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OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$36,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007, which sum shall be available for the Office of the 
Inspector General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 4 of part II, $2,558,525,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2007: Provided, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$240,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which sum 
shall be available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and 
shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That not less than $495,000,000 
shall be available only for Egypt, which sum shall be pro-
vided on a grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer 
assistance shall be provided with the understanding that 
Egypt will undertake significant economic reforms which 
are additional to those which were undertaken in previous 
fiscal years: Provided further, That of the funds made
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available under this heading for Egypt, not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be used for programs to improve and 
promote democracy, governance, and human rights and 
not less than $50,000,000 shall be used for education pro-
grams: Provided further, That with respect to the provision 
of assistance for Egypt for democracy and governance ac-
tivities, the organizations implementing such assistance 
and the specific nature of that assistance shall not be sub-
ject to the prior approval by the Government of Egypt: 
Provided further, That in exercising the authority to pro-
vide cash transfer assistance for Israel, the President shall 
ensure that the level of such assistance does not cause an 
adverse impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports 
from the United States to such country and that Israel 
enters into a side letter agreement in an amount propor-
tional to the fiscal year 1999 agreement: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $250,000,000 should be made available only for 
assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That $20,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under this heading should be 
made available for Cyprus to be used only for scholarships, 
administrative
support
of
the
scholarship
program, 
bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at reunification 
of the island and designed to reduce tensions and promote 
peace and cooperation between the two communities on
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Cyprus: Provided further, That $40,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading should be made available 
for assistance for Lebanon, of which not less than 
$6,000,000 should be made available for scholarships and 
direct support of American educational institutions in 
Lebanon: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading that are made available for a Middle East 
Financing Facility, Middle East Enterprise Fund, or any 
other similar entity in the Middle East shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That not more than 
$225,000,000 of the funds made available for assistance 
for Afghanistan under this heading may be obligated for 
such assistance until the Secretary of State certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations, that the Government of 
Afghanistan at both the national and local level, is cooper-
ating fully with United States funded poppy eradication 
and interdiction efforts in Afghanistan: Provided further, 
That with respect to funds appropriated under this head-
ing in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams, the responsibility for policy decisions and justifica-
tions for the use of such funds, including whether there 
will be a program for a country that uses those funds and 
the amount of each such program, shall be the responsi-
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bility of the Secretary of State and the Deputy Secretary 
of State and this responsibility shall not be delegated. 
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $13,500,000, which shall be available for the United 
States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland 
and shall be made available in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 
(Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall 
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time-
ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading shall re-
main available until September 30, 2007. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC 
STATES 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support 
for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, 
$357,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun-
tries and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, for assistance and for related programs for Eastern 
Europe and the Baltic States.
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(b) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available 
the administrative authorities contained in that Act for 
the use of economic assistance. 
(c) The provisions of section 529 of this Act shall 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, 
That local currencies generated by, or converted from, 
funds appropriated by this Act and by previous appropria-
tions Acts and made available for the economic revitaliza-
tion program in Bosnia may be used in Eastern Europe 
and the Baltic States to carry out the provisions of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East 
European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989. 
(d) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap-
propriated under this heading made available for economic 
revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he 
determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has 
not complied with article III of annex 1–A of the General 
Framework
Agreement
for
Peace
in
Bosnia
and 
Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, 
and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga-
tions, and related activities between state sponsors of ter-
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rorism and terrorist organizations and Bosnian officials 
has not been terminated. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE 
FORMER SOVIET UNION 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assist-
ance for the Independent States of the former Soviet 
Union and for related programs, $477,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That the 
provisions of such chapters shall apply to funds appro-
priated by this paragraph: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any provision of the Freedom Support Act 
of 1992, funds appropriated under this heading in this Act 
or prior Acts making appropriations for foreign oper-
ations, export financing, and related programs, that are 
made available pursuant to the provisions of section 807 
of Public Law 102–511 shall be subject to a 6 percent 
ceiling on administrative expenses. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $52,000,000 should be made available, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for 
assistance for child survival, environmental and reproduc-
tive health, and to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and 
other infectious diseases, and for related activities.