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TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING 
SEC. 670. Of the funds appropriated by this Act, 
under the headings ‘‘DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE’’, 
‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE 
BALTIC STATES’’, ‘‘ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND’’, 
‘‘ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE’’, and ‘‘AS-
SISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF 
THE
FORMER
SOVIET
UNION’’,
not
less
than 
$525,000,000 should be made available for trade capacity 
building assistance: Provided, That $10,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘ECO-
NOMIC SUPPORT FUND’’ shall be made available for 
labor and environmental capacity building activities relat-
ing to the free trade agreement with the countries of Cen-
tral America and the Dominican Republic. 
EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH 
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES 
SEC. 671. Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during 
fiscal year 2008, funds available to the Department of De-
fense may be expended for crating, packing, handling, and 
transportation of excess defense articles transferred under 
the authority of section 516 of such Act to Albania, Af-
ghanistan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugo-
slavian Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, India, Iraq, 
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova,
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Mongolia,
Pakistan,
Romania,
Slovakia,
Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, and Ukraine. 
ASSISTANCE TO COLOMBIA LAW ENFORCEMENT TO 
COMBAT ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS 
SEC. 672. (a) ASSISTANCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AND INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.— 
(1) WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS OF FUNDS.— 
The Secretary of State shall withhold the obligation 
of funds for assistance to any Colombian law en-
forcement or intelligence agency, including the Co-
lombian
National
Police,
the
Fiscalı´a,
and
the 
Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (the In-
telligence
Service),
if
the
Secretary
determines 
that— 
(A) there has been significant infiltration 
of the agency by the Revolutionary Armed 
Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Lib-
eration Army (ELN), or the United Self-De-
fense Forces of Colombia (AUC), successor 
groups, or criminal organizations; or 
(B) the agency’s leadership has willfully 
provided any support to such groups, including 
taking actions or failing to take actions which 
allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the activi-
ties of such groups.
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(2) RESUMPTION
OF
ASSISTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of State may resume the obligation of funds 
suspended under paragraph (1) if the Secretary de-
termines and certifies to the Committees on Appro-
priations, based on a careful review of the structure 
and membership of the agency involved, that it has 
credibly and effectively eliminated the penetration of 
individuals associated with illegal armed groups, and 
removed those leaders and members who were pro-
viding support to such groups. 
(b) ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS.— 
(1) DENIAL OF VISAS TO SUPPORTERS OF CO-
LOMBIAN
ILLEGAL
ARMED
GROUPS.—Subject
to 
paragraph (2), the Secretary of State shall not issue 
a visa to any alien who the Secretary determines, 
based on credible evidence— 
(A) has willfully provided any support to 
the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia 
(FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), 
or the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia 
(AUC), or successor groups, including taking 
actions or failing to take actions which allow, 
facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of 
such groups; or
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(B) has committed, ordered, incited, as-
sisted, or otherwise participated in the commis-
sion of gross violations of human rights, includ-
ing extra-judicial killings, in Colombia. 
(2) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply if 
the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 
the Committees on Appropriations, on a case-by-case 
basis, that the issuance of a visa to the alien is nec-
essary to support the peace process in Colombia or 
for urgent humanitarian reasons. 
CUBA 
SEC. 673. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS 
CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT’’ may be made 
available for assistance to the Government of Cuba. 
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 
SEC. 674. Programs funded under titles III and IV 
of this Act that provide training for foreign police, judicial, 
and military officials, shall include, where appropriate, 
programs and activities that address gender-based vio-
lence. 
LIMITATION ON ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND ASSISTANCE 
FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE 
PARTIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT 
SEC. 675. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act under the heading ‘‘ECONOMIC SUPPORT
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FUND’’ may be used to provide assistance to the govern-
ment of a country that is a party to the International 
Criminal Court and has not entered into an agreement 
with the United States pursuant to Article 98 of the Rome 
Statute preventing the International Criminal Court from 
proceeding against United States personnel present in 
such country. 
(b) The President may, with prior notice to Congress, 
waive the prohibition of subsection (a) with respect to a 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (‘‘NATO’’) member 
country, a major non-NATO ally (including Australia, 
Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Argentina, the Republic of 
Korea, and New Zealand), Taiwan, or such other country 
as he may determine if he determines and reports to the 
appropriate congressional committees that it is important 
to the national interests of the United States to waive such 
prohibition. 
(c) The President may, with prior notice to Congress, 
waive the prohibition of subsection (a) with respect to a 
particular country if he determines and reports to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that such country has 
entered into an agreement with the United States pursu-
ant to Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the 
International Criminal Court from proceeding against 
United States personnel present in such country.
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(d) The prohibition of this section shall not apply to 
countries otherwise eligible for assistance under the Mil-
lennium Challenge Act of 2003, notwithstanding section 
606(a)(2)(B) of such Act. 
TIBET 
SEC. 676. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should 
instruct the United States Executive Director at each 
international financial institution to use the voice and vote 
of the United States to support projects in Tibet if such 
projects do not provide incentives for the migration and 
settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or facilitate the 
transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and natural re-
sources to non-Tibetans; are based on a thorough needs- 
assessment; foster self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people 
and respect Tibetan culture and traditions; and are sub-
ject to effective monitoring. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
less than $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated by title 
III of this Act under the heading ‘‘ECONOMIC SUP-
PORT FUND’’ should be made available to nongovern-
mental organizations to support activities which preserve 
cultural traditions and promote sustainable development 
and environmental conservation in Tibetan communities 
in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan 
communities in China, and not less than $250,000 should 
be made available to the National Endowment for Democ-
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racy for human rights and democracy programs relating 
to Tibet. 
WESTERN HEMISPHERE 
SEC. 677. (a) Not less than the amounts of funds 
initially allocated for the fiscal year 2007 pursuant to sec-
tion 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for El 
Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Honduras under the 
headings ‘‘CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PRO-
GRAMS
FUND’’
and
‘‘DEVELOPMENT
ASSIST-
ANCE’’, should be made available for each such country 
from funds appropriated under such headings by this Act. 
(b) Not less than the aggregate amount of funds ini-
tially allocated for the fiscal year 2007 pursuant to section 
653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for countries 
in the Western Hemisphere under the heading ‘‘FOR-
EIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM’’, should be 
made available for such countries from funds appropriated 
under such heading by this Act: Provided, That not less 
than the following amounts from funds appropriated by 
this Act under such heading shall be made available to 
enhance security in the Western Hemisphere consistent 
with democratic principles and the rule of law— 
(1) $48,000,000 for assistance for Colombia; 
(2) $4,800,000 for assistance for El Salvador; 
(3) $500,000 for assistance for Honduras; 
(4) $300,000 for assistance for Bolivia;
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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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national competitive bidding in accordance with 
sound
procurement
practices,
including
trans-
parency, competition, and cost-effective results for 
the Borrowers. 
(5) All tenders under the World Bank’s na-
tional competitive bidding provisions are subject to 
the same advertisement requirements as tenders 
under international competitive bidding. 
(6) Loan agreements between the World Bank 
and the Borrowers have been made public. 
INDONESIA 
SEC. 682. Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING 
PROGRAM’’, not more than $6,000,000 may be made 
available for assistance for Indonesia, until the Secretary 
of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations on 
steps taken by the Government of Indonesia on the fol-
lowing— 
(1) prosecution and punishment, in a manner 
proportional to the crime, for members of the Armed 
Forces who have been credibly alleged to have com-
mitted gross violations of human rights; 
(2) cooperation by the Armed Forces, at the di-
rection of the President of Indonesia, with civilian 
judicial authorities and with international efforts to
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resolve cases of gross violations of human rights in 
East Timor and elsewhere; and 
(3) implementation by the Armed Forces, at the 
direction of the President of Indonesia, of reforms to 
increase the transparency and accountability of their 
operations and financial management. 
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GROWTH FUND 
SEC. 683. ESTABLISHMENT
OF
THE GROWTH 
FUND.— 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, act-
ing through the Director of United States Foreign 
Assistance, shall establish the Global Resources and 
Opportunities for Women to Thrive (GROWTH) 
Fund for the purpose of enhancing economic oppor-
tunities for very poor, poor, and low-income women 
in developing countries with a focus on— 
(A) increasing women-owned enterprise de-
velopment; 
(B) increasing property rights for women; 
(C) increasing women’s access to financial 
services; 
(D) increasing women in leadership in im-
plementing organizations, such as indigenous 
nongovernmental
organizations,
community-
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based organizations, and regulated financial 
intermediaries; 
(E) improving women’s employment bene-
fits and conditions; and 
(F) increasing women’s ability to benefit 
from global trade. 
(2) ROLE OF USAID MISSIONS.—The Fund shall 
be available to USAID missions to apply for addi-
tional funding to support specific additional activi-
ties that enhance women’s economic opportunities or 
to integrate gender into existing economic oppor-
tunity programs. 
(b) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—The Fund shall be 
available to USAID missions to support— 
(1) initiatives to eliminate legal and institu-
tional barriers to women’s ownership of assets, ac-
cess to credit, access to information and communica-
tion technologies, and engagement in business activi-
ties within or outside of the home; 
(2) microfinance and microenterprise develop-
ment programs that— 
(A) specifically target women with respect 
to outreach and marketing; and 
(B) provide products specifically to address 
women’s assets, needs, and the barriers women
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encounter with respect to participation in enter-
prise and financial services; 
(3) programs, projects, and activities for enter-
prise development for women in developing countries 
that— 
(A) in coordination with developing coun-
try governments and interested individuals and 
organizations, encourage or enhance laws, regu-
lations, enforcement, and other practices that 
promote access to banking and financial serv-
ices for women-owned small- and medium-sized 
enterprises, and eliminate or reduce regulatory 
barriers that may exist in this regard; 
(B) promote access to information and 
communication technologies (ICT) with training 
in ICT for women-owned small- and medium- 
sized enterprises; 
(C) provide training, through local associa-
tions of women-owned enterprises or nongovern-
mental organizations in record keeping, finan-
cial and personnel management, international 
trade, business planning, marketing, policy ad-
vocacy, leadership development, and other rel-
evant areas;
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(D) provide resources to establish and en-
hance local, national, and international net-
works and associations of women-owned small- 
and medium-sized enterprises; 
(E) provide incentives for nongovernmental 
organizations
and
regulated
financial
inter-
mediaries to develop products, services, and 
marketing and outreach strategies specifically 
designed to facilitate and promote women’s par-
ticipation in small- and medium-sized business 
development programs by addressing women’s 
assets, needs, and the barriers they face to par-
ticipation in enterprise and financial services; 
and 
(F) seek to award contracts to qualified in-
digenous
women-owned
small-
and
medium- 
sized enterprises, including for post-conflict re-
construction and to facilitate employment of in-
digenous women, including during post-conflict 
reconstruction in jobs not traditionally under-
taken by women; 
(4) programs, projects, and activities for the 
promotion of private property rights and land tenure 
security for women in developing countries that are 
implemented by local, indigenous nongovernmental
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and community-based organizations dedicated to ad-
dressing the needs of women, especially women’s or-
ganizations that— 
(A) advocate to amend and harmonize 
statutory and customary law to give women 
equal rights to own, use, and inherit property; 
(B) promote legal literacy among women 
and men about property rights for women and 
how to exercise such rights; 
(C) assist women in making land claims 
and protecting women’s existing claims; and 
(D) advocate for equitable land titling and 
registration for women; 
(5) activities to increase women’s access to em-
ployment and to higher quality employment with 
better remuneration and working conditions in devel-
oping countries, including access to insurance and 
other social safety nets, in informal and formal em-
ployment relative to core labor standards determined 
by the International Labor Organization. Such ac-
tivities should include— 
(A) public education efforts to inform poor 
women and men of their legal rights related to 
employment;