‘‘GLOBAL 
HIV/AIDS 
INITIATIVE’’, 
‘‘PEACE-
KEEPING 
OPERATIONS’’, 
‘‘CAPITAL 
INVEST-
MENT FUND’’, ‘‘OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT’’, ‘‘OPERATING EXPENSES OF 
THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPEC-
TOR GENERAL’’, ‘‘NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI- 
TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED PRO-
GRAMS’’, ‘‘MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORA-
TION’’ (by country only), ‘‘FOREIGN MILITARY FI-
NANCING PROGRAM’’, ‘‘INTERNATIONAL MILI-
TARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING’’, ‘‘PEACE 
CORPS’’, and ‘‘MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSIST-
ANCE’’, shall be available for obligation for activities, pro-
grams, projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or 
other operations not justified or in excess of the amount 
justified to the Committees on Appropriations for obliga-
tion under any of these specific headings unless the Com-
mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance: 
Provided, That the President shall not enter into any com-
mitment 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 ammu-
nition, or other major defense items defined to be aircraft,
ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not previously justified 
to Congress or 20 percent in excess of the quantities justi-
fied to Congress unless the Committees on Appropriations 
are notified 15 days in advance of such commitment: Pro-
vided further, That this paragraph shall not apply to any 
reprogramming for an activity, program, or project for 
which funds are appropriated under title III or title IV, 
of this Act of less than 10 percent of the amount pre-
viously justified to the Congress 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 
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. 616. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
priated under titles II through V of this Act or any pre-
viously enacted Act making appropriations for foreign op-
erations, export financing, 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 Assistance Act of 1961, shall remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2009. 
INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION 
SEC. 617. (a) None of the funds appropriated under 
the 
heading 
‘‘ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
THE 
INDE-
PENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET 
UNION’’ shall be made available for assistance for a gov-
ernment of an Independent State of the former Soviet 
Union if that government directs any action in violation 
of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any 
other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such 
as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Pro-
vided, That such funds may be made available without re-
gard to the restriction in this subsection 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 SOVIET UNION’’ shall be made 
available for any state to enhance its military capability: 
Provided, That this restriction does not apply to demili-
tarization, demining or nonproliferation 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 procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(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 by this 
Act or prior appropriations Acts under the heading ‘‘AS-
SISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF 
THE FORMER SOVIET UNION’’ and under com-
parable headings in prior appropriations Acts, for projects 
or activities that have as one of their primary purposes 
the fostering of private sector development, the Coordi-
nator for United States Assistance to Europe and Eurasia 
and the implementing agency shall encourage the partici-
pation of and give significant weight to contractors and 
grantees who propose investing a significant amount of 
their own resources (including volunteer services and in- 
kind contributions) in such projects and activities. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND 
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION 
SEC. 618. 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 
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. 
STATEMENT 
SEC. 619. (a) Funds provided in this Act for the fol-
lowing accounts shall be made available for programs and 
countries in the amounts contained in the respective tables 
included in the report accompanying this Act: 
‘‘ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND’’; 
‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE 
AND THE BALTIC STATES’’; 
‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT 
STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION’’; 
‘‘ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE’’; 
‘‘NONPROLIFERATION, 
ANTI-TER-
RORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED PRO-
GRAMS’’; 
‘‘FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO-
GRAM’’; and 
‘‘INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND 
PROGRAMS’’. 
(b) Any proposed increases or decreases to the 
amounts contained in such tables in the accompanying re-
port shall be subject to the regular notification procedures