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$646,000,000, of which up to $25,000,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 
the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ may be made 
available to finance the construction (including architect 
and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of 
offices for use by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, unless the Administrator has iden-
tified such proposed construction (including architect and 
engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of of-
fices in a report submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations at least 15 days prior to the obligation of these 
funds for such purposes: Provided further, That the pre-
vious proviso shall not apply where the total cost of con-
struction (including architect and engineering services), 
purchase, or long-term lease of offices does not exceed 
$1,000,000: Provided further, That contracts or agree-
ments entered into with funds appropriated under this 
heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of 
such funds through fiscal year 2008: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act may be used to open 
a new overseas mission of the United States Agency for 
International Development without the prior written noti-
fication to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That the authority of sections 610 and 109 of 
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the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by 
the Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to 
carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating 
Expenses of the United States Agency for International 
Development’’ in accordance with the provisions of those 
sections: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated by this Act or any prior Act making appropria-
tions for foreign operations, export financing, or related 
programs may be used by the United States Agency for 
International Development for the rent of buildings and 
space in buildings in the United States pursuant to the 
authority of section 636(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961: Provided further, That the previous proviso 
shall not apply to any lease, agreement, or other instru-
ment executed for the purpose of maintaining United 
States Agency for International Development continuity 
of operations and to the cost of terminating the domestic 
lease executed on September 30, 2005. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND OF THE UNITED STATES 
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 
related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement 
of information technology and related capital investments, 
pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $105,300,000, to remain available until expended: 
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Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other-
wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing, not to exceed $89,000,000 may be made available for 
the purposes of implementing the Capital Security Cost 
Sharing Program. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$39,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2008, which sum shall be available for the Office of the 
Inspector General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 4 of part II, $2,650,740,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2008: Provided, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$120,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which sum 
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shall be available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and 
shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That not less than $455,000,000 
shall be available only for Egypt, which sum shall be pro-
vided on a grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer 
assistance shall be provided with the understanding that 
Egypt will undertake significant economic and political re-
forms which are additional to those which were under-
taken in previous fiscal years: Provided further, That with 
respect to the provision of assistance for Egypt for democ-
racy and governance activities, the organizations imple-
menting such assistance and the specific nature of that 
assistance shall not be subject to the prior approval by 
the Government of Egypt: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for 
Egypt, not less than $135,000,000 shall be made available 
for project assistance, of which not less than $50,000,000 
shall be made available for democracy, human rights and 
governance programs and not less than $50,000,000 shall 
be used for education programs: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading for assist-
ance 
for 
Egypt 
for 
economic 
reform 
activities, 
$200,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that Egypt has met the calendar 
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year 2005 benchmarks accompanying the ‘‘Financial Sec-
tor Reform Memorandum of Understanding’’ dated March 
20, 2005: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, $135,000,000 is available only to 
carry out programs in Colombia and may be transferred 
to ‘‘Development Assistance’’ to continue programs ad-
ministered by the United States Agency for International 
Development: Provided further, That $15,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading should be made 
available for Cyprus to be used only for scholarships, ad-
ministrative 
support 
of 
the 
scholarship 
program, 
bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at reunification 
of the island and designed to reduce tensions and promote 
peace and cooperation between the two communities on 
Cyprus: Provided further, That in exercising the authority 
to provide cash transfer assistance for Israel, the Presi-
dent shall ensure that the level of such assistance does 
not cause an adverse impact on the total level of non-
military exports from the United States to such country 
and that Israel enters into a side letter agreement in an 
amount proportional to the fiscal year 1999 agreement: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not less than $250,500,000 should be made 
available only for assistance for Jordan: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 
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may be made available for assistance for the West Bank 
and Gaza: Provided further, That $35,500,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail-
able for assistance for Lebanon, of which not less than 
$6,000,000 should be made available for scholarships and 
direct support of American educational institutions in 
Lebanon: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
not 
more 
than 
$225,000,000 of the funds made available for assistance 
for Afghanistan under this heading may be obligated for 
such assistance until the Secretary of State certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Af-
ghanistan at both the national and local level is cooper-
ating fully with United States funded poppy eradication 
and interdiction efforts in Afghanistan: Provided further, 
That such report shall include an analysis of the steps 
being taken by the Government of Afghanistan, at the na-
tional and local level, to cooperate fully with United States 
funded poppy eradication and interdiction efforts in Af-
ghanistan: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading that are available for assistance 
for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, up to 
$1,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses 
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading 
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may be made available for programs and activities for the 
Central Highlands of Vietnam: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading that are made 
available for a Middle East Financing Facility, Middle 
East Enterprise Fund, or any other similar entity in the 
Middle East shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $10,800,000, which shall be available for the United 
States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland 
and shall be made available in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 
(Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall 
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time-
ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading shall re-
main available until September 30, 2008. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC 
STATES 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support 
for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, 
$227,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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2008, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for assistance and for related programs 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States. 
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available 
the administrative authorities contained in that Act for 
the use of economic assistance. 
(c) The provisions of section 529 of this Act shall 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any provision of this or any other 
Act, including provisions in this subsection regarding the 
application of section 529 of this Act, local currencies gen-
erated by, or converted from, funds appropriated by this 
Act and by previous appropriations Acts and made avail-
able for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia 
may be used in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States to 
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 and the SEED Act. 
(d) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap-
propriated under this heading made available for economic 
revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he 
determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has 
not complied with article III of annex 1–A of the General 
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Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and 
Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, 
and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga-
tions, and related activities between state sponsors of ter-
rorism and terrorist organizations and Bosnian officials 
has not been terminated. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE 
FORMER SOVIET UNION 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assist-
ance for the Independent States of the former Soviet 
Union and for related programs, $371,280,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That the 
provisions of such chapters shall apply to funds appro-
priated by this paragraph: Provided further, That funds 
made available for the Southern Caucasus region may be 
used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for con-
fidence-building measures and other activities in further-
ance of the peaceful resolution of the regional conflicts, 
especially those in the vicinity of Abkhazia and Nagorno- 
Karabagh: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this 
heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 
for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
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grams, that are made available pursuant to the provisions 
of section 807 of Public Law 102–511 shall be subject 
to a 6 percent ceiling on administrative expenses. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $41,000,000 should be made available, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for 
assistance for child survival, environmental and reproduc-
tive health, and to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and 
other infectious diseases, and for related activities. 
(c)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading 
that are allocated for assistance for the Government of 
the Russian Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from 
obligation until the President determines and certifies in 
writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
ernment of the Russian Federation— 
(A) has terminated implementation of arrange-
ments to provide Iran with technical expertise, train-
ing, technology, or equipment necessary to develop a 
nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facilities or 
programs, or ballistic missile capability; and 
(B) is providing full access to international non- 
government organizations providing humanitarian 
relief to refugees and internally displaced persons in 
Chechnya. 
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 
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