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lateral Economic Assistance, Economic Support Fund’, 
$200,000,000 is rescinded: Provided, That such amounts 
shall be derived only from funds not yet expended for cash 
transfer assistance. 
‘‘SEC. 20406. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this division, the eighth proviso under the heading ‘Bilat-
eral Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the 
President, United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, Development Assistance’ in the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–102) shall not apply 
to funds appropriated by this division. 
‘‘SEC. 20407. Section 599D of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–102) is amended by 
striking ‘certifies’ and all that follows and inserting the 
following: ‘reports to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees on the extent to which the World Bank has com-
pleted the following: 
‘‘ ‘(1) World Bank procurement guidelines have 
been applied to all procurement financed in whole or 
in part by a loan from the World Bank or a credit 
agreement or grant from the International Develop-
ment Association (IDA). 
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‘‘ ‘(2) The World Bank proposal ‘‘Increasing the 
Use of Country Systems in Procurement’’ dated 
March 2005 has been withdrawn. 
‘‘ ‘(3) The World Bank maintains a strong cen-
tral procurement office staffed with senior experts 
who are designated to address commercial concerns, 
questions, and complaints regarding procurement 
procedures and payments under IDA and World 
Bank projects. 
‘‘ ‘(4) Thresholds for international competitive 
bidding have been established to maximize inter-
national competitive bidding in accordance with 
sound 
procurement 
practices, 
including 
trans-
parency, competition, and cost-effective results for 
the Borrowers. 
‘‘ ‘(5) All tenders under the World Bank’s na-
tional competitive bidding provisions are subject to 
the same advertisement requirements as tenders 
under international competitive bidding. 
‘‘ ‘(6) Loan agreements between the World 
Bank and the Borrowers have been made public.’. 
‘‘SEC. 20408. Section 523 of the Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–102) shall be applied to funds 
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made available under this division by substituting 
‘$1,022,086,000’ for the first dollar amount. 
‘‘SEC. 20409. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this division, the following provisions in the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–102) shall not apply 
to funds appropriated by this division: the proviso in sub-
section (a) under the heading ‘Bilateral Economic Assist-
ance, Funds Appropriated to the President, Other Bilat-
eral Economic Assistance, Assistance for Eastern Europe 
and the Baltic States’; the eleventh proviso under the 
heading ‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds Appro-
priated to the President, United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, Development Assistance’; the third 
proviso under the heading ‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, 
Department of State, Migration and Refugee Assistance’; 
subsection (d) under the heading ‘Bilateral Economic As-
sistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, Other Bi-
lateral Economic Assistance, Assistance for the Inde-
pendent States of the Former Soviet Union’; the fourth 
proviso of section 522; subsections (a) and (c) of section 
554; and the first proviso of section 593. 
‘‘SEC. 20410. The Inter-American Development 
Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 283—283z–10) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
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‘‘ ‘SEC. 39. FIRST REPLENISHMENT OF THE RESOURCES OF 
THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS MUL-
TILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND. 
‘‘ ‘(a) CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘ ‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury may contribute on behalf of the United 
States $150,000,000 to the first replenishment of 
the resources of the Enterprise for the Americas 
Multilateral Investment Fund. 
‘‘ ‘(2) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—The au-
thority provided by paragraph (1) may be exercised 
only to the extent and in the amounts provided for 
in advance in appropriations Acts. 
‘‘ ‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—For the United States contribution author-
ized by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro-
priated not more than $150,000,000, without fiscal year 
limitation, for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.’. 
‘‘SEC. 20411. The authority provided by section 
801(b)(1)(ii) of Public Law 106–429 shall apply to fiscal 
year 2007. 
‘‘SEC. 20412. (a) Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this division, section 534(m) of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–102) shall not apply 
to funds and authorities provided under this division. 
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