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(3) REPORT
ON
NONCOMPLIANCE.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the President shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report that de-
scribes— 
(A) the inability or unwillingness of any 
contractor or grantee to provide the information 
requested under paragraph (1)(A)(ii); and 
(B) the reasons that such contractor or 
grantee provided for failing to provide such in-
formation. 
(4) EXECUTIVE
AGENCY
DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 4 of the Office 
of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403). 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to affect the authority of the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security under section 1059 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 
(Public Law 109–163; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009’’.
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DIVISION G—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 
TITLE I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, 
$20,000; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, 
$40,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Minor-
ity Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Whip of the 
Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; 
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Com-
mittees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the 
Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $5,000 for each 
Chairman; in all, $180,000. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY 
AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For representation allowances of the Majority and 
Minority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such 
Leader; in all, $30,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, and others 
as authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
$171,699,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
without regard to the following limitations:
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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For the Office of the Vice President, $2,413,000. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, 
$720,000. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emer-
itus, $100,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
$4,998,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 
$3,096,000. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$15,200,000. 
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For the Conference of the Majority and the Con-
ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be 
fixed by the Chairman of each such committee, 
$1,655,000 for each such committee; in all, $3,310,000.
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OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF 
THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of 
the Majority and the Conference of the Minority, 
$814,000. 
POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and 
the Minority Policy Committee, $1,690,000 for each such 
committee; in all, $3,380,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $397,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $24,020,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
$66,800,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
Secretary for the Minority, $1,758,000. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES 
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as 
authorized by law, and related expenses, $44,693,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $6,743,000.
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OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate 
Legal Counsel, $1,484,000. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES
OF
THE SECRETARY
OF
THE 
SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF 
THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR-
ITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE 
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $7,500; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen-
ate, $7,500; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, 
$7,500; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,500; 
in all, $30,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 
by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 
XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 
of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 
1980 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 
96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $137,400,000. 
EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL 
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 
International Narcotics Control, $520,000.
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SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the 
Senate, $2,000,000. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 
and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $153,601,000, which shall 
remain available until September 30, 2013. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $21,043,000, of which up 
to $500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program 
for mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for 
the purpose of providing notice of a town meeting by a 
Senator in a county (or equivalent unit of local govern-
ment) at which the Senator will personally attend: Pro-
vided, That any amount allocated to a Senator for such 
mailing shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the mail-
ing and the remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator 
from other funds available to the Senator. 
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE 
ACCOUNT 
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 
Account, $400,000,000. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 
Senate, $300,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1. GROSS RATE OF COMPENSATION IN OFFICES 
OF SENATORS. Effective on and after October 1, 2008, 
each of the dollar amounts contained in the table under 
section 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed 
to be the dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law 
and in effect on September 30, 2008, increased by an ad-
ditional $50,000 each. 
SEC. 2. CONSULTANTS. (a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) The first sentence of section 101(a) of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 
61h–6(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘eight individual 
consultants’’ and inserting ‘‘nine individual consult-
ants’’. 
(2) The second sentence of section 101(a) of 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 
U.S.C. 61h–6(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘two indi-
vidual consultants’’ and inserting ‘‘three individual 
consultants’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the date of enactment of this Act and shall apply to 
fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $1,301,267,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$25,113,000, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker, 
$4,879,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,436,000, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $4,390,000, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Majority Whip, $2,115,000, including $5,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,630,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac-
tivities, $501,000; Republican Steering Committee, 
$950,000; Republican Conference, $1,777,000; Repub-
lican Policy Committee, $337,000; Democratic Steering 
and Policy Committee, $1,315,000; Democratic Caucus, 
$1,749,000; nine minority employees, $1,502,000; train-
ing and program development—majority, $290,000; train-
ing and program development—minority, $290,000;
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Cloakroom Personnel—majority, $476,000; and Cloak-
room Personnel—minority, $476,000. 
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES INCLUD-
ING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES 
OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 
For Members’ representational allowances, including 
Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
$609,000,000. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 
special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
$154,000,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 
31, 2010, except that $9,500,000 of such amount shall 
remain available until expended for committee room up-
grading. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $31,300,000, including studies and examina-
tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv-
ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 
section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 
for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall
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remain available for such salaries and expenses until De-
cember 31, 2010. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $187,954,000, including: 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ-
ing not more than $23,000, of which not more than 
$20,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa-
tion and reception expenses, $27,457,000, of which 
$500,000 shall remain available until December 31, 2010 
and $2,060,000 shall remain available until expended; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at 
Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Ga-
rages, and including not more than $3,000 for official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $8,355,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, including not more than $3,000 for official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $125,838,000, of 
which $7,057,000 shall remain available until expended; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General, $4,945,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of-
fice of Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Oper-
ations, $3,974,000, to remain available until expended; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 
$1,357,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $173,000; for
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salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 
including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the 
Digest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $2,007,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Coun-
sel of the House, $3,057,000; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 
$8,337,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Interparliamentary Affairs, $777,000; for other author-
ized employees, $1,158,000; and for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Historian, including the costs of the 
House Fellows Program (including lodging and related ex-
penses for visiting Program participants), $519,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $293,900,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$11,656,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available 
until expended; official mail for committees, leadership of-
fices, and administrative offices of the House, $201,000; 
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 
Security, 
and 
other 
applicable 
employee 
benefits, 
$260,703,000; supplies, materials, and other costs relating 
to the House portion of expenses for the Capitol Visitor 
Center, $1,900,000, to remain available until expended;
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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $18,698,000, 
of which $6,260,000 shall remain available until expended; 
and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, 
maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehi-
cles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs 
of deceased employees of the House, $742,000. 
CHILD CARE CENTER 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited 
in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg-
islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062), 
subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, 
as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN 
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE 
USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE 
FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES
AND 
EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL
ALLOW-
ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2009. Any 
amount remaining after all payments are made under such 
allowances for fiscal year 2009 shall be deposited in the
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(b) Effective with respect to fiscal year 2009 and 
each succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount other-
wise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for 
the lump-sum allowance for each of the following offices 
is increased as follows: 
(1) The allowance for the office of the Majority 
Whip is increased by $72,000. 
(2) The allowance for the office of the Minority 
Whip is increased by $72,000. 
SEC. 105. (a) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b) is amended by 
striking ‘‘transferred among’’ each place it appears in sub-
sections (a), (b), and (c)(1) and inserting ‘‘transferred 
among and merged with’’. 
(b) Section 101(c)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 95b(c)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) The headings referred to in paragraph (1) are 
‘House Leadership Offices’, ‘Members’ Representational 
Allowances’, ‘Committee Employees’, ‘Salaries, Officers 
and Employees’, and ‘Allowances and Expenses’.’’. 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 106. PERMITTING HOUSE CHILD CARE CENTER 
TO OFFER SERVICES FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN.—
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Section 312(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062(a)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘pre-school child care’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘pre-school child care and (subject to the approval 
of regulations by the Committee on House Administra-
tion) child care for school age children other than during 
the course of the ordinary school day’’. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 
Committee, $4,626,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $10,719,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 
Physician and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance 
of $2,175 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an 
allowance of $1,300 per month to one Senior Medical Offi-
cer; (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three
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medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attend-
ing Physician; (4) an allowance of $725 per month to two 
assistants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as-
sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist-
ants; and (5) $2,223,000 for reimbursement to the De-
partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 
equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physi-
cian, which shall be advanced and credited to the applica-
ble appropriation or appropriations from which such sala-
ries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall 
be available for all the purposes thereof, $3,105,000, to 
be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres-
sional Accessibility Services, $800,000, to be disbursed by 
the Secretary of the Senate. 
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL 
SERVICES OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv-
ice, $9,940,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate and Special Services Office.
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STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
For the preparation, under the direction of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives, of the statements for the second ses-
sion of the 110th Congress, showing appropriations made, 
indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, to-
gether with a chronological history of the regular appro-
priations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to 
the persons designated by the chairmen of such commit-
tees to supervise the work. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in-
cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and 
Government contributions for health, retirement, social se-
curity, professional liability insurance, and other applica-
ble employee benefits, $248,000,000, to be disbursed by 
the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 
security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 
supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 
services, stenographic services, personal and professional 
services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro-
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gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 
relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed-
eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 
than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 
Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $57,750,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des-
ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 
at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis-
cal year 2009 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from funds available to the Department of Home-
land Security. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2009 for the Capitol Police may 
be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and 
‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli-
ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional
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Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $4,072,000, 
of which $800,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2010: Provided, That the Executive Director of the 
Office of Compliance may, within the limits of available 
appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 
property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding: 
Provided further, That not more than $500 may be ex-
pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 
the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 
the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 
$6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $44,082,000. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 
other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 
for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 
the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 
expenses for the general and administrative support of the 
operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the
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Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen-
ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 
the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 
furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 
$5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap-
prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper-
ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $90,659,000, of which 
$1,505,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2013. 
CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $35,840,000, of which 
$10,681,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2013. 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 
of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 
office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $9,649,000, 
of which $340,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2013. 
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
furnishings to be expended under the control and super-
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vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $69,359,000, of 
which $9,743,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2013. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the House office buildings, $65,814,000, 
of which $19,603,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat-
ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 
and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and 
House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 
the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga-
rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 
plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 
Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 
heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su-
preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 
Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 
advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 
the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 
into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,
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$149,042,000, of which $63,570,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2013: Provided, That not more 
than $8,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed 
to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 
for obligation during fiscal year 2009. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings 
and 
grounds, 
$39,094,000, 
of 
which 
$13,640,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2013. 
CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance-
ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo-
cated, the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security 
operations, $18,996,000, of which $3,497,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2013. 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 
buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-
change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 
motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library, $10,906,000, of which $2,055,000
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shall remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, 
the Architect may obligate and expend such sums as may 
be necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of 
the National Garden established under section 307E of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 
U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 
or a duly authorized designee. 
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Cen-
ter project, $31,124,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, and in addition, $9,103,000 for Capitol Visitor 
Center operations costs: Provided, That the Architect of 
the Capitol may not obligate any of the funds which are 
made available for the Capitol Visitor Center project with-
out an obligation plan approved by the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1101. (a) COLLECTION AND SALE OF RECYCLA-
BLE MATERIALS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Ar-
chitect of the Capitol shall establish a program for 
the collection and sale of recyclable materials col-
lected from or on the Capitol buildings and grounds, 
in accordance with the procedures applicable under
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subchapter III of chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, 
United States Code to the sale of surplus property 
by an executive agency. 
(2) EXCLUSION
OF
MATERIALS
SUBJECT
TO 
OTHER PROGRAMS.—The program established under 
this section shall not apply with respect to any mate-
rials which are subject to collection and sale under— 
(A) the third undesignated paragraph 
under 
the 
center 
heading 
‘‘MISCELLA-
NEOUS’’ in the first section of the Act entitled 
‘‘An Act making appropriations for sundry civil 
expenses of the government for the fiscal year 
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 
eighty-three, and for other purposes’’, approved 
August 7, 1882 (2 U.S.C. 117); 
(B) section 104(a) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 (as enacted 
by reference in identical form by section 101(j) 
of Public Law 99–500 and Public Law 99–591) 
(2 U.S.C. 117e); 
(C) the Senate waste recycling program re-
ferred to in section 4 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 121f); or 
(D) any other authorized program for the 
collection and sale of recyclable materials.
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(b) REVOLVING FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol, which shall consist of— 
(A) proceeds from the sale of recyclable 
materials under the program established under 
this section; and 
(B) such amounts as may be appropriated 
under law. 
(2) USE OF FUND.—Amounts in the revolving 
fund established under paragraph (1) shall be avail-
able without fiscal year limitation to the Architect of 
the Capitol, subject to the Architect providing prior 
notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate— 
(A) to carry out the program established 
under this section; 
(B) to carry out authorized programs and 
activities of the Architect to improve the envi-
ronment; and 
(C) to carry out authorized programs and 
activities of the Architect to promote energy 
savings. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013.
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SEC. 1102. (a) PERMITTING LEASING OF SPACE.— 
Subject to the availability of funds, the Architect of the 
Capitol may acquire real property by lease for the use of 
the Library of Congress in any State or the District of 
Columbia if— 
(1) the Architect of the Capitol and the Librar-
ian of Congress submit a joint request for the Archi-
tect to lease the property to the Joint Committee on 
the Library and to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate; 
and 
(2) the Joint Committee on the Library and the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate each approve the request. 
(b) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Subject to the approval 
of the Joint Committee on the Library and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, the Architect of the Capitol and the Li-
brarian of Congress may transfer between themselves ap-
propriations or other available funds to pay the costs in-
curred in acquiring real property pursuant to the author-
ity of this section and the costs of necessary expenses in-
curred in connection with the acquisition of the property.
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(c) LIMIT ON OBLIGATIONS.—No obligation entered 
into pursuant to the authority of this section shall be in 
advance of, or in excess of, available appropriations. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 
not otherwise provided for, including development and 
maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean-
ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 
motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 
and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 
Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 
and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 
of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li-
brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge-
able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 
$419,030,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 
during fiscal year 2009, and shall remain available until 
expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 
32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 
shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2009
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and shall remain available until expended for the develop-
ment and maintenance of an international legal informa-
tion database and activities related thereto: Provided, 
That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 
any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 
28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga-
tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 
than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, $17,959,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2011 for the partial acquisition of 
books, periodicals, newspapers, and all other materials in-
cluding subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Li-
brary, including $40,000 to be available solely for the pur-
chase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, of spe-
cial and unique materials for additions to the collections: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the certifi-
cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses for the 
Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, $7,170,000 shall remain available 
until expended for the digital collections and educational 
curricula program: Provided further, That of the total
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amount appropriated, $1,495,000 shall remain available 
until expended, and shall be transferred to the Abraham 
Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the pur-
poses of Public Law 106–173, of which $10,000 may be 
used for official representation and reception expenses of 
the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $560,000 
shall be transferred to the Federal Library and Informa-
tion Center’s FEDLINK Program: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated, $190,000 shall be used 
to provide a grant to the New York Historical Society for 
the digitization of its collection: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, $95,000 shall be used to 
provide a grant to the University of Florida for develop-
ment of a library of original case studies. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$51,592,000, of which not more than $28,751,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2009 
under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex-
pend any funds derived from collections under such sec-
tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or
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expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 
not more than $4,564,000 shall be derived from collections 
during fiscal year 2009 under sections 111(d)(2), 
119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 
further, That the total amount available for obligation 
shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 
less than $33,315,000: Provided further, That not more 
than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for 
the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ 
in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the 
purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 
intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 
That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer-
tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses for activities 
of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 
delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 
United States Code, any amounts made available under 
this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 
payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 
sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 
used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 
Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of
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the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 
Judges and staff under section 802(e). 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno-
tated Constitution of the United States of America, 
$107,323,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 
may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 
with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 
(except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued 
by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 
obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives or the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 
135a), $68,816,000, of which $30,155,000 shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
amount appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to con-
tract to provide newspapers to blind and physically handi-
capped residents at no cost to the individual.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1201. INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM.—Of the 
amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this 
Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the cer-
tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses for the in-
centive awards program. 
SEC. 1202. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND 
ACTIVITIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2009, the 
obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 
activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$134,212,000. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 
that are funded from sources other than appropriations 
to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 
branch. 
(c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2009, 
the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 
appropriated in this Act, under the heading ‘‘Library of 
Congress’’, under the subheading ‘‘Salaries and ex-
penses’’, to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program 
and the Federal Research Program established under sec-
tion 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Im-
provement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 2 U.S.C.
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182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 
may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the ap-
propriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Li-
brary for any amounts transferred to it before the period 
of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 
SEC. 1203. TRANSFER AUTHORITY. (a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2009 for the 
Library of Congress may be transferred during fiscal year 
2009 between any of the headings under the heading ‘‘Li-
brary of Congress’’ upon the approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Not more than 10 percent of the 
total amount of funds appropriated to the account under 
any heading under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ for 
fiscal year 2009 may be transferred from that account by 
all transfers made under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1204. ABRAHAM LINCOLN BICENTENNIAL COM-
MISSION. Section 5(d) of the Abraham Lincoln Bicenten-
nial Commission Act (36 U.S.C. note prec. 101; Public 
Law 106–173) is amended by striking ‘‘that member may 
continue to serve on the Commission for not longer than 
the 30-day period beginning on the date that member 
ceases to be a Member of Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘that
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member may continue to serve on the Commission for the 
life of the Commission’’. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 
and the distribution of Congressional information in any 
format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap-
itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 
and session index to the Congressional Record, as author-
ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 
printing and binding of Government publications author-
ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 
printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica-
tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 
to the recipient, $96,828,000: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per-
manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 
Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au-
thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro-
priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita-
tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code,
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none of the funds appropriated or made available under 
this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and 
related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 
title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print 
a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe-
riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 
or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un-
less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 
with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 
this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 
fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print-
ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 
this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
Senate. 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc-
uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index-
ing of Government publications and their distribution to 
the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen-
cies, and designated depository and international exchange 
libraries as authorized by law, $38,744,000: Provided, 
That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current
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year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis-
seminating Congressional serial sets and other related 
publications for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 to depository 
and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 
unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac-
counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 
be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv-
ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 
subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the Government Printing Office Re-
volving Fund, $4,995,000 for information technology de-
velopment and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov-
ernment Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in 
accordance with law, and to make such contracts and com-
mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 
may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur-
poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 
for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $5,000 may be ex-
pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec-
tion with official representation and reception expenses:
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Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available 
for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger 
motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con-
nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to 
the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out 
the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem-
porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 
title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals 
not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of 
basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That activities 
financed through the revolving fund may provide informa-
tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving 
fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘Office 
of Superintendent of Documents’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ may not be used for contracted security services 
at GPO’s passport facility in the District of Columbia. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 
the United States in connection with official representa-
tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent
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services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily 
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 
hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 
foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 
31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay-
able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 
and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for-
eign countries, $531,000,000: Provided, That not more 
than $5,375,000 of payments received under section 782 
of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use 
in fiscal year 2009: Provided further, That not more than 
$2,260,000 of reimbursements received under section 
9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 
for use in fiscal year 2009: Provided further, That this 
appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex-
penses of any other department or agency which is a mem-
ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a 
Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be avail-
able to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s 
costs as determined by the respective Forum, including 
necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants:
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Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 
may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 
from which costs involved are initially financed. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 1301. REPEAL AND MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) SPECTRUM RELOCATION 
FUND TRANSFERS.—Section 118(e)(1)(B) of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration Or-
ganization Act (47 U.S.C. 928(e)(1)(B)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(2) in clause (iii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-
serting a period; and 
(3) by striking clause (iv). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS IN PROJECTS CONSTRUCTED 
UNDER PROJECTED COST.—Section 211(d) of the Public 
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3151(d)) is amended by striking subsection (d) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) REVIEW
BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The 
Comptroller General of the United States shall regularly 
review the implementation of this section.’’. 
(c) GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON IMPACT OF SAFE 
HARBOR ON MEDIGAP POLICIES.—Section 5201(b)(2) of 
title V of division J of the Omnibus Consolidated and
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Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Pub-
lic Law 105–277; 42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a note) is repealed. 
(d) GAO REPORT
ON DATE RAPE DRUG CAM-
PAIGN.—Section 7(b)(3) of the Hillary J. Farias and 
Samantha Reid Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106–172; 21 U.S.C. 801 note) is repealed. 
(e) INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT AND GAO REPORT 
ON
ENROLLEES
ELIGIBLE
FOR
MEDICAID.—Section 
2108(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397hh(d)) 
is amended— 
(1) in the heading by striking ‘‘AND GAO RE-
PORT’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3). 
(f) GAO REPORT ON MA REGIONAL PLAN STA-
BILIZATION FUND.—Section 1858(e)(7) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–27a(e)(7)) is repealed. 
(g) BREAST IMPLANTS; STUDY BY COMPTROLLER 
GENERAL.—Section 214 of the Medical Device User Fee 
and Modernization Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–250; 42 
U.S.C. 289g–3 note) is repealed. 
(h) DISPOSITION OF RIGHTS.—Section 202(b) of title 
35, United States Code is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (3).
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OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 
FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 
Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$13,900,000. 
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 
SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub-
lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 
section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv-
ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 
$430,000. 
TITLE II 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE 
VEHICLES. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehi-
cles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 
be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 
for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee 
on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the 
Committee on Rules and Administration.
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SEC. 202. FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION. No part of the 
funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for 
obligation beyond fiscal year 2009 unless expressly so pro-
vided in this Act. 
SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA-
TION. Whenever in this Act any office or position not spe-
cifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 
(46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of 
compensation or designation of any office or position ap-
propriated for is different from that specifically estab-
lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re-
spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 
for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi-
cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 
the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 
with respect thereto. 
SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES. The expenditure 
of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting 
service through procurement contract, under section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where
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otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
Executive order issued under existing law. 
SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS. Such sums 
as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de-
scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres-
sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to 
pay awards and settlements as authorized under such sub-
section. 
SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC. Amounts available for 
administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity 
which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial 
Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on 
March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro-
priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the 
LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared 
among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
allocations among the entities as the entities may deter-
mine) may not exceed $2,000. 
SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. The Architect 
of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Colum-
bia, is authorized to maintain and improve the landscape 
features, excluding streets in the irregular shaped grassy 
areas bounded by Washington Avenue SW on the north-
east, Second Street SW on the west, Square 582 on the
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south, and the beginning of the I–395 tunnel on the south-
east. 
SEC. 208. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS. None of the 
funds made available in this Act may be transferred to 
any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other 
appropriation Act. 
SEC. 209. GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL. (a) Ex-
cept as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made 
available to the Architect of the Capitol in this Act may 
be used to eliminate guided tours of the United States 
Capitol which are led by employees and interns of offices 
of Members of Congress and other offices of the House 
of Representatives and Senate. 
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 
at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 
approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 
the Capitol.
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SEC. 210. LIMITATION
ON CERTAIN INSPECTORS 
GENERAL AUTHORITY TO USE FIREARMS. None of the 
funds made available in this Act may be used by the In-
spector General of the Architect of the Capitol or the In-
spector General of the Library of Congress to purchase, 
maintain, or carry any firearm. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 
DIVISION H—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOR-
EIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PRO-
GRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 
AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State 
and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, 
$5,360,318,000, of which $1,117,000,000 is for World-
wide Security Protection (to remain available until ex-
pended), to be allocated as follows: 
(1) HUMAN
RESOURCES.—For necessary ex-
penses for training, human resources management, 
and salaries, including employment without regard
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to civil service and classification laws of persons on 
a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as au-
thorized by section 801 of the United States Infor-
mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, 
$2,118,598,000 to remain available until September 
30, 2010, of which not less than $130,637,000 shall 
be available only for public diplomacy American sal-
aries. 
(2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses for the regional bureaus of the Department 
of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 
$1,548,617,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010, of which not less than $264,169,000 shall 
be available only for public diplomacy international 
information programs. 
(3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For 
necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 
Department of State including representation to cer-
tain international organizations in which the United 
States participates pursuant to treaties ratified pur-
suant to the advice and consent of the Senate or 
specific Acts of Congress, general administration, 
and arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament 
activities as authorized, $585,078,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010.
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(4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses for security activities, $1,108,025,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2010. 
(5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In ad-
dition to amounts otherwise made available under 
this heading— 
(A) not to exceed $1,605,150 shall be de-
rived from fees collected from other executive 
agencies for lease or use of facilities located at 
the International Center in accordance with sec-
tion 4 of the International Center Act, and, in 
addition, as authorized by section 5 of such 
Act, $490,000, to be derived from the reserve 
authorized by that section, to be used for the 
purposes set out in that section; 
(B) as authorized by section 810 of the 
United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act, not to exceed $6,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, may be credited 
to this appropriation from fees or other pay-
ments received from English teaching, library, 
motion pictures, and publication programs and 
from fees from educational advising and coun-
seling and exchange visitor programs; and
741 
(C) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be 
derived from reimbursements, surcharges and 
fees for use of Blair House facilities. 
(6) TRANSFER AND REPROGRAMMING.— 
(A) Notwithstanding any provision of this 
Act, funds may be reprogrammed within and 
between subsections under this heading subject 
to section 7015 of this Act. 
(B) Of the amount made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds made 
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Emer-
gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv-
ice’’, to be available only for emergency evacu-
ations and rewards, as authorized. 
(C) Funds appropriated under this heading 
are available for acquisition by exchange or pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 
by law and, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1108(g), for 
the field examination of programs and activities 
in the United States funded from any account 
contained in this title. 
CIVILIAN STABILIZATION INITIATIVE 
For necessary expenses to establish, support, main-
tain, mobilize, and deploy a civilian response corps in co-
ordination with the United States Agency for Inter-
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national Development, and for related reconstruction and 
stabilization assistance to prevent or respond to conflict 
or civil strife in foreign countries or regions, or to enable 
transition from such strife, $45,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That up to $23,014,000 
may be made available in fiscal year 2009 to provide ad-
ministrative expenses for the Office of the Coordinator for 
Reconstruction and Stabilization: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law and following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, the 
President may exercise transfer authorities contained in 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for reconstruction and 
stabilization assistance managed by the Office of the Coor-
dinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, United 
States Department of State, only to support an actively 
deployed civilian response corps, subject to the regular no-
tification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development shall submit a coordinated joint spending 
plan for funds made available under this heading and 
under the heading ‘‘Civilian Stabilization Initiative’’ in 
title II of this Act.
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CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, $71,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
as authorized: Provided, That section 135(e) of Public 
Law 103–236 shall not apply to funds available under this 
heading. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $37,000,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), 
as it relates to post inspections. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange 
programs, as authorized, $538,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 
credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 
received from or in connection with English teaching, edu-
cational advising and counseling programs, and exchange 
visitor programs as authorized. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
For 
representation 
allowances 
as 
authorized, 
$8,175,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 
Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective
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services, as authorized, $22,814,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–303), pre-
serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings 
that are owned or directly leased by the Department of 
State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise available, 
the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the Dip-
lomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 
$801,344,000, to remain available until expended as au-
thorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 
domestic and overseas representation as authorized: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated in this para-
graph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, fur-
nishings, or generators for other departments and agen-
cies. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 
$770,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds made available by this paragraph may 
not be obligated until a plan is submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations with the proposed allocation of 
funds made available by this Act and by proceeds of sales 
for all projects in fiscal year 2009: Provided further, That 
the Under Secretary for Management, United States De-
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partment of State, shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on a regular and ongoing basis on the de-
sign of any proposed self-financed New Embassy Com-
pound. 
In addition, for necessary expenses for overseas facil-
ity construction and related costs for the United States 
Agency for International Development, pursuant to sec-
tion 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$135,225,000, to remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of 
State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo-
matic and Consular Service, $9,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended as authorized, of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation 
Loans Program Account’’, subject to the same terms and 
conditions. 
BUYING POWER MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT 
To offset adverse fluctuations in foreign currency ex-
change rates and/or overseas wage and price changes, as 
authorized by section 24(b) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(b)), $5,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.
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REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $678,000, as authorized: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $675,000, which may 
be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available 
under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $16,840,000. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $157,100,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
to meet annual obligations of membership in international 
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
tions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,529,400,000: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of 
the submission of the President’s budget to Congress
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under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
transmit to the Committees on Appropriations the most 
recent biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for 
the operations of the United Nations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance (or in an 
emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of any 
United Nations action to increase funding for any United 
Nations program without identifying an offsetting de-
crease elsewhere in the United Nations budget: Provided 
further, That any payment of arrearages under this title 
shall be directed toward activities that are mutually agreed 
upon by the United States and the respective international 
organization: Provided further, That none of the funds ap-
propriated in this paragraph shall be available for a 
United States contribution to an international organiza-
tion for the United States share of interest costs made 
known to the United States Government by such organiza-
tion for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, 
through external borrowings. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
security, $1,517,000,000, of which 15 percent shall re-
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main available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That 
none of the funds made available by this Act shall be obli-
gated or expended for any new or expanded United Na-
tions peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in ad-
vance of voting for the new or expanded mission in the 
United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency as 
far in advance as is practicable): (1) the Committees on 
Appropriations are notified of the estimated cost and 
length of the mission, the national interest that will be 
served, and the planned exit strategy; (2) the Committees 
on Appropriations are notified that the United Nations 
has taken appropriate measures to prevent United Nations 
employees, contractor personnel, and peacekeeping forces 
serving in any United Nations peacekeeping mission from 
trafficking in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or 
committing acts of illegal sexual exploitation, and to hold 
accountable individuals who engage in such acts while par-
ticipating in the peacekeeping mission, including the pros-
ecution in their home countries of such individuals in con-
nection with such acts; and (3) notification pursuant to 
section 7015 of this Act is submitted, and the procedures 
therein followed, setting forth the source of funds that will 
be used to pay for the cost of the new or expanded mission: 
Provided further, That funds shall be available for peace-
keeping expenses only upon a certification by the Sec-
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retary of State to the Committees on Appropriations that 
American manufacturers and suppliers are being given op-
portunities to provide equipment, services, and material 
for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those 
being given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers. 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
to meet obligations of the United States arising under 
treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section 
of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 
United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 
$6,000 for representation; as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$32,256,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $43,250,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, 
$11,649,000, of which $7,559,000 is for the International
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Joint Commission and $1,970,000 is for the International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Can-
ada or Great Britain, and $2,120,000 is for the Border 
Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized by 
Public Law 103–182: Provided, That of the amount pro-
vided under this heading for the International Joint Com-
mission, $9,000 may be made available for representation 
expenses 45 days after submission to the Committees on 
Appropriations of a report detailing obligations, expendi-
tures, and associated activities for fiscal years 2006, 2007, 
and 2008, including any unobligated funds which expired 
at the end of each fiscal year and the justification for why 
such funds were not obligated. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries 
commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 
law, $29,925,000: Provided, That the United States share 
of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com-
missions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324. 
RELATED AGENCY 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, as authorized, to carry out inter-
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national communication activities, including the purchase, 
rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio 
and television transmission and reception and purchase, 
lease, and installation of necessary equipment for radio 
and television transmission and reception to Cuba, and to 
make and supervise grants for radio and television broad-
casting to the Middle East, $698,187,000: Provided, That 
of the total amount in this heading, not to exceed $16,000 
may be used for official receptions within the United 
States as authorized, not to exceed $35,000 may be used 
for representation abroad as authorized, and not to exceed 
$39,000 may be used for official reception and representa-
tion expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and 
in addition, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $2,000,000 in receipts from advertising and 
revenue from business ventures, not to exceed $500,000 
in receipts from cooperating international organizations, 
and not to exceed $1,000,000 in receipts from privatiza-
tion efforts of the Voice of America and the International 
Broadcasting Bureau, to remain available until expended 
for carrying out authorized purposes. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, and improve-
ment of facilities for radio and television transmission and 
reception, and purchase and installation of necessary 
equipment for radio and television transmission and recep-
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tion as authorized, $11,296,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized. 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized 
by the Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), 
$16,000,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized. 
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE 
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 
of Peace as authorized in the United States Institute of 
Peace Act, $31,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE 
TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle 
Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the total amount 
of the interest and earnings accruing to such Fund on or 
before September 30, 2009, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 
5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 
U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to
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the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 
Fund on or before September 30, 2009, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other 
compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for 
the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in accord-
ance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative 
Requirements) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit 
Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation 
for personal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar-
ship Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 
(22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to 
the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 
30, 2009, to remain available until expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 
Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 
1960, by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical 
Interchange Between East and West in the State of Ha-
waii, $21,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
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propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary, or enter 
into any contract providing for the payment thereof, in 
excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY 
For grants made by the Department of State to the 
National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 
National Endowment for Democracy Act, $115,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $100,000,000 
shall be allocated in the traditional and customary manner 
among the core institutes and $15,000,000 shall be for 
democracy, human rights, and rule of law programs, of 
which $250,000 shall be for programs and activities in 
Tibet: Provided, That the President of the National En-
dowment for Democracy shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act a report on the proposed uses 
of funds under this heading on a regional and country 
basis: Provided further, That funds made available by this 
Act for the promotion of democracy may be made available 
for the National Endowment for Democracy notwith-
standing any other provision of law or regulation.
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OTHER COMMISSIONS 
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S 
HERITAGE ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 
Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $599,000, as 
authorized by section 1303 of Public Law 99–83. 
COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Com-
mission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized 
by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 
1998 (Public Law 105–292), $4,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN 
EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public 
Law 94–304, $2,610,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010.
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CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Execu-
tive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as au-
thorized, $2,000,000, including not more than $3,000 for 
the purpose of official representation, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010. 
UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY 
REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission, $4,000,000, 
including not more than $4,000 for the purpose of official 
representation, to remain available until September 30, 
2010: Provided, That the Commission shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of 
the cumulative balances of any unobligated funds that 
were received by the Commission during any previous fis-
cal year: Provided further, That section 308(e) of the 
United States-China Relations Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
6918(e)) (relating to the treatment of employees as Con-
gressional employees), and section 309 of such Act (22 
U.S.C. 6919) (relating to printing and binding costs), 
shall apply to the Commission in the same manner as such
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section applies to the Congressional-Executive Commis-
sion on the People’s Republic of China: Provided further, 
That the Commission shall comply with chapter 43 of title 
5, United States Code, regarding the establishment and 
regular review of employee performance appraisals: Pro-
vided further, That the Commission shall comply with sec-
tion 4505a of title 5, United States Code, with respect 
to limitations on payment of performance-based cash 
awards: Provided further, That compensation for the exec-
utive director of the Commission may not exceed the rate 
payable for level II of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5313 of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, 
That travel by members of the Commission and its staff 
shall be arranged and conducted under the rules and pro-
cedures applying to travel by members of the House of 
Representatives and its staff. 
UNITED STATES SENATE-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY 
GROUP 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Senate- 
China Interparliamentary Group, as authorized under sec-
tion 153 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (22 
U.S.C. 276n; Public Law 108–99; 118 Stat. 448), 
$150,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010.
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TITLE II 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$808,584,000, of which up to $85,000,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 
the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this Act 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 
International Development (USAID), unless the USAID 
Administrator has identified such proposed construction 
(including architect and engineering services), purchase, 
or long-term lease of offices in a report submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to 
the obligation of funds for such purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That the previous proviso shall not apply when the 
total cost of construction (including architect and engi-
neering services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices 
does not exceed $1,000,000: Provided further, That con-
tracts or agreements entered into with funds appropriated
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under this heading may entail commitments for the ex-
penditure of such funds through fiscal year 2010: Pro-
vided further, That any decision to open a new USAID 
overseas mission or office or, except where there is a sub-
stantial security risk to mission personnel, to close or sig-
nificantly reduce the number of personnel of any such mis-
sion or office, shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That the authority of sections 610 and 109 of 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 Ex-
penses’’ in accordance with the provisions of those sec-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated or 
made available under this heading, not to exceed $250,000 
shall be available for representation and entertainment al-
lowances, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available 
for entertainment allowances, for USAID during the cur-
rent fiscal year: Provided further, That no such entertain-
ment funds may be used for the purposes listed in section 
7020 of this Act: Provided further, That appropriate steps 
shall be taken to assure that, to the maximum extent pos-
sible, United States-owned foreign currencies are utilized 
in lieu of dollars.
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CIVILIAN STABILIZATION INITIATIVE 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 667 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID) to estab-
lish, support, maintain, mobilize, and deploy a civilian re-
sponse corps in coordination with the Department of 
State, and for related reconstruction and stabilization as-
sistance to prevent or respond to conflict or civil strife in 
foreign countries or regions, or to enable transition from 
such strife, $30,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not later than 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID 
Administrator shall submit a coordinated joint spending 
plan for funds made available under this heading and 
under the heading ‘‘Civilian Stabilization Initiative’’ in 
title I of this Act. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
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, $35,775,000, to remain available until expended: 
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
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for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$42,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, which sum shall be available for the Office of the 
Inspector General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
TITLE III 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
For necessary expenses to enable the President to 
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, and for other purposes, to remain available until 
September 30, 2009, unless otherwise specified herein, as 
follows: 
GLOBAL HEALTH AND CHILD SURVIVAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, for global health activities, in addition to 
funds 
otherwise 
available 
for 
such 
purposes, 
$1,955,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 
United States Agency for International Development: Pro-
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vided, That this amount shall be made available for such 
activities as: (1) child survival and maternal health pro-
grams; (2) immunization and oral rehydration programs; 
(3) other health, nutrition, water and sanitation programs 
which directly address the needs of mothers and children, 
and related education programs; (4) assistance for chil-
dren displaced or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; 
(5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and 
research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and 
other infectious diseases, and for assistance to commu-
nities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including children 
infected or affected by AIDS; and (6) family planning/re-
productive health: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this paragraph may be made 
available for nonproject assistance, except that funds may 
be made available for such assistance for ongoing health 
activities: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this paragraph, not to exceed $400,000, in addition 
to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be 
used to monitor and provide oversight of child survival, 
maternal and family planning/reproductive health, and in-
fectious disease programs: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this paragraph, $75,000,000 
should be made available for a United States contribution 
to The GAVI Fund, and up to $5,000,000 may be trans-
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ferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in title II for 
costs directly related to global health, but funds made 
available for such costs may not be derived from amounts 
made available for contributions under this and preceding 
provisos: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available in this Act nor any unobligated balances from 
prior appropriations Acts may be made available to any 
organization or program which, as determined by the 
President of the United States, supports or participates 
in the management of a program of coercive abortion or 
involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That any deter-
mination made under the previous proviso must be made 
no later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, and must be accompanied by the evidence and criteria 
utilized to make the determination: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method 
of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person 
to practice abortions: Provided further, That nothing in 
this paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing 
statutory prohibitions against abortion under section 104 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this Act may 
be used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further,
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That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing 
nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family 
planning projects which offer, either directly or through 
referral to, or information about access to, a broad range 
of family planning methods and services, and that any 
such voluntary family planning project shall meet the fol-
lowing requirements: (1) service providers or referral 
agents in the project shall not implement or be subject 
to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of 
births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors 
of a particular method of family planning (this provision 
shall not be construed to include the use of quantitative 
estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning pur-
poses); (2) the project shall not include payment of incen-
tives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an indi-
vidual in exchange for becoming a family planning accep-
tor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical 
target or quota of total number of births, number of fam-
ily planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method 
of family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right 
or benefit, including the right of access to participate in 
any program of general welfare or the right of access to 
health care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision 
not to accept family planning services; (4) the project shall 
provide family planning acceptors comprehensible infor-
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mation on the health benefits and risks of the method cho-
sen, including those conditions that might render the use 
of the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects 
known to be consequent to the use of the method; and 
(5) the project shall ensure that experimental contracep-
tive drugs and devices and medical procedures are pro-
vided only in the context of a scientific study in which 
participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; 
and, not less than 60 days after the date on which the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development determines that there has been a 
violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), 
(2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice 
of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph 
(4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations a report containing a de-
scription of such violation and the corrective action taken 
by the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding grants 
for natural family planning under section 104 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discrimi-
nated against because of such applicant’s religious or con-
scientious commitment to offer only natural family plan-
ning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply 
with the requirements of the previous proviso: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this or any other Act author-
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izing or appropriating funds for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs, the term ‘‘moti-
vate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance, shall not 
be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with 
local law, of information or counseling about all pregnancy 
options: Provided further, That information provided 
about the use of condoms as part of projects or activities 
that are funded from amounts appropriated by this Act 
shall be medically accurate and shall include the public 
health benefits and failure rates of such use. 
In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 
prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, 
HIV/AIDS, $5,159,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, and which shall be apportioned directly to the De-
partment of State: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated under this paragraph, not less than $600,000,000 
shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, except for the United States Leadership 
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003 
(Public Law 108–25), as amended, for a United States 
contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuber-
culosis and Malaria, and shall be expended at the min-
imum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects 
and activities: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of
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the aggregate amount of funds made available to the Glob-
al Fund in fiscal year 2009 may be made available to the 
United States Agency for International Development for 
technical assistance related to the activities of the Global 
Fund: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this paragraph, up to $14,000,000 may be made 
available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes, for administrative expenses of the Office 
of the Global AIDS Coordinator. 
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of sections 103, 105, 106, and sections 251 through 255, 
and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, $1,800,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading that are made available for as-
sistance programs for displaced and orphaned children 
and victims of war, not to exceed $44,000, in addition to 
funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used 
to monitor and provide oversight of such programs: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated by this Act 
and prior Acts for fiscal year 2009, not less than 
$245,000,000 shall be made available for microenterprise 
and microfinance development programs for the poor, es-
pecially women: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
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priated under this heading, not less than $22,500,000 
shall be made available for the American Schools and Hos-
pitals Abroad program: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall 
be made available for cooperative development programs 
within the Office of Private and Voluntary Cooperation: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated by this 
Act and prior Acts for fiscal year 2009, not less than 
$300,000,000 shall be made available for water and sani-
tation supply projects pursuant to the Senator Paul Simon 
Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121), 
of which not less than $125,000,000 should be made avail-
able for such projects in Africa: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less 
than $375,000,000 shall be made available for agricultural 
development 
programs, 
of 
which 
not 
less 
than 
$29,000,000 shall be made available for Collaborative Re-
search Support Programs: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, $75,000,000 shall 
be made available to enhance global food security, includ-
ing for local or regional purchase and distribution of food, 
in addition to funds otherwise made available for such pur-
poses, and notwithstanding any other provision of law: 
Provided further, That prior to the obligation of funds pur-
suant to the previous proviso and after consultation with
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other relevant Federal departments and agencies, the 
Committees on Appropriations, and relevant nongovern-
mental organizations, the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations a strategy for 
achieving the goals of funding for global food security pro-
grams, specifying the intended country beneficiaries, 
amounts of funding, types of activities to be funded, and 
expected quantifiable results: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading for agricultural de-
velopment programs, not less than $7,000,000 shall be 
made available for a United States contribution to the en-
dowment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust pursuant to 
section 3202 of Public Law 110–246: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for pro-
grams to improve women’s leadership capacity in recipient 
countries. 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 
international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon-
struction assistance, $350,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.
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TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for international disaster re-
habilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to sec-
tion 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, to sup-
port transition to democracy and to long-term develop-
ment of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support 
may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve 
democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic in-
frastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: 
Provided further, That the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall submit a report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to begin-
ning a new program of assistance: Provided further, That 
if the President determines that it is important to the na-
tional interests of the United States to provide transition 
assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by 
this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of 
this heading and under the authorities applicable to funds 
appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be made available subject to prior consultation with 
the Committees on Appropriations.
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DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro-
vided by the United States Agency for International De-
velopment, as authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $25,000,000 may 
be derived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act 
to carry out part I of such Act and under the heading 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Pro-
vided, That funds provided under this paragraph and 
funds provided as a gift pursuant to section 635(d) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available 
only for micro and small enterprise programs, urban pro-
grams, and other programs which further the purposes of 
part I of such Act: Provided further, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 
That funds made available by this paragraph may be used 
for the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under 
this Act or prior Acts, and funds used for such costs shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general provi-
sions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in sec-
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tion 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Com-
mittee on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall 
be applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees provided 
under this heading: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of 
which is to be guaranteed, of up to $700,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
credit programs administered by the United States Agency 
for International Development, $8,000,000, which may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds made available 
under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in title II of this 
Act: Provided, That funds made available under this head-
ing shall remain available until September 30, 2011. 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $3,007,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, $200,000,000 shall be avail-
able only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a 
grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance 
shall be provided with the understanding that Egypt will 
undertake significant economic and democratic reforms 
which are additional to those which were undertaken in
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previous fiscal years: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading for assistance for Egypt, 
up to $20,000,000 shall be made available for democracy, 
human rights and governance programs, and not less than 
$35,000,000 shall be made available for education pro-
grams, of which not less than $10,000,000 is for scholar-
ships for Egyptian students with high financial need: Pro-
vided further, That $11,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading should be made available for Cyprus 
to be used only for scholarships, administrative 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 be-
tween the two communities on Cyprus: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $263,547,000 shall be made available for assist-
ance for Jordan: Provided further, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading not more than $75,000,000 
may be made available for assistance for the West Bank 
and Gaza, of which not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used 
for administrative expenses of the United States Agency 
for International Development (USAID), in addition to 
funds otherwise available for such purposes, to carry out 
programs in the West Bank and Gaza: Provided further, 
That $67,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this
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heading shall be made available for assistance for Leb-
anon, of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be made 
available for educational scholarships for students in Leb-
anon with high financial need: Provided further, That 
$200,000,000 of the funds made available for assistance 
for Afghanistan under this heading may be obligated for 
such assistance only after the Secretary of State certifies 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government 
of Afghanistan at both the national and provincial level 
is cooperating fully with United States-funded poppy 
eradication and interdiction efforts in Afghanistan: Pro-
vided further, That the President may waive the previous 
proviso if the President determines and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that to do so is in the na-
tional security interests of the United States: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$200,000,000 shall be apportioned directly to USAID for 
alternative development/institution building programs in 
Colombia: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading that are available for Colombia, 
not less than $3,500,000 shall be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Mi-
gration and Refugee Assistance’’ and shall be made avail-
able only for assistance to nongovernmental organizations
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that provide emergency relief aid to Colombian refugees 
in neighboring countries. 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion 
of democracy globally, $116,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2011, of which not less than 
$74,000,000 shall be made available for the Human 
Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights and Labor, Department of State, and not 
less than $37,000,000 shall be made available for the Of-
fice of Democracy and Governance of the Bureau for De-
mocracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United 
States Agency for International Development. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that 
are made available to the Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights and Labor, not less than $17,000,000 shall be 
made available for the promotion of democracy in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and not 
less than $6,500,000 shall be made available for the pro-
motion of democracy in countries located outside the Mid-
dle East region with a significant Muslim population, and 
where such programs and activities would be important 
to respond to, deter, or prevent extremism: Provided, That 
assistance for Taiwan should be matched from sources 
other than the United States Government.
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(c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that 
are made available to the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, 
and Humanitarian Assistance, not less than $19,500,000 
shall be made available for the Elections and Political 
Process Fund, $7,500,000 shall be made available for 
international 
labor 
programs, 
and 
not 
less 
than 
$10,000,000 shall be made available to provide institu-
tional and core support for organizations that promote 
human rights, independent media and the rule of law. 
(d) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
available for the promotion of democracy may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
Funds appropriated under this heading are in addition to 
funds otherwise made available for such purposes. 
(e) For the purposes of funds appropriated by this 
Act, the term ‘‘promotion of democracy’’ means programs 
that support good governance, human rights, independent 
media, and the rule of law, and otherwise strengthen the 
capacity of democratic political parties, governments, non-
governmental organizations and institutions, and citizens 
to support the development of democratic states, institu-
tions, and practices that are responsive and accountable 
to citizens. 
(f) Any contract, grant, or cooperative agreement (or 
any amendment to any contract, grant, or cooperative
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agreement) in excess of $1,000,000 of funds under this 
heading, and in excess of $2,500,000 under other headings 
in this Act, for the promotion of democracy, with the ex-
ception of programs and activities of the National Endow-
ment for Democracy, shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation 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, $15,000,000, 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, 2010. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM 
Support Act, and the Support for East European Democ-
racy (SEED) Act of 1989, $650,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010, which shall be available, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, for assistance 
and for related programs for countries identified in section
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3 of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 3(c) of the 
SEED Act: Provided, That 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 con-
tained in that Act for the use of economic assistance: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any provision of this 
or any other Act, funds appropriated in prior years under 
the headings ‘‘Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union’’ and similar headings and ‘‘Assistance for Eastern 
Europe and the Baltic States’’ and similar headings, and 
currencies generated by or converted from such funds, 
shall be available for use in any country for which funds 
are made available under this heading without regard to 
the geographic limitations of the heading under which 
such funds were originally appropriated: Provided further, 
That funds made available for the Southern Caucasus re-
gion may be used for confidence-building measures and 
other activities in furtherance of the peaceful resolution 
of conflicts, including in Nagorno-Karabagh. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $875,000,000, to re-
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main available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That 
during fiscal year 2009, the Department of State may also 
use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive 
excess property from an agency of the United States Gov-
ernment for the purpose of providing it to a foreign coun-
try or international organization under chapter 8 of part 
I of that Act subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of State shall provide to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and prior to the initial 
obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, a re-
port on the proposed uses of all funds under this heading 
on a country-by-country basis for each proposed program, 
project, or activity: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for 
Afghanistan may be made available for eradication pro-
grams through the aerial spraying of herbicides unless the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that the President of Afghanistan 
has requested assistance for such aerial spraying pro-
grams for counternarcotics or counterterrorism purposes: 
Provided further, That in the event the Secretary of State 
makes a determination pursuant to the previous proviso,
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the Secretary shall consult with the Committees on Appro-
priations prior to the obligation of funds for such eradi-
cation programs: Provided further, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, $5,000,000 should be made 
available to combat piracy of United States copyrighted 
materials, consistent with the requirements of section 
688(a) and (b) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 
(division J of Public Law 110–161): Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 
for assistance for Colombia shall be made available for 
budget support or as cash payments: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading for ad-
ministrative expenses, ten percent shall be withheld from 
obligation until the Secretary of State submits a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations detailing all salaries 
funded under this heading in fiscal years 2007 and 2008, 
and such salaries proposed in fiscal year 2009. 
ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support 
counterdrug activities in the Andean region of South 
America, $315,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010: Provided, That the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development (USAID),
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shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations not 
later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act and prior to the initial obligation of funds appro-
priated under this heading, a report on the proposed uses 
of all funds under this heading on a country-by-country 
basis for each proposed program, project, or activity: Pro-
vided further, That section 482(b) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated 
under this heading: Provided further, That assistance pro-
vided with funds appropriated under this heading that is 
made available notwithstanding section 482(b) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated under this heading that are made available for 
assistance for the Bolivian military and police may be 
made available for such purposes only if the Secretary of 
State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that 
the Bolivian military and police are respecting internation-
ally recognized human rights and cooperating fully with 
investigations and prosecutions by civilian judicial authori-
ties of military and police personnel who have been 
credibly alleged to have violated such rights: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not more than $16,730,000 may be available for adminis-
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trative expenses of the Department of State, and not more 
than $8,000,000 of the funds made available for alter-
native development/institution building programs under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act may 
be available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes, for administrative expenses of USAID. 
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 
$525,000,000, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti- 
terrorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM 
Support Act, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 
or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activi-
ties, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction 
of small arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, including activities implemented 
through nongovernmental and international organizations, 
and section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
for a voluntary contribution to the International Atomic 
Energy Agency (IAEA), and for a United States contribu-
tion to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Pre-
paratory Commission: Provided, That of this amount not 
to exceed $41,000,000, to remain available until expended,
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may be made available for the Nonproliferation and Disar-
mament Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relat-
ing to nonproliferation and disarmament: Provided further, 
That such funds may also be used for such countries other 
than the Independent States of the former Soviet Union 
and international organizations when it is in the national 
security interest of the United States to do so: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 
be made available for IAEA only if the Secretary of State 
determines (and so reports to the Congress) that Israel 
is not being denied its right to participate in the activities 
of that Agency: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not more than $750,000 may 
be made available for public-private partnerships for con-
ventional weapons and mine action by grant, cooperative 
agreement or contract: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available for demining and related activities, not to 
exceed $700,000, in addition to funds otherwise available 
for such purposes, may be used for administrative ex-
penses related to the operation and management of the 
demining program: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading that are available for ‘‘Anti- 
terrorism Assistance’’ and ‘‘Export Control and Border
784 
Security’’ shall remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
to enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized 
by law, a contribution to the International Committee of 
the Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contribu-
tions to the International Organization for Migration and 
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and 
other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; sala-
ries and expenses of personnel and dependents as author-
ized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as 
authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, 
United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, $931,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not less than $30,000,000 shall 
be made available for refugees resettling in Israel. 
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION 
ASSISTANCE FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 
Act of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), 
$40,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
PEACE CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), including the pur-
chase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 
administrative purposes for use outside of the United 
States, $340,000,000 to remain available until September 
30, 2010: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Pro-
vided further, That the Director of the Peace Corps may 
transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account, 
as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2515, an amount not to exceed 
$4,000,000: Provided further, That funds transferred pur-
suant to the previous proviso may not be derived from 
amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas oper-
ations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $4,000 shall be made 
available for entertainment expenses: Provided further, 
That any decision to open a new domestic office or to 
close, or significantly reduce the number of personnel of, 
any office, shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, $875,000,000 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, up to $95,000,000 
may be available for administrative expenses of the Millen-
nium Challenge Corporation (the Corporation): Provided 
further, That up to 10 percent of the funds appropriated 
under this heading may be made available to carry out 
the purposes of section 616 of the Millennium Challenge 
Act of 2003 for candidate countries for fiscal year 2009: 
Provided further, That none of the funds available to carry 
out section 616 of such Act may be made available until 
the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation provides 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations listing the 
candidate countries that will be receiving assistance under 
section 616 of such Act, the level of assistance proposed 
for each such country, a description of the proposed pro-
grams, projects and activities, and the implementing agen-
cy or agencies of the United States Government: Provided 
further, That section 605(e)(4) of the Millennium Chal-
lenge Act of 2003 shall apply to funds appropriated under 
this heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading may be made available for a Millen-
nium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to section
787 
609 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 only if such 
Compact obligates, or contains a commitment to obligate 
subject to the availability of funds and the mutual agree-
ment of the parties to the Compact to proceed, the entire 
amount of the United States Government funding antici-
pated for the duration of the Compact: Provided further, 
That the Corporation should reimburse the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID) for all ex-
penses incurred by USAID with funds appropriated under 
this heading in assisting the Corporation in carrying out 
the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 
et seq.), including administrative costs for compact devel-
opment, negotiation, and implementation: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for representa-
tion and entertainment allowances, of which not to exceed 
$5,000 shall be available for entertainment allowances. 
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 
the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 
provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1969, $22,500,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for 
entertainment and representation allowances.
788 
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the 
International Security and Development Cooperation Act 
of 1980 (Public Law 96–533), $32,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That funds 
made available to grantees may be invested pending ex-
penditure for project purposes when authorized by the 
Board of Directors of the Foundation: Provided further, 
That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes 
for which the grant was made: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the 
Board of Directors of the Foundation may waive the 
$250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect 
to a project and a project may exceed the limitation by 
up to $10,000 if the increase is due solely to foreign cur-
rency fluctuation: Provided further, That the Foundation 
shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions after each time such waiver authority is exercised. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$25,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
789 
2011, which shall be available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
DEBT RESTRUCTURING 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and 
loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for 
which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made 
available for programs within the International Affairs 
Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling, reduc-
ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as 
a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries, 
pursuant to parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, of modifying concessional credit agreements with 
least developed countries, as authorized under section 411 
of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
of 1954, as amended, of concessional loans, guarantees 
and credit agreements, as authorized under section 572 
of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100– 
461), and of canceling amounts owed, as a result of loans 
or guarantees made pursuant to the Export-Import Bank 
Act of 1945, by countries that are eligible for debt reduc-
tion pursuant to title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law 
by 
section 
1000(a)(5) 
of 
Public 
Law 
106–113, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2011: Provided, That not less than $20,000,000 of the
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funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail-
able to carry out the provisions of part V of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That amounts 
paid to the HIPC Trust Fund may be used only to fund 
debt reduction under the enhanced HIPC initiative by— 
(1) the Inter-American Development Bank; 
(2) the African Development Fund; 
(3) the African Development Bank; and 
(4) the Central American Bank for Economic 
Integration: 
Provided further, That funds may not be paid to the HIPC 
Trust Fund for the benefit of any country if the Secretary 
of State has credible evidence that the government of such 
country is engaged in a consistent pattern of gross viola-
tions of internationally recognized human rights or in mili-
tary or civil conflict that undermines its ability to develop 
and implement measures to alleviate poverty and to devote 
adequate human and financial resources to that end: Pro-
vided further, That on the basis of final appropriations, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with the Com-
mittees on Appropriations concerning which countries and 
international financial institutions are expected to benefit 
from a United States contribution to the HIPC Trust 
Fund during the fiscal year: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall notify the Committees on
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Appropriations not less than 15 days in advance of the 
signature of an agreement by the United States to make 
payments to the HIPC Trust Fund of amounts for such 
countries and institutions: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Treasury may disburse funds designated for 
debt reduction through the HIPC Trust Fund only for the 
benefit of countries that— 
(1) have committed, for a period of 24 months, 
not to accept new market-rate loans from the inter-
national financial institution receiving debt repay-
ment as a result of such disbursement, other than 
loans made by such institutions to export-oriented 
commercial projects that generate foreign exchange 
which are generally referred to as ‘‘enclave’’ loans; 
and 
(2) have documented and demonstrated their 
commitment to redirect their budgetary resources 
from international debt repayments to programs to 
alleviate poverty and promote economic growth that 
are additional to or expand upon those previously 
available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That any limitation of subsection (e) of 
section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954 shall not apply to funds appro-
priated under this heading: Provided further, That none
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of the funds made available under this heading in this or 
any other appropriations Act shall be made available for 
Sudan or Burma unless the Secretary of the Treasury de-
termines and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 
that a democratically elected government has taken office. 
TITLE IV 
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$250,200,000: Provided, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, not less than $25,000,000 shall be 
made available for a United States contribution to the 
Multinational Force and Observers mission in the Sinai: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be obligated or expended except 
as provided through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$91,000,000, of which up to $4,000,000 may remain 
available until expended and may only be provided through 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That the civilian personnel for
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whom military education and training may be provided 
under this heading may include civilians who are not mem-
bers of a government whose participation would contribute 
to improved civil-military relations, civilian control of the 
military, or respect for human rights: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading for assist-
ance for Haiti, Guatemala, the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, 
Libya, and Angola may only be provided through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations and any such notification shall include a detailed 
description of proposed activities: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to ex-
ceed $55,000 shall be available for entertainment allow-
ances. 
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for grants to enable the 
President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the 
Arms Export Control Act, $4,635,000,000: Provided, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $2,380,000,000 shall be available for grants only 
for Israel, and not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be made 
available for grants only for Egypt, including for border 
security programs and activities in the Sinai: Provided fur-
ther, That the funds appropriated by this paragraph for
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Israel shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That to the extent that the 
Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such 
purposes, grants made available for Israel by this para-
graph shall, as agreed by the United States and Israel, 
be available for advanced weapons systems, of which not 
less than $670,650,000 shall be available for the procure-
ment in Israel of defense articles and defense services, in-
cluding research and development: Provided further, That 
of 
the 
funds 
appropriated 
by 
this 
paragraph, 
$235,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
Jordan: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not more than $53,000,000 shall be 
available for Colombia, of which $12,500,000 is available 
to support maritime interdiction: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for 
Pakistan may be made available only for border security, 
counter-terrorism and law enforcement activities directed 
against Al Qaeda, the Taliban and associated terrorist 
groups: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be made available to 
support or continue any program initially funded under 
the authority of section 1206 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109– 
163; 119 Stat. 3456) unless the Secretary of State has
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previously justified such program to the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this paragraph shall be 
nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in section 
23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this paragraph shall be obli-
gated upon apportionment in accordance with paragraph 
(5)(C) of title 31, United States Code, section 1501(a). 
None of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 
articles, defense services, or design and construction serv-
ices that are not sold by the United States Government 
under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 
country proposing to make such procurements has first 
signed an agreement with the United States Government 
specifying the conditions under which such procurements 
may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun-
try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub-
mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec-
tion 7015 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail-
able for assistance for Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ban-
gladesh, Philippines, Indonesia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Haiti, Guatemala, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic 
of the Congo except pursuant to the regular notification
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procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading 
may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and 
related activities, and may include activities implemented 
through nongovernmental and international organizations: 
Provided further, That only those countries for which as-
sistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Fi-
nancing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congressional 
presentation for security assistance programs may utilize 
funds made available under this heading for procurement 
of defense articles, defense services or design and con-
struction services that are not sold by the United States 
Government under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time-
ly payment for defense articles and services: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $51,420,000 of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be obligated for necessary 
expenses, including the purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only for use outside of the United 
States, for the general costs of administering military as-
sistance and sales, except that this limitation may be ex-
ceeded only through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That
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of the funds appropriated under this heading for general 
costs of administering military assistance and sales, not 
to exceed $4,000 shall be available for entertainment ex-
penses and not to exceed $130,000 shall be available for 
representation allowances: Provided further, That not 
more than $470,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to 
section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may 
be obligated for expenses incurred by the Department of 
Defense during fiscal year 2009 pursuant to section 43(b) 
of the Arms Export Control Act, except that this limita-
tion may be exceeded only through the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading esti-
mated to be outlayed for Egypt during fiscal year 2009 
shall be transferred to an interest bearing account for 
Egypt in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York within 
30 days of enactment of this Act. 
TITLE V 
MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and 
of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program 
Participation Act of 1973, $352,500,000: Provided, That
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section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 
not apply to contributions to the United Nations Democ-
racy Fund. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY 
For the United States contribution for the Global En-
vironment Facility, $80,000,000, to the International 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for 
the Global Environment Facility, by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
ASSOCIATION 
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,115,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS 
MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Mul-
tilateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, for the United States contribution to the fund, 
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For the United States contribution by the Secretary 
of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the Asian 
Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Develop-
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ment Bank Act, as amended, $105,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For the United States contribution by the Secretary 
of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the African 
Development Fund, $150,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR 
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 
For the United States contribution by the Secretary 
of the Treasury to increase the resources of the Inter-
national 
Fund 
for 
Agricultural 
Development, 
$18,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
TITLE VI 
EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, $2,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
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tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 
out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor-
poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur-
ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi-
tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear 
equipment, fuel, or technology to any country, other than 
a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article IX of the 
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi-
ble to receive economic or military assistance under this 
Act, that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date 
of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428, as 
amended, sections 1(a) and (b) of Public Law 103–428 
shall remain in effect through October 1, 2009: Provided 
further, That not less than 10 percent of the aggregate 
loan, guarantee, and insurance authority available to the 
Export-Import Bank under this Act should be used for 
renewable energy technologies or energy efficient end-use 
technologies. 
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur-
ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of 
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, not
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to exceed $41,000,000: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
Provided further, That such funds shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024, for the disbursement of direct 
loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obli-
gated in fiscal years 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this 
Act or any prior Acts appropriating funds for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
for tied-aid credits or grants may be used for any other 
purpose except through the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated by this paragraph are made 
available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export- 
Import Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the purchase 
or lease of any product by any Eastern European country, 
any Baltic State or any agency or national thereof. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses for members of the 
Board of Directors, not to exceed $81,500,000: Provided, 
That the Export-Import Bank may accept, and use, pay-
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ment or services provided by transaction participants for 
legal, financial, or technical services in connection with 
any transaction for which an application for a loan, guar-
antee or insurance commitment has been made: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 
117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection 
(a) thereof shall remain in effect until October 1, 2009. 
RECEIPTS COLLECTED 
Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import 
Bank Act of 1945, as amended, and the Federal Credit 
Reform Act of 1990, as amended, in an amount not to 
exceed the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited 
as offsetting collections to this account: Provided, That the 
sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be 
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting col-
lections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation 
from the General Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 
That of amounts collected in fiscal year 2009 in excess 
of obligations, up to $75,000,000, shall become available 
on September 1, 2009 and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2012. 
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT 
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations,
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as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and 
commitments within the limits of funds available to it and 
in accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided, 
That the amount available for administrative expenses to 
carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an 
amount for official reception and representation expenses 
which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed 
$50,600,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 
in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated 
with services provided to specific investors or potential in-
vestors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative ex-
penses for the purposes of this heading. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 
$29,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 
Account: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That such sums shall be available for direct loan obli-
gations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made 
during fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011: Provided fur-
ther, That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2009 remain
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available for disbursement through 2017; funds obligated 
in fiscal year 2010 remain available for disbursement 
through 2018; and funds obligated in fiscal year 2011 re-
main available for disbursement through 2019: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized 
to undertake any program authorized by title IV of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided further, 
That funds made available pursuant to the authority of 
the previous proviso shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
In addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may 
be derived from amounts available for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 
Account and merged with said account. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$50,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010.
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TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS 
SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this 
Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for 
allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 
59 of title 5, United States Code; for services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and for hire of passenger transpor-
tation pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b). 
UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT 
SEC. 7002. Any Department or Agency to which 
funds are appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations a 
quarterly accounting of cumulative balances by program, 
project, and activity of the funds received by such Depart-
ment or Agency in this fiscal year or any previous fiscal 
year that remain unobligated and unexpended. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under title I of this Act for any consulting service through 
procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall 
be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are 
a matter of public record and available for public inspec-
tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, 
or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to exist-
ing law.
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EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 7004. (a) Of funds provided under title I of this 
Act, except as provided in subsection (b), a project to con-
struct a diplomatic facility of the United States may not 
include office space or other accommodations for an em-
ployee of a Federal agency or department if the Secretary 
of State determines that such department or agency has 
not provided to the Department of State the full amount 
of funding required by subsection (e) of section 604 of 
the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism 
Act of 1999 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) 
of Public Law 106-113 and contained in appendix G of 
that Act; 113 Stat. 1501A-453), as amended by section 
629 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 
the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2005. 
(b) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), 
a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 
States may include office space or other accommodations 
for members of the United States Marine Corps. 
PERSONNEL ACTIONS 
SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per-
sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in-
cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg-
etary resources available under title I to such department
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or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act 
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex-
cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section. 
CONSULAR AFFAIRS REFORM 
SEC. 7006. Not later than 60 days after the enact-
ment of this Act the Secretary of State shall certify and 
report to the Committees on Appropriations that the De-
partment of State is implementing recommendations con-
tained in the Office of Inspector General audit ‘‘Review 
of Controls and Notification for Access to Passport 
Records in the Department of State’s Passport Informa-
tion Electronic Records System (PIERS)’’ (AUD/IP–08– 
29), July 2008. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance or reparations for the governments of 
Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for
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purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 
expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance 
and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 
MILITARY COUPS 
SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance to the government of any country whose 
duly elected head of government is deposed by military 
coup or decree: Provided, That assistance may be resumed 
to such government if the President determines and cer-
tifies to the Committees on Appropriations that subse-
quent to the termination of assistance a democratically 
elected government has taken office: Provided further, 
That the provisions of this section shall not apply to as-
sistance to promote democratic elections or public partici-
pation in democratic processes: Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to the previous provisos 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD-
CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.—Not to exceed 5 per-
cent of any appropriation made available for the current 
fiscal year for the Department of State under title I of 
this Act may be transferred between such appropriations,
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but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 
provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided, That not to exceed 5 percent 
of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal 
year for the Broadcasting Board of Governors under title 
I of this Act may be transferred between such appropria-
tions, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise spe-
cifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 per-
cent by any such transfers: Provided further, That any 
transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 7015(a) and (b) of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
(b) EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES.— 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation other than 
for administrative expenses made available for fiscal year 
2009, for programs under title VI of this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations for use for any 
of the purposes, programs, and activities for which the 
funds in such receiving account may be used, but no such 
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall be increased by more than 25 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such authority
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shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c)(1) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BETWEEN AGEN-
CIES.—None of the funds made available under titles II 
through V of this Act may be transferred to any depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or 
transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other ap-
propriation Act. 
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition to 
transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, 
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated 
or transferred to agencies of the United States Govern-
ment pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 
632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(d) TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the 
funds made available under titles II through V of this Act 
may be obligated under an appropriation account to which 
they were not appropriated, except for transfers specifi-
cally provided for in this Act, unless the President pro-
vides notification in accordance with the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(e) AUDIT
OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.—Any 
agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appro-
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priated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between 
the United States Agency for International Development 
and another agency of the United States Government 
under the authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, 
shall expressly provide that the Office of the Inspector 
General for the agency receiving the transfer or allocation 
of such funds shall perform periodic program and financial 
audits of the use of such funds: Provided, That funds 
transferred under such authority may be made available 
for the cost of such audits. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 7010. The Secretary of State shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 
2009, and for each fiscal quarter, a report in writing on 
the uses of funds made available under the headings ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’: Provided, That such report shall include a de-
scription of the obligation and expenditure of funds, and 
the specific country in receipt of, and the use or purpose 
of the assistance provided by such funds. 
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the 
expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so
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provided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 
for the purposes of chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of part I, 
section 661, section 667, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 
of the Arms Export Control Act, and funds provided under 
the headings ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’ and ‘‘Development Credit Authority’’, shall remain 
available for an additional 4 years from the date on which 
the availability of such funds would otherwise have ex-
pired, if such funds are initially obligated before the expi-
ration of their respective periods of availability contained 
in this Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, any funds made available for 
the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part 
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allo-
cated or obligated for cash disbursements in order to ad-
dress balance of payments or economic policy reform ob-
jectives, shall remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT 
SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 
under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to 
furnish assistance to the government of any country which 
is in default during a period in excess of one calendar year 
in payment to the United States of principal or interest 
on any loan made to the government of such country by 
the United States pursuant to a program for which funds
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are appropriated under this Act unless the President de-
termines, following consultations with the Committees on 
Appropriations, that assistance to such country is in the 
national interest of the United States. 
PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be made available to provide assistance for 
a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement gov-
erning the terms and conditions under which such assist-
ance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 
provision stating that assistance provided by the United 
States shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by 
the foreign government, and the Secretary of State shall 
expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing bi-
lateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with this re-
quirement. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT
OF
FOREIGN
TAXES.—An 
amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes as-
sessed during fiscal year 2009 on funds appropriated by 
this Act by a foreign government or entity against com-
modities financed under United States assistance pro-
grams for which funds are appropriated by this Act, either 
directly or through grantees, contractors and subcontrac-
tors shall be withheld from obligation from funds appro-
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priated for assistance for fiscal year 2010 and allocated 
for the central government of such country and for the 
West Bank and Gaza program to the extent that the Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports in writing to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that such taxes have not been 
reimbursed to the Government of the United States. 
(c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 
minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 
subsection (b). 
(d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 
from obligation for each country or entity pursuant to sub-
section (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance to coun-
tries which do not assess taxes on United States assistance 
or which have an effective arrangement that is providing 
substantial reimbursement of such taxes. 
(e) DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) The provisions of this section shall not 
apply to any country or entity the Secretary of State 
determines— 
(A) does not assess taxes on United States 
assistance or which has an effective arrange-
ment that is providing substantial reimburse-
ment of such taxes; or 
(B) the foreign policy interests of the 
United States outweigh the purpose of this sec-
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tion to ensure that United States assistance is 
not subject to taxation. 
(2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 
prior to exercising the authority of this subsection 
with regard to any country or entity. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
issue rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, 
to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist-
ance contained in this section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘taxes’’ and ‘‘taxation’’ refer to 
value added taxes and customs duties imposed on 
commodities financed with United States assistance 
for programs for which funds are appropriated by 
this Act; and 
(2) the term ‘‘bilateral agreement’’ refers to a 
framework bilateral agreement between the Govern-
ment of the United States and the government of 
the country receiving assistance that describes the 
privileges and immunities applicable to United 
States foreign assistance for such country generally, 
or an individual agreement between the Government 
of the United States and such government that de-
scribes, among other things, the treatment for tax
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purposes that will be accorded the United States as-
sistance provided under that agreement. 
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7014. (a) Funds appropriated under titles II 
through VI of this Act which are specifically designated 
may be reprogrammed for other programs within the same 
account notwithstanding the designation if compliance 
with the designation is made impossible by operation of 
any provision of this or any other Act: Provided, That any 
such reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That assistance that is reprogrammed 
pursuant to this subsection shall be made available under 
the same terms and conditions as originally provided. 
(b) In addition to the authority contained in sub-
section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap-
propriated by this Act and administered by the United 
States Agency for International Development that are spe-
cifically designated for particular programs or activities by 
this or any other Act shall be extended for an additional 
fiscal year if the Administrator of such agency determines 
and reports promptly to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the termination of assistance to a country or 
a significant change in circumstances makes it unlikely 
that such designated funds can be obligated during the
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original period of availability: Provided, That such des-
ignated funds that continue to be available for an addi-
tional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the purpose 
of such designation. 
(c) Ceilings and specifically designated funding levels 
contained in this Act shall not be applicable to funds or 
authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by 
any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs: 
Provided, That specifically designated funding levels or 
minimum funding requirements contained in any other 
Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this 
Act. 
REPROGRAMMING NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7015. (a) None of the funds made available in 
title I of this Act, or in prior appropriations Acts to the 
agencies and departments funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees or of cur-
rency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made avail-
able by transfer, to the agencies and departments funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates new 
programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
project or activity for which funds have been denied or
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restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) closes 
or opens a mission or post; (6) reorganizes or renames 
offices; (7) reorganizes programs or activities; or (8) con-
tracts out or privatizes any functions or activities pres-
ently performed by Federal employees; unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 
such reprogramming of funds. 
(b) For the purposes of providing the executive 
branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none 
of the funds provided under title I of this Act, or provided 
under previous appropriations Acts to the agency or de-
partment funded under title I of this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2009, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agency or department funded by title I of this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activi-
ties, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $750,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less, that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing 
program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 
10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from 
any general savings, including savings from a reduction 
in personnel, which would result in a change in existing
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programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(c) For the purposes of providing the executive 
branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none 
of the funds made available under titles II through V in 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health and Child 
Survival’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International Or-
ganizations and Programs’’, ‘‘Trade and Development 
Agency’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’, ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Op-
erations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, ‘‘Operating Ex-
penses’’, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Mil-
lennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’, ‘‘International Military Education and 
Training’’, ‘‘Peace Corps’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee 
Assistance’’, shall be available for obligation for activities, 
programs, 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 previously notified 15 days
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in advance: Provided, That the President shall not enter 
into any commitment of funds appropriated for the pur-
poses of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for 
the provision of major defense equipment, other than con-
ventional ammunition, or other major defense items de-
fined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not 
previously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess 
of the quantities justified to Congress unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 
such commitment: Provided further, That this subsection 
shall not apply to any reprogramming for an activity, pro-
gram, or project for which funds are appropriated under 
titles II through IV of this Act of less than 10 percent 
of the amount previously justified to the Congress for obli-
gation for such activity, program, or project for the cur-
rent fiscal year. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
transferred by the Department of Defense to the Depart-
ment of State and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, and funds made available for pro-
grams authorized by section 1206 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109– 
163), shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, and the agen-
cy receiving the transfer or allocation shall perform peri-
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odic program financial audits of the use of such funds and 
such funds may be made available for the cost of such 
audits. 
(e) 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. 
(f) None of the funds appropriated under titles III 
through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended for 
assistance for Serbia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Do-
minican Republic, Cuba, Iran, Haiti, Libya, Ethiopia, 
Nepal, Mexico, or Cambodia and countries listed in section 
7045(f)(4) of this Act except as provided through the reg-
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ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 7016. Prior to providing excess Department of 
Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De-
fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the 
same extent and under the same conditions as other com-
mittees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro-
vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess 
defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the 
Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 
significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) 
of the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms 
of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if 
notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 
of appropriated funds for specific countries that would re-
ceive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 
such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles. 
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7017. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
823 
priated under titles III through VI of this Act or any pre-
viously enacted Act making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, 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 re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 2010. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND 
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION 
SEC. 7018. 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
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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. 
ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7019. (a) Funds provided in this Act for the 
following accounts shall be made available for programs 
and countries in the amounts contained in the respective 
tables included in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act): 
‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange Pro-
grams’’. 
‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’. 
‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’. 
‘‘Global Health and Child Survival’’. 
‘‘Development Assistance’’. 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’. 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’. 
‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’. 
‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, 
Demining 
and Related Programs’’. 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’.
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‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’. 
(b) For the purposes of implementing this section and 
only with respect to the tables included in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act), the Secretary of State, 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors, as appropriate, may propose deviations to the 
amounts referenced in subsection (a), subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations and section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961. 
(c) The requirements contained in subsection (a) 
shall apply to the table under the headings ‘‘Bilateral Eco-
nomic Assistance’’ and ‘‘General Provisions’’ in such ex-
planatory statement. 
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES 
SEC. 7020. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 
activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health and Child 
Survival’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or
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(2) entertainment expenses for activities that 
are substantially of a recreational character, includ-
ing but not limited to entrance fees at sporting 
events, theatrical and musical productions, and 
amusement parks. 
PROHIBITION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
FOREIGN
GOVERN-
MENTS
THAT
EXPORT
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIP-
MENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL 
TERRORISM 
SEC. 7021. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by titles III through VI of this 
Act may be available to any foreign government which pro-
vides lethal military equipment to a country the govern-
ment of which the Secretary of State has determined is 
a government that supports international terrorism for 
purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act 
of 1979. The prohibition under this section with respect 
to a foreign government shall terminate 12 months after 
that government ceases to provide such military equip-
ment. This section applies with respect to lethal military 
equipment provided under a contract entered into after 
October 1, 1997. 
(b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any 
other similar provision of law, may be furnished if the
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President determines that furnishing such assistance is 
important to the national interests of the United States. 
(c) Whenever the President makes a determination 
pursuant to subsection (b), the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report with re-
spect to the furnishing of such assistance. Any such report 
shall include a detailed explanation of the assistance to 
be provided, including the estimated dollar amount of such 
assistance, and an explanation of how the assistance fur-
thers United States national interests. 
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 7022. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral as-
sistance under any heading in titles III through VI of this 
Act and funds appropriated under any such heading in 
a provision of law enacted prior to the enactment of this 
Act, shall not be made available to any country which the 
President determines— 
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any 
individual or group which has committed an act of 
international terrorism; or 
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism. 
(b) The President may waive the application of sub-
section (a) to a country if the President determines that 
national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 
waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the
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Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver 
takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the waiver (including the justification for the waiv-
er) in accordance with the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7023. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Devel-
opment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith-
standing section 10 of Public Law 91-672, section 15 of 
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, sec-
tion 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis-
cal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236), and sec-
tion 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 
SEC. 7024. For the purpose of titles II through VI 
of this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be de-
fined at the appropriations Act account level and shall in-
clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 
directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 
for the following accounts: ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘program, 
project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to include 
country, regional, and central program level funding with-
in each such account; for the development assistance ac-
829 
counts of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be 
considered to include central, country, regional, and pro-
gram level funding, either as: (1) justified to the Congress; 
or (2) allocated by the executive branch in accordance with 
a report, to be provided to the Committees on Appropria-
tions within 30 days of the enactment of this Act, as re-
quired by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961. 
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 7025. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi-
ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 
Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African 
Development Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly 
report to the Committees on Appropriations whenever it 
is conducting activities or is proposing to conduct activi-
ties in a country for which assistance is prohibited. 
COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 7026. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this 
Act for direct assistance and none of the funds otherwise
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made available to the Export-Import Bank and the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or 
expended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other 
financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro-
duction of any commodity for export by any country other 
than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be 
in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro-
ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the 
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: 
Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Ex-
port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc-
tors the benefits to industry and employment in the 
United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United 
States producers of the same, similar, or competing com-
modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing 
or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro-
duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training 
in connection with the growth or production in a foreign 
country of an agricultural commodity for export which 
would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro-
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duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection 
shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities designed to increase food security 
in developing countries where such activities will not 
have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; or 
(2) research activities intended primarily to 
benefit American producers. 
(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States Executive Directors of the International 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-
national Development Association, the International Fi-
nance Corporation, the Inter-American Development 
Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel-
opment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora-
tion, the North American Development Bank, the Euro-
pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Afri-
can Development Bank, and the African Development 
Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to 
oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds 
appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III 
through VI of this Act, for the production or extraction 
of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus 
on world markets and if the assistance will cause substan-
832 
tial injury to United States producers of the same, similar, 
or competing commodity. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 7027. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL 
CURRENCIES.— 
(1) If assistance is furnished to the government 
of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part 
I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the 
generation of local currencies of that country, the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall— 
(A) require that local currencies be depos-
ited in a separate account established by that 
government; 
(B) enter into an agreement with that gov-
ernment which sets forth— 
(i) the amount of the local currencies 
to be generated; and 
(ii) the terms and conditions under 
which the currencies so deposited may be 
utilized, consistent with this section; and 
(C) establish by agreement with that gov-
ernment the responsibilities of the United 
States Agency for International Development 
and that government to monitor and account
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for deposits into and disbursements from the 
separate account. 
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 
agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur-
rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 
subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur-
rencies, shall be used only— 
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part 
I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), 
for such purposes as— 
(i) project and sector assistance activi-
ties; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of 
the United States Government. 
(3) 
PROGRAMMING
ACCOUNTABILITY.—The 
United States Agency for International Development 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 
equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 
for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2). 
(4) 
TERMINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun-
834 
try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
part II (as the case may be), any unencumbered bal-
ances of funds which remain in a separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be dis-
posed of for such purposes as may be agreed to by 
the government of that country and the United 
States Government. 
(5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development shall report on an annual basis as part 
of the justification documents submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations on the use of local cur-
rencies for the administrative requirements of the 
United States Government as authorized in sub-
section (a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the 
amount of local currency (and United States dollar 
equivalent) used and/or to be used for such purpose 
in each applicable country. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) If assistance is made available to the gov-
ernment of a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 
of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer assistance or 
as nonproject sector assistance, that country shall be 
required to maintain such funds in a separate ac-
835 
count and not commingle them with any other 
funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF 
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon-
sistent with the nature of this assistance including 
provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan-
atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac-
companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re-
port No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 
obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec-
tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica-
tion through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in-
clude a detailed description of how the funds pro-
posed to be made available will be used, with a dis-
cussion of the United States interests that will be 
served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, 
a description of the economic policy reforms that will 
be promoted by such assistance). 
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 
funds may be exempt from the requirements of sub-
section (b)(1) only through the notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7028. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and from 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before 
using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 
in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 
the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions under the regular notification procedures of those 
committees, including a description of the program to be 
assisted, the assistance to be provided, and the reasons 
for furnishing such assistance: Provided further, That 
nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any 
existing statutory prohibitions against abortion or involun-
tary sterilizations contained in this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2009, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re-
strict assistance under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
837 
ment and Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act 
and made available pursuant to this subsection may be 
obligated or expended except as provided through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup-
port international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 7029. None of the funds appropriated under ti-
tles III through VI of this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to provide— 
(1) any financial incentive to a business enter-
prise currently located in the United States for the 
purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 
outside the United States if such incentive or in-
ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ-
838 
ees of such business enterprise in the United States 
because United States production is being replaced 
by such enterprise outside the United States; or 
(2) assistance for any program, project, or ac-
tivity that contributes to the violation of internation-
ally recognized workers rights, as defined in section 
507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the 
recipient country, including any designated zone or 
area in that country: Provided, That the application 
of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should be 
commensurate with the level of development of the 
recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 
assistance for the informal sector in such country, 
micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 
agriculture. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 7030. (a) None of the funds appropriated in 
title V of this Act may be made as payment to any inter-
national financial institution while the United States Ex-
ecutive Director to such institution is compensated by the 
institution at a rate which, together with whatever com-
pensation such Director receives from the United States, 
is in excess of the rate provided for an individual occu-
pying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while
839 
any alternate United States Director to such institution 
is compensated by the institution at a rate in excess of 
the rate provided for an individual occupying a position 
at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 
of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States Executive Director at each international fi-
nancial institution to oppose any loan, grant, strategy or 
policy of these institutions that would require user fees 
or service charges on poor people for primary education 
or primary healthcare, including prevention, care and 
treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and in-
fant, child, and maternal well-being, in connection with the 
institutions’ financing programs. 
(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States Executive Director at the International 
Monetary Fund to use the voice and vote of the United 
States to oppose any loan, project, agreement, memo-
randum, instrument, or other program of the Inter-
national Monetary Fund that would not exempt increased 
government spending on health care or education from na-
tional budget caps or restraints, hiring or wage bill ceilings 
or other limits imposed by the International Monetary 
Fund in Heavily Indebted Poor Countries.
840 
(d) For purposes of this section ‘‘international finan-
cial institutions’’ are the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the Inter-American Develop-
ment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian De-
velopment Fund, the African Development Bank, the Afri-
can Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund, 
the North American Development Bank, and the Euro-
pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 7031. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel-
opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern-
mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 
the United States Agency for International Development 
may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 
which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 
assistance provided under title III of this Act and, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 
shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was 
provided to that organization. 
AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES 
SEC. 7032. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC-
TION, OR CANCELLATION.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL 
CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
841 
sion of law, the President may, in accordance with 
this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any 
concessional loan or portion thereof made before 
January 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, to the government of any eligible 
country as defined in section 702(6) of that Act or 
on receipt of payment from an eligible purchaser, re-
duce or cancel such loan or portion thereof, only for 
the purpose of facilitating— 
(A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop-
ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or 
(B) a debt buyback by an eligible country 
of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible 
country uses an additional amount of the local 
currency of the eligible country, equal to not 
less than 40 percent of the price paid for such 
debt by such eligible country, or the difference 
between the price paid for such debt and the 
face value of such debt, to support activities 
that link conservation and sustainable use of 
natural resources with local community develop-
ment, and child survival and other child devel-
opment, in a manner consistent with sections 
707 through 710 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, if the sale, reduction, or cancellation
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would not contravene any term or condition of 
any prior agreement relating to such loan. 
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac-
cordance with this section, establish the terms and 
conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced, 
or canceled pursuant to this section. 
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined 
in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency 
primarily responsible for administering part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that 
the President has determined to be eligible, and 
shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, reduc-
tion, or cancellation of a loan pursuant to this sec-
tion. Such agency shall make adjustment in its ac-
counts to reflect the sale, reduction, or cancellation. 
(4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub-
section shall be available only to the extent that ap-
propriations for the cost of the modification, as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, are made in advance. 
(b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the 
sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, 
or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in
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the United States Government account or accounts estab-
lished for the repayment of such loan. 
(c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who 
presents plans satisfactory to the President for using the 
loan for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, 
debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 
(d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to 
any eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation 
pursuant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible 
country, the President should consult with the country 
concerning the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or 
canceled and their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt- 
for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt 
Restructuring’’. 
SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST 
SEC. 7033. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The 
President may reduce amounts owed to the United States 
(or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country 
as a result of— 
(1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 
222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
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(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under 
the Arms Export Control Act; or 
(3) any obligation or portion of such obligation, 
to pay for purchases of United States agricultural 
commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit 
Corporation under export credit guarantee programs 
authorized pursuant to section 5(f) of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 
1948, as amended, section 4(b) of the Food for 
Peace Act of 1966, as amended (Public Law 89– 
808), or section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act 
of 1978, as amended (Public Law 95–501). 
(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi-
cial debt relief and referendum agreements, com-
monly referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’. 
(2) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only in such amounts or to such 
extent as is provided in advance by appropriations 
Acts. 
(3) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only with respect to countries with 
heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from 
the International Development Association, but not
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from the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’ 
countries. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country 
whose government— 
(1) does not have an excessive level of military 
expenditures; 
(2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts 
of international terrorism; 
(3) is not failing to cooperate on international 
narcotics control matters; 
(4) (including its military or other security 
forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of 
gross violations of internationally recognized human 
rights; and 
(5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the 
application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. 
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Debt Restructuring’’. 
(e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A re-
duction of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be
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considered assistance for the purposes of any provision of 
law limiting assistance to a country. The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding 
section 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or 
section 321 of the International Development and Food 
Assistance Act of 1975. 
SPECIAL AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 7034. (a) AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, PAKISTAN, 
LEBANON, MONTENEGRO, VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED 
CHILDREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appro-
priated under titles III through VI of this Act that are 
made available for assistance for Afghanistan may be 
made available notwithstanding section 7012 of this Act 
or any similar provision of law and section 660 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, and funds appropriated in 
titles III and VI of this Act that are made available for 
Iraq, Lebanon, Montenegro, Pakistan, and for victims of 
war, displaced children, and displaced Burmese, and to as-
sist victims of trafficking in persons and, subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations, to combat such trafficking, may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(b)(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the provi-
sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the Presi-
dent determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives and the President pro
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tempore of the Senate that it is important to the national 
security interests of the United States. 
(2) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION
OF WAIVER.—Any 
waiver pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no 
more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 
apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 
(c) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 
award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro-
priated by this Act, the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development may provide an exception to the fair 
opportunity process for placing task orders under such 
contracts when the order is placed with any category of 
small or small disadvantaged business. 
(d) VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.—Section 594(a) of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2005 (enacted as division D 
of Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3038) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 
(e) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHOR-
ITY.—In providing assistance with funds appropriated by 
this Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, support for a nation emerging from insta-
bility may be deemed to mean support for regional, dis-
trict, municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging
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from instability, as well as a nation emerging from insta-
bility. 
(f) INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1 and 11 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and the Support for 
East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, shall be 
made available for assistance to address inhumane condi-
tions in prisons and other detention facilities administered 
by foreign governments that the Secretary of State deter-
mines are making efforts to address, among other things, 
prisoners’ health, sanitation, nutrition and other basic 
needs: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall des-
ignate a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bu-
reau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to have pri-
mary responsibility for diplomatic efforts related to inter-
national prison conditions. 
(g) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—The Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–167) is amended— 
(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 
2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2008, and 2009’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2008’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2009’’; and
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(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in 
subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting 
‘‘2009’’. 
(h) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Of the funds managed 
by the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance of the United States Agency for International 
Development, from this or any other Act, not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be made available as a general contribu-
tion to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law. 
(i) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Main-
tenance’’, not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available 
for the Capital Security Cost-Sharing fees of the Library 
of Congress. 
(j) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION
AND
RE-
INTEGRATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, regulation or Executive order, funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Disaster As-
sistance’’, and ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’ should be made 
available to support programs to disarm, demobilize, and