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United States Government for the purpose of conducting of-
ficial United States Government business with the Pales-
tinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor 
Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO 
Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this restriction 
shall not apply to the acquisition of additional space for 
the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem: Provided fur-
ther, That meetings between officers and employees of the 
United States and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or 
any successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in 
the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose 
of conducting official United States Government business 
with such authority should continue to take place in loca-
tions other than Jerusalem. As has been true in the past, 
officers and employees of the United States Government 
may continue to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with 
Palestinians (including those who now occupy positions in 
the Palestinian Authority), have social contacts, and have 
incidental discussions. 
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES 
SEC. 6048. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 
activities or under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and 
Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and
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‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be obligated or expended 
to pay for—
(1) alcoholic beverages; or 
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that are 
substantially of a recreational character, including 
but not limited to entrance fees at sporting events, 
theatrical and musical productions, and amusement 
parks. 
HAITI 
SEC. 6049. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, 
not less than the following amounts shall be made available 
for assistance for Haiti—
(1) $20,000,000 from ‘‘Child Survival and 
Health Programs Fund’’; 
(2) $30,000,000 from ‘‘Development Assistance’’; 
(3) 
$50,000,000 
from 
‘‘Economic 
Support 
Fund’’; 
(4) $15,000,000 from ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’; 
(5) $1,000,000 from ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
ing Program’’; and 
(6) $215,000 from ‘‘International Military Edu-
cation and Training’’. 
(b) The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to pur-
chase defense articles and services under the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the Coast Guard.
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LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 6050. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
may be obligated or expended with respect to providing 
funds to the Palestinian Authority. 
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 
(a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate that waiving such prohibi-
tion is important to the national security interests of the 
United States. 
(c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiv-
er pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more 
than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply 
beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu-
ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 
steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest terror-
ists, confiscate weapons and dismantle the terrorist infra-
structure. The report shall also include a description of how 
funds will be spent and the accounting procedures in place 
to ensure that they are properly disbursed.
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LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES 
SEC. 6051. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for assistance may be provided to any unit of the secu-
rity forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of State 
has credible evidence that such unit has committed gross 
violations of human rights, unless the Secretary determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
government of such country is taking effective measures to 
bring the responsible members of the security forces unit 
to justice: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be 
construed to withhold funds made available by this Act from 
any unit of the security forces of a foreign country not 
credibly alleged to be involved in gross violations of human 
rights: Provided further, That in the event that funds are 
withheld from any unit pursuant to this section, the Sec-
retary of State shall promptly inform the foreign govern-
ment of the basis for such action and shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, assist the foreign government in taking 
effective measures to bring the responsible members of the 
security forces to justice. 
FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT 
SEC. 6052. The annual foreign military training re-
port required by section 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 shall be submitted by the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of State to the Committees on Appropriations
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of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the date 
specified in that section. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 6053. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Trade and Devel-
opment Agency’’, ‘‘Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion’’, and ‘‘Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’’, may be obligated 
and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 
91–672 and section 15 of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956. 
CAMBODIA 
SEC. 6054. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated by 
this Act may be made available for assistance for the Cen-
tral Government of Cambodia. 
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to assistance for 
basic education, reproductive and maternal and child 
health, cultural and historic preservation, programs for the 
prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, 
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, polio and other infectious 
diseases, development and implementation of legislation 
and implementation of procedures on inter-country adop-
tions consistent with international standards, rule of law 
programs, counternarcotics programs, programs to combat 
human trafficking that are provided through nongovern-
mental organizations, anti-corruption programs, and for
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the Ministry of Women and Veterans Affairs to combat 
human trafficking. 
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other 
Act, of the funds appropriated by this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, $15,000,000 shall be made 
available for activities to support democracy and human 
rights, including assistance for democratic political parties 
in Cambodia. 
(c) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out provi-
sions of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
may be made available notwithstanding subsection (a). 
PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 
SEC. 6055. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None of 
the funds appropriated by this Act may be provided to sup-
port a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of State deter-
mines and certifies to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that—
(1) a new leadership of a Palestinian governing 
entity has been democratically elected through credible 
and competitive elections; 
(2) the elected governing entity of a new Pales-
tinian state—
(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to 
peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 
(B) is taking appropriate measures to 
counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the
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West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 
of terrorist infrastructures; 
(C) is establishing a new Palestinian secu-
rity entity that is cooperative with appropriate 
Israeli and other appropriate security organiza-
tions; and 
(3) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 
body of a new Palestinian state) is working with 
other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef-
forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 
peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 
an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 
context of full and normal relationships, which should 
include—
(A) termination of all claims or states of 
belligerency; 
(B) respect for and acknowledgement of the 
sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 
independence of every state in the area through 
measures including the establishment of demili-
tarized zones; 
(C) their right to live in peace within secure 
and recognized boundaries free from threats or 
acts of force;
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(D) freedom of navigation through inter-
national waterways in the area; and 
(E) a framework for achieving a just settle-
ment of the refugee problem. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the newly-elected governing entity should enact a con-
stitution assuring the rule of law, an independent judici-
ary, and respect for human rights for its citizens, and 
should enact other laws and regulations assuring trans-
parent and accountable governance. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection (a) 
if he determines that it is vital to the national security in-
terests of the United States to do so. 
(d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 
Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or a 
newly-elected governing entity, in order to help meet the 
requirements of subsection (a), consistent with the provi-
sions of section 6050 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance 
to the Palestinian Authority’’). 
COLOMBIA 
SEC. 6056. (a) DETERMINATION AND CERTIFICATION 
REQUIRED.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated by this Act that are available for assist-
ance for the Colombian Armed Forces, may be made avail-
able as follows:
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(1) Up to 75 percent of such funds may be obli-
gated prior to a determination and certification by 
the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (2). 
(2) Up to 12.5 percent of such funds may be obli-
gated only after the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to the appropriate congressional committees 
that: 
(A) The Commander General of the Colom-
bian Armed Forces is suspending from the 
Armed Forces those members, of whatever rank 
who, according to the Minister of Defense or the 
Procuraduria General de la Nacion, have been 
credibly alleged to have committed gross viola-
tions of human rights, including extra-judicial 
killings, or to have aided or abetted paramilitary 
organizations. 
(B) The Colombian Government is vigor-
ously investigating and prosecuting those mem-
bers of the Colombian Armed Forces, of whatever 
rank, who have been credibly alleged to have 
committed gross violations of human rights, in-
cluding extra-judicial killings, or to have aided 
or abetted paramilitary organizations, and is 
promptly punishing those members of the Colom-
bian Armed Forces found to have committed such
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violations of human rights or to have aided or 
abetted paramilitary organizations. 
(C) The Colombian Armed Forces have 
made substantial progress in cooperating with 
civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities in 
such cases (including providing requested infor-
mation, such as the identity of persons sus-
pended from the Armed Forces and the nature 
and cause of the suspension, and access to wit-
nesses, relevant military documents, and other 
requested information). 
(D) The Colombian Armed Forces have 
made substantial progress in severing links (in-
cluding denying access to military intelligence, 
vehicles, and other equipment or supplies, and 
ceasing other forms of active or tacit coopera-
tion) at the command, battalion, and brigade 
levels, with paramilitary organizations, espe-
cially in regions where these organizations have 
a significant presence. 
(E) The Colombian Government is disman-
tling paramilitary leadership and financial net-
works by arresting commanders and financial 
backers, especially in regions where these net-
works have a significant presence.
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(F) The Colombian Armed Forces are re-
specting the legal, cultural, and territorial rights 
of Colombia’s indigenous communities. 
(3) The balance of such funds may be obligated 
after July 31, 2006, if the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, after such date, that the Colombian Armed 
Forces are continuing to meet the conditions con-
tained in paragraph (2) and are conducting vigorous 
operations to restore government authority and re-
spect for human rights in areas under the effective 
control of paramilitary and guerrilla organizations. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Funds made 
available by this Act for the Colombian Armed Forces shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(c) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—
(1) Prior to making the certifications required 
by subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall consult 
with the appropriate congressional committees and 
with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human 
Rights in Colombia regarding each of the conditions 
specified in paragraphs (2)(A) through (F) of that 
subsection.
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(2) Not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter 
until September 30, 2007, the Secretary of State shall 
consult with internationally recognized human rights 
organizations regarding progress in meeting the con-
ditions contained in subsection (a). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AIDED OR ABETTED.—The term ‘‘aided or 
abetted’’ means to provide any support to para-
military groups, including taking actions which 
allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of 
such groups. 
(2) PARAMILITARY GROUPS.—The term ‘‘para-
military groups’’ means illegal self-defense groups 
and illegal security cooperatives. 
ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS 
SEC. 6057. (a) DENIAL OF VISAS TO SUPPORTERS OF 
COLOMBIAN ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS.—Subject to sub-
section (b), the Secretary of State shall not issue a visa to 
any alien who the Secretary determines, based on credible 
evidence—
(1) has willfully provided any support to the 
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the 
National Liberation Army (ELN), or the United Self-
Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), including taking 
actions or failing to take actions which allow, facili-