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the United States Agency for International Development’’ 
in accordance with the provisions 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, $59,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this amount is in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes: Provided further, That the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for International 
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 appropriated under this heading, and such rental 
payments shall be deposited into this account as an offset-
ting 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 Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the as-
signment of United States Government employees or con-
tractors to space in buildings constructed using funds ap-
propriated under this heading shall be subject to the concur-
rence of the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development: Provided further, That funds
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appropriated under this heading shall be available for obli-
gation only pursuant to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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, 
$35,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006, 
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 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapter 4 of part II, $2,470,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2006: Provided, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, not less than $360,000,000 
shall be available only for Israel, which sum shall be avail-
able on a grant basis as a cash transfer and shall be dis-
bursed within 30 days of the enactment of this Act or by 
October 31, 2004, whichever is later: Provided further, That 
not less than $535,000,000 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 significant
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economic and political reforms which are additional to 
those which were undertaken in previous fiscal years, and 
of which not more than $200,000,000 shall be provided as 
Commodity Import Program assistance: Provided further, 
That with respect to the provision of assistance for Egypt 
for democracy 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 in ex-
ercising 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 shall be 
made available only for assistance for Jordan: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be made available for administrative costs of the United 
States Agency for International 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: Provided 
further, That $13,500,000 of the funds appropriated under