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Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hon-
duras, Nicaragua, and Panama. 
(g) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.— 
To the maximum extent practicable, the costs of oper-
ations and maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded 
by this Act should be borne by the recipient country. 
COLOMBIA 
SEC. 7046. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appro-
priated in titles III and IV of this Act, not more than 
$545,050,000 shall be available for assistance for Colom-
bia. 
Funds appropriated by this Act and made available 
to the Department of State for assistance to the Govern-
ment of Colombia may be used to support a unified cam-
paign against narcotics trafficking and organizations des-
ignated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and successor 
organizations, and to take actions to protect human health 
and welfare in emergency circumstances, including under-
taking rescue operations: Provided, That assistance made 
available in prior Acts for the Government of Colombia 
to protect the Cano-Limon pipeline may also be used for 
purposes for which funds are made available under the 
heading ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’: Provided fur-
ther, That no United States Armed Forces personnel or 
United States civilian contractor employed by the United 
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States will participate in any combat operation in connec-
tion with assistance made available by this Act for Colom-
bia: Provided further, That rotary and fixed wing aircraft 
supported with funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’ for assistance for Co-
lombia may be used for aerial or manual drug eradication 
and interdiction including to transport personnel and sup-
plies and to provide security for such operations, and to 
provide transport in support of alternative development 
programs and investigations of cases under the jurisdic-
tion of the Attorney General, the Procuraduria General 
de la Nacion, and the Defensoria del Pueblo: Provided fur-
ther, That the President shall ensure that if any helicopter 
procured with funds in this Act or prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs, is used to aid or abet the 
operations of any illegal self-defense group, paramilitary 
organization, illegal security cooperative or successor orga-
nizations in Colombia, such helicopter shall be imme-
diately returned to the United States. 
Of the funds available under the heading ‘‘Andean 
Counterdrug Programs’’ in this Act for the Colombian na-
tional police for the procurement of chemicals for aerial 
coca and poppy eradication programs, not more than 20 
percent of such funds may be made available for such 
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eradication programs unless the Secretary of State cer-
tifies to the Committees on Appropriations that: (1) the 
herbicide is being used in accordance with EPA label re-
quirements for comparable use in the United States and 
with Colombian laws; and (2) the herbicide, in the manner 
it is being used, does not pose unreasonable risks or ad-
verse effects to humans or the environment, including en-
demic species: Provided, That such funds may not be made 
available unless the Secretary of State certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations that complaints of harm to 
health or licit crops caused by such aerial eradication are 
thoroughly evaluated and fair compensation is being paid 
in a timely manner for meritorious claims: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds may not be made available for such 
purposes unless programs are being implemented by the 
United States Agency for International Development, the 
Government of Colombia, or other organizations, in con-
sultation and coordination with local communities, to pro-
vide alternative sources of income in areas where security 
permits for small-acreage growers and communities whose 
illicit crops are targeted for aerial eradication: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for assistance for Colombia shall be made available for the 
cultivation or processing of African oil palm, if doing so 
would contribute to significant loss of native species, dis-
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