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ing the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and respect 
for human rights for its citizens, and should enact other 
laws and regulations assuring transparent and accountable 
governance. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection (a) 
if he determines that it is important to the national security 
interests of the United States to do so. 
(d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 
Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 
governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements of 
subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 650 
of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance to the Palestinian 
Authority’’). 
COLOMBIA 
SEC. 656. (a) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act that are available for assistance for Colombia shall be 
made available in the amounts indicated in the table in 
the accompanying report. 
(b) 
DETERMINATION
AND
CERTIFICATION
RE-
QUIRED.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are avail-
able for assistance for the Colombian Armed Forces, may 
be made available as follows: 
(1) Up to 70 percent of such funds may be obli-
gated prior to the certification and report by the Sec-
retary of State pursuant to paragraph (2).
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(2) Up to 15 percent of such funds may be obli-
gated only after the Secretary of State consults with, 
and submits a written certification and report to, the 
Committees on Appropriations that: 
(A) The Commander General of the Colom-
bian Armed Forces is suspending from the 
Armed Forces those members, of whatever rank 
who, according to the Minister of Defense or the 
Procuraduria General de la Nacion, have been 
credibly alleged to have committed gross viola-
tions of human rights, including extra-judicial 
killings, or to have aided or abetted paramilitary 
organizations or successor armed groups. 
(B) The Colombian Government is vigor-
ously investigating and prosecuting, in the civil-
ian justice system, those members of the Colom-
bian Armed Forces, of whatever rank, who have 
been credibly alleged to have committed gross 
violations of human rights, including extra-judi-
cial killings, or to have aided or abetted para-
military 
organizations 
or 
successor 
armed 
groups, and is promptly punishing those mem-
bers of the Colombian Armed Forces found to 
have committed such violations of human rights
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or to have aided or abetted such organizations or 
successor groups. 
(C) The Colombian Armed Forces are co-
operating fully with civilian prosecutors and ju-
dicial authorities in such cases (including pro-
viding requested information, such as the iden-
tity of persons suspended from the Armed Forces 
and the nature and cause of the suspension, and 
access to witnesses, relevant military documents, 
and other requested information). 
(D) The Colombian Armed Forces have 
taken all necessary steps to sever links (including 
denying access to military intelligence, vehicles, 
and other equipment or supplies, and ceasing 
other forms of active or tacit cooperation) at the 
command, battalion, and brigade levels, with 
paramilitary organizations and successor armed 
groups, especially in regions where such organi-
zations or successor groups have a significant 
presence. 
(E) The Colombian Government is disman-
tling paramilitary leadership and financial net-
works by arresting and prosecuting under civil-
ian criminal law individuals who have provided 
financial, planning, or logistical support, or
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have otherwise aided or abetted paramilitary or-
ganizations or successor armed groups, by identi-
fying and confiscating land and other assets ille-
gally acquired by such organizations or their as-
sociates and returning such land or assets to 
their rightful owners, by revoking reduced sen-
tences for demobilized paramilitaries who engage 
in new criminal activity, and by arresting, pros-
ecuting under civilian criminal law, and when 
requested, promptly extraditing to the United 
States members of successor armed groups. 
(F) The Colombian Government is ensuring 
that the Colombian Armed Forces are not vio-
lating the land and property rights of Colombia’s 
indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities, 
and the Colombian Armed Forces are distin-
guishing between civilians, including displaced 
persons, and combatants in their operations. 
(3) The balance of such funds may be obligated 
after July 31, 2008, if, before such date, the Secretary 
of State consults with, and submits a written certifi-
cation and report to, the Committees on Appropria-
tions, that the Colombian Armed Forces are con-
tinuing to meet the conditions contained in para-
graph (2) and are conducting vigorous operations to
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restore civilian government authority and respect for 
human rights in areas under the effective control of 
paramilitary organizations or successor armed groups 
and guerrilla organizations. 
(c) REPORT.—The reports required by subsections 
(a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section shall contain, with respect 
to each such subsection, a detailed description of the actions 
taken by the Colombian Government or Armed Forces which 
support each requirement of the certification, and the cases 
or issues brought to the attention of the Secretary for which 
the actions taken by the Colombian Government or Armed 
Forces have been inadequate. 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Funds made 
available by this Act for the Colombian Armed Forces shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(e) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days 
thereafter until September 30, 2008, the Secretary of State 
shall consult with Colombian and internationally recog-
nized human rights organizations regarding progress in 
meeting the conditions contained in subsection (a). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AIDED OR ABETTED.—The term ‘‘aided or 
abetted’’ means to provide any support to para-
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military or successor armed groups, including taking 
actions which allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the 
activities of such groups. 
(2) PARAMILITARY GROUPS.—The term ‘‘para-
military groups’’ means illegal self-defense groups 
and illegal security cooperatives, including those 
groups and cooperatives that have formerly demobi-
lized but continue illegal operations, as well as parts 
thereof. 
ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS 
SEC. 657. (a) DENIAL OF VISAS.—Subject to sub-
section (b), the Secretary of State shall not issue a visa to 
any alien who the Secretary determines, based on credible 
evidence— 
(1) has willfully provided any support to the 
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the 
National Liberation Army (ELN), or the United Self- 
Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), or successor 
armed groups, including taking actions or failing to 
take actions which allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster 
the activities of such groups; or 
(2) has committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or 
otherwise participated in the commission of gross vio-
lations of human rights, including extra-judicial 
killings, in Colombia.
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(b) WAIVER.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 
Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees, on a case-by-case basis, 
that the issuance of a visa to the alien is necessary to sup-
port the peace process in Colombia or for humanitarian 
reasons. 
WEST BANK AND GAZA ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 658. (a) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza, the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps 
to ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through 
any individual, private or government entity, or edu-
cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 
to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has en-
gaged in, terrorist activity. The Secretary of State shall ter-
minate assistance to any individual, entity, or educational 
institution which the Secretary has determined to be in-
volved in or advocating terrorist activity. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated by 
this Act for assistance under the West Bank and Gaza pro-
gram may be made available for the purpose of recognizing 
or otherwise honoring individuals who commit, or have 
committed, acts of terrorism. 
(c) AUDITS.—
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(1) The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall ensure 
that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 
and grantees, and significant subcontractors and sub-
grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Program, 
are conducted at least on an annual basis to ensure, 
among other things, compliance with this section. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made 
available for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 
up to $500,000 may be used by the Office of the In-
spector General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development for audits, inspections, and 
other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 
this subsection. Such funds are in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes. 
WAR CRIMINALS 
SEC. 659. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available pursuant to this Act may be made 
available for assistance, and the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States executive directors to the 
international financial institutions to vote against any new 
project involving the extension by such institutions of any 
financial or technical assistance, to any country, entity, or 
municipality whose competent authorities have failed, as 
determined by the Secretary of State, to take necessary and
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significant steps to implement its international legal obli-
gations to apprehend and transfer to the International 
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (the ‘‘Tri-
bunal’’) all persons in their territory who have been in-
dicted by the Tribunal and to otherwise cooperate with the 
Tribunal. 
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply 
to humanitarian assistance or assistance for democratiza-
tion. 
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply unless 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appro-
priate congressional committees that the competent authori-
ties of such country, entity, or municipality are— 
(1) cooperating with the Tribunal, including ac-
cess for investigators to archives and witnesses, the 
provision of documents, and the surrender and trans-
fer of indictees or assistance in their apprehension; 
and 
(2) are acting consistently with the Dayton Ac-
cords. 
(c) Not less than 10 days before any vote in an inter-
national financial institution regarding the extension of 
any new project involving financial or technical assistance 
or grants to any country or entity described in subsection 
(a), the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
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Secretary of State, shall provide to the Committees on Ap-
propriations a written justification for the proposed assist-
ance, including an explanation of the United States posi-
tion regarding any such vote, as well as a description of 
the location of the proposed assistance by municipality, its 
purpose, and its intended beneficiaries. 
(d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of State, 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, and the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall consult with representatives of human rights organiza-
tions and all government agencies with relevant informa-
tion to help prevent indicted war criminals from benefiting 
from any financial or technical assistance or grants pro-
vided to any country or entity described in subsection (a). 
(e) The Secretary of State may waive the application 
of subsection (a) with respect to projects within a country, 
entity, or municipality upon a written determination to 
the Committees on Appropriations that such assistance di-
rectly supports the implementation of the Dayton Accords. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1) COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘country’’ means Bos-
nia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. 
(2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ refers to the 
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Mon-
tenegro and the Republika Srpska.
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(3) MUNICIPALITY.—The term ‘‘municipality’’ 
means a city, town or other subdivision within a 
country or entity as defined herein. 
(4) DAYTON ACCORDS.—The term ‘‘Dayton Ac-
cords’’ means the General Framework Agreement for 
Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with an-
nexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, November 10 
through 16, 1995. 
USER FEES 
SEC. 660. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States Executive Director at each international 
financial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the 
International Financial Institutions Act) and the Inter-
national Monetary Fund to oppose any loan, grant, strat-
egy or policy of these institutions that would require user 
fees or service charges on poor people for primary education 
or primary healthcare, including prevention and treatment 
for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and infant, child, and 
maternal well-being, in connection with the institutions’ fi-
nancing programs. 
FUNDING FOR SERBIA 
SEC. 661. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for assistance for the central Government 
of Serbia after May 31, 2008, if the President has made 
the determination and certification contained in subsection 
(c).