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stating that such parking fines and penalties and unpaid property 
taxes are fully paid. 
(b) Funds withheld from obligation pursuant to subsection (a) 
may be made available for other programs or activities funded 
by this Act, after consultation with and subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, pro-
vided that no such funds shall be made available for assistance 
for the central government of a foreign country that has not paid 
the total amount of the fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties 
and unpaid property taxes owed by such country. 
(c) Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that have been 
withheld under any other provision of law. 
(d)(1) The Secretary of State may waive the requirements set 
forth in subsection (a) with respect to parking fines and penalties 
no sooner than 60 days from the date of enactment of this Act, 
or at any time with respect to a particular country, if the Secretary 
determines that it is in the national interests of the United States 
to do so. 
(2) The Secretary of State may waive the requirements set 
forth in subsection (a) with respect to the unpaid property taxes 
if the Secretary of State determines that it is in the national 
interests of the United States to do so. 
(e) Not later than 6 months after the initial exercise of the 
waiver authority in subsection (d), the Secretary of State, after 
consultations with the City of New York, shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations describing a strategy, 
including a timetable and steps currently being taken, to collect 
the parking fines and penalties and unpaid property taxes and 
interest owed by nations receiving foreign assistance under this 
Act. 
(f) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘fully adjudicated’’ includes circumstances 
in which the person to whom the vehicle is registered— 
(A)(i) has not responded to the parking violation sum-
mons; or 
(ii) has not followed the appropriate adjudication proce-
dure to challenge the summons; and 
(B) the period of time for payment of or challenge 
to the summons has lapsed. 
(2) The term ‘‘parking fines and penalties’’ means parking 
fines and penalties— 
(A) owed to— 
(i) the District of Columbia; or 
(ii) New York, New York; and 
(B) incurred during the period April 1, 1997, through 
September 30, 2007. 
(3) The term ‘‘unpaid property taxes’’ means the amount 
of unpaid taxes and interest determined to be owed by a foreign 
country on real property in the District of Columbia or New 
York, New York in a court order or judgment entered against 
such country by a court of the United States or any State 
or subdivision thereof. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST BANK AND 
GAZA 
SEC. 644. None of the funds appropriated under titles II through 
V of this Act may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine
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Liberation Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the 
President has exercised the authority under section 604(a) of the 
Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of Public Law 
104–107) or any other legislation to suspend or make inapplicable 
section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and that suspen-
sion is still in effect: Provided, That if the President fails to make 
the certification under section 604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace 
Facilitation Act of 1995 or to suspend the prohibition under other 
legislation, funds appropriated by this Act may not be obligated 
for assistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization for the 
West Bank and Gaza. 
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN 
SEC. 645. If the President determines that doing so will con-
tribute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide or other 
violations of international humanitarian law, the President may 
direct a drawdown pursuant to section 552(c) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 of up to $30,000,000 of commodities and services 
for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with 
regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 
Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the Council 
may establish or authorize to deal with such violations, without 
regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) thereof: 
Provided, That the determination required under this section shall 
be in lieu of any determinations otherwise required under section 
552(c): Provided further, That funds made available for tribunals 
other than Yugoslavia, Rwanda, or the Special Court for Sierra 
Leone shall be made available subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS 
SEC. 646. (a) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, demining equipment available to the United States Agency 
for International Development and the Department of State and 
used in support of the clearance of landmines and unexploded 
ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant 
basis in foreign countries, subject to such terms and conditions 
as the President may prescribe. 
(b) CLUSTER MUNITIONS.—During the current fiscal year, no 
military assistance shall be furnished for cluster munitions, no 
defense export license for cluster munitions may be issued, and 
no cluster munitions or cluster munitions technology shall be sold 
or transferred, unless— 
(1) the submunitions of the cluster munitions have a 99 
percent or higher tested rate; and 
(2) the agreement applicable to the assistance, transfer, 
or sale of the cluster munitions or cluster munitions technology 
specifies that the cluster munitions will only be used against 
clearly defined military targets and will not be used where 
civilians are known to be present. 
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY 
SEC. 647. None of the funds appropriated under titles II through 
V of this Act may be obligated or expended to create in any part 
of Jerusalem a new office of any department or agency of the
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United States Government for the purpose of conducting official 
United States Government business with the Palestinian Authority 
over Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing entity 
provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles: Provided, 
That this restriction shall not apply to the acquisition of additional 
space for the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem: Provided 
further, That meetings between officers and employees of the United 
States and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor 
Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declara-
tion of Principles, for the purpose of conducting official United 
States Government business with such authority should continue 
to take place in locations other than Jerusalem. As has been true 
in the past, officers and employees of the United States Government 
may continue to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with Palestin-
ians (including those who now occupy positions in the Palestinian 
Authority), have social contacts, and have incidental discussions. 
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES 
SEC. 648. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under titles III or IV of this Act under the heading 
‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’ for Informational Program activities or 
under the headings ‘‘Global Health and Child Survival’’, ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’, and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be obligated 
or expended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or 
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that are substan-
tially of a recreational character, including but not limited 
to entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and musical 
productions, and amusement parks. 
COLOMBIA 
SEC. 649. (a) ASSISTANCE FOR COLOMBIA.—Of the funds appro-
priated in titles III and IV of this Act, not more than $545,608,000 
shall be available for assistance for Colombia. 
(b) FUNDING AMOUNTS AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act that are available for assistance for Colombia shall 
be made available in the amounts indicated in the table in the 
accompanying explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) and any pro-
posed increases or decreases to the amounts contained in such 
table shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) ASSISTANCE FOR THE COLOMBIAN ARMED FORCES.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are 
available for assistance for the Colombian Armed Forces, may 
be made available as follows: 
(A) Up to 70 percent of such funds may be obligated 
prior to the certification and report by the Secretary of 
State pursuant to subparagraph (B). 
(B) Up to 15 percent of such funds may be obligated 
only after the Secretary of State consults with, and subse-
quently certifies and submits a written report to, the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of 
Colombia is meeting the requirements described in para-
graph (2).
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(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements referred to in para-
graph (1) are as follows: 
(A) The Commander General of the Colombian Armed 
Forces is suspending or placing on administrative duty, 
if requested by the prosecutor, those members of the Armed 
Forces, of whatever rank, who, according to the Minister 
of Defense, the Attorney General or the Procuraduria Gen-
eral de la Nacion, have been credibly alleged to have com-
mitted gross violations of human rights, including extra- 
judicial killings, or to have aided or abetted paramilitary 
organizations or successor armed groups. 
(B) The Government of Colombia is investigating and 
prosecuting, in the civilian justice system, those members 
of the Colombian Armed Forces, of whatever rank, who 
have been credibly alleged to have committed gross viola-
tions of human rights, including extra-judicial killings, or 
to have aided or abetted paramilitary organizations or suc-
cessor armed groups. 
(C) The Colombian Armed Forces are cooperating fully 
with civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities in such 
cases (including providing requested information, such as 
the identity of persons suspended from the Armed Forces 
and the nature and cause of the suspension, and access 
to witnesses, relevant military documents, and other 
requested information). 
(D) The Colombian Armed Forces have taken all nec-
essary steps to sever links (including denying access to 
military intelligence, vehicles, and other equipment or sup-
plies, and ceasing other forms of active or tacit cooperation) 
at all levels, with paramilitary organizations or successor 
armed groups, especially in regions where such organiza-
tions have a significant presence. 
(E) The Government of Colombia is dismantling para-
military leadership and financial networks by arresting 
and prosecuting under civilian criminal law individuals 
who have provided financial, planning, or logistical support, 
or have otherwise aided or abetted paramilitary organiza-
tions or successor armed groups; by identifying and seizing 
land and other assets illegally acquired by such organiza-
tions or their associates and returning such land or assets 
to their rightful occupants or owners; by revoking reduced 
sentences for demobilized paramilitaries who engage in 
new criminal activity; and by arresting and prosecuting 
under civilian criminal law, and when requested, promptly 
extraditing to the United States members of successor 
armed groups. 
(F) The Government of Colombia is ensuring that the 
Colombian Armed Forces are not violating the land and 
property rights of Colombia’s indigenous and Afro-Colom-
bian communities, and that the Colombian Armed Forces 
are implementing procedures to distinguish between 
civilians, including displaced persons, and combatants in 
their operations. 
(3) The balance of such funds may be obligated after July 
31, 2008, if, before such date, the Secretary of State consults 
with, and submits a written certification to, the Committees