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Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That such
amount is designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), as
made applicable to the House of Representatives by H. Res.
649 (108th Congress) and applicable to the Senate by sec-
tion 14007 of Public Law 108–287.
(b) Title II, chapter 2 of Public Law 108–106 is
amended under the heading ‘‘Other Bilateral Economic As-
sistance’’ by—
(1) in the first proviso, striking ‘‘10 percent’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘20 percent’’; and
(2) in the first proviso, striking ‘‘by more than
20 percent’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘by more
than 30 percent’’.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to
undertake any program authorized by title IV of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided, That funds
made available pursuant to the authority of this section
shall be subject to the regular reprogramming notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
COMPLIANCE WITH THE ALGIERS AGREEMENTS
SEC. 5096. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be made available for assistance for the central Gov-
ernments of Ethiopia or Eritrea unless the Secretary of
State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
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tions that such government is taking steps to comply with
the terms of the Algiers Agreements: Provided, That this sec-
tion shall not apply to democracy, rule of law, child sur-
vival and health, basic education, and agriculture pro-
grams.
NORTH KOREA AND BURMA
SEC. 5097. None of the funds made available in this
Act or prior Acts making appropriations for foreign oper-
ations, export financing, and related programs as a United
States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tu-
berculosis and Malaria may be made available for assist-
ance for the Government of North Korea or the State Peace
and Development Council in Burma, or affiliated groups
and organizations.
THAILAND
SEC. 5098. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act that
are available for the central Government of Thailand may
be made available if the Secretary of State determines and
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the cen-
tral Government of Thailand (1) supports the advancement
of democracy in Burma; (2) is not hampering the delivery
of humanitarian and other assistance to people in Thailand
who have fled Burma; and (3) is not forcibly repatriating
Burmese to Burma.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), of the funds appro-
priated by this Act, not less than $4,000,000 shall be made
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available to promote democracy and human rights in Thai-
land, and not less than $1,000,000 shall be made available
to promote and protect an independent media in Thailand.
(c) The Secretary of State may waive subsection (a)
if he determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that to do so is in the national security interest
of the United States.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS RELATED TO MULTILATERAL
DEVELOPMENT BANKS
SEC. 5099. (a) Section 1307 of the International Fi-
nancial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262m–7) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED BEFORE FAVORABLE
VOTE ON PROPOSAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall
instruct the United States Executive Director of each multi-
lateral development bank not to vote in favor of any pro-
posal (including but not limited to any kind of proposed
loan, credit, grant, guarantee, or policy) which would result
or be likely to result in a significant impact on the environ-
ment, unless the Secretary, after consultation with the Sec-
retary of State and the Administrators of the United States
Agency for International Development and the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, determines that for at least 120
days before the date of the vote—
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‘‘(1) an assessment analyzing the environmental
impacts of the proposal, including associated and cu-
mulative impacts, and of alternatives to the proposal,
has been completed by the borrower or the bank, and
has been made available to the board of directors of
the bank;
‘‘(2) the assessment (or a comprehensive sum-
mary of the assessment) and copies of any related
draft loan, credit, grant, guarantee, or policy (with
proprietary information redacted) have been made
available to the bank, affected groups, and local non-
governmental organizations; and
‘‘(3) environment and development agencies of
the member countries of the bank are notified that the
assessment (or a comprehensive summary of the as-
sessment) and any related draft loan, credit, grant,
guarantee, or policy are available on the bank’s
website.’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(g) 
MULTILATERAL
DEVELOPMENT
BANK
DE-
FINED.—In this title, the term ‘multilateral development
bank’ means the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, the International Development Association,
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the International Finance Corporation, the Multilateral In-
vestment Guarantee Agency, the African Development
Bank, the African Development Fund, the Asian Develop-
ment Bank, the North American Development Bank, the
Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter-American In-
vestment Corporation, any other institution (other than the
International 
Monetary 
Fund) 
specified 
in 
section
1701(c)(2), and any subsidiary of any such institution, and
in section 1504, the term ‘multilateral development institu-
tion’ includes the North American Development Bank and
any such subsidiary.’’
(b) Section 1303(b) of the International Financial In-
stitutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262m–7) is amended by striking
‘‘International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Develop-
ment Bank, and the African Development Bank’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘multilateral development banks’’.
(c) Not more than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue tem-
porary regulations to implement title XIII of the Inter-
national Financial Institutions Act, as amended, and, after
public notice and comment, final regulations not more than
one year thereafter.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
SEC. 5100. (a) ELIGIBILITY FOR IN-COUNTRY REF-
UGEE PROCESSING IN VIETNAM.—For purposes of eligi-