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(b) After May 31, 2008, the Secretary of the Treasury 
should instruct the United States executive directors to the 
international financial institutions to support loans and 
assistance to the Government of Serbia subject to the condi-
tions in subsection (c). 
(c) The determination and certification referred to in 
subsection (a) is a determination by the President and a 
certification to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Government of Serbia is— 
(1) cooperating with the International Criminal 
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia including access 
for investigators, the provision of documents, timely 
information on the location, movement, and sources of 
financial support of indictees, and the surrender and 
transfer of indictees or assistance in their apprehen-
sion, including Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic; 
(2) taking steps that are consistent with the 
Dayton Accords to end Serbian financial, political, 
security and other support which has served to main-
tain separate Republika Srpska institutions; and 
(3) taking steps to implement policies which re-
flect a respect for minority rights and the rule of law. 
(d) This section shall not apply to Kosovo, humani-
tarian assistance or assistance to promote democracy.
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COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 662. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by 
this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part 
I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of that 
Act, to enhance the effectiveness and accountability of civil-
ian police authority through training and technical assist-
ance in human rights, the rule of law, strategic planning, 
and through assistance to foster civilian police roles that 
support democratic governance including assistance for 
programs to prevent conflict, respond to disasters, address 
gender-based violence, and foster improved police relations 
with the communities they serve. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 
the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST 
SEC. 663. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The 
President may reduce amounts owed to the United States 
(or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country 
as a result of— 
(1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 222 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 
(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under 
the Arms Export Control Act; or
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(3) any obligation or portion of such obligation, 
to pay for purchases of United States agricultural 
commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit 
Corporation under export credit guarantee programs 
authorized pursuant to section 5(f) of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 1948, as 
amended, section 4(b) of the Food for Peace Act of 
1966, as amended (Public Law 89–808), or section 
202 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, as amend-
ed (Public Law 95–501). 
(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi-
cial debt relief and referendum agreements, commonly 
referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’. 
(2) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only in such amounts or to such ex-
tent as is provided in advance by appropriations 
Acts. 
(3) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only with respect to countries with 
heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from 
the International Development Association, but not 
from the International Bank for Reconstruction and
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Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’ 
countries. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country 
whose government— 
(1) does not have an excessive level of military 
expenditures; 
(2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts 
of international terrorism; 
(3) is not failing to cooperate on international 
narcotics control matters; 
(4) (including its military or other security 
forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of gross 
violations of internationally recognized human rights; 
and 
(5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the 
application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. 
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority provided 
by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to the funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt Restruc-
turing’’. 
(e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A reduc-
tion of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be consid-
ered assistance for the purposes of any provision of law lim-
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iting assistance to a country. The authority provided by 
subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding section 
620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or section 321 
of the International Development and Food Assistance Act 
of 1975. 
AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES 
SEC. 664. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC-
TION, OR CANCELLATION.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL 
CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may, in accordance with 
this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any 
concessional loan or portion thereof made before Jan-
uary 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, to the government of any eligible country as 
defined in section 702(6) of that Act or on receipt of 
payment from an eligible purchaser, reduce or cancel 
such loan or portion thereof, only for the purpose of 
facilitating— 
(A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop-
ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or 
(B) a debt buyback by an eligible country 
of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible 
country uses an additional amount of the local 
currency of the eligible country, equal to not less 
than 40 percent of the price paid for such debt
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by such eligible country, or the difference between 
the price paid for such debt and the face value 
of such debt, to support activities that link con-
servation and sustainable use of natural re-
sources with local community development, and 
child survival and other child development, in a 
manner consistent with sections 707 through 710 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, if the sale, 
reduction, or cancellation would not contravene 
any term or condition of any prior agreement 
relating to such loan. 
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac-
cordance with this section, establish the terms and 
conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced, or 
canceled pursuant to this section. 
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined 
in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency 
primarily responsible for administering part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that the 
President has determined to be eligible, and shall di-
rect such agency to carry out the sale, reduction, or 
cancellation of a loan pursuant to this section. Such
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agency shall make adjustment in its accounts to re-
flect the sale, reduction, or cancellation. 
(4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub-
section shall be available only to the extent that ap-
propriations for the cost of the modification, as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, are made in advance. 
(b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the 
sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, 
or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in 
the United States Government account or accounts estab-
lished for the repayment of such loan. 
(c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold pur-
suant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who pre-
sents plans satisfactory to the President for using the loan 
for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, debt- 
for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 
(d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to any 
eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation pursu-
ant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible country, 
the President should consult with the country concerning 
the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or canceled and 
their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development 
swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
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(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority provided 
by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt Restruc-
turing’’. 
RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS 
SEC. 665. Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $20,000,000 shall 
be made available to support reconciliation programs and 
activities which bring together individuals of different eth-
nic, religious, and political backgrounds from areas of civil 
conflict and war. 
SUDAN 
SEC. 666. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—Subject 
to subsection (b): 
(1) Notwithstanding section 501(a) of the Inter-
national Malaria Control Act of 2000 (Public Law 
106–570) or any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act may be made avail-
able for assistance for the Government of Sudan. 
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available for the cost, as defined in sec-
tion 502, of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 
modifying loans and loan guarantees held by the Gov-
ernment of Sudan, including the cost of selling, reduc-
ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States,
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and modifying concessional loans, guarantees, and 
credit agreements. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of 
State determines and certifies to the Committees on Appro-
priations that— 
(1) the Government of Sudan is honoring its 
pledges to cease attacks upon civilians and has dis-
armed and demobilized the Janjaweed and other gov-
ernment-supported militias; 
(2) the Government of Sudan and all govern-
ment-supported militia groups are honoring their 
commitments made in all previous cease-fire agree-
ments; and 
(3) the Government of Sudan is allowing 
unimpeded access to Darfur to humanitarian aid or-
ganizations, the human rights investigation and hu-
manitarian teams of the United Nations, including 
protection officers, and an international monitoring 
team that is based in Darfur and that has the sup-
port of the United States. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (a) 
shall not apply to— 
(1) humanitarian assistance; 
(2) assistance for Darfur and for areas outside 
the control of the Government of Sudan; and
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(3) assistance to support implementation of the 
Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Darfur 
Peace Agreement or any other internationally-recog-
nized peace agreement in Sudan. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 
term ‘‘Government of Sudan’’ shall not include the Govern-
ment of Southern Sudan. 
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY 
SEC. 667. (a) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PRO-
GRAM.—Prior to the initial obligation of funds appro-
priated in this Act under the heading ‘‘International Orga-
nizations and Programs’’ for a United States contribution 
to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the 
Secretary of State shall certify and report to the Committees 
on Appropriations that UNDP is— 
(1) giving adequate and appropriate access to 
information to the United States Mission to the 
United Nations regarding UNDP’s programs and ac-
tivities, as requested, including in North Korea and 
Burma; and 
(2) conducting appropriate oversight of UNDP 
programs and activities globally. 
(b) WORLD BANK.—Twenty percent of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘International 
Development Association’’ shall be withheld from disburse-
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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; 
(3) the World Bank is adequately staffing and 
sufficiently funding the Department of Institutional 
Integrity; and 
(4) 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
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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, 
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. 
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 
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
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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. 
(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
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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-
untary organization or for-profit entity, and shall not in-
clude entities owned in whole or in part by a government 
or governmental entity. 
(g) REPORT.—Within 90 days from the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and after consultation with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, the Administrator of USAID shall 
submit a report to those Committees describing the proce-
dures and mechanisms USAID will use to implement this 
section. 
MONITORING OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 671. Not later than 90 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations describing the proce-
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dures being applied, on a country-by-country basis, to mon-
itor whether funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for assistance 
for Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethi-
opia, Pakistan, Philippines, and Sri Lanka, are misused 
by units of the security forces of such countries against ci-
vilians, including civilians who are members of political 
opposition parties and human rights groups. 
DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND RECOVERY 
SEC. 672. (a) Funds made available to the Comptroller 
General under chapter 4 of title I of the Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106–31; 113 Stat. 
69) and section 593 of the Foreign Operations, Export Fi-
nancing, and Programs Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
(Public Law 106–429; 114 Stat. 1900A–59) to monitor the 
provisions of assistance to address the effects of hurricanes 
in Central America and the Caribbean and the earthquake 
in Colombia, and to monitor the earthquake relief and re-
construction efforts in El Salvador under section 561 of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Programs 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–115; 
115 Stat. 2162) shall also be available to the Comptroller 
General to monitor any other disaster assistance and recov-
ery effort. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2008 and each year thereafter.
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UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 673. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $81,000,000 of the 
funds made available in this Act to carry out the provisions 
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for East-
ern Europe and the Baltic States’’, may be used by the 
United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID) to hire and employ individuals in the United 
States and overseas on a limited appointment basis pursu-
ant 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, 2009. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) may 
only be used to the extent that an equivalent number of posi-
tions 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
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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 
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) MANAGEMENT REFORM PILOT.—Of the funds made 
available in subsection (a), USAID may use, in addition 
to funds otherwise available for such purposes, up to 
$15,000,000 to fund overseas support costs of members of 
the Foreign Service with a Foreign Service rank of four 
or below: Provided, That such authority is only used to re-
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duce USAID’s reliance on overseas personal services con-
tractors or other nondirect-hire employees compensated with 
funds appropriated 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 Baltic 
States’’. 
(h) DISASTER
SURGE
CAPACITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 
States’’, may be used, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able 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 pri-
mary responsibility is to carry out programs in response 
to natural disasters. 
OPIC TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 674. Whenever the President determines that it 
is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under title II of this Act may be transferred to and 
merged with funds appropriated by this Act for the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation Program Account, to 
be subject to the terms and conditions of that account: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall not be available for adminis-
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trative expenses of the Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration: Provided further, That funds earmarked by this 
Act shall not be transferred pursuant to this section: Pro-
vided further, That the exercise of such authority shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 675. The Secretary of State shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 
2008, and for each fiscal quarter, a report in writing on 
the uses of funds made available under the headings ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’: Provided, That such report shall include a descrip-
tion of the obligation and expenditure of funds, and the spe-
cific country in receipt of, and the use or purpose of the 
assistance provided by such funds. 
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 
SEC. 676. (a) BIODIVERSITY.—Of the funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not 
less than $195,000,000 shall be made available for programs 
and activities which directly protect biodiversity, including 
forests, in developing countries, of which not less than the 
amount of funds initially allocated pursuant to section 
653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal year 
2006 shall be made available for such activities in Brazil,
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Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, and that in addition 
to such amounts for such countries not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be made available for the United States 
Agency for International Development’s Amazon Basin 
Conservation Initiative: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated by this Act, not less than $17,500,000 shall be made 
available for the Congo Basin Forest Partnership of which 
not less than $2,500,000 shall be made available to the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service for wildlife con-
servation programs in Central Africa. 
(b) ENERGY.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not 
less than $195,000,000 shall be made available to sup-
port clean energy and other climate change programs 
in developing countries, of which not less than 
$125,000,000 should be made available to directly 
promote and deploy energy conservation, energy effi-
ciency, and renewable and clean energy technologies 
with an emphasis on small hydro, solar and wind en-
ergy, and of which the balance should be made avail-
able to directly: (1) reduce greenhouse gas emissions; 
(2) increase carbon sequestration activities; and (3) 
support climate change mitigation and adaptation 
programs.
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(2) The Secretary of State shall convene an 
interagency committee, including appropriate offi-
cials of the Department of State, the United States 
Agency for International Development, and the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, to evaluate the specific 
needs of developing countries in adapting to climate 
change impacts: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
not later than September 1, 2008, describing such 
needs, on a country-by-country and regional basis, 
and the actions planned and being taken by the 
United States, including funding provided to devel-
oping countries specifically for adaptation to climate 
change impacts. 
(c) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall inform 
the managements of the international financial insti-
tutions and the public that it is the policy of the 
United States that any assistance by such institutions 
(including but not limited to any loan, credit, grant, 
or guarantee) for the extraction and export of oil, gas, 
coal, timber, or other natural resource should not be 
provided unless the government of the country has in 
place functioning systems for: (A) accurately account-
ing for revenues and expenditures in connection with
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the extraction and export of the type of natural re-
source to be extracted or exported; (B) the inde-
pendent auditing of such accounts and the widespread 
public dissemination of the audits; and (C) verifying 
government receipts against company payments in-
cluding widespread dissemination of such payment 
information, and disclosing such documents as Host 
Government Agreements, Concession Agreements, and 
bidding documents, allowing in any such dissemina-
tion or disclosure for the redaction of, or exceptions 
for, information that is commercially proprietary or 
that would create competitive disadvantage. 
(2) Not later than 180 days after the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations describ-
ing, for each international financial institution, the 
amount and type of assistance provided, by country, 
for the extraction and export of oil, gas, coal, timber, 
or other national resource since September 30, 2007, 
and whether each institution considered, in its pro-
posal for such assistance, the extent to which the 
country has functioning systems described in para-
graph (c)(1). 
(d) Funds appropriated under titles II, III and IV of 
this Act shall to the maximum extent practicable, be subject
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to the provisions of section 117 (relating to environment 
and natural resources) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961. 
UZBEKISTAN 
SEC. 677. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act may be made available for assist-
ance for the central Government of Uzbekistan only if the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that— 
(1) the Government of Uzbekistan is making sub-
stantial and continuing progress in meeting its com-
mitments under the ‘‘Declaration on the Strategic 
Partnership and Cooperation Framework Between the 
Republic of Uzbekistan and the United States of 
America’’, including respect for human rights, estab-
lishing a genuine multi-party system, and ensuring 
free and fair elections, freedom of expression, and the 
independence of the media; and 
(2) a credible international investigation of the 
May 13, 2005, shootings in Andijan is underway 
with the support of the Government of Uzbekistan. 
(b) SANCTIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall send 
to the appropriate congressional committees a list of offi-
cials of the Government of Uzbekistan and their immediate 
family members who have been credibly alleged to have been
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involved in the Andijan massacre or in other gross viola-
tions of human rights in Uzbekistan; 
(c) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—Not later than 10 
days after the list described in subsection (b) is submitted 
to the appropriate congressional committees, the following 
sanctions shall apply: 
(1) Any individual on the list submitted under 
subsection (b) shall be ineligible for a visa to enter the 
United States. 
(2) No property or interest in property belonging 
to an individual on the list submitted under sub-
section (b), or to a member of the immediate family 
of such individual if the property is effectively under 
the control of such individual, may be transferred, 
paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt with, if 
the property is within the United States or within the 
possession or control of a United States person, in-
cluding the overseas branch of such person, or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act comes within the 
control of such person. 
(3) No United States person may engage in fi-
nancial transactions with an individual on the list 
submitted under subsection (b), or with a member of 
the immediate family of such individual if the trans-
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action will benefit an individual on the list submitted 
under subsection (b). 
(c) FREEZING OF ASSETS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall immediately block any assets, property, trans-
actions in foreign exchange, currency, or securities, 
and transfers of credit or payments between, by, 
through, or to any banking institution under the ju-
risdiction of the United States of an individual iden-
tified under subsection (b) of this section. 
(2) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
15 days after a decision to freeze the assets identified 
in this subsection of any individual identified under 
subsection (b), the Secretary of the Treasury shall— 
(A) report the name of such individual to 
the Committees on Appropriations; and 
(B) require any United States financial in-
stitution holding such funds or assets to prompt-
ly report those funds and assets to the Office of 
Foreign Assets Control. 
CENTRAL ASIA 
SEC. 678. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for assistance for the Government of 
Kazakhstan only if the Secretary of State determines and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
ernment of Kazakhstan has made significant improvements
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in the protection of human rights during the preceding 6 
month period. 
(b) The Secretary of State may waive subsection (a) 
if he determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such a waiver is important to the national 
security of the United States. 
(c) Not later than October 1, 2008, the Secretary of 
State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives describing the following: 
(1) The defense articles, defense services, and fi-
nancial assistance provided by the United States to 
the countries of Central Asia during the 6-month pe-
riod ending 30 days prior to submission of such re-
port. 
(2) The use during such period of defense arti-
cles, defense services, and financial assistance pro-
vided by the United States by units of the armed 
forces, border guards, or other security forces of such 
countries. 
(d) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘countries 
of Central Asia’’ means Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz 
Republic, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
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DISABILITY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 679. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$4,000,000 shall be made available for programs and activi-
ties administered by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development (USAID) to address the needs and 
protect the rights of people with disabilities in developing 
countries, of which $1,500,000 should be made available to 
disability advocacy organizations that have expertise in 
working to protect the rights and increasing the independ-
ence and full participation of people with disabilities: Pro-
vided, That funds for disability advocacy organizations 
should be used for training and technical assistance for for-
eign disabled persons organizations in such areas as advo-
cacy, education, independent living, and transportation, 
with the goal of promoting equal participation of people 
with disabilities in developing countries: Provided further, 
That USAID should seek to disburse at lease 25 percent of 
the funds made available pursuant to this subsection in the 
form of small grants. 
(b) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Operating 
Expenses of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment’’ shall be made available to develop and imple-
ment training for staff in overseas USAID missions to pro-
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mote the full inclusion and equal participation of people 
with disabilities in developing countries. 
(c) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, and the Administrator of USAID shall seek to ensure 
that, where appropriate, construction projects funded by 
this Act are accessible to people with disabilities and in 
compliance with the USAID Policy on Standards for Acces-
sibility for the Disabled, or other similar accessibility 
standards. 
(d) Of the funds made available pursuant to subsection 
(a), not more than 7 percent may be for management, over-
sight and technical support. 
(e) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and 180 days thereafter, the Administrator of 
USAID shall submit a report describing the programs, ac-
tivities, and organizations funded pursuant to this section. 
NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES 
SEC. 680. Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’, not less than $15,000,000 shall 
be made available for continued support of the United 
States Agency for International Development’s cooperative 
agreement to implement an integrated response to the con-
trol of neglected diseases including intestinal parasites, 
schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, tra-
choma and leprosy: Provided, That the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development shall
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work with relevant technical organizations addressing the 
specific diseases, recipient countries, donor countries, the 
private sector, UNICEF and the World Health Organiza-
tion to develop a multilateral, integrated initiative to con-
trol these diseases that will enhance coordination and effec-
tiveness and maximize the leverage of United States con-
tributions with those of other donors: Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to this section shall be sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
ORPHANS, DISPLACED AND ABANDONED CHILDREN 
SEC. 681. Of the funds appropriated under title III 
of this Act, $3,000,000 should be made available for activi-
ties to improve the capacity of foreign government agencies 
and nongovernmental organizations to prevent child aban-
donment, address the needs of orphans, displaced and aban-
doned children and provide permanent homes through fam-
ily reunification, guardianship and domestic adoptions: 
Provided, That funds made available under title III of this 
Act should be made available, as appropriate, consistent 
with— 
(1) the goal of enabling children to remain in the 
care of their family of origin, but when not possible, 
placing children in permanent homes through adop-
tion;