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financial support of indictees, and the surrender and
transfer of indictees or assistance in their apprehen-
sion, including Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic;
(2) taking steps that are consistent with the
Dayton Accords to end Serbian financial, political,
security and other support which has served to main-
tain separate Republika Srpska institutions; and
(3) taking steps to implement policies which re-
flect a respect for minority rights and the rule of law.
(d) This section shall not apply to Kosovo, humani-
tarian assistance or assistance to promote democracy.
COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE
SEC. 662. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by
this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part
I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of that
Act, to enhance the effectiveness and accountability of civil-
ian police authority through training and technical assist-
ance in human rights, the rule of law, strategic planning,
and through assistance to foster civilian police roles that
support democratic governance including assistance for
programs to prevent conflict, respond to disasters, address
gender-based violence, and foster improved police relations
with the communities they serve.
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub-
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the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on
Appropriations.
SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST
SEC. 663. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The
President may reduce amounts owed to the United States
(or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country
as a result of—
(1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 222
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under
the Arms Export Control Act; or
(3) any obligation or portion of such obligation,
to pay for purchases of United States agricultural
commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit
Corporation under export credit guarantee programs
authorized pursuant to section 5(f) of the Commodity
Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 1948, as
amended, section 4(b) of the Food for Peace Act of
1966, as amended (Public Law 89–808), or section
202 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, as amend-
ed (Public Law 95–501).
(b) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi-
cial debt relief and referendum agreements, commonly
referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’.
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(2) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only in such amounts or to such ex-
tent as is provided in advance by appropriations
Acts.
(3) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only with respect to countries with
heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from
the International Development Association, but not
from the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’
countries.
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country
whose government—
(1) does not have an excessive level of military
expenditures;
(2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts
of international terrorism;
(3) is not failing to cooperate on international
narcotics control matters;
(4) (including its military or other security
forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of gross
violations of internationally recognized human rights;
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(5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the
application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority provided
by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to the funds
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt Restruc-
turing’’.
(e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A reduc-
tion of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be consid-
ered assistance for the purposes of any provision of law lim-
iting assistance to a country. The authority provided by
subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding section
620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or section 321
of the International Development and Food Assistance Act
of 1975.
AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES
SEC. 664. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC-
TION, OR CANCELLATION.—
(1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL
CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may, in accordance with
this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any
concessional loan or portion thereof made before Jan-
uary 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, to the government of any eligible country as
defined in section 702(6) of that Act or on receipt of
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payment from an eligible purchaser, reduce or cancel
such loan or portion thereof, only for the purpose of
facilitating—
(A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop-
ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or
(B) a debt buyback by an eligible country
of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible
country uses an additional amount of the local
currency of the eligible country, equal to not less
than 40 percent of the price paid for such debt
by such eligible country, or the difference between
the price paid for such debt and the face value
of such debt, to support activities that link con-
servation and sustainable use of natural re-
sources with local community development, and
child survival and other child development, in a
manner consistent with sections 707 through 710
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, if the sale,
reduction, or cancellation would not contravene
any term or condition of any prior agreement
relating to such loan.
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac-
cordance with this section, establish the terms and
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conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced, or
canceled pursuant to this section.
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined
in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency
primarily responsible for administering part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that the
President has determined to be eligible, and shall di-
rect such agency to carry out the sale, reduction, or
cancellation of a loan pursuant to this section. Such
agency shall make adjustment in its accounts to re-
flect the sale, reduction, or cancellation.
(4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub-
section shall be available only to the extent that ap-
propriations for the cost of the modification, as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, are made in advance.
(b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the
sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced,
or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in
the United States Government account or accounts estab-
lished for the repayment of such loan.
(c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold pur-
suant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who pre-
sents plans satisfactory to the President for using the loan
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for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, debt-
for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
(d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to any
eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation pursu-
ant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible country,
the President should consult with the country concerning
the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or canceled and
their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development
swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority provided
by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt Restruc-
turing’’.
RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS
SEC. 665. Of the funds appropriated under the heading
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $20,000,000 shall
be made available to support reconciliation programs and
activities which bring together individuals of different eth-
nic, religious, and political backgrounds from areas of civil
conflict and war.
SUDAN
SEC. 666. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—Subject
to subsection (b):
(1) Notwithstanding section 501(a) of the Inter-
national Malaria Control Act of 2000 (Public Law
106–570) or any other provision of law, none of the
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funds appropriated by this Act may be made avail-
able for assistance for the Government of Sudan.
(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be made available for the cost, as defined in sec-
tion 502, of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of
modifying loans and loan guarantees held by the Gov-
ernment of Sudan, including the cost of selling, reduc-
ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States,
and modifying concessional loans, guarantees, and
credit agreements.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of
State determines and certifies and reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that—
(1) the Government of Sudan is honoring its
pledges to cease attacks upon civilians and has dis-
armed and demobilized the Janjaweed and other gov-
ernment-supported militias;
(2) the Government of Sudan and all govern-
ment-supported militia groups are honoring their
commitments made in all previous cease-fire agree-
ments; and
(3) the Government of Sudan is allowing
unimpeded access to Darfur to humanitarian aid or-
ganizations, the human rights investigation and hu-
manitarian teams of the United Nations, including
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protection officers, and an international monitoring
team that is based in Darfur and that has the sup-
port of the United States.
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of subsection (a)
shall not apply to—
(1) humanitarian assistance;
(2) assistance for Darfur and for areas outside
the control of the Government of Sudan; and
(3) assistance to support implementation of the
Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Darfur
Peace Agreement or any other internationally-recog-
nized peace agreement in Sudan.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the
term ‘‘Government of Sudan’’ shall not include the Govern-
ment of Southern Sudan.
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
SEC. 667. (a) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PRO-
GRAM.—Prior to the initial obligation of funds appro-
priated in this Act under the heading ‘‘International Orga-
nizations and Programs’’ for a United States contribution
to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the
Secretary of State shall certify and report to the Committees
on Appropriations that UNDP is—
(1) giving adequate and appropriate access to
information to the United States Mission to the
United Nations regarding UNDP’s programs and ac-
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tivities, as requested, including in North Korea and
Burma;
(2) conducting appropriate oversight of UNDP
programs and activities globally; and
(3) implementing the whistleblower protection
policy established by the United Nations Secretariat
in December 2005.
(b) WORLD BANK.—Twenty percent of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘International
Development Association’’ shall be withheld from disburse-
ment until the Secretary of the Treasury reports to the
Committees on Appropriations that—
(1) the World Bank has made publicly available,
in an appropriate manner, financial disclosure forms
of senior World Bank personnel, including those at
the level of managing director, vice president, and
above;
(2) the World Bank has established a plan and
maintains a schedule for conducting regular, inde-
pendent audits of internal management controls and
procedures for meeting operational objectives, and is
making reports describing the scope and findings of
such audits available to the public;
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(3) the World Bank is adequately staffing and
sufficiently funding the Department of Institutional
Integrity;
(4) the World Bank has made publicly available
the Department of Institutional Integrity’s November
23, 2005 ‘‘Report of Investigation into Reproductive
and Child Health I Project Credit N0180 India’’ and
any subsequent detailed implementation review, and
is implementing the recommendations of the Depart-
ment of Institutional Integrity regarding this project,
including recommendations concerning the prosecu-
tion of individuals engaged in corrupt practices; and
(5) the World Bank has made publicly available
the ‘‘Volker Panel’’ report regarding the review and
evaluation of the mandate and authorities, policies,
procedures, practices, independence, reporting lines,
and oversight mechanisms of the World Bank’s De-
partment of Institutional Integrity.
(c) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct an assessment of the financial manage-
ment and oversight of programs and activities funded under
the headings ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Global
Health Programs’’ (for HIV/AIDS programs), and ‘‘Global
HIV/AIDS Initiative’’ in this Act and prior Acts making
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing,
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and related programs. The assessment shall include an ex-
amination of donor coordination efforts, and recommenda-
tions for improving financial oversight of such programs
and activities.
(d) NATIONAL BUDGET TRANSPARENCY.—(1) None of
the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available
for assistance for the central government of any country
that fails to make publicly available on an annual basis
its national budget, to include income and expenditures.
(2) The Secretary of State may waive subsection
(d)(1) on a country-by-country basis if the Secretary
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to
do so is important to the national interests of the
United States.
(3) The reporting requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 585(b) of Public Law 108–7 regarding fiscal
transparency and accountability in countries whose
central governments receive United States foreign as-
sistance shall apply to this Act.
EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES
SEC. 668. Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during
fiscal year 2008, funds available to the Department of De-
fense may be expended for crating, packing, handling, and
transportation of excess defense articles transferred under
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the authority of section 516 of such Act to Albania, Afghani-
stan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugoslavian Re-
public of Macedonia, Georgia, India, Iraq, Latvia, Lith-
uania, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Slovakia,
and Ukraine.
ZIMBABWE
SEC. 669. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct
the United States executive director to each international
financial institution to vote against any extension by the
respective institution of any loans to the Government of
Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to promote
democracy, unless the Secretary of State determines and
certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule
of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, including respect
for ownership and title to property, freedom of speech and
association.
DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM
SEC. 670. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROGRAM.—
There is established within the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) a Development Grants
Program (DGP) to provide small grants to United States
and indigenous nongovernmental organizations for the pur-
pose of carrying out the provisions of chapters 1 and 10
of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961.
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(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—Grants from the DGP
shall be made only for proposals of nongovernmental orga-
nizations identified in the report accompanying this Act
that are recommended for consideration for funding by that
report, and for proposals of other nongovernmental organi-
zations that apply.
(c) COMPETITION.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, grants made pursuant to the authority of this sec-
tion shall be open, transparent and competitive.
(d) SIZE OF PROGRAM AND INDIVIDUAL GRANTS.—
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act to
carry out chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than
$50,000,000 shall be made available for purposes of
this section: Provided, That not more than 50 percent
of this amount shall be derived from funds appro-
priated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act.
(2) No individual grant, or grant amendment,
made pursuant to this section shall exceed $2,000,000.
(e) AVAILABILITY OF OTHER FUNDS.—Funds made
available under this section are in addition to other funds
available for such purposes including funds designated by
this Act by section 665, Reconciliation Programs.
(f) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term
‘‘nongovernmental organization’’ means a private and vol-
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untary organization or for-profit entity, and shall not in-
clude entities owned in whole or in part by a government
or governmental entity.
(g) REPORT.—Within 90 days from the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and after consultation with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, the Administrator of USAID shall
submit a report to those Committees describing the proce-
dures and mechanisms USAID will use to implement this
section.
MONITORING OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE
SEC. 671. Not later than 90 days after enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to
the Committees on Appropriations detailing the procedures
being applied, on a country-by-country basis, to monitor
whether funds appropriated by this Act under the heading
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for assistance for
Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia,
Pakistan, Philippines, and Sri Lanka, are misused by
units of the security forces of such countries against civil-
ians, including civilians who are members of political oppo-
sition parties and human rights groups.
DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND RECOVERY
SEC. 672. (a) Funds made available to the Comptroller
General under chapter 4 of title I of the Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106–31; 113 Stat.
69) and section 593 of the Foreign Operations, Export Fi-
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nancing, and Programs Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001
(Public Law 106–429; 114 Stat. 1900A–59) to monitor the
provisions of assistance to address the effects of hurricanes
in Central America and the Caribbean and the earthquake
in Colombia, and to monitor the earthquake relief and re-
construction efforts in El Salvador under section 561 of the
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Programs
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–115;
115 Stat. 2162) shall also be available to the Comptroller
General to monitor any other disaster assistance and recov-
ery effort.
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year
2008 and each year thereafter.
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 673. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $81,000,000 of the
funds made available in 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 East-
ern 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 pursu-
ant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980.
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(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.
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) may
only be used to the extent that an equivalent number of posi-
tions that are filled by personal services contractors or other
nondirect-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
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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 United States
Agency for International Development’’.
(g) MANAGEMENT REFORM PILOT.—Of the funds made
available in subsection (a), USAID may use, in addition
to funds otherwise available for such purposes, up to
$15,000,000 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 re-
duce USAID’s reliance on overseas personal services con-
tractors or other nondirect-hire employees compensated with
funds appropriated to carry out part I of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under
the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic
States’’.
(h) DISASTER
SURGE
CAPACITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under the
heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic
States’’, may be used, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able for such purposes, for the cost (including the support
costs) of individuals detailed to or employed by the United
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States Agency for International Development whose pri-
mary responsibility is to carry out programs in response
to natural disasters.
OPIC TRANSFER AUTHORITY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 674. Whenever the President determines that it
is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under title II of this Act may be transferred to and
merged with funds appropriated by this Act for the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation Program Account, to
be subject to the terms and conditions of that account: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall not be available for adminis-
trative expenses of the Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration: Provided further, That funds earmarked by this
Act shall not be transferred pursuant to this section: Pro-
vided further, That the exercise of such authority shall be
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
REPORTING REQUIREMENT
SEC. 675. 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 ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
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ations’’: Provided, That such report shall include a descrip-
tion of the obligation and expenditure of funds, and the spe-
cific country in receipt of, and the use or purpose of the
assistance provided by such funds.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
SEC. 676. (a) BIODIVERSITY.—Of the funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not
less than $195,000,000 shall be made available for programs
and activities which directly protect biodiversity, including
forests, in developing countries, of which not less than the
amount of funds initially allocated pursuant to section
653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal year
2006 shall be made available for such activities in Brazil,
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, and that in addition
to such amounts for such countries not less than
$15,000,000 shall be made available for the United States
Agency for International Development’s Amazon Basin
Conservation Initiative: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated by this Act, not less than $2,000,000 should be made
available for wildlife conservation and protected area man-
agement in the Boma-Jonglei landscape of Southern Sudan,
and not less than $17,500,000 shall be made available for
the Congo Basin Forest Partnership of which not less than
$2,500,000 shall be made available to the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service for wildlife conservation pro-
grams in Central Africa.
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(b) ENERGY.—
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not
less than $195,000,000 shall be made available to sup-
port clean energy and other climate change programs
in developing countries, of which not less than
$125,000,000 should be made available to directly
promote and deploy energy conservation, energy effi-
ciency, and renewable and clean energy technologies
with an emphasis on small hydro, solar and wind en-
ergy, and of which the balance should be made avail-
able to directly: (1) reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
(2) increase carbon sequestration activities; and (3)
support climate change mitigation and adaptation
programs.
(2) The Secretary of State shall convene an
interagency committee, including appropriate offi-
cials of the Department of State, the United States
Agency for International Development, and the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, to evaluate the specific
needs of developing countries in adapting to climate
change impacts: Provided, That the Secretary shall
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations
not later than September 1, 2008, describing such
needs, on a country-by-country and regional basis,
and the actions planned and being taken by the
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United States, including funding provided to devel-
oping countries specifically for adaptation to climate
change impacts.
(c) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.—
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall inform
the managements of the international financial insti-
tutions and the public that it is the policy of the
United States that any assistance by such institutions
(including but not limited to any loan, credit, grant,
or guarantee) for the extraction and export of oil, gas,
coal, timber, or other natural resource should not be
provided unless the government of the country has in
place functioning systems for: (A) accurately account-
ing for revenues and expenditures in connection with
the extraction and export of the type of natural re-
source to be extracted or exported; (B) the inde-
pendent auditing of such accounts and the widespread
public dissemination of the audits; and (C) verifying
government receipts against company payments in-
cluding widespread dissemination of such payment
information, and disclosing such documents as Host
Government Agreements, Concession Agreements, and
bidding documents, allowing in any such dissemina-
tion or disclosure for the redaction of, or exceptions
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for, information that is commercially proprietary or
that would create competitive disadvantage.
(2) Not later than 180 days after the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit
a report to the Committees on Appropriations describ-
ing, for each international financial institution, the
amount and type of assistance provided, by country,
for the extraction and export of oil, gas, coal, timber,
or other national resource since September 30, 2007,
and whether each institution considered, in its pro-
posal for such assistance, the extent to which the
country has functioning systems described in para-
graph (c)(1).
(d) Funds appropriated under titles II, III and IV of
this Act shall to the maximum extent practicable, be subject
to the provisions of section 117 (relating to environment
and natural resources) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961.
UZBEKISTAN
SEC. 677. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—Funds
appropriated by this Act may be made available for assist-
ance for the central Government of Uzbekistan only if the
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees
on Appropriations that—
(1) the Government of Uzbekistan is making sub-
stantial and continuing progress in meeting its com-