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available only for micro and small enterprise programs, urban pro-
grams, and other programs which further the purposes of part
I of the Act: Provided further, That such costs, including the cost
of modifying 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 funds used for such costs shall
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees
on Appropriations.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out credit
programs administered by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, $8,000,000, which may be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the
United States Agency for International Development: Provided,
That funds made available under this heading shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2007.
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY
FUND
For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and Disability
Fund’’, as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980,
$43,859,000.
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, $604,100,000, of which
up to $25,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2005:
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 con-
tracts or agreements entered into with funds appropriated under
this heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of such
funds through fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That in addition
not to exceed $15,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the
‘‘Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund’’ (Public Law 108–11) to sup-
port the United States Agency for International Development mis-
sion in Iraq: Provided further, That none of the funds in this
Act may be used to open a new overseas mission of the United
States Agency for International Development without the prior
written notification of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
further, That the authority of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary of State
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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 provisions
of those sections: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2004,
the number of full-time equivalent positions for United States for-
eign service employees of the United States Agency for International
Development for countries in the Latin America and Caribbean
region shall not be reduced below the number for such employees
for countries in that region as of September 30, 2003, except as
provided through the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
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, $82,200,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That this amount is in addition
to funds otherwise available for such purposes: Provided further,
That the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall assess fair and reasonable rental pay-
ments for the use of space by employees of other United States
Government agencies in buildings constructed using funds appro-
priated under this heading, and such rental payments shall be
deposited into this account as an offsetting collection: Provided
further, That the rental payments collected pursuant to the previous
proviso and deposited as an offsetting collection shall be available
for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the
assignment of United States Government employees or contractors
to space in buildings constructed using funds appropriated under
this heading shall be subject to the concurrence of the Administrator
of the United States Agency for International Development: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall
be available for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $35,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2005, which sum shall be available
for the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Agency
for International Development.
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter
4 of part II, $2,132,500,000, to remain available until September
30, 2005: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, not less than $480,000,000 shall be available only for
Israel, which sum shall be available on a grant basis as a cash
transfer and shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment
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of this Act: Provided further, That not less than $575,000,000 shall
be available only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a
grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance shall be
provided with the understanding that Egypt will undertake signifi-
cant economic reforms which are additional to those which were
undertaken in previous fiscal years, and of which not less than
$200,000,000 shall be provided as Commodity Import Program
assistance: Provided further, That in exercising the authority to
provide cash transfer assistance for Israel, the President shall
ensure that the level of such assistance does not cause an adverse
impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports from the United
States to such country and that Israel enters into a side letter
agreement in an amount proportional to the fiscal year 1999 agree-
ment: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, not less than $250,000,000 should be made available only
for assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, up to $1,000,000 should be used to
further legal reforms in the West Bank and Gaza, including judicial
training on commercial disputes and ethics: Provided further, That
funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available
for administrative costs of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development to implement regional programs in Asia and
the Near East, including the Middle East Partnership Initiative,
in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: Pro-
vided further, That $13,500,000 of the funds appropriated under
this heading shall be made available for Cyprus to be used only
for scholarships, administrative support of the scholarship program,
bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at reunification of the
island and designed to reduce tensions and promote peace and
cooperation between the two communities on Cyprus: Provided fur-
ther, That $35,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be made available for assistance for Lebanon, of which not
less than $4,000,000 should be made available for American edu-
cational institutions for scholarships and other programs: Provided
further, That notwithstanding section 534(a) of this Act, funds
appropriated under this heading that are made available for assist-
ance for the Central Government of Lebanon shall be subject to
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, not less than $22,500,000 shall be made available for
assistance for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, of which
up to $1,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses
of the United States Agency for International Development: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
not less than $1,500,000 should be made available for technical
assistance for countries to implement and enforce the Kimberley
Process Certification Scheme: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading should be made available to support
the development of justice and reconciliation mechanisms in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda,
including programs to improve local capacity to prevent and respond
to gender-based violence: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, to provide assistance to the National Democratic Alli-
ance of Sudan to strengthen its ability to protect civilians from
attacks, slave raids, and aerial bombardment by the Sudanese
Government forces and its militia allies, and the provision of such
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funds shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That in the
previous proviso, the term ‘‘assistance’’ includes non-lethal, non-
food aid such as blankets, medicine, fuel, mobile clinics, water
drilling equipment, communications equipment to notify civilians
of aerial bombardment, non-military vehicles, tents, and shoes:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
not less than $1,750,000 should be made available for East Asia
and Pacific Environment Initiatives: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made
available to continue to support the provision of wheelchairs for
needy persons in developing countries: Provided further, That funds
appropriated under this heading that are made available for a
Middle East Financing Facility, Middle East Enterprise Fund, or
any other similar entity in the Middle East shall be subject to
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That with respect to funds appropriated
under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations
for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs, the
responsibility for policy decisions and justifications for the use
of such funds, including whether there will be a program for a
country that uses those funds and the amount of each such program,
shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of State and the Deputy
Secretary of State and this responsibility shall not be delegated:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated in Public Law
108–106 under the heading ‘‘Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund’’,
up to $100,000,000 may be transferred to and consolidated with
funds appropriated by this Act under this heading and made avail-
able for Turkey, and up to $30,000,000 may be transferred to
and consolidated with funds appropriated by this Act under this
heading and made available for the Middle East Partnership Initia-
tive: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading
shall be made available for programs and countries in the amounts
contained in the table accompanying the joint explanatory state-
ment of the managers accompanying this Act: Provided further,
That any proposed increases or decreases to the amounts contained
in such table shall be subject to the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations and section 634A of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 and notifications shall be transmitted
at least 15 days in advance of the obligation of funds.
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $18,500,000,
which shall be available for the United States contribution to the
International Fund for Ireland and shall be made available in
accordance with the provisions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Sup-
port Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount
shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely
payment for projects and activities: Provided further, That funds
made available under this heading shall remain available until
September 30, 2005.
GLOBAL HIV/AIDS INITIATIVE
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 for the prevention, treatment, and