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balances of any unobligated funds that were received by 
such agency during any previous fiscal year. 
RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGATIONS 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay expenses for any United States dele-
gation to any specialized agency, body, or commission of 
the United Nations if such commission is chaired or pre-
sided over by a country, the government of which the Sec-
retary 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. 
EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 108. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a 
project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 
States may not include office space or other accommoda-
tions for an employee 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 
Secure 
Embassy 
Construction 
and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (as enacted into law by sec-
tion 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,
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and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2005. 
(b) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), 
a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 
States may include office space or other accommodations 
for members of the Marine Corps. 
ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS 
SEC. 109. Funds appropriated under this Act shall be 
available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances and 
differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 5, 
United States Code; for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and for hire of passenger transportation pursuant to 
31 U.S.C. 1343(b). 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 110. (a) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appro-
priation made available for the current fiscal year for the 
Department of State in this Act may be transferred between 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 
otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not 
to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors in this Act may be transferred between such ap-
propriations, but no such appropriation, except as other-
wise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 
10 percent by any such transfers: Provided further, That
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any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 104 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumen-
tality of the United States Government, except pursuant to 
a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this 
Act or any other appropriations Act. 
UNITED STATES CITIZENS BORN IN JERUSALEM 
SEC. 111. 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. 
SENIOR POLICY OPERATING GROUP 
SEC. 112. (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.
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(b) None of the funds provided in this or any other 
Act 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). 
STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 113. Funds appropriated under this Act for the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Department of 
State may be obligated and expended notwithstanding sec-
tion 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956, section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
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)). 
PALESTINIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 114. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this Act may be used by the Department 
of State or the Broadcasting Board of Governors to provide 
equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 
other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 
Corporation. 
ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 115. (a) Funds provided in this Act for the fol-
lowing accounts shall be made available for programs in
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the amounts contained in the respective tables included in 
the report accompanying this Act: 
‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange Pro-
grams’’. 
‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Mainte-
nance’’. 
‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping 
Activities’’. 
‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’. 
‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’. 
(b) Any proposed increases or decreases to the amounts 
contained in such tables in the accompanying report shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures in section 
104 of this Act. 
(c) The Secretary of State shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations 15 days in advance of recommending 
the issuance of any license subject to Executive Order No. 
13067. 
PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in 
this Act, not more than $1,135,327,000 shall be available 
for payment to the United Nations for assessed and other 
expenses of international peacekeeping activities.
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RESTRICTION ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS 
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this Act may be made available to pay 
any contribution of the United States to the United Nations 
if the United Nations implements or imposes any taxation 
on any United States persons. 
CEILINGS AND EARMARKS 
SEC. 118. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this Act 
shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appropriated 
or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless 
such Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or minimum 
funding requirements contained in any other Act shall not 
be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act. 
CONTRACTING WITH PERSONS DOING BUSINESS WITH 
LIBYA 
SEC. 119. Subsection (c) of section 406 of the Omnibus 
Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, Public 
Law 99–399, is repealed. 
AMBASSADOR FOR ASEAN AFFAIRS 
SEC. 120. There is established in the Department of 
State, the position of United States Ambassador for ASEAN 
Affairs, who shall be appointed by the President, subject to 
the advice and consent of the Senate, whose duties shall in-
clude serving as the liaison for the United States to the As-
sociation of Southeast Asian Nations.
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DENIAL OF VISAS 
SEC. 121. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act shall be expended for 
any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited by 
section 616 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1999. 
(b) The requirements in subsections (b) and (c) of sec-
tion 616 of that Act shall continue to apply during fiscal 
year 2007. 
PERSONNEL ACTIONS 
SEC. 122. 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 104 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section.
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ATTENDANCE AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 
of more than 50 employees of agencies or departments of 
the United States Government who are stationed in the 
United States, at any single international conference occur-
ring outside the United States, unless the Secretary of State 
determines that such attendance is in the national interest: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter-
national conference’’ shall mean a conference attended by 
representatives of the United States Government and rep-
resentatives of foreign governments, international organiza-
tions, or nongovernmental organizations. 
REFERENCES 
SEC. 124. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
any reference in this title to ‘‘this Act’’ shall be deemed to 
be a reference to title I of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2007. 
THE UNITED STATES SENATE-JAPAN INTERPARLIAMENTARY 
GROUP 
SEC. 125. (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND MEETINGS.—Not 
to exceed 12 Senators shall be appointed to meet annually 
with representatives of the Diet of Japan for discussion of 
common problems in the interest of relations between the 
United States and Japan. The Senators so appointed shall
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be referred to as the ‘‘United States group’’ of the United 
States Senate-Japan Interparliamentary Group. 
(b) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.—The President pro 
tempore of the Senate shall appoint Senators under this sec-
tion upon recommendations of the majority and minority 
leaders of the Senate. The President pro tempore of the Sen-
ate shall designate 1 Senator as the Chair of the United 
States group. 
(c) FUNDING.—There is to be authorized to be appro-
priated $150,000 for each fiscal year to assist in meeting 
the expenses of the United States group for each fiscal year 
for which an appropriation is made. Appropriations shall 
be disbursed on vouchers to be approved by the Chair of 
the United States group. 
(d) CERTIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES.—The certifi-
cation of the Chair of the United States group shall be final 
and conclusive upon the accounting officers in the auditing 
of accounts of the United States group. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsections (a) through (d) 
shall apply to fiscal year 2007, and each fiscal year 
thereafter. 
(2) FISCAL
YEAR
2007.—Subsection (e) shall 
apply to fiscal year 2007.
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WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL INITIATIVE 
SEC. 126. IMPLEMENTATION
OF WESTERN HEMI-
SPHERE TRAVEL INITIATIVE. Section 7209(b)(1) of the In-
telligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(Public Law 108–458; 8 U.S.C. 1185 note) is amended by 
striking from ‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT
OF
PLAN.—The Sec-
retary’’ through ‘‘7208(k)).’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN AND IMPLEMENTA-
TION.— 
‘‘(A) The Secretary of Homeland Security, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 
develop and implement a plan as expeditiously 
as possible to require a passport or other docu-
ment, or combination of documents, deemed by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to be suffi-
cient to denote identity and citizenship, for all 
travel into the United States by United States 
citizens and by categories of individuals for 
whom documentation requirements have pre-
viously been waived under section 212(d)(4)(B) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(d)(4)(B)). This plan shall be imple-
mented not later than 3 months after the Sec-
retary of State and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security make the certifications required in sub-
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section (B), or June 1, 2009, whichever is ear-
lier. The plan shall seek to expedite the travel of 
frequent travelers, including those who reside in 
border communities, and in doing so, shall make 
readily available a registered traveler program 
(as described in section 7208(k)). 
‘‘(B) The Secretary of Homeland Security 
and the Secretary of State shall jointly certify to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives that the fol-
lowing criteria have been met prior to implemen-
tation of Section 7209(b)(1)(A)— 
‘‘(i) the National Institutes of Stand-
ards and Technology has certified that the 
card architecture meets the International 
Organization 
for 
Standardization 
ISO 
14443 security standards, or justifies a de-
viation from such standard; 
‘‘(ii) the technology to be used by the 
United States for the passport card, and 
any subsequent change to that technology, 
has been shared with the governments of 
Canada and Mexico; 
‘‘(iii) an agreement has been reached 
with the United States Postal Service on the
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fee to be charged individuals for the pass-
port card, and a detailed justification has 
been submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives; 
‘‘(iv) an alternative procedure has been 
developed for groups of children traveling 
across an international border under adult 
supervision with parental consent; 
‘‘(v) the necessary technological infra-
structure to process the passport cards has 
been installed, and all employees at ports of 
entry have been properly trained in the use 
of the new technology; 
‘‘(vi) the passport card has been made 
available for the purpose of international 
travel by United States citizens through 
land and sea ports of entry between the 
United States and Canada, Mexico, the 
Caribbean and Bermuda; and 
‘‘(vii) a single implementation date for 
sea and land borders has been established.’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007’’.