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include the public health benefits and failure rates of such
use.
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses of the United States Agency for
International Development to carry out the provisions of
sections 103, 105, 106, and 131, and chapter 10 of part
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,460,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated under title II of this Act
that are managed by or allocated to the United States Agen-
cy for International Development’s Global Development
Secretariat, may be made available except through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading that are made available for assistance
programs for displaced and orphaned children and victims
of war, not to exceed $37,500, in addition to funds otherwise
available for such purposes, may be used to monitor and
provide oversight of such programs: Provided further, That
of the aggregate amount of the funds appropriated by this
Act that are made available for agriculture and rural devel-
opment programs, $40,000,000 shall be made available for
plant biotechnology research and development: Provided
further, That not less than $2,300,000 shall be made avail-
able for core support for the International Fertilizer Devel-
opment Center: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
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priated under this heading, not less than $22,000,000
should be made available for the American Schools and
Hospitals Abroad program: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than
$1,000,000 shall be made available for support of the United
States Telecommunications Training Institute: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available for support
of the International Real Property Foundation: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
not less than $5,000,000 should be made available for pilot
programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ugan-
da, Burundi, and Liberia to address sexual and gender-
based violence: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, in addition to funds made
available pursuant to the previous proviso, not less than
$8,000,000 should be made available for assistance for Libe-
ria: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under
this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for Water
Missions International to develop clean water treatment
projects in developing countries: Provided further, That of
the funds appropriated by this Act, $100,000,000 shall be
made available for drinking water supply projects and re-
lated activities.
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INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AND FAMINE ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses of the United States Agency for
International Development to carry out the provisions of
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for inter-
national disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction
assistance, $335,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
In addition, for necessary expenses for assistance for
famine prevention and relief, including for mitigation of
the effects of famine, $50,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That such funds shall be made avail-
able utilizing the general authorities of section 491 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be in addition
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: Provided
further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph shall
be available for obligation subject to prior consultation with
the Committees on Appropriations.
TRANSITION INITIATIVES
For necessary expenses for international disaster reha-
bilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section
491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $50,000,000, to
remain available until expended, to support transition to
democracy and to long-term development of countries in cri-
sis: Provided, That such support may include assistance to
develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and
processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the