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propriations and authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, 
and limitations with the exception that for the following 
accounts: ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’, ‘‘program, project, and activ-
ity’’ shall also be considered to include country, regional, 
and central program level funding within each such ac-
count; for the development assistance accounts of the United 
States Agency for International Development ‘‘program, 
project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to include 
central, country, regional, and program level funding, ei-
ther as: (1) justified to the Congress; or (2) allocated by 
the executive branch in accordance with a report, to be pro-
vided to the Committees on Appropriations within 30 days 
of the enactment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 622. Up to $13,500,000 of the funds made avail-
able by this Act for assistance under the heading ‘‘Global 
Health Programs’’, may be used to reimburse United States 
Government agencies, agencies of State governments, insti-
tutions of higher learning, and private and voluntary orga-
nizations for the full cost of individuals (including for the 
personal services of such individuals) detailed or assigned 
to, or contracted by, as the case may be, the United States 
Agency for International Development for the purpose of 
carrying out activities under that heading: Provided, That
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up to $3,500,000 of the funds made available by this Act 
for assistance under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 
may be used to reimburse such agencies, institutions, and 
organizations for such costs of such individuals carrying 
out other development assistance activities: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated by titles III and IV of this 
Act that are made available for bilateral assistance for child 
survival activities or disease programs including activities 
relating to research on, and the prevention, treatment and 
control of, HIV/AIDS may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law except for the provi-
sions under the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ and the 
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, 
and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 
et seq.), as amended: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than 
$461,060,000 shall be made available for family planning/ 
reproductive health: Provided further, That in order to pre-
vent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the trans-
mission of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/ 
AIDS, no contract or grant for the exclusive purpose of pro-
viding donated contraceptives in developing countries shall 
be denied to any nongovernmental organization solely on 
the basis of the policy contained in the President’s March 
28, 2001, Memorandum to the Administrator of the United
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States Agency for International Development with respect 
to providing contraceptives in developing countries, or any 
comparable administration policy regarding the provision 
of contraceptives. 
AFGHANISTAN 
SEC. 623. Of the funds appropriated by titles III and 
IV of this Act, up to $1,057,050,000 may be made available 
for assistance for Afghanistan, of which not less than 
$75,000,000 should be made available to support programs 
that directly address the needs of Afghan women and girls, 
of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be made available 
for grants to support training and equipment to improve 
the capacity of women-led Afghan nongovernmental organi-
zations and to support the activities of such organizations, 
and not less than $3,000,000 should be made available for 
reforestation activities: Provided, That funds made avail-
able pursuant to the previous proviso for reforestation ac-
tivities should be matched, to the maximum extent possible, 
with contributions from American and Afghan businesses: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated by this 
Act that are available for Afghanistan, $20,000,000 should 
be made available through United States universities to de-
velop agriculture extension services for Afghan farmers, and 
not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for con-
tinued support of the United States Agency for Inter-
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national Development’s Afghan Civilian Assistance Pro-
gram. 
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 624. Prior to providing excess Department of De-
fense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same extent 
and under the same conditions as are other committees pur-
suant to subsection (f) of that section: Provided, That before 
issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles under 
the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of Defense 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in accord-
ance with the regular notification procedures of such Com-
mittees if such defense articles are significant military 
equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the Arms Export 
Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original acquisition 
cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required 
elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated funds for 
specific countries that would receive such excess defense ar-
ticles: Provided further, That such Committees shall also be 
informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense ar-
ticles. 
GLOBAL FUND MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 625. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, 20 percent of the funds that are appropriated by this 
Act for a contribution to support the Global Fund to Fight
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AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the ‘‘Global Fund’’) shall 
be withheld from obligation to the Global Fund until the 
Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Global Fund— 
(1) is releasing incremental disbursements only 
if grantees demonstrate progress against clearly de-
fined performance indicators; 
(2) is providing support and oversight to coun-
try-level entities, such as country coordinating mecha-
nisms, principal recipients, and local Fund agents, to 
enable them to fulfill their mandates; 
(3) has a full-time, professional, independent Of-
fice of Inspector General that is fully operational; 
(4) requires local Fund agents to assess whether 
a principal recipient has the capacity to oversee the 
activities of sub-recipients; 
(5) is making progress toward implementing a 
reporting system that breaks down grantee budget al-
locations by programmatic activity; 
(6) has adopted and is implementing an appro-
priate policy on the public release of documents pro-
duced by the Office of the Inspector General; and 
(7) is tracking and encouraging the involvement 
of civil society in country coordinating mechanisms 
and program implementation.
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PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 626. (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 
for assistance to the government of any country which the 
President determines— 
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any in-
dividual or group which has committed an act of 
international terrorism; or 
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism. 
(b) The President may waive the application of sub-
section (a) to such government if the President determines 
that national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 
waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the Fed-
eral Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver takes 
effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
waiver (including the justification for the waiver) in ac-
cordance with the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 627. In order to enhance the continued participa-
tion of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-develop-
ment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental or-
ganization which is a grantee or contractor of the United
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States Agency for International Development may place in 
interest bearing accounts local currencies which accrue to 
that organization as a result of economic assistance pro-
vided under title III of this Act and, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, any interest earned on such investment shall be used 
for the purpose for which the assistance was provided to 
that organization. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 628. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CUR-
RENCIES.— 
(1) If assistance is furnished to the government 
of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part 
I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 under agreements which result in the genera-
tion of local currencies of that country, the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development shall— 
(A) require that local currencies be depos-
ited in a separate account established by that 
government; 
(B) enter into an agreement with that gov-
ernment which sets forth— 
(i) the amount of the local currencies 
to be generated; and
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(ii) the terms and conditions under 
which the currencies so deposited may be 
utilized, consistent with this section; and 
(C) establish by agreement with that gov-
ernment the responsibilities of the United States 
Agency for International Development and that 
government to monitor and account for deposits 
into and disbursements from the separate ac-
count. 
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 
agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur-
rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 
subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur-
rencies, shall be used only— 
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I 
or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), for 
such purposes as— 
(i) project and sector assistance activi-
ties; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of 
the United States Government. 
(3) 
PROGRAMMING
ACCOUNTABILITY.—The 
United States Agency for International Development 
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the equiv-
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alent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant to 
subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the 
purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2). 
(4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.— 
Upon termination of assistance to a country under 
chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as 
the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 
funds which remain in a separate account established 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of for 
such purposes as may be agreed to by the government 
of that country and the United States Government. 
(5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development shall report on an annual basis as part 
of the justification documents submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations on the use of local cur-
rencies for the administrative requirements of the 
United States Government as authorized in subsection 
(a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount 
of local currency (and United States dollar equiva-
lent) used and/or to be used for such purpose in each 
applicable country. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.—
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(1) If assistance is made available to the govern-
ment of a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 of 
part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as cash transfer assistance or as 
nonproject sector assistance, that country shall be re-
quired to maintain such funds in a separate account 
and not commingle them with any other funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF 
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon-
sistent with the nature of this assistance including 
provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explana-
tory Statement of the Committee of Conference accom-
panying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report 
No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to ob-
ligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector 
assistance, the President shall submit a notification 
through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, which shall include a 
detailed description of how the funds proposed to be 
made available will be used, with a discussion of the 
United States interests that will be served by the as-
sistance (including, as appropriate, a description of
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the economic policy reforms that will be promoted by 
such assistance). 
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 
funds may be exempt from the requirements of sub-
section (b)(1) only through the notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
ENTERPRISE FUND RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 629. (a) Prior to the distribution of any assets 
resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up 
of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in ac-
cordance with the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution 
of the assets of the Enterprise Fund. 
(b) Funds made available by this Act for Enterprise 
Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary 
to make timely payment for projects and activities. 
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE 
HEALTH 
SEC. 630. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for a United States contribution to the 
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). 
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available to UNFPA for a country program in the 
People’s Republic of China.
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(c) Funds appropriated by this Act may not be made 
available to UNFPA unless— 
(1) UNFPA maintains amounts made available 
under this section in an account separate from other 
accounts of UNFPA; 
(2) UNFPA does not commingle amounts made 
available to UNFPA under this section with other 
sums; and 
(3) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 631. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities au-
thorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the 
Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly report to 
the Committees on Appropriations whenever it is con-
ducting activities or is proposing to conduct activities in 
a country for which assistance is prohibited. 
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 632. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be obligated or expended to provide—
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(1) any financial incentive to a business enter-
prise currently located in the United States for the 
purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 
outside the United States if such incentive or induce-
ment is likely to reduce the number of employees of 
such business enterprise in the United States because 
United States production is being replaced by such 
enterprise outside the United States; or 
(2) assistance for any program, project, or activ-
ity that contributes to the violation of internationally 
recognized workers rights, as defined in section 507(4) 
of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the recipient 
country, including any designated zone or area in 
that country: Provided, That the application of sec-
tion 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should be com-
mensurate with the level of development of the recipi-
ent country and sector, and shall not preclude assist-
ance for the informal sector in such country, micro 
and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder agri-
culture. 
COMPREHENSIVE EXPENDITURES REPORT 
SEC. 633. Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 
total amount of United States Government expenditures in 
fiscal year 2006, by Federal agency, for programs and ac-
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tivities in each foreign country, identifying the line item 
as presented in the President’s Budget Appendix and the 
purpose for which the funds were provided: Provided, That, 
if required, information may be submitted in classified 
form. 
SPECIAL AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 634. (a) AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, PAKISTAN, LEB-
ANON, MONTENEGRO, VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL-
DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act that are made available for assistance for Afghani-
stan may be made available notwithstanding section 612 
of this Act or any similar provision of law and section 660 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and funds appro-
priated in titles II and III of this Act that are made avail-
able for Iraq, Lebanon, Montenegro, Pakistan, and for vic-
tims of war, displaced children, and displaced Burmese, 
and to assist victims of trafficking in persons and, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations, to combat such trafficking, may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
(b) TROPICAL FORESTRY
AND BIODIVERSITY CON-
SERVATION ACTIVITIES.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and 
chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for the purpose of supporting tropical forestry and biodiver-
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sity conservation activities and energy programs aimed at 
reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided, That such as-
sistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(c) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 
chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, and title II of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be used by 
the United States Agency for International Development to 
employ up to 25 personal services contractors in the United 
States, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 
purpose of providing direct, interim support for new or ex-
panded overseas programs and activities managed by the 
agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired and 
trained: Provided, That not more than 10 of such contrac-
tors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds appropriated to carry out title II of 
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954, may be made available only for personal services con-
tractors assigned to the Office of Food for Peace. 
(d)(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the provi-
sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the Presi-
dent determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore
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of the Senate that it is important to the national security 
interests of the United States. 
(2) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiv-
er pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no more 
than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply 
beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 
(e) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 
award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro-
priated by this Act, the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development may provide an exception to the fair 
opportunity process for placing task orders under such con-
tracts when the order is placed with any category of small 
or small disadvantaged business. 
(f) VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.—Section 594(a) of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2005 (enacted as division D of 
Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3038) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2009’’. 
(g) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHORITY.— 
In providing assistance with funds appropriated by this 
Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, support for a nation emerging from instability 
may be deemed to mean support for regional, district, mu-
nicipal, or other sub-national entity emerging from insta-
bility, as well as a nation emerging from instability.
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(h) CHINA PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, of the funds appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘Development Assistance’’ in this Act, not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be made available to United States edu-
cational institutions and nongovernmental organizations 
for programs and activities in the People’s Republic of 
China relating to the environment, democracy, and the rule 
of law: Provided, That funds made available pursuant to 
this authority shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(i) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.— 
(1) With respect to funds appropriated by this 
Act that are available for assistance for Pakistan, the 
President may waive the prohibition on assistance 
contained in section 608 of this Act subject to the re-
quirements contained in section 1(b) of Public Law 
107–57, as amended, for a determination and certifi-
cation, and consultation, by the President prior to the 
exercise of such waiver authority. 
(2) Notwithstanding the date contained in sec-
tion 6 of Public Law 107–57, as amended, the provi-
sions of sections 2 and 4 of that Act shall remain in 
effect through the current fiscal year. 
(j) MIDDLE EAST FOUNDATION.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act and prior Acts under the heading ‘‘Economic
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Support Fund’’ that are available for the Middle East Part-
nership Initiative may be made available, including as an 
endowment, notwithstanding any other provision of law 
and following consultations with the Committees on Appro-
priations, to establish and operate a Middle East Founda-
tion, or any other similar entity, whose purpose is to sup-
port democracy, governance, human rights, and the rule of 
law in the Middle East region: Provided, That such funds 
may be made available to the Foundation only to the extent 
that the Foundation has commitments from sources other 
than the United States Government to at least match the 
funds provided under the authority of this subsection: Pro-
vided further, That provisions contained in section 201 of 
the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 
1989 (excluding the authorizations of appropriations pro-
vided in subsection (b) of that section and the requirement 
that a majority of the members of the board of directors 
be citizens of the United States provided in subsection 
(d)(3(B) of that section) shall be deemed to apply to any 
such foundation or similar entity referred to under this sub-
section, and to funds made available to such entity, in order 
to enable it to provide assistance for purposes of this section: 
Provided further, That prior to the initial obligation of 
funds for any such foundation or similar entity pursuant 
to the authorities of this subsection, other than for adminis-
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trative support, the Secretary of State shall take steps to 
ensure, on an ongoing basis, that any such funds made 
available pursuant to such authorities are not provided to 
or through any individual or group that the management 
of the foundation or similar entity knows or has reason to 
believe, advocates, plans, sponsors, or otherwise engages in 
terrorist activities: Provided further, That section 629 of 
this Act shall apply to any such foundation or similar enti-
ty established pursuant to this subsection: Provided further, 
That the authority of the Foundation, or any similar enti-
ty, to provide assistance shall cease to be effective on Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
(k) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 1365(c) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1993 (Public Law 102–484; 22 U.S.C. 2778 note) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘During the 16 year period beginning on 
October 23, 1992’’ and inserting ‘‘During the 22 year pe-
riod beginning on October 23, 1992’’ before the period at 
the end. 
(l) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—The Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–167) is amended— 
(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 
2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2007, and 2008’’; and
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(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2007’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2008’’; and 
(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in sub-
section (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2008’’. 
(m) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Of the funds managed 
by the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance of the United States Agency for International 
Development, from this or any other Act, not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be made available as a general contribu-
tion to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
(n) CAPITAL
SECURITY
COST-SHARING.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, of the funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construc-
tion, and Maintenance’’, not less than $2,000,000 shall be 
made available for the Capital Security Cost-Sharing fees 
of the Library of Congress for fiscal year 2008. 
ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL 
SEC. 635. It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 
secondary boycott of American firms that have com-
mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 
in the region and to United States investment and 
trade in the Middle East and North Africa;
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(2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret-
tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 
publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 
Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 
(3) all Arab League states should normalize rela-
tions with their neighbor Israel; 
(4) the President and the Secretary of State 
should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab League 
boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to dem-
onstrate that opposition by, for example, taking into 
consideration the participation of any recipient coun-
try in the boycott when determining to sell weapons 
to said country; and 
(5) the President should report to Congress an-
nually on specific steps being taken by the United 
States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 
their relations with Israel to bring about the termi-
nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, including 
those to encourage allies and trading partners of the 
United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses 
from complying with the boycott and penalizing busi-
nesses that do comply. 
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 636. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country
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shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chap-
ters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and from funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Eu-
rope and the Baltic States’’: Provided, That before using 
the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance in sup-
port of programs of nongovernmental organizations, the 
President shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
under the regular notification procedures of those commit-
tees, including a description of the program to be assisted, 
the assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing 
such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed to alter any existing statutory 
prohibitions against abortion or involuntary sterilizations 
contained in this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2008, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict 
assistance under the Agricultural Trade Development and 
Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none of the funds 
appropriated to carry out title I of such Act and made 
available pursuant to this subsection may be obligated or
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expended except as provided through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that support 
international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of 
law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 637. (a) Funds appropriated under titles II 
through V of this Act which are earmarked may be repro-
grammed for other programs within the same account not-
withstanding the earmark if compliance with the earmark 
is made impossible by operation of any provision of this 
or any other Act: Provided, That any such reprogramming 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That as-
sistance that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection 
shall be made available under the same terms and condi-
tions as originally provided. 
(b) In addition to the authority contained in sub-
section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap-
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propriated by this Act and administered by the United 
States Agency for International Development that are ear-
marked for particular programs or activities by this or any 
other Act shall be extended for an additional fiscal year 
if the Administrator of such agency determines and reports 
promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that the ter-
mination of assistance to a country or a significant change 
in circumstances makes it unlikely that such designated 
funds can be obligated during the original period of avail-
ability: Provided, That such earmarked funds that are con-
tinued available for an additional fiscal year shall be obli-
gated only for the purpose of such designation. 
(c) Ceilings and earmarks levels contained in this Act 
shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appropriated 
or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless 
such Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or minimum 
funding requirements contained in any other Act shall not 
be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act. 
ASIA 
SEC. 638. (a) FUNDING LEVELS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Pro-
grams’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than the 
amount of funds initially allocated for each such account 
pursuant to subsection 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 for fiscal year 2006 shall be made available for 
Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam, Asia and Near East Re-
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gional, and Regional Development Mission/Asia: Provided, 
That for the purposes of this subsection, ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’ shall mean ‘‘Child Survival and Health Pro-
grams Fund’’. 
(b) BURMA.— 
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States executive director to each appro-
priate international financial institution in which 
the United States participates, to oppose and vote 
against the extension by such institution any loan or 
financial or technical assistance or any other utiliza-
tion of funds of the respective bank to and for Burma. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$11,000,000 shall be made available to support de-
mocracy activities in Burma, along the Burma-Thai-
land border, for activities of Burmese student groups 
and other organizations located outside Burma, and 
for the purpose of supporting the provision of human-
itarian assistance to displaced Burmese along Bur-
ma’s borders: Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition to assistance for Burmese refu-
gees provided under the heading ‘‘Migration and Ref-
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ugee Assistance’’ in this Act, not less than $3,000,000 
shall be made available for community-based organi-
zations operating in Thailand to provide food, med-
ical and other humanitarian assistance to internally 
displaced persons in eastern Burma: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) TIBET.— 
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct 
the United States executive director to each inter-
national 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 mi-
gration and settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or 
facilitate the transfer of ownership of Tibetan land 
and natural resources 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 subject to effective monitoring. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not less than $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ should be made available to nongovernmental 
organizations to support activities which preserve cul-
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tural traditions and promote sustainable development 
and environmental conservation in Tibetan commu-
nities in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and in 
other Tibetan communities in China, and not less 
than $250,000 should be made available to the Na-
tional Endowment for Democracy for human rights 
and democracy programs relating to Tibet. 
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA 
SEC. 639. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
within the United States not authorized before the date of 
the enactment of this Act by the Congress. 
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS 
SEC. 640. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or 
in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member 
of the United Nations or, from funds appropriated by this 
Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of another 
country’s delegation at international conferences held under 
the auspices of multilateral or international organizations. 
REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS 
SEC. 641. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a non-
governmental organization, including any contractor,
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which fails to provide upon timely request any document, 
file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of the 
United States Agency for International Development. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or reg-
ulation, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations, on a timely basis, such information on 
the obligation and expenditure of funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts, pursuant to grants, cooperative 
agreements, and contracts entered into or financed by the 
agency, as may be requested by the Committee on Appro-
priations to satisfy oversight responsibilities of those Com-
mittees. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
THAT
EXPORT
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIPMENT
TO 
COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 642. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be available to any 
foreign government which provides lethal military equip-
ment to a country the government of which the Secretary 
of State has determined is a terrorist government for pur-
poses of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 
1979. The prohibition under this section with respect to a 
foreign government shall terminate 12 months after that 
government ceases to provide such military equipment. This 
section applies with respect to lethal military equipment
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provided under a contract entered into after October 1, 
1997. 
(b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any other 
similar provision of law, may be furnished if the President 
determines that furnishing such assistance is important to 
the national interests of the United States. 
(c) Whenever the waiver authority of subsection (b) is 
exercised, the President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report with respect to the fur-
nishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include 
a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, in-
cluding the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, and 
an explanation of how the assistance furthers United States 
national interests. 
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES AND 
REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
SEC. 643. (a) Subject to subsection (c), of the funds 
appropriated under titles II through V by this Act that are 
made available for assistance for a foreign country, an 
amount equal to 110 percent of the total amount of the un-
paid fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties and un-
paid property taxes owed by the central government of such 
country shall be withheld from obligation for assistance for 
the central government of such country until the Secretary 
of State submits a certification to the Committees on Appro-