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ecution of Serious Violations of Human Rights in 
Timor-Leste in 1999. 
(3) Steps taken by the Indonesian government 
to implement and enforce the 2004 Indonesian law 
which requires the Indonesian military to divest 
itself of legal and illegal businesses before 2009. 
(4) The extent to which the Indonesian govern-
ment has removed restrictions impending access to 
and travel within the provinces of Papua and West 
Irian Jaya by United Nations personnel, diplomats, 
journalists, international non-governmental organiza-
tion personnel and researchers, humanitarian and 
human rights workers and others. 
LIMITATION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
FOREIGN
COUNTRIES 
THAT
REFUSE
TO
EXTRADITE
TO
THE
UNITED 
STATES ANY INDIVIDUAL ACCUSED IN THE UNITED 
STATES OF KILLING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 
SEC. 688. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Department of State may be used to provide 
assistance to the central government of a country which 
has notified the Department of State of its refusal to ex-
tradite to the United States any individual indicted in the 
United States for killing a law enforcement officer, as 
specified in a United States extradition request. 
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GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE FAILED TO PERMIT CERTAIN 
EXTRADITIONS 
SEC. 689. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Department of State, other than funds pro-
vided under the heading ‘‘INTERNATIONAL NAR-
COTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT’’, 
may be used to provide assistance to the central govern-
ment of a country with which the United States has an 
extradition treaty and which government has notified the 
Department of State of its refusal to extradite to the 
United States any individual charged with a criminal of-
fense for which the maximum penalty is life imprisonment 
without the possibility of parole. 
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND BUDGET AND HIRING 
CEILINGS 
SEC. 690. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States Executive Director at the Inter-
national Monetary Fund to use the voice of the United 
States to ensure that any loan, project, agreement, memo-
randum, instrument, plan or other program of the Inter-
national Monetary Fund does not penalize countries for 
increased government spending on healthcare or education 
by exempting such increases from national budget caps or 
restraints, hiring or wage bill ceilings or other limits im-
posed by the International Monetary Fund. 
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ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS 
SEC. 691. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE’’, 
not less than $501,000,000 shall be made available for 
programs and activities which directly protect biodiversity 
and promote clean energy. 
(b) CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT.—Not later than 60 
days after the date on which the President’s fiscal year 
2009 budget request is submitted to Congress, the Presi-
dent shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations describing in detail the following: 
(1) All Federal agency obligations and expendi-
tures, domestic and international, for climate change 
programs and activities in fiscal year 2009, includ-
ing an accounting of expenditures by agency with 
each agency identifying climate change activities and 
associated costs by line item as presented in the 
President’s Budget Appendix. 
(2) All fiscal year 2007 obligations and esti-
mated expenditures, fiscal year 2008 estimated ex-
penditures and estimated obligations, and fiscal year 
2009 requested funds by the United States Agency 
for International Development, by country and cen-
tral program, for each of the following— 
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(A) to promote the transfer and deploy-
ment of a wide range of United States clean en-
ergy and energy efficiency technologies; 
(B) to assist in the measurement, moni-
toring, reporting, verification, and reduction of 
greenhouse gas emissions; 
(C) to promote carbon capture and seques-
tration measures; 
(D) to help meet such countries’ respon-
sibilities under the Framework Convention on 
Climate Change; and 
(E) to develop assessments of the vulner-
ability to impacts of climate change and mitiga-
tion and adaptation response strategies. 
(c) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.—(1) The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the managements 
of the international financial institutions and the public 
that it is the policy of the United States that any assist-
ance by such institutions (including but not limited to any 
loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) for the extraction and 
export of oil, gas, coal, timber, or other natural resource 
should not be provided unless the government of the coun-
try has in place or is taking the necessary steps to estab-
lish functioning systems for— 
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(A) accurately accounting for revenues and ex-
penditures in connection with the extraction and ex-
port of the type of natural resource to be extracted 
or exported; 
(B) the independent auditing of such accounts 
and the widespread public dissemination of the au-
dits; and 
(C) verifying government receipts against com-
pany payments including widespread dissemination 
of such payment information, and disclosing such 
documents as Host Government Agreements, Con-
cession Agreements, and bidding documents, allow-
ing in any such dissemination or disclosure for the 
redaction of, or exceptions for, information that is 
commercially proprietary or that would create com-
petitive disadvantage. 
(2) Not later than 180 days after the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a re-
port to the Committees on Appropriations describing, for 
each international financial institution, the amount and 
type of assistance provided, by country, for the extraction 
and export of oil, gas, coal, timber, or other national re-
source since September 30, 2005. 
UZBEKISTAN 
SEC. 692. Assistance may be provided to the central 
Government of Uzbekistan only if the Secretary of State 
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determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Government of Uzbekistan is making sub-
stantial and continuing progress in meeting its commit-
ments under the ‘‘Declaration on the Strategic Partner-
ship and Cooperation Framework Between the Republic 
of Uzbekistan and the United States of America’’, includ-
ing respect for human rights, establishing a genuine multi- 
party system, and ensuring free and fair elections, free-
dom of expression, and the independence of the media, and 
that a credible international investigation of the May 31, 
2005, shootings in Andijan is underway with the support 
of the Government of Uzbekistan: Provided, That for the 
purposes of this section ‘‘assistance’’ shall include excess 
defense articles. 
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MINORITY RELIGIOUS FAITHS 
IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
SEC. 693. None of the funds appropriated for assist-
ance under this Act may be made available for the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation, after 180 days from the 
date of the enactment of this Act, unless the President 
determines and certifies in writing to the Committees on 
Appropriations that the Government of the Russian Fed-
eration has implemented no statute, executive order, regu-
lation or similar government action that would discrimi-
nate, or which has as its principal effect discrimination, 
against religious groups or religious communities in the 
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Russian Federation in violation of accepted international 
agreements on human rights and religious freedoms to 
which the Russian Federation is a party. 
WAR CRIMES IN AFRICA 
SEC. 694. (a) The Congress reaffirms its support for 
the efforts of the International Criminal Tribunal for 
Rwanda (ICTR) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone 
(SCSL) to bring to justice individuals responsible for war 
crimes and crimes against humanity in a timely manner. 
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act, including funds 
for debt restructuring, may be made available for assist-
ance to the central government of a country in which indi-
viduals indicted by ICTR and SCSL are credibly alleged 
to be living, if the Secretary of State determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such gov-
ernment is cooperating with ICTR and SCSL, including 
the surrender and transfer of indictees in a timely manner: 
Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to assist-
ance provided under section 551 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 or to project assistance under title II of this 
Act: Provided further, That the United States shall use 
its voice and vote in the United Nations Security Council 
to fully support efforts by ICTR and SCSL to bring to 
justice individuals indicted by such tribunals in a timely 
manner. 
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(c) The prohibition in subsection (b) may be waived 
on a country by country basis if the President determines 
that doing so is in the national security interest of the 
United States: Provided, That prior to exercising such 
waiver authority, the President shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations, in classified form if 
necessary, on— 
(1) the steps being taken to obtain the coopera-
tion of the government in surrendering the indictee 
in question to the court of jurisdiction; 
(2) a strategy, including a timeline, for bringing 
the indictee before such court; and 
(3) the justification for exercising the waiver 
authority. 
COMBATTING PIRACY OF UNITED STATES COPYRIGHTED 
MATERIALS 
SEC. 695. (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Sec-
retary of State may carry out a program of activities to 
combat piracy in countries that are not members of the 
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 
(OECD), including activities as follows: 
(1) The provision of equipment and training for 
law enforcement, including in the interpretation of 
intellectual property laws. 
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(2) The provision of training for judges and 
prosecutors, including in the interpretation of intel-
lectual property laws. 
(3) The provision of assistance in complying 
with obligations under applicable international trea-
ties and agreements on copyright and intellectual 
property. 
(b) CONSULTATION WITH WORLD INTELLECTUAL 
PROPERTY ORGANIZATION.—In carrying out the program 
authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, consult with and provide as-
sistance to the World Intellectual Property Organization 
in order to promote the integration of countries described 
in subsection (a) into the global intellectual property sys-
tem. 
(c) FUNDING.—Of the amount appropriated or other-
wise
made
available
under
the
heading
‘‘INTER-
NATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW EN-
FORCEMENT’’, $5,000,000 may be made available in 
fiscal year 2008 for the program authorized by subsection 
(a). 
OVERSIGHT OF IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 696. (a) Section 3001 of the Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Recon-
struction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108– 
106; 117 Stat. 1238; 5 U.S.C. App., note to section 8G 
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of Public Law 95–452), as amended by section 1054(b) 
of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 
2397), section 2 of the Iraq Reconstruction Accountability 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–440), and section 3801 of 
the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recov-
ery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 
(Public Law 110–28) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (h)(1) by striking ‘‘pay rates.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘pay rates, and may exercise the au-
thorities of subsections (b) through (i) of section 
3161 of title 5, United States Code (without regard 
to subsection (a) of such section).’’; 
(2) in subsection (o)(1)(B) by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year 2006 or fiscal year 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
years 2006 through 2008’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end of such section the fol-
lowing subsection: 
‘‘(p) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For the purposes of 
carrying out the duties of the Inspector General, any 
United States funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able for fiscal years 2006 through 2008 for the reconstruc-
tion of Iraq, irrespective of the designation of such funds, 
shall be deemed to be amounts appropriated or otherwise 
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made available to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction 
Fund.’’. 
(b) Section 1054(a) of Public Law 109–364 is 
amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘fis-
cal years 2006 through 2008’’. 
UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS RENOVATION 
SEC. 697. It is the sense of the Congress that the 
amount of any loan for the renovation of the United Na-
tions headquarters building located in New York, New 
York, should not exceed $600,000,000: Provided, That if 
any loan exceeds $600,000,000, the Secretary of State 
shall notify the Congress of the current cost of the renova-
tion and cost containment measures. 
NEGLECTED DISEASES 
SEC. 698. Of the funds appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’, not less 
than $18,000,000 shall be made available to support an 
integrated response to the control of neglected diseases in-
cluding intestinal parasites, schistosomiasis, lymphatic fil-
ariasis, onchocerciasis, trachoma and leprosy: Provided, 
That the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall consult with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, representatives from the relevant 
international technical and nongovernmental organizations 
addressing the specific diseases, recipient countries, donor 
countries, the private sector, UNICEF and the World 
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Health Organization: (1) on the most effective uses of 
such funds to demonstrate the health and economic bene-
fits of such an approach; and (2) to develop a multilateral, 
integrated initiative to control these diseases that will en-
hance coordination and effectiveness and maximize the le-
verage of United States contributions with those of other 
donors: Provided further, That funds made available pur-
suant to this section shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EGYPT 
SEC. 699. (a) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO-
GRAM.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act for Egypt 
under the heading ‘‘FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING 
PROGRAM’’, $200,000,000 shall not be made available 
for obligation until the Secretary of State certifies and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
ernment of Egypt has taken concrete and measurable 
steps to— 
(1) enact and implement a new judicial author-
ity law that protects the independence of the judici-
ary; 
(2) review criminal procedures and train police 
leadership in modern policing to curb police abuses; 
and 
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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. Section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)), is amend-
ed 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’’.T 
Section 212(a)(3)(B)(ii) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(ii)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Subclause (VII)’’ and replacing it with ‘‘Sub-
clause (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’’. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall— 
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(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— 
(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-
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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. 
SEC. 699D. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for negotiating the participation of addi-
tional countries under the visa waiver program described 
in section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1187). 
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS RELATING TO 
RESTRICTIONS ON RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN 
SEC. 699E. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enforce any of the provisions in the 
Memorandum to all Department and Agency Executive 
Secretaries dated, February 2, 2001, and entitled ‘‘Guide-
lines on Relations With Taiwan’’. 
SEC. 699F. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to carry out the diversity visa program 
under sections 201(e), 203(c), or 204(a)(1)(I) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(e), 1153(c), 
and 1154(a)(1)(I)). 
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SEC. 699G. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be expended in violation of section 243(d) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(d)) (re-
lating to discontinuing granting visas to nationals of coun-
tries denying or delaying accepting aliens removed from 
the United States). 
SEC. 699H. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to purchase light bulbs for operations 
in the United States unless the light bulbs have the ‘‘EN-
ERGY STAR’’ or ‘‘Federal Energy Management Pro-
gram’’ designation. 
SEC. 699I. None of the funds made available in this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be 
made available for Ethiopia. 
SEC. 699J. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Department of State as a con-
tribution for the United Nations Human Rights Council. 
SEC. 699K. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to provide an immigrant or non-
immigrant visa to a national or citizen of a country with 
which the United States maintains diplomatic relations 
and the central government of which has notified the Sec-
retary of State of its refusal to extradite to the United 
States any individual indicted in the United States for kill-
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ing a law enforcement officer, as specified in a United 
States extradition request. 
SEC. 699L. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for the International Seabed Authority 
or the Enterprise of the International Seabed Authority. 
SEC. 699M. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart-
ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 
the United States. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST ASSISTANCE TO SAUDI ARABIA 
SEC. 699N. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act— 
(1) shall be obligated or expended to finance 
any assistance to Saudi Arabia; or 
(2) shall be used to execute a waiver of section 
571 or 614 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2349aa or 2364) with regard to assist-
ance to Saudi Arabia. 
SEC. 699O. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to provide direct aid to the Palestinian 
Authority, except as otherwise provided by existing law. 
This Act may be cited as ‘‘The Department of State, 
Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2008’’. 
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and 
the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, including 
employment, without regard to civil service and classifica-
tion laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed 
$700,000 of this appropriation), as authorized by section 
801 of the United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948; representation to certain international 
organizations in which the United States participates pur-
suant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and consent 
of the Senate or specific Acts of Congress; arms control, non-
proliferation and disarmament activities as authorized; ac-
quisition by exchange or purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles as authorized by law; and for expenses of general ad-
ministration, $3,820,375,000: Provided, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$10,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Emer-
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gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, to be 
available only for emergency evacuations and terrorism re-
wards: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, $8,131,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Director of United States Foreign Assistance and 
$1,000,000 shall not be obligated until consultations with 
the Congress, arising from the report submitted pursuant 
to section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, have 
been completed: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, not less than $364,905,000 
shall be available only for public diplomacy international 
information programs: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be 
made available for a demonstration program to expand ac-
cess to consular services: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be 
made available for passport operations, facilities, and sys-
tems: Provided further, That the funds appropriated by the 
previous proviso shall be in addition to amounts otherwise 
made available for such purposes: Provided further, That 
during fiscal year 2008, foreign service annuitants may be 
employed, notwithstanding section 316.401 of title 5, Code 
of Federal Regulations, pursuant to waivers under section 
824(g)(1)(C)(ii) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4064(g)(1)(C)(ii)): Provided further, That of the 
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funds made available under this heading in this Act and 
in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, export financing and related 
programs, up to $200,000,000 may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Mil-
lennium Challenge Corporation’’, subject to section 615 of 
this Act: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be made available for 
the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation of which 
$1,500,000 shall be for grants of not less than $500,000 for 
significant historic preservation projects: Provided further, 
That there shall be one additional senior permanent posi-
tion at United States Embassy Moscow whose sole respon-
sibilities shall be to monitor human rights and the imple-
mentation of Russian laws relating to nongovernmental or-
ganizations, communicate United States support for human 
rights defenders and journalists who are harassed and ar-
rested, and support the work of civil society groups: Pro-
vided further, That funds available under this heading may 
be made available for a United States Government inter-
agency task force to examine, coordinate and oversee United 
States participation in the United Nations headquarters 
renovation project: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading are available, pursuant to 31 
U.S.C. 1108(g), for the field examination of programs and 
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activities in the United States funded from any account in 
this title. 
In addition, not to exceed $1,558,390 shall be derived 
from fees collected from other executive agencies for lease 
or use of facilities located at the International Center in 
accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act; 
in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, 
$490,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by that 
section, to be used for the purposes set out in that section; 
in addition, as authorized by section 810 of the United 
States Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to 
exceed $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, may 
be credited to this appropriation from fees or other pay-
ments received from English teaching, library, motion pic-
tures, and publication programs and from fees from edu-
cational advising and counseling and exchange visitor pro-
grams; and, in addition, not to exceed $15,000, which shall 
be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use 
of Blair House facilities. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security protec-
tion, $909,598,000, to remain available until expended. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, $63,743,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized: Provided, That section 135(e) of Public Law 
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103–236 shall not apply to funds available under this head-
ing. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $35,508,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), as it 
relates to post inspections. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange pro-
grams, as authorized, $509,482,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, may be credited to this 
appropriation from fees or other payments received from 
or in connection with English teaching, educational advis-
ing and counseling programs, and exchange visitor pro-
grams as authorized: Provided further, That of the funds 
available under this heading up to $2,000,000 may be made 
available to the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foun-
dation, subject to authorization: Provided further, That if 
a majority of the Board of Directors of such Foundation 
is not confirmed by the Senate by August 1, 2008, the Sec-
retary shall provide $1,000,000 of such funds to the Ben-
jamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program and 
$1,000,000 shall be provided to the Fulbright Program to 
augment existing study abroad programs. 
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REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
For 
representation 
allowances 
as 
authorized, 
$8,175,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Sec-
retary of State to provide for extraordinary protective serv-
ices, as authorized, $14,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2009. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–303), pre-
serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for build-
ings that are owned or directly leased by the Department 
of State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the 
Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 
$792,534,000, to remain available until expended as au-
thorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 
domestic and overseas representation as authorized: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated in this para-
graph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, fur-
nishings, or generators for other departments and agencies. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 
$649,278,000, to remain available until expended. 
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EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State 
to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic 
and Consular Service, $9,000,000, only for emergency evac-
uations and terrorism rewards, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the ‘‘Repatriation Loans Pro-
gram Account’’, subject to the same terms and conditions. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $678,000, as authorized: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $607,000, which may 
be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Diplomatic and Con-
sular Programs’’. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $16,351,000. 
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PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $158,900,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 
meet annual obligations of membership in international 
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
tions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,374,400,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of State shall, at the time of the submission of the 
President’s budget to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, transmit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations the most recent biennial budget prepared by 
the United Nations for the operations of the United Nations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in ad-
vance (or in an emergency, as far in advance as is prac-
ticable) of any United Nations action to increase funding 
for any United Nations program without identifying an off-
setting decrease elsewhere in the United Nations budget and 
cause the United Nations budget for the biennium 2008– 
2009 to exceed the revised United Nations budget level for 
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the biennium 2006–2007 of $4,173,895,900: Provided fur-
ther, That any payment of arrearages under this title shall 
be directed toward activities that are mutually agreed upon 
by the United States and the respective international orga-
nization: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be available for a United 
States contribution to an international organization for the 
United States share of interest costs made known to the 
United States Government by such organization for loans 
incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through external bor-
rowings. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
security, $1,352,000,000, of which 15 percent shall remain 
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That at least 
15 days in advance of voting in the United Nations Secu-
rity Council (or in an emergency as far in advance as is 
practicable) for any new or expanded United Nations 
peacekeeping mission, the Secretary of State shall, with re-
gard to any new or expanded mission, notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations and other appropriate Committees 
of the Congress of its estimated cost and duration, the 
United States national interest that will be served, the 
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planned exit strategy, the specific measures the United Na-
tions is taking to prevent United Nations employees, con-
tractor personnel, and peacekeeping forces serving in any 
such mission from trafficking in persons, exploiting victims 
of trafficking, or committing acts of illegal sexual exploi-
tation, and to hold accountable individuals who engage in 
such acts while participating in the peacekeeping mission; 
and a notification of funds pursuant to section 615 of this 
Act is submitted, and the procedures therein followed, set-
ting forth the source of funds that will be used to pay for 
the cost of the new or expanded mission: Provided further, 
That funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses only 
after a determination by the Secretary of State that Amer-
ican manufacturers and suppliers are being given opportu-
nities to provide equipment, services, and material for 
United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those being 
given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers. 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
meet obligations of the United States arising under treaties, 
or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section 
of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 
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United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 
$6,000 for representation; as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$30,430,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $88,425,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized, of which, $100,000 may be made 
available to repair, relocate, or replace fencing along the 
international border between the United States and Mexico: 
Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing, up to $400,000 should be made available for the repair 
or replacement of the Nogales Wash Flood Control Project 
and International Outfall Interceptor, of which up to 
$66,000,000 shall be made available only for construction 
in the United States of secondary wastewater treatment ca-
pability. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the 
International Joint Commission and the International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Canada 
or Great Britain, and for the Border Environment Coopera-
tion Commission as authorized by Public Law 103–182, 
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$11,250,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall be available 
for representation expenses incurred by the International 
Joint Commission. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries com-
missions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, 
$27,054,000: Provided, That the United States’ share of 
such expenses may be advanced to the respective commis-
sions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for programs in the amounts contained in the table included 
in the report accompanying this Act and no proposal for 
deviation from those amounts shall be considered. 
OTHER 
PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized by 
the Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $16,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, as authorized. 
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE TRUST 
FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle East-
ern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the total amount of the 
interest and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before 
September 30, 2008, to remain available until expended. 
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EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 
of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 
U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund 
on or before September 30, 2008, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa-
tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the pay-
ment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5376; or for purposes which are not in accordance with 
OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative Require-
ments) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit Organi-
zations), including the restrictions on compensation for per-
sonal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 
U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to the 
Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 
2008, to remain available until expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 
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Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, 
by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical Inter-
change Between East and West in the State of Hawaii, 
$20,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
herein shall be used to pay any salary, or enter into any 
contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the 
rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, as authorized, to carry out inter-
national communication activities, including the purchase, 
rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio 
and television transmission and reception and purchase, 
lease, and installation and operation of necessary equip-
ment, including aircraft, for radio and television trans-
mission and reception to Cuba, and to make and supervise 
grants for radio and television broadcasting to the Middle 
East, $662,727,000: Provided, That of the total amount in 
this heading, not to exceed $16,000 may be used for official 
receptions within the United States as authorized, not to 
exceed $35,000 may be used for representation abroad as 
authorized, and not to exceed $39,000 may be used for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses of Radio Free 
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Europe/Radio Liberty; and in addition, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, not to exceed $2,000,000 in re-
ceipts from advertising and revenue from business ventures, 
not to exceed $500,000 in receipts from cooperating inter-
national organizations, and not to exceed $1,000,000 in re-
ceipts from privatization efforts of the Voice of America and 
the International Broadcasting Bureau, to remain avail-
able until expended for carrying out authorized purposes. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement 
of facilities for radio transmission and reception, and pur-
chase and installation of necessary equipment for radio and 
television transmission and reception as authorized, 
$10,748,000, to remain available until expended, as author-
ized. 
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S 
HERITAGE ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 
Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $499,000, as 
authorized by section 1303 of Public Law 99–83. 
COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Commis-
sion on International Religious Freedom, as authorized by 
title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
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(Public Law 105–292), $3,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security 
and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 
94–304, $2,037,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2009. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive 
Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as author-
ized, $2,000,000, including not more than $3,000 for the 
purpose of official representation, to remain available until 
September 30, 2009. 
UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission, $2,962,000, 
including not more than $3,000 for the purpose of official 
representation, to remain available until September 30, 
2008: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall only be available for obligation in accordance with 
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a spending plan submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations which effectively addresses the recommendations 
of the Government Accountability Office’s audit of the Com-
mission: Provided further, That the Commission shall pro-
vide to the Committees on Appropriations a quarterly ac-
counting of the cumulative balances of any unobligated 
funds that were received by the Commission during any 
previous fiscal year. 
UNITED STATES SENATE-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY 
GROUP 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Senate- 
China Interparliamentary Group, as authorized under sec-
tion 153 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (22 
U.S.C. 276n; Public Law 108–99; 118 Stat. 448), $150,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2009. 
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 
of Peace as authorized in the United States Institute of 
Peace Act, $25,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS 
SEC. 101. Funds appropriated under this Act shall be 
available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances and 
differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 5, 
United States Code; for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and for hire of passenger transportation pursuant to 
31 U.S.C. 1343(b). 
UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT 
SEC. 102. The Department of State and the Broad-
casting Board of Governors shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of the cumulative 
balances of any unobligated funds that were received by 
such agency during any previous fiscal year. 
EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 103. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a 
project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 
States may not include office space or other accommoda-
tions for an employee of a Federal agency or department 
if the Secretary of State determines that such department 
or agency has not provided to the Department of State the 
full amount of funding required by subsection (e) of section 
604 
of 
the 
Secure 
Embassy 
Construction 
and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (as enacted into law by sec-
tion 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113 and contained in 
appendix G of that Act; 113 Stat. 1501A–453), as amended 
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by section 629 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2005. 
(b) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), 
a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 
States may include office space or other accommodations 
for members of the Marine Corps. 
PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available under title 
I of this Act may be used for any United Nations under-
taking when it is made known to the Federal official having 
authority to obligate or expend such funds that: (1) the 
United Nations undertaking is a peacekeeping mission; (2) 
such undertaking will involve United States Armed Forces 
under the command or operational control of a foreign na-
tional; and (3) the President’s military advisors have not 
submitted to the President a recommendation that such in-
volvement is in the national security interests of the United 
States and the President has not submitted to the Congress 
such a recommendation. 
DENIAL OF VISAS 
SEC. 105. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act shall be expended for 
any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited by 
section 616 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
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