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appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for cooperative development programs within the Office of 
Private and Voluntary Cooperation, United States Agency for Inter-
national Development (USAID): Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated by this Act, not less than $315,000,000 shall be made 
available for water and sanitation supply projects pursuant to the 
Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109–121): Provided further, That the relevant bureaus and offices 
of USAID that support cross-cutting development programs shall 
coordinate such programs on a regular basis: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less 
than $1,169,833,000 should be made available for food security 
and agricultural development programs, which may be made avail-
able notwithstanding any other provision of law to address critical 
food shortages, of which $31,500,000 shall be made available for 
Collaborative Research Support Programs: Provided further, That 
prior to the obligation of funds pursuant to the previous proviso 
and after consultation with other relevant Federal departments 
and agencies, the Committees on Appropriations, and relevant non-
governmental organizations, the USAID Administrator shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations a strategy for achieving food 
security and agricultural development program goals: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading for food 
security and agricultural development programs, $10,000,000 shall 
be made available for a United States contribution to the endow-
ment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust pursuant to section 3202 
of Public Law 110–246: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $20,000,000 shall be 
made available for programs 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 reconstruction assistance, $845,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for international disaster rehabilitation 
and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section 491 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, $55,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to support transition to democracy and to long-term 
development of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support 
may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve demo-
cratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, 
and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That 
the United States Agency for International Development shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 
days prior to beginning a new program of assistance: Provided 
further, That if the Secretary of State determines that it is impor-
tant to the national interests of the United States to provide transi-
tion 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 Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading and under 
the authorities applicable to funds appropriated under this heading:
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Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso shall be made available subject to prior consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations. 
COMPLEX CRISES FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 to enable the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, to support programs and 
activities to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen complex 
crises overseas, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available on such terms and conditions as the USAID Administrator 
may determine, in consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions, for the purposes of preventing or responding to such crises, 
except that no funds shall be made available to respond to natural 
disasters: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be made available notwithstanding section 10 of 
Public Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956: Provided further, That the USAID Adminis-
trator may furnish assistance under this heading notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, except sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 
of this Act and section 620J of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, except that such notifications shall 
be transmitted at least 5 days in advance of the obligation of 
funds: Provided further, That the requirements of the previous 
proviso may be waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial 
risk to human health or welfare: Provided further, That in case 
of any such waiver, notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions shall be provided 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 circumstances 
necessitating such waiver: Provided further, That any such notifica-
tion provided pursuant to such waiver shall contain an explanation 
of the emergency circumstances. 
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees provided by 
the United States Agency for International Development, as author-
ized 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’’: 
Provided, That funds provided under this paragraph and funds 
provided as a gift pursuant to section 635(d) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall be made available only for micro and small 
enterprise programs, urban programs, and other programs which 
further the purposes of part I of such Act: Provided further, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such direct and guaran-
teed loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That funds 
made available by this paragraph may be used for the cost of
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modifying any such guaranteed loans under this Act or prior Acts, 
and funds used for such costs shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general 
provisions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of 
H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Committee 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 Inter-
national Development, $8,600,000, which may be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds made available under the heading ‘‘Oper-
ating Expenses’’ in title II of this Act: Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading shall remain available until September 
30, 2012. 
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, $6,337,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, $250,000,000 shall be 
available only for assistance 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 previous fiscal years: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading for 
assistance for Egypt, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made 
available for democracy, human rights and governance programs, 
and not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available for education 
programs, of which not less than $10,000,000 is for scholarships 
for Egyptian students with high financial need: Provided further, 
That $11,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
should be made available for assistance 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 between the two communities on Cyprus: Provided 
further, That $12,000,000 of the funds made available for assistance 
for Lebanon under this heading shall be made available for edu-
cational scholarships for students in Lebanon with high financial 
need: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $363,000,000 shall be made available only 
for assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading not more than $400,400,000 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: 
Provided further, That not more than $150,000,000 of the funds 
provided for the West Bank and Gaza shall be for cash transfer
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assistance: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading that are made available for assistance for infrastructure 
projects in Pakistan shall be implemented in a manner consistent 
with section 507(6) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(6)): 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 
for assistance for Afghanistan and Pakistan, assistance may be 
provided notwithstanding any provision of law that restricts assist-
ance to foreign countries for cross border stabilization and develop-
ment programs between Afghanistan and Pakistan or between 
either country and the Central Asian republics: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for Afghanistan 
and Pakistan may be made available for government-to-government 
assistance only if the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees 
on Appropriations that the Government of the United States and 
the government of the recipient country have agreed, in writing, 
to clear and achievable goals and objectives for the use of such 
funds, and have established mechanisms within each implementing 
agency to ensure that such funds are used for the purposes for 
which they were intended: Provided further, That any such cash 
transfer assistance shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of State should suspend any such cash transfer assistance to an 
implementing agency if the Secretary has credible evidence of 
misuse of such funds by any such agency: Provided further, That 
any decision to significantly modify the scope, objectives or 
implementation mechanisms of United States assistance programs 
in Afghanistan or Pakistan shall be subject to prior consultation 
with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations, except that the prior consultation requirement 
may be waived if it is determined that failure to do so would 
pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided fur-
ther, That in case of any such waiver, notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations shall be provided as early as practicable, but 
in no event later than 3 days after taking the action to which 
such consultation requirement was applicable: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading for assistance 
for Pakistan, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds available under the heading ‘‘Administration of Foreign 
Affairs, Office of Inspector General’’ for oversight of programs in 
Pakistan: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, $209,790,000 shall be apportioned directly to USAID 
for alternative development/institution building programs in 
Colombia: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading that are available for assistance for Colombia, not 
less than $8,000,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee 
Assistance’’ and shall be made available only for assistance to 
nongovernmental and international organizations that provide 
assistance to Colombian refugees in neighboring countries. 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy globally, 
$120,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, of 
which $70,000,000 shall be made available for the Human Rights 
and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights