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priations stating that such parking fines and penalties and 
unpaid property taxes are fully paid. 
(b) Funds withheld from obligation pursuant to sub-
section (a) may be made available for other programs or 
activities funded by this Act, after consultation with and 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, provided that no such funds shall 
be made available for assistance for the central government 
of a foreign country that has not paid the total amount 
of the fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties and un-
paid property taxes owed by such country. 
(c) Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that have 
been withheld under any other provision of law. 
(d)(1) The Secretary of State may waive the require-
ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to parking 
fines and penalties no sooner than 60 days from the date 
of enactment of this Act, or at any time with respect to 
a particular country, if the Secretary determines that it 
is in the national interests of the United States to do so. 
(2) The Secretary of State may waive the requirements 
set forth in subsection (a) with respect to the unpaid prop-
erty taxes if the Secretary of State determines that it is 
in the national interests of the United States to do so. 
(e) Not later than 6 months after the initial exercise 
of the waiver authority in subsection (d), the Secretary of
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State, after consultations with the City of New York, shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations de-
scribing a strategy, including a timetable and steps cur-
rently being taken, to collect the parking fines and penalties 
and unpaid property taxes and interest owed by nations 
receiving foreign assistance under this Act. 
(f) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘fully adjudicated’’ includes cir-
cumstances in which the person to whom the vehicle 
is registered— 
(A)(i) has not responded to the parking vio-
lation summons; or 
(ii) has not followed the appropriate adju-
dication procedure to challenge the summons; 
and 
(B) the period of time for payment of or 
challenge to the summons has lapsed. 
(2) The term ‘‘parking fines and penalties’’ 
means parking fines and penalties— 
(A) owed to— 
(i) the District of Columbia; or 
(ii) New York, New York; and 
(B) incurred during the period April 1, 
1997, through September 30, 2007.
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(3) The term ‘‘unpaid property taxes’’ means the 
amount of unpaid taxes and interest determined to be 
owed by a foreign country on real property in the 
District of Columbia or New York, New York in a 
court order or judgment entered against such country 
by a court of the United States or any State or sub-
division thereof. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST 
BANK AND GAZA 
SEC. 644. None of the funds appropriated under titles 
II through V of this Act may be obligated for assistance 
for the Palestine Liberation Organization for the West Bank 
and Gaza unless the President has exercised the authority 
under section 604(a) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation 
Act of 1995 (title VI of Public Law 104–107) or any other 
legislation to suspend or make inapplicable section 307 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and that suspension is 
still in effect: Provided, That if the President fails to make 
the certification under section 604(b)(2) of the Middle East 
Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 or to suspend the prohibition 
under other legislation, funds appropriated by this Act may 
not be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation 
Organization for the West Bank and Gaza. 
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN 
SEC. 645. If the President determines that doing so 
will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding
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genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to 
$30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Na-
tions War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to 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 violations, without 
regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) 
thereof: Provided, That the determination required under 
this section shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise 
required under section 552(c): Provided further, That funds 
made available for tribunals other than Yugoslavia, Rwan-
da, or the Special Court for Sierra Leone shall be made 
available subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS 
SEC. 646. (a) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, demining equipment available to the 
United States Agency for International Development and 
the Department of State and used in support of the clear-
ance of landmines and unexploded ordnance for humani-
tarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in 
foreign countries, subject to such terms and conditions as 
the President may prescribe.
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(b) CLUSTER MUNITIONS.—During the current fiscal 
year, no military assistance shall be furnished for cluster 
munitions, no defense export license for cluster munitions 
may be issued, and no cluster munitions or cluster muni-
tions technology shall be sold or transferred, unless— 
(1) the submunitions of the cluster munitions 
have a 99 percent or higher tested rate; and 
(2) the agreement applicable to the assistance, 
transfer, or sale of the cluster munitions or cluster 
munitions technology specifies that the cluster muni-
tions will only be used against clearly defined mili-
tary targets and will not be used where civilians are 
known to be present. 
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY 
SEC. 647. None of the funds appropriated under titles 
II through V of this Act may be obligated or expended to 
create in any part of Jerusalem a new office of any depart-
ment or agency of the United States Government for the 
purpose of conducting official United States Government 
business with the Palestinian Authority over Gaza and 
Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing entity pro-
vided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles: Pro-
vided, That this restriction shall not apply to the acquisi-
tion of additional space for the existing Consulate General 
in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meetings between offi-
cers and employees of the United States and officials of the
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Palestinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian gov-
erning entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration 
of Principles, for the purpose of conducting official United 
States Government business with such authority should con-
tinue 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 Jeru-
salem on other subjects with Palestinians (including those 
who now occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), 
have social contacts, and have incidental discussions. 
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES 
SEC. 648. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under titles III or IV of this Act under the 
heading ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ 
or ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for Informa-
tional Program activities or under the headings ‘‘Global 
Health and Child Survival’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 
and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be obligated or ex-
pended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or 
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that are 
substantially of a recreational character, including 
but not limited to entrance fees at sporting events, 
theatrical and musical productions, and amusement 
parks.
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COLOMBIA 
SEC. 649. (a) ASSISTANCE FOR COLOMBIA.—Of the 
funds appropriated in titles III and IV of this Act, not more 
than $545,608,000 shall be available for assistance for Co-
lombia. 
(b) FUNDING AMOUNTS AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act that are available for assistance 
for Colombia shall be made available in the amounts indi-
cated in the table in the accompanying explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act) and any proposed increases 
or decreases to the amounts contained in such table shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(c) ASSISTANCE
FOR
THE
COLOMBIAN
ARMED 
FORCES.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
that are available for assistance for the Colombian 
Armed Forces, may be made available as follows: 
(A) Up to 70 percent of such funds may be 
obligated prior to the certification and report by 
the Secretary of State pursuant to subparagraph 
(B). 
(B) Up to 15 percent of such funds may be 
obligated only after the Secretary of State
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consults with, and subsequently certifies and sub-
mits a written report to, the Committees on Ap-
propriations that the Government of Colombia is 
meeting the requirements described in paragraph 
(2). 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements referred 
to in paragraph (1) are as follows: 
(A) The Commander General of the Colom-
bian Armed Forces is suspending or placing on 
administrative duty, if requested by the pros-
ecutor, those members of the Armed Forces, of 
whatever rank, who, according to the Minister of 
Defense, 
the 
Attorney 
General 
or 
the 
Procuraduria General de la Nacion, have been 
credibly alleged to have committed gross viola-
tions of human rights, including extra-judicial 
killings, or to have aided or abetted paramilitary 
organizations or successor armed groups. 
(B) The Government of Colombia is inves-
tigating and prosecuting, in the civilian justice 
system, those members of the Colombian Armed 
Forces, of whatever rank, who have been credibly 
alleged to have committed gross violations of 
human rights, including extra-judicial killings,
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or to have aided or abetted paramilitary organi-
zations or successor armed groups. 
(C) The Colombian Armed Forces are co-
operating fully with civilian prosecutors and ju-
dicial authorities in such cases (including pro-
viding requested information, such as the iden-
tity of persons suspended from the Armed Forces 
and the nature and cause of the suspension, and 
access to witnesses, relevant military documents, 
and other requested information). 
(D) The Colombian Armed Forces have 
taken all necessary steps to sever links (including 
denying access to military intelligence, vehicles, 
and other equipment or supplies, and ceasing 
other forms of active or tacit cooperation) at all 
levels, with paramilitary organizations or suc-
cessor armed groups, especially in regions where 
such organizations have a significant presence. 
(E) The Government of Colombia is dis-
mantling paramilitary leadership and financial 
networks by arresting and prosecuting under ci-
vilian criminal law individuals who have pro-
vided financial, planning, or logistical support, 
or have otherwise aided or abetted paramilitary 
organizations or successor armed groups; by
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identifying and seizing land and other assets il-
legally acquired by such organizations or their 
associates and returning such land or assets to 
their rightful occupants or owners; by revoking 
reduced sentences for demobilized paramilitaries 
who engage in new criminal activity; and by ar-
resting and prosecuting under civilian criminal 
law, and when requested, promptly extraditing 
to the United States members of successor armed 
groups. 
(F) The Government of Colombia is ensur-
ing that the Colombian Armed Forces are not 
violating the land and property rights of Colom-
bia’s indigenous and Afro-Colombian commu-
nities, and that the Colombian Armed Forces are 
implementing procedures to distinguish between 
civilians, including displaced persons, and com-
batants in their operations. 
(3) The balance of such funds may be obligated 
after July 31, 2008, if, before such date, the Secretary 
of State consults with, and submits a written certifi-
cation to, the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Colombian Armed Forces are continuing to meet the 
requirements described in paragraph (2) and are con-
ducting vigorous operations to restore civilian govern-
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ment authority and respect for human rights in areas 
under the effective control of paramilitary organiza-
tions or successor armed groups and guerrilla organi-
zations. 
(4) CERTAIN FUNDS EXEMPTED.—The require-
ment to withhold funds from obligation shall not 
apply with respect to funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’ for contin-
ued support for the Critical Flight Safety Program or 
for any alternative development programs in Colom-
bia administered by the Bureau of International Nar-
cotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the Depart-
ment of State. 
(5) REPORT.—At the time the Secretary of State 
submits certifications pursuant to paragraphs (1)(B) 
and (3) of this subsection, the Secretary shall also 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report 
that contains, with respect to each such paragraph, a 
detailed description of the specific actions taken by 
both the Colombian Government and Colombian 
Armed Forces which support each requirement of the 
certification, and the cases or issues brought to the at-
tention of the Secretary, including through the De-
partment of State’s annual Country Reports on 
Human Rights Practices, for which the actions taken
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by the Colombian Government or Armed Forces have 
been determined by the Secretary of State to be inad-
equate. 
(d) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days 
thereafter until September 30, 2008, the Secretary of State 
shall consult with Colombian and internationally recog-
nized human rights organizations regarding progress in 
meeting the requirements contained in subsection (c)(2). 
(e) ASSISTANCE FOR DEMOBILIZATION AND DISAR-
MAMENT OF FORMER COMBATANTS IN COLOMBIA.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the funds ap-
propriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, up to $11,442,000 may be made 
available in fiscal year 2008 for assistance for the 
disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of 
former members of foreign terrorist organizations 
(FTOs) in Colombia, if the Secretary of State consults 
with and makes a certification described in para-
graph (2) to the Committees on Appropriations prior 
to the initial obligation of amounts for such assist-
ance for the fiscal year involved. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in 
this subsection is a certification that—
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(A) assistance for the fiscal year will be 
provided only for individuals who have: (i) 
verifiably renounced and terminated any affili-
ation or involvement with FTOs or other illegal 
armed groups; (ii) are meeting all the require-
ments of the Colombia demobilization program, 
including having disclosed their involvement in 
past crimes and their knowledge of the FTO’s 
structure, financing sources, illegal assets, and 
the location of kidnapping victims and bodies of 
the disappeared; and (iii) are not involved in 
acts of intimidation or violence; 
(B) the Government of Colombia is pro-
viding full cooperation to the Government of the 
United States to extradite the leaders and mem-
bers of the FTOs who have been indicted in the 
United States for murder, kidnapping, narcotics 
trafficking, or other violations of United States 
law, and is extraditing to the United States 
those commanders, leaders and members indicted 
in the United States who have breached the 
terms of the Colombian demobilization program, 
including by failing to fully confess their crimes, 
failing to disclose their illegal assets, or commit-
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ting new crimes since the approval of the Justice 
and Peace Law; 
(C) the Government of Colombia is not 
knowingly taking any steps to legalize the titles 
of land or other assets illegally obtained and held 
by FTOs, their associates, or successors, has es-
tablished effective procedures to identify such 
land and other assets, and is seizing and return-
ing such land and other assets to their rightful 
occupants or owners; 
(D) the Government of Colombia is imple-
menting a concrete and workable framework for 
dismantling the organizational structures of for-
eign terrorist organizations; and 
(E) funds shall not be made available as 
cash payments to individuals and are available 
only for activities under the following categories: 
verification, reintegration (including training 
and education), vetting, recovery of assets for 
reparations for victims, and investigations and 
prosecutions. 
(f) ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS.— 
(1) DENIAL OF VISAS TO SUPPORTERS OF CO-
LOMBIAN ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS.—Subject to para-
graph (2), the Secretary of State shall not issue a visa
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to any alien who the Secretary determines, based on 
credible evidence— 
(A) has willfully provided any support to 
the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia 
(FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), 
the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia 
(AUC), or successor armed groups, including 
taking actions or failing to take actions which 
allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities 
of such groups; or 
(B) has committed, ordered, incited, as-
sisted, or otherwise participated in the commis-
sion of a gross violation of human rights, includ-
ing extra-judicial killings, in Colombia. 
(2) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply if 
the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on 
Appropriations, on a case-by-case basis, that the 
issuance of a visa to the alien is necessary to support 
the peace process in Colombia or for urgent humani-
tarian reasons. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AIDED OR ABETTED.—The term ‘‘aided or 
abetted’’ means to provide any support to para-
military or successor armed groups, including taking
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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, including those 
groups and cooperatives that have formerly demobi-
lized but continue illegal operations, as well as parts 
thereof. 
(3) FOREIGN
TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an orga-
nization designated as a terrorist organization under 
section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 650. (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 1961 
may be obligated or expended with respect to providing 
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, the President 
pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on Appro-
priations that waiving such prohibition is important to the 
national security interests of the United States.
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(c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiv-
er 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 submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 
justification for the waiver, the purposes for which the funds 
will be spent, and the accounting procedures in place to 
ensure that the funds are properly disbursed. The report 
shall also detail the steps the Palestinian Authority has 
taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons and dismantle 
the terrorist infrastructure. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES 
SEC. 651. Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 is amended by adding the following sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 620J. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY 
FORCES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No assistance shall be furnished 
under this Act or the Arms Export Control Act 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. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 
shall not apply if the Secretary determines and reports to
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the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committees on Appropriations that the government 
of such country is taking effective measures to bring the re-
sponsible members of the security forces unit to justice. 
‘‘(c) DUTY TO INFORM.—In the event that funds are 
withheld from any unit pursuant to this section, the Sec-
retary of State shall promptly inform the foreign govern-
ment of the basis for such action and shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, assist the foreign government in taking 
effective measures to bring the responsible members of the 
security forces to justice.’’. 
FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT 
SEC. 652. 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 Appropriations 
by the date specified in that section. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 653. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Trade and Devel-
opment Agency’’ and ‘‘Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration’’, may be obligated and expended notwithstanding 
section 10 of Public Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
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LIBYA 
SEC. 654. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be obligated or ex-
pended to finance directly any assistance for Libya. 
(b) The prohibition of subsection (a) shall no longer 
apply if the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees 
on Appropriations that the Government of Libya has made 
the final settlement payments to the Pan Am 103 victims’ 
families, paid to the LaBelle Disco bombing victims the 
agreed upon settlement amounts, and is engaging in good 
faith settlement discussions regarding other relevant ter-
rorism cases. 
(c) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations describing (1) actions taken by the De-
partment of State to facilitate a resolution of these cases; 
and (2) United States commercial activities in Libya’s en-
ergy sector. 
PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 
SEC. 655. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None of 
the funds appropriated under titles II through V of this Act 
may be provided to support a Palestinian state unless the 
Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees that— 
(1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 
state—
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(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 
West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 
of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 
with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 
security organizations; and 
(2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 
entity 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 political 
independence of every state in the area through 
measures including the establishment of demili-
tarized zones;
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(C) their right to live in peace within secure 
and recognized boundaries free from threats or 
acts of force; 
(D) freedom of navigation through inter-
national waterways in the area; and 
(E) a framework for achieving a just settle-
ment of the refugee problem. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the governing entity should enact a constitution assur-
ing the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and respect 
for human rights for its citizens, and should enact other 
laws and regulations assuring transparent and accountable 
governance. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection (a) 
if he determines that it is important 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 the 
governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements of 
subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 650 
of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance to the Palestinian 
Authority’’).
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PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 656. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to provide equip-
ment, technical support, consulting services, or any other 
form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corpora-
tion. 
WEST BANK AND GAZA ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 657. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2008, 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 Committees on Appropriations that proce-
dures have been established to assure the Comptroller Gen-
eral 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 Program funded 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the West 
Bank and Gaza. 
(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec-
retary of State shall take all appropriate steps to ensure 
that such assistance is not provided to or through any indi-
vidual, private or government entity, or educational insti-
tution that the Secretary knows or has reason to believe ad-
vocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, ter-
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rorist activity nor, with respect to private entities or edu-
cational institutions, those that have as a principal officer 
of the entity’s governing board or governing board of trust-
ees any individual that has been determined to be involved 
in, or advocating terrorist activity or determined to be a 
member of a designated foreign terrorist organization. The 
Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, establish proce-
dures specifying the steps to be taken in carrying out this 
subsection and shall terminate assistance to any individual, 
entity, or educational institution which she has determined 
to be involved in or advocating terrorist activity. 
(c) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated under titles 
II through V of this Act for assistance under the West 
Bank and Gaza program may be made available for 
the purpose of recognizing or otherwise honoring indi-
viduals who commit, or have committed acts of ter-
rorism. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available by this or prior ap-
propriations act, including funds made available by 
transfer, may be made available for obligation for se-
curity assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until 
the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been es-
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tablished for security assistance for the West Bank 
and Gaza and reports on the extent of Palestinian 
compliance with such benchmarks. 
(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 sub- 
grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Program, 
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 up to 
$500,000 may be used by the Office of the Inspector 
General of the United States Agency for International 
Development for audits, inspections, and other activi-
ties in furtherance of the requirements of this sub-
section. Such funds are in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes. 
(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 2008 under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’. The audit shall ad-
dress—
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(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. 
(f) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations updating the report contained in 
section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of Public Law 109– 
13. 
WAR CRIMINALS 
SEC. 658. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available under titles II through V of this 
Act may be made available for assistance, and the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive 
Director at each international financial institution to vote 
against any new project involving the extension by such in-
stitutions 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.
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(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply 
to humanitarian assistance or assistance for democratiza-
tion. 
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply unless 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appro-
priate congressional committees that the competent authori-
ties 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 trans-
fer of indictees or assistance in their apprehension; 
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 Ap-
propriations a written justification for the proposed assist-
ance, including an explanation of the United States posi-
tion regarding any such vote, as well as a description of 
the location of the proposed assistance by municipality, its 
purpose, and its intended beneficiaries.
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(d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of State, 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, and the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall consult with representatives of human rights organiza-
tions and all government agencies with relevant informa-
tion to help prevent indicted war criminals from benefiting 
from any financial or technical assistance or grants pro-
vided 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 Bos-
nia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. 
(2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ refers to the 
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Mon-
tenegro 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 an-
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nexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, November 10 
through 16, 1995. 
USER FEES 
SEC. 659. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States Executive Director at each international 
financial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the 
International Financial Institutions Act) and the Inter-
national Monetary Fund to oppose any loan, grant, strat-
egy or policy of these institutions that would require user 
fees or service charges on poor people for primary education 
or primary healthcare, including prevention, care and 
treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and infant, 
child, and maternal well-being, in connection with the in-
stitutions’ financing programs. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNITED NATIONS POPULATION 
FUND 
SEC. 660. (a) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF CONTRIBU-
TION.—Of the amounts made available under ‘‘Inter-
national Organizations and Programs’’ and ‘‘Global Health 
and Child Survival’’ accounts for fiscal year 2008, 
$40,000,000 shall be made available for the United Nations 
Population Fund (UNFPA): Provided, That of this amount, 
not less than $7,000,000 shall be derived from funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘International Organizations 
and Programs’’.
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(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 operation of 
any provision of law, shall be transferred to the ‘‘Global 
Health and Child Survival’’ account and shall be made 
available for family planning, maternal, and reproductive 
health activities, subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—None 
of the funds made available under this Act may be used 
by UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Republic 
of China. 
(d) CONDITIONS
ON
AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.— 
Amounts made available under this Act for UNFPA may 
not be made available to UNFPA unless— 
(1) UNFPA maintains amounts made available 
to UNFPA under this section in an account separate 
from other accounts of UNFPA; 
(2) UNFPA does not commingle amounts made 
available to UNFPA under this section with other 
sums; and 
(3) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR 
WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—
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(1) Not later than 4 months after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations in-
dicating the amount of funds that the UNFPA is 
budgeting for the year in which the report is sub-
mitted for a country program in the People’s Repub-
lic of China. 
(2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates 
that the UNFPA plans to spend funds for a country 
program in the People’s Republic of China in the 
year covered by the report, then the amount of such 
funds that the UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s 
Republic of China shall be deducted from the funds 
made available to the UNFPA after March 1 for obli-
gation for the remainder of the fiscal year in which 
the report is submitted. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit 
the authority of the President to deny funds to any organi-
zation by reason of the application of another provision of 
this Act or any other provision of law. 
COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 661. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by 
title III of this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 
1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding section 660 
of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness and accountability
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of civilian police authority through training and technical 
assistance in human rights, the rule of law, strategic plan-
ning, and through assistance to foster civilian police roles 
that support democratic governance including assistance for 
programs to prevent conflict, respond to disasters, 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. 662. (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 
(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 Commodity 
Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 1948, as
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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 amend-
ed (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, commonly 
referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’. 
(2) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only in such amounts or to such ex-
tent 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 
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;
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(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 provided 
by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to the funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt Restruc-
turing’’. 
(e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A reduc-
tion of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be consid-
ered assistance for the purposes of any provision of law lim-
iting assistance to a country. The authority provided 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. 663. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC-
TION, OR CANCELLATION.—
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(1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL 
CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may, in accordance with 
this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any 
concessional loan or portion thereof made before Jan-
uary 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 purpose 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 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 con-
servation and sustainable use of natural re-
sources with local community development, and 
child survival and other child development, in a 
manner consistent with sections 707 through 710
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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 di-
rect such agency to carry out the sale, reduction, or 
cancellation of a loan pursuant to this section. Such 
agency shall make adjustment in its accounts to re-
flect 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.
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(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 pur-
suant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who pre-
sents 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 pursu-
ant 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. 
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority provided 
by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt Restruc-
turing’’. 
BASIC EDUCATION 
SEC. 664. (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appro-
priated by title III of this Act, not less than $700,000,000 
shall be made available for assistance for developing coun-
tries for basic education, of which not less than
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$190,000,000 shall be provided and implemented in coun-
tries that have an approved national education plan. 
(b) COORDINATOR.—There shall be established within 
the Department of State in the immediate office of the Di-
rector of United States Foreign Assistance, a Coordinator 
of United States Government activities to provide basic edu-
cation assistance in developing countries (hereinafter in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Coordinator’’). 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—That the Coordinator shall 
have primary responsibility for the oversight and coordina-
tion of all resources and international activities of the 
United States Government that provide assistance in devel-
oping countries for basic education. The individual serving 
as the Coordinator may not hold any other position in the 
Federal Government during the individual’s time of service 
as Coordinator. 
(d) STRATEGY.—The President shall develop a com-
prehensive integrated United States Government strategy to 
provide assistance in developing countries for basic edu-
cation within 90 days of enactment of this Act. 
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than September 
30, 2008, the Secretary of State shall report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations on the implementation of United 
States Government assistance programs in developing coun-
tries for basic education.
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(f) Funds appropriated by title II of Public Law 109– 
102 and provided to the Comptroller General pursuant to 
section 567 of that Act shall be available until expended 
and are also available to the Comptroller General to conduct 
further evaluations of basic education programs in devel-
oping countries under the direction of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS 
SEC. 665. Of the funds appropriated by title III of this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
$16,000,000 shall be made available to support reconcili-
ation programs which bring together individuals of dif-
ferent ethnic, religious and political backgrounds from 
areas of civil conflict and war, and an additional 
$9,000,000 shall be made available to support programs in 
the Middle East: Provided, That the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations, prior to 
the initial obligation of funds, on the most effective uses 
of such funds. 
SUDAN 
SEC. 666. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—Subject 
to subsection (b): 
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
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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 sec-
tion 502, of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 
modifying loans and loan guarantees held by the Gov-
ernment of Sudan, including the cost of selling, reduc-
ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States, 
and modifying concessional loans, guarantees, and 
credit agreements. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of 
State determines and certifies to the Committees on Appro-
priations that: 
(1) The Government of Sudan honors its pledges 
to cease attacks upon civilians and disarms and de-
mobilizes the Janjaweed and other government-sup-
ported militias. 
(2) The Government of Sudan and all govern-
ment-supported militia groups are honoring their 
commitments made in all previous cease-fire agree-
ments. 
(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
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protection officers, and an international monitoring 
team that is based in Darfur and has the support of 
the United States. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (a) 
shall not apply to— 
(1) humanitarian assistance; 
(2) assistance for the Darfur region, Southern 
Sudan, Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, 
Blue Nile State, and Abyei; and 
(3) assistance to support implementation of the 
Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Darfur 
Peace Agreement or any other internationally-recog-
nized viable peace agreement in Sudan. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 
term ‘‘Government of Sudan’’ shall not include the Govern-
ment of Southern Sudan. 
(e) Notwithstanding any other law, assistance in this 
Act may be made available to the Government of Southern 
Sudan to provide non-lethal military assistance, military 
education and training, and defense services controlled 
under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 
CRF 120.1 et seq.) if the Secretary of State— 
(1) determines that the provision of such items 
is in the national interest of the United States; and
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(2) not later than 15 days before the provision 
of any such assistance, notifies the Committees on Ap-
propriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
in the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
in the House of Representatives of such determina-
tion. 
(f) CHAD.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, of the funds appropriated by this Act for assistance 
for Sudan, up to $5,000,000 shall be made available for 
administrative and other expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development in Chad. 
TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING 
SEC. 667. Of the funds appropriated by this Act, under 
the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Assistance for 
Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’, and ‘‘As-
sistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union’’, not less than $550,000,000 should be made avail-
able for trade capacity building assistance. 
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY 
SEC. 668. (a) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—Ten percent of 
the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ for a con-
tribution to any United Nations agency may be withheld 
from disbursement if the Secretary of State reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such agency does not
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have or is not implementing a policy of posting on a pub-
licly available website information such as (1) audits, budg-
et reports, and information related to procurement activi-
ties; (2) procedures for protecting whistleblowers; and (3) 
efforts to ensure the independence of internal oversight bod-
ies, adopt international public sector accounting standards, 
and limit administrative costs. 
(b) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.— 
Twenty percent of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ 
for a United States contribution to the United Nations De-
velopment Program (UNDP) shall be withheld from dis-
bursement until the Secretary of State reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that UNDP is— 
(1) giving adequate access to information to the 
Department of State regarding UNDP’s programs 
and activities as requested, including in North Korea 
and Burma; 
(2) conducting oversight of UNDP programs and 
activities globally; and 
(3) implementing a whistleblower protection pol-
icy equivalent to that recommended by the United 
Nations Secretary General on December 3, 2007. 
(c)(1) WORLD BANK.—Ten percent of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘International Devel-
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opment Association’’ shall be withheld from disbursement 
until the Secretary of the Treasury reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that— 
(A) the World Bank has made publicly available, 
in an appropriate manner, financial disclosure forms 
of senior World Bank personnel, including those at 
the level of managing director, vice president, and 
above; 
(B) the World Bank has established a plan and 
maintains a schedule for conducting regular, inde-
pendent audits of internal management controls and 
procedures for meeting operational objectives, and is 
making reports describing the scope and findings of 
such audits available to the public; 
(C) the World Bank is adequately staffing and 
sufficiently funding the Department of Institutional 
Integrity; 
(D) the World Bank has made publicly available 
the reports of the Department of Institutional Integ-
rity, and any subsequent review of corrective actions 
for such reports, including, but not limited to, the No-
vember 23, 2005 ‘‘Report of Investigation into Repro-
ductive and Child Health I Project Credit N0180 
India’’, and the May 2006 report on Credit Number
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3703 DRC, Grant number H193 DRC, and Grant 
number H010 DRC; and 
(E) the World Bank is implementing the rec-
ommendations of the ‘‘Volcker Panel’’ report in a 
timely manner. 
(2) ANTICORRUPTION PROVISIONS.—In addition to the 
funds withheld in subsection (b)(1), 10 percent of the funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘International 
Development Association’’ shall be withheld from disburse-
ment until the Secretary of the Treasury reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations on the extent to which the 
World Bank has completed the following: 
(A) World Bank procurement guidelines, includ-
ing the World Bank’s Standard Bidding Documents, 
have been applied to all procurement financed in 
whole or in part by a loan from the World Bank or 
a credit agreement or grant from the International 
Development Association (IDA); 
(B) the World Bank maintains a strong central 
procurement office staffed with senior experts who are 
designated to address commercial concerns, questions, 
and complaints regarding procurement procedures 
and payments under IDA and World Bank projects; 
(C) thresholds for international competitive bid-
ding have been established to maximize international
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competitive bidding in accordance with sound pro-
curement practices, including transparency, competi-
tion, and cost-effective results for the Borrowers; 
(D) the World Bank is consulting with the ap-
propriate private and public sector representatives re-
garding implementation of the country procurement 
pilots outlined in the June 2007 report to the Board; 
and 
(E) all countries selected for the procurement 
pilot program must adhere to all World Bank anti- 
fraud and anti-corruption policies and must dem-
onstrate a strong anti-fraud enforcement record. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1)(A) The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct an assessment of the programs 
and activities funded under the heading ‘‘Millennium 
Challenge Corporation’’ (MCC) in this Act and prior 
Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs to include a 
review of the financial controls and procurement 
practices of the Corporation and its accountable enti-
ties, and the results achieved by MCC’s compacts. 
(B) Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’ in this Act, up
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to $250,000 shall be made available to the Comp-
troller for the requirements of subsection (1)(A). 
(2)(A) The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct an assessment of the HIV/AIDS 
programs and activities funded under the headings 
‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Glob-
al HIV/AIDS Initiative’’, and ‘‘Global Health and 
Child Survival’’ in this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs to include a review of the 
procurement and results monitoring activities of 
United States bilateral HIV/AIDS programs. The as-
sessment should also address the impact of Global 
HIV/AIDS Initiative funding on other United States 
global health programming. 
(B) Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Global Health and Child Survival’’, up to $125,000 
shall be made available to the Comptroller for the re-
quirements of subsection (2)(A). 
(e) NATIONAL BUDGET TRANSPARENCY.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for assistance for the central 
government of any country that fails to make publicly 
available on an annual basis its national budget, to 
include income and expenditures.
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(2) The Secretary of State may waive subsection 
(e)(1) if the Secretary reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that to do so is in the national inter-
ests of the United States. 
(3) The reporting requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 585(b) of Public Law 108–7 regarding fiscal 
transparency and accountability in countries whose 
central governments receive United States foreign as-
sistance shall apply to this Act. 
EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH 
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES 
SEC. 669. Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during 
fiscal year 2008, 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, Afghani-
stan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugoslavian Re-
public of Macedonia, Georgia, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Paki-
stan, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and 
Ukraine. 
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 
SEC. 670. Programs funded under titles III and IV 
of this Act that provide training for foreign police, judicial,
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and military officials, shall include, where appropriate, 
programs and activities that address gender-based violence. 
LIMITATION ON ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND ASSISTANCE FOR 
CERTAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE PARTIES 
TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT 
SEC. 671. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be 
used to provide assistance to the government 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 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 coun-
try, 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 appro-
priate congressional committees that it is important to the 
national interests of the United States to waive such prohi-
bition. 
(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-
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propriate congressional committees that such country has 
entered into an agreement with the United States pursuant 
to Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the Inter-
national 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 Millen-
nium Challenge Act of 2003, notwithstanding section 
606(a)(2)(B) of such Act. 
WESTERN HEMISPHERE 
SEC. 672. (a) CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global 
Health and Child Survival’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 
not less than the amount of funds initially allocated for 
each such account pursuant to section 653(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal year 2007 shall be made 
available for El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Hon-
duras, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Latin America and 
Caribbean Regional, Central America Regional, and South 
America Regional: Provided, That for the purposes of this 
subsection, ‘‘Global Health and Child Survival’’ shall mean 
‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’. 
(b) HAITI.— 
(1) The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to 
purchase defense articles and services under the Arms
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Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the 
Coast Guard. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
titles III and IV, not less than $201,584,000 shall be 
available for assistance for Haiti. 
(3) None of the funds made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ may be used to transfer excess 
weapons, ammunition or other lethal property of an 
agency of the United States Government to the Gov-
ernment of Haiti for use by the Haitian National Po-
lice until the Secretary of State certifies to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that any members of the 
Haitian National Police who have been credibly al-
leged to have committed serious crimes, including 
drug trafficking and human rights violations, have 
been suspended and the Haitian Government is co-
operating in a reform and restructuring plan for the 
Haitian National Police and the reform of the judi-
cial system as called for in United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 1608 adopted on June 22, 2005. 
(c) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health and Child 
Survival’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than 
$23,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for the
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Dominican Republic, of which not less than $5,000,000 
shall be made available for basic health care, nutrition, 
sanitation, education, and shelter for migrant workers and 
other residents of batey communities. 
(d) ASSISTANCE FOR GUATEMALA.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are 
available for assistance for Guatemala, not less than 
$4,000,000 shall be made available for a United 
States contribution to the International Commission 
Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). 
(2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘International Military Education and 
Training’’ (IMET) that are available for assistance 
for Guatemala, other than for expanded IMET, may 
be made available only for the Guatemalan Air Force, 
Navy and Army Corps of Engineers: Provided, That 
assistance for the Guatemalan Army Corps of Engi-
neers shall only be available for training to improve 
disaster response capabilities and to participate in 
international peacekeeping operations: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds may be made available only if 
the Secretary of State certifies that the Guatemalan 
Air Force, Navy and Army Corps of Engineers are 
respecting human rights and are cooperating with ci-
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vilian judicial investigations and prosecutions of cur-
rent and retired military personnel who have been 
credibly alleged to have committed violations of 
human rights. 
(3) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, 
not more than $500,000 may be made available for 
the Guatemalan Air Force and Navy: Provided, That 
such funds may be made available only if the Sec-
retary of State certifies that the Guatemalan Air 
Force and Navy are respecting human rights and are 
cooperating with civilian judicial investigations and 
prosecutions of current and retired military personnel 
who have been credibly alleged to have committed vio-
lations of human rights, and the Guatemalan Armed 
Forces are fully cooperating (including access for in-
vestigators, the provision of documents and other evi-
dence, and testimony of witnesses) with the CICIG. 
(e) FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available 
for labor and environmental capacity building activities re-
lating to the free trade agreements with countries of Central 
America and the Dominican Republic.
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(f) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Funds made avail-
able in this Act for assistance for Guatemala and Haiti 
under the headings referred to in this section shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
ZIMBABWE 
SEC. 673. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States executive director to each international 
financial institution to vote against any extension by the 
respective institution of any loans to the Government of 
Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to promote 
democracy, unless the Secretary of State determines and 
certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule 
of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, including respect 
for ownership and title to property, freedom of speech and 
association. 
DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM 
SEC. 674. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROGRAM.— 
There is established within the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID) a Development Grants 
Program (DGP) to provide small grants to United States 
and indigenous nongovernmental organizations for the pur-
pose of carrying out the provisions of chapters 1 and 10 
of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961.
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(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—Grants from the DGP 
shall be made only for proposals of nongovernmental orga-
nizations. 
(c) COMPETITION.—Grants made pursuant to the au-
thority of this section shall be provided through an open, 
transparent and competitive process. 
(d) SIZE OF PROGRAM AND INDIVIDUAL GRANTS.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act to 
carry out chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part 
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be made available for purposes of 
this section: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 
of this amount shall be derived from funds appro-
priated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act. 
(2) No individual organization can receive 
grants, or grant amendments, made pursuant to this 
section in excess of $2,000,000. 
(e) AVAILABILITY OF OTHER FUNDS.—Funds made 
available under this section are in addition to other funds 
available for such purposes including funds designated by 
this Act by section 665. 
(f) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term 
‘‘nongovernmental organization’’ means a private vol-
untary organization, and shall not include entities owned
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in whole or in part by a government or governmental enti-
ty. 
(g) REPORT.—Within 90 days from the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and after consultation with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, the Administrator of USAID shall 
submit a report to those Committees describing the proce-
dures and mechanisms USAID will use to implement this 
section. 
DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND RECOVERY 
SEC. 675. Funds made available to the Comptroller 
General under chapter 4 of title I of the Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106–31; 113 Stat. 
69) and section 593 of the Foreign Operations, Export Fi-
nancing, and Programs Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
(Public Law 106–429; 114 Stat. 1900A–59) to monitor the 
provisions of assistance to address the effects of hurricanes 
in Central America and the Caribbean and the earthquake 
in Colombia, and to monitor the earthquake relief and re-
construction efforts in El Salvador under section 561 of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Programs 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–115; 
115 Stat. 2162) shall also be available to the Comptroller 
General to monitor any other disaster assistance and recov-
ery effort.
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UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 676. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $81,000,000 of the 
funds made available in title III of this Act to carry out 
the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, including funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘As-
sistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, may 
be used by the United States Agency for International De-
velopment (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, 2009. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) may 
only be used to the extent that an equivalent number of posi-
tions that are filled by personal services contractors or other 
non-direct hire employees of USAID, who are compensated 
with funds appropriated to carry out part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under
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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-di-
rect 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) MANAGEMENT REFORM PILOT.—Of the funds made 
available in subsection (a), USAID may use, in addition 
to funds otherwise available for such purposes, up to 
$15,000,000 to fund overseas support costs of members of 
the Foreign Service with a Foreign Service rank of four 
or below: Provided, That such authority is only used to re-
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duce USAID’s reliance on overseas personal services con-
tractors or other non-direct hire employees 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’’. 
(h) DISASTER
SURGE
CAPACITY.—Funds appro-
priated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe 
and the Baltic 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. 
OPIC TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 677. Whenever the President determines that it 
is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under title III of this Act may be transferred to 
and merged with funds appropriated by this Act for the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Program Ac-
count, to be subject to the terms and conditions of that ac-
count: Provided, That such funds shall not be available for
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administrative expenses of the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation: Provided further, That designated funding lev-
els in this Act shall not be transferred pursuant to this sec-
tion: Provided further, That the exercise of such authority 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 678. The Secretary of State shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 
2008, and for each fiscal quarter, a report in writing on 
the uses of funds made available under the headings ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’: Provided, That such report shall include a descrip-
tion of the obligation and expenditure of funds, and the spe-
cific country in receipt of, and the use or purpose of the 
assistance provided by such funds. 
INDONESIA 
SEC. 679. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
up to $15,700,000 may be made available for assistance for 
Indonesia as follows— 
(1) Of the amount provided in subsection (a), 
$13,000,000 may be made available upon enactment 
of this Act.
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(2) Of the amount provided in subsection (a), 
$2,700,000 may not be made available until the Sec-
retary of State reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations— 
(A) on the steps taken by the Government of 
Indonesia on the following— 
(i) prosecution and punishment, in a 
manner proportional to the crime, for mem-
bers of the Armed Forces who have been 
credibly alleged to have committed gross 
violations of human rights in Timor-Leste 
and elsewhere, and cooperation by the 
Armed Forces with civilian judicial au-
thorities and with international efforts to 
resolve cases of gross violations of human 
rights; and 
(ii) implementation by the Armed 
Forces of reforms to increase the trans-
parency and accountability of their oper-
ations and financial management; and 
(B) that the Government of Indonesia has 
written plans to effectively provide account-
ability for past violations of human rights by 
members of the Armed Forces, and is imple-
menting plans to effectively allow public access
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to Papua and to pursue the criminal investiga-
tion and provide the projected timeframe for 
completing the investigation of the murder of 
Munir Said Thalib. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are available for 
assistance for Indonesia, not less than $250,000 should be 
made available for grants for capacity building of Indo-
nesian human rights organizations, including in Papua. 
LIMITATION ON BASING IN IRAQ 
SEC. 680. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Government of the United States 
to enter into a permanent basing rights agreement between 
the United States and Iraq. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF TORTURE 
SEC. 681. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or jus-
tify the use of torture, cruel or inhumane treatment by any 
official or contract employee of the United States Govern-
ment. 
REPORT ON INDONESIA 
SEC. 682. Not later than 90 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations that describes— 
(1) the steps taken by the Government of Indo-
nesia to deny promotion, suspend from active service,
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and pursue prosecution of military officers indicted 
for serious crimes, and the extent to which past and 
present Indonesian military officials are cooperating 
with domestic inquiries into human rights abuses, in-
cluding the forced disappearance and killing of stu-
dent activists in 1998 and 1999; 
(2) the responses of the Governments of Indonesia 
and Timor Leste to the Final Report of the Commis-
sion for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in 
Timor-Leste and the June 2006 report of the report 
to the Secretary-General of the Commission of Experts 
to Review the Prosecution of Serious Violations of 
Human Rights in Timor-Leste in 1999; and 
(3) the steps taken by the Indonesian military to 
divest itself of illegal businesses. 
EXTRADITION 
SEC. 683. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act for the Department of State may be used to provide 
assistance (other than funds provided under the headings 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, ‘‘Emergency Migra-
tion and Refugee Assistance’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti- 
terrorism, Demining and Related Assistance’’) for the cen-
tral government of a country which has notified the Depart-
ment of State of its refusal to extradite to the United States 
any individual indicted for a criminal offense for which
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the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the pos-
sibility of parole or for killing a law enforcement officer, 
as specified in a United States extradition request. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall only apply to the central gov-
ernment of a country with which the United States main-
tains diplomatic relations and with which the United 
States has an extradition treaty and the government of that 
country is in violation of the terms and conditions of the 
treaty. 
(c) The Secretary of State may waive the restriction 
in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary 
certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
waiver is important to the national interests of the United 
States. 
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 684. (a) BIODIVERSITY.—Of the funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not 
less than $195,000,000 shall be made available for programs 
and activities which directly protect biodiversity, including 
forests, in developing countries, of which not less than the 
amount of funds initially allocated pursuant to section 
653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal year 
2006 shall be made available for such activities in Brazil, 
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, and that in addition 
to such amounts for such countries not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be made available for the United States
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Agency for International Development’s Amazon Basin 
Conservation Initiative: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated by this Act, not less than $2,000,000 should be made 
available for wildlife conservation and protected area man-
agement in the Boma-Jonglei landscape of Southern Sudan, 
and not less than $17,500,000 shall be made available for 
the Congo Basin Forest Partnership of which not less than 
$2,500,000 shall be made available to the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service for great apes conservation pro-
grams in Central Africa. 
(b) ENERGY.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not 
less than $195,000,000 shall be made available to sup-
port clean energy and other climate change programs 
in developing countries, of which not less than 
$125,000,000 should be made available to directly 
promote and deploy energy conservation, energy effi-
ciency, and renewable and clean energy technologies 
with an emphasis on small hydro, solar and wind en-
ergy, and of which the balance should be made avail-
able to directly: (1) reduce greenhouse gas emissions; 
(2) increase carbon sequestration activities; and (3) 
support climate change mitigation and adaptation 
programs.
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(2) The Secretary of State shall convene an 
interagency committee, including appropriate offi-
cials of the Department of State, the United States 
Agency for International Development, and the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, to evaluate the specific 
needs of developing countries in adapting to climate 
change impacts: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
not later than September 1, 2008, describing such 
needs, on a country-by-country and regional basis, 
and the actions planned and being taken by the 
United States, including funding provided to devel-
oping countries specifically for adaptation to climate 
change impacts. 
(c) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall inform 
the managements of the international financial insti-
tutions and the public that it is the policy of the 
United States that any assistance by such institutions 
(including but not limited to any loan, credit, grant, 
or guarantee) for the extraction and export of oil, gas, 
coal, timber, or other natural resource should not be 
provided unless the government of the country has in 
place functioning systems for: (A) accurately account-
ing for payments for companies involved in the ex-
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traction and export of natural resources; (B) the inde-
pendent auditing of accounts receiving such payments 
and the widespread public dissemination of the find-
ings of such audits; and (C) verifying government re-
ceipts against company payments including wide-
spread dissemination of such payment information, 
and disclosing such documents as Host Government 
Agreements, Concession Agreements, and bidding doc-
uments, allowing in any such dissemination or disclo-
sure for the redaction of, or exceptions for, informa-
tion that is commercially proprietary or that would 
create competitive disadvantage. 
(2) Not later than 180 days after the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations describ-
ing, for each international financial institution, the 
amount and type of assistance provided, by country, 
for the extraction and export of oil, gas, coal, timber, 
or other natural resources since September 30, 2006, 
and whether each institution considered, in its pro-
posal for such assistance, the extent to which the 
country has functioning systems described in para-
graph (c)(1). 
UZBEKISTAN 
SEC. 685. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for assistance for the central Government
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of Uzbekistan only if the Secretary of State determines and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
ernment of Uzbekistan is making substantial and con-
tinuing progress— 
(1) in meeting its commitments under the ‘‘Dec-
laration on the Strategic Partnership and Coopera-
tion Framework Between the Republic of Uzbekistan 
and the United States of America’’, including respect 
for human rights, establishing a genuine multi-party 
system, and ensuring free and fair elections, freedom 
of expression, and the independence of the media; and 
(2) in investigating and prosecuting the individ-
uals responsible for the deliberate killings of civilians 
in Andijan in May 2005. 
(b) If the Secretary of State has credible evidence that 
any current or former official of the Government of 
Uzbekistan was responsible for the deliberate killings of ci-
vilians in Andijan in May 2005, or for other gross viola-
tions of human rights in Uzbekistan, not later than 6 
months after enactment of this Act any person identified 
by the Secretary pursuant to this subsection shall be ineli-
gible for admission to the United States. 
(c) The restriction in subsection (b) shall cease to 
apply if the Secretary determines and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that the Government of
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Uzbekistan has taken concrete and measurable steps to im-
prove respect for internationally recognized human rights, 
including allowing peaceful political and religious expres-
sion, releasing imprisoned human rights defenders, and im-
plementing recommendations made by the United Nations 
on torture. 
(d) The Secretary may waive the application of sub-
section (b) if the Secretary determines that admission to 
the United States is necessary to attend the United Nations 
or to further United States law enforcement objectives. 
(e) For the purpose of this section ‘‘assistance’’ shall 
include excess defense articles. 
REPRESSION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
SEC. 686. (a) None of the funds appropriated for as-
sistance under this Act may be made available for the Gov-
ernment of the Russian Federation, after 180 days from the 
date of the enactment of this Act, unless the President deter-
mines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Appro-
priations that the Government of the Russian Federation: 
(1) has implemented no statute, executive order, regulation 
or similar government action that would discriminate, or 
which has as its principal effect discrimination, against re-
ligious groups or religious communities in the Russian Fed-
eration in violation of accepted international agreements 
on human rights and religious freedoms to which the Rus-
sian Federation is a party; and (2) is (A) honoring its
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international obligations regarding freedom of expression, 
assembly, and press, as well as due process; (B) inves-
tigating and prosecuting law enforcement personnel 
credibly alleged to have committed human rights abuses 
against political leaders, activists and journalists; and (C) 
immediately releasing political leaders, activists and jour-
nalists who remain in detention. 
(b) The Secretary of State may waive the requirements 
of subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that to do so 
is important to the national interests of the United States. 
WAR CRIMES IN AFRICA 
SEC. 687. (a) The Congress reaffirms its support for 
the efforts of the International Criminal Tribunal for 
Rwanda (ICTR) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone 
(SCSL) to bring to justice individuals responsible for war 
crimes and crimes against humanity in a timely manner. 
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act, including funds 
for debt restructuring, may be made available for assistance 
to the central government of a country in which individuals 
indicted by ICTR and SCSL are credibly alleged to be liv-
ing, if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such government is co-
operating with ICTR and SCSL, including the surrender 
and transfer of indictees in a timely manner: Provided, 
That this subsection shall not apply to assistance provided 
under section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or
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to project assistance under title II of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the United States shall use its voice and vote 
in the United Nations Security Council to fully support ef-
forts by ICTR and SCSL to bring to justice individuals 
indicted by such tribunals in a timely manner. 
(c) The prohibition in subsection (b) may be waived 
on a country by country basis if the President determines 
that doing so is in the national security interest of the 
United States: Provided, That prior to exercising such 
waiver authority, the President shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations, in classified form if nec-
essary, on— 
(1) the steps being taken to obtain the coopera-
tion of the government in surrendering the indictee in 
question to the court of jurisdiction; 
(2) a strategy, including a timeline, for bringing 
the indictee before such court; and 
(3) the justification for exercising the waiver au-
thority. 
COMBATTING PIRACY OF UNITED STATES COPYRIGHTED 
MATERIALS 
SEC. 688. (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 
of State may carry out a program of activities to combat 
piracy in countries that are not members of the Organiza-
tion for Economic Cooperation and Development, including 
activities as follows:
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(1) The provision of equipment and training for 
law enforcement, including in the interpretation of 
intellectual property laws. 
(2) The provision of training for judges and 
prosecutors, including in the interpretation of intel-
lectual property laws. 
(3) The provision of assistance in complying 
with obligations under applicable international trea-
ties and agreements on copyright and intellectual 
property. 
(b) CONSULTATION
WITH
WORLD
INTELLECTUAL 
PROPERTY ORGANIZATION.—In carrying out the program 
authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, consult with and provide as-
sistance to the World Intellectual Property Organization in 
order to promote the integration of countries described in 
subsection (a) into the global intellectual property system. 
(c) FUNDING.—Of the amount appropriated or other-
wise made available under the heading ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $5,000,000 may be 
made available in fiscal year 2008 for the program author-
ized by subsection (a). 
NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES 
SEC. 689. Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Global Health and Child Survival’’, not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be made available to support the United