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ignated as emergency requirements and necessary to meet 
emergency needs pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of sec-
tion 204 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008: 
Veterans Health Administration, Medical Serv-
ices, $1,936,549,000. 
Veterans Health Administration, Medical Ad-
ministration, $75,000,000. 
Veterans Health Administration, Medical Facili-
ties, $508,000,000. 
Veterans Health Administration, Medical and 
Prosthetic Research, $69,000,000. 
National Cemetery Administration, $28,191,000. 
Departmental Administration, General Oper-
ating Expenses, $133,163,000. 
Departmental 
Administration, 
Information 
Technology Systems, $107,248,000. 
Departmental Administration, Office of the In-
spector General, $7,901,000. 
Departmental 
Administration, 
Construction, 
Major Projects, $341,700,000. 
Departmental 
Administration, 
Construction, 
Minor Projects, $397,139,000.
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Departmental Administration, Grants for Con-
struction 
of 
State 
Extended 
Care 
Facilities, 
$80,000,000. 
Departmental Administration, Grants for Con-
struction of State Veterans Cemeteries, $7,500,000. 
(b) CONTINGENT APPROPRIATION.—Any amount ap-
propriated in this title that is designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall be made available only after submission to the Con-
gress by January 18, 2008, a formal budget request by the 
President that includes designation of the entire amount of 
the request as an emergency requirement. 
(c) REQUIREMENT FOR AVAILABILITY.—None of the 
funds described in subsection (a) shall become available for 
obligation unless all such funds are made available for obli-
gation. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 
acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 
purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 
cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and
1024 
its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage 
space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replace-
ment basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries, when required by law of such countries, 
$44,600,000, to remain available until expended. 
FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, $11,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for purposes authorized 
by section 2109 of title 36, United States Code. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS 
CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized 
by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States 
Code, $22,717,000, of which $1,210,000 shall be available 
for the purpose of providing financial assistance as de-
scribed, and in accordance with the process and reporting 
procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 102– 
229.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for 
maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington Na-
tional Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na-
tional Cemetery, including the purchase of two passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, and not to exceed 
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$31,230,000, to remain available until expended. In addi-
tion, such sums as may be necessary for parking mainte-
nance, repairs and replacement, to be derived from the 
Lease of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense 
Agencies account. 
Funds appropriated under this Act may be provided 
to Arlington County, Virginia, for the relocation of the fed-
erally-owned water main at Arlington National Cemetery 
making additional land available for ground burials. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to
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be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund, $55,724,000. 
GENERAL FUND PAYMENT, ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT 
HOME 
For payment to the ‘‘Armed Forces Retirement Home’’, 
$800,000, to remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 402. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2008 for pay raises for programs funded by this Act 
shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, when 
it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which 
the funds are made available that the program, project, or 
activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating 
to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights, 
or unfunded mandates. 
SEC. 404. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other 
than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela-
tionships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for
1027 
the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, 
booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation 
designed to support or defeat legislation pending before 
Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 
SEC. 405. All departments and agencies funded under 
this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 
statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 
‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct 
of their business practices and public service activities. 
SEC. 406. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 407. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti-
fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub-
committee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
SEC. 408. The Director of the Congressional Budget Of-
fice shall, not later than February 1, 2008, submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a report projecting annual appropria-
1028 
tions necessary for the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
continue providing necessary health care to veterans for fis-
cal years 2009 through 2012. 
SEC. 409. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this Act may be used for any action that 
is related to or promotes the expansion of the boundaries 
or size of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado. 
SEC. 410. (a) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of Aurora, 
Colorado. 
(2) The term ‘‘deed’’ means the quitclaim deed— 
(A) conveyed by the Secretary to the City; 
and 
(B) dated May 24, 1999. 
(3) The term ‘‘non-Federal land’’ means— 
(A) parcel I of the Fitzsimons Army Med-
ical Center, Colorado; and 
(B) the parcel of land described in the deed. 
(4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
the Interior. 
(b)(1) In accordance with paragraph (2), to allow the 
City to convey by donation to the United States the non- 
Federal land to be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
for the construction of a veterans medical facility.
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(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), with respect to the 
non-Federal land, the Secretary shall forego exercising any 
rights provided by the— 
(A) deed relating to a reversionary interest of the 
United States; and 
(B) any other reversionary interest of the United 
States. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc-
tion and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2008’’. 
DIVISION J—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN 
OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS AP-
PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 
AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and 
the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, including 
employment, without regard to civil service and classifica-
tion laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed 
$700,000 of this appropriation), as authorized by section 
801 of the United States Information and Educational Ex-
1030 
change Act of 1948; representation to certain international 
organizations in which the United States participates pur-
suant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and consent 
of the Senate or specific Acts of Congress; arms control, non-
proliferation and disarmament activities as authorized; ac-
quisition by exchange or purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles as authorized by law; and for expenses of general ad-
ministration, $4,385,042,000: Provided, That of the amount 
provided by this paragraph, $575,000,000 is designated as 
described in section 5 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$10,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, 
‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, to 
be available only for emergency evacuations and terrorism 
rewards: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, not less than $360,905,000 shall 
be available only for public diplomacy international infor-
mation programs: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made 
available for a demonstration program to expand access to 
consular services: Provided further, That of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be available 
for the Secretary to establish and operate a public/private 
interagency public diplomacy center which shall serve as
1031 
a program integration and coordination entity for United 
States public diplomacy programs: Provided further, That 
of 
the 
amounts 
appropriated 
under 
this 
heading, 
$4,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
compensation to the families of members of the Foreign 
Service or other United States Government employees or 
their dependents, who were killed in terrorist attacks since 
1979: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able for compensation in the previous proviso may be obli-
gated without specific authorization in a subsequent Act of 
Congress: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2008, 
foreign service annuitants may be employed, notwith-
standing section 316.401 of title 5, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, pursuant to waivers under section 824(g)(1)(C)(ii) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4064(g)(1)(C)(ii)): Provided further, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made 
available for the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preserva-
tion: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, $500,000 may not be available for obli-
gation until the Secretary of State submits a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations outlining a plan to increase 
the capacity of United States Embassy Moscow to monitor 
human rights and Russian laws relating to the press and 
civil society groups, and consults with the Committees on
1032 
Appropriations concerning such plan: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may transfer to and merge with ‘‘Emer-
gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’ for re-
wards payments unobligated balances of funds appro-
priated under ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ for 
this fiscal year and for each fiscal year hereafter, at no later 
than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the fiscal year 
for which any such funds were appropriated or otherwise 
made available: Provided further, That funds available 
under this heading may be available for a United States 
Government interagency task force to examine, coordinate 
and oversee United States participation in the United Na-
tions headquarters renovation project: Provided further, 
That no funds may be obligated or expended for processing 
licenses for the export of satellites of United States origin 
(including commercial satellites and satellite components) 
to the People’s Republic of China unless, at least 15 days 
in advance, the Committees on Appropriations are notified 
of such proposed action: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated under this heading are available, pursuant to 
31 U.S.C. 1108(g), for the field examination of programs 
and activities in the United States funded from any ac-
count contained in this title. 
In addition, not to exceed $1,558,390 shall be derived 
from fees collected from other executive agencies for lease
1033 
or use of facilities located at the International Center in 
accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act; 
in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, 
$490,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by that 
section, to be used for the purposes set out in that section; 
in addition, as authorized by section 810 of the United 
States Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to 
exceed $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, may 
be credited to this appropriation from fees or other pay-
ments received from English teaching, library, motion pic-
tures, and publication programs and from fees from edu-
cational advising and counseling and exchange visitor pro-
grams; and, in addition, not to exceed $15,000, which shall 
be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use 
of Blair House facilities. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security protec-
tion, $974,760,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amount provided by this paragraph, 
$206,632,000 is designated as described in section 5 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, $60,062,000, to remain available until expended, as 
authorized: Provided, That section 135(e) of Public Law 
103–236 shall not apply to funds available under this head-
ing.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $34,008,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), as it 
relates to post inspections. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange pro-
grams, as authorized, $505,441,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, may be credited to this 
appropriation from fees or other payments received from 
or in connection with English teaching, educational advis-
ing and counseling programs, and exchange visitor pro-
grams as authorized. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
For 
representation 
allowances 
as 
authorized, 
$8,175,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Sec-
retary of State to provide for extraordinary protective serv-
ices, as authorized, $23,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2009. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–303), pre-
serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for build-
1035 
ings that are owned or directly leased by the Department 
of State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the 
Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 
$761,216,000, to remain available until expended as au-
thorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 
domestic and overseas representation as authorized: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated in this para-
graph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, fur-
nishings, or generators for other departments and agencies. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 
$676,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State 
to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic 
and Consular Service, $9,000,000, to remain available until 
expended as authorized, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
may be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Repatriation 
Loans Program Account’’, subject to the same terms and 
conditions.
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REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $678,000, as authorized: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $607,000, which may 
be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Diplomatic and Con-
sular Programs’’. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $16,351,000. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $158,900,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 
meet annual obligations of membership in international 
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
tions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,354,400,000: Provided, 
That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of the submis-
sion of the President’s budget to Congress under section
1037 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, transmit to the 
Committees on Appropriations the most recent biennial 
budget prepared by the United Nations for the operations 
of the United Nations: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at 
least 15 days in advance (or in an emergency, as far in 
advance as is practicable) of any United Nations action 
to increase funding for any United Nations program with-
out identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the 
United Nations budget and cause the United Nations budget 
for the biennium 2008–2009 to exceed the revised United 
Nations budget level for the biennium 2006–2007 of 
$4,173,895,900: Provided further, That any payment of ar-
rearages under this title shall be directed toward activities 
that are mutually agreed upon by the United States and 
the respective international organization: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 
shall be available for a United States contribution to an 
international organization for the United States share of 
interest costs made known to the United States Government 
by such organization for loans incurred on or after October 
1, 1984, through external borrowings. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to
1038 
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
security, $1,700,500,000, of which 15 percent shall remain 
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That none 
of the funds made available under this Act shall be obligated 
or expended for any new or expanded United Nations peace-
keeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance of vot-
ing for the new or expanded mission in the United Nations 
Security Council (or in an emergency as far in advance 
as is practicable): (1) the Committees on Appropriations 
and other appropriate committees of the Congress are noti-
fied of the estimated cost and length of the mission, the na-
tional interest that will be served, and the planned exit 
strategy; (2) the Committees on Appropriations and other 
appropriate committees of the Congress are notified that the 
United Nations has taken appropriate measures to prevent 
United Nations employees, contractor personnel, and peace-
keeping forces serving in any United Nations peacekeeping 
mission from trafficking in persons, exploiting victims of 
trafficking, or committing acts of illegal sexual exploitation, 
and to hold accountable individuals who engage in such acts 
while participating in the peacekeeping mission, including 
the prosecution in their home countries of such individuals 
in connection with such acts; and (3) a reprogramming of 
funds pursuant to section 615 of this Act is submitted, and 
the procedures therein followed, setting forth the source of
1039 
funds that will be used to pay for the cost of the new or 
expanded mission: Provided further, That funds shall be 
available for peacekeeping expenses only upon a certifi-
cation by the Secretary of State to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that American manufacturers and suppliers 
are being given opportunities to provide equipment, serv-
ices, and material for United Nations peacekeeping activi-
ties equal to those being given to foreign manufacturers and 
suppliers: Provided further, That of the amount provided 
by this paragraph, $468,000,000 is designated as described 
in section 5 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act). 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
meet obligations of the United States arising under treaties, 
or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section 
of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 
United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 
$6,000 for representation; as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$30,430,000.
1040 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $88,425,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the 
International Joint Commission and the International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Canada 
or Great Britain, and for the Border Environment Coopera-
tion Commission as authorized by Public Law 103–182, 
$10,940,000: Provided, That of the amount provided under 
this heading for the International Joint Commission, 
$9,000 may be made available for representation expenses 
45 days after submission to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of a report detailing obligations, expenditures and as-
sociated activities for fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007, in-
cluding any unobligated funds which expired at the end of 
each fiscal year and the justification for why such funds 
were not obligated. 
Of the funds made available in the Science, State, Jus-
tice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2006, Public Law 109–108, as continued by the Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 
109–289, as amended by Public Law 110–5), for the Inter-
national Joint Commission (119 Stat. 2323), $300,000 for
1041 
the Lake Champlain Basin Program shall remain available 
for the purposes intended until September 30, 2009. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries com-
missions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, 
$26,527,000: Provided, That the United States share of such 
expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions 
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for pro-
grams in the amounts contained in the table included in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) ac-
companying this Act and no proposal for deviation from 
those amounts shall be considered. 
OTHER 
PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized by 
the Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $15,500,000, to 
remain available until expended, as authorized. 
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE TRUST 
FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle East-
ern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the total amount of the 
interest and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before 
September 30, 2008, to remain available until expended.
1042 
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 
of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 
U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund 
on or before September 30, 2008, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa-
tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the pay-
ment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5376; or for purposes which are not in accordance with 
OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative Require-
ments) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit Organi-
zations), including the restrictions on compensation for per-
sonal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 
U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to the 
Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 
2008, to remain available until expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and
1043 
Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, 
by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical Inter-
change Between East and West in the State of Hawaii, 
$19,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
herein shall be used to pay any salary, or enter into any 
contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the 
rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, as authorized, to carry out inter-
national communication activities, including the purchase, 
rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio 
and television transmission and reception and purchase, 
lease, and installation of necessary equipment for radio and 
television transmission and reception to Cuba, and to make 
and supervise grants for radio and television broadcasting 
to the Middle East, $676,727,000: Provided, That of the 
total amount in this heading, not to exceed $16,000 may 
be used for official receptions within the United States as 
authorized, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for represen-
tation abroad as authorized, and not to exceed $39,000 may 
be used for official reception and representation expenses 
of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and in addition, not-
1044 
withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$2,000,000 in receipts from advertising and revenue from 
business ventures, not to exceed $500,000 in receipts from 
cooperating international organizations, and not to exceed 
$1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice 
of America and the International Broadcasting Bureau, to 
remain available until expended for carrying out author-
ized purposes: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided by this paragraph, $12,000,000 is designated as de-
scribed in section 5 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act). 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement 
of facilities for radio and television transmission and recep-
tion, and purchase and installation of necessary equipment 
for radio and television transmission and reception as au-
thorized, $10,748,000, to remain available until expended, 
as authorized. 
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S 
HERITAGE ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 
Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $499,000, as 
authorized by section 1303 of Public Law 99–83.
1045 
COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Commis-
sion on International Religious Freedom, as authorized by 
title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
(Public Law 105–292), $3,300,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security 
and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 
94–304, $2,370,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2009. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive 
Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as author-
ized, $2,000,000, including not more than $3,000 for the 
purpose of official representation, to remain available until 
September 30, 2009.
1046 
UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission, $4,000,000, 
including not more than $4,000 for the purpose of official 
representation, to remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That the Commission shall submit a spend-
ing plan to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 
March 1, 2008 which effectively addresses the recommenda-
tions of the Government Accountability Office’s audit of the 
Commission (GAO–07–1128): Provided further, That the 
Commission shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a quarterly accounting of the cumulative balances of 
any unobligated funds that were received by the Commis-
sion during any previous fiscal year: Provided further, 
That for purposes of costs relating to printing and binding, 
the Commission shall be deemed, effective on the date of its 
establishment, to be a committee of Congress: Provided fur-
ther, That compensation for the executive director of the 
Commission may not exceed the rate payable for level II 
of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, 
United States Code: Provided further, That section 
1238(c)(1) of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, is amended by striking
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‘‘June’’ and inserting ‘‘December’’: Provided further, That 
travel by members of the Commission and its staff shall be 
arranged and conducted under the rules and procedures ap-
plying to travel by members of the House of Representatives 
and its staff. 
UNITED STATES SENATE-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY 
GROUP 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Senate- 
China Interparliamentary Group, as authorized under sec-
tion 153 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (22 
U.S.C. 276n; Public Law 108–99; 118 Stat. 448), $150,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2009. 
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 
of Peace as authorized in the United States Institute of 
Peace Act, $25,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS 
SEC. 101. Funds appropriated under title I of this Act 
shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for allow-
ances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of 
title 5, United States Code; for services as authorized by
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5 U.S.C. 3109; and for hire of passenger transportation 
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b). 
UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT 
SEC. 102. The Department of State and the Broad-
casting Board of Governors shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of the cumulative 
balances of any unobligated funds that were received by 
such agency during any previous fiscal year. 
EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 103. (a) Of funds provided under title I of this 
Act, except as provided in subsection (b), a project to con-
struct a diplomatic facility of the United States may not 
include office space or other accommodations for an em-
ployee of a Federal agency or department if the Secretary 
of State determines that such department or agency has not 
provided to the Department of State the full amount of 
funding required by subsection (e) of section 604 of the Se-
cure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 
1999 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of Public 
Law 106–113 and contained in appendix G of that Act; 
113 Stat. 1501A–453), as amended by section 629 of the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judici-
ary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005. 
(b) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), 
a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United
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States may include office space or other accommodations 
for members of the Marine Corps. 
PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available under title 
I of this Act may be used for any United Nations under-
taking when it is made known to the Federal official having 
authority to obligate or expend such funds that: (1) the 
United Nations undertaking is a peacekeeping mission; (2) 
such undertaking will involve United States Armed Forces 
under the command or operational control of a foreign na-
tional; and (3) the President’s military advisors have not 
submitted to the President a recommendation that such in-
volvement is in the national security interests of the United 
States and the President has not submitted to the Congress 
such a recommendation. 
DENIAL OF VISAS 
SEC. 105. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under title I of this Act shall be ex-
pended for any purpose for which appropriations are pro-
hibited by section 616 of the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 1999. 
(b) The requirements in subsections (b) and (c) of sec-
tion 616 of that Act shall continue to apply during fiscal 
year 2008.
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SENIOR POLICY OPERATING GROUP 
SEC. 106. (a) The Senior Policy Operating Group on 
Trafficking in Persons, established under section 105(f) of 
the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(f)) to coordinate agency activities re-
garding policies (including grants and grant policies) in-
volving the international trafficking in persons, shall co-
ordinate all such policies related to the activities of traf-
fickers and victims of severe forms of trafficking. 
(b) None of the funds provided under title I of this 
or any other Act making appropriations for Department 
of State and Related Agencies shall be expended to perform 
functions that duplicate coordinating responsibilities of the 
Operating Group. 
(c) The Operating Group shall continue to report only 
to the authorities that appointed them pursuant to section 
105(f). 
UNITED STATES CITIZENS BORN IN JERUSALEM 
SEC. 107. For the purposes of registration of birth, cer-
tification of nationality, or issuance of a passport of a 
United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem, the Sec-
retary of State shall, upon request of the citizen, record the 
place of birth as Israel. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 108. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
title I of this Act for any consulting service through procure-
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ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of 
public record and available for public inspection, except 
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 609 
SEC. 109. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under title I of this Act shall be ex-
pended for any purpose for which appropriations are pro-
hibited by section 609 of the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 1999. 
(b) The requirements in subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
of section 609 of that Act shall continue to apply during 
fiscal year 2008. 
STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 110. Funds appropriated under title I of this Act 
for the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Depart-
ment of State may be obligated and expended notwith-
standing section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956, section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 
103–236), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)).
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PERSONNEL ACTIONS 
SEC. 111. Any costs incurred by a department or agen-
cy funded under this Act resulting from personnel actions 
taken in response to funding reductions included in this 
Act shall be absorbed within the total budgetary resources 
available to such department or agency: Provided, That the 
authority to transfer funds between appropriations ac-
counts as may be necessary to carry out this section is pro-
vided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in this 
Act: Provided further, That use of funds to carry out this 
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 615 of title VI of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGATIONS 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available under title 
I of this Act may be used to pay expenses for any United 
States delegation to any specialized agency, body, or com-
mission of the United Nations if such commission is chaired 
or presided over by a country, the government of which the 
Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 
6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2405(j)(1)), has provided support for acts of inter-
national terrorism.
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PEACEKEEPING ASSESSMENT 
SEC. 113. Section 404(b)(2)(B) of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, (22 
U.S.C. 287e note) is amended at the end by adding the fol-
lowing: ‘‘(v) For assessments made during calendar year 
2008, 27.1 percent.’’. 
ALHURRA BROADCASTING 
SEC. 114. Funds appropriated for the programs and 
activities of Alhurra in fiscal year 2008 may be made avail-
able only if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 
the Committees on Appropriations that Alhurra does not 
advocate on behalf of any organization that the Secretary 
knows, or has reason to believe, engages in terrorist activi-
ties. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SEC. 115. (a) LINK TO OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL FROM HOMEPAGE OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—Not 
later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall establish and maintain on 
the homepage of the Internet website of the Department of 
State a direct link to the Internet website of the Office of 
Inspector General of the Department of State. 
(b) ANONYMOUS REPORTING OF WASTE, FRAUD, OR 
ABUSE.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department 
of State shall establish and maintain on the homepage of
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the Internet website of the Office of Inspector General a 
mechanism by which individuals can anonymously report 
cases of waste, fraud, or abuse with respect to the Depart-
ment of State. 
CONSULAR OPERATIONS 
SEC. 116. The Secretary of State shall establish limited 
consular operations in Iraq within 180 days of enactment 
of this Act in which designated categories of aliens may 
apply and interview for admission to the United States. 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION 
SEC. 117. Of the funds appropriated in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘International Boundary and Water Commis-
sion, United States and Mexico, Construction’’ (IBWC), up 
to $66,000,000 may be expended for construction of sec-
ondary wastewater treatment capability of at least 25 mil-
lion gallons per day (mgd) from the Tijuana River, subject 
to the following conditions: (1) IBWC shall resume negotia-
tions in accordance with section 804 of Public Law 106– 
457; (2) IBWC shall prepare design and engineering plans 
to upgrade the South Bay International Wastewater Treat-
ment Plant to treat 25 mgd to secondary treatment and 
update its conceptual designs for a scalable project capable 
of treating up to 100 mgd to secondary at the facility; and 
(3) none of the funds made available by this section may 
be obligated for construction before the Government Ac-
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countability Office completes a report on the proposed 
projects. 
COMMISSION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 118. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR PERFORMANCE RE-
VIEWS.—The United States-China Economic and Security 
Review Commission shall comply with chapter 43 of title 
5, United States Code, regarding the establishment and reg-
ular review of employee performance appraisals. 
(b) LIMITATION
ON CASH AWARDS.—The United 
States-China Economic and Security Review Commission 
shall comply with section 4505a of title 5, United States 
Code, with respect to limitations on payment of perform-
ance-based cash awards. 
TITLE II 
EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $1,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
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tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government Cor-
poration Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying out 
the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation: 
Provided, That none of the funds available during the cur-
rent fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, con-
tracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, 
fuel, or technology to any country, other than a nuclear- 
weapon state as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the 
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive 
economic or military assistance under this Act, that has 
detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of the enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
1(c) of Public Law 103–428, as amended, sections 1(a) and 
(b) of Public Law 103–428 shall remain in effect through 
October 1, 2008: Provided further, That not less than 10 
percent of the aggregate loan, guarantee, and insurance au-
thority available to the Export-Import Bank under this Act 
should be used for renewable energy and environmentally 
beneficial products and services. 
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, 
and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Ex-
port-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $68,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans,
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shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974: Provided further, That such sums shall re-
main available until September 30, 2026, for the disburse-
ment of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied- 
aid grants obligated in fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, and 
2011: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated by this Act or any prior Act appropriating funds 
for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams for tied-aid credits or grants may be used for any 
other purpose except through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated by this paragraph are made 
available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Im-
port Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the purchase 
or lease of any product by any Eastern European country, 
any Baltic State or any agency or national thereof. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses for members of the 
Board of Directors, $78,000,000: Provided, That the Ex-
port-Import Bank may accept, and use, payment or services 
provided by transaction participants for legal, financial, 
or technical services in connection with any transaction for
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which an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance 
commitment has been made: Provided further, That not-
withstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the Export En-
hancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall remain 
in effect until October 1, 2008. 
RECEIPTS COLLECTED 
Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank 
Act of 1945, as amended, and the Federal Credit Reform 
Act of 1990, as amended, in an amount not to exceed the 
amount appropriated herein, shall be credited as offsetting 
collections to this account: Provided, That the sums herein 
appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced on 
a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting collections so as 
to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the Gen-
eral Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That amounts 
collected in fiscal year 2008 in excess of obligations, up to 
$50,000,000, shall become available October 1, 2008 and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2011. 
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT 
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 
as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and com-
mitments within the limits of funds available to it and in 
accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided, That 
the amount available for administrative expenses to carry
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out the credit and insurance programs (including an 
amount for official reception and representation expenses 
which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed 
$47,500,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 
in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with 
services provided to specific investors or potential investors 
pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, shall not be considered administrative expenses for 
the purposes of this heading. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 
$23,500,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Ac-
count: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
such sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and 
loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal 
years 2008, 2009, and 2010: Provided further, That funds 
so obligated in fiscal year 2008 remain available for dis-
bursement through 2016; funds obligated in fiscal year 2009 
remain available for disbursement through 2017; funds obli-
gated in fiscal year 2010 remain available for disbursement 
through 2018: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
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other provision of law, the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation is authorized to undertake any program au-
thorized by title IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
in Iraq: Provided further, That funds made available pur-
suant to the authority of the previous proviso shall be sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
In addition, such sums as may be necessary for admin-
istrative expenses to carry out the credit program may be 
derived from amounts available for administrative expenses 
to carry out the credit and insurance programs in the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account 
and merged with said account. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$50,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009. 
TITLE III 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry 
out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
and for other purposes, to remain available until September 
30, 2008, unless otherwise specified herein, as follows:
1061 
GLOBAL HEALTH AND CHILD SURVIVAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, for global health activities, in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes, $1,843,150,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2009, and which shall 
be apportioned directly to the United States Agency for 
International Development: Provided, That this amount 
shall be made available for such activities as: (1) child sur-
vival and maternal health programs; (2) immunization and 
oral rehydration programs; (3) other health, nutrition, 
water and sanitation programs which directly address the 
needs of mothers and children, and related education pro-
grams; (4) assistance for children displaced or orphaned by 
causes other than AIDS; (5) programs for the prevention, 
treatment, control of, and research on HIV/AIDS, tuber-
culosis, polio, malaria, and other infectious diseases, and 
for assistance to communities severely affected by HIV/ 
AIDS, including children infected or affected by AIDS; and 
(6) family planning/reproductive health: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph 
may be made available for nonproject assistance, except 
that funds may be made available for such assistance for 
ongoing health activities: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this paragraph, not to exceed
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$350,000, in addition to funds otherwise available for such 
purposes, may be used to monitor and provide oversight of 
child survival, maternal and family planning/reproductive 
health, and infectious disease programs: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this paragraph the 
following 
amounts 
should 
be 
allocated 
as 
follows: 
$450,150,000 for child survival and maternal health; 
$15,000,000 for vulnerable children; $350,000,000 for HIV/ 
AIDS; $633,000,000 for other infectious diseases, including 
$153,000,000 for tuberculosis control, of which $15,000,000 
shall be used for the Global TB Drug Facility; and 
$395,000,000 for family planning/reproductive health, in-
cluding in areas where population growth threatens bio-
diversity or endangered species: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this paragraph, $72,500,000 
should be made available for a United States contribution 
to The GAVI Fund, and up to $6,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United 
States Agency for International Development’’ for costs di-
rectly related to global health, but funds made available for 
such costs may not be derived from amounts made available 
for contribution under this and preceding provisos: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
paragraph, $115,000,000 shall be made available to combat
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avian influenza, of which $15,000,000 shall be made avail-
able, notwithstanding any other provision of law except sec-
tion 551 of Public Law 109–102, to enhance the prepared-
ness of militaries in Asia and Africa to respond to an avian 
influenza pandemic, subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available in this Act nor 
any unobligated balances from prior appropriations may 
be made available to any organization or program which, 
as determined by the President of the United States, sup-
ports or participates in the management of a program of 
coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided fur-
ther, That any determination made under the previous pro-
viso must be made no later than six months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and must be accompanied by a 
comprehensive analysis as well as the complete evidence and 
criteria utilized to make the determination: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to pay for the performance of abortion as a 
method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any per-
son to practice abortions: Provided further, That nothing 
in this paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing 
statutory prohibitions against abortion under section 104 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this Act may
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be used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, 
That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing 
nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family 
planning projects which offer, either directly or through re-
ferral to, or information about access to, a broad range of 
family planning methods and services, and that any such 
voluntary family planning project shall meet the following 
requirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the 
project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or other 
numerical targets, of total number of births, number of fam-
ily planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method 
of family planning (this provision shall not be construed 
to include the use of quantitative estimates or indicators 
for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the project shall 
not include payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or fi-
nancial reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for be-
coming a family planning acceptor; or (B) program per-
sonnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of total 
number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or 
acceptors of a particular method of family planning; (3) 
the project shall not deny any right or benefit, including 
the right of access to participate in any program of general 
welfare or the right of access to health care, as a consequence 
of any individual’s decision not to accept family planning 
services; (4) the project shall provide family planning ac-
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ceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits 
and risks of the method chosen, including those conditions 
that might render the use of the method inadvisable and 
those adverse side effects known to be consequent to the use 
of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure that experi-
mental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical proce-
dures are provided only in the context of a scientific study 
in which participants are advised of potential risks and 
benefits; and, not less than 60 days after the date on which 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development determines that there has been a vio-
lation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), (2), 
(3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of viola-
tions of the requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this 
proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations a report containing a description of such 
violation and the corrective action taken by the Agency: 
Provided further, That in awarding grants for natural fam-
ily planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against be-
cause of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commit-
ment to offer only natural family planning; and, addition-
ally, all such applicants shall comply with the requirements 
of the previous proviso: Provided further, That for purposes 
of this or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds
1066 
for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family planning 
assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, 
consistent with local law, of information or counseling 
about all pregnancy options: Provided further, That to the 
maximum extent feasible, taking into consideration cost, 
timely availability, and best health practices, funds appro-
priated in this Act or prior appropriations Acts that are 
made available for condom procurement shall be made 
available only for the procurement of condoms manufac-
tured in the United States: Provided further, That informa-
tion provided about the use of condoms as part of projects 
or activities that are funded from amounts appropriated 
by this Act shall be medically accurate and shall include 
the public health benefits and failure rates of such use: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount provided by this para-
graph, $115,000,000 is designated as described in section 
5 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act). 
In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the pre-
vention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/ 
AIDS, $4,700,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
and which shall be apportioned directly to the Department 
of State: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under
1067 
this paragraph, $550,000,000 shall be made available, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, except for the 
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis 
and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25) for a United 
States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tu-
berculosis and Malaria, and shall be expended at the min-
imum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects 
and activities: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of 
the aggregate amount of funds made available to the Global 
Fund in fiscal year 2008 may be made available to the 
United States Agency for International Development for 
technical assistance related to the activities of the Global 
Fund: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this paragraph, up to $13,000,000 may be made 
available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes, for administrative expenses of the Office of 
the Global AIDS Coordinator: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading shall be made available 
notwithstanding the second sentence of section 403(a) of 
Public Law 108–25. 
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
sections 103, 105, 106, and sections 251 through 255, and 
chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$1,636,881,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this
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heading that are made available for assistance programs 
for displaced and orphaned children and victims of war, 
not to exceed $43,000, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able for such purposes, may be used to monitor and provide 
oversight of such programs: Provided further, That 
$400,000,000 should be allocated for basic education: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated by this Act, 
not less than $245,000,000 shall be made available for 
microenterprise and microfinance development programs 
for the poor, especially women: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$28,000,000 shall be made available for Collaborative Re-
search Support Programs: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, $750,000 shall be 
made available to implement 7 U.S.C. section 1736g– 
2(a)(2)(C) to improve food aid product quality and nutri-
ent delivery: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $22,500,000 shall 
be made available for the American Schools and Hospitals 
Abroad program: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, $12,000,000 should be made 
available for cooperative development programs within the 
Office of Private and Voluntary Cooperation: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated under this heading should 
be made available for programs to address sexual and gen-
1069 
der-based violence: Provided further, That of the funds ap-
propriated in this Act, not less than $300,000,000 shall be 
made available for safe drinking water and sanitation sup-
ply projects, including water management related to safe 
drinking water and sanitation, only to implement the Sen-
ator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109–121), of which not less than $125,000,000 should 
be made available for such projects in Africa: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for pro-
grams to improve women’s leadership capacity in recipient 
countries, and $10,000,000 may be made available to sup-
port a fund that enhances economic opportunities for very 
poor, poor, and low-income women in developing countries. 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for inter-
national disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction 
assistance, $432,350,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $20,000,000 should be for famine preven-
tion and relief: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided by this paragraph, $110,000,000 is designated as de-
scribed in section 5 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act).
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TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for international disaster reha-
bilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section 
491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $45,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to support transition to 
democracy and to long-term development of countries in cri-
sis: Provided, That such support may include assistance to 
develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and 
processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the 
peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the 
United States Agency for International Development shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at 
least 5 days prior to beginning a new program of assist-
ance: Provided further, That if the President determines 
that it is important to the national interests of the United 
States to provide transition assistance in excess of the 
amount 
appropriated 
under 
this 
heading, 
up 
to 
$15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry 
out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading and under 
the authorities applicable to funds appropriated under this 
heading: Provided further, That funds made available pur-
suant to the previous proviso shall be made available subject 
to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
1071 
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro-
vided by the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, as authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $21,000,000 may be de-
rived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act to 
carry out part I of such Act and under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: Provided, 
That such funds shall be made available only for micro and 
small enterprise programs, urban programs, and other pro-
grams which further the purposes of part I of the Act: Pro-
vided further, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such direct and guaranteed loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That funds made available by 
this paragraph may be used for the cost of modifying any 
such guaranteed loans under this Act or prior Acts, and 
funds used for such costs shall be subject to the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) 
(relating to general provisions applicable to the Develop-
ment Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported 
by the House Committee on International Relations on May 
9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and loan guaran-
1072 
tees provided under this heading: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
any portion of which is to be guaranteed, of up to 
$700,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
credit programs administered by the United States Agency 
for International Development, $8,160,000, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Oper-
ating Expenses of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development: Provided, That funds made avail-
able under this heading shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$655,800,000, of which up to $25,000,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 
the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ may be made 
available to finance the construction (including architect 
and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of 
offices for use by the United States Agency for International 
Development, unless the Administrator has identified such 
proposed construction (including architect and engineering
1073 
services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices in a report 
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 (including architect and 
engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices 
does not exceed $1,000,000: Provided further, That contracts 
or agreements entered into with funds appropriated under 
this heading may entail commitments for the expenditure 
of such funds through fiscal year 2009: Provided further, 
That any decision to open a new overseas mission or office 
of the United States Agency for International Development 
or, except where there is a substantial security risk to mis-
sion personnel, to close or significantly reduce the number 
of personnel of any such mission or office, shall be subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That the authority of sec-
tions 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
may be exercised by the Secretary of State to transfer funds 
appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act 
to ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for 
International Development’’ in accordance with the provi-
sions of those sections: Provided further, That of the amount 
provided by this paragraph, $20,800,000 is designated as
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described in section 5 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act). 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND OF THE UNITED STATES 
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 
related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of 
information technology and related capital investments, 
pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $88,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this amount is in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for obli-
gation only pursuant to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$38,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, 
which sum shall be available for the Office of the Inspector 
General of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment.
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OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$2,994,823,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $415,000,000 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 undertake signifi-
cant economic and democratic reforms which are additional 
to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal years: 
Provided further, That with respect to the provision of as-
sistance for Egypt for democracy, human rights and govern-
ance activities, the organizations implementing such assist-
ance and the specific nature of that assistance shall not be 
subject to the prior approval by the Government of Egypt: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading for assistance for Egypt, not less than $135,000,000 
shall be made available for project assistance, of which not 
less than $20,000,000 shall be made available for democ-
racy, human rights and governance programs and not less 
than $50,000,000 shall be used for education programs, of 
which not less than $10,000,000 should be made available 
for scholarships for Egyptian students with high financial
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need to attend United States accredited institutions of high-
er education in Egypt: Provided further, That $11,000,000 
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 reunification 
of the island and designed to reduce tensions and promote 
peace and cooperation between the two communities on Cy-
prus: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $363,547,000 shall be 
made available only for assistance for Jordan: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 
that are made available for assistance for Jordan, up to 
$40,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt Restruc-
turing’’ for the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of reducing or cancelling 
amounts owed to the United States or any agency of the 
United States by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading not more than $218,500,000 may be made available 
for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, of which not 
to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for administrative ex-
penses of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, in addition to funds otherwise available for such
1077 
purposes, to carry out programs in the West Bank and 
Gaza: Provided further, That if the President exercises the 
waiver authority under section 650 of this Act, of the funds 
made available under this heading for assistance to the Pal-
estinian Authority, not more than $100,000,000 of the 
funds made available under this heading for cash transfer 
assistance to the Palestinian Authority may be obligated 
for such assistance until the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Pales-
tinian Authority has established a single treasury account 
for all Palestinian Authority financing and all financing 
mechanisms flow through this account, has eliminated all 
parallel financing mechanisms outside of the Palestinian 
Authority treasury account, and has established a single 
comprehensive civil service roster and payroll: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
heading for cash transfer assistance to the Palestinian Au-
thority may be obligated for salaries of personnel of the Pal-
estinian Authority located in Gaza: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading for cash 
transfer assistance to the Palestinian Authority may be ob-
ligated or expended for assistance to Hamas or any entity 
effectively controlled by Hamas or any power-sharing gov-
ernment with Hamas unless Hamas has accepted the prin-
ciples contained in section 620K(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the
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Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of State shall ensure that Federal 
or non-Federal audits of all funds appropriated under this 
heading for cash transfer assistance to the Palestinian Au-
thority are conducted on at least an annual basis to ensure 
compliance with this Act, and such audit shall include a 
detailed accounting of all programs, projects, and activities 
carried out using such funds, including both obligations 
and expenditures, and that the audit is compliant with gen-
erally accepted accounting standards: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading for cash 
transfer assistance to the Palestinian Authority shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That $45,000,000 
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made 
available for assistance for Lebanon, of which not less than 
$10,000,000 should be made available for scholarships and 
direct support of American educational institutions in Leb-
anon: Provided further, That not more than $300,000,000 
of the funds made available for assistance for Afghanistan 
under this heading may be obligated for such assistance 
until the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on 
Appropriations that the Government of Afghanistan at both 
the national and provincial level is cooperating fully with 
United States funded poppy eradication and interdiction
1079 
efforts in Afghanistan: Provided further, That the President 
may waive the previous proviso if he determines and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is vital 
to the national security interests of the United States: Pro-
vided further, That such report shall include an analysis 
of the steps being taken by the Government of Afghanistan, 
at the national and provincial level, to cooperate fully with 
United States funded poppy eradication and interdiction 
efforts in Afghanistan: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, $196,000,000 shall be ap-
portioned directly to the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development (USAID) for alternative develop-
ment/institution building and sustainable development pro-
grams in Colombia and may be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Development 
Assistance’’ to continue programs administered by USAID: 
Provided further, That with respect to funds apportioned 
to USAID for programs in Colombia under this heading, 
the responsibility for policy decisions for the use of such 
funds, including which activities will be funded and the 
amount of funds that will be provided for each of those ac-
tivities, shall be the responsibility of the Administrator of 
USAID in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of 
State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Af-
fairs: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
1080 
under this heading that are available for assistance for the 
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, up to $1,000,000 may 
be available for administrative expenses of the United 
States Agency for International Development in addition 
to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available for programs and activities for the Central High-
lands of Vietnam: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, up to $53,000,000 may be made available for 
energy-related assistance for North Korea, subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading that are made available for a Middle East Fi-
nancing Facility, Middle East Enterprise Fund, or any 
other similar entity in the Middle East shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided by this paragraph, $542,568,000 is designated as de-
scribed in section 5 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act). 
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, 
$15,000,000, which shall be available for the United States
1081 
contribution to the International Fund for Ireland and 
shall be made available in accordance with the provisions 
of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Public 
Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall be ex-
pended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely pay-
ment for projects and activities: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this heading shall remain 
available until September 30, 2009. 
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, 
$295,950,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for assistance and for related programs 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States. 
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the 
administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use 
of economic assistance. 
(c) The provisions of section 628 of this Act shall apply 
to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any provision of this or any other Act, in-
cluding provisions in this subsection regarding the applica-
1082 
tion of section 628 of this Act, local currencies generated 
by, or converted from, funds appropriated by this Act and 
by previous appropriations Acts and made available for the 
economic revitalization program in Bosnia may be used in 
Eastern Europe and the Baltic States to carry out the pro-
visions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Sup-
port for East European Democracy SEED Act of 1989. 
(d) 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 state sponsors of ter-
rorism and terrorist organizations and Bosnian officials 
has not been terminated. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE 
FORMER SOVIET UNION 
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 assistance 
for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and 
for related programs, $399,735,000, to remain available
1083 
until September 30, 2009: Provided, That the provisions of 
such chapters shall apply to funds appropriated by this 
paragraph: Provided further, That funds made available for 
the Southern Caucasus region may be used, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for confidence-building 
measures and other activities in furtherance of the peaceful 
resolution of regional conflicts, especially those in the vicin-
ity of Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabagh: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds ap-
propriated under this heading in this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for foreign operations, export fi-
nancing, and related programs, that are made available 
pursuant to the provisions of section 807 of Public Law 
102–511 shall be subject to a 6 percent ceiling on adminis-
trative expenses. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 
the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, 
$21,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009. 
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the Inter-
national Security and Development Cooperation Act of 
1980, Public Law 96–533, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009: Provided, That funds made
1084 
available to grantees may be invested pending expenditure 
for project purposes when authorized by the Board of Direc-
tors of the Foundation: Provided further, That interest 
earned shall be used only for the purposes for which the 
grant was made: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 505(a)(2) of the African Development Foundation 
Act, (1) in exceptional circumstances the Board of Directors 
of the Foundation may waive the $250,000 limitation con-
tained in that section with respect to a project and (2) a 
project may exceed the limitation by up to $10,000 if the 
increase is due solely to foreign currency fluctuation: Pro-
vided further, That the Foundation shall provide a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations after each time such 
waiver authority is exercised. 
PEACE CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), including the purchase 
of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for adminis-
trative purposes for use outside of the United States, 
$333,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Provided 
further, That the Director may transfer to the Foreign Cur-
rency Fluctuations Account, as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 
2515, an amount not to exceed $2,000,000: Provided fur-
1085 
ther, That funds transferred pursuant to the previous pro-
viso may not be derived from amounts made available for 
Peace Corps overseas operations. 
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, $1,557,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, up to $88,000,000 
may be available for administrative expenses of the Millen-
nium Challenge Corporation: Provided further, That up to 
10 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading 
may be made available to carry out the purposes of section 
616 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 for candidate 
countries for fiscal year 2008: Provided further, That none 
of the funds available to carry out section 616 of such Act 
may be made available until the Chief Executive Officer 
of the Millennium Challenge Corporation provides a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations listing the candidate 
countries that will be receiving assistance under section 616 
of such Act, the level of assistance proposed for each such 
country, a description of the proposed programs, projects 
and activities, and the implementing agency or agencies of 
the United States Government: Provided further, That sec-
tion 605(e)(4) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 shall 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading may
1086 
be made available for a Millennium Challenge Compact en-
tered into pursuant to section 609 of the Millennium Chal-
lenge Act of 2003 only if such Compact obligates, or con-
tains a commitment to obligate subject to the availability 
of funds and the mutual agreement of the parties to the 
Compact to proceed, the entire amount of the United States 
Government funding anticipated for the duration of the 
Compact. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of 
democracy globally, $164,000,000, of which the following 
amounts shall be made available, subject to the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
until September 30, 2010— 
(1) $64,000,000 for the Human Rights and De-
mocracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights and Labor, Department of State, of which 
$15,000,000 shall be for democracy and rule of law 
programs in the People’s Republic of China, Hong 
Kong, and Taiwan: Provided, That assistance for 
Taiwan should be matched from sources other than 
the United States Government: Provided further, That 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for programs and
1087 
activities for the promotion of democracy in countries 
located outside the Middle East region with a signifi-
cant Muslim population, and where such programs 
and activities would be important to United States 
efforts to respond to, deter, or prevent acts of inter-
national terrorism: Provided further, That funds used 
for such purposes should support new initiatives and 
activities in those countries: Provided further, That 
$15,000,000 shall be made available for an internet 
freedom initiative to expand access and information 
in closed societies, including in the Middle East and 
Asia: Provided further, That the Department of State 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
prior to the initial obligation of funds made available 
pursuant to the previous proviso; and 
(2) $100,000,000 for the National Endowment 
for Democracy: Provided, That of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, and ‘‘As-
sistance for the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union’’, an additional $11,000,000 should be 
made available to support the ongoing programs and 
activities of the National Endowment for Democracy.
1088 
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 
available for the promotion of democracy may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law and, 
with regard to the National Endowment for Democracy, 
any regulation. Funds appropriated under this heading are 
in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes. 
(c) For the purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, 
the term ‘‘promotion of democracy’’ means programs that 
support good governance, human rights, independent 
media, and the rule of law, and otherwise strengthen the 
capacity of democratic political parties, governments, non-
governmental organizations and institutions, and citizens 
to support the development of democratic states, institu-
tions, and practices that are responsive and accountable to 
citizens. 
(d) Any contract, grant or cooperative agreement (or 
any amendment to any contract, grant, or cooperative 
agreement) in excess of $2,500,000 for the promotion of de-
mocracy under this Act shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $558,449,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That during 
fiscal year 2008, the Department of State may also use the
1089 
authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, without 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 notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall provide 
to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 45 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and prior to the 
initial obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, 
a report on the proposed uses of all funds under this head-
ing on a country-by-country basis for each proposed pro-
gram, project, or activity: Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided under this heading for counter narcotics 
activities in Afghanistan shall be made available for eradi-
cation programs through the aerial spraying of herbicides: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $39,750,000 shall be made available 
for judicial, human rights, rule of law and related activities 
for Colombia, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall be 
made available for the Office of the Attorney General, of 
which $5,000,000 shall be for the Human Rights Unit, 
$5,000,000 shall be for the Justice and Peace Unit, 
$7,000,000 shall be used to support a witness protection 
program for victims of armed groups, and $3,000,000 shall
1090 
be for investigations of mass graves and identification of 
remains: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading that are available for assistance for Co-
lombia, $8,000,000 shall be available for human rights ac-
tivities, $5,500,000 shall be available for judicial reform, 
$3,000,000 shall be for the Office of the Procuraduria Gen-
eral de la Nacion, $2,000,000 shall be for the Office of the 
Defensoria del Pueblo, and $750,000 should be made avail-
able for a United States contribution to the Office of the 
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in 
Colombia to support monitoring and public reporting of 
human rights conditions in the field: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not more 
than $38,000,000 may be available for administrative ex-
penses. 
ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support counterdrug ac-
tivities in the Andean region of South America, 
$327,460,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010: Provided, That the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and prior to the initial obliga-
1091 
tion of funds appropriated under this heading, a report on 
the proposed uses of all funds under this heading on a coun-
try-by-country basis for each proposed program, project, or 
activity: Provided further, That section 482(b) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appro-
priated under this heading: Provided further, That assist-
ance provided with funds appropriated under this heading 
that is made available notwithstanding section 482(b) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds made 
available to the Department of State for assistance to the 
Government of Colombia in this Act may be used to support 
a unified campaign against narcotics trafficking and orga-
nizations designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, 
and to take actions to protect human health and welfare 
in emergency circumstances, including undertaking rescue 
operations: Provided further, That this authority shall cease 
to be effective if the Secretary of State has credible evidence 
that the Colombian Armed Forces are not conducting vig-
orous operations to restore government authority and re-
spect for human rights in areas under the effective control 
of paramilitary organizations, illegal self-defense groups, il-
legal security cooperatives, or other criminal, guerrilla or 
successor armed groups or organizations: Provided further,
1092 
That the President shall ensure that if any helicopter pro-
cured with funds in this Act or prior Acts making appro-
priations for foreign operations, export financing, and re-
lated programs, is used to aid or abet the operations of any 
illegal self-defense group, paramilitary organization, illegal 
security cooperative or successor organizations in Colombia, 
such helicopter shall be immediately returned to the United 
States: Provided further, That no United States Armed 
Forces personnel or United States civilian contractor em-
ployed by the United States will participate in any combat 
operation in connection with assistance made available by 
this Act for Colombia: Provided further, That rotary and 
fixed wing aircraft supported with funds appropriated 
under this heading for assistance for Colombia may be used 
for aerial or manual drug eradication and interdiction in-
cluding to transport personnel and supplies and to provide 
security for such operations, and to provide transport in 
support of alternative development programs and investiga-
tions of cases under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General, 
the Procuraduria General de la Nacion, and the Defensoria 
del Pueblo: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading that are available for Colombia, 
up to $2,500,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’ and shall be made available only for
1093 
assistance for the Colombian Armed Forces to provide secu-
rity for manual eradication programs and up to $2,500,000 
shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ and shall be made available only 
for assistance for the Colombian National Police to provide 
security for manual eradication programs: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds available for the Colombian national 
police for the procurement of chemicals for aerial coca and 
poppy eradication programs, not more than 20 percent of 
such funds may be made available for such eradication pro-
grams unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that: (1) the herbicide is being used 
in accordance with EPA label requirements for comparable 
use in the United States and with Colombian laws; and 
(2) the herbicide, in the manner it is being used, does not 
pose unreasonable risks or adverse effects to humans or the 
environment including endemic species: Provided further, 
That such funds may not be made available unless the Sec-
retary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that complaints of harm to health or licit crops caused 
by such aerial eradication are thoroughly evaluated and 
fair compensation is being paid in a timely manner for 
meritorious claims: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations
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detailing all claims, evaluations, and compensation paid 
during the twelve month period prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That such funds may 
not be made available for such purposes unless programs 
are being implemented by United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, the Government of Colombia, or 
other organizations, in consultation and coordination with 
local communities, to provide alternative sources of income 
in areas where security permits for small-acreage growers 
and communities whose illicit crops are targeted for aerial 
eradication: Provided further, That none of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act shall be made available for the cul-
tivation or processing of African oil palm, if doing so would 
contribute to significant loss of native species, disrupt or 
contaminate natural water sources, reduce local food secu-
rity, or cause the forced displacement of local people: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used for aerial eradication in Colombia’s national parks 
or reserves only if the Secretary of State certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations on a case-by-case basis that 
there are no effective alternatives and the eradication is 
conducted in accordance with Colombian laws: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading that 
are made available for assistance for the Bolivian military 
and police may be made available for such purposes only
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if the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that the Bolivian military and police are re-
specting human rights and cooperating fully with investiga-
tions and prosecutions by civilian judicial authorities of 
military and police personnel who have been implicated in 
gross violations of human rights: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated under this heading, not more than 
$17,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses 
of the Department of State, and not more than $7,800,000 
may be available, in addition to amounts otherwise avail-
able for such purposes, for administrative expenses of the 
United States Agency for International Development. 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 
enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized by 
law, a contribution to the International Committee of the 
Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contributions 
to the International Organization for Migration and the 
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and other 
activities to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and 
expenses of personnel and dependents as authorized by the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as authorized by 
sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, United States Code; 
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
$1,029,900,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That not more than $23,000,000 may be available 
for administrative expenses: Provided further, That not less 
than $40,000,000 of the funds made available under this 
heading shall be made available for refugees resettling in 
Israel: Provided further, That funds made available under 
this heading shall be made available for assistance for refu-
gees from North Korea: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided by this paragraph, $200,000,000 is des-
ignated as described in section 5 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION 
ASSISTANCE FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act 
of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), $45,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 
$487,000,000, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-ter-
rorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support 
Act, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act or the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the
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clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small 
arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, including activities implemented through 
nongovernmental and international organizations, and sec-
tion 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a vol-
untary contribution to the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA), and for a United States contribution to 
the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory 
Commission: Provided, That of this amount not to exceed 
$34,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 
made available for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament 
Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to pro-
mote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to non-
proliferation and disarmament: Provided further, That 
such funds may also be used for such countries other than 
the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and 
international organizations when it is in the national secu-
rity interest of the United States to do so: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
than $26,000,000 shall be made available for the Biosecu-
rity Engagement Program: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be made available for 
the International Atomic Energy Agency only if the Sec-
retary of State determines (and so reports to the Congress) 
that Israel is not being denied its right to participate in
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the activities of that Agency: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available for demining and related activities, 
not to exceed $700,000, in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes, may be used for administrative 
expenses related to the operation and management of the 
demining program: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading that are available for ‘‘Anti-ter-
rorism Assistance’’ and ‘‘Export Control and Border Secu-
rity’’ shall remain available until September 30, 2009. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$20,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, 
which shall be available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law. 
DEBT RESTRUCTURING 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan 
guarantees, as the President may determine, for which 
funds have been appropriated or otherwise made available 
for programs within the International Affairs Budget Func-
tion 150, including the cost of selling, reducing, or canceling 
amounts owed to the United States as a result of 
concessional loans made to eligible countries, pursuant to 
parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of
1099 
modifying concessional credit agreements with least devel-
oped countries, as authorized under section 411 of the Agri-
cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as 
amended, of concessional loans, guarantees and credit 
agreements, as authorized under section 572 of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–461), and of can-
celing amounts owed, as a result of loans or guarantees 
made pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, by 
countries that are eligible for debt reduction pursuant to 
title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law by section 
1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113, $30,300,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That not less 
than $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be made available to carry out the provisions 
of part V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided 
further, That amounts paid to the HIPC Trust Fund may 
be used only to fund debt reduction under the enhanced 
HIPC initiative by— 
(1) the Inter-American Development Bank; 
(2) the African Development Fund; 
(3) the African Development Bank; and 
(4) the Central American Bank for Economic In-
tegration:
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Provided further, That funds may not be paid to the HIPC 
Trust Fund for the benefit of any country if the Secretary 
of State has credible evidence that the government of such 
country is engaged in a consistent pattern of gross viola-
tions of internationally recognized human rights or in mili-
tary or civil conflict that undermines its ability to develop 
and implement measures to alleviate poverty and to devote 
adequate human and financial resources to that end: Pro-
vided further, That on the basis of final appropriations, the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations concerning which countries and inter-
national financial institutions are expected to benefit from 
a United States contribution to the HIPC Trust Fund dur-
ing the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall inform the Committees on Appropria-
tions not less than 15 days in advance of the signature of 
an agreement by the United States to make payments to 
the HIPC Trust Fund of amounts for such countries and 
institutions: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
Treasury may disburse funds designated for debt reduction 
through the HIPC Trust Fund only for the benefit of coun-
tries that— 
(1) have committed, for a period of 24 months, 
not to accept new market-rate loans from the inter-
national financial institution receiving debt repay-
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ment as a result of such disbursement, other than 
loans made by such institutions to export-oriented 
commercial projects that generate foreign exchange 
which are generally referred to as ‘‘enclave’’ loans; 
and 
(2) have documented and demonstrated their 
commitment to redirect their budgetary resources 
from international debt repayments to programs to 
alleviate poverty and promote economic growth that 
are additional to or expand upon those previously 
available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That any limitation of subsection (e) of 
section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and As-
sistance Act of 1954 shall not apply to funds appropriated 
under this heading: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading in this or any 
other appropriations Act shall be made available for Sudan 
or Burma unless the Secretary of the Treasury determines 
and notifies the Committees on Appropriations that a 
democratically elected government has taken office.
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TITLE IV 
MILITARY ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$85,877,000, of which up to $3,000,000 may remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall not be available for Equatorial 
Guinea: Provided further, That the civilian personnel for 
whom military education and training may be provided 
under this heading may include civilians who are not mem-
bers of a government whose participation would contribute 
to improved civil-military relations, civilian control of the 
military, or respect for human rights: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading that are made 
available for assistance for Angola, Cameroon, Central Afri-
can Republic, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Libya, and 
Nepal may be made available only for expanded inter-
national military education and training: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading in the 
second proviso and for assistance for Haiti, Guatemala, the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, 
Bangladesh, Libya, Angola, and Nigeria may only be pro-
vided through the regular notification procedures of the
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Committees on Appropriations and any such notification 
shall include a detailed description of proposed activities. 
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for grants to enable the Presi-
dent to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms 
Export Control Act, $4,588,325,000: Provided, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$2,400,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel, 
and not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be made available 
for grants only for Egypt: Provided further, That the funds 
appropriated by this paragraph for Israel shall be disbursed 
within 30 days of the enactment of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That to the extent that the Government of Israel re-
quests that funds be used for such purposes, grants made 
available for Israel by this paragraph shall, as agreed by 
Israel and the United States, be available for advanced 
weapons systems, of which not less than $631,200,000 shall 
be available for the procurement in Israel of defense articles 
and defense services, including research and development: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated by this 
paragraph, $300,000,000 shall be made available for assist-
ance for Jordan: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not more than $53,000,000 
shall be available for Colombia, of which $5,000,000 should 
be made available for medical and rehabilitation assistance,
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removal of landmines, and to enhance communications ca-
pabilities: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, $3,655,000 may be made available for 
assistance for Morocco, and an additional $1,000,000 may 
be made available if the Secretary of State certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Mo-
rocco is continuing to make progress on human rights, and 
is allowing all persons to advocate freely their views regard-
ing the status and future of the Western Sahara through 
the exercise of their rights to peaceful expression, association 
and assembly and to document violations of human rights 
in that territory without harassment: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this paragraph shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any 
requirement in section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
paragraph shall be obligated upon apportionment in ac-
cordance with paragraph (5)(C) of title 31, United States 
Code, section 1501(a): Provided further, That $4,000,000 of 
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ to be made 
available to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and 
Labor, Department of State, to ensure adequate monitoring 
of the uses of assistance made available under this heading
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in countries where such monitoring is most needed, in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
None of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be available to finance the procurement of defense arti-
cles, defense services, or design and construction services 
that are not sold by the United States Government under 
the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign country pro-
posing to make such procurements has first signed an agree-
ment with the United States Government specifying the 
conditions under which such procurements may be financed 
with such funds: Provided, That all country and funding 
level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the 
regular notification procedures of section 615 of this Act: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for assistance for 
Sudan: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for as-
sistance for Haiti, Guatemala, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, 
Bangladesh, 
Philippines, 
Indonesia, 
Bosnia 
and 
Herzegovina, Ethiopia, and Democratic Republic of the 
Congo except pursuant to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading may 
be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and re-
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lated activities, and may include activities implemented 
through nongovernmental and international organizations: 
Provided further, That only those countries for which assist-
ance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financ-
ing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presen-
tation for security assistance programs may utilize funds 
made available under this heading for procurement of de-
fense articles, defense services or design and construction 
services that are not sold by the United States Government 
under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended 
at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment 
for defense articles and services: Provided further, That not 
more than $41,900,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, including 
the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
only for use outside of the United States, for the general 
costs of administering military assistance and sales: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $395,000,000 of funds 
realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export 
Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred by the 
Department of Defense during fiscal year 2008 pursuant 
to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except that 
this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
1107 
tions: Provided further, That foreign military financing 
program funds estimated to be outlayed for Egypt during 
fiscal year 2008 shall be transferred to an interest bearing 
account for Egypt in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York 
within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided by this paragraph, 
$100,000,000 is designated as described in section 5 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$263,230,000: Provided, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made 
available for a United States contribution to the Multi-
national Force and Observers mission in the Sinai: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be obligated or expended except as pro-
vided through the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of 
the amount provided by this paragraph, $35,000,000 is des-
ignated as described in section 5 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act).
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TITLE V 
MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY 
For the United States contribution for the Global En-
vironment Facility, $81,763,000 to the International Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for the Glob-
al Environment Facility, by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
ASSOCIATION 
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $950,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS 
MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Multi-
lateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
for the United States contribution to the fund, $25,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For the United States contribution by the Secretary 
of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the Asian 
Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Develop-
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ment Bank Act, as amended, $75,153,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
For payment to the African Development Bank by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, $2,037,000, for the United States 
paid-in share of the increase in capital stock, to remain 
available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
The United States Governor of the African Develop-
ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation for 
the callable capital portion of the United States share of 
such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $31,918,770. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For the United States contribution by the Secretary 
of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the African 
Development Fund, $135,684,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR 
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction 
and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $10,159 
for the United States share of the paid-in portion of the 
increase in capital stock, to remain available until ex-
pended.