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(5) $250,000 for assistance for Guatemala; and 
(6) $100,000 for assistance for Belize. 
(c) Funds made available pursuant to subsection (b) 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 678. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $81,000,000 of 
the funds made available in title III of 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 EASTERN 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 pursuant 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. 
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(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 
may only be used to the extent that an equivalent number 
of positions that are filled by personal services contractors 
or other non-direct 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 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 
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UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT’’. 
(g) MANAGEMENT REFORM PILOT.—Of the funds 
made available in subsection (a), USAID may use, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, up to 
$10,000,000 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 
reduce USAID’s reliance on overseas personal services 
contractors or other non-direct hire employees com-
pensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds ap-
propriated
under
the
heading
‘‘ASSISTANCE
FOR 
EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES’’. 
(h) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appro-
priated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds ap-
propriated
under
the
heading
‘‘ASSISTANCE
FOR 
EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES’’, 
may be used, in addition to funds otherwise available 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 primary re-
sponsibility is to carry out programs in response to natural 
disasters. 
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OPIC TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 679. Whenever the President determines that 
it is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under title III of this Act may be 
transferred to and merged with funds appropriated by this 
Act for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Pro-
gram Account, to be subject to the terms and conditions 
of that account: Provided, That such funds shall not be 
available for administrative expenses of the Overseas Pri-
vate Investment Corporation: Provided further, That des-
ignated funding levels in this Act shall not be transferred 
pursuant to this section: Provided further, That the exer-
cise of such authority shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 680. 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 
‘‘FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING
PROGRAM’’, 
‘‘INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND 
TRAINING’’, and ‘‘PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS’’: 
Provided, That such report shall include a description of 
the obligation and expenditure of funds, and the specific 
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country in receipt of, and the use or purpose of the assist-
ance provided by such funds. 
ANTICORRUPTION PROVISIONS 
SEC. 681. Twenty percent of the funds appropriated 
under title V of this Act under the heading ‘‘INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE’’, shall be 
withheld from disbursement until the Secretary of the 
Treasury reports to the appropriate Congressional com-
mittees on the extent to which the World Bank has com-
pleted the following: 
(1) World Bank procurement guidelines have 
been applied to all procurement financed in whole or 
in part by a loan from the World Bank or a credit 
agreement or grant from the International Develop-
ment Association (IDA). 
(2) The World Bank proposal ‘‘Increasing the 
Use of Country Systems in Procurement’’ dated 
March 2005 has been withdrawn. 
(3) The World Bank maintains a strong central 
procurement office staffed with senior experts who 
are
designated
to
address
commercial
concerns, 
questions, and complaints regarding procurement 
procedures and payments under IDA and World 
Bank projects. 
(4) Thresholds for international competitive 
bidding have been established to maximize inter-
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