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viduals (including for the personal services of such individ-
uals) detailed or assigned to, or contracted by, as the case
may be, the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment for the purpose of carrying out activities under that
heading: Provided, That up to $3,500,000 of the funds made
available by this Act for assistance under the heading ‘‘De-
velopment Assistance’’ may be used to reimburse such agen-
cies, institutions, and organizations for such costs of such
individuals carrying out other development assistance ac-
tivities: Provided further, That funds appropriated by titles
III and IV of this Act that are made available for bilateral
assistance for child survival activities or disease programs
including activities relating to research on, and the preven-
tion, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made
available notwithstanding any other provision of law except
for the provisions under the heading ‘‘Child Survival and
Health Programs Fund’’ and the United States Leadership
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003
(117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under title
III of this Act, not less than $450,000,000 shall be made
available for family planning/reproductive health: Provided
further, That the Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct an audit on the use of funds appropriated
for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 under the heading ‘‘Child
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Survival and Health Programs Fund’’, to include specific
recommendations on improving the effectiveness of such
funds.
AFGHANISTAN
SEC. 6023. Of the funds appropriated by titles III and
IV of this Act, not less than $920,000,000 should be made
available for humanitarian, reconstruction, and related as-
sistance for Afghanistan: Provided, That of the funds made
available pursuant to this section, not less than $5,000,000
shall be made available for reforestation activities: Provided
further, That funds made available pursuant to the previous
proviso should be matched, to the maximum extent possible,
with contributions from American and Afghan businesses:
Provided further, That of the funds made available pursu-
ant to this section, not less than $3,000,000 should be made
available for assistance for Afghan families and commu-
nities that have suffered losses as a result of the military
operations against the Taliban and insurgents, including
to employ an individual to serve as a liaison between Af-
ghan families and communities, the Afghan Independent
Human Rights Commission, United States Armed Forces,
and the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment: Provided further, That of the funds made available
pursuant to this section, not less than $2,000,000 should
be made available for the Afghan Independent Human
Rights Commission and for other Afghan human rights or-
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ganizations: Provided further, That of the funds made
available pursuant to this section, up to $6,000,000 should
be available for a National Emergency Response and Pre-
paredness System, to include the development of an Emer-
gency Operations Center: Provided further, That to the
maximum extent practicable members of the Afghan Na-
tional Army should be vetted for involvement in terrorism,
human rights violations, and drug trafficking: Provided
further, That of the funds allocated for assistance for Af-
ghanistan by this Act not less than $10,000,000 shall be
made available for grants to support training and equip-
ment to improve the capacity of women-led Afghan non-
governmental organizations and to support the activities of
such organizations.
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT
SEC. 6024. Prior to providing excess Department of
Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same
extent and under the same conditions as are other commit-
tees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Provided,
That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense arti-
cles 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
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military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the Arms
Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original ac-
quisition 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 receive such excess
defense articles: Provided further, That such Committees
shall also be informed of the original acquisition cost of such
defense articles.
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT
SEC. 6025. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act, except for those provided under the
headings ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ and
‘‘Broadcasting to Cuba’’, may be obligated for the procure-
ment of aircraft.
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS
SEC. 6026. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out
the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made
available for assistance for activities to support democracy,
human rights, and the rule of law in the People’s Republic
of China and Hong Kong: Provided, That funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’
should be made available for assistance for Taiwan for the
purposes of furthering political and legal reforms: Provided
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further, That such funds shall only be made available to
the extent that they are matched from sources other than
the United States Government: Provided further, That
funds made available pursuant to the authority of this sub-
section shall be subject to the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations.
(b)(1) In addition to the funds made available in sub-
section (a), of the funds appropriated by this Act under the
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ not less than
$25,000,000 shall be made available for programs and ac-
tivities to foster democracy, human rights, civic education,
women’s development, press freedom, and the rule of law
in countries located outside the Middle East region with
a significant Muslim population, and where such programs
and activities would be important to United States efforts
to respond to, deter, or prevent acts of international ter-
rorism: Provided, That funds made available pursuant to
the authority of this subsection should support new initia-
tives and activities in those countries: Provided further,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
$5,000,000 shall be made available for continuing programs
and activities that provide professional training for jour-
nalists: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, not less than $7,000,000 of such funds
may be used for making grants to educational, humani-
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tarian and nongovernmental organizations and individuals
inside Iran to support the advancement of democracy and
human rights in Iran: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated
pursuant to this Act may be made available for democracy,
human rights, and rule of law programs for Syria and
Iran: Provided further, That funds made available pursu-
ant to this subsection shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
(2) In addition to funds made available under sub-
sections (a) and (b)(1), of the funds appropriated by this
Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ not less
than $4,500,000 shall be made available for programs and
activities of the National Endowment for Democracy to fos-
ter democracy, human rights, civic education, women’s de-
velopment, press freedom, and the rule of law in countries
in sub-Saharan Africa.
(c) Of the funds made available under subsection (a),
not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available for the
Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of De-
mocracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of State,
to support the activities described in subsection (a), and
of the funds made available under subsection (b)(1), not less
than $15,000,000 shall be made available for such Fund
to support the activities described in subsection (b)(1): Pro-