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ment pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, and 
632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(b) TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be obligated under 
an appropriation account to which they were not appro-
priated, except for transfers specifically provided for in 
this Act, unless the President, not less than 5 days prior 
to the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with 
and provides a written policy justification to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
(c) AUDIT
OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.—Any 
agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appro-
priated by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between 
the United States Agency for International Development 
and another agency of the United States Government 
under the authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, 
shall expressly provide that the Office of the Inspector 
General for the agency receiving the transfer or allocation 
of such funds shall perform periodic program and financial 
audits of the use of such funds: Provided, That funds 
transferred under such authority may be made available 
for the cost of such audits.
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COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES 
SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
that restricts assistance to foreign countries, and subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) of the 
Arms Export Control Act may be used to provide financ-
ing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and major non-NATO al-
lies for the procurement by leasing (including leasing with 
an option to purchase) of defense articles from United 
States commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense 
Equipment (other than helicopters and other types of air-
craft having possible civilian application), if the President 
determines that there are compelling foreign policy or na-
tional security reasons for those defense articles being pro-
vided by commercial lease rather than by government-to- 
government sale under such Act. 
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation after the ex-
piration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so pro-
vided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for 
the purposes of chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of part I, section 
667, chapters 4, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export 
Control Act, and funds provided under the heading ‘‘As-
sistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, shall
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remain available for an additional 4 years from the date 
on which the availability of such funds would otherwise 
have expired, if such funds are initially obligated before 
the expiration of their respective periods of availability 
contained in this Act: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act, any funds made 
available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chap-
ter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements 
in order to address balance of payments or economic policy 
reform objectives, shall remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT 
SEC. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to the govern-
ment of any country which is in default during a period 
in excess of 1 calendar year in payment to the United 
States of principal or interest on any loan made to the 
government of such country by the United States pursuant 
to a program for which funds are appropriated under this 
Act unless the President determines, following consulta-
tions with the Committees on Appropriations, that assist-
ance to such country is in the national interest of the 
United States. 
COMMERCE AND TRADE 
SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
made available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance
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and none of the funds otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or ex-
pended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other 
financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro-
duction of any commodity for export by any country other 
than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be 
in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro-
ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the 
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: 
Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Ex-
port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc-
tors the benefits to industry and employment in the 
United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United 
States producers of the same, similar, or competing com-
modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing 
or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro-
duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training 
in connection with the growth or production in a foreign 
country of an agricultural commodity for export which
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would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro-
duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection 
shall not prohibit— 
(1) activities designed to increase food security 
in developing countries where such activities will not 
have a significant impact on the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; or 
(2) research activities intended primarily to 
benefit American producers. 
SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States Executive Directors of the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the 
International Development Association, the International 
Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development 
Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel-
opment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora-
tion, the North American Development Bank, the Euro-
pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Afri-
can Development Bank, and the African Development 
Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to 
oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds 
appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act, for 
the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 
for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the
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assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity. 
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 515. For the purposes of providing the executive 
branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none 
of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘Child Sur-
vival and Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’,
‘‘International
Organizations
and
Programs’’, 
‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar-
cotics
Control
and
Law
Enforcement’’,
‘‘Andean 
Counterdrug Initiative’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe 
and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Assistance for the Independent 
States of the Former Soviet Union’’, ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping 
Operations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’, ‘‘Operating Ex-
penses of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development Office of Inspector 
General’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 
and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion’’ (by country only), ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’, ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, 
‘‘Peace Corps’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, 
shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, 
projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other 
operations not justified or in excess of the amount justi-
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fied to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation 
under any of these specific headings unless the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
previously notified 15 days in advance: Provided, That the 
President shall not enter into any commitment of funds 
appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms 
Export Control Act for the provision of major defense 
equipment, other than conventional ammunition, or other 
major defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, 
or combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 
20 percent in excess of the quantities justified to Congress 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance of such commitment: Provided further, 
That this section shall not apply to any reprogramming 
for an activity, program, or project for which funds are 
appropriated under title II of this Act of less than 10 per-
cent of the amount previously justified to the Congress 
for obligation for such activity, program, or project for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That the require-
ments of this section or any similar provision of this Act 
or any other Act, including any prior Act requiring notifi-
cation in accordance with the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, may be 
waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk 
to human health or welfare: Provided further, That in case
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of any such waiver, notification to the Congress, or the 
appropriate congressional committees, shall be provided as 
early as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after 
taking the action to which such notification requirement 
was applicable, in the context of the circumstances neces-
sitating such waiver: Provided further, That any notifica-
tion provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an 
explanation of the emergency circumstances. 
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 516. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
priated under this Act or any previously enacted Act mak-
ing appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs, which are returned or not made 
available for organizations and programs because of the 
implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2007. 
INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION 
SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the 
Former Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for assist-
ance for a government of an Independent State of the 
former Soviet Union—
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(1) unless that government is making progress 
in implementing comprehensive economic reforms 
based on market principles, private ownership, re-
spect for commercial contracts, and equitable treat-
ment of foreign private investments; and 
(2) if that government applies or transfers 
United States assistance to any entity for the pur-
pose of expropriating or seizing ownership or control 
of assets, investments, or ventures. 
Assistance may be furnished without regard to this sub-
section if the President determines that to do so is in the 
national interest. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union’’ shall be made available for assistance for a 
government of an Independent State of the former Soviet 
Union if that government directs any action in violation 
of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any 
other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such 
as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Pro-
vided, That such funds may be made available without re-
gard to the restriction in this subsection if the President 
determines that to do so is in the national security interest 
of the United States.
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(c) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union’’ shall be made available for any state to en-
hance its military capability: Provided, That this restric-
tion does not apply to demilitarization, demining or non-
proliferation programs. 
(d) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union’’
for
the
Russian
Federation,
Armenia, 
Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(e) Funds made available in this Act for assistance 
for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union 
shall be subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating 
to environment and natural resources) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961. 
(f) In issuing new task orders, entering into con-
tracts, or making grants, with funds appropriated in this 
Act or prior appropriations Acts under the heading ‘‘As-
sistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union’’ and under comparable headings in prior appro-
priations Acts, for projects or activities that have as one 
of their primary purposes the fostering of private sector 
development, the Coordinator for United States Assistance
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to Europe and Eurasia and the implementing agency shall 
encourage the participation of and give significant weight 
to contractors and grantees who propose investing a sig-
nificant amount of their own resources (including volun-
teer services and in-kind contributions) in such projects 
and activities. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND 
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available to carry 
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor-
tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 
coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 
the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 
of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 
incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 
the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay 
for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 
part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or 
involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 
None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 
obligated or expended for any country or organization if
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the President certifies that the use of these funds by any 
such country or organization would violate any of the 
above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri-
lizations. 
EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion other than for administrative expenses made available 
for fiscal year 2006, for programs under title I of this 
Act may be transferred between such appropriations for 
use for any of the purposes, programs, and activities for 
which the funds in such receiving account may be used, 
but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 
provided, shall be increased by more than 25 percent by 
any such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such au-
thority shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall
be
obligated
or
expended
for
Serbia,
Sudan, 
Zimbabwe, or Pakistan, except as provided through the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY 
SEC. 521. For the purpose of this Act ‘‘program, 
project, and activity’’ shall be defined at the appropria-
tions Act account level and shall include all appropriations
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and authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limita-
tions with the exception that for the following accounts: 
Economic Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing 
Program, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be 
considered to include country, regional, and central pro-
gram level funding within each such account; for the devel-
opment assistance accounts of the United States Agency 
for International Development ‘‘program, project, and ac-
tivity’’ shall also be considered to include central, country, 
regional, and program level funding, either as: (1) justified 
to the Congress; or (2) allocated by the executive branch 
in accordance with a report, to be provided to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment 
of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961. 
CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 522. Up to $13,500,000 of the funds made 
available by this Act for assistance under the heading 
‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’, may be 
used to reimburse United States Government agencies, 
agencies of State governments, institutions of higher 
learning, and private and voluntary organizations for the 
full cost of individuals (including for the personal services 
of such individuals) detailed or assigned to, or contracted 
by, as the case may be, the United States Agency for 
International Development for the purpose of carrying out
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activities under that heading: Provided, That up to 
$3,500,000 of the funds made available by this Act for 
assistance under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 
may be used to reimburse such agencies, institutions, and 
organizations for such costs of such individuals carrying 
out other development assistance activities: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated by titles II and III of this 
Act that are made available for bilateral assistance for 
child survival activities or disease programs including ac-
tivities relating to research on, and the prevention, treat-
ment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made available 
notwithstanding any provision of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 and any other provision of law that restricts 
assistance to foreign countries except for the provisions 
under the heading ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs 
Fund’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 
711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended. 
AFGHANISTAN 
SEC. 523. Of the funds appropriated by titles II and 
III of this Act, not less than $954,000,000 should be made 
available for humanitarian, reconstruction, and related as-
sistance for Afghanistan: Provided, That of the funds allo-
cated for assistance for Afghanistan from this Act and 
other Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs for fiscal year
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2006, not less than $50,000,000 should be made available 
to support programs that directly address the needs of Af-
ghan women and girls. 
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of 
Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De-
fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the 
same extent and under the same conditions as are other 
committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro-
vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess 
defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the 
Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 
significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) 
of the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms 
of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if 
notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use 
of appropriated funds for specific countries that would re-
ceive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 
such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles. 
HIV/AIDS 
SEC. 525. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, 25 percent of the funds that are appropriated
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by this Act for a contribution to support the Global Fund 
to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the ‘‘Global 
Fund’’) shall be withheld from obligation to the Global 
Fund until the Secretary of State certifies to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that the Global Fund— 
(1) has established clear progress indicators 
upon which to determine the release of incremental 
disbursements; 
(2) is releasing such incremental disbursements 
only if positive results have been attained based on 
those indicators; and 
(3) is providing support and oversight to coun-
try-level entities, such as country coordinating mech-
anisms, principal recipients, and local Fund agents, 
to enable them to fulfill their mandates. 
(b) The Secretary of State may waive paragraph (1) 
of this subsection if she determines and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such waiver is impor-
tant to the national interest of the United States. 
DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 526. (a) Not less than $27,000,000 (increased 
by $9,000,000) of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should be 
allocated for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund: 
Provided, That up to $1,200,000 may be used for the 
Reagan/Fascell Democracy Fellows program.
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law that 
restricts assistance to foreign countries, up to $1,500,000 
of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be provided to make 
grants to educational, humanitarian, and nongovern-
mental organizations and individuals inside Iran and Syria 
to support the advancement of democracy and human 
rights in Iran and Syria, and such funds may be provided 
through the National Endowment for Democracy. 
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 527. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assist-
ance under any heading of this Act and funds appro-
priated under any such heading in a provision of law en-
acted prior to the enactment of this Act, shall not be made 
available to any country which the President determines— 
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any 
individual or group which has committed an act of 
international terrorism; or 
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism. 
(b) The President may waive the application of sub-
section (a) to a country if the President determines that 
national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 
waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the 
Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver 
takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
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tions of the waiver (including the justification for the waiv-
er) in accordance with the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 528. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel-
opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern-
mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of 
the United States Agency for International Development 
may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 
which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 
assistance provided under title II of this Act and, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, any interest earned on such investment 
shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was 
provided to that organization. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 529. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
FOR LOCAL 
CURRENCIES.—(1) If assistance is furnished to the gov-
ernment of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of 
part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the genera-
tion of local currencies of that country, the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment shall—