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priations stating that such parking fines and penalties and 
unpaid property taxes are fully paid. 
(b) Funds withheld from obligation pursuant to sub-
section (a) may be made available for other programs or 
activities funded by this Act, after consultation with and 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, provided that no such funds shall 
be made available for assistance for the central government 
of a foreign country that has not paid the total amount 
of the fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties and un-
paid property taxes owed by such country. 
(c) Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that have 
been withheld under any other provision of law. 
(d)(1) The Secretary of State may waive the require-
ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to parking 
fines and penalties no sooner than 60 days from the date 
of enactment of this Act, or at any time with respect to 
a particular country, if the Secretary determines that it 
is in the national interests of the United States to do so. 
(2) The Secretary of State may waive the requirements 
set forth in subsection (a) with respect to the unpaid prop-
erty taxes if the Secretary of State determines that it is 
in the national interests of the United States to do so. 
(e) Not later than 6 months after the initial exercise 
of the waiver authority in subsection (d), the Secretary of
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State, after consultations with the City of New York, shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations de-
scribing a strategy, including a timetable and steps cur-
rently being taken, to collect the parking fines and penalties 
and unpaid property taxes and interest owed by nations 
receiving foreign assistance under this Act. 
(f) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘fully adjudicated’’ includes cir-
cumstances in which the person to whom the vehicle 
is registered— 
(A)(i) has not responded to the parking vio-
lation summons; or 
(ii) has not followed the appropriate adju-
dication procedure to challenge the summons; 
and 
(B) the period of time for payment of or 
challenge to the summons has lapsed. 
(2) The term ‘‘parking fines and penalties’’ 
means parking fines and penalties— 
(A) owed to— 
(i) the District of Columbia; or 
(ii) New York, New York; and 
(B) incurred during the period April 1, 
1997, through September 30, 2007.
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(3) The term ‘‘unpaid property taxes’’ means the 
amount of unpaid taxes and interest determined to be 
owed by a foreign country on real property in the 
District of Columbia or New York, New York in a 
court order or judgment entered against such country 
by a court of the United States or any State or sub-
division thereof. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST 
BANK AND GAZA 
SEC. 644. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation 
Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the Presi-
dent has exercised the authority under section 604(a) of the 
Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of Pub-
lic Law 104–107) or any other legislation to suspend or 
make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect: Provided, That 
if the President fails to make the certification under section 
604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 
or to suspend the prohibition under other legislation, funds 
appropriated by this Act may not be obligated for assistance 
for the Palestine Liberation Organization for the West Bank 
and Gaza. 
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN 
SEC. 645. If the President determines that doing so 
will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding
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genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to 
$30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Na-
tions War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the 
former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council 
or such other tribunals or commissions as the Council may 
establish or authorize to deal with such violations, without 
regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) 
thereof: Provided, That the determination required under 
this section shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise 
required under section 552(c): Provided further, That funds 
made available for tribunals other than Yugoslavia, Rwan-
da, or the Special Court for Sierra Leone shall be made 
available subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
LANDMINES 
SEC. 646. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
demining equipment available to the United States Agency 
for International Development and the Department of State 
and used in support of the clearance of landmines and 
unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be 
disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, subject 
to such terms and conditions as the President may pre-
scribe.
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RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY 
SEC. 647. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Jeru-
salem a new office of any department or agency of the 
United States Government for the purpose of conducting of-
ficial United States Government business with the Pales-
tinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor 
Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO 
Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this restriction 
shall not apply to the acquisition of additional space for 
the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem. 
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES 
SEC. 648. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 
activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, 
‘‘Development Assistance’’, and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 
may be obligated or expended to pay for— 
(1) alcoholic beverages; or 
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that are 
substantially of a recreational character, including 
but not limited to entrance fees at sporting events, 
theatrical and musical productions, and amusement 
parks.
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WESTERN HEMISPHERE 
SEC. 649. (a) CENTRAL AMERICA.—Of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than the 
amount of funds initially allocated for each such account 
pursuant to section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 for fiscal year 2006 shall be made available for El 
Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador, 
Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil: Provided, That for the purposes 
of this subsection, ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ shall mean 
‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’. 
(b)(1) HAITI.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, not less than $106,200,000 shall be 
made available for assistance for Haiti, of which not less 
than $5,000,000 shall be for programs to improve court ad-
ministration and reduce pre-trial detention and of which 
not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for water-
shed remediation and reforestation activities. 
(2) The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to pur-
chase defense articles and services under the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the Coast Guard. 
(3) None of the funds made available in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’ may be used to transfer excess weapons, ammu-
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nition or other lethal property of an agency of the United 
States Government to the Government of Haiti for use by 
the Haitian National Police until the Secretary of State 
certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
United Nations Mission in Haiti has ensured that any 
members of the Haitian National Police who have been 
credibly alleged to have committed serious crimes, including 
drug trafficking and human rights violations, have been 
suspended. 
(c) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ 
and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than $23,600,000 
shall be made available for assistance for the Dominican 
Republic, of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be made 
available for basic health care, nutrition, sanitation, edu-
cation, and shelter for migrant sugar cane workers and 
other residents of batey communities. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 650. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions 
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
may be obligated or expended with respect to providing 
funds to the Palestinian Authority. 
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 
(a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to
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the Committees on Appropriations that waiving such prohi-
bition is important to the national security interests of the 
United States. 
(c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiv-
er pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more 
than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply 
beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu-
ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 
justification for the waiver, the purposes for which the funds 
will be spent, and the accounting procedures in place to 
ensure that the funds are properly disbursed. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES 
SEC. 651. Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 is amended by adding the following sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 620J. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY 
FORCES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No assistance shall be furnished 
under this Act or the Arms Export Control Act to any unit 
of the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary 
of State has credible evidence that such unit has committed 
gross violations of human rights. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 
shall not apply if the Secretary determines and reports to
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the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committees on Appropriations that the government 
of such country is taking effective measures to bring the re-
sponsible members of the security forces unit to justice. 
‘‘(c) DUTY TO INFORM.—In the event that funds are 
withheld from any unit pursuant to this section, the Sec-
retary of State shall promptly inform the foreign govern-
ment of the basis for such action and shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, assist the foreign government in taking 
effective measures to bring the responsible members of the 
security forces to justice.’’. 
FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT 
SEC. 652. The annual foreign military training report 
required by section 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 shall be submitted by the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of State to the Committees on Appropriations 
by the date specified in that section. 
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 653. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 
funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Trade and Devel-
opment Agency’’ and ‘‘Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration’’, may be obligated and expended notwithstanding 
section 10 of Public Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
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AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS 
SEC. 654. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
except section 551 of Public Law 109–102, of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 
Financing Program’’, $12,500,000 shall be made available 
to enhance the preparedness of militaries in Asia and Afri-
ca to respond to an avian influenza pandemic, and of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’, $12,500,000 shall be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds made available under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ to be used for this 
purpose. 
PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 
SEC. 655. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None of 
the funds appropriated by this Act may be provided to sup-
port a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of State deter-
mines and certifies to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that— 
(1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 
state— 
(A) has demonstrated a commitment to 
peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 
(B) is taking appropriate measures to 
counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 
West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 
of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating
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with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 
security organizations; and 
(2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 
entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 
other countries in the region to establish a just, last-
ing, and comprehensive peace in the Middle East that 
will enable Israel and an independent Palestinian 
state to exist within the context of full and normal re-
lationships, which should include— 
(A) termination of all claims or states of 
belligerency; 
(B) respect for and acknowledgement of the 
sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 
independence of every state in the area through 
measures including the establishment of demili-
tarized zones; 
(C) their right to live in peace within secure 
and recognized boundaries free from threats or 
acts of force; 
(D) freedom of navigation through inter-
national waterways in the area; and 
(E) a framework for achieving a just settle-
ment of the refugee problem. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the governing entity should enact a constitution assur-