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yard located in the United States, including a United 
States Navy shipyard. 
(f) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 
transfer a vessel under this section shall expire at the end 
of the two-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 1818. ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS IN CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION. 
Section 1(f)(2)(B)(ii)(VII) of the State Department 
Basic 
Authorities 
Act 
of 
1956 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2651a(f)(2)(B)(ii)(VII)) is amended by inserting after 
‘‘Zambia,’’ the following: ‘‘Antigua and Barbuda, the Ba-
hamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, 
Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, 
Dominican Republic,’’.
SEC. 1819. REPORT ON PROGRESS MADE IN MODIFYING 
THE ENHANCED HIPC INITIATIVE. 
Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall submit to the Committees on Financial 
Services, on Appropriations, and on International Rela-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Committees 
on Foreign Relations and on Appropriations of the Senate 
a written report that describes the progress made in modi-
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fying the Enhanced HIPC Initiative (as defined in section 
1625(e)(3) of the International Financial Institutions Act) 
as called for in section 501 of of the United States Leader-
ship Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act 
of 2003.
DIVISION E—ASSISTANCE FOR 
VIET NAM 
TITLE XX—CONDITIONS ON IN-
CREASED 
NONHUMANI-
TARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE 
GOVERNMENT OF VIET NAM 
SEC. 2001. BILATERAL NONHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. 
(a) ASSISTANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—United States nonhumani-
tarian assistance may not be provided to the Govern-
ment of Viet Nam in an amount exceeding the 
amount so provided for fiscal year 2003—
(A) for fiscal year 2004 unless not later 
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act the President determines and certifies 
to Congress that the requirements of subpara-
graphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (2) have 
been met during the 12–month period ending 
on the date of the certification; and
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(B) for each subsequent fiscal year unless 
the President determines and certifies to Con-
gress in the most recent annual report sub-
mitted pursuant to section 501 that the re-
quirements of subparagraphs (A) through (E) 
of paragraph (2) have been met during the 12–
month period covered by the report. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of this 
paragraph are that—
(A) the Government of Viet Nam has made 
substantial progress toward releasing all polit-
ical and religious prisoners from imprisonment, 
house arrest, and other forms of detention; 
(B)(i) the Government of Viet Nam has 
made substantial progress toward respecting 
the right to freedom of religion, including the 
right to participate in religious activities and in-
stitutions without interference by or involve-
ment of the Government; and 
(ii) has made substantial progress to-
ward returning estates and properties con-
fiscated from the churches; 
(C) the Government of Viet Nam has made 
substantial progress toward allowing Viet-
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namese nationals free and open access to 
United States refugee programs; 
(D) the Government of Viet Nam has 
made substantial progress toward respecting 
the human rights of members of ethnic minority 
groups in the Central Highlands and elsewhere 
in Viet Nam; and 
(E)(i) neither any official of the Govern-
ment of Viet Nam nor any agency or entity 
wholly or partly owned by the Government of 
Viet Nam was complicit in a severe form of 
trafficking in persons; or 
(ii) the Government of Viet Nam took 
all appropriate steps to end any such com-
plicity and hold such official, agency, or 
entity fully accountable for its conduct. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—
(1) CONTINUATION OF ASSISTANCE IN THE NA-
TIONAL INTEREST.—Notwithstanding the failure of 
the Government of Viet Nam to meet the require-
ments of subsection (a)(2), the President may waive 
the application of subsection (a) for any fiscal year 
if the President determines that the provision to the 
Government of Viet Nam of increased United States 
nonhumanitarian assistance would promote the pur-
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poses of this Act or is otherwise in the national in-
terest of the United States. 
(2) EXERCISE
OF
WAIVER
AUTHORITY.—The 
President may exercise the authority under para-
graph (2) with respect to—
(A) all United States nonhumanitarian as-
sistance to Viet Nam; or 
(B) one or more programs, projects, or ac-
tivities of such assistance. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) SEVERE FORM OF TRAFFICKING IN PER-
SONS.—The term ‘‘severe form of trafficking in per-
sons’’ means any activity described in section 103(8) 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106–386 (114 Stat. 1470); 22 U.S.C. 
7102(8)). 
(2) UNITED
STATES
NONHUMANITARIAN
AS-
SISTANCE.—The term ‘‘United States nonhumani-
tarian assistance’’ means—
(A) any assistance under the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (including programs under 
title IV of chapter 2 of part I of that Act, relat-
ing to the Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration), other than—
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(i) disaster relief assistance, including 
any assistance under chapter 9 of part I of 
that Act; 
(ii) assistance which involves the pro-
vision of food (including monetization of 
food) or medicine; and 
(iii) assistance for refugees; and 
(B) sales, or financing on any terms, under 
the Arms Export Control Act. 
TITLE XXI—ASSISTANCE TO SUP-
PORT HUMAN RIGHTS AND 
DEMOCRACY IN VIET NAM 
SEC. 2101. ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 
provide assistance, through appropriate nongovernmental 
organizations, for the support of individuals and organiza-
tions to promote democracy and internationally recognized 
human rights in Viet Nam. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry 
out subsection (a) $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2004 and 2005.