by providing assistance to expand and enhance 
such capabilities. 
(d) ROLE OF LIBERIAN NGOS, BUSINESSES, AND 
OTHER ENTITIES.—It is the sense of Congress that a sub-
stantial portion of United States assistance to Liberia 
should be used to build the capacity of Liberian non-
governmental organizations and businesses and to foster 
the growth of market-based economic competition, and 
that therefore, to the maximum extent practicable, the 
President should provide assistance authorized under this 
section through Liberian nongovernmental organizations, 
businesses, and other Liberian entities, in part through 
the use of a locally-accessible, public bid competition sys-
tem to assign contracts for the delivery of goods and serv-
ices funded by United States assistance programs in Libe-
ria. 
(e) CONDITIONS ON ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Assistance authorized under 
this section may be made available to Liberia only 
if— 
(A) the Government of Liberia requests 
the assistance; 
(B) the Government of Liberia and the 
Government of the United States consult with 
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each other on all proposed projects to be carried 
out using the assistance; 
(C) the Government of Liberia integrates 
the assistance into its strategic planning and 
agrees to assume responsibility for future recur-
rent funding and management of programs re-
ceiving United States assistance authorized 
under this section; and 
(D) the President certifies to Congress 
that the United States occupies a formal role as 
a participant or partner on the Liberia Recon-
struction and Development Committee (LRDC), 
its Steering Committee, and its four Working 
Committees, or on any other similar Liberian 
Government entity established to coordinate 
donor development assistance. 
(2) LIMITATIONS
RELATING
TO
THE
ELEC-
TRICITY
SECTOR.—In order to preserve and effi-
ciently utilize Liberia’s limited public revenues and 
technically proficient and trained personnel, assist-
ance provided under subsection (a)(4)— 
(A) should, to the extent practicable, fund 
programs undertaken by the Liberia Electricity 
Corporation, the Ministry of Lands, Mines and 
Energy, or any related, currently existing public 
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entities with a mandate pertaining to the fi-
nancing, regulation, generation, transmission, 
or sale of electrical power; and 
(B) may be used to fund needs assess-
ments and feasibility studies pertaining to the 
potential establishment of new government elec-
trical sector entities, such as a St. Paul River 
Authority, a Rural and Renewable Energy 
Agency, or a transmission concessionaire for a 
proposed high voltage transmission corridors, 
but shall not be used to directly fund the estab-
lishment of such entities. 
SEC. 6. REPORT. 
Not less than once at the end of each of the fiscal 
years 2009 through 2013 for which funds to implement 
this Act are appropriated, the President shall transmit to 
Congress a report on the implementation of this Act, in-
cluding the progress of and prospects for development in 
Liberia as a result of United States assistance provided 
under this Act. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this Act, there is au-
thorized to be appropriated to the President $225,000,000 
for fiscal years 2009 through 2013. 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Of the amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
under subsection (a), it is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) 65 percent of such amounts should be allo-
cated to carry out Development Assistance programs 
authorized under section 5(a); 
(2) 17.5 percent of such amounts should be al-
located to carry out Economic Support Fund Assist-
ance programs authorized under section 5(b), of 
which— 
(A) 25 percent should be used to carry out 
section 5(b)(1); 
(B) 2.5 percent should be used to carry 
out section 5(b)(4)(A); and 
(C) 2.5 percent should be used to carry out 
section 5(b)(4)(B); and 
(3) 17.5 percent of such amounts should be al-
located to carry out International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement Assistance programs author-
ized under section 5(c), of which 25 percent should 
be used to carry out section 5(c)(1). 
(c) AVAILABILITY
AND RELATED PROVISIONS.— 
Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations under subsection (a)— 
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(1) are authorized to remain available until ex-
pended; and 
(2) are in addition to amounts otherwise avail-
able for such purposes. 
SEC. 8. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORITIES. 
The authority to provide assistance in this Act shall 
be in addition to any other authority to provide assistance 
to the Government of Liberia. 
SEC. 9. SUNSET. 
The authorities provided in this Act shall expire on 
October 1, 2013. 
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