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TITLE II—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT 
ASSISTANCE 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, $1,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 
out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor-
poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur-
ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi-
tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear 
equipment, fuel, or technology to any country, other than 
a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article IX of the 
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi-
ble to receive economic or military assistance under this 
Act, that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date 
of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That not-
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withstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428, as 
amended, sections 1(a) and (b) of Public Law 103–428 
shall remain in effect through October 1, 2008: Provided 
further, That not less than 10 percent of the aggregate 
loan, guarantee, and insurance authority available to the 
Export-Import Bank under this or any prior Act should 
be used for renewable energy and environmentally bene-
ficial products and services. 
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur-
ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of 
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, 
$68,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2011: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That such sums shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, for the disbursement of direct loans, 
loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated 
in fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or 
any prior Act appropriating funds for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs for tied-aid credits 
or grants may be used for any other purpose except 
through the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds
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appropriated by this paragraph are made available not-
withstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Import Bank 
Act of 1945, in connection with the purchase or lease of 
any product by any Eastern European country, any Baltic 
State or any agency or national thereof. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses for members of the 
Board of Directors, $78,000,000: Provided, That the Ex-
port-Import Bank may accept, and use, payment or serv-
ices provided by transaction participants for legal, finan-
cial, or technical services in connection with any trans-
action for which an application for a loan, guarantee or 
insurance commitment has been made: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the 
Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof 
shall remain in effect until October 1, 2008. 
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
NON-CREDIT ACCOUNT 
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 
as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and 
commitments within the limits of funds available to it and
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in accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided, 
That the amount available for administrative expenses to 
carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an 
amount for official reception and representation expenses 
which
shall
not
exceed
$35,000)
shall
not
exceed 
$47,500,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 
in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated 
with services provided to specific investors or potential in-
vestors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative ex-
penses for the purposes of this heading. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For
the
cost
of
direct
and
guaranteed
loans, 
$20,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Non-Credit 
Account: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That such sums shall be available for direct loan obli-
gations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made 
during fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010: Provided fur-
ther, That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2008 remain 
available for disbursement through 2016; funds obligated 
in fiscal year 2009 remain available for disbursement
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through 2017; funds obligated in fiscal year 2010 remain 
available for disbursement through 2018: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to 
undertake any program authorized by title IV of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided further, 
That funds made available pursuant to the authority of 
the previous proviso shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
In addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may 
be derived from amounts available for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Non-Credit 
Account and merged with said account. 
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$50,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009. 
TITLE III—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to 
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, and for other purposes, to remain available until
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September 30, 2008, unless otherwise specified herein, as 
follows: 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, for child survival, health, and family plan-
ning/reproductive health activities, in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes, $1,955,150,000 (re-
duced by $25,000,000) (increased by $50,000,000) (in-
creased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000), to re-
main available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That 
this amount shall be made available for such activities as: 
(1) immunization programs; (2) oral rehydration pro-
grams and pneumonia prevention and treatment pro-
grams; (3) health, nutrition, water and sanitation pro-
grams which directly address the needs of mothers and 
children, and related education programs; (4) assistance 
for children displaced or orphaned by causes other than 
AIDS; (5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control 
of, and research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, ma-
laria, and other infectious diseases, and for assistance to 
communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including 
children infected or affected by AIDS; and (6) family plan-
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ning/reproductive health: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available for nonproject assistance, except that funds may 
be made available for such assistance for ongoing health 
activities: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $350,000, in addition 
to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be 
used to monitor and provide oversight of child survival, 
maternal and family planning/reproductive health, and in-
fectious disease programs: Provided further, That the fol-
lowing
amounts
should
be
allocated
as
follows: 
$374,150,000 for child survival and maternal health; 
$15,000,000 for vulnerable children; $350,000,000 for 
HIV/AIDS; $591,000,000 for other infectious diseases; 
and $375,000,000 for family planning/reproductive health, 
including in areas where population growth threatens bio-
diversity or endangered species: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, and in addition 
to funds allocated under the previous proviso, not less 
than $250,000,000 shall be made available, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, except for the United 
States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and 
Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), for a United 
States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 
Tuberculosis and Malaria (the ‘‘Global Fund’’), and shall
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be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time-
ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$70,000,000 should be made available for a United States 
contribution to The GAVI Fund, and up to $6,000,000 
may be transferred to and merged with funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses of the 
United States Agency for International Development’’ for 
costs directly related to international health, but funds 
made available for such costs may not be derived from 
amounts made available for contributions under this and 
preceding provisos: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated bal-
ances from prior appropriations may be made available to 
any organization or program which, as determined by the 
President of the United States, supports or participates 
in the management of a program of coercive abortion or 
involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That any deter-
mination made under the previous proviso must be made 
no later than six months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and must be accompanied by a comprehensive 
analysis as well as the complete evidence and criteria uti-
lized to make the determination: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method
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of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person 
to practice abortions: Provided further, That nothing in 
this paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing 
statutory prohibitions against abortion under section 104 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this Act may 
be used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, 
That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing 
nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family 
planning projects which offer, either directly or through 
referral to, or information about access to, a broad range 
of family planning methods and services, and that any 
such voluntary family planning project shall meet the fol-
lowing requirements: (1) service providers or referral 
agents in the project shall not implement or be subject 
to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of 
births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors 
of a particular method of family planning (this provision 
shall not be construed to include the use of quantitative 
estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning pur-
poses); (2) the project shall not include payment of incen-
tives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an indi-
vidual in exchange for becoming a family planning accep-
tor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical 
target or quota of total number of births, number of fam-
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ily planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method 
of family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right 
or benefit, including the right of access to participate in 
any program of general welfare or the right of access to 
health care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision 
not to accept family planning services; (4) the project shall 
provide family planning acceptors comprehensible infor-
mation on the health benefits and risks of the method cho-
sen, including those conditions that might render the use 
of the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects 
known to be consequent to the use of the method; and 
(5) the project shall ensure that experimental contracep-
tive drugs and devices and medical procedures are pro-
vided only in the context of a scientific study in which 
participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; 
and, not less than 60 days after the date on which the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development determines that there has been a 
violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), 
(2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice 
of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph 
(4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations a report containing a de-
scription of such violation and the corrective action taken 
by the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding grants
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for natural family planning under section 104 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discrimi-
nated against because of such applicant’s religious or con-
scientious commitment to offer only natural family plan-
ning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply 
with the requirements of the previous proviso: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this or any other Act author-
izing or appropriating funds for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as 
it relates to family planning assistance, shall not be con-
strued to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, 
of information or counseling about all pregnancy options: 
Provided further, That to the maximum extent feasible, 
taking into consideration cost, timely availability, and best 
health practices, funds appropriated in this Act or prior 
appropriations Acts that are made available for condom 
procurement shall be made available only for the procure-
ment of condoms manufactured in the United States: Pro-
vided further, That information provided about the use of 
condoms as part of projects or activities that are funded 
from amounts appropriated by this Act shall be medically 
accurate and shall include the public health benefits and 
failure rates of such use. 
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of sections 103, 105, 106, and sections 251 through 255,
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and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, $1,733,760,000 (increased by $5,000,000) (re-
duced by $5,000,000), to remain available until September 
30, 2009: Provided, That $519,000,000 shall be allocated 
for basic education: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading and managed by the 
United States Agency for International Development Bu-
reau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assist-
ance, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available 
only for programs to improve women’s leadership capacity 
in recipient countries: Provided further, That such funds 
may not be made available for construction: Provided fur-
ther,
That
of
the
funds
appropriated
in
this
Act, 
$300,000,000 shall be made available for access to safe 
water and water management programs: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$175,000,000 shall be made available for biodiversity and 
environmental programs: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading that are made 
available for assistance programs for displaced and or-
phaned children and victims of war, not to exceed 
$42,500, in addition to funds otherwise available for such 
purposes, may be used to monitor and provide oversight 
of such programs: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading should be made available for
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programs in sub-Saharan Africa to address sexual and 
gender-based violence. 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AND FAMINE ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 
international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon-
struction assistance, $322,350,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $20,000,000 should be for famine 
prevention and relief. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for international disaster re-
habilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to sec-
tion
491
of
the
Foreign
Assistance
Act
of
1961, 
$40,000,000, to remain available until expended, to sup-
port transition to democracy and to long-term develop-
ment of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support 
may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve 
democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic in-
frastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: 
Provided further, That the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall submit a report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to begin-
ning a new program of assistance.
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DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro-
vided by the United States Agency for International De-
velopment, as authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $21,000,000 may 
be derived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act 
to carry out part I of such Act and under the heading 
‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: 
Provided, That such funds shall be made available only 
for micro and small enterprise programs, urban programs, 
and other programs which further the purposes of part 
I of the Act: Provided further, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
funds made available by this paragraph may be used for 
the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under 
this Act or prior Acts, and funds used for such costs shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general provi-
sions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in sec-
tion 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Com-
mittee on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall
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be applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees provided 
under this heading: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of 
which is to be guaranteed, of up to $700,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
credit programs administered by the United States Agency 
for International Development, $7,400,000, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Op-
erating Expenses of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development: Provided, That funds made avail-
able under this heading shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$625,700,000, of which up to $25,000,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 
the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ may be made 
available to finance the construction (including architect 
and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of 
offices for use by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, unless the Administrator has iden-
tified such proposed construction (including architect and
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engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of of-
fices in a report submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations at least 15 days prior to the obligation of these 
funds for such purposes: Provided further, That the pre-
vious proviso shall not apply where the total cost of con-
struction (including architect and engineering services), 
purchase, or long-term lease of offices does not exceed 
$1,000,000: Provided further, That contracts or agree-
ments entered into with funds appropriated under this 
heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of 
such funds through fiscal year 2009: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act may be used to open 
or close an overseas mission of the United States Agency 
for International Development without the prior written 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the authority of sections 610 and 109 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised 
by the Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated 
to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating 
Expenses of the United States Agency for International 
Development’’ in accordance with the provisions of those 
sections: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated by this Act or any prior Act making appropriations 
for foreign operations, export financing, or related pro-
grams may be used by the United States Agency for Inter-
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national Development for the rent of buildings and space 
in buildings in the United States pursuant to the authority 
of section 636(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall not 
apply to any lease, agreement, or other instrument exe-
cuted for the purpose of maintaining United States Agen-
cy for International Development continuity of operations 
and to the cost of terminating the domestic lease executed 
on September 30, 2005. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND OF THE UNITED STATES 
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 
related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement 
of information technology and related capital investments, 
pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $87,300,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other-
wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing, not to exceed $75,144,500 may be made available for 
the purposes of implementing the Capital Security Cost 
Sharing Program.
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OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$38,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, which sum shall be available for the Office of the 
Inspector General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 4 of part II, $2,656,506,000 (reduced by 
$25,000,000) (increased by $75,000,000) (reduced by 
$75,000,000) (increased by $36,700,000), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2009: Provided, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$415,000,000 shall be available only for Egypt, which sum 
shall be provided on a grant basis, and of which sum cash 
transfer assistance shall be provided with the under-
standing that Egypt will undertake significant economic 
and political reforms which are additional to those which 
were undertaken in previous fiscal years: Provided further, 
That with respect to the provision of assistance for Egypt 
for democracy and governance activities, the organizations
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implementing such assistance and the specific nature of 
that assistance shall not be subject to the prior approval 
by the Government of Egypt: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading for assistance 
for Egypt, not less than $135,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for project assistance, of which not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be made available for democracy, 
human rights and governance programs and not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be used for education programs: Pro-
vided further, That $11,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading should be made available for Cyprus 
to be used for scholarships, administrative support of the 
scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and measures 
aimed at reunification of the island and designed to reduce 
tensions and promote peace and cooperation between the 
two communities on Cyprus: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$263,547,000 should be made available only for assistance 
for Jordan: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading not more than $63,500,000 
may be made available for assistance for the West Bank 
and Gaza: Provided further, That $45,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail-
able for assistance for Lebanon, of which not less than 
$10,000,000 should be made available for scholarships
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and direct support of American educational institutions in 
Lebanon:
Provided
further,
That
not
more
than 
$300,000,000 of the funds made available for assistance 
for Afghanistan under this heading may be obligated for 
such assistance until the Secretary of State certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Af-
ghanistan at both the national and provincial level is co-
operating fully with United States funded poppy eradi-
cation and interdiction efforts in Afghanistan: Provided 
further, That the President may waive the previous proviso 
if he determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that to do so is vital to the national security in-
terests of the United States: Provided further, That such 
report shall include an analysis of the steps being taken 
by the Government of Afghanistan, at the national and 
provincial level, to cooperate fully with United States 
funded poppy eradication and interdiction efforts in Af-
ghanistan: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $218,500,000 
is available only to carry out programs in Colombia and 
may be transferred to ‘‘DEVELOPMENT ASSIST-
ANCE’’ to continue programs administered by the United 
States Agency for International Development: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 
that are available for assistance for the Democratic Re-
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public of Timor-Leste, up to $1,000,000 may be available 
for administrative expenses of the United States Agency 
for International Development: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for pro-
grams and activities for the Central Highlands of Viet-
nam: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading that are made available for a Middle East Financ-
ing 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 Ap-
propriations. 
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, $15,000,000, which shall be available for the United 
States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland 
and shall be made available in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 
(Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall 
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time-
ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading shall re-
main available until September 30, 2009.
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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, 
$297,332,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for assistance and for related programs 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States. 
(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 authorities contained in that Act for 
the use of economic assistance. 
(c) The provisions of section 628 of this Act shall 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any provision of this or any other 
Act, including provisions in this subsection regarding the 
application of section 628 of this Act, local currencies gen-
erated by, or converted from, funds appropriated by this 
Act and by previous appropriations Acts and made avail-
able 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
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1961 and the Support for East European Democracy 
SEED Act of 1989. 
(d) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap-
propriated under this heading made available for economic 
revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he 
determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions 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, investiga-
tions, and related activities between state sponsors of ter-
rorism and terrorist organizations 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 chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assist-
ance for the Independent States of the former Soviet 
Union and for related programs, $397,585,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That the 
provisions of such chapters shall apply to funds appro-
priated by this paragraph: Provided further, That funds 
made available for the Southern Caucasus region may be 
used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for con-
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fidence-building measures and other activities in further-
ance of the peaceful resolution of the regional conflicts, 
especially those in the vicinity of Abkhazia and Nagorno- 
Karabagh: 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 pro-
grams, 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, not 
less than $52,200,000 should be made available, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for 
assistance for child survival, environmental and reproduc-
tive health, and to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and 
other infectious diseases, and for related activities. 
(c)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading 
that are allocated for assistance for the Government of 
the Russian Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from 
obligation until the President determines and certifies in 
writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
ernment of the Russian Federation— 
(A) has terminated implementation of arrange-
ments to provide Iran with technical expertise, train-
ing, technology, or equipment necessary to develop a