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sents plans satisfactory to the President for using the loan 
for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, debt-
for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 
(d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to any 
eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation pursu-
ant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible country, 
the President should consult with the country concerning 
the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or canceled and 
their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development 
swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority provided 
by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt Restruc-
turing’’. 
BASIC EDUCATION 
SEC. 5067. Of the funds appropriated by title II of 
this Act, not less than $335,000,000 should be made avail-
able for basic education. 
RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS 
SEC. 5068. Of the funds appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000 
shall be made available to support reconciliation programs 
and activities which bring together individuals of different 
ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds from areas of 
civil conflict and war.
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ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS 
SEC. 5069. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than 
$175,500,000 shall be made available for programs and ac-
tivities which directly protect biodiversity, including for-
ests, in developing countries, of which not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be made available to implement a re-
gional strategy for biodiversity conservation in the coun-
tries comprising the Amazon basin of South America, in-
cluding to improve the capacity of indigenous communities 
and local law enforcement agencies to protect the biodiver-
sity of indigenous reserves, which amount shall be in addi-
tion to the amounts requested for biodiversity activities in 
these countries in fiscal year 2005: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Ini-
tiative’’ shall also be made available in fiscal year 2005 
to support such strategy: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated by this Act, not less than $17,500,000 should 
be made available for the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, 
of which not less than $2,500,000 should be made available 
for the Great Apes Conservation Fund, administered by the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, for use in Central 
Africa: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
by this Act, not less than $180,000,000 shall be made avail-
able to support policies and programs in developing coun-
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tries that directly (1) promote a wide range of energy con-
servation, energy efficiency and clean energy programs and 
activities, including the transfer of clean and environ-
mentally sustainable energy technologies; (2) measure, mon-
itor, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; (3) increase car-
bon sequestration activities; and (4) enhance climate change 
mitigation and adaptation programs. 
(b) CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT.—Not later than 45 
days after the date on which the President’s fiscal year 2006 
budget request is submitted to Congress, the President shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations de-
scribing in detail the following—
(1) all Federal agency obligations and expendi-
tures, domestic and international, for climate change 
programs and activities in fiscal year 2005, including 
an accounting of expenditures by agency with each 
agency identifying climate change activities and asso-
ciated costs by line item as presented in the Presi-
dent’s Budget Appendix; and 
(2) all fiscal year 2004 obligations and estimated 
expenditures, fiscal year 2005 estimated expenditures 
and estimated obligations, and fiscal year 2006 re-
quested funds by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, by country and central pro-
gram, for each of the following: (i) to promote the
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transfer and deployment of a wide range of United 
States clean energy and energy efficiency technologies; 
(ii) to assist in the measurement, monitoring, report-
ing, verification, and reduction of greenhouse gas 
emissions; (iii) to promote carbon capture and seques-
tration measures; (iv) to help meet such countries’ re-
sponsibilities under the Framework Convention on 
Climate Change; and (v) to develop assessments of the 
vulnerability to impacts of climate change and miti-
gation and adaptation response strategies. 
CENTRAL ASIA 
SEC. 5070. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for assistance for the central Government 
of Uzbekistan only if the Secretary of State determines and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
ernment of Uzbekistan is making substantial and con-
tinuing progress in meeting its commitments under the 
‘‘Declaration on the Strategic Partnership and Cooperation 
Framework Between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the 
United States of America’’, including respect for human 
rights, establishing a genuine multi-party system, and en-
suring free and fair elections, freedom of expression, and 
the independence of the media. 
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
available for assistance for the Government of Kazakhstan 
only if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the