(b) MEMBERSHIP AUTHORIZED.—The President is 
authorized to enter the United States into membership of 
the Community of Democracies if the Community should 
become an organization. 
(c) REGIONAL GROUP IN THE COMMUNITY OF DE-
MOCRACIES.—It is the sense of Congress that regional 
groups within the Community of Democracies should be 
established and strengthened in order to facilitate coordi-
nation of common positions and action on multilateral 
strategies to promote and consolidate democracy. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) MEMBERSHIP IN COMMUNITY OF DEMOC-
RACIES.—There are authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary to pay the assessed 
costs for membership of the United States in the 
Community of Democracies. 
(2) COST
OF
HEADQUARTERS.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 for a grant or vol-
untary contribution for the acquisition, refurbish-
ment, or construction of a headquarters building for 
the Community of Democracies. Such funds may 
also be applied toward the costs of meetings and 
studies to formalize the location of such head-
quarters, the costs of providing equipment for such
headquarters, and other logistical matters related to 
such headquarters. Amounts appropriated for these 
purpose are authorized to remain available until ex-
pended. 
(e) DEMOCRACY TRANSITION CENTER.— 
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the United States should support the 
initiative of the Government of Hungary and the 
governments of other European countries to estab-
lish a Democracy Transition Center to support tran-
sitions to full democracy. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of State for a grant or voluntary contribution 
to the Democracy Transition Center $4,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2006, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, 
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $1,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2009. Amounts appropriated under this 
paragraph shall remain available until expended. 
(3) USE OF FUNDS.—Any grant or voluntary 
contribution made in fiscal year 2006 by the Sec-
retary to the Democracy Transition Center under 
paragraph (2) may be used for the establishment 
and operations of the Center and for programs and 
activities of the Center. Any grant or voluntary con-
tribution made in any subsequent fiscal year by the 
Secretary to the Center under such paragraph may 
be used for programs and activities of the Center. 
(4) PROGRAMS
AND
ACTIVITIES.—The pro-
grams and activities of the Democracy Transition 
Center referred to in paragraph (3) are programs 
and activities that— 
(A) develop, adopt, or pursue programs, 
campaigns, and tactics to promote the peaceful 
transition to democracy in nondemocratic coun-
tries and, in addition, to work with countries 
that have gone through a transition to a partly 
democratic form of government in order to con-
solidate and accelerate progress toward a fully 
democratic form of government; 
(B) provide political, financial, and other 
necessary support to individuals and nongovern-
mental organizations that promote democratic 
principles, practices, and values in each non-
democratic country, including training in non-
violent means of protest and resistance; 
(C) support consultations with such indi-
viduals and nongovernmental organizations in 
countries that are not fully democratic regard-
ing the best approaches to assist such countries
to make the transition to a fully democratic 
form of government; 
(D) establish a dialogue with the leaders of 
each nondemocratic country to discuss demo-
cratic principles, practices, and values, funda-
mental freedoms and human rights, and the 
possibility of such leaders voluntarily initiating 
a transition to democracy; 
(E) educate and train diplomats, military 
attaches, and other appropriate individuals 
from member countries of the Community of 
Democracies in the means to promote democ-
racy within host countries that are nondemo-
cratic; and 
(F) undertake any other appropriate or 
necessary actions that are compatible with the 
mission and goal of the Center. 
SEC. 205. FUNDING FOR NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS SUPPORTING A COMMUNITY OF DE-
MOCRACIES. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary of State is authorized 
to make grants to United States nongovernmental organi-
zations which have experience with the Community of De-
mocracies to assist the Community of Democracies and 
its Convening Group to plan its interim and annual con-