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(3) detect and destroy the smuggling network 
and smuggling tunnels that lead from Egypt to 
Gaza. 
RELIEF FOR THE HMONG AND MONTAGNARDS 
SEC. 699A. AUTOMATIC RELIEF FOR THE HMONG 
AND MONTAGNARDS.—Section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(3)(B)), 
is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘Clause (vi) shall not apply to the Hmong or Montagnards 
on the basis of any act or event occurring in or before 
1975’’. 
TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—(1) IN GENERAL.—Sec-
tion 212(a)(3)(B)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(3)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking 
‘‘Subclause (VII)’’ and replacing it with ‘‘Subclause (IX)’’. 
REPORT ON ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 699B. (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 
May 1, 2008, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Chief Executive Officer of 
the Millennium Challenge Corporation, shall submit to 
Committees on Appropriations a report on the level of cor-
ruption in each country that receives assistance in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Assistance 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, or ‘‘Assistance 
for the States of the Former Soviet Union’’. 
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(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall— 
(1) assess the level of corruption in each coun-
try’s political, economic, and judicial sectors, includ-
ing detailed information regarding specific acts of 
corruption; 
(2) assess the extent to which recent elections 
in each country have been free and fair; 
(3) include information regarding steps each 
country has taken to combat corruption; 
(4) describe at the program, project, and activ-
ity level how the United States assistance is de-
signed to strengthen anti-corruption activities in 
each country, including specific outcome goals and 
objectives; and 
(5) include an identification of countries that 
the Secretary of State determines require special 
scrutiny for fiscal year 2009, including an identifica-
tion of countries that the Secretary determines are 
not making significant efforts to comply with min-
imum standards for anti-corruption activities. 
(c) METHODOLOGY.—Not later than September 30, 
2007, the Secretary of State shall provide to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations a detailed description of— 
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(1) the methodology for assessing the level of 
corruption in each country for purposes of preparing 
the report required by subsection (a) and for evalu-
ating each country’s annual progress in fighting cor-
ruption; and 
(2) the indicators upon which the Secretary will 
make such assessments. 
PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE DEMOCRACY, THE RULE OF LAW, 
AND GOVERNANCE IN IRAN 
SEC. 699C. Of the funds appropriated in this Act, 
$50,000,000 should be made available for programs to im-
prove democracy, the rule of law, and governance in Iran. 
This Act may be cited as ‘‘The Department of State, 
Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2008’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 118 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2764 
[Report No. 110–197] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 
and for other purposes. 
JUNE 18, 2007 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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