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tions or public participation in democratic processes: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available pursuant to the 
previous provisos shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
TRANSFERS 
SEC. 509. (a)(1) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BE-
TWEEN AGENCIES.—None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States Government, ex-
cept pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority 
provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition to 
transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, 
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated 
or transferred to agencies of the United States Govern-
ment pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 
632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(b) TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be obligated under 
an appropriation account to which they were not appro-
priated, except for transfers specifically provided for in 
this Act, unless the President, not less than five days prior 
to the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with 
and provides a written policy justification to the Commit-
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tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
(c) AUDIT
OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.—Any 
agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appro-
priated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between 
the United States Agency for International Development 
and another agency of the United States Government 
under the authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, 
shall expressly provide that the Office of the Inspector 
General for the agency receiving the transfer or allocation 
of such funds shall perform periodic program and financial 
audits of the use of such funds: Provided, That funds 
transferred under such authority may be made available 
for the cost of such audits. 
COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES 
SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of sec-
tion 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used 
to provide financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and 
major non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing 
(including leasing with an option to purchase) of defense 
articles from United States commercial suppliers, not in-
cluding Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters 
and other types of aircraft having possible civilian applica-
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tion), if the President determines that there are compel-
ling foreign policy or national security reasons for those 
defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather 
than by government-to-government sale under such Act. 
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation after the ex-
piration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so pro-
vided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for 
the purposes of chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of part I, section 
667, chapters 4, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export 
Control Act, and funds provided under the heading ‘‘As-
sistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, shall 
remain available for an additional four years from the date 
on which the availability of such funds would otherwise 
have expired, if such funds are initially obligated before 
the expiration of their respective periods of availability 
contained in this Act: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act, any funds made 
available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chap-
ter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements 
in order to address balance of payments or economic policy 
reform objectives, shall remain available until expended.
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LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT 
SEC. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to the govern-
ment of any country which is in default during a period 
in excess of one calendar year in payment to the United 
States of principal or interest on any loan made to the 
government of such country by the United States pursuant 
to a program for which funds are appropriated under this 
Act unless the President determines, following consulta-
tions with the Committees on Appropriations, that assist-
ance to such country is in the national interest of the 
United States. 
COMMERCE AND TRADE 
SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
made available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance 
and none of the funds otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or ex-
pended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other 
financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro-
duction of any commodity for export by any country other 
than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be 
in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro-
ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the 
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: