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(b) The President may, with prior notice to Congress, waive 
the prohibition of subsection (a) with respect to a North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (‘‘NATO’’) member country, a major non-NATO 
ally (including Australia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Argentina, 
the Republic of Korea, and New Zealand), Taiwan, or such other 
country as he may determine if he determines and reports to 
the appropriate congressional committees that it is important to 
the national interests of the United States to waive such prohibition. 
(c) The President may, with prior notice to Congress, waive 
the prohibition of subsection (a) with respect to a particular country 
if he determines and reports to the appropriate congressional 
committees that such country has entered into an agreement with 
the United States pursuant to Article 98 of the Rome Statute 
preventing the International Criminal Court from proceeding 
against United States personnel present in such country. 
(d) The prohibition of this section shall not apply to countries 
otherwise eligible for assistance under the Millennium Challenge 
Act of 2003, notwithstanding section 606(a)(2)(B) of such Act. 
(e) Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2005 under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available for democracy 
and rule of law programs and activities, notwithstanding the provi-
sions of section 574 of division D of Public Law 108–447. 
TIBET 
SEC. 575. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct 
the United States executive director to each international financial 
institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to support 
projects in Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives for 
the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or facilitate 
the transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and natural resources 
to non-Tibetans; are based on a thorough needs-assessment; foster 
self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people and respect Tibetan culture 
and traditions; and are subject to effective monitoring. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not less than 
$4,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should be made available to nongovern-
mental organizations to support activities which preserve cultural 
traditions and promote sustainable development and environmental 
conservation in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Autonomous 
Region and in other Tibetan communities in China, and not less 
than $250,000 should be made available to the National Endowment 
for Democracy for human rights and democracy programs relating 
to Tibet. 
CENTRAL AMERICA 
SEC. 576. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’ and 
‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than the amount of funds ini-
tially allocated pursuant to section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 for fiscal year 2005 should be made available for 
El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras. 
(b) In addition to the amounts requested under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for Nicaragua and Guate-
mala in fiscal year 2006, not less than $1,500,000 should be made 
available for electoral assistance, media and civil society programs, 
and activities to combat corruption and strengthen democracy in
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Nicaragua, and not less than $1,500,000 should be made available 
for programs and activities to combat organized crime, crimes of 
violence specifically targeting women, and corruption in Guatemala. 
(c) Funds made available pursuant to subsection (b) shall be 
subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 577. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $75,000,000 of the funds made 
available in this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, 
may be used by the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment (USAID) to hire and employ individuals in the United States 
and overseas on a limited appointment basis pursuant to the 
authority of sections 308 and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS.—
(1) The number of individuals hired in any fiscal year 
pursuant to the authority contained in subsection (a) may not 
exceed 175. 
(2) The authority to hire individuals contained in subsection 
(a) shall expire on September 30, 2008. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) may only be 
used to the extent that an equivalent number of positions that 
are filled by personal services contractors or other nondirect-hire 
employees of USAID, who are compensated with funds appropriated 
to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern 
Europe and the Baltic States’’, are eliminated. 
(d) PRIORITY SECTORS.—In exercising the authority of this sec-
tion, primary emphasis shall be placed on enabling USAID to meet 
personnel positions in technical skill areas currently encumbered 
by contractor or other nondirect-hire personnel. 
(e) CONSULTATIONS.—The USAID Administrator shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations at least on a quarterly 
basis concerning the implementation of this section. 
(f) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account charged for the 
cost of an individual hired and employed under the authority of 
this section shall be the account to which such individual’s respon-
sibilities primarily relate. Funds made available to carry out this 
section may be transferred to and merged and consolidated with 
funds appropriated for ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development’’. 
(g) MANAGEMENT REFORM PILOT.—Of the funds made available 
in subsection (a), USAID may use, in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes, up to $10,000,000 to fund overseas 
support costs of members of the Foreign Service with a Foreign 
Service rank of four or below: Provided, That such authority is 
only used to reduce USAID’s reliance on overseas personal services 
contractors or other nondirect-hire employees compensated with 
funds appropriated to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’.
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(h) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated by this 
Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
including funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for 
Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, may be used, in addition 
to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the cost 
(including the support costs) of individuals detailed to or employed 
by the United States Agency for International Development whose 
primary responsibility is to carry out programs in response to 
natural disasters. 
HIPC DEBT REDUCTION 
SEC. 578. Section 501(b) of H.R. 3425, as enacted into law 
by section 1000(a)(5) of division B of Public Law 106–113 (113 
Stat. 1501A–311), is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) The Act of March 11, 1941 (chapter 11; 55 Stat. 31; 
22 U.S.C. 411 et seq.; commonly known as the ‘Lend-Lease 
Act’).’’. 
OPIC TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 579. Whenever the President determines that it is in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
up to a total of $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under title 
II of this Act may be transferred to and merged with funds appro-
priated by this Act for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
Program Account, to be subject to the terms and conditions of 
that account: Provided, That such funds shall not be available 
for administrative expenses of the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation: Provided further, That funds earmarked by this Act 
shall not be transferred pursuant to this section: Provided further, 
That the exercise of such authority shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
LIMITATION ON FUNDS RELATING TO ATTENDANCE OF FEDERAL EM-
PLOYEES
AT
CONFERENCES
OCCURRING
OUTSIDE
THE
UNITED 
STATES 
SEC. 580. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 
50 employees of agencies or departments of the United States 
Government who are stationed in the United States, at any single 
international conference occurring outside the United States, unless 
the Secretary of State determines that such attendance is in the 
national interest: Provided, That for purposes of this section the 
term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a conference attended 
by representatives of the United States Government and representa-
tives of foreign governments, international organizations, or non-
governmental organizations. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES THAT REFUSE TO 
EXTRADITE TO THE UNITED STATES ANY INDIVIDUAL ACCUSED IN 
THE UNITED STATES OF KILLING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 
SEC. 581. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
the Department of State may be used to provide assistance to
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the central government of a country which has notified the Depart-
ment of State of its refusal to extradite to the United States any 
individual indicted in the United States for killing a law enforce-
ment officer, as specified in a United States extradition request, 
unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appro-
priations in writing that the application of the restriction to a 
country or countries is contrary to the national interest of the 
United States. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR SAUDI ARABIA 
SEC. 582. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to 
finance any assistance to Saudi Arabia: Provided, That the Presi-
dent may waive the prohibition of this section if he certifies to 
the Committees on Appropriations, 15 days prior to the obligation 
of funds for assistance for Saudi Arabia, that Saudi Arabia is 
cooperating with efforts to combat international terrorism and that 
the proposed assistance will help facilitate that effort. 
GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE FAILED TO PERMIT CERTAIN EXTRADITIONS 
SEC. 583. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
the Department of State, other than funds provided under the 
heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 
may be used to provide assistance to the central government of 
a country with which the United States has an extradition treaty 
and which government has notified the Department of State of 
its refusal to extradite to the United States any individual indicted 
for a criminal offense for which the maximum penalty is life impris-
onment without the possibility of parole, unless the Secretary of 
State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations in writing that 
the application of this restriction to a country or countries is con-
trary to the national interest of the United States. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 584. The Secretary of State shall provide the Committees 
on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 2006, and for each fiscal 
quarter, a report in writing on the uses of funds made available 
under the headings ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peacekeeping 
Operations’’: Provided, That such report shall include a description 
of the obligation and expenditure of funds, and the specific country 
in receipt of, and the use or purpose of the assistance provided 
by such funds. 
ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS 
SEC. 585. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than $165,500,000 shall 
be made available for programs and activities which directly protect 
biodiversity, including forests, in developing countries, of which 
not less than $10,000,000 should be made available to implement 
the United States Agency for International Development’s biodiver-
sity conservation strategy for the Amazon basin, which amount 
shall be in addition to the amounts requested for biodiversity activi-
ties in these countries in fiscal year 2006: Provided, That of the 
funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $17,500,000 should