the plan of the Government of the United 
States to expand the Pan Sahel Initiative into a ro-
bust counter-terrorism program in the Saharan re-
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gion of Africa, to be known as the ‘‘Trans-Sahara 
Counter Terrorism Initiative’’. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The names of the countries that will 
participate in the Initiative. 
(B) A description of the types of security 
assistance necessary to create rapid reaction se-
curity forces in order to bolster the capacity of 
the countries referred to in subparagraph (A) to 
govern their borders. 
(C) A description of training to ensure re-
spect for human rights and civilian authority by 
rapid reaction security forces referred to in sub-
paragraph (B) and other appropriate individ-
uals and entities of the countries referred to in 
subparagraph (A). 
(D) A description of the types of public di-
plomacy and related assistance that will be pro-
vided to promote development and counter rad-
ical Islamist elements that may be gaining a 
foothold in the region. 
(3) UPDATE.—The Secretary shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees an update of 
the report required by this subsection not later than
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one year after the date of the initial submission of the 
report under this subsection. 
(c) COOPERATION
OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS
AND 
AGENCIES.—The head of each appropriate department and 
agency of the Government of the United States shall cooper-
ate fully with, and assist in the implementation of, the 
strategy described in subsection (b)(1) and shall make such 
resources and information available as is necessary to en-
sure the success of the Initiative described in such sub-
section. 
SEC. 1002. ANNUAL PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM RE-
PORT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT OF REPORT.—Section 140(a) For-
eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 
1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(a)) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘COUNTRY RE-
PORTS ON TERRORISM’’ and inserting ‘‘PATTERNS OF 
GLOBAL TERRORISM REPORT’’; and 
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘, the Committee on International Relations 
of the House of Representatives,’’ after ‘‘Speaker of the 
House of Representatives’’. 
(b) ASSESSMENTS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN COUN-
TRIES IN WHICH ACTS OF TERRORISM OCCURRED.—Sec-
tion 140(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Foreign Relations Authorization
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Act, 
Fiscal 
Years 
1988 
and 
1989 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2656f(a)(1)(A)(i)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘which were, in the opinion of 
the Secretary, of major significance;’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
including—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
clauses: 
‘‘(I) the number of such acts of ter-
rorism or attempted acts of terrorism; 
‘‘(II) the number of individuals, in-
cluding United States citizens, who were 
killed or injured in such acts of terrorism; 
‘‘(III) the methods, and relative fre-
quency of methods, utilized in such acts of 
terrorism; and 
‘‘(IV) assessments of individuals who 
were responsible for such acts of terrorism 
and the relationships of such individuals to 
terrorist groups;’’. 
(c) INFORMATION WITH RESPECT
TO TERRORIST 
GROUPS.—Section 140(a)(2) of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 
2656f(a)(2)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘and any other 
known international terrorist group’’ the following ‘‘or 
emerging terrorist group’’.