Provided further, That funds appropriated under this
heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, to provide assistance to the National Democratic
Alliance of Sudan to strengthen its ability to protect civil-
ians from attacks, slave raids, and aerial bombardment
by the Sudanese Government forces and its militia allies,
and the provision of such funds shall be subject to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That in the previous pro-
viso, the term ‘‘assistance’’ includes non-lethal, non-food
aid such as blankets, medicine, fuel, mobile clinics, water
drilling equipment, communications equipment to notify
civilians of aerial bombardment, non-military vehicles,
tents, and shoes: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading that are made available for a
Middle East Financing 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 Appropriations: Provided further, That
with respect to funds appropriated under this heading in
this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for foreign
operations, export financing, and related programs, the re-
sponsibility for policy decisions and justifications for the
use of such funds, including whether there will be a pro-
gram for a country that uses those funds and the amount
of each such program, shall be the responsibility of the
Secretary of State and the Deputy Secretary of State and
this responsibility shall not be delegated.
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, $18,500,000, 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, 2006.
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,
$375,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2006, 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) With regard to funds appropriated under this
heading for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia
and Herzegovina, and local currencies generated by such
funds (including the conversion of funds appropriated
under this heading into currency used by Bosnia and
Herzegovina as local currency and local currency returned
or repaid under such program) the Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development shall
provide written approval for grants and loans prior to the
obligation and expenditure of funds for such purposes, and
prior to the use of funds that have been returned or repaid
to any lending facility or grantee.
(d) The provisions of section 529 of this Act shall
apply to funds made available under subsection (c) and
to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, That
notwithstanding any provision of this or any other Act,
including provisions in this subsection regarding the appli-
cation of section 529 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