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Calendar No. 150
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H.R. 3057
[Report No. 109–96] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 29, 2005
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
JUNE 30, 2005
Reported by Mr. MCCONNELL, with an amendment and an amendment to the 
title 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT 
ASSISTANCE 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
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-
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, 2006. 
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur-
ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of
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the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, 
$125,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009: 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, 2024, for the disbursement of direct loans, 
loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated 
in fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009: 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 
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
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Board
of
Directors,
$73,200,000
(reduced
by 
$5,000,000): Provided, That the Export-Import Bank may 
accept, and use, payment or services provided by trans-
action participants for legal, financial, or technical services 
in connection with any transaction for which an applica-
tion for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has 
been made: Provided further, That, notwithstanding sub-
section (b) of section 117 of the Export Enhancement Act 
of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall remain in effect until 
October 1, 2006. 
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
NONCREDIT 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 
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 
$42,274,000: 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-
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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, 
$20,276,000, 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 2006 and 2007: Provided further, That 
such sums shall remain available through fiscal year 2014 
for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obli-
gated in fiscal year 2006, and through fiscal year 2015 
for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obli-
gated in fiscal year 2007: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any provision of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized to undertake any program authorized by title IV 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided 
further, That funds made available pursuant to the author-
ity of the previous proviso shall be subject to the regular
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notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
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 Noncredit 
Account and merged with said account. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$50,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007. 
TITLE II—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 
September 30, 2006, unless otherwise specified herein, as 
follows:
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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, $1,497,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, 
That this amount shall be made available for such activi-
ties as: (1) immunization programs; (2) oral rehydration 
programs; (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 displaced or orphaned by AIDS; and (6) family 
planning/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
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under this heading, not to exceed $250,000, 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: 
$347,000,000 for child survival and maternal health; 
$25,000,000 for vulnerable children; $350,000,000 for 
HIV/AIDS; $200,000,000 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 $200,000,000 shall be made available for a United 
States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 
Tuberculosis and Malaria (the ‘‘Global Fund’’), and shall 
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time-
ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 
That up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds 
made available to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2006 may 
be made available to the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development for technical assistance related to 
the activities of the Global Fund: Provided further, That 
of
the
funds
appropriated
under
this
heading,
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$65,000,000 should be made available for a United States 
contribution to The Vaccine 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 contribution 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 none of 
the funds made available under this Act may be used to 
pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family 
planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice 
abortions: Provided further, That nothing in this para-
graph 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
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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-
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-
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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 
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
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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 of the United States Agency 
for International Development to carry out the provisions 
of sections 103, 105, 106, and subtitle A of title VI of 
chapter II, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, $1,460,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2007: Provided, That $214,000,000 
should be allocated for trade capacity building, of which 
at least $20,000,000 shall be made available for labor and 
environmental capacity building activities relating to the 
free trade agreement with the countries of Central Amer-
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ica and the Dominican Republic: Provided further, That 
$365,000,000 should be allocated for basic education: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading and managed by the United States Agency for 
International Development Bureau of Democracy, Con-
flict,
and
Humanitarian
Assistance,
not
less
than 
$15,000,000 shall be made available only for programs to 
improve women’s leadership capacity in recipient coun-
tries: Provided further, That such funds may not be made 
available for construction: 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 
$37,500, 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 
programs in sub-Saharan Africa to address sexual and 
gender-based violence: Provided further, That up to 
$15,000,000 should be made available for drinking water 
supply projects in east Africa. 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AND FAMINE ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of the United States Agency 
for International Development to carry out the provisions 
of section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 
international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon-
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struction assistance, $356,000,000, 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, 
$50,000,000, 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: Provided further, That 
if the President determines that is important to the na-
tional interests of the United States to provide transition 
assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by 
this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of 
this heading and under the authorities applicable to funds 
appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso
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shall be made available subject to prior consultation with 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
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, to 
remain available until September 30, 2008, may be de-
rived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act to 
carry out part I of such Act and under the heading ‘‘As-
sistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: Pro-
vided, 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
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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 
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, $8,000,000, 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 paragraph shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund’’, as authorized by the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980, $41,700,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$630,000,000, of which up to $25,000,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That none
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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 
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 2006: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act may be used to open 
a new overseas mission of the United States Agency for 
International Development without the prior written noti-
fication of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
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
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out chapter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Ex-
penses of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment’’ in accordance with the provisions of those sec-
tions. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
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, $77,700,000, 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 amounts appropriated under this 
heading, not to exceed $55,800,000 may be made available 
for the purposes of implementing the Capital Security 
Cost Sharing Program: Provided further, That the Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment shall assess fair and reasonable rental pay-
ments for the use of space by employees of other United 
States Government agencies in buildings constructed 
using funds appropriated under this heading, and such 
rental payments shall be deposited into this account as 
an offsetting collection: Provided further, That the rental
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payments collected pursuant to the previous proviso and 
deposited as an offsetting collection shall be available for 
obligation only pursuant to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That the assignment of United States Government 
employees or contractors to space in buildings constructed 
using funds appropriated under this heading shall be sub-
ject to the concurrence of the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development. 
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, 
$36,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007, 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, $2,558,525,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2007: Provided, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$240,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which sum
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shall be available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and 
shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That not less than $495,000,000 
shall be available only for Egypt, which sum shall be pro-
vided on a grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer 
assistance shall be provided with the understanding that 
Egypt will undertake significant economic reforms which 
are additional to those which were undertaken in previous 
fiscal years: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading for Egypt, not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be used for programs to improve and 
promote democracy, governance, and human rights and 
not less than $50,000,000 shall be used for education pro-
grams: Provided further, That with respect to the provision 
of assistance for Egypt for democracy and governance ac-
tivities, the organizations implementing such assistance 
and the specific nature of that assistance shall not be sub-
ject to the prior approval by the Government of Egypt: 
Provided further, That in exercising the authority to pro-
vide cash transfer assistance for Israel, the President shall 
ensure that the level of such assistance does not cause an 
adverse impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports 
from the United States to such country and that Israel 
enters into a side letter agreement in an amount propor-
tional to the fiscal year 1999 agreement: Provided further,
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That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $250,000,000 should be made available only for 
assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That $20,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under this heading should be 
made available for Cyprus to be used only 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 $40,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading should be made available 
for assistance for Lebanon, of which not less than 
$6,000,000 should be made available for scholarships and 
direct support of American educational institutions in 
Lebanon: Provided further, That funds appropriated 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 not more than 
$225,000,000 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 
Afghanistan at both the national and local level, is cooper-
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ating fully with United States funded poppy eradication 
and interdiction efforts in Afghanistan: Provided further, 
That with respect to funds appropriated under this head-
ing in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams, the responsibility for policy decisions and justifica-
tions for the use of such funds, including whether there 
will be a program for a country that uses those funds and 
the amount of each such program, shall be the responsi-
bility 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, $13,500,000, 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, 2007.
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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, 
$357,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun-
tries and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, 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 529 of this Act shall 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, 
That local currencies generated by, or converted from, 
funds appropriated by this Act and by previous appropria-
tions Acts and made available for the economic revitaliza-
tion program in Bosnia may be used in Eastern Europe 
and the Baltic States to carry out the provisions of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East 
European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989.