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the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 
Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the 
Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola-
tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained 
in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determina-
tion required under this section shall be in lieu of any de-
terminations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro-
vided further, That the drawdown made under this section 
for any tribunal shall not be construed as an endorsement 
or precedent for the establishment of any standing or per-
manent international criminal tribunal or court: Provided 
further, That funds made available for tribunals other 
than Yugoslavia, Rwanda, or the Special Court for Sierra 
Leone shall be made available subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
LANDMINES 
SEC. 546. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
that restricts assistance to foreign countries, demining 
equipment available to the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Department of State and 
used in support of the clearance of landmines and 
unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be 
disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, subject 
to such terms and conditions as the President may pre-
scribe.
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RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 547. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Je-
rusalem a new office of any department or agency of the 
United States Government for the purpose of conducting 
official United States Government business with the Pal-
estinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor 
Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-
PLO Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this re-
striction shall not apply to the acquisition of additional 
space for the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem: 
Provided further, That meetings between officers and em-
ployees of the United States and officials of the Pales-
tinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing 
entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin-
ciples, for the purpose of conducting 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, officers and employees of the United 
States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on 
other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now 
occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social 
contacts, and have incidental discussions.
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PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES 
SEC. 548. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 
activities or under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and 
Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘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. 
HAITI 
SEC. 549. The Government of Haiti shall be eligible 
to purchase defense articles and services under the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the Coast 
Guard. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 550. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of
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1961 may be obligated or expended with respect to pro-
viding funds to the Palestinian Authority. 
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 
(a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
President pro tempore of the Senate that waiving such 
prohibition is important to the national security interests 
of the United States. 
(c) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION
OF WAIVER.—Any 
waiver pursuant to subsection (b) 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. 
(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu-
ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail-
ing the steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest 
terrorists, confiscate weapons and dismantle the terrorist 
infrastructure. The report shall also include a description 
of how funds will be spent and the accounting procedures 
in place to ensure that they are properly disbursed. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES 
SEC. 551. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be provided to any unit of the security forces 
of a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible 
evidence that such unit has committed gross violations of 
human rights, unless the Secretary determines and reports
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to the Committees on Appropriations that the government 
of such country is taking effective measures to bring the 
responsible members of the security forces unit to justice: 
Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed 
to withhold funds made available by this Act from any 
unit of the security forces of a foreign country not credibly 
alleged to be involved in gross violations of human rights: 
Provided further, That in the event that funds are withheld 
from any unit pursuant to this section, the Secretary of 
State shall promptly inform the foreign government of the 
basis for such action and shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, assist the foreign government in taking effec-
tive measures to bring the responsible members of the se-
curity forces to justice. 
FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT 
SEC. 552. The annual foreign military training report 
required by section 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 shall be submitted by the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of State to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate by 
the date specified in that section. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 553. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Trade and Devel-
opment Agency’’, ‘‘Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion’’, and ‘‘Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’’, may be obli-
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gated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 
Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956. 
CAMBODIA 
SEC. 554. The Secretary of the Treasury should in-
struct the United States executive directors of the inter-
national financial institutions to use the voice and vote 
of the United States to oppose loans to the Central Gov-
ernment of Cambodia, except loans to meet basic human 
needs. 
PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 
SEC. 555. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 
of the funds appropriated by this Act may be provided 
to support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of 
State determines and certifies to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that—
(1) a new leadership of a Palestinian governing 
entity has been democratically elected through cred-
ible and competitive elections; 
(2) the elected governing entity of a new Pales-
tinian 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
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West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 
of terrorist infrastructures; 
(C) is establishing a new Palestinian secu-
rity entity that is cooperative with appropriate 
Israeli and other appropriate security organiza-
tions; and 
(3) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 
body 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—
(A) termination of all claims or states of 
belligerency; 
(B) respect for and acknowledgement of 
the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and polit-
ical independence of every state in the area 
through measures including the establishment 
of demilitarized zones; 
(C) their right to live in peace within se-
cure and recognized boundaries free from 
threats or acts of force;
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(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 newly-elected governing entity should enact 
a constitution assuring the rule of law, an independent ju-
diciary, and respect for human rights for its citizens, and 
should enact other laws and regulations assuring trans-
parent and accountable governance. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 
(a) if he determines that it is vital 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 
Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or a 
newly-elected governing entity, in order to help meet the 
requirements of subsection (a), consistent with the provi-
sions of section 550 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance 
to the Palestinian Authority’’). 
COLOMBIA 
SEC. 556. (a) DETERMINATION AND CERTIFICATION 
REQUIRED.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are 
available for assistance for the Colombian Armed Forces, 
may be made available as follows:
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(1) Up to 75 percent of such funds may be obli-
gated prior to a determination and certification by 
the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (2). 
(2) Up to 12.5 percent of such funds may be 
obligated only after the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that: 
(A) The Commander General of the Co-
lombian Armed Forces is suspending from the 
Armed Forces those members, of whatever rank 
who, according to the Minister of Defense or 
the Procuraduria General de la Nacion, have 
been credibly alleged to have committed gross 
violations of human rights, including extra-judi-
cial killings, or to have aided or abetted para-
military organizations. 
(B) The Colombian Government is vigor-
ously investigating and prosecuting those mem-
bers of the Colombian Armed Forces, of what-
ever rank, who have been credibly alleged to 
have committed gross violations of human 
rights, including extra-judicial killings, or to 
have aided or abetted paramilitary organiza-
tions, and is promptly punishing those members 
of the Colombian Armed Forces found to have
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committed such violations of human rights or to 
have aided or abetted paramilitary organiza-
tions. 
(C) The Colombian Armed Forces have 
made substantial progress in cooperating with 
civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities in 
such cases (including providing requested infor-
mation, such as the identity of persons sus-
pended from the Armed Forces and the nature 
and cause of the suspension, and access to wit-
nesses, relevant military documents, and other 
requested information). 
(D) The Colombian Armed Forces have 
made substantial progress in severing links (in-
cluding denying access to military intelligence, 
vehicles, and other equipment or supplies, and 
ceasing other forms of active or tacit coopera-
tion) at the command, battalion, and brigade 
levels, with paramilitary organizations, espe-
cially in regions where these organizations have 
a significant presence. 
(E) The Colombian Government is disman-
tling paramilitary leadership and financial net-
works by arresting commanders and financial
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backers, especially in regions where these net-
works have a significant presence. 
(3) The balance of such funds may be obligated 
after July 31, 2006, if the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the appropriate congressional 
committees, after such date, that the Colombian 
Armed Forces are continuing to meet the conditions 
contained in paragraph (2) and are conducting vig-
orous operations to restore government authority 
and respect for human rights in areas under the ef-
fective control of paramilitary and guerrilla organi-
zations. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Funds made 
available by this Act for the Colombian Armed Forces 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 
90 days thereafter until September 30, 2007, the Sec-
retary of State shall consult with internationally recog-
nized human rights organizations regarding progress in 
meeting the conditions contained in that subsection. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AIDED OR ABETTED.—The term ‘‘aided or 
abetted’’ means to provide any support to para-
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military groups, including taking actions which 
allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of 
such groups. 
(2) PARAMILITARY GROUPS.—The term ‘‘para-
military groups’’ means illegal self-defense groups 
and illegal security cooperatives. 
ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS 
SEC. 557. (a) DENIAL OF VISAS TO SUPPORTERS OF 
COLOMBIAN ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS.—Subject to sub-
section (b), the Secretary of State shall not issue a visa 
to any alien who the Secretary determines, based on cred-
ible evidence—
(1) has willfully provided any support to the 
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), 
the National Liberation Army (ELN), or the United 
Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), including 
taking actions or failing to take actions which allow, 
facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of such 
groups; or 
(2) has committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or 
otherwise participated in the commission of gross 
violations of human rights, including extra-judicial 
killings, in Colombia. 
(b) WAIVER.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 
Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees, on a case-by-case basis,
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that the issuance of a visa to the alien is necessary to 
support the peace process in Colombia or for urgent hu-
manitarian reasons. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 558. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 
equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 
other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 
Corporation. 
WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM 
SEC. 559. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2006, 30 
days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral 
West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State 
shall certify to the appropriate committees of Congress 
that procedures have been established to assure the Comp-
troller General of the United States will have access to 
appropriate United States financial information in order 
to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro-
gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 
(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 
the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 
ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through
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any individual, private or government entity, or edu-
cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 
to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has 
engaged in, terrorist activity. The Secretary of State shall, 
as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the steps 
to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall termi-
nate assistance to any individual, entity, or educational in-
stitution which he has determined to be involved in or ad-
vocating terrorist activity. 
(c) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act for assistance under the West Bank and Gaza 
program may be made available for the purpose of recog-
nizing or otherwise honoring individuals who commit, or 
have committed, acts of terrorism. 
(d) AUDITS.—
(1) The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall ensure 
that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 
and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 
subgrantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro-
gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 
ensure, among other things, compliance with this 
section. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are
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made available for assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza, up to $1,000,000 may be used by the Office 
of the Inspector General of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development for audits, inspec-
tions, and other activities in furtherance of the re-
quirements of this subsection. Such funds are in ad-
dition to funds otherwise available for such pur-
poses. 
(e) Subsequent to the certification specified in sub-
section (a), the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treat-
ment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 
West Bank and Gaza Program in fiscal year 2006 under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’. The audit shall 
address—
(1) the extent to which such Program complies 
with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c), 
and 
(2) an examination of all programs, projects, 
and activities carried out under such Program, in-
cluding both obligations and expenditures. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND 
SEC. 560. (a) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF CON-
TRIBUTION.—Of the amounts made available under 
‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ and ‘‘Child 
Survival and Health Programs Fund’’ for fiscal year
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2006, $34,000,000 shall be made available for the United 
Nations Population Fund (hereafter in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘UNFPA’’): Provided, That of this 
amount, not less than $25,000,000 shall be derived from 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘International Or-
ganizations and Programs’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Pro-
grams’’ in this Act that are available for UNFPA, that 
are not made available for UNFPA because of the oper-
ation of any provision of law, shall be transferred to 
‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’ and shall 
be made available for family planning, maternal, and re-
productive health activities, subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—
None of the funds made available under ‘‘International 
Organizations and Programs’’ may be made available for 
the UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Repub-
lic of China. 
(d) CONDITIONS
ON AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS.—
Amounts made available under ‘‘International Organiza-
tions and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2006 for the UNFPA 
may not be made available to UNFPA unless—
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(1) the UNFPA maintains amounts made avail-
able to the UNFPA under this section in an account 
separate from other accounts of the UNFPA; 
(2) the UNFPA does not commingle amounts 
made available to the UNFPA under this section 
with other sums; and 
(3) the UNFPA does not fund abortions. 
WAR CRIMINALS 
SEC. 561. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available pursuant to this Act may be 
made available for assistance, and the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
tors to the international financial institutions to vote 
against any new project involving the extension by such 
institutions of any financial or technical assistance, to any 
country, entity, or municipality whose competent authori-
ties have failed, as determined by the Secretary of State, 
to take necessary and significant steps to implement its 
international legal obligations to apprehend and transfer 
to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former 
Yugoslavia (the ‘‘Tribunal’’) all persons in their territory 
who have been indicted by the Tribunal and to otherwise 
cooperate with the Tribunal. 
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply 
to humanitarian assistance or assistance for democratiza-
tion.
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(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply unless 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that the competent au-
thorities of such country, entity, or municipality are—
(1) cooperating with the Tribunal, including ac-
cess for investigators to archives and witnesses, the 
provision of documents, and the surrender and 
transfer of indictees or assistance in their apprehen-
sion; and 
(2) are acting consistently with the Dayton Ac-
cords. 
(c) Not less than 10 days before any vote in an inter-
national financial institution regarding the extension of 
any new project involving financial or technical assistance 
or grants to any country or entity described in subsection 
(a), the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations a written justification for the proposed 
assistance, including an explanation of the United States 
position regarding any such vote, as well as a description 
of the location of the proposed assistance by municipality, 
its purpose, and its intended beneficiaries. 
(d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of 
State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, and the Secretary of the
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Treasury shall consult with representatives of human 
rights organizations and all government agencies with rel-
evant information to help prevent indicted war criminals 
from benefiting from any financial or technical assistance 
or grants provided to any country or entity described in 
subsection (a). 
(e) The Secretary of State may waive the application 
of subsection (a) with respect to projects within a country, 
entity, or municipality upon a written determination to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such assistance di-
rectly supports the implementation of the Dayton Accords. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘country’’ means 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. 
(2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ refers to the 
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, 
Montenegro and the Republika Srpska. 
(3) MUNICIPALITY.—The term ‘‘municipality’’ 
means a city, town or other subdivision within a 
country or entity as defined herein. 
(4) DAYTON ACCORDS.—The term ‘‘Dayton Ac-
cords’’ means the General Framework Agreement 
for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with 
annexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, November 
10 through 16, 1995.
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USER FEES 
SEC. 562. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States Executive Director at each inter-
national financial institution (as defined in section 
1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions Act) 
and the International Monetary Fund to oppose any loan, 
grant, strategy or policy of these institutions that would 
require user fees or service charges on poor people for pri-
mary education or primary healthcare, including preven-
tion and treatment efforts for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuber-
culosis, and infant, child, and maternal well-being, in con-
nection with the institutions’ financing programs. 
FUNDING FOR SERBIA 
SEC. 563. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for assistance for the central Govern-
ment of Serbia after May 31, 2006, if the President has 
made the determination and certification contained in sub-
section (c). 
(b) After May 31, 2006, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury should instruct the United States executive directors 
to the international financial institutions to support loans 
and assistance to the Government of Serbia and Monte-
negro subject to the conditions in subsection (c): Provided, 
That section 576 of the Foreign Operations, Export Fi-
nancing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, 
as amended, shall not apply to the provision of loans and
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assistance to the Government of Serbia and Montenegro 
through international financial institutions. 
(c) The determination and certification referred to in 
subsection (a) is a determination by the President and a 
certification to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Government of Serbia and Montenegro is—
(1) cooperating with the International Criminal 
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia including access 
for investigators, the provision of documents, and 
the surrender and transfer of indictees or assistance 
in their apprehension, including making all prac-
ticable efforts to apprehend and transfer Ratko 
Mladic; 
(2) taking steps that are consistent with the 
Dayton Accords to end Serbian financial, political, 
security and other support which has served to 
maintain separate Republika Srpska institutions; 
and 
(3) taking steps to implement policies which re-
flect a respect for minority rights and the rule of 
law. 
(d) This section shall not apply to Montenegro, 
Kosovo, humanitarian assistance or assistance to promote 
democracy.
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COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 564. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 
by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of 
part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding section 660 
of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness and account-
ability of civilian police authority through training and 
technical assistance in human rights, the rule of law, stra-
tegic planning, and through assistance to foster civilian 
police roles that support democratic governance including 
assistance for programs to prevent conflict, respond to dis-
asters, address gender-based violence, and foster improved 
police relations with the communities they serve. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 
the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST 
SEC. 565. (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
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(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-
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
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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—
(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
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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. 
AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES 
SEC. 566. (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 that restricts assistance to foreign coun-
tries, the President may, in accordance with this sec-
tion, sell to any eligible purchaser any concessional 
loan or portion thereof made before January 1, 
1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assistance 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, reduce or 
cancel such loan or portion thereof, only for the pur-
pose 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
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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. 
(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-
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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. 
(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.
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(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’’. 
BASIC EDUCATION 
SEC. 567. Of the funds appropriated by title II of 
this Act, not less than $465,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for basic education, of which not less than $250,000 
shall be provided to the Comptroller General of the United 
States to prepare an analysis of United States funded 
international basic education programs: Provided, That 
the analysis, which should be submitted to the Committee 
within nine months of enactment of this Act, shall include, 
but not be limited to: 
(1) the amount of funds provided for basic edu-
cation by all United States Government agencies in 
fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005; 
(2) a country-by-country and project-by-project 
breakdown of such funds; 
(3) an analysis of host country contributions to 
education at the local, provincial, and federal level; 
(4) the amount of funds, including loans, pro-
vided for basic education by other major bilateral 
donors 
and 
multilateral 
institutions, 
including 
United Nations agencies and the World Bank 
Group, including a historical view of such levels;
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(5) an analysis of United States efforts to in-
crease the commitment of other major bilateral do-
nors and multilateral institutions to basic education; 
(6) an analysis of how various United States 
Government agencies coordinate in the provision of 
such assistance, including how such coordination 
contributes to achievement of the Millennium Devel-
opment Goals with respect to basic education; 
(7) an analysis of the effect of the quadrupling 
of United States assistance for basic education since 
fiscal year 2001 on education programs in the devel-
oping world; and 
(8) recommendations on the content and struc-
ture of United States assistance that would increase 
its effectiveness in promoting literary and numeracy. 
RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS 
SEC. 568. Of the funds appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000 
should be made available to support reconciliation pro-
grams and activities which bring together individuals of 
different ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds from 
areas of civil conflict and war. 
SUDAN 
SEC. 569. (a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the 
funds appropriated by title II of this Act, not less than
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$367,000,000 should be made available for assistance for 
Sudan. 
(b) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—Subject to sub-
section (c): 
(1) Notwithstanding section 501(a) of the 
International Malaria Control Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106–570) or any other provision of law that re-
stricts funds for foreign countries, none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be made available for 
assistance for the Government of Sudan. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for the cost, as defined in 
section 502, of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees held 
by the Government of Sudan, including the cost of 
selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the 
United States, and modifying concessional loans, 
guarantees, and credit agreements. 
(c) Subsection (b) shall not apply if the Secretary of 
State determines and certifies to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that—
(1) the Government of Sudan has taken signifi-
cant steps to disarm and disband government-sup-
ported militia groups in the Darfur region;
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(2) the Government of Sudan and all govern-
ment-supported militia groups are honoring their 
commitments made in the cease-fire agreement of 
April 8, 2004; and 
(3) the Government of Sudan is allowing 
unimpeded access to Darfur to humanitarian aid or-
ganizations, the human rights investigation and hu-
manitarian teams of the United Nations, including 
protection officers, and an international monitoring 
team that is based in Darfur and that has the sup-
port of the United States. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (b) 
shall not apply to—
(1) humanitarian assistance; 
(2) assistance for Darfur and for areas outside 
the control of the Government of Sudan; and 
(3) assistance to support implementation of the 
Comprehensive Peace Agreement. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act and 
section 501 of Public Law 106–570, the terms ‘‘Govern-
ment of Sudan’’, ‘‘areas outside of control of the Govern-
ment of Sudan’’, and ‘‘area in Sudan outside of control 
of the Government of Sudan’’ shall have the same meaning 
and application as was the case immediately prior to June 
5, 2004, and, Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State,
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Blue Nile State and Abyei shall be deemed ‘‘areas outside 
of control of the Government of Sudan’’. 
TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING 
SEC. 570. Of the funds appropriated by this Act, 
under the headings ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, 
‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, 
‘‘Transition 
Initiatives’’, 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Affairs Tech-
nical Assistance’’, and ‘‘International Organizations and 
Programs’’, not less than $522,000,000 should be made 
available for trade capacity building assistance: Provided, 
That $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be 
made available for labor and environmental capacity build-
ing activities relating to the free trade agreement with the 
countries of Central America and the Dominican Republic. 
EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH 
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES 
SEC. 571. Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during 
fiscal year 2006, funds available to the Department of De-
fense may be expended for crating, packing, handling, and 
transportation of excess defense articles transferred under 
the authority of section 516 of such Act to Albania, Af-
ghanistan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugo-
slavian Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, India, Iraq, 
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova,
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Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. 
CUBA 
SEC. 572. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’ may be made available for assistance 
to the Government of Cuba. 
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE TRAINING 
SEC. 573. Programs funded under titles II and III 
of this Act that provide training for foreign police, judicial, 
and military officials, shall include instruction on how to 
address incidences and victims of gender-based violence: 
Provided, That the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Defense, shall report to the Committee 
on Appropriations, no later than 180 days after enactment 
of this Act, how such instruction is being incorporated into 
programs funded under titles II and III of this Act. 
LIMITATION ON ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND ASSISTANCE 
FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE 
PARTIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT 
SEC. 574. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ may be used to provide assistance to the govern-
ment of a country that is a party to the International 
Criminal Court and has not entered into an agreement 
with the United States pursuant to Article 98 of the Rome
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Statute preventing the International Criminal Court from 
proceeding against United States personnel present in 
such country. 
(b) The President may, with prior notice to Congress, 
waive the prohibition of subsection (a) with respect to a 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (‘‘NATO’’) member 
country, a major non-NATO ally (including Australia, 
Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Argentina, the Republic of 
Korea, and New Zealand), Taiwan, or such other country 
as he may determine if he determines and reports to the 
appropriate congressional committees that it is important 
to the national interests of the United States to waive such 
prohibition. 
(c) The President may, with prior notice to Congress, 
waive the prohibition of subsection (a) with respect to a 
particular country if he determines and reports to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that such country has 
entered into an agreement with the United States pursu-
ant to Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the 
International Criminal Court from proceeding against 
United States personnel present in such country. 
(d) The prohibition of this section shall not apply to 
countries otherwise eligible for assistance under the Mil-
lennium Challenge Act of 2003, notwithstanding section 
606(a)(2)(B) of such Act.
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TIBET 
SEC. 575. (a) 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 migration and 
settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or facilitate the 
transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and natural re-
sources 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 sub-
ject to effective monitoring. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law that 
restricts assistance to foreign countries, not less than 
$4,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should be made 
available to nongovernmental organizations to support ac-
tivities which preserve cultural traditions and promote 
sustainable development and environmental conservation 
in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Autonomous Re-
gion and in other Tibetan communities in China. 
CENTRAL AMERICA 
SEC. 576. Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs 
Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than the 
amount of funds initially allocated pursuant to section
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653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal 
year 2005 should be made available for El Salvador, Gua-
temala, Nicaragua and Honduras. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 577. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $75,000,000 of 
the funds made available in this Act to carry out the provi-
sions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, in-
cluding funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, may be used 
by the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment (USAID) to hire and employ individuals in the 
United States and overseas on a limited appointment basis 
pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS.—
(1) The number of individuals hired in any fis-
cal year pursuant to the authority contained in sub-
section (a) may not exceed 175. 
(2) The authority to hire individuals contained 
in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 
2008. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of this section may 
only be used to the extent that an equivalent number of 
positions that are filled by personal services contractors 
or other nondirect-hire employees of USAID, who are
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compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern 
Europe and the Baltic States’’, are eliminated. 
(d) PRIORITY SECTORS.—In exercising the authority 
of this section, primary emphasis shall be placed on ena-
bling USAID to meet personnel positions in technical skill 
areas currently encumbered by contractor or other non-
direct-hire personnel. 
(e) CONSULTATIONS.—The USAID Administrator 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations at 
least on a quarterly basis concerning the implementation 
of this section. 
(f) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 
charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 
under the authority of this section shall be the account 
to which such individual’s responsibilities primarily relate. 
Funds made available to carry out this section may be 
transferred to and merged and consolidated with funds ap-
propriated for ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development’’. 
(g) DISASTER
SURGE
CAPACITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Bal-
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tic States’’, may be used, in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes, for the cost (including the 
support costs) of individuals detailed to or employed by 
the United States Agency for International Development 
whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs in 
response to natural disasters. 
HIPC DEBT REDUCTION 
SEC. 578. Section 501(b) of H.R. 3425, as enacted 
into law by section 1000(a)(5) of division B of Public Law 
106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–311), is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) The Act of March 11, 1941 (chapter 11; 
55 Stat. 31; 22 U.S.C. 411 et seq.; commonly known 
as the ‘Lend-Lease Act’).’’
OPIC TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 579. Whenever the President determines that 
it is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under title II of this Act may be trans-
ferred to and merged with funds appropriated by this Act 
for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Program 
Account, to be subject to the terms and conditions of that 
account: Provided, That such funds shall not be available 
for administrative expenses of the Overseas Private In-
vestment Corporation: Provided further, That funds ear-
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marked by this Act shall not be transferred pursuant to 
this section: Provided further, That the exercise of such 
authority shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
CONFLICT RESPONSE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 580. Whenever the Secretary of State deter-
mines that it is in the national interest of the United 
States, the Secretary is authorized to furnish reconstruc-
tion and stabilization assistance, on such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary may determine, for the purpose of 
preventing, responding to, or enabling transition from con-
flict or civil strife in foreign countries or regions: Provided, 
That the Secretary may transfer up to $100,000,000 
among accounts of the Department of State and to other 
Federal agencies as necessary to carry out these authori-
ties: Provided further, That pursuant to a determination 
by the Secretary of State that it is in the national interest 
of the United States to prevent or respond to conflict or 
civil strife in foreign countries or regions, or to enable 
transition from such strife assistance provided under this 
paragraph, as well as assistance provided with funds ap-
propriated under titles II and III of this Act for countries 
subject to a determination made under this paragraph, 
may be used: Provided further, That the exercise of such
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authority shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
RESCISSION 
SEC. 581. Of the funds provided in title II of Public 
Law 108–447, under the heading ‘‘Other Bilateral Eco-
nomic Assistance, Economic Support Fund’’, $64,000,000 
is hereby rescinded. 
ANTICORRUPTION PROVISIONS 
SEC. 582. Twenty-five percent of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘International De-
velopment Association’’, shall be withheld from obligation 
until the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees that—
(a) World Bank procurement guidelines are ap-
plied to all procurement financed in whole or in part 
by a loan from the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development (IBRD) or a credit 
agreement or grant from the International Develop-
ment Association (IDA); 
(b) the World Bank proposal ‘‘Increasing the 
Use of Country Systems in Procurement’’ dated 
March 2005 has been withdrawn; 
(c) the World Bank is maintaining a strong 
central procurement office staffed with senior ex-
perts who are designated to address commercial con-
cerns, questions, and complaints regarding procure-
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ment procedures and payments under IDA and 
IBRD projects; 
(d) thresholds for international competitive bid-
ding are established to maximize international com-
petitive bidding in accordance with sound procure-
ment practices, including transparency, competition, 
and cost-effective results for the Borrowers; 
(e) all tenders under the World Bank’s national 
competitive bidding provisions are subject to the 
same advertisement requirements as tenders under 
international competitive bidding; and 
(f) loan agreements are made public between 
the World Bank and the Borrowers. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2006’’.
Union Calendar No. 92
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3057
[Report No. 109–152] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for foreign operations, ex-
port financing, and related programs for the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 2006, and for 
other purposes. 
JUNE 24, 2005
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed