[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[House]
[Pages 24452-24488]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3057, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, 
             AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006

  Mr. KOLBE submitted the following conference report and statement on 
the bill (H.R. 3057) making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 109-265)

                        [To accompany H.R. 3057]

         The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of 
     the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill 
     (H.R. 3057) ``making appropriations for foreign operations, 
     export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes'', having 
     met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend 
     and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendments of the Senate to the text, and agree to the same 
     with an amendments, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert:

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     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, namely:

               TITLE I--EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

                Export-Import Bank of the United States


              INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, $1,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2007.


                   EXPORT-IMPORT BANK 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, 2006.


                         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, $100,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2009: 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, 2024, for the disbursement of 
     direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants 
     obligated in fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009: 
     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, $73,200,000: 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, 2006.

                Overseas Private Investment Corporation


                           noncredit 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 $42,274,000: 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, $20,276,000, 
     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 2006 and 2007: Provided 
     further, That such sums shall remain available through fiscal 
     year 2014 for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans 
     obligated in fiscal year 2006, and through fiscal year 2015 
     for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obligated 
     in fiscal year 2007: 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 Noncredit Account and 
     merged with said account.

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                      trade and development agency

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $50,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007.

                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, 2006, 
     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, $1,585,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2007: 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: 
     $360,000,000 for child survival and maternal health; 
     $30,000,000 for vulnerable children; $350,000,000 for HIV/
     AIDS; $220,000,000 for other infectious diseases; and 
     $375,000,000 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 
     $250,000,000 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 up to 5 percent of the aggregate 
     amount of funds made available to the Global Fund in fiscal 
     year 2006 may be made available to the United States Agency 
     for International Development for technical assistance 
     related to the activities of the Global Fund: Provided 
     further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     $70,000,000 should be made available for a United States 
     contribution to The Vaccine 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 
     contribution 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

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     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, 
     $1,524,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007: 
     Provided, That $214,000,000 should be allocated for trade 
     capacity building, of which at least $20,000,000 shall be 
     made available for labor and environmental capacity building 
     activities relating to the free trade agreement with the 
     countries of Central America and the Dominican Republic: 
     Provided further, 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 aggregate amount of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     that are made available for agriculture and rural development 
     programs, $30,000,000 should be made available for plant 
     biotechnology research and development: Provided further, 
     That not less than $2,300,000 should be made available for 
     core support for the International Fertilizer Development 
     Center: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading, not less than $20,000,000 should be made 
     available for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad 
     program: 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 of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be 
     made available for reconstruction and development programs in 
     South Asia: Provided further, That funds should be made 
     available for activities to reduce the incidence of child 
     marriage in developing countries: Provided further, That of 
     the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $20,000,000 
     should be made available to develop clean water treatment 
     activities in developing countries: Provided further, That of 
     the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than 
     $200,000,000 shall be made available for drinking water 
     supply projects and related activities, of which not less 
     than $50,000,000 should be made available for programs in 
     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, $365,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which $20,000,000 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 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, $8,000,000, 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, 2008.


     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, $41,700,000.


   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, 
     $630,000,000, of which up to $25,000,000 may remain available 
     until September 30, 2007: 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

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     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 2007: 
     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 of 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.


                        Capital investment fund

       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, $70,000,000, 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 $48,100,000 may be made available for the 
     purposes of implementing the Capital Security Cost Sharing 
     Program.


   operating expenses of the 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, 
     $36,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 
     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, $2,634,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2007: Provided, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, not less than $240,000,000 
     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 $495,000,000 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, of which 
     not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for 
     scholarships for disadvantaged Egyptian students to attend 
     American accredited institutions of higher education in 
     Egypt: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 
     this heading for assistance for Egypt for economic reform 
     activities, $227,600,000 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 $20,000,000 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 $250,000,000 should be made available 
     only for assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading that are available for 
     assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, not to exceed 
     $2,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses of the 
     United States Agency for International Development, in 
     addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, to 
     carry out programs in the West Bank and Gaza: 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 the President may waive the previous proviso if 
     he determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
     that to do so is vital to the national security interests of 
     the United States: 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 $40,000,000 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 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading that are made 
     available for assistance for Iraq, not less than $5,000,000 
     shall be transferred to and merged with funds appropriated 
     under the heading ``Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund'' in 
     chapter 2 of title II of Public Law 108-106 and shall be made 
     available for the Marla Ruzicka Iraqi War Victims Fund: 
     Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading that are made available for assistance for Iraq, not 
     less than $56,000,000 shall be made available for democracy, 
     governance and rule of law programs in Iraq: Provided 
     further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     not less than $19,000,000 shall be made available for 
     assistance for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, of 
     which 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 shall 
     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: Provided further, That of funds 
     appropriated under this heading, $13,000,000 should be made 
     available for a United States contribution to the Special 
     Court for Sierra Leone: Provided further, That with respect 
     to funds appropriated under this heading in this Act or prior 
     Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
     financing, and related programs, the responsibility for 
     policy decisions and justifications for the use of such 
     funds, including whether there will be a program for a 
     country that uses those funds and the amount of each such 
     program, shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of 
     State and the Deputy Secretary of State and this 
     responsibility shall not be delegated.


                     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, 
     $13,500,000, 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, 
     2007.


          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, $361,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2007, which shall be 
     available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     assistance and for related programs for Eastern Europe and 
     the Baltic States: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading $5,000,000 should be made available for 
     rule of law programs for the training of judges and 
     prosecutors.
       (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 
     Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989.
       (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

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     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, $514,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2007: 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 $50,000,000 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) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that are 
     made available for assistance for Ukraine, not less than 
     $5,000,000 should be made available for nuclear reactor 
     safety initiatives, and not less than $1,500,000 shall be 
     made available for coal mine safety programs.
       (d) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     $2,500,000 shall be made available for the Business 
     Information Service for the Newly Independent States.
       (e)(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.
       (f) 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 (22 U.S.C. 2421);
       (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 (22 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.);
       (5) any financing provided under the Export-Import Bank Act 
     of 1945; or
       (6) humanitarian assistance.

                          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, 
     $19,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007.


                     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, $23,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2007: 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, 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: Provided further, That the Foundation 
     shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
     after each time such waiver 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, $322,000,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2007: 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'', $1,770,000,000 to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading, up to $75,000,000 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 
     2006: 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, $1,995,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, of which $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, and shall be expended 
     at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for 
     projects and activities.


                             DEMOCRACY FUND

       (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of 
     democracy, governance, human rights, independent media, and 
     the rule of law globally, $95,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2008: Provided, That funds appropriated 
     under this heading shall be made available notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, and of such funds $63,200,000 
     shall be made available for the Human Rights and Democracy 
     Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, 
     Department of State, and not less than $15,250,000 shall be 
     made available for the National Endowment for Democracy: 
     Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
     are in addition to funds otherwise available for such 
     purposes: Provided further, That funds made available by 
     title II of this Act for purposes of this section for any 
     contract, grant, or cooperative agreement (or any amendment 
     to any contract, grant, or cooperative agreement) in excess 
     of $10,000,000 shall be subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
       (b) Funds appropriated in subsection (a) should be made 
     available for assistance for Taiwan for the purposes of 
     furthering political and legal reforms: Provided, That such 
     funds shall only be made available to the extent that they 
     are matched from sources other than the United States 
     Government.
       (c) Funds appropriated in subsection (a) shall be made 
     available for programs and activities to foster democracy, 
     governance, human rights, civic education, women's 
     development, press freedom, and the rule of law in countries 
     located outside the Middle East region with a significant 
     Muslim population, and where such programs and activities 
     would be important to United States efforts to respond to, 
     deter, or prevent acts of international terrorism: Provided, 
     That such funds should support new initiatives and activities 
     in those countries: Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated in subsection (a) $5,000,000 shall be made 
     available for continuing programs and activities that provide 
     professional training for journalists.
       (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated by this Act may be made available for democracy, 
     governance, human rights, and rule of law programs for Syria 
     and Iran: Provided, That not less than $6,550,000 of the 
     funds appropriated in subsection (a) shall be made available 
     for programs and activities that support the advancement of 
     democracy in Iran and Syria.

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       (e) Funds made available for purposes of this section that 
     are made available to the National Endowment for Democracy 
     may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law or regulation.
       (f) Funds made available pursuant to the authority of 
     subsections (b), (c) and (d) shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


          international narcotics control and law enforcement

       For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $477,200,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That during 
     fiscal year 2006, 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 $16,000,000 
     shall be made available for training programs and activities 
     of the International Law Enforcement Academies: Provided 
     further, That $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 
     this heading should 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, 
     $734,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008: 
     Provided, That in fiscal year 2006, 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 $228,772,000 shall be 
     apportioned directly to the United States Agency for 
     International Development including $131,232,000 for 
     assistance for Colombia: 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 Administrator 
     of the United States Agency for International Development in 
     consultation with the Assistant Secretary of State for 
     International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs: Provided 
     further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     in addition to funds made available for judicial reform 
     programs in Colombia, not less than $8,000,000 shall be made 
     available to the United States Agency for International 
     Development for organizations and programs to protect human 
     rights: Provided further, That not more than 20 percent of 
     the funds appropriated by this Act that are used for the 
     procurement of chemicals for aerial coca and poppy fumigation 
     programs may be made available for such programs unless the 
     Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that: (1) the herbicide is being used in 
     accordance with EPA label requirements for comparable use in 
     the United States and with Colombian laws; and (2) the 
     herbicide, in the manner it is being used, does not pose 
     unreasonable risks or adverse effects to humans or the 
     environment including endemic species: Provided further, That 
     such funds may not be made available unless the Secretary of 
     State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that 
     complaints of harm to health or licit crops caused by such 
     fumigation are evaluated and fair compensation is being paid 
     for meritorious claims: Provided further, That such funds may 
     not be made available for such purposes unless programs are 
     being implemented by the United States Agency for 
     International Development, the Government of Colombia, or 
     other organizations, in consultation with local communities, 
     to provide alternative sources of income in areas where 
     security permits for small-acreage growers whose illicit 
     crops are targeted for fumigation: Provided further, That of 
     the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
     $2,000,000 should be made available for programs to protect 
     biodiversity and indigenous reserves in Colombia: Provided 
     further, That funds appropriated by this Act may be used for 
     aerial fumigation in Colombia's national parks or reserves 
     only if the Secretary of State determines that it is in 
     accordance with Colombian laws and that there are no 
     effective alternatives to reduce drug cultivation in these 
     areas: 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 $19,015,000 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, $791,000,000, 
     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: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
     this heading should be made available to develop effective 
     responses to protracted refugee situations, including the 
     development of programs to assist long-term refugee 
     populations within and outside traditional camp settings that 
     support refugees living or working in local communities such 
     as integration of refugees into local schools and services, 
     resource conservation projects and other projects designed to 
     diminish conflict between refugee hosting communities and 
     refugees, and encouraging dialogue among refugee hosting 
     communities, the United Nations High Commissioner for 
     Refugees, and international and nongovernmental refugee 
     assistance organizations to promote the rights to which 
     refugees are entitled under the Convention Relating to the 
     Status of Refugees of July 28, 1951 and the Protocol Relating 
     to the Status of Refugees, done at New York January 31, 1967.


     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

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     and activities, $410,100,000, 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 $37,500,000, 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 
     $705,000, 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, 2007.

                       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, 
     $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008, 
     which shall be available notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law.


                           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, $65,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2008: 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, 
     $86,744,000, 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: Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated under this heading for military education and 
     training for Guatemala may only be available for expanded 
     international military education and training, and funds made 
     available for Haiti, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
     and Nigeria may only be provided through the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


                   Foreign Military Financing Program

       For expenses necessary for grants to enable the President 
     to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export 
     Control Act, $4,500,000,000: Provided, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, not less than $2,280,000,000 
     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 $595,000,000 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, 
     $210,000,000 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 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 $373,000,000 of funds realized 
     pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control 
     Act may be obligated

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     for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense during 
     fiscal year 2006 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 2006 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, 
     $175,000,000: 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, $80,000,000 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 MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY

       For payment to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency 
     by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,300,000, to remain 
     available until expended.


              Limitation on Callable Capital Subscriptions

       The United States Governor of the Multilateral Investment 
     Guarantee Agency may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 
     to the callable capital portion of the United States share of 
     such capital in an amount not to exceed $8,126,527.


       Contribution to the Inter-American Investment Corporation

       For payment to the Inter-American Investment Corporation by 
     the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,741,515, 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, $1,741,515, 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, $100,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.


              Contribution to the African Development Bank

       For payment to the African Development Bank by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, $3,638,000, 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 $88,333,855.


              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 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

       For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
     Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,015,677 for 
     the United States share of the paid-in portion of the 
     increase in capital stock, to remain available until 
     expended.


              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       The United States Governor of the European Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fiscal 
     year limitation to the callable capital portion of the United 
     States share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 
     $2,249,888.

  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, $15,000,000, 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, $329,458,000: Provided, That none 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
     available to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

                      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 
     2006 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

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     year 2007 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

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     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.


                       notification requirements

       Sec. 515. 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'', ``Democracy Fund'', ``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 previously 
     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 section shall not 
     apply to any reprogramming for an activity, program, or 
     project for which funds are appropriated under title II 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: Provided 
     further, That 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 further, 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, 2007.


             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, Kazakhstan, 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 2006, 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 bilateral 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

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     (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Provided 
     further, That of the funds appropriated under title II of 
     this Act, not less than $440,000,000 shall be made available 
     for family planning/reproductive health: Provided further, 
     That the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
     conduct an audit on the use of funds appropriated for fiscal 
     years 2004 and 2005 under the heading ``Child Survival and 
     Health Programs Fund'', to include specific recommendations 
     on improving the effectiveness of such funds.


                              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, not less than $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 2006, not less than 
     $50,000,000 should be made available to support programs that 
     directly address the needs of Afghan women and girls, of 
     which not less than $7,500,000 shall be made available for 
     grants to support training and equipment to improve the 
     capacity of women-led Afghan nongovernmental organizations 
     and to support the activities of such organizations: Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available pursuant to this 
     section, not less than $2,000,000 should be made available 
     for the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission and for 
     other Afghan human rights organizations.


                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.


                                HIV/AIDS

       Sec. 525. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, 20 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 established 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.


                                 burma

       Sec. 526. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
     the United States executive director to each appropriate 
     international financial institution in which the United 
     States participates, to oppose and vote against the extension 
     by such institution of any loan or financial or technical 
     assistance or any other utilization of funds of the 
     respective bank to and for Burma.
       (b) Of the funds appropriated under the heading ``Economic 
     Support Fund'', not less than $11,000,000 shall be made 
     available to support democracy activities in Burma, along the 
     Burma-Thailand border, for activities of Burmese student 
     groups and other organizations located outside Burma, and for 
     the purpose of supporting the provision of humanitarian 
     assistance to displaced Burmese along Burma's borders: 
     Provided, That funds made available under this heading may be 
     made available notwithstanding any other provision of law: 
     Provided further, That in addition to assistance for Burmese 
     refugees provided under the heading ``Migration and Refugee 
     Assistance'' in this Act, not less than $3,000,000 shall be 
     made available for assistance for community-based 
     organizations operating in Thailand to provide food, medical 
     and other humanitarian assistance to internally displaced 
     persons in eastern Burma: Provided further, That funds made 
     available under this section shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
       (c) The President shall include amounts expended by the 
     Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to the 
     State Peace and Development Council in Burma, directly or 
     through groups and organizations affiliated with the Global 
     Fund, in making determinations regarding the amount to be 
     withheld by the United States from its contribution to the 
     Global Fund pursuant to section 202(d)(4)(A)(ii) of Public 
     Law 108-25.


       Prohibition on bilateral assistance to terrorist countries

       Sec. 527. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance 
     under any heading of this Act and funds appropriated under 
     any such heading in a provision of law enacted prior to the 
     enactment of this Act, shall not be made available to any 
     country which the President determines--
       (1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual or 
     group which has committed an act of international terrorism; 
     or
       (2) otherwise supports international terrorism.
       (b) The President may waive the application of subsection 
     (a) to a country if the President determines that national 
     security or humanitarian reasons justify such waiver. The 
     President shall publish each waiver in the Federal Register 
     and, at least 15 days 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. 528. In order to enhance the continued participation 
     of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-development and 
     debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization 
     which is a grantee or contractor of the United States Agency 
     for International Development may place in interest bearing 
     accounts local currencies which accrue to that organization 
     as a result of economic assistance provided under title II of 
     this Act and, subject to the regular notification procedures 
     of the Committees on Appropriations, any interest earned on 
     such investment shall be used for the purpose for which the 
     assistance was provided to that organization.


                           separate accounts

       Sec. 529. (a) Separate Accounts for Local Currencies.--
       (1) If assistance is furnished to the government of a 
     foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part I or chapter 
     4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under 
     agreements which result in the generation of local currencies 
     of that country, the Administrator of the United States 
     Agency for International Development shall--
       (A) require that local currencies be deposited in a 
     separate account established by that government;
       (B) enter into an agreement with that government which sets 
     forth--
       (i) the amount of the local currencies to be 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.

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       (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. 530. (a) Prior to the distribution of any assets 
     resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of 
     an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President shall 
     submit to the 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. 531. Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     headings ``Trade and Development Agency'', ``Development 
     Assistance'', ``Transition Initiatives'', ``Economic Support 
     Fund'', ``International Affairs Technical Assistance'', 
     ``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
     Union'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and 
     Related Programs'', and ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and 
     Baltic States'', not less than $40,000,000 should be made 
     available for building capital markets and financial systems 
     in countries in transition.


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

       Sec. 532. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
     provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
     contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropriations 
     for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
     programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities 
     authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the 
     Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Development 
     Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations whenever it is conducting 
     activities or is proposing to conduct activities in a country 
     for which assistance is prohibited.


                  impact on jobs in the united states

       Sec. 533. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     obligated or expended to provide--
       (1) any financial incentive to a business enterprise 
     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. 534. (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) Vietnamese Refugees.--Section 594(a) of the Foreign 
     Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2005 (enacted as division D of Public Law 
     108-447; 118 Stat. 3038) is amended by striking ``and 2005'' 
     and inserting ``through 2007''.
       (g) Reconstituting Civilian Police Authority.--In providing 
     assistance with funds appropriated by this Act under section 
     660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for 
     a nation emerging from instability may be deemed to mean 
     support for regional, district, municipal, or other sub-
     national entity emerging from instability, as well as a 
     nation emerging from instability.
       (h) 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.
       (i) University Programs.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Development Assistance'' in this Act, up to $5,000,000 
     shall be made available to American educational institutions 
     for programs and activities in the People's Republic of China 
     relating to the environment, democracy, and the rule of law: 
     Provided, That funds made available pursuant to this 
     authority shall be subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
       (j) Extension of Authority.--
       (1) With respect to funds appropriated by this Act that are 
     available for assistance for Pakistan, the President may 
     waive the prohibition on assistance contained in section 508 
     of this Act subject to the requirements contained in section 
     1(b) of Public Law 107-57, as amended, for a determination 
     and certification, and consultation, by the President prior 
     to the exercise of such waiver authority.
       (2) Section 512 of this Act and section 620(q) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply with respect 
     to assistance for Pakistan from funds appropriated by this 
     Act.
       (3) Notwithstanding the date contained in section 6 of 
     Public Law 107-57, as amended, the provisions of sections 2 
     and 4 of that Act shall remain in effect through the current 
     fiscal year.
       (k) Middle East Foundation.--Of the funds appropriated by 
     this Act under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' that are 
     available for the Middle East Partnership Initiative, up to 
     $35,000,000 may be made available, including as an endowment, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law and following 
     consultations with the Committees on Appropriations, to 
     establish and operate a Middle East Foundation, or any other 
     similar entity, whose purpose is to support democracy, 
     governance, human rights, and the rule of law in the Middle 
     East region: Provided, That such funds may be made available 
     to the Foundation only to the extent that the Foundation has 
     commitments from sources other than the United States 
     Government to at least match the funds provided under the 
     authority of this subsection: Provided further, That 
     provisions contained in section 201 of the Support for East 
     European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (excluding the 
     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,

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     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.
       (l) Extension of Authority.--(1) Section 21(h)(1)(A) of the 
     Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(h)(1)(A)) is amended 
     by inserting after ``North Atlantic Treaty Organization'' the 
     following: ``or the Governments of Australia, New Zealand, 
     Japan, or Israel''.
       (2) Section 21(h)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2761(h)(2) is amended by striking ``or to any member 
     government that Organization if that Organization or member 
     government'' and inserting the following: ``, to any member 
     of that Organization, or to the Governments of Australia, New 
     Zealand, Japan, or Israel if that Organization, member 
     government, or the Governments of Australia, New Zealand, 
     Japan, or Israel''.
       (3) Section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2347) is amended--
       (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``The President'' 
     and inserting ``(a) The President''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(b) The President shall seek reimbursement for military 
     education and training furnished under this chapter from 
     countries using assistance under section 23 of the Arms 
     Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763, relating to the Foreign 
     Military Financing Program) to purchase such military 
     education and training at a rate comparable to the rate 
     charged to countries receiving grant assistance for military 
     education and training under this chapter.''.
       (m) Extension of Authority.--The Foreign Operations, Export 
     Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 
     (Public Law 101-167) is amended--
       (1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)--
       (A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``and 2005'' and 
     inserting ``2005, and 2006''; and
       (B) in subsection (e), by striking ``2005'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``2006''; and
       (2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection 
     (b)(2), by striking ``2005'' and inserting ``2006''.


                     arab league boycott of israel

       Sec. 535. It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the secondary 
     boycott of American firms that have commercial ties with 
     Israel, is an impediment to peace in the region and to United 
     States investment and trade in the Middle East and North 
     Africa;
       (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regrettably 
     reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and publicly 
     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. 536. (a) Assistance Through Nongovernmental 
     Organizations.--Restrictions contained in this or any other 
     Act with respect to assistance for a country shall not be 
     construed to restrict assistance in support of programs of 
     nongovernmental organizations from funds appropriated by this 
     Act to carry out the provisions of chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 
     of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, and from funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States'': 
     Provided, That before using the authority of this subsection 
     to furnish assistance in support of programs of 
     nongovernmental organizations, the President shall notify the 
     Committees on Appropriations under the regular notification 
     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 2006, 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. 537. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which are 
     earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs within the 
     same account notwithstanding the earmark if compliance with 
     the earmark 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 
     earmarked 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 earmarked 
     funds can be obligated during the original period of 
     availability: Provided, That such earmarked funds that are 
     continued available for an additional fiscal year shall be 
     obligated only for the purpose of such earmark.


                         ceilings and earmarks

       Sec. 538. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this Act shall 
     not be applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless such 
     Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or minimum funding 
     requirements contained in any other Act shall not be 
     applicable to funds appropriated by this Act.


                 prohibition on publicity or propaganda

       Sec. 539. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within 
     the United States not authorized before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided, That not to 
     exceed $25,000 may be made available to carry out the 
     provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96-533.


           prohibition of payments to united nations members

       Sec. 540. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or in part any 
     assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member of the United 
     Nations or, from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
     chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     the costs for participation of another country's delegation 
     at international conferences held under the auspices of 
     multilateral or international organizations.


              nongovernmental organizations--documentation

       Sec. 541. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act shall be available to a nongovernmental 
     organization which fails to provide upon timely request any 
     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. 542. (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. 543. (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

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     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, 2005.
       (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. 544. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation 
     Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the 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. 545. 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. 546. 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. 547. 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. 548. 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. 549. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, the 
     following amounts shall be made available for assistance for 
     Haiti--
       (1) $20,000,000 from ``Child Survival and Health Programs 
     Fund'';
       (2) $30,000,000 from ``Development Assistance'';
       (3) $50,000,000 from ``Economic Support Fund'';
       (4) $15,000,000 from ``International Narcotics Control and 
     Law Enforcement'';
       (5) $1,000,000 from ``Foreign Military Financing Program''; 
     and
       (6) $215,000 from ``International Military Education and 
     Training''.
       (b) 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.
       (c) 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 
     Transitional 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. 550. (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. 551. 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

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     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. 552. 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. 553. 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. 554. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be made available for assistance for the Central 
     Government of Cambodia.
       (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to assistance for basic 
     education, reproductive and maternal and child health, 
     cultural and historic preservation, programs for the 
     prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/
     AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, polio and other infectious 
     diseases, development and implementation of legislation and 
     implementation of procedures on inter-country adoptions 
     consistent with international standards, rule of law 
     programs, counternarcotics programs, programs to combat human 
     trafficking that are provided through nongovernmental 
     organizations, anti-corruption programs, and for the Ministry 
     of Women and Veterans Affairs to combat human trafficking.
       (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other Act, 
     of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', $15,000,000 shall be made 
     available for activities to support democracy, the rule of 
     law, and human rights, including assistance for democratic 
     political parties in Cambodia.
       (c) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out provisions 
     of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be 
     made available notwithstanding subsection (a).


                         palestinian statehood

       Sec. 555. (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. 556. (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, 2006, 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, 2007, 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 groups

       Sec. 557. (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. 558. 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.

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                       west bank and gaza program

       Sec. 559. (a) Oversight.--For fiscal year 2006, 30 days 
     prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral 
     West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall 
     certify to the appropriate committees of Congress that 
     procedures have been established to assure the Comptroller 
     General of the United States will have access to appropriate 
     United States financial information in order to review the 
     uses of United States assistance for the Program funded under 
     the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' for the West Bank and 
     Gaza.
       (b) Vetting.--Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated 
     by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' for 
     assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State 
     shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that such 
     assistance is not provided to or through any individual, 
     private or government entity, or educational institution that 
     the Secretary knows or has reason to believe advocates, 
     plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, terrorist 
     activity. The Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, 
     establish procedures specifying the steps to be taken in 
     carrying out this subsection and shall terminate assistance 
     to any individual, entity, or educational institution which 
     he has determined to be involved in or advocating terrorist 
     activity.
       (c) 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.
       (d) 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 under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' that are made available for 
     assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 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. Such funds are in addition 
     to funds otherwise available for such purposes.
       (e) Subsequent to the certification specified in subsection 
     (a), 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 subsections (b) and (c), and
       (2) an examination of all programs, projects, and 
     activities carried out under such Program, including both 
     obligations and expenditures.
       (f) 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. 560. (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 2006, $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 $22,500,000 
     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 2006 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. 561. (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. 562. 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. 563. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
     available for assistance for the central Government of Serbia 
     after May 31, 2006, if the President has made the 
     determination and certification contained in subsection (c).
       (b) After May 31, 2006, 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 and Radovan Karadzic, unless the Secretary of 
     State determines and reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that these individuals are no longer residing 
     in Serbia;
       (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.

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       (d) This section shall not apply to Montenegro, Kosovo, 
     humanitarian assistance or assistance to promote democracy.


                   community-based police assistance

       Sec. 564. (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. 565. (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;
       (2) credits extended or guarantees issued under the Arms 
     Export Control Act; or
       (3) any obligation or portion of such obligation, to pay 
     for purchases of United States agricultural commodities 
     guaranteed by the Commodity Credit Corporation under export 
     credit guarantee programs authorized pursuant to section 5(f) 
     of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 
     1948, as amended, section 4(b) of the Food for Peace Act of 
     1966, as amended (Public Law 89-808), or section 202 of the 
     Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, as amended (Public Law 95-
     501).
       (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. 566. (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. 567. Of the funds appropriated by title II of this 
     Act, not less than $465,000,000 shall be made available for 
     basic education, of which not less than $250,000 shall be 
     provided to the Comptroller General of the United States to 
     prepare an analysis of United States funded international 
     basic education programs, which should be submitted to the 
     Committees on Appropriations by May 1, 2006.


                        reconciliation programs

       Sec. 568. 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. 569. (a) Availability of Funds.--Of the funds 
     appropriated under the heading ``Development Assistance'' up 
     to $70,000,000 may be made available for assistance for 
     Sudan, of which not to exceed $6,000,000 may be made 
     available for administrative expenses of the United States 
     Agency for International Development associated with 
     assistance programs for Sudan.
       (b) Limitation on Assistance.--Subject to subsection (c):
       (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.
       (c) Subsection (b) 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 commitments made in the 
     cease-fire agreement of April 8, 2004; 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.
       (d) 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.
       (e) 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''.

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                        trade capacity building

       Sec. 570. Of the funds appropriated by this Act, under the 
     headings ``Trade and Development Agency'', ``Development 
     Assistance'', ``Transition Initiatives'', ``Economic Support 
     Fund'', ``International Affairs Technical Assistance'', and 
     ``International Organizations and Programs'', not less than 
     $522,000,000 should be made available for trade capacity 
     building assistance: Provided, That $20,000,000 of the funds 
     appropriated in this Act under the heading ``Economic Support 
     Fund'' shall be made available for labor and environmental 
     capacity building activities relating to the free trade 
     agreement with the countries of Central America and the 
     Dominican Republic.


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

       Sec. 571. Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during fiscal 
     year 2006, 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, Ukraine, and 
     Uzbekistan.


                                ZIMBABWE

       Sec. 572. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
     United States executive director to each international 
     financial institution to vote against any extension by the 
     respective institution of any loans to the Government of 
     Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to promote 
     democracy, unless the Secretary of State determines and 
     certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule 
     of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, including respect for 
     ownership and title to property, freedom of speech and 
     association.


                         GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

       Sec. 573. 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. 574. (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.
       (e) Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2005 under the 
     heading ``Economic Support Fund'' may be made available for 
     democracy and rule of law programs and activities, 
     notwithstanding the provisions of section 574 of division D 
     of Public Law 108-447.


                                 TIBET

       Sec. 575. (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.


                            central america

       Sec. 576. (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 2005 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 2006, 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.


     united states agency for international development management

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 577. (a) Authority.--Up to $75,000,000 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.


                          hipc debt reduction

       Sec. 578. Section 501(b) of H.R. 3425, as enacted into law 
     by section 1000(a)(5) of division B of Public Law 106-113 
     (113 Stat. 1501A-311), is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(5) The Act of March 11, 1941 (chapter 11; 55 Stat. 31; 
     22 U.S.C. 411 et seq.; commonly known as the `Lend-Lease 
     Act').''.


                        opic transfer authority

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 579. Whenever the President determines that it is in 
     furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
     under title II of this Act may be transferred to and merged 
     with funds appropriated by this Act for the Overseas Private 
     Investment Corporation Program Account, to be subject to the 
     terms and conditions of that account: Provided, That such 
     funds shall not be available for administrative expenses of 
     the Overseas Private Investment

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     Corporation: Provided further, That funds earmarked by this 
     Act shall not be transferred pursuant to this section: 
     Provided further, That the exercise of such authority shall 
     be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.


  limitation on funds relating to attendance of Federal employees at 
            conferences occurring outside the United States

       Sec. 580. 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. 581. 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, unless the Secretary of State 
     certifies to the Committees on Appropriations in writing that 
     the application of the restriction to a country or countries 
     is contrary to the national interest of the United States.


          prohibition against direct funding for saudi arabia

       Sec. 582. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended 
     to finance any assistance to Saudi Arabia: Provided, That the 
     President may waive the prohibition of this section if he 
     certifies to the Committees on Appropriations, 15 days prior 
     to the obligation of funds for assistance for Saudi Arabia, 
     that Saudi Arabia is cooperating with efforts to combat 
     international terrorism and that the proposed assistance will 
     help facilitate that effort.


      Governments that have failed to permit certain extraditions

       Sec. 583. 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 indicted for a criminal offense 
     for which the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without 
     the possibility of parole, unless the Secretary of State 
     certifies to the Committees on Appropriations in writing that 
     the application of this restriction to a country or countries 
     is contrary to the national interest of the United States.


                         reporting requirement

       Sec. 584. The Secretary of State shall provide the 
     Committees on Appropriations, not later than April 1, 2006, 
     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.


                          environment programs

       Sec. 585. (a) Funding.--Of the funds appropriated under the 
     heading ``Development Assistance'', not less than 
     $165,500,000 shall be made available for programs and 
     activities which directly protect biodiversity, including 
     forests, in developing countries, of which not less than 
     $10,000,000 should be made available to implement the United 
     States Agency for International Development's biodiversity 
     conservation strategy for the Amazon basin, which amount 
     shall be in addition to the amounts requested for 
     biodiversity activities in these countries in fiscal year 
     2006: Provided, That of the funds appropriated by this Act, 
     not less than $17,500,000 should be made available for the 
     Congo Basin Forest Partnership of which not less than 
     $2,500,000 should be made available to the United States Fish 
     and Wildlife Service for the protection of great apes in 
     Central Africa: Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act, not less than $180,000,000 shall be 
     made available to support clean energy and other climate 
     change policies and programs in developing countries, of 
     which $100,000,000 should be made available to directly 
     promote and deploy energy conservation, energy efficiency, 
     and renewable and clean energy technologies, and of which the 
     balance should be made available to directly: (1) measure, 
     monitor, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; (2) increase 
     carbon sequestration activities; and (3) enhance climate 
     change mitigation and adaptation programs.
       (b) Climate Change Report.--Not later than 60 days after 
     the date on which the President's fiscal year 2007 budget 
     request is submitted to Congress, the President shall submit 
     a report to the Committees on Appropriations describing in 
     detail the following--
       (1) all Federal agency obligations and expenditures, 
     domestic and international, for climate change programs and 
     activities in fiscal year 2006, including an accounting of 
     expenditures by agency with each agency identifying climate 
     change activities and associated costs by line item as 
     presented in the President's Budget Appendix; and
       (2) all fiscal year 2005 obligations and estimated 
     expenditures, fiscal year 2006 estimated expenditures and 
     estimated obligations, and fiscal year 2007 requested funds 
     by the United States Agency for International Development, by 
     country and central program, for each of the following: (i) 
     to promote the transfer and deployment of a wide range of 
     United States clean energy and energy efficiency 
     technologies; (ii) to assist in the measurement, monitoring, 
     reporting, verification, and reduction of greenhouse gas 
     emissions; (iii) to promote carbon capture and sequestration 
     measures; (iv) to help meet such countries' responsibilities 
     under the Framework Convention on Climate Change; and (v) to 
     develop assessments of the vulnerability to impacts of 
     climate change and mitigation and adaptation response 
     strategies.
       (c) Extraction of Natural Resources.--
       (1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the 
     managements of the international financial institutions and 
     the public that it is the policy of the United States that 
     any assistance by such institutions (including but not 
     limited to any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) for the 
     extraction and export of oil, gas, coal, timber, or other 
     natural resource should not be provided unless the government 
     of the country has in place or is taking the necessary steps 
     to establish functioning systems for: (A) accurately 
     accounting for revenues and expenditures in connection with 
     the extraction and export of the type of natural resource to 
     be extracted or exported; (B) the independent auditing of 
     such accounts and the widespread public dissemination of the 
     audits; and (C) verifying government receipts against company 
     payments including widespread dissemination of such payment 
     information, and disclosing such documents as Host Government 
     Agreements, Concession Agreements, and bidding documents, 
     allowing in any such dissemination or disclosure for the 
     redaction of, or exceptions for, information that is 
     commercially proprietary or that would create competitive 
     disadvantage.
       (2) Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations describing, for each 
     international financial institution, the amount and type of 
     assistance provided, by country, for the extraction and 
     export of oil, gas, coal, timber, or other national resource 
     since September 30, 2005.


                               uzbekistan

       Sec. 586. Assistance may be provided to the central 
     Government of Uzbekistan only if the Secretary of State 
     determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
     that the Government of Uzbekistan is making substantial and 
     continuing progress in meeting its commitments under the 
     ``Declaration on the Strategic Partnership and Cooperation 
     Framework Between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the United 
     States of America'', including respect for human rights, 
     establishing a genuine multi-party system, and ensuring free 
     and fair elections, freedom of expression, and the 
     independence of the media, and that a credible international 
     investigation of the May 31, 2005, shootings in Andijan is 
     underway with the support of the Government of Uzbekistan: 
     Provided, That for the purposes of this section 
     ``assistance'' shall include excess defense articles.


                              Central Asia

       Sec. 587. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
     available for assistance for the Government of Kazakhstan 
     only if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that the Government of 
     Kazakhstan has made significant improvements in the 
     protection of human rights during the preceding 6 month 
     period.
       (b) The Secretary of State may waive subsection (a) if he 
     determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
     that such a waiver is important to the national security of 
     the United States.
       (c) Not later than October 1, 2006, the Secretary of State 
     shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations and 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives describing the following:
       (1) The defense articles, defense services, and financial 
     assistance provided by the United States to the countries of 
     Central Asia during the 6-month period ending 30 days prior 
     to submission of such report.
       (2) The use during such period of defense articles, defense 
     services, and financial assistance provided by the United 
     States by units of the armed forces, border guards, or other 
     security forces of such countries.
       (d) Prior to the initial obligation of assistance for the 
     Government of Kyrgyzstan, the Secretary of State shall submit 
     a report to the Committees on Appropriations describing (1) 
     whether the Government of Kyrgyzstan is forcibly returning 
     Uzbeks who have fled violence and political persecution, in 
     violation of the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the 
     status of refugees, and the Convention Against Torture and 
     Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment; (2) 
     efforts made by the United States to prevent such returns; 
     and (3) the response of the Government of Kyrgyzstan.

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       (e) For purposes of this section, the term ``countries of 
     Central Asia'' means Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, 
     Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.


                          disability programs

       Sec. 588. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
     the heading ``Economic Support Fund'', not less than 
     $4,000,000 shall be made available for programs and 
     activities administered by the United States Agency for 
     International Development (USAID) to address the needs and 
     protect the rights of people with disabilities in developing 
     countries.
       (b) Funds appropriated under the heading ``Operating 
     Expenses of the United States Agency for International 
     Development'' shall be made available to develop and 
     implement training for staff in overseas USAID missions to 
     promote the full inclusion and equal participation of people 
     with disabilities in developing countries.
       (c) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, 
     and the Administrator of USAID shall seek to ensure that, 
     where appropriate, construction projects funded by this Act 
     are accessible to people with disabilities and in compliance 
     with the USAID Policy on Standards for Accessibility for the 
     Disabled, or other similar accessibility standards.
       (d) Of the funds made available pursuant to subsection (a), 
     not more than 7 percent may be for management, oversight and 
     technical support.
       (e) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, and 180 days thereafter, the Administrator of USAID 
     shall submit a report describing the programs, activities, 
     and organizations funded pursuant to this section.


    DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MINORITY RELIGIOUS FAITHS IN THE RUSSIAN 
                               FEDERATION

       Sec. 589. None of the funds appropriated for assistance 
     under this Act may be made available for the Government of 
     the Russian Federation, after 180 days from the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, unless the President determines and 
     certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that 
     the Government of the Russian Federation has implemented no 
     statute, Executive order, regulation or similar government 
     action that would discriminate, or which has as its principal 
     effect discrimination, against religious groups or religious 
     communities in the Russian Federation in violation of 
     accepted international agreements on human rights and 
     religious freedoms to which the Russian Federation is a 
     party.


                          war crimes in africa

       Sec. 590. (a) The Congress reaffirms its support for the 
     efforts of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 
     (ICTR) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) to bring 
     to justice individuals responsible for war crimes and crimes 
     against humanity in a timely manner.
       (b) Funds appropriated by this Act, including funds for 
     debt restructuring, may be made available for assistance to 
     the central government of a country in which individuals 
     indicted by ICTR and SCSL are credibly alleged to be living, 
     if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that such government is 
     cooperating with ICTR and SCSL, including the surrender and 
     transfer of indictees in a timely manner: Provided, That this 
     subsection shall not apply to assistance provided under 
     section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or to 
     project assistance under title II of this Act: Provided 
     further, That the United States shall use its voice and vote 
     in the United Nations Security Council to fully support 
     efforts by ICTR and SCSL to bring to justice individuals 
     indicted by such tribunals in a timely manner.
       (c) The prohibition in subsection (b) may be waived on a 
     country by country basis if the President determines that 
     doing so is in the national security interest of the United 
     States: Provided, That prior to exercising such waiver 
     authority, the President shall submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations, in classified form if 
     necessary, on: (1) the steps being taken to obtain the 
     cooperation of the government in surrendering the indictee in 
     question to the court of jurisdiction; (2) a strategy, 
     including a timeline, for bringing the indictee before such 
     court; and (3) the justification for exercising the waiver 
     authority.
       (d) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c), assistance may 
     be made available for the central Government of Nigeria after 
     120 days following enactment of this Act only if the 
     President submits a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, in classified form if necessary, on: (1) the 
     steps taken in fiscal years 2003, 2004 and 2005 to obtain the 
     cooperation of the Government of Nigeria in surrendering 
     Charles Taylor to the SCSL; and (2) a strategy, including a 
     timeline, for bringing Charles Taylor before the SCSL.


                            SECURITY IN ASIA

       Sec. 591. (a) Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', not less than the 
     following amounts shall be made available to enhance security 
     in Asia, consistent with democratic principles and the rule 
     of law--
       (1) $30,000,000 for assistance for the Philippines;
       (2) $1,000,000 for assistance for Indonesia;
       (3) $1,000,000 for assistance for Bangladesh;
       (4) $3,000,000 for assistance for Mongolia;
       (5) $1,500,000 for assistance for Thailand;
       (6) $1,000,000 for assistance for Sri Lanka;
       (7) $1,000,000 for assistance for Cambodia;
       (8) $500,000 for assistance for Fiji; and
       (9) $250,000 for assistance for Tonga.
       (b) In addition to amounts appropriated elsewhere in this 
     Act, $10,000,000 is hereby appropriated for ``Foreign 
     Military Financing Program'': Provided, That these funds 
     shall be available only to assist the Philippines in 
     addressing the critical deficiencies identified in the Joint 
     Defense Assessment of 2003.
       (c) Funds made available for assistance for Indonesia 
     pursuant to subsection (a) may only be made available for the 
     Indonesian Navy, notwithstanding section 599F of this Act: 
     Provided, That such funds shall only be made available 
     subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       (d) Funds made available for assistance for Cambodia 
     pursuant to subsection (a) shall be made available 
     notwithstanding section 554 of this Act: Provided, That such 
     funds shall only be made available subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


                                 nepal

       Sec. 592. (a) Funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' may be made available 
     for assistance for Nepal only if the Secretary of State 
     certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
     Government of Nepal, including its security forces, has 
     restored civil liberties, is protecting human rights, and has 
     demonstrated, through dialogue with Nepal's political 
     parties, a commitment to a clear timetable to restore multi-
     party democratic government consistent with the 1990 Nepalese 
     Constitution.
       (b) The Secretary of State may waive the requirements of 
     this section if the Secretary certifies to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that to do so is in the national security 
     interests of the United States.


                           NEGLECTED DISEASES

       Sec. 593. Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund'', not less than 
     $15,000,000 shall be made available to support an integrated 
     response to the control of neglected diseases including 
     intestinal parasites, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, 
     onchocerciasis, trachoma and leprosy: Provided, That the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development shall consult with the Committees on 
     Appropriations, representatives from the relevant 
     international technical and nongovernmental organizations 
     addressing the specific diseases, recipient countries, donor 
     countries, the private sector, UNICEF and the World Health 
     Organization (1) on the most effective uses of such funds to 
     demonstrate the health and economic benefits of such an 
     approach, and (2) to develop a multilateral, integrated 
     initiative to control these diseases that will enhance 
     coordination and effectiveness and maximize the leverage of 
     United States contributions with those of other donors: 
     Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to this 
     section shall be subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


               ORPHANS, DISPLACED AND ABANDONED CHILDREN

       Sec. 594. Of the funds appropriated under title II of this 
     Act, not less than $3,000,000 should be made available for 
     activities to improve the capacity of foreign government 
     agencies and nongovernmental organizations to prevent child 
     abandonment, address the needs of orphans, displaced and 
     abandoned children and provide permanent homes through family 
     reunification, guardianship and domestic adoptions: Provided, 
     That funds made available under title II of this Act should 
     be made available, as appropriate, consistent with--
       (1) the goal of enabling children to remain in the care of 
     their family of origin, but when not possible, placing 
     children in permanent homes through adoption;
       (2) the principle that such placements should be based on 
     informed consent which has not been induced by payment or 
     compensation;
       (3) the view that long-term foster care or 
     institutionalization are not permanent options and should be 
     used when no other suitable permanent options are available; 
     and
       (4) the recognition that programs that protect and support 
     families can reduce the abandonment and exploitation of 
     children.


                 ADVISOR FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ISSUES

       Sec. 595. (a) After consultation with the Committees on 
     Appropriations and not later than 120 days after enactment of 
     this Act, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development shall designate an ``Advisor for 
     Indigenous Peoples Issues'' whose responsibilities shall 
     include--
       (1) consulting with representatives of indigenous peoples 
     organizations;
       (2) ensuring that the rights and needs of indigenous 
     peoples are being respected and addressed in United States 
     Agency for International Development policies, programs and 
     activities;
       (3) monitoring the design and implementation of United 
     States Agency for International Development policies, 
     programs and activities which affect indigenous peoples; and
       (4) coordinating with other Federal agencies on relevant 
     issues relating to indigenous peoples.


                               statement

       Sec. 596. (a) Funds provided in this Act for the following 
     accounts shall be made available for programs and countries 
     in the amounts contained in the respective tables included in 
     the report accompanying this Act:
       ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund''.
       ``Economic Support Fund''.
       ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States''.
       ``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former 
     Soviet Union''.
       ``Global HIV/AIDS Initiative''.

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       ``Democracy Fund''.
       ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement''.
       ``Andean Counterdrug Initiative''.
       ``Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related 
     Programs''.
       ``Foreign Military Financing Program''.
       ``International Organizations and Programs''.
       (b) Any proposed increases or decreases to the amounts 
     contained in such tables in the accompanying report shall be 
     subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations and section 634A of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961.


        combatting piracy of united states copyrighted materials

       Sec. 597. (a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary of State 
     may carry out a program of activities to combat piracy in 
     countries that are not members of the Organization for 
     Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), including 
     activities as follows:
       (1) The provision of equipment and training for law 
     enforcement, including in the interpretation of intellectual 
     property laws.
       (2) The provision of training for judges and prosecutors, 
     including in the interpretation of intellectual property 
     laws.
       (3) The provision of assistance in complying with 
     obligations under applicable international treaties and 
     agreements on copyright and intellectual property.
       (b) Consultation With World Intellectual Property 
     Organization.--In carrying out the program authorized by 
     subsection (a), the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, consult with and provide assistance to the World 
     Intellectual Property Organization in order to promote the 
     integration of countries described in subsection (a) into the 
     global intellectual property system.
       (c) Funding.--Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under the heading ``International Narcotics Control 
     and Law Enforcement'', $5,000,000 may be made available in 
     fiscal year 2006 for the program authorized by subsection 
     (a).


                                MALARIA

       Sec. 598. Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund'', not less than 
     $100,000,000 should be made available for programs and 
     activities to combat malaria: Provided, That such funds 
     should be made available in accordance with country strategic 
     plans incorporating best public health practices, which 
     should include considerable support for the purchase of 
     commodities and equipment including: (1) insecticides for 
     indoor residual spraying that are proven to reduce the 
     transmission of malaria; (2) pharmaceuticals that are proven 
     effective treatments to combat malaria; (3) long-lasting 
     insecticide-treated nets used to combat malaria; and (4) 
     other activities to strengthen the public health capacity of 
     malaria-affected countries: Provided further, That no later 
     than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
     every 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2006, the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
     a report describing in detail expenditures to combat malaria 
     during fiscal year 2006.


                    OVERSIGHT OF IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION

       Sec. 599. Subsection (o) of section 3001 of the Emergency 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the 
     Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108-
     106; 117 Stat. 1234; 5 U.S.C. App. 3 section 8G note), as 
     amended by section 1203(j) of the Ronald W. Reagan National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 
     108-375; 118 Stat. 2081), is amended by striking 
     ``obligated'' and inserting ``expended''.


           NONPROLIFERATION AND COUNTERPROLIFERATION EFFORTS

       Sec. 599A. Funds appropriated under title II under the 
     heading ``Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and 
     Related Programs'' may be made available to the Under 
     Secretary of State for Arms Control and International 
     Security for use in certain nonproliferation efforts and 
     counterproliferation efforts such as increased voluntary dues 
     to the International Atomic Energy Agency and Proliferation 
     Security Initiative activities.


      PROMOTION OF POLICY GOALS AT MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS

       Sec. 599B. Title XV of the International Financial 
     Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262o, et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 1505. PROMOTION OF POLICY GOALS.

       ``(a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
     United States Executive Director at each multilateral 
     development bank to inform each such bank and the executive 
     directors of each such bank of the policy of the United 
     States as set out in this section and to actively promote 
     this policy and the goals set forth in section 1504 of this 
     Act. It is the policy of the United States that each bank 
     should--
       ``(1) require the bank's employees, officers and 
     consultants to make an annual disclosure of their financial 
     interests and income and of any other potential source of 
     conflict of interest;
       ``(2) link project and program design and results to 
     management and staff performance appraisals, salaries, and 
     bonuses;
       ``(3) implement voluntary disclosure programs for firms and 
     individuals participating in projects financed by such bank;
       ``(4) ensure that all loan, credit, guarantee, and grant 
     documents and other agreements with borrowers include 
     provisions for the financial resources and conditionality 
     necessary to ensure that a person or country that obtains 
     financial support from a bank complies with applicable bank 
     policies and national and international laws in carrying out 
     the terms and conditions of such documents and agreements, 
     including bank policies and national and international laws 
     pertaining to the comprehensive assessment and transparency 
     of the activities related to access to information, public 
     health, safety, and environmental protection;
       ``(5) implement clear anti-corruption procedures setting 
     forth the circumstances under which a person will be barred 
     from receiving a loan, contract, grant, guarantee or credit 
     from such bank, make such procedures available to the public, 
     and make the identity of such person available to the public;
       ``(6) coordinate policies across multilateral development 
     banks on issues including debarment, cross-debarment, 
     procurement guidelines, consultant guidelines, and fiduciary 
     standards so that a person that is debarred by one such bank 
     is subject to a rebuttable presumption of ineligibility to 
     conduct business with any other such bank during the specific 
     ineligibility period;
       ``(7) require each bank borrower and grantee and each 
     bidder, supplier and contractor for MDB projects to comply 
     with the highest standard of ethics prohibiting coercive, 
     collusive, corrupt and fraudulent practices, such as are 
     defined in the World Bank's Procurement Guidelines of May, 
     2004;
       ``(8) maintain a functionally independent Investigations 
     Office, Auditor General Office and Evaluation Office that are 
     free from interference in determining the scope of 
     investigations (including forensic audits), internal auditing 
     (including assessments of management controls for meeting 
     operational objectives and complying with bank policies), 
     performing work and communicating results, and that regularly 
     report to such bank's board of directors and, as appropriate 
     and in a manner consistent with such functional independence 
     of the Investigations Office and the Auditor General Office, 
     to the bank's President;
       ``(9) require that each candidate for adjustment or budget 
     support loans demonstrate transparent budgetary and 
     procurement processes including budget publication and public 
     scrutiny prior to loan or grant approval;
       ``(10) require that for each project where compensation is 
     to be provided to persons adversely affected by the project, 
     such persons have recourse to an impartial and responsive 
     mechanism to receive and resolve complaints. The mechanism 
     should be easily accessible to all segments of the affected 
     community without impeding access to other judicial or 
     administrative remedies and without retribution;
       ``(11) implement best practices in domestic laws and 
     international conventions against corruption for 
     whistleblower and witness disclosures and protections against 
     retaliation for internal and lawful public disclosures by the 
     bank's employees and others affected by such bank's 
     operations who challenge illegality or other misconduct that 
     could threaten the bank's mission, including (1) best 
     practices for legal burdens of proof, (2) access to 
     independent adjudicative bodies, including external 
     arbitration based on consensus selection and shared costs, 
     and (3) results that eliminate the effects of proven 
     retaliation; and
       ``(12) require, to the maximum extent possible, that all 
     draft country strategies are issued for public consideration 
     no less than 45 days before the country strategy is 
     considered by the multilateral development bank board of 
     directors.
       ``(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall, beginning thirty 
     days after the enactment of this Act and within sixty 
     calendar days of the meeting of the respective bank's Board 
     of Directors at which such decisions are made, publish on the 
     Department of the Treasury website a statement or explanation 
     of the United States position on decisions related to (1) 
     operational policies; and (2) any proposal which would result 
     or be likely to result in a significant effect on the 
     environment.
       ``(c) In this section the term `multilateral development 
     bank' has the meaning given that term in section 1307 of the 
     International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262m-7) 
     and also includes the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
     Development and the Global Environment Facility.''.


                             AUTHORIZATIONS

       Sec. 599C. (a) To authorize the United States participation 
     in and appropriations for the United States contribution to 
     the fourteenth replenishment of the resources of the 
     International Development Association, the International 
     Development Association Act, Public Law 86-565, as amended 
     (22 U.S.C. 284, et seq.), is further amended by adding at the 
     end thereof the following new section:

     ``SEC. 23. FOURTEENTH REPLENISHMENT.

       ``(a) The United States Governor of the International 
     Development Association is authorized to contribute on behalf 
     of the United States $2,850,000,000 to the fourteenth 
     replenishment of the resources of the Association, subject to 
     obtaining the necessary appropriations.
       ``(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution 
     provided for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be 
     appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, $2,850,000,000 
     for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.''.
       (b) To authorize the United States participation in and 
     appropriations for the United States contribution to the 
     tenth replenishment of the resources of the African 
     Development Fund, the African Development Fund Act, Public 
     Law 94-302, as amended (22 U.S.C. 290g, et seq.), is further 
     amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
     section:

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     ``SEC. 218. TENTH REPLENISHMENT.

       ``(a) The United States Governor of the Fund is authorized 
     to contribute on behalf of the United States $407,000,000 to 
     the tenth replenishment of the resources of the Fund, subject 
     to obtaining the necessary appropriations.
       ``(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution 
     provided for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be 
     appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, $407,000,000 
     for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.''.
       (c) To authorize the United States participation in and 
     appropriations for the United States contribution to the 
     eighth replenishment of the resources of the Asian 
     Development Fund, the Asian Development Fund Act, Public Law 
     92-245, as amended (22 U.S.C. 285, et seq.), is further 
     amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 32. EIGHTH REPLENISHMENT.

       ``(a) The United States Governor of the Bank is authorized 
     to contribute on behalf of the United States $461,000,000 to 
     the eighth replenishment of the resources of the Fund, 
     subject to obtaining the necessary appropriations.
       ``(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution 
     provided for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be 
     appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, $461,000,000 
     for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.''.


                       ANTICORRUPTION PROVISIONS

       Sec. 599D. Twenty percent of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act under the heading ``International Development 
     Association'', shall be withheld from disbursement until the 
     Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that--
       (1) World Bank procurement guidelines are applied to all 
     procurement financed in whole or in part by a loan from the 
     International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) 
     or a credit agreement or grant from the International 
     Development Association (IDA);
       (2) the World Bank proposal ``Increasing the Use of Country 
     Systems in Procurement'' dated March 2005 has been withdrawn;
       (3) the World Bank is maintaining a strong central 
     procurement office staffed with senior experts who are 
     designated to address commercial concerns, questions, and 
     complaints regarding procurement procedures and payments 
     under IDA and IBRD projects;
       (4) thresholds for international competitive bidding are 
     established to maximize international competitive bidding in 
     accordance with sound procurement practices, including 
     transparency, competition, and cost-effective results for the 
     Borrowers;
       (5) all tenders under the World Bank's national competitive 
     bidding provisions are subject to the same advertisement 
     requirements as tenders under international competitive 
     bidding; and
       (6) loan agreements are made public between the World Bank 
     and the Borrowers.


   assistance for demobilization and disarmament of former irregular 
                         combatants in colombia

       Sec. 599E. (a) Availability of Funds.--Of the funds 
     appropriated in this Act, up to $20,000,000 may be made 
     available in fiscal year 2006 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.


                               INDONESIA

       Sec. 599F. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' may be made 
     available for assistance for Indonesia, and licenses may be 
     issued for the export of lethal defense articles for the 
     Indonesian Armed Forces, only if the Secretary of State 
     certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that--
       (1) the Indonesian Government is prosecuting and punishing, 
     in a manner proportional to the crime, members of the Armed 
     Forces who have been credibly alleged to have committed gross 
     violations of human rights;
       (2) at the direction of the President of Indonesia, the 
     Armed Forces are cooperating with civilian judicial 
     authorities and with international efforts to resolve cases 
     of gross violations of human rights in East Timor and 
     elsewhere; and
       (3) at the direction of the President of Indonesia, the 
     Government of Indonesia is implementing reforms to improve 
     civilian control of the military.
       (b) The Secretary of State may waive subsection (a) if the 
     Secretary determines and reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that to do so is in the national security 
     interests of the United States.


                    REPORT ON INDONESIAN COOPERATION

       Sec. 599G. Not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that describes--
       (1) the status of the investigation of the murders of two 
     United States citizens and one Indonesian citizen that 
     occurred on August 31, 2002 in Timika, Indonesia, the status 
     of any individuals indicted within the United States or 
     Indonesia for crimes relating to those murders, and the 
     status of judicial proceedings relating to those murders;
       (2) the efforts by the Government of Indonesia to arrest 
     individuals indicted for crimes relating to those murders and 
     any other actions taken by the Government of Indonesia, 
     including the Indonesian judiciary, police and Armed Forces, 
     to bring the individuals responsible for those murders to 
     justice; and
       (3) the cooperation provided by the Government of 
     Indonesia, including the Indonesian judiciary, police and 
     Armed Forces, to requests related to those murders made by 
     the Secretary of State or the Director of the Federal Bureau 
     of Investigation.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Operations, Export 
     Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       That the Senate recede from its amendment to the title of 
     the bill.
     Jim Kolbe,
     Jerry Lewis,
     Joe Knollenberg,
     Mark Steven Kirk,
     Ander Crenshaw,
     Don Sherwood,
     John E. Sweeney,
     Dennis Rehberg,
     John Carter,
     Nita M. Lowey,
     David R. Obey,
     Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
     Carolyn C. Kilpatrick,
     Steven R. Rothman,
     Chaka Fattah,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     3057), ``making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
     financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2006, and for other purposes'', submits the 
     following joint statement to the House and the Senate in 
     explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the 
     conferees and recommended in the accompanying conference 
     report.
       The conference agreement incorporates some of the 
     provisions of both the House and Senate versions of the bill. 
     The statement of the managers remains silent on provisions 
     that were in both the House bill and Senate bill that remain 
     substantially unchanged by the conference agreement.
       The language set forth in House Report 109-152 and Senate 
     Report 109-96 should be complied with unless specifically 
     addressed in the accompanying bill and statement of the 
     managers to the contrary. The statement of the managers, 
     while repeating some report language for emphasis or 
     clarification, does not intend to negate the language in 
     either the House or Senate reports unless expressly addressed 
     herein.

                          Conference Agreement

               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]

                                                   Conference agreement
Title I--Export and Investment Assistance:
  Export Import Bank............................................100,000
  Export Import Bank Admin Expenses..............................73,200
  Export Import Bank Inspector General............................1,000
  Export Import Bank negative subsidy...........................-35,000
  OPIC Administrative expenses...................................42,274
  OPIC Credit subsidy............................................20,276
  OPIC offsetting collections..................................-240,000

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  Trade and Development Agency...................................50,900
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal, Title I............................................12,650
Title II--Bilateral Economic Assistance:
  Child Survival and health programs fund.....................1,585,000
  Development Assistance......................................1,524,000
  International Disaster Assistance.............................365,000
  Transition Initiatives.........................................40,000
  Development Credit Program (by transfer).......................21,000
  Administrative expenses.........................................8,000
  Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund 
    (mandatory)..................................................41,700
  Operating expenses of USAID...................................630,000
  Capital investment fund........................................70,000
  Operating Expenses of USAID Inspector General..................36,000
  Economic Support Fund.......................................2,634,000
  International Fund for Ireland.................................13,500
  Assistance to Eastern Europe and the Baltic States............361,000
  Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Uni514,000
  Inter-American Foundation......................................19,500
  African Development Foundation.................................23,000
  Peace Corps...................................................322,000
  Millennium Challenge Corporation............................1,770,000
  Global HIV/AIDS Initiative..................................1,995,000
  Democracy Fund.................................................95,000
  International Narcotics Control...............................477,200
  Andean Counterdrug Initiative.................................734,500
  Migration and Refugee Assistance..............................791,000
  United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund..30,000
  Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, and Demining................410,100
  International affairs technical assistance.....................20,000
  Debt Restructuring.............................................65,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal, Title II (Discretionary).......................14,532,800
    Subtotal, Title II (Mandatory)...............................41,700
    Subtotal, Title II.......................................14,574,500
Title III--Military Assistance
  International Military Education and Training..................86,744
  Foreign Military Financing..................................4,500,000
  Peacekeeping Operations.......................................175,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal, Title III.......................................4,761,744
Title IV--Multilateral Economic Assistance:
  Global Environment Facility....................................80,000
  International Development Association.........................950,000
  Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency........................1,300
  Multilateral Investment Fund....................................1,742
  Inter-American Investment Corporation...........................1,742
  Asian Development Fund........................................100,000
  African Development Bank........................................3,638
  African Development Fund......................................135,700
  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development................1,016
  International Fund for Agriculture.............................15,000
  International Organizations and Programs......................329,458
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal, Title IV........................................1,619,596
Title V--General Provisions
  Section 6084, ``Security in Asia''.............................10,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Subtotal, Title V............................................10,000
      Discretionary total....................................20,936,548
      Mandatory total............................................41,700
                                                       ================

        Total, Foreign Operations............................20,978,490

       Once again, the conferees include a significant increase to 
     fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria. This funding 
     is appropriated in several accounts and is summarized in the 
     chart below. Narratives for the specific diseases are under 
     the headings ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund'' and 
     ``Global HIV/AIDS Initiative''.
       The conferees include a total of $2,820,000,000 for HIV/
     AIDS, TB, and malaria, $268,000,000 over the President's 
     request and $629,000,000 over the fiscal year 2005 level. 
     This figure does not include significant funding anticipated 
     to be appropriated for the Department of Health and Human 
     Services or the United States share of HIV/AIDS assistance 
     through the World Bank Group.

             FUNDING FOR HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA
               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Fiscal year
                                                Fiscal year      2006
                Disease/account                     2006      conference
                                                  request     agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
HIV/AIDS......................................    2,341,040    2,426,600
    Child Survival and Health Programs Fund...      386,000      490,000
    Global HIV/AIDS Initiative................    1,926,000    1,907,000
    Economic Support Fund.....................        3,700        4,000
    Assistance for Eastern Europe and the             1,560        1,600
     Baltic States............................
    Assistance for the Independent States of         21,800       22,000
     the Former Soviet Union..................
    Foreign Military Financing................        1,980        2,000
Tuberculosis..................................       88,586      150,900
    Global HIV/AIDS Initiative................       13,000       26,000
    Child Survival and Health Programs Fund...       63,000      112,500
    Economic Support Fund.....................        1,900        2,000
    Assistance for Eastern Europe and the               386          400
     Baltic States............................
    Assistance for the Independent States of         10,300       10,000
     the Former Soviet Union..................
Malaria.......................................      122,500      242,500
    Child Survival and Health Programs Fund...       90,000      177,500
    Global HIV/AIDS Initiative................       31,000       62,000
    Economic Support Fund.....................        1,500        3,000
Total.........................................    2,552,126    2,820,000
    Of which, for the Global Fund to Fight          200,000     450,000
     AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria\1\........
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\The contribution to the Global Fund has been allocated among the
  diseases in proportion to the Global Fund's grant portfolio.

       The conference agreement makes available $450,000,000 for 
     the United States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight 
     AIDS, TB and Malaria (Global Fund), $250,000,000 from the 
     ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund'' and $200,000,000 
     from the ``Global HIV/AIDS Initiative'' account. The disease 
     amounts for ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund'' and 
     ``Global HIV/AIDS Initiative'' in the table above include the 
     amount of the Global Fund contribution from those accounts 
     estimated to be dedicated to those diseases, using Global 
     Fund grant trend data.
       The fiscal year 2006 budget request for these accounts 
     included $200,000,000 for a United States contribution to the 
     Global Fund: $100,000,000 from the ``Global HIV/AIDS 
     Initiative'' account and $100,000,000 from the ``Child 
     Survival and Health Programs Fund'' account. The President 
     requested an additional $100,000,000 from the accounts which 
     appropriate funding for the Department of Health and Human 
     Services.


                     Budget Justification Materials

       The conferees agree with the direction of the Senate with 
     respect to submission of a report on a proposal to improve 
     budget justification material submitted with the fiscal year 
     2007 budget request. The conferees agree that the State 
     Department should submit proposals as recommended by the 
     Senate to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 
     December 15, 2005.

               TITLE I--EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

                Export-Import Bank of the United States

       The conference agreement includes a first-time 
     appropriation of $1,000,000 for an Office of Inspector 
     General. The conferees expect the position of Inspector 
     General to be filled as expeditiously as possible.
       The conference agreement provides $100,000,000 for the 
     subsidy appropriation. The conferees expect that there will 
     be no reduction in Export-Import Bank activity levels due to 
     the extraordinarily high level of carryover balances in 
     fiscal year 2006, which totals approximately $320,000,000.
       The conference agreement provides $73,200,000 for 
     administrative expenses.
       The conferees agree the Export-Import Bank should act 
     promptly on all requests for assistance from United States 
     exporters that meet the Bank's criteria for credit 
     worthiness, export additionality, foreign competition and net 
     benefit to the United States economy. The conferees do not 
     require from the Bank an explanation for rejections of 
     requests for assistance from any specific United States 
     industry. The conferees direct the Export-Import Bank to 
     report by March 31, 2006 on all applications received in 
     fiscal year 2005 and a summary of actions undertaken by the 
     Bank with regard to such applications.

                Overseas Private Investment Corporation

       The conferees direct the President of the Overseas Private 
     Investment Corporation (OPIC) to continue current policy and 
     consult with the Committees on Appropriations before any 
     future financing for non-governmental organizations or 
     private and voluntary organizations is approved.

                      Trade and Development Agency

       The conference agreement provides $50,900,000 for the Trade 
     and Development Agency (TDA).
       The conferees provide $1,500,000 for TDA to conduct an 
     international aviation security and safety program to enhance 
     the capabilities of foreign civil aviation authorities. The 
     conferees believe this program will have the most impact if a 
     substantial portion is implemented through a cooperative 
     agreement between TDA and a non-profit aviation organization 
     with relevant experience in development and training programs 
     that assist countries in meeting their obligations for 
     international aviation security and safety standards.

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                TITLE II--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

           United States Agency for International Development

                Child Survival and Health Programs Fund


                     (including transfer of funds)

       The conference agreement provides $1,585,000,000 for the 
     ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund'' instead of 
     $1,497,000,000 as proposed by the House or $1,659,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes not 
     to exceed $350,000 for monitoring and oversight as proposed 
     by the Senate, rather than $250,000 as proposed by the House.
       As in previous years, the conference agreement includes 
     language allocating the ``Child Survival and Health Programs 
     Fund'' among six program categories. A definition of program 
     categories and their components can be found on pages 9 
     through 11 of House Report 107-142 and under the heading 
     ``Family Planning/Reproductive Health'' on page 12 of Senate 
     Report 107-58.
       Funds in this account are allocated in the following table 
     and, as stipulated in section 596, any change to these 
     allocations is subject to the regular reprogramming 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:

                Child Survival and Health Programs Fund

               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]

                                                   Conference agreement
Child Survival/Maternal Health..................................360,000
  (The Vaccine Fund)...........................................[70,000]
Vulnerable Children..............................................30,000
Family Planning/Reproductive Health.............................375,000
HIV/AIDS........................................................350,000
  Microbicides.................................................[40,000]
  IAVI.........................................................[29,000]
Other Infectious Diseases.......................................220,000
  TB...........................................................[80,000]
  Malaria.....................................................[100,000]
  Surveillance/OID.............................................[25,000]
  Neglected Diseases...........................................[15,000]
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.............250,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total.....................................................1,585,000

       A table describing HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria allocations by 
     account is at the beginning of this statement of the 
     managers. Again this year, no funding for HIV/AIDS programs 
     in the 15 Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ``focus'' countries 
     is appropriated in this account. Funding for the ``focus'' 
     countries is appropriated under the heading ``Global HIV/AIDS 
     Initiative''. The narrative for HIV/AIDS funding is under the 
     heading ``Global HIV/AIDS Initiative''.


                            The Global Fund

       The conference agreement includes a total of $450,000,000 
     for the Global Fund: $250,000,000 from this account, and 
     $200,000,000 from the Global HIV/AIDS Initiative account.
       The conferees note that, of the funding committed by the 
     Global Fund to recipient countries, approximately 56 percent 
     will be for HIV/AIDS interventions, 31 percent for malaria 
     interventions, and 13 percent for TB or combined TB/AIDS 
     interventions. The conferees have used these percentages to 
     estimate the portion of the United States contribution to the 
     Global Fund that is likely to be attributed for each disease.


                              Tuberculosis

       The conference agreement provides a total of $150,900,000 
     for TB assistance. Of this amount, $80,000,000 is funded 
     through the ``other infectious diseases'' allocation in this 
     account, an estimated $12,400,000 from other bilateral 
     accounts, and $58,500,000 through the contribution to the 
     Global Fund.


                                Malaria

       For malaria, the conference agreement provides a total of 
     $242,500,000. Of this amount, it is expected that 
     $139,500,000 of the contribution to the Global Fund will fund 
     malaria programs, $100,000,000 is funded through the ``other 
     infectious diseases'' allocation in this account, and an 
     estimated $3,000,000 is provided from other bilateral 
     accounts. The conferees have long been concerned by the 
     mortality and morbidity caused by this disease, and have made 
     available more than $657,500,000 since 2001 to fight malaria, 
     consistently more each year than requested by the President.
       The conferees include section 598, similar to a Senate 
     provision, which requires that bilateral malaria funds made 
     available in this Act are spent in a coordinated, transparent 
     manner on effective anti-malarial programs. The conferees 
     urge the United States Agency for International Development 
     (USAID) to work with host country health authorities, other 
     donors, and multilateral institutions to develop, where they 
     do not already exist, country-level malaria plans with 
     clearly delineated roles and responsibilities. These plans 
     should include specific indicators, procedures to measure 
     progress toward those indicators, and mechanisms to track the 
     disbursement of funds.
       Where appropriate, the plans should include significant 
     support for the purchase of commodities, including bednets 
     and pharmaceutical products. In accordance with these 
     strategies, USAID's malaria programming should be provided 
     for activities that maximize the effectiveness of United 
     States assistance dollars in mitigating the effects of 
     malaria.
       Section 598 also requires USAID to submit quarterly reports 
     delineating expenditures to fight malaria. These reports 
     should include indicators for USAID's programming, progress 
     toward those indicators, and how USAID programming fits 
     within country-level malaria strategic plans.


                           Neglected Diseases

       The conferees are aware that certain neglected diseases 
     cause debilitating illness and disfigurement among hundreds 
     of millions of people in mostly tropical countries, and that 
     medicines exist to either prevent or cure most of these 
     diseases. In section 593, the conference agreement includes a 
     provision similar to a Senate amendment which provides 
     $15,000,000 for an integrated approach to the control of 
     neglected diseases. The conferees direct USAID to consult 
     broadly to ensure the most effective uses of these funds and 
     develop a multilateral mechanism to implement an integrated 
     initiative to control these diseases, enhance coordination 
     and effectiveness and maximize donor contributions. The 
     Administrator of USAID should consult with the Committees on 
     Appropriations before a mechanism is chosen. Until such a 
     mechanism is available, the Administrator should develop and 
     implement the program through existing bilateral and 
     multilateral mechanisms.


                        Research and Development

       The conferees note that USAID is developing a ``Research 
     and Development'' strategy. In doing so for fiscal year 2006, 
     USAID shall program not less than $40,000,000 for 
     microbicides, including up to $3,000,000 for the 
     International Partnership for Microbicides, and $29,000,000 
     for the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. Additional 
     organizations and amounts are specified in the House and 
     Senate reports.


                            Avian Influenza

       The conferees believe that strengthening international 
     surveillance, reporting, and response capacity is the 
     foundation of preventing and responding to an outbreak of 
     avian influenza in the United States. Congress provided 
     $25,000,000 in Public Law 109-13 for the first step of the 
     multi-year effort necessary to address the threat posed by an 
     avian influenza pandemic, and the conferees expect the 
     Administration to submit requests for further funds for this 
     priority in future appropriations Acts.

                         Development Assistance

       The conference agreement provides $1,524,000,000 for 
     ``Development Assistance''.
       The conference agreement includes $214,000,000 for trade 
     capacity building under this heading, of which at least 
     $20,000,000 shall be made available for labor and 
     environmental capacity building related to the free trade 
     agreement with the countries of Central America and the 
     Dominican Republic. Trade capacity building is further 
     addressed in section 570 of the general provisions.
       The conference agreement provides $365,000,000 for basic 
     education, including adult literacy programs, under this 
     heading. The conference agreement addresses this matter 
     further in section 567 of the general provisions.
       The conferees provide $15,000,000 for a program in Africa 
     regarding school fees. This program is in addition to last 
     year's provision of a similar amount.
       The conference agreement provides $15,000,000 for programs 
     to improve women's leadership capacity in recipient 
     countries. The conferees recommend $11,500,000 for USAID's 
     Office of Women in Development, and note that the additional 
     $500,000 above the level recommended in the Senate report 
     should enable the office to begin conducting gender 
     assessments in select country missions.
       The conference agreement provides $200,000,000 of the 
     aggregated amounts in the Act for drinking water supply and 
     related projects, of which not less than $50,000,000 should 
     be available for drinking water projects in Africa. The 
     conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     proposed by the Senate, recommending $20,000,000 for clean 
     water treatment activities in developing countries.
       The conferees support the fertilizer-related research and 
     development work being conducted by the International 
     Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) and urge USAID to make 
     at least $4,000,000 available to IFDC, including not less 
     than $2,300,000 for its core grant, as provided under the 
     Senate amendment. The House did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for American 
     Schools and Hospitals Abroad. The conferees request USAID 
     consider supporting the American Community School in Beirut.
       The conferees agree that not less than $1,000,000 should be 
     made available to the United States Telecommunications 
     Training Institute.
       The conferees support language proposed by the Senate 
     regarding micronutrient fortification of donated American 
     commodities. The conferees expect USAID and the United States 
     Department of Agriculture to work together to implement the 
     2001 Micronutrient Compliance Review to ensure these 
     commodities are safe for consumption.

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       The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 for 
     reconstruction and development projects in South Asia. The 
     conferees direct that these funds be provided to the Doulos 
     Foundation.
       The conferees agree that $20,000,000 should be made 
     available for the Election and Political Processes Program of 
     USAID's Office of Democracy and Governance, of which 
     $18,000,000 should be made available for democracy programs. 
     The conferees note that the level of funding contained in the 
     budget request may be insufficient for effective promotion of 
     democracy abroad, and urge increased funding in fiscal year 
     2007. The conferees request USAID to consult with the 
     Committees on how it can better coordinate its democracy and 
     governance programs between Washington and the field, and 
     between USAID and the State Department.
       The conferees note with concern the reductions made in the 
     fiscal year 2006 budget request for a number of African 
     countries. The conference agreement contains funding levels 
     for both the ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund'' and 
     ``Development Assistance'' that significantly exceed the 
     amounts requested. The conferees therefore expect USAID to 
     restore cuts in African country allocations to their fiscal 
     year 2005 levels, consistent with proper programmatic 
     considerations.
       The conferees endorse the list of university proposals in 
     the Senate and House reports. In addition, the conferees 
     recommend consideration of proposals by:
       --the University of South Alabama in partnership with the 
     National Birth Defects Center of the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention;
       --Historically Black Colleges and Universities in 
     Mississippi to strengthen civil society in Latin America and 
     the Caribbean; and
       --a Consortium of Management Schools to link management 
     schools in developing countries with faculty from leading 
     United States management schools.
       In order to eliminate a discrepancy between the Senate and 
     House reports, the conferees direct that the first report 
     requested from USAID on the status of university funding 
     proposals be submitted no later than June 1, 2006 and the 
     second report submitted no later than September 1, 2006.
       The conferees clarify that funding contained in the Senate 
     report under the heading ``Birds of Prey'' supports the 
     Peregrine Fund's work in the International Raptor Center, to 
     be matched by private contributions.

              International Disaster and Famine Assistance

       The conference agreement provides $365,000,000 for 
     ``International Disaster and Famine Assistance''. The 
     conferees take note of the tragic earthquake in Pakistan and 
     are aware that additional funds, including the reprogramming 
     of funds contained in titles II and III of this Act, may be 
     needed to address the needs caused by this tragedy.

                         Transition Initiatives

       The conference agreement provides $40,000,000 to support 
     the transition to democracy of countries in crisis.

                      Development Credit Authority


                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       The conference agreement provides $21,000,000 via transfer 
     authority for micro and small enterprise programs, urban 
     programs and other credit programs.

   Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for International 
                              Development

       The conference agreement provides $630,000,000 for USAID 
     operating expenses.

                        Capital Investment Fund

       The conference agreement provides $70,000,000 for USAID's 
     Capital Investment Fund. The conference agreement makes 
     available $48,100,000 for USAID's contribution to the Capital 
     Security Cost Sharing program, an increase of nearly 150 
     percent above last year's contribution. The remainder of the 
     funding in this account is to be used for USAID's information 
     technology requirements so that the Agency will be able to 
     process timely and accurate information in a secure manner.
       The conferees note that USAID plans to open a new mission 
     in southern Sudan. To the degree that other United States 
     Government agencies avail themselves of these facilities, the 
     conferees note that USAID should charge a fair and reasonable 
     rental assessment.

                  Other Bilateral Economic Assistance

                         Economic Support Fund


                     (including transfer of funds)

       The conference agreement provides $2,634,000,000 for the 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' (ESF), instead of $2,558,525,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $3,031,375,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Funds in this account are allocated in the following table 
     and, as stipulated in section 596, any change to these 
     allocations is subject to the regular reprogramming 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

                         Economic Support Fund

               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]

                                                   Conference agreement
Africa:
  Ethiopia.......................................................10,000
  Sierra Leone (Special Court)...................................13,000
  Sudan..........................................................20,000
  Zimbabwe........................................................3,000
  Kimberley Process...............................................2,500
  Other Africa...................................................88,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Subtotal--Africa..........................................136,500
                                                       ================

East Asia and the Pacific:
  Burma..........................................................11,000
  Cambodia.......................................................15,000
  East Timor.....................................................19,000
  Indonesia......................................................70,000
  Mongolia........................................................7,500
  Philippines....................................................25,000
  Tibet...........................................................4,000
  Thailand........................................................1,000
  Vietnam.........................................................2,000
  Environmental programs..........................................2,000
  South Pacific Fisheries........................................18,000
  Other Asia......................................................9,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Subtotal--East Asia and the Pacific.......................183,500
                                                       ================

Europe and Eurasia:
  Cyprus.........................................................20,000
  Irish Visa Program..............................................3,500
  Other Europe and Eurasia........................................2,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Subtotal--Europe and Eurasia...............................25,500
                                                       ================

Near East:
  Egypt.........................................................495,000
  Iraq...........................................................61,000
    (Marla Ruzicka Iraqi War Victims Fund)......................[5,000]
    (IRI)......................................................[28,000]
    (NDI)......................................................[28,000]
  Israel........................................................240,000
  Jordan........................................................250,000
  Lebanon........................................................40,000
  Middle East Partnership Initiative............................110,000
  Middle East Regional Cooperation................................5,000
  West Bank/Gaza................................................150,000
    (USAID Administrative Expenses).............................[2,000]
  Other Near East................................................15,600
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Subtotal--Near East.....................................1,366,600
                                                       ================

South Asia:
  Afghanistan...................................................430,000
  Pakistan......................................................300,000
  Nepal...........................................................5,000
  Other South Asia...............................................15,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Subtotal--South Asia......................................750,000
                                                       ================

Western Hemisphere:
  Haiti..........................................................50,000
  Guatemala.......................................................4,000
    (programs to combat organized crime)..........................1,500
  Mexico.........................................................11,500
  Nicaragua.......................................................1,900
    (elections, media, civil society and anti-corruption programs)1,500
  Labor and Environment in Central America.......................20,000
  Other Western Hemisphere.......................................26,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Subtotal--Western Hemisphere..............................116,400
                                                       ================

Global:
  Disability Fund.................................................4,000
  Wheelchairs.....................................................5,000
  Reconciliation Programs........................................15,000
  Security and Sustainability Programs............................3,000
  UNHCHR Nepal....................................................2,500
  Trafficking in Persons.........................................12,000
  Extractive Industries Transparency..............................1,000
  House Democracy Assistance Program..............................1,000
  Other Global...................................................12,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
      Subtotal--Global...........................................55,500
                                                       ================

        Total.................................................2,634,000


                                 Egypt

       The conferees note that the reduction in the overall ESF 
     request for Egypt has come at the expense of project 
     assistance, and that the budget request for cash transfer and 
     commodity import program assistance each continue at a 
     $200,000,000 funding level. The conferees are concerned that 
     reduced overall ESF levels not erode further the amount of 
     project assistance provided to Egypt.
       Therefore, the conference agreement includes a minimum of 
     $135,000,000 of project assistance taking into consideration 
     the increased levels of assistance for democracy, governance 
     and education programs. Within the amount provided for 
     project assistance, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made 
     available for democracy, governance and human rights programs 
     and not less than $50,000,000 shall be used for education 
     programs, including $5,000,000 that shall be made available 
     for scholarships for disadvantaged Egyptian students. The 
     conferees support the work of the Leadership for Education 
     and Development program implemented by USAID in Egypt as it 
     attracts students from rural areas of Egypt to attend the 
     American University in Cairo.

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       In order to support the appropriations process in 
     subsequent years, the conferees request the State Department 
     submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, as part 
     of the fiscal year 2007 budget request, which describes the 
     overall assistance objectives for the ESF program in Egypt. 
     The report should address how project and non-project 
     assistance attempts to achieve those objectives, the extent 
     to which such objectives are being achieved, the rationale 
     for the continued decline in project assistance, and to what 
     extent the State Department and USAID believe this trend will 
     continue. In addition, the conferees request that the report 
     address the balance between economic and military assistance 
     provided to Egypt, including whether maintaining the current 
     level of military assistance in relation to economic 
     assistance is most appropriate in light of political and 
     economic conditions in Egypt and in the region.
       The conferees agree with the House proposal that not less 
     than 50 percent of the funds for democracy, governance and 
     human rights be provided through non-governmental 
     organizations for the purpose of strengthening Egyptian civil 
     society organizations, enhancing their participation in the 
     political process and their ability to promote and monitor 
     human rights. Of the funds provided for education, the 
     conferees recommend that not less than 50 percent be used to 
     improve access to basic education. The remainder of funds 
     provided for education shall be used to strengthen 
     institutions of higher education, promote academic freedom, 
     fund educational and cultural exchange programs, and provide 
     educational scholarships including for the American 
     University in Cairo. The conferees request USAID to consult 
     with the Committees on Appropriations regarding the use of 
     democracy funds for Egypt.
       The conference agreement does not include language, 
     proposed by the Senate, conditioning ESF assistance on the 
     installation of an FM transmitter in Media City for Radio 
     SAWA. The conferees expect the State Department to continue 
     to make this matter a priority in Egypt-United States 
     relations.


                                 Africa

       The conferees agree to provide $10,000,000 for political 
     reform programs in Ethiopia and direct the State Department 
     to consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the uses 
     of these funds.
       The conferees agree to provide $4,000,000 for assistance 
     for Zimbabwe for activities consistent with the Zimbabwe 
     Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-
     99). The conferees remain concerned with the authoritarianism 
     of the Mugabe regime and the impact of its misrule on the 
     people of Zimbabwe and the region, particularly with respect 
     to the spread of HIV/AIDS.
       The conferees support efforts to revitalize the peace 
     process in Uganda, and expect funding in this Act to be made 
     available for humanitarian, psycho-social, and development 
     needs for displaced and war-affected persons. The conferees 
     urge the Government of Uganda to accept the presence of 
     international human rights monitors in northern and eastern 
     Uganda.


                       East Asia and the Pacific

       The conference agreement includes language, similar to that 
     proposed by the Senate, which recommends targeted assistance 
     for Cambodia, including $15,000,000 for the promotion of 
     democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. The conferees 
     agree with the Senate position with respect to Cambodia, and 
     condemn the continued suppression of free speech and 
     intimidation of political activists and opposition parties by 
     the Government of Cambodia.
       The conferees note that democracy remains fragile in Timor-
     Leste. The UNOTIL is scheduled to end in May 2006 and some 
     essential government functions remain dependent on 
     international assistance. The conference agreement includes 
     language directing not less than $19,000,000 in ESF 
     assistance for Timor-Leste, and $1,500,000 in INCLE 
     assistance for on-the-ground training of police.
       The conferees agree to provide $25,000,000 for assistance 
     for the Philippines, an increase of $5,000,000 above the 
     budget request.


                               Near East

       The conferees agree to provide $110,000,000 for the Middle 
     East Partnership Initiative and direct that up to $9,000,000 
     be made available for scholarship programs for students from 
     countries with significant Muslim populations at not-for-
     profit American institutions of basic and higher education in 
     the Middle East that are accredited by an accrediting agency 
     recognized by the United States Secretary of Education and 
     are not controlled by the government of the country in which 
     they are located, including the American University of 
     Beirut, the American University in Cairo, and the Lebanese 
     American University. The conferees note that funding provided 
     to American educational institutions in Lebanon may be used 
     for scholarships to support students from any country within 
     the Middle East.
       The conference agreement includes $56,000,000 for 
     democracy, governance and rule of law programs in Iraq, which 
     is similar to a provision proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees direct that of these funds, $28,000,000 be made 
     available to the International Republican Institute and 
     $28,000,000 to the National Democratic Institute.
       The conferees recognize the important programs of 
     organizations, such as Interns for Peace, regarding 
     peacemaking and economic empowerment of Palestinian youth, 
     and recommend sufficient funding be made available to support 
     these activities from assistance provided for the West Bank 
     and Gaza.


                                 Other

       The conferees recommend $5,000,000 to continue support for 
     the provision of wheelchairs for needy persons in developing 
     countries, instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the Senate regarding English language training programs in 
     Francophone countries. The conferees direct that funds made 
     available under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' be made 
     available for such purposes.


             Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate to provide a United States 
     contribution to the Extractive Industries Transparency 
     Initiative Trust Fund (EITI), which is managed by the World 
     Bank. The House did not address this matter. However, the 
     conferees support this initiative which aims to improve the 
     capacity of developing countries to sustainably manage the 
     extraction of natural resources and to monitor revenues 
     generated from such extraction so they are used for purposes 
     which benefit their people. The conferees provide $1,000,000 
     in ESF assistance to be administered by USAID to support EITI 
     implementation and to strengthen the role and capacity of 
     civil society organizations in the EITI process.


                                Pakistan

       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the Senate which conditioned ESF assistance to the central 
     government of Pakistan on submission of a report describing 
     steps the government has taken to protect the rights and 
     safety of Pakistan's human rights lawyers and journalists. 
     The conferees are concerned with reports of harassment and 
     violence perpetrated by Pakistani security forces against 
     lawyers who represent political dissidents and journalists 
     who report on government corruption and other abuses. The 
     conferees direct the Secretary of State to provide the report 
     required by the Senate provision no later than 120 days after 
     enactment of this Act.


               Foundation for Security and Sustainability

       The conferees agree to provide $3,000,000 for the 
     Foundation for Security and Sustainability, as proposed by 
     the Senate.


                      Central Highlands of Vietnam

       The conferees agree to provide $2,000,000 for programs to 
     address the needs of affected communities and individuals in 
     the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The conferees expect up to 
     $1,000,000 will be provided to the Montagnard Development 
     Project.


         Economic Development Programs--Indonesian Universities

       The conference agreement does not include a proposal by the 
     Senate that $2,000,000 be made available for economic 
     development programs conducted by Indonesian universities. 
     However, the conferees expect funding to be provided for this 
     purpose.


       United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal

       The conferees agree to provide a total of not less than 
     $7,500,000 in ESF assistance for Nepal, including $2,500,000 
     for a United States contribution to the Office of the UN High 
     Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal.

                     International Fund for Ireland

       The conference agreement provides $13,500,000 as proposed 
     by the House instead of no appropriation as proposed by the 
     Senate.

          Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States

       The conference agreement provides $361,000,000 instead of 
     $357,000,000 as proposed by the House and $395,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Funds in this account are allocated in the following table 
     and, as stipulated in section 596, any change to these 
     allocations is subject to the regular reprogramming 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:

          Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States

               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]

                                                   Conference agreement
Albania..........................................................28,000
Bosnia-Herzegovina...............................................40,000
Bulgaria.........................................................20,000
Croatia..........................................................15,000
Kosovo...........................................................75,000
Macedonia........................................................35,000
Romania..........................................................20,000
Serbia...........................................................70,000
Montenegro.......................................................15,000
Regional Programs................................................43,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
  Total.........................................................361,000


                                 Serbia

       The conference agreement includes language in section 563 
     similar to that proposed

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     by the Senate conditioning assistance to the central 
     government of Serbia on a determination by the President that 
     the Government of Serbia and Montenegro is cooperating with 
     the International Criminal Tribunal for the former 
     Yugoslavia.
       The conferees recognize that Serbia's democratic transition 
     remains fragile, and directs the State Department to give 
     priority from funds appropriated for assistance for Serbia to 
     programs and activities that strengthen democratic political 
     parties, parliament and civil society.


                                 Kosovo

       The conferees recommend that support be considered for the 
     American University in Kosovo.


                        Training and Development

       The conference agreement does not include language, 
     proposed by the Senate, which recommends $3,500,000 for 
     leadership development programs for women and youth. The 
     conferees expect the State Department to make these funds 
     available for such purposes.
       The conference agreement provides $5,000,000 for the 
     training of judges and prosecutors, as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conferees request the State Department to consult 
     with the Committees on Appropriations on the use of these 
     funds. The conferees note the American Bar Association's rule 
     of law programs and support implementing them through 
     cooperative agreements.
       The conferees recommend funding for the Russian, Eurasian, 
     and East European Research and Training Program (Title VIII) 
     at the fiscal year 2005 level. The conferees also encourage 
     the use of Title VIII funds to include comparative research 
     and language training concerning Eurasian countries critical 
     in the war on terrorism.
       The conferees continue to support the East Central European 
     Scholarship Program (ECESP) and expect that USAID will 
     continue to fund ECESP in Albania and Macedonia through an 
     extension of the current ECESP cooperative agreement.

    Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

       The conference agreement provides $514,000,000 instead of 
     $477,000,000 as proposed by the House and $565,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Funds in this account are allocated in the following table 
     and, as stipulated in section 596, any change to these 
     allocations is subject to the regular reprogramming 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:

    Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]

                                                   Conference agreement
Armenia..........................................................75,000
Azerbaijan.......................................................35,000
Belarus..........................................................12,000
Georgia..........................................................67,000
Kazakhstan.......................................................25,000
Kyrgyz Republic..................................................25,000
Moldova..........................................................19,000
Russia...........................................................80,000
  Russian Far East.............................................[17,500]
  Northern Caucasus.............................................[5,000]
Tajikistan.......................................................24,000
Turkmenistan......................................................5,000
Ukraine..........................................................84,000
Uzbekistan.......................................................20,000
Regional Programs................................................43,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
      Total.....................................................514,000


                         Humanitarian Programs

       The conferees are concerned that internal armed conflicts 
     in the Northern Caucasus have caused great suffering and 
     resulted in enormous humanitarian and development needs for 
     the people of Chechnya, Ingushetia, North Ossetia-Alania, and 
     Dagestan. The conference agreement includes not less than 
     $5,000,000 for improvements in basic services, community 
     reconstruction and recovery, economic development with an 
     emphasis on job creation, the promotion of good governance, 
     human rights, free media, and support for civil society 
     organizations. The above-mentioned republics should receive 
     priority consideration for this assistance. These funds 
     should be disbursed through a transparent, competitive 
     process.
       The conferees agree that at least $3,000,000 of the funds 
     allocated for regional programs should be provided to address 
     ongoing humanitarian needs in Nagorno-Karabagh.
       The conferees recommend that the State Department consider 
     a proposal for a Central Diagnostic Laboratory in the 
     Caucasus, to be located in Armenia.
       The conferees recommend USAID give consideration to the 
     programs of the Vishnevskaya-Rostropovich Foundation, which 
     conducts health programs for children that emphasize disease 
     prevention in the Russian Federation.


                         Trafficking in Persons

       The conferees include not less than $4,000,000 for programs 
     to fight trafficking in persons. The conferees intend that 
     this funding be used to protect victims of trafficking, 
     prevent new instances of trafficking, and support the 
     prosecution of traffickers.


                             Nuclear Safety

       The conference agreement recommends that of the funds made 
     available for assistance for Ukraine, $5,000,000 should be 
     made available for nuclear reactor safety initiatives, 
     similar to that proposed by the Senate. The conferees expect 
     that of this amount, $3,000,000 should be provided for 
     simulator-related projects.


                        Training and Development

       The conference agreement provides $2,500,000, as proposed 
     by the Senate, for the Business Information Service for the 
     Newly Independent States (BISNIS). The conferees support 
     BISNIS's efforts to establish a self-sustaining program under 
     the Department of Commerce and will reconsider this matter in 
     fiscal year 2007.
       The conferees recognize the important work of the Eurasia 
     Foundation in promoting civil society and private enterprise 
     in the successor countries of the former Soviet Union and 
     encourage USAID and the State Department to support the 
     Foundation's efforts to launch and build indigenous 
     foundations throughout the region to continue this work. The 
     conferees note the Eurasia Foundation's commitment to seek 
     sustainable funding for such indigenous organizations through 
     private sector and regional donors.

                          Independent Agencies

                       Inter-American Foundation

       The conference agreement provides $19,500,000 as proposed 
     by the House instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

                     African Development Foundation

       The conference agreement provides $23,000,000 instead of 
     $20,500,000 as proposed by the House and $25,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

                              Peace Corps


                     (Including transfer of Funds)

       The conference agreement provides $322,000,000, instead of 
     $325,000,000 as proposed by the House and $320,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


                          support for counsel

       The conferees are aware that under certain circumstances 
     jurisdictions overseas require the victim of a crime to 
     participate in the prosecution of the crime. The conferees 
     believe that the language of section 5(l) of the Peace Corps 
     Act could support the use of funds appropriated to the Peace 
     Corps to enable the Peace Corps to employ local counsel for 
     volunteers in proceedings where they are parties or 
     complaining witnesses. The conferees urge the Peace Corps to 
     work with the committees of substantive jurisdiction to seek 
     additional clarity on this issue in the Peace Corps Act.


                            Avian Influenza

       The conferees expect the Peace Corps to use funding 
     appropriated under this heading for expenses relating to 
     avian influenza.

                    Millennium Challenge Corporation

       The conference agreement provides $1,770,000,000 for the 
     Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) instead of 
     $1,750,000,000 as proposed by the House and $1,800,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement makes available up to $75,000,000 
     for administrative expenses as proposed by the House, instead 
     of $70,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Additionally, the 
     conferees include language proposed by the Senate, and 
     similar to that proposed by the House, providing up to 10 
     percent of funds for threshold country assistance.
       The conference agreement includes a number of provisions 
     proposed by both the House and Senate requesting a report on 
     the threshold country program, extending section 605(e)(4) of 
     the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, and requiring that the 
     MCC fully fund multi-year compacts for fiscal year 2006.
       The conferees understand that strong participation from 
     indigenous civil society organizations is critical to 
     increasing public support for and ensuring that the MCC 
     successfully meets its intended goals of economic growth and 
     poverty reduction. Such participation would also strengthen 
     the nascent democratic processes in eligible countries, 
     contribute to the MCC criteria of good governance, and 
     provide opportunities for discussion of how best to achieve 
     national priorities of economic growth and poverty reduction.
       The conferees request that the Chief Executive Officer of 
     the MCC submit a report that describes and assesses the 
     record of national governance structures to take into account 
     indigenous civil society input within countries that have 
     completed compact negotiations. The report should be 
     submitted to the relevant committees of jurisdiction 
     identified in the MCC authorization no later than March 31, 
     2006.

                          Department of State

                       Global HIV/AIDS Initiative

       The conference agreement provides $1,995,000,000 for 
     ``Global HIV/AIDS Initiative'' instead of $1,920,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $2,020,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Funds in this account are allocated in the following table 
     and, as stipulated in section 596, any change to these 
     allocations is subject to the regular reprogramming 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:

                       Global HIV/AIDS Initiative

               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]

                                                   Conference agreement
Focus Countries...............................................1,232,000

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Central programs................................................393,000
Global Fund.....................................................200,000
Central Technical Support and Management.........................59,000
  (Administrative Expenses)....................................[12,000]
Non-focus countries..............................................50,000
Strategic Information/Evaluation.................................31,000
UNAIDS...........................................................30,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total.....................................................1,995,000


                           Account Structure

       The conferees note that all funding for the 15 Global HIV/
     AIDS Initiative ``focus'' countries is appropriated in this 
     account. The conferees strongly encourage the Office of the 
     Global AIDS Coordinator to continue its policy of providing 
     additional funding to ``non-focus'' countries and have 
     included $50,000,000 for ``non-focus'' countries in this 
     account.


                           HIV and Nutrition

       The conferees urge the Office of the Global AIDS 
     Coordinator to develop and implement a strategy, in 
     coordination with groups responsible for issues of nutrition, 
     such as USAID, the Department of Agriculture, the World Food 
     Program, and the Food and Agriculture Organization, to 
     address the nutritional requirements of those on 
     antiretroviral therapy. The conferees ask the Office of the 
     Global AIDS Coordinator, in collaboration with USAID, to 
     consult with and report to the Committees on Appropriations 
     not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act on 
     the following for the Global HIV/AIDS Initiative ``focus'' 
     countries:
       (a) The number of Global HIV/AIDS Initiative beneficiaries 
     on antiretroviral therapy;
       (b) The impact of food and nutrition on care and treatment; 
     and
       (c) A strategy to address the nutritional requirements of 
     persons receiving care and treatment.


                   Technical and Programmatic Support

       The conferees urge USAID and the Office of the Global AIDS 
     Coordinator to improve coordination for programs to fight HIV 
     and TB, including through increased funding to organizations 
     such as the World Health Organization which can provide 
     technical support to countries.
       The conferees continue to support the country planning 
     process and recommend that the Office of the Global AIDS 
     Coordinator consider support for organizations, such as Dream 
     for Africa, which develop civil society and local health 
     outreach.

                             Democracy Fund

       The conference agreement includes a new appropriations 
     account, similar to that proposed by the Senate, which seeks 
     to increase the effectiveness and oversight of programs that 
     promote democracy, governance, human rights, independent 
     media, and the rule of law globally. The conferees note that 
     this account also incorporates provisions contained in 
     sections 6026 and 6034 of the Senate bill, and section 534 of 
     the House bill.
       The conferees recommend $95,000,000 for specific democracy 
     programs and activities, as contained in the following table, 
     and up to $1,448,200,000 for democracy, human rights, and 
     rule of law activities under title II of this Act, as 
     contained in the budget request:

                             Democracy Fund

               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]

                                                   Conference agreement
Human Rights and Democracy Fund:
  Global Programs................................................27,000
  China/Hong Kong/Taiwan.........................................20,000
  Muslim Countries outside Middle East...........................12,000
  Forensic assistance in Central and South America................3,000
  Reagan/Fascell Democracy Fellows program........................1,200
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Subtotal, Human Rights and Democracy Fund....................63,200
National Endowment for Democracy:
  China/Hong Kong/Taiwan..........................................3,000
  Muslim Countries outside Middle East............................3,000
  Africa..........................................................2,000
  Tibet.............................................................250
  Venezuela.......................................................2,000
  Russia..........................................................4,000
  North Korea.....................................................1,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Subtotal, National Endowment for Democracy...................15,250
Other:
  Thailand........................................................2,000
  UN Democracy Fund...............................................8,000
  Iran and Syria..................................................6,550
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Subtotal, Other..............................................16,550
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

      Total......................................................95,000
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the Senate that caps USAID contracts for democracy 
     programs at $250,000,000. The conference agreement includes a 
     provision requiring USAID to notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations of democracy, governance, human rights and 
     rule of law contracts, grants and cooperative agreements (and 
     any amendments to the same) exceeding $10,000,000. The 
     conferees include language similar to that proposed by the 
     Senate to provide that funds in the Act that are made 
     available to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) may 
     be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law 
     or regulation.
       The conference agreement recommends $6,550,000 for programs 
     that support the advancement of democracy in Iran and Syria, 
     and language permitting other funds in this Act to be used 
     for similar purposes. The conferees expect that not less than 
     a total of $10,000,000 from funds in this account as well as 
     funds provided for the Middle East Partnership Initiative be 
     made available for programs to support democracy in Iran, 
     including through educational, humanitarian and 
     nongovernmental organizations and individuals inside Iran. 
     The conferees encourage the State Department to consider a 
     range of proposals for democracy promotion in Iran, including 
     activities utilizing the media.
       The conferees support additional assistance for democracy 
     programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from funds 
     made available under this heading and elsewhere in this Act.
       In addition to funds for programs targeted toward Africa, 
     Asia, and Muslim countries outside the Middle East, the 
     conferees include for the National Endowment of Democracy: 
     $250,000 for democracy and human rights programs relating to 
     Tibet; $2,000,000 for the promotion of democracy in 
     Venezuela; $4,000,000 for political party development 
     programs in Russia; and $1,000,000 for programs that promote 
     democratization in North Korea, including human rights and 
     the free flow of information.
       The conferees provide $8,000,000 for a United Nations 
     Democracy Fund. The conferees request the State Department to 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations on how this fund 
     will complement ongoing United States democracy building 
     efforts.

          International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement

       The conference agreement provides $477,200,000 for 
     International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE), 
     instead of $442,400,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $523,874,000 as proposed by the Senate. Funds are made 
     available until September 30, 2008 as proposed by the House 
     instead of September 30, 2007 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $10,000,000 for 
     assistance for demand reduction programs, similar to the 
     House bill. The Senate did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement provides $16,000,000 for the 
     International Law Enforcement Training Academies (ILEA) as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House did not address this issue.
       The conference agreement does not include a Senate 
     provision making $10,000,000 in INCLE funds available for law 
     enforcement programs to combat violent gangs in Guatemala, 
     Honduras and El Salvador. The House bill did not address this 
     issue. However, the conferees are alarmed by the growing 
     violent gang activity in these countries and urge the 
     Secretary of State to increase funding for these programs.
       The conferees direct the State Department to consult with 
     the Committees on Appropriations concerning the use of funds 
     available under this heading and specified as ``other 
     programs'' in the accompanying table. The conferees expect 
     that programs in Iraq will be given the highest priority with 
     either fiscal year 2006 INCLE funds or prior year unobligated 
     funds.
       The conferees agree with the concerns expressed in Senate 
     report language regarding the unwieldy structure of funding 
     for INL aviation programs. The conferees direct that not less 
     than 30 days prior to the obligation of funds available for 
     ``International Narcotics and Law Enforcement'' or ``Andean 
     Counterdrug Initiative'' for the procurement of aircraft, the 
     State Department shall provide the Committees on 
     Appropriations with an Analysis of Alternatives. The analysis 
     shall include, at a minimum: the requirement or mission need 
     for the aircraft to be procured; planned funding for the 
     subject acquisition; cost of alternative aircraft; mission 
     capabilities to include range, lift and operational 
     limitations; estimated maintenance costs and requirements; 
     planned acquisition strategy; and contract or availability 
     limitations.
       The conference agreement makes available $33,484,000 for 
     administrative expenses as proposed by the House instead of 
     $30,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Funds in this account are allocated in the following table 
     and, as stipulated in section 596, any change to these 
     allocations is subject to the regular reprogramming 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:

          International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement

                [Budget authority, dollars in thousands]

                                                   Conference agreement
Indonesia.........................................................5,000
Timor-Leste.......................................................1,500
Philippines.......................................................2,000
Thailand..........................................................1,000
Afghanistan.....................................................235,000
Pakistan.........................................................38,000
Haiti............................................................15,000
Jamaica...........................................................1,000
Mexico...........................................................40,000
Latin America Regional............................................2,500

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Anticorruption....................................................1,500
Demand Reduction.................................................10,000
Anticrime (includes intellectual property protection).............9,000
ILEAS............................................................16,000
Other countries and programs.....................................99,700
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total.......................................................477,200

                     Andean Counterdrug Initiative

       The conference agreement provides $734,500,000 for the 
     ``Andean Counterdrug Initiative'' as proposed by the House 
     and the Senate. Funds are made available until September 30, 
     2008 as proposed by the House instead of September 30, 2007 
     as proposed by the Senate. The conferees emphasize that there 
     are other funds for Andean nations in this Act.
       The conference agreement provides that not less than 
     $228,772,000 shall be directly apportioned to USAID, 
     including $131,232,000 for Colombia.
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     the Senate amendment that recommends that not less than 
     $2,000,000 should be made available to protect biodiversity 
     and indigenous reserves in Colombia. The House did not 
     address this matter. The conferees intend these funds to be 
     used for continued assistance for the Colombian National Park 
     Service and to support activities of nongovernmental 
     organizations.
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate to provide $8,000,000 to USAID 
     for organizations and programs to protect human rights in 
     Colombia. These funds are in addition to the $6,000,000 
     requested for judicial reform programs in Colombia in fiscal 
     year 2006.
       The conferees are aware that hundreds of Colombian military 
     personnel, mostly young recruits, have suffered grievous 
     injuries from landmines and other causes. Many require 
     sophisticated medical treatment. Through the efforts of 
     ``United for Colombia,'' several United States hospitals are 
     providing this treatment free of charge but there are 
     incidental costs such as transportation, lodging and 
     medicines. The conferees direct that of the funds available 
     for the Colombian Armed Forces, $500,000 be made available to 
     pay the incidental costs associated with the treatment and 
     care of injured soldiers in the United States. The conferees 
     also recommend that additional Leahy War Victims Fund 
     assistance be made available for Colombian civilians who are 
     disabled from landmines and other causes resulting from the 
     conflict.
       The conference agreement again includes conditions, similar 
     to current law and the same as the Senate amendment, on 
     aerial spraying. The House bill did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate, which is current law, that requires that the 
     Administrator of USAID, in consultation with the Assistant 
     Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law 
     Enforcement Affairs, shall have responsibility for the use of 
     funds under this heading that are directly apportioned to 
     USAID. The House did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement makes available $19,015,000 from 
     this account for administrative expenses of the State 
     Department and $7,800,000 for administrative expenses of 
     USAID as proposed by the House instead of $16,000,000 for the 
     State Department and $7,000,000 for USAID as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conferees urge the Administration to include in its 
     fiscal year 2007 budget request amounts necessary for a 
     maritime refueling support vessel capable of refueling United 
     States and allied vessels engaged in drug interdiction in the 
     eastern Pacific transit zone.
       Funds in this account are allocated in the following table 
     and, as stipulated in section 596, any change to these 
     allocations is subject to the regular reprogramming 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:

                     Andean Counterdrug Initiative

               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]

                                                   Conference agreement
Bolivia:
  Interdiction/Eradication.......................................43,000
  Alternative Development/Institution Building...................37,000
Colombia:
  Interdiction/Eradication......................................310,850
  USAID Alternative Development/Institution Building............131,232
  Rule of Law....................................................27,393
Ecuador:
  Interdiction/Eradication........................................8,460
  Alternative Development/Institution Building...................11,540
Peru:
  Interdiction/Eradication.......................................59,000
  Alternative Development/Institution Building...................49,000
Panama............................................................4,500
Brazil............................................................6,000
Venezuela.........................................................2,252
Air Bridge Denial................................................14,000
Critical Flight Safety...........................................30,000
                                                             __________
                                                             
    Total.......................................................734,500

                    Migration and Refugee Assistance

       The conference agreement provides $791,000,000 for the 
     Migration and Refugee Assistance Account instead of 
     $790,720,000 as proposed by the House and $900,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


                                 Israel

       The conference agreement also includes Senate language 
     providing not less than $40,000,000 for refugees from the 
     former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and other refugees 
     resettling in Israel. The House bill did not address this 
     matter.


                              North Korea

       The conference agreement does not include language, as 
     proposed by the Senate, regarding assistance for refugees 
     from North Korea. The conferees note that this matter remains 
     a priority for the Committees on Appropriations, and expect 
     the State Department to continue to consult with the 
     Committees on Appropriations on how best to assist these 
     refugees.


                          Conflict Mitigation

       The conferees include a provision, similar to Senate 
     language, recommending funding for programs to mitigate 
     conflict between refugees and hosting communities and to 
     provide technical assistance to local organizations for 
     assistance to refugees, including refugee registration and 
     protection.

     United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund

       The conference agreement provides $30,000,000 for the 
     United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance 
     Fund, as proposed by the House, instead of $40,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the Senate that provides the funds notwithstanding section 
     2(c)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962.

    Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs

       The conference agreement provides $410,100,000 for 
     Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
     Programs, instead of $400,350,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $445,100,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides that certain funds 
     appropriated under this heading may be made available 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the same as 
     current law and as proposed by the Senate. The House provided 
     that these funds may be used notwithstanding any provision of 
     law that restricts assistance to foreign countries.
       The conferees support the use of facilities in New Mexico 
     for instruction in Rural Border patrol operations and urge 
     the State Department to continue Anti-Terror Assistance 
     Program training at these facilities.
       The conferees recognize the strategic and potential 
     economic importance of the port of Riga, given Latvia's 
     status as a valued and trusted NATO ally. In addition to the 
     reporting requirements set forth in the Senate report, the 
     State Department shall also report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on any specific security and non-proliferation 
     issues and concerns needed to be addressed in the assessment.
       Due to budget constraints, the conference agreement does 
     not include a provision proposed by the Senate to provide 
     additional funds above the amount requested for a United 
     States contribution to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban 
     Treaty Preparatory Commission (CTBT). The House did not 
     address this matter. The conferees urge the State Department 
     to include sufficient funds for CTBT in the Administration's 
     fiscal year 2007 budget request.
       The conference agreement does not include $29,000,000 as 
     requested for programs in Iraq, including $16,000,000 as 
     requested for humanitarian demining programs in Iraq. The 
     conferees expect these programs to be funded from prior year 
     funds currently unobligated for Iraq.
       Funds in this account are allocated in the following table 
     and, as stipulated in section 596, any change to these 
     allocations is subject to the regular reprogramming 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:

    Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs

               (Budget authority in thousands of dollars)

                                                   Conference agreement
Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund............................37,500
Export Control and Border Security assistance....................43,400
Nonproliferation of WMD Expertise................................52,600
International Atomic Energy Agency--Voluntary Contribution.......50,000
CTBT/International Monitoring System.............................14,350
Anti-terrorism Assistance.......................................123,500
Counterterrorism financing........................................7,500
Terrorist Interdiction Program....................................5,500
CT Engagement with Allies.........................................1,000
Humanitarian Demining............................................56,000
International Trust Fund for Demining............................10,000
Small Arms/Light Weapons Destruction..............................8,750
                                                             __________
                                                             
  Total.........................................................410,100


                         Conflict Response Fund

       The conference agreement does not include funding for the 
     Conflict Response Fund. The conferees request the State 
     Department, prior to the submission of the fiscal year 2007 
     budget request, to provide the Committees on Appropriations 
     with a comprehensive, disciplined and coherent strategy 
     detailing how

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     the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and 
     Stabilization will coordinate United States Government-wide 
     efforts to respond to international post-conflict 
     contingencies.

                       Department of the Treasury

               International Affairs Technical Assistance

       The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for the 
     International Affairs Technical Assistance program of the 
     Department of the Treasury as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate. Funds for this account are made available until 
     September 30, 2008, instead of 2009 as proposed by the House 
     and 2007 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides that funds appropriated 
     under this heading may be made available notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, the same as current law and as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House provided that these funds 
     may be made available notwithstanding any provision of law 
     that restricts assistance to foreign countries.

                           Debt Restructuring

       The conference agreement provides $65,000,000 for Debt 
     Restructuring as proposed by the House, instead of 
     $99,750,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement provides $20,000,000 for the Tropical Forest 
     Conservation Act Programs as proposed by both the House and 
     Senate.
       The conferees include a technical provision proposed by the 
     Senate referencing limitations by the Agricultural Trade 
     Development and Assistance Act of 1954. The House did not 
     address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
     limiting the use of the United States contribution to the 
     HIPC Trust Fund. The House did not address this matter.

                     TITLE III--MILITARY ASSISTANCE

             International Military Education and Training

       The conference agreement provides $86,744,000 for 
     International Military Education and Training (IMET), as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate.

                   Foreign Military Financing Program

       The conference agreement provides $4,500,000,000 for the 
     Foreign Military Financing Program (FMF), instead of 
     $4,442,300,000 as proposed by the House and $4,603,600,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees agree with the House position that 
     $1,300,000,000 shall be made available for grants only for 
     Egypt and that $210,000,000 as proposed by the Senate shall 
     be made available for assistance for Jordan.
       Funds in this account are allocated in the following table 
     and, as stipulated in section 596, any change to these 
     allocations is subject to the regular reprogramming 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:

                   Foreign Military Financing Program

               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]

                                                   Conference agreement
Israel........................................................2,280,000
Jordan..........................................................210,000
Egypt.........................................................1,300,000
Armenia...........................................................5,000
Azerbaijan........................................................5,000
Pakistan........................................................300,000
Turkey...........................................................15,000
Uzbekistan..........................................................  0
Estonia...........................................................5,000
Latvia............................................................6,000
Lithuania.........................................................5,000
Guatemala...........................................................  0
Operation Enduring Friendship.....................................4,000
Administrative Expenses..........................................41,000
Mongolia..........................................................3,000
Georgia..........................................................12,000
Lebanon...........................................................1,000
Poland...........................................................30,000
Indonesia.........................................................1,000
Philippines......................................................20,000
Thailand..........................................................1,500
Tunisia..........................................................10,000
Tonga...............................................................250
Bangladesh........................................................1,000
Sri Lanka.........................................................1,000
Cambodia..........................................................1,000
Fiji................................................................500
Other...........................................................241,750
                                                             __________
                                                             
  Total.......................................................4,500,000


                         Armenia and Azerbaijan

       The conferees agree to include $5,000,000 for each of the 
     countries of Armenia and Azerbaijan. In addition, the 
     conferees support IMET assistance levels of $750,000 for each 
     country.


                                Lebanon

       The conferees agree to initiate FMF in Lebanon for 
     $1,000,000. The conferees agree that this assistance should 
     be used to initiate procurement of such non-lethal equipment 
     as radios and vehicles.

                        Peacekeeping Operations

       The conference agreement provides $175,000,000 for 
     ``Peacekeeping Operations'', instead of $177,800,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $195,800,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

               TITLE IV--MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  International Financial Institutions

                      Global Environment Facility

       The conference agreement provides $80,000,000 for the 
     Global Environment Facility (GEF) instead of no appropriation 
     as proposed by the House and $107,500,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conferees recognize that the GEF adopted a new Resource 
     Allocation Framework (RAF) in September, 2005. The RAF will 
     link the allocation of GEF resources to a country's potential 
     to generate global environmental benefits as well as its 
     performance, including transparency and good governance. The 
     purpose of performance-based allocations in any institution 
     is to maximize the beneficial impact of scarce resources. The 
     conferees are pleased that the GEF Council established the 
     performance-based allocation system, the centerpiece reform 
     of the GEF-3 replenishment agreement of 2002, and the basis 
     for budget requests to the Congress over the last four years. 
     Due to constraints of the budget allocation, the conferees 
     were unable to provide the full amount for the GEF proposed 
     by the Senate.
       Additionally, the conferees are aware that the donor 
     negotiations for the next GEF replenishment, GEF-4, are 
     currently underway. Therefore, the conferees direct the 
     Department of the Treasury to consult with the Committees on 
     Appropriations on a periodic basis during the fiscal year 
     regarding the implementation of the RAF and other reforms 
     adopted by the GEF for the remaining GEF-3 funding as well as 
     for new funding being proposed under the GEF-4 replenishment.

       Contribution to the International Development Association

       The conference agreement provides $950,000,000 for the 
     International Development Association (IDA), the concessional 
     lending facility of the World Bank, as proposed by the House 
     instead of $900,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees believe that the IDA could be an appropriate 
     source of funds to help eligible countries prepare for and 
     combat a potential avian influenza epidemic. There exists 
     significant need in Asia for programs to increase 
     surveillance capacity, compensate small-scale farmers for 
     timely reports of bird die-offs, modernize animal husbandry 
     practices, and upgrade infectious disease infrastructure. The 
     conferees urge the United States Executive Director to the 
     World Bank to use the voice and vote of the United States to 
     increase support for this global priority, and direct the 
     Secretary of the Treasury to report not later than 90 days 
     after enactment of this Act on the World Bank's plans to do 
     so. The conferees urge governments in that region to make 
     combating avian influenza a top priority.

      Contribution to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

       The conference agreement provides $1,300,000 for the 
     Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, as proposed by the 
     Senate, instead of $1,741,515 as proposed by the House.

          Contribution to the Inter-American Development Bank

                 Inter-American Investment Corporation

       The conference agreement provides $1,741,515 for past due 
     payments by the United States to the Inter-American 
     Investment Corporation as proposed by the House, instead of 
     $1,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Contribution to the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment 
                                  Fund

       The conference agreement provides $1,741,515 for past due 
     payments by the United States to the Multilateral Investment 
     Fund as proposed by the House, instead of $3,742,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

               Contribution to the Asian Development Fund

       The conference agreement provides $100,000,000 for the 
     United States contribution to the Asian Development Fund, as 
     proposed by the Senate, instead of $115,250,000 as proposed 
     by the House.

              Contribution to the African Development Bank

       The conference agreement provides $3,638,000 for the 
     African Development Bank, as proposed by the Senate, instead 
     of $5,638,350 as proposed by the House.

              Contribution to the African Development Fund

       The conference agreement provides $135,700,000 for the 
     African Development Fund as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate.

                International Organizations and Programs

       The conference agreement provides $329,458,000 for 
     voluntary contributions to ``International Organizations and 
     Programs'', instead of $328,958,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $330,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Funds in this account are allocated in the following table 
     and, as stipulated in section 596, any change to these 
     allocations is subject to the regular reprogramming 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:

                International Organizations and Programs

               [Budget authority in thousands of dollars]

                                                   Conference agreement
Center for Human Settlements........................................150
IMO Maritime Security...............................................400

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ICAO Aviation Programs..............................................950
International Conservation Programs (CITES/ITTO/IUCN/Ramsar/CCD)..5,950
International Contributions for Scientific Educational & Cultural 
  Activities......................................................1,000
IPCC/UNFCCC.......................................................6,000
Montreal Protocol................................................21,500
OAS Development Assistance........................................4,750
OAS Fund for Strengthening Democracy..............................2,500
Reserve to be allocated..........................................22,500
UNICEF..........................................................127,000
UNIFEM............................................................3,250
UNIFEM Trust Fund.................................................1,500
UNDP............................................................110,000
UNEP.............................................................10,262
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs..............813
UN Fund for Tech. Cooperation in Human Rights.....................1,500
UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture..........................6,583
World Meteorological Organization.................................1,900
WTO.................................................................950
                                                             __________
                                                             
  Total.........................................................329,458


                   United Nations Development Program

       The conferees encourage the United Nations Development 
     Program (UNDP) to remain vigilant over the politicization of 
     its funding for propaganda purposes, particularly by the 
     Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Gaza and by the 
     illegitimate State Peace and Development Council in Burma. 
     The conferees do not endorse the purchase of aircraft by UNDP 
     for program purposes in Burma.


                           World Food Program

       The conferees support the work of the World Food Program 
     and have provided $10,000,000 for a voluntary contribution 
     under section 534 of this Act as proposed by the Senate, 
     rather than $6,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       (Note: If the provision proposed by the House and Senate is 
     similar, except for a different section number or minor 
     technical differences, the section is not addressed in this 
     statement of the managers.)
     Sec. 504. Report on Unobligated Balances
       The conference agreement includes a new provision as 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6100), with some 
     modification, that requires the submission of quarterly 
     reports on unobligated and unexpended funds.
       The conferees agree that the quarterly report required by 
     this section should be formatted to provide information on 
     unobligated balances for the relevant quarter as well as 
     cumulative balances for unobligated and unexpended funds. For 
     purposes of this quarterly report, the terms ``unobligated'' 
     and ``unexpended'' shall have the same meaning as such terms 
     defined by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) ``Red 
     Book'' and as used by the Office of Management and Budget 
     (OMB).
       The conferees agree that the first quarterly report 
     required by this provision, covering the first quarter of the 
     fiscal year 2006 and prior year balances, shall be due to the 
     Committees on Appropriations no later than February 1, 2006.
     Sec. 505. Limitation on Expenses and Representational 
         Allowances
       The conference agreement includes a revision of House 
     sections 504 and 505 and Senate sections 6004 and 6005. The 
     agreement combines these provisions into a new section 505 
     which addresses both a limitation on representational 
     allowances as well as a limitation on entertainment expenses 
     to also include recorded music, live artistic performances, 
     personal gifts and furnishings.
     Sec. 507. Prohibition Against Direct Funding for Certain 
         Countries
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House and Senate (section 6007) 
     which prohibits direct funding for certain countries, 
     exempting Libya from the prohibition on Export-Import Bank 
     programs and Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
     financing.
     Sec. 509. Transfers
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the House and Senate (section 6009) limiting 
     transfers of funds in this Act.
     Sec. 510. Commercial Leasing of Defense Articles
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the House and Senate (section 6010) which 
     provides the same authority in current law regarding the 
     commercial leasing of defense articles.
     Sec. 511. Availability of Funds
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House and Senate (section 6011) 
     which addresses the availability of funds.
     Sec. 515. Notification Requirements
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House and Senate (section 6015), 
     with modifications, which requires the application of 
     reprogramming oversight procedures. The conference agreement 
     includes a new heading, ``Democracy Fund'', subject to 
     notification.
     Sec. 517. Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House and Senate (section 6017), 
     with modifications. The agreement excludes subsection (a) of 
     the House bill regarding restrictions on assistance and 
     includes Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the list of countries 
     for whichfunds are subject to notification procedures, as 
     proposed by the House.
     Sec. 519. Export Financing Transfer Authorities
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House and Senate (section 6019) 
     limiting the transfer authorities for funds, modified to 
     apply to funds appropriated in title I of this Act.
     Sec. 520. Special Notification Requirements
       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate (section 6020) which requires that funds for 
     Serbia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Liberia, and Cambodia be 
     subject to the special notification procedures of this 
     section, instead of a similar provision proposed by the House 
     (section 520).
     Sec. 521. Definition of Program, Project, and Activity
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House and Senate (section 6021) 
     which applies the definition for the terms ``program, 
     project, and activity'' to the entire Act, the same as 
     current law and as proposed by the House.
     Sec. 522. Child Survival and Health Activities
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House and Senate (section 6022) 
     which addresses expenditure of funds made available for 
     assistance under the heading ``Child Survival and Health 
     Programs Fund''. The provision makes available for family 
     planning/reproductive health activities not less than 
     $440,000,000 of funds appropriated under title II, rather 
     than $450,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House did 
     not address this matter.
       The conference agreement also includes language as proposed 
     by the Senate which mandates a Government Accountability 
     Office audit of the 2004 and 2005 ``Child Survival and Health 
     Programs Fund''.
     Sec. 523. Afghanistan
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House and Senate (section 6023) 
     which addresses funds provided for humanitarian, 
     reconstruction, and related assistance for Afghanistan. The 
     conference agreement provides that not less than $3,000,000 
     should be for reforestation activities, rather than 
     $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement does not include a Senate proposal 
     to provide $3,000,000 for assistance for Afghan families and 
     communities that have suffered losses as a result of the 
     military operations. The House did not address this matter. 
     The conferees support continued funding for this initiative 
     and provide $2,000,000 for this purpose. The conferees intend 
     these funds to be used to support the same types of 
     activities that are being carried out in Iraq through the 
     Marla Ruzicka Iraqi War Victims Fund. The conferees direct 
     that a portion of these funds be used, consistent with the 
     Senate provision, to employ a liaison between Afghan families 
     and communities, the Afghan Independent Human Rights 
     Commission, U.S. Armed Forces and USAID, to facilitate 
     implementation of this initiative.
       The conference agreement provides that not less than 
     $2,000,000 should be for Afghan human rights groups, as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement does not include language, 
     proposed by the Senate, which recommends funding for a 
     National Emergency Response and Preparedness System. The 
     conferees expect the State Department to consider this 
     project.
       The conference agreement does not include a vetting 
     requirement for the Afghan National Army, as proposed by the 
     Senate, which would have been duplicative of vetting 
     requirements included elsewhere in this Act.
       The conference agreement contains language, similar to that 
     proposed by the House and Senate, that provides that 
     $50,000,000 should be made available to support programs that 
     directly address the needs of Afghan women and girls, of 
     which not less than $7,500,000 shall be made available for 
     small grants to improve the capacity of women-led Afghan 
     nongovernmental organizations.
     Sec. 525. HIV/AIDS
       The conference agreement includes a provision, similar to 
     that proposed by the House, which conditions a portion of the 
     United States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 
     TB and Malaria on the progress of reforms to improve 
     monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of Global Fund 
     financing. The conference agreement conditions 20 percent, 
     rather than 25 percent as in the House provision, and a 
     clarifying change is made in paragraph (2).
     Sec. 526. Burma
       The conference agreement includes language, similar to that 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6031), regarding assistance 
     for

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     Burma. The conferees endorse language on Burma contained in 
     the Senate report.
       The conferees recommend that in addition to assistance for 
     Burmese refugees provided under the heading ``Migration and 
     Refugee Assistance'', $3,000,000 be made available for 
     assistance for community-based organizations operating in 
     Thailand to provide food, medical and other humanitarian 
     assistance to internally displaced persons in eastern Burma. 
     The conferees recommend $4,000,000 for the Burma Border 
     Consortium.
       The conferees affirm that the responsibility for programs 
     and activities regarding Burmese refugees and internally 
     displaced persons resides with the United States Ambassador 
     to Thailand.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the Senate restricting assistance to the central 
     government of any country that is a major provider of weapons 
     or defense-related equipment to the State Peace and 
     Development Council (SPDC). The House did not address this 
     matter.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the Senate restricting funding for the United Nations 
     Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The House did not address 
     this matter. The conferees remain concerned by reports that 
     the UNODC in Burma is failing to report to other relevant 
     United Nations organizations incidents of gross human rights 
     violations encountered during the conduct of its programs in 
     Burma.
     Sec. 531. Financial Market Assistance in Transition Countries
       The conference agreement includes a provision as proposed 
     by the House which requires not less than $40,000,000 should 
     be made available for building capital markets and financial 
     systems in countries in transition. The conferees agree that 
     the Secretary of State should direct that at least 
     $30,000,000 for this purpose come from accounts under the 
     State Department's control.
     Sec. 532. Authorities for the Peace Corps, Inter-American 
         Foundation and African Development Foundation
       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate (section 6032), and similar to that proposed by 
     the House (section 532), which states that provisions of this 
     Act or any other Act, shall not be construed to prohibit 
     certain activities of the Peace Corps Act, the Inter-American 
     Foundation Act or the African Development Foundation Act.
     Sec. 534. Special Authorities
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House (section 534) and Senate 
     (section 6034) which provides special authorities as follows:
       In subsection (a), the conference agreement includes 
     language proposed by the Senate which provides certain 
     authority for assistance for Afghanistan, Pakistan, 
     Montenegro, Lebanon, assistance to victims of war, displaced 
     Burmese, and Iraq. The House did not include Iraq in the list 
     of countries and provided the funds with more limited 
     authorities.
       In subsection (b), the conference agreement provides that 
     funds appropriated for tropical forestry and biodiversity 
     conservation activities may be used notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the same as current law and as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House provided that these funds may be used 
     notwithstanding any provision of law that restricts 
     assistance to foreign countries.
       In subsection (c), the conference agreement provides 
     authority for employment of personal services contractors in 
     the United States by USAID notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the same as current law and as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House bill did not provide this authority.
       The conference agreement does not include subsection (f) as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate which addressed section 
     451(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The conferees 
     agree instead to include language proposed by the Senate 
     (section 6114) which extends until 2007 the application of 
     law making certain Vietnamese nationals eligible for 
     resettlement in the United States.
       In subsection (h), the conference agreement includes 
     $10,000,000 for a contribution to the World Food Program from 
     funds managed by USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and 
     Humanitarian Assistance, as proposed by the Senate. The funds 
     are made available notwithstanding any other provision of law 
     as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed a $6,000,000 
     contribution.
       The conference agreement does not include subsection (i) as 
     proposed by the House and Senate which addressed availability 
     of funds for the National Endowment for Democracy. The 
     conferees agree to address this issue in the ``Democracy 
     Fund'' appropriation heading in title II of this Act.
       In subsection (i), the conference agreement includes 
     language similar to that proposed by the Senate that provides 
     $5,000,000 for American educational institutions in the 
     People's Republic of China. The House did not address this 
     issue.
       In subsection (j), the conference agreement includes 
     language similar to that proposed by the Senate which 
     addresses assistance to Pakistan in accordance with 
     requirements contained in Public Law 107-57. The House did 
     not address this issue. The conferees agree to include 
     language that extends the ``sunset provision'' contained in 
     Public Law 107-57.
       In subsection (k), the conference agreement includes 
     language similar to that proposed by the Senate that 
     addresses the establishment of a Middle East Foundation. The 
     House did not address this issue. The conference agreement 
     establishes the Foundation with a limitation on United States 
     contributions of $35,000,000 and the requirement that United 
     States contributions to the Foundation be matched by grants 
     from other donors.
       In subsection (l), the conference agreement includes 
     language proposed by the Senate that amends sections 
     21(h)(1)(A) and 21(h)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act and 
     section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act. The House did not 
     address this issue.
       In subsection (m), the conference agreement includes 
     language proposed by the Senate which extends authorities for 
     refugee status for certain peoples of the Soviet Union, 
     Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The House did not address this 
     issue.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate that made funds available for 
     administrative expenses of USAID with respect to programs in 
     the West Bank and Gaza. The House did not address this issue. 
     The conferees agree to address this issue in the ``Economic 
     Support Funds'' appropriation heading in title II of this 
     Act.
     Sec. 536. Eligibility for Assistance
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House (section 536) and Senate 
     (section 6036) which applies restrictions contained in this 
     or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country.
     Sec. 537. Reservation of Funds
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House (section 537) and Senate 
     (section 6037) which provides that certain funds may be 
     reprogrammed under certain conditions notwithstanding any 
     other provision of this or any other Act.
     Sec. 539. Prohibition on Publicity or Propaganda
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House (section 539) and Senate 
     (section 6039) prohibiting the use of funds for publicity or 
     propaganda purposes. The conferees have modified the section 
     to provide that not to exceed $25,000 may be made available 
     to carry out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96-
     533, instead of $750,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees agree to reconsider funding for this purpose next 
     year.
     Sec. 542. Prohibition on Assistance to Foreign Governments 
         that Export Lethal Military Equipment to Countries 
         Supporting International Terrorism
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House (section 542) and Senate 
     (section 6042) which prohibits funds in this Act from being 
     made available to any foreign government that provides lethal 
     military equipment to certain countries.
     Sec. 546. Landmines
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House (section 546) and Senate 
     (section 6046) which provides the same authority in current 
     law regarding the provision of demining equipment 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law.
     Sec. 549. Haiti
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House (section 549) and Senate 
     (section 6049), modified to address language proposed by the 
     House in section 583, ``Prohibition on Certain International 
     Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement Assistance to the 
     Government of Haiti.''
       The conferees agree to include language similar to that 
     proposed by the Senate which establishes a total funding 
     level of $116,215,000 as requested from the following 
     accounts: ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund'', 
     ``Development Assistance'', ``Economic Support Fund'', 
     ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', 
     ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', and ``International 
     Military Education and Training''.
       The conferees agree to include language similar to that 
     proposed by the House in section 583, revised to address the 
     specific issues associated with the Haitian National Police 
     (HNP). The conferees are concerned about members of the 
     Haitian National Police or other individuals unlawfully using 
     weapons, ammunition, and other lethal materiel that has been 
     provided or sold by the United States Government and 
     therefore require the certification included in section 
     549(c). The conferees understand that investigations into 
     extrajudicial killings and other alleged incidents of human 
     rights abuses by the police are currently underway but 
     severely limited by the lack of investigative capacity within 
     the HNP. The conferees request that not later than 60 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the State Department 
     report to the appropriate congressional committees the 
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     including information on whether any United States-supplied 
     or provided weapon or ammunition was used during those 
     incidents.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate requiring a report prior to funds 
     being made available to support elections in Haiti. The 
     conferees direct the Secretary of State to submit a report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of enactment 
     of the Act which (1) describes in detail the steps taken by 
     the Haitian Transitional Government and the United Nations 
     Stabilization Mission to provide adequate security to permit 
     free and fair elections with broad based participation by all 
     political parties, and to demobilize, disarm and reintegrate 
     armed groups, and (2) provides an assessment of the 
     effectiveness of such steps.
     Sec. 551. Limitation on Assistance to Security Forces
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House (section 551) and Senate 
     (section 6051) which prohibits funds in this Act from being 
     provided to any unit of security forces if there is credible 
     evidence of human rights violations.
     Sec. 554. Cambodia
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     proposed by the House (section 554) and Senate (section 6054) 
     which addresses assistance for Cambodia.
       The conference agreement does not include language as 
     proposed by the House regarding international financial 
     institution loans to the central Government of Cambodia.
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     proposed by the Senate which prohibits assistance for the 
     central Government of Cambodia with the exception of 
     assistance for certain programs; makes $15,000,000 available 
     for activities to support democracy, rule of law, and human 
     rights, including democratic political parties; and, provides 
     such assistance notwithstanding section 541 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act.
     Sec. 556. Colombia
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     proposed by the House (section 556) and Senate (section 
     6056), and similar to current law which conditions the 
     provision of assistance to the Colombian Armed Forces.
       The conference agreement does not include a Senate 
     provision requiring prior consultation with the Office of the 
     United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia 
     and with the appropriate congressional committees. The 
     conferees expect the Secretary of State, prior to making the 
     certifications required by this paragraph, to consider the 
     opinion of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner 
     for Human Rights in Colombia regarding the conditions in 
     section 556(a)(2) of this Act and to consult with the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
     Sec. 559. West Bank and Gaza Program
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House (section 559) and Senate 
     (section 6059) which addresses funds available for the West 
     Bank and Gaza Program, including a provision proposed by the 
     House which requires the Comptroller General of the United 
     States to conduct an audit of fiscal year 2006 funds and a 
     provision proposed by the Senate which requires the Secretary 
     of State to submit a report required in section 2106 of 
     chapter 2 of title II of Public Law 109-13.
     Sec. 560. Contribution to the United Nations Population Fund
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House (section 560) and Senate 
     (section 6060) which addresses limitations on contributions 
     for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), amended to provide 
     $34,000,000 from the ``International Organizations and 
     Programs'' (IOP) account and the ``Child Survival and Health 
     Programs Fund'' account, of which $22,500,000 shall be 
     derived from IOP and shall be made available for the UNFPA.
       The agreement does not include language proposed by the 
     Senate which provided for exceptions to the limitations on 
     the use of funds.
     Sec. 563. Funding for Serbia
       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate (section 6063), and similar to that proposed by 
     the House (section 563), which restricts assistance for the 
     central government of Serbia, after May 31, 2006, for certain 
     specified conditions.
     Sec. 565. Special Debt Relief for the Poorest
       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate (section 6065), and similar to that proposed by 
     the House (section 565), which provides the President 
     authority to reduce debt owed to the United States as a 
     result of certain guarantees. The conferees agree to include 
     language proposed by the Senate that extends debt reduction 
     to obligations for purchases of United States agricultural 
     commodities under export credit guarantee programs. The House 
     did not address this issue.
     Sec. 566. Authority To Engage in Debt Buybacks or Sales
       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate (section 6066) and similar to a provision proposed 
     by the House (section 566), which provides the same authority 
     in current law to engage in debt buybacks or sales 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law. The House limited 
     this authority to notwithstanding any provision of law that 
     restricts assistance to foreign countries.
     Sec. 567. Basic Education
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the House (section 567), which provides not 
     less than $465,000,000 from title II for basic education, 
     including a total of $365,000,000 from the ``Development 
     Assistance'' account. The conferees note this is $65,000,000 
     above the fiscal year 2005 level.
       The conferees are aware of the need for programs in the 
     developing world that increase access to quality education, 
     including by removing financial impediments to attending 
     school, training teachers, developing curricula, improving 
     physical plant, and making school supplies more available. 
     The conferees note that a number of developing nations have 
     committed to achieving universal basic education by 2015, and 
     that the World Bank Fast Track Initiative, to which the 
     United States is a party, has identified certain countries 
     for which this goal may be within reach with adequate donor 
     support and technical assistance. The conferees want to 
     ensure that the $65,000,000 increase in funding for fiscal 
     year 2006 is programmed to achieve the maximum and most 
     dramatic results in a select number of countries, and direct 
     USAID to program the increase only after consultation with 
     the Committees on Appropriations.
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the House requiring the Comptroller General 
     of the United States to prepare an analysis of United States-
     funded international basic education programs within six 
     months of enactment. The conferees provide $250,000 for this 
     purpose. The conferees refer the Comptroller General to the 
     provisions in House section 567 detailing what should be 
     included in the analysis. The conferees also direct the 
     Comptroller General to include an analysis of the staffing 
     needs of United States Government agencies to carry out 
     international basic education assistance programs and a 
     description and analysis of United States Government 
     contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements that are 
     designed to achieve the goals of the basic education 
     assistance program.
       The conferees also agree to provide $15,000,000 in basic 
     education funding to expand and extend a pilot project to 
     increase access to basic education by addressing the 
     prohibitive fees that keep children, and particularly girls, 
     out of school.
     Sec. 568. Reconciliation Programs
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the House (section 568) and Senate (section 
     6068) which provides $15,000,000 in ESF assistance for 
     reconciliation programs and does not include a Senate 
     proposal to make these funds available notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law.
     Sec. 569. Sudan
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the House (section 569) and Senate (section 
     6069) which addresses assistance to Sudan, providing up to 
     $70,000,000 under ``Development Assistance'' for Sudan, of 
     which $6,000,000 may be made available to USAID for 
     administrative expenses.
       The conference agreement includes subsection (b)(1) as in 
     the Senate bill, limiting the availability of funds, and 
     subsection (e) as in the House bill, defining certain regions 
     as ``outside of control of the Government of Sudan''.
     Sec. 570. Trade Capacity Building
       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the House (section 570) which makes not less than 
     $522,000,000 available for trade capacity building assistance 
     from several accounts in title II of this Act and $20,000,000 
     from ESF for labor and environmental capacity building 
     activities relating to the Central America Free Trade 
     Agreement. The Senate did not address this issue.
     Sec. 572. Zimbabwe
       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate (section 6078) which requires the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to take certain actions with respect to loans to the 
     Government of Zimbabwe. The House did not address this issue.
     Sec. 573. Gender-Based Violence Training
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the House (section 573) which addresses the 
     use of funds to provide training for foreign police, 
     judicial, and military officials, modified to state that such 
     training shall be provided where appropriate.
     Sec. 574. Limitation on Economic Support Fund Assistance for 
         Certain Foreign Governments That Are Parties to the 
         International Criminal Court
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the House (section 574), amended to include 
     a provision

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     similar to that proposed by the Senate (section 6086).
       The conferees agree to language proposed by the House which 
     addresses assistance for countries that are party to the 
     International Criminal Court that have not entered into an 
     agreement with the United States pursuant to Article 98 of 
     the Rome Statute. The conferees further agree to include as 
     subsection (e), the Senate provision (section 6086), amended 
     to delete reference to IMET funds.
     Sec. 575. Tibet
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House (section 575) and Senate 
     (section 6079) which provides that of the funds appropriated 
     to the ``Economic Support Fund'' account, not less than 
     $4,000,000 should be made available to nongovernmental 
     organizations which preserve cultural traditions and promote 
     sustainable development and environmental conservation in 
     Tibetan communities.
       The conference agreement also provides that these funds be 
     made available notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the same as current law and as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House proposed that these funds be made available 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts 
     assistance to foreign countries.
       The conference agreement provides that $250,000 should be 
     made available for human rights and democracy programs 
     through the National Endowment for Democracy, as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House did not address this issue.
     Sec. 576. Central America
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the House (section 576), amended to include 
     language similar to that proposed by the Senate (section 
     6092).
       The conferees agree to include language proposed by the 
     House which provides that 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 
     2005 should be made available for El Salvador, Guatemala, 
     Nicaragua and Honduras. The conferees direct that USAID not 
     fund these increases from other fiscal year 2006 programs in 
     the Western Hemisphere.
       The conferees further agree to include language similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate in section 6092, which provides 
     not less than $1,500,000 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 for programs and activities to combat organized 
     crime, crimes of violence specifically targeting women and 
     corruption in Guatemala.
     Sec. 577. United States Agency for International Development 
         Management


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the House (section 577) which provides 
     certain authorities to USAID. The conferees agree to continue 
     authority that enables USAID to hire Foreign Service Limited 
     employees to replace on a one-for-one basis individuals who 
     were employed by USAID under other authorities, such as 
     Personal Services Contracts (PSCs). To ensure that relatively 
     junior Foreign Service Officers have an early opportunity to 
     gain valuable overseas experience, the conferees provide 
     $10,000,000 to pay for such indirect costs as housing and 
     transportation. These costs are routinely covered for PSCs 
     and paid out of program accounts. In using these authorities, 
     USAID should achieve annualized savings in administrative 
     costs, including an estimated $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2007. 
     The conferees direct USAID to provide baseline data on 
     administrative costs so these annual savings can be verified 
     and tracked.
       The conference agreement includes language under this 
     section that allows USAID to use program funds to cover the 
     costs of staff working to mitigate the effects of natural 
     disasters. The conferees note that this authority should be 
     used sparingly and only when necessary to enable USAID to 
     cope with the consequences of natural disasters, such as 
     those on the scale of Hurricane Mitch in Central America in 
     1998.
     Sec. 578. HIPC Debt Reduction
       The conference agreement includes a provision as proposed 
     by the House (section 578) which addresses HIPC debt 
     reduction. The Senate did not address this matter.
     Sec. 579. OPIC Transfer Authority


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement includes a provision as proposed 
     by the House (section 579), which authorizes the transfer of 
     funds under title II of this Act to OPIC for certain 
     purposes. The Senate did not address this matter.
     Sec. 580. Limitation on Funds Relating to Attendance of 
         Federal Employees at Conferences Occurring Outside the 
         United States
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by both the House (section 585) and Senate 
     (section 6124) which prohibits funds for attendance of more 
     than 50 employees at any single conference occurring outside 
     the United States, modified to clarify that the prohibition 
     applies to employees stationed in the United States attending 
     international conferences.
     Sec. 581. 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
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the House (section 587) which prohibits 
     funds for assistance under certain conditions associated with 
     extradition of certain individuals, modified to provide a 
     waiver of the restriction when the Secretary of State 
     certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that such a 
     restriction is contrary to the national interest of the 
     United States.
     Sec. 582. Prohibition Against Direct Funding for Saudi Arabia
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the House (section 588) which prohibits 
     assistance to Saudi Arabia, modified to reflect current law.
     Sec. 583. Governments That Have Failed To Permit Certain 
         Extraditions
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the House (section 590) and Senate (section 
     6129) which prohibits funds for assistance under certain 
     conditions when governments fail to permit the extradition of 
     certain individuals, modified to provide a waiver of the 
     restriction when the Secretary of State certifies to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that such a restriction is 
     contrary to the national interest of the United States.
     Sec. 584. Reporting Requirements
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate (section 6067) which requires a 
     quarterly report on the uses of fiscal year 2006 funds for 
     ``Foreign Military Financing'', ``International Military 
     Education and Training'' and ``Peacekeeping Operations'', 
     modified to change the date of the first report to April 1, 
     2006 and remove the reference to ``hereafter.''
     Sec. 585. Environment Programs
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate (section 6074) which addresses 
     environment programs. The conference agreement also includes 
     language similar to that proposed by the Senate with respect 
     to the submission of the climate change report. The conferees 
     expect that, pursuant to the August 2005 Government 
     Accountability Office report (GAO-05-461), OMB and the 
     Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) will explain in detail 
     any changes in the Administration's annual climate change 
     report content and format since fiscal year 2002. The 
     conferees expect OMB and the CCSP to develop crosswalk tables 
     to compare new and old report structures, definitions, 
     categories, content, and format to ensure better assessment 
     of changes in spending over time, specifically by agency and 
     category. In addition, the conferees direct OMB in its fiscal 
     year 2007 report to transmit information in the form of 
     budget authority, expenditures, and obligations as has been 
     consistently required by the Congress.
       The conference agreement contains a subsection similar to 
     current law and the Senate proposal regarding extractive 
     industries and the international financial institutions. The 
     House did not address this matter.
     Sec. 586. Uzbekistan
       The conference agreement includes a provision as proposed 
     by the Senate (section 6075) and similar to current law.
     Sec. 587. Central Asia
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate (section 6076) regarding 
     assistance to Central Asia.
     Sec. 588. Disability Programs
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate (section 6077) making available 
     $4,000,000 in ESF for programs and activities administered by 
     USAID to address the needs and protect the rights of people 
     with disabilities in developing countries. Of this amount, 
     the conferees direct that $1,500,000 be made available to 
     organizations that specialize in advocacy for people with 
     disabilities, to support training, technical, and related 
     assistance for foreign NGOs that work primarily on behalf of 
     people with disabilities in developing countries, and 
     $2,500,000 be made available for equipment and other 
     assistance for such foreign NGOs.
     Sec. 589. Discrimination Against Minority Religious Faiths in 
         the Russian Federation
       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate (section 6080) regarding assistance for the 
     Russian Federation. The House did not address this matter.
     Sec. 590. War Crimes in Africa
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate (section 6081), requiring a 
     certification by the Secretary of State before any funding 
     may be made available to the central government of any 
     country in which a person indicted by the Special Court for 
     Sierra Leone

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     or International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is living.
       The conferees believe that Charles Taylor should stand 
     trial for the crimes for which he has been indicted. In 
     subsection (d), the conferees require a report by the 
     President outlining the Administration's strategy for working 
     with the Government of Nigeria to turn over Charles Taylor to 
     the Special Court for Sierra Leone. If that report has not 
     been received by 120 days following enactment of this Act, no 
     funding may be made available for the central Government of 
     Nigeria. This restriction is not intended to include support 
     provided for peacekeeping operations in other countries.
     Sec. 591. Security in Asia
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate (section 6084) which (1) 
     specifies military assistance for a number of countries in 
     Asia; (2) makes funds available for the Philippines to 
     address critical deficiencies identified in the Joint Defense 
     Assessment of 2003; (3) permits funding for the Indonesian 
     Navy, subject to the notification of the Committees on 
     Appropriations; and (4) makes funds available for Cambodia 
     notwithstanding certain provisions of this Act.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the Senate with respect to Nepal in this provision. These 
     requirements are addressed in section 592.
     Sec. 592. Nepal
       The conference agreement includes a new provision similar 
     to language proposed by the Senate in subsection (e) of 
     section 6084 which addressed Nepal.
       For purposes of determining whether the conditions for 
     certification have been met, the conferees intend that 
     ``civil liberties'' include due process under law, freedoms 
     of speech, the press and association, and the right of 
     movement; and ``protecting human rights'' includes (1) the 
     release of all political detainees including those detained 
     before February 1, 2005; (2) granting civilian prosecutors 
     and judicial authorities, the National Human Rights 
     Commission of Nepal (NHRC), the Office of the United Nations 
     High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal, and 
     international humanitarian organizations, unannounced and 
     unimpeded access to all detainees, places of detention, 
     witnesses, relevant documents and other requested 
     information, and cooperating with these entities to identify 
     and resolve all security related cases involving persons in 
     government custody; (3) complying with international 
     humanitarian law and ending torture, extrajudicial killings 
     and other gross violations of human rights, and prosecuting 
     and punishing individuals responsible for such violations; 
     (4) restoring the independence of the NHRC in accordance with 
     constitutional provisions, including providing adequate 
     funding and staff; (5) complying with habeas corpus orders 
     issued by Nepal's courts including all outstanding orders, 
     and the security forces are respecting such orders; and (6) 
     ensuring that the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of 
     Authority is receiving adequate support to effectively 
     implement its mandate and that no other anti-corruption body 
     is functioning in violation of the 1990 Constitution or 
     contrary to due process.
     Sec. 593. Neglected Diseases
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate (section 6094) which allocates 
     $15,000,000 of the ``Child Survival and Health Programs 
     Fund'' to fight neglected diseases. The conferees recognize 
     that a multilateral initiative may be the most effective 
     mechanism for leveraging and coordinating with additional 
     contributions from other donors. The Administrator of USAID 
     should consult with the Committees on Appropriations before a 
     mechanism is chosen. Until such a mechanism is available, the 
     Administrator should develop and implement the program 
     through existing bilateral and multilateral mechanisms.
     Sec. 594. Orphans, Displaced and Abandoned Children
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate (section 6095) which provides not 
     less than $3,000,000 for activities to improve the capacity 
     of foreign government agencies and NGOs to prevent child 
     abandonment, address the needs of orphans, displaced and 
     abandoned children and provide permanent homes through family 
     reunification, guardianship and domestic adoptions.
     Sec. 595. Advisor for Indigenous Peoples Issues
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate (section 6097) that requires 
     USAID to appoint an Advisor for Indigenous Peoples Issues.
     Sec. 596. Statement
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate (section 6112) which requires 
     that funds in the specified accounts be allocated as 
     indicated in the respective tables in this statement of the 
     managers. Any change to these allocations is subject to the 
     regular reprogramming procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
     Sec. 597. Combatting Piracy of United States Copyrighted 
         Materials
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate (section 6115) regarding the use 
     of funds under the heading ``International Narcotics Control 
     and Law Enforcement'' to combat piracy of United States 
     copyrighted materials overseas.
     Sec. 598. Malaria
       The conference agreement includes a provision, similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate (section 6125) which addresses 
     malaria. The House did not address this matter. Further 
     discussion of malaria is under ``Child Survival and Health 
     Programs Fund''.
     Sec. 599. Oversight of Iraq Reconstruction
       The conference agreement includes a provision, similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate (section 6131) which addresses 
     authorities and funding for the Special Inspector General for 
     Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), amended to extend the period of 
     oversight for the SIGIR without providing additional funds as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees endorse oversight of United States 
     reconstruction efforts in Iraq and therefore support the work 
     of the SIGIR. The conferees intend that programs and 
     operations of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) that 
     had been within the oversight jurisdiction of the Coalition 
     Provisional Authority Inspector General (CPA-IG) remain 
     within the jurisdiction of its successor, SIGIR. The 
     conferees understand that SIGIR has sufficient funds to carry 
     out its activities through fiscal year 2006 and expect any 
     additional funds necessary to complete SIGIR's work in fiscal 
     year 2007 will be included in the fiscal year 2007 budget 
     request for consideration in the fiscal year 2007 
     appropriations process.
       With respect to Iraq's reconstruction, the conferees note 
     the importance of an open and transparent process in 
     developing projects, issuing contracts and fulfilling those 
     contracts currently underway. The conferees encourage the 
     State Department and the Defense Department to consider 
     current proposals to use advanced software programs that 
     provide solutions for soliciting contracts and ensuring that 
     the bidding process is transparent and accountable.
       The conferees are aware of a joint proposal by the Sabre 
     Foundation and the Harvard Committee on Iraqi Libraries to 
     enhance the quality and quantity of Iraqi university library 
     collections. The conferees urge the State Department, working 
     with other donors, to enhance and strengthen higher education 
     in Iraq.
     Sec. 599A. Nonproliferation and Counterproliferation Efforts
       The conference agreement includes a provision similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate (section 6134) which makes NADR 
     funds available for certain nonproliferation and 
     counterproliferation efforts, but does not include the 
     reference to the Cooperative Threat Reduction program and the 
     National Counter Proliferation Center as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House did not address this matter.
     Sec. 599B. Promotion of Policy Goals at Multilateral 
         Development Banks
       The conference agreement includes a provision, similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate, which amends the International 
     Financial Institutions Act by requiring the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to inform the multilateral development banks and the 
     executive directors of such banks of certain reform goals and 
     to actively promote these reforms. The conferees believe 
     these reforms would improve transparency, deter corruption, 
     promote justice and accountability, protect whistleblowers, 
     and enhance the quality of MDB-financed projects, and should 
     be vigorously implemented. The House did not address this 
     matter.
     Sec. 599C. Authorizations
       The conference agreement includes authorization language 
     for the International Development Association, the African 
     Development Fund, and the Asian Development Fund.
     Sec. 599D. Anticorruption Provisions
       The conference agreement includes a provision, similar to 
     that proposed by the House that would withhold 20 percent of 
     the funds for the World Bank's International Development 
     Association (IDA) from disbursement until the Secretary of 
     the Treasury makes a certification about a number of 
     procurement issues that would increase transparency in the 
     World Bank procurement process. The provision includes 
     International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) 
     loans as well as IDA credit agreement or grants and project 
     preparation advances, and ``World Bank procurement 
     guidelines'' include the following World Bank Guidelines: 
     Procurement Under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits; Guidelines: 
     Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank 
     Borrowers; and, all relevant Standard Bidding Documents 
     applicable to World Bank-funded tenders. The Senate did not 
     address this issue.
     Sec. 599E. Assistance for Demobilization and Disarmament of 
         Former Irregular Combatants in Colombia
       The conferees include a provision that provides up to 
     $20,000,000 to demobilize and disarm former members of 
     Colombian terrorist organizations. This funding may be made

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     available if the Secretary of State certifies that certain 
     conditions specified in the language are met.
     Sec. 599F. Indonesia
       The conferees include a provision, similar to that proposed 
     by the Senate (section 6072), which conditions the 
     availability of military assistance for Indonesia on a 
     certification by the Secretary of State that certain 
     conditions have been met. The conferees are grateful for 
     Indonesia's contributions to the global war on terrorism, and 
     recognize the important progress evinced by the government of 
     Indonesia in advancing civilian control of the military. The 
     conferees remain concerned with human rights in Indonesia, 
     including the role of some Indonesian military officers in 
     organizing and supplying militia groups during 1999 attacks 
     in East Timor, and urge the Indonesian Government to bring 
     those responsible to justice. The House did not address this 
     issue.
     Sec. 599G. Report on Indonesian Cooperation
       The conferees include a provision, similar to that proposed 
     by the Senate (section 6108), which requires a report by the 
     Secretary of State on progress being made into the 
     investigation and prosecution of the murders of two United 
     States citizens and one Indonesian citizen in 2002.

                PROVISIONS NOT ADOPTED BY THE CONFEREES

       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the House and the Senate (sections 504 and 6024) 
     regarding ``Limitation on Expenses''. This issue is addressed 
     in section 505, ``Limitation on Expenses and Representational 
     Allowances''.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6025) that prohibited certain 
     funds from this Act from being used to procure aircraft. The 
     House did not address this matter. The conferees have 
     addressed this matter under the heading ``International 
     Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement''.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by both the House (section 526) and the Senate 
     (section 6026) that addressed funding for democracy programs 
     and instead creates a new appropriation in title II, 
     ``Democracy Programs'' to accommodate the financing otherwise 
     addressed in these title V provisions.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the House (section 572) or a provision proposed 
     by the Senate (section 6089), regarding assistance for Cuba.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6073), which prohibited funds 
     from being used to fund any contract contravening section 
     8(d)(6) of the Small Business Act. This provision was not 
     included because such a requirement is permanent law. The 
     House did not address this issue.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the House (section 580) which provided authority 
     to transfer up to $100,000,000 to furnish reconstruction and 
     stabilization assistance.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision, 
     similar to provisions proposed by the House (section 581) and 
     the Senate (section 6083) which reduced unobligated balances.
       The conference agreement does not include a Senate 
     provision (section 6082) related to the admission and 
     resettlement of refugees to the United States. The House did 
     not address this matter. However, consistent with the Senate 
     provision, the conferees expect the Secretary of State to 
     continue to utilize private voluntary and international 
     nongovernmental organizations with expertise in the 
     protection needs of refugees in the processing of refugees 
     overseas for admission and resettlement to the United States, 
     and to utilize such organizations in addition to the United 
     Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the identification 
     and referral of refugees.
       The conference agreement does not include a House provision 
     (section 583), the ``Prohibition on Certain International 
     Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement Assistance to the 
     Government of Haiti''. The issue is addressed under section 
     549, ``Haiti'', in the conference agreement. The Senate did 
     not address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the House (section 584) that prohibited funds for 
     assistance to Romania. The Senate did not address this issue.
       The conference agreement does not include language 
     regarding UNDP in Burma, as proposed by the Senate (section 
     6085). The House did not address this matter. The conferees 
     appreciate the responsiveness of the UNDP's Washington-based 
     staff to concerns with UNDP programs and activities in Burma.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the House (section 586) that limited the 
     availability of funds while there is a vacancy at the head of 
     the Office of Inspector General of the Bank. The conferees 
     addressed this issue in title I of this Act as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The conference agreement does not include the provision 
     ``Democracy Exception'' as proposed by the Senate (section 
     6086). This issue is addressed in section 574. The House did 
     not address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6087) regarding ``University 
     Programs'' and USAID. The House did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the House (section 589) regarding Export-Import 
     Bank assistance for nuclear power projects.
       The conference agreement does not include a Senate 
     provision (section 6090) regarding funding for English 
     language training in Francophone countries. The House did not 
     address this matter. However, the conferees direct that funds 
     made available under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' be 
     made available for such purposes.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6091) regarding transfer of 
     funds. The House did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6092) ``Organized Crime and 
     Corruption in Central America''. The House did not address 
     this matter. The conference agreement addresses this issue 
     under section 576 ``Central America''.
       The conference agreement does not include a Senate 
     provision (section 6093) regarding assistance for Iraq. The 
     House did not address this matter. The conference agreement 
     includes language under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' 
     to transfer $5,000,000 to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction 
     Fund for the Marla Ruzicka Iraqi War Victims Fund for 
     assistance for families and communities that have suffered 
     losses as a result of the military operations. The conferees 
     direct USAID to: (1) support joint training for implementing 
     NGOs to share lessons learned and improve coordination and 
     communication; (2) explore approaches to help alleviate 
     emotional trauma; and (3) facilitate dialogue between 
     victims, their communities, and United States and coalition 
     armed forces to promote reconciliation and reduce civilian 
     casualties.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6096) ``Forensic 
     Assistance''. The House did not address this matter. The 
     conferees provide $3,000,000 under the ``Democracy Fund'' 
     account to support investigations, including DNA analysis, in 
     cases of extrajudicial killings and child disappearances in 
     Central and South America, in addition to funds otherwise 
     made available for such purposes.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6109) regarding a ``West 
     Papua Report'' requiring the Secretary of State to submit a 
     report regarding Indonesian troops, and current humanitarian 
     and human rights conditions, in the Papua region of 
     Indonesia. The House did not address this matter. The 
     conferees direct the Secretary of State to submit, within 90 
     days of enactment of the Act, the report required by the 
     Senate provision.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6111) regarding ``Assistance 
     for Foreign Nongovernmental Organizations''. The House did 
     not address this issue.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6114) that extends the 
     eligibility of certain potential Vietnamese refugees to be 
     considered refugees ``of special humanitarian concern'' and 
     to be resettled in the United States. Instead, the conferees 
     agree to address this issue in section 534 (``Special 
     Authorities''). The conferees understand that this will be 
     the last year such an extension will be necessary.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6116) regarding a ``Report on 
     Anti-Retroviral Drug Procurement''. The conferees request the 
     Global AIDS Coordinator to submit the report required in 
     section 6116 of the Senate bill as part of its annual 
     reporting requirements. The House did not address this issue.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6117) regarding ``Forced 
     Repatriation of Refugees in Cambodia''. The House did not 
     address this issue. The conferees note that Cambodia has a 
     long and tragic history as a nation of refugees and strongly 
     urge the Government of Cambodia to demonstrate greater 
     compassion with the plight of its Montagnard neighbors. The 
     conferees encourage the United Nations and other 
     organizations to help safeguard all Montagnard refugees 
     returned to Vietnam. The conferees direct the State 
     Department to provide a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
     Act detailing the concerns of the Special Representative of 
     the Secretary-General for Human Rights in Cambodia with the 
     January 25, 2005 Memorandum of Understanding between the 
     United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the 
     Governments of Cambodia and Vietnam, an assessment of the 
     validity of those concerns, and actions taken by UNHCR to 
     address the concerns.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6118) regarding ``Transfer of 
     Funds''. Not less than $450,000,000 is made available for a 
     United States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 
     TB and Malaria from funds appropriated under the headings 
     ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund'' and ``Global HIV/
     AIDS Initiative''.

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       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6119) that transferred 
     $50,000,000 to the FMF account for assistance to support the 
     African Union Mission in Sudan. While the conference 
     agreement does not include additional funds for this Mission 
     in Sudan, the Administration should expeditiously submit a 
     request for any necessary funding.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6120), ``Support for 
     Democracy and Governance Activities in Zimbabwe''. This issue 
     is addressed under the heading ``Economic Support Fund''. The 
     House did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6121) regarding assistance 
     for Venezuela. This issue is addressed under the heading 
     ``Democracy Fund'' in title II of this Act. The House did not 
     address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6123) regarding the Export-
     Import Bank. The conferees direct that the Inspector General 
     shall provide a written analysis to the Committees on 
     Appropriations and other appropriate committees, including 
     the Senate Finance Committee, within 90 days of appointment 
     as to whether loan guarantees provided to an ethanol 
     dehydration plant in Trinidad and Tobago met the conditions 
     of section 2(e)(4) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 or 
     any provision in the Bank's charter. The analysis shall 
     include whether ``value added'' methodology is routinely used 
     by the Bank to determine whether or not a proposed loan 
     guarantee or export credit meets the statutory test found in 
     section 2(e)(4). The Inspector General shall also make 
     recommendations as to whether it is appropriate to use such 
     methodology in making a determination of substantial injury.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6126) regarding ``Report on 
     Small Arms Programs'' that required the Secretary of State to 
     submit a report describing activities and progress by the 
     State Department on the destruction of small arms and light 
     weapons. The House did not address this matter. The conferees 
     direct the Secretary of State to submit, within 180 days of 
     enactment of the Act, the report required by the Senate 
     provision.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6127) regarding democracy 
     programs in Iraq. This issue is addressed under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Funds'' in title II of this Act. The House 
     did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6128) that addressed orphans 
     and displaced and abandoned children. The House did not 
     address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6130) regarding a ``Report on 
     Reciprocity''. The House did not address this issue.
       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     proposed by the Senate (section 6135) regarding police 
     training activities conducted by the State Department's INCLE 
     bureau. The House did not address this matter. The conferees 
     direct the Secretary of State to ensure that: (1) training is 
     provided by instructors with proven records of experience; 
     (2) the bureau has established procedures to ensure vetting 
     of trainees for criminal or terrorist backgrounds and minimum 
     age and experience requirements; (3) the bureau has 
     established procedures that set standards for training and 
     provide certification to meet such standards. The conferees 
     further direct the Secretary to submit the report required by 
     the Senate provision within 180 days of enactment of the Act.
       The conference agreement adopts the title of the bill as 
     proposed by the House.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2006 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 2005 amount, the 2006 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2006 
     follow:

                       [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2005........22,310,592
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year22,867,945
House bill, fiscal year 2006.................................20,311,677
Senate bill, fiscal year 2006................................22,122,189
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2006.......................20,978,490
Conference agreement compared with.....................................
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2005......-1,332,102
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal ye-1,889,455
  House bill, fiscal year 2006.................................+666,813
  Senate bill, fiscal year 2006..............................-1,143,699
     Jim Kolbe,
     Jerry Lewis,
     Joe Knollenberg,
     Mark Steven Kirk,
     Ander Crenshaw,
     Don Sherwood,
     John E. Sweeney,
     Dennis Rehberg,
     John Carter,
     Nita M. Lowey,
     David R. Obey,
     Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.,
     Carolyn C. Kilpatrick,
     Steven R. Rothman
     Chaka Fattah,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Mitch McConnell,
     Arlen Specter,
     Judd Gregg,
     Richard Shelby,
     Robert F. Bennett,
     Christopher Bond,
     Mike DeWine,
     Sam Brownback,
     Thad Cochran,
     Patrick J. Leahy,
     Daniel Inouye,
     Tom Harkin,
     Barbara A. Mikulski,
     Dick Durbin,
     Tim Johnson,
     Mary L. Landrieu,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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