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States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tu-
berculosis and Malaria may be made available for assist-
ance for the Government of North Korea or the State Peace 
and Development Council in Burma, or affiliated groups 
and organizations. 
THAILAND 
SEC. 5098. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act that 
are available for the central Government of Thailand may 
be made available if the Secretary of State determines and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the cen-
tral Government of Thailand (1) supports the advancement 
of democracy in Burma; (2) is not hampering the delivery 
of humanitarian and other assistance to people in Thailand 
who have fled Burma; and (3) is not forcibly repatriating 
Burmese to Burma. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), of the funds appro-
priated by this Act, not less than $4,000,000 shall be made 
available to promote democracy and human rights in Thai-
land, and not less than $1,000,000 shall be made available 
to promote and protect an independent media in Thailand. 
(c) The Secretary of State may waive subsection (a) 
if he determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that to do so is in the national security interest 
of the United States.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS RELATED TO MULTILATERAL 
DEVELOPMENT BANKS 
SEC. 5099. (a) Section 1307 of the International Fi-
nancial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262m–7) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED BEFORE FAVORABLE 
VOTE ON PROPOSAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the United States Executive Director of each multi-
lateral development bank not to vote in favor of any pro-
posal (including but not limited to any kind of proposed 
loan, credit, grant, guarantee, or policy) which would result 
or be likely to result in a significant impact on the environ-
ment, unless the Secretary, after consultation with the Sec-
retary of State and the Administrators of the United States 
Agency for International Development and the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, determines that for at least 120 
days before the date of the vote—
‘‘(1) an assessment analyzing the environmental 
impacts of the proposal, including associated and cu-
mulative impacts, and of alternatives to the proposal, 
has been completed by the borrower or the bank, and 
has been made available to the board of directors of 
the bank;
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‘‘(2) the assessment (or a comprehensive sum-
mary of the assessment) and copies of any related 
draft loan, credit, grant, guarantee, or policy (with 
proprietary information redacted) have been made 
available to the bank, affected groups, and local non-
governmental organizations; and 
‘‘(3) environment and development agencies of 
the member countries of the bank are notified that the 
assessment (or a comprehensive summary of the as-
sessment) and any related draft loan, credit, grant, 
guarantee, or policy are available on the bank’s 
website.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) 
MULTILATERAL
DEVELOPMENT
BANK
DE-
FINED.—In this title, the term ‘multilateral development 
bank’ means the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, the International Development Association, 
the International Finance Corporation, the Multilateral In-
vestment Guarantee Agency, the African Development 
Bank, the African Development Fund, the Asian Develop-
ment Bank, the North American Development Bank, the 
Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter-American In-
vestment Corporation, any other institution (other than the
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International 
Monetary 
Fund) 
specified 
in 
section 
1701(c)(2), and any subsidiary of any such institution, and 
in section 1504, the term ‘multilateral development institu-
tion’ includes the North American Development Bank and 
any such subsidiary.’’
(b) Section 1303(b) of the International Financial In-
stitutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262m–7) is amended by striking 
‘‘International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Develop-
ment Bank, and the African Development Bank’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘multilateral development banks’’. 
(c) Not more than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue tem-
porary regulations to implement title XIII of the Inter-
national Financial Institutions Act, as amended, and, after 
public notice and comment, final regulations not more than 
one year thereafter. 
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES 
SEC. 5100. (a) ELIGIBILITY FOR IN-COUNTRY REF-
UGEE PROCESSING IN VIETNAM.—For purposes of eligi-
bility for in-country refugee processing for nationals of 
Vietnam during fiscal years 2004 and 2005, an alien de-
scribed in subsection (b) shall be considered to be a refugee 
of special humanitarian concern to the United States (with-
in the meaning of section 207 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157)) and shall be admitted to the