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FINANCIAL MARKET ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 630. Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT 
AGENCY’’, 
‘‘DEVELOPMENT 
ASSISTANCE’’, 
‘‘TRANSITION INITIATIVES’’, ‘‘ECONOMIC SUP-
PORT FUND’’, ‘‘INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECH-
NICAL ASSISTANCE’’, ‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR THE 
INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SO-
VIET UNION’’, ‘‘NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TER-
RORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMS’’, 
and ‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND 
BALTIC STATES’’, not less than $40,000,000 should be 
made available for building capital markets and financial 
systems in countries eligible to receive United States as-
sistance. 
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 631. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities au-
thorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the 
Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly report 
to the Committees on Appropriations whenever it is con-
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ducting activities or is proposing to conduct activities in 
a country for which assistance is prohibited. 
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 632. None of the funds appropriated under ti-
tles II through V of this Act may be obligated or expended 
to provide— 
(1) any financial incentive to a business enter-
prise currently located in the United States for the 
purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 
outside the United States if such incentive or in-
ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ-
ees of such business enterprise in the United States 
because United States production is being replaced 
by such enterprise outside the United States; or 
(2) assistance for any program, project, or ac-
tivity that contributes to the violation of internation-
ally recognized workers rights, as defined in section 
507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the 
recipient country, including any designated zone or 
area in that country: Provided, That the application 
of section 507(4) (D) and (E) of such Act should be 
commensurate with the level of development of the 
recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 
assistance for the informal sector in such country, 
micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 
agriculture.
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SPECIAL AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 633. (a) AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, PAKISTAN, LEB-
ANON, MONTENEGRO, VICTIMS
OF WAR, DISPLACED 
CHILDREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available for assistance 
for Afghanistan may be made available notwithstanding 
section 612 of this Act or any similar provision of law and 
section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and 
funds appropriated in titles II and III of this Act that 
are made available for Iraq, Lebanon, Montenegro, Paki-
stan, and for victims of war, displaced children, and dis-
placed Burmese, and to assist victims of trafficking in per-
sons and, subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, to combat such traf-
ficking, may be made available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law. 
(b) TROPICAL FORESTRY AND BIODIVERSITY CON-
SERVATION ACTIVITIES.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, 
and chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, for the purpose of supporting tropical forestry and 
biodiversity conservation activities and energy programs 
aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided,
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That such assistance shall be subject to sections 116, 
502B, and 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(c) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 
chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be used 
by the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment to employ up to 25 personal services contractors in 
the United States, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim support 
for new or expanded overseas programs and activities 
managed by the agency until permanent direct hire per-
sonnel are hired and trained: Provided, That not more 
than 10 of such contractors shall be assigned to any bu-
reau or office: Provided further, That such funds appro-
priated to carry out title II of the Agricultural Trade De-
velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, may be made avail-
able only for personal services contractors assigned to the 
Office of Food for Peace. 
(d)(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the provi-
sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the Presi-
dent determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives and the President pro
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tempore of the Senate that it is important to the national 
security interests of the United States. 
(2) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION
OF WAIVER.—Any 
waiver pursuant to paragraph (1) 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. 
(e) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 
award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro-
priated by this Act, the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development may provide an exception to the fair 
opportunity process for placing task orders under such 
contracts when the order is placed with any category of 
small or small disadvantaged business. 
(f) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHOR-
ITY.—In providing assistance with funds appropriated by 
this Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, support for a nation emerging from insta-
bility may be deemed to mean support for regional, dis-
trict, municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging 
from instability, as well as a nation emerging from insta-
bility. 
(g) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Of the funds managed 
by the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance of the United States Agency for International 
Development, from this or any other Act, not less than
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$10,000,000 shall be made available as a general contribu-
tion to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law. 
(h) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.— 
(1) With respect to funds appropriated by this 
Act that are available for assistance for Pakistan, 
the President may waive the prohibition on assist-
ance contained in section 608 of this Act subject to 
the requirements contained in section 1(b) of Public 
Law 107–57, as amended, for a determination and 
certification, and consultation, by the President 
prior to the exercise of such waiver authority. 
(2) Section 612 of this Act and section 620(q) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not 
apply with respect to assistance for Pakistan from 
funds appropriated by this Act. 
(3) Notwithstanding the date contained in sec-
tion 6 of Public Law 107–57, as amended, the provi-
sions of sections 2 and 4 of that Act shall remain 
in effect through the current fiscal year. 
(i) MIDDLE EAST FOUNDATION.—Of the funds ap-
propriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘ECONOMIC 
SUPPORT FUND’’ that are available for the Middle East 
Partnership Initiative, may be made available, including 
as an endowment, notwithstanding any other provision of
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law and following consultations with the Committees on 
Appropriations, to establish and operate a Middle East 
Foundation, or any other similar entity, whose purposes 
include to support democracy, governance, human rights, 
and the rule of law: Provided, That such funds may be 
made available to the Foundation only to the extent that 
the Foundation has commitments from sources other than 
the United States Government to at least match the funds 
provided under the authority of this subsection: Provided 
further, That provisions contained in section 201 of the 
Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 
1989 (excluding the authorizations of appropriations pro-
vided in subsection (b) of that section and the requirement 
that a majority of the members of the board of directors 
be citizens of the United States provided in subsection 
(d)(3)(B) of that section) shall be deemed to apply to any 
such foundation or similar entity referred to under this 
subsection, and to funds made available to such entity, 
in order to enable it to provide assistance for purposes 
of this section: Provided further, That prior to the initial 
obligation of funds for any such foundation or similar enti-
ty pursuant to the authorities of this subsection, other 
than for administrative support, the Secretary of State 
shall take steps to ensure, on an ongoing basis, that any 
such funds made available pursuant to such authorities
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are not provided to or through any individual or group 
that the management of the foundation or similar entity 
knows or has reason to believe, advocates, plans, sponsors, 
or otherwise engages in terrorist activities: Provided fur-
ther, That section 629 of this Act shall apply to any such 
foundation or similar entity established pursuant to this 
subsection: Provided further, That the authority of the 
Foundation, or any similar entity, to provide assistance 
shall cease to be effective on September 30, 2010. 
(j) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—The Foreign Oper-
ations Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–167) is amended— 
(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 
(A) in subsection(b)(3), before ‘‘2007’’ by 
striking ‘‘and’’, and after ‘‘2007’’ by inserting, 
‘‘and 2008,’’ and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2007’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2008’’; and 
(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in 
subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2008’’. 
ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL 
SEC. 634. It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 
secondary boycott of American firms that have com-
mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace
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in the region and to United States investment and 
trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 
(2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret-
tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 
publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 
Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 
(3) all Arab League states should normalize re-
lations with their neighbor Israel; 
(4) the President and the Secretary of State 
should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab 
League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to 
demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking 
into consideration the participation of any recipient 
country in the boycott when determining to sell 
weapons to said country; and 
(5) the President should report to Congress an-
nually on specific steps being taken by the United 
States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 
their relations with Israel to bring about the termi-
nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, includ-
ing those to encourage allies and trading partners of 
the United States to enact laws prohibiting busi-
nesses from complying with the boycott and penal-
izing businesses that do comply.
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ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 635. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained under 
titles II through V of this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re-
strict assistance in support of programs of nongovern-
mental organizations from funds appropriated by this Act 
to carry out the provisions of chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 
of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, and from funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE 
AND THE BALTIC STATES’’: Provided, That before 
using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 
in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 
the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions under the regular notification procedures of those 
committees, including a description of the program to be 
assisted, the assistance to be provided, and the reasons 
for furnishing such assistance: Provided further, That 
nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any 
existing statutory prohibitions against abortion or involun-
tary sterilizations contained in this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2008, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re-
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strict assistance under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act 
and made available pursuant to this subsection may be 
obligated or expended except as provided through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup-
port international terrorism; or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 
of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 
country that violates internationally recognized 
human rights. 
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 636. (a) Funds appropriated under titles II 
through V of this Act which are specifically designated 
may be reprogrammed for other programs within the same 
account notwithstanding the designation if compliance 
with the designation is made impossible by operation of 
any provision of this or any other Act: Provided, That any 
such reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:
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Provided further, That assistance that is reprogrammed 
pursuant to this subsection shall be made available under 
the same terms and conditions as originally provided. 
(b) In addition to the authority contained in sub-
section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap-
propriated by this Act and administered by the United 
States Agency for International Development that are spe-
cifically designated for particular programs or activities by 
this or any other Act shall be extended for an additional 
fiscal year if the Administrator of such agency determines 
and reports promptly to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the termination of assistance to a country or 
a significant change in circumstances makes it unlikely 
that such designated funds can be obligated during the 
original period of availability: Provided, That such des-
ignated funds that are continued available for an addi-
tional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the purpose 
of such designation. 
CEILINGS AND DESIGNATED FUNDING LEVELS 
SEC. 637. Ceilings and specifically designated fund-
ing levels contained in this Act shall not be applicable to 
funds or authorities appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically 
so directs: Provided, That specifically designated funding 
levels or minimum funding requirements contained in any
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other Act shall not be applicable to funds appropriated 
by this Act. 
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA 
SEC. 638. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
within the United States not authorized before the date 
of the enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided, 
That not to exceed $25,000 may be made available to 
carry out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96– 
533. 
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS 
MEMBERS 
SEC. 639. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to titles II through V of this Act for 
carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be 
used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, arrear-
ages, or dues of any member of the United Nations or, 
from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 
1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the 
costs for participation of another country’s delegation at 
international conferences held under the auspices of multi-
lateral or international organizations. 
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION 
SEC. 640. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to titles II through V of this Act shall 
be available to a nongovernmental organization which fails
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to provide upon timely request any document, file, or 
record necessary to the auditing requirements of the 
United States Agency for International Development. 
PROHIBITION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
FOREIGN
GOVERN-
MENTS
THAT
EXPORT
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIP-
MENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL 
TERRORISM 
SEC. 641. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by titles II through V of this Act 
may be available to any foreign government which provides 
lethal military equipment to a country the government of 
which the Secretary of State has determined is a terrorist 
government for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Ad-
ministration Act of 1979. The prohibition under this sec-
tion with respect to a foreign government shall terminate 
12 months after that government ceases to provide such 
military equipment. This section applies with respect to 
lethal military equipment provided under a contract en-
tered into after October 1, 1997. 
(b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any 
other similar provision of law, may be furnished if the 
President determines that furnishing such assistance is 
important to the national interests of the United States. 
(c) Whenever the waiver authority of subsection (b) 
is exercised, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
Congressional committees a report with respect to the fur-
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nishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include 
a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, in-
cluding the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, 
and an explanation of how the assistance furthers United 
States national interests. 
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES AND 
REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
SEC. 642. (a) Subject to subsection (c), of the funds 
appropriated under titles II through V of this Act that 
are made available for assistance for a foreign country, 
an amount equal to 110 percent of the total amount of 
the unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties 
and unpaid property taxes owed by the central government 
of such country shall be withheld from obligation for as-
sistance for the central government of such country until 
the Secretary of State submits a certification to the appro-
priate congressional committees stating that such parking 
fines and penalties and unpaid property taxes are fully 
paid. 
(b) Funds withheld from obligation pursuant to sub-
section (a) may be made available for other programs or 
activities funded by this Act, after consultation with and 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the appro-
priate congressional committees, provided that no such 
funds shall be made available for assistance for the central 
government of a foreign country that has not paid the
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total amount of the fully adjudicated parking fines and 
penalties and unpaid property taxes owed by such country. 
(c) Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that 
have been withheld under any other provision of law. 
(d)(1) The Secretary of State may waive the require-
ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to parking 
fines and penalties no sooner than 60 days from the date 
of enactment of this Act, or at any time with respect to 
a particular country, if the Secretary determines that it 
is in the national interests of the United States to do so. 
(2) The Secretary of State may waive the require-
ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to the un-
paid property taxes if the Secretary of State determines 
that it is in the national interests of the United States 
to do so. 
(e) Not later than six months after the initial exercise 
of the waiver authority in subsection (d), the Secretary 
of State, after consultations with the City of New York, 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
describing a strategy, including a timetable and steps cur-
rently being taken, to collect the parking fines and pen-
alties and unpaid property taxes and interest owed by na-
tions receiving foreign assistance under this Act. 
(f) In this section:
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(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives. 
(2) The term ‘‘fully adjudicated’’ includes cir-
cumstances in which the person to whom the vehicle 
is registered— 
(A)(i) has not responded to the parking 
violation summons; or (ii) has not followed the 
appropriate adjudication procedure to challenge 
the summons; and 
(B) the period of time for payment of or 
challenge to the summons has lapsed. 
(3) The term ‘‘parking fines and penalties’’ 
means parking fines and penalties— 
(A) owed to— 
(i) the District of Columbia; or 
(ii) New York, New York; and 
(B) incurred during the period April 1, 
1997, through September 30, 2007. 
(4) The term ‘‘unpaid property taxes’’ means 
the amount of unpaid taxes and interest determined 
to be owed by a foreign country on real property in 
the District of Columbia or New York, New York in 
a court order or judgment entered against such
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country by a court of the United States or any State 
or subdivision thereof. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE 
WEST BANK AND GAZA 
SEC. 643. None of the funds appropriated under ti-
tles II through V of this Act may be obligated for assist-
ance for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for 
the West Bank and Gaza unless the President has exer-
cised the authority under section 604(a) of the Middle 
East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of Public 
Law 104–107) or any other legislation to suspend or make 
inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 and that suspension is still in effect: Provided, That 
if the President fails to make the certification under sec-
tion 604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act 
of 1995 or to suspend the prohibition under other legisla-
tion, funds appropriated by this Act may not be obligated 
for assistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization 
for the West Bank and Gaza. 
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN 
SEC. 644. If the President determines that doing so 
will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 
genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up 
to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United
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Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to 
the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 
Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the 
Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola-
tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained 
in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determina-
tion required under this section shall be in lieu of any de-
terminations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro-
vided further, That the drawdown made under this section 
for any tribunal shall not be construed as an endorsement 
or precedent for the establishment of any standing or per-
manent international criminal tribunal or court: Provided 
further, That funds made available for tribunals other 
than Yugoslavia, Rwanda, or the Special Court for Sierra 
Leone shall be made available subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
LANDMINES 
SEC. 645. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, demining equipment available to the United States 
Agency for International Development and the Depart-
ment of State and used in support of the clearance of 
landmines and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian 
purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign 
countries, subject to such terms and conditions as the 
President may prescribe.