affairs of the United States and for other purposes author-
ized by law: 
(1) INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY
AND
WATER 
COMMISSION, UNITED
STATES
AND
MEXICO.—For 
‘‘International Boundary and Water Commission, 
United States and Mexico’’—
(A) 
for 
‘‘Salaries 
and 
Expenses’’, 
$28,200,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2006 
and 
$28,200,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
(B) for ‘‘Construction’’, $6,100,000 for fis-
cal year 2006 and $6,100,000 for fiscal year 
2007. 
(2) INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY
COMMISSION, 
UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—For ‘‘International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada’’, 
$1,429,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $1,429,000 for 
fiscal year 2007. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION.—For 
‘‘International Joint Commission’’, $6,320,000 for 
fiscal year 2006 and $6,320,000 for fiscal year 
2007. 
(4) 
INTERNATIONAL
FISHERIES
COMMIS-
SIONS.—For ‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’, 
$25,123,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $25,123,000 
for fiscal year 2007.
SEC. 104. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of State for ‘‘Migration and 
Refugee 
Assistance’’ 
for 
authorized 
activities, 
$955,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $983,650,000 for 
fiscal year 2007. 
(b) REFUGEES RESETTLING
IN ISRAEL.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection 
(a), there are authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 
for resettlement of refugees in Israel. 
(c) PILOT PROGRAM
FOR LONG-TERM REFUGEE 
POPULATIONS.—
(1) PILOT PROGRAM.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under subsection (a), there 
are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for 
fiscal year 2006 and $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2007 
for the establishment and implementation of a two-
year pilot program to improve conditions for long-
term refugee populations that are currently assisted 
in camps or other segregated settlements. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the pilot 
program under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
State shall—
(A) seek to protect and ensure basic rights 
granted to refugees under the 1951 Convention
Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 
1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refu-
gees; 
(B) seek innovative modules or methods to 
assist long-term refugee populations both within 
and outside traditional camp settings, as appro-
priate, that support refugees living or working 
in local communities, such as integration of ref-
ugees into local schools and services, resource 
conservation and livelihood projects designed to 
diminish conflict between refugee hosting com-
munities and refugees, and engagement of civil 
society components of refugee hosting commu-
nities in a policy dialogue with the United Na-
tions 
High 
Commissioner 
for 
Refugees 
(UNHCR) and international and nongovern-
mental refugee assistance organizations to en-
hance options to assist refugees and promote 
the rights to which refugees may be entitled 
under the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol; 
(C) provide a United States voluntary con-
tribution to UNHCR to conduct the pilot pro-
gram in cooperation with nongovernmental or-
ganizations with expertise in the protection of 
refugee rights, one or more major operational
humanitarian assistance agencies, and in con-
sultation with host countries, the United States, 
and other donor countries; and 
(D) urge UNHCR to select not less than 
three host countries in which to conduct the 
pilot program. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date on which the first pilot program is established 
pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on the implementation of this subsection, the 
development of innovative models to protect and as-
sist refugees, and recommendations for ensuring ref-
ugee rights are respected in countries of temporary 
asylum. 
(d) INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN EASTERN 
BURMA.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro-
priated $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $3,000,000 
for fiscal year 2007 for assistance to Thailand-based non-
governmental organizations operating along the border be-
tween Thailand and Burma to provide food, medical, and 
other humanitarian assistance to internally displaced per-
sons in eastern Burma.
SEC. 105. CENTERS AND FOUNDATIONS. 
(a) ASIA FOUNDATION.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated for ‘‘The Asia Foundation’’ for authorized 
activities, $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 
$18,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. 
(b) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT
FOR DEMOCRACY.—
There are authorized to be appropriated for the ‘‘National 
Endowment for Democracy’’ for authorized activities, 
$80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $80,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2007. 
(c) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTER-
CHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated for the ‘‘Center for Cultural and 
Technical Interchange Between East and West’’ for au-
thorized activities, $13,024,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 
$13,024,000 for fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 106. UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING 
ACTIVITIES. 
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out United States Government inter-
national broadcasting activities under the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the 
Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the Television Broad-
casting to Cuba Act, the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994, and the Foreign Affairs Re-
form and Restructuring Act of 1998, and to carry out 
other authorities in law consistent with such purposes: 
(1) 
INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING
OPER-
ATIONS.—For ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, $603,394,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 
$621,495,820 for fiscal year 2007. Of the amounts 
authorized to be appropriated under this paragraph, 
$5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2006 and $5,000,000 is authorized to be 
appropriated for fiscal year 2007 for increased 
broadcasting to Belarus. 
(2) BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.—
For 
‘‘Broadcasting 
Capital 
Improvements’’, 
$10,893,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $10,893,000 
for fiscal year 2007. 
(3) BROADCASTING
TO
CUBA.—For ‘‘Broad-
casting to Cuba’’, $37,656,000 for fiscal year 2006 
and $29,931,000 for fiscal year 2007, to remain 
available until expended, for necessary expenses to 
enable the Broadcasting Board of Governors to 
carry out broadcasting to Cuba, including the pur-
chase, rent, construction, and improvement of facili-
ties for radio and television transmission and recep-
tion, and the purchase, lease, and installation of nec-