1135 
Provided, That up to $3,500,000 of the funds made avail-
able by this Act for assistance under the heading ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’ may be used to reimburse such agencies, 
institutions, and organizations for such costs of such indi-
viduals carrying out other development assistance activi-
ties: Provided further, That funds appropriated by titles III 
and IV of this Act that are made available for bilateral 
assistance for child survival activities or disease programs 
including activities relating to research on, and the preven-
tion, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law except 
for the provisions under the heading ‘‘Global Health and 
Child Survival’’ and the United States Leadership Against 
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 
Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under title III of 
this Act, not less than $461,000,000 shall be made available 
for family planning/reproductive health. 
AFGHANISTAN 
SEC. 623. Of the funds appropriated under titles III 
and IV of this Act, not less than $1,057,050,000 should be 
made available for assistance for Afghanistan: Provided, 
That of the funds made available pursuant to this section, 
$3,000,000 should be made available for reforestation ac-
tivities: Provided further, That funds made available pursu-
ant to the previous proviso should be matched, to the max-
1136 
imum extent possible, with contributions from American 
and Afghan businesses: Provided further, That of the funds 
allocated for assistance for Afghanistan from this Act not 
less than $75,000,000 shall be made available to support 
programs that directly address the needs of Afghan women 
and girls, including for the Afghan Independent Human 
Rights Commission, the Afghan Ministry of Women’s Af-
fairs, and for women-led nonprofit organizations in Af-
ghanistan: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
by this Act that are available for Afghanistan, $20,000,000 
should be made available through United States universities 
to develop agriculture extension services for Afghan farmers, 
$2,000,000 should be made available for a United States 
contribution to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization/ 
International Security Assistance Force Post-Operations 
Humanitarian Relief Fund, and not less than $10,000,000 
should be made available for continued support of the 
United States Agency for International Development’s Af-
ghan Civilian Assistance Program. 
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 624. Prior to providing excess Department of De-
fense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same extent 
and under the same conditions as are other committees pur-
suant to subsection (f) of that section: Provided, That before
1137 
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 accord-
ance with the regular notification procedures of such Com-
mittees 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 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 receive such excess defense ar-
ticles: Provided further, That such Committees shall also be 
informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense ar-
ticles. 
GLOBAL FUND MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 625. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, 20 percent of the funds that are appropriated by 
this Act for a contribution to support the Global Fund to 
Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the ‘‘Global 
Fund’’) shall be withheld from obligation to the Global 
Fund until the Secretary of State certifies to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that the Global Fund— 
(1) is releasing incremental disbursements only 
if grantees demonstrate progress against clearly de-
fined performance indicators; 
(2) is providing support and oversight to coun-
try-level entities, such as country coordinating mecha-
1138 
nisms, principal recipients, and Local Fund Agents 
(LFAs), to enable them to fulfill their mandates; 
(3) has a full-time, professional, independent Of-
fice of Inspector General that is fully operational; 
(4) requires LFAs to assess whether a principal 
recipient has the capacity to oversee the activities of 
sub-recipients; 
(5) is making progress toward implementing a 
reporting system that breaks down grantee budget al-
locations by programmatic activity; 
(6) has adopted and is implementing a policy to 
publish on a publicly available website the reports of 
the Global Fund’s Inspector General in a manner 
that is consistent with the Policy for Disclosure of Re-
ports of the Inspector General as approved at the 16th 
Meeting of the Board of the Global Fund to Fight 
AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and 
(7) is tracking and encouraging the involvement 
of civil society, including faith-based organizations, 
in country coordinating mechanisms and program 
implementation. 
(b) The Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations not later than 120 days 
after enactment of this Act on the involvement of faith-based
1139 
organizations in Global Fund programs. The report shall 
include— 
(1) on a country-by-country basis— 
(A) a description of the amount of grants 
and sub-grants provided to faith-based organiza-
tions; and 
(B) a detailed description of the involve-
ment of faith-based organizations in the Country 
Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) process of the 
Global Fund; and 
(2) a description of actions the Global Fund is 
taking to enhance the involvement of faith-based orga-
nizations in the CCM process, particularly in coun-
tries in which the involvement of faith-based organi-
zations has been underrepresented. 
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 626. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assist-
ance under any heading of this Act and funds appropriated 
under any such heading in a provision of law enacted prior 
to the enactment of this Act, shall not be made available 
to any country which the President determines— 
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any in-
dividual or group which has committed an act of 
international terrorism; or 
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism.
1140 
(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 Fed-
eral Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver takes 
effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
waiver (including the justification for the waiver) in ac-
cordance with the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 627. In order to enhance the continued participa-
tion of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-develop-
ment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental or-
ganization 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 pro-
vided under title III of this Act and, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, any interest earned on such investment shall be used 
for the purpose for which the assistance was provided to 
that organization. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 628. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CUR-
RENCIES.—
1141 
(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 genera-
tion of local currencies of that country, the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development shall— 
(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 ac-
count. 
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 
agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur-
1142 
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— 
(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 equiv-
alent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant to 
subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the 
purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2). 
(4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.— 
Upon termination of assistance to a country under 
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as 
the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 
funds which remain in a separate account established 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of for
1143 
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 
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 subsection 
(a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount 
of local currency (and United States dollar equiva-
lent) 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 govern-
ment of a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 of 
part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as cash transfer assistance or as 
nonproject sector assistance, that country shall be re-
quired to maintain such funds in a separate account 
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
1144 
provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explana-
tory Statement of the Committee of Conference accom-
panying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report 
No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to ob-
ligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector 
assistance, the President shall submit a notification 
through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, which shall include a 
detailed description of how the funds proposed to be 
made available will be used, with a discussion of the 
United States interests that will be served by the as-
sistance (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 notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
ENTERPRISE FUND RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 629. (a) Prior to the distribution of any assets 
resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up 
of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in ac-
cordance with the regular notification procedures of the
1145 
Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution 
of the assets of the Enterprise Fund. 
(b) Funds made available under titles II through V 
of this Act for Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the 
minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for 
projects and activities. 
FINANCIAL MARKET ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 630. Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’, ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’, ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Affairs Technical Assist-
ance’’, ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former 
Soviet 
Union’’, 
‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-Terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs’’, and ‘‘Assistance for 
Eastern Europe and Baltic States’’, not less than 
$40,000,000 should be made available for building capital 
markets and financial systems in countries eligible to re-
ceive United States assistance. 
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 631. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities au-
thorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the
1146 
Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly report to 
the Committees on Appropriations whenever it is con-
ducting activities or is proposing to conduct activities in 
a country for which assistance is prohibited. 
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 632. None of the funds appropriated under titles 
II through V of this Act may be obligated or expended 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 induce-
ment is likely to reduce the number of employees 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 activ-
ity that contributes to the violation of internationally 
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 of sec-
tion 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should be com-
mensurate with the level of development of the recipi-
ent country and sector, and shall not preclude assist-
1147 
ance for the informal sector in such country, micro 
and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder agri-
culture. 
COMPREHENSIVE EXPENDITURES REPORT 
SEC. 633. Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 
total amount of United States Government expenditures in 
fiscal years 2005 and 2006, by Federal agency, for pro-
grams and activities in each foreign country, identifying 
the line item as presented in the President’s Budget Appen-
dix and the purpose for which the funds were provided: Pro-
vided, That if required, information may be submitted in 
classified form. 
SPECIAL AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 634. (a) AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, PAKISTAN, LEB-
ANON, MONTENEGRO, VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL-
DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated 
under titles II through V of this Act that are made available 
for assistance for Afghanistan may be made available not-
withstanding section 612 of this Act or any similar provi-
sion of law and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, and funds appropriated in titles II and III of this 
Act that are made available for Iraq, Lebanon, Montenegro, 
Pakistan, and for victims of war, displaced children, and 
displaced Burmese, and to assist victims of trafficking in
1148 
persons and, subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations, to combat such traf-
ficking, may be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
(b) TROPICAL FORESTRY
AND BIODIVERSITY CON-
SERVATION ACTIVITIES.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and 
chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for the purpose of supporting tropical forestry and biodiver-
sity conservation activities and energy programs aimed at 
reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided, That such as-
sistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(c) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 
chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, and title II of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be used by 
the United States Agency for International Development to 
employ up to 25 personal services contractors in the United 
States, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 
purpose of providing direct, interim support for new or ex-
panded overseas programs and activities managed by the 
agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired and
1149 
trained: Provided, That not more than 10 of such contrac-
tors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds appropriated to carry out title II of 
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954, may be made available only for personal services con-
tractors assigned to the Office of Food for Peace. 
(d)(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 waiv-
er pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no more 
than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply 
beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 
(e) 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 con-
tracts when the order is placed with any category of small 
or small disadvantaged business. 
(f) VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.—Section 594(a) of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
1150 
grams Appropriations Act, 2005 (enacted as division D of 
Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3038) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’. 
(g) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHORITY.— 
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 instability 
may be deemed to mean support for regional, district, mu-
nicipal, or other sub-national entity emerging from insta-
bility, as well as a nation emerging from instability. 
(h) CHINA PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, of the funds appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘Development Assistance’’ in this Act, not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be made available to United States edu-
cational institutions and nongovernmental organizations 
for programs and activities in the People’s Republic of 
China relating to the environment, democracy, and the rule 
of law: Provided, That funds made available pursuant to 
this authority shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(i) MIDDLE EAST FOUNDATION.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act and prior Acts for a Middle East Foundation 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations.
1151 
(j) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 1365(c) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1993 (Public Law 102–484; 22 U.S.C. 2778 note) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘During the 16 year period beginning on 
October 23, 1992’’ and inserting ‘‘During the 22 year pe-
riod beginning on October 23, 1992’’ before the period at 
the end. 
(k) 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 
2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2007, and 2008’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2007’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2008’’; and 
(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in sub-
section (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2008’’. 
(l) 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-
tion to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law.
1152 
(m) CAPITAL SECURITY COST-SHARING.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, of the funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construc-
tion, and Maintenance’’, not less than $2,000,000 shall be 
made available for the Capital Security Cost-Sharing fees 
of the Library of Congress. 
(n) 
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 foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs under 
the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping 
Operations’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, and 
‘‘Transition Initiatives’’ should be made available to sup-
port programs to disarm, demobilize, and reintegrate into 
civilian society former members of foreign terrorist organi-
zations: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obliga-
tion of funds pursuant to this subsection: Provided further, 
That for the purposes of this subsection, ‘‘International Dis-
aster Assistance’’ may also mean ‘‘International Disaster 
and Famine Assistance’’: Provided further, That for the 
purposes of this subsection the term ‘‘foreign terrorist orga-
nization’’ means an organization designated as a terrorist
1153 
organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act. 
(o) NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—With re-
spect to the provision of assistance for democracy, human 
rights and governance activities, the organizations imple-
menting such assistance and the specific nature of that as-
sistance shall not be subject to the prior approval by the 
government of any foreign country. 
(p) 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 the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, and the Support for East European Democracy 
(SEED) Act of 1989, may be used to provide assistance to 
improve conditions in prison facilities administered by for-
eign governments, including among other things, activities 
to improve prison sanitation and ensure the availability 
of adequate food, drinking water and medical care for pris-
oners: Provided, That assistance made available under this 
subsection may be made available notwithstanding section 
660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(q) PROGRAM
FOR RESEARCH
AND TRAINING
ON 
EASTERN EUROPE AND THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE 
FORMER SOVIET UNION.—Of the funds appropriated by
1154 
this Act under the heading, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 
less than $5,000,000 shall be made available to carry 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 European 
Research and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501–4508, 
as amended). 
(r) BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS AUTHOR-
ITY.—Section 504(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 
6206 note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2008’’. 
(s) TRANSATLANTIC LEGISLATORS’ DIALOGUE AU-
THORITY.—Section 109(c) of Public Law 98–164 is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’. 
(t) 
OPIC 
AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding 
section 
235(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2195(a)(2)), the authority of subsections (a) through (c) of 
section 234 of such Act shall remain in effect through April 
1, 2008. 
ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL 
SEC. 635. 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
1155 
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 rela-
tions 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 dem-
onstrate that opposition by, for example, taking into 
consideration the participation of any recipient coun-
try 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, including 
those to encourage allies and trading partners of the 
United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses 
from complying with the boycott and penalizing busi-
nesses that do comply.
1156 
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 636. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained under ti-
tles II through V of 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 orga-
nizations 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 Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: Provided, That 
before using the authority of this subsection to furnish as-
sistance in support of programs of nongovernmental organi-
zations, the President shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations 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 noth-
ing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any exist-
ing statutory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary 
sterilizations contained in this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2008, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict 
assistance under the Agricultural Trade Development and
1157 
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 regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that support 
international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of 
law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 637. (a) Funds appropriated under titles II 
through V of this Act which are specifically designated may 
be reprogrammed for other programs within the same ac-
count notwithstanding the designation if compliance with 
the designation is made impossible by operation of any pro-
vision of this or any other Act: Provided, That any such 
reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That assistance that is reprogrammed pursuant to
1158 
this subsection shall be made available under the same 
terms and conditions as originally provided. 
(b) In addition to the authority contained in sub-
section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap-
propriated by this Act and administered by the United 
States Agency for International Development that are spe-
cifically designated for particular programs or activities by 
this or any other Act shall be extended for an additional 
fiscal year if the Administrator of such agency determines 
and reports promptly to the Committees on Appropriations 
that the termination of assistance to a country or a signifi-
cant change in circumstances makes it unlikely that such 
designated funds can be obligated during the original period 
of availability: Provided, That such designated funds that 
are continued available for an additional fiscal year shall 
be obligated only for the purpose of such designation. 
(c) Ceilings and specifically designated funding levels 
contained in this Act shall not be applicable to funds or 
authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by 
any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs. 
Specifically designated funding levels or minimum funding 
requirements contained in any other Act shall not be appli-
cable to funds appropriated by this Act. 
ASIA 
SEC. 638. (a) FUNDING LEVELS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health and
1159 
Child Survival’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 
than the amount of funds initially allocated for each such 
account pursuant to subsection 653(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 for fiscal year 2007 shall be made avail-
able for Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam, Asia and Near 
East Regional, and Regional Development Mission/Asia: 
Provided, That for the purposes of this subsection, ‘‘Global 
Health and Child Survival’’ shall mean ‘‘Child Survival 
and Health Programs Fund’’. 
(b) BURMA.— 
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States executive director to each appro-
priate international financial institution in which 
the United States participates, to oppose and vote 
against the extension by such institution any loan or 
financial or technical assistance or any other utiliza-
tion of funds of the respective bank to and for Burma. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$13,000,000 shall be made available to support de-
mocracy activities in Burma, along the Burma-Thai-
land border, for activities of Burmese student groups 
and other organizations located outside Burma, and 
for the purpose of supporting the provision of human-
itarian assistance to displaced Burmese along Bur-
1160 
ma’s borders: Provided, That such funds may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law: 
Provided further, That in addition to assistance for 
Burmese refugees provided under the heading ‘‘Migra-
tion and Refugee Assistance’’ in this Act, not less 
than $3,000,000 shall be made available for commu-
nity-based organizations operating in Thailand to 
provide food, medical and other humanitarian assist-
ance to internally displaced persons in eastern 
Burma: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this paragraph shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(c) TIBET.— 
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct 
the United States executive director to each inter-
national financial institution to use the voice and 
vote of the United States to support projects in Tibet 
if such projects do not provide incentives for the mi-
gration and settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or 
facilitate the transfer of ownership of Tibetan land 
and natural resources to non-Tibetans; are based on 
a thorough needs-assessment; foster self-sufficiency of 
the Tibetan people and respect Tibetan culture and 
traditions; and are subject to effective monitoring.
1161 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not less than $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ should be made available to nongovernmental 
organizations to support activities which preserve cul-
tural traditions and promote sustainable development 
and environmental conservation in Tibetan commu-
nities in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and in 
other Tibetan communities in China, and not less 
than $250,000 should be made available to the Na-
tional Endowment for Democracy for human rights 
and democracy programs relating to Tibet. 
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA 
SEC. 639. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
within the United States not authorized before the date of 
the enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided, That 
not to exceed $25,000 may be made available to carry out 
the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96–533. 
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS 
SEC. 640. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to titles II through V of this Act for car-
rying 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
1162 
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for partici-
pation of another country’s delegation at international con-
ferences held under the auspices of multilateral or inter-
national organizations. 
REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS 
SEC. 641. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to titles II through V of this Act shall 
be available to a nongovernmental organization, including 
any contractor, which fails to provide upon timely request 
any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing re-
quirements of the United States Agency for International 
Development. 
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 titles II through V of this Act may 
be available to any foreign government which provides le-
thal military equipment to a country the government of 
which the Secretary of State has determined is a terrorist 
government for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Ad-
ministration 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 mili-
tary equipment. This section applies with respect to lethal
1163 
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 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-