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military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the Arms 
Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original ac-
quisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is 
required elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated 
funds for specific countries that would receive such excess 
defense articles: Provided further, That such Committees 
shall also be informed of the original acquisition cost of such 
defense articles. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT 
SEC. 6025. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act, except for those provided under the 
headings ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ and 
‘‘Broadcasting to Cuba’’, may be obligated for the procure-
ment of aircraft. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 6026. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made 
available for assistance for activities to support democracy, 
human rights, and the rule of law in the People’s Republic 
of China and Hong Kong: Provided, That funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
should be made available for assistance for Taiwan for the 
purposes of furthering political and legal reforms: Provided
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further, That such funds shall only be made available to 
the extent that they are matched from sources other than 
the United States Government: Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to the authority of this sub-
section shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(b)(1) In addition to the funds made available in sub-
section (a), of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ not less than 
$25,000,000 shall be made available for programs and ac-
tivities to foster democracy, human rights, civic education, 
women’s development, press freedom, and the rule of law 
in countries located outside the Middle East region with 
a significant Muslim population, and where such programs 
and activities would be important to United States efforts 
to respond to, deter, or prevent acts of international ter-
rorism: Provided, That funds made available pursuant to 
the authority of this subsection should support new initia-
tives and activities in those countries: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for continuing programs 
and activities that provide professional training for jour-
nalists: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, not less than $7,000,000 of such funds 
may be used for making grants to educational, humani-
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tarian and nongovernmental organizations and individuals 
inside Iran to support the advancement of democracy and 
human rights in Iran: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated 
pursuant to this Act may be made available for democracy, 
human rights, and rule of law programs for Syria and 
Iran: Provided further, That funds made available pursu-
ant to this subsection shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(2) In addition to funds made available under sub-
sections (a) and (b)(1), of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ not less 
than $4,500,000 shall be made available for programs and 
activities of the National Endowment for Democracy to fos-
ter democracy, human rights, civic education, women’s de-
velopment, press freedom, and the rule of law in countries 
in sub-Saharan Africa. 
(c) Of the funds made available under subsection (a), 
not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available for the 
Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of De-
mocracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of State, 
to support the activities described in subsection (a), and 
of the funds made available under subsection (b)(1), not less 
than $15,000,000 shall be made available for such Fund 
to support the activities described in subsection (b)(1): Pro-
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vided, That up to $1,200,000 may be used for the Reagan/
Fascell Democracy Fellows program. 
(d) Of the funds made available under subsection (a), 
not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for the 
National Endowment for Democracy to support the activi-
ties described in subsection (a), and of the funds made 
available under subsection (b)(1), not less than $10,000,000 
shall be made available for the National Endowment for 
Democracy to support the activities described in subsection 
(b)(1): Provided, That the Secretary of State shall provide 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations within 120 
days of the date of enactment of this Act on the status of 
the allocation and obligation of such funds. 
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 6027. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assist-
ance under any heading of this Act and funds appropriated 
under any such heading in a provision of law enacted prior 
to the enactment of this Act, shall not be made available 
to any country which the President determines—
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any in-
dividual or group which has committed an act of 
international terrorism; or 
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism. 
(b) The President may waive the application of sub-
section (a) to a country if the President determines that
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national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 
waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the Fed-
eral Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver takes 
effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
waiver (including the justification for the waiver) in ac-
cordance with the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 6028. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel-
opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental 
organization which is a grantee or contractor of the United 
States Agency for International Development may place in 
interest bearing accounts local currencies which accrue to 
that organization as a result of economic assistance pro-
vided under title III of this Act and, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, any interest earned on such investment shall be used 
for the purpose for which the assistance was provided to 
that organization. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 6029. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CUR-
RENCIES.—(1) If assistance is furnished to the government 
of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part I or 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
under agreements which result in the generation of local
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currencies of that country, the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development shall—
(A) require that local currencies be deposited in 
a separate account established by that government; 
(B) enter into an agreement with that govern-
ment which sets forth—
(i) the amount of the local currencies to be 
generated; and 
(ii) the terms and conditions under which 
the currencies so deposited may be utilized, con-
sistent with this section; and 
(C) establish by agreement with that government 
the responsibilities of the United States Agency for 
International Development and that government to 
monitor and account for deposits into and disburse-
ments from the separate account. 
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be agreed 
upon with the foreign government, local currencies depos-
ited in a separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or 
an equivalent amount of local currencies, shall be used 
only—
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or 
chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), for such 
purposes as—
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(i) project and sector assistance activities; 
or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of the 
United States Government. 
(3) PROGRAMMING
ACCOUNTABILITY.—The United 
States Agency for International Development shall take all 
necessary steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local cur-
rencies disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the 
separate account established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) 
are used for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to sub-
section (a)(2). 
(4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—Upon 
termination of assistance to a country under chapter 1 or 
10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), 
any unencumbered balances of funds which remain in a 
separate account established pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall be disposed of for such purposes as may be agreed to 
by the government of that country and the United States 
Government. 
(5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development 
shall report on an annual basis as part of the justification 
documents submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
on the use of local currencies for the administrative require-
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ments of the United States Government as authorized in 
subsection (a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the 
amount of local currency (and United States dollar equiva-
lent) used and/or to be used for such purpose in each appli-
cable country. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.—(1) 
If assistance is made available to the government of a for-
eign country, under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash 
transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
country shall be required to maintain such funds in a sepa-
rate account and not commingle them with any other funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.—
Such funds may be obligated and expended notwithstanding 
provisions of law which are inconsistent with the nature 
of this assistance including provisions which are referenced 
in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of 
Conference accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 
(House Report No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to obli-
gating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assist-
ance, the President shall submit a notification through the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations, which shall include a detailed description of how 
the funds proposed to be made available will be used, with
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a discussion of the United States interests that will be 
served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, a de-
scription of the economic policy reforms that will be pro-
moted by such assistance). 
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance funds 
may be exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1) 
only through the notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
ENTERPRISE FUND RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 6030. (a) Prior to the distribution of any assets 
resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up 
of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in ac-
cordance with the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution 
of the assets of the Enterprise Fund. 
(b) Funds made available by this Act for Enterprise 
Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary 
to make timely payment for projects and activities. 
BURMA 
SEC. 6031. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States executive director to each appro-
priate international financial institution in which the 
United States participates, to oppose and vote against the 
extension by such institution of any loan or financial or
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technical assistance or any other utilization of funds of the 
respective bank to and for Burma. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, not less than $8,000,000 shall be 
made available to support democracy activities in Burma, 
along the Burma-Thailand border, for activities of Burmese 
student groups and other organizations located outside 
Burma, and for the purpose of supporting the provision of 
humanitarian assistance to displaced Burmese along Bur-
ma’s borders: Provided, That funds made available under 
this heading may be made available notwithstanding any 
other provision of law: Provided further, That in addition 
to assistance for Burmese refugees provided under the head-
ing ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ in this Act, not 
less than $3,000,000 shall be allocated to the Bureau of Pop-
ulation, Refugees and Migration, Department of State, for 
assistance for community-based organizations operating in 
Thailand to provide food, medical and other humanitarian 
assistance to internally displaced persons in eastern 
Burma: Provided further, That funds made available under 
this section shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) The President shall include amounts expended by 
the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 
to the State Peace and Development Council in Burma, di-
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rectly or through groups and organizations affiliated with 
the Global Fund, in making determinations regarding the 
amount to be withheld by the United States from its con-
tribution to the Global Fund pursuant to section 
202(d)(4)(A)(ii) of Public Law 108–25. 
(d) Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other 
Act, none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
made available for assistance for the central government of 
any country that is a major provider of weapons or defense-
related equipment to the State Peace and Development 
Council. 
(e) The President may waive subsection (d) if he deter-
mines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that to do so is in the national security interests of the 
United States. 
(f) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for the United Nations Office on Drugs 
and Crime (UNODC) unless the Secretary of State deter-
mines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that the UNODC in Burma is reporting to other relevant 
United Nations organizations incidents of gross human 
rights violations encountered during the conduct of its pro-
grams in Burma. 
(g) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available for pro-
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grams and activities involving the Association of Southeast 
Asian Nations (ASEAN) if the State Peace and Develop-
ment Council in Burma assumes chairmanship of ASEAN 
in 2006. 
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 6032. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities au-
thorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the 
Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly report to 
the Committees on Appropriations whenever it is con-
ducting activities or is proposing to conduct activities in 
a country for which assistance is prohibited. 
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 6033. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be obligated or expended to provide—
(1) any financial incentive to a business enter-
prise currently located in the United States for the 
purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 
outside the United States if such incentive or induce-
ment is likely to reduce the number of employees of 
such business enterprise in the United States because
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United States production is being replaced by such 
enterprise outside the United States; or 
(2) assistance for any program, project, or activ-
ity that contributes to the violation of internationally 
recognized workers rights, as defined in section 507(4) 
of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the recipient 
country, including any designated zone or area in 
that country: Provided, That the application of sec-
tion 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should be com-
mensurate with the level of development of the recipi-
ent country and sector, and shall not preclude assist-
ance for the informal sector in such country, micro 
and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder agri-
culture. 
SPECIAL AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 6034. (a) AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, PAKISTAN, LEB-
ANON, MONTENEGRO, VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL-
DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act that are made available for assistance for Afghani-
stan may be made available notwithstanding section 6012 
of this Act or any similar provision of law and section 660 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and funds appro-
priated in titles II and III of this Act that are made avail-
able for Iraq, Lebanon, Montenegro, Pakistan, and for vic-
tims of war, displaced children, and displaced Burmese, 
and to assist victims of trafficking in persons and, subject
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to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations, to combat such trafficking, may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(b) TROPICAL FORESTRY
AND BIODIVERSITY CON-
SERVATION ACTIVITIES.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and 
chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for the purpose of supporting tropical forestry and biodiver-
sity conservation activities and energy programs aimed at 
reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided, That such as-
sistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(c) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 
chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, and title II of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be used by 
the United States Agency for International Development to 
employ up to 25 personal services contractors in the United 
States, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 
purpose of providing direct, interim support for new or ex-
panded overseas programs and activities managed by the 
agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired and 
trained: Provided, That not more than 10 of such contrac-
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tors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds appropriated to carry out title II of 
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954, may be made available only for personal services con-
tractors assigned to the Office of Food for Peace. 
(d)(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the provi-
sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the Presi-
dent determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore 
of the Senate that it is important to the national security 
interests of the United States. 
(2) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiv-
er pursuant to paragraph (1) 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. 
(e) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 
award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro-
priated by this Act, the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development may provide an exception to the fair 
opportunity process for placing task orders under such con-
tracts when the order is placed with any category of small 
or small disadvantaged business. 
(f) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2006, the 
President may use up to $100,000,000 under the authority
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of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not-
withstanding the funding ceiling in section 451(a). 
(g) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHORITY.—
In providing assistance with funds appropriated by this 
Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, support for a nation emerging from instability 
may be deemed to mean support for regional, district, mu-
nicipal, or other sub-national entity emerging from insta-
bility, as well as a nation emerging from instability. 
(h) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Of the funds managed 
by the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance of the United States Agency for International 
Development, from this or any other Act, not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be made available as a general contribu-
tion to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
(i) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act that are provided to the National 
Endowment for Democracy may be provided notwith-
standing any other provision of law or regulation. 
(j) UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, of the funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ in this Act, not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be made available to American edu-
cational institutions for programs and activities in the Peo-
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ple’s Republic of China relating to the environment, democ-
racy, and the rule of law: Provided, That funds made avail-
able pursuant to this authority shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(k) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Public Law 107–57, 
as amended, is further amended as follows in the specified 
subsections—
(1) subsection 1(b) is amended by striking 
‘‘2003’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘2006’’; 
(2) paragraph 1(b)(1) is amended by striking 
‘‘2003’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘2006’’; 
(3) paragraph 3(2) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) Such provision of the annual foreign oper-
ations, export financing, and related programs appro-
priations Acts for fiscal years 2005 and 2006, as are 
comparable to section 512 of the Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–429; 114 Stat. 
1900A–25).’’; and 
(4) section 6 is amended by striking ‘‘2003’’ and 
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘2006’’. 
(l) ENTERPRISE FUND AND FOUNDATION.—Funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’
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in this or any prior Act making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing and related programs may be 
made available, including as an endowment, notwith-
standing any other provision of law and following consulta-
tions with the Committees on Appropriations, to establish 
and operate a Middle East Enterprise Fund and Founda-
tion, or any other similar entities, for the Middle East re-
gion, to support democracy and private enterprise building, 
respectively, as well as for related purposes: Provided, That 
provisions contained in section 201 of the Support for East 
European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (excluding the 
authorizations of appropriations provided in subsection (b) 
of that section) shall be deemed to apply to any such fund, 
foundation, or similar entity referred to under this sub-
section and to funds made available to such entity in order 
to enable it to provide assistance, including by grant and 
financing: Provided further, That prior to the initial obli-
gation of funds for any such fund, foundation, or similar 
entity pursuant to the authorities of this subsection, other 
than for administrative support, the Secretary of State 
shall take steps to ensure, on an ongoing basis, that any 
such amounts made available pursuant to such authorities 
are not provided to or through any individual or group that 
the management of the fund, foundation or entity knows 
or has reason to believe, advocates, plans, sponsors, or other-
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wise engages in terrorist activities: Provided further, That 
section 6030 of this Act shall apply to any such fund, foun-
dation, or similar entity established by this subsection. 
(m) 
EXTENSION
OF
AUTHORITY.—(1) 
Section 
21(h)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2761(h)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization’’ the following: ‘‘or the Govern-
ments of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or Israel’’. 
(2) Section 21(h)(2) of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(h)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘or 
to any member government that Organization if that 
Organization or member government’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘, to any member of that Organization, 
or to the Governments of Australia, New Zealand, 
Japan, or Israel if that Organization, member gov-
ernment, or the Governments of Australia, New Zea-
land, Japan, or Israel’’. 
(3) Section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347) is amended—
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
President’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) The President’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
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‘‘(b) The President shall seek reimbursement for mili-
tary education and training furnished under this chapter 
from countries using assistance under section 23 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763, relating to the 
Foreign Military Financing Program) to purchase such 
military education and training at a rate comparable to 
the rate charged to countries receiving grant assistance for 
military education and training under this chapter.’’. 
(n) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—The Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–167) is amended—
(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—
(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 
2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2005, and 2006’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2005’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2006’’; and 
(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in sub-
section (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘2006’’. 
(o) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Of the funds made 
available under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 
assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, not to exceed 
$2,000,000, in addition to funds otherwise available for 
such purposes, may be used for administrative expenses of
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the United States Agency for International Development to 
carry out programs in the West Bank and Gaza. 
ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL 
SEC. 6035. It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 
secondary boycott of American firms that have com-
mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 
in the region and to United States investment and 
trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 
(2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret-
tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 
publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 
Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 
(3) all Arab League states should normalize rela-
tions with their neighbor Israel; 
(4) the President and the Secretary of State 
should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab League 
boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to dem-
onstrate that opposition by, for example, taking into 
consideration the participation of any recipient coun-
try in the boycott when determining to sell weapons 
to said country; and 
(5) the President should report to Congress an-
nually on specific steps being taken by the United 
States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 
their relations with Israel to bring about the termi-
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nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, including 
those to encourage allies and trading partners of the 
United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses 
from complying with the boycott and penalizing busi-
nesses that do comply. 
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 6036. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chap-
ters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and from funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Eu-
rope and the Baltic States’’: Provided, That before using 
the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance in sup-
port of programs of nongovernmental organizations, the 
President shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
under the regular notification procedures of those commit-
tees, including a description of the program to be assisted, 
the assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing 
such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed to alter any existing statutory 
prohibitions against abortion or involuntary sterilizations 
contained in this or any other Act.
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(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2006, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict 
assistance under the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated to carry out title I of such Act and made 
available pursuant to this subsection may be obligated or 
expended except as provided through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply—
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that support 
international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of 
law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 6037. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which 
are earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs 
within the same account notwithstanding the earmark if 
compliance with the earmark is made impossible by oper-
ation of any provision of this or any other Act: Provided, 
That any such reprogramming shall be subject to the reg-
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ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That assistance that is repro-
grammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made avail-
able under the same terms and conditions as originally pro-
vided. 
(b) In addition to the authority contained in sub-
section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap-
propriated by this Act and administered by the United 
States Agency for International Development that are ear-
marked for particular programs or activities by this or any 
other Act shall be extended for an additional fiscal year 
if the Administrator of such agency determines and reports 
promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that the ter-
mination of assistance to a country or a significant change 
in circumstances makes it unlikely that such earmarked 
funds can be obligated during the original period of avail-
ability: Provided, That such earmarked funds that are con-
tinued available for an additional fiscal year shall be obli-
gated only for the purpose of such earmark. 
CEILINGS AND EARMARKS 
SEC. 6038. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this 
Act shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appro-
priated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act 
unless such Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or min-
imum funding requirements contained in any other Act 
shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act.
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PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA 
SEC. 6039. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses within the United States not authorized before the 
date of the enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided, 
That not to exceed $750,000 may be made available to carry 
out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96–533. 
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS 
SEC. 6040. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or 
in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member 
of the United Nations or, from funds appropriated by this 
Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of another 
country’s delegation at international conferences held under 
the auspices of multilateral or international organizations. 
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION 
SEC. 6041. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a non-
governmental organization which fails to provide upon 
timely request any document, file, or record necessary to 
the auditing requirements of the United States Agency for 
International Development.
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PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
THAT
EXPORT
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIPMENT
TO 
COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 6042. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be available for as-
sistance for any foreign government which provides lethal 
military equipment to a country the government of which 
the Secretary of State has determined is a terrorist govern-
ment for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administra-
tion Act. The prohibition under this section with respect 
to a foreign government shall terminate 12 months after 
that government ceases to provide such military equipment. 
This section applies with respect to lethal military equip-
ment provided under a contract entered into after October 
1, 1997. 
(b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any other 
similar provision of law, may be furnished if the President 
determines that furnishing such assistance is important to 
the national interests of the United States. 
(c) Whenever the waiver authority of subsection (b) is 
exercised, the President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report with respect to the fur-
nishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include 
a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, in-
cluding the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, and
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an explanation of how the assistance furthers United States 
national interests. 
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES AND 
REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
SEC. 6043. (a) Subject to subsection (c), of the funds 
appropriated by this Act that are made available for assist-
ance for a foreign country, an amount equal to 110 percent 
of the total amount of the unpaid fully adjudicated parking 
fines and penalties and unpaid property taxes owed by the 
central government of such country shall be withheld from 
obligation for assistance for the central government of such 
country until the Secretary of State submits a certification 
to the appropriate congressional committees 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 appro-
priate congressional committees, 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 unpaid property taxes owed by such country. 
(c) Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that have 
been withheld under any other provision of law.
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(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 
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 ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives.
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(2) 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. 
(3) 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, 2005. 
(4) 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.
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LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST 
BANK AND GAZA 
SEC. 6044. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation 
Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the Presi-
dent has exercised the authority under section 604(a) of the 
Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of Pub-
lic 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. 6045. If the President determines that doing so 
will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 
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
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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 the 
drawdown made under this section for any tribunal shall 
not be construed as an endorsement or precedent for the es-
tablishment of any standing or permanent international 
criminal tribunal or court: 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 
SEC. 6046. 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 clearance of landmines 
and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may 
be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, subject 
to such terms and conditions as the President may pre-
scribe. 
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY 
SEC. 6047. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Jeru-
salem a new office of any department or agency of the