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payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to:
(A) an individual in exchange for becoming a family planning
acceptor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical target
or quota of total number of births, number of family planning
acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family planning;
(3) the project shall not deny any right or benefit, including the
right of access to participate in any program of general welfare
or the right of access to health care, as a consequence of any
individual’s decision not to accept family planning services; (4)
the project shall provide family planning acceptors comprehensible
information on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen,
including those conditions that might render the use of the method
inadvisable and those adverse side effects known to be consequent
to the use of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure that
experimental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical proce-
dures are provided only in the context of a scientific study in
which participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; and,
not less than 60 days after the date on which the Administrator
of the United States Agency for International Development deter-
mines that there has been a violation of the requirements contained
in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or
practice of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph
(4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees
on Appropriations a report containing a description of such violation
and the corrective action taken by the Agency: Provided further,
That in awarding grants for natural family planning under section
104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be
discriminated against because of such applicant’s religious or con-
scientious commitment to offer only natural family planning; and,
additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the requirements
of the previous proviso: Provided further, That for purposes of
this or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds for foreign
operations, export financing, and related programs, the term ‘‘moti-
vate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance, shall not be
construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, of
information or counseling about all pregnancy options: Provided
further, That to the maximum extent feasible, taking into consider-
ation cost, timely availability, and best health practices, funds
appropriated in this Act or prior appropriations Acts that are made
available for condom procurement shall be made available only
for the procurement of condoms manufactured in the United States:
Provided further, That information provided about the use of
condoms as part of projects or activities that are funded from
amounts appropriated by this Act shall be medically accurate and
shall include the public health benefits and failure rates of such
use.
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development to carry out the provisions of sections 103,
105, 106, and 131, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, $1,460,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2006: Provided, That $194,000,000 should be allocated for trade
capacity building: Provided further, That $300,000,000 should be
allocated for basic education: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading and managed by the United States
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Agency for International Development Bureau of Democracy, Con-
flict, and Humanitarian Assistance, not less than $15,000,000 shall
be made available only for programs to improve women’s leadership
capacity in recipient countries: Provided further, That such funds
may not be made available for construction: Provided further, That
of the aggregate amount of the funds appropriated by this Act
that are made available for agriculture and rural development
programs, $25,000,000 should be made available for plant bio-
technology research and development: Provided further, That not
less than $2,300,000 should be made available for core support
for the International Fertilizer Development Center: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less
than $20,000,000 should be made available for the American Schools
and Hospitals Abroad program: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading that are made available for assist-
ance programs for displaced and orphaned children and victims
of war, not to exceed $37,500, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able for such purposes, may be used to monitor and provide over-
sight of such programs: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this heading should be made available for programs in sub-
Saharan Africa to address sexual and gender-based violence: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
$2,000,000 should be made available to develop clean water treat-
ment activities in developing countries: Provided further, That of
the funds appropriated by this Act, $100,000,000 shall be made
available for drinking water supply projects and related activities.
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AND FAMINE ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development to carry out the provisions of section 491
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for international disaster
relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance, $335,500,000,
to remain available until expended.
In addition, for necessary expenses for assistance for famine
prevention and relief, including for mitigation of the effects of
famine, $34,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That such funds shall be made available utilizing the general
authorities of section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
and shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available for such
purposes: Provided further, That funds appropriated by this para-
graph shall be available for obligation subject to prior consultation
with the Committees on Appropriations.
TRANSITION INITIATIVES
For necessary expenses for international disaster rehabilitation
and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section 491 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, $49,000,000, to remain available until
expended, to support transition to democracy and to long-term
development of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support
may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve demo-
cratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic infrastructure,
and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That
the United States Agency for International Development shall
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5
days prior to beginning a new program of assistance: Provided
further, That if the President determines that is important to the
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national interests of the United States to provide transition assist-
ance in excess of the amount appropriated under this heading,
up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry
out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
may be used for purposes of this heading and under the authorities
applicable to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso
shall be made available subject to prior consultation with the
Committees on Appropriations.
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees provided by
the United States Agency for International Development, as author-
ized by sections 108 and 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, funds may be derived by transfer from funds appropriated
by this Act to carry out part I of such Act and under the heading
‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: Provided,
That such funds shall not exceed $21,000,000, which shall be made
available only for micro and small enterprise programs, urban pro-
grams, and other programs which further the purposes of part
I of the Act: Provided further, That such costs, including the cost
of modifying such direct and guaranteed loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:
Provided further, That funds made available by this paragraph
may be used for the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans
under this Act or prior Acts, and funds used for such costs shall
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees
on Appropriations: Provided further, That the provisions of section
107A(d) (relating to general provisions applicable to the Develop-
ment Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House
Committee on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be
applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this
heading.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out credit
programs administered by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, $8,000,000, which may be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the
United States Agency for International Development: Provided,
That funds made available under this heading shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2007.
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY
FUND
For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and Disability
Fund’’, as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980,
$42,500,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $618,000,000, of which
up to $25,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2006:
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading
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and under the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ may be made
available to finance the construction (including architect and
engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices for
use by the United States Agency for International Development,
unless the Administrator has identified such proposed construction
(including architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-
term lease of offices in a report submitted to the Committees
on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the obligation of these
funds for such purposes: Provided further, That the previous proviso
shall not apply where the total cost of construction (including
architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease
of offices does not exceed $1,000,000: Provided further, That con-
tracts or agreements entered into with funds appropriated under
this heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of such
funds through fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That none of
the funds in this Act may be used to open a new overseas mission
of the United States Agency for International Development without
the prior written notification of the Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That the authority of sections 610 and 109 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the Sec-
retary of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry out chapter
1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United
States Agency for International Development’’ in accordance with
the provisions of those sections.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and related
costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of information
technology and related capital investments, pursuant to section
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $59,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That this amount is in addition
to funds otherwise available for such purposes: Provided further,
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of
the amounts appropriated under this heading, not to exceed
$19,709,000 may be made available for the purposes of imple-
menting the Capital Security Cost Sharing Program.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $35,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2006, which sum shall be available
for the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Agency
for International Development.
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter
4 of part II, $2,482,500,000, to remain available until September
30, 2006: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, not less than $360,000,000 shall be available only for
Israel, which sum shall be available on a grant basis as a cash