(2) An account of projects funded and outside 
contributions received during the previous fiscal 
year. 
(3) A balance sheet of income and outlays cur-
rent as of the conclusion of the fiscal year to which 
such report is relevant. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds available to 
carry out chapter 4 of Part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 
2009, there are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Human Rights and Democracy Fund to carry out 
the purposes of this section $50,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2008 and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. 
Amounts appropriated under this section are author-
ized to remain available until expended. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Not more 
than five percent of amounts appropriated to the 
Human Rights and Democracy Fund for each fiscal 
year may be applied toward administrative expenses 
associated with carrying out this section. 
(3) CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary may ac-
cept contributions to the Human Rights and Democ-
racy Fund from the governments of other demo-
cratic countries, private foundations, private citizens, 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
00:23 Feb 21, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00042
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H982.IH
H982
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS
and other nongovernmental sources. Any such con-
tributions shall be merged into such Fund and shall 
be available to the same extent and under the same 
conditions as other amounts available to the Fund. 
SEC. 303. INSTRUMENTS FOR PROVIDING DEMOCRACY AS-
SISTANCE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Democracy assistance has many different 
forms, including assistance to promote the rule of 
law, build the capacity of civil society, political par-
ties, and legislatures, improve the independence of 
the media and the judiciary, enhance independent 
auditing functions, and advance security sector re-
form. 
(2) Assistance through United States non-gov-
ernmental organizations in the form of grants and 
cooperative agreements can play a key role in that 
such organizations frequently have long-standing re-
lationships with individuals and nongovernmental or-
ganizations that support democratic principles, prac-
tices, and values in foreign countries, and have other 
means that enable them to foster those relationships, 
and allow assistance to be provided without direct 
government involvement that could undermine the 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
00:23 Feb 21, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00043
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H982.IH
H982
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS
purpose of such assistance (by, for example, creating 
an appearance of outside interference). 
(3) Contracts and other acquisition mecha-
nisms, because of their more direct association with 
and control by the United States Government, may 
not be as effective as non-governmental organiza-
tions in working to build the political capacity of 
civil society, political parties, and legislatures, but 
have an appropriate role to play in providing certain 
technical solutions and related assistance in such 
areas as fostering independence of the judiciary, pro-
viding modern infrastructures for parliaments, in-
creasing capacity of executive auditing functions, 
and working in other government-to-government 
areas where the involvement of United States offi-
cials and employees is appropriate. 
(4) There is a need for greater clarity on the 
proper roles for such methods in order to improve 
the effectiveness of United States democracy assist-
ance. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary and the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development 
should develop guidelines, in consultation with the appro-
priate congressional committees, building on the existing 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
00:23 Feb 21, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00044
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H982.IH
H982
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS
framework for grants, cooperative agreements, and con-
tracts and other acquisition mechanisms to clarify for dip-
lomatic and consular missions abroad the appropriate 
roles for the methods referred to in subsection (a) with 
respect to democracy assistance, including taking into ac-
count the advantages of each such method. 
TITLE IV—PRESIDENTIAL 
ACTIONS 
SEC. 401. INVESTIGATION OF VIOLATIONS OF INTER-
NATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, with the assist-
ance of the Secretary, the Under Secretary of State for 
Democracy and Global Affairs, and the Ambassador-at- 
Large for War Crimes Issues, shall collect information re-
garding incidents that may constitute crimes against hu-
manity, genocide, slavery, or other violations of inter-
national humanitarian law by leaders or other government 
officials of nondemocratic countries or democratic transi-
tion countries. 
(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—The President shall consider 
what actions can be taken to ensure that such leaders or 
other government officials of foreign countries who are 
identified in accordance with subsection (a) as responsible 
for crimes against humanity, genocide, slavery, or other 
violations of international humanitarian law are brought 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
00:23 Feb 21, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00045
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H982.IH
H982
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS
to account for such crimes in an appropriately constituted 
tribunal, including enhancing the capacity of United 
States diplomatic missions to implement restrictions on 
assistance to individuals or entities, including military 
units, that commit gross violations of human rights, such 
as through training on the use of existing databases for 
documenting and monitoring such violations. 
Æ 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
00:23 Feb 21, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00046
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H982.IH
H982
hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMBILLS