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tees on Appropriations which contains a detailed multi-
year assistance strategy for Haiti.
(e) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this
Act and after consultation with appropriate international
development organizations and Haitian officials, organiza-
tions and communities, the Administrator of the United
States Agency for International Development shall submit
a report to the Committees on Appropriations setting forth
a plan for the reforestation of areas in Haiti that are vul-
nerable to erosion which pose significant danger to human
health and safety.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY
SEC. 5050. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
may be obligated or expended with respect to providing
funds to the Palestinian Authority.
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection
(a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate that waiving such prohibi-
tion is important to the national security interests of the
United States.
(c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiv-
er pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more
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than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply
beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act.
(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu-
ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall submit
a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the
steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest terror-
ists, confiscate weapons and dismantle the terrorist infra-
structure. The report shall also include a description of how
funds will be spent and the accounting procedures in place
to ensure that they are properly disbursed.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES
SEC. 5051. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be provided to any unit of the security forces of
a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible evi-
dence that such unit has committed gross violations of
human rights, unless the Secretary determines and reports
to the Committees on Appropriations that the government
of such country is taking effective measures to bring the re-
sponsible members of the security forces unit to justice: Pro-
vided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to
withhold funds made available by this Act from any unit
of the security forces of a foreign country not credibly al-
leged to be involved in gross violations of human rights:
Provided further, That in the event that funds are withheld
from any unit pursuant to this section, the Secretary of
State shall promptly inform the foreign government of the
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basis for such action and shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, assist the foreign government in taking effective
measures to bring the responsible members of the security
forces to justice.
FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT
SEC. 5052. The annual foreign military training re-
port required by section 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 shall be submitted by the Secretary of Defense and
the Secretary of State to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the date
specified in that section.
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT
SEC. 5053. Funds appropriated by this Act, except
funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Trade and Devel-
opment Agency’’, ‘‘Millenium Challenge Corporation’’, and
‘‘Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’’, may be obligated and ex-
pended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672
and section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956.
CAMBODIA
SEC. 5054. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should
instruct the United States executive directors of the inter-
national financial institutions to use the voice and vote of
the United States to oppose loans to the Central Govern-
ment of Cambodia, except loans to meet basic human needs.
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(b)(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be made available for assistance for the Central Government
of Cambodia.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to assistance for
basic education, reproductive and maternal and child
health, cultural and historic preservation, programs for the
prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on,
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, polio and other infectious
diseases, development and implementation of legislation
and implementation of procedures on inter-country adop-
tions consistent with international standards, counter-
narcotics programs, programs to combat human trafficking
that are provided through nongovernmental organizations,
and for the Ministry of Women and Veterans Affairs to
combat human trafficking.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support
Fund’’, up to $5,000,000 may be made available for activi-
ties to support democracy, including assistance for demo-
cratic political parties.
(d) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out provi-
sions of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
may be made available notwithstanding subsection (b) only
if at least 15 days prior to the obligation of such funds,
the Secretary of State provides to the Committees on Appro-