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within the United States not authorized before the date of 
the enactment of this Act by the Congress. 
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS 
SEC. 640. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or 
in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member 
of the United Nations or, from funds appropriated by this 
Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of another 
country’s delegation at international conferences held under 
the auspices of multilateral or international organizations. 
REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS 
SEC. 641. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a non-
governmental organization, including any contractor, 
which fails to provide upon timely request any document, 
file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of the 
United States Agency for International Development. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or reg-
ulation, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations, on a timely basis, such information on 
the obligation and expenditure of funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts, pursuant to grants, cooperative 
agreements, and contracts entered into or financed by the 
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agency, as may be requested by the Committee on Appro-
priations to satisfy oversight responsibilities of those Com-
mittees. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
THAT
EXPORT
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIPMENT
TO 
COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 642. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be available to any 
foreign government which provides lethal military equip-
ment to a country the government of which the Secretary 
of State has determined is a terrorist government for pur-
poses of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 
1979. The prohibition under this section with respect to a 
foreign government shall terminate 12 months after that 
government ceases to provide such military equipment. This 
section applies with respect to lethal military equipment 
provided under a contract entered into after October 1, 
1997. 
(b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any other 
similar provision of law, may be furnished if the President 
determines that furnishing such assistance is important to 
the national interests of the United States. 
(c) Whenever the President makes a determination 
pursuant to subsection (b), the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report with re-
spect to the furnishing of such assistance. Any such report 
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shall include a detailed explanation of the assistance to be 
provided, including the estimated dollar amount of such as-
sistance, and an explanation of how the assistance furthers 
United States national interests. 
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES AND 
REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
SEC. 643. (a) Subject to subsection (c), of the funds 
appropriated under titles II through V by this Act that are 
made available for assistance for a foreign country, an 
amount equal to 110 percent of the total amount of the un-
paid fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties and un-
paid property taxes owed by the central government of such 
country shall be withheld from obligation for assistance for 
the central government of such country until the Secretary 
of State submits a certification to the Committees on Appro-
priations stating that such parking fines and penalties and 
unpaid property taxes are fully paid. 
(b) Funds withheld from obligation pursuant to sub-
section (a) may be made available for other programs or 
activities funded by this Act, after consultation with and 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, provided that no such funds shall 
be made available for assistance for the central government 
of a foreign country that has not paid the total amount 
of the fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties and un-
paid property taxes owed by such country. 
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(c) Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that have 
been withheld under any other provision of law. 
(d)(1) The Secretary of State may waive the require-
ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to parking 
fines and penalties no sooner than 60 days from the date 
of enactment of this Act, or at any time with respect to 
a particular country, if the Secretary determines that it 
is in the national interests of the United States to do so. 
(2) The Secretary of State may waive the requirements 
set forth in subsection (a) with respect to the unpaid prop-
erty taxes if the Secretary of State determines that it is 
in the national interests of the United States to do so. 
(e) Not later than 6 months after the initial exercise 
of the waiver authority in subsection (d), the Secretary of 
State, after consultations with the City of New York, shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations de-
scribing a strategy, including a timetable and steps cur-
rently being taken, to collect the parking fines and penalties 
and unpaid property taxes and interest owed by nations 
receiving foreign assistance under this Act. 
(f) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘fully adjudicated’’ includes cir-
cumstances in which the person to whom the vehicle 
is registered— 
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(A)(i) has not responded to the parking vio-
lation summons; or 
(ii) has not followed the appropriate adju-
dication procedure to challenge the summons; 
and 
(B) the period of time for payment of or 
challenge to the summons has lapsed. 
(2) The term ‘‘parking fines and penalties’’ 
means parking fines and penalties— 
(A) owed to— 
(i) the District of Columbia; or 
(ii) New York, New York; and 
(B) incurred during the period April 1, 
1997, through September 30, 2007. 
(3) The term ‘‘unpaid property taxes’’ means the 
amount of unpaid taxes and interest determined to be 
owed by a foreign country on real property in the 
District of Columbia or New York, New York in a 
court order or judgment entered against such country 
by a court of the United States or any State or sub-
division thereof. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST 
BANK AND GAZA 
SEC. 644. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation 
Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the Presi-
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