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on Appropriations that the Government of Morocco is continuing 
to make progress on human rights, and is allowing all persons 
to advocate freely their views regarding 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 avail-
able 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 accordance 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 transferred 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 in countries where 
such monitoring is most needed, in addition 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 articles, 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 proposing to make such procurements 
has first signed an agreement 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 appropriated under this heading may be made available 
for assistance for Haiti, Guatemala, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, 
Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ethi-
opia, and Democratic Republic of the Congo except pursuant to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and related 
activities, and may include activities implemented through non-
governmental and international organizations: Provided further, 
That only those countries for which assistance was justified for 
the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financing Program’’ in the fiscal year 
1989 congressional presentation for security assistance programs 
may utilize funds made available under this heading for procure-
ment of defense 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 appro-
priated 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 nec-
essary 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
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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 Appropriations: Provided further, That foreign mili-
tary 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 con-
tribution to the Multinational Force and Observers mission in the 
Sinai: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be obligated or expended except as provided 
through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That of the amount provided by 
this paragraph, $35,000,000 is designated as described in section 
5 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
TITLE V 
MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY 
For the United States contribution for the Global Environment 
Facility, $81,763,000 to the International Bank for Reconstruction 
and Development as trustee for the Global 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 Association 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 Multilateral 
Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United 
States contribution to the fund, $25,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.
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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 Development Bank Act, as 
amended, $75,153,000, to remain available 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 Development 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 expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the 
Treasury to increase the resources of the International Fund for 
Agricultural Development, $18,072,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of section 2 of 
the United Nations Environment Program Participation Act of 1973, 
$319,485,000. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS TO 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
SEC. 601. (a) No funds appropriated in titles II through V 
of this Act may be made as payment to any international financial 
institution while the United States Executive Director to such 
institution is compensated by the institution at a rate which,
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together with whatever compensation such Director receives from 
the United States, is in excess of the rate provided for an individual 
occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while any alternate 
United States Director to such institution is compensated by the 
institution at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual 
occupying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) For purposes of this section ‘‘international financial institu-
tions’’ are: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Develop-
ment, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Develop-
ment Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the African Development 
Bank, the African Development Fund, the International Monetary 
Fund, the North American Development Bank, and the European 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 
RESTRICTION ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under any title of this Act may be made available to 
make any assessed contribution or voluntary payment of the United 
States to the United Nations if the United Nations implements 
or imposes any taxation on any United States persons. 
LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES 
SEC. 603. Of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant 
to title III of this Act, not to exceed $100,500 shall be for official 
residence expenses of the United States Agency for International 
Development during the current fiscal year: Provided, That appro-
priate steps shall be taken to assure that, to the maximum extent 
possible, United States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in 
lieu of dollars. 
UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT 
SEC. 604. Any Department or Agency to which funds are appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this Act shall provide to 
the Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of cumu-
lative balances by program, project, and activity of the funds 
received by such Department or Agency in this fiscal year or any 
previous fiscal year that remain unobligated and unexpended. 
LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
SEC. 605. Of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant 
to titles II through V of this Act, not to exceed $250,000 shall 
be available for representation and entertainment allowances, of 
which not to exceed $4,000 shall be available for entertainment 
allowances, for the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment during the current fiscal year: Provided, That no such enter-
tainment funds may be used for the purposes listed in section 
648 of this Act: Provided further, That appropriate steps shall 
be taken to assure that, to the maximum extent possible, United 
States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available by this Act for 
general costs of administering military assistance and sales under 
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not to exceed 
$4,000 shall be available for entertainment expenses and not to
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exceed $130,000 shall be available for representation allowances: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, 
not to exceed $55,000 shall be available for entertainment allow-
ances: Provided further, That of the funds made available by this 
Act for the Inter-American Foundation, not to exceed $3,000 shall 
be available for entertainment and representation allowances: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available by this Act for 
the Peace Corps, not to exceed a total of $4,000 shall be available 
for entertainment expenses: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Trade and Develop-
ment Agency’’, not to exceed $4,000 shall be available for representa-
tion and entertainment allowances: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Millennium 
Challenge Corporation’’, not to exceed $115,000 shall be available 
for representation and entertainment allowances. 
PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 606. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None of the funds 
appropriated under titles II through V of this Act may be made 
available to provide assistance for a foreign country under a new 
bilateral agreement governing the terms and conditions under which 
such assistance is to be provided unless such agreement includes 
a provision stating that assistance provided by the United States 
shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by the foreign govern-
ment, and the Secretary of State shall expeditiously seek to nego-
tiate amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, 
to conform with this requirement. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT OF FOREIGN TAXES.—An amount equiva-
lent to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 
2008 on funds appropriated by this Act by a foreign government 
or entity against commodities financed under United States assist-
ance programs for which funds are appropriated by this Act, either 
directly or through grantees, contractors and subcontractors shall 
be withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for assistance 
for fiscal year 2009 and allocated for the central government of 
such country and for the West Bank and Gaza Program to the 
extent that the Secretary of State certifies and reports in writing 
to the Committees on Appropriations that such taxes have not 
been reimbursed to the Government of the United States. 
(c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de minimis 
nature shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (b). 
(d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld from obliga-
tion for each country or entity pursuant to subsection (b) shall 
be reprogrammed for assistance to countries which do not assess 
taxes on United States assistance or which have an effective 
arrangement that is providing substantial reimbursement of such 
taxes. 
(e) DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any 
country or entity the Secretary of State determines— 
(A) does not assess taxes on United States assistance 
or which has an effective arrangement that is providing 
substantial reimbursement of such taxes; or 
(B) the foreign policy interests of the United States 
outweigh the policy of this section to ensure that United 
States assistance is not subject to taxation.
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(2) The Secretary of State shall consult with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to exercising 
the authority of this subsection with regard to any country 
or entity. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall issue rules, 
regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, to implement the 
prohibition against the taxation of assistance contained in this 
section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘taxes’’ and ‘‘taxation’’ refer to value added 
taxes and customs duties imposed on commodities financed 
with United States assistance for programs for which funds 
are appropriated by this Act; and 
(2) the term ‘‘bilateral agreement’’ refers to a framework 
bilateral agreement between the Government of the United 
States and the government of the country receiving assistance 
that describes the privileges and immunities applicable to 
United States foreign assistance for such country generally, 
or an individual agreement between the Government of the 
United States and such government that describes, among other 
things, the treatment for tax purposes that will be accorded 
the United States assistance provided under that agreement. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES 
SEC. 607. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to 
finance directly any assistance or reparations to Cuba, North Korea, 
Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the 
prohibition on obligations or expenditures shall include direct loans, 
credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or 
its agents. 
MILITARY COUPS 
SEC. 608. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to titles II through V of this Act shall be obli-
gated or expended to finance directly any assistance to the govern-
ment of any country whose duly elected head of government is 
deposed by military coup or decree: Provided, That assistance may 
be resumed to such government if the President determines and 
certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that subsequent to 
the termination of assistance a democratically elected government 
has taken office: Provided further, That the provisions of this section 
shall not apply to assistance to promote democratic elections or 
public participation in democratic processes: Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to the previous provisos shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 609. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROADCASTING BOARD 
OF GOVERNORS.—Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of State 
under title I of this Act may be transferred between such appropria-
tions, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 
provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such
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transfers: Provided, That not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors under title I of 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 further, That any 
transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 615 (a) and (b) of this Act and shall 
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
(b) EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES.—Not to exceed 
5 percent of any appropriation other than for administrative 
expenses made available for fiscal year 2008, for programs under 
title II of this Act may be transferred between such appropriations 
for use for any of the purposes, programs, and activities for which 
the funds in such receiving account may be used, but no such 
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be 
increased by more than 25 percent by any such transfer: Provided, 
That the exercise of such authority shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c)(1) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BETWEEN AGENCIES.—None 
of the funds made available under titles II through V of 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 appropriation Act. 
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition to transfers 
made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds appropriated 
by this Act to carry out the purposes of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 may be allocated or transferred to agencies of the 
United States Government pursuant to the provisions of sections 
109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(d) TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the funds made 
available under titles II through V of this Act may be obligated 
under an appropriation account to which they were not appro-
priated, except for transfers specifically provided for in this Act, 
unless the President provides notification in accordance with the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(e) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.—Any agreement for 
the transfer or allocation of funds appropriated by this Act, or 
prior Acts, entered into between the United States Agency for 
International Development and another agency of the United States 
Government under the authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, shall 
expressly provide that the Office of the Inspector General for the 
agency receiving the transfer or allocation of such funds shall 
perform periodic program and financial audits of the use of such 
funds: Provided, That funds transferred under such authority may 
be made available for the cost of such audits. 
COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES 
SEC. 610. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) of the Arms Export 
Control Act may be used to provide financing to Israel, Egypt 
and NATO and major non-NATO allies for the procurement by
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leasing (including leasing with an option to purchase) of defense 
articles from United States commercial suppliers, not including 
Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and other types 
of aircraft having possible civilian application), if the President 
determines that there are compelling foreign policy or national 
security reasons for those defense articles being provided by 
commercial lease rather than by government-to-government sale 
under such Act. 
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 611. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation after the expiration of the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided in this Act: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated for the purposes of chapters 1, 
8, 11, and 12 of part I, section 661, section 667, chapters 4, 5, 
6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, and funds provided 
under the headings ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 
States’’ and ‘‘Development Credit Authority’’, shall remain available 
for an additional 4 years from the date on which the availability 
of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds are 
initially obligated before the expiration of their respective periods 
of availability contained in this Act: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act, any funds made available 
for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part 
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or 
obligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance of 
payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT 
SEC. 612. No part of any appropriation provided under titles 
II through V in this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to 
the government of any country which is in default during a period 
in excess of one calendar year in payment to the United States 
of principal or interest on any loan made to the government of 
such country by the United States pursuant to a program for 
which funds are appropriated under this Act unless the President 
determines, following consultations with the Committees on Appro-
priations, that assistance to such country is in the national interest 
of the United States. 
COMMERCE AND TRADE 
SEC. 613. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made available 
pursuant to titles II through V of this Act for direct assistance 
and none of the funds otherwise made available to the Export- 
Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
shall be obligated or expended to finance any loan, any assistance 
or any other financial commitments for establishing or expanding 
production of any commodity for export by any country other than 
the United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus 
on world markets at the time the resulting productive capacity 
is expected to become operative and if the assistance will cause 
substantial injury to United States producers of the same, similar, 
or competing commodity: Provided, That such prohibition shall not
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apply to the Export-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board 
of Directors the benefits to industry and employment in the United 
States are likely to outweigh the injury to United States producers 
of the same, similar, or competing commodity, and the Chairman 
of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropriations. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act 
to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breeding feasibility 
study, variety improvement or introduction, consultancy, publica-
tion, conference, or training in connection with the growth or 
production in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity for 
export which would compete with a similar commodity grown or 
produced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection shall 
not prohibit— 
(1) activities designed to increase food security in devel-
oping countries where such activities will not have a significant 
impact on the export of agricultural commodities of the United 
States; or 
(2) research activities intended primarily to benefit Amer-
ican producers. 
SURPLUS COMMODITIES 
SEC. 614. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States Executive Directors of the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, the International Development 
Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-Amer-
ican Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the 
Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora-
tion, the North American Development Bank, the European Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development, the African Development 
Bank, and the African Development Fund to use the voice and 
vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by these institu-
tions, using funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 
II through V of this Act, for the production or extraction of any 
commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus on world markets 
and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity. 
REPROGRAMMING NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 615. (a) None of the funds made available in title I 
of this Act, or in prior appropriations Acts to the agencies and 
departments funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2008, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees or of currency reflows or other offsetting collections, or 
made available by transfer, to the agencies and departments funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates new programs; (2) elimi-
nates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel 
by any means for any project or activity for which funds have 
been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) 
closes or opens a mission or post; (6) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(7) reorganizes programs or activities; or (8) contracts out or 
privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal 
employees; unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 
15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.