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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, 2006. 
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, 
$375,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2006, 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) With regard to funds appropriated under this 
heading for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia 
and Herzegovina, and local currencies generated by such 
funds (including the conversion of funds appropriated 
under this heading into currency used by Bosnia and 
Herzegovina as local currency and local currency returned 
or repaid under such program) the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development shall
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provide written approval for grants and loans prior to the 
obligation and expenditure of funds for such purposes, and 
prior to the use of funds that have been returned or repaid 
to any lending facility or grantee. 
(d) The provisions of section 529 of this Act shall 
apply to funds made available under subsection (c) and 
to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any provision of this or any other Act, 
including provisions in this subsection regarding the appli-
cation 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 Support for East European Democracy 
(SEED) Act of 1989. 
(e) 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 
Framework
Agreement
for
Peace
in
Bosnia
and 
Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces,
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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, $550,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2006: 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 of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, $1,500,000 should be available 
only to meet the health and other assistance needs of vic-
tims of trafficking in persons: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading in this Act or prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
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ing, and related programs, that are made available pursu-
ant to the provisions of section 807 of Public Law 102–
511 shall be subject to a 6 percent ceiling on administra-
tive expenses. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $65,000,000 should be made available for assist-
ance for Armenia. 
(c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $57,000,000 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. 
(d)(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
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(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—
(A) assistance to combat infectious diseases, 
child survival activities, or assistance for victims of 
trafficking in persons; and 
(B) activities authorized under title V (Non-
proliferation and Disarmament Programs and Ac-
tivities) of the FREEDOM Support Act. 
(e) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall 
not apply to—
(1) activities to support democracy or assist-
ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act 
and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201 or non-
proliferation assistance; 
(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 
Development Agency under section 661 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421); 
(3) any activity carried out by a member of the 
United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 
acting within his or her official capacity; 
(4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee or 
other assistance provided by the Overseas Private