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to remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$415,000,000 shall be available only for Egypt, which sum shall 
be provided on a grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer 
assistance shall be provided with the understanding that Egypt 
will undertake significant economic and democratic reforms which 
are additional to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal 
years: Provided further, That with respect to the provision of assist-
ance for Egypt for democracy, human rights and governance activi-
ties, the organizations implementing such assistance and the spe-
cific nature of that assistance shall not be subject to the prior 
approval by the Government of Egypt: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for Egypt, 
not less than $135,000,000 shall be made available for project 
assistance, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for democracy, human rights and governance programs and 
not less than $50,000,000 shall be used for education programs, 
of which not less than $10,000,000 should be made available for 
scholarships for Egyptian students with high financial need to 
attend United States accredited institutions of higher education 
in Egypt: Provided further, That $11,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under this heading should be made available for Cyprus 
to be used only for scholarships, administrative support of the 
scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and measures aimed 
at reunification of the island and designed to reduce tensions and 
promote peace and cooperation between the two communities on 
Cyprus: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not less than $363,547,000 shall be made available 
only for assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading that are made available for assist-
ance for Jordan, up to $40,000,000 may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Debt Restructuring’’ for the costs, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of reducing or cancelling 
amounts owed to the United States or any agency of the United 
States by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading not more than 
$218,500,000 may be made available for assistance for the West 
Bank and Gaza, of which not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used 
for administrative expenses of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, in addition to funds otherwise available for 
such purposes, to carry out programs in the West Bank and Gaza: 
Provided further, That if the President exercises the waiver 
authority under section 650 of this Act, of the funds made available 
under this heading for assistance to the Palestinian Authority, 
not more than $100,000,000 of the funds made available under 
this heading for cash transfer assistance to the Palestinian 
Authority may be obligated for such assistance until the Secretary 
of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that the Palestinian Authority has established a single treasury 
account for all Palestinian Authority financing and all financing 
mechanisms flow through this account, has eliminated all parallel 
financing mechanisms outside of the Palestinian Authority treasury 
account, and has established a single comprehensive civil service 
roster and payroll: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading for cash transfer assistance to the Pales-
tinian Authority may be obligated for salaries of personnel of the
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Palestinian Authority located in Gaza: Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated under this heading for cash transfer 
assistance to the Palestinian Authority may be obligated or 
expended for assistance to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled 
by Hamas or any power-sharing government with Hamas unless 
Hamas 
has 
accepted 
the 
principles 
contained 
in 
section 
620K(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall ensure 
that Federal or non-Federal audits of all funds appropriated under 
this heading for cash transfer assistance to the Palestinian 
Authority are conducted on at least an annual basis to ensure 
compliance with this Act, and such audit shall include a detailed 
accounting of all programs, projects, and activities carried out using 
such funds, including both obligations and expenditures, and that 
the audit is compliant with generally accepted accounting stand-
ards: Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading for cash transfer assistance to the Palestinian Authority 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That $45,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail-
able for assistance for Lebanon, of which not less than $10,000,000 
should be made available for scholarships and direct support of 
American educational institutions in Lebanon: Provided further, 
That not more than $300,000,000 of the funds made available 
for assistance for Afghanistan under this heading may be obligated 
for such assistance until the Secretary of State certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Afghanistan 
at both the national and provincial level is cooperating fully with 
United States funded poppy eradication and interdiction efforts 
in Afghanistan: Provided further, That the President may waive 
the previous proviso if he determines and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that to do so is vital to the national security 
interests of the United States: Provided further, That such report 
shall include an analysis of the steps being taken by the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan, at the national and provincial level, to 
cooperate fully with United States funded poppy eradication and 
interdiction efforts in Afghanistan: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, $196,000,000 shall be appor-
tioned directly to the United States Agency for International 
Development (USAID) for alternative development/institution 
building and sustainable development programs in Colombia and 
may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ to continue programs 
administered by USAID: Provided further, That with respect to 
funds apportioned to USAID for programs in Colombia under this 
heading, the responsibility for policy decisions for the use of such 
funds, including which activities will be funded and the amount 
of funds that will be provided for each of those activities, shall 
be the responsibility of the Administrator of USAID in consultation 
with the Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics 
and Law Enforcement Affairs: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading that are available for assistance 
for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, up to $1,000,000 may 
be available for administrative expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development in addition to amounts other-
wise made available for such purposes: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated under
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this heading may be made available for programs and activities 
for the Central Highlands of Vietnam: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, up to $53,000,000 may be made available 
for energy-related assistance for North Korea, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading that 
are made available for a Middle East Financing Facility, Middle 
East Enterprise Fund, or any other similar entity in the Middle 
East shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided by this paragraph, $542,568,000 is designated 
as described in section 5 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act). 
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $15,000,000, 
which shall be available for the United States contribution to the 
International Fund for Ireland and shall be made available in 
accordance with the provisions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Sup-
port Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount 
shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely 
payment for projects and activities: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading shall remain available until 
September 30, 2009. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East European 
Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, $295,950,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009, which shall be available, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for assistance and for related programs 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States. 
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be considered 
to be economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 for purposes of making available the administrative authori-
ties contained in that Act for the use of economic assistance. 
(c) The provisions of section 628 of this Act shall apply to 
funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, That notwith-
standing any provision of this or any other Act, including provisions 
in this subsection regarding the application of section 628 of this 
Act, local currencies generated by, or converted from, funds appro-
priated by this Act and by previous appropriations Acts and made 
available for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia may 
be used in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States to carry out 
the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support 
for East European Democracy SEED Act of 1989. 
(d) The President is authorized to withhold funds appropriated 
under this heading made available for economic revitalization pro-
grams in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he determines and certifies 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the Federation of Bosnia 
and Herzegovina has not complied with article III of annex 1– 
A of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and 
Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, and that 
intelligence cooperation on training, investigations, and related
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activities between state sponsors of terrorism and terrorist organiza-
tions and Bosnian officials has not been terminated. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET 
UNION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapters 
11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and 
the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for the Independent 
States of the former Soviet Union and for related programs, 
$399,735,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009: Pro-
vided, That the provisions of such chapters shall apply to funds 
appropriated by this paragraph: Provided further, That funds made 
available for the Southern Caucasus region may be used, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for confidence-building meas-
ures and other activities in furtherance of the peaceful resolution 
of regional conflicts, especially those in the vicinity of Abkhazia 
and Nagorno-Karabagh: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading in 
this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs, that are made available 
pursuant to the provisions of section 807 of Public Law 102–511 
shall be subject to a 6 percent ceiling on administrative expenses. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of the Inter- 
American Foundation in accordance with the provisions of section 
401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, $21,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009. 
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the International 
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980, Public Law 
96–533, $30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009: 
Provided, That funds made available to grantees may be invested 
pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized by the 
Board of Directors of the Foundation: Provided further, That interest 
earned shall be used only for the purposes for which the grant 
was made: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) 
of the African Development Foundation Act, (1) in exceptional cir-
cumstances the Board of Directors of the Foundation may waive 
the $250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect to 
a project and (2) a project may exceed the limitation by up to 
$10,000 if the increase is due solely to foreign currency fluctuation: 
Provided further, That the Foundation shall provide a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations after each time such waiver 
authority is exercised. 
PEACE CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Peace 
Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), including the purchase of not to exceed 
five passenger motor vehicles for administrative purposes for use