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that such notifications shall be transmitted at least 5 days 
in advance of the obligation of funds. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$17,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 
which shall be available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law. 
DEBT RESTRUCTURING 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan 
guarantees, as the President may determine, for which 
funds have been appropriated or otherwise made available 
for programs within the International Affairs Budget Func-
tion 150, including the cost of selling, reducing, or canceling 
amounts owed to the United States as a result of 
concessional loans made to eligible countries, pursuant to 
parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and 
of modifying concessional credit agreements with least de-
veloped countries, as authorized under section 411 of the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954, as amended, and concessional loans, guarantees and 
credit agreements, as authorized under section 572 of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–461),
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and of canceling amounts owed, as a result of loans or guar-
antees made pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act of 
1945, by countries that are eligible for debt reduction pursu-
ant to title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law by section 
1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113, $95,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That not less 
than $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be made available to carry out the provisions 
of part V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided 
further, That $75,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 
this heading may be used by the Secretary of the Treasury 
to pay to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) 
Trust Fund administered by the International Bank for Re-
construction and Development amounts for the benefit of 
countries that are eligible for debt reduction pursuant to 
title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law by section 
1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113: Provided further, That 
amounts paid to the HIPC Trust Fund may be used only 
to fund debt reduction under the enhanced HIPC initiative 
by—
(1) the Inter-American Development Bank; 
(2) the African Development Fund; 
(3) the African Development Bank; and 
(4) the Central American Bank for Economic In-
tegration:
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Provided further, That funds may not be paid to the HIPC 
Trust Fund for the benefit of any country if the Secretary 
of State has credible evidence that the government of such 
country is engaged in a consistent pattern of gross viola-
tions of internationally recognized human rights or in mili-
tary or civil conflict that undermines its ability to develop 
and implement measures to alleviate poverty and to devote 
adequate human and financial resources to that end: Pro-
vided further, That on the basis of final appropriations, the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations concerning which countries and inter-
national financial institutions are expected to benefit from 
a United States contribution to the HIPC Trust Fund dur-
ing the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall inform the Committees on Appropria-
tions not less than 15 days in advance of the signature of 
an agreement by the United States to make payments to 
the HIPC Trust Fund of amounts for such countries and 
institutions: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
Treasury may disburse funds designated for debt reduction 
through the HIPC Trust Fund only for the benefit of coun-
tries that—
(1) have committed, for a period of 24 months, 
not to accept new market-rate loans from the inter-
national financial institution receiving debt repay-