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United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United 
States producers of the same, similar, or competing com-
modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing 
or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro-
duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training 
in connection with the growth or production in a foreign 
country of an agricultural commodity for export which 
would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro-
duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection 
shall not prohibit—
(1) activities designed to increase food security 
in developing countries where such activities will not 
have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; or 
(2) research activities intended primarily to 
benefit American producers. 
SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States Executive Directors of the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the 
International Development Association, the International 
Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development
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Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel-
opment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora-
tion, the North American Development Bank, the Euro-
pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Afri-
can Development Bank, and the African Development 
Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to 
oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds 
appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act, for 
the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 
for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the 
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity. 
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 515. For the purposes of providing the executive 
branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none 
of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘Child Sur-
vival and Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’,
‘‘International
Organizations
and
Programs’’, 
‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar-
cotics
Control
and
Law
Enforcement’’,
‘‘Andean 
Counterdrug Initiative’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe 
and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Assistance for the Independent 
States of the Former Soviet Union’’, ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping 
Operations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, ‘‘Operating Ex-
penses of the United States Agency for International De-
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velopment’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development Office of Inspector 
General’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 
and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion’’ (by country only), ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’, ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, 
‘‘Peace Corps’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, 
shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, 
projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other 
operations not justified or in excess of the amount justi-
fied to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation 
under any of these specific headings unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
previously notified 15 days in advance: Provided, That the 
President shall not enter into any commitment of funds 
appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms 
Export Control Act for the provision of major defense 
equipment, other than conventional ammunition, or other 
major defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, 
or combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 
20 percent in excess of the quantities justified to Congress 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance of such commitment: Provided further, 
That this section shall not apply to any reprogramming 
for an activity, program, or project for which funds are
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appropriated under title II of this Act of less than 10 per-
cent of the amount previously justified to the Congress 
for obligation for such activity, program, or project for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That the require-
ments of this section or any similar provision of this Act 
or any other Act, including any prior Act requiring notifi-
cation in accordance with the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, may be 
waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk 
to human health or welfare: Provided further, That in case 
of any such waiver, notification to the Congress, or the 
appropriate congressional committees, shall be provided as 
early as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after 
taking the action to which such notification requirement 
was applicable, in the context of the circumstances neces-
sitating such waiver: Provided further, That any notifica-
tion provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an 
explanation of the emergency circumstances. 
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 516. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
priated under this Act or any previously enacted Act mak-
ing appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs, which are returned or not made 
available for organizations and programs because of the
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implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2006. 
INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION 
SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the 
Former Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for assist-
ance for a government of an Independent State of the 
former Soviet Union—
(1) unless that government is making progress 
in implementing comprehensive economic reforms 
based on market principles, private ownership, re-
spect for commercial contracts, and equitable treat-
ment of foreign private investment; and 
(2) if that government applies or transfers 
United States assistance to any entity for the pur-
pose of expropriating or seizing ownership or control 
of assets, investments, or ventures.
Assistance may be furnished without regard to this sub-
section if the President determines that to do so is in the 
national interest. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union’’ shall be made available for assistance for a 
government of an Independent State of the former Soviet