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CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 
related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement 
of information technology and related capital investments, 
pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $77,700,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other-
wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That of the amounts appropriated under this 
heading, not to exceed $55,800,000 may be made available 
for the purposes of implementing the Capital Security 
Cost Sharing Program: Provided further, That the Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment shall assess fair and reasonable rental pay-
ments for the use of space by employees of other United 
States Government agencies in buildings constructed 
using funds appropriated under this heading, and such 
rental payments shall be deposited into this account as 
an offsetting collection: Provided further, That the rental 
payments collected pursuant to the previous proviso and 
deposited as an offsetting collection shall be available for 
obligation only pursuant to the regular notification proce-
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dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That the assignment of United States Government 
employees or contractors to space in buildings constructed 
using funds appropriated under this heading shall be sub-
ject to the concurrence of the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development. 
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$36,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2007, which sum shall be available for the Office of the 
Inspector General of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 4 of part II, $2,558,525,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2007: Provided, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$240,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which sum 
shall be available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and 
shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That not less than $495,000,000
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shall be available only for Egypt, which sum shall be pro-
vided on a grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer 
assistance shall be provided with the understanding that 
Egypt will undertake significant economic reforms which 
are additional to those which were undertaken in previous 
fiscal years: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading for Egypt, not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be used for programs to improve and 
promote democracy, governance, and human rights and 
not less than $50,000,000 shall be used for education pro-
grams: Provided further, That with respect to the provision 
of assistance for Egypt for democracy and governance ac-
tivities, the organizations implementing such assistance 
and the specific nature of that assistance shall not be sub-
ject to the prior approval by the Government of Egypt: 
Provided further, That in exercising the authority to pro-
vide cash transfer assistance for Israel, the President shall 
ensure that the level of such assistance does not cause an 
adverse impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports 
from the United States to such country and that Israel 
enters into a side letter agreement in an amount propor-
tional to the fiscal year 1999 agreement: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $250,000,000 should be made available only for 
assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That $20,000,000
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of the funds appropriated under this heading should be 
made available for Cyprus to be used only for scholarships, 
administrative support of the scholarship program, 
bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at reunification 
of the island and designed to reduce tensions and promote 
peace and cooperation between the two communities on 
Cyprus: Provided further, That $40,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading should be made available 
for assistance for Lebanon, of which not less than 
$6,000,000 should be made available for scholarships and 
direct support of American educational institutions in 
Lebanon: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading that are made available for a Middle East 
Financing Facility, Middle East Enterprise Fund, or any 
other similar entity in the Middle East shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That not more than 
$225,000,000 of the funds made available for assistance 
for Afghanistan under this heading may be obligated for 
such assistance until the Secretary of State certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations, that the Government of 
Afghanistan at both the national and local level, is cooper-
ating fully with United States funded poppy eradication 
and interdiction efforts in Afghanistan: Provided further, 
That with respect to funds appropriated under this head-
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ing in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams, the responsibility for policy decisions and justifica-
tions for the use of such funds, including whether there 
will be a program for a country that uses those funds and 
the amount of each such program, shall be the responsi-
bility of the Secretary of State and the Deputy Secretary 
of State and this responsibility shall not be delegated. 
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $13,500,000, which shall be available for the United 
States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland 
and shall be made available in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 
(Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall 
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time-
ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading shall re-
main available until September 30, 2007. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC 
STATES 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support 
for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, 
$357,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
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2007, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun-
tries and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, for assistance and for related programs for Eastern 
Europe and the Baltic States. 
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available 
the administrative authorities contained in that Act for 
the use of economic assistance. 
(c) The provisions of section 529 of this Act shall 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, 
That local currencies generated by, or converted from, 
funds appropriated by this Act and by previous appropria-
tions Acts and made available for the economic revitaliza-
tion program in Bosnia may be used in Eastern Europe 
and the Baltic States to carry out the provisions of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East 
European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989. 
(d) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap-
propriated under this heading made available for economic 
revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he 
determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has 
not complied with article III of annex 1–A of the General
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Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and 
Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, 
and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga-
tions, and related activities between state sponsors of ter-
rorism and terrorist organizations and Bosnian officials 
has not been terminated. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE 
FORMER SOVIET UNION 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assist-
ance for the Independent States of the former Soviet 
Union and for related programs, $477,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That the 
provisions of such chapters shall apply to funds appro-
priated by this paragraph: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any provision of the Freedom Support Act 
of 1992, funds appropriated under this heading in this Act 
or prior Acts making appropriations for foreign oper-
ations, export financing, and related programs, that are 
made available pursuant to the provisions of section 807 
of Public Law 102–511 shall be subject to a 6 percent 
ceiling on administrative expenses. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $52,000,000 should be made available, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for
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assistance for child survival, environmental and reproduc-
tive health, and to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and 
other infectious diseases, and for related activities. 
(c)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading 
that are allocated for assistance for the Government of 
the Russian Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from 
obligation until the President determines and certifies in 
writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
ernment of the Russian Federation—
(A) has terminated implementation of arrange-
ments to provide Iran with technical expertise, train-
ing, technology, or equipment necessary to develop a 
nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facilities or 
programs, or ballistic missile capability; and 
(B) is providing full access to international non-
government organizations providing humanitarian 
relief to refugees and internally displaced persons in 
Chechnya. 
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—
(A) assistance to combat infectious diseases, 
child survival activities, or assistance for victims of 
trafficking in persons; and 
(B) activities authorized under title V (Non-
proliferation and Disarmament Programs and Ac-
tivities) of the FREEDOM Support Act.
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(d) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall 
not apply to—
(1) activities to support democracy or assist-
ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act 
and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201 or non-
proliferation assistance; 
(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 
Development Agency under section 661 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421); 
(3) any activity carried out by a member of the 
United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 
acting within his or her official capacity; 
(4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee or 
other assistance provided by the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2191 et seq.); 
(5) any financing provided under the Export-
Import Bank Act of 1945; or 
(6) humanitarian assistance. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 
the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 
provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act
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of 1969, $19,500,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2007. 
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the 
International Security and Development Cooperation Act 
of 1980, Public Law 96–533, $20,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That funds 
made available to grantees may be invested pending ex-
penditure for project purposes when authorized by the 
board of directors of the Foundation: Provided further, 
That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes 
for which the grant was made: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the 
board of directors of the Foundation may waive the 
$250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect 
to a project: Provided further, That the Foundation shall 
provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
after each time such waiver authority is exercised. 
PEACE CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), including the pur-
chase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 
administrative purposes for use outside of the United 
States, $325,000,000, to remain available until September
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30, 2007: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Pro-
vided further, That the Director may transfer to the For-
eign Currency Fluctuations Account, as authorized by 22 
U.S.C. 2515, an amount not to exceed $2,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso may not be derived from amounts made 
available for Peace Corps overseas operations. 
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION 
For necessary expenses for the ‘‘Millennium Chal-
lenge Corporation’’, $1,750,000,000 to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, up to $75,000,000 may be available 
for administrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge 
Corporation: Provided further, That up to 10 percent of 
the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available to carry out the purposes of section 616 of the 
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003: Provided further, That 
none of the funds available to carry out section 616 of 
such Act may be made available until the Chief Executive 
Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation provides 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations listing the 
candidate countries that will be receiving assistance under 
section 616 of such Act, the level of assistance proposed 
for each such country, a description of the proposed pro-
grams, projects and activities, and the implementing agen-
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cy or agencies of the United States Government: Provided 
further, That section 605(e)(4) of the Millennium Chal-
lenge Act of 2003 shall apply to funds appropriated under 
this heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading may be made available for a Millen-
nium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 
609 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 only if such 
Compact obligates, or contains a commitment to obligate 
subject to the availability of funds and the mutual agree-
ment of the parties to the Compact to proceed, the entire 
amount of the United States Government funding antici-
pated for the duration of the Compact. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
GLOBAL HIV/AIDS INITIATIVE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the prevention, 
treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, 
$1,920,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not less than $200,000,000 shall be made available for 
a United States Contribution to the Global Fund to Fight 
AIDS, Turberculosis and Malaria (the ‘‘Global Fund’’), 
and shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to 
make timely payment for projects and activities: Provided 
further, That not more than $12,000,000 of the funds ap-
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propriated under this heading may be made available for 
administrative expenses of the Office of the Coordinator 
of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/
AIDS Globally of the Department of State. 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $437,400,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That 
during fiscal year 2006, the Department of State may also 
use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive 
excess property from an agency of the United States Gov-
ernment for the purpose of providing it to a foreign coun-
try under chapter 8 of part I of that Act subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 
shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations not 
later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act and prior to the initial obligation of funds appro-
priated under this heading, a report on the proposed uses 
of all funds under this heading on a country-by-country 
basis for each proposed program, project, or activity: Pro-
vided further, That $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading should be made available for demand 
reduction programs: Provided further, That of the funds
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appropriated under this heading, not more than 
$33,484,000 may be available for administrative expenses. 
ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support 
counterdrug activities in the Andean region of South 
America, $734,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008: Provided, That in fiscal year 2006, 
funds available to the Department of State for assistance 
to the Government of Colombia shall be available to sup-
port a unified campaign against narcotics trafficking, 
against activities by organizations designated as terrorist 
organizations such as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of 
Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), 
and the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), 
and to take actions to protect human health and welfare 
in emergency circumstances, including undertaking rescue 
operations: Provided further, That this authority shall 
cease to be effective if the Secretary of State has credible 
evidence that the Colombian Armed Forces are not con-
ducting vigorous operations to restore government author-
ity and respect for human rights in areas under the effec-
tive control of paramilitary and guerrilla organizations: 
Provided further, That the President shall ensure that if 
any helicopter procured with funds under this heading is 
used to aid or abet the operations of any illegal self-de-
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fense group or illegal security cooperative, such helicopter 
shall be immediately returned to the United States: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, shall provide to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and prior to the initial 
obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, a re-
port on the proposed uses of all funds under this heading 
on a country-by-country basis for each proposed program, 
project, or activity: Provided further, That funds made 
available in this Act for demobilization/reintegration of 
members of foreign terrorist organizations in Colombia 
shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That section 482(b) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appro-
priated under this heading: Provided further, That assist-
ance provided with funds appropriated under this heading 
that is made available notwithstanding section 482(b) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made avail-
able subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That no 
United States Armed Forces personnel or United States 
civilian contractor employed by the United States will par-
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ticipate in any combat operation in connection with assist-
ance made available by this Act for Colombia: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing, not more than $19,015,000 may be available for ad-
ministrative expenses of the Department of State, and not 
more than $7,800,000 may be available, in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for admin-
istrative expenses of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
to enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized 
by law, a contribution to the International Committee of 
the Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contribu-
tions to the International Organization for Migration and 
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and 
other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; sala-
ries and expenses of personnel and dependents as author-
ized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as 
authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, 
United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, $790,720,000, which shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not more than 
$22,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this
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heading may be made available for a headquarters con-
tribution to the International Committee of the Red Cross 
only if the Secretary of State determines (and so reports 
to the appropriate committees of Congress) that the 
Magen David Adom Society of Israel is not being denied 
participation in the activities of the International Red 
Cross and Red Crescent Movement. 
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION 
ASSISTANCE FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 
Act of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended.
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 
$400,350,000, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-
terrorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM 
Support Act, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 
or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activi-
ties, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction 
of small arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign
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countries, including activities implemented through non-
governmental and international organizations, and section 
301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a voluntary 
contribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency 
(IAEA), and for a United States contribution to the Com-
prehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Com-
mission: Provided, That of this amount not to exceed 
$37,500,000, to remain available until expended, may be 
made available for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament 
Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of law that re-
stricts assistance to foreign countries, to promote bilateral 
and multilateral activities relating to nonproliferation and 
disarmament: Provided further, That such funds may also 
be used for such countries other than the Independent 
States of the former Soviet Union and international orga-
nizations when it is in the national security interest of the 
United States to do so: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated under this heading may be made available for 
the International Atomic Energy Agency only if the Sec-
retary of State determines (and so reports to the Con-
gress) that Israel is not being denied its right to partici-
pate in the activities of that Agency: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available for demining and related 
activities, not to exceed $705,000, in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes, may be used for ad-
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ministrative expenses related to the operation and man-
agement of the demining program: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading that are available 
for ‘‘Anti-terrorism Assistance’’ and ‘‘Export Control and 
Border Security’’ shall remain available until September 
30, 2007: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be made available for programs 
and countries in the amounts contained in the table in-
cluded in the report accompanying this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That any proposed increases or decreases to the 
amounts contained in such table shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committee on Ap-
propriations and section 634A of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 and notifications shall be transmitted at least 
15 days in advance of the obligation of funds. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, which shall be available notwithstanding any other 
provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun-
tries. 
DEBT RESTRUCTURING 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and
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loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for 
which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made 
available for programs within the International Affairs 
Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling, reduc-
ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as 
a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries, 
pursuant to parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, of modifying concessional credit agreements with 
least developed countries, as authorized under section 411 
of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
of 1954, as amended, of concessional loans, guarantees 
and credit agreements, as authorized under section 572 
of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–
461), and of canceling amounts owed, as a result of loans 
or guarantees made pursuant to the Export-Import Bank 
Act of 1945, by countries that are eligible for debt reduc-
tion pursuant to title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law 
by 
section 
1000(a)(5) 
of 
Public 
Law 
106–113, 
$65,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2008: Provided, That not less than $20,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail-
able to carry out the provisions of part V of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That up to 
$45,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
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may be used by the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to 
the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Trust Fund 
administered by the International Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development amounts for the benefit of countries 
that are eligible for debt reduction pursuant to title V of 
H.R. 3425 as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(5) of 
Public Law 106–113: Provided further, That amounts paid 
to the HIPC Trust Fund may be used only to fund debt 
reduction under the enhanced HIPC initiative by—
(1) the Inter-American Development Bank; 
(2) the African Development Fund; 
(3) the African Development Bank; and 
(4) the Central American Bank for Economic 
Integration: 
Provided further, That funds may not be paid to the HIPC 
Trust Fund for the benefit of any country if the Secretary 
of State has credible evidence that the government of such 
country is engaged in a consistent pattern of gross viola-
tions of internationally recognized human rights or in mili-
tary or civil conflict that undermines its ability to develop 
and implement measures to alleviate poverty and to devote 
adequate human and financial resources to that end: Pro-
vided further, That on the basis of final appropriations, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with the Com-
mittees on Appropriations concerning which countries and
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international financial institutions are expected to benefit 
from a United States contribution to the HIPC Trust 
Fund during the fiscal year: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the Committees on 
Appropriations not less than 15 days in advance of the 
signature of an agreement by the United States to make 
payments to the HIPC Trust Fund of amounts for such 
countries and institutions: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Treasury may disburse funds designated for 
debt reduction through the HIPC Trust Fund only for the 
benefit of countries that—
(1) have committed, for a period of 24 months, 
not to accept new market-rate loans from the inter-
national financial institution receiving debt repay-
ment as a result of such disbursement, other than 
loans made by such institutions to export-oriented 
commercial projects that generate foreign exchange 
which are generally referred to as ‘‘enclave’’ loans; 
and 
(2) have documented and demonstrated their 
commitment to redirect their budgetary resources 
from international debt repayments to programs to 
alleviate poverty and promote economic growth that 
are additional to or expand upon those previously 
available for such purposes:
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Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading in this or any other appropriations Act 
shall be made available for Sudan or Burma unless the 
Secretary of the Treasury determines and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations that a democratically elect-
ed government has taken office.
TITLE III—MILITARY ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$86,744,000, of which up to $3,000,000 may remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the civilian per-
sonnel for whom military education and training may be 
provided under this heading may include civilians who are 
not members of a government whose participation would 
contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian con-
trol of the military, or respect for human rights: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading for 
military education and training for Nigeria may only be 
provided through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for grants to enable the 
President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the
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Arms Export Control Act, $4,442,300,000: Provided, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $2,280,000,000 shall be available for grants only 
for Israel, and not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be made 
available for grants only for Egypt: Provided further, That 
the funds appropriated by this paragraph for Israel shall 
be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That to the extent that the Government 
of Israel requests that funds be used for such purposes, 
grants made available for Israel by this paragraph shall, 
as agreed by Israel and the United States, be available 
for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than 
$595,000,000 shall be available for the procurement in 
Israel of defense articles and defense services, including 
research and development: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated by this paragraph, $206,000,000 
should be made available for assistance for Jordan: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this paragraph shall be nonrepayable notwith-
standing any requirement in section 23 of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able under this paragraph shall be obligated upon appor-
tionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of title 31, 
United States Code, section 1501(a).
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None of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 
articles, defense services, or design and construction serv-
ices that are not sold by the United States Government 
under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 
country proposing to make such procurements has first 
signed an agreement with the United States Government 
specifying the conditions under which such procurements 
may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun-
try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub-
mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec-
tion 515 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for assistance for Sudan and Guatemala: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading may be 
used, notwithstanding any other provision of law that re-
stricts assistance to foreign countries, for demining, the 
clearance of unexploded ordnance, and related activities, 
and may include activities implemented through non-
governmental and international organizations: Provided 
further, That only those countries for which assistance was 
justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financing Pro-
gram’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation 
for security assistance programs may utilize funds made 
available under this heading for procurement of defense
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articles, defense services or design and construction serv-
ices that are not sold by the United States Government 
under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be ex-
pended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely 
payment for defense articles and services: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $41,600,000 of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be obligated for necessary 
expenses, including the purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only for use outside of the United 
States, for the general costs of administering military as-
sistance and sales: Provided further, That not more than 
$373,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to section 
21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be obli-
gated for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense 
during fiscal year 2006 pursuant to section 43(b) of the 
Arms Export Control Act, except that this limitation may 
be exceeded only through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That foreign military financing program funds esti-
mated to be outlayed for Egypt during fiscal year 2006 
shall be transferred to an interest bearing account for 
Egypt in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York within 
30 days of enactment of this Act.
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PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$177,800,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be obligated or expended 
except as provided through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
TITLE IV—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC 
ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
ASSOCIATION 
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $950,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT 
GUARANTEE AGENCY 
For payment to the Multilateral Investment Guar-
antee Agency by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$1,741,515, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
The United States Governor of the Multilateral In-
vestment Guarantee Agency may subscribe without fiscal 
year limitation to the callable capital portion of the United
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States share of such capital in an amount not to exceed 
$8,126,527. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN INVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Inter-American Investment Cor-
poration by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,741,515, to 
remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS 
MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Mul-
tilateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, for the United States contribution to the fund, 
$1,741,515, to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For the United States contribution by the Secretary 
of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the Asian 
Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Develop-
ment Bank Act, as amended, $115,250,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
For payment to the African Development Bank by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, $5,638,350, for the United 
States paid-in share of the increase in capital stock, to 
remain available until expended.
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LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
The United States Governor of the African Develop-
ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 
for the callable capital portion of the United States share 
of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 
$88,333,855. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For the United States contribution by the Secretary 
of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the African 
Development Fund, $135,700,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR 
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$1,015,677 for the United States share of the paid-in por-
tion of the increase in capital stock, to remain available 
until expended. 
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
The United States Governor of the European Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe with-
out fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of 
the United States share of such capital stock in an amount 
not to exceed $2,249,888.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR 
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 
For the United States contribution by the Secretary 
of the Treasury to increase the resources of the Inter-
national 
Fund 
for 
Agricultural 
Development, 
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and 
of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program 
Participation Act of 1973, $328,958,000: Provided, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading may 
be made available to the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA). 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 501. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made as payment to any international financial institu-
tion while the United States Executive Director to such 
institution is compensated by the institution at a rate 
which, together with whatever compensation such Director 
receives from the United States, is in excess of the rate 
provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV 
of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 
United States Code, or while any alternate United States
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Director to such institution is compensated by the institu-
tion at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an indi-
vidual occupying a position at level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(b) For purposes of this section ‘‘international finan-
cial institutions’’ are: the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the Inter-American Develop-
ment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian De-
velopment Fund, the African Development Bank, the Afri-
can Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund, 
the North American Development Bank, and the Euro-
pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 
RESTRICTIONS ON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES 
SEC. 502. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be made available to pay any voluntary contribution 
of the United States to the United Nations (including the 
United Nations Development Program) if the United Na-
tions implements or imposes any taxation on any United 
States persons. 
LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES 
SEC. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $100,500 shall 
be for official residence expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development during the current
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fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall be 
taken to assure that, to the maximum extent possible, 
United States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu 
of dollars. 
LIMITATION ON EXPENSES 
SEC. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be 
for entertainment expenses of the United States Agency 
for International Development during the current fiscal 
year. 
LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $125,000 shall 
be available for representation allowances for the United 
States Agency for International Development during the 
current fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall 
be taken to assure that, to the maximum extent possible, 
United States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu 
of dollars: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able by this Act for general costs of administering military 
assistance and sales under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’, not to exceed $4,000 shall be avail-
able for entertainment expenses and not to exceed 
$130,000 shall be available for representation allowances: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘International Military Education
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and Training’’, not to exceed $55,000 shall be available 
for entertainment allowances: Provided further, That of 
the funds made available by this Act for the Inter-Amer-
ican Foundation, not to exceed $2,000 shall be available 
for entertainment and representation allowances: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available by this Act for 
the Peace Corps, not to exceed a total of $4,000 shall be 
available for entertainment expenses: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, not to exceed 
$4,000 shall be available for representation and entertain-
ment allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Millennium Chal-
lenge Corporation’’, not to exceed $115,000 shall be avail-
able for representation and entertainment allowances. 
PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 506. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None of 
the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 
to provide assistance for a foreign country under a new 
bilateral agreement governing the terms and conditions 
under which such assistance is to be provided unless such 
agreement includes a provision stating that assistance pro-
vided by the United States shall be exempt from taxation, 
or reimbursed, by the foreign government, and the Sec-
retary of State shall expeditiously seek to negotiate
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amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as nec-
essary, to conform with this requirement. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT
OF
FOREIGN
TAXES.—An 
amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes as-
sessed during fiscal year 2006 on funds appropriated by 
this Act by a foreign government or entity against com-
modities financed under United States assistance pro-
grams for which funds are appropriated by this Act, either 
directly or through grantees, contractors and subcontrac-
tors shall be withheld from obligation from funds appro-
priated for assistance for fiscal year 2007 and allocated 
for the central government of such country and for the 
West Bank and Gaza Program to the extent that the Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports in writing to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that such taxes have not been 
reimbursed to the Government of the United States. 
(c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 
minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 
subsection (b). 
(d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 
from obligation for each country or entity pursuant to sub-
section (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance to coun-
tries which do not assess taxes on United States assistance 
or which have an effective arrangement that is providing 
substantial reimbursement of such taxes.
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(e) DETERMINATIONS.—
(1) The provisions of this section shall not 
apply to any country or entity the Secretary of State 
determines—
(A) does not assess taxes on United States 
assistance or which has an effective arrange-
ment that is providing substantial reimburse-
ment of such taxes; or 
(B) the foreign policy interests of the 
United States outweigh the policy of this sec-
tion to ensure that United States assistance is 
not subject to taxation. 
(2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 
prior to exercising the authority of this subsection 
with regard to any country or entity. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
issue rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, 
to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist-
ance contained in this section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
(1) the terms ‘‘taxes’’ and ‘‘taxation’’ refer to 
value added taxes and customs duties imposed on 
commodities financed with United States assistance
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for programs for which funds are appropriated by 
this Act; and 
(2) the term ‘‘bilateral agreement’’ refers to a 
framework bilateral agreement between the Govern-
ment of the United States and the government of 
the country receiving assistance that describes the 
privileges and immunities applicable to United 
States foreign assistance for such country generally, 
or an individual agreement between the Government 
of the United States and such government that de-
scribes, among other things, the treatment for tax 
purposes that will be accorded the United States as-
sistance provided under that agreement. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated 
or expended to finance directly any assistance or repara-
tions to Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Pro-
vided, That for purposes of this section, except with re-
spect to Libya, the prohibition on obligations or expendi-
tures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance and 
guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 
MILITARY COUPS 
SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated
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or expended to finance directly any assistance to the gov-
ernment of any country whose duly elected head of govern-
ment is deposed by military coup or decree: Provided, That 
assistance may be resumed to such government if the 
President determines and certifies to the Committees on 
Appropriations that subsequent to the termination of as-
sistance a democratically elected government has taken of-
fice: Provided further, That the provisions of this section 
shall not apply to assistance to promote democratic elec-
tions or public participation in democratic processes: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available pursuant to the 
previous provisos shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
TRANSFERS 
SEC. 509. (a)(1) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BE-
TWEEN AGENCIES.—None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States Government, ex-
cept pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority 
provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition to 
transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, 
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allocated 
or transferred to agencies of the United States Govern-
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ment pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 
632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(b) TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be obligated under 
an appropriation account to which they were not appro-
priated, except for transfers specifically provided for in 
this Act, unless the President, not less than 5 days prior 
to the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with 
and provides a written policy justification to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
(c) AUDIT
OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.—Any 
agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appro-
priated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between 
the United States Agency for International Development 
and another agency of the United States Government 
under the authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, 
shall expressly provide that the Office of the Inspector 
General for the agency receiving the transfer or allocation 
of such funds shall perform periodic program and financial 
audits of the use of such funds: Provided, That funds 
transferred under such authority may be made available 
for the cost of such audits.
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COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES 
SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
that restricts assistance to foreign countries, and subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) of the 
Arms Export Control Act may be used to provide financ-
ing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and major non-NATO al-
lies for the procurement by leasing (including leasing with 
an option to purchase) of defense articles from United 
States commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense 
Equipment (other than helicopters and other types of air-
craft having possible civilian application), if the President 
determines that there are compelling foreign policy or na-
tional security reasons for those defense articles being pro-
vided by commercial lease rather than by government-to-
government sale under such Act. 
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation after the ex-
piration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so pro-
vided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for 
the purposes of chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of part I, section 
667, chapters 4, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export 
Control Act, and funds provided under the heading ‘‘As-
sistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, shall
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remain available for an additional 4 years from the date 
on which the availability of such funds would otherwise 
have expired, if such funds are initially obligated before 
the expiration of their respective periods of availability 
contained in this Act: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act, any funds made 
available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chap-
ter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements 
in order to address balance of payments or economic policy 
reform objectives, shall remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT 
SEC. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to the govern-
ment of any country which is in default during a period 
in excess of 1 calendar year in payment to the United 
States of principal or interest on any loan made to the 
government of such country by the United States pursuant 
to a program for which funds are appropriated under this 
Act unless the President determines, following consulta-
tions with the Committees on Appropriations, that assist-
ance to such country is in the national interest of the 
United States. 
COMMERCE AND TRADE 
SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
made available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance
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and none of the funds otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or ex-
pended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other 
financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro-
duction of any commodity for export by any country other 
than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be 
in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro-
ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the 
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: 
Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Ex-
port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc-
tors the benefits to industry and employment in the 
United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United 
States producers of the same, similar, or competing com-
modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing 
or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro-
duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training 
in connection with the growth or production in a foreign 
country of an agricultural commodity for export which
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would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro-
duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection 
shall not prohibit—
(1) activities designed to increase food security 
in developing countries where such activities will not 
have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; or 
(2) research activities intended primarily to 
benefit American producers. 
SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States Executive Directors of the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the 
International Development Association, the International 
Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development 
Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel-
opment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora-
tion, the North American Development Bank, the Euro-
pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Afri-
can Development Bank, and the African Development 
Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to 
oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds 
appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act, for 
the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 
for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the
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assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity. 
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 515. For the purposes of providing the executive 
branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none 
of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘Child Sur-
vival and Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, 
‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar-
cotics 
Control 
and 
Law 
Enforcement’’, 
‘‘Andean 
Counterdrug Initiative’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe 
and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Assistance for the Independent 
States of the Former Soviet Union’’, ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping 
Operations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, ‘‘Operating Ex-
penses of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development Office of Inspector 
General’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 
and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion’’ (by country only), ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’, ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, 
‘‘Peace Corps’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, 
shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, 
projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other 
operations not justified or in excess of the amount justi-
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fied to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation 
under any of these specific headings unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
previously notified 15 days in advance: Provided, That the 
President shall not enter into any commitment of funds 
appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms 
Export Control Act for the provision of major defense 
equipment, other than conventional ammunition, or other 
major defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, 
or combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 
20 percent in excess of the quantities justified to Congress 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance of such commitment: Provided further, 
That this section shall not apply to any reprogramming 
for an activity, program, or project for which funds are 
appropriated under title II of this Act of less than 10 per-
cent of the amount previously justified to the Congress 
for obligation for such activity, program, or project for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That the require-
ments of this section or any similar provision of this Act 
or any other Act, including any prior Act requiring notifi-
cation in accordance with the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, may be 
waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk 
to human health or welfare: Provided further, That in case
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of any such waiver, notification to the Congress, or the 
appropriate congressional committees, shall be provided as 
early as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after 
taking the action to which such notification requirement 
was applicable, in the context of the circumstances neces-
sitating such waiver: Provided further, That any notifica-
tion provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an 
explanation of the emergency circumstances. 
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 516. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
priated under this Act or any previously enacted Act mak-
ing appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs, which are returned or not made 
available for organizations and programs because of the 
implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2007. 
INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION 
SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the 
Former Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for assist-
ance for a government of an Independent State of the 
former Soviet Union—
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(1) unless that government is making progress 
in implementing comprehensive economic reforms 
based on market principles, private ownership, re-
spect for commercial contracts, and equitable treat-
ment of foreign private investments; and 
(2) if that government applies or transfers 
United States assistance to any entity for the pur-
pose of expropriating or seizing ownership or control 
of assets, investments, or ventures. 
Assistance may be furnished without regard to this sub-
section if the President determines that to do so is in the 
national interest. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union’’ shall be made available for assistance for a 
government of an Independent State of the former Soviet 
Union if that government directs any action in violation 
of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any 
other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such 
as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Pro-
vided, That such funds may be made available without re-
gard to the restriction in this subsection if the President 
determines that to do so is in the national security interest 
of the United States.
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(c) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union’’ shall be made available for any state to en-
hance its military capability: Provided, That this restric-
tion does not apply to demilitarization, demining or non-
proliferation programs. 
(d) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union’’ 
for 
the 
Russian 
Federation, 
Armenia, 
Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(e) Funds made available in this Act for assistance 
for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union 
shall be subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating 
to environment and natural resources) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961. 
(f) In issuing new task orders, entering into con-
tracts, or making grants, with funds appropriated in this 
Act or prior appropriations Acts under the heading ‘‘As-
sistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union’’ and under comparable headings in prior appro-
priations Acts, for projects or activities that have as one 
of their primary purposes the fostering of private sector 
development, the Coordinator for United States Assistance
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to Europe and Eurasia and the implementing agency shall 
encourage the participation of and give significant weight 
to contractors and grantees who propose investing a sig-
nificant amount of their own resources (including volun-
teer services and in-kind contributions) in such projects 
and activities. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND 
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available to carry 
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor-
tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 
coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 
the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 
of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 
incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 
the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay 
for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 
part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or 
involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 
None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 
obligated or expended for any country or organization if
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the President certifies that the use of these funds by any 
such country or organization would violate any of the 
above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri-
lizations. 
EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion other than for administrative expenses made available 
for fiscal year 2006, for programs under title I of this 
Act may be transferred between such appropriations for 
use for any of the purposes, programs, and activities for 
which the funds in such receiving account may be used, 
but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 
provided, shall be increased by more than 25 percent by 
any such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such au-
thority shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be obligated or expended for Serbia, Sudan, 
Zimbabwe, or Pakistan, except as provided through the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 
SEC. 521. For the purpose of this Act ‘‘program, 
project, and activity’’ shall be defined at the appropria-
tions Act account level and shall include all appropriations
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and authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limita-
tions with the exception that for the following accounts: 
Economic Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing 
Program, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be 
considered to include country, regional, and central pro-
gram level funding within each such account; for the devel-
opment assistance accounts of the United States Agency 
for International Development ‘‘program, project, and ac-
tivity’’ shall also be considered to include central, country, 
regional, and program level funding, either as: (1) justified 
to the Congress; or (2) allocated by the executive branch 
in accordance with a report, to be provided to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment 
of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961. 
CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 522. Up to $13,500,000 of the funds made 
available by this Act for assistance under the heading 
‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’, may be 
used to reimburse United States Government agencies, 
agencies of State governments, institutions of higher 
learning, and private and voluntary organizations for the 
full cost of individuals (including for the personal services 
of such individuals) detailed or assigned to, or contracted 
by, as the case may be, the United States Agency for 
International Development for the purpose of carrying out
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activities under that heading: Provided, That up to 
$3,500,000 of the funds made available by this Act for 
assistance under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 
may be used to reimburse such agencies, institutions, and 
organizations for such costs of such individuals carrying 
out other development assistance activities: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated by titles II and III of this 
Act that are made available for bilateral assistance for 
child survival activities or disease programs including ac-
tivities relating to research on, and the prevention, treat-
ment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made available 
notwithstanding any provision of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 and any other provision of law that restricts 
assistance to foreign countries except for the provisions 
under the heading ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs 
Fund’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 
711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended. 
AFGHANISTAN 
SEC. 523. Of the funds appropriated by titles II and 
III of this Act, not less than $954,000,000 should be made 
available for humanitarian, reconstruction, and related as-
sistance for Afghanistan: Provided, That of the funds allo-
cated for assistance for Afghanistan from this Act and 
other Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs for fiscal year
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2006, not less than $50,000,000 should be made available 
to support programs that directly address the needs of Af-
ghan women and girls. 
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of 
Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De-
fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the 
same extent and under the same conditions as are other 
committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro-
vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess 
defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the 
Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 
significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) 
of the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms 
of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if 
notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 
of appropriated funds for specific countries that would re-
ceive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 
such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles. 
HIV/AIDS 
SEC. 525. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, 25 percent of the funds that are appropriated
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by this Act for a contribution to support the Global Fund 
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the ‘‘Global 
Fund’’) shall be withheld from obligation to the Global 
Fund until the Secretary of State certifies to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that the Global Fund—
(1) has established clear progress indicators 
upon which to determine the release of incremental 
disbursements; 
(2) is releasing such incremental disbursements 
only if positive results have been attained based on 
those indicators; and 
(3) is providing support and oversight to coun-
try-level entities, such as country coordinating mech-
anisms, principal recipients, and local Fund agents, 
to enable them to fulfill their mandates. 
(b) The Secretary of State may waive paragraph (1) 
of this subsection if she determines and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such waiver is impor-
tant to the national interest of the United States. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 526. (a) Not less than $27,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ should be allocated for the Human Rights 
and Democracy Fund: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 
may be used for the Reagan/Fascell Democracy Fellows 
program.
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law that 
restricts assistance to foreign countries, up to $1,500,000 
of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be provided to make 
grants to educational, humanitarian, and nongovern-
mental organizations and individuals inside Iran and Syria 
to support the advancement of democracy and human 
rights in Iran and Syria, and such funds may be provided 
through the National Endowment for Democracy. 
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 527. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assist-
ance under any heading of this Act and funds appro-
priated under any such heading in a provision of law en-
acted prior to the enactment of this Act, shall not be made 
available to any country which the President determines—
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any 
individual or group which has committed an act of 
international terrorism; or 
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism. 
(b) The President may waive the application of sub-
section (a) to a country if the President determines that 
national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 
waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the 
Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver 
takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
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tions of the waiver (including the justification for the waiv-
er) in accordance with the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 528. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel-
opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern-
mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 
the United States Agency for International Development 
may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 
which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 
assistance provided under title II of this Act and, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 
shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was 
provided to that organization. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 529. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
FOR LOCAL 
CURRENCIES.—(1) If assistance is furnished to the gov-
ernment of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of 
part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the genera-
tion of local currencies of that country, the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment shall—
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(A) require that local currencies be deposited in 
a separate account established by that government; 
(B) enter into an agreement with that govern-
ment which sets forth—
(i) the amount of the local currencies to be 
generated; and 
(ii) the terms and conditions under which 
the currencies so deposited may be utilized, con-
sistent with this section; and 
(C) establish by agreement with that govern-
ment the responsibilities of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development and that govern-
ment to monitor and account for deposits into and 
disbursements from the separate account. 
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be agreed 
upon with the foreign government, local currencies depos-
ited in a separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or 
an equivalent amount of local currencies, shall be used 
only—
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or 
chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), for such 
purposes as—
(i) project and sector assistance activities; 
or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or
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(B) for the administrative requirements of the 
United States Government. 
(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—The United 
States Agency for International Development shall take all 
necessary steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local 
currencies disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) 
from the separate account established pursuant to sub-
section (a)(1) are used for the purposes agreed upon pur-
suant to subsection (a)(2). 
(4) TERMINATION
OF
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS.—
Upon termination of assistance to a country under chapter 
1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case 
may be), any unencumbered balances of funds which re-
main in a separate account established pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes as may 
be agreed to by the government of that country and the 
United States Government. 
(5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment shall report on an annual basis as part of the jus-
tification documents submitted to the Committees on Ap-
propriations on the use of local currencies for the adminis-
trative requirements of the United States Government as 
authorized in subsection (a)(2)(B), and such report shall 
include the amount of local currency (and United States
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dollar equivalent) used and/or to be used for such purpose 
in each applicable country. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.—
(1) If assistance is made available to the government of 
a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chap-
ter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as cash transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assist-
ance, that country shall be required to maintain such 
funds in a separate account and not commingle them with 
any other funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF 
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended not-
withstanding provisions of law which are inconsistent with 
the nature of this assistance including provisions which 
are referenced in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the 
Committee of Conference accompanying House Joint Res-
olution 648 (House Report No. 98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to obli-
gating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assist-
ance, the President shall submit a notification through the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations, which shall include a detailed description of 
how the funds proposed to be made available will be used, 
with a discussion of the United States interests that will 
be served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, a
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description of the economic policy reforms that will be pro-
moted by such assistance). 
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance funds 
may be exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1) 
only through the notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
ENTERPRISE FUND RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 530. (a) Prior to the distribution of any assets 
resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up 
of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in ac-
cordance with the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution 
of the assets of the Enterprise Fund. 
(b) Funds made available by this Act for Enterprise 
Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary 
to make timely payment for projects and activities. 
FINANCIAL MARKET ASSISTANCE IN TRANSITION 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 531. Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, 
‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, 
‘‘Transition 
Initiatives’’, 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Affairs Tech-
nical Assistance’’, ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States 
of the Former Soviet Union’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-ter-
rorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, and ‘‘Assist-
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ance 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 in transition. 
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 532. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
provisions of this Act, and provisions contained in prior 
Acts authorizing or making appropriations for foreign op-
erations, export financing, and related programs, shall not 
be construed to prohibit activities authorized by or con-
ducted under the Peace Corps Act, the Inter-American 
Foundation Act or the African Development Foundation 
Act. The agency shall promptly report to the Committees 
on Appropriations whenever it is conducting activities or 
is proposing to conduct activities in a country for which 
assistance is prohibited. 
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 533. None of the funds appropriated by 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
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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. 
SPECIAL AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 534. (a) AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, LEBANON, 
MONTENEGRO, VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHILDREN, 
AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act that are made available for assistance for Afghanistan 
may be made available notwithstanding section 512 of this 
Act or any similar provision of law and section 660 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and funds appropriated 
in titles I and II of this Act that are made available for 
Lebanon, Montenegro, Pakistan, and for victims of war, 
displaced children, and displaced Burmese, and to assist 
victims of trafficking in persons and, subject to the regular
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notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, to combat such trafficking, may be made available 
notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts 
assistance to foreign countries and section 660 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(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 that restricts assistance to foreign countries and 
section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for 
the purpose of supporting tropical forestry and biodiver-
sity conservation activities and energy programs aimed at 
reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided, 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, for the purpose of providing direct, in-
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terim support for new or expanded overseas programs and 
activities managed by the agency until permanent direct 
hire personnel are hired and trained: Provided, That not 
more than 10 of such contractors shall be assigned to any 
bureau 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 
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
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contracts when the order is placed with any category of 
small or small disadvantaged business. 
(f) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2006, the 
President may use up to $45,000,000 under the authority 
of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not-
withstanding the funding ceiling in section 451(a). 
(g) 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. 
(h) 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 
$6,000,000 shall be made available as a general contribu-
tion to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign 
countries. 
(i) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT
FOR DEMOCRACY.—
Funds appropriated by this Act that are provided to the 
National Endowment for Democracy may be provided not-
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withstanding any other provision of law or regulation that 
restricts assistance to foreign countries.
ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL 
SEC. 535. 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 
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-
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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. 
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 536. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions on assistance for 
foreign countries contained in this or any other Act shall 
not be construed to restrict assistance in support of pro-
grams of nongovernmental organizations from funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chap-
ters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of part 
II of the Foreign Assistance 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.
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(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2006, re-
strictions on assistance to foreign countries contained in 
this or any other Act shall not be construed to restrict 
assistance under the Agricultural Trade Development 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 regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(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. 537. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which 
are earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs 
within the same account notwithstanding the earmark if 
compliance with the earmark is made impossible by oper-
ation of any provision of this Act or any other provision 
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
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tions for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That as-
sistance that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection 
shall be made available under the same terms and condi-
tions 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 ear-
marked 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 re-
ports promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that 
the termination of assistance to a country or a significant 
change in circumstances makes it unlikely that such ear-
marked funds can be obligated during the original period 
of availability: Provided, That such earmarked funds that 
are continued available for an additional fiscal year shall 
be obligated only for the purpose of such earmark. 
CEILINGS AND EARMARKS 
SEC. 538. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this 
Act shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appro-
priated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act 
unless such Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or min-
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imum funding requirements contained in any other Act 
shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act. 
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA 
SEC. 539. 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. 
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS 
MEMBERS 
SEC. 540. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or 
in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any mem-
ber 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 an-
other country’s delegation at international conferences 
held under the auspices of multilateral or international or-
ganizations. 
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION 
SEC. 541. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a non-
governmental organization which fails to provide upon 
timely request any document, file, or record necessary to 
the auditing requirements of the United States Agency for 
International Development.
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PROHIBITION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
FOREIGN
GOVERN-
MENTS
THAT
EXPORT
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIP-
MENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL 
TERRORISM 
SEC. 542. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be available to any 
foreign government which provides lethal military equip-
ment to a country the government of which the Secretary 
of State has determined is a terrorist government for pur-
poses of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 
1979. The prohibition under this section 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 equip-
ment provided under a contract entered 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-
nishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include 
a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, in-
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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. 543. (a) Subject to subsection (c), of the funds 
appropriated by this Act that are made available for as-
sistance 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 assistance for the central gov-
ernment of such country until the Secretary of State sub-
mits a certification to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees 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 
total amount of the fully adjudicated parking fines and 
penalties and unpaid property taxes owed by such country.
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(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 6 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: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Appropriations of
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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 adju-
dication 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, 2005. 
(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. 544. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the 
President has exercised 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 sus-
pend or make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect: 
Provided, That if the President fails to make the certifi-
cation under section 604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace 
Facilitation Act of 1995 or to suspend the prohibition 
under other legislation, funds appropriated by this Act 
may not be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization for the West Bank and Gaza. 
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN 
SEC. 545. 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 
Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to