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Act to carry out part I of such Act and under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: Provided, That
such funds when added to the funds transferred pursuant to the
authority contained under this heading in Public Law 107–115,
shall not exceed $24,500,000, which shall be made available only
for micro and small enterprise programs, urban programs, and
other programs which further the purposes of part I of the Act:
Provided further, That such costs shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further,
That the provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general provisions
applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486
as reported by the House Committee on International Relations
on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and loan guaran-
tees provided under this heading. In addition, for administrative
expenses to carry out credit programs administered by the United
States Agency for International Development, $7,591,000, which
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Oper-
ating Expenses of the United States Agency for International
Development: Provided further, That funds made available under
this heading shall remain available until September 30, 2007.
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY
FUND
For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and Disability
Fund’’, as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980,
$45,200,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
667, $572,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading and under the heading ‘‘Capital Investment
Fund’’ may be made available to finance the construction (including
architect and engineering services), purchase, or long term lease
of offices for use by the United States Agency for International
Development, unless the Administrator has identified such proposed
construction (including architect and engineering services), pur-
chase, or long term lease of offices in a report submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the obliga-
tion of these funds for such purposes: Provided further, That the
previous proviso shall not apply where the total cost of construction
(including architect and engineering services), purchase, or long
term lease of offices does not exceed $1,000,000.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and related
costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of information
technology and related capital investments, pursuant to section
667, $43,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That this amount is in addition to funds otherwise available for
such purposes: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading, up to $10,000,000 may be made available
for costs related to the construction of temporary, secure facilities
for United States Agency for International Development personnel
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in Afghanistan: Provided further, That the Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development shall assess
fair and reasonable rental payments for the use of space by
employees of other United States Government agencies in buildings
constructed using funds appropriated under this heading, and such
rental payments shall be deposited into this account as an offsetting
collection: Provided further, That the rental payments collected
pursuant to the previous proviso and deposited as an offsetting
collection shall be available for obligation only pursuant to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the assignment of United States
Government employees or contractors to space in buildings con-
structed using funds appropriated under this heading shall be sub-
ject to the concurrence of the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development: Provided further, That funds
appropriated under this heading shall be available for obligation
only pursuant to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
667, $33,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004,
which sum shall be available for the Office of the Inspector General
of the United States Agency for International Development.
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter
4 of part II, $2,270,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2004: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, not less than $600,000,000 shall be available only for
Israel, which sum shall be available on a grant basis as a cash
transfer and shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment
of this Act: Provided further, That not less than $615,000,000 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 signifi-
cant economic reforms which are additional to those which were
undertaken in previous fiscal years, and of which not less than
$200,000,000 shall be provided as Commodity Import Program
assistance: Provided further, That in exercising the authority to
provide cash transfer assistance for Israel, the President shall
ensure that the level of such assistance does not cause an adverse
impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports from the United
States to such country and that Israel enters into a side letter
agreement in an amount proportional to the fiscal year 1999 agree-
ment: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, $250,000,000 should be made available for assistance for
Jordan: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under
this heading, up to $1,000,000 should be used to further legal
reforms in the West Bank and Gaza, including judicial training
on commercial disputes and ethics: Provided further, That not to
exceed $200,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
in this Act may be made available for the costs, as defined in
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section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying
direct loans and guarantees for Pakistan: Provided further, That
not to exceed $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this
heading in Public Law 107–206, the Supplemental Appropriations
Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks
on the United States, FY 2002, may be made available for the
costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, of modifying direct loans and guarantees for Jordan: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $15,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall 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 not less than $35,000,000 of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available
for assistance for Lebanon to be used, among other programs,
for scholarships and direct support of the American educational
institutions in Lebanon: Provided further, That notwithstanding
section 534(a) of this Act, funds appropriated under this heading
that are made available for assistance for the Central Government
of Lebanon shall be subject to the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the
Government of Lebanon should enforce the custody and inter-
national pickup orders, issued during calendar year 2001, of Leb-
anon’s civil courts regarding abducted American children in Leb-
anon: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, $60,000,000 shall be made available for the United States
Agency for International Development for assistance for Indonesia:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available for assistance
for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste of which up to
$1,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses of the
United States Agency for International Development: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less
than $2,000,000 should be made available for assistance for coun-
tries to implement and enforce the Kimberley Process Certification
Scheme: Provided further, That $3,000,000 should be made available
for the international youth exchange program for secondary school
students from countries with significant Muslim populations: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may
be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to provide
assistance to the National Democratic Alliance of Sudan to
strengthen its ability to protect civilians from attacks, slave raids,
and aerial bombardment by the Sudanese Government forces and
its militia allies, and the provision of such funds shall be subject
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That in the previous proviso, the term
‘‘assistance’’ includes non-lethal, non-food aid such as blankets,
medicine, fuel, mobile clinics, water drilling equipment, communica-
tions equipment to notify civilians of aerial bombardment, non-
military vehicles, tents, and shoes: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $10,000,000
should be made available during fiscal year 2003 for a contribution
to the Special Court for Sierra Leone: Provided further, That with
respect to funds appropriated under this heading in this Act or
prior Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export
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financing, and related programs, the responsibility for policy
decisions and justifications for the use of such funds, including
whether there will be a program for a country that uses those
funds and the amount of each such program, shall be the responsi-
bility of the Secretary of State and the Deputy Secretary of State
and this responsibility shall not be delegated.
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, $25,000,000,
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, 2004.
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, $525,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2004, which shall be available, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, for assistance and for related programs
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: Provided, That funds
made available for assistance for Kosovo from funds appropriated
under this heading and under the headings ‘‘Economic Support
Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’
should not exceed 15 percent of the total resources pledged by
all donors for calendar year 2003 for assistance for Kosovo as
of March 31, 2003: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available under this Act for assistance for Kosovo shall be made
available for large scale physical infrastructure reconstruction: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under this heading
for assistance for Kosovo, up to $1,000,000 should be made available
for assistance to support training programs for Kosovar women:
Provided further, That not less than $5,000,000 shall be made
available for assistance for the Baltic States: Provided further,
That of the funds made available under this heading for assistance
for Bulgaria, $2,000,000 should be made available to enhance safety
at nuclear power plants.
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior appro-
priations Acts that are or have been made available for an Enter-
prise Fund may be deposited by such Fund in interest-bearing
accounts prior to the Fund’s disbursement of such funds for program
purposes. The Fund may retain for such program purposes any
interest earned on such deposits without returning such interest
to the Treasury of the United States and without further appropria-
tion by the Congress. Funds made available for Enterprise Funds
shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely
payment for projects and activities.
(c) 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.