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tailing the financial activities of the HIV/AIDS Fund, in-
cluding sources of income and information regarding dis-
bursements. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 5026. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made 
available for assistance for activities to support democracy, 
human rights, and the rule of law in the People’s Republic 
of China and Hong Kong: Provided, That funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
should be made available for assistance for Taiwan for the 
purposes of furthering political and legal reforms: Provided 
further, That such funds shall only be made available to 
the extent that they are matched from sources other than 
the United States Government: Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to the authority of this sub-
section shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(b)(1) In addition to the funds made available in sub-
section (a), of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ not less than 
$25,000,000 shall be made available for programs and ac-
tivities to foster democracy, human rights, civic education, 
women’s development, press freedom, and the rule of law
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in countries with a significant Muslim population, and 
where such programs and activities would be important to 
United States efforts to respond to, deter, or prevent acts 
of international terrorism: Provided, That funds made 
available pursuant to the authority of this subsection should 
support new initiatives and activities in those countries: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, $3,000,000 shall be made available for programs 
and activities that provide professional training for jour-
nalists, of which $2,000,000 shall be made available to 
Internews: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under such heading, in addition to other amounts made 
available for Egypt in this Act, funds shall be made avail-
able to support civil society organizations working for de-
mocracy, human rights, and the rule of law in Egypt: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, not less than $3,000,000 of such funds may be used 
for making grants to educational, humanitarian and non-
governmental organizations and individuals inside Iran to 
support the advancement of democracy and human rights 
in Iran: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds appropriated pursuant to the au-
thority of this subsection may be made available for democ-
racy, human rights, and rule of law programs for Syria: 
Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to
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this subsection shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(2) In addition to funds made available under sub-
sections (a) and (b)(1), of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ not less 
than $5,000,000 shall be made available for programs and 
activities of the National Endowment for Democracy to fos-
ter democracy, human rights, civic education, women’s de-
velopment, press freedom, and the rule of law in countries 
in sub-Saharan Africa, and not less than $1,500,000 shall 
be made available for such programs and activities of the 
National Endowment for Democracy in countries in Asia. 
(c) Of the funds made available under subsection (a), 
not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for the 
Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of De-
mocracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of State, 
to support the activities described in subsection (a), and 
of the funds made available under subsection (b)(1), not less 
than $15,000,000 shall be made available for such Fund 
to support the activities described in subsection (b)(1): Pro-
vided, That the total amount of funds made available by 
this Act under ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for activities of 
the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, De-
partment of State, including funds available in this section, 
shall be not less than $57,000,000.
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(d) Of the funds made available under subsection (a), 
not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for the 
National Endowment for Democracy to support the activi-
ties described in subsection (a), and of the funds made 
available under subsection (b)(1), not less than $5,000,000 
shall be made available for the National Endowment for 
Democracy to support the activities described in subsection 
(b)(1): Provided, That the Secretary of State shall provide 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations within 120 
days of the date of enactment of this Act on the status of 
the allocation and obligation of such funds. 
(e) Of the funds made available under subsection (a), 
$10,000,000 shall be made available to American edu-
cational institutions for programs and activities in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China relating to the environment, democ-
racy and the rule of law: Provided, That funds available 
under this subsection shall be made available subject to 
prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 5027. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assist-
ance under any heading of this Act and funds appropriated 
under any such heading in a provision of law enacted prior 
to the enactment of this Act, shall not be made available 
to any country which the President determines—