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ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading that are made available for assistance 
programs for displaced and orphaned children and victims 
of war, not to exceed $37,500, in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes, may be used to monitor and 
provide oversight of such programs: Provided further, That 
of the aggregate amount of the funds appropriated by this 
Act that are made available for agriculture and rural devel-
opment programs, $40,000,000 shall be made available for 
plant biotechnology research and development: Provided 
further, That not less than $2,300,000 shall be made avail-
able for core support for the International Fertilizer Devel-
opment Center: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $22,000,000 
should be made available for the American Schools and 
Hospitals Abroad program: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$1,000,000 shall be made available for support of the United 
States Telecommunications Training Institute: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available for support 
of the International Real Property Foundation: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not less than $5,000,000 should be made available for pilot
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programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ugan-
da, Burundi, and Liberia to address sexual and gender-
based violence: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, in addition to funds made 
available pursuant to the previous proviso, not less than 
$8,000,000 should be made available for assistance for Libe-
ria: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for Water 
Missions International to develop clean water treatment 
projects in developing countries: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated by this Act, $100,000,000 shall be 
made available for drinking water supply projects and re-
lated activities. 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AND FAMINE ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses of the United States Agency for 
International Development to carry out the provisions of 
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for inter-
national disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction 
assistance, $335,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
In addition, for necessary expenses for assistance for 
famine prevention and relief, including for mitigation of 
the effects of famine, $50,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such funds shall be made avail-
able utilizing the general authorities of section 491 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be in addition
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to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph shall 
be available for obligation subject to prior consultation with 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for international disaster reha-
bilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section 
491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $50,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to support transition to 
democracy and to long-term development of countries in cri-
sis: Provided, That such support may include assistance to 
develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and 
processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the 
peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the 
United States Agency for International Development shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at 
least 5 days prior to beginning a new program of assist-
ance: Provided further, That if the President determines 
that is important to the national interests of the United 
States to provide transition assistance in excess of the 
amount 
appropriated 
under 
this 
heading, 
up 
to 
$15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry 
out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading and under 
the authorities applicable to funds appropriated under this 
heading: Provided further, That funds made available pur-