I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2764 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2007 
Ordered to be printed with the amendment of the Senate 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 
AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State 
and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing employment, without regard to civil service and classi-
fication laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to ex-
ceed $700,000 of this appropriation), as authorized by 
section 801 of the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948; representation to certain 
international organizations in which the United States 
participates pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the 
advice and consent of the Senate or specific Acts of Con-
gress; arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament ac-
tivities as authorized; acquisition by exchange or purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by law; and for 
expenses of general administration, $3,820,018,000 (re-
duced by $36,700,000) (reduced by $1,000,000): Pro-
vided, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds in the ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic 
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and Consular Service’’ appropriations account, to be avail-
able only for emergency evacuations and terrorism re-
wards: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, not less than $363,905,000 shall 
be available only for public diplomacy international infor-
mation programs: Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be 
available for the Secretary to establish and operate a pub-
lic/private interagency public diplomacy center which shall 
serve as a program integration and coordination entity for 
United States public diplomacy programs: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts appropriated under this head-
ing, $4,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for compensation to the families of members of the For-
eign Service or other United States Government employees 
or their dependents, who were killed in terrorist attacks 
since 1979: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available for compensation in the previous proviso may be 
obligated without specific authorization in a subsequent 
Act of Congress: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be 
available only for the operations of the Office on Right- 
Sizing the United States Government Overseas Presence: 
Provided further, That not less than $5,000,000 shall be 
for the Program for Research and Training on Eastern 
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Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union (title VIII) as authorized by the Soviet-Eastern Eu-
ropean Research and Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 
4501–4508, as amended): Provided further, That funds 
available under this heading may be available for a United 
States Government interagency task force to examine, co-
ordinate and oversee United States participation in the 
United Nations headquarters renovation project: Provided 
further, That no funds may be obligated or expended for 
processing licenses for the export of satellites of United 
States origin (including commercial satellites and satellite 
components) to the People’s Republic of China unless, at 
least 15 days in advance, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are 
notified of such proposed action: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading are available, pur-
suant to 31 U.S.C. 1108(g), for the field examination of 
programs and activities in the United States funded from 
any account contained in this title. 
In addition, not to exceed $1,558,390 shall be derived 
from fees collected from other executive agencies for lease 
or use of facilities located at the International Center in 
accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act; 
in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, 
$490,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by 
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that section, to be used for the purposes set out in that 
section; in addition, as authorized by section 810 of the 
United States Information and Educational Exchange 
Act, not to exceed $6,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, may be credited to this appropriation from fees 
or other payments received from English teaching, library, 
motion pictures, and publication programs and from fees 
from educational advising and counseling and exchange 
visitor programs; and, in addition, not to exceed $15,000, 
which shall be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, 
and fees for use of Blair House facilities. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, $964,760,000, to remain available until expended. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, $59,062,000, to remain available until expended, 
as authorized: Provided, That section 135(e) of Public 
Law 103–236 shall not apply to funds available under this 
heading. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $32,508,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), 
as it relates to post inspections. 
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EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange 
programs, as authorized, $501,400,000, to remain avail-
able
until
expended:
Provided,
That
not
to
exceed 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 
credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 
received from or in connection with English teaching, edu-
cational advising and counseling programs, and exchange 
visitor programs as authorized: Provided further, That of 
the
amount
made
available
under
this
heading, 
$6,000,000 shall be transferred to the Fund established 
by section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151). 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
For
representation
allowances
as
authorized, 
$8,175,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 
Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 
services, as authorized, $28,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–303), pre-
serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings 
that are owned or directly leased by the Department of 
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State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise available, 
the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the Dip-
lomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 
$729,898,000, to remain available until expended as au-
thorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 
domestic and overseas representation as authorized: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated in this para-
graph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, fur-
nishings, or generators for other departments and agen-
cies. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades,
acquisition,
and
construction
as
authorized, 
$806,900,000, to remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of 
State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo-
matic and Consular Service, $14,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended as authorized, of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
‘‘Repatriation Loans Program Account’’, subject to the 
same terms and conditions. 
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REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $678,000, as authorized: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $607,000, which may 
be transferred to and merged with funds in the ‘‘Diplo-
matic and Consular Programs’’ account. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $16,351,000. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $158,900,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
to meet annual obligations of membership in international 
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
tions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,354,400,000: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of 
the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 
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under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
transmit to the Committees on Appropriations the most 
recent biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for 
the operations of the United Nations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance (or in an 
emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of any 
United Nations action to increase funding for any United 
Nations program without identifying an offsetting de-
crease elsewhere in the United Nations budget and cause 
the United Nations budget for the biennium 2008–2009 
to exceed the revised United Nations budget level for the 
biennium 2006–2007 of $4,173,895,900: Provided further, 
That any payment of arrearages under this title shall be 
directed toward special activities that are mutually agreed 
upon by the United States and the respective international 
organization: Provided further, That none of the funds ap-
propriated in this paragraph shall be available for a 
United States contribution to an international organiza-
tion for the United States share of interest costs made 
known to the United States Government by such organiza-
tion for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, 
through external borrowings. 
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CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
security, $1,302,000,000, of which 15 percent shall re-
main available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That 
none of the funds made available under this Act shall be 
obligated or expended for any new or expanded United 
Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in 
advance of voting for the new or expanded mission in the 
United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency as 
far in advance as is practicable): (1) the Committees on 
Appropriations and other appropriate committees of the 
Congress are notified of the estimated cost and length of 
the mission, the national interest that will be served, and 
the planned exit strategy; (2) the Committees on Appro-
priations and other appropriate committees of the Con-
gress are notified that the United Nations has taken ap-
propriate measures to prevent United Nations employees, 
contractor personnel, and peacekeeping forces serving in 
any United Nations peacekeeping mission from trafficking 
in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or committing 
acts of illegal sexual exploitation, and to hold accountable 
individuals who engage in such acts while participating in 
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