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outside of the United States, $333,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: 
Provided further, That the Director may transfer to the Foreign 
Currency Fluctuations Account, as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2515, 
an amount not to exceed $2,000,000: Provided further, That funds 
transferred pursuant to the previous proviso may not be derived 
from amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas operations. 
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Millen-
nium Challenge Act of 2003, $1,557,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, up to $88,000,000 may be available for administrative 
expenses of the Millennium Challenge Corporation: Provided fur-
ther, That up to 10 percent of the funds appropriated under this 
heading may be made available to carry out the purposes of section 
616 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 for candidate countries 
for fiscal year 2008: Provided further, That none of the funds 
available to carry out section 616 of such Act may be made available 
until the Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Cor-
poration provides a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
listing the candidate countries that will be receiving assistance 
under section 616 of such Act, the level of assistance proposed 
for each such country, a description of the proposed programs, 
projects and activities, and the implementing agency or agencies 
of the United States Government: Provided further, That section 
605(e)(4) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 shall apply 
to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading may be made available 
for a Millennium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to sec-
tion 609 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 only if such 
Compact obligates, or contains a commitment to obligate subject 
to the availability of funds and the mutual agreement of the parties 
to the Compact to proceed, the entire amount of the United States 
Government funding anticipated for the duration of the Compact. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy 
globally, $164,000,000, of which the following amounts shall be 
made available, subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, until September 30, 2010— 
(1) $64,000,000 for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund 
of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Depart-
ment of State, of which $15,000,000 shall be for democracy 
and rule of law programs in the People’s Republic of China, 
Hong Kong, and Taiwan: Provided, That assistance for Taiwan 
should be matched from sources other than the United States 
Government: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be made 
available for programs and activities for the promotion of 
democracy in countries located outside the Middle East region 
with a significant Muslim population, and where such programs 
and activities would be important to United States efforts to
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respond to, deter, or prevent acts of international terrorism: 
Provided further, That funds used for such purposes should 
support new initiatives and activities in those countries: Pro-
vided further, That $15,000,000 shall be made available for 
an internet freedom initiative to expand access and information 
in closed societies, including in the Middle East and Asia: 
Provided further, That the Department of State shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the initial 
obligation of funds made available pursuant to the previous 
proviso; and 
(2) $100,000,000 for the National Endowment for Democ-
racy: Provided, That of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 
States’’, and ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the 
Former Soviet Union’’, an additional $11,000,000 should be 
made available to support the ongoing programs and activities 
of the National Endowment for Democracy. 
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available 
for the promotion of democracy may be made available notwith-
standing any other provision of law and, with regard to the National 
Endowment for Democracy, any regulation. Funds appropriated 
under this heading are in addition to funds otherwise available 
for such purposes. 
(c) For the purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the 
term ‘‘promotion of democracy’’ means programs that support good 
governance, human rights, independent media, and the rule of 
law, and otherwise strengthen the capacity of democratic political 
parties, governments, nongovernmental organizations and institu-
tions, and citizens to support the development of democratic states, 
institutions, and practices that are responsive and accountable to 
citizens. 
(d) Any contract, grant or cooperative agreement (or any amend-
ment to any contract, grant, or cooperative agreement) in excess 
of $2,500,000 for the promotion of democracy under this Act shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, $558,449,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010: Provided, That during fiscal year 2008, the 
Department of State may also use the authority of section 608 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to its restric-
tions, to receive excess property from an agency of the United 
States Government for the purpose of providing it to a foreign 
country under chapter 8 of part I of that Act subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of State shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and prior to the initial obligation 
of funds appropriated under this heading, a report on the proposed 
uses of all funds under this heading on a country-by-country basis 
for each proposed program, project, or activity: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided under this heading for counter 
narcotics activities in Afghanistan shall be made available for eradi-
cation programs through the aerial spraying of herbicides: Provided
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further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $39,750,000 shall be made available for judicial, human 
rights, rule of law and related activities for Colombia, of which 
not less than $20,000,000 shall be made available for the Office 
of the Attorney General, of which $5,000,000 shall be for the Human 
Rights Unit, $5,000,000 shall be for the Justice and Peace Unit, 
$7,000,000 shall be used to support a witness protection program 
for victims of armed groups, and $3,000,000 shall be for investiga-
tions of mass graves and identification of remains: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading that are available 
for assistance for Colombia, $8,000,000 shall be available for human 
rights activities, $5,500,000 shall be available for judicial reform, 
$3,000,000 shall be for the Office of the Procuraduria General 
de la Nacion, $2,000,000 shall be for the Office of the Defensoria 
del Pueblo, and $750,000 should be made available for a United 
States contribution to the Office of the United Nations High 
Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia to support monitoring 
and public reporting of human rights conditions in the field: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not more than $38,000,000 may be available for administrative 
expenses. 
ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 to support counterdrug activities in the 
Andean region of South America, $327,460,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010: Provided, That the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and prior to the initial obligation of funds 
appropriated under this heading, a report on the proposed uses 
of all funds under this heading on a country-by-country basis for 
each proposed program, project, or activity: Provided further, That 
section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided further, 
That assistance provided with funds appropriated under this 
heading that is made available notwithstanding section 482(b) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That funds made available to the 
Department of State for assistance to the Government of Colombia 
in this Act may be used to support a unified campaign against 
narcotics trafficking and organizations designated as Foreign Ter-
rorist Organizations, and to take actions to protect human health 
and welfare in emergency circumstances, including undertaking 
rescue operations: Provided further, That this authority shall cease 
to be effective if the Secretary of State has credible evidence that 
the Colombian Armed Forces are not conducting vigorous operations 
to restore government authority and respect for human rights in 
areas under the effective control of paramilitary organizations, 
illegal self-defense groups, illegal security cooperatives, or other 
criminal, guerrilla or successor armed groups or organizations: Pro-
vided further, That the President shall ensure that if any helicopter 
procured with funds in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations
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for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs, is 
used to aid or abet the operations of any illegal self-defense group, 
paramilitary organization, illegal security cooperative or successor 
organizations in Colombia, such helicopter shall be immediately 
returned to the United States: Provided further, That no United 
States Armed Forces personnel or United States civilian contractor 
employed by the United States will participate in any combat oper-
ation in connection with assistance made available by this Act 
for Colombia: Provided further, That rotary and fixed wing aircraft 
supported with funds appropriated under this heading for assistance 
for Colombia may be used for aerial or manual drug eradication 
and interdiction including to transport personnel and supplies and 
to provide security for such operations, and to provide transport 
in support of alternative development programs and investigations 
of cases under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General, the 
Procuraduria General de la Nacion, and the Defensoria del Pueblo: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 
that are available for Colombia, up to $2,500,000 shall be trans-
ferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ and shall be made available 
only for assistance for the Colombian Armed Forces to provide 
security for manual eradication programs and up to $2,500,000 
shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 
and shall be made available only for assistance for the Colombian 
National Police to provide security for manual eradication programs: 
Provided further, That of the funds available for the Colombian 
national police for the procurement of chemicals for aerial coca 
and poppy eradication programs, not more than 20 percent of such 
funds may be made available for such eradication programs unless 
the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 
that: (1) the herbicide is being used in accordance with EPA label 
requirements for comparable use in the United States and with 
Colombian laws; and (2) the herbicide, in the manner it is being 
used, does not pose unreasonable risks or adverse effects to humans 
or the environment including endemic species: Provided further, 
That such funds may not be made available unless the Secretary 
of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that com-
plaints of harm to health or licit crops caused by such aerial 
eradication are thoroughly evaluated and fair compensation is being 
paid in a timely manner for meritorious claims: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations detailing all claims, evaluations, and compensation 
paid during the twelve month period prior to the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That such funds may not be made 
available for such purposes unless programs are being implemented 
by United States Agency for International Development, the 
Government of Colombia, or other organizations, in consultation 
and coordination with local communities, to provide alternative 
sources of income in areas where security permits for small-acreage 
growers and communities whose illicit crops are targeted for aerial 
eradication: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
by this Act shall be made available for the cultivation or processing 
of African oil palm, if doing so would contribute to significant 
loss of native species, disrupt or contaminate natural water sources, 
reduce local food security, or cause the forced displacement of 
local people: Provided further, That funds appropriated by this