214
et seq.; relating to the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’); 
and 
(2) shall be allocated for democracy and govern-
ance programs for Egypt, including direct support for 
nongovernmental organizations. 
SEC. 922. INTER-ARAB DEMOCRATIC CHARTER. 
(a) STRATEGY.—The Secretary of State, acting 
through the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, and in consultation with the Assistant 
Secretary for Near East Affairs and the Assistant Secretary 
for Western Hemisphere Affairs, shall develop and imple-
ment a strategy to—
(1) support, including through the provision of 
technical assistance, efforts to establish an Inter-Arab 
Democratic Charter to promote human rights and de-
mocracy in the Near East region; and 
(2) support and promote coordination among 
human rights organizations, pro-democracy advo-
cates, and civil society members from both the Near 
East region and the Western Hemisphere to assist in 
efforts to establish the Inter-Arab Democratic Charter 
referred to in paragraph (1). 
(b) REPORT.—Section 665(c) of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 
22 U.S.C. 2151n note) as amended by section 614(a)(2) of
215
this Act, is further amended by inserting after the first sen-
tence the following new sentence: ‘‘As part of such separate 
report, the Secretary shall include information on efforts 
by the Department of State to develop and implement the 
strategy to support efforts to establish an Inter-Arab Demo-
cratic Charter pursuant to section 708(a) of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007.’’. 
(c) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available for 
each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2346 et seq.; relating to the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’), 
including amounts made available to carry out the Human 
Rights and Democracy Fund and the Middle East Partner-
ship Initiative, such sums as may be necessary for each such 
fiscal year is authorized to be available to the Secretary 
to carry out this section and the amendments made by this 
section. 
SEC. 923. MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE. 
(a) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made available for 
each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2346 et seq.; relating to the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’), 
such sums as may be necessary for each such fiscal year 
is authorized to be available to the Secretary of State to
216
carry out programs and activities of the Middle East Part-
nership Initiative. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—Not less than 50 percent of 
amounts made available for each of the fiscal years 2006 
and 2007 to carry out the Middle East Partnership Initia-
tive shall be used to—
(1) strengthen civil society, particularly non-
governmental organizations, and expand female and 
minority participation in the political, economic, and 
educational sectors of countries participating in the 
Initiative; and 
(2) strengthen the rule of law and promote demo-
cratic values and institutions, particularly through—
(A) developing and implementing standards 
for free and fair election in countries partici-
pating in the Initiative; and 
(B) supporting inter-regional efforts to pro-
mote democracy in countries under authori-
tarian rule, including through the Community of 
Democracies and Forum for the Future. 
SEC. 924. WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM. 
(a) OVERSIGHT.—For each of the fiscal years 2006 and 
2007, the Secretary of State shall certify to the appropriate 
congressional committees not later than 30 days prior to 
the initial obligation of funds for the West Bank and Gaza
217
that procedures have been established to ensure that the 
Comptroller General of the United States will have access 
to appropriate United States financial information in 
order to review the use of United States assistance for the 
West Bank and Gaza funded under chapter 4 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et 
seq.; relating to the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’). 
(b) VETTING.—Prior to any obligation of funds for 
each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for assist-
ance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State 
shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that such assist-
ance is not provided to or through any individual or entity 
that the Secretary knows, or has reason to believe, advo-
cates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, ter-
rorist activity. The Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, 
establish procedures specifying the steps to be taken in car-
rying out this subsection and shall terminate assistance to 
any individual or entity which the Secretary has deter-
mined advocates, plans, sponsors, or engages in terrorist ac-
tivity. 
(c) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds made available 
for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chap-
ter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 
the West Bank and Gaza program may be made available
218
for the purpose of recognizing or otherwise honoring indi-
viduals who commit, or have committed, acts of terrorism. 
(d) AUDITS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development 
shall ensure that independent audits of all contractors 
and grantees, and significant subcontractors and sub-
grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Program, 
are conducted for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 
2007 to ensure, among other things, compliance with 
this section. 
(2) 
AUDITS
BY
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
OF 
USAID.—Of the funds available for each of the fiscal 
years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapter 4 of part 
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 that are 
made available for assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza, up to $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year may 
be used by the Office of the Inspector General of the 
United States Agency for International Development 
for audits, inspections, and other activities in further-
ance of the requirements of paragraph (1). Such funds 
are in addition to funds otherwise available for such 
purposes. 
(e) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means—
219
(1) the Committee on Appropriations and the 
Committee on International Relations of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Appropriations and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 925. ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND ASSISTANCE FOR VEN-
EZUELA. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Presi-
dent $9,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 
for assistance under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to 
the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’) to fund activities which 
support political parties, the rule of law, civil society, an 
independent media, and otherwise promote democratic, ac-
countable governance in Venezuela. 
CHAPTER 3—PART III OF THE FOREIGN 
ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961
SEC. 931. SUPPORT FOR PRO-DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN 
RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS IN CERTAIN COUN-
TRIES. 
Section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2371(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘The prohibition contained in the 
preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to assistance 
under part I (including chapter 4 of part II) of this Act
220
provided in support of programs of a pro-democracy or 
human rights organization located or operating in a coun-
try described in such sentence, if, at least 30 days before 
obligating funds for such assistance, the Secretary of State 
notifies (in classified or unclassified form) the congressional 
committees specified in section 634A(a) of this Act in ac-
cordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming 
notifications under that section that the pro-democracy or 
human rights organization opposes the use of terrorism, 
supports democracy and respect for human rights, includ-
ing the equality of women and ethnic and religious minori-
ties, and supports freedoms of the press, speech, association, 
and religion.’’. 
SEC. 932. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALES-
TINIAN AUTHORITY. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 1 of part III of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is 
amended—
(1) by redesignating the second section 620G (as 
added by section 149 of Public Law 104–164 (110 
Stat. 1436)) as section 620J; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion:
221
‘‘SEC. 620K. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALES-
TINIAN AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Assistance may be provided under 
this Act or any other provision of law to the Palestinian 
Authority only during a period for which a certification 
described in subsection (b) is in effect. 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this 
subsection is a certification transmitted by the President 
to Congress that contains a determination of the President 
that—
‘‘(1) providing direct assistance to the Pales-
tinian Authority is important to the national secu-
rity interests of the United States; and 
‘‘(2) the Palestinian Authority—
‘‘(A) is committed to and has initiated the 
process of purging from its security services indi-
viduals with ties to terrorism; 
‘‘(B) has made demonstrable progress to-
ward dismantling the terrorist infrastructure, 
confiscating unauthorized weapons, arresting 
and bringing terrorists to justice, destroying un-
authorized arms factories, thwarting and pre-
empting terrorist attacks, and is fully cooper-
ating with Israel’s security services; 
‘‘(C) has made demonstrable progress to-
ward halting all anti-Israel incitement in Pales-
222
tinian Authority-controlled electronic and print 
media and in schools, mosques, and other insti-
tutions it controls, and is replacing these mate-
rials, including textbooks, with materials that 
promote tolerance, peace, and coexistence with 
Israel; 
‘‘(D) has taken effective steps to ensure de-
mocracy, the rule of law, and an independent ju-
diciary, and has adopted other reforms such as 
ensuring transparent and accountable govern-
ance; 
‘‘(E) is committed to ensuring that all elec-
tions within areas it administers to be free, fair, 
and transparent; and 
‘‘(F) is undertaking verifiable efforts to en-
sure the financial transparency and account-
ability of all government ministries and oper-
ations. 
‘‘(c) RECERTIFICATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date on which the President transmits to Congress an 
initial certification under subsection (b), and every 6 
months thereafter—
‘‘(1) the President shall transmit to Congress a 
recertification that the requirements contained in sub-
section (b) are continuing to be met; or
223
‘‘(2) if the President is unable to make such a 
recertification, the President shall transmit to Con-
gress a report that contains the reasons therefor. 
‘‘(d) 
CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Assistance 
made available under this Act or any other provision of 
law to the Palestinian Authority may not be provided until 
15 days after the date on which the President has provided 
notice thereof to the Committee on International Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate in accord-
ance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming noti-
fications under section 634A(a) of this Act.’’. 
(b) REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report that 
contains a review of the extent to which United States as-
sistance to the Palestinian Authority under the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 or any other provision of law is prop-
erly audited by the Department of State, the United States 
Agency for International Development, and all other rel-
evant departments and agencies of the Government of the 
United States.
224
SEC. 933. ASSISTANCE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 660(b) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2420(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (6)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘to any national, regional, 
district, municipal, or other sub-national govern-
mental entity of a foreign country’’ after ‘‘with 
respect to assistance’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, and the provision of pro-
fessional’’ and all that follows through ‘‘democ-
racy’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(8) with respect to assistance to combat corrup-
tion in furtherance of the objectives for which pro-
grams are authorized to be established under section 
133 of this Act; 
‘‘(9) with respect to the provision of professional 
public safety training to any national, regional, dis-
trict, municipal, or other sub-national governmental 
entity of a foreign country, particularly training in 
international recognized standards of human rights, 
the rule of law, conflict prevention, and the promotion 
of civilian police roles that support democratic gov-
225
ernance and foster improved police relations between 
law enforcement forces and the communities in which 
they serve; 
‘‘(10) with respect to assistance to combat traf-
ficking in persons, particularly trafficking in persons 
by organized crime; or 
‘‘(11) with respect to assistance in direct support 
of developing capabilities for and deployment to im-
pending or ongoing peace operations of the United 
Nations or comparable regional organizations.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 660 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2420) is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (b) (as amended by subsection 
(a) of this section)—
(A) by striking paragraph (2); 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(C) in paragraph (7), by moving the mar-
gin 2 ems to the left; and 
(D) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3) 
through (11) as paragraphs (2) through (10), re-
spectively; and 
(2) by striking subsection (d).