of the Committees on Appropriations and section 634A 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 620. None of the funds appropriated under ti-
tles II through V of this Act shall be obligated or expended 
for assistance for Serbia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, or 
Cambodia except as provided through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 
SEC. 621. For the purpose of titles II through V of 
this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be defined 
at the appropriations Act account level and shall include 
all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding direc-
tives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that for 
the 
following 
accounts: 
‘‘ECONOMIC 
SUPPORT 
FUND’’ and ‘‘FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING 
PROGRAM’’, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also 
be considered to include country, regional, and central pro-
gram level funding within each such account; for the devel-
opment assistance accounts of the United States Agency 
for International Development ‘‘program, project, and ac-
tivity’’ shall also be considered to include central, country, 
regional, and program level funding, either as— 
(1) justified to the Congress; or 
(2) allocated by the executive branch in accord-
ance with a report, to be provided to the Committees
on Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment 
of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961. 
CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 622. Up to $13,500,000 of the funds made 
available by this Act in title III for assistance under the 
heading ‘‘CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PRO-
GRAMS FUND’’ account, may be used to reimburse 
United States Government agencies, agencies of State gov-
ernments, institutions of higher learning, and private and 
voluntary organizations for the full cost of individuals (in-
cluding for the personal services of such individuals) de-
tailed or assigned to, or contracted by, as the case may 
be, the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment for the purpose of carrying out activities under that 
heading: Provided, That up to $3,500,000 of the funds 
made available by this Act for assistance under the head-
ing ‘‘DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE’’ may be used to 
reimburse such agencies, institutions, and organizations 
for such costs of such individuals carrying out other devel-
opment assistance activities: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated by titles III and IV of this Act that are made 
available for assistance for child survival activities or dis-
ease programs including activities relating to research on, 
and the prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS 
may be made available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law except for the provisions under the heading 
‘‘CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS 
FUND’’ 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 fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under title III and 
IV of this Act , not less than $441,000,000 shall be made 
available for family planning/reproductive health: Provided 
further, That, in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, 
abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted in-
fections, including HIV/AIDS, no contract or grant for the 
exclusive purpose of providing donated contraceptives in 
developing countries shall be denied to any nongovern-
mental organization solely on the basis of the policy con-
tained in the President’s March 28, 2001, Memorandum 
to the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development with respect to providing con-
traceptives in developing countries, or any comparable ad-
ministration policy regarding the provision of contracep-
tives. 
AFGHANISTAN 
SEC. 623. Of the funds appropriated under titles III 
and IV of this Act, not less than $1,057,050,000 shall 
be made available for humanitarian, reconstruction, and 
related assistance for Afghanistan: Provided, That of the 
funds made available pursuant to this section, $3,000,000
should be made available for reforestation activities: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available pursuant to the 
previous proviso should be matched, to the maximum ex-
tent possible, with contributions from American and Af-
ghan businesses: Provided further, That of the funds allo-
cated for assistance for Afghanistan from this Act not less 
than $75,000,000 shall be made available to support pro-
grams that directly address the needs of Afghan women 
and girls, including for the Afghan Independent Human 
Rights Commission, the Afghan Ministry of Women’s Af-
fairs, and for women-led nonprofit organizations in Af-
ghanistan. 
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 624. Prior to providing excess Department of 
Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De-
fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the 
same extent and under the same conditions as are other 
committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro-
vided, 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 accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of such Committees 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
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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 re-
ceive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 
such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles. 
GLOBAL FUND ACCOUNTABILITY 
SEC. 625. (a) 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 AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the ‘‘Global 
Fund’’) shall be withheld from obligation to the Global 
Fund until the Secretary of State certifies to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations 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 mech-
anisms, principal recipients, and Local Fund Agents 
(LFAs), to enable them to fulfill their mandates; 
(3) has a full-time, professional, independent 
Office of Inspector General that is fully operational; 
(4) requires LFAs to assess whether a principal 
recipient has the capacity to oversee the activities of 
sub-recipients;
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(5) is making progress toward implementing a 
reporting system that breaks down grantee budget 
allocations by programmatic activity; 
(6) has adopted a policy on the public release 
of documents produced by the Office of the Inspec-
tor General; 
(7) is tracking and encouraging the involvement 
of civil society, including faith-based organizations, 
in country coordinating mechanisms and program 
implementation; and 
(8) has provided to the Secretary of State a re-
port on faith-based organizations as described in 
subsection (b). 
(b) The report referred to in subsection (a)(8) is a 
report that provides a description and assessment of 
grants and sub-grants provided by the Global Fund to 
faith-based organizations. The report shall include— 
(1) on a county-by-country basis— 
(A) a description of the amount of grants 
and sub-grants provided to faith-based organi-
zations; and 
(B) an assessment of the extent to which 
faith-based organizations have been or are in-
volved in the Country Coordinating Mechanism 
(CCM) process of the Global Fund; and
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(2) a description of actions the Global Fund 
has taken and will take to enhance the involvement 
of faith-based organizations in the CCM process, 
particularly in countries in which the involvement of 
faith-based organizations has been underrepresented. 
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 626. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assist-
ance under any heading of this Act and funds appro-
priated under any such heading in a provision of law en-
acted prior to the enactment of this Act, shall not be made 
available to any country which the President determines— 
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any 
individual 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 a country if the President determines that 
national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 
waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the 
Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver 
takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the waiver (including the justification for the waiv-
er) in accordance with the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations.
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DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 627. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel-
opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern-
mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 
the United States Agency for International Development 
may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 
which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 
assistance provided under title III of this Act and, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, 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 
CURRENCIES.— 
(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 
generation of local currencies of that country, the 
Administrator 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;
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(B) enter into an agreement with that gov-
ernment which sets forth— 
(i) the amount of the local currencies 
to be generated; and 
(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 account. 
(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
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(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 
equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used 
for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2). 
(4) 
TERMINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun-
try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
part II (as the case may be), any unencumbered bal-
ances of funds which remain in a separate account 
established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be dis-
posed 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
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United States Government as authorized in sub-
section (a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the 
amount of local currency (and United States dollar 
equivalent) used and/or to be used for such purpose 
in each applicable country. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 
(1) If assistance is made available to the gov-
ernment of a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 
of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer assistance or 
as non-project sector assistance, that country shall 
be required to maintain such funds in a separate ac-
count 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 Explan-
atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac-
companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re-
port No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 
obligating any such cash transfer or non-project sec-
tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica-
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tion through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in-
clude a detailed description of how the funds pro-
posed to be made available will be used, with a dis-
cussion of the United States interests that will be 
served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, 
a description of the economic policy reforms that will 
be promoted by such assistance). 
(4) EXEMPTION.—Non-project sector assistance 
funds may be exempt from the requirements of sub-
section (b)(1) only through the notification proce-
dures 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 under titles II through V 
of this Act for Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the 
minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for 
projects and activities.