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(3) is providing support and oversight to country-level enti-
ties, such as country coordinating mechanisms, principal recipi-
ents, and local Fund agents, to enable them to fulfill their 
mandates. 
(b) The Secretary of State may waive subsection (a) if the 
Secretary determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that such waiver is important to the national interest of 
the United States. 
BURMA 
SEC. 526. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States executive director to each appropriate inter-
national financial institution in which the United States partici-
pates, to oppose and vote against the extension by such institution 
of any loan or financial or technical assistance or any other utiliza-
tion of funds of the respective bank to and for Burma. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’, not less than $11,000,000 shall be made available 
to support democracy activities in Burma, along the Burma-Thai-
land border, for activities of Burmese student groups and other 
organizations located outside Burma, and for the purpose of sup-
porting the provision of humanitarian assistance to displaced Bur-
mese along Burma’s borders: Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading may be made available notwithstanding any 
other provision of law: Provided further, That in addition to assist-
ance for Burmese refugees provided under the heading ‘‘Migration 
and Refugee Assistance’’ in this Act, not less than $3,000,000 shall 
be made available for assistance for community-based organizations 
operating in Thailand to provide food, medical and other humani-
tarian assistance to internally displaced persons in eastern Burma: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this section 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) The President shall include amounts expended by the Global 
Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to the State Peace 
and Development Council in Burma, directly or through groups 
and organizations affiliated with the Global Fund, in making deter-
minations regarding the amount to be withheld by the United 
States from its contribution to the Global Fund pursuant to section 
202(d)(4)(A)(ii) of Public Law 108–25. 
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST COUNTRIES 
SEC. 527. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance under 
any heading of this Act and funds appropriated under any such 
heading in a provision of law enacted prior to the enactment of 
this Act, shall not be made available to any country which the 
President determines—
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual 
or group which has committed an act of international terrorism; 
or 
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism. 
(b) The President may waive the application of subsection (a) 
to a country if the President determines that national security 
or humanitarian reasons justify such waiver. The President shall 
publish each waiver in the Federal Register and, at least 15 days
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before the waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the waiver (including the justification for the waiver) 
in accordance with the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 528. In order to enhance the continued participation of 
nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-development and debt-
for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization which is a 
grantee or contractor of the United States Agency for International 
Development may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 
which accrue to that organization as a result of economic assistance 
provided under title II of this Act and, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, any 
interest earned on such investment shall be used for the purpose 
for which the assistance was provided to that organization. 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 529. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CURRENCIES.—
(1) If assistance is furnished to the government of a foreign 
country under chapters 1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements 
which result in the generation of local currencies of that 
country, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall—
(A) require that local currencies be deposited in a 
separate account established by that government; 
(B) enter into an agreement with that government 
which sets forth—
(i) the amount of the local currencies to be gen-
erated; and 
(ii) the terms and conditions under which the cur-
rencies so deposited may be utilized, consistent with 
this section; and 
(C) establish by agreement with that government the 
responsibilities of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and that government to monitor and 
account for deposits into and disbursements from the sepa-
rate account. 
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be agreed upon 
with the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a 
separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent 
amount of local currencies, shall be used only—
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 
4 of part II (as the case may be), for such purposes as—
(i) project and sector assistance activities; or 
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 
(B) for the administrative requirements of the United 
States Government. 
(3) PROGRAMMING
ACCOUNTABILITY.—The United States 
Agency for International Development shall take all necessary 
steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies 
disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate 
account established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for 
the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
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(4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—Upon termi-
nation of assistance to a country under chapter 1 or 10 of 
part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), any 
unencumbered balances of funds which remain in a separate 
account established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed 
of for such purposes as may be agreed to by the government 
of that country and the United States Government. 
(5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development shall 
report on an annual basis as part of the justification documents 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on the use 
of local currencies for the administrative requirements of the 
United States Government as authorized in subsection (a)(2)(B), 
and such report shall include the amount of local currency 
(and United States dollar equivalent) used and/or to be used 
for such purpose in each applicable country. 
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.—
(1) If assistance is made available to the government of 
a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash 
transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
country shall be required to maintain such funds in a separate 
account and not commingle them with any other funds. 
(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF
LAW.—Such 
funds may be obligated and expended notwithstanding provi-
sions of law which are inconsistent with the nature of this 
assistance including provisions which are referenced in the 
Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference 
accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report No. 
98–1159). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to obligating 
any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assistance, the 
President shall submit a notification through the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
which shall include a detailed description of how the funds 
proposed to be made available will be used, with a discussion 
of the United States interests that will be served by the assist-
ance (including, as appropriate, a description of the economic 
policy reforms that will be promoted by such assistance). 
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance funds may 
be exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1) only 
through the notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
ENTERPRISE FUND RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 530. (a) Prior to the distribution of any assets resulting 
from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of an Enterprise 
Fund, in whole or in part, the President shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, in accordance with the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the 
distribution of the assets of the Enterprise Fund. 
(b) Funds made available by this Act for Enterprise Funds 
shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely 
payment for projects and activities.
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FINANCIAL MARKET ASSISTANCE IN TRANSITION COUNTRIES 
SEC. 531. Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Affairs Technical Assistance’’, ‘‘Assistance for the Inde-
pendent States of the Former Soviet Union’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, and ‘‘Assistance 
for Eastern Europe and Baltic States’’, not less than $40,000,000 
should be made available for building capital markets and financial 
systems in countries in transition. 
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 
AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
SEC. 532. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, provisions 
of this or any other Act, including provisions contained in prior 
Acts authorizing or making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs, shall not be construed 
to prohibit activities authorized by or conducted under the Peace 
Corps Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African 
Development Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly report 
to the Committees on Appropriations whenever it is conducting 
activities or is proposing to conduct activities in a country for 
which assistance is prohibited. 
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 533. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be obligated or expended to provide—
(1) any financial incentive to a business enterprise cur-
rently located in the United States for the purpose of inducing 
such an enterprise to relocate outside the United States if 
such incentive or inducement is likely to reduce the number 
of employees of such business enterprise in the United States 
because United States production is being replaced by such 
enterprise outside the United States; or 
(2) assistance for any program, project, or activity that 
contributes to the violation of internationally recognized 
workers rights, as defined in section 507(4) of the Trade Act 
of 1974, of workers in the recipient country, including any 
designated zone or area in that country: Provided, That the 
application of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should 
be commensurate with the level of development of the recipient 
country and sector, and shall not preclude assistance for the 
informal sector in such country, micro and small-scale enter-
prise, and smallholder agriculture. 
SPECIAL AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 534. (a) AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, PAKISTAN, LEBANON, MONTE-
NEGRO, VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHILDREN, AND DISPLACED 
BURMESE.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available 
for assistance for Afghanistan may be made available notwith-
standing section 512 of this Act or any similar provision of law 
and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and funds 
appropriated in titles I and II of this Act that are made available 
for Iraq, Lebanon, Montenegro, Pakistan, and for victims of war, 
displaced children, and displaced Burmese, and to assist victims
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of trafficking in persons and, subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, to combat such 
trafficking, may be made available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law. 
(b) TROPICAL
FORESTRY
AND
BIODIVERSITY
CONSERVATION 
ACTIVITIES.—Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi-
sions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of part II, of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for the purpose of supporting tropical 
forestry and biodiversity conservation activities and energy pro-
grams aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided, That 
such assistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(c) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, chapter 4 of part II, 
and section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and title 
II of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954, may be used by the United States Agency for International 
Development to employ up to 25 personal services contractors in 
the United States, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for the purpose of providing direct, interim support for new or 
expanded overseas programs and activities managed by the agency 
until permanent direct hire personnel are hired and trained: Pro-
vided, That not more than 10 of such contractors shall be assigned 
to any bureau or office: Provided further, That such funds appro-
priated to carry out title II of the Agricultural Trade Development 
and Assistance Act of 1954, may be made available only for personal 
services contractors assigned to the Office of Food for Peace. 
(d)(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the provisions of 
section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the President determines 
and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives and the President pro tempore of the Senate that it is impor-
tant to the national security interests of the United States. 
(2) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiver pursuant 
to paragraph (1) 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. 
(e) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple award indefi-
nite-quantity contracts with funds appropriated by this Act, the 
United States Agency for International Development may provide 
an exception to the fair opportunity process for placing task orders 
under such contracts when the order is placed with any category 
of small or small disadvantaged business. 
(f) VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.—Section 594(a) of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2005 (enacted as division D of Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 
3038) is amended by striking ‘‘and 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘through 
2007’’. 
(g) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHORITY.—In providing 
assistance with funds appropriated by this Act under section 
660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a 
nation emerging from instability may be deemed to mean support 
for regional, district, municipal, or other sub-national entity 
emerging from instability, as well as a nation emerging from insta-
bility. 
(h) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Of the funds managed by the 
Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance of
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the United States Agency for International Development, from this 
or any other Act, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available 
as a general contribution to the World Food Program, notwith-
standing any other provision of law. 
(i) UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’ in this Act, up to $5,000,000 shall be made avail-
able to American educational institutions for programs and activi-
ties in the People’s Republic of China relating to the environment, 
democracy, and the rule of law: Provided, That funds made available 
pursuant to this authority shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(j) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—
(1) With respect to funds appropriated by this Act that 
are available for assistance for Pakistan, the President may 
waive the prohibition on assistance contained in section 508 
of this Act subject to the requirements contained in section 
1(b) of Public Law 107–57, as amended, for a determination 
and certification, and consultation, by the President prior to 
the exercise of such waiver authority. 
(2) Section 512 of this Act and section 620(q) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply with respect to assistance 
for Pakistan from funds appropriated by this Act. 
(3) Notwithstanding the date contained in section 6 of 
Public Law 107–57, as amended, the provisions of sections 
2 and 4 of that Act shall remain in effect through the current 
fiscal year. 
(k) MIDDLE EAST FOUNDATION.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are 
available for the Middle East Partnership Initiative, up to 
$35,000,000 may be made available, including as an endowment, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law and following consulta-
tions with the Committees on Appropriations, to establish and 
operate a Middle East Foundation, or any other similar entity, 
whose purpose is to support democracy, governance, human rights, 
and the rule of law in the Middle East region: Provided, That 
such funds may be made available to the Foundation only to the 
extent that the Foundation has commitments from sources other 
than the United States Government to at least match the funds 
provided under the authority of this subsection: Provided further, 
That provisions contained in section 201 of the Support for East 
European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (excluding the authoriza-
tions of appropriations provided in subsection (b) of that section) 
shall be deemed to apply to any such foundation or similar entity 
referred to under this subsection, and to funds made available 
to such entity, in order to enable it to provide assistance for pur-
poses of this section: Provided further, That prior to the initial 
obligation of funds for any such foundation or similar entity pursu-
ant to the authorities of this subsection, other than for administra-
tive support, the Secretary of State shall take steps to ensure, 
on an ongoing basis, that any such funds made available pursuant 
to such authorities are not provided to or through any individual 
or group that the management of the foundation or similar entity 
knows or has reason to believe, advocates, plans, sponsors, or other-
wise engages in terrorist activities: Provided further, That section 
530 of this Act shall apply to any such foundation or similar 
entity established pursuant to this subsection: Provided further,
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That the authority of the Foundation, or any similar entity, to 
provide assistance shall cease to be effective on September 30, 
2010. 
(l) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—(1) Section 21(h)(1)(A) of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(h)(1)(A)) is amended 
by inserting after ‘‘North Atlantic Treaty Organization’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or the Governments of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, 
or Israel’’. 
(2) Section 21(h)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2761(h)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘or to any member 
government that Organization if that Organization or member 
government’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘, to any member 
of that Organization, or to the Governments of Australia, New 
Zealand, Japan, or Israel if that Organization, member govern-
ment, or the Governments of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, 
or Israel’’. 
(3) Section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2347) is amended—
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The President’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(a) The President’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) The President shall seek reimbursement for military edu-
cation and training furnished under this chapter from countries 
using assistance under section 23 of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2763, relating to the Foreign Military Financing 
Program) to purchase such military education and training at a 
rate comparable to the rate charged to countries receiving grant 
assistance for military education and training under this chapter.’’. 
(m) EXTENSION
OF
AUTHORITY.—The Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 
(Public Law 101–167) is amended—
(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—
(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 2005’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2005, and 2006’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2005’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘2006’’; and 
(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection 
(b)(2), by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’. 
ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL 
SEC. 535. It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the secondary 
boycott of American firms that have commercial ties with Israel, 
is an impediment to peace in the region and to United States 
investment and trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 
(2) the Arab League boycott, which was regrettably 
reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and publicly termi-
nated, and the Central Office for the Boycott of Israel imme-
diately disbanded; 
(3) all Arab League states should normalize relations with 
their neighbor Israel; 
(4) the President and the Secretary of State should continue 
to vigorously oppose the Arab League boycott of Israel and 
find concrete steps to demonstrate that opposition by, for 
example, taking into consideration the participation of any 
recipient country in the boycott when determining to sell 
weapons to said country; and
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(5) the President should report to Congress annually on 
specific steps being taken by the United States to encourage 
Arab League states to normalize their relations with Israel 
to bring about the termination of the Arab League boycott 
of Israel, including those to encourage allies and trading part-
ners of the United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses 
from complying with the boycott and penalizing businesses 
that do comply. 
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 536. (a) ASSISTANCE
THROUGH
NONGOVERNMENTAL 
ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this or any other Act 
with respect to assistance for a country shall not be construed 
to restrict assistance in support of programs of nongovernmental 
organizations from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
the provisions of chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and from funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe 
and the Baltic States’’: Provided, That before using the authority 
of this subsection to furnish assistance in support of programs 
of nongovernmental organizations, the President shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations under the regular notification proce-
dures of those committees, including a description of the program 
to be assisted, the assistance to be provided, and the reasons 
for furnishing such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statutory 
prohibitions against abortion or involuntary sterilizations contained 
in this or any other Act. 
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2006, restrictions con-
tained in this or any other Act with respect to assistance for 
a country shall not be construed to restrict assistance under the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated to carry out title I 
of such Act and made available pursuant to this subsection may 
be obligated or expended except as provided through the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply—
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting 
assistance to countries that support international terrorism; 
or 
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting 
assistance to the government of a country that violates inter-
nationally recognized human rights. 
RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 537. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which are ear-
marked may be reprogrammed for other programs within the same 
account notwithstanding the earmark if compliance with the ear-
mark is made impossible by operation of any provision of this 
or any other Act: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall 
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance that is 
reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made available 
under the same terms and conditions as originally provided.
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(b) In addition to the authority contained in subsection (a), 
the original period of availability of funds appropriated by this 
Act and administered by the United States Agency for International 
Development that are earmarked for particular programs or activi-
ties by this or any other Act shall be extended for an additional 
fiscal year if the Administrator of such agency determines and 
reports promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
termination of assistance to a country or a significant change in 
circumstances makes it unlikely that such earmarked funds can 
be obligated during the original period of availability: Provided, 
That such earmarked funds that are continued available for an 
additional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the purpose of 
such earmark. 
CEILINGS AND EARMARKS 
SEC. 538. 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. 
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA 
SEC. 539. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the 
United States not authorized before the date of the enactment 
of this Act by the Congress: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 
may be made available to carry out the provisions of section 316 
of Public Law 96–533. 
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS 
SEC. 540. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, 
arrearages, or dues of any member of the United Nations or, from 
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part 
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for participation 
of another country’s delegation at international conferences held 
under the auspices of multilateral or international organizations. 
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION 
SEC. 541. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
pursuant to this Act shall be available to a nongovernmental 
organization which fails to provide upon timely request any docu-
ment, file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of 
the United States Agency for International Development. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS THAT EX-
PORT
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIPMENT
TO
COUNTRIES
SUPPORTING 
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
SEC. 542. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be available to any foreign govern-
ment which provides lethal military equipment to a country the 
government of which the Secretary of State has determined is