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regions in which these networks have or had a 
significant presence. 
(3) CERTAIN FUNDS EXEMPTED.—The require-
ment to withhold funds from obligation pursuant to 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) shall 
not apply with respect to funds made available under 
the heading ‘‘ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIA-
TIVE’’ for continued support for the Critical Flight 
Safety Program or any alternative development pro-
grams in Colombia administered by the Bureau of 
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Af-
fairs of the Department of State. 
(4) REPORT.—At the time the Secretary of 
State submits the certifications required by para-
graph (1)(A) and (1)(B) of this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall also submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations a report that contains, with respect to 
each such paragraph, a detailed description of the 
specific actions taken by both the Colombian Gov-
ernment and Colombian Armed Forces which sup-
ports each requirement of the certification, and the 
cases or issues brought to the attention of the Sec-
retary for which the response or action taken by the 
Colombian Government or Armed Forces has been 
inadequate.
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(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Funds made 
available by this Act for the Colombian Armed Forces 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 
90 days thereafter until September 30, 2010, the Sec-
retary of State shall consult with internationally recog-
nized human rights organizations regarding progress in 
meeting the requirements contained in subsection (a)(2). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AIDED OR ABETTED.—The term ‘‘aided or 
abetted’’ means to provide any support to para-
military or successor armed groups, including taking 
actions which allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster 
the activities of such groups. 
(2) PARAMILITARY GROUPS.—The term ‘‘para-
military groups’’ means illegal self-defense groups 
and illegal security cooperatives, including those 
groups and cooperatives that have formerly demobi-
lized but continue illegal operations, as well as parts 
thereof. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 657. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to provide
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equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 
other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 
Corporation. 
SUPPORT OF PEACE PROCESS AND DEMOBILIZATION IN 
COLOMBIA 
SEC. 658. (a) ASSISTANCE
FOR DEMOBILIZATION 
AND DISARMAMENT OF FORMER IRREGULAR COMBAT-
ANTS IN COLOMBIA.—(1) Of the funds appropriated in 
title III of this Act under the heading ‘‘ECONOMIC SUP-
PORT FUND’’, up to $23,000,000 shall be available for 
assistance for the demobilization and full dismantlement 
of foreign terrorist organizations in Colombia in accord-
ance with the funding designations contained in paragraph 
(2) and, in the case of assistance under paragraph (2)(D), 
the certification requirements contained in paragraph (3). 
(2)
FUNDING
DESIGNATION.—Of
the
funds 
made available pursuant to paragraph (1)— 
(A) $10,000,000 shall be made available to 
support the Justice and Peace and Human 
Rights Units of the Fiscalı´a for implementation 
of the Justice and Peace Law; 
(B) not less than $5,000,000 shall be 
made
available
to
support
the
Fiscalı´a, 
Procuradurı´a, or Defensorı´a for establishment 
of a victims’ protection program;
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(C) not less than $3,000,000 shall be made 
available to the Defensorı´a to support legal rep-
resentation of victims as required by the Justice 
and Peace Law; and 
(D) up to $5,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for assistance for the demobilization, disar-
mament, and reintegration of former members 
of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) in Co-
lombia,
specifically
the
United
Self-Defense 
Forces of Colombia (AUC), the Revolutionary 
Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the 
National Liberation Army (ELN), if the Sec-
retary of State submits a certification described 
in paragraph (3) to the Committees on Appro-
priations
prior
to
the
initial
obligation
of 
amounts for such assistance. 
(3) CERTIFICATION.—The certification required 
by paragraph (2)(D) is a certification that— 
(A) assistance for the fiscal year will be 
provided only for individuals who— 
(i) have verifiably renounced and ter-
minated any affiliation or involvement with 
FTOs or other illegal armed groups; 
(ii) are meeting all the requirements 
of the Colombia Demobilization Program,
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including having fully and truthfully dis-
closed their involvement in past crimes and 
their knowledge of the foreign terrorist or-
ganizations structure, financing sources, il-
legal assets, and the location of kidnapping 
victims and bodies of the disappeared; and 
(iii) are not involved in threatening or 
intimidating human rights defenders. 
(B) the Government of Colombia is pro-
viding full cooperation to the Government of the 
United States to extradite the leaders and 
members of the FTOs who have been indicted 
in the United States for murder, kidnapping, 
narcotics trafficking, and other violations of 
United States law, and is immediately extra-
diting to the United States those commanders, 
leaders and members indicted in the United 
States
who
are
credibly
alleged
to
have 
breached the terms of the Colombia Demobiliza-
tion Program, including by failing to fully con-
fess their crimes, failing to disclose their assets, 
or committing new crimes since the approval of 
the Justice and Peace Law; 
(C) the Government of Colombia is not 
taking any steps to legalize the titles of land or
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other assets illegally obtained and held by 
FTOs, their associates, or successors, has es-
tablished effective procedures to identify such 
land and assets, and is vigorously confiscating 
and returning such land and other assets to 
their rightful owners; and the Government of 
Colombia’s reintegration programs exclude any 
projects that would leave illegally obtained land 
or assets in the possession of FTO members, 
their associates, or successors; 
(D) members of FTOs who receive sen-
tence reductions under the Colombian Justice 
and Peace Law are serving their sentences in 
maximum-security penitentiary establishments, 
under conditions of detention that are appro-
priate to deter and effectively prevent them 
from continuing to engage in criminal activity; 
(E) the Government of Colombia is imple-
menting a concrete and workable framework for 
dismantling the organizational structures of for-
eign terrorist organizations; 
(F) funds are not made available as cash 
payments to individuals and are available only 
for activities relating to demobilization, disar-
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mament, reintegration (including training and 
education), and vetting; and 
(G)
the
Government
of
Colombia
is 
promptly, impartially, and thoroughly inves-
tigating all attacks against human rights de-
fenders allegedly committed by FTOs or other 
illegal armed groups. 
(4) REPORT.—The report accompanying the 
certification required by paragraph (3) shall specify, 
with respect to each condition described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (G) of paragraph (3)— 
(A) the action taken by the Colombian 
Government which supports the certification; 
(B) the cases or issues brought to the at-
tention of the Secretary for which the response 
or action taken by the Colombian Government 
has been inadequate; and 
(C) the views of the Colombian Attorney 
General and the Inspector General with respect 
to the Colombian Government’s actions in rela-
tion to the conditions described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (G) of paragraph (3). 
(5) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—Not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
every 180 days thereafter until September 30, 2010,
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the Secretary of State shall consult with internation-
ally recognized human rights and justice organiza-
tions, including organizations representing internally 
displaced persons, and representatives of victims of 
demobilized FTOs, regarding progress in meeting 
the conditions contained in paragraph (3). 
(6) FOREIGN
TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection the term ‘‘foreign ter-
rorist organization’’ means an organization des-
ignated as a terrorist organization under section 219 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
(7)
CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Funds 
made available in title III of this Act for demobiliza-
tion/reintegration of former members of FTOs in 
Colombia shall be subject to prior consultation with, 
and the regular notification procedures of, the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(b) ASSISTANCE TO THE ORGANIZATION OF AMER-
ICAN STATES (OAS) MISSION TO SUPPORT THE PEACE 
PROCESS IN COLOMBIA.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘ECONOMIC SUPPORT 
FUND’’, not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available 
to support the peace process in Colombia, as follows— 
(1) not less than $2,700,000 shall be made 
available to the OAS Mission to Support the Peace
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Process in Colombia to assist the mission to fulfill 
its mandate of independent international verification 
of the paramilitary demobilization process; and 
(2) not less than $300,000 may be made avail-
able to the Inter-American Commission on Human 
Rights to conduct monitoring of the demobilization 
process. 
WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM 
SEC. 659. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2008, 30 
days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral 
West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State 
shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations that 
procedures have been established to assure the Comp-
troller General of the United States will have access to 
appropriate United States financial information in order 
to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro-
gram funded under the heading ‘‘ECONOMIC SUPPORT 
FUND’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 
(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘ECONOMIC 
SUPPORT FUND’’ for assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza, the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate 
steps to ensure that such assistance is not provided to or 
through any individual, private or government entity, or 
educational institution that the Secretary knows or has 
reason to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in,
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or has engaged in, terrorist activity nor those that have 
as a trustee any member of a certified foreign terrorist 
organization. The Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, 
establish procedures specifying the steps to be taken in 
carrying out this subsection and shall terminate assistance 
to any individual, entity, or educational institution which 
she has determined to be involved in or advocating ter-
rorist activity. 
(c) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated under titles 
II through V of this Act for assistance under the 
West Bank and Gaza program may be made avail-
able for the purpose of recognizing or otherwise hon-
oring individuals who commit, or have committed 
acts of terrorism. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available by this or prior ap-
propriations act, including funds made available by 
transfer, may be made available for obligation for se-
curity assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until 
the Secretary of State reports to the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives on 
the benchmarks that have been established for secu-
rity assistance for the West Bank and Gaza and re-
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ports on the extent of Palestinian compliance with 
such benchmarks. 
(d) AUDITS.— 
(1) The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall ensure 
that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 
and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 
sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro-
gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 
ensure, among other things, compliance with this 
section. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to 
$1,000,000 may be used by the Office of the Inspec-
tor General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development for audits, inspections, and 
other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 
this subsection. 
(e) Subsequent to the certification specified in sub-
section (a), the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treat-
ment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 
West Bank and Gaza Program in fiscal year 2008 under 
the heading ‘‘ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND’’. The 
audit shall address—