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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law that 
restricts assistance to foreign countries, not less than 
$4,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should be made 
available to nongovernmental organizations to support ac-
tivities which preserve cultural traditions and promote 
sustainable development and environmental conservation 
in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Autonomous Re-
gion and in other Tibetan communities in China. 
CENTRAL AMERICA 
SEC. 576. Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs 
Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than the 
amount of funds initially allocated pursuant to section 
653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal 
year 2005 should be made available for El Salvador, Gua-
temala, Nicaragua and Honduras. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 577. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $75,000,000 of 
the funds made available in this Act to carry out the provi-
sions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, in-
cluding funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, may be used 
by the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment (USAID) to hire and employ individuals in the
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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, 
2008. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of this section may 
only be used to the extent that an equivalent number of 
positions that are filled by personal services contractors 
or other nondirect-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 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-
direct-hire personnel. 
(e) CONSULTATIONS.—The USAID Administrator 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations at
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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) DISASTER
SURGE
CAPACITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Bal-
tic 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. 
HIPC DEBT REDUCTION 
SEC. 578. Section 501(b) of H.R. 3425, as enacted 
into law by section 1000(a)(5) of division B of Public Law 
106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–311), is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(5) The Act of March 11, 1941 (chapter 11; 
55 Stat. 31; 22 U.S.C. 411 et seq.; commonly known 
as the ‘Lend-Lease Act’).’’. 
OPIC TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 579. Whenever the President determines that 
it is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under title II of this Act may be trans-
ferred to and merged with funds appropriated by this Act 
for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Program 
Account, to be subject to the terms and conditions of that 
account: Provided, That such funds shall not be available 
for administrative expenses of the Overseas Private In-
vestment Corporation: Provided further, That funds ear-
marked by this Act shall not be transferred pursuant to 
this section: Provided further, That the exercise of such 
authority shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
CONFLICT RESPONSE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 580. Whenever the Secretary of State deter-
mines that it is in the national interest of the United 
States, the Secretary is authorized to furnish reconstruc-
tion and stabilization assistance, on such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary may determine, for the purpose of
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preventing, responding to, or enabling transition from con-
flict or civil strife in foreign countries or regions: Provided, 
That the Secretary may transfer up to $100,000,000 
among accounts of the Department of State and to other 
Federal agencies as necessary to carry out these authori-
ties: Provided further, That pursuant to a determination 
by the Secretary of State that it is in the national interest 
of the United States to prevent or respond to conflict or 
civil strife in foreign countries or regions, or to enable 
transition from such strife assistance provided under this 
paragraph, as well as assistance provided with funds ap-
propriated under titles II and III of this Act for countries 
subject to a determination made under this paragraph, 
may be used: Provided further, That the exercise of such 
authority shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
RESCISSION 
SEC. 581. Of the funds provided in title II of Public 
Law 108–447, under the heading ‘‘Other Bilateral Eco-
nomic Assistance, Economic Support Fund’’, $64,000,000 
is hereby rescinded. 
ANTICORRUPTION PROVISIONS 
SEC. 582. Twenty-five percent of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘International De-
velopment Association’’, shall be withheld from obligation
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until the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees that— 
(a) World Bank procurement guidelines are ap-
plied to all procurement financed in whole or in part 
by a loan from the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development (IBRD) or a credit 
agreement or grant from the International Develop-
ment Association (IDA); 
(b) the World Bank proposal ‘‘Increasing the 
Use of Country Systems in Procurement’’ dated 
March 2005 has been withdrawn; 
(c) the World Bank is maintaining a strong 
central procurement office staffed with senior ex-
perts who are designated to address commercial con-
cerns, questions, and complaints regarding procure-
ment procedures and payments under IDA and 
IBRD projects; 
(d) thresholds for international competitive bid-
ding are established to maximize international com-
petitive bidding in accordance with sound procure-
ment practices, including transparency, competition, 
and cost-effective results for the Borrowers; 
(e) all tenders under the World Bank’s national 
competitive bidding provisions are subject to the
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same advertisement requirements as tenders under 
international competitive bidding; and 
(f) loan agreements are made public between 
the World Bank and the Borrowers. 
PROHIBITION
ON
CERTAIN
INTERNATIONAL
NARCOTICS 
CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE TO 
THE GOVERNMENT OF HAITI 
SEC. 583. None of the funds made available in this 
Act under the heading ‘‘INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CON-
TROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT’’ may be used to transfer 
excess property of an agency of the United States Govern-
ment to the Government of Haiti. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO ROMANIA UNDER THE 
SUPPORT FOR EAST EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY (SEED) 
ACT OF 1989 
SEC. 584. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE 
AND THE BALTIC STATES’’ may be obligated or expended 
for assistance to Romania under the Support for East Eu-
ropean Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989. 
LIMITATION ON FUNDS RELATING TO ATTENDANCE OF 
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AT CONFERENCES OCCURRING 
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 585. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees of a Federal department
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or agency at any single conference occurring outside the 
United States. 
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS BY THE EXPORT-IMPORT 
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 586. Of the amounts provided in title I, under 
the heading ‘‘EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED 
STATES—ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES’’, not more than 
$66,200,000 may be expended while there is a vacancy 
in position of the head of the Office of Inspector General 
in the Export-Import Bank of the United States. 
LIMITATION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
FOREIGN
COUNTRIES 
THAT
REFUSE
TO
EXTRADITE
TO
THE
UNITED 
STATES ANY INDIVIDUAL ACCUSED IN THE UNITED 
STATES OF KILLING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 
SEC. 587. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Department of State may be used to provide 
assistance to any country the government of which has 
notified the Department of State of its refusal to extradite 
to the United States any individual accused in the United 
States of killing a law enforcement officer, as specified in 
a United States extradition request. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR SAUDI 
ARABIA 
SEC. 588. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated 
or expended to finance any assistance to Saudi Arabia.
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PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS BY THE EXPORT-IMPORT 
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES TO APPROVE AN AP-
PLICATION FOR A LONG-TERM LOAN OR LOAN GUAR-
ANTEE WITH RESPECT TO A NUCLEAR PROJECT IN 
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SEC. 589. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Export-Import Bank of the United 
States to approve an application for a long-term loan or 
loan guarantee with respect to a nuclear project in the 
People’s Republic of China. 
GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE FAILED TO PERMIT CERTAIN 
EXTRADITIONS 
SEC. 590. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Department of State, other than funds pro-
vided under the heading ‘‘INTERNATIONAL
NARCOTICS 
CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT’’, may be used to pro-
vide assistance to any country with whom the United 
States has an extradition treaty and whose government 
has notified the Department of State of its refusal to ex-
tradite to the United States any individual accused of 
committing a criminal offense for which the maximum 
penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of pa-
role, or a lesser term of imprisonment. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2006’’.
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 
AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and 
the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, including 
employment, without regard to civil service and classifica-
tion laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed 
$700,000 of this appropriation), as authorized by section 
801 of the United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948; representation to certain international 
organizations in which the United States participates pur-
suant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and consent 
of the Senate or specific Acts of Congress; arms control, non-
proliferation and disarmament activities as authorized; ac-
quisition by exchange or purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles as authorized by law; and for expenses of general ad-
ministration, $3,755,118,000: Provided, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, not to exceed $4,000,000 
may be transferred to, and merged with, funds in the
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‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’ ap-
propriations account, to be available only for emergency 
evacuations and terrorism rewards: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this heading, not less 
than $328,000,000 shall be available only for public diplo-
macy international information programs: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing, not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available for 
the Scholar Rescue Fund: Provided further, That funds 
available under this heading may be made available for a 
United States Government interagency task force to exam-
ine, coordinate and oversee United States participation in 
the United Nations headquarters renovation project: Pro-
vided further, That no funds may be obligated or expended 
for processing licenses for the export of satellites of United 
States origin (including commercial satellites and satellite 
components) to the People’s Republic of China unless, at 
least 15 days in advance, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are 
notified of such proposed action. 
In addition, not to exceed $1,469,000 shall be derived 
from fees collected from other executive agencies for lease 
or use of facilities located at the International Center in 
accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act; 
in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act,
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$490,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by that 
section, to be used for the purposes set out in that section; 
in addition, as authorized by section 810 of the United 
States Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to 
exceed $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, may 
be credited to this appropriation from fees or other pay-
ments received from English teaching, library, motion pic-
tures, and publication programs and from fees from edu-
cational advising and counseling and exchange visitor pro-
grams; and, in addition, not to exceed $15,000, which shall 
be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use 
of Blair House facilities. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, $689,523,000, to remain available until expended. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, $58,895,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized: Provided, That section 135(e) of Public Law 
103–236 shall not apply to funds available under this head-
ing. 
CENTRALIZED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION 
PROGRAM 
For expenses relating to the modernization of the infor-
mation technology systems and networks of the Department 
of State, $74,105,000, to remain available until expended.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $33,000,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), as it 
relates to post inspections. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange pro-
grams, as authorized, $440,200,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, may be credited to this 
appropriation from fees or other payments received from 
or in connection with English teaching, educational advis-
ing and counseling programs, and exchange visitor pro-
grams as authorized: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for an endowment for the Aung San Suu Kyi Center 
for Democracy, and not less than $13,500,000 shall be made 
available for educational and cultural exchanges with the 
People’s Republic of China, including for American studies 
programs. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
For 
representation 
allowances 
as 
authorized, 
$8,281,000.
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PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Sec-
retary of State to provide for extraordinary protective serv-
ices, as authorized, $9,390,000. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–303), pre-
serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for build-
ings that are owned or directly leased by the Department 
of State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the 
Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 
$598,800,000, to remain available until expended as au-
thorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 
domestic and overseas representation as authorized: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated in this para-
graph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, fur-
nishings, or generators for other departments and agencies. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 
$900,200,000, to remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State 
to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic
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and Consular Service, $13,643,000, to remain available 
until expended as authorized, of which such sums as nec-
essary may be transferred to and merged with funds in the 
‘‘Repatriation Loans Program Account’’, subject to the 
same terms and conditions. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $712,000, as authorized: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $607,000, which may 
be transferred to and merged with funds in the ‘‘Diplomatic 
and Consular Programs’’ account. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $19,751,000, to 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 law, $131,700,000.
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 
meet annual obligations of membership in international 
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
tions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,166,212,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of State shall, at the time of the submission of the 
President’s budget to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, transmit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations the most recent biennial budget prepared by 
the United Nations for the operations of the United Nations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in ad-
vance (or in an emergency, as far in advance as is prac-
ticable) of any United Nations action to increase funding 
for any United Nations program without identifying an off-
setting decrease elsewhere in the United Nations budget and 
cause the United Nations budget for the biennium 2006– 
2007 to exceed the revised United Nations budget level for 
the biennium 2004–2005 of $3,695,480,000: Provided fur-
ther, That any payment of arrearages under this title shall 
be directed toward special activities that are mutually 
agreed upon by the United States and the respective inter-
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national organization: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for 
a United States contribution to an international organiza-
tion for the United States share of interest costs made 
known to the United States Government by such organiza-
tion for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through 
external borrowings. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
security, $1,035,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2006: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available under this title shall be obligated or expended for 
any new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mission 
unless, at least 15 days in advance of voting for the new 
or expanded mission in the United Nations Security Coun-
cil (or in an emergency as far in advance as is practicable): 
(1) the Committees on Appropriations and other appro-
priate committees of the Congress are notified of the esti-
mated cost and length of the mission, the national interest 
that will be served, and the planned exit strategy; and (2) 
a reprogramming of funds pursuant to section 6088 of this 
Act is submitted, and the procedures therein followed, set-
ting forth the source of funds that will be used to pay for
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the cost of the new or expanded mission: Provided further, 
That funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses only 
upon a certification by the Secretary of State to the appro-
priate committees of the Congress that American manufac-
turers and suppliers are being given opportunities to pro-
vide equipment, services, and material for United Nations 
peacekeeping activities equal to those being given to foreign 
manufacturers and suppliers: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available under this heading are avail-
able to pay the United States share of the cost of court mon-
itoring that is part of any United Nations peacekeeping 
mission. 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
meet obligations of the United States arising under treaties, 
or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section 
of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 
United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 
$6,000 for representation; as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$28,700,000.
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CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $5,300,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the 
International Joint Commission and the International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Canada 
or Great Britain, and for the Border Environment Coopera-
tion Commission as authorized by Public Law 103–182, 
$10,400,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall be available 
for representation expenses incurred by the International 
Joint Commission. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries com-
missions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, 
$25,623,000: Provided, That the United States’ share of 
such expenses may be advanced to the respective commis-
sions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324. 
OTHER 
PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized by 
the Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $15,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2007, as authorized.
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CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE TRUST 
FUND 
For a grant to the Center for Middle Eastern-Western 
Dialogue Trust Fund (22 U.S.C. 2078), $7,000,000 for op-
eration of the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue 
in Istanbul, Turkey, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for necessary expenses of the Center for 
Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the total 
amount of the interest and earnings accruing to such Fund 
on or before September 30, 2006, to remain available until 
expended. 
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 
of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 
U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund 
on or before September 30, 2006, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa-
tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the pay-
ment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5376; or for purposes which are not in accordance with 
OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative Require-
ments) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit Organi-
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zations), including the restrictions on compensation for per-
sonal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 
U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to the 
Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 
2006, to remain available until expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 
Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, 
by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical Inter-
change Between East and West in the State of Hawaii, 
$20,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
herein shall be used to pay any salary, or enter into any 
contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the 
rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY 
For grants made by the Department of State to the 
National Endowment for Democracy as authorized by the 
National Endowment for Democracy Act, $8,800,000 to re-
main available until expended.
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COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S 
HERITAGE ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 
Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $499,000, as 
authorized by section 1303 of Public Law 99–83. 
COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Commis-
sion on International Religious Freedom, as authorized by 
title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
(Public Law 105–292), $1,000,000. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security 
and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 
94–304, $2,030,000, to remain available as authorized by 
section 3 of Public Law 99–7. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive 
Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as author-
ized, $1,900,000, including not more than $3,000 for the 
purpose of official representation, to remain available until 
September 30, 2007.
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UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission, $2,800,000, 
including not more than $5,000 for the purpose of official 
representation, to remain available until September 30, 
2007. 
UNITED STATES SENATE-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY 
GROUP 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Senate- 
China Interparliamentary Group, as authorized under sec-
tion 153 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (22 
U.S.C. 276n; Public Law 108–99; 118 Stat. 448), $150,000 
to remain available until September 30, 2007. 
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 
of Peace as authorized in the United States Institute of 
Peace Act, $21,850,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007.
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RELATED AGENCY 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, as authorized, to carry out inter-
national communication activities, and to make and super-
vise grants for radio and television broadcasting to the Mid-
dle East, $603,394,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
in this heading, not to exceed $16,000 may be used for offi-
cial receptions within the United States as authorized, not 
to exceed $35,000 may be used for representation abroad 
as authorized, and not to exceed $39,000 may be used for 
official reception and representation expenses of Radio Free 
Europe/Radio Liberty; and in addition, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, not to exceed $2,000,000 in re-
ceipts from advertising and revenue from business ventures, 
not to exceed $500,000 in receipts from cooperating inter-
national organizations, and not to exceed $1,000,000 in re-
ceipts from privatization efforts of the Voice of America and 
the International Broadcasting Bureau, to remain avail-
able until expended for carrying out authorized purposes. 
BROADCASTING TO CUBA 
For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors to carry out broadcasting to Cuba, in-
cluding the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement 
of facilities for radio and television transmission and recep-
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tion and purchase, lease, and installation of necessary 
equipment for radio and television transmission and recep-
tion, $37,656,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement 
of facilities for radio transmission and reception, and pur-
chase and installation of necessary equipment for radio and 
television transmission and reception as authorized, 
$10,893,000, to remain available until expended, as author-
ized. 
TITLE II—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT 
ASSISTANCE 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $1,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2007. 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government Cor-
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poration Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying out 
the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation: 
Provided, That none of the funds available during the cur-
rent fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, con-
tracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, 
fuel, or technology to any country, other than a nuclear- 
weapon state as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the 
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive 
economic or military assistance under this Act, that has 
detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of the enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
1(c) of Public Law 103–428, as amended, sections 1(a) and 
(b) of Public Law 103–428 shall remain in effect through 
October 1, 2006. 
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, 
and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Ex-
port-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $125,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974: Provided further, That such sums shall re-
main available until September 30, 2024, for the disburse-
ment of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied- 
aid grants obligated in fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 
2009: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
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priated by this Act or any prior Act appropriating funds 
for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams for tied-aid credits or grants may be used for any 
other purpose except through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated by this paragraph are made 
available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Im-
port Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the purchase 
or lease of any product by any Eastern European country, 
any Baltic State or any agency or national thereof. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses for members of the 
Board of Directors, $73,200,000: Provided, That the Ex-
port-Import Bank may accept, and use, payment or services 
provided by transaction participants for legal, financial, 
or technical services in connection with any transaction for 
which an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance 
commitment has been made: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the Export En-
hancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall remain 
in effect until October 1, 2006.
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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT 
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 
as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and com-
mitments within the limits of funds available to it and in 
accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided, That 
the amount available for administrative expenses to carry 
out the credit and insurance programs (including an 
amount for official reception and representation expenses 
which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed 
$42,274,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 
in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with 
services provided to specific investors or potential investors 
pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, shall not be considered administrative expenses for 
the purposes of this heading. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 
$20,276,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Non-Credit Ac-
count: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
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such sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and 
loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal 
years 2006 and 2007: Provided further, That such sums 
shall remain available through fiscal year 2014 for the dis-
bursement of direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal 
year 2006, and through fiscal year 2015 for the disburse-
ment of direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year 
2007: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion is authorized to undertake any program authorized by 
title IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available pursuant to the 
authority of the previous proviso shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
In addition, such sums as may be necessary for admin-
istrative expenses to carry out the credit program may be 
derived from amounts available for administrative expenses 
to carry out the credit and insurance programs in the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account 
and merged with said account.
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FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$50,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007. 
TITLE III—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry 
out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
and for other purposes, to remain available until September 
30, 2006, unless otherwise specified herein, as follows: 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, for child survival, health, and family planning/ 
reproductive health activities, in addition to funds other-
wise available for such purposes, $1,659,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That this 
amount shall be made available for such activities as: (1) 
immunization programs; (2) oral rehydration programs; 
(3) health, nutrition, water and sanitation programs which 
directly address the needs of mothers and children, and re-
lated education programs; (4) assistance for children dis-
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placed or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; (5) pro-
grams for the prevention, treatment, control of, and research 
on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other infec-
tious diseases, and for assistance to communities severely 
affected by HIV/AIDS, including children displaced or or-
phaned by AIDS; and (6) family planning/reproductive 
health: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for non-
project assistance, except that funds may be made available 
for such assistance for ongoing health activities: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not to exceed $350,000, in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes, may be used to monitor and 
provide oversight of child survival, maternal and family 
planning/reproductive health, and infectious disease pro-
grams: Provided further, That the following amounts should 
be allocated as follows: $375,000,000 for child survival and 
maternal health; $30,000,000 for vulnerable children; 
$350,000,000 for HIV/AIDS including not less than 
$42,000,000 to support the development of microbicides as 
a means for combating HIV/AIDS; $285,000,000 for other 
infectious diseases; and $369,000,000 for family planning/ 
reproductive health, including in areas where population 
growth threatens biodiversity or endangered species: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
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heading, and in addition to funds allocated under the pre-
vious proviso, not less than $250,000,000 shall be made 
available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, ex-
cept for the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, 
Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108– 
25), for a United States contribution to the Global Fund 
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the ‘‘Global 
Fund’’), and shall be expended at the minimum rate nec-
essary to make timely payment for projects and activities: 
Provided further, That up to 5 percent of the aggregate 
amount of funds made available to the Global Fund in fis-
cal year 2006 may be made available to the United States 
Agency for International Development for technical assist-
ance related to the activities of the Global Fund: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 
that are available for HIV/AIDS programs and activities, 
not less than $35,000,000 should be made available for the 
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$70,000,000 should be made available for a United States 
contribution to The Vaccine Fund, and up to $6,000,000 
may be transferred to and merged with funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses of the 
United States Agency for International Development’’ for 
costs directly related to international health, but funds
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made available for such costs may not be derived from 
amounts made available for contribution under this and 
preceding provisos: Provided further, That restrictions with 
respect to assistance provided with funds appropriated by 
this Act for HIV/AIDS, family planning, or child survival 
and health activities shall not be construed to restrict assist-
ance in support of programs to expand the availability and 
use of condoms for HIV/AIDS prevention and of contracep-
tives to reduce the incidence of abortion: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available in this Act nor any 
unobligated balances from prior appropriations may be 
made available to any organization or program which, as 
determined by the President of the United States, directly 
supports coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Pro-
vided further, That the previous proviso shall not be con-
strued to deny funding to any organization or program 
solely because the government of a country engages in coer-
cive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this Act may 
be used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method 
of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to 
practice abortions: Provided further, That nothing in this 
paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory 
prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That none
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of the funds made available under this Act may be used 
to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, That in 
order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, 
funds shall be available only to voluntary family planning 
projects which offer, either directly or through referral to, 
or information about access to, a broad range of family 
planning methods and services, and that any such vol-
untary family planning project shall meet the following re-
quirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the 
project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or other 
numerical targets, of total number of births, number of fam-
ily planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method 
of family planning (this provision shall not be construed 
to include the use of quantitative estimates or indicators 
for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the project shall 
not include payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or fi-
nancial reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for be-
coming a family planning acceptor; or (B) program per-
sonnel 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
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services; (4) the project shall provide family planning ac-
ceptors 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 experi-
mental 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 Inter-
national Development determines that there has been a vio-
lation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), (2), 
(3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of viola-
tions 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 fam-
ily planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against be-
cause of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commit-
ment to offer only natural family planning; and, addition-
ally, all such applicants shall comply with the requirements 
of the previous proviso: Provided further, That for purposes
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of this or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds 
for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams, the term ‘‘motivate’’, 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 infor-
mation provided about the use of condoms as part of 
projects or activities that are funded from amounts appro-
priated 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 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, $1,675,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That 
$350,000,000 should be made available for basic education: 
Provided further, That of the aggregate amount of the funds 
appropriated by this Act that are made available for agri-
culture and rural development programs, $40,000,000 shall 
be made available for plant biotechnology research and de-
velopment: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $1,000,000 shall 
be made available for support of the United States Tele-
communications Training Institute: Provided further, That 
not less than $2,300,000 shall be made available for core
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support for the International Fertilizer Development Cen-
ter: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad pro-
gram: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available for 
cooperative development programs within the Office of Pri-
vate and Voluntary Cooperation: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$700,000 shall be made available to the nonprofit organiza-
tion that conducted the 2001 Micronutrient Compliance Re-
view to improve food aid product quality and nutrient de-
livery, and shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 
that are made available for assistance programs for dis-
placed and orphaned children and victims of war, not to 
exceed $42,500, in addition to funds otherwise available for 
such purposes, may be used to monitor and provide over-
sight of such programs: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made 
available for the Doulos Foundation for programs in South 
Asia: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $20,000,000 shall be made 
available for the Election and Political Processes Program 
of the Office of Democracy and Governance, United States
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Agency for International Development, of which not less 
than $18,000,000 shall be made available for democracy 
grants: Provided further, That not less than $5,000,000 
should be made available for pilot programs to support ef-
forts to reduce the incidence of child marriage in developing 
countries: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $20,000,000 shall be made 
available to develop clean water treatment activities in de-
veloping countries: Provided further, That of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act, not less than $200,000,000 shall be 
made available for drinking water supply projects and re-
lated activities, of which not less than $50,000,000 should 
be made available for programs in Africa. 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AND FAMINE ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for inter-
national disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction 
assistance, $400,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $20,000,000 should be for famine preven-
tion and relief. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for international disaster reha-
bilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section 
491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $50,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to support transition to 
democracy and to long-term development of countries in cri-
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sis: Provided, That such support may include assistance to 
develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic 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 assist-
ance: Provided further, That if the President determines 
that is important to the national interests of the United 
States to provide transition assistance 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 further, That funds made available pur-
suant to the previous proviso shall be made available subject 
to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro-
vided by the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, as authorized by sections 108 and 635 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $21,000,000 may be de-
rived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act to
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carry out part I of such Act and under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: Provided, 
That such funds shall be made available only for micro and 
small enterprise programs, urban programs, and other pro-
grams which further the purposes of part I of the Act: Pro-
vided further, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying 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 noti-
fication 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 guaran-
tees provided under this heading: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
any portion of which is to be guaranteed, of up to 
$700,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
credit programs administered by the United States Agency
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for International Development, $8,000,000, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Oper-
ating Expenses of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development: Provided, That funds made avail-
able under this heading shall remain available until Sep-
tember 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, $41,700,000. 
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, 
$620,000,000, of which up to $25,000,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated under this heading 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
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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 contracts 
or agreements entered into with funds appropriated under 
this heading may entail commitments for the expenditure 
of such funds through fiscal year 2007: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
than $36,600,000 shall be made available for operations in 
Iraq and Afghanistan: Provided further, That none of the 
funds in this Act may be used to open a new overseas mis-
sion of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment without the prior written notification of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the author-
ity of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary of State to trans-
fer funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of 
such Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States Agen-
cy 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
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1961, $77,700,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 obli-
gation only pursuant to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to 
exceed $19,709,000 may be made available for the purposes 
of implementing the Capital Security Cost Sharing Pro-
gram. 
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR
INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
OFFICE
OF
IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$36,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 
which sum shall be available for the Office of the Inspector 
General of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment. 
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapter 4 of part II, $3,031,375,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2007: Provided, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, not less than $240,000,000 
shall be available only for Israel, which sum shall be avail-
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able on a grant basis as a cash transfer and shall be dis-
bursed within 30 days of the enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $495,000,000 shall be 
available only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on 
a grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance 
shall be provided with the understanding that Egypt will 
undertake significant economic and political reforms which 
are additional to those which were undertaken in previous 
fiscal years: Provided further, That with respect to the pro-
vision of assistance for Egypt for democracy and govern-
ance activities, the organizations implementing such assist-
ance and the specific nature of that assistance shall not be 
subject to the prior approval by the Government of Egypt: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading for assistance for Egypt, not less than $35,000,000 
shall be made available for democracy and governance pro-
grams, not less than $50,000,000 should be used for edu-
cation programs and not less than $5,000,000 shall be made 
available for scholarships for disadvantaged Egyptian stu-
dents to attend the American University in Cairo: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 
for assistance for Egypt for economic reform activities, 
$227,600,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that Egypt has met the calendar year
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2005 benchmarks accompanying the ‘‘Financial Sector Re-
form Memorandum of Understanding’’ dated March 20, 
2005, and that Egypt has agreed to the installation of an 
FM transmitter in Media City for Radio SAWA: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not less than $2,500,000 should be made available for tech-
nical assistance for countries to implement and enforce the 
Kimberley Process Certification Scheme: Provided further, 
That in exercising the authority to provide cash transfer 
assistance for Israel, the President shall ensure that the level 
of such assistance does not cause an adverse impact on the 
total level of nonmilitary exports from the United States 
to such country and that Israel enters into a side letter 
agreement in an amount proportional to the fiscal year 
1999 agreement: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $250,000,000 
should be made available only for assistance for Jordan: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, $120,000,000 shall be made available for the ‘‘Mid-
dle East Partnership Initiative’’: Provided further, That 
$40,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be made available for assistance for Lebanon, of which 
not less than $6,000,000 should be made available for schol-
arships and direct support of American educational institu-
tions in Lebanon: Provided further, That funds appro-
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priated under this heading may be made available for Cy-
prus only for scholarships, administrative support of the 
scholarship program, bicommunal projects, measures aimed 
at reunification of the island, and activities to reduce ten-
sions and promote peace and cooperation between the two 
communities on Cyprus: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not less than $35,000,000 
shall be made available for assistance for the Philippines: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $22,000,000 shall be made available 
for assistance for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, 
of which up to $1,000,000 may be available for administra-
tive expenses of the United States Agency for International 
Development: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $10,000,000 
should be made available for democracy programs and ac-
tivities in Ethiopia: Provided further, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, not less than $2,000,000 
should be made available for East Asia and Pacific Envi-
ronment Initiatives: Provided further, That prior to the ob-
ligation of funds appropriated under this heading for as-
sistance for the Central Government of Pakistan, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations describing steps taken in the previous six 
months by the Government of Pakistan to protect the rights
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and safety of Pakistani human rights lawyers and journal-
ists: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, $3,000,000 shall be made available for the 
Foundation for Security and Sustainability: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
$4,000,000 shall be made available for programs and activi-
ties for the Central Highlands of Vietnam: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$2,000,000 shall be made available for economic develop-
ment programs conducted by Indonesian universities: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, $5,000,000 shall be made available for democracy 
and media programs in Thailand: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 
shall be made available to continue to support the provision 
of wheelchairs for needy persons in developing countries: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing that are made available for a Middle East Financing 
Facility, Middle East Enterprise Fund, or any other simi-
lar entity in the Middle East shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $4,000,000 shall be made 
available for the Office of the United Nations High Commis-
sioner for Human Rights in Nepal: Provided further, That
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of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$1,000,000 should be made available for a United States 
contribution to the Extractive Industries Transparency Ini-
tiative Trust Fund: Provided further, That of funds appro-
priated under this heading, $13,000,000 should be made 
available for a United States contribution to the Special 
Court for Sierra Leone: Provided further, That with respect 
to funds appropriated under this heading in this Act or 
prior Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs, the responsibility 
for policy decisions and justifications for the use of such 
funds, including whether there will be a program for a 
country that uses those funds and the amount of each such 
program, shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of State 
and the Deputy Secretary of State and this responsibility 
shall not be delegated. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC 
STATES 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for 
East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, 
$395,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for assistance and for related programs 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: Provided, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading $3,500,000
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shall be made available for leadership development pro-
grams for women and youth and $5,000,000 shall be made 
available for rule of law programs for the training of judges. 
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the 
administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use 
of economic assistance. 
(c) The provisions of section 6029 of this Act shall 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any provision of this or any other 
Act, including provisions in this subsection regarding the 
application of section 6029 of this Act, local currencies gen-
erated by, or converted from, funds appropriated by this 
Act and by previous appropriations Acts and made avail-
able for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia may 
be used in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States to carry 
out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
and the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) 
Act of 1989. 
(d) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap-
propriated under this heading made available for economic 
revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he 
determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has
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not complied with article III of annex 1–A of the General 
Framework 
Agreement 
for 
Peace 
in 
Bosnia 
and 
Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, 
and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga-
tions, and related activities between state sponsors of ter-
rorism and terrorist organizations and Bosnian officials 
has not been terminated. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE 
FORMER SOVIET UNION 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance 
for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and 
for related programs, $565,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2007: Provided, That the provisions of 
such chapters shall apply to funds appropriated by this 
paragraph: Provided further, That funds made available for 
the Southern Caucasus region may be used, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for confidence-building 
measures and other activities in furtherance of the peaceful 
resolution of the regional conflicts, especially those in the 
vicinity of Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabagh: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$6,500,000 should be available only to meet the health and 
other assistance needs of victims of trafficking in persons: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
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heading, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 
to the National Endowment for Democracy for political 
party development programs in Russia: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
than $5,000,000 should be made available for humani-
tarian, conflict mitigation, relief and recovery assistance 
for Chechnya, Ingushetia, and elsewhere in the North 
Caucasus: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this head-
ing in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs, 
that are made available pursuant to the provisions of sec-
tion 807 of Public Law 102–511 shall be subject to a 6 per-
cent ceiling on administrative expenses. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that 
are made available for assistance for Ukraine, not less than 
$7,000,000 shall be made available for nuclear reactor safe-
ty initiatives, and not less than $5,000,000 shall be made 
available for coal mine safety programs. 
(c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$2,500,000 shall be made available for the Business Infor-
mation Service for the Newly Independent States. 
(d)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading 
that are allocated for assistance for the Government of the 
Russian Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from obli-
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gation until the President determines and certifies in writ-
ing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation— 
(A) has terminated implementation of arrange-
ments to provide Iran with technical expertise, train-
ing, technology, or equipment necessary to develop a 
nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facilities or 
programs, or ballistic missile capability; and 
(B) is providing full access to international non- 
government organizations providing humanitarian 
relief to refugees and internally displaced persons in 
Chechnya. 
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 
(A) assistance to combat infectious diseases, child 
survival activities, or assistance for victims of traf-
ficking in persons; and 
(B) activities authorized under title V (Non-
proliferation and Disarmament Programs and Activi-
ties) of the FREEDOM Support Act. 
(e) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall 
not apply to— 
(1) activities to support democracy or assistance 
under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and sec-
tion 1424 of Public Law 104–201 or non-proliferation 
assistance;