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be applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees 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, $7,400,000, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Op-
erating 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, 
$625,700,000, of which up to $25,000,000 may remain 
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 Inter-
national Development, unless the Administrator has iden-
tified such proposed construction (including architect and 
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engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of of-
fices in a report submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations at least 15 days prior to the obligation of these 
funds for such purposes: Provided further, That the pre-
vious proviso shall not apply where the total cost of con-
struction (including architect and engineering services), 
purchase, or long-term lease of offices does not exceed 
$1,000,000: Provided further, That contracts or agree-
ments entered into with funds appropriated under this 
heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of 
such funds through fiscal year 2009: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act may be used to open 
or close an overseas mission of the United States Agency 
for International Development without the prior written 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the authority of sections 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 provisions of those 
sections: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated by this Act or any prior Act making appropriations 
for foreign operations, export financing, or related pro-
grams may be used by the United States Agency for Inter-
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national Development for the rent of buildings and space 
in buildings in the United States pursuant to the authority 
of section 636(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall not 
apply to any lease, agreement, or other instrument exe-
cuted for the purpose of maintaining United States Agen-
cy for International Development continuity of operations 
and to the cost of terminating the domestic lease executed 
on September 30, 2005. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND OF THE UNITED STATES 
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
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, $87,300,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other-
wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing, not to exceed $75,144,500 may be made available for 
the purposes of implementing the Capital Security Cost 
Sharing Program. 
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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, 
$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 Inter-
national Development. 
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 4 of part II, $2,656,506,000 (reduced by 
$25,000,000) (increased by $75,000,000) (reduced by 
$75,000,000) (increased by $36,700,000), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2009: Provided, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$415,000,000 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 under-
standing that Egypt will undertake significant economic 
and political reforms which are additional to those which 
were undertaken in previous fiscal years: Provided further, 
That with respect to the provision of assistance for Egypt 
for democracy and governance activities, the organizations 
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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 for assistance 
for Egypt, not less than $135,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for project assistance, of which not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be made available for democracy, 
human rights and governance programs and not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be used for education programs: Pro-
vided further, That $11,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading should be made available for Cyprus 
to be used for scholarships, administrative support of the 
scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and measures 
aimed at reunification of the island and designed to reduce 
tensions and promote peace and cooperation between the 
two communities on Cyprus: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$263,547,000 should be made available only for assistance 
for Jordan: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading not more than $63,500,000 
may be made available for assistance for the West Bank 
and Gaza: Provided further, That $45,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail-
able for assistance for Lebanon, of which not less than 
$10,000,000 should be made available for scholarships 
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and direct support of American educational institutions in 
Lebanon:
Provided
further,
That
not
more
than 
$300,000,000 of the funds made available for assistance 
for Afghanistan under this heading may be obligated for 
such assistance until the Secretary of State certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Af-
ghanistan at both the national and provincial level is co-
operating fully with United States funded poppy eradi-
cation and interdiction efforts in Afghanistan: Provided 
further, That the President may waive the previous proviso 
if he determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that to do so is vital to the national security in-
terests of the United States: Provided further, That such 
report shall include an analysis of the steps being taken 
by the Government of Afghanistan, at the national and 
provincial level, to cooperate fully with United States 
funded poppy eradication and interdiction efforts in Af-
ghanistan: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $218,500,000 
is available only to carry out programs in Colombia and 
may be transferred to ‘‘DEVELOPMENT ASSIST-
ANCE’’ to continue programs administered by the United 
States Agency for International Development: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 
that are available for assistance for the Democratic Re-
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public of Timor-Leste, up to $1,000,000 may be available 
for administrative expenses of the United States Agency 
for International Development: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for pro-
grams and activities for the Central Highlands of Viet-
nam: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading that are made available for a Middle East Financ-
ing 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 Ap-
propriations. 
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, $15,000,000, which shall be available for the United 
States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland 
and shall be made available in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 
(Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall 
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time-
ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading shall re-
main available until September 30, 2009. 
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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, 
$297,332,000, 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 
Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available 
the administrative authorities contained in that Act for 
the use of economic assistance. 
(c) The provisions of section 628 of this Act shall 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any provision of this or any other 
Act, including provisions in this subsection regarding the 
application of section 628 of this Act, local currencies gen-
erated by, or converted from, funds appropriated by this 
Act and by previous appropriations Acts and made avail-
able for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia 
may be used in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States to 
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
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1961 and the Support for East European Democracy 
SEED Act of 1989. 
(d) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap-
propriated under this heading made available for economic 
revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he 
determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has 
not complied with article III of annex 1–A of the General 
Framework
Agreement
for
Peace
in
Bosnia
and 
Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, 
and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga-
tions, and related activities between state sponsors of ter-
rorism and terrorist organizations and Bosnian officials 
has not been terminated. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE 
FORMER SOVIET UNION 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assist-
ance for the Independent States of the former Soviet 
Union and for related programs, $397,585,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That the 
provisions of such chapters shall apply to funds appro-
priated by this paragraph: Provided further, That funds 
made available for the Southern Caucasus region may be 
used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for con-
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fidence-building measures and other activities in further-
ance of the peaceful resolution of the regional conflicts, 
especially those in the vicinity of Abkhazia and Nagorno- 
Karabagh: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this 
heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 
for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams, that are made available pursuant to the provisions 
of section 807 of Public Law 102–511 shall be subject 
to a 6 percent ceiling on administrative expenses. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $52,200,000 should be made available, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for 
assistance for child survival, environmental and reproduc-
tive health, and to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and 
other infectious diseases, and for related activities. 
(c)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading 
that are allocated for assistance for the Government of 
the Russian Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from 
obligation until the President determines and certifies in 
writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
ernment of the Russian Federation— 
(A) has terminated implementation of arrange-
ments to provide Iran with technical expertise, train-
ing, technology, or equipment necessary to develop a 
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nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facilities or 
programs, or ballistic missile capability; and 
(B) is providing full access to international non- 
governmental organizations providing humanitarian 
relief to refugees and internally displaced persons in 
Chechnya. 
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 
(A) assistance to combat infectious diseases, 
child survival activities, or assistance for victims of 
trafficking in persons; and 
(B) activities authorized under title V (Non-
proliferation and Disarmament Programs and Ac-
tivities) of the FREEDOM Support Act. 
(d) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall 
not apply to— 
(1) activities to support democracy or assist-
ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act 
and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201 or non- 
proliferation assistance; 
(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 
Development Agency under section 661 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191 et 
seq.); 
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