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section shall not be considered ‘‘assistance’’ for the pur-
poses of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country. 
TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING 
SEC. 570. Of the funds appropriated by this Act, 
under the headings ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, 
‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, 
‘‘Transition 
Initiatives’’, 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Affairs Tech-
nical Assistance’’, and ‘‘International Organizations and 
Programs’’, not less than $517,000,000 should be made 
available for trade capacity building assistance. 
EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH 
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES 
SEC. 571. Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during 
fiscal year 2005, 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, Bul-
garia, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugoslavian Republic of 
Macedonia, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lat-
via, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, 
Slovakia, 
Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, 
Ukraine, 
and 
Uzbekistan. 
CUBA 
SEC. 572. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and
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Law Enforcement’’ may be made available for assistance 
to the Government of Cuba. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE COALITION 
PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY 
SEC. 573. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW OFFICE.—
(1) The Office of the Inspector General of the Coalition 
Provisional Authority shall be reconstituted as a separate 
office within the Department of State and redesignated 
the Office of the Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruc-
tion (hereinafter ‘‘the Office’’). 
(2) Any reference in title III of Public Law 108–106 
to the ‘‘Office of the Inspector of the Coalition Provisional 
Authority’’ or to the ‘‘Inspector General of the Coalition 
Provisional Authority’’ shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the Office of the Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruc-
tion or the Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, re-
spectively. 
(3) Any reference in title III of Public Law 108–106 
to ‘‘appropriated funds’’ shall be deemed to be a reference 
to funds appropriated in that Act and in Public Law 108–
11 under the heading ‘‘Iraq Relief and Reconstruction 
Fund’’. 
(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE OFFICE.—The In-
spector General of the Coalition Provisional Authority 
(hereinafter ‘‘the Inspector General’’) and Assistant In-
spectors General of that office should be reappointed by
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the Secretary of State to serve in the same capacity in 
the Office established by subsection (a). 
(c) PURPOSE AND AUTHORITIES.—(1) The Inspector 
General shall—
(A) conduct independent and objective audits 
and investigations relating to the programs and op-
erations funded with amounts appropriated for the 
‘‘Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund’’; 
(B) make independent and objective rec-
ommendations on policies designed to promote econ-
omy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administra-
tion of such programs and operations, and to pre-
vent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse in such pro-
grams and operations; and 
(C) provide an independent and objective means 
of keeping the Secretary of State fully and currently 
informed about problems and deficiencies relating to 
the administration of such programs and operations 
and the necessity for and progress of corrective ac-
tion. 
(2) The Inspector General shall have the duties, re-
sponsibilities, powers, and authorities described in sections 
3001 (f), (g), and (h) of Public Law 108–106. 
(d) RELATIONSHIP TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.—