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DENIAL OF VISAS 
SEC. 105. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act shall be expended for 
any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited by 
section 616 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1999. 
(b) The requirements in subsections (b) and (c) of sec-
tion 616 of that Act shall continue to apply during fiscal 
year 2008. 
UNITED STATES CITIZENS BORN IN JERUSALEM 
SEC. 106. For the purposes of registration of birth, cer-
tification of nationality, or issuance of a passport of a 
United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem, the Sec-
retary of State shall, upon request of the citizen, record the 
place of birth as Israel. 
STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 107. Funds appropriated under this Act for the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Department of 
State may be obligated and expended notwithstanding sec-
tion 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956, section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236), 
and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)).
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RESTRICTION ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS 
SEC. 108. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under any title of this Act may be made 
available to make any assessed contribution or voluntary 
payment of the United States to the United Nations if the 
United Nations implements or imposes any taxation on any 
United States persons. 
PERSONNEL ACTIONS 
SEC. 109. Any costs incurred by a department or agen-
cy funded under this Act resulting from personnel actions 
taken in response to funding reductions included in this 
Act shall be absorbed within the total budgetary resources 
available to such department or agency: Provided, That the 
authority to transfer funds between appropriations ac-
counts as may be necessary to carry out this section is pro-
vided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in this 
Act: Provided further, That use of funds to carry out this 
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 615 of title VI of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGATIONS 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay expenses for any United States dele-
gation to any specialized agency, body, or commission of 
the United Nations if such commission is chaired or pre-
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sided over by a country, the government of which the Sec-
retary of State has determined, for purposes of section 
6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2405(j)(1)), has provided support for acts of inter-
national terrorism. 
PALESTINIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 111. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this Act may be used to provide equip-
ment, technical support, consulting services, or any other 
form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corpora-
tion. 
ATTENDANCE AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 
of more than 50 employees of agencies or departments of 
the United States Government who are stationed in the 
United States, at any single international conference occur-
ring outside the United States, unless the Secretary of State 
determines that such attendance is in the national interest: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter-
national conference’’ shall mean a conference attended by 
representatives of the United States Government and rep-
resentatives of foreign governments, international organiza-
tions, or nongovernmental organizations.
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PEACEKEEPING ASSESSMENT 
SEC. 113. Section 404(b)(2)(B) of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 287e note) is further amended at the 
end by adding the following: 
‘‘(v) For assessments made during calendar year 2008, 
27.1 percent.’’ 
ALHURRA BROADCASTING 
SEC. 114. Funds appropriated by this Act, and any 
subsequent emergency supplemental appropriations Act for 
fiscal year 2008, may be made available for the programs 
and activities of Alhurra only if the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
Alhurra does not advocate on behalf of any organization 
that the Secretary knows, or has reason to believe, engages 
in terrorist activities. 
SEC. 115. COMMISSION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. (a) 
TERM LIMITS.—Section 1238(b)(3) of Public Law 106–398 
is amended by striking subparagraph (G) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(G) a member of the Commission may not 
be reappointed for an additional term of service 
if that member has twice been appointed to the 
Commission; and’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR PERFORMANCE REVIEWS.— 
The United States-China Economic and Security Review
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Commission shall comply with chapter 43 of title 5, United 
States Code, regarding the establishment and regular review 
of employee performance appraisals. 
(c) LIMITATION
ON
CASH
AWARDS.—The United 
States-China Economic and Security Review Commission 
shall comply with section 4505a of title 5, United States 
Code, with respect to limitations on payment of perform-
ance-based cash awards. 
(d) ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT.—The Commission 
shall provide to Congress an annual comprehensive inde-
pendent financial audit of all obligations and expenditures, 
not later than June 30 each year hereafter. 
REFERENCES 
SEC. 116. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
any reference in this title to ‘‘this Act’’ shall be deemed to 
be a reference only to title I. 
TITLE II 
EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $1,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009.
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LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government Cor-
poration Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying out 
the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation: 
Provided, That none of the funds available during the cur-
rent fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, con-
tracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, 
fuel, or technology to any country, other than a nuclear- 
weapon state as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the 
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive 
economic or military assistance under this Act, that has 
detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of the enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
1(c) of Public Law 103–428, as amended, sections 1(a) and 
(b) of Public Law 103–428 shall remain in effect through 
October 1, 2008: Provided further, That 10 percent of the 
aggregate loan, guarantee, and insurance authority avail-
able to the Export-Import Bank under this or any prior 
Act should be used for renewable energy and environ-
mentally beneficial products and services.
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SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, 
and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Ex-
port-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $68,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974: Provided further, That such sums shall re-
main available until September 30, 2026, for the disburse-
ment of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied- 
aid grants obligated in fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, and 
2011: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated by this Act or any prior Act appropriating funds 
for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams for tied-aid credits or grants may be used for any 
other purpose except through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated by this paragraph are made 
available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Im-
port Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the purchase 
or lease of any product by any Eastern European country, 
any Baltic State or any agency or national thereof. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized
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by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses for members of the 
Board of Directors, $78,000,000: Provided, That the Ex-
port-Import Bank may accept, and use, payment or services 
provided by transaction participants for legal, financial, 
or technical services in connection with any transaction for 
which an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance 
commitment has been made: Provided further, That not-
withstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the Export En-
hancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall remain 
in effect until October 1, 2008. 
RECEIPTS COLLECTED 
Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank 
Act of 1945, as amended, and the Federal Credit Reform 
Act of 1990, as amended, in an amount not to exceed the 
amount appropriated herein, shall be credited as offsetting 
collections to this account: Provided, That the sums herein 
appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced on 
a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting collections so as 
to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the Gen-
eral Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That amounts 
collected in fiscal year 2008 in excess of obligations, up to 
$50,000,000, shall become available October 1, 2008 and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2011.
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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT 
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 
as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and com-
mitments within the limits of funds available to it and in 
accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided, That 
the amount available for administrative expenses to carry 
out the credit and insurance programs (including an 
amount for official reception and representation expenses 
which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed 
$47,500,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 
in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with 
services provided to specific investors or potential investors 
pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, shall not be considered administrative expenses for 
the purposes of this heading. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 
$21,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Non-Credit Ac-
count: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
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such sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and 
loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal 
years 2008, 2009, and 2010: Provided further, That funds 
so obligated in fiscal year 2008 remain available for dis-
bursement through 2016; funds obligated in fiscal year 2009 
remain available for disbursement through 2017; funds obli-
gated in fiscal year 2010 remain available for disbursement 
through 2018: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation is authorized to undertake any program au-
thorized by title IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
in Iraq: Provided further, That funds made available pur-
suant to the authority of the previous proviso shall be sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
In addition, such sums as may be necessary for admin-
istrative expenses to carry out the credit program may be 
derived from amounts available for administrative expenses 
to carry out the credit and insurance programs in the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account 
and merged with said account.
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FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$50,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009. 
TITLE III 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry 
out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
and for other purposes, to remain available until September 
30, 2008, unless otherwise specified herein, as follows: 
GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, for global health activities, in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes, $6,531,425,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That 
this amount shall be made available for such activities as: 
(1) child survival programs; (2) immunization and oral re-
hydration programs; (3) other health, nutrition, water and 
sanitation programs which directly address the needs of 
mothers and children, and related education programs; (4) 
assistance for children displaced or orphaned by causes 
other than AIDS; (5) programs for the prevention, treat-
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ment, control of, and research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, 
polio, malaria, and other infectious diseases, and for assist-
ance to communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, includ-
ing children displaced or orphaned by AIDS; and (6) fam-
ily planning/reproductive health: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be 
made available for nonproject assistance, except that funds 
may be made available for such assistance for ongoing 
health activities: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not to exceed $350,000, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may 
be used to monitor and provide oversight of child survival, 
maternal and family planning/reproductive health, and in-
fectious disease programs: Provided further, That the fol-
lowing amounts should be allocated as follows: $450,000,000 
for child survival and maternal health; $15,000,000 for vul-
nerable children; $634,675,000 for other infectious diseases; 
and $395,000,000 for family planning/reproductive health, 
including in areas where population growth threatens bio-
diversity or endangered species: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, $75,000,000 
should be made available for a United States contribution 
to The GAVI Fund, and up to $6,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United
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States Agency for International Development’’ for costs di-
rectly related to global health, but funds made available for 
such costs may not be derived from amounts made available 
for contribution under this and preceding provisos: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available in this 
Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appropria-
tions may be made available to any organization or pro-
gram which directly supports coercive abortion or involun-
tary sterilization: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available under this Act may be used to pay for the 
performance of abortion as a method of family planning 
or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions: 
Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be 
construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions 
against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available under this Act may be used to lobby for 
or against abortion: Provided further, That in order to re-
duce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds shall 
be available only for voluntary family planning projects 
which offer, either directly or through referral to, or infor-
mation about access to, a broad range of family planning 
methods and services with proven effectiveness, and that 
any such voluntary family planning project shall meet the 
following requirements: (1) service providers or referral
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agents in the project shall not implement or be subject to 
quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of births, 
number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a par-
ticular method of family planning (this provision shall not 
be construed to include the use of quantitative estimates or 
indicators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the 
project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes, gra-
tuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in ex-
change for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B) 
program personnel for achieving a numerical target or 
quota of total number of births, number of family planning 
acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 
planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or benefit, 
including the right of access to participate in any program 
of general welfare or the right of access to health care, as 
a consequence of any individual’s decision not to accept 
family planning services; (4) the project shall provide fam-
ily planning acceptors comprehensible information on the 
health benefits and risks of the method chosen, including 
those conditions that might render the use of the method 
inadvisable and those adverse side effects known to be con-
sequent to the use of the method; and (5) the project shall 
ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs and devices 
and medical procedures are provided only in the context 
of a scientific study in which participants are advised of
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potential risks and benefits; and, not less than 60 days after 
the date on which the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development determines that there 
has been a violation of the requirements contained in para-
graph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or 
practice of violations of the requirements contained in para-
graph (4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations a report containing 
a description of such violation and the corrective action 
taken by the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding 
grants for natural family planning under section 104 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be 
discriminated against because of such applicant’s religious 
or conscientious commitment to offer only natural family 
planning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall com-
ply with the requirements of the previous proviso: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this or any other Act author-
izing or appropriating funds for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as 
it relates to family planning assistance, shall not be con-
strued to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, 
of information or counseling about all pregnancy options: 
Provided further, That to the maximum extent practicable, 
taking into consideration cost, timely availability, and best 
health practices, funds appropriated in this Act or prior
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appropriations Acts that are made available for condom 
procurement should be made available only for the procure-
ment of condoms manufactured in the United States: Pro-
vided further, That information provided about the use of 
condoms as part of projects or activities that are funded 
from amounts appropriated by this Act shall be medically 
accurate and shall include the public health benefits and 
failure rates of such use. 
Of the funds appropriated under this heading, for nec-
essary 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, including for chil-
dren displaced or orphaned by AIDS, $5,050,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $550,000,000 
shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, except for the United States Leadership Against 
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public 
Law 108–25) for a United States contribution to the Global 
Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and shall 
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely 
payment for projects and activities: Provided, That up to 
5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made available 
to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2008 may be made avail-
able to the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment for technical assistance related to the activities of the
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Global Fund: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated by this paragraph, up to $13,000,000 may be made 
available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes, for administrative expenses of the Office of 
the Global AIDS Coordinator: Provided further, That the 
Global AIDS Coordinator shall include in each country 
operational plan for fiscal year 2008 a health workforce 
strategy for meeting HIV/AIDS goals without reducing the 
capacity of the country to meet other health needs: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, 
not less than $45,000,000 shall be made available to support 
the development of microbicides as a means for combating 
HIV/AIDS, and not less than $40,000,000 shall be made 
available for a United States contribution to UNAIDS: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available under this head-
ing shall be made available notwithstanding the second sen-
tence of section 403(a) of Public Law 108–25. 
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
sections 103, 105, 106, and sections 251 through 255, and 
chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$1,455,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading that are made available for assistance programs 
for displaced and orphaned children and victims of war, 
not to exceed $43,000, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
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able for such purposes, may be used to monitor and provide 
oversight of such programs: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $250,000,000 
shall be made available for microenterprise and micro-
finance development programs for the poor, especially 
women: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $29,000,000 shall be made 
available for Collaborative Research Support Programs: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, $750,000 shall be made available to implement 7 
U.S.C. section 1736g–2(a)(2)(C) to improve food aid prod-
uct quality and nutrient delivery: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$22,000,000 should be made available for the American 
Schools and Hospitals Abroad program: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
$12,000,000 may be made available for cooperative develop-
ment programs within the Office of Private and Voluntary 
Cooperation: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated in this Act, not less than $300,000,000 shall be 
made available for safe drinking water and sanitation sup-
ply projects only to implement the Senator Paul Simon 
Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121), of 
which not less than $125,000,000 should be made available
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for such projects in Africa including drilling wells in north-
ern Niger, Mali and elsewhere in the African Sahel region. 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for inter-
national disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction 
assistance, $322,350,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $20,000,000 should be for famine preven-
tion and relief. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for international disaster reha-
bilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section 
491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $50,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to support transition to 
democracy and to long-term development of countries in cri-
sis: Provided, That such support may include assistance to 
develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and 
processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the 
peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the 
United States Agency for International Development shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at 
least 5 days prior to beginning a new program of assist-
ance: Provided further, That if the President determines 
that it is important to the national interests of the United 
States to provide transition assistance in excess of the 
amount 
appropriated 
under 
this 
heading, 
up 
to
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$15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry 
out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading and under 
the authorities applicable to funds appropriated under this 
heading: Provided further, That funds made available pur-
suant to the previous proviso shall be made available subject 
to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro-
vided by the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, as authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $21,000,000 may be de-
rived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act to 
carry out part I of such Act and under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: Provided, 
That such funds shall be made available only for micro and 
small enterprise programs, urban programs, and other pro-
grams which further the purposes of part I of the Act: Pro-
vided further, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such direct and guaranteed loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That funds made available by 
this paragraph may be used for the cost of modifying any 
such guaranteed loans under this Act or prior Acts, and
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funds used for such costs shall be subject to the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) 
(relating to general provisions applicable to the Develop-
ment Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported 
by the House Committee on International Relations on May 
9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and loan guaran-
tees provided under this heading: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
any portion of which is to be guaranteed, of up to 
$700,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
credit programs administered by the United States Agency 
for International Development, $8,920,000, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Oper-
ating Expenses of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development: Provided, That funds made avail-
able under this heading shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$645,700,000, of which up to $25,000,000 may remain
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available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 
the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ may be made 
available to finance the construction (including architect 
and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of 
offices for use by the United States Agency for International 
Development, unless the Administrator has identified such 
proposed construction (including architect and engineering 
services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices in a report 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 
days prior to the obligation of these funds for such purposes: 
Provided further, That the previous proviso shall not apply 
where the total cost of construction (including architect and 
engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices 
does not exceed $1,000,000: Provided further, That contracts 
or agreements entered into with funds appropriated under 
this heading may entail commitments for the expenditure 
of such funds through fiscal year 2009: Provided further, 
That any decision to open a new overseas mission or office 
of the United States Agency for International Development 
or, except where there is a substantial security risk to mis-
sion personnel, to close or significantly reduce the number 
of personnel of any such mission or office, shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That the authority of sec-
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tions 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
may be exercised by the Secretary of State to transfer funds 
appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act 
to ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for 
International Development’’ in accordance with the provi-
sions of those sections. 
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, $90,508,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this amount is in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for obli-
gation only pursuant to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to 
exceed $75,144,500 may be made available for the purposes 
of implementing the Capital Security Cost Sharing Pro-
gram. 
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,
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$38,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, 
which sum shall be available for the Office of the Inspector 
General of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment. 
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 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$3,015,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing that are available for Egypt shall be provided with the 
understanding that Egypt will undertake significant eco-
nomic and democratic reforms which are additional to those 
which were undertaken in previous fiscal years, including 
the benchmarks accompanying the ‘‘Financial Sector Re-
form Memorandum of Understanding’’ dated March 20, 
2005: Provided further, That with respect to the provision 
of assistance for Egypt for democracy, human rights and 
governance activities, the organizations implementing such 
assistance and the specific nature of that assistance shall 
not be subject to the prior approval by the Government of 
Egypt: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading that are available for assistance for 
Egypt, not less than $15,000,000 should be made available 
for democracy, human rights and governance programs and
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not less than $50,000,000 should be used for education pro-
grams, of which not less than $10,000,000 should be made 
available for scholarships for Egyptian students with high 
financial need to attend United States accredited institu-
tions of higher education in Egypt: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading that are available 
for assistance for Cyprus should be used only for scholar-
ships, 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 Cy-
prus: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, $363,547,000 shall be made available 
for assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, $75,000,000 shall 
be made available for assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza, of which not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for 
administrative expenses of the United States Agency for 
International Development, in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes, to carry out programs in the 
West Bank and Gaza: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not less than $30,000,000 
shall be made available for assistance for the Philippines 
and not less than $10,700,000 shall be made available for 
assistance for Vietnam: Provided further, That $45,000,000
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of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made 
available for assistance for Lebanon, of which not less than 
$10,000,000 should be made available for scholarships and 
direct support of United States educational institutions in 
Lebanon, and of which not less than $500,000 shall be made 
available to the United States Forest Service for forest man-
agement and wildlife conservation programs in Lebanon: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 
for the fund established by section 2108 of Public Law 109– 
13: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, $3,000,000 shall be made available for pro-
grams to promote democracy and human rights in North 
Korea: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under 
this 
heading 
for 
assistance 
for 
Cambodia, 
$15,000,000 shall be made available to support, democracy, 
the rule of law, and human rights in Cambodia, including 
assistance for democratic political parties: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds ap-
propriated under this heading may be made available for 
programs and activities in the Central Highlands of Viet-
nam: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading for the Middle East Partnership Initia-
tive, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available to 
rescue Iraqi scholars: Provided further, That of the funds
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appropriated under this heading that are available for as-
sistance for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, up to 
$1,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses of 
the United States Agency for International Development in 
addition to amounts otherwise made available for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $12,000,000 shall be made 
available for a United States contribution to the Special 
Court for Sierra Leone, not less than $3,000,000 shall be 
made available for a United States contribution to the Ex-
tractive Industries Transparency Initiative Trust Fund, 
not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available to support 
implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification 
Scheme with an emphasis on support for regional efforts 
to combat cross-border smuggling and for monitoring by 
civil society groups, not less than $2,500,000 shall be made 
available for East Asia and Pacific Environmental Initia-
tives, and not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 
for programs to protect biodiversity in Colombia’s national 
parks and indigenous reserves: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading that are made available 
for a Middle East Financing Facility, Middle East Enter-
prise 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 of
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the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be made available for labor and environ-
mental capacity building activities relating to the free trade 
agreements with the countries of Central America and the 
Dominican Republic. 
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, 
$294,568,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, 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 As-
sistance 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 628 of this Act shall apply 
to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any provision of this or any other Act, in-
cluding provisions in this subsection regarding the applica-
tion of section 628 of this Act, local currencies generated 
by, or converted from, funds appropriated by this Act and 
by previous appropriations Acts and made available for the
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economic revitalization program in Bosnia may be used in 
Eastern Europe and the Baltic States to carry out the pro-
visions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Sup-
port for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE 
FORMER SOVIET UNION 
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 assistance 
for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and 
for related programs, $401,885,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009: Provided, That the provisions of 
such chapters shall apply to funds appropriated by this 
paragraph: Provided further, That funds made available for 
the Southern Caucasus region may be used, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for confidence-building 
measures and other activities in furtherance of the peaceful 
resolution of regional conflicts, especially those in the vicin-
ity of Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabagh: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
than $8,000,000 shall be made available for humanitarian, 
conflict mitigation, human rights, civil society, and relief 
and recovery assistance for Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dage-
stan, and North Ossetia-Alania in the North Caucasus: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading that are available for assistance for Russia, not less
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than $500,000 shall be made available to the United States 
Forest Service for forest management and wildlife conserva-
tion programs in the Russian Far East: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds ap-
propriated under this heading in this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for foreign operations, export fi-
nancing, 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 adminis-
trative expenses. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 
the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, 
$22,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009. 
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the Inter-
national Security and Development Cooperation Act of 
1980, Public Law 96–533, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009: Provided, That funds made 
available to grantees may be invested pending expenditure 
for project purposes when authorized by the Board of Direc-
tors of the Foundation: Provided further, That interest 
earned shall be used only for the purposes for which the 
grant was made: Provided further, That notwithstanding
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section 505(a)(2) of the African Development Foundation 
Act, (1) in exceptional circumstances the Board of Directors 
of the Foundation may waive the $250,000 limitation con-
tained in that section with respect to a project and (2) a 
project may exceed the limitation by up to $10,000 if the 
increase is due solely to foreign currency fluctuation: Pro-
vided 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 purchase 
of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for adminis-
trative purposes for use outside of the United States, 
$323,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Provided 
further, That the Director may transfer to the Foreign Cur-
rency Fluctuations Account, as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 
2515, an amount not to exceed $2,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That funds transferred pursuant to the previous pro-
viso may not be derived from amounts made available for 
Peace Corps overseas operations.
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, $1,200,000,000, 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 Millen-
nium 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 for candidate 
countries for fiscal year 2008: 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 programs, projects 
and activities, and the implementing agency or agencies of 
the United States Government: Provided further, That sec-
tion 605(e)(4) of the Millennium Challenge 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 Millennium Challenge Compact en-
tered into pursuant to section 609 of the Millennium Chal-
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lenge Act of 2003 only if such Compact obligates, or con-
tains a commitment to obligate subject to the availability 
of funds and the mutual agreement of the parties to the 
Compact to proceed, the entire amount of the United States 
Government funding anticipated for the duration of the 
Compact. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of 
democracy globally, $177,000,000, of which the following 
amounts shall be made available, subject to the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
until September 30, 2010— 
(1) $75,000,000 for the Human Rights and De-
mocracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights and Labor, Department of State, of which 
$15,000,000 shall be for democracy and rule of law 
programs in the People’s Republic of China, Hong 
Kong, and Taiwan: Provided, That assistance for 
Taiwan should be matched from sources other than 
the United States Government: Provided further, That 
$10,000,000 shall be made available for programs and 
activities for the promotion of democracy in countries 
located outside the Middle East region with a signifi-
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cant Muslim population, and where such programs 
and activities would be important to United States 
efforts to respond to, deter, or prevent acts of inter-
national terrorism: Provided further, That funds used 
for such purposes should support new initiatives and 
activities in those countries; and 
(2) $102,000,000 for the National Endowment 
for Democracy: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assist-
ance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union’’, an additional $18,000,000 shall be made 
available for the programs and activities of the Na-
tional Endowment of Democracy. 
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
available for the promotion of democracy may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of this or 
any other Act and, with regard to the National Endowment 
for Democracy, any regulation. Funds appropriated under 
this heading are in addition to funds otherwise available 
for such purposes. 
(c) The Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, 
Human Rights and Labor shall be responsible for— 
(1) all policy, funding, and programming deci-
sions regarding funds made available in this Act and
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subsequent Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs for the Human Rights and 
Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor; and 
(2) the development of strategies for the pro-
motion of democracy globally and the coordination of 
democracy programs between the United States De-
partment of State and the United States Agency for 
International Development. 
(d) For the purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, 
the term ‘‘promotion of democracy’’ means programs that 
support good governance, human rights, independent 
media, and the rule of law, and otherwise strengthen the 
capacity of democratic political parties, governments, non-
governmental institutions, and citizens to support the devel-
opment of democratic states, institutions, and practices that 
are responsive and accountable to citizens. 
(e) Any contract, grant or cooperative agreement (or 
any amendment to any contract, grant, or cooperative 
agreement) in excess of $2,500,000 for the promotion of de-
mocracy under this Act shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $558,449,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That during 
fiscal year 2008, 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 Government 
for the purpose of providing it to a foreign country under 
chapter 8 of part I of that Act subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
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 appropriated under this heading, 
a report on the proposed uses of all funds under this head-
ing on a country-by-country basis for each proposed pro-
gram, project, or activity: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$19,000,000 shall be made available for training programs 
and activities of the International Law Enforcement Acad-
emies: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be made available for training of foreign 
law enforcement and judicial personnel in the prevention
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of violence and discrimination on account of sexual orienta-
tion or gender identity: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not less than $10,500,000 
should be made available for programs to combat trafficking 
in persons and migrant smuggling: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not more 
than $38,000,000 may be available for administrative ex-
penses. 
ANDEAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support counterdrug, 
economic and social development, rule of law, and other ac-
tivities in the Andean region of South America, 
$415,050,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
(b) In fiscal year 2008, funds available to the Depart-
ment of State for assistance to the Government of Colombia 
may be made available to support a unified campaign 
against drug trafficking, against activities by organizations 
designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, and to take 
actions to protect human health and welfare in emergency 
circumstances, including undertaking rescue operations: 
Provided, That this authority shall cease to be effective if 
the Secretary of State has credible evidence that the Colom-
bian Armed Forces are not conducting vigorous operations
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to restore civilian government authority and respect for 
human rights in areas under the effective control of para-
military organizations or successor armed groups: Provided 
further, That the President shall ensure that if any heli-
copter procured with funds under this heading is used to 
aid or abet the operations of any such organization, the 
helicopter shall be immediately returned to the United 
States: 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 available 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
(c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that 
are available for assistance for Colombia, not less than 
$22,000,000 shall be made available for the Office of the 
Attorney General, of which $5,000,000 shall be for the 
Human Rights Unit, $5,000,000 shall be for the Justice and 
Peace Unit, $9,000,000 shall be used to develop a witness 
protection program for victims of armed groups, and 
$3,000,000 shall be for investigations of mass graves and 
identification of remains: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading that are available
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for assistance for Colombia, $5,000,000 shall be for the Of-
fice of the Procuraduria General de la Nacion, $3,000,000 
shall be for the Office of the Defensoria del Pueblo, and 
$750,000 shall be made available for a United States con-
tribution to the Office of the United Nations High Commis-
sioner for Human Rights in Colombia to support moni-
toring and public reporting of human rights conditions in 
the field. 
(d) Funds appropriated by this Act that are available 
for aerial eradication of coca in Colombia may be made 
available only for targeted eradication in specific areas and 
only if the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees 
on Appropriations that manual eradication in such areas 
is not feasible: Provided, That not more than 20 percent 
of such funds may be made available unless the Secretary 
of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that: 
(1) the herbicide is being used in accordance with EPA label 
requirements for comparable use in the United States and 
with Colombian laws; and (2) the herbicide, in the manner 
it is being used, does not pose unreasonable risks or adverse 
effects to humans or the environment including endemic 
species: Provided further, That such funds may not be made 
available unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that complaints of harm to 
health or licit crops caused by such aerial eradication are
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thoroughly evaluated and fair compensation is being paid 
in a timely manner for meritorious claims, and the Sec-
retary submits a report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions detailing all claims, evaluations, and compensation 
paid during the twelve month period prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such funds 
may not be made available for such purposes unless pro-
grams are being implemented by the United States Agency 
for International Development, the Government of Colom-
bia, or other organizations, in consultation and coordina-
tion with local communities, to provide alternative sources 
of income in municipalities where security permits for 
small-acreage growers whose illicit crops are targeted for 
aerial eradication: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated by this Act may be used for aerial eradication in 
Colombia’s national parks or reserves only if the Secretary 
of State determines on a case-by-case basis that there are 
no feasible alternatives and the eradication is conducted in 
accordance with Colombian laws: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading that are avail-
able for Colombia, $10,000,000 shall be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’ and shall be made 
available only for assistance for the Colombian military to 
provide security for manual eradication programs, includ-
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ing in national parks: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available for 
the cultivation or processing of African oil palm, if doing 
so would contribute to significant loss of native species or 
the forced displacement of local people. 
(e) No United States Armed Forces personnel or 
United States civilian contractor employed by the United 
States will participate in any combat operation in connec-
tion with assistance made available by this Act for Colom-
bia. 
(f) Funds appropriated under this heading that are 
made available for assistance for the Bolivian military may 
be made available for such purposes only if the Secretary 
of State certifies that the Bolivian military is respecting 
human rights, and civilian judicial authorities are inves-
tigating and prosecuting, with the military’s full coopera-
tion, military personnel who have been implicated in gross 
violations of human rights. 
(g) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
more than $16,000,000 may be available for administrative 
expenses of the Department of State, and not more than 
$8,000,000 may be available, in addition to amounts other-
wise available for such purposes, for administrative ex-
penses of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment.
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(h) The Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, 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 appropriated 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 ac-
tivity. 
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 contributions 
to the International Organization for Migration and the 
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and other 
activities to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and 
expenses of personnel and dependents as authorized 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, 
$889,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not more than $23,000,000 may be available 
for administrative expenses: Provided further, That 
$40,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading
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shall be made available for refugees resettling in Israel: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available under this head-
ing shall be made available for assistance for refugees from 
North Korea. 
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)), $45,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
made available under this heading are appropriated not-
withstanding the provisions contained in section 2(c)(2) of 
such Act which would limit the amount of funds which 
could be appropriated for this purpose. 
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 
$499,000,000, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-ter-
rorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support 
Act, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act or the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the 
clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small 
arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any other
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provision of law, including activities implemented through 
nongovernmental and international organizations, and sec-
tion 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a vol-
untary contribution to the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA), and for a United States contribution to 
the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory 
Commission: Provided, That of this amount not to exceed 
$32,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 
made available for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament 
Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to pro-
mote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to non-
proliferation 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 organizations when it is in the national secu-
rity interest of the United States to do so: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
than $30,000,000 shall be made available for the Biosecu-
rity Engagement Program: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated 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 Congress) 
that Israel is not being denied its right to participate in 
the activities of that Agency: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available for demining and related activities,
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not to exceed $700,000, in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes, may be used for administrative 
expenses related to the operation and management of the 
demining program: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading that are available for ‘‘Anti-ter-
rorism Assistance’’ and ‘‘Export Control and Border Secu-
rity’’ shall remain available until September 30, 2009. 
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, 
$22,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, 
which shall be available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law. 
DEBT RESTRUCTURING 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan 
guarantees, as the President may determine, for which 
funds have been appropriated or otherwise made available 
for programs within the International Affairs Budget Func-
tion 150, including the cost of selling, reducing, 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 devel-
oped countries, as authorized under section 411 of the Agri-
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cultural 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 Ap-
propriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–461), and of can-
celing 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 reduction pursuant to 
title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law by section 
1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113, $200,300,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That 
not less than $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be made available to carry out the provi-
sions of part V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Pro-
vided 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 In-
tegration: 
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
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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 Committees 
on Appropriations concerning which countries and inter-
national financial institutions are expected to benefit from 
a United States contribution to the HIPC Trust Fund dur-
ing the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall inform the Committees on Appropria-
tions 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 Secretary of the 
Treasury may disburse funds designated for debt reduction 
through the HIPC Trust Fund only for the benefit of coun-
tries 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
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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: 
Provided further, That any limitation of subsection (e) of 
section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and As-
sistance Act of 1954 shall not apply to funds appropriated 
under this heading: 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 elected government has taken office. 
TITLE IV 
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, 
$85,877,000, of which up to $3,000,000 may remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated
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under this heading shall not be available for Equatorial 
Guinea: Provided further, That the civilian personnel for 
whom military education and training may be provided 
under this heading may include civilians who are not mem-
bers of a government whose participation would contribute 
to improved civil-military relations, civilian control of the 
military, or respect for human rights: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading that are made 
available for assistance for Angola, Cameroon, Central Afri-
can Republic, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Libya, and 
Nepal may be made available only for expanded inter-
national military education and training: Provided fur-
ther, That expanded international military education and 
training may include English language training for pur-
poses of funds appropriated under this heading: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading for 
assistance for Haiti, Guatemala, the Democratic Republic 
of the Congo, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Libya, An-
gola, and Nigeria may only be provided through the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for grants to enable the Presi-
dent to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms 
Export Control Act, $4,579,000,000: Provided, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than
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$2,400,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel: 
Provided further, That the funds appropriated by this para-
graph for Israel shall be disbursed within 30 days of the 
enactment of this Act or by October 31, 2007, whichever 
is later: Provided further, That to the extent that the Gov-
ernment of Israel requests that funds be used for such pur-
poses, grants made available for Israel by this paragraph 
shall, as agreed by Israel and the United States, be avail-
able for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than 
$631,200,000 shall be available for the procurement in 
Israel of defense articles and defense services, including re-
search and development: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated by this paragraph, $300,000,000 shall be 
made available for assistance for Jordan: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
than $8,413,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
Tunisia: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be 
made available for grants only for Egypt: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading for assist-
ance 
for 
Egypt 
should 
be 
made 
available 
for 
counterterrorism and border security programs in the 
Sinai: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading that are available for Colombia, 
$10,000,000 shall be made available for medical and reha-
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bilitation assistance, removal of landmines, and to enhance 
communications capabilities: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this para-
graph shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any require-
ment in section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available under this para-
graph shall be obligated upon apportionment in accordance 
with paragraph (5)(C) of title 31, United States Code, sec-
tion 1501(a): Provided further, That 0.1 percent of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred 
to and merged with funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ to be made available to the Bu-
reau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department 
of State, to ensure adequate monitoring of the use of assist-
ance made available under this heading in countries where 
such monitoring is most needed, in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes. 
None of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be available to finance the procurement of defense arti-
cles, defense services, or design and construction services 
that are not sold by the United States Government under 
the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign country pro-
posing to make such procurements has first signed an agree-
ment with the United States Government specifying the 
conditions under which such procurements may be financed
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with such funds: Provided, That all country and funding 
level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the 
regular notification procedures of section 515 of this Act: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for assistance for 
Sudan: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for as-
sistance for Haiti, Guatemala, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, 
Bangladesh, 
Philippines, 
Indonesia, 
Bosnia 
and 
Herzegovina, Ethiopia, and Democratic Republic of the 
Congo except pursuant to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading may 
be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and re-
lated activities, and may include activities implemented 
through nongovernmental and international organizations: 
Provided further, That only those countries for which assist-
ance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financ-
ing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presen-
tation for security assistance programs may utilize funds 
made available under this heading for procurement of de-
fense articles, defense services or design and construction 
services that are not sold by the United States Government 
under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That
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funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended 
at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment 
for defense articles and services: Provided further, That not 
more than $41,900,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, including 
the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
only for use outside of the United States, for the general 
costs of administering military assistance and sales: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $395,000,000 of funds 
realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export 
Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred by the 
Department of Defense during fiscal year 2008 pursuant 
to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except that 
this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That foreign military financing 
program funds estimated to be outlayed for Egypt during 
fiscal year 2008 may be transferred to an interest bearing 
account for Egypt in the Federal Reserve Bank of New 
York. 
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$273,200,000: Provided, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made 
available for a United States contribution to the Multi-
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national Force and Observers mission in the Sinai: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be obligated or expended except as pro-
vided through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
TITLE V 
MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY 
For the United States contribution for the Global En-
vironment Facility, $106,763,000 to the International Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for the Glob-
al Environment Facility (GEF), by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
ASSOCIATION 
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,000,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading should not be obligated 
until the Secretary of the Treasury reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that he has received written assur-
ance from the President of the World Bank that the bank’s 
management will not recommend or support any loan, 
grant, credit or other financing for any infrastructure
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project which would contribute to significant loss of tropical 
forest or biodiversity. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS 
MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Multi-
lateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
for the United States contribution to the fund, $25,000,000, 
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, $90,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
For payment to the African Development Bank by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, $2,037,000, for the United States 
paid-in share of the increase in capital stock, to remain 
available until expended. 
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 $31,918,770.
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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, $105,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR 
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction 
and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $10,159 
for the United States share of the paid-in portion of the 
increase in capital stock, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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 International 
Fund for Agricultural Development, $18,072,000, 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 Par-
ticipation Act of 1973, $313,925,000: Provided, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading that are available 
for the Organization of American States Fund for Strength-
ening Democracy, $500,000 shall be subject to the regular
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notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 601. (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 in-
stitution 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 Director 
to such institution is compensated by the institution at a 
rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occu-
pying 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 Devel-
opment Fund, the African Development Bank, the African 
Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund, the
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North American Development Bank, and the European 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 
ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 602. (a) Funds provided in this Act for the fol-
lowing accounts shall be made available for programs and 
countries in the amounts contained in the respective tables 
included in the report accompanying this Act: 
‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange Pro-
grams’’. 
‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Mainte-
nance’’. 
‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’. 
‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’. 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’. 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’. 
‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 
States’’. 
‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the 
Former Soviet Union’’. 
‘‘Democracy Fund’’. 
‘‘Andean Programs’’. 
‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-Terrorism, 
Demining 
and Related Programs’’. 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 
‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’.
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(b) Any proposed increases or decreases to the amounts 
contained in such tables in the accompanying report shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations and section 634A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961. 
LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES 
SEC. 603. Of the funds appropriated or made available 
pursuant to title III of this Act, not to exceed $100,500 shall 
be for official residence expenses of the United States Agency 
for International Development during the current fiscal 
year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to as-
sure that, to the maximum extent possible, United States- 
owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars. 
UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT 
SEC. 604. Any Department or Agency to which funds 
are appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
shall provide, upon request of the Committees on Appro-
priations, an accurate accounting by program, project, and 
activity of the funds received by such Department or Agency 
in this fiscal year or any previous fiscal year that remain 
unobligated and unexpended. 
LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
SEC. 605. Of the funds appropriated or made available 
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $250,000 shall be avail-
able for representation and entertainment allowances, of 
which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for entertain-
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ment allowances, for the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development during the current fiscal year: Pro-
vided, That no such entertainment funds may be used for 
the purposes listed in section 648 of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure that, 
to the maximum extent possible, United States-owned for-
eign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available by this Act for gen-
eral costs of administering military assistance and sales 
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, 
not to exceed $4,000 shall be available 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 ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education 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-American Foundation, not to exceed 
$2,000 shall be available for entertainment and representa-
tion allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘United States- 
China Economic and Security Review Commission’’, not 
to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official reception, rep-
resentation, and entertainment allowances: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available by this Act for the
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Peace Corps, not to exceed a total of $4,000 shall be avail-
able 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 entertainment al-
lowances: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able by this Act under the heading ‘‘Millennium Challenge 
Corporation’’, not to exceed $115,000 shall be available for 
representation and entertainment allowances. 
PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 606. (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 bi-
lateral agreement governing the terms and conditions under 
which such assistance is to be provided unless such agree-
ment includes a provision stating that assistance provided 
by the United States shall be exempt from taxation, or reim-
bursed, by the foreign government, and the Secretary of 
State shall expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to 
existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with 
this requirement. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT
OF
FOREIGN
TAXES.—An 
amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed 
during fiscal year 2008 on funds appropriated by this Act 
by a foreign government or entity against commodities fi-
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nanced under United States assistance programs for which 
funds are appropriated by this Act, either directly or 
through grantees, contractors and subcontractors shall be 
withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for as-
sistance for fiscal year 2009 and allocated for the central 
government of such country and for the West Bank and 
Gaza Program to the extent that the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports in writing to the Committees on Appro-
priations 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 sub-
section (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 countries 
which do not assess taxes on United States assistance or 
which have an effective arrangement that is providing sub-
stantial reimbursement of such taxes. 
(e) DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 
to any country or entity the Secretary of State deter-
mines— 
(A) does not assess taxes on United States 
assistance or which has an effective arrangement
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that is providing substantial reimbursement of 
such taxes; or 
(B) the foreign policy interests of the United 
States outweigh the policy of this section to en-
sure 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 re-
gard 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 
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 privi-
leges and immunities applicable to United States for-
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eign assistance for such country generally, or an indi-
vidual agreement between the Government of the 
United States and such government that describes, 
among other things, the treatment for tax purposes 
that will be accorded the United States assistance 
provided under that agreement. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 607. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or 
expended to finance directly any assistance or reparations 
to Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for 
purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 
expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance 
and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 
MILITARY COUPS 
SEC. 608. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or 
expended to finance directly any assistance to the govern-
ment of any country whose duly elected head of government 
is deposed by military coup or decree: Provided, That as-
sistance may be resumed to such government if the Presi-
dent determines and certifies to the Committees on Appro-
priations that subsequent to the termination of assistance 
a democratically elected government has taken office: Pro-
vided further, That the provisions of this section shall not
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apply to assistance to promote democratic elections or pub-
lic participation in democratic processes: Provided further, 
That funds made available pursuant to the previous pro-
visos shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
TRANSFERS 
SEC. 609. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD-
CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.—Not to exceed 5 percent 
of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal 
year for the Department of State in this Act may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations, but no such appropria-
tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Broad-
casting Board of Governors in this Act may be transferred 
between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, 
except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 
by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided 
further, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 104 of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section. 
(b)(1) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BETWEEN AGEN-
CIES.—None of the funds made available by this Act may
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be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumen-
tality of the United States Government, except 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 Government 
pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 632 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(c) 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 provides notification in accord-
ance with the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(d) 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 Assistance Act 
of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, shall expressly
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provide that the Office of the Inspector General for the agen-
cy 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. 
COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES 
SEC. 610. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
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 pro-
vide financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and major non- 
NATO allies for the procurement by leasing (including leas-
ing 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 aircraft having possible civilian application), if the 
President determines that there are compelling foreign pol-
icy or national security reasons for those defense articles 
being provided by commercial lease rather than by govern-
ment-to-government sale under such Act. 
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 611. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation after the expi-
ration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided 
in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for the pur-
poses of chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of part I, section 661,
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section 667, chapters 4, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act, and funds provided under the heading ‘‘Assistance 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, shall 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, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this Act, any funds made available for the pur-
poses of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 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 re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the 
Director of the Trade and Development Agency shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations not later than 15 days 
prior to any reobligation of funds appropriated for the pur-
poses of section 661 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT 
SEC. 612. 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 gov-
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ernment of such country by the United States pursuant to 
a program for which funds are appropriated under this Act 
unless the President determines, following consultations 
with the Committees on Appropriations, that assistance to 
such country is in the national interest of the United States. 
COMMERCE AND TRADE 
SEC. 613. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made 
available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance 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 expended to 
finance any loan, any assistance or any other financial 
commitments for establishing or expanding production 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 productive ca-
pacity 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 Export-Import Bank 
if in the judgment of its Board of Directors 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 commodity, and the Chairman 
of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropriations.
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(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breed-
ing feasibility study, variety improvement or introduction, 
consultancy, publication, conference, or training in connec-
tion with the growth or production in a foreign country 
of an agricultural commodity for export which would com-
pete with a similar commodity grown or produced in the 
United States: Provided, That this subsection shall not pro-
hibit— 
(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 ben-
efit American producers. 
SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 614. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States Executive Directors of the International 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-
national Development Association, the International Fi-
nance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, 
the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development 
Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the 
North American Development Bank, the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, the African Development
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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 avail-
able 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 assistance will cause substan-
tial injury to United States producers of the same, similar, 
or competing commodity. 
REPROGRAMMING NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 615. (a) None of the funds made available in all 
titles of this Act, or in prior appropriations Acts to the 
agencies and departments funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2008, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees or of currency 
reflows or other offsetting collections, or made available by 
transfer, to the agencies and departments funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 
funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity 
for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates 
an office or employees; (5) closes or opens a mission or post; 
(6) reorganizes or renames offices; (7) reorganizes programs 
or activities; or (8) contracts out or privatizes any functions 
or activities presently performed by Federal employees; un-
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less the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days 
in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(b) For the purposes of providing the executive branch 
with the necessary administrative flexibility, none of the 
funds provided under title I of this Act, or provided under 
previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or department 
funded under title I of this Act that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2008, or provided 
from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies or 
department funded by title I of this Act, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or 
projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 
$750,000 or ten percent, whichever is less, that: (1) aug-
ments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces 
by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, 
or activity, or numbers of personnel by ten percent as ap-
proved by Congress; or (3) results from any general savings, 
including savings from a reduction in personnel, which 
would result in a change in existing programs, activities, 
or projects as approved by Congress; unless the Committees 
on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such 
reprogramming of funds. 
(c) For the purposes of providing the executive branch 
with the necessary administrative flexibility, none of the
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funds made available under titles II through V of this Act 
for ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 
‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, ‘‘Trade and 
Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean Programs’’, ‘‘Assistance 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Assistance for 
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’, ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping 
Operations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, ‘‘Operating Ex-
penses of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States Agency 
for International Development Office of Inspector General’’, 
‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’ (by coun-
try only), ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘Inter-
national 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 justified to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations for obligation under any of these 
specific headings unless the Committees 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 pur-