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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.
(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
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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. 5067. Of the funds appropriated by title II of
this Act, not less than $335,000,000 should be made avail-
able for basic education.
RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS
SEC. 5068. Of the funds appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000
shall be made available to support reconciliation programs
and activities which bring together individuals of different
ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds from areas of
civil conflict and war.
ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS
SEC. 5069. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated
under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than
$175,500,000 shall be made available for programs and ac-
tivities which directly protect biodiversity, including for-
ests, in developing countries, of which not less than
$15,000,000 shall be made available to implement a re-
gional strategy for biodiversity conservation in the coun-
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tries comprising the Amazon basin of South America, in-
cluding to improve the capacity of indigenous communities
and local law enforcement agencies to protect the biodiver-
sity of indigenous reserves, which amount shall be in addi-
tion to the amounts requested for biodiversity activities in
these countries in fiscal year 2005: Provided, That funds
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Ini-
tiative’’ shall also be made available in fiscal year 2005
to support such strategy: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated by this Act, not less than $17,500,000 should
be made available for the Congo Basin Forest Partnership,
of which not less than $2,500,000 should be made available
for the Great Apes Conservation Fund, administered by the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, for use in Central
Africa: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
by this Act, not less than $180,000,000 shall be made avail-
able to support policies and programs in developing coun-
tries that directly (1) promote a wide range of energy con-
servation, energy efficiency and clean energy programs and
activities, including the transfer of clean and environ-
mentally sustainable energy technologies; (2) measure, mon-
itor, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; (3) increase car-
bon sequestration activities; and (4) enhance climate change
mitigation and adaptation programs.
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(b) CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT.—Not later than 45
days after the date on which the President’s fiscal year 2006
budget request is submitted to Congress, the President shall
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations de-
scribing in detail the following—
(1) all Federal agency obligations and expendi-
tures, domestic and international, for climate change
programs and activities in fiscal year 2005, including
an accounting of expenditures by agency with each
agency identifying climate change activities and asso-
ciated costs by line item as presented in the Presi-
dent’s Budget Appendix; and
(2) all fiscal year 2004 obligations and estimated
expenditures, fiscal year 2005 estimated expenditures
and estimated obligations, and fiscal year 2006 re-
quested funds by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, by country and central pro-
gram, for each of the following: (i) to promote the
transfer and deployment of a wide range of United
States clean energy and energy efficiency technologies;
(ii) to assist in the measurement, monitoring, report-
ing, verification, and reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions; (iii) to promote carbon capture and seques-
tration measures; (iv) to help meet such countries’ re-
sponsibilities under the Framework Convention on
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Climate Change; and (v) to develop assessments of the
vulnerability to impacts of climate change and miti-
gation and adaptation response strategies.
CENTRAL ASIA
SEC. 5070. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may
be made available for assistance for the central Government
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 in meeting its commitments under the
‘‘Declaration on the Strategic Partnership and Cooperation
Framework Between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the
United States of America’’, including respect for human
rights, establishing a genuine multi-party system, and en-
suring free and fair elections, freedom of expression, and
the independence of the media.
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made
available for assistance for the Government of Kazakhstan
only if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of
Kazakhstan has made significant improvements in the pro-
tection of human rights during the preceding 6 month pe-
riod.
(c) The Secretary of State may waive subsection (b)
if he determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-