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military
groups,
including
taking
actions
which 
allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of 
such groups. 
(2) PARAMILITARY GROUPS.—The term ‘‘para-
military groups’’ means illegal self-defense groups 
and illegal security cooperatives. 
ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS 
SEC. 557. (a) DENIAL OF VISAS TO SUPPORTERS OF 
COLOMBIAN ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS.—Subject to sub-
section (b), the Secretary of State shall not issue a visa 
to any alien who the Secretary determines, based on cred-
ible evidence— 
(1) has willfully provided any support to the 
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), 
the National Liberation Army (ELN), or the United 
Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), including 
taking actions or failing to take actions which allow, 
facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of such 
groups; or 
(2) has committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or 
otherwise participated in the commission of gross 
violations of human rights, including extra-judicial 
killings, in Colombia. 
(b) WAIVER.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 
Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees, on a case-by-case basis,
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that the issuance of a visa to the alien is necessary to 
support the peace process in Colombia or for urgent hu-
manitarian reasons. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 558. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 
equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 
other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 
Corporation. 
WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM 
SEC. 559. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2006, 30 
days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral 
West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State 
shall certify to the appropriate committees of Congress 
that procedures have been established to assure the Comp-
troller General of the United States will have access to 
appropriate United States financial information in order 
to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro-
gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 
(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 
the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 
ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through
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any individual, private or government entity, or edu-
cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 
to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has 
engaged in, terrorist activity. The Secretary of State shall, 
as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the steps 
to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall termi-
nate assistance to any individual, entity, or educational in-
stitution which he has determined to be involved in or ad-
vocating terrorist activity. 
(c) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated 
by this Act for assistance under the West Bank and Gaza 
program may be made available for the purpose of recog-
nizing or otherwise honoring individuals who commit, or 
have committed, acts of terrorism. 
(d) AUDITS.— 
(1) The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall ensure 
that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 
and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 
subgrantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro-
gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 
ensure, among other things, compliance with this 
section. 
(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are
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made available for assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza, up to $1,000,000 may be used by the Office 
of the Inspector General of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development for audits, inspec-
tions, and other activities in furtherance of the re-
quirements of this subsection. Such funds are in ad-
dition to funds otherwise available for such pur-
poses. 
(e) Subsequent to the certification specified in sub-
section (a), the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treat-
ment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 
West Bank and Gaza Program in fiscal year 2006 under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’. The audit shall 
address— 
(1) the extent to which such Program complies 
with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c), 
and 
(2) an examination of all programs, projects, 
and activities carried out under such Program, in-
cluding both obligations and expenditures. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND 
SEC. 560. (a) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF CON-
TRIBUTION.—Of
the
amounts
made
available
under 
‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ and ‘‘Child 
Survival and Health Programs Fund’’ for fiscal year
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2006, $34,000,000 shall be made available for the United 
Nations Population Fund (hereafter in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘UNFPA’’): Provided, That of this 
amount, not less than $25,000,000 shall be derived from 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘International Or-
ganizations and Programs’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Pro-
grams’’ in this Act that are available for UNFPA, that 
are not made available for UNFPA because of the oper-
ation of any provision of law, shall be transferred to 
‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’ and shall 
be made available for family planning, maternal, and re-
productive health activities, subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.— 
None of the funds made available under ‘‘International 
Organizations and Programs’’ may be made available for 
the UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Repub-
lic of China. 
(d) CONDITIONS
ON AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS.— 
Amounts made available under ‘‘International Organiza-
tions and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2006 for the UNFPA 
may not be made available to UNFPA unless—
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(1) the UNFPA maintains amounts made avail-
able to the UNFPA under this section in an account 
separate from other accounts of the UNFPA; 
(2) the UNFPA does not commingle amounts 
made available to the UNFPA under this section 
with other sums; and 
(3) the UNFPA does not fund abortions. 
WAR CRIMINALS 
SEC. 561. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available pursuant to this Act may be 
made available for assistance, and the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
tors to the international financial institutions to vote 
against any new project involving the extension by such 
institutions of any financial or technical assistance, to any 
country, entity, or municipality whose competent authori-
ties have failed, as determined by the Secretary of State, 
to take necessary and significant steps to implement its 
international legal obligations to apprehend and transfer 
to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former 
Yugoslavia (the ‘‘Tribunal’’) all persons in their territory 
who have been indicted by the Tribunal and to otherwise 
cooperate with the Tribunal. 
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply 
to humanitarian assistance or assistance for democratiza-
tion.
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(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply unless 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that the competent au-
thorities of such country, entity, or municipality are— 
(1) cooperating with the Tribunal, including ac-
cess for investigators to archives and witnesses, the 
provision of documents, and the surrender and 
transfer of indictees or assistance in their apprehen-
sion; and 
(2) are acting consistently with the Dayton Ac-
cords. 
(c) Not less than 10 days before any vote in an inter-
national financial institution regarding the extension of 
any new project involving financial or technical assistance 
or grants to any country or entity described in subsection 
(a), the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations a written justification for the proposed 
assistance, including an explanation of the United States 
position regarding any such vote, as well as a description 
of the location of the proposed assistance by municipality, 
its purpose, and its intended beneficiaries. 
(d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of 
State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, and the Secretary of the
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Treasury shall consult with representatives of human 
rights organizations and all government agencies with rel-
evant information to help prevent indicted war criminals 
from benefiting from any financial or technical assistance 
or grants provided to any country or entity described in 
subsection (a). 
(e) The Secretary of State may waive the application 
of subsection (a) with respect to projects within a country, 
entity, or municipality upon a written determination to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such assistance di-
rectly supports the implementation of the Dayton Accords. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
(1)
COUNTRY.—The
term
‘‘country’’
means 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. 
(2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ refers to the 
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, 
Montenegro and the Republika Srpska. 
(3) MUNICIPALITY.—The term ‘‘municipality’’ 
means a city, town or other subdivision within a 
country or entity as defined herein. 
(4) DAYTON ACCORDS.—The term ‘‘Dayton Ac-
cords’’ means the General Framework Agreement 
for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with 
annexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, November 
10 through 16, 1995.
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USER FEES 
SEC. 562. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States Executive Director at each inter-
national
financial
institution
(as
defined
in
section 
1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions Act) 
and the International Monetary Fund to oppose any loan, 
grant, strategy or policy of these institutions that would 
require user fees or service charges on poor people for pri-
mary education or primary healthcare, including preven-
tion and treatment efforts for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuber-
culosis, and infant, child, and maternal well-being, in con-
nection with the institutions’ financing programs. 
FUNDING FOR SERBIA 
SEC. 563. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for assistance for the central Govern-
ment of Serbia after May 31, 2006, if the President has 
made the determination and certification contained in sub-
section (c). 
(b) After May 31, 2006, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury should instruct the United States executive directors 
to the international financial institutions to support loans 
and assistance to the Government of Serbia and Monte-
negro subject to the conditions in subsection (c): Provided, 
That section 576 of the Foreign Operations, Export Fi-
nancing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, 
as amended, shall not apply to the provision of loans and
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assistance to the Government of Serbia and Montenegro 
through international financial institutions. 
(c) The determination and certification referred to in 
subsection (a) is a determination by the President and a 
certification to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Government of Serbia and Montenegro is— 
(1) cooperating with the International Criminal 
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia including access 
for investigators, the provision of documents, and 
the surrender and transfer of indictees or assistance 
in their apprehension, including making all prac-
ticable efforts to apprehend and transfer Ratko 
Mladic; 
(2) taking steps that are consistent with the 
Dayton Accords to end Serbian financial, political, 
security and other support which has served to 
maintain separate Republika Srpska institutions; 
and 
(3) taking steps to implement policies which re-
flect a respect for minority rights and the rule of 
law. 
(d) This section shall not apply to Montenegro, 
Kosovo, humanitarian assistance or assistance to promote 
democracy.
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COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 564. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 
by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of 
part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding section 660 
of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness and account-
ability of civilian police authority through training and 
technical assistance in human rights, the rule of law, stra-
tegic planning, and through assistance to foster civilian 
police roles that support democratic governance including 
assistance for programs to prevent conflict, respond to dis-
asters, address gender-based violence, and foster improved 
police relations with the communities they serve. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 
the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST 
SEC. 565. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The 
President may reduce amounts owed to the United States 
(or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country 
as a result of— 
(1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 
222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 
(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under 
the Arms Export Control Act;
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(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi-
cial debt relief and referendum agreements, com-
monly referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’. 
(2) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only in such amounts or to such 
extent as is provided in advance by appropriations 
Acts. 
(3) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only with respect to countries with 
heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from 
the International Development Association, but not 
from the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’ 
countries. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country 
whose government— 
(1) does not have an excessive level of military 
expenditures; 
(2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts 
of international terrorism; 
(3) is not failing to cooperate on international 
narcotics control matters;
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(4) (including its military or other security 
forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of 
gross violations of internationally recognized human 
rights; and 
(5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the 
application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. 
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Debt Restructuring’’. 
(e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A re-
duction of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be 
considered assistance for the purposes of any provision of 
law limiting assistance to a country. The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding 
section 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or 
section 321 of the International Development and Food 
Assistance Act of 1975. 
AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES 
SEC. 566. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC-
TION, OR CANCELLATION.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL 
CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun-
tries, the President may, in accordance with this sec-
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tion, sell to any eligible purchaser any concessional 
loan or portion thereof made before January 1, 
1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, to the government of any eligible country as 
defined in section 702(6) of that Act or on receipt 
of payment from an eligible purchaser, reduce or 
cancel such loan or portion thereof, only for the pur-
pose of facilitating— 
(A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop-
ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or 
(B) a debt buyback by an eligible country 
of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible 
country uses an additional amount of the local 
currency of the eligible country, equal to not 
less than 40 percent of the price paid for such 
debt by such eligible country, or the difference 
between the price paid for such debt and the 
face value of such debt, to support activities 
that link conservation and sustainable use of 
natural resources with local community develop-
ment, and child survival and other child devel-
opment, in a manner consistent with sections 
707 through 710 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, if the sale, reduction, or cancellation
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would not contravene any term or condition of 
any prior agreement relating to such loan. 
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac-
cordance with this section, establish the terms and 
conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced, 
or canceled pursuant to this section. 
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined 
in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency 
primarily responsible for administering part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that 
the President has determined to be eligible, and 
shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, reduc-
tion, or cancellation of a loan pursuant to this sec-
tion. Such agency shall make adjustment in its ac-
counts to reflect the sale, reduction, or cancellation. 
(4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub-
section shall be available only to the extent that ap-
propriations for the cost of the modification, as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, are made in advance. 
(b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the 
sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, 
or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in
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the United States Government account or accounts estab-
lished for the repayment of such loan. 
(c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who 
presents plans satisfactory to the President for using the 
loan for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, 
debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 
(d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to 
any eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation 
pursuant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible 
country, the President should consult with the country 
concerning the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or 
canceled and their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt- 
for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt 
Restructuring’’. 
BASIC EDUCATION 
SEC. 567. Of the funds appropriated by title II of 
this Act, not less than $465,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for basic education, of which not less than $250,000 
shall be provided to the Comptroller General of the United 
States to prepare an analysis of United States funded 
international basic education programs: Provided, That 
the analysis, which should be submitted to the Committee
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within nine months of enactment of this Act, shall include, 
but not be limited to— 
(1) the amount of funds provided for basic edu-
cation by all United States Government agencies in 
fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005; 
(2) a country-by-country and project-by-project 
breakdown of such funds; 
(3) an analysis of host country contributions to 
education at the local, provincial, and federal level; 
(4) the amount of funds, including loans, pro-
vided for basic education by other major bilateral 
donors
and
multilateral
institutions,
including 
United
Nations
agencies
and
the
World
Bank 
Group, including a historical view of such levels; 
(5) an analysis of United States efforts to in-
crease the commitment of other major bilateral do-
nors and multilateral institutions to basic education; 
(6) an analysis of how various United States 
Government agencies coordinate in the provision of 
such assistance, including how such coordination 
contributes to achievement of the Millennium Devel-
opment Goals with respect to basic education; 
(7) an analysis of the effect of the quadrupling 
of United States assistance for basic education since
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fiscal year 2001 on education programs in the devel-
oping world; and 
(8) recommendations on the content and struc-
ture of United States assistance that would increase 
its effectiveness in promoting literary and numeracy. 
RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS 
SEC. 568. Of the funds appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000 
should be made available to support reconciliation pro-
grams and activities which bring together individuals of 
different ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds from 
areas of civil conflict and war. 
SUDAN 
SEC. 569. (a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the 
funds appropriated by title II of this Act, not less than 
$367,000,000 should be made available for assistance for 
Sudan. 
(b) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—Subject to sub-
section (c): 
(1)
Notwithstanding
section
501(a)
of
the 
International Malaria Control Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106–570) or any other provision of law that re-
stricts funds for foreign countries, none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be made available for 
assistance for the Government of Sudan.