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General Act of 1978, as amended, $2,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2011. 
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-
withstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428, as 
amended, section 1(a) and (b) of Public Law 103–428 
shall remain in effect through October 1, 2010: Provided 
further, That not less than 10 percent of the aggregate 
loan, guarantee, and insurance authority available to the 
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Export-Import Bank under this Act should be used for 
renewable energy technologies or energy efficient end-use 
technologies. 
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, not 
to exceed $58,000,000: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
Provided further, That such funds shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025, for the disbursement of direct 
loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obli-
gated in fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this 
Act or any prior Acts appropriating funds for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
for tied-aid credits or grants may be used for any other 
purpose except through the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated by this paragraph are made 
available notwithstanding 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. 
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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, not to exceed $83,880,000: Provided, 
That the Export-Import Bank may accept, and use, pay-
ment or services provided by transaction participants for 
legal, financial, or technical services in connection with 
any transaction for which an application for a loan, guar-
antee 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, 2010. 
RECEIPTS COLLECTED 
Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import 
Bank Act of 1945, as amended, and the Federal Credit 
Reform Act of 1990, as amended, in an amount not to 
exceed the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited 
as offsetting collections to this account: Provided, That the 
sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be 
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting col-
lections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation 
from the General Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 
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That of amounts collected in fiscal year 2010 in excess 
of obligations, up to $50,000,000, shall become available 
on September 1, 2010, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2013. 
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 
$52,310,000: 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, 
$29,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 
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Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit 
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 2010, 2011, and 2012: Provided fur-
ther, That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2010 remain 
available for disbursement through 2018; funds obligated 
in fiscal year 2011 remain available for disbursement 
through 2019; and funds obligated in fiscal year 2012 re-
main available for disbursement through 2020: 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 
Foreign 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 
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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, 
$55,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2011: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not to exceed $4,000 may be made available for 
representation and entertainment allowances. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS 
SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this 
Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for 
allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 
59 of title 5, United States Code; for services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and for hire of passenger transpor-
tation pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b). 
UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT 
SEC. 7002. Any department or agency to which funds 
are appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations a quar-
terly accounting of cumulative balances by program, 
project, and activity of the funds received by such depart-
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ment or agency in this fiscal year or any previous fiscal 
year that remain unobligated and unexpended. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under title I of this Act for any consulting service through 
procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall 
be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are 
a matter of public record and available for public inspec-
tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, 
or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to exist-
ing law. 
EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 7004. (a) Of funds provided under title I of this 
Act, except as provided in subsection (b), a project to con-
struct a diplomatic facility of the United States may not 
include office space or other accommodations for an em-
ployee of a Federal agency or department if the Secretary 
of State determines that such department or agency has 
not provided to the Department of State the full amount 
of funding required by subsection (e) of section 604 of 
the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism 
Act of 1999 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) 
of Public Law 106–113 and contained in appendix G of 
that Act; 113 Stat. 1501A–453), as amended by section 
629 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 
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the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2005. 
(b) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), 
a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 
States may include office space or other accommodations 
for members of the United States Marine Corps. 
PERSONNEL ACTIONS 
SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per-
sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in-
cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg-
etary resources available under title I to such department 
or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act 
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex-
cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section. 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING 
SEC. 7006. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’ for programming to the Middle East, Afghanistan, 
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and Pakistan, 10 percent of the funds shall not be avail-
able for obligation until the Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
each relevant language service or grantee is abiding by the 
standards and principles set forth in the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 
6202(a) and (b)), is in compliance with the relevant Jour-
nalistic Code of Ethics, and have a policy, including appro-
priate management controls, of not providing an open 
platform for terrorists or those who support terrorists. 
(b) The Broadcasting Board of Governors shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of any 
determination by the Board that any of its broadcast enti-
ties, including its grantee organizations, was found to be 
in violation of the principles, standards, or journalistic 
code of ethics referenced in subsection (a). 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance or reparations for the government of Cuba, 
North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for purposes 
of this section, the prohibition on obligations or expendi-
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tures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, and 
guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 
MILITARY COUPS 
SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance to the government of any country whose 
duly elected head of government is deposed by military 
coup or decree: Provided, That assistance may be resumed 
to such government if the President determines and cer-
tifies to the Committees on Appropriations that subse-
quent to the termination of assistance a democratically 
elected government has taken office: Provided further, 
That the provisions of this section shall not apply to as-
sistance to promote democratic elections or public partici-
pation in democratic processes: Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to the previous provisos 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD-
CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.—Not to exceed 5 per-
cent of any appropriation made available for the current 
fiscal year for the Department of State under title I of 
this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
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funds, consults with and provides a written policy jus-
tification to the Committees on Appropriations. 
(e) AUDIT
OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.—Any 
agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appro-
priated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between 
the United States Agency for International Development 
and another agency of the United States Government 
under the authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, 
shall expressly provide that the Office of the Inspector 
General for the agency receiving the transfer or allocation 
of such funds shall perform periodic program and financial 
audits of the use of such funds: Provided, That funds 
transferred under such authority may be made available 
for the cost of such audits. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 7010. The Secretary of State shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 
2010, and for each fiscal quarter, a report in writing on 
the uses of funds made available under the headings ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’: Provided, That such report shall include a de-
scription of the obligation and expenditure of funds, and 
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the specific country in receipt of, and the use or purpose 
of the assistance provided by such funds. 
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the 
expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so 
provided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 
for the purposes of chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of part I, 
section 661, section 667, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 
of the Arms Export Control Act, and funds provided under 
the headings ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’ and ‘‘Development Credit Authority’’, shall remain 
available for an additional 4 years from the date on which 
the availability of such funds would otherwise have ex-
pired, if such funds are initially obligated before the expi-
ration of their respective periods of availability contained 
in this Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, any funds made available for 
the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part 
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allo-
cated or obligated for cash disbursements in order to ad-
dress balance of payments or economic policy reform ob-
jectives, shall remain available until expended. 
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LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT 
SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 
under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to 
furnish assistance to the government of any country which 
is in default during a period in excess of one calendar year 
in payment to the United States of principal or interest 
on any loan made to the government of such country by 
the United States pursuant to a program for which funds 
are appropriated under this Act unless the President de-
termines, following consultations with the Committees on 
Appropriations, that assistance to such country is in the 
national interest of the United States. 
PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be made available to provide assistance for 
a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement gov-
erning the terms and conditions under which such assist-
ance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 
provision stating that assistance provided by the United 
States shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by 
the foreign government, and the Secretary of State shall 
expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing bi-
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lateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with this re-
quirement. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT
OF
FOREIGN
TAXES.—An 
amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes as-
sessed during fiscal year 2010 on funds appropriated by 
this Act by a foreign government or entity against com-
modities financed under United States assistance pro-
grams for which funds are appropriated by this Act, either 
directly or through grantees, contractors and subcontrac-
tors shall be withheld from obligation from funds appro-
priated for assistance for fiscal year 2011 and allocated 
for the central government of such country and for the 
West Bank and Gaza program to the extent that the Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports in writing to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that such taxes have not been 
reimbursed to the Government of the United States. 
(c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 
minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 
subsection (b). 
(d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 
from obligation for each country or entity pursuant to sub-
section (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance to coun-
tries which do not assess taxes on United States assistance 
or which have an effective arrangement that is providing 
substantial reimbursement of such taxes. 
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(e) DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) The provisions of this section shall not 
apply to any country or entity the Secretary of State 
determines— 
(A) does not assess taxes on United States 
assistance or which has an effective arrange-
ment that is providing substantial reimburse-
ment of such taxes; or 
(B) the foreign policy interests of the 
United States outweigh the purpose of this sec-
tion to ensure that United States assistance is 
not subject to taxation. 
(2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 
prior to exercising the authority of this subsection 
with regard to any country or entity. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
issue rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, 
to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist-
ance contained in this section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘taxes’’ and ‘‘taxation’’ refer to 
value added taxes and customs duties imposed on 
commodities financed with United States assistance 
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REPROGRAMMING NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7015. (a) None of the funds made available in 
title I of this Act, or in prior appropriations Acts to the 
agencies and departments funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2010, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees or of cur-
rency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made avail-
able by transfer, to the agencies and departments funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates new 
programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) closes 
or opens a mission or post; (6) reorganizes or renames 
offices; (7) reorganizes programs or activities; or (8) con-
tracts out or privatizes any functions or activities pres-
ently performed by Federal employees; unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 
such reprogramming of funds. 
(b) For the purposes of providing the executive 
branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none 
of the funds provided under title I of this Act, or provided 
under previous appropriations Acts to the agency or de-
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partment funded under title I of this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2010, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agency or department funded by title I of this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activi-
ties, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or 
activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel 
by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from 
any general savings, including savings from a reduction 
in personnel, which would result in a change in existing 
programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(c) For the purposes of providing the executive 
branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none 
of the funds made available under titles II through V in 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health and Child 
Survival’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International Or-
ganizations and Programs’’, ‘‘Trade and Development 
Agency’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
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Asia’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, 
‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, 
‘‘Operating Expenses’’, ‘‘Civilian Stabilization Initiative’’, 
‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti- 
terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Millen-
nium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
ing Program’’, ‘‘International Military Education and 
Training’’, ‘‘Peace Corps’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee 
Assistance’’, shall be available for obligation for activities, 
programs, projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, 
or other operations not justified or in excess of the amount 
justified to the Committees on Appropriations for obliga-
tion under any of these specific headings unless the Com-
mittees on Appropriations are previously notified 15 days 
in advance: Provided, That the President shall not enter 
into any commitment of funds appropriated for the pur-
poses of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for 
the provision of major defense equipment, other than con-
ventional ammunition, or other major defense items de-
fined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not 
previously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess 
of the quantities justified to Congress unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 
such commitment: Provided further, That this subsection 
shall not apply to any reprogramming for an activity, pro-
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gram, or project for which funds are appropriated under 
titles II through IV of this Act of less than 10 percent 
of the amount previously justified to the Congress for obli-
gation for such activity, program, or project for the cur-
rent fiscal year. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
transferred by the Department of Defense to the Depart-
ment of State and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, and funds made available for pro-
grams authorized by section 1206 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109– 
163), shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(e) The requirements of this section or any similar 
provision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior 
Act requiring notification in accordance with the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, may be waived if failure to do so would pose a sub-
stantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided, That 
in case of any such waiver, notification to the Congress, 
or the appropriate congressional committees, shall be pro-
vided as early as practicable, but in no event later than 
3 days after taking the action to which such notification 
requirement was applicable, in the context of the cir-
cumstances necessitating such waiver: Provided further, 
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That any notification provided pursuant to such a waiver 
shall contain an explanation of the emergency cir-
cumstances. 
(f) None of the funds appropriated under titles III 
through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended for 
assistance for Serbia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Do-
minican Republic, Cuba, Iran, Haiti, Libya, Ethiopia, 
Nepal, Colombia, Mexico, Kazakhstan, or Cambodia and 
countries listed in section 7045(c)(2) and (f)(2) of this 
Act except as provided through the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 7016. Prior to providing excess Department of 
Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De-
fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the 
same extent and under the same conditions as other com-
mittees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro-
vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess 
defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the 
Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 
significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) 
of the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms 
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of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if 
notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 
of appropriated funds for specific countries that would re-
ceive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 
such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles. 
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7017. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
priated under titles III through VI of this Act or any pre-
viously enacted Act making appropriations for the Depart-
ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
which are returned or not made available for organizations 
and programs because of the implementation of section 
307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 2011. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND 
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION 
SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry 
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor-
tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 
coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist-
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ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 
the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 
of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 
incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 
the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay 
for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 
part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or 
involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 
None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 
obligated or expended for any country or organization if 
the President certifies that the use of these funds by any 
such country or organization would violate any of the 
above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri-
lizations. 
ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7019. (a) Funds provided in this Act for the 
following accounts shall be made available for programs 
and countries in the amounts contained in the respective 
tables included in the report accompanying this Act: 
‘‘Civilian Stabilization Initiative’’. 
‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange Pro-
grams’’. 
‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’. 
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‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’. 
‘‘Global Health and Child Survival’’. 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’. 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’. 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’. 
‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, 
Demining 
and Related Programs’’. 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 
‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’. 
‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’. 
(b) For the purposes of implementing this section and 
only with respect to the tables included in the report ac-
companying this Act, the Secretary of State, the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, as 
appropriate, may propose deviations to the amounts ref-
erenced in subsection (a), subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations and 
section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(c) The requirements contained in subsection (a) 
shall apply to the table under the heading ‘‘Bilateral Eco-
nomic Assistance’’ in such report. 
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PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES 
SEC. 7020. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 
activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health and Child 
Survival’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or 
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that 
are substantially of a recreational character, includ-
ing but not limited to entrance fees at sporting 
events, theatrical and musical productions, and 
amusement parks. 
PROHIBITION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
FOREIGN
GOVERN-
MENTS
THAT
EXPORT
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIP-
MENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL 
TERRORISM 
SEC. 7021. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by titles III through VI of this 
Act may be available to any foreign government which pro-
vides lethal military equipment to a country the govern-
ment of which the Secretary of State has determined is 
a government that supports international terrorism for 
purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act 
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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 equip-
ment. 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 
shall include a detailed explanation of the assistance to 
be provided, including the estimated dollar amount of such 
assistance, and an explanation of how the assistance fur-
thers United States national interests. 
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 7022. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral as-
sistance under any heading in titles III through VI of this 
Act and funds appropriated under any such heading in 
a provision of law enacted prior to the enactment of this 
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Act, shall not be made available to any country which the 
President determines— 
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any 
individual or group which has committed an act of 
international terrorism; or 
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism. 
(b) The President may waive the application of sub-
section (a) to a country if the President determines that 
national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 
waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the 
Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver 
takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the waiver (including the justification for the waiv-
er) in accordance with the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 7023. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Devel-
opment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith-
standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672, section 15 of 
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, sec-
tion 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis-
cal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236), and sec-
tion 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 
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DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 
SEC. 7024. For the purpose of titles II through VI 
of this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be de-
fined at the appropriations Act account level and shall in-
clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 
directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 
for the following accounts: ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘program, 
project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to include 
country, regional, and central program level funding with-
in each such account; for the development assistance ac-
counts of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be 
considered to include central, country, regional, and pro-
gram level funding, either as: (1) justified to the Congress; 
or (2) allocated by the executive branch in accordance with 
a report, to be provided to the Committees on Appropria-
tions within 30 days of the enactment of this Act, as re-
quired by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961. 
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 7025. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
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tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi-
ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 
Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African 
Development Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly 
report to the Committees on Appropriations whenever it 
is conducting activities or is proposing to conduct activi-
ties in a country for which assistance is prohibited. 
COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 7026. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this 
Act for direct assistance and none of the funds otherwise 
made available to the Export-Import Bank and the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or 
expended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other 
financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro-
duction of any commodity for export by any country other 
than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be 
in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro-
ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the 
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: 
Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Ex-
port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc-
tors the benefits to industry and employment in the 
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United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United 
States producers of the same, similar, or competing com-
modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing 
or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro-
duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training 
in connection with the growth or production in a foreign 
country of an agricultural commodity for export which 
would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro-
duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection 
shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities designed to increase food security 
in developing countries where such activities will not 
have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; or 
(2) research activities intended primarily to 
benefit American producers. 
(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States Executive Directors of the International 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-
national Development Association, the International Fi-
nance Corporation, the Inter-American Development 
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Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel-
opment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora-
tion, the North American Development Bank, the Euro-
pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Afri-
can Development Bank, and the African Development 
Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to 
oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds 
appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III 
through VI of this Act, for the production or extraction 
of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus 
on world markets and if the assistance will cause substan-
tial injury to United States producers of the same, similar, 
or competing commodity. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 7027. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL 
CURRENCIES.— 
(1) If assistance is furnished to the government 
of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part 
I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the 
generation of local currencies of that country, the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall— 
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(A) require that local currencies be depos-
ited in a separate account established by that 
government; 
(B) enter into an agreement with that gov-
ernment which sets forth— 
(i) the amount of the local currencies 
to be generated; and 
(ii) the terms and conditions under 
which the currencies so deposited may be 
utilized, consistent with this section; and 
(C) establish by agreement with that gov-
ernment the responsibilities of the United 
States Agency for International Development 
and that government to monitor and account 
for deposits into and disbursements from the 
separate account. 
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 
agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur-
rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 
subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur-
rencies, shall be used only— 
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part 
I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), 
for such purposes as— 
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(i) project and sector assistance activi-
ties; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of 
the United States Government. 
(3) 
PROGRAMMING
ACCOUNTABILITY.—The 
United States Agency for International Development 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 
equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 
for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2). 
(4) 
TERMINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun-
try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
part II (as the case may be), any unencumbered bal-
ances of funds which remain in a separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be dis-
posed of for such purposes as may be agreed to by 
the government of that country and the United 
States Government. 
(5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development shall report on an annual basis as part 
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of the justification documents submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations on the use of local cur-
rencies for the administrative requirements of the 
United States Government as authorized in sub-
section (a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the 
amount of local currency (and United States dollar 
equivalent) used and/or to be used for such purpose 
in each applicable country. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) If assistance is made available to the gov-
ernment of a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 
of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer assistance or 
as nonproject sector assistance, that country shall be 
required to maintain such funds in a separate ac-
count and not commingle them with any other 
funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF 
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon-
sistent with the nature of this assistance including 
provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan-
atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac-
companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re-
port No. 98–1159). 
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(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 
obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec-
tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica-
tion through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in-
clude a detailed description of how the funds pro-
posed to be made available will be used, with a dis-
cussion of the United States interests that will be 
served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, 
a description of the economic policy reforms that will 
be promoted by such assistance). 
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 
funds may be exempt from the requirements of sub-
section (b)(1) only through the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 7028. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and from 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
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rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before 
using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 
in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 
the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions under the regular notification procedures of those 
committees, including a description of the program to be 
assisted, the assistance to be provided, and the reasons 
for furnishing such assistance: Provided further, That 
nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any 
existing statutory prohibitions against abortion or involun-
tary sterilizations contained in this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2010, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re-
strict assistance under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act 
and made available pursuant to this subsection may be 
obligated or expended except as provided through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
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of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup-
port international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 7029. None of the funds appropriated under ti-
tles III through VI of this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to provide— 
(1) any financial incentive to a business enter-
prise currently located in the United States for the 
purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 
outside the United States if such incentive or in-
ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ-
ees of such business enterprise in the United States 
because United States production is being replaced 
by such enterprise outside the United States; or 
(2) assistance for any program, project, or ac-
tivity that contributes to the violation of internation-
ally recognized workers rights, as defined in section 
507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the 
recipient country, including any designated zone or 
area in that country: Provided, That the application 
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of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should be 
commensurate with the level of development of the 
recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 
assistance for the informal sector in such country, 
micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 
agriculture. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 7030. (a) None of the funds appropriated in 
title V of this Act may be made as payment to any inter-
national financial institution while the United States Ex-
ecutive Director to such institution is compensated by the 
institution at a rate which, together with whatever com-
pensation such Director receives from the United States, 
is in excess of the rate provided for an individual occu-
pying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while 
any alternate United States Director to such institution 
is compensated by the institution at a rate in excess of 
the rate provided for an individual occupying a position 
at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 
of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States Executive Director at each international fi-
nancial institution to oppose any loan, grant, strategy or 
policy of these institutions that would require user fees 
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or service charges on poor people for primary education 
or primary healthcare, including prevention, care and 
treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and in-
fant, child, and maternal well-being, in connection with the 
institutions’ financing programs. 
(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States Executive Director of the International 
Monetary Fund to use the voice and vote of the United 
States to oppose any loan, project, agreement, memo-
randum, instrument, plan, or other program of the Fund 
to a Heavily Indebted Poor Country that imposes budget 
caps or restraints that do not allow the maintenance of 
or an increase in governmental spending on health care 
or education; and to promote government spending on 
health care, education, food aid, or other critical safety 
net programs in all of the Fund’s activities with respect 
to Heavily Indebted Poor Countries. 
(d) For purposes of this section ‘‘international finan-
cial institutions’’ are the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the Inter-American Develop-
ment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian De-
velopment Fund, the African Development Bank, the Afri-
can Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund, 
the North American Development Bank, and the Euro-
pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 
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DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 7031. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel-
opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern-
mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 
the United States Agency for International Development 
may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 
which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 
assistance provided under title III of this Act and, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 
shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was 
provided to that organization. 
AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES 
SEC. 7032. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC-
TION, OR CANCELLATION.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL 
CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may, in accordance with 
this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any 
concessional loan or portion thereof made before 
January 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, to the government of any eligible 
country as defined in section 702(6) of that Act or 
on receipt of payment from an eligible purchaser, re-
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duce or cancel such loan or portion thereof, only for 
the purpose of facilitating— 
(A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop-
ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or 
(B) a debt buyback by an eligible country 
of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible 
country uses an additional amount of the local 
currency of the eligible country, equal to not 
less than 40 percent of the price paid for such 
debt by such eligible country, or the difference 
between the price paid for such debt and the 
face value of such debt, to support activities 
that link conservation and sustainable use of 
natural resources with local community develop-
ment, and child survival and other child devel-
opment, in a manner consistent with sections 
707 through 710 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, if the sale, reduction, or cancellation 
would not contravene any term or condition of 
any prior agreement relating to such loan. 
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac-
cordance with this section, establish the terms and 
conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced, 
or canceled pursuant to this section. 
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(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined 
in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency 
primarily responsible for administering part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that 
the President has determined to be eligible, and 
shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, reduc-
tion, or cancellation of a loan pursuant to this sec-
tion. Such agency shall make adjustment in its ac-
counts to reflect the sale, reduction, or cancellation. 
(4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub-
section shall be available only to the extent that ap-
propriations for the cost of the modification, as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, are made in advance. 
(b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the 
sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, 
or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in 
the United States Government account or accounts estab-
lished for the repayment of such loan. 
(c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who 
presents plans satisfactory to the President for using the 
loan for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, 
debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 
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(d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to 
any eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation 
pursuant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible 
country, the President should consult with the country 
concerning the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or 
canceled and their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt- 
for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt 
Restructuring’’. 
SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST 
SEC. 7033. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The 
President may reduce amounts owed to the United States 
(or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country 
as a result of— 
(1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 
222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 
(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under 
the Arms Export Control Act; or 
(3) any obligation or portion of such obligation, 
to pay for purchases of United States agricultural 
commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit 
Corporation under export credit guarantee programs 
authorized pursuant to section 5(f) of the Com-
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modity Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 
1948, as amended, section 4(b) of the Food for 
Peace Act of 1966, as amended (Public Law 89– 
808), or section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act 
of 1978, as amended (Public Law 95–501). 
(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi-
cial debt relief and referendum agreements, com-
monly referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’. 
(2) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only in such amounts or to such 
extent as is provided in advance by appropriations 
Acts. 
(3) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only with respect to countries with 
heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from 
the International Development Association, but not 
from the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’ 
countries. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country 
whose government— 
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(1) does not have an excessive level of military 
expenditures; 
(2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts 
of international terrorism; 
(3) is not failing to cooperate on international 
narcotics control matters; 
(4) (including its military or other security 
forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of 
gross violations of internationally recognized human 
rights; and 
(5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the 
application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. 
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Debt Restructuring’’. 
(e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A re-
duction of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be 
considered assistance for the purposes of any provision of 
law limiting assistance to a country. The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding 
section 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or 
section 321 of the International Development and Food 
Assistance Act of 1975. 
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SPECIAL AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 7034. (a) AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, PAKISTAN, 
LEBANON, MONTENEGRO, VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED 
CHILDREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appro-
priated under titles III through VI of this Act that are 
made available for assistance for Afghanistan may be 
made available notwithstanding section 7012 of this Act 
or any similar provision of law and section 660 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, and funds appropriated in 
titles III and VI of this Act that are made available for 
Iraq, Lebanon, Montenegro, Pakistan, and for victims of 
war, displaced children, and displaced Burmese, and to as-
sist victims of trafficking in persons and, subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations, to combat such trafficking, may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(b)(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the provi-
sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the Presi-
dent determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives and the President pro 
tempore of the Senate that it is important to the national 
security interests of the United States. 
(2) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION
OF WAIVER.—Any 
waiver pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no 
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more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 
apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 
(c) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 
award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro-
priated by this Act, the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development may provide an exception to the fair 
opportunity process for placing task orders under such 
contracts when the order is placed with any category of 
small or small disadvantaged business. 
(d) VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.—Section 594(a) of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2005 (enacted as division D 
of Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3038) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
(e) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHOR-
ITY.—In providing assistance with funds appropriated by 
this Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, support for a nation emerging from insta-
bility may be deemed to mean support for regional, dis-
trict, municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging 
from instability, as well as a nation emerging from insta-
bility. 
(f) INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1 and 11 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of 
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the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and the Support for 
East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, shall be 
made available notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 for assistance to address inhumane 
conditions in prisons and other detention facilities admin-
istered by foreign governments that the Secretary of State 
determines are making efforts to address, among other 
things, prisoners’ health, sanitation, nutrition and other 
basic needs. 
(g) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—The Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–167) is amended— 
(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 
2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2009, and 2010’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2009’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2010’’; and 
(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in 
subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting 
‘‘2010’’. 
(h) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Of the funds managed 
by the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance of the United States Agency for International 
Development, from this or any other Act, not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be made available as a general contribu-
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tion to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law. 
(i) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION
AND
RE-
INTEGRATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, regulation or Executive order, funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Disaster As-
sistance’’, and ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’ should be made 
available to support programs to disarm, demobilize, and 
reintegrate into civilian society former members of foreign 
terrorist organizations: Provided, That the Secretary of 
State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
prior to the obligation of funds pursuant to this sub-
section: Provided further, That for the purposes of this 
subsection the term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ 
means an organization designated as a terrorist organiza-
tion under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act. 
(j) PROGRAM
FOR RESEARCH
AND TRAINING
ON 
EASTERN EUROPE AND THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF 
THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available to carry 
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out the Program for Research and Training on Eastern 
Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union (title VIII) as authorized by the Soviet-Eastern Eu-
ropean Research and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 
4501–4508, as amended). 
(k) MIDDLE EAST FOUNDATION.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts for a Middle East Foun-
dation shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(l) INTERPARLIAMENTARY EXCHANGES.—Of the un-
obligated funds in the ‘‘Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Programs’’ appropriation account, $411,687 shall 
be transferred to the permanent appropriation for delega-
tion expenses provided under Section 303 of the Depart-
ments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988, as enacted 
into law by section 101(a) of Public Law 100–202 (22 
USC 276e note), for the purpose of conducting Inter-
parliamentary Exchanges and shall remain available until 
expended. 
ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL 
SEC. 7035. It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 
secondary boycott of American firms that have com-
mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 
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in the region and to United States investment and 
trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 
(2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret-
tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 
publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 
Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 
(3) all Arab League states should normalize re-
lations with their neighbor Israel; 
(4) the President and the Secretary of State 
should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab 
League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to 
demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking 
into consideration the participation of any recipient 
country in the boycott when determining to sell 
weapons to said country; and 
(5) the President should report to Congress an-
nually on specific steps being taken by the United 
States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 
their relations with Israel to bring about the termi-
nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, includ-
ing those to encourage allies and trading partners of 
the United States to enact laws prohibiting busi-
nesses from complying with the boycott and penal-
izing businesses that do comply. 
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PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 
SEC. 7036. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 
of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 
this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 
unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 
the appropriate congressional committees that— 
(1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 
state— 
(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 
to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 
(B) is taking appropriate measures to 
counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 
West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 
of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 
with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 
security organizations; and 
(2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 
entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 
other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef-
forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 
peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 
an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 
context of full and normal relationships, which 
should include— 
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(A) termination of all claims or states of 
belligerency; 
(B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 
sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 
independence of every state in the area through 
measures including the establishment of demili-
tarized zones; 
(C) their right to live in peace within se-
cure and recognized boundaries free from 
threats or acts of force; 
(D) freedom of navigation through inter-
national waterways in the area; and 
(E) a framework for achieving a just set-
tlement of the refugee problem. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the governing entity should enact a constitution 
assuring the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and 
respect for human rights for its citizens, and should enact 
other laws and regulations assuring transparent and ac-
countable governance. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 
(a) if he determines that it is important to the national 
security interests of the United States to do so. 
(d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 
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Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 
governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 
of subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 
7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance to the Pales-
tinian Authority’’). 
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7037. None of the funds appropriated under ti-
tles II through VI of this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to create in any part of Jerusalem a new office 
of any department or agency of the United States Govern-
ment for the purpose of conducting official United States 
Government business with the Palestinian Authority over 
Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing 
entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin-
ciples: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to 
the acquisition of additional space for the existing Con-
sulate General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meet-
ings between officers and employees of the United States 
and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor 
Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel- 
PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of con-
ducting official United States Government business with 
such authority should continue to take place in locations 
other than Jerusalem. As has been true in the past, offi-
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