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EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to
meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Con-
sular Service, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended as
authorized, of which such sums as necessary may be transferred
to and merged with the Repatriation Loans Program Account, sub-
ject to the same terms and conditions: Provided, That funds pre-
viously appropriated under this heading for rewards for an indictee
of the Special Court for Sierra Leone shall be transferred to the
Special Court for Sierra Leone within 15 days of enactment of
this Act: Provided further, That any transfer of funds provided
under this heading shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds
under section 605 of this Act.
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $612,000, as authorized: Provided,
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the direct loan program, $607,000, which may be transferred
to and merged with the Diplomatic and Consular Programs account
under Administration of Foreign Affairs.
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act
(Public Law 96–8), $19,482,000.
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY
FUND
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability
Fund, as authorized by law, $132,600,000.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet
annual obligations of membership in international multilateral
organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice
and consent of the Senate, conventions or specific Acts of Congress,
$1,182,000,000, of which up to $6,000,000, to remain available
until expended, may be used for the cost of a direct loan to the
United Nations for the cost of renovating its headquarters in New
York: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loan, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available
to subsidize total loan principal of up to $1,200,000,000: Provided
further, That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of the submis-
sion of the President’s budget to Congress under section 1105(a)
of title 31, United States Code, transmit to the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of Representatives
the most recent biennial budget prepared by the United Nations
for the operations of the United Nations: Provided further, That
the Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations
at least 15 days in advance (or in an emergency, as far in advance
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as is practicable) of any United Nations action to increase funding
for any United Nations program without identifying an offsetting
decrease elsewhere in the United Nations budget and cause the
United Nations to exceed the adopted budget for the biennium
2004–2005 of $3,160,860,000: Provided further, That any payment
of arrearages under this title shall be directed toward special activi-
ties that are mutually agreed upon by the United States and
the respective international organization: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available
for a United States contribution to an international organization
for the United States share of interest costs made known to the
United States Government by such organization for loans incurred
on or after October 1, 1984, through external borrowings, except
that such restriction shall not apply to loans to the United Nations
for renovation of its headquarters.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses
of international peacekeeping activities directed to the maintenance
or restoration of international peace and security, $490,000,000:
Provided, That none of the funds made available under this Act
shall be obligated or expended for any new or expanded United
Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance
of voting for the new or expanded mission in the United Nations
Security Council (or in an emergency as far in advance as is
practicable): (1) the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate and other appropriate committees
of the Congress are notified of the estimated cost and length of
the mission, the vital national interest that will be served, and
the planned exit strategy; and (2) a reprogramming of funds pursu-
ant to section 605 of this Act is submitted, and the procedures
therein followed, setting forth the source of funds that will be
used to pay for the cost of the new or expanded mission: Provided
further, That funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses
only upon a certification by the Secretary of State to the appropriate
committees of the Congress that American manufacturers and sup-
pliers are being given opportunities to provide equipment, services,
and material for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to
those being given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided
further, That none of the funds made available under this heading
are available to pay the United States share of the cost of court
monitoring that is part of any United Nations peacekeeping mission.
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet
obligations of the United States arising under treaties, or specific
Acts of Congress, as follows:
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES
AND MEXICO
For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and
Mexico, and to comply with laws applicable to the United States
Section, including not to exceed $6,000 for representation; as fol-
lows:
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for,
$27,244,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized
projects, $5,310,000, to remain available until expended, as author-
ized.
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the Inter-
national Joint Commission and the International Boundary
Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by treaties
between the United States and Canada or Great Britain, and for
the Border Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized
by Public Law 103–182, $9,594,000, of which not to exceed $9,000
shall be available for representation expenses incurred by the Inter-
national Joint Commission.
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS
For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions,
not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, $21,982,000: Pro-
vided, That the United States’ share of such expenses may be
advanced to the respective commissions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324.
OTHER
PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION
For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized by the
Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $13,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, as authorized.
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE
For a grant to the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue
Trust Fund, $6,750,000, for operation of the Center for Middle
Eastern-Western Dialogue in Istanbul, Turkey, to remain available
until expended.
In addition, for the operations of the Steering Committee of
the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue, $250,000, to
remain available until expended.
In addition, for necessary expenses of the Center for Middle
Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the total amount of the
interest and earnings accruing to such Fund before October 1,
2005, to remain available until expended.
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships,
Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the Eisenhower
Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest
and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Pro-
gram Trust Fund on or before September 30, 2005, to remain