United States Agency for International Develop-
ment. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the President— 
(1) $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2008 and 2009 to support and increase funding for 
the Community Action Program under subsection 
(b)(2) and 
(2) such sums as may be necessary for each of 
the fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to carry out the 
other provisions of this section. 
SEC. 105. ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT PRIVATE SECTOR DE-
VELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS 
IN IRAQ. 
(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The President of the 
United States shall provide assistance to support private 
sector development and employment programs, including 
short-term job creation programs, for the people of Iraq. 
Assistance provided under this subsection shall be made 
available on an equitable basis in all regions of Iraq, as 
appropriate. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
to the President such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
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SEC. 106. ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEES FROM IRAQ AND IN-
TERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN IRAQ. 
(a) ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQI REFUGEES.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 
of State shall provide assistance to support the hu-
manitarian needs of refugees from Iraq who have 
been outside Iraq in a country in the Middle East 
region since no earlier than March 19, 2003. 
(2) ACTIVITIES
SUPPORTED.—Assistance pro-
vided under paragraph (1) shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, be used to provide food, housing, 
clothing, health care, water and sanitation, edu-
cation, vocational training, and registration, protec-
tion, and monitoring services for Iraqi refugees. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this subsection, there are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary $45,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions under this paragraph are in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
(b) WAIVER OF LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES 
EMERGENCY REFUGEE
AND MIGRATION ASSISTANCE 
FUND.—Funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under the United States Emergency Refugee and Migra-
tion Assistance Fund authorized under section 2(c)(2) of 
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the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 
U.S.C. 2601(c)(2)) for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 shall 
not be subject to the limitation contained in the second 
sentence of such section. 
(c) ASSISTANCE FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PER-
SONS IN IRAQ.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 
of State shall provide assistance to support the hu-
manitarian needs of internally displaced persons in 
Iraq who have been outside their original place of 
residence since no earlier than March 19, 2003. 
(2) ACTIVITIES
SUPPORTED.—Assistance pro-
vided under paragraph (1) shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, be used to provide food, housing, 
clothing, health care, water and sanitation, safe 
transportation, education, and vocational training 
for internally displaced persons in Iraq. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary $60,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions under this paragraph are in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
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SEC. 107. AUTHORIZATION FOR REFUGEE ADMISSIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) INCREASE IN NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.—In 
addition to the numerical limitations provided for 
under subsections (a) and (b) of section 207 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), 
the number of refugees who may be admitted during 
the remainder of fiscal year 2007 and during fiscal 
year 2008 under subsection (c) of such section shall 
be increased by not fewer than 20,000 for the pur-
pose of admitting refugees from Iraq. Such refugees 
from Iraq shall be treated, for purposes of such sec-
tion, as refugees of special concern under the ref-
ugee resettlement priority system. 
(2) RESTRICTION
ON
ELIGIBILITY.—The in-
crease in the numerical limitation described in para-
graph (1) shall apply only to refugees from Iraq who 
have become refugees since no earlier than March 
19, 2003. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
for fiscal year 2008— 
(1) to the Department of Homeland Security, 
$10,000,000 for expedited refugee processing and 
temporary expansion of the Refugee Corps for such 
expedited processing; and 
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(2) to the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the 
Department of Health and Human Services, 
$30,000,000 for the resettlement of refugees from 
Iraq. 
(c) SENSE
OF
CONGRESS
RELATING
TO
THE 
PRIORITIZATION OF SECURITY CHECKS.—It is the sense 
of Congress that the Attorney General should instruct the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to place 
greater priority on the security checks conducted on refu-
gees from Iraq, without any reduction in the care, thor-
oughness, or extensive process given to such checks, in 
order that such checks can be prioritized to provide to the 
Department of Homeland Security more expeditious deci-
sions regarding the admission of refugees who are subject 
to such checks. 
(d) REFUGEES FROM IRAQ DEFINED.—For purposes 
of this section, the term ‘‘refugees from Iraq’’ means a 
refugee described in subsection (a)(1) of section 106 or 
an internally displaced person described in subsection 
(c)(1) of such section. 
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TITLE 
II—OVERSIGHT 
OF 
UNITED 
STATES 
RECON-
STRUCTION ASSISTANCE FOR 
IRAQ 
SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF THE OFFICE OF 
THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR 
IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION. 
Section 3001(o)(1)(B) of the Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Recon-
struction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108– 
106; 117 Stat. 1238; 5 U.S.C. App., note to section 8G 
of Public Law 95–452), as amended by section 1054(b) 
of Public Law 109–364 and section 2 of Public Law 109– 
440, is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2006’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘any of the fiscal years 2006 through 2009’’. 
SEC. 202. ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE OFFICES OF THE 
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF STATE AND THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The President of the 
United States shall provide assistance to improve the au-
diting, investigation, and oversight capacity and capability 
of the Offices of the Inspector General of the Department 
of State and the United States Agency for International 
Development. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
to the President such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Office of the Special Inspector General for 
Iraq Reconstruction should assist the Offices of the In-
spector General of the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development in 
improving their auditing, investigation, and oversight ca-
pacities and capabilities to ensure efficient and effective 
transition of responsibilities after the date on which the 
authority of the Office of the Special Inspector General 
for Iraq Reconstruction expires. 
SEC. 203. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
The President of the United States shall, on a quar-
terly basis, transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on matters relevant to this Act, including 
the following: 
(1) Progress by Iraq in the economic and recon-
struction sector, including information regarding— 
(A) unemployment levels, and the change 
in such levels on a monthly basis; 
(B) electricity, water, and oil production 
and distribution rates; 
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