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media in Indonesia: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made available
to continue to support the provision of wheelchairs for needy persons
in developing countries: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this heading that are made available for a Middle East
Financing Facility, Middle East Enterprise Fund, or any other
similar entity in the Middle East shall be subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That with respect to funds appropriated under this
heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for foreign
operations, export financing, and related programs, the responsi-
bility for policy decisions and justifications for the use of such
funds, including whether there will be a program for a country
that uses those funds and the amount of each such program, shall
be the responsibility of the Secretary of State and the Deputy
Secretary of State and this responsibility shall not be delegated.
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, $18,500,000,
which shall be available for the United States contribution to the
International Fund for Ireland and shall be made available in
accordance with the provisions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Sup-
port Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount
shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely
payment for projects and activities: Provided further, That funds
made available under this heading shall remain available until
September 30, 2006.
ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East European
Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, $396,600,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2006, which shall be available, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, for assistance and for related programs
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading that are made available
for assistance for Bulgaria, $2,000,000 should be made available
to enhance safety at nuclear power plants.
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be considered
to be economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 for purposes of making available the administrative authori-
ties contained in that Act for the use of economic assistance.
(c) The provisions of section 529 of this Act shall apply to
funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, That notwith-
standing any provision of this or any other Act, including provisions
in this subsection regarding the application of section 529 of this
Act, local currencies generated by, or converted from, funds appro-
priated by this Act and by previous appropriations Acts and made
available for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia may
be used in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States to carry out
the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support
for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989.
(d) The President is authorized to withhold funds appropriated
under this heading made available for economic revitalization pro-
grams in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he determines and certifies
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to the Committees on Appropriations that the Federation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina has not complied with article III of annex 1–
A of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and
Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, and that
intelligence cooperation on training, investigations, and related
activities between state sponsors of terrorism and terrorist organiza-
tions and Bosnian officials has not been terminated.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET
UNION
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chap-
ters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for the Independent
States of the former Soviet Union and for related programs,
$560,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006: Pro-
vided, That the provisions of such chapters shall apply to funds
appropriated by this paragraph: Provided further, That funds made
available for the Southern Caucasus region may be used, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for confidence-building meas-
ures and other activities in furtherance of the peaceful resolution
of the regional conflicts, especially those in the vicinity of Abkhazia
and Nagorno-Karabagh: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, $3,859,000 should be available only
to meet the health and other assistance needs of victims of traf-
ficking in persons: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading, $17,500,000 shall be made available solely
for assistance for the Russian Far East: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated
under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations
for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs, that
are made available pursuant to the provisions of section 807 of
Public Law 102–511 shall be subject to a 6 percent ceiling on
administrative expenses.
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that are
made available for assistance for Ukraine, not less than $5,000,000
should be made available for nuclear reactor safety initiatives,
and not less than $1,500,000 shall be made available for coal
mine safety programs.
(c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less
than $55,000,000 should be made available, in addition to funds
otherwise available for such purposes, for assistance for child sur-
vival, environmental and reproductive health, and to combat HIV/
AIDS, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, and for related
activities.
(d)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that are
allocated for assistance for the Government of the Russian Federa-
tion, 60 percent shall be withheld from obligation until the President
determines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Government of the Russian Federation—
(A) has terminated implementation of arrangements to pro-
vide Iran with technical expertise, training, technology, or
equipment necessary to develop a nuclear reactor, related
nuclear research facilities or programs, or ballistic missile capa-
bility; and
(B) is providing full access to international non-government
organizations providing humanitarian relief to refugees and
internally displaced persons in Chechnya.
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(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—
(A) assistance to combat infectious diseases, child survival
activities, or assistance for victims of trafficking in persons;
and
(B) activities authorized under title V (Nonproliferation
and Disarmament Programs and Activities) of the FREEDOM
Support Act.
(e) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall not apply
to—
(1) activities to support democracy or assistance under
title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 1424 of
Public Law 104–201 or non-proliferation assistance;
(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and Development
Agency under section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);
(3) any activity carried out by a member of the United
States and Foreign Commercial Service while acting within
his or her official capacity;
(4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee or other assist-
ance provided by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation
under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.);
(5) any financing provided under the Export-Import Bank
Act of 1945; or
(6) humanitarian assistance.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
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, $18,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2006.
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, $19,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006:
Provided, That funds made available to grantees may be invested
pending expenditure 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 notwithstanding section 505(a)(2)
of the African Development Foundation Act, in exceptional cir-
cumstances the board of directors of the Foundation may waive
the $250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect to
a project: Provided further, That the Foundation shall provide a
report to the Committees on Appropriations after each time such
waiver authority is exercised.
PEACE CORPS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Peace
Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $320,000,000, including the purchase
of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for administrative
purposes for use outside of the United States: Provided, That none