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United Nations regarding UNDP’s programs and ac-
tivities, as requested, including in North Korea and 
Burma; 
(2) conducting appropriate oversight of UNDP 
programs and activities globally; and 
(3) implementing the whistleblower protection 
policy established by the United Nations Secretariat 
in December 2005. 
(b) WORLD BANK.—Twenty percent of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘International 
Development Association’’ shall be withheld from disburse-
ment until the Secretary of the Treasury reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that— 
(1) the World Bank has made publicly available, 
in an appropriate manner, financial disclosure forms 
of senior World Bank personnel, including those at 
the level of managing director, vice president, and 
above; 
(2) the World Bank has established a plan and 
maintains a schedule for conducting regular, inde-
pendent audits of internal management controls and 
procedures for meeting operational objectives, and is 
making reports describing the scope and findings of 
such audits available to the public; 
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(3) the World Bank is adequately staffing and 
sufficiently funding the Department of Institutional 
Integrity; 
(4) the World Bank has made publicly available 
the Department of Institutional Integrity’s November 
23, 2005 ‘‘Report of Investigation into Reproductive 
and Child Health I Project Credit N0180 India’’ and 
any subsequent detailed implementation review, and 
is implementing the recommendations of the Depart-
ment of Institutional Integrity regarding this project, 
including recommendations concerning the prosecu-
tion of individuals engaged in corrupt practices; and 
(5) the World Bank has made publicly available 
the ‘‘Volker Panel’’ report regarding the review and 
evaluation of the mandate and authorities, policies, 
procedures, practices, independence, reporting lines, 
and oversight mechanisms of the World Bank’s De-
partment of Institutional Integrity. 
(c) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct an assessment of the financial manage-
ment and oversight of programs and activities funded under 
the headings ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Global 
Health Programs’’ (for HIV/AIDS programs), and ‘‘Global 
HIV/AIDS Initiative’’ in this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, 
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and related programs. The assessment shall include an ex-
amination of donor coordination efforts, and recommenda-
tions for improving financial oversight of such programs 
and activities. 
(d) NATIONAL BUDGET TRANSPARENCY.—(1) None of 
the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 
for assistance for the central government of any country 
that fails to make publicly available on an annual basis 
its national budget, to include income and expenditures. 
(2) The Secretary of State may waive subsection 
(d)(1) on a country-by-country basis if the Secretary 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to 
do so is important to the national interests of the 
United States. 
(3) The reporting requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 585(b) of Public Law 108–7 regarding fiscal 
transparency and accountability in countries whose 
central governments receive United States foreign as-
sistance shall apply to this Act. 
EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH 
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES 
SEC. 668. Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during 
fiscal year 2008, funds available to the Department of De-
fense may be expended for crating, packing, handling, and 
transportation of excess defense articles transferred under 
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the authority of section 516 of such Act to Albania, Afghani-
stan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugoslavian Re-
public of Macedonia, Georgia, India, Iraq, Latvia, Lith-
uania, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Slovakia, 
and Ukraine. 
ZIMBABWE 
SEC. 669. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States executive director to each international 
financial institution to vote against any extension by the 
respective institution of any loans to the Government of 
Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to promote 
democracy, unless the Secretary of State determines and 
certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule 
of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, including respect 
for ownership and title to property, freedom of speech and 
association. 
DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM 
SEC. 670. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROGRAM.— 
There is established within the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID) a Development Grants 
Program (DGP) to provide small grants to United States 
and indigenous nongovernmental organizations for the pur-
pose of carrying out the provisions of chapters 1 and 10 
of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961. 
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(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—Grants from the DGP 
shall be made only for proposals of nongovernmental orga-
nizations identified in the report accompanying this Act 
that are recommended for consideration for funding by that 
report, and for proposals of other nongovernmental organi-
zations that apply. 
(c) COMPETITION.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, grants made pursuant to the authority of this sec-
tion shall be open, transparent and competitive. 
(d) SIZE OF PROGRAM AND INDIVIDUAL GRANTS.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act to 
carry out chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part 
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be made available for purposes of 
this section: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 
of this amount shall be derived from funds appro-
priated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act. 
(2) No individual grant, or grant amendment, 
made pursuant to this section shall exceed $2,000,000. 
(e) AVAILABILITY OF OTHER FUNDS.—Funds made 
available under this section are in addition to other funds 
available for such purposes including funds designated by 
this Act by section 665, Reconciliation Programs. 
(f) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term 
‘‘nongovernmental organization’’ means a private and vol-
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