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(2) The authority to hire individuals contained 
in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 
2008. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 
may only be used to the extent that an equivalent number 
of positions that are filled by personal services contractors 
or other nondirect-hire employees of USAID, who are 
compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern 
Europe and the Baltic States’’, are eliminated. 
(d) PRIORITY SECTORS.—In exercising the authority 
of this section, primary emphasis shall be placed on ena-
bling USAID to meet personnel positions in technical skill 
areas currently encumbered by contractor or other non-
direct-hire personnel. 
(e) CONSULTATIONS.—The USAID Administrator 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations at 
least on a quarterly basis concerning the implementation 
of this section. 
(f) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 
charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 
under the authority of this section shall be the account 
to which such individual’s responsibilities primarily relate. 
Funds made available to carry out this section may be
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transferred to and merged and consolidated with funds ap-
propriated for ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development’’. 
(g) MANAGEMENT REFORM PILOT.—Of the funds 
made available in subsection (a), USAID may use, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, up to 
$10,000,000 to fund overseas support costs of members 
of the Foreign Service with a Foreign Service rank of four 
or below: Provided, That such authority is only used to 
reduce USAID’s reliance on overseas personal services 
contractors
or
other
nondirect-hire
employees
com-
pensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Eu-
rope and the Baltic States’’. 
(h) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Bal-
tic States’’, may be used, in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes, for the cost (including the 
support costs) of individuals detailed to or employed by 
the United States Agency for International Development 
whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs in 
response to natural disasters.
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RESCISSIONS 
SEC. 576. (a) Of the funds provided in title IV of 
Public Law 109–102, under the heading ‘‘Funds Appro-
priated to the President, International Financial Institu-
tions, Contribution to the International Development As-
sociation’’, $188,100,000 is hereby rescinded. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated in Public Law 109– 
102 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that 
are available for assistance and under such heading in 
prior Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs, $200,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded: Provided, That such amount shall be de-
rived only from funds not yet expended for cash transfer 
assistance. 
LIMITATION ON FUNDS RELATING TO ATTENDANCE OF 
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AT CONFERENCES OCCURRING 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 577. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees of agencies or depart-
ments of the United States Government who are stationed 
in the United States, at any single international con-
ference occurring outside the United States, unless the 
Secretary of State determines that such attendance is in 
the national interest: Provided, That for purposes of this 
section the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a
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conference attended by representatives of the United 
States Government and representatives of foreign govern-
ments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 
organizations. 
LIMITATION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
FOREIGN
COUNTRIES 
THAT
REFUSE
TO
EXTRADITE
TO
THE
UNITED 
STATES ANY INDIVIDUAL ACCUSED IN THE UNITED 
STATES OF KILLING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 
SEC. 578. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Department of State may be used to provide 
assistance to the central government of a country which 
has notified the Department of State of its refusal to ex-
tradite to the United States any individual indicted in the 
United States for killing a law enforcement officer, as 
specified in a United States extradition request. 
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND BUDGET AND HIRING 
CEILINGS 
SEC. 579. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States Executive Director at the Inter-
national Monetary Fund to use the voice of the United 
States to ensure that any loan, project, agreement, memo-
randum, instrument, plan or other program of the Inter-
national Monetary Fund does not penalize countries for 
increased government spending on healthcare or education 
by exempting such increases from national budget caps or
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restraints, hiring or wage bill ceilings or other limits im-
posed by the International Monetary Fund. 
GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE FAILED TO PERMIT CERTAIN 
EXTRADITIONS 
SEC. 580. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Department of State, other than funds pro-
vided under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’, may be used to provide assistance 
to the central government of a country with which the 
United States has an extradition treaty and which govern-
ment has notified the Department of State of its refusal 
to extradite to the United States any individual charged 
with a criminal offense for which the maximum penalty 
is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 581. The Secretary of State shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 
2007, and for each fiscal quarter, a report in writing on 
the uses of funds made available under the headings ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’: Provided, That such report shall include a de-
scription of the obligation and expenditure of funds, and 
the specific country in receipt of, and the use or purpose 
of the assistance provided by such funds.