[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5522 Referred in Senate (RFS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5522


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 2006

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 AN ACT


 
  Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2007, and for other purposes, namely:

               TITLE I--EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

                EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

                           Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $988,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008.

                            Program Account

    The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized to make 
such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to such corporation, and in accordance with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations, as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 
Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying out the program for the 
current fiscal year for such corporation: Provided, That none of the 
funds available during the current fiscal year may be used to make 
expenditures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear 
equipment, fuel, or technology to any country, other than a nuclear-
weapon state as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the Non-
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive economic or 
military assistance under this Act, that has detonated a nuclear 
explosive after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103-428, as 
amended, sections 1(a) and (b) of Public Law 103-428 shall remain in 
effect through October 1, 2007.

                         Subsidy Appropriation

    For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, and tied-
aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 
1945, as amended, $26,382,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That such sums shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025, for the disbursement of direct loans, loan 
guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated in fiscal years 
2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act or any prior Act appropriating funds for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for tied-aid 
credits or grants may be used for any other purpose except through the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph are made 
available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act 
of 1945, in connection with the purchase or lease of any product by any 
Eastern European country, any Baltic State or any agency or national 
thereof.

                        Administrative Expenses

    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed 
loan and insurance programs, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 
for official reception and representation expenses for members of the 
Board of Directors, $75,234,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000): Provided, That the Export-Import Bank may accept, and use, 
payment or services provided by transaction participants for legal, 
financial, or technical services in connection with any transaction for 
which an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has 
been made: Provided further, That, notwithstanding subsection (b) of 
section 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) 
thereof shall remain in effect until October 1, 2007.

                OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

                           Non-Credit Account

    The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to make, 
without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 
9104, such expenditures and commitments within the limits of funds 
available to it and in accordance with law as may be necessary: 
Provided, That the amount available for administrative expenses to 
carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an amount for 
official reception and representation expenses which shall not exceed 
$35,000) shall not exceed $45,453,000 (reduced by $1,000,000): Provided 
further, That project-specific transaction costs, including direct and 
indirect costs incurred in claims settlements, and other direct costs 
associated with services provided to specific investors or potential 
investors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, shall not be considered administrative expenses for the purposes 
of this heading.

                            Program Account

    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, $20,035,000, as 
authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to be 
derived by transfer from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
Non-Credit Account: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such sums 
shall be available for direct loan obligations and loan guaranty 
commitments incurred or made during fiscal years 2007, 2008, and 2009: 
Provided further, That funds so obligated in fiscal year 2007 remain 
available for disbursement through 2014; funds obligated in fiscal year 
2008 remain available for disbursement through 2015; funds obligated in 
fiscal year 2009 remain available for disbursement through 2016: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to undertake any 
program authorized by title IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in 
Iraq: Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to the 
authority of the previous proviso shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
    In addition, such sums as may be necessary for administrative 
expenses to carry out the credit program may be derived from amounts 
available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit and 
insurance programs in the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Non-
Credit Account and merged with said account.

                      TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 661 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $50,300,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2008.

                TITLE II--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

    For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out the 
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other 
purposes, to remain available until September 30, 2007, unless 
otherwise specified herein, as follows:

           UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                Child Survival and Health Programs Fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapters 1 
and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for child 
survival, health, and family planning/reproductive health activities, 
in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, 
$1,565,613,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, 
That this amount shall be made available for such activities as: (1) 
immunization programs; (2) oral rehydration programs; (3) health, 
nutrition, water and sanitation programs which directly address the 
needs of mothers and children, and related education programs; (4) 
assistance for children displaced or orphaned by causes other than 
AIDS; (5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and 
research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other 
infectious diseases, and for assistance to communities severely 
affected by HIV/AIDS, including children displaced or orphaned by AIDS; 
and (6) family planning/reproductive health: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available 
for nonproject assistance, except that funds may be made available for 
such assistance for ongoing health activities: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $350,000, 
in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used 
to monitor and provide oversight of child survival, maternal and family 
planning/reproductive health, and infectious disease programs: Provided 
further, That the following amounts should be allocated as follows: 
$356,400,000 for child survival and maternal health; $25,000,000 for 
vulnerable children; $346,621,000 for HIV/AIDS; $287,592,000 for other 
infectious diseases; and $350,000,000 for family planning/reproductive 
health, including in areas where population growth threatens 
biodiversity or endangered species: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, and in addition to funds allocated 
under the previous proviso, not less than $200,000,000 shall be made 
available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for the 
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act 
of 2003 (Public Law 108-25), for a United States contribution to the 
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the ``Global 
Fund''), and shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make 
timely payment for projects and activities: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading, may be made available for a 
United States contribution to The GAVI Fund, and up to $6,000,000 may 
be transferred to and merged with funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ``Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for 
International Development'' for costs directly related to international 
health, but funds made available for such costs may not be derived from 
amounts made available for contributions under this and preceding 
provisos: Provided further, That none of the funds made available in 
this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appropriations may be 
made available to any organization or program which, as determined by 
the President of the United States, supports or participates in the 
management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary 
sterilization: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this Act may be used to pay for the performance of abortion as a 
method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to 
practice abortions: Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph 
shall be construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against 
abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, That in 
order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds shall 
be available only to voluntary family planning projects which offer, 
either directly or through referral to, or information about access to, 
a broad range of family planning methods and services, and that any 
such voluntary family planning project shall meet the following 
requirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the project 
shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or other numerical 
targets, of total number of births, number of family planning 
acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family planning (this 
provision shall not be construed to include the use of quantitative 
estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the 
project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or 
financial reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for becoming a 
family planning acceptor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a 
numerical target or quota of total number of births, number of family 
planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 
planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or benefit, 
including the right of access to participate in any program of general 
welfare or the right of access to health care, as a consequence of any 
individual's decision not to accept family planning services; (4) the 
project shall provide family planning acceptors comprehensible 
information on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, 
including those conditions that might render the use of the method 
inadvisable and those adverse side effects known to be consequent to 
the use of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure that 
experimental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical procedures are 
provided only in the context of a scientific study in which 
participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; and, not less 
than 60 days after the date on which the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development determines that there has 
been a violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), (2), 
(3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of 
the requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the 
Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report 
containing a description of such violation and the corrective action 
taken by the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding grants for 
natural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against because of such 
applicant's religious or conscientious commitment to offer only natural 
family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply 
with the requirements of the previous proviso: Provided further, That 
for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or appropriating 
funds for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs, 
the term ``motivate'', as it relates to family planning assistance, 
shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with local 
law, of information or counseling about all pregnancy options: Provided 
further, That to the maximum extent feasible, taking into consideration 
cost, timely availability, and best health practices, funds 
appropriated in this Act or prior appropriations Acts that are made 
available for condom procurement shall be made available only for the 
procurement of condoms manufactured in the United States: Provided 
further, That information provided about the use of condoms as part of 
projects or activities that are funded from amounts appropriated by 
this Act shall be medically accurate and shall include the public 
health benefits and failure rates of such use.

                         Development Assistance

        For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 
103, 105, 106, and sections 251 through 255, and chapter 10 of part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,294,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That $365,000,000 should 
be allocated for basic education: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading and managed by the United States Agency 
for International Development Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and 
Humanitarian Assistance, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made 
available only for programs to improve women's leadership capacity in 
recipient countries: Provided further, That such funds may not be made 
available for construction: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading that are made available for assistance 
programs for displaced and orphaned children and victims of war, not to 
exceed $42,500, in addition to funds otherwise available for such 
purposes, may be used to monitor and provide oversight of such 
programs: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
should be made available for programs in sub-Saharan Africa to address 
sexual and gender-based violence: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 may be made available for 
cooperative development programs within the Office of Private and 
Voluntary Cooperation: Provided further, That not less than $20,000,000 
should be made available for rural water and sanitation projects in 
East Africa.

              International Disaster and Famine Assistance

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 491 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for international disaster 
relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance, $348,800,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $30,000,000 should be for 
famine prevention and relief.

                         Transition Initiatives

    For necessary expenses for international disaster rehabilitation 
and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section 491 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, $40,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to support transition to democracy and to long-term 
development of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support may 
include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic 
institutions and processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster 
the peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the United 
States Agency for International Development shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to beginning a 
new program of assistance: Provided further, That if the President 
determines that it is important to the national interests of the United 
States to provide transition assistance in excess of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading 
and under the authorities applicable to funds appropriated under this 
heading:  Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to the 
previous proviso shall be made available subject to prior consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations.

                      Development Credit Authority

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees provided by the 
United States Agency for International Development, as authorized by 
sections 256 and 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to 
$21,000,000 may be derived by transfer from funds appropriated by this 
Act to carry out part I of such Act and under the heading ``Assistance 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States'': Provided, That such funds 
shall be made available only for micro and small enterprise programs, 
urban programs, and other programs which further the purposes of part I 
of the Act: Provided further, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such direct and guaranteed loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 
Provided further, That funds made available by this paragraph may be 
used for the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under this Act 
or prior Acts, and funds used for such costs shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to 
general provisions applicable to the Development Credit Authority) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 
1486 as reported by the House Committee on International Relations on 
May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees 
provided under this heading: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of which is to 
be guaranteed, of up to $700,000,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out credit 
programs administered by the United States Agency for International 
Development, $8,400,000, which may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the United States Agency 
for International Development: Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading shall remain available until September 30, 2009.

     Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund

    For payment to the ``Foreign Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund'', as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980, $38,700,000.

   Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for International 
                              Development

        For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $646,000,000, of which up to 
$25,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading and under the 
heading ``Capital Investment Fund'' may be made available to finance 
the construction (including architect and engineering services), 
purchase, or long-term lease of offices for use by the United States 
Agency for International Development, unless the Administrator has 
identified such proposed construction (including architect and 
engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices in a 
report submitted to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 
prior to the obligation of these funds for such purposes: Provided 
further, That the previous proviso shall not apply where the total cost 
of construction (including architect and engineering services), 
purchase, or long-term lease of offices does not exceed $1,000,000: 
Provided further, That contracts or agreements entered into with funds 
appropriated under this heading may entail commitments for the 
expenditure of such funds through fiscal year 2008: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act may be used to open a new overseas 
mission of the United States Agency for International Development 
without the prior written notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That the authority of sections 610 
and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the 
Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry out chapter 
1 of part I of such Act to ``Operating Expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development'' in accordance with the 
provisions of those sections: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act or any prior Act making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, or related programs may be used 
by the United States Agency for International Development for the rent 
of buildings and space in buildings in the United States pursuant to 
the authority of section 636(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall not apply to 
any lease, agreement, or other instrument executed for the purpose of 
maintaining United States Agency for International Development 
continuity of operations and to the cost of terminating the domestic 
lease executed on September 30, 2005.

 Capital Investment Fund of the United States Agency for International 
                              Development

    For necessary expenses for overseas construction and related costs, 
and for the procurement and enhancement of information technology and 
related capital investments, pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, $105,300,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for obligation only pursuant to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $89,000,000 may be made available for the 
purposes of implementing the Capital Security Cost Sharing Program.

United States Agency for International Development Office of Inspector 
                                General

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $39,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2008, which sum shall be available for the Office 
of the Inspector General of the United States Agency for International 
Development.

                  Other Bilateral Economic Assistance

                         Economic Support Fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of 
part II, $2,650,740,000 (increased by $2,000,000), to remain available 
until September 30, 2008: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $120,000,000 shall be available only 
for Israel, which sum shall be available on a grant basis as a cash 
transfer and shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That not less than $455,000,000 shall be 
available only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant basis, 
and of which sum cash transfer assistance shall be provided with the 
understanding that Egypt will undertake significant economic and 
political reforms which are additional to those which were undertaken 
in previous fiscal years: Provided further, That with respect to the 
provision of assistance for Egypt for democracy and governance 
activities, the organizations implementing such assistance and the 
specific nature of that assistance shall not be subject to the prior 
approval by the Government of Egypt: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for Egypt, not 
less than $135,000,000 shall be made available for project assistance, 
of which not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for 
democracy, human rights and governance programs and not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be used for education programs: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading for assistance for 
Egypt for economic reform activities, $200,000,000 shall be withheld 
from obligation until the Secretary of State determines and reports to 
the Committees on Appropriations that Egypt has met the calendar year 
2005 benchmarks accompanying the ``Financial Sector Reform Memorandum 
of Understanding'' dated March 20, 2005: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, $135,000,000 is available only 
to carry out programs in Colombia and may be transferred to 
``Development Assistance'' to continue programs administered by the 
United States Agency for International Development: Provided further, 
That $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading should be 
made available for Cyprus to be used only for scholarships, 
administrative support of the scholarship program, bicommunal projects, 
and measures aimed at reunification of the island and designed to 
reduce tensions and promote peace and cooperation between the two 
communities on Cyprus: Provided further, That in exercising the 
authority to provide cash transfer assistance for Israel, the President 
shall ensure that the level of such assistance does not cause an 
adverse impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports from the 
United States to such country and that Israel enters into a side letter 
agreement in an amount proportional to the fiscal year 1999 agreement: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not less than $250,500,000 should be made available only for assistance 
for Jordan: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading may be made available for assistance for the West Bank and 
Gaza: Provided further, That $35,500,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be made available for assistance for Lebanon, 
of which not less than $6,000,000 should be made available for 
scholarships and direct support of American educational institutions in 
Lebanon: Provided further, That not more than $225,000,000 of the funds 
made available for assistance for Afghanistan under this heading may be 
obligated for such assistance until the Secretary of State certifies to 
the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Afghanistan at 
both the national and local level is cooperating fully with United 
States funded poppy eradication and interdiction efforts in 
Afghanistan: Provided further, That such report shall include an 
analysis of the steps being taken by the Government of Afghanistan, at 
the national and local level, to cooperate fully with United States 
funded poppy eradication and interdiction efforts in Afghanistan: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 
that are available for assistance for the Democratic Republic of Timor-
Leste, up to $1,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses of 
the United States Agency for International Development: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated under this heading may be made available for programs and 
activities for the Central Highlands of Vietnam: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading that are made available for a 
Middle East Financing Facility, Middle East Enterprise Fund, or any 
other similar entity in the Middle East shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                     International Fund for Ireland

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $10,800,000, which shall 
be available for the United States contribution to the International 
Fund for Ireland and shall be made available in accordance with the 
provisions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Public Law 
99-415): Provided, That such amount shall be expended at the minimum 
rate necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this heading shall 
remain available until September 30, 2008.

          Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States

    (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East European 
Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, $227,900,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for assistance and for related programs for Eastern 
Europe and the Baltic States.
    (b) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be considered to be 
economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 
purposes of making available the administrative authorities contained 
in that Act for the use of economic assistance.
    (c) The provisions of section 529 of this Act shall apply to funds 
appropriated under this heading: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
provision of this or any other Act, including provisions in this 
subsection regarding the application of section 529 of this Act, local 
currencies generated by, or converted from, funds appropriated by this 
Act and by previous appropriations Acts and made available for the 
economic revitalization program in Bosnia may be used in Eastern Europe 
and the Baltic States to carry out the provisions of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 and the SEED Act.
    (d) The President is authorized to withhold funds appropriated 
under this heading made available for economic revitalization programs 
in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he determines and certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Federation of Bosnia and 
Herzegovina has not complied with article III of annex 1-A of the 
General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina 
concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, and that intelligence 
cooperation on training, investigations, and related activities between 
state sponsors of terrorism and terrorist organizations and Bosnian 
officials has not been terminated.

    Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

    (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapters 
11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the 
FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for the Independent States of the 
former Soviet Union and for related programs, $371,280,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That the provisions of 
such chapters shall apply to funds appropriated by this paragraph: 
Provided further, That funds made available for the Southern Caucasus 
region may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
confidence-building measures and other activities in furtherance of the 
peaceful resolution of the regional conflicts, especially those in the 
vicinity of Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabagh: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated under 
this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs, that are 
made available pursuant to the provisions of section 807 of Public Law 
102-511 shall be subject to a 6 percent ceiling on administrative 
expenses.
    (b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
$41,000,000 should be made available, in addition to funds otherwise 
available for such purposes, for assistance for child survival, 
environmental and reproductive health, and to combat HIV/AIDS, 
tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, and for related activities.
    (c)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that are 
allocated for assistance for the Government of the Russian Federation, 
60 percent shall be withheld from obligation until the President 
determines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations 
that the Government of the Russian Federation--
            (A) has terminated implementation of arrangements to 
        provide Iran with technical expertise, training, technology, or 
        equipment necessary to develop a nuclear reactor, related 
        nuclear research facilities or programs, or ballistic missile 
        capability; and
            (B) is providing full access to international non-
        government organizations providing humanitarian relief to 
        refugees and internally displaced persons in Chechnya.
    (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to--
            (A) assistance to combat infectious diseases, child 
        survival activities, or assistance for victims of trafficking 
        in persons; and
            (B) activities authorized under title V (Nonproliferation 
        and Disarmament Programs and Activities) of the FREEDOM Support 
        Act.
    (d) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall not apply to--
            (1) activities to support democracy or assistance under 
        title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 1424 of Public 
        Law 104-201 or non-proliferation assistance;
            (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and Development 
        Agency under section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
            (3) any activity carried out by a member of the United 
        States and Foreign Commercial Service while acting within his 
        or her official capacity;
            (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee or other 
        assistance provided by the Overseas Private Investment 
        Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
            (5) any financing provided under the Export-Import Bank Act 
        of 1945; or
            (6) humanitarian assistance.

                    Trade Capacity Enhancement Fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 for the enhancement of trade capacity in foreign 
countries, $522,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008: 
Provided, That these funds shall be available to the Director of Trade 
Capacity Enhancement to be used only for enhancing trade capacity, most 
especially to assist a country in efforts to qualify for, implement and 
benefit from free trade agreements with the United States: Provided 
further, That in order to accomplish the purposes provided herein, 
funds appropriated under this heading may be transferred to and merged 
with funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ``Development 
Assistance'', ``Economic Support Fund'', ``Assistance for Eastern 
Europe and the Baltic States'', ``Assistance to Independent States of 
the Former Soviet Union'', and ``Andean Counterdrug Initiative'': 
Provided further, That any such transfers shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading are in 
addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                       Inter-American Foundation

        For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of the Inter-
American Foundation in accordance with the provisions of section 401 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, $19,268,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2008.

                     African Development Foundation

    For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the International 
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980, Public Law 96-533, 
$22,726,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, 
That funds made available to grantees may be invested pending 
expenditure for project purposes when authorized by the Board of 
Directors of the Foundation: Provided further, That interest earned 
shall be used only for the purposes for which the grant was made: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African 
Development Foundation Act: (1) in exceptional circumstances the Board 
of Directors of the Foundation may waive the $250,000 limitation 
contained in that section with respect to a project; and (2) a project 
may exceed the limitation by up to $10,000 if the increase is due 
solely to foreign currency fluctuation: Provided further, That the 
Foundation shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
after each time such authority is exercised.

                              Peace Corps

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Peace 
Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), including the purchase of not to exceed five 
passenger motor vehicles for administrative purposes for use outside of 
the United States, $324,587,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Provided further, That the 
Director may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account, as 
authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2515, an amount not to exceed $2,000,000: 
Provided further, That funds transferred pursuant to the previous 
proviso may not be derived from amounts made available for Peace Corps 
overseas operations.

                    Millennium Challenge Corporation

    For necessary expenses for the ``Millennium Challenge 
Corporation'', $2,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to 
$95,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses of the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation: Provided further, That up to 10 
percent of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available to carry out the purposes of section 616 of the Millennium 
Challenge Act of 2003 for candidate countries for fiscal year 2007: 
Provided further, That none of the funds available to carry out section 
616 of such Act may be made available until the Chief Executive Officer 
of the Millennium Challenge Corporation provides a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations listing the candidate countries that will 
be receiving assistance under section 616 of such Act, the level of 
assistance proposed for each such country, a description of the 
proposed programs, projects and activities, and the implementing agency 
or agencies of the United States Government: Provided further, That 
section 605(e)(4) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 shall apply 
to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be made available for a Millennium 
Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 609 of the 
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 only if such Compact obligates, or 
contains a commitment to obligate subject to the availability of funds 
and the mutual agreement of the parties to the Compact to proceed, the 
entire amount of the United States Government funding anticipated for 
the duration of the Compact.

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                       Global HIV/AIDS Initiative

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 for the prevention, treatment, and control of, 
and research on, HIV/AIDS, including administrative expenses of the 
Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, $2,772,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $244,500,000 shall be made 
available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for the 
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act 
of 2003 (Public Law 108-25) for a United States contribution to the 
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and shall be 
expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for 
projects and activities: Provided, That up to 5 percent of the 
aggregate amount of funds made available to the Global Fund in fiscal 
year 2007 may be made available to the Office of the United States 
Global AIDS Coordinator for technical assistance related to the 
activities of the Global Fund.

          International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement

    For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, $703,600,000 (increased by $10,000,000) 
(reduced by $10,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 2009: 
Provided, That during fiscal year 2007, the Department of State may 
also use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property 
from an agency of the United States Government for the purpose of 
providing it to a foreign country under chapter 8 of part I of that Act 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall 
provide to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 45 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and prior to the initial 
obligation of funds appropriated under this heading, a report on the 
proposed uses of all funds under this heading on a country-by-country 
basis for each proposed program, project, or activity: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
than $16,250,000 shall be made available for training programs and 
activities of the International Law Enforcement Academies: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $26,100,000 
shall be made available to carry out programs in Colombia: Provided 
further, That $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be made available for demand reduction programs: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not more 
than $33,484,000 may be available for administrative expenses.

                     Andean Counterdrug Initiative

    For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 to support counterdrug activities in the Andean 
region of South America, $506,850,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2009: Provided, That in fiscal year 2007, funds available 
to the Department of State for assistance to the Government of Colombia 
shall be available to support a unified campaign against narcotics 
trafficking, against activities by organizations designated as 
terrorist organizations such as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of 
Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), and the United 
Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), and to take actions to protect 
human health and welfare in emergency circumstances, including 
undertaking rescue operations: Provided further, That this authority 
shall cease to be effective if the Secretary of State has credible 
evidence that the Colombian Armed Forces are not conducting vigorous 
operations to restore government authority and respect for human rights 
in areas under the effective control of paramilitary and guerrilla 
organizations: Provided further, That the President shall ensure that 
if any helicopter procured with funds under this heading is used to aid 
or abet the operations of any illegal self-defense group or illegal 
security cooperative, such helicopter shall be immediately returned to 
the United States: Provided further, That the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, shall provide to the Committees on 
Appropriations not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and prior to the initial obligation of funds appropriated 
under this heading, a report on the proposed uses of all funds under 
this heading on a country-by-country basis for each proposed program, 
project, or activity: Provided further, That funds made available in 
this Act for demobilization/reintegration of members of foreign 
terrorist organizations in Colombia shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That section 482(b) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds 
appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That assistance 
provided with funds appropriated under this heading that is made 
available notwithstanding section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 shall be made available subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading that are available for 
alternative development/institution building, not less than $85,400,000 
shall be apportioned directly to the United States Agency for 
International Development: Provided further, That with respect to funds 
apportioned to the United States Agency for International Development 
under the previous proviso, the responsibility for policy decisions for 
the use of such funds, including what activities will be funded and the 
amount of funds that will be provided for each of those activities, 
shall be the responsibility of the Director of Foreign Assistance in 
consultation with the Assistant Secretary of State for International 
Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs: Provided further, That no United 
States Armed Forces personnel or United States civilian contractor 
employed by the United States will participate in any combat operation 
in connection with assistance made available by this Act for Colombia: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading that are 
made available for assistance for the Bolivian military may be made 
available for such purposes only if the Secretary of State certifies 
that the Bolivian military is respecting human rights, and civilian 
judicial authorities are investigating and prosecuting, with the 
military's cooperation, military personnel who have been implicated in 
gross violations of human rights: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, not more than $18,060,000 may be 
available for administrative expenses of the Department of State, and 
not more than $7,800,000 may be available, in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes, for administrative expenses of 
the United States Agency for International Development.

                    Migration and Refugee Assistance

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the 
Secretary of State to provide, as authorized by law, a contribution to 
the International Committee of the Red Cross, assistance to refugees, 
including contributions to the International Organization for Migration 
and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and other 
activities to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and expenses 
of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 
1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 
5, United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $750,206,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
not more than $23,000,000 may be available for administrative expenses: 
Provided further, That not less than $40,000,000 of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be made available for refugees from 
the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and other refugees 
resettling in Israel: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading may be made available for a headquarters contribution to 
the International Committee of the Red Cross only if the Secretary of 
State determines (and so reports to the appropriate committees of 
Congress) that the Magen David Adom Society of Israel is not being 
denied participation in the activities of the International Red Cross 
and Red Crescent Movement.

     United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 2(c) 
of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended (22 
U.S.C. 2601(c)), $30,000,000, to remain available until expended.

    Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs

    For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, 
demining and related programs and activities, $425,010,000 (increased 
by $5,000,000), to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assistance, 
chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 504 
of the FREEDOM Support Act, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 
or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the 
clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small arms, and 
related activities, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including activities implemented through nongovernmental and 
international organizations, and section 301 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 for a voluntary contribution to the International Atomic 
Energy Agency (IAEA), and for a United States contribution to the 
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission: Provided, 
That of this amount not to exceed $38,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, may be made available for the Nonproliferation and 
Disarmament Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to 
promote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to 
nonproliferation and disarmament: Provided further, That such funds may 
also be used for such countries other than the Independent States of 
the former Soviet Union and international organizations when it is in 
the national security interest of the United States to do so: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available for the International Atomic Energy Agency only if the 
Secretary of State determines (and so reports to the Congress) that 
Israel is not being denied its right to participate in the activities 
of that Agency: Provided further, That of the funds made available for 
demining and related activities, not to exceed $700,000, in addition to 
funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used for 
administrative expenses related to the operation and management of the 
demining program: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading that are available for ``Anti-terrorism Assistance'' and 
``Export Control and Border Security'' shall remain available until 
September 30, 2008.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

               International Affairs Technical Assistance

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 129 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $23,700,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009, which shall be available notwithstanding any 
other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries.

                           Debt Restructuring

    For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees, as the President 
may determine, for which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made 
available for programs within the International Affairs Budget Function 
150, including the cost of selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed 
to the United States as a result of concessional loans made to eligible 
countries, pursuant to parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, of modifying concessional credit agreements with least developed 
countries, as authorized under section 411 of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, of concessional 
loans, guarantees and credit agreements, as authorized under section 
572 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100-461), and of canceling amounts 
owed, as a result of loans or guarantees made pursuant to the Export-
Import Bank Act of 1945, by countries that are eligible for debt 
reduction pursuant to title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law by 
section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106-113, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That not less than 
$20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made 
available to carry out the provisions of part V of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That amounts paid to the HIPC 
Trust Fund may be used only to fund debt reduction under the enhanced 
HIPC initiative by--
            (1) the Inter-American Development Bank;
            (2) the African Development Fund;
            (3) the African Development Bank; and
            (4) the Central American Bank for Economic Integration:
Provided further, That funds may not be paid to the HIPC Trust Fund for 
the benefit of any country if the Secretary of State has credible 
evidence that the government of such country is engaged in a consistent 
pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights 
or in military or civil conflict that undermines its ability to develop 
and implement measures to alleviate poverty and to devote adequate 
human and financial resources to that end: Provided further, That on 
the basis of final appropriations, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations concerning which 
countries and international financial institutions are expected to 
benefit from a United States contribution to the HIPC Trust Fund during 
the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall inform the Committees on Appropriations not less than 15 days in 
advance of the signature of an agreement by the United States to make 
payments to the HIPC Trust Fund of amounts for such countries and 
institutions: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury may 
disburse funds designated for debt reduction through the HIPC Trust 
Fund only for the benefit of countries that--
            (1) have committed, for a period of 24 months, not to 
        accept new market-rate loans from the international financial 
        institution receiving debt repayment as a result of such 
        disbursement, other than loans made by such institutions to 
        export-oriented commercial projects that generate foreign 
        exchange which are generally referred to as ``enclave'' loans; 
        and
            (2) have documented and demonstrated their commitment to 
        redirect their budgetary resources from international debt 
        repayments to programs to alleviate poverty and promote 
        economic growth that are additional to or expand upon those 
        previously available for such purposes:
Provided further, That any limitation of subsection (e) of section 411 
of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 shall 
not apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this heading in this or any 
other appropriations Act shall be made available for Sudan or Burma 
unless the Secretary of the Treasury determines and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations that a democratically elected government 
has taken office.

                     TITLE III--MILITARY ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

             International Military Education and Training

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 541 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $88,000,000, of which up to 
$3,000,000 may remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
civilian personnel for whom military education and training may be 
provided under this heading may include civilians who are not members 
of a government whose participation would contribute to improved civil-
military relations, civilian control of the military, or respect for 
human rights.

                   Foreign Military Financing Program

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary for grants to enable the President to carry 
out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, 
$4,454,900,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $2,340,000,000 shall be available for grants 
only for Israel, and not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be made 
available for grants only for Egypt: Provided further, That the funds 
appropriated by this paragraph for Israel shall be disbursed within 30 
days of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That to the extent 
that the Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such 
purposes, grants made available for Israel by this paragraph shall, as 
agreed by Israel and the United States, be available for advanced 
weapons systems, of which not less than $610,000,000 shall be available 
for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense services, 
including research and development: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated by this paragraph, $216,000,000 shall be made available 
for assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available 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).
    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 515 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for assistance for 
Sudan and Guatemala: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this heading may be made available for assistance 
for Haiti except pursuant to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: 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 
nongovernmental 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 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: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for 
defense articles and services: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, $90,000,000 shall be available for 
Colombia and that within these funds, the Department of Defense should 
ensure sufficient resources are provided for the acquisition of 
additional aircraft for the Colombian Navy's maritime surveillance 
mission: Provided further, That not more than $42,500,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading may be obligated for necessary 
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: Provided further, 
That not more than $359,000,000 of funds realized 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 2007 
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 military financing program funds estimated to be outlayed for 
Egypt during fiscal year 2007 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.

                        Peacekeeping Operations

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 551 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $170,000,000: Provided, 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.

               TITLE IV--MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                  International Financial Institutions

                      Global Environment Facility

    For the United States contribution for the Global Environment 
Facility, $56,250,000 to the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development as trustee for the Global Environment Facility (GEF), 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, $23,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

               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, $115,250,000, 
to remain available until expended.

              Contribution to the African Development Bank

    For payment to the African Development Bank by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, $5,018,000, 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 $78,622,000.

              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, 
$135,700,000, 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, $18,000,000, 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, 
$327,570,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
heading may be made available to the International Atomic Energy Agency 
(IAEA): Provided further, That section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act shall not apply to contributions to the United Nations Democracy 
Fund.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

  compensation for united states executive directors to international 
                         financial institutions

    Sec. 501. (a) No funds appropriated by 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, 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 
institutions'' are: the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development 
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.

   restrictions on voluntary contributions to united nations agencies

    Sec. 502. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
available to pay any voluntary contribution of the United States to the 
United Nations (including the United Nations Development Program) if 
the United Nations implements or imposes any taxation on any United 
States persons.

                    limitation on residence expenses

    Sec. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to 
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 appropriate 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. 504. Any Department or Agency to which funds are appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations a quarterly accounting 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. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to 
this Act, not to exceed $250,000 shall be available for representation 
and entertainment allowances, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be 
available for entertainment allowances, for the United States Agency 
for International Development during the current fiscal year: Provided, 
That no such entertainment funds may be used for the purposes listed in 
section 548 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: Provided 
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 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 allowances: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available by this Act for the Inter-American Foundation, not 
to exceed $2,000 shall be available for entertainment and 
representation allowances: Provided 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 Development Agency'', not to exceed $4,000 shall be available for 
representation 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. 506. (a) Prohibition on Taxation.--None of the funds 
appropriated by 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 government, and the Secretary of State shall 
expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing bilateral 
agreements, as necessary, to conform with this requirement.
    (b) Reimbursement of Foreign Taxes.--An amount equivalent to 200 
percent of the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2007 on funds 
appropriated by this Act by a foreign government or entity against 
commodities financed under United States assistance 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 2008 
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 obligation 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.
            (2) The Secretary of State shall consult with the 
        Committees 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. 507. 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, Libya, 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: Provided further, That for purposes of this section, the 
prohibition shall not include activities of the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation in Libya: Provided further, That the prohibition 
shall not include direct loans, credits, insurance and guarantees made 
available by the Export-Import Bank or its agents for or in Libya.

                             military coups

    Sec. 508. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to 
finance directly any assistance to the government 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.

                               transfers

    Sec. 509. (a)(1) Limitation on Transfers Between Agencies.--None of 
the funds made available by this Act may be transferred to any 
department, agency, or instrumentality 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.
    (b) Transfers Between Accounts.--None of the funds made available 
by this Act may be obligated under an appropriation account to which 
they were not appropriated, except for transfers specifically provided 
for in this Act, unless the President, not less than 5 days prior to 
the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and provides a written policy 
justification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate.
    (c) 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. 510. 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 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. 511. 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: Provided, That 
funds appropriated for the purposes of chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of 
part I, section 667, chapters 4, 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 heading ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and 
the Baltic States'', 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, notwithstanding 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 available until expended.

            limitation on assistance to countries in default

    Sec. 512. No part of any appropriation contained 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 1 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 
Appropriations, that assistance to such country is in the national 
interest of the United States.

                           commerce and trade

    Sec. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made available 
pursuant to this Act for direct assistance and none of the funds 
otherwise made available pursuant to this Act 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 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, publication, 
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 
        developing 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 
        American producers.

                          surplus commodities

    Sec. 514. 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-American Development Bank, 
the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-
American Investment Corporation, 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 
institutions, using funds appropriated or made available pursuant to 
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 Notifications and Transfer Guidelines

    Sec. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act or in 
prior Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs, from any accounts in the Treasury of 
the United States derived by the collection of currency reflows or 
other offsetting collections, or made available by transfer, may be 
used to finance an activity, program, or project specifically denied 
funding by Congress in this Act.
    (b) None of the funds made available in this Act or in prior Acts 
making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
related programs, from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
States derived by the collection of currency reflows or other 
offsetting collections, or made available by transfer, may be used to 
initiate a new or terminate an existing activity, program, or project 
not previously justified without prior notification of the Committees 
on Appropriations.
    (c) For the purposes of providing the executive branch with the 
necessary administrative flexibility, none of the funds made available 
under this Act for ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund'', 
``Development Assistance'', ``International Organizations and 
Programs'', ``Trade and Development Agency'', ``International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement'', ``Andean Counterdrug Initiative'', 
``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States'', ``Assistance 
for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'', ``Economic 
Support Fund'', ``Global HIV/AIDS Initiative'', ``Peacekeeping 
Operations'', ``Capital Investment Fund'', ``Operating Expenses of the 
United States Agency for International Development'', ``Operating 
Expenses of the United States Agency for International Development 
Office of Inspector General'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs'', ``Millennium Challenge Corporation'' 
(by country only), ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', 
``International Military Education and Training'', ``Peace Corps'', and 
``Migration and Refugee Assistance'', shall be available for obligation 
for activities, programs, projects, type of materiel assistance, 
countries, or other operations not justified or in excess of the amount 
justified to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation under any 
of these specific headings unless the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance: Provided, That 
the President shall not enter into any commitment of funds appropriated 
for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for the 
provision of major defense equipment, other than conventional 
ammunition, or other major defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, 
missiles, or combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 
20 percent in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless the 
Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such 
commitment: Provided further, That this paragraph shall not apply to 
any reprogramming for an activity, program, or project for which funds 
are appropriated under title II or title III of this Act of less than 
10 percent of the amount previously justified to the Congress for 
obligation for such activity, program, or project for the current 
fiscal year.
    (d) The requirements of this section or any similar provision of 
this Act or any other Act, including any prior Act requiring 
notification in accordance with the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, may be waived if failure to do so 
would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided, 
That in case of any such waiver, notification to the Congress, or the 
appropriate congressional committees, shall be provided as early as 
practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after taking the action 
to which such notification requirement was applicable, in the context 
of the circumstances necessitating such waiver: Provided further, That 
any notification provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an 
explanation of the emergency circumstances.

limitation on availability of funds for international organizations and 
                                programs

    Sec. 516. Subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under this Act or any 
previously enacted Act making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs, which are returned or not made 
available for organizations and programs because of the implementation 
of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2008.

             independent states of the former soviet union

    Sec. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'' 
shall be made available for assistance for a government of an 
Independent State of the former Soviet Union if that government directs 
any action in violation of the territorial integrity or national 
sovereignty of any other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, 
such as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Provided, 
That such funds may be made available without regard to the restriction 
in this subsection if the President determines that to do so is in the 
national security interest of the United States.
    (b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading ``Assistance 
for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'' shall be made 
available for any state to enhance its military capability: Provided, 
That this restriction does not apply to demilitarization, demining or 
nonproliferation programs.
    (c) Funds appropriated under the heading ``Assistance for the 
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'' for the Russian 
Federation, Armenia, and Uzbekistan shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
    (d) Funds made available in this Act for assistance for the 
Independent States of the former Soviet Union shall be subject to the 
provisions of section 117 (relating to environment and natural 
resources) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
    (e) In issuing new task orders, entering into contracts, or making 
grants, with funds appropriated in this Act or prior appropriations 
Acts under the heading ``Assistance for the Independent States of the 
Former Soviet Union'' and under comparable headings in prior 
appropriations Acts, for projects or activities that have as one of 
their primary purposes the fostering of private sector development, the 
Coordinator for United States Assistance to Europe and Eurasia and the 
implementing agency shall encourage the participation of and give 
significant weight to contractors and grantees who propose investing a 
significant amount of their own resources (including volunteer services 
and in-kind contributions) in such projects and activities.

   prohibition on funding for abortions and involuntary sterilization

    Sec. 518. None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 
the performance of abortions as a method of family planning or to 
motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds 
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the performance of involuntary 
sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or provide 
any financial incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None 
of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any 
biomedical research which relates in whole or in part, to methods of, 
or the performance of, abortions or involuntary sterilization as a 
means of family planning. None of the funds made available to carry out 
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 
obligated or expended for any country or organization if the President 
certifies that the use of these funds by any such country or 
organization would violate any of the above provisions related to 
abortions and involuntary sterilizations.

                 export financing transfer authorities

    Sec. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation other than 
for administrative expenses made available for fiscal year 2007, for 
programs under title I 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.

                   special notification requirements

    Sec. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
obligated or expended for assistance for Liberia, Serbia, Sudan, 
Zimbabwe, Pakistan, or Cambodia except as provided through the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

              definition of program, project, and activity

    Sec. 521. For the purpose of this Act ``program, project, and 
activity'' shall be defined at the appropriations Act account level and 
shall include all appropriations and authorizations Acts earmarks, 
ceilings, and limitations with the exception that for the following 
accounts: Economic Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing Program, 
``program, project, and activity'' shall also be considered to include 
country, regional, and central program level funding within each such 
account; for the development assistance accounts of the United States 
Agency for International Development ``program, project, and activity'' 
shall also be considered to include central, country, regional, and 
program level funding, either as: (1) justified to the Congress; or (2) 
allocated by the executive branch in accordance with a report, to be 
provided to the Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of the 
enactment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961.

                  child survival and health activities

    Sec. 522. Up to $13,500,000 of the funds made available by this Act 
for assistance under the heading ``Child Survival and Health Programs 
Fund'', may be used to reimburse United States Government agencies, 
agencies of State governments, institutions of higher learning, and 
private and voluntary organizations for the full cost of individuals 
(including for the personal services of such individuals) detailed or 
assigned to, or contracted by, as the case may be, the United States 
Agency for International Development for the purpose of carrying out 
activities under that heading: Provided, That up to $3,500,000 of the 
funds made available by this Act for assistance under the heading 
``Development Assistance'' may be used to reimburse such agencies, 
institutions, and organizations for such costs of such individuals 
carrying out other development assistance activities: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated by titles II and III of this Act that are made 
available for assistance for child survival activities or disease 
programs including activities relating to research on, and the 
prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may be made available 
notwithstanding any other provision of law except for the provisions 
under the heading ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund'' and the 
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria 
Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended.

                              afghanistan

    Sec. 523. Of the funds appropriated by titles II and III of this 
Act, not less than $931,400,000 should be made available for 
humanitarian, reconstruction, and related assistance for Afghanistan: 
Provided, That of the funds made available pursuant to this section, 
$3,000,000 should be made available for reforestation activities: 
Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to the previous 
proviso should be matched, to the maximum extent possible, with 
contributions from American and Afghan businesses: Provided further, 
That of the funds allocated for assistance for Afghanistan from this 
Act and other Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for fiscal year 2007, not less than 
$50,000,000 should be made available to support programs that directly 
address the needs of Afghan women and girls.

                notification on excess defense equipment

    Sec. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of Defense articles 
in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations to the same extent and under the same conditions as are 
other committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Provided, 
That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles 
under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of Defense shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the regular 
notification procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 
significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the Arms 
Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original acquisition 
cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required elsewhere 
in this Act for the use of appropriated funds for specific countries 
that would receive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That 
such Committees shall also be informed of the original acquisition cost 
of such defense articles.

          Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

    Sec. 525. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 25 
percent of the funds that are appropriated by this Act for a 
contribution to support the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and 
Malaria (the ``Global Fund'') shall be withheld from obligation to the 
Global Fund until the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on 
Appropriations that the Global Fund--
            (1) has clear progress indicators upon which to determine 
        the release of incremental disbursements;
            (2) is releasing such incremental disbursements only if 
        progress is being made based on those indicators; and
            (3) is providing support and oversight to country-level 
        entities, such as country coordinating mechanisms, principal 
        recipients, 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 Appropriations 
that such waiver is important to the national interest of the United 
States.

       prohibition on bilateral assistance to terrorist countries

    Sec. 526. (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 before the 
waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 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. 527. 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. 528. (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 generated; and
                            (ii) the terms and conditions under which 
                        the currencies 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 
                International Development and that government to 
                monitor and account for deposits into and disbursements 
                from the separate 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).
            (4) Termination of assistance programs.--Upon termination 
        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 provisions 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 
        assistance (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. 529. (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 Committees 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.

          financial market assistance in transition countries

    Sec. 530. Of the funds appropriated in Title II of this Act, not 
less than $40,000,000 should be made available for building capital 
markets and financial systems in countries in transition, of which not 
less than $20,000,000 should be designated for not-for-profit 
organizations that mobilize volunteers with experience in the financial 
sector.

authorities for the peace corps, inter-american foundation and african 
                         development foundation

    Sec. 531. 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. 532. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
obligated or expended to provide--
            (1) any financial incentive to a business enterprise 
        currently 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 
        enterprise, and smallholder agriculture.

                          special authorities

    Sec. 533. (a) Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Lebanon, Montenegro, 
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 notwithstanding 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 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 provision of law.
    (b) Tropical Forestry and Biodiversity Conservation Activities.--
Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions 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 programs 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: 
Provided, That not more than 10 of such contractors shall be assigned 
to any bureau or office: Provided further, That such funds appropriated 
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 Representatives and the 
President pro tempore of the Senate that it is important 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 indefinite-
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) 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 instability.
    (g) World Food Program.--Of the funds managed by the Bureau for 
Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance of 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, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
    (h) Unified Campaign.--Funds transferred pursuant to the authority 
contained in the fifth proviso under the heading ``Foreign Military 
Financing Program'' in division E of Public Law 108-7 may be made 
available for helicopters, training, and other assistance for the 
Colombian Armed Forces for such things as pipeline security and 
interdiction, notwithstanding the limitation to security for the Cano 
Limon pipeline in such proviso.
    (i) 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.
    (j) 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 consultations with the Committees on 
Appropriations, to establish and operate a Middle East Foundation, or 
any other similar entity, whose purposes include to support democracy, 
governance, human rights, and the rule of law: 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 authorizations 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 purposes of this section: Provided 
further, That prior to the initial obligation of funds for any such 
foundation or similar entity pursuant to the authorities of this 
subsection, other than for administrative 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 otherwise 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, That the authority of the Foundation, or any similar 
entity, to provide assistance shall cease to be effective on September 
30, 2010.

                     arab league boycott of israel

    Sec. 534. 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 
        terminated, and the Central Office for the Boycott of Israel 
        immediately 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
            (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 
        partners of the United States to enact laws prohibiting 
        businesses from complying with the boycott and penalizing 
        businesses that do comply.

                       eligibility for assistance

    Sec. 535. (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 
procedures 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 2007, restrictions 
contained 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: Provided, 
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 
        internationally recognized human rights.

                         reservations of funds

    Sec. 536. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which are specifically 
designated may be reprogrammed for other programs within the same 
account notwithstanding the designation if compliance with the 
designation 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.
    (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 specifically designated for particular programs or activities 
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 designated funds can be obligated during the 
original period of availability: Provided, That such designated funds 
that are continued available for an additional fiscal year shall be 
obligated only for the purpose of such designation.

                 ceilings and designated funding levels

    Sec. 537. Ceilings and specifically designated funding levels 
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.

                 prohibition on publicity or propaganda

    Sec. 538. 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. 539. 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. 540. 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 document, file, or record 
necessary to the auditing requirements of the United States Agency for 
International Development.

  prohibition on assistance to foreign governments that export lethal 
   military equipment to countries supporting international terrorism

    Sec. 541. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be available to any foreign government which 
provides lethal military equipment to a country the government of which 
the Secretary of State has determined is a terrorist government for 
purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979. The 
prohibition under this section with respect to a foreign government 
shall terminate 12 months after that government ceases to provide such 
military equipment. This section applies with respect to lethal 
military equipment provided under a contract entered into after October 
1, 1997.
    (b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any other similar 
provision of law, may be furnished if the President determines that 
furnishing such assistance is important to the national interests of 
the United States.
    (c) Whenever the waiver authority of subsection (b) is exercised, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report with respect to the furnishing of such assistance. Any such 
report shall include a detailed explanation of the assistance to be 
provided, including the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, and 
an explanation of how the assistance furthers United States national 
interests.

  withholding of assistance for parking fines and real property taxes 
                       owed by foreign countries

    Sec. 542. (a) Subject to subsection (c), of the funds appropriated 
by this Act that are made available for assistance for a foreign 
country, an amount equal to 110 percent of the total amount of the 
unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties and unpaid 
property taxes owed by the central government of such country shall be 
withheld from obligation for assistance for the central government of 
such country until the Secretary of State submits a certification to 
the appropriate congressional committees stating that such parking 
fines and penalties and unpaid property taxes are fully paid.
    (b) Funds withheld from obligation pursuant to subsection (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 appropriate congressional committees, 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 unpaid 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 requirements 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 property 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 State, after 
consultations with the City of New York, shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations describing a strategy, including a 
timetable and steps currently 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 ``appropriate congressional committees'' means 
        the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 
        on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
            (2) The term ``fully adjudicated'' includes circumstances 
        in which the person to whom the vehicle is registered--
                    (A)(i) has not responded to the parking violation 
                summons; or
                    (ii) has not followed the appropriate adjudication 
                procedure to challenge the summons; and
                    (B) the period of time for payment of or challenge 
                to the summons has lapsed.
            (3) 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, 2006.
            (4) 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 
        subdivision thereof.

    limitation on assistance for the plo for the west bank and gaza

    Sec. 543. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization 
(PLO) for the West Bank and Gaza unless the President has exercised the 
authority under section 604(a) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation 
Act of 1995 (title VI of Public 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. 544. If the President determines that doing so will contribute 
to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide or other violations 
of international humanitarian law, the President may direct a drawdown 
pursuant to section 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up 
to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Nations 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 the drawdown made under this section for 
any tribunal shall not be construed as an endorsement or precedent for 
the establishment of any standing or permanent international criminal 
tribunal or court: Provided further, That funds made available for 
tribunals other than Yugoslavia, Rwanda, or the Special Court for 
Sierra Leone shall be made available subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                               landmines

    Sec. 545. 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 prescribe.

           restrictions concerning the palestinian authority

    Sec. 546. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
obligated or expended to create in any part of Jerusalem a new office 
of any department or agency of the United States Government for the 
purpose of conducting official United States Government business with 
the Palestinian 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: Provided further, That meetings between officers and 
employees of the United States and officials of the Palestinian 
Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing entity provided for 
in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of 
conducting official United States Government business with such 
authority should continue to take place in locations other than 
Jerusalem. As has been true in the past, officers and employees of the 
United States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on other 
subjects with Palestinians (including those who now occupy positions in 
the Palestinian Authority), have social contacts, and have incidental 
discussions.

               prohibition of payment of certain expenses

    Sec. 547. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act under the heading ``International Military 
Education and Training'' or ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' for 
Informational Program activities or under the headings ``Child Survival 
and Health Programs Fund'', ``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.

                                 haiti

    Sec. 548. (a) The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to purchase 
defense articles and services under the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the Coast Guard.
    (b) None of the funds made available in this Act under the heading 
``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' may be used to 
transfer excess weapons, ammunition 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: (1) the United 
Nations Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has carried out the vetting of the 
senior levels of the Haitian National Police and has ensured that those 
credibly alleged to have committed serious crimes, including drug 
trafficking and human rights violations, have been suspended; and (2) 
the Haitian National Government is cooperating in a reform and 
restructuring plan for the Haitian National Police and the reform of 
the judicial system as called for in United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1608 adopted on June 22, 2005.

         limitation on assistance to the palestinian authority

    Sec. 549. (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 the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate that 
waiving such prohibition is important to the national security 
interests of the United States.
    (c) Period of Application of Waiver.--Any waiver 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 pursuant to subsection 
(b) is exercised, the President shall submit a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations detailing the steps the Palestinian Authority has 
taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons and dismantle the 
terrorist infrastructure. The report shall also include a description 
of how funds will be spent and the accounting procedures in place to 
ensure that they are properly disbursed.

              limitation on assistance to security forces

    Sec. 550. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
provided 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, unless the Secretary determines and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the government of such 
country is taking effective measures to bring the responsible members 
of the security forces unit to justice: Provided, That nothing in this 
section shall be construed to withhold funds made available by this Act 
from any unit of the security forces of a foreign country not credibly 
alleged to be involved in gross violations of human rights: Provided 
further, That in the event that funds are withheld from any unit 
pursuant to this section, the Secretary of State shall promptly inform 
the foreign government 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. 551. 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 of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the 
date specified in that section.

                       authorization requirement

    Sec. 552. Funds appropriated by this Act, except funds appropriated 
under the headings ``Trade and Development Agency'', ``Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation'', and ``Global HIV/AIDS Initiative'', 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.

                                cambodia

    Sec. 553. The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United 
States executive directors of the international financial institutions 
to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose loans to the 
Central Government of Cambodia, except loans to meet basic human needs.

                         palestinian statehood

    Sec. 554. (a) Limitation on Assistance.--None of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 
unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the 
appropriate congressional committees that--
            (1) a new leadership of a Palestinian governing entity has 
        been democratically elected through credible and competitive 
        elections;
            (2) the elected governing entity of a new Palestinian 
        state--
                    (A) has demonstrated a firm 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;
                    (C) is establishing a new Palestinian security 
                entity that is cooperative with appropriate Israeli and 
                other appropriate security organizations; and
            (3) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing body of a 
        new Palestinian state) is working with other countries in the 
        region to vigorously pursue efforts to establish a just, 
        lasting, 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 relationships, 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 demilitarized 
                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 international 
                waterways in the area; and
                    (E) a framework for achieving a just settlement of 
                the refugee problem.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the newly-
elected governing entity should enact a constitution assuring the rule 
of law, an independent judiciary, and respect for human rights for its 
citizens, and should enact other laws and regulations assuring 
transparent and accountable governance.
    (c) Waiver.--The President may waive subsection (a) if he 
determines that it is vital to the national security interests of the 
United States to do so.
    (d) Exemption.--The restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to assistance intended to help reform the Palestinian Authority and 
affiliated institutions, or a newly-elected governing entity, in order 
to help meet the requirements of subsection (a), consistent with the 
provisions of section 550 of this Act (``Limitation on Assistance to 
the Palestinian Authority'').

                                colombia

    Sec. 555. (a) Determination and Certification Required.--Funds 
appropriated by this Act that are available for assistance for the 
Colombian Armed Forces, may be made available as follows:
            (1) Up to 75 percent of such funds may be obligated prior 
        to a determination and certification by the Secretary of State 
        pursuant to paragraph (2).
            (2) Up to 12.5 percent of such funds may be obligated only 
        after the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
        appropriate congressional committees that:
                    (A) The Commander General of the Colombian Armed 
                Forces is suspending from the Armed Forces those 
                members, of whatever rank who, according to the 
                Minister of Defense or the Procuraduria General de la 
                Nacion, have been credibly alleged to have committed 
                gross violations of human rights, including extra-
                judicial killings, or to have aided or abetted 
                paramilitary organizations.
                    (B) The Colombian Government is vigorously 
                investigating and prosecuting those members of the 
                Colombian Armed Forces, of whatever rank, who have been 
                credibly alleged to have committed gross violations of 
                human rights, including extra-judicial killings, or to 
                have aided or abetted paramilitary organizations, and 
                is promptly punishing those members of the Colombian 
                Armed Forces found to have committed such violations of 
                human rights or to have aided or abetted paramilitary 
                organizations.
                    (C) The Colombian Armed Forces have made 
                substantial progress in cooperating with civilian 
                prosecutors and judicial authorities in such cases 
                (including providing requested information, such as the 
                identity of persons suspended from the Armed Forces and 
                the nature and cause of the suspension, and access to 
                witnesses, relevant military documents, and other 
                requested information).
                    (D) The Colombian Armed Forces have made 
                substantial progress in severing links (including 
                denying access to military intelligence, vehicles, and 
                other equipment or supplies, and ceasing other forms of 
                active or tacit cooperation) at the command, battalion, 
                and brigade levels, with paramilitary organizations, 
                especially in regions where these organizations have a 
                significant presence.
                    (E) The Colombian Government is dismantling 
                paramilitary leadership and financial networks by 
                arresting commanders and financial backers, especially 
                in regions where these networks have a significant 
                presence.
                    (F) The Colombian Government is taking effective 
                steps to ensure that the Colombian Armed Forces are not 
                violating the land and property rights of Colombia's 
                indigenous communities.
            (3) The balance of such funds may be obligated after July 
        31, 2007, if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 
        the appropriate congressional committees, after such date, that 
        the Colombian Armed Forces are continuing to meet the 
        conditions contained in paragraph (2) and are conducting 
        vigorous operations to restore government authority and respect 
        for human rights in areas under the effective control of 
        paramilitary and guerrilla organizations.
    (b) Congressional Notification.--Funds made available by this Act 
for the Colombian Armed Forces shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
    (c) Consultative Process.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until September 30, 
2008, the Secretary of State shall consult with internationally 
recognized human rights organizations regarding progress in meeting the 
conditions contained in subsection (a).
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Aided or abetted.--The term ``aided or abetted'' means 
        to provide any support to paramilitary groups, including taking 
        actions which allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the 
        activities of such groups.
            (2) Paramilitary groups.--The term ``paramilitary groups'' 
        means illegal self-defense groups and illegal security 
        cooperatives.

                          illegal armed group

    Sec. 556. (a) Denial of Visas to Supporters of Colombian Illegal 
Armed Groups.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall 
not issue a visa to any alien who the Secretary determines, based on 
credible evidence--
            (1) has willfully provided any support to the Revolutionary 
        Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army 
        (ELN), or the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), 
        including taking actions or failing to take actions which 
        allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of such 
        groups; or
            (2) has committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise 
        participated in the commission of gross violations of human 
        rights, including extra-judicial killings, in Colombia.
    (b) Waiver.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of 
State determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees, on a case-by-case basis, that the issuance of a visa to the 
alien is necessary to support the peace process in Colombia or for 
urgent humanitarian reasons.

 prohibition on assistance to the palestinian broadcasting corporation

    Sec. 557. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to provide equipment, technical 
support, consulting services, or any other form of assistance to the 
Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.

                       west bank and gaza program

    Sec. 558. (a) Prohibition.--None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act for assistance under the West Bank and Gaza program may be made 
available for the purpose of recognizing or otherwise honoring 
individuals who commit, or have committed, acts of terrorism.
    (b) Audits.--
            (1) The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
        International Development shall ensure that Federal or non-
        Federal audits of all contractors and grantees, and significant 
        subcontractors and subgrantees, under the West Bank and Gaza 
        Program, are conducted at least on an annual basis to ensure, 
        among other things, compliance with this section.
            (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to $1,000,000 
        may be used by the Office of the Inspector General of the 
        United States Agency for International Development for audits, 
        inspections, and other activities in furtherance of the 
        requirements of this subsection.
    (c) The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an 
audit and an investigation of the treatment, handling, and uses of all 
funds for the bilateral West Bank and Gaza Program in fiscal year 2006 
under the heading ``Economic Support Fund''. The audit shall address--
            (1) the extent to which such Program complies with the 
        requirements of subsection (a), and
            (2) an examination of all programs, projects, and 
        activities carried out under such Program, including both 
        obligations and expenditures.
    (d) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations updating the report contained in section 2106 of chapter 
2 of title II of Public Law 109-13.

            contributions to united nations population fund

    Sec. 559. (a) Limitations on Amount of Contribution.--Of the 
amounts made available under ``International Organizations and 
Programs'' and ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund'' for fiscal 
year 2007, $34,000,000 shall be made available for the United Nations 
Population Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
``UNFPA''): Provided, That of this amount, not less than $22,275,000 
shall be derived from funds appropriated under the heading 
``International Organizations and Programs''.
    (b) Availability of Funds.--Funds appropriated under the heading 
``International Organizations and Programs'' in this Act that are 
available for UNFPA, that are not made available for UNFPA because of 
the operation of any provision of law, shall be transferred to ``Child 
Survival and Health Programs Fund'' and shall be made available for 
family planning, maternal, and reproductive health activities, subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations.
    (c) Prohibition on Use of Funds in China.--None of the funds made 
available under ``International Organizations and Programs'' may be 
made available for the UNFPA for a country program in the People's 
Republic of China.
    (d) Conditions on Availability of Funds.--Amounts made available 
under ``International Organizations and Programs'' for fiscal year 2007 
for the UNFPA may not be made available to UNFPA unless--
            (1) the UNFPA maintains amounts made available to the UNFPA 
        under this section in an account separate from other accounts 
        of the UNFPA;
            (2) the UNFPA does not commingle amounts made available to 
        the UNFPA under this section with other sums; and
            (3) the UNFPA does not fund abortions.

                             war criminals

    Sec. 560. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this Act may be made available for assistance, 
and the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
executive directors to the international financial institutions to vote 
against any new project involving the extension by such institutions of 
any financial or technical assistance, to any country, entity, or 
municipality whose competent authorities have failed, as determined by 
the Secretary of State, to take necessary and significant steps to 
implement its international legal obligations to apprehend and transfer 
to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (the 
``Tribunal'') all persons in their territory who have been indicted by 
the Tribunal and to otherwise cooperate with the Tribunal.
    (2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to 
humanitarian assistance or assistance for democratization.
    (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply unless the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees that the competent authorities of such 
country, entity, or municipality are--
            (1) cooperating with the Tribunal, including access for 
        investigators to archives and witnesses, the provision of 
        documents, and the surrender and transfer of indictees or 
        assistance in their apprehension; and
            (2) are acting consistently with the Dayton Accords.
    (c) Not less than 10 days before any vote in an international 
financial institution regarding the extension of any new project 
involving financial or technical assistance or grants to any country or 
entity described in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations a written justification for the proposed 
assistance, including an explanation of the United States position 
regarding any such vote, as well as a description of the location of 
the proposed assistance by municipality, its purpose, and its intended 
beneficiaries.
    (d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of State, the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with 
representatives of human rights organizations and all government 
agencies with relevant information to help prevent indicted war 
criminals from benefiting from any financial or technical assistance or 
grants provided to any country or entity described in subsection (a).
    (e) The Secretary of State may waive the application of subsection 
(a) with respect to projects within a country, entity, or municipality 
upon a written determination to the Committees on Appropriations that 
such assistance directly supports the implementation of the Dayton 
Accords.
    (f) Definitions.--As used in this section:
            (1) Country.--The term ``country'' means Bosnia and 
        Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia.
            (2) Entity.--The term ``entity'' refers to the Federation 
        of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and the Republika 
        Srpska.
            (3) Municipality.--The term ``municipality'' means a city, 
        town or other subdivision within a country or entity as defined 
        herein.
            (4) Dayton accords.--The term ``Dayton Accords'' means the 
        General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and 
        Herzegovina, together with annexes relating thereto, done at 
        Dayton, November 10 through 16, 1995.

                               user fees

    Sec. 561. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States Executive Director at each international financial institution 
(as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial 
Institutions Act) and the International Monetary Fund to oppose any 
loan, grant, strategy or policy of these institutions that would 
require user fees or service charges on poor people for primary 
education or primary healthcare, including prevention and treatment 
efforts for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and infant, child, and 
maternal well-being, in connection with the institutions' financing 
programs.

                           funding for serbia

    Sec. 562. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 
for assistance for the central Government of Serbia after May 31, 2007, 
if the President has made the determination and certification contained 
in subsection (c).
    (b) After May 31, 2007, the Secretary of the Treasury should 
instruct the United States executive directors to the international 
financial institutions to support loans and assistance to the 
Government of Serbia and Montenegro subject to the conditions in 
subsection (c): Provided, That section 576 of the Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, as 
amended, shall not apply to the provision of loans and assistance to 
the Government of Serbia and Montenegro through international financial 
institutions.
    (c) The determination and certification referred to in subsection 
(a) is a determination by the President and a certification to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Serbia and 
Montenegro is--
            (1) cooperating with the International Criminal Tribunal 
        for the former Yugoslavia including access for investigators, 
        the provision of documents, and the surrender and transfer of 
        indictees or assistance in their apprehension, including Ratko 
        Mladic;
            (2) taking steps that are consistent with the Dayton 
        Accords to end Serbian financial, political, security and other 
        support which has served to maintain separate Republika Srpska 
        institutions; and
            (3) taking steps to implement policies which reflect a 
        respect for minority rights and the rule of law.
    (d) This section shall not apply to Montenegro, Kosovo, 
humanitarian assistance or assistance to promote democracy.

                   community-based police assistance

    Sec. 563. (a) Authority.--Funds made available by this Act to carry 
out the provisions of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding 
section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness and 
accountability of civilian police authority through training and 
technical assistance in human rights, the rule of law, strategic 
planning, and through assistance to foster civilian police roles that 
support democratic governance including assistance for programs to 
prevent conflict, respond to disasters, address gender-based violence, 
and foster improved police relations with the communities they serve.
    (b) Notification.--Assistance provided under subsection (a) shall 
be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 
procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.

                  Special Debt Relief for the Poorest

    Sec. 564. (a) Authority To Reduce Debt.--The President may reduce 
amounts owed to the United States (or any agency of the United States) 
by an eligible country as a result of--
            (1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 222 of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; or
            (2) credits extended or guarantees issued under the Arms 
        Export Control Act.
    (b) Limitations.--
            (1) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be 
        exercised only to implement multilateral official debt relief 
        and referendum agreements, commonly referred to as ``Paris Club 
        Agreed Minutes''.
            (2) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be 
        exercised only in such amounts or to such extent as is provided 
        in advance by appropriations Acts.
            (3) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be 
        exercised only with respect to countries with heavy debt 
        burdens that are eligible to borrow from the International 
        Development Association, but not from the International Bank 
        for Reconstruction and Development, commonly referred to as 
        ``IDA-only'' countries.
    (c) Conditions.--The authority provided by subsection (a) may be 
exercised only with respect to a country whose government--
            (1) does not have an excessive level of military 
        expenditures;
            (2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts of 
        international terrorism;
            (3) is not failing to cooperate on international narcotics 
        control matters;
            (4) (including its military or other security forces) does 
        not engage in a consistent pattern of gross violations of 
        internationally recognized human rights; and
            (5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the 
        application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations 
        Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.
    (d) Availability of Funds.--The authority provided by subsection 
(a) may be used only with regard to the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ``Debt Restructuring''.
    (e) Certain Prohibitions Inapplicable.--A reduction of debt 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be considered assistance for the 
purposes of any provision of law limiting assistance to a country. The 
authority provided by subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding 
section 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or section 321 of 
the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1975.

             Authority To Engage in Debt Buybacks or Sales

    Sec. 565. (a) Loans Eligible for Sale, Reduction, or 
Cancellation.--
            (1) Authority to sell, reduce, or cancel certain loans.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may, 
        in accordance with this section, sell to any eligible purchaser 
        any concessional loan or portion thereof made before January 1, 
        1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to the 
        government of any eligible country as defined in section 702(6) 
        of that Act or on receipt of payment from an eligible 
        purchaser, reduce or cancel such loan or portion thereof, only 
        for the purpose of facilitating--
                    (A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development 
                swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or
                    (B) a debt buyback by an eligible country of its 
                own qualified debt, only if the eligible country uses 
                an additional amount of the local currency of the 
                eligible country, equal to not less than 40 percent of 
                the price paid for such debt by such eligible country, 
                or the difference between the price paid for such debt 
                and the face value of such debt, to support activities 
                that link conservation and sustainable use of natural 
                resources with local community development, and child 
                survival and other child development, in a manner 
                consistent with sections 707 through 710 of the Foreign 
                Assistance Act of 1961, if the sale, reduction, or 
                cancellation would not contravene any term or condition 
                of any prior agreement relating to such loan.
            (2) Terms and conditions.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, the President shall, in accordance with this 
        section, establish the terms and conditions under which loans 
        may be sold, reduced, or canceled pursuant to this section.
            (3) Administration.--The Facility, as defined in section 
        702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall notify the 
        administrator of the agency primarily responsible for 
        administering part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of 
        purchasers that the President has determined to be eligible, 
        and shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, reduction, 
        or cancellation of a loan pursuant to this section. Such agency 
        shall make adjustment in its accounts to reflect the sale, 
        reduction, or cancellation.
            (4) Limitation.--The authorities of this subsection shall 
        be available only to the extent that appropriations for the 
        cost of the modification, as defined in section 502 of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974, are made in advance.
    (b) Deposit of Proceeds.--The proceeds from the sale, reduction, or 
cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, or canceled pursuant to this 
section shall be deposited in the United States Government account or 
accounts established for the repayment of such loan.
    (c) Eligible Purchasers.--A loan may be sold pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who presents plans satisfactory to the 
President for using the loan for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-
equity swaps, debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
    (d) Debtor Consultations.--Before the sale to any eligible 
purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation pursuant to this section, 
of any loan made to an eligible country, the President should consult 
with the country concerning the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or 
canceled and their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development 
swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
    (e) Availability of Funds.--The authority provided by subsection 
(a) may be used only with regard to funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ``Debt Restructuring''.

                            Basic Education

    Sec. 566. Of the funds appropriated by title II of this Act, not 
less than $550,000,000 shall be made available for basic education.

                        reconciliation programs

    Sec. 567. Of the funds appropriated under the heading ``Economic 
Support Fund'', not less than $15,000,000 should be made available to 
support reconciliation programs and activities which bring together 
individuals of different ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds 
from areas of civil conflict and war.

                                 Sudan

    Sec. 568. (a) Limitation on Assistance.--Subject to subsection (b):
            (1) Notwithstanding section 501(a) of the International 
        Malaria Control Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-570) or any other 
        provision of law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act 
        may be made available for assistance for the Government of 
        Sudan.
            (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
        available for the cost, as defined in section 502, of the 
        Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan 
        guarantees held by the Government of Sudan, including the cost 
        of selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the United 
        States, and modifying concessional loans, guarantees, and 
        credit agreements.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of State 
determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that--
            (1) the Government of Sudan has taken significant steps to 
        disarm and disband government-supported militia groups in the 
        Darfur region;
            (2) the Government of Sudan and all government-supported 
        militia groups are honoring their ceasefire commitments made in 
        the Darfur Peace Agreement; and
            (3) the Government of Sudan is allowing unimpeded access to 
        Darfur to humanitarian aid organizations, the human rights 
        investigation and humanitarian teams of the United Nations, 
        including protection officers, and an international monitoring 
        team that is based in Darfur and that has the support of the 
        United States.
    (c) Exceptions.--The provisions of subsection (b) shall not apply 
to--
            (1) humanitarian assistance;
            (2) assistance for Darfur and for areas outside the control 
        of the Government of Sudan; and
            (3) assistance to support implementation of the 
        Comprehensive Peace Agreement or the Darfur Peace Agreement.
    (d) Definitions.--For the purposes of this Act and section 501 of 
Public Law 106-570, the terms ``Government of Sudan'', ``areas outside 
of control of the Government of Sudan'', and ``area in Sudan outside of 
control of the Government of Sudan'' shall have the same meaning and 
application as was the case immediately prior to June 5, 2004, and, 
Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State and Abyei shall 
be deemed ``areas outside of control of the Government of Sudan''.

 excess defense articles for central and south european countries and 
                        certain other countries

    Sec. 569. Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during fiscal year 2007, funds 
available to the Department of Defense may be expended for crating, 
packing, handling, and transportation of excess defense articles 
transferred under the authority of section 516 of such Act to Albania, 
Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugoslavian Republic of 
Macedonia, Georgia, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, 
Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, and Ukraine.

                                  cuba

    Sec. 570. None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' may be 
made available for assistance to the Government of Cuba.

                         gender-based violence

    Sec. 571. Programs funded under titles II and III of this Act that 
provide training for foreign police, judicial, and military officials, 
shall include, where appropriate, programs and activities that address 
gender-based violence.

  limitation on economic support fund assistance for certain foreign 
    governments that are parties to the international criminal court

    Sec. 572. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act in title 
II under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' may be used to provide 
assistance to the government of a country that is a party to the 
International Criminal Court and has not entered into an agreement with 
the United States pursuant to Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing 
the International Criminal Court from proceeding against United States 
personnel present in such country.
    (b) The President may, with prior notice to Congress, waive the 
prohibition of subsection (a) with respect to a North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (``NATO'') member country, a major non-NATO ally 
(including Australia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Argentina, the 
Republic of Korea, and New Zealand), Taiwan, or such other country as 
he may determine if he determines and reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees that it is important to the national interests 
of the United States to waive such prohibition.
    (c) The President may, with prior notice to Congress, waive the 
prohibition of subsection (a) with respect to a particular country if 
he determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees 
that such country has entered into an agreement with the United States 
pursuant to Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the International 
Criminal Court from proceeding against United States personnel present 
in such country.
    (d) The prohibition of this section shall not apply to countries 
otherwise eligible for assistance under the Millennium Challenge Act of 
2003, notwithstanding section 606(a)(2)(B) of such Act.

                                 tibet

    Sec. 573. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the 
United States executive director to each international financial 
institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to support 
projects in Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives for the 
migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or facilitate the 
transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and natural resources to non-
Tibetans; are based on a thorough needs-assessment; foster self-
sufficiency of the Tibetan people and respect Tibetan culture and 
traditions; and are subject to effective monitoring.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not less than 
$4,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
``Economic Support Fund'' should be made available to nongovernmental 
organizations to support activities which preserve cultural traditions 
and promote sustainable development and environmental conservation in 
Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and in other 
Tibetan communities in China, and not less than $250,000 should be made 
available to the National Endowment for Democracy for human rights and 
democracy programs relating to Tibet.

                           western hemisphere

    Sec. 574. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
headings ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund'' and ``Development 
Assistance'', not less than the amount of funds initially allocated 
pursuant to section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 
fiscal year 2006 should be made available for El Salvador, Guatemala, 
Nicaragua and Honduras.
    (b) In addition to the amounts requested under the heading 
``Economic Support Fund'' for assistance for Nicaragua and Guatemala in 
fiscal year 2007, not less than $1,500,000 should be made available for 
electoral assistance, media and civil society programs, and activities 
to combat corruption and strengthen democracy in Nicaragua, and not 
less than $1,500,000 should be made available for programs and 
activities to combat organized crime, crimes of violence specifically 
targeting women, and corruption in Guatemala.
    (c) Funds made available pursuant to subsection (b) shall be 
subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
    (d) Of the funds appropriated in title II of this Act, not less 
than the amount of funds initially allocated pursuant to section 653(a) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal year 2006 in the 
aggregate for countries of the Western Hemisphere should be made 
available for such purposes in this bill.

     united states agency for international development management

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 575. (a) Authority.--Up to $81,000,000 of the funds made 
available in this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under the 
heading ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States'', may be 
used by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 
to hire and employ individuals in the United States and overseas on a 
limited appointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 
309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980.
    (b) Restrictions.--
            (1) The number of individuals hired in any fiscal year 
        pursuant to the authority contained in subsection (a) may not 
        exceed 175.
            (2) The authority to hire individuals contained in 
        subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2008.
    (c) Conditions.--The authority of subsection (a) may only be used 
to the extent that an equivalent number of positions that are filled by 
personal services contractors or other nondirect-hire employees of 
USAID, who are compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated 
under the heading ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 
States'', are eliminated.
    (d) Priority Sectors.--In exercising the authority of this section, 
primary emphasis shall be placed on enabling USAID to meet personnel 
positions in technical skill areas currently encumbered by contractor 
or other nondirect-hire personnel.
    (e) Consultations.--The USAID Administrator shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations at least on a quarterly basis concerning 
the implementation of this section.
    (f) Program Account Charged.--The account charged for the cost of 
an individual hired and employed under the authority of this section 
shall be the account to which such individual's responsibilities 
primarily relate. Funds made available to carry out this section may be 
transferred to and merged and consolidated with funds appropriated for 
``Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for International 
Development''.
    (g) Management Reform Pilot.--Of the funds made available in 
subsection (a), USAID may use, in addition to funds otherwise available 
for such purposes, up to $10,000,000 to fund overseas support costs of 
members of the Foreign Service with a Foreign Service rank of four or 
below: Provided, That such authority is only used to reduce USAID's 
reliance on overseas personal services contractors or other nondirect-
hire employees compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated 
under the heading ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 
States''.
    (h) Disaster Surge Capacity.--Funds appropriated by this Act to 
carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds 
appropriated under the heading ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the 
Baltic States'', may be used, in addition to funds otherwise available 
for such purposes, for the cost (including the support costs) of 
individuals detailed to or employed by the United States Agency for 
International Development whose primary responsibility is to carry out 
programs in response to natural disasters.

                              Rescissions

    Sec. 576. (a) Of the funds provided in title IV of Public Law 109-
102, under the heading ``Funds Appropriated to the President, 
International Financial Institutions, Contribution to the International 
Development Association'', $188,100,000 is hereby rescinded.
    (b) Of the funds appropriated in Public Law 109-102 under the 
heading ``Economic Support Fund'' that are available for assistance and 
under such heading in prior Acts making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs, $200,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded: Provided, That such amount shall be derived only from 
funds not yet expended for cash transfer assistance.

  limitation on funds relating to attendance of federal employees at 
            conferences occurring outside the united states

    Sec. 577. 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 
occurring 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 ``international conference'' 
shall mean a conference attended by representatives of the United 
States Government and representatives of foreign governments, 
international organizations, or nongovernmental organizations.

limitation on assistance to foreign countries that refuse to extradite 
  to the united states any individual accused in the united states of 
                   killing a law enforcement officer

    Sec. 578. None of the funds made available in this Act for the 
Department of State may be used to provide assistance to the central 
government of a country which has notified the Department of State of 
its refusal to extradite to the United States any individual indicted 
in the United States for killing a law enforcement officer, as 
specified in a United States extradition request.

         international monetary fund budget and hiring ceilings

    Sec. 579. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
States Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund to use the 
voice of the United States to ensure that any loan, project, agreement, 
memorandum, instrument, plan or other program of the International 
Monetary Fund does not penalize countries for increased government 
spending on healthcare or education by exempting such increases from 
national budget caps or restraints, hiring or wage bill ceilings or 
other limits imposed by the International Monetary Fund.

      governments that have failed to permit certain extraditions

    Sec. 580. None of the funds made available in this Act for the 
Department of State, other than funds provided under the heading 
``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', may be used to 
provide assistance to the central government of a country with which 
the United States has an extradition treaty and which government has 
notified the Department of State of its refusal to extradite to the 
United States any individual charged with a criminal offense for which 
the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of 
parole.

                         reporting requirement

    Sec. 581. The Secretary of State shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations, not later than April 1, 2007, and for each fiscal 
quarter, a report in writing on the uses of funds made available under 
the headings ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', ``International 
Military Education and Training'', and ``Peacekeeping Operations'': 
Provided, That such report shall include a description of the 
obligation and expenditure of funds, and the specific country in 
receipt of, and the use or purpose of the assistance provided by such 
funds.

   Assistance for Demobilization and Disarmament of Former Irregular 
                         Combatants in Colombia

    Sec. 582. (a) Availablity of Funds.--Of the funds appropriated in 
this Act, up to $20,000,000 may be made available in fiscal year 2007 
for assistance for the demobilization and disarmament of former members 
of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) in Colombia, specifically the 
United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), the Revolutionary Armed 
Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN), if 
the Secretary of State makes a certification described in subsection 
(b) to the appropriate congressional committees prior to the initial 
obligation of amounts for such assistance for the fiscal year involved.
    (b) Certification.--A certification described in this subsection is 
a certification that--
            (1) assistance for the fiscal year will be provided only 
        for individuals who have: (A) verifiably renounced and 
        terminated any affiliation or involvement with FTOs or other 
        illegal armed groups; and (B) are meeting all the requirements 
        of the Colombia Demobilization Program, including having 
        disclosed their involvement in past crimes and their knowledge 
        of the FTO's structure, financing sources, illegal assets, and 
        the location of kidnapping victims and bodies of the 
        disappeared;
            (2) the Government of Colombia is providing full 
        cooperation to the Government of the United States to extradite 
        the leaders and members of the FTOs who have been indicted in 
        the United States for murder, kidnapping, narcotics 
        trafficking, and other violations of United States law;
            (3) the Government of Colombia is implementing a concrete 
        and workable framework for dismantling the organizational 
        structures of foreign terrorist organizations; and
            (4) funds shall not be made available as cash payments to 
        individuals and are available only for activities under the 
        following categories: verification, reintegration (including 
        training and education), vetting, recovery of assets for 
        reparations for victims, and investigations and prosecutions.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Appropriations and the 
                Committee on International Relations of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Appropriations and the 
                Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
            (2) Foreign terrorist organization.--The term ``foreign 
        terrorist organization'' means an organization designated as a 
        terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act.

          office of the director of trade capacity enhancement

    Sec. 583. The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID) shall create within USAID a new 
office of Trade Capacity Enhancement and designate a Director of that 
office: Provided, That this office shall be responsible for USAID's 
trade capacity building programs, coordinating the implementation of 
all programs developed by the State Department for trade capacity 
building and coordinating government-wide trade capacity building 
efforts of United States agencies: Provided further, That this office 
shall be responsible for ensuring that country strategic plans, as 
appropriate, include a trade capacity enhancement strategic goal and 
monitor the implementation plan for achieving this goal.

                enhancing women's economic opportunities

    Sec. 584. (a) Support for Women's Small- and Medium-Sized 
Enterprises in Developing Countries.
            (1) In general.--When carrying out enterprise development 
        programs with funds appropriated in ``Development Assistance'', 
        ``Economic Support Funds'', or otherwise made available in the 
        Act for ``Development Assistance'', the Director of Foreign 
        Assistance shall ensure that, where appropriate, such programs, 
        projects, and activities meet the requirements of paragraph (2) 
        of this subsection.
            (2) Requirements.--The requirements referred to in 
        paragraph (1) are the following:
                    (A) In coordination with developing country 
                governments and interested individuals and 
                organizations, create or enhance laws, regulations, 
                enforcement, and other practices that promote access to 
                banking and financial services for women-owned small- 
                and medium-sized enterprises, and eliminate or reduce 
                regulatory barriers that may exist in this regard.
                    (B) Promote access to information and communication 
                technologies (ICT) with training in ICT for women-owned 
                small- and medium-sized enterprises.
                    (C) Provide training, through local associations of 
                women-owned enterprises in record keeping, financial 
                and personnel management, international trade, business 
                planning, marketing, policy advocacy, and other 
                relevant areas.
                    (D) Provide resources to establish and enhance 
                local, national, and international networks and 
                associations of women-owned small- and medium-sized 
                enterprises.
                    (E) Provide incentives for nongovernmental 
                organizations and regulated financial intermediaries to 
                develop products, services, and marketing and outreach 
                strategies specifically designed to facilitate and 
                promote women's participation in small and medium-sized 
                business development programs by addressing women's 
                assets, needs, and the barriers they face to 
                participation in enterprise and financial services.
                    (F) Seek to award contracts to qualified indigenous 
                women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises, 
                including for post-conflict reconstruction and to 
                facilitate employment of indigenous women, including 
                during post-conflict reconstruction in jobs not 
                traditionally undertaken by women.
    (b) Trade Benefits for Women in Developing Countries.--The 
enterprise development and trade capacity promotion programs 
administered by the Department of State and the United States Agency 
for International Development shall incorporate the following 
objectives:
            (1) Provide training and education to women's civil 
        society, including those organizations representing poor women, 
        and to women-owned enterprises and associations of such 
        enterprises, on how to respond to economic opportunities 
        created by trade preference programs, trade agreements, or 
        other policies creating market access, including training on 
        United States market access requirements and procedures.
            (2) Provide capacity building for women entrepreneurs, 
        including microentrepreneurs, on production strategies, quality 
        standards, formation of cooperatives, market research, and 
        market development.
            (3) Provide capacity building to women, including poor 
        women, to promote diversification of products and value-added 
        processing.
            (4) Provide training to official government negotiators 
        representing developing countries in order to enhance the 
        ability of such negotiators to formulate trade policy and 
        negotiate agreements that take into account the needs and 
        priorities of a country's poor, including poor women.
            (5) Provide training to local women's groups in developing 
        countries in order to enhance their ability to collect 
        information and data, formulate proposals, and inform and 
        impact official government negotiators representing their 
        country in international trade negotiations of the needs and 
        priorities of a country's poor, including poor women.
    (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of Foreign Assistance shall report 
to the Committees on Appropriations on the implementation of the 
provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section.

                             authorization

    Sec. 585. To authorize United States participation in, and 
appropriations for, the United States contribution to the first 
replenishment of the resources of the Enterprise for the Americas 
Multilateral Investment Fund, the Inter-American Development Bank Act 
(22 U.S.C. 283 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 39. FIRST REPLENISHMENT OF THE RESOURCES OF THE ENTERPRISE FOR 
              THE AMERICAS MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND.

    ``(a) Contribution Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury may 
        contribute on behalf of the United States $150,000,000 to the 
        first replenishment of the resources of the Enterprise for the 
        Americas Multilateral Investment Fund.
            ``(2) Subject to appropriations.--The authority provided by 
        paragraph (1) may be exercised only to the extent and in the 
        amounts provided for in advance in appropriations Acts.
    ``(b) Limitations on Authorization of Appropriations.--For the 
United States contribution authorized by subsection (a), there are 
authorized to be appropriated not more than $150,000,000, without 
fiscal year limitation, for payment by the Secretary of the 
Treasury.''.

                          limitation on funds

    Sec. 586. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
in contravention of section 2320(a) of title 18, United States Code.

   limitation on international narcotics control and law enforcement 
                         assistance for mexico

    Sec. 587. Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', not more than 
$39,000,000 may be available for assistance for Mexico.

                   assistance to combat tuberculosis

    Sec. 588. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by 
increasing the amount made available for ``Child Survival and Health 
Programs Fund'' for programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, 
and research on tuberculosis, as authorized by section 104B of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b-3), by reducing the 
amount made available for ``Operating Expenses of the United States 
Agency for International Development'', and by reducing the amount made 
available for ``Contribution to the Asian Development Fund'', by 
$10,000,000, $5,000,000, and $5,000,000, respectively.

          prohibition against direct funding for saudi arabia

    Sec. 589. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
obligated or expended to finance any assistance to Saudi Arabia.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2007''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2006.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.