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racy for human rights and democracy programs relating 
to Tibet. 
WESTERN HEMISPHERE 
SEC. 677. (a) Not less than the amounts of funds 
initially allocated for the fiscal year 2007 pursuant to sec-
tion 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for El 
Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Honduras under the 
headings ‘‘CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PRO-
GRAMS FUND’’ and ‘‘DEVELOPMENT ASSIST-
ANCE’’, should be made available for each such country 
from funds appropriated under such headings by this Act. 
(b) Not less than the aggregate amount of funds ini-
tially allocated for the fiscal year 2007 pursuant to section 
653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for countries 
in the Western Hemisphere under the heading ‘‘FOR-
EIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM’’, should be 
made available for such countries from funds appropriated 
under such heading by this Act: Provided, That not less 
than the following amounts from funds appropriated by 
this Act under such heading shall be made available to 
enhance security in the Western Hemisphere consistent 
with democratic principles and the rule of law— 
(1) $48,000,000 for assistance for Colombia; 
(2) $4,800,000 for assistance for El Salvador; 
(3) $500,000 for assistance for Honduras; 
(4) $300,000 for assistance for Bolivia; 
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(5) $250,000 for assistance for Guatemala; and 
(6) $100,000 for assistance for Belize. 
(c) Funds made available pursuant to subsection (b) 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 678. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $81,000,000 of 
the funds made available in title III of this Act to carry 
out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE 
BALTIC STATES’’, may be used by the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID) to hire 
and employ individuals in the United States and overseas 
on a limited appointment basis pursuant to the authority 
of sections 308 and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS.— 
(1) The number of individuals hired in any fis-
cal year pursuant to the authority contained in sub-
section (a) may not exceed 175. 
(2) The authority to hire individuals contained 
in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 
2009. 
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(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 
may only be used to the extent that an equivalent number 
of positions that are filled by personal services contractors 
or other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who are 
compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR 
EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES’’, 
are eliminated. 
(d) PRIORITY SECTORS.—In exercising the authority 
of this section, primary emphasis shall be placed on ena-
bling USAID to meet personnel positions in technical skill 
areas currently encumbered by contractor or other non- 
direct hire personnel. 
(e) CONSULTATIONS.—The USAID Administrator 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations at 
least on a quarterly basis concerning the implementation 
of this section. 
(f) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 
charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 
under the authority of this section shall be the account 
to which such individual’s responsibilities primarily relate. 
Funds made available to carry out this section may be 
transferred to and merged and consolidated with funds ap-
propriated for ‘‘OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE 
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UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT’’. 
(g) MANAGEMENT REFORM PILOT.—Of the funds 
made available in subsection (a), USAID may use, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, up to 
$10,000,000 to fund overseas support costs of members 
of the Foreign Service with a Foreign Service rank of four 
or below: Provided, That such authority is only used to 
reduce USAID’s reliance on overseas personal services 
contractors or other non-direct hire employees com-
pensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR 
EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES’’. 
(h) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appro-
priated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR 
EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES’’, 
may be used, in addition to funds otherwise available for 
such purposes, for the cost (including the support costs) 
of individuals detailed to or employed by the United States 
Agency for International Development whose primary re-
sponsibility is to carry out programs in response to natural 
disasters. 
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OPIC TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 679. Whenever the President determines that 
it is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under title III of this Act may be 
transferred to and merged with funds appropriated by this 
Act for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Pro-
gram Account, to be subject to the terms and conditions 
of that account: Provided, That such funds shall not be 
available for administrative expenses of the Overseas Pri-
vate Investment Corporation: Provided further, That des-
ignated funding levels in this Act shall not be transferred 
pursuant to this section: Provided further, That the exer-
cise of such authority shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 680. The Secretary of State shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 
2008, and for each fiscal quarter, a report in writing on 
the uses of funds made available under the headings 
‘‘FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM’’, 
‘‘INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND 
TRAINING’’, and ‘‘PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS’’: 
Provided, That such report shall include a description of 
the obligation and expenditure of funds, and the specific 
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