lations of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
‘‘(4) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.—The 
term ‘business development services’ means support 
for the growth of microenterprises through training, 
technical assistance, marketing assistance, improved 
production technologies, and other related services. 
‘‘(5) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director of the Office. 
‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE IMPLEMENTING PARTNER ORGA-
NIZATION.—The term ‘eligible implementing partner 
organization’ means an entity eligible to receive as-
sistance under this title which is— 
‘‘(A) a United States or an indigenous pri-
vate voluntary organization; 
‘‘(B) a United States or an indigenous 
credit union; 
‘‘(C) a United States or an indigenous co-
operative organization; 
‘‘(D) an indigenous governmental or non-
governmental organization; 
‘‘(E) a microenterprise institution; 
‘‘(F) a microfinance institution; or 
‘‘(G) a practitioner institution.
‘‘(7) MICROENTERPRISE
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘microenterprise institution’ means a not-for- 
profit entity that provides services, including micro-
finance, training, or business development services, 
for microentreprise clients in foreign countries. 
‘‘(8) MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘microfinance institution’ means a not-for-profit enti-
ty or a regulated financial intermediary that directly 
provides, or works to expand, the availability of 
credit, savings, and other financial services to 
microentreprise clients in foreign countries. 
‘‘(9) MICROFINANCE
NETWORK.—The term 
‘microfinance network’ means an affiliated group of 
practitioner institutions that provides services to its 
members, including financing, technical assistance, 
and accreditation, for the purpose of promoting the 
financial sustainability and societal impact of micro-
enterprise assistance. 
‘‘(10) OFFICE.—The term ‘Office’ means the 
Office of Microenterprise Development established 
under section 252(b)(1). 
‘‘(11) PRACTITIONER INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘practitioner institution’ means a not-for-profit enti-
ty or a regulated financial intermediary, including a 
microfinance network, that provides services, includ-
ing microfinance, training, or business development 
services, for microentreprise clients, or provides as-
sistance to microenterprise institutions in foreign 
countries. 
‘‘(12) PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘private voluntary organization’ means a 
not-for-profit entity that— 
‘‘(A) engages in and supports activities of 
an economic or social development or humani-
tarian nature for citizens in foreign countries; 
and 
‘‘(B) is incorporated as such under the 
laws of the United States, including any of its 
states, territories or the District of Columbia, 
or of a foreign country. 
‘‘(13) 
UNITED
STATES-SUPPORTED
MICRO-
FINANCE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘United States- 
supported microfinance institution’ means a finan-
cial intermediary that has received funds made avail-
able under this part for fiscal year 1980 or any sub-
sequent fiscal year. 
‘‘(14) VERY
POOR.—The term ‘very poor’ 
means those individuals— 
‘‘(A) living in the bottom 50 percent below 
the poverty line established by the national gov-
ernment of the country in which those individ-
uals live; or 
‘‘(B) living on less than the equivalent of 
$1 per day.’’. 
SEC. 7. REPEALS. 
(a) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.—Section 
131 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2152a) is hereby repealed. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 108–31.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 4 of Public Law 
108–31 (22 U.S.C. 2151f note) is amended by strik-
ing subsection (b). 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4 of 
Public Law 108–31 is amended by striking ‘‘(a)’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘Not later’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Not later’’. 
SEC. 8. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, regulation, agreement, or 
other document of the United States to section 108, 131, 
or 132 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be 
deemed to be a reference to subtitle B of title VI of chap-
ter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
subtitle A of title VI of chapter 2 of part I of such Act,
or subtitle C of title VI of chapter 2 of part I of such 
Act, respectively. 
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