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the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: 
Provided, That funds provided under this paragraph and funds 
provided as a gift pursuant to section 635(d) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall be made available only for micro and small 
enterprise programs, urban programs, and other programs which 
further the purposes of part I of such Act: Provided further, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such direct and guaran-
teed 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 notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general 
provisions applicable to the Development 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: 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 for Inter-
national Development, $8,000,000, which may be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds made available under the heading ‘‘Oper-
ating Expenses’’ in title II of this Act: Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading shall remain available until September 
30, 2011. 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $3,007,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, $200,000,000 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 eco-
nomic and democratic reforms which are additional to those which 
were undertaken in previous fiscal years: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for 
Egypt, up to $20,000,000 shall be made available for democracy, 
human rights and governance programs, and not less than 
$35,000,000 shall be made available for education programs, of 
which not less than $10,000,000 is for scholarships for Egyptian 
students with high financial need: Provided further, That 
$11,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading should 
be made available for Cyprus to be used only for scholarships, 
administrative support of the scholarship program, bicommunal 
projects, and measures aimed at reunification of the island and 
designed to reduce tensions and promote peace and cooperation 
between the two communities on Cyprus: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$263,547,000 shall be made available for assistance for Jordan: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading
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not more than $75,000,000 may be made available for assistance 
for the West Bank and Gaza, of which not to exceed $2,000,000 
may be used for administrative expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID), in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes, to carry out programs in 
the West Bank and Gaza: Provided further, That $67,500,000 of 
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available 
for assistance for Lebanon, of which not less than $10,000,000 
shall be made available for educational scholarships for students 
in Lebanon with high financial need: Provided further, That 
$200,000,000 of the funds made available for assistance for Afghani-
stan under this heading may be obligated for such assistance only 
after the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appro-
priations that the Government of Afghanistan at both the national 
and provincial level is cooperating fully with United States-funded 
poppy eradication and interdiction efforts in Afghanistan: Provided 
further, That the President may waive the previous proviso if the 
President determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that to do so is in the national security interests of the 
United States: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, $200,000,000 shall be apportioned directly to 
USAID for alternative development/institution building programs 
in Colombia: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading that are available for Colombia, not less than 
$3,500,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ and 
shall be made available only for assistance to nongovernmental 
organizations that provide emergency relief aid to Colombian refu-
gees in neighboring countries. 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy 
globally, $116,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2011, of which not less than $74,000,000 shall be made available 
for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of State, and 
not less than $37,000,000 shall be made available for the Office 
of Democracy and Governance of the Bureau for Democracy, Con-
flict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that are 
made available to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and 
Labor, not less than $17,000,000 shall be made available for the 
promotion of democracy in the People’s Republic of China, Hong 
Kong, and Taiwan, and not less than $6,500,000 shall be made 
available for the promotion of democracy in countries located outside 
the Middle East region with a significant Muslim population, and 
where such programs and activities would be important to respond 
to, deter, or prevent extremism: Provided, That assistance for 
Taiwan should be matched from sources other than the United 
States Government. 
(c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that are 
made available to the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humani-
tarian Assistance, not less than $19,500,000 shall be made available 
for the Elections and Political Process Fund, $7,500,000 shall be 
made available for international labor programs, and not less than
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$10,000,000 shall be made available to provide institutional and 
core support for organizations that promote human rights, inde-
pendent media and the rule of law. 
(d) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available 
for the promotion of democracy may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law. Funds appropriated under 
this heading are in addition to funds otherwise made available 
for such purposes. 
(e) For the purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the 
term ‘‘promotion of democracy’’ means programs that support good 
governance, human rights, independent media, and the rule of 
law, and otherwise strengthen the capacity of democratic political 
parties, governments, nongovernmental organizations and institu-
tions, and citizens to support the development of democratic states, 
institutions, and practices that are responsive and accountable to 
citizens. 
(f) Any contract, grant, or cooperative agreement (or any amend-
ment to any contract, grant, or cooperative agreement) in excess 
of $1,000,000 of funds under this heading, and in excess of 
$2,500,000 under other headings in this Act, for the promotion 
of democracy, with the exception of programs and activities of 
the National Endowment for Democracy, shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $15,000,000, 
which shall be available for the United States contribution to the 
International Fund for Ireland and shall be made available in 
accordance with the provisions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Sup-
port Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount 
shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely 
payment for projects and activities: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading shall remain available until 
September 30, 2010. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Support Act, and 
the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, 
$650,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, which 
shall be available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for assistance and for related programs for countries identified 
in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 3(c) of 
the SEED Act: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be considered to be economic assistance under the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available 
the administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use 
of economic assistance: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
provision of this or any other Act, funds appropriated in prior 
years under the headings ‘‘Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union’’ and similar headings and ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe 
and the Baltic States’’ and similar headings, and currencies gen-
erated by or converted from such funds, shall be available for 
use in any country for which funds are made available under