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of funds from this appropriation: Provided further, That upon deter-
mination by the Secretary of Defense or head of other Federal 
department or agency, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
State, that all or part of the funds so transferred from this appro-
priation are not necessary for the purposes herein, such amounts 
may be transferred by the head of the relevant Federal department 
or agency back to this appropriation and shall be available for 
the same purposes and for the same time period as originally 
appropriated: Provided further, That any required notification or 
report may be submitted in classified or unclassified form. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 1101. Funds appropriated in this title may be obligated 
and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672, 
section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, 
section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236), and section 504(a)(1) of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 
AFGHANISTAN 
SEC. 1102. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated in this title 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are available 
for assistance for Afghanistan shall be made available, to the max-
imum extent practicable, in a manner that utilizes Afghan entities 
and emphasizes the participation of Afghan women and directly 
improves the security, economic and social well-being, and political 
status, of Afghan women and girls. 
(b) ASSISTANCE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS.— 
(1) Funds appropriated in this title for assistance for 
Afghanistan shall comply with sections 7062 and 7063 of Public 
Law 111–8, and shall be made available to support programs 
that increase participation by women in the political process, 
including at the national, provincial, and sub-provincial levels, 
and in efforts to improve security in Afghanistan. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated for assistance for Afghanistan 
in fiscal year 2009 under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’, not less than $150,000,000 shall be made available 
to support programs that directly address the needs of Afghan 
women and girls, including for the Afghan Independent Human 
Rights Commission, the Afghan Ministry of Women’s Affairs, 
and for women-led nongovernmental organizations. 
(c) PROCUREMENT OF AFGHAN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available for assistance for 
Afghanistan in this title and in prior acts appropriating funds 
for Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams, may be used to conduct procurements and to award 
assistance instruments in which— 
(A) competition is limited to products, services, or 
sources that are from Afghanistan; 
(B) procedures other than competitive procedures are 
used to award a contract or assistance instrument to a 
particular source or sources from Afghanistan; or
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(C) a preference is provided for products, services, or 
sources that are from Afghanistan. 
(2) PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND
SOURCES
FROM
AFGHANI-
STAN.—For the purposes of this section: 
(A) A product is from Afghanistan if it is mined, pro-
duced, or manufactured in Afghanistan. 
(B) A service is from Afghanistan if it is performed 
in Afghanistan by citizens or permanent resident aliens 
of Afghanistan. 
(C) A source is from Afghanistan if it— 
(i) is located in Afghanistan; and 
(ii) offers products or services that are from 
Afghanistan. 
(3) REPORTING AND CONSULTING REQUIREMENT.—Not less 
than 180 days after enactment of this Act the Secretary of 
State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions on efforts undertaken by the Department of State and 
the United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID) to utilize this authority in order to enhance participa-
tion by Afghan entities in development activities in Afghani-
stan: Provided, That the Secretary of State and the Adminis-
trator of USAID shall consult with the Committees on Appro-
priations regarding the exercise of the authority of this sub-
section and prior to submitting the report required by this 
paragraph: Provided further, That the exercise of such authority 
in excess of $15,000,000 for any single contract or assistance 
instrument is subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(d) ANTICORRUPTION.—Ten percent of the funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 
Enforcement’’ that are available for assistance for the Government 
of Afghanistan shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary 
of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Government of Afghanistan is implementing a policy to promptly 
remove from office any government official who is credibly alleged 
to have engaged in narcotics trafficking, gross violations of human 
rights, or other major crimes. 
(e) ACQUISITION
OF PROPERTY.—Not more than $20,000,000 
of the funds appropriated in this title should be made available 
to pay for the acquisition of property for diplomatic facilities in 
Afghanistan. 
(f) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—Funds appro-
priated in this title may be made available for programs and activi-
ties of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in 
Afghanistan if the Secretary of State reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that UNDP is fully cooperating with efforts of 
the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 
to investigate expenditures by UNDP of USAID funds associated 
with the Quick Impact Program in Afghanistan. 
(g) NATIONAL SOLIDARITY PROGRAM.—Of the funds appropriated 
in this title under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that 
are available for assistance for Afghanistan, not less than 
$70,000,000 shall be made available for the National Solidarity 
Program. 
(h) AIRWINGS.—The uses and oversight of aircraft purchased 
or leased by the Department of State and the United States Agency 
for International Development by funds appropriated by this Act
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or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations and related programs shall be coordinated under 
the authority of the United States Chief of Mission in Afghanistan: 
Provided, That such aircraft may be used to transport Federal 
and non-Federal personnel supporting the Department of State 
and United States Agency for International Development programs 
and activities: Provided further, That official travel for other agen-
cies for other purposes may be supported on a reimbursable basis, 
or without reimbursement when traveling on a space available 
basis. 
ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 1103. (a) Funds appropriated in this title for the following 
accounts shall be made available for programs and countries in 
the amounts contained in the respective tables included in the 
joint statement accompanying this Act: 
(1) ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’. 
(2) ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’. 
(3) ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’. 
(4) ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’. 
(b) For the purposes of implementing this section, and only 
with respect to the tables included in the joint statement accom-
panying this Act, the Secretary of State and the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development, as 
appropriate, may propose deviations to the amounts referenced 
in subsection (a), subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations and section 634A of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961. 
SPENDING PLAN AND NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES 
SEC. 1104. (a) SPENDING PLAN.—Not later than 45 days after 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations a report detailing planned expenditures for funds appro-
priated in this title, except for funds appropriated under the 
headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and 
Refugee Assistance’’. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Funds made available in this title shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations and section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961. 
GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS 
SEC. 1105. (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated in 
this title under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not more 
than $255,601,000 may be made available for assistance for vulner-
able populations in developing countries severely affected by the 
global financial crisis that— 
(1) have a 2007 per capita Gross National Income of $3,705 
or less; 
(2) have seen a contraction in predicted growth rates of 
2 percent or more since 2007; and
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(3) demonstrate consistent improvement on the democracy 
and governance indicators as measured by the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation 2009 Country Scorebook. 
(b) TRANSFER AUTHORITIES.—Of the funds appropriated in this 
title under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for developing 
countries impacted by the global financial crisis— 
(1) up to $29,000,000 may be transferred and merged with 
‘‘Development Credit Authority’’, for the cost of direct loans 
and loan guarantees notwithstanding the dollar limitations in 
such account on transfers to the account and the principal 
amount of loans made or guaranteed with respect to any single 
country or borrower: Provided, That such transferred funds 
may be available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion 
of which is to be guaranteed, of up to $2,000,000,000: Provided 
further, That the authority provided by the previous proviso 
is in addition to authority provided under the heading ‘‘Develop-
ment Credit Authority’’ in Public Law 111–8: Provided further, 
That up to $1,500,000 may be for administrative expenses 
to carry out credit programs administered by the United States 
Agency for International Development; and 
(2) up to $20,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged 
with, ‘‘Overseas Private Investment Corporation Program 
Account’’: Provided, That the authority provided in this para-
graph is in addition to authority provided in section 7081 
in Public Law 111–8. 
(c) REPROGRAMMING AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Millennium 
Challenge Corporation’’ (MCC) in prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams may be made available for programs and activities to assist 
vulnerable populations severely affected by the global financial 
crisis in a country that has signed a compact with the MCC or 
has been designated by the MCC as a threshold country: Provided, 
That such a modification of a compact or threshold program by 
the MCC should be made, if practicable, prior to making available 
additional assistance for such purposes: Provided further, That the 
MCC shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior 
to exercising the authority of this subsection. 
(d) REPORT.—The Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development (USAID), shall submit a spending plan not later than 
45 days after the date of enactment of this Act to the Committees 
on Appropriations, and prior to the initial obligation of funds appro-
priated for countries impacted by the global economic crisis, 
detailing the use of all funds on a country-by-country, and project- 
by-project basis: Provided, That for each project, the report shall 
include (1) the projected long-term economic impact of providing 
such funds; (2) the name of the entity or implementing organization 
to which funds are being provided; (3) whether funds will be pro-
vided as a direct cash transfer to a local or national government 
entity; and (4) an assessment of whether USAID has reviewed 
its existing programs in such country to determine reprogramming 
opportunities to increase assistance for vulnerable populations: Pro-
vided further, That funds transferred to the Development Credit 
Authority and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation are 
subject to the reporting requirements in section 1104.