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erating Expenses of the Agency for International Develop-
ment: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading shall remain available until September 30,
2003.
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability Fund’’, as authorized by the Foreign Service
Act of 1980, $44,880,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $549,000,000: Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail-
able to finance the construction (including architect and
engineering services), purchase, or long term lease of of-
fices for use by the United States Agency for International
Development, unless the Administrator has identified such
proposed construction (including architect and engineering
services), purchase, or long term lease of offices in a re-
port submitted to the Committees on Appropriations at
least 15 days prior to the obligation of these funds for
such purposes: Provided further, That the previous proviso
shall not apply where the total cost of construction (in-
cluding architect and engineering services), purchase, or
long term lease of offices does not exceed $1,000,000.
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OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $30,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2003, which sum shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Inspector General of the United States Agency
for International Development.
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 4 of part II, $2,199,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2003: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than
$720,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which sum
shall be available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and
shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this
Act or by October 31, 2001, whichever is later: Provided
further, That not less than $655,000,000 shall be available
only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant
basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance shall be
provided with the understanding that Egypt will under-
take significant economic reforms which are additional to
those which were undertaken in previous fiscal years: Pro-
vided further, That in exercising the authority to provide
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cash transfer assistance for Israel, the President shall en-
sure that the level of such assistance does not cause an
adverse impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports
from the United States to such country and that Israel
enters into a side letter agreement in an amount propor-
tional to the fiscal year 1999 agreement: Provided further,
That not less than $35,000,000 of the funds appropriated
under this heading should be made available for Lebanon
to be used, among other programs, for scholarships and
direct support of the American educational institutions in
Lebanon: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
not 
less 
than
$15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
should be made available for Cyprus to be used only for
scholarships, administrative support of the scholarship
program, bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at re-
unification of the island and designed to reduce tensions
and promote peace and cooperation between the two com-
munities on Cyprus: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading may be used, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, to provide assistance to the
National Democratic Alliance of Sudan to strengthen its
ability to protect civilians from attacks, slave raids, and
aerial bombardment by the Sudanese Government forces
and its militia allies, and the provision of such funds shall
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
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Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That in
the previous proviso, the term ‘‘assistance’’ includes non-
lethal, non-food aid such as blankets, medicine, fuel, mo-
bile clinics, water drilling equipment, communications
equipment to notify civilians of aerial bombardment, non-
military vehicles, tents, and shoes.
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, $25,000,000, which shall be available for the United
States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland
and shall be made available in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986
(Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time-
ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading shall re-
main available until September 30, 2003.
ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC
STATES
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support
for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989,
$600,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2003, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for assistance and for related programs
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for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: Provided, That
funds made available for assistance for Kosovo from funds
appropriated under this heading and under the headings
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics
Control and Law Enforcement’’ should not exceed 15 per-
cent of the total resources pledged by all donors for cal-
endar year 2002 for assistance for Kosovo as of March
31, 2002: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available under this Act for assistance for Kosovo shall
be made available for large scale physical infrastructure
reconstruction.
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior
appropriations Acts that are or have been made available
for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund
in interest-bearing accounts prior to the Fund’s disburse-
ment of such funds for program purposes. The Fund may
retain for such program purposes any interest earned on
such deposits without returning such interest to the Treas-
ury of the United States and without further appropria-
tion by the Congress. Funds made available for Enterprise
Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary
to make timely payment for projects and activities.
(c) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available
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the administrative authorities contained in that Act for
the use of economic assistance.
(d) With regard to funds appropriated under this
heading for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia
and Herzegovina, and local currencies generated by such
funds (including the conversion of funds appropriated
under this heading into currency used by Bosnia and
Herzegovina as local currency and local currency returned
or repaid under such program) the Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development shall
provide written approval for grants and loans prior to the
obligation and expenditure of funds for such purposes, and
prior to the use of funds that have been returned or repaid
to any lending facility or grantee.
(e) The provisions of section 529 of this Act shall
apply to funds made available under subsection (e) and
to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, That
notwithstanding any provision of this or any other Act,
including provisions in this subsection regarding the appli-
cation of section 529 of this Act, local currencies gen-
erated by, or converted from, funds appropriated by this
Act and by previous appropriations Acts and made avail-
able for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia
may be used in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States to
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of
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1961 and the Support for East European Democracy
(SEED) Act of 1989.
(f) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap-
propriated under this heading made available for economic
revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he
determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has
not complied with article III of annex 1–A of the General
Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and
Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces,
and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga-
tions, and related activities between Iranian officials and
Bosnian officials has not been terminated.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE
FORMER SOVIET UNION
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assist-
ance for the Independent States of the former Soviet
Union and for related programs, $768,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That the
provisions of such chapters shall apply to funds appro-
priated by this paragraph: Provided further, That of the
funds made available for the Southern Caucasus region,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, 15 percent
may be used for confidence-building measures and other
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activities in furtherance of the peaceful resolution of the
regional conflicts, especially those in the vicinity of
Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabagh: Provided further, That
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less
than $1,500,000 should be available only to meet the
health and other assistance needs of victims of trafficking
in persons.
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
to exceed $125,000,000 may be made available for assist-
ance for Ukraine.
(c) Of the funds appropriated under this title, not
less than $82,500,000 should be made available for assist-
ance for Georgia.
(d) Of the funds appropriated under this title, not
less than $82,500,000 should be made available for assist-
ance for Armenia.
(e) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall
not apply to—
(1) activities to support democracy or assist-
ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act
and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201;
(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and
Development Agency under section 661 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);
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(3) any activity carried out by a member of the
United States and Foreign Commercial Service while
acting within his or her official capacity;
(4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or
other assistance provided by the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2191 et seq.);
(5) any financing provided under the Export-
Import Bank Act of 1945; or
(6) humanitarian assistance.
(f) Not more than 30 percent of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for as-
sistance for any country in the region. Activities author-
ized under title V (nonproliferation and disarmament pro-
grams and activities) of the FREEDOM Support Act shall
not be counted against the 30 percent limitation.
(g)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading
that are allocated for assistance for the Government of
the Russian Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from
obligation until the President determines and certifies in
writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
ernment of the Russian Federation:
(A) has terminated implementation of arrange-
ments to provide Iran with technical expertise, train-
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ing, technology, or equipment necessary to develop a
nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facilities or
programs, or ballistic missile capability; and
(B) is providing full access to international non-
government organizations providing humanitarian
relief to refugees and internally displaced persons in
Chechnya.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—
(A) assistance to combat infectious diseases or
assistance for victims of trafficking in persons; and
(B) activities authorized under title V (Non-
proliferation and Disarmament Programs and Ac-
tivities) of the FREEDOM Support Act.
(h) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than $45,000,000 should be made available, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for
assistance for child survival, environmental and reproduc-
tive health, and to combat infectious diseases, and for re-
lated activities.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of
the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the
provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1969, and to make commitments without regard to fis-
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cal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104(b)(3),
$12,000,000.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
For expenses necessary to carry out title V of the
International Security and Development Cooperation Act
of 1980, Public Law 96–533, and to make commitments
without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by
31 U.S.C. 9104(b)(3), $16,042,000: Provided, That funds
made available to grantees may be invested pending ex-
penditure for project purposes when authorized by the
President of the Foundation: Provided further, That inter-
est earned shall be used only for the purposes for which
the grant was made: Provided further, That this authority
applies to interest earned both prior to and following en-
actment of this provision: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 505(a)(2) of the African Development
Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the board
of directors of the Foundation may waive the $250,000
limitation contained in that section with respect to a
project: Provided further, That the Foundation shall pro-
vide a report to the Committees on Appropriations after
each time such waiver authority is exercised.
PEACE CORPS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $275,000,000, in-
cluding the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor
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vehicles for administrative purposes for use outside of the
United States: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be used to pay for abor-
tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading shall remain available until September 30,
2003.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $217,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That any funds
made available under this heading for anti-crime programs
and activities shall be made available subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2002,
the Department of State may also use the authority of
section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, with-
out regard to its restrictions, 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: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated under this head-