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Fund’’, ‘‘Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping 
Operations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, ‘‘Operating Ex-
penses of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development Office of Inspector 
General’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 
and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion’’ (by country only), ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’, ‘‘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 justi-
fied to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation 
under any of these specific headings unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
previously notified 15 days in advance: Provided, That the 
President shall not enter into any commitment of funds 
appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms 
Export Control Act for the provision of major defense 
equipment, other than conventional ammunition, or other 
major defense items defined 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 Committees on Appropriations are notified 15
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days in advance of such commitment: Provided further, 
That this section shall not apply to any reprogramming 
for an activity, program, or project for which funds are 
appropriated under title II of this Act of less than 10 per-
cent of the amount previously justified to the Congress 
for obligation for such activity, program, or project for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That the require-
ments of this section or any similar provision of this Act 
or any other Act, including any prior Act requiring notifi-
cation in accordance with the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, 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 Congress, or the 
appropriate congressional committees, 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 neces-
sitating such waiver: Provided further, That any notifica-
tion provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an 
explanation of the emergency circumstances. 
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 516. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
priated under this Act or any previously enacted Act mak-
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ing appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, 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 Assist-
ance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2006. 
INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION 
SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the 
Former Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for assist-
ance for a government of an Independent State of the 
former Soviet Union—
(1) unless that government is making progress 
in implementing comprehensive economic reforms 
based on market principles, private ownership, re-
spect for commercial contracts, and equitable treat-
ment of foreign private investment; and 
(2) if that government applies or transfers 
United States assistance to any entity for the pur-
pose of expropriating or seizing ownership or control 
of assets, investments, or ventures.
Assistance may be furnished without regard to this sub-
section if the President determines that to do so is in the 
national interest.
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(b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union’’ shall be made available for assistance for a 
government of an Independent State of the former Soviet 
Union if that government directs any action in violation 
of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any 
other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such 
as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Pro-
vided, That such funds may be made available without re-
gard to the restriction in this subsection if the President 
determines that to do so is in the national security interest 
of the United States. 
(c) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union’’ shall be made available for any state to en-
hance its military capability: Provided, That this restric-
tion does not apply to demilitarization, demining or non-
proliferation programs. 
(d) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union’’ for the Russian Federation, Armenia, Georgia, 
and Ukraine shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(e) Funds made available in this Act for assistance 
for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union
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shall be subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating 
to environment and natural resources) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961. 
(f) In issuing new task orders, entering into con-
tracts, or making grants, with funds appropriated in this 
Act or prior appropriations Acts under the heading ‘‘As-
sistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union’’ and under comparable headings in prior appro-
priations Acts, for projects or activities that have as one 
of their primary purposes the fostering of private sector 
development, the Coordinator for United States Assistance 
to Europe and Eurasia and the implementing agency shall 
encourage the participation of and give significant weight 
to contractors and grantees who propose investing a sig-
nificant amount of their own resources (including volun-
teer services and in-kind contributions) in such projects 
and activities. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND 
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION 
SEC. 518. 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