[Senate Report 109-35]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                                        Calendar No. 48
109th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
 1st Session                                                     109-35

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                   FOREIGN AFFAIRS AUTHORIZATION ACT,
                       FISCAL YEARS 2006 AND 2007

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                 March 10, 2005.--Ordered to be printed

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          Mr. Lugar, from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                         [To accompany S. 600]


    The Committee on Foreign Relations, having had under 
consideration an original bill (S. 600) to authorize 
appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for the 
Peace Corps for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for foreign 
assistance programs for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and for 
other purposes, reports favorably thereon with amendments and 
recommends that the bill as amended do pass.

                                CONTENTS

                                                                   Page

  I. Purpose..........................................................1
 II. Committee Action.................................................2
III. Summary..........................................................3
 IV. Division A--Foreign Relations Authorization......................6
       (A) Summary of Funds...........................................6
       (B) Section-by-Section Analysis................................6
  V. Division B--Foreign Assistance Authorizations...................25
       (A) Summary of Funds..........................................25
       (B) Section-by-Section Analysis...............................26
 VI. Cost Estimate...................................................58
VII. Evaluation of Regulatory Impact.................................58
VIII.Changes in Existing Law.........................................58


                               I. Purpose

    The Foreign Affairs Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 
and 2007, authorizes funding for the Department of State, 
United States international broadcasting activities, the U.S. 
Agency for International Development, the Peace Corps, foreign 
assistance and other foreign affairs programs for FY 2006 and 
2007. The bill also addresses several important regional and 
functional foreign policy issues.

                          II. Committee Action

    The committee has held several public hearings over the 
past several months focusing on the issues addressed in this 
legislation. On February 16, Secretary of State Condoleezza 
Rice testified regarding the President's budget request for 
international affairs. On March 2, State Department and USAID 
officials testified in a six-part hearing on the 
administration's policies and foreign assistance goals in 
various regions of the world. Other hearings leading up to the 
consideration of this legislation focused on lessons learned 
from the international response to the tsunami tragedy in the 
Indian Ocean region, strategies for U.S. policy in Iraq and the 
Middle East, and the status of the six-party talks with North 
Korea. In the 108th Congress, the committee also held a number 
of hearings that informed its work on this legislation. They 
included hearings on visa policy, the Millennium Challenge 
Corporation, an ongoing committee investigation into efforts to 
combat corruption in the multilateral development banks, the 
situation in Sudan, reform and counter-terrorism in Pakistan, 
the Middle East Road Map, and several updates on U.S. efforts 
in Iraq. Throughout their work in both public hearings and in 
classified briefings, committee Members have explored the 
policy choices, the challenges, and the purposes that underlie 
the funding and the authorities contained in this legislation.
    The committee considered an original bill on March 3, 2005. 
During the mark-up of this legislation, the committee adopted 
by voice vote a managers' package consisting of 10 amendments. 
A number of other amendments were also adopted by voice vote:
   An amendment offered by the Chairman that authorizes 
        the Secretary of State to carry out an accelerated 
        global program to secure or eliminate conventional 
        weapons and tactical missile systems that pose a 
        proliferation threat. The amendment redesignates an 
        office in the Department to formulate policy and plan 
        programs to reduce conventional arms and authorizes 
        funding for the effort.
   An amendment offered by Senator Boxer expressing the 
        Sense of Congress that the municipal elections recently 
        held in Saudi Arabia are a positive step and that it is 
        in the interest of Saudi Arabia to permit women to run 
        for office and vote in all future elections.
   An amendment by Senator Sununu authorizing the 
        Secretary of State to provide scholarships for students 
        from Islamic countries to study at U.S. institutions of 
        higher education that are chartered and accredited in 
        the United States and located in Islamic countries.
   An amendment by Senator Feingold requiring the 
        Coordinator of U.S. Government Activities to Combat 
        HIV/AIDS Globally to issue a public report on U.S. 
        funds spent to procure anti-retroviral drugs for 
        patients in U.S. aid-recipient countries.
   An amendment by Senator Feingold requiring a report 
        to Congress on the status of cooperation between the 
        Indonesian government and the U.S. government in the 
        Timika investigation before release of FY 2006 funds 
        for international military education assistance or 
        defense-related procurement by Indonesia.
   An amendment by Senator Sarbanes adding an increase 
        in the cap for hardship pay to the bill's provision 
        increasing the cap for danger pay for Foreign Service 
        officers.
   An amendment by Senator Sarbanes stating that $2 
        million in International Military and Education 
        Training should be made available to Greece in 2006 and 
        2007.
    By a vote of 9-9, the committee defeated an amendment 
proposed by Senator Sarbanes to increase funding for 
Development Assistance, Child Survival and Health, and 
International Organizations and Programs. The amendment would 
have drawn the additional funds from the Millennium Challenge 
Account and Transition Initiatives.
    The committee ordered the bill reported, as amended, by a 
vote of 18 to 0. Ayes: Lugar, Hagel, Chafee, Allen, Voinovich, 
Alexander, Coleman, Sununu, Murkowski, Martinez, Biden, 
Sarbanes, Dodd, Kerry, Feingold, Boxer, Nelson, and Obama.

                              III. Summary

    The committee believes that the authorizations of 
appropriations contained in this legislation must be seen as an 
integral component of national security policy. This funding is 
the civilian complement to the defense budget, providing the 
resources, personnel and programs that undergird the nation's 
diplomatic strength. When they are successful, these tools of 
foreign policy can save more than treasure. They can save 
American lives. Comparatively inexpensive, the foreign affairs 
funding authorized in this legislation is only about 4 percent 
of total government discretionary spending, whereas the nation 
is now spending some 50 percent of discretionary funds on the 
military component of national security policy.
    In reporting this bill to the Senate, the committee urges 
fellow Senators to embrace the vision that a strong and well-
funded foreign policy boosts the chances that our country will 
prevail in the war against terrorism and can check the kind of 
cataclysmic attack foreshadowed by the tragedy of September 
11th. The committee believes that diplomatic clout, strong 
international information programs, and targeted foreign 
assistance are a national security priority.
    Authorizations of appropriations in this bill cover the 
operating expenses and programs of the Department of State, the 
U.S. Agency for International Development, the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, the Peace Corps, and the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation for Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007. Among 
other programs, it includes funding to address the HIV/AIDS 
epidemic, build safer embassies for citizens serving in a more 
dangerous world, and carry out education and cultural exchange 
programs that enrich America's dialogue with other nations. It 
funds the cadre of personnel leading the civilian battle 
against terrorism in foreign capitals: consular officers to 
defend our borders, political officers to gain cooperation on 
apprehending terrorists, public diplomacy officers to get 
America's story out, and ambassadors to lead the complex and 
multi-faceted mission.
    The bill authorizes appropriations for the President's 
foreign affairs budget within the jurisdiction of the committee 
at the level he requested. It represents a 13 percent increase 
over last year's appropriated level and a 10.7 percent 
increase, as calculated by the Congressional Budget Office, 
over last year's baseline amount. The committee finds these 
increases necessary and justified. Since the end of the Cold 
War, the foreign affairs account has suffered frequently from 
inadequate funding. The American public generally understands 
that the United States reduced military spending in the 1990s 
following the fall of the Soviet Union. Few are aware, however, 
that reductions were applied even more unsparingly to foreign 
affairs programs. In constant dollars, the foreign affairs 
budget was cut in six consecutive years from 1992 to 1998. This 
slide occurred even as the United States sustained the added 
costs of establishing new missions in the fifteen states that 
were part of the former Soviet Union. In constant dollars, the 
cumulative effect was a 26 percent decrease in our foreign 
affairs programs. As a percentage of GDP, this six-year slide 
represented a 38 percent cut in foreign affairs programs.
    This bill contains numerous legislative branch initiatives, 
most notably the Stabilization and Reconstruction Civilian 
Management Act, which was developed in this committee and was 
reported out last year. Its purpose is to build Department of 
State capacity to organize and lead the civilian component of 
stabilization and reconstruction missions overseas. 
Uncontrolled territory, chaotic post-conflict situations, and 
criminalized governments can provide terrorists with 
sanctuaries where they regroup, train, and plan without fear of 
arrest. The bill establishes in law the office that will 
anticipate and plan for the difficulties of rebuilding stable 
societies in post-conflict situations. The bill authorizes 
appropriations for personnel, training, and resources for this 
enormous new undertaking.
    Three other legislative branch initiatives included in the 
bill call for U.S. leadership on several fronts. The Protection 
of Vulnerable Populations during Humanitarian Emergencies Act 
of 2005 includes provisions designed to improve protections for 
women, children, and other vulnerable populations in the 
context of war or disaster. The Safe Water: Currency for Peace 
Act of 2005 recognizes that safe water and sanitation, sound 
water management, and improved hygiene for people around the 
world is an essential ingredient of our foreign policy 
objectives. It authorizes a 5-year pilot program to assist 
countries that have a high rate of water-borne illness, with 
alternative funding mechanisms such as investment insurance, 
investment guarantees or loan guarantees to develop sustainable 
water infrastructure systems. The Global Pathogen Surveillance 
Act of 2005 acknowledges that the threat of bioterrorism or the 
potential spread of such dangerous diseases as SARS and Avian 
flu poses significant challenges not only for the United 
States, but also for the entire world. The Global Pathogen 
Surveillance Act seeks to enhance the capability of the 
international community to detect, identify, and contain 
infectious disease outbreaks, and to determine whether those 
outbreaks are natural or deliberately initiated.
    The authorizations of appropriations for foreign assistance 
place top priority on assisting the front-line states in the 
war on terrorism. The authorization of funding for these 
countries is $5.8 billion, 9 percent more than requested in 
FY2005. Likewise, the bill increases funding for the non-
proliferation and anti-terrorism programs by $41 million to a 
total of $440 million.
    The bill includes executive branch initiatives targeting 
democracy, governance and economic development in the Middle 
East. Authorization of appropriations for the State 
Department's Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) is 
increased from $89 million to $150 million. The National 
Endowment for Democracy budget is increased by one-third to $80 
million to continue the President's Greater Middle East 
Democracy Initiative. The bill contains $150 million of the 
funds pledged by the President in his State of the Union 
address for programs in the West Bank and Gaza.
    Improving U.S. public diplomacy is a clear priority for the 
committee. With the successful Iraqi elections, the widely 
known and generous American response to the tsunami tragedy, 
and new optimism on the Israeli-Palestinian front, there is an 
opportunity to shape wavering international opinion of U.S. 
goals and values. The bill provides the authorization for an 
increase of $8 million in the Diplomatic and Consular account 
to be spent on public diplomacy, $430.4 million for Educational 
and Cultural Exchanges (an increase of $74.5 million), and 
$651.9 million for international broadcasting (an increase of 
$60.3 million).
    One of the largest increases in authorized amounts in the 
bill is for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The 
request is for $3 billion, a significant sum and a 100 percent 
increase over last year's appropriation. The committee did not 
approve an amendment to defer such a large increase in funding 
for the MCC and distribute the $427 million cut among other 
foreign aid accounts. While views on the specific amendment 
varied, the debate demonstrated strong committee support for 
the MCC's long-term mission to boost economic development in 
the poorest, but most likely-to-succeed countries. The 
committee intends to continue to monitor MCC developments to 
ensure that the organization adheres to its publicly stated 
principles and goals while making deliberate but timely 
progress in obligating funding to MCC recipient projects and 
programs.
    The bill also focuses resources on the HIV/AIDS pandemic 
that threatens to overwhelm entire societies. The President 
requested a significant increase in HIV/AIDS assistance, with 
the overall request at $3.2 billion, up from the appropriated 
$2.9 billion last year. The two-thirds of that amount contained 
in the 150 account has been fully funded by Congress in 
previous legislation. This bill is consistent with the 
President's HIV/AIDS request. The committee has long advocated 
a leading U.S. international role in both preventing and 
treating this devastating disease.

            IV. Division A--Foreign Relations Authorization


                          (A) SUMMARY OF FUNDS

                       [in thousands of dollars]


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                                                                   FY 2005
                                                                appropriations      FY 2006        FY 2006 bill
                                                                   estimate         request        as reported
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Diplomatic and Consular Programs.............................       $4,172,220       $4,472,641       $4,472,641
[Includes: Worldwide Security Upgrades]......................          649,904          689,523          689,523
Capital Investment Fund......................................          128,263          133,000          133,000
Embassy Security Construction................................        1,503,644        1,526,000        1,526,000
  & Maintenance..............................................

                                         Other State Department Accounts

Representation Allowances....................................            8,525            8,281            8,281
Protection of Foreign Mission and Officials..................            9,762            9,390            9,390
Emergencies in Diplomatic and Consular Service...............              987           13,643           13,643
Repatriation Loans...........................................            1,203            1,319            1,319
Payment to the American Institute............................           19,222           19,751           19,751
  in Taiwan..................................................
Office of the Inspector General..............................           30,028           29,983           29,983

                               Education, Cultural, and Public Diplomacy Programs

Total........................................................          355,932          430,400          430,400

                                             Related Appropriations

National Endowment for Democracy.............................           59,199           80,000           80,000
East-West Center.............................................           19,240           13,024           13,024
The Asia Foundation..........................................           12,826           10,000           10,000

                                           International Organizations

Contributions for International..............................        1,166,212        1,296,500        1,296,500
  Organizations..............................................
Contributions for International Peacekeeping.................          483,455        1,035,500        1,035,500

                                            International Commissions

International Boundary &.....................................           26,880           28,700           28,700
  Water Commissions--S&E.....................................
International Boundary & Water...............................            5,239            6,600            6,600
  Commissions--Construction..................................
International Boundary Commission............................            1,231            1,429            1,429
International Joint Commission...............................            6,214            6,320            6,320
International Fisheries Commissions..........................           21,688           25,123           25,123

                                        Migration and Refugee Assistance

Total........................................................          763,840          892,770          892,770

                                      International Broadcasting Activities

Total International Broadcasting.............................          591,552          651,943          651,943
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                    (B) SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS

Sec. 101. Administration of Foreign Affairs

    This section authorizes appropriations under the heading 
``Administration of Foreign Affairs'' for FY 2006 and 2007.
    The committee has authorized the full amount of the 
President's request in FY 2006 and provided such sums as may be 
necessary in FY 2007 for Diplomatic and Consular Programs, 
Worldwide Security Upgrades, the Capital Investment Fund, 
Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance, Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Programs, Representation Allowances, 
Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials, Emergencies in 
the Diplomatic and Consular Service, Repatriation Loans, 
Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan and the Office of 
the Inspector General.

Sec. 102. International organizations and conferences

    This section authorizes appropriations in FY 2006 and such 
sums as may be necessary in FY 2007 for contributions to 
international organizations (CIO) and for contributions to 
international peacekeeping (CIPA).
    The committee is authorizing the full amount requested for 
both the CIO and CIPA accounts. The funding represents U.S. 
treaty obligations to pay assessed contributions to the U.N. 
regular budget, the budgets of the specialized agencies in 
which the U.S. is a member, and the U.S. share of peacekeeping 
assessments. The committee is requesting a report from the 
Secretary of State on the implementation of the recommendations 
contained in the United Nations' August 2000 ``Brahimi Report'' 
on Peacekeeping Operations. The request specifically cites the 
committee's interest in learning how the U.S. Government is 
contributing to the development of a more robust U.N. capacity 
to organize international police units for use on an emergency 
basis.
    The committee continues its ongoing interest in bringing 
payment of U.S. dues to the United Nations into synchronization 
with the U.N. budget. Currently, U.S. annual dues are paid late 
in the calendar year, at the start of the U.S. fiscal year; 
however, the U.N. budget year begins in January. The annual 
payment of U.S. dues nine months late strains the U.N.'s 
financial stability, and frequently jeopardizes accounts for 
critical peacekeeping missions. The administration is urged to 
request funding next year that would result in the U.S. paying 
its dues on time annually, in January, when they are due.
    The committee also recognizes and supports the 
administration's efforts, particularly over the past year, to 
establish a Democracy Caucus at the United Nations. Such a 
caucus would work within the various bodies of the United 
Nations, such as the General Assembly and the Commission on 
Human Rights, to bolster global democratic principles, advance 
human rights, and promote international security and stability.

Sec. 103. International Commissions

    This section authorizes appropriations for FY 2006 and such 
sums as may be necessary for 2007 under the heading 
``International Commissions.'' It authorizes funds necessary to 
enable the United States to meet its obligations as a 
participant in international commissions, including those 
dealing with American boundaries and related matters with 
Canada and Mexico, and international fisheries commissions.

Sec. 104. Migration and refugee assistance

    This section authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2006 
and such sums as may be necessary for 2007 to enable the 
Secretary of State to provide assistance and make contributions 
for migrants and refugees, including contributions to 
international organizations such as the United Nations High 
Commissioner for Refugees and the International Committee for 
the Red Cross, through private volunteer agencies, government, 
and bilateral assistance, as authorized by law.

Sec. 105. Centers and Foundations

    This section authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2006 
of $80,000,000 for the National Endowment for Democracy, 
$13,024,000 for the Center for Cultural and Technical 
Interchange between East and West, and $10,000,000 for the Asia 
Foundation. It authorizes such sums as may be necessary for 
2007.

Sec. 106. Vietnam Fulbright Academic Exchange Program

    Of the amount made available for ``Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Programs'' under section 101(4), this section 
authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 
and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 for the Vietnam Fulbright 
academic exchange program.

    Subtitle B--United States International Broadcasting Activities


Sec. 111. Authorizations of appropriations

    This section authorizes appropriations for international 
broadcasting activities in fiscal year 2006 in the amount of 
$641,050,000. For Broadcasting Capital Improvements, 
$10,893,000 is authorized. It authorizes such sums as may be 
necessary for both accounts for fiscal year 2007.

        TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES


Sec. 201. Interference with protective functions

    This section makes it a crime to knowingly and willfully 
obstruct, resist, or interfere with Diplomatic Security agents 
involved in their protective duties. The provision is modeled 
on a similar provision in the Federal criminal code with regard 
to interference with the protective duties conducted by the 
Secret Service. (18 U.S.C. 3056(d)).

Sec. 202. Authority to issue administrative subpoenas

    This section provides a narrow administrative subpoena 
authority for the Secretary of State that may be issued in 
cases of an ``imminent threat'' to persons, missions or 
organizations protected by Diplomatic Security agents under the 
authority of Section 37(a)(3) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956. The authority is similar to one 
provided to the Secret Service (see 18 U.S.C. 3486), and the 
procedural protections of that provision will apply here. The 
power to issue such subpoenas can be delegated by the Secretary 
only to the Deputy Secretary, thereby assuring close attention 
to this authority at the highest level of the Department. In 
addition, to facilitate oversight of the exercise of this 
authority, the Secretary must report annually to the committee 
on its use.

Sec. 203. Enhanced Department of State Authority for Uniformed Security 
        Officers

    This section provides law enforcement authority to 
uniformed security guards at State Department facilities in the 
Washington, DC area and elsewhere in the United States, and 
authority to designate firearms and explosives training 
officers as law enforcement officers for the purposes of 
safeguarding weapons at training facilities and in transit. 
Under current law, the uniformed contract guards who provide 
security at Department facilities are governed by a patchwork 
quilt of authorities. Such guards have some law enforcement 
authority under delegations by the General Services 
Administration (at those facilities which are GSA-operated), 
and under an arrangement with the Marshals Service which allows 
certain guards to be deputized.
    The committee finds it unacceptable that there is not clear 
legal authority provided to guards charged with protecting 
Department facilities and employees. The committee notes that 
numerous other Federal departments have similar statutory 
authority, including the Departments of Defense, Energy, 
Transportation, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Federal Reserve.

Sec. 204. Grant authorities

    This section authorizes the Secretary of State to use 
grants, cooperative arrangements, or contracts to support 
public diplomacy efforts promoting biotechnology and to support 
training and technical assistance projects for the protection 
of intellectual property rights. This authority is intended to 
provide a tool to help ensure that views and decisions of 
foreign governments concerning biotechnology and its 
applications in the areas of food and agriculture reflect 
scientific findings about such technology. In addition to 
providing grant authority for the protection of intellectual 
property rights, the committee urges the Department to make the 
protection of such rights a top priority in its diplomatic 
agenda in nations where weak or ineffective law enforcement is 
undermining the internationally recognized rights of American 
authors, recording artists, and the motion picture industry to 
have their creative works protected.

Sec. 205. International Litigation Fund

    This section allows the State Department to retain awards 
of costs and attorneys' fees when defending against 
international claims in addition to amounts currently allowed 
to be retained when it successfully prosecutes a claim.

Sec. 206. Retention of medical reimbursements

    Currently, medical insurance reimbursements for payments 
made by the State Department for employee health care abroad 
must be credited to Department accounts in the year the 
obligation and payment for the medical services was made. This 
section allows the Department to retain these reimbursements in 
Department accounts in the year in which they are collected, 
ensuring that reimbursements obtained in the fiscal year 
following that in which the obligation and payment was made 
will be available to the Department.

Sec. 207. Transfer authority for Buying Power Maintenance Account

    This section amends Section 24(b)(7) of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, which permits the 
transfer of up to $100 million in expired, unobligated balances 
into the no-year Buying Power Maintenance Account as a means to 
offset adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. 
The section eliminates the requirement that such transfers be 
subject to appropriations.

Sec. 208. Accountability Review Boards

    This section gives the Secretary of State the discretion to 
convene an Accountability Review Board, or use alternate 
procedures to conduct an inquiry for incidents that involve 
serious injury, loss of life or significant destruction of 
property at or related to a U.S. Mission in Iraq or 
Afghanistan. This authority extends from July 1, 2004 to 
September 30, 2009. If the Secretary chooses not to convene a 
Board, but instead uses the authority of this provision, she is 
required to notify the committee on International Relations of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate of the incident, to conduct an inquiry, 
and to report to the committees on the findings and 
recommendations of the inquiry and the actions taken as a 
result. The Administration requested this provision. The 
committee recognizes that there is a higher level of risk 
involved at the U.S. missions in these two nations, and 
therefore the requirement for a full-scale Accountability 
Review Board may be impractical. The committee does expect, 
however, that in the case of such incidents, a thorough inquiry 
will be conducted in order to determine whether security 
procedures should be modified.

Sec. 209. Designation of Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza

    This section names the Federal building in Kingston, 
Jamaica, formerly known as the Crowne Plaza and now a staff 
housing facility for the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica, after former 
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell.

Sec. 210. Removal of contracting prohibition

    This section repeals Section 406(c) of the Omnibus 
Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, which made 
persons doing business with Libya ineligible for contracts 
awarded under that act. Deletion of section 406(c) will permit 
the Department to undertake activities such as refurbishing and 
maintaining the current U.S. liaison office in Tripoli.

Sec. 211. American Institute in Taiwan facilities enhancement

    This section amends the American Institute in Taiwan 
Facilities Enhancement Act to authorize such sums as may be 
necessary for construction of the American Institute in Taiwan 
compound. The original sum of $75 million, authorized in 2000, 
is inadequate, as the current estimate for a new facility is 
$143 million.

Sec. 212. Extension of the Advisory Committee on Cultural Diplomacy

    This section extends the authorization of the Advisory 
Committee on Cultural Diplomacy, which was established by 
Section 224 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Year 2003 (P.L. 107-228). That provision authorized the 
committee to operate until September 30, 2005, or for 
approximately three years. This provision extends the 
authorization of the committee for an additional two years, 
until September 30, 2007.

Sec. 213. Victims of crime in foreign countries

    This section directs the Secretary of State to establish a 
Victims of Crime office in the Bureau of Consular Affairs. The 
office is to provide services to American victims of violent 
crimes overseas, to maintain a data base to track the incidents 
of violent crimes against Americans that are reported to 
overseas missions, and to administer financial assistance to 
victims who need it. This section gives the Secretary authority 
to use money from the ``K'' fund, which is for unforeseen 
emergencies arising in the diplomatic and consular service, to 
provide emergency financial assistance when no other assistance 
is available. The section requires a report from the Secretary 
outlining the operation of the office and recommending how it 
can be improved.

Sec. 214. The United States Diplomacy Center

    This section authorizes the Secretary of State to establish 
a United States Diplomacy Center housing a museum, conference 
center and auditorium to be located in the Department of State 
headquarters at the Harry S Truman Building. As envisioned, the 
Center is intended to organize and sponsor educational and 
outreach programs explaining the role of U.S. diplomats and 
American foreign policy in safeguarding U.S. security, 
promoting peace, increasing prosperity, promoting U.S. values, 
and protecting U.S. citizens abroad. The committee notes that 
this would not be the first such center created by or located 
in a U.S. Government facility. It urges the Department to plan 
carefully and take every step necessary to ensure that public 
access to the Center does not compromise security of the 
headquarters building. To date, over $1.2 million has been 
raised for the museum from private sources, and the first of 
three phases of design and construction was completed in 
December 2004. A fund-raising strategic plan is being developed 
to raise the necessary funds for the remaining phases and will 
be implemented following internal review and approval by the 
Undersecretary for Management.

Sec. 215. Strengthening United States educational programs in the 
        Islamic world

    The committee appreciates the contributions that non-
profit, U.S.-organized colleges and universities in the Middle 
East play in promoting U.S. national security. These 
institutions help to nurture democracy and tolerance by 
educating successive generations of leaders who are committed 
to American values and who understand the tangible economic, 
political, and social benefits that a commitment to democracy 
produces. These colleges and universities also help to foster 
mutual understanding between the United States and the Islamic 
world. They include the American University of Beirut, Lebanese 
American University, and the American University of Cairo. 
Scholarships authorized under this provision should assist in 
making these educational opportunities accessible to students 
of the region.

    TITLE III--ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE


Sec. 301. Education allowances

    This section modifies current law to authorize payments to 
cover certain education costs and educated-related travel costs 
for children of government personnel stationed at posts where 
schools are inadequate, and for college and post-graduate 
students who are still dependents. Students older than 22 are 
ineligible for such allowances.

Sec. 302. Official residence expenses

    This section permits the Department of State to provide in 
advance funds available for official residence expenses under 5 
U.S.C. sec. 5913(b) to those persons now eligible to receive 
reimbursement for such expenses.

Sec. 303. Increased limits applicable to post differentials and danger 
        pay allowances

    This section increases the cap for hardship and danger pay 
for Foreign Service personnel from 25 percent of salary to 35 
percent . As a result of increased hardship and danger in many 
locations, many posts with high but disparate levels of 
hardship and danger are clustered at the ceiling rates of 25 
percent . This has resulted in an inability to maintain 
appropriate distinctions between the various levels of hardship 
and danger.
    This section would not result in an automatic increase of 
rates for all hardship locations or danger pay locations, but 
would provide the Department discretionary authority to make 
appropriate adjustments. Based on estimates presented to the 
committee, the Department of State could apply the full 
increase for danger pay to personnel serving at 8 posts in 5 
countries and the full increase for hardship pay to personnel 
at 19 posts in 17 countries. The State Department estimates the 
cost of these increases at approximately $6 million, although 
the proposal could be implemented in phases to reduce the 
dollar impact.
    The committee believes that the Department should find 
funding within its regular budget to cover the cost of lifting 
the cap on such pay. Increases are justified as an incentive to 
officers to serve at exceptionally difficult posts. The 
committee recognizes that Foreign Service officers take 
substantial risks in locating to remote and hazardous areas 
where U.S. presence is essential but where our representatives' 
physical health and well-being may be jeopardized.

Sec. 304. Home leave

    This section allows additional flexibility in the 
application of the home leave program provided under the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980. First, it allows Foreign Service 
personnel to schedule their home leave, if desired, after 12 
months of service at a post, rather than after 18 months as 
required under current law. Second, the provision delinks rest 
and recuperation travel from the timing of home leave so that 
members of the Service are allowed more flexibility in taking 
each.

Sec. 305. Fellowship of Hope Program

    This section clarifies the authority of an existing 
exchange program with the foreign ministries of EU countries 
and with the EU Commission in Brussels and expands it to NATO 
countries and NATO headquarters. Under the expanded program, 
mid-level diplomats spend a year working in the foreign 
ministries of participating countries or in the European 
Commission or NATO headquarters.

Sec. 306. Security Officers Exchange Program

    This section clarifies the authority of an existing 
exchange program with the foreign ministries of Australia and 
the United Kingdom. Under the program, security officers spend 
up to three years working in the foreign ministries of 
participating countries.

Sec. 307. Reemployment of annuitants

    This section permits the Secretary of State to waive 
limitations on dual compensation that apply to re-employed 
Foreign Service annuitants when they are re-employed on a 
temporary basis in positions for which it is exceptionally 
difficult to recruit or retain qualified employees. Under 
current law, Foreign Service annuitants hired on a full-time 
basis have their annuities terminated; those employed on a 
part-time or intermittent basis may only work for a limited 
period of time each year because of the dual compensation 
limits. These limitations hamper the Department's ability to 
hire experienced individuals with unique skills to meet 
important mission needs. This waiver authority already exists 
for the Civil Service (5 U.S.C. 8468(f)(A)), but it is limited 
for the Foreign Service to emergencies involving a direct 
threat to life or property or other unusual circumstances.
    This section grants on a pilot basis for the Foreign 
Service the additional waiver authority for positions for which 
it is exceptionally difficult to recruit or retain qualified 
employees; the authority will expire at the end of fiscal year 
2007. One year following the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State is required to submit to the Congress a 
report on use of this waiver authority. The committee expects 
the Department to ensure that such waivers are granted only in 
a limited number of exceptional cases and that such waivers are 
authorized only by the Under Secretary for Management.

Sec. 308. Suspension of Foreign Service members without pay

    This section allows the Department to suspend without pay a 
member of the Foreign Service in cases where there is 
reasonable cause to believe that the employee has committed a 
crime for which he/she may be imprisoned and there is a 
connection to the efficiency of the Service. This provision is 
drawn from a similar provision in the civil service laws (see 5 
U.S.C. Secs. 7512, 7513), and is similar to a provision that 
once existed in Section 610(a)(3) of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980, but was replaced by a provision requiring conviction of a 
crime before suspension without pay could be imposed. See 
Section 143 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 1992 and 1993 (P.L. 102-138).
    Although the provision is not identical to the analogous 
provision in the civil service laws, it is intended to operate 
in the same manner as the law has developed (in cases of 
suspension involving a reasonable cause to believe that a crime 
has been committed) in the Merit Systems Protection Board and 
Federal courts of appeals. In those cases, the agency must show 
that it has a reasonable belief that the individual has 
committed a crime for which a term of imprisonment may be 
imposed and that it would ``promote the efficiency of the 
service.'' To show that a suspension promotes the efficiency of 
the service, the ``agency must establish a nexus between . . . 
[the] acts of misconduct and the employee's job 
responsibilities.'' Pararas-Carayannis v. Dep't of Commerce, 9 
F.3d 955, 957 (Fed. Cir. 1993). The committee intends that the 
same nexus between the misconduct and the employee's duties be 
demonstrated in suspensions under this section.
    Accordingly, the committee expects that suspensions will be 
imposed only in cases of serious crimes that bear a 
``sufficient relationship'' to the employee's duties. 
Dunnington v. Dep't of Justice, 956 F.2d 1151, 1156 (Fed. Cir. 
1992). In some cases, as the courts have held, ``egregious 
criminal conduct'' will justify a presumption that the nexus 
requirement has been satisfied, even if it occurred off-duty. 
Sanders v. U.S. Postal Service, 801 F.2d 1328, 1332 (Fed. Cir. 
1986). A suspension may be indefinite, but it is not unlimited. 
Once the criminal case is concluded, the agency must make a 
decision on the employee's status within a reasonable period of 
time. Richardson v. Customs Service, 47 F.3d 415, 419 (Fed. 
Cir. 1995). If there is an acquittal and the employee is 
reinstated, the employee may receive back pay, either under the 
Back Pay Act, Richardson, 47 F.3d at 421, or Section 2(o) of 
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.

Sec. 309. Separation of lowest-ranked Foreign Service members

    This section modifies existing personnel review procedures 
that require Foreign Service promotion panels to ``low rank'' 
five percent of every Foreign Service class. Under a law 
enacted in 1998, if a member is low ranked twice in five years, 
the Secretary must recommend separation (those so ranked are 
referred to a separate panel for consideration of whether they 
should be retained in the Service). The provision in this bill 
reduces the low ranking requirement from 5 percent to 2 
percent. The committee is persuaded, based on the experience of 
the last several years, that 2 percent is a more appropriate 
standard.

Sec. 310. Clarification of Foreign Service Grievance Board procedures

    This section allows the Foreign Service Grievance Board to 
retain an employee on the payroll while a grievance is being 
reviewed until a final decision is rendered on the merits of 
the case before the Board. This section corrects an unintended 
error in the conforming amendment made in Section 314 of the 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act of FY 2003 (P.L. 107-228) 
regarding separation for cause.

Sec. 311. Repeal of requirement for recertification process for Members 
        of the Senior Foreign Service

    This section repeals the requirement in Section 305(d) of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 that requires members of the 
Senior Foreign Service to be subjected to a recertification 
process that is equivalent to the recertification process for 
members of the Senior Executive Service. Such a process is no 
longer required for the Senior Executive Service, as it was 
repealed by Section 1321 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

Sec. 312. Deadline for issuance of regulations regarding retirement 
        credit for Government service performed abroad

    This section establishes a deadline of 60 days for the 
issuance of regulations to implement Section 321 of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (P.L. 107-228), 
which provides for retirement credit for part-time, 
intermittent, or temporary (PIT) employees who worked for the 
Department of State overseas as part of the spousal employment 
program in the 1990s.

Sec. 313. Worldwide availability

    This section clarifies that persons entering the Foreign 
Service must be available to serve worldwide and that the 
Secretary of State, through the Department's Office of Medical 
Services, determines whether candidates meet medical standards 
for worldwide availability. In line with current practice, the 
provision gives the Secretary, and the head of each of the 
respective agencies that hire Foreign Service personnel, 
discretion to waive the worldwide availability requirement to 
fulfill a compelling need of the Service.

Sec. 314. Technical amendments to Title 5 provisions on recruitment, 
        relocation, and retention bonuses

    Sections 5753 and 5754 of Title 5 were amended by Section 
101 of the Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 2004 to 
prohibit payment of recruitment, retention, and relocation 
benefits to persons holding positions to which they were 
appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the 
Senate. This technical amendment would amend sections 5753 and 
5754 to clarify that they do not preclude the Department of 
State from offering such benefits to members of the Foreign 
Service, who are by definition appointed by the President with 
the advice and consent of the Senate under section 302(a)(1) of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980.

Sec. 315. Limited appointments in the Foreign Service

    This section codifies the State Department's practice of 
requiring specialist limited non-career appointees to have a 
one-year break in service after completion of a five-year 
limited appointment before assuming a new limited appointment. 
In addition, it authorizes the Department to extend limited 
appointments of career Foreign Service candidates, now capped 
at five years, in narrowly defined circumstances such as in 
cases where the officer is called to active duty military 
service or to remedy a grievance. The amendment further affords 
the Secretary the administrative flexibility to extend limited 
appointments upon a determination of exceptional circumstances 
and the needs of the Service.

Sec. 316. Personal service contractors

    This section establishes a demonstration program permitting 
the State Department to hire personal service contractors 
(PSCs) for the Office of the Inspector General. No more than 20 
PSCs may be employed at any one time, and the contract length 
for each PSC may not exceed two years, with up to one 
additional year possible in exceptional circumstances. This 
authority expires on December 31, 2007 and the PSC contracts 
may not remain in effect beyond June 30, 2008.

Sec. 317. Disclosure requirements applicable to proposed recipients of 
        the personal rank of Ambassador or Minister

    This section modifies existing law related to conferral of 
the personal rank of Ambassador. Under Section 302 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980, the President may confer such 
rank, without the advice and consent of the Senate, for special 
missions not exceeding six months in duration. When the 
President makes such a designation, he is required to submit 
certain information about the individual and the special 
mission to the Committee on Foreign Relations. This provision 
makes clear that the President shall submit to the committee a 
financial disclosure statement completed by the individual.

Sec. 318. Provision of living quarters and allowances to the United 
        States Representatives to the United Nations

    This provision increases from 30 to 40 the number of U.S. 
government officials who may be provided housing by the 
Secretary of State while serving at the U.S. mission to the 
United Nations in New York City. It also makes the allowance 
for housing not taxable, consistent with the overseas housing 
benefit. These changes reflect the committee's desire to ease 
difficulties in recruiting the best staff available to work in 
New York for two or three-year assignments and to promote 
effective diplomacy at the United Nations.

                 TITLE IV--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS


Sec. 401. Limitation on the United States share of assessments for 
        United Nations peacekeeping operations

    This section would establish a permanent ceiling of 27.1 
percent on U.S. payments to the United Nations peacekeeping 
budget. The committee is concerned by recent, credible reports 
of sexual abuse carried out by U.N. peacekeepers in missions in 
Haiti and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Such abuses are 
deplorable and the guilty must be held accountable, in 
accordance with the United Nation's zero-tolerance policy for 
sexual abuse. At the same time, the committee recognizes that 
these 200-some cases represent a small percentage of the more 
than 65,000 U.N. peacekeepers and civilian police who are 
currently deployed and serving with honor and distinction in 
sixteen critical operations worldwide. The committee notes that 
U.N. peacekeeping missions are established with the concurrence 
of the United States government, which can veto a mission to 
which it objects. These missions provide a force multiplier in 
cases where a significant number of U.S. troops may be 
unavailable but where it is in the U.S. national interest to 
see order restored and maintained, for example, in such places 
as Liberia, Sudan, Kosovo, Haiti and the Pakistan/India border.

Sec. 402. REDI Center

    This section authorizes U.S. participation in the Regional 
Emerging Disease Intervention (REDI) Center in Singapore. There 
is no authorization of appropriations needed as the Center is 
expected to be funded by Singapore. Given recent outbreaks of 
SARS and avian flu in the region, the committee fully supports 
U.S. participation in such activities.

Sec. 403. Report to Congress on implementation of the Brahimi Report

    This section requires the Secretary of State to submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional committees that 
assesses the U.N. implementation of the recommendations of the 
2000 Report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations 
(known as the ``Brahimi Report''). The committee recognizes the 
importance of the U.N. peacekeeping operations, including their 
capability to deploy civil police forces in post-conflict 
stabilization missions. The committee believes that the report 
required by this section will contribute to its oversight of 
U.S. efforts and support for implementing any outstanding 
recommendations of the 2000 Brahimi assessment.

Sec. 404. Sense of Congress on the United Nations budgetary discipline 
        and management reform

    This section expresses the sense of Congress that the 
United Nations should comply with its commitments to budgetary 
discipline and management reform.

                TITLE V--BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS


Sec. 501. Short title

    This provision designates the short title of Title V of the 
bill.

Sec. 502. Middle East broadcasting networks

    This section amends the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.) to authorize 
the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN) as a non-federal 
grantee organization and to formally establish the MBN in 
permanent law. Congress has previously appropriated funds on an 
annual basis to the BBG for the MBN's two TV channels (Alhurra 
and Alhurra Iraq) as well as Radio Sawa, all broadcasting in 
Arabic.
    MBN is consistent with other independent, not-for-profit 
broadcasting entities supervised by the BBG, and is required to 
meet the same standards and broadcasting principles. The annual 
grants to MBN by the BBG will be subject to auditing by the 
Comptroller General of the United States and inspection by the 
Inspector General of the Department of State.

Sec. 503. Improving signal delivery to Cuba

    Jamming has been a problem since Radio Marti began 
broadcasting into Cuba in May 1985. This section authorizes the 
Office of Cuba Broadcasting to use additional AM frequencies, 
as well as FM and shortwave frequencies. Currently, Radio Marti 
is required to utilize the broadcasting facilities at Marathon, 
Florida, and the 1180 AM frequency that was used by VOA prior 
to the enactment of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, unless 
broadcasts are jammed.

Sec. 504. Extending authority for Radio Free Asia

    This section extends from September 30, 2009, to September 
30, 2015, the Broadcasting Board of Governors' existing 
authority to make grants for the purpose of operating Radio 
Free Asia.

Sec. 505. Personal Services Contracting Program

    The committee previously authorized a pilot program 
allowing the BBG to hire 60 U.S. citizens or foreign nationals 
on contract rather than as full-time government employees. This 
provision gives the BBG permanent authority to hire 100 such 
personnel. Such authority gives the BBG the flexibility to 
hire, for the short or medium-term, broadcasters and on-air 
hosts in difficult languages, some with many dialects. The BBG 
used the authority for surge capacity in Urdu and Arabic and 
extra hiring to enhance broadcasting into Zimbabwe, a 
flexibility that this provision will expand and make permanent.

Sec. 506. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands education 
        benefits

    This section authorizes the expenditure of funds for the 
purpose of providing education allowances for dependents of 
Broadcasting Board of Governors personnel employed in the 
Northern Mariana Islands.

Sec. 507. Exemption from numerical limitations for temporary workers

    This section adds the BBG to the list of organizations 
eligible to utilize the H-1B visa without regard to the cap on 
such visa entrants. The H-1B visa, available for up to six 
years, is for temporary workers in ``specialty'' occupations. 
The current statutory cap, intended to provide job protection 
for U.S. citizens, is 65,000 and that annual quota was filled 
on the first day it was made available in 2005. The BBG, which 
needs broadcasters and editors with special language and 
dialect skills, as well as first-hand knowledge of the 
countries to which they broadcast, serves an important 
government purpose; this exemption does not undermine the 
purpose of the numerical limit. The use of this authority is 
expected to be minimal. In the last decade, Radio Free Europe/
Radio Liberty has used just one H-1B visa; Radio Free Asia 
expects to use five to ten such visas per year.

                     TITLE VI--CONSULAR AUTHORITIES


Sec. 601. Technical amendments to Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
        Prevention Act of 2004

    This section makes a number of minor and technical 
amendments to the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 (the Intelligence Act):
   It amends section 7209(d) of the Intelligence Act to 
        include the Secretary of Homeland Security, who has the 
        authority under section 233 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act to make agreements with the airlines on 
        secure transit passage areas.
   It amends section 7201(c) of the Intelligence Act to 
        require that technologies acquired and deployed under a 
        plan required by that section be compatible with 
        systems used by the Department of State, to the extent 
        feasible, in addition to those of the Department of 
        Homeland Security.
   It amends section 5506 of the Intelligence Act to 
        require the Attorney General to consult with the 
        Secretary of State on a report required under that 
        section that addresses implementation of 
        inadmissibilities for visa processing, among other 
        topics.

Sec. 602. International student exchange programs

    This section addresses concerns regarding recent decline in 
the enrollment of foreign students in the United States and 
requires a report from the State Department that will analyze 
the issue.

              TITLE VII--RECONSTRUCTION AND STABILIZATION


Sec. 701. Short title

    This section designates the short title for Title VII of 
this bill.

Sec. 702. Finding; purpose

    This section lists findings that explain the need for 
legislation and the purpose of such legislation.

Sec. 703. Definitions

    This section provides definitions of certain terms in the 
bill.

Sec. 704. Sense of Congress

    This section states the sense of Congress that there are 
multiple ways to improve stabilization and reconstruction 
activities; specifically:
          (1) Strengthening the civilian elements to respond to 
        stabilization and reconstruction crises overseas;
          (2) Establishing a new system of planning, 
        organization, personnel policies, education and 
        training and the provision of adequate resources;
          (3) Encouraging the international community, 
        including non-governmental organizations and the United 
        Nations and its specialized agencies, to participate;
          (4) Urging the President to establish a new 
        directorate of stabilization and reconstruction 
        activities within the National Security Council;
          (5) Urging the President to establish a standing 
        committee to oversee the formulation and execution of 
        stabilization and reconstruction policy, chaired by the 
        National Security Advisor with membership of 
        appropriate agencies;
          (6) Establishing a personnel exchange program between 
        the Department of State, USAID, and the Department of 
        Defense to enhance the stabilization and reconstruction 
        skills of military and civilian personnel and their 
        ability to undertake joint operations. Personnel 
        exchanges should include exchanges to regional and 
        specialized commands, as well as joint and service 
        schools, to ensure a broader base of interaction among 
        agencies;
          (7) Urging other civilian agencies to work with the 
        Department of Defense to establish similar exchange 
        programs.

Sec. 705. Authority to provide assistance for reconstruction and 
        stabilization crises

    This section provides the President with the authority, 
after consultations with Congress, to determine that it is in 
the national interest to provide assistance to a country or 
region that is in, or transitioning from, conflict or civil 
strife, and to provide such assistance from the $100 million 
emergency fund authorized in this section, in addition to 
amounts otherwise made available for such purposes, as well as 
from commodities and services from the inventory of Federal 
agencies. The funding mechanism and the authority to replenish 
funds in this section are similar to current authorities that 
are used to respond to refugee and migration crises, but the 
exercise of the authority has been made subject to certain 
conditions required by Section 614 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, an extraordinary authority that is used sparingly 
and only after extensive consultations with Congress. The 
committee intends that this authority be exercised in the same 
manner as Section 614. The provision authorizes the annual 
replenishment of the emergency fund without fiscal year 
limitations.
    U.S. funding mechanisms for post-conflict operations can 
lack flexibility and effective mechanisms for emergency 
contracting and procurement. The funds in this section are 
intended to provide a quick start on such time-sensitive 
activities as the restoration of public order, political and 
civic reorganization, humanitarian aid, infrastructure repair 
and the re-establishment of basic services.

Sec. 706. Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and 
        Stabilization

    Subsequent to committee passage of S. 2127, the 
Stabilization and Reconstruction Civilian Management Act of 
2004, the executive branch in July 2004 created a new ``Office 
of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization'' 
within the State Department headed by a Coordinator who is 
appointed by the Secretary. This section bases the creation of 
the office in permanent law. The section states that the 
Coordinator will report directly to the Secretary, have the 
rank of ``Ambassador-at-Large,'' and will be appointed with the 
advice and consent of the Senate. It also states that the 
President may designate either the Coordinator or another 
individual to take the lead in particular crises.
    This section outlines several functions of the Office of 
the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization in both 
non-emergency and emergency situations.
    This section is not intended to limit the prerogatives of 
the President by pre-determining either the agency to lead a 
stabilization and reconstruction effort or the individual to be 
placed in charge.

Sec. 707. Response Readiness Corps

    This section authorizes the Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the USAID Administrator, to establish a 
Response Readiness Corps that consists of both active duty and 
reserve personnel. The active duty component of the Corps would 
consist of up to 250 individuals specially recruited to be the 
civilian vanguard of stabilization and reconstruction emergency 
missions. The reserve component would be made up of federal and 
at least 500 non-federal employees who have volunteered for 
deployment and have the skills and training to provide 
assistance in support of stabilization and reconstruction 
activities overseas. The section also creates employment 
authorities and establishes reporting requirements on the 
establishment of the Corps.

Sec. 708. Stabilization and reconstruction training and education

    This section gives the Secretary of State, in cooperation 
with Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Army, the 
authority to develop and establish new training curricula for 
use in programs administered by the Foreign Service Institute, 
the National Defense University, and the United States Army War 
College. The section cites illustrative contents of such a 
training curriculum.

Sec. 709. Service related to stabilization and reconstruction

    This section is designed to encourage service in 
stabilization and reconstruction activities overseas, which may 
fall outside the normal career path of Foreign Service officers 
and USAID personnel. It designates that certain service or 
assignment in these areas should be considered among the 
favorable factors for promotion of employees of Executive 
agencies. In terms of training and promotion, this section 
describes steps that the Secretary of State and USAID 
Administrator should take to ensure that employees are properly 
trained and identified for deployment in support of the Corps. 
This training should also be provided to Ambassadors and Deputy 
Chiefs of Mission.
    The U.S. Government should place a high premium on 
developing competency in the skills necessary to anticipate and 
address crises. Critical to the establishment of an effective 
cadre of people with special skills, experience, interest, and 
commitment needed for such challenging missions is the 
appropriate recognition of such service as professionally 
rewarding. The environment in which civil servants, Foreign 
Service officers, and others perform and advance must be 
flexible enough to allow for success for personnel who follow 
less traditional career paths and who may not reach executive 
management positions because of the unpredictable nature of 
their deployments. Incentives within all agencies must 
recognize the value of personnel committed to these challenging 
tasks. This section authorizes the creation of incentives and 
benefits as appropriate to recognize and reward participants.

Sec. 710. Authorities related to personnel

    This section provides personnel authorities to the 
Secretary intended to provide flexibility, allow for short-term 
and medium-term staffing, and strengthen surge capacity in 
fulfilling the Department's new reconstruction and 
stabilization mission. It grants authorities for the hiring of 
100 employees on contract, the engagement of experts and 
consultants for 60-day periods, and the detailing of employees 
from other executive agencies, the uniformed services and State 
and local governments. The section also provides certain waiver 
authorities for dual compensation prohibitions for annuitants 
under the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System and 
Foreign Service Pension System. The Secretary may extend 
benefits to any individual deployed under this Act as provided 
in the Foreign Service Act just as they are applicable to 
members of the Foreign Service.
    This section also authorizes compensatory time off for 
individuals assigned, detailed or deployed to carry out 
stabilization and reconstruction activities under this Act. The 
section also authorizes the acceptance of volunteer services 
and outlines the exceptions under which a person who volunteers 
may be considered a federal employee. It provides authority to 
the Secretary to establish temporary commissions of experts to 
advise the Department on stabilization and reconstruction and 
exempts their deliberations from Federal Advisory Committee Act 
requirements.

Sec. 711. Authorization of appropriations

    This section authorizes $24 million for fiscal year 2006 
and such sums as may be necessary for 2007 for personnel, 
education and training, equipment, and travel costs for the 
reconstruction and stabilization activities of the office.

    TITLE VIII--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS


Sec. 801. Reports on acquisition and major security upgrades

    This section amends the reporting requirement on the 
embassy construction and security program under section 605(c) 
of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2000-2001 from a semi-annual to an annual report, due on 
December 1. The committee expects that the State Department 
will continue to keep Congress informed of its building plans 
throughout the year through other avenues, including the budget 
estimate and financial plans transmitted 60 days after 
enactment of the Commerce, Justice and State appropriations 
bills, reprogramming for deviations from the financial plan, 
the Long-Range Overseas Buildings Plan, and congressional 
briefings.

Sec. 802. Fellowships for multidisciplinary training on 
        nonproliferation issues

    This section authorizes the Secretary of State to expend $2 
million to organize a new program on non-proliferation, 
bringing foreign students to U.S. centers and academic 
institutions who specialize in non-proliferation studies to 
encourage and build a cadre of experts whose future careers 
would be devoted to addressing the risk that weapons of mass 
destruction pose.
    It is intended to encourage eligible students to pursue 
careers in nonproliferation by providing funds for graduate 
fellowships, including work-study funds for on-the-job training 
and research assistant positions at U.S. institutions of higher 
education that focus on nonproliferation studies.

Sec. 803. Reporting requirements related to United States International 
        Agreements

    This section makes two changes to the Case-Zablocki Act (1 
U.S.C. 112b), which requires that the texts of international 
agreements other than treaties be provided to the Congress. The 
first provides that such agreements be provided directly to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on 
International Relations. The second changes an annual reporting 
requirement under the Act. Under current law, the report is 
submitted by the President; this section changes the law to 
require that the Secretary of State submit it instead.

Sec. 804. Requirement to submit to Congress findings under the 
        Diplomatic Security Act

    This section amends the provision in the Diplomatic 
Security Act related to Accountability Review Boards. Under the 
Act, enacted in 1986, the Secretary of State must convene such 
a board whenever there is a case of serious injury, loss of 
life, or significant destruction of property at, or related to, 
a U.S. Government mission abroad, and in any case of a serious 
breach of security involving intelligence activities of a 
foreign government directed at a U.S. Government mission 
abroad. The provision applies only to facilities under the 
control of the chief of mission. Under current law, any program 
recommendations made by the Board are submitted to the 
Secretary of State. The Secretary then provides to Congress a 
report on each such recommendation and the action taken with 
respect to that recommendation. This section requires the Board 
to also submit its program recommendations directly to the 
appropriate congressional committees.

Sec. 805. Requirement for additional report concerning efforts to 
        promote Israel's diplomatic relations with other countries

    This section extends a reporting requirement outlining 
efforts undertaken to promote Israel's diplomatic relations 
with nations around the world.

Sec. 806. Sense of Congress relating to Magen David Adom Society

    This section reconfirms a previously enacted sense of the 
Congress provision that calls upon the International Committee 
of the Red Cross to recognize the Magen David Adom Society and 
states that the United States should continue to press for such 
recognition.

Sec. 807. Limitation on use of funds relating to United States policy 
        with respect to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel

    This section reaffirms previous congressional views on the 
recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

Sec. 808. Authorization of appropriations for the United States 
        Commission on International Religious Freedom

    This section authorizes appropriations for the Commission 
of $3 million for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2007.

Sec. 809. Sense of Congress on terrorist attack on United State 
        Consulate Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    This section expresses the sense of Congress regretting the 
loss of life in the December 2004 attack and lists the names of 
the Foreign Service Nationals employed by the Consulate who 
died in the attack.

Sec. 810. Sense of Congress on participation of women in elections in 
        Saudi Arabia

    This section expresses the sense of Congress that it is in 
the interest of Saudi Arabia to permit women to run for office 
and vote in all future elections.

Sec. 811. Terrorism in West Africa

    This section requires the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the other cabinet officials, to formulate a 
comprehensive 3-year strategy to combat international terrorism 
in West Africa. The committee is concerned by reports of the 
rise of international terrorism in this part of the world.

          V. Division B--Foreign Assistance Authorization Act,
                            Fiscal Year 2006


                          (A) Summary of Funds


                       [in thousands of dollars]


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                                                                 FY 2005
                                                                estimate      FY 2006  request   Committee mark
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Child Survival & Health Programs Fund (CSH)...............            1,538             1,252             1,252
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria \1\..             (248)             (100)             (100)
Development Assistance (DA)...............................            1,448             1,103             1,103
International Disaster and Famine Assistance..............              485               656               656
Transition Initiatives....................................               49               325               325
Development Credit Authority (DCA)........................                8                 8                 8
USAID Operating Expenses (OE).............................              613               681               681
USAID Capital Investment Fund.............................               59                78                78
USAID Inspector General Operating Expenses (IG)...........               35                36                36
Economic Support Fund (ESF)...............................            2,481             3,036             3,036
Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States (SEED)              393               382               382
Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet              556               482               482
 Union (FSA)..............................................
Peace Corps...............................................              317               345               345
Inter-American Foundation.................................               18                18                18
African Development Foundation............................               19                19                19
Millenium Challenge Corporation...........................            1,488             3,000             3,000
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement                     326               524               524
 (INCLE)..................................................
Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI).......................              725               735               735
Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining (NADR).........              399               440               440
Treasury Technical Assistance.............................               19                20                20
Debt Relief...............................................               99               100               100
International Military Education & Training (IMET)........               89                87                87
Foreign Military Financing (FMF)..........................            4,745             4,589             4,589
Peacekeeping Operations (PKO).............................              178               196               196
International Organizations & Programs (IO&P).............              326               282               282
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Total...............................................           16,413            18,394            18,394
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\1\ The administration requested $3.16 billion for international HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria programs in
  FY2006, a 9 percent increase over the estimated amount to be provided in FY2005. The request included $2.564
  billion to be appropriated through the Foreign Operations appropriations and $596 million through
  appropriations for the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services.
This bill authorizes part of this request through the Child Survival and Health (CSH) account which includes the
  President's request of $439 million for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria programs. The authorized amount
  for the CSH account also includes $100 million for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
  (The President requested $300 million to be appropriated for contributions to the Global Fund; the other $200
  million is divided between the Global HIV/AIDS Initiative ($100 million) and NIH/HHS ($100 million). The GHAI
  account, for which the President requested $1.87 billion, is not authorized in this bill because it is already
  authorized in the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-
  25).

                    (B) SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS

               TITLE XXI--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS


 Subtitle A--Development Assistance and Related Programs Authorizations


Sec. 2101. Development assistance

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $1,103,233,000 
for Development Assistance programs in Fiscal Year 2006 and 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007, including 
programs in the agriculture, education, and environment 
sectors, as well as the Development Fund for Africa. While this 
amount is substantially less than what was appropriated last 
year, it reflects, in part, the administration's request that 
$275,000,000 that was formerly in the Development Assistance 
account be appropriated in the Transition Initiatives account 
for Ethiopia, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Haiti. Although there are 
various separate accounts in the Foreign Assistance Act 
authorizing Development Assistance, funding for those accounts 
has been consolidated into this single account and appropriated 
in this manner in recent years.
    The committee recognizes the important contributions made 
to U.S. foreign policy interests by institutions funded by the 
American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program. These 
ASHA institutions nurture democracy and tolerance by educating 
successive generations of leaders who are committed to American 
values and who understand the tangible economic, political, and 
social benefits that a commitment to democracy produces. Those 
institutions which provide health care services and study 
endemic diseases also advance American humanitarian goals and 
win friends for the United States by addressing pressing public 
health problems among the people they serve. At a time when 
American values are facing violent challenge abroad, the 
committee expects that USAID will take steps to assure 
increased support for these institutions.
    The committee is concerned by the continuing reductions in 
the democracy and governance accounts at USAID, particularly 
given the administration's desire to promote democracy, an 
objective shared by the committee. The committee believes that 
enlarging the community of democratic nations worldwide is 
critical to our long-term domestic and foreign policy 
objectives.

Sec. 2102. Child survival and health programs fund

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $1,251,500,000 
for child survival, health, and family planning programs for 
fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2007. While this amount is substantially less than what 
was appropriated last year, it reflects, in part, the 
administration's request that $170,000,000 that previously was 
appropriated in this account be appropriated in the Global HIV/
AIDS Initiative account for the 15 focus countries of the 
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. This account 
provides funding for a variety of accounts that are separately 
authorized in the Foreign Assistance Act but have been 
appropriated out of this single account in recent years.

Sec. 2103. Development credit authority

    This section amends the Foreign Assistance Act to provide 
the President authority to provide assistance in the form of 
loans and partial loan guarantees to private lenders in 
developing countries to achieve economic development purposes. 
Authority for this program has been included in appropriations 
acts over the past several years. This section also provides 
that not more than $21,000,000 of funds available for the 
purposes of economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance 
Act and for assistance under the Support for Eastern European 
Democracy Act in fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2007 may be transferred for use under 
this section. It further authorizes the appropriation of 
$8,000,000 for administrative expenses to carry out this 
section for fiscal Year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2007.
    This section contains provisions designed to limit the 
financial risk to the United States under this program, similar 
to limitations that have been applied under the authority 
contained in annual appropriations acts. Specifically, these 
provisions limit the exposure of the United States to 70 
percent of the risk of any one project, and the amount of loans 
made or guaranteed, with respect to any single country or 
borrower, to $100,000,000. The latter limitation is consistent 
with current law. The former limitation is derived from a USAID 
regulation now in place for this program, which limits U.S. 
Government's share of the risk to 50 percent, unless the Chief 
Financial Officer of the Agency approves a higher level of 
risk.

Sec. 2104. Program to provide technical assistance to foreign 
        governments and foreign central banks of developing or 
        transitional countries

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $20,000,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2007 for the Department of the Treasury's program 
to provide technical assistance to foreign governments and 
foreign central banks in developing or transitional countries.

Sec. 2105. International organizations and programs

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $281,908,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2007 for voluntary contributions to international 
organizations and programs.

Sec. 2106. Continued availability of certain funds withheld from 
        international organizations

    This section amends Section 307 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act to add a new subsection. Under that section, certain 
voluntary U.S. contributions to international organizations are 
withheld; these are the proportionate U.S. share of programs in 
certain countries. Section 2106 extends the availability of 
such funds until the end of the following fiscal year for which 
such funds were appropriated.

Sec. 2107. International disaster and famine assistance

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $655,500,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2007 for international disaster and famine 
assistance.

Sec. 2108. Transition initiatives

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $325,000,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for 2007 
for the Transition Initiatives Program administered by USAID, 
including assistance to develop, strengthen and preserve 
democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic 
infrastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict. 
This amount reflects the administration's request that 
$275,000,000 that was formerly appropriated in the Development 
Assistance account be appropriated in this account for 
Ethiopia, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Haiti. Although this program 
is not currently authorized in the Foreign Assistance Act, 
funds have been appropriated for this activity since 1994 when 
USAID established the Office of Transition Initiatives and it 
is therefore appropriate to authorize in this bill.

Sec. 2109. Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
        Union

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $482,000,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2007 for programs in the Freedom Support Act (FSA) 
account for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union, 
the level requested by the President. This request is 
$74,000,000 below the Fiscal Year 2005 level for this account 
and substantially lower than the FY04 request.
    The committee expresses concern about continued reductions 
to the Freedom Support Act. The committee urges the 
Administration to consider the harm its proposed cuts in 
funding assistance could have on U.S. interest in stability, 
democracy and market reform in the Independent States.
    The U.S. Agency for International Development has funded a 
pilot program in Ukraine to establish a national birth defects 
surveillance system, and a folic acid wheat flour fortification 
program to prevent spina bifida and other serious birth 
defects. It is scientifically proven that folic acid 
fortification of flour, as practiced in the United States and 
many other countries, can prevent nearly 80 percent of 
instances of spina bifida and serious birth defects, and lower 
blood levels of homocysteine, a risk factor for heart disease. 
Important scientific research and institutional administrative 
relationships have been established with Ukrainian officials 
and counterparts in other states of the former Soviet Union. A 
number of officials in former Soviet governments have expressed 
a desire to participate in a multi-country program modeled on 
the Ukrainian pilot program. The committee believes that the 
Ukrainian pilot program should be rapidly and cost effectively 
expanded in Ukraine and into other states of the former Soviet 
Union focused on reducing the occurrence of serious birth 
defects.

Sec. 2110. Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $382,000,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2007 for the Support for Eastern Europe Democracies 
(SEED) account, the level requested by the President. This 
request is $11,000,000 below the Fiscal Year 2005 level for 
this account and substantially lower than previous years.
    The committee expresses concern about continued reductions 
to the SEED account. The committee believes this account funds 
programs that are critical to sustaining South East Europe's 
transition to democracy, market economies, and regional 
stability.

Sec. 2111. Operating expenses of the United States Agency for 
        International Development

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $680,735,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2007 for the operating expenses of the United 
States Agency for International Development. In addition, 
$36,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for costs of the 
Office of Inspector General of the Agency for fiscal year 2006 
and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007.

Sec. 2112. Capital Investment Funds for USAID

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $77,700,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2007 for overseas construction and related costs 
and for enhancement of information technology and related 
investments at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Sec. 2113. Millennium Challenge assistance

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $3,000,000,000 
for the Millennium Challenge Account for fiscal year 2006 and 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007.

Sec. 2114. Debt relief

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $99,750,000 
for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for debt relief under the 
Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998, poorest country debt 
reduction, bilateral Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) 
debt reduction, and the HIPC Trust Fund administered by the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
    The international community's approach to treating the debt 
of the poorest countries with debt servicing problems has 
evolved substantially in the last decade. It culminated in 1999 
with the Enhanced HIPC Initiative, which was launched to 
provide deeper, broader, and faster debt reduction for the 
poorest heavily indebted countries committed to economic reform 
and poverty reduction. The HIPC Trust Fund allows regional 
development banks and other multilateral institutions to meet 
the costs of providing debt reduction to heavily indebted poor 
countries committed to economic, social and governance reforms. 
Official bilateral creditors contribute to the HIPC trust as 
well as reduce their bilateral claims.
    The Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA) which was 
enacted in 1998 to offer eligible developing countries options 
to relieve certain official debt owed to the U.S. while at the 
same time generating funds to support local tropical forest 
conservation activities. A TFCA agreement can be structured as 
a debt reduction, a debt buyback, or a debt-for-nature swap. 
Local currency funds generated by a TFCA agreement may be used 
for a broad variety of in-country forest conservation 
activities, including forest restoration, implementation of 
sound natural resource management systems, establishment and 
maintenance of parks and protected areas, training in 
conservation management, protection of animal and plant 
species, research on medicinal uses of tropical forest plants, 
and development and support of the livelihoods of people and 
local communities in or near a tropical forest.

Sec. 2115. Peace Corps

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $345,000,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2007 for the Peace Corps.

Sec. 2116. Middle East Partnership Initiative

    The committee strongly supports modernization and reform 
efforts in the Middle East and North Africa through the Middle 
East Partnership Initiative. This section outlines the purposes 
authorized for assistance under the Middle East Partnership 
Initiative, including: help in achieving broad-based, multi-
ethnic, gender-sensitive, and fully representative governments; 
modernizing institutions and infrastructure to meet political, 
educational, health and economic needs; filling the gaps 
identified in the Arab Development Reports of 2002 and 2003; 
and support of economic development to create jobs, educating 
and training women in the labor force, enhance health care; and 
creating an environment which encourages investment in the 
region. The committee authorizes the use of $120,000,000 in 
Economic Support Funds for the Middle East Partnership 
Initiative programs and activities. Finally, to facilitate 
Congressional oversight, this section also requires the 
Secretary of State to provide a report on the Middle East 
Partnership Initiative to appropriate Congressional committees 
180 days after the date of enactment of the Act, and annually 
thereafter.
    The committee recognizes that foreign assistance to 
countries of the Middle East and North Africa for these same 
purposes, i.e., political reform, economic reform, educational 
reform and women's empowerment, should be considered part of a 
coordinated, coherent, integrated strategy to meet U.S. foreign 
policy objectives. The committee urges the administration to 
establish a coordinating mechanism for related assistance 
programs under this Act with the Middle East Partnership 
Initiative to prevent duplication and ensure effective use of 
assistance resources.

Sec. 2117. Assistance to combat the avian flu

    This section authorizes $25,000,000 in International Famine 
and Disaster Assistance to prevent and respond to a possible 
outbreak of the avian flu, which is one-fourth of the 
$100,000,000 called for by the World Health Organization in 
February 2005. The committee notes that these authorized funds 
are in addition to what the U.S. government is already spending 
on programs to combat the avian flu.
    This section also directs the formation of a senior-level, 
inter-agency task force, composed of the Assistant Secretaries 
of State, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and other 
appropriate officials, to coordinate U.S. policy toward 
combating the avian flu. The committee is concerned that a 
possible outbreak of the avian flu could impact millions of 
people worldwide.

Subtitle B--Counternarcotics, Security Assistance, and Related Programs 
                             Authorizations


Sec. 2121. International narcotics control and law enforcement

    Subsection (a) of this section authorizes the appropriation 
of $1,258,374,000 for fiscal year 2006, of which $734,500,000 
is authorized to be appropriated for the Andean Counterdrug 
Initiative, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
2007 for international narcotics control and law enforcement 
assistance.
    Subsection (b) restates current law by permitting funds 
under this section to be provided for assistance to the 
Government of Colombia and used, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, to support a unified campaign against 
narcotics trafficking and terrorist activities, and to take 
actions to protect human health and welfare in emergency 
circumstances. The provision maintains the ceiling of 800 
military personnel and 600 U.S. civilian contractors. This 
precludes their participation in any combat operation in 
connection with such assistance. It also continues conditions 
on assistance with respect to the Government of Colombia's 
human rights practices which are currently in effect for fiscal 
year 2005.
    The committee notes its interest in supporting, through 
funding, a program to implement the demobilization of AUC 
paramilitary combatants, and that such a process be conducted 
pursuant to a comprehensive legal framework, as determined by 
Colombians through good faith negotiations with the Colombian 
Congress. If the United States is to fund a significant share 
of the demobilization program, however, it should meet certain 
minimal standards. The committee believes it imperative that 
any demobilization program bring about the full dismantlement 
of the underlying structure, illegal sources of financing, and 
economic power of the AUC, which have been designated by the 
United States as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). In 
this regard, the committee believes it is crucial that each 
paramilitary seeking sentence reductions or other benefits from 
demobilization be required to forfeit illegally acquired 
assets, confess past crimes, and fully disclose any knowledge 
of the operative structure, financing sources, and the criminal 
activities of the FTO and its individual members. Each 
demobilized AUC member's benefits should be fully revocable if 
judicial authorities find that he has failed to fulfill these 
requirements.
    The committee believes it is critical that the groups of 
AUC leaders who receive sentence reductions or other benefits 
fully demobilize and comply with the cease-fire. The committee 
also believes that all perpetrators of atrocities must serve a 
minimum number of years in prison for their crimes. The 
committee urges the Government of Colombia to put in place 
effective mechanisms to monitor demobilized individuals to 
prevent them from continuing to engage in organized criminal 
activity. Finally, the committee urges the Government of 
Colombia to devise a legal framework that can be equally 
applicable to other FTOs in Colombia, such as the FARC.
    The committee notes its interest in supporting a program to 
sustain effective and responsible counter-narcotics activities 
in Afghanistan, and that such activities be conducted pursuant 
to a comprehensive strategy that is determined by consultation 
and good faith negotiations with the Afghan government. The 
committee believes it important that the five-pillar strategy, 
currently employed, continue to be measured and appropriate to 
the political and social conditions of this fragile state as it 
transitions to a more stable country. In this regard the 
committee feels that it is crucial that any aerial eradication 
plan be endorsed by the government of Afghanistan. The 
committee further believes capacity-building of Afghan 
institutions is essential and that the strategy to counter the 
narcotics trade and trafficking must be sustainable by the 
Afghans themselves over the long term.

Sec. 2122. Economic Support Fund

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $3,036,375,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2007 for Economic Support Fund (ESF) programs. ESF 
is also provided to support the Middle East peace process, 
including the administration's efforts to make progress under 
the Road Map. The committee notes the time sensitivity of this 
assistance and urges the Administration to seize the 
opportunity presented by new leadership of the Palestinian 
Authority and use resources available quickly to support 
political, economic and security reforms of the Palestinian 
Authority.
    Subsection (b) amends the Security Assistance Act of 2000 
to authorize ESF assistance to continue strong support for 
Israel's economic and political stability and to redress the 
economic impact of Israel's isolation in the volatile Middle 
East region. This assistance contributes to Israel's economic 
growth, enhances Israel's ability to repay its debt to the 
United States and opens new investment opportunities for U.S. 
investment and exports.
    Subsection (c) amends the Security Assistance Act of 2000 
to authorize ESF assistance to continue strong support for 
stability and prosperity in Egypt. ESF is designed to 
invigorate economic development and foster economic, political 
and social reforms, alleviate poverty, and support development 
of civil society and democratic institutions and bolster public 
health services.

Sec. 2123. International Military Education and Training

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $86,744,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2007 for International Military Education and 
Training programs. This section recommends that $2 million in 
International Military and Education Training should be made 
available to Greece in 2006 and 2007.
    Subsection (b) authorizes the use of these funds for 
training personnel of international organizations.

Sec. 2124. Peacekeeping Operations

    This section authorizes the appropriation for fiscal year 
2006 of $195,800,000 and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2007 for voluntary Peacekeeping Operations 
programs.

Sec. 2125. Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related 
        programs

    This section authorizes $440,100,000 for fiscal year 2006, 
which reflects the President's request, and such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2007 for the NADR account.
    The committee notes that while these funds represent an 
increase of 10 percent over the fiscal year 2005 appropriated 
level, they leave key nonproliferation programs underfunded. 
The Nonproliferation of WMD Expertise program has not been 
given the funds needed to execute its program in Iraq under the 
Iraqi International Center for Science and Industry or to 
pursue fully the Bio-Industry Initiative, as the Department of 
State acknowledges in its budget submission. The committee 
would support increases over the requested fiscal year 2006 
level for these and other international nonproliferation 
activities.

Sec. 2126. Foreign Military Financing Program

    Subsection (a) of this section authorizes the appropriation 
of $4,588,600,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2007 for Foreign Military Financing 
programs.
    Subsection (b) amends the Security Assistance Act of 2000 
to authorize the appropriation for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 
of FMF assistance for Israel, to require rapid disbursement of 
that assistance, and to increase the level of offshore 
procurement allowable with FMF funds made available in fiscal 
year 2006 for Israel.
    Subsection (c) amends the Security Assistance Act of 2000 
to authorize FMF assistance for Egypt and continues the 
requirement to disburse such assistance for Egypt to an 
interest-bearing account.

            Subtitle C--Independent Agencies Authorizations


Sec. 2131. Inter-American Foundation

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $17,826,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2007 for the Inter-American Foundation.

Sec. 2132. African Development Foundation

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $18,850,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2007 for the African Development Foundation.

    TITLE XXII--AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORITIES


  Subtitle A--Foreign Assistance Act Amendments and Related Provisions


Sec. 2201. Development Policy

    This section amends the Foreign Assistance Act's Statement 
of Development Assistance Policy to recognize the importance of 
public-private partnerships in maximizing resources available 
for foreign assistance activities.

Sec. 2202. Assistance for nongovernmental organizations

    This section amends the Foreign Assistance Act to make 
permanent an authority that has been contained for a number of 
years in annual foreign assistance appropriations and which is 
similar to the current Section 123(e) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act.
    New subsection (e)(1) states that restrictions on 
assistance to a country are not to be construed to bar 
assistance to that country that is provided through non-
governmental organizations using funds provided for development 
assistance, assistance for Eastern Europe and the former Soviet 
States, and Economic Support Fund assistance.
    New subsection (e)(2) requires notification to the relevant 
committees 15 days in advance of the obligation of funds 
pursuant to this authority.
    New subsection (e)(3) clarifies that this authority may not 
be used to furnish assistance through non-governmental 
organizations to the central government of a country. Although 
prohibitions on assistance to the government of a country 
normally would apply to all levels of government in a country, 
this provision makes it clear that for purposes of the 
authority provided in this subsection, assistance through non-
governmental organizations could be provided to levels of 
government below the national level.
    Consistent with the interpretation and application of 
similar provisions of law in the past, this provision would 
permit an NGO to use government facilities, resources, and 
personnel in the implementation of the NGO's program. For 
example, government warehousing or cold storage facilities, 
medical facilities, and medical personnel, could be used by an 
NGO in support of the NGO's immunization program. However, 
decisions on how to implement such a program, including where 
the program is to be conducted, must be the decision of the 
NGO. Except in this and similar cases where benefits from an 
NGO program are only incidentally conferred on the government 
of a country, assistance making use of the authority provided 
by this section cannot be used to provide assistance to the 
central government of a country otherwise prohibited from 
receiving assistance.

Sec. 2203. Authority for use of funds for unanticipated contingencies

    This section amends section 451 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act to permit this authority to be applied to the use of 
funding made available to carry out the Arms Export Control 
Act, and to raise the annual ceiling on the use of this 
authority from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000.

Sec. 2204. Authority to accept lethal excess property

    This section amends section 482(g) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act to permit the Secretary of State to receive 
lethal excess property from other agencies of the U.S. 
Government for the purpose of providing such property to 
foreign governments. A similar provision has been contained in 
appropriations acts. Currently, this authority is limited to 
non-lethal excess property. This section also requires the 
Secretary to notify the Congress before obligating funds to 
obtain excess lethal property under this section.

Sec. 2205. Reconstruction and famine assistance under International 
        Disaster Assistance Authority

    This section amends section 491 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act to make clear that the authority in that section may be 
used to respond to famine, as well as other natural and manmade 
disasters and may be used to provide for reconstruction of 
countries affected by such crises. This section also amends the 
title of the account.

Sec. 2206. Funding authorities for assistance for the Independent 
        States of the Former Soviet Union

    This section amends the Foreign Assistance Act to make 
permanent the authorities applicable to provision of assistance 
that are contained in that Act. Appropriations acts since the 
inception of the program for the independent states of the 
former Soviet Union have continued these authorities.

Sec. 2207. Waiver of net proceeds resulting from disposal of United 
        States defense articles provided to a foreign country on a 
        grant basis

    This section amends section 505(f) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act to broaden the existing authority of the 
President to waive the requirement that net proceeds resulting 
from the disposal of defense articles provided to a foreign 
country on a grant basis be paid to the United States. Existing 
law limits the waiver authority to items delivered before 1985.

Sec. 2208. Additions to United States War Reserve Stockpiles for fiscal 
        years 2006 and 2007

    This section extends through fiscal year 2007 the 
President's authority to transfer excess items to the 
Department of Defense War Reserve Stockpile.

Sec. 2209. Restrictions on economic support funds for Lebanon

    This section amends section 1224 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (P.L. 107-228), to permit 
assistance to address the needs of southern Lebanon. The 
committee notes that such assistance will be provided to non-
governmental organizations that promote democracy and economic 
development. Given scarce water resources and critical water 
management issues in the region, water projects in southern 
Lebanon can help defuse Lebanese-Israeli tensions in the 
region. Changes are occurring in Lebanon's government thus the 
committee urges review of Lebanon's assistance requirements 
during this fiscal year.

Sec. 2210. Administration of Justice

    This section amends section 534 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act to provide for the continuation of the Administration of 
Justice program on a worldwide basis. The amendment deletes the 
sunset provision and the overall funding ceiling. The 
amendments made by this section conform the Administration of 
Justice authority to that provided in appropriations acts for 
many years.

Sec. 2211. Demining programs

    Subsection (a) amends section 551 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act to make it clear that, in accordance with previous 
interpretations of the Peacekeeping program's statutory 
authorities, the program may include demining activities.
    Subsection (b) continues and makes permanent an authority 
contained in prior year appropriations acts to allow the 
Department of State and USAID to dispose of demining equipment 
on a grant basis in foreign countries.
    Subsection (c) highlights the concern regarding the 
continuing problems posed to children by mines and unexploded 
ordnance in Afghanistan and other affected areas. It authorizes 
funds to be used to educate children about the hazards posed by 
mines and unexploded ordnance. The committee is particularly 
aware of the challenges that demining and ordnance disposal 
pose for the nascent national government and ongoing operations 
in that country. The committee takes note of a new Non 
Governmental Organization, ``No Strings,'' which is proposing 
to use theater and puppetry to provide life-saving education 
about landmines to children in Afghanistan.

Sec. 2212. Special waiver authority

    This section amends section 614 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act by updating authorities and funding limitations in that 
section.
    New subsection (a)(1) provides that the authority of 
section 614 may be used to waive provisions of law that limit 
the President's ability to authorize assistance under the 
authority of the Foreign Assistance Act, the Arms Export 
Control Act, and any Act authorizing or appropriating foreign 
assistance funds without regard to the provisions of law cited 
in subsection (b), as revised by this section. The standards 
used to allow the provision of both economic and military 
assistance are the same as current law. The provision also 
increases one of the annual country limitations.
    New subsection (b) lists the provisions of law that may be 
waived. In addition to provisions contained in foreign 
assistance authorization and appropriations acts, provisions of 
law contained in other legislation that limit the provision of 
assistance under those acts may also be waived under the 
authority of this section.
    The requirements for prior consultation with the 
appropriate committees of the Congress and submission of a 
written policy justification before the President may exercise 
the authority contained in section 614 remain unchanged.

Sec. 2213. Prohibition of assistance for countries in default

    This section amends section 620(q) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act to clarify that the restriction of aid is 
applicable only to governments. In addition, it amends the 
period of default (from 6 months to 12 months) that results in 
a cutoff of assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act.

Sec. 2214. Military coups

    This section amends the Foreign Assistance Act to prohibit 
assistance to a country if the duly elected head of government 
of such country is deposed by decree or military coup. Similar 
restrictions have been included in appropriations acts since 
1986. Exempted from this restriction is assistance to promote 
democratic elections, and a presidential waiver would permit 
assistance upon a determination that such assistance is 
important to the national security interest of the United 
States.

Sec. 2215. Designation of position for which appointee is nominated

    This section requires the President to designate the 
particular position within the Agency for International 
Development for which any individual is being nominated.

Sec. 2216. Exceptions to requirement for congressional notification of 
        program changes

    This section amends section 634A(b) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act to conform to provisions contained for a number 
of years in annual foreign assistance appropriations acts. New 
subsection (b)(3) provides an exception to prior notification 
in the case of substantial risk to human health or welfare, but 
continues the requirement to notify no later than 3 days after 
the obligation of funds. New subsection (b)(4) contains a de 
minimis threshold for reprogramming under the Arms Export 
Control Act that has been included for a number of years in 
appropriations acts.

Sec. 2217. Commitments for expenditures of funds

    This section amends section 635(h) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act to allow contracts or agreements which entail 
the commitment or expenditure of funds made available under the 
Foreign Assistance Act to be extended at any time for not more 
than five years. Under current law, this authority is limited 
only to certain accounts.

Sec. 2218. Alternative dispute resolution

    This section amends section 635(i) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act to expand the current arbitration and claims 
settlement authority for investment guarantee operations to 
also cover claims arising from other activities carried out 
under the Act, which could include claims under contracts, 
grants, cooperative agreements, credit agreements, personal 
services contracts, and other arrangements and agreements. It 
also adds a specific authority for alternative dispute 
resolution.

Sec. 2219. Administrative authorities

    This section amends and updates certain administrative 
authorities contained in section 636 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act.
    Section 636(a)(5) is amended to allow the procurement of 
passenger motor vehicles without various restrictions in 
current law, most of which are not possible to administer 
across agencies using this authority.
    Section 636(a)(10) is amended to delete the 10 year 
limitation on leases, thereby providing the ability to obtain 
the most favorable lease terms under long-term leases.
    Section 636(c) is amended to strike the $6,000,000 
limitation on the acquisition or construction of living and 
office space overseas for U.S. Government personnel.
    Section 636(d) is amended to strike the $2,500,000 
limitation on the provision of assistance for schools for 
dependents of U.S. Government personnel.

Sec. 2220. Assistance for law enforcement forces

    This section amends section 660 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961.
    Paragraph (1) amends subsection (b)(6), consistent with 
current law, to make it clear that the authority of this 
paragraph may be used in cases where instability has occurred 
at the sub-national level.
    Paragraph (1) further amends subsection (b) to add 
exceptions to the prohibition on assistance for law enforcement 
forces. New paragraph (8) permits the provision of assistance 
to combat corruption consistent with the objectives of section 
133 of the Foreign Assistance Act. New paragraph (9) is the 
same as current law but is included as a separate paragraph to 
make it clear that the authority to provide human rights, rule 
of law, and other training is not limited to post-conflict 
situations. New paragraph (10) is an authority related to 
assistance to combat trafficking in persons. New paragraph (11) 
permits the provision of assistance for constabularies and 
gendarmes.
    Paragraph (2) amends section 660 to provide the President 
with the authority to waive the limitations of this section on 
a case-by-case basis if the President determines that it is 
important to the national interest to do so. It is anticipated 
that this authority will be exercised by the Secretary of State 
under appropriate delegations of authority. The obligation of 
funds pursuant to such a waiver is subject to prior 
notification of the appropriate congressional committees under 
section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act.

Sec. 2221. Special debt relief for the poorest countries

    This section amends the Foreign Assistance Act by adding a 
new Part VI. This part authorizes the President to forgive 
certain debts owed by the poorest countries to the United 
States. The exercise of this authority is subject to, among 
other things, the prior appropriation of funds for this purpose 
and prior notification of the appropriate congressional 
committees in accordance with section 634A of the Foreign 
Assistance Act. The authority is similar to authority 
previously enacted in foreign assistance appropriations acts.

Sec. 2222. Congo Basin Forest Partnership

    This section contains findings and expresses the Sense of 
the Congress in support of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, 
the largest conservation effort currently undertaken by the 
U.S. Government in Africa. It affirms U.S. support of the Congo 
Basin Forest Partnership because the forests and wildlife of 
the Congo Basin are of global significance, because the forests 
are a major factor in the social, economic and environmental 
health of Congo Basin countries, and because of the impressive 
structure of cooperation between governments, NGOs and the 
private sector operating in the region. It further identifies 
the Congo Basin Forest Partnership as an initiative that fully 
recognizes the integral and equal nature of economic 
development, social development and environmental protection in 
the quest for sustainable development.
    The purpose of this section is to encourage the 
administration to capitalize on the strong cooperation and 
momentum of state governments, international organizations and 
non-governmental organizations in protecting the region's 
essential natural resources while also addressing other 
challenging development issues in the region.

Sec. 2223. Landmine clearance programs

    This section provides the Secretary of State authority to 
support public-private partnerships for landmine clearance 
programs through grant or cooperative agreement.

Sec. 2224. Middle East Foundation

    The committee has authorized the establishment of a Middle 
East Foundation funded through the Middle East Partnership 
Initiative. The committee seeks to contribute to efforts to 
bring democratic and economic reforms to the Middle East and 
North Africa region and has authorized the Secretary of State 
to designate an appropriate private, non-profit organization as 
the Middle East Foundation.
    The purposes of this assistance are to support civil 
society, political participation, women's rights, educational 
reform, human rights, independent media, economic reform, the 
rule of law and other democratic development in the Middle 
East, and North Africa through grants, technical assistance, 
training and other measures. The Secretary may also make a 
grant to an institution of higher education in the Middle East 
and North Africa region to create a Center for Public Policy to 
permit scholars and professionals from the Middle East, North 
Africa, and other countries, including the United States, to 
carry out research, training programs and other activities to 
inform public policy making in the Middle East and North Africa 
promote broad economic, social and political reforms. The 
committee notes this section also provides for reporting, 
financial accountability and oversight measures of such a 
Foundation.
    The committee encourages the Department of State to invite 
international participation in the Foundation. The committee 
also encourages the Department of State to consider activities 
in countries with struggling movements for reform and 
democracy. The committee expects that prior to providing any 
funding to the Foundation the administration will ensure that 
the Foundation has in place a system for vetting potential 
grantees to reduce the risk of funding activities that are 
contrary to the national interests of the United States. The 
committee expects to work closely with the Department of State 
as such a Foundation establishes operations.

Sec. 2225. Database of United States military assistance

    The Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 
and 2001 (P.L. 106-113) first established the requirement that 
the annual U.S. military assistance report required under 
Section 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 be made 
available to the public on the Internet. In the years since, 
the State Department has complied with this requirement; 
however, the current report is posted on the Internet only in a 
PDF document, thus making it difficult for users to manipulate 
the data in any meaningful fashion. For example, users are not 
able to cumulate data over time and across countries and 
different munitions categories.
    In an effort to make the Section 655 report more user-
friendly, this section requires the State Department to 
establish an Internet-accessible, interactive database, 
consisting of all the unclassified information currently 
available in the printed report. The database would be 
searchable by various criteria. Such criteria could include, 
among others, the recipient country, the United States 
Munitions List category of article or service provided, and the 
year of the sale or grant. With such a database, interested 
parties from academia, non-governmental organizations, the 
defense industry, and the Congress could access immediately 
cumulative data, cross-referenced among several categories. 
Because the Department already organizes the data in the 
Section 655 report through electronic processing, no new data 
collection will be required.

Sec. 2226. Millennium Challenge assistance for certain countries

    This section makes permanent a provision of the Millennium 
Challenge Account (MCA) legislation authorizing up to 10 
percent of MCA funding to assist countries that initially fail 
to meet the requirements for eligibility, including by reason 
of the absence or unreliability of data.

 Subtitle B--Arms Export Control Act Amendments and Related Provisions


Sec. 2231. Thresholds for advance notice to Congress of sales or 
        upgrades of defense articles, design and constructions 
        services, and major defense equipment

    This section raises the minimum dollar thresholds at which 
sales of certain defense articles, design and construction 
services, and major defense articles (or upgrades of such 
sales) must be reported to the Congress under Section 36 of the 
Arms Export Control Act.
    This section raises the level of notification thresholds 
from $14,000,000 to $50,000,000 for major defense equipment, 
from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 for defense articles and 
defense services, and from $200,000,000 to $350,000,000 for 
design and construction.
    This section also allows for notification of additional 
cases ``if the President determines it is appropriate.''
    The committee understands that the executive branch is 
prepared to provide the committee informal notice of planned 
arms transfers above existing dollar thresholds (but below the 
new thresholds under this section) and to submit formal 
notification under Section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act 
for certain transfers if requested by the chairman or ranking 
member. The committee expects that an exchange of letters will 
be used to specify the State Department's commitment in this 
regard before this section is enacted.

Sec. 2232. Clarification of requirement for advance notice to Congress 
        of comprehensive export authorizations

    This section requires the President to make certifications 
to the Congress under Section 36(c)(1) of the Arms Export 
Control Act before issuing comprehensive authorizations under 
Section 126.14 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations 
(ITAR) for the export of defense articles or defense services 
to an eligible foreign country or foreign partner.

Sec. 2233. Authority to Provide Cataloging Data and Services to Non-
        NATO Countries

    This section authorizes the President to provide cataloging 
data and services to non-NATO countries on a reciprocal basis. 
Currently, authority exists only to provide such data and 
services to NATO and to NATO-member governments.

Sec. 2234. Freedom Support Act permanent waiver authority

    This section provides a permanent annual waiver authority 
with respect to the requirements of Section 502 of the Freedom 
Support Act (P.L. 102-511). Section 1306 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (P.L. 107-314) 
provided authorization for an annual waiver only for fiscal 
years 2003 through 2005. This permanent authority to exercise a 
waiver would ensure continuity for program planning purposes.

Sec. 2235. Extension of Pakistan waivers

    This section extends the authority contained in previous 
legislation (P.L. 107-57) to make inapplicable through fiscal 
year 2006 foreign assistance restrictions relating to coups and 
loan defaults with respect to Pakistan.

Sec. 2236. Consolidation of reports on non-proliferation in South Asia

    This section requires that the annual report on 
nonproliferation in South Asia to be submitted by April 1, 
2006, pursuant to Section 620F(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, include a description of the efforts of the United 
States Government to achieve objectives on nuclear and missile 
nonproliferation in the region, as described in Section 1601 of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act Fiscal Year 2003, the 
progress made toward achieving such objectives, and the 
likelihood that such jectives will be achieved by September 30, 
2006. This avoids the need for a separate report on those 
efforts, which was required in 2003.

Sec. 2237. Haitian Coast Guard

    This section grants eligibility to the Government of Haiti 
for the purchase of defense articles and services for the 
Haitian Coast Guard under the Arms Export Control Act subject 
to existing notification requirements.

Sec. 2238. Requirement for the provision of certain assistance to 
        Indonesia

    The committee recognizes the importance of continued 
cooperation between U.S. and Indonesian authorities in the 
investigation of the August 31, 2002 murders of U.S. and 
Indonesian citizens that occurred in Timika. The committee 
notes that while the United States government has issued one 
indictment in the case, the government of Indonesia has neither 
indicted nor arrested anyone in connection with the Timika 
murders. The committee intends to continue following closely 
the investigation and anticipates that the degree of 
cooperation reflected by the report will inform the decisions 
taken by the Administration regarding steps to broaden and 
deepen U.S.-Indonesian relations.

              TITLE XXIII--RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM SECURITY

    This title requires the Secretary to submit a report within 
180 days after the enactment of this title (and on an annual 
basis thereafter) detailing the preparations made at U.S. 
diplomatic missions abroad to detect and mitigate such an 
attack, listing improvements for radiological safety and 
consequence management at those missions, and providing a rank-
ordered list of the missions where such improvements are the 
most critical. As part of this report the Secretary is required 
to submit a budget request to carry out these improvements. 
Furthermore, this title provides authority to the Secretary of 
State to develop, through U.S. contributions to and in 
coordination with the IAEA, foreign first-responder plans and 
training to implement them.

                TITLE XXIV--GLOBAL PATHOGEN SURVEILLANCE

    In January 2001, the National Intelligence Council released 
a National Intelligence Estimate entitled, ``The Biological 
Warfare Threat.'' The report not only points to the growing 
biological warfare capabilities of state and non-state actors 
but, more importantly, highlights the similar patterns and 
symptoms of a deliberately initiated disease outbreak and a 
naturally occurring outbreak. Once an outbreak is detected and 
begins to spread, it is very difficult to distinguish between a 
deliberate versus a natural disease outbreak. Furthermore, both 
are potentially devastating to human, animal, and plant life, 
as well as economically costly. Epidemiologists and public 
health experts rely on similar tools to help prevent, detect, 
and contain both intentional and naturally occurring disease 
outbreaks.
    The threat of bioterrorism poses significant challenges not 
only for the United States, but for the entire world. It is 
difficult to protect our nation's health alone in an age of 
unprecedented air travel and international trade, as infectious 
pathogens are transported across borders each day. The global 
outbreak in 2003 of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, 
is an unfortunate reminder of this vulnerability. So is the 
current situation regarding avian flu, which could yet become a 
worldwide epidemic.
    Infectious disease outbreaks are transnational threats and 
the defense of our homeland is not an isolated activity. 
Rather, it requires a comprehensive strategy, including a 
critical international component. Whether intentional or 
natural, infectious diseases do not recognize the boundaries 
set by national borders.
    The committee held a hearing regarding the threat of 
bioterrorism and the spread of infectious diseases on September 
5, 2001. Witnesses included former Senator Sam Nunn, Dr. Donald 
A. Henderson of Johns Hopkins University (later a scientific 
advisor to the White House and the Department of Health and 
Human Services), and Dr. David L. Heymann, Executive Director 
for Communicable Diseases at the World Health Organization. At 
a March 18, 2002, hearing on the chemical and biological 
weapons threat, Dr. Alan P. Zelicoff, Senior Scientist at 
Sandia National Laboratories, testified on the role of 
syndromic surveillance in bioterrorism prevention.
    Developing nations represent one of the weak links in a 
comprehensive global surveillance and monitoring network. 
Unfortunately, naturally occurring disease outbreaks are most 
likely to occur in these areas where poor sanitary conditions, 
poverty, and a weak medical infrastructure combine to offer 
ideal breeding grounds for pathogens. In addition, some 
developing countries border rogue states or states that offer 
sanctuaries for international terrorist groups, where there is 
documented interest in biological agents.
    This title seeks to enhance the capability of the 
international community to detect, identify, and contain 
infectious disease outbreaks, whether the cause of those 
outbreaks is intentional or natural in origin. The primary 
authority for implementation of the bill's provisions is vested 
in the Department of State, but the committee expects that the 
Department of Health and Human Services will also play a 
critical role, including consultation to the greatest extent 
possible.

Sec. 2404. Priority for certain countries

    Section 2404 requires that priority in allocating 
assistance under the provisions of this bill be given to those 
eligible developing countries that permit personnel from the 
World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC) to investigate infectious disease 
outbreaks on their territory, provide early notification of 
such outbreaks, and share pathogen surveillance data with 
appropriate U.S. Governmental entities and international health 
organizations.

Sec. 2405. Restriction

    Section 2405 restricts access that foreign nationals 
participating in programs authorized under this Act may gain to 
select agents that may be used as, or in, a biological weapon, 
except in a supervised and controlled setting.

Sec. 2406. Fellowship Program

    Section 2406 authorizes the Secretary of State to award 
fellowships to eligible nationals of developing countries to 
pursue a master of public health degree or advanced public 
health training in epidemiology. These programs not only impart 
technical skills utilizing state-of-the-art technology, but 
also help cultivate the management and organizational skills of 
future leaders for developing country public health programs. 
The Secretary of State shall require the recipient to enter 
into an agreement under which the recipient, upon completing 
said education or training, will return to the recipient's 
country of nationality or last habitual residence (so long as 
it is an eligible developing country) and complete at least 
four years of employment in a public health position in the 
government or a nongovernmental, not-for-profit entity in that 
country or, with the approval of the Secretary, serve with an 
international health organization such as the WHO. If the 
recipient is unable to meet these requirements, the recipient 
will be required to reimburse the U.S. Government for the value 
of the assistance provided.
    Subsection (e) allows for the participation of United 
States citizens, on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary 
determines that it is in the national interest of the United 
States to do so. Such participants would be required, upon 
completion of education or training, to complete at least five 
years of employment in a public health position in an eligible 
developing country or an international health organization.

Sec. 2407. In-country training in laboratory techniques and syndrome 
        surveillance

    Section 2407 supports short-term training courses, outside 
the United States, in laboratory techniques for laboratory 
technicians and public health officials. Such training courses 
offer the opportunity for public health personnel to train in 
their indigenous environment, utilizing the available 
technology. Subsection 2407(a) complements the assistance 
authorized in Section 2408 for the purchase and maintenance of 
public health laboratory equipment. Subsection 2407(b) supports 
training in syndrome surveillance techniques. Syndrome 
surveillance systems provide the means for early detection and 
recognition, limit infection and mortality rates, and help to 
more efficiently focus limited public health resources.

Sec. 2408 and Sec. 2409. Assistance for the purchase and maintenance of 
        public health laboratory equipment and assistance for improved 
        communication of public health information

    Sections 2408 and 2409 authorize the President to provide 
assistance, subject to the availability of appropriations, to 
eligible developing countries to purchase and maintain: (1) 
public health laboratory equipment necessary for the 
collection, analysis, and identification of pathogens which may 
cause disease outbreaks or be used as biological weapons; and 
(2) communications equipment and information technology, along 
with supporting equipment, necessary to effectively collect, 
analyze, and transmit public health information. The equipment 
should be appropriate for ready use in the intended 
geographical area and compatible with general standards 
established by the WHO and, as appropriate, the CDC to ensure 
interoperability with regional and international networks. 
Recipient countries must provide the resources, infrastructure, 
and other assets required to house, support, maintain, secure, 
and maximize use of this equipment and appropriate technical 
personnel.
    This section further imposes a limitation, in that amounts 
appropriated to carry out this section shall not be made 
available for the purchase from a foreign country of equipment 
that, if made in the United States, would be subject to the 
Arms Export Control Act or likely be barred or subject to 
special conditions under the Export Administration Act of 1979.
    The President is authorized under subsection (e) of Section 
2409 to provide assistance for the standardizing of the 
reporting of public health information between and among 
developing countries and international health organizations. 
Such standardized reporting requirements will enable 
information to be more easily transmitted and understood.

Sec. 2410. Assignment of public health personnel to United States 
        missions and international organizations

    Section 2410 authorizes the heads of executive branch 
departments and agencies to assign public health personnel to 
U.S. diplomatic missions and international health organizations 
when requested. These details, intended to be flexible in 
nature, should be for the purpose of enhancing disease and 
pathogen surveillance efforts in developing countries. The 
Secretary of State must concur with any such detail.

Sec. 2411. Expansion of certain United States Government laboratories 
        abroad

    Section 2411 authorizes the expansion of the overseas 
laboratories and other related facilities of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Defense, 
as appropriate, to further the goals of global pathogen 
surveillance and monitoring. This expansion applies to both 
numbers of personnel and the scope of operations. Overseas CDC 
and DOD facilities, working with host governments, play a 
crucial role in enhancing the capability of developing 
countries to monitor disease outbreaks and suspected biological 
weapons attacks.

Sec. 2412. Assistance for regional health networks and expansion of 
        Foreign Epidemiology Training Programs

    Section 2412 authorizes the President to provide assistance 
for the purposes of enhancing the surveillance and reporting 
capabilities of the World Health Organization and existing 
regional networks. The President is also authorized to provide 
funding for the development of new regional health networks, as 
a means of continuing to expand the reach of a global 
surveillance network. Additionally, subsection (b) authorizes 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish new 
country or regional Foreign Epidemiology Training Programs in 
eligible developing countries.

Sec. 2413. Authorization of appropriations

    This section authorizes appropriations for carrying out 
provisions of this title for Fiscal Year 2006. This section has 
made funding available for this title from the funds authorized 
to be appropriated to the State Department account for 
Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining, and Related 
Programs (NADR). All amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
this title are authorized to remain available until expended. 
The section authorizes $35,000,000 in total. Of this amount, 
$25,000,000 is authorized to carry out Sections 2406, 2407, 
2408 and 2409; $500,000 to carry out Section 2410; $2,500,000 
to carry out Section 2411; and $7,000,000 to carry out Section 
2412.
    The level of assistance required for global pathogen 
surveillance will be modest in comparison to other foreign 
assistance efforts. Targeted U.S. assistance can leverage other 
international assistance and, more importantly, establish 
benchmarks for public health programs in developing countries 
to strive for in sustaining and expanding pathogen surveillance 
efforts. Global surveillance does not command large-scale 
investments nor does it require high-tech equipment. The 
absence of authorized funding beyond FY 2006 does not indicate 
the need for a re-authorization of these programs.

          TITLE XXV--REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER MATTERS


     Subtitle A--Elimination and modification of certain reporting 
                              requirements


Sec. 2501. Annual Report on territorial integrity

    This section repeals an annual report from the 1994 Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Act on steps 
taken by the governments of Eurasia concerning violations of 
the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of other 
Eurasian states ``such as those violations included in 
Principle Six of the Helsinki Final Act.'' This report is no 
longer necessary because the countries of Eurasia (designated 
in the 1994 Act as ``New Independent States'') have maintained 
their sovereignty and territorial integrity for over a decade.

Sec. 2502. Annual reports on activities in Colombia

    This section permits the Secretary of State to satisfy the 
reporting requirements of Section 694 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, by consolidating the 
required information with the report required by Section 489 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act.

Sec. 2503. Annual report on foreign military training

    This amendment changes the date upon which the report is 
due to the Congress from January 31 to March 1, and limits the 
content to military training provided during the previous 
fiscal year.

Sec. 2504. Report on human rights in Haiti

    This section combines reports that derive from subsections 
616(c) (2), (3) and (4) of the Commerce, Justice and State 
Appropriations Act Fiscal Year 1999, as amended, concerning the 
status of the Government of Haiti's investigations and 
prosecution of certain extra judicial and political murders, 
the list of individuals implicated in those murders, and list 
of aliens denied visas as a result of the legislation. The two 
reports had been submitted on the same date but in two separate 
packages, so the timing of the receipt of this information will 
not be affected.

                       Subtitle B--Other Matters


Sec. 2511. Amendments to the Arms Control and Disarmament Act

    This section adds the term ``formal commitments'' to the 
elements for which the Verification and Compliance Bureau of 
the Department of State shall provide compliance analysis (arms 
control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements) under 
the Arms Control and Disarmament Act. To facilitate faster 
submission of the annual report on objectives and negotiations, 
it separates that report from the annual report on compliance, 
which is required to be prepared in coordination with the 
Director of National Intelligence. This section also allows the 
annual report on Chemical Weapons Convention compliance, 
required by condition 10(C) of the resolution of advice and 
consent to U.S. ratification of that Convention, to be 
incorporated in the annual compliance report required by 
Section 403 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.

Sec. 2512. Support for independent media in Ethiopia

    This section recognizes the need for an independent media 
in Ethiopia and recommends the provision of necessary sums to 
strengthen the capacity of journalists and increase their 
access to printing facilities.

Sec. 2513. Support for Justice Sector in Central African States and the 
        African Union

    The Great Lakes region of central Africa has seen some 
improvement in the past year in the levels of open warfare, but 
general insecurity and violence remain a daily threat to 
millions of civilians in the region. The primary threat to 
humanity has been from armed militia groups acting with 
impunity, although State security forces have also been guilty 
of grave abuses as well. The region's governments remain 
woefully weak and unable to effectively control all regions of 
their countries from a security perspective. These same 
governments, and the regional organizations of which they are 
members, are also in specific need of extensive rehabilitation 
and reform of their judicial institutions and capacity in 
upholding the rule of law.
    This section expresses a Sense of the Congress on the 
publication of the U.S. 2004 Country Reports on Human Rights 
Practices for the region and supports the Administration's 
stated intent to help establish African judicial capacity, 
specifically that of the African Union. This section authorizes 
funding for the above purposes and requires a report by the 
President within 6 months of passage that addresses efforts 
made to strengthen judicial capacity in Africa.

Sec. 2514. Support for Haiti

    In recognition of the serious humanitarian crisis in Haiti, 
this section urges a robust and immediate response in the 
current fiscal year by the United States and the international 
community. Accordingly, the committee encourages the 
administration to provide to Haiti at least $163,000,000 in 
assistance to meet the basic needs of the Haitian people 
including through improved public health and disease prevention 
programs, and to provide resources for the purposes of 
training, overhauling and equipping the Haitian National Police 
force.
    The committee recognizes the need for flexibility in 
responding to the crisis and, accordingly, makes clear that 
such assistance may be provided from among several accounts 
authorized in this bill.

Sec. 2515. Global Peace Operations Initiative

    This section authorizes the appropriation of $114,400,000 
for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2007, to support the Global Peace Operations 
Initiative, which was proposed last year. This section 
authorizes appropriations for the new Global Peace Operations 
Initiative (GPOI) that consolidates the programs for training 
of peacekeepers globally, while concentrating on Africa in the 
near term. The existing Africa Contingency Operations 
Initiative (ACOTA) will now operate within the overall GPOI. 
This section also sets minimum criteria for nations wishing to 
participate in such training. Such criteria are based upon 
experience from past peacekeeping training programs which have 
highlighted the need to ensure countries are willing and 
informed participants with an eye toward democratic and human 
rights principles.

Sec. 2516. Assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in certain countries of the 
        Caribbean region

    This section's purpose is to include certain nations of the 
Caribbean Region, where HIV/AIDS prevalence is second only to 
sub-Saharan Africa, on the list of countries eligible for 
assistance under the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

Sec. 2517. Repeal of obsolete assistance authority

    This section repeals various authorities that have been 
included in the Foreign Assistance Act over the last twenty 
years in response to one-time crises to provide for the relief 
and rehabilitation of various peoples around the world.

Sec. 2518. Consolidation of certain submissions under the Afghanistan 
        Freedom Support Act of 2002

    This section permits the President to consolidate or 
combine three reports required by the Afghanistan Freedom 
Support Act (Public Law 107-327): the Afghanistan assistance 
plan required under section 104(c) of the Act; the report on 
monitoring of assistance for Afghanistan required by section 
305(d) of the Act, as amended; and the report on implementation 
of the strategy for meeting security needs of Afghanistan 
required by section 206(c) of the Act, as amended.

Sec. 2519. Technical corrections

    This section makes technical corrections to several foreign 
assistance laws.

Sec. 2520. Requirement for report on United States policy toward Haiti

    This section requires that the Secretary of State provide a 
report outlining the administration's plan for the 
stabilization and reconstruction of Haiti for fiscal years 2006 
and 2007. The report shall include a description of activities 
to be carried out by the U.S. government to assist in the 
establishment of democracy and rule of law; promote economic 
development; and improve health, education, and employment. It 
will also include information on U.S. efforts to assist in the 
disarmament of illegally armed forces and the reform of the 
Haitian National Police, support the holding of free and fair 
elections, and strengthen strategies to address the HIV/AIDS 
epidemic. The report will also outline U.S. efforts to 
encourage other nations and international organziations to 
fulfill assistance pledges to Haiti and to ensure that the 
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH, is 
fully staffed. The committee is persuaded that the United 
States has a political and economic interest, as well as a 
humanitarian responsibility, to address the crisis in Haiti.

Sec. 2521. United States policy on tsunami relief and reconstruction 
        policy in Aceh, Indonesia

    This section states that it should be the policy of the 
United States to work to formulate a joint statement with other 
donor countries that are providing assistance for tsunami 
relief and reconstruction efforts in Aceh, Indonesia, that 
calls for the provision of such assistance to be equitably 
distributed throughout the impacted areas of Indonesia and to 
be used to strengthen and support the negotiations between the 
Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement. The 
committee notes that the United States and other donor nations 
successfully issued a similar statement with respect to the 
conflict in Sri Lanka and believes that this initiative could 
be used as a model for the situation in Aceh.

Sec. 2522. Drug price transparency in the emergency plan for AIDS 
        relief

    This section requires a report on procurement of 
antiretroviral drugs under the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. 
The committee strongly supports the steps taken by the 
Administration to increase access to antiretroviral drugs in 
the focus countries receiving support under the auspices of the 
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. The committee believes that 
drug price transparency will help build additional confidence 
in this initiative. The committee also believes that the U.S. 
government should support the use of the lowest-cost available 
drugs that are safe and effective.

                         TITLE XXVI--SAFE WATER

    This title makes a clear stated policy goal of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 that the U.S. recognizes that safe water 
and sanitation, sound water management, and improved hygiene 
for people around the world is an essential ingredient of our 
foreign policy objectives. It authorizes a 5-year pilot program 
at such sums as is necessary to assist countries, that have a 
high rate of water borne diseases, with alternative funding 
mechanisms such as investment insurance, investment guarantees 
or loan guarantees to develop sustainable water infrastructure 
systems. Finally, this title requires the Secretary of State 
along with the Administrator of USAID to develop a national 
strategy to implement the foreign assistance objectives of 
expanding access to safe water and sanitation, sound water 
management and improved hygiene for people around the world. 
The strategy would be developed in consultation with 
international organizations, foreign countries, and 
nongovernmental organizations.

Sec. 2601. Short title

    The title shall be cited as the ``Safe Water: Currency for 
Peace Act of 2005.''

Sec. 2602. Findings

    The section identifies Congressional findings highlighting 
water borne diseases as killing and debilitating millions of 
people annually, and preventing millions of people from leading 
healthy lives and therefore, undermining foreign assistance 
developmental efforts.
    The section cites the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable 
Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa where the 
United States agreed to the Plan of Implementation of the World 
Summit on Sustainable Development to implement a plan to reduce 
by one-half the proportion of people who are unable to reach or 
afford safe drinking water and the proportion of people without 
access to basic sanitation by 2015.

Sec. 2603. Water for health and development

    This section amends Part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 by adding a new findings section that highlights access to 
safe water and sanitation and improved hygiene as significant 
factors in controlling the spread of water borne diseases in 
developing countries and contributing positively to economic 
development.
    Subsection (b) makes it a major policy objective of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 that the United States 
recognizes that safe water and sanitation, sound water 
management, and improved hygiene for people around the world is 
essential to our foreign policy objectives.
    Subsection (c) authorizes the President to furnish 
assistance, including health information and education, to 
advance good health and promote economic development by 
improving the safety of water supplies, expand access to safe 
water and sanitation, promote sound water management, and 
promote hygiene in developing countries. The President is 
authorized to use local currencies under title I of the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to 
support the goals of this Act, including the use of local 
currencies for purposes of drilling and maintaining water 
wells.

Sec. 2604. Pilot program for water sustainability infrastructure 
        development and capacity building

    The section amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 by 
authorizing a 5 year pilot clean water sustainability 
infrastructure development program. The program authorizes the 
President, in coordination with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development and the President 
of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to carry out 
this pilot program. The President, in conducting this pilot 
program, is authorized to utilize alternative financial 
assistance measures, including but not limited to: investment 
insurance, investment guarantees, loan guarantees, direct 
investment or other financial mechanisms. These alternative 
financing mechanisms shall be used for the purposes of 
leveraging public, private funds in order to expand investment 
in domiciled water infrastructure projects.
    The section authorizes these alternative funds for purposes 
of assessing water development needs, design projects, fund 
projects, and provide for long-term monitoring water 
development programs. Determination of number of projects and 
geographic location of projects will be determined by the 
President in consultation with the Congress. Preferential 
consideration of projects should be given small businesses or 
cooperatives in the United States, but not to the exclusion of 
public non-profit organizations.
    Loan guarantees, if selected as a part of a pilot project, 
shall be guaranteed by the United States Treasury at the rate 
not exceeding 75 per cent.

Sec. 2605. Safe water strategy

    This section requires the Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development and other federal agencies 
including federal land grant universities who have expertise in 
water and water management programs, along with appropriate 
international organizations and non-governmental organizations, 
to assess current activities, and develop and implement a 
national strategy to meet the objectives of expanding access to 
safe water and sanitation, including supporting and providing 
sound water management, and improve hygiene for people around 
the world.
    The national strategy shall focus on current resources and 
their allocation and recommend ways and means to maximize the 
efficient allocation of theses resources toward the goal of 
reducing by half the proportion of the population exposed to 
unsafe water and sanitation by the year 2015. Focus of the 
national strategy should also address the effective 
coordination of and use of non-profit, non-governmental 
technical expertise in the delivery of resources.
    Within 180 days of enactment of this Act, the President 
shall submit the report required by this section to the 
Congress.

Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations

    The section authorizes such sums as may be necessary for 
carrying out this title.

 TITLE XXVII--PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS DURING HUMANITARIAN 
                              EMERGENCIES

    The committee recognizes that during a humanitarian 
emergency people--especially women and children--become 
extremely vulnerable to a range of abuses including sexual 
exploitation, trafficking and gender-based violence. This title 
seeks to ensure that those affected by natural disasters, such 
as the tsunami that affected countries in Asia and Africa last 
December or by man-made crises, such as the ongoing crisis in 
the Darfur region of Sudan, are protected from such abuses 
through our foreign assistance programs.

Sec. 2701. Short title

Sec. 2702. Definitions

Sec. 2703. Findings

    These sections contain the short title, the definitions and 
the findings, respectively.
    The committee believes that steps must be taken to ensure 
that the State Department and the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID) have a strategy to protect 
vulnerable populations from exploitation and abuse before, 
during and after a humanitarian emergency. The next sections 
ensure that such a strategy is in place, that USAID has the 
expertise to develop appropriate programs, and that the U.S. 
government has an established mechanism to ensure that partners 
who implement our assistance programs overseas are committed to 
preventing exploitation and abuse by their personnel in the 
field.

Sec. 2711. Requirement to develop comprehensive strategy

    This section directs the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the USAID Administrator, to develop an 
integrated strategy for the protection of vulnerable 
populations, especially women and children, and to provide 
Congress with that strategy within 180 days.

Sec. 2712. Designation of coordinator

    This section directs the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the USAID Administrator, to designate an 
official at the State Department or USAID as a Protection 
Coordinator within 60 days. The Protection Coordinator will be 
responsible for ensuring that our assistance programs include 
activities to support the protection of vulnerable populations, 
especially women and children, affected by humanitarian 
emergencies.

Sec. 2721. Reporting and monitoring systems

    This section instructs the Protection Coordinator to 
develop and maintain a historical database of instances where 
sexual abuse and exploitation of children occurred during a 
humanitarian emergency; develop a reporting and monitoring 
mechanism for diplomatic missions to collect and report to the 
coordinator information that indicates vulnerable populations 
are being targeted or are at risk during an emergency; assist 
U.S. missions in developing responses to situations where there 
is a risk of sexual exploitation and abuse during a 
humanitarian emergency; and develop a procedure for relief 
organizations to report evidence of sexual exploitation and 
abuse and exploitation of children during an emergency.

Sec. 2722. Protection training and expertise

    This section establishes a fellowship at USAID to enhance 
the expertise of its personnel in developing protection related 
policies and programs.

Sec. 2731. Codes of conduct

    This section prohibits the State Department and USAID from 
providing primary grants to or entering into contracts with 
relief organizations that do not sign a code of conduct which 
prohibits employees from having inappropriate relationships 
with aid beneficiaries. This provision applies only to 
assistance under section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act or 
overseas assistance under section 2 of the Migration and 
Refugee Assistance Act of 1962.

Sec. 2732. Health services for refugees and displaced persons

    The committee recognizes that women have particular health 
needs during an emergency that require specialized care, 
including medical assistance for those who might have been 
raped, or who are pregnant. This section directs the Protection 
Coordinator to ensure that organizations funded by the U.S. 
have the resources to provide for the specific health needs of 
women during a complex humanitarian emergency and that these 
relief organizations are on the ground no later than 30 days 
after the onset of such an emergency.

Sec. 2733. Economic self-sufficiency of vulnerable populations affected 
        by a humanitarian emergency

    The committee is aware that people, especially women and 
children, are often more vulnerable to exploitation during a 
crisis due to lack of economic self-sufficiency. This section 
amends the Micro-Enterprise Development Act of 2000 to make it 
clear that special effort should be made to extend such 
assistance to internally displaced people so that they have the 
means to earn income during an emergency.

Sec. 2734. International military education and training

    This section adds a component to the International Military 
and Education Program focused on training foreign militaries to 
protect civilians who are refugees and internally displaced 
persons.

Sec. 2735. Sense of Congress regarding actions of United Nations 
        peacekeepers

    The committee is very disturbed by reports of sexual 
exploitation of women and girls in eastern Democratic Republic 
of Congo by U.N. peacekeepers. This section expresses the sense 
of Congress that the Secretary General of the U.N. should 
further strengthen policies of the U.N. to protect civilians 
from sexual abuse and exploitation by U.N. personnel involved 
in U.N. peacekeeping missions. It also expresses the sense of 
Congress that the Secretary of State should consider suspending 
military assistance to countries who do not follow up on 
allegations that their troops engaged in sexual exploitation 
and/or abuse while deployed as part of a U.N. peacekeeping 
mission.

Sec. 2741. Actions to support protection

    This section encourages the U.S. representative to the 
World Bank to make sure that women and children who were forced 
to serve with armed combatants get a benefit package as part of 
World Bank post-conflict demobilization programs similar to 
those given to the men who are disarming. It also requires the 
Secretary of State to submit a report to the committee on what 
types of training programs the State Department and USAID are 
currently conducting that are designed to improve 
accountability for gender-based violence.

Sec. 2742. Protection assistance

    This section amends the Foreign Assistance Act to provide 
that funds made available to carry out Chapter 1 of part I of 
the Act and chapter 4 of part II may be used to fund protection 
activities for vulnerable populations, especially women and 
children, who are affected by complex humanitarian emergencies. 
The purpose of this section is to authorize funding for 
activities such as security assessments for refugee and 
internally displaced camps, reunification services for children 
separated from their families or training for local law 
enforcement activities to investigate cases of rape.

              TITLE XXVIII--CONVENTIONAL ARMS DISARMAMENT


             THE CONVENTIONAL ARMS DISARMAMENT ACT OF 2005

    The threat posed to global peace and security by persistent 
landmines, readily available small arms, light weapons, 
abandoned ordnance, and poorly secured munitions has long been 
a concern for the Committee on Foreign Relations. Congress has 
mandated significant accounting and reporting requirements on 
US sales and transfers of conventional weaponry, particularly 
for highly portable and relatively inexpensive weapons. While 
these efforts proceed with strong support from the committee, 
bilateral assistance to countries seeking to destroy, safeguard 
or otherwise eliminate proliferation-vulnerable surplus 
conventional stockpiles has not been given equally sustained 
attention, budgetary support and needed authorities.
    In Public Law 106-164, Congress amended the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751, et. seq.) to establish a 
comprehensive end-use monitoring program for defense articles 
and services in order to improve accountability with respect to 
those defense articles and services sold, leased or exported 
under the Arms Export Control Act or Foreign Assistance Act. 
Since then, the Department of State has established the Blue 
Lantern program to carry out such a program with respect to 
commercial exports of U.S. defense articles and services. A 
similar program, Golden Sentry, was established by the 
Department of Defense for foreign military sales (FMS).
    Blue Lantern results are reported annually to Congress. 
These reports have shown that a notable percentage of 
unfavorable end-use checks involve firearms and ammunition. In 
the Fiscal Year 2003 reporting period, 49 percent of all 
unfavorable checks related to firearms and ammunition. While 
the percentage for such commodities decreased to 18 percent in 
the Fiscal Year 2004 reporting period, the committee remains 
concerned about the possibility of diversion of such exports. 
Indeed, the data provided under Blue Lantern demonstrate that 
even when applying the strict controls and enforcement 
provisions of US law in the International Traffic in Arms 
Regulations (22 CFR 120-130), the potential for diversion 
exists. The problem can only be more prevalent regarding arms 
from countries without such controls.
    Several reports in the last two years have detailed the 
potential for illegal acquisition, the unsafe handling, 
shipment, storage and the wide availability of Man-Portable 
Air-Defense Systems or MANPADS.
    In May 2004, the U.S. General Accountability Office (GAO) 
submitted a report to Congress on the growing threat posed by 
MANPADS. GAO found that ``Since the 1950s, 20 countries have 
developed or produced at least 30 different types of MANPADS, 
with a total production of more than a million missiles . . . 
Estimates of the global inventory of MANPADS range from 500,000 
to 750,000 weapons, with approximately 1 percent outside the 
control of national governments, according to intelligence 
sources.'' \1\ The report noted that ``progress toward reducing 
MANPADS proliferation is limited by . . . multilateral forums' 
lack of mechanisms to monitor countries' implementation of 
their commitments.\2\ The GAO also noted that the only 
realistic mechanisms available to the State Department in this 
regard are the ``procedures in place to confirm destruction of 
MANPADS through its bilateral efforts.\3\ In January 2005, a 
RAND Corporation study addressed the risk of MANPADS use in 
terrorist attacks and recommended ``working with international 
governments to slow down the proliferation of MANPADS 
technologies, in particular those against which countermeasures 
are less effective.\4\ The committee concurs with such 
assessments, and so proposes to increase the funding, 
coordination and authorities available to the Department of 
State for threat reduction efforts regarding MANPADS, as well 
as for persistent landmines, readily available small arms, 
light weapons, abandoned ordnance, and poorly secured 
munitions.
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    \1\ United States General Accounting Office, Report to 
Congressional Committees, ``Nonproliferation: Further Improvements 
Needed in U.S. Efforts to Counter Threats from Man-Portable Air Defense 
Systems,'' GAO-04-519, May 2004, p. 10.
    \2\ Ibid., p. 14.
    \3\ Ibid.
    \4\ James Chow, et. al., ``Protecting Commercial Aviation Against 
the Shoulder-Fired Missile Threat,'' Rand Occasional Paper, 2005, RAND 
Corporation, p. 34.
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    In the 108th Congress, Chairman Lugar introduced the 
Conventional Arms Threat Reduction Act of 2004 or S. 2981. 
During the committee's markup of the Foreign Affairs 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007, it included 
substantially the same legislation as that which the Chairman 
had previously introduced in the Senate.
    The Conventional Arms Disarmament Act, or CADA, seeks to 
provide unified planning, programming, and implementation of 
U.S. bilateral or multilateral assistance for an accelerated 
global program to secure, remove, or eliminate stocks of 
MANPADS, other conventional weapons, and tactical missile 
systems, as well as related equipment and facilities, that pose 
a proliferation threat.

Sec. 2801. Short Title

    This section gives the short title ``Conventional Arms 
Disarmament Act.''

Sec. 2802. Findings; Sense of Congress

    This section states several findings and a Sense of 
Congress.

Sec. 2803. Statement of Policy

    This section states that it is the policy of the United 
States to assist the governments of other countries in 
safeguarding or eliminating stocks of MANPADS, other 
conventional weapons, and tactical missile systems that pose a 
proliferatiion, local or regional security, or humanitarian 
threat.

Sec. 2804. Global Program for the Safeguarding and Elimination of 
        Conventional Arms

    Section 2804 authorizes the Secretary of State to carryout 
a global program to secure, remove, or eliminate stocks of 
MANPADS, other conventional weapons and munitions, as well as 
related equipment and facilities that are determined by the 
Secretary of State to pose a proliferation threat. Specified 
program elements include:
          (1) Humanitarian demining activities;
          (2) Programs to secure or eliminate tactical missile 
        systems;
          (3) Programs to secure or eliminate MANPADS;
          (4) Activities to destroy other conventional weapons;
          (5) Programs to assist other countries in accounting 
        for and safe handling of MANPADS;
          (6) Cooperative programs with the North Atlantic 
        Treaty Organization (NATO) and other international 
        organizations for programs and activities in (1)-(5);
          (7) Activities and programs to ensure proper use 
        funds in such programs;
          (8) Activities to ensure accurate inventories of 
        MANPADS, conventional weapons, and tactical missile 
        systems stored at sites where US bilateral assistance 
        is used to ensure the security of such weapons;
          (9) Actions to ensure that any equipment and funds 
        used for the securing, safeguarding or elimination of 
        MANPADS, tactical missile systems and other 
        conventional weapons are used for authorized purposes.
    While sec. 2804 includes demining activities as a program 
element, the committee does not intend that this reference 
should in any way modify existing U.S. programs regarding 
humanitarian demining activities, but rather, includes such 
reference by way of noting that in cases where MANPADS and 
other conventional weapons caches have been found, there were 
often large stockpiles of land mines. The committee intends 
that funding for humanitarian demining activities should 
continue to be a separate budget line, but that such activities 
should be coordinated with and integrated into the accelerated 
effort called for in this title.

Sec. 2805. Redesignation of Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement as 
        Office of Conventional Arms Threat Reduction

    On October 6, 2003, then-Assistant Secretary of State for 
Political-Military Affairs (PM) Lincoln P. Bloomfield announced 
the creation of the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement 
(PM/WRA). In so doing, he stated: ``The menace to regional 
stability and public safety posed by persistent landmines, 
readily available small arms, light weapons, abandoned 
ordnance, and poorly secured munitions are interrelated and 
should be addressed in a comprehensive manner.''
     While the committee supported the efforts of the PM Bureau 
to provide a coordinated response to the challenges posed by 
such weapons, the extent to which activities throughout the 
Department of State are coordinated with PM/WRA remains 
unclear. In redesignating PM/WRA the Office of Conventional 
Arms Threat Reduction, the committee does not intend that any 
authority already given to PM/WRA under the Department's 
decision be taken away, but rather, that the new office provide 
greater attention, Department-wide and within the Federal 
government, to such efforts.

Sec. 2806. Report on Conventional Arms Threat Reduction

    The committee currently does not have a specific report 
regarding all bilateral and multilateral efforts to remedy the 
threats posed by persistent landmines, readily available small 
arms, light weapons, abandoned ordnance, and poorly secured 
munitions. Insofar as the committee has called for a report of 
broad scope, it intends that this requirement be a one-time 
report detailing past efforts similar to those called for under 
the Conventional Arms Disarmament Act and efforts made toward 
implementing it.

Sec. 2807. Authorization of Appropriations

    The committee would have expected a request for increased 
funding to take on the expanded mission of PM/WRA as it relates 
to readily available small arms, light weapons, abandoned 
ordnance, and poorly secured munitions. While such efforts are 
relatively inexpensive compared to those concerning weapons of 
mass destruction, when PM/WRA was created the funding increases 
remained surprisingly small. Section 2807 would therefore 
increase the authorization for activities under the Office of 
Conventional Arms Threat Reduction for small arms, light 
weapons, abandoned ordnance, and poorly secured munitions to 
$20 million for fiscal year 2006.
    This section is also drafted to tie some of the increase in 
authorized levels of spending over the fiscal year 2006 
requested level to submission of the report required by Section 
2806. The committee has been informed that PM/WRA could not 
execute a global effort of the kind called for in Section 2804 
with a large increase in funds on an immediate basis. Given 
such concerns, the committee intends that the one-time 
reporting requirement in Section 2806 will enable proper 
planning and programming for such a comprehensive effort. In an 
effort to ensure that, this section would authorize an initial 
increase of only $1.25 million over the fiscal year 2006 
requested level of $8.750 million for small arms and light 
weapons activities (as distinct from humanitarian demining 
activities or the International Trust Fund contribution), 
withholding the additional $10 million increase for such 
efforts until the report is submitted.

Sec. 2808. Definition of Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund

    This section specifies that the term ``Nonproliferation and 
Disarmament Fund'' means the Nonproliferation and Disarmament 
Fund established under section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act 
(22 U.S.C. 5854).

                           VI. Cost Estimate

    Rule XXVI, paragraph 11(a) of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate requires that committee reports on bills or joint 
resolutions contain a cost estimate for such legislation. To 
date, the committee has not received the Congressional Budget 
Office cost estimate.

                  VII. Evaluation of Regulatory Impact

    Rule XXVI, paragraph 11(b) of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate requires an evaluation of the regulatory impact of the 
bill. A few provisions of the bill, such as Sections 203, 213, 
and 312, require or authorize the issuance of regulations. 
These regulatory provisions, however, relate to the 
administration of State Department facilities or programs, and 
would not involve regulation of private commerce. Section 2231 
increases the monetary thresholds for notification of arms 
exports to Congress under section 36 of the Arms Export Control 
Act, and will therefore require minor modifications to existing 
regulations issued under the authority of Section 38 of that 
Act.

                     VIII. Changes in Existing Law

    In compliance with paragraph 12 of Rule XXVI of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by 
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing proposed 
to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is 
printed in italic, existing law in which no change is proposed 
is shown in roman).

                     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

    Sec. 102. Development Assistance Policy.--(a) * * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

          (5) United States development assistance should focus 
        on critical problems in those functional sectors which 
        affect the lives of the majority of the people in the 
        developing countries; food production and nutrition; 
        rural development and generation of gainful employment; 
        population planning and health; environment and natural 
        resources; education, development administration, and 
        human resources [development; and] development; energy 
        development and production; democracy and the rule of 
        law; and economic growth and the building of trade 
        capacity.

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

          (18) The United States development assistance program 
        should take maximum advantage of the increased 
        participation of United States private foundations, 
        business enterprises, and private citizens in funding 
        international development activities. The program 
        should utilize the development experience and expertise 
        of its personnel, its access to host-country officials, 
        and its overseas presence to facilitate public-private 
        alliances and to leverage private sector resources 
        toward the achievement of development assistance 
        objectives.

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    Sec. 103. Agricultural Development in Rural Areas--
[(a)(1)](a) In recognition of the fact that the great majority 
of the people of developing countries live in rural areas and 
are dependent on agriculture and agricultural-related pursuits 
for their livelihood, the President is authorized to furnish 
assistance, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, 
for agriculture, rural development, and nutrition--
          [(A)](1) to alleviate starvation, hunger, and 
        malnutrition;
          [(B)](2) to expand significantly the provision of 
        basic services to rural poor people to enhance their 
        capacity for self-help; and
          [(C)](3) to help create productive farm and off-farm 
        employment in rural areas to provide a more viable 
        economic base and enhance opportunities for improved 
        incomes, living standards, and contributions by rural 
        poor people to the economic and social development of 
        their countries.
    [(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
President for purposes of this section, in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes, $760,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1986 and $760,000,000 for fiscal year 1987. Of these 
amounts, the President may use such amounts as he deems 
appropriate to carry out the provisions of section 316 of the 
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980. 
Amounts appropriated under this section are authorized to 
remain available until expended.
    [(3) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in 
paragraph (2) for the fiscal year 1987, not less than 
$2,000,000 shall be available only for the purpose of 
controlling and eradicating amblyomma variegatum (heartwater) 
in bovine animals in the Caribbean.]

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    Sec. 104. Population and Health.--(a)* * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    (c) Assistance for Health and Disease Prevention.--(1) In 
order to contribute to improvements in the health of the 
greatest number of poor people in developing countries, the 
President is authorized to furnish assistance, on such terms 
and conditions as he may determine, for health programs. 
Assistance under this subsection shall be used primarily for 
basic integrated health services, safe water and sanitation, 
disease prevention and control, and related health planning and 
research. The assistance shall emphasize self-sustaining 
community-based health programs by means such as training of 
health auxiliary and other appropriate personnel, support for 
the establishment and evaluation of projects that can be 
replicated on a broader scale, measures to improve management 
of health programs, and other services and suppliers to support 
health and disease prevention programs.
    [(2)(A)](2) In carrying out the purposes of this 
subsection, the President shall promote, encourage, and 
undertake activities designed to deal directly with the special 
health needs of children and mothers. Such activities should 
utilize simple, available technologies which can significantly 
reduce childhood mortality, such as improved and expanded 
immunization programs, oral rehydration to combat diarrhoeal 
diseases, and education programs aimed at improving nutrition 
and sanitation and at promoting child spacing. In carrying out 
this paragraph, guidance shall be sought from knowledgeable 
health professionals from outside the agency primarily 
responsible for administering this part. In addition to 
government-to-government programs, activities pursuant to this 
paragraph should include support for appropriate activities of 
the types described in this paragraph which are carried out by 
international organizations (which may include international 
organizations receiving funds under chapter 3 of this part) and 
by private and voluntary organizations, and should include 
encouragement to other donors to support such types of 
activities.
    [(B) In addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purpose, there are authorized to be appropriated to the 
President $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $75,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1987 for use in carrying out this paragraph. 
Amounts appropriated under this subparagraph are authorized to 
remain available until expended.
    [(C) Appropriations pursuant to subparagraph (B) may be 
referred to as the ``Child Survival Fund.'']
    (3) The Congress recognizes that the promotion of primary 
health care is a major objective of the foreign assistance 
program. The Congress further recognizes that simple, 
relatively low-cost means already exist to reduce incidence of 
communicable diseases among children, mothers, and infants. The 
promotion of vaccines for immunization, and salts for oral 
rehydration, therefore, is an essential feature of the health 
assistance program. To this end, the Congress expects the 
agency primarily responsible for administering this part to set 
as a goal the protection of not less than 80 percent of all 
children, in those countries in which such agency has 
established development programs, from immunizable diseases by 
January 1, 1991. [Of the aggregate amounts made available for 
fiscal year 1987 to carry out paragraph (2) of this subsection 
(relating to the Child Survival Fund) and to carry out 
subsection (c) (relating to development assistance for health), 
$50,000,000 shall be used to carry out this paragraph.]

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SEC. 104D. WATER FOR HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

  (a) Finding.--Congress makes the following findings:
          (1) Access to safe water and sanitation and improved 
        hygiene are significant factors in controlling the 
        spread of disease in the developing world and 
        positively affecting economic development.
          (2) The health of children and other vulnerable rural 
        and urban populations in developing countries, 
        especially sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, is 
        threatened by a lack of adequate safe water, 
        sanitation, and hygiene.
          (3) Efforts to meet United States foreign assistance 
        objectives, including those related to agriculture, the 
        human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune 
        deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and the environment will be 
        advanced by improving access to safe water and 
        sanitation and promoting sound water management 
        throughout the world.
          (4) Developing sustainable financing mechanisms, 
        including private sector financing, is critical to the 
        long-term sustainability of improved water supply, 
        sanitation, and hygiene.
          (5) The annual level of investment needed to meet the 
        water and sanitation needs of developing countries far 
        exceeds the amount of Official Development Assistance 
        (ODA) and spending by governments of developing 
        countries, so attracting greater public and private 
        investment is essential.
          (6) Long-term sustainability in the provision of 
        access to safe water and sanitation and in the 
        maintenance of water and sanitation facilities requires 
        a legal and regulatory environment conducive to private 
        sector investment and private sector participation in 
        the delivery of water and sanitation services.
          (7) The absence of robust domestic financial markets 
        and sources for long-term financing are a major 
        impediment to the development of water and sanitation 
        projects in developing countries.
          (8) At the 2003 Summit of the Group of Eight in 
        Evian, France, the members of the Group of Eight 
        produced a plan entitled ``Water: A G8 Action Plan'' 
        that contemplated the promotion of domestic revolving 
        funds to provide local currency financing for capital-
        intensive water infrastructure projects. Innovative 
        financing mechanisms such as revolving funds and 
        pooled-financings have been very effective vehicles for 
        mobilizing domestic savings for investments in water 
        and sanitation both in the United States and in some 
        developing countries. These mechanisms can serve as a 
        catalyst for greater investment in water and sanitation 
        projects by villages, small towns, and municipalities.
          (9) The G8 Action Plan also committed members of the 
        Group of Eight to improving coordination and 
        cooperation between donors, and such improved 
        coordination and cooperation is essential for enlarging 
        the beneficial impact of donor initiatives.
  (b) Policy.--It is a major objective of United States foreign 
assistance--
          (1) to promote good health and economic development 
        by providing assistance to expand access to safe water 
        and sanitation, promote sound water management, and 
        improve hygiene for people around the world; and
          (2) to promote, to the maximum extent practicable and 
        appropriate, long-term sustainability in the provision 
        of access to safe water and sanitation by encouraging 
        private investment in water and sanitation 
        infrastructure and services.
  (c) Authorization.--
          (1) In general.--To carry out the policy set out in 
        subsection (b), the President is authorized to furnish 
        assistance, including health information and education, 
        to advance good health and promote economic development 
        by improving the safety of water supplies, expanding 
        access to safe water and sanitation, promoting sound 
        water management, and promoting better hygiene.
          (2) Local currency.--The President may use payments 
        made in local currencies under an agreement made under 
        title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
        Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to 
        provide assistance under this section, including 
        assistance for activities related to drilling or 
        maintaining wells.
    Sec. 105. Education and Human Resources Development.--In 
order to reduce illiteracy, to extend basic education and to 
increase manpower training in skills related to development, 
the President is authorized to furnish assistance on such terms 
and conditions as he may determine, for education, public 
administration, and human resource development. [There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the President for the purposes 
of this section, in addition to funds otherwise available for 
such purposes, $180,000,000 for fiscal year 1986 and 
$180,000,000 for fiscal year 1987, which are authorized to 
remain available until expended.]

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    Sec. 106. Development of Indigenous Energy Resources.--(a) 
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    [(e)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
President for purposes of this section, in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes, $207,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1986 and $207,000,000 for fiscal year 1987.
    [(2) Amounts appropriated under this section are authorized 
to remain available until expended.
    [(f) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this part, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $5,000,000 
for fiscal year 1987 shall be used to finance cooperative 
projects among the United States, Israel, and developing 
countries.]

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    Sec. 123. Private and Voluntary Organizations and 
Cooperatives in Overseas Development.--(a) * * *

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    [(e) Prohibitions on assistance to countries contained in 
this or any other Act shall not be construed to prohibit 
assistance by the agency primarily responsible for 
administering this part in support of programs of private and 
voluntary organizations and cooperatives already being 
supported prior to the date such prohibition becomes 
applicable. The President shall take into consideration, in any 
case in which statutory prohibitions on assistance would be 
applicable but for this subsection, whether continuation of 
support for such programs is in the national interest of the 
United States. If the President continues such support after 
such date, he shall prepare and transmit, not later than one 
year after such date, to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate a report setting forth the reasons for 
such continuation.]
  (e)(1) 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--
          (A) funds made available to carry out this chapter 
        and chapters 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 
        part II; or
          (B) funds made available for economic assistance 
        activities under the Support for East European 
        Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.).
  (2) The President shall submit to Congress, in accordance 
with section 634A, advance notice of an intent to obligate 
funds under the authority of this subsection to furnish 
assistance in support of programs of nongovernmental 
organizations.
  (3) Assistance may not be furnished through nongovernmental 
organizations to the central government of a country under the 
authority of this subsection, but assistance may be furnished 
to local, district, or subnational government entities under 
such authority.''.

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SEC. 129. PROGRAM TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN 
                    GOVERNMENTS AND FOREIGN CENTRAL BANKS OF DEVELOPING 
                    OR TRANSITIONAL COUNTRIES.

    (a) Establishment of Program.-- * * *

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    (j) Authorization of Appropriations.--
    (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out this section [$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999] 
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2007.

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SEC. 256A. DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY.

  (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
          (1) Developing countries often have large reserves of 
        privately held capital that are not being adequately 
        mobilized and invested due to weak financial 
        institutions and other market imperfections in such 
        countries.
          (2) Partial loan guarantees, particularly when used 
        as an integral part of a development strategy, are 
        useful to leverage local private capital for 
        development while reforming and strengthening 
        developing country financial markets.
          (3) Requiring risk-sharing guarantees and limiting 
        guarantee assistance to private lenders encourages such 
        lenders to provide appropriate oversight and management 
        of development projects funded with loans made by such 
        lenders and, thereby, maximize the benefit which such 
        projects will achieve.
  (b) Policy.--It is the policy of the United States to make 
partial loan guarantees available to private lenders to fund 
development projects in developing countries that encourage 
such lenders to provide appropriate oversight and management of 
such development projects.
  (c) Authority.--To carry out the policy set forth in 
subsection (b), the President is authorized to provide 
assistance in the form of loans and partial loan guarantees to 
private lenders in developing countries to achieve the economic 
development purposes of the provisions of this part.
  (d) Policies To Limit Financial Risk to the United States.--
          (1) Priority for assistance.--The President, in 
        providing assistance under this section, shall give 
        priority to providing partial loan guarantees made 
        pursuant to the authority in subsection (c) that are 
        used in transactions in which the financial risk of 
        loss to the United States Government under such 
        guarantee does not exceed the financial risk of loss of 
        the private lender that receives such guarantee.
          (2) Maximum exposure.--The investment or risk of the 
        United States in any one development project may not 
        exceed 70 percent of the total outstanding investment 
        or risk associated with such project.
  (e) Terms and Conditions.--
          (1) In general.--Assistance provided under this 
        section shall be provided on such terms and conditions 
        as the President determines appropriate.
          (2) Maximum total amount of loans or guaranties per 
        borrower.--The principal amount of loans made or 
        guaranteed under this section in any fiscal year, with 
        respect to any single country or borrower, may not 
        exceed $100,000,000.
  (f) Obligations of the United States.--A partial loan 
guarantee made under subsection (c) shall constitute an 
obligation, in accordance with the terms of such guarantee, of 
the United States of America and the full faith and credit of 
the United States of America is pledged for the full payment 
and performance of such obligation.
  (g) Procurement Provisions.--Assistance may be provided under 
this section notwithstanding section 604(a).
  (h) Development Credit Authority Program Account.--There is 
established on the books of the Treasury an account known as 
the Development Credit Authority Program Account. There shall 
be deposited into the account all amounts made available for 
providing assistance under this section, other than amounts 
made available for administrative expenses to carry out this 
section. Amounts in the Account shall be available to provide 
assistance under this section.
  (i) Availability of Funds.--
          (1) In general.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
        available for the purposes of part I of this Act and 
        for the Support for Eastern European Democracy (SEED) 
        Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), not more than 
        $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may 
        be necessary for fiscal year 2007 may be made available 
        to carry out this section.
          (2) Transfer of funds.--Amounts made available under 
        paragraph (1) may be transferred to the Development 
        Credit Authority Program Account established by 
        subsection (h).
          (3) Subsidy cost.--Amounts made available under 
        paragraph (1) shall be available for the subsidy cost, 
        as defined in section 502(5) of the Federal Reform 
        Credit Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5)), of activities 
        under this section.
  (j) Authorization of Appropriations.--
          (1) In general.--There is authorized to be 
        appropriated for administrative expenses to carry out 
        this section $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such 
        sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007.
          (2) Transfer of funds.--The amounts appropriated for 
        administrative expenses under paragraph (1) may be 
        transferred to and merged with amounts made available 
        under section 667(a).
  (k) Availability.--Amounts appropriated or made available 
under this section are authorized to remain available until 
expended.

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    [Sec. 302. Authorization.--(a)(1) There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the President $270,000,000 for fiscal year 
1986 and $236,084,000 for fiscal year 1987 for grants to carry 
out the purposes of this part, in addition to funds available 
under other Acts for such purposes. Of the amount appropriated 
for each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987 pursuant to these 
authorizations--
          [(A) 59.65 percent shall be for the United Nations 
        Development Program;
          [(B) 19.30 percent shall be for the United Nations 
        Children's Fund;
          [(C) 7.20 percent shall be for the International 
        Atomic Energy Agency, except that these funds may be 
        contributed to that 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;
          [(D) 5.44 percent shall be for Organization of 
        American States development assistance programs;
          [(E) 3.51 percent shall be for the United Nations 
        Environment Program;
          [(F) 0.70 percent shall be for the World 
        Meteorological Organization;
          [(G) 0.70 percent shall be for the United Nations 
        Capital Development Fund;
          [(H) 0.35 percent shall be for the United Nations 
        Education and Training Program for Southern Africa;
          [(I) 0.18 percent shall be for the United Nations 
        Voluntary Fund for the Decade for Women;
          [(J) 0.07 percent shall be for the Convention on 
        International Trade in Endangered Species;
          [(K) 0.70 percent shall be for the World Food 
        Program;
          [(L) 0.18 percent shall be for the United Nations 
        Institute for Namibia;
          [(M) 0.12 percent shall be for the United Nations 
        Trust Fund for South Africa;
          [(N) 0.04 percent shall be for the United Nations 
        Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture;
          [(O) 0.07 percent shall be for the United Nations 
        Industrial Development Organization;
          [(P) 0.55 percent shall be for the United Nations 
        Development Program Trust Fund to Combat Poverty and 
        Hunger in Africa;
          [(Q) 0.97 percent shall be for contributions to 
        international conventions and scientific organizations;
          [(R) 0.18 percent for the United Nations Centre on 
        Human Settlements (Habitat); and
          [(S) 0.09 percent shall be for the World Heritage 
        Fund.
    [(2) The Congress reaffirms its support for the work of the 
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. To permit such 
Commission to better fulfill its function of insuring 
observance and respect for human rights within this hemisphere, 
not less than $357,000 of the amount appropriated for fiscal 
year 1976 and $358,000 of the amount appropriated for fiscal 
year 1977, for contributions to the Organization of American 
States, shall be used only for budgetary support for the Inter-
American Commission on Human Rights.
    [(b)(1) There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
President for loans for Indus Basin Development to carry out 
the purposes of this section, in addition to funds available 
under this chapter or any other Act for such purposes, for use 
beginning in the fiscal year 1969, $61,220,000. Such amounts 
are authorized to remain available until expended.
    [(2) There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
President for grants for Indus Basin Development, in addition 
to any other funds available for such purposes, for use in the 
fiscal year 1974, $14,500,000, and for use in the fiscal year 
1975, $14,500,000, and for use beginning in the fiscal year 
1976, $27,000,000, which amounts shall remain available until 
expended. The President shall not exercise any special 
authority granted to him under section 2360(a) or 2364(a) of 
this title to transfer any amount appropriated under this 
paragraph to, and to consolidate such amount with, any funds 
made available under any other provision of this chapter.
    [(c) None of the funds available to carry out this part 
shall be contributed to any international organization or to 
any foreign government or agency thereof to pay the costs of 
developing or operating any volunteer program of such 
organization, government, or agency relating to the selection, 
training, and programing of volunteer manpower.
    [(d) to (h) Repealed. Pub. L. 95-424, title VI, Sec. 604, 
Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 961
    [(i) In addition to amounts otherwise available under this 
section, there are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 1976 $1,000,000 and for fiscal year 1977 $2,000,000 to be 
available only for the International Atomic Energy Agency to be 
used for the purpose of strengthening safeguards and 
inspections relating to nuclear fissile facilities and 
materials. Amounts appropriated under this subsection are 
authorized to remain available until expended.
    [(j) In addition to amounts otherwise available under this 
section for such purposes, there are authorized to be 
appropriated to the President $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1989 
to be available only for United States contributions to 
multilateral and regional drug abuse control programs. Of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated by this subsection--
          [(1) $2,000,000 shall be for a United States 
        contribution to the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse 
        Control;
          [(2) $600,000 shall be for the Organization of 
        American States (OAS) Inter-American Drug Abuse Control 
        Commission (CICAD) Legal Development Project, except 
        that the proportion which such amount bears to the 
        total amount of contributions to this specific project 
        may not exceed the proportion which the United States 
        contribution to the budget of the Organization of 
        American States for that fiscal year bears to the total 
        contributions to the budget of the Organization of 
        American States for that fiscal year; and
          [(3) $400,000 shall be for the Organization of 
        American States (OAS) Inter-American Drug Abuse Control 
        Commission (CICAD) Law Enforcement Training Project, 
        except that the proportion which such amount bears to 
        the total amount of contributions to this specific 
        project may not exceed the proportion which the United 
        States contribution to the budget of the Organization 
        of American States for that fiscal year bears to the 
        total contributions to the budget of the Organization 
        of American States for that fiscal year.]
  Sec. 302. Authorization of Appropriations.--(a) There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the President $281,908,000 for 
fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2007, for grants to carry out the purposes of this 
chapter. Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations in this section are in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes.
    [(k)](b) In addition to amounts otherwise available under 
this section, there is authorized to be appropriated to the 
President such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 2004 through 2008 to be available only for United States 
contributions to the Vaccine Fund.
    [(l)](c) In addition to amounts otherwise available under 
this section, there is authorized to be appropriated to the 
President such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 2004 through 2008 to be available only for United States 
contributions to the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
    [(m)](d) In addition to amounts otherwise available under 
this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the 
President such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 2004 through 2008 to be available for United States 
contributions to malaria vaccine development programs, 
including the Malaria Vaccine Initiative of the Program for 
Appropriate Technologies in Health (PATH).

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    Sec. 307. Withholding of United States Proportionate Share 
for Certain Programs of International Organizations.--(a) 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated by this chapter shall be 
available for the United States proportionate share for 
programs for Burma, [Iraq,] North Korea, Syria, Libya, Iran, 
Cuba, or the Palestine Liberation Organization or for projects 
whose purpose is to provide benefits to the Palestine 
Liberation Organization or entities associated with it, or at 
the discretion of the President, Communist countries listed in 
section 620(f) of this Act.

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    (e) Funds available in any fiscal year to carry out the 
provisions of this chapter that are returned or not made 
available for organizations and programs because of the 
application of this section shall remain available for 
obligation until September 30 of the fiscal year after the 
fiscal year for which such funds are appropriated.

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    Sec. 451. Contingencies.--(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the President is authorized to use funds made 
available to carry out any provision of this Act (other than 
the provisions of chapter 1 of this part or the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.)) in order to provide, for 
any unanticipated contingencies, assistance authorized by this 
part in accordance with the provisions applicable to the 
furnishing of such assistance, except that the authority of 
this subsection may not be used to authorize the use of more 
than [$25,000,000] $50,000,000 during any fiscal year.

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SEC. 481. POLICY, GENERAL AUTHORITIES, COORDINATION, FOREIGN POLICE 
                    ACTIONS, DEFINITIONS, AND OTHER PROVISIONS.

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    Sec. 482. Authorization.--(a)* * *

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    [(g) Excess Property.--For]
    (g) Excess Property.--
          (1) Authority.--For purposes of this chapter, the 
        Secretary of State may use the authority of section 
        608, without regard to the restrictions of such 
        section, to receive [nonlethal] excess property 
        (including lethal or nonlethal property) from any 
        agency of the United States Government for the purpose 
        of providing such property to a foreign government 
        under the same terms and conditions as funds authorized 
        to be appropriated for the purposes of this chapter.
          (2) Notification.--Before obligating any funds to 
        obtain lethal excess property under paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary shall submit a notification of such action to 
        Congress in accordance with the procedures set forth in 
        section 634A.

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             [Chapter 9--International Disaster Assistance]


        Chapter 9--International Disaster and Famine Assistance

    Sec. 491. Policy and General Authority.--(a) The Congress, 
recognizing that prompt United States assistance to alleviate 
human suffering caused by natural and [manmade disasters] 
manmade disasters, including famine, is an important expression 
of the humanitarian concern and tradition of the people of the 
United States, affirms the willingness of the United States to 
provide assistance for the relief and rehabilitation of people 
and countries affected by such [disasters.] disasters and for 
programs of reconstruction following such disasters.
    (b) Subject to the limitations in section 492, and 
notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other Act, 
the President is authorized to furnish assistance to any 
foreign country, international organization, or private 
voluntary organization, on such terms and conditions as he may 
determine, for international disaster relief and 
rehabilitation, including assistance relating to disaster 
preparedness, programs of reconstruction following disasters, 
and to the prediction of, and contingency planning for, natural 
disasters abroad.
    (c) In carrying out the provisions of this section the 
President shall insure that the assistance provided by the 
United States shall, to the greatest extent possible, reach 
those most in need of [relief and rehabilitation] relief, 
rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance as a result of 
natural and manmade [disasters.] disasters, including famine.

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    Sec. 492. Authorization.--(a) There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the President to carry out section 491, 
[$25,000,000 for the fiscal year 1986 and $25,000,000 for the 
fiscal year 1987] $655,500,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007. Amounts 
appropriated under this section are authorized to remain 
available until expended.

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    [Sec. 494. Disaster Relief Assistance.--There is authorized 
to be appropriated, in addition to other sums available for 
such purposes, $65,000,000 for use by the President for 
disaster relief and emergency recovery needs in Pakistan, and 
Nicaragua, under such terms and conditions as he may determine, 
such sums to remai available until expended.]

SEC. 494. TRANSITION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.

  (a) Transition and Development Assistance.--The President is 
authorized to furnish assistance to support the transition to 
democracy and to long-term development in accordance with the 
general authority contained in section 491, including 
assistance to--
          (1) develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic 
        institutions and processes;
          (2) revitalize basic infrastructure; and
          (3) foster the peaceful resolution of conflict.
  (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the President $325,000,000 for fiscal year 
2006 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007, to 
carry out this section.
  (c) Availability.--Amounts appropriated under this section 
for the purpose specified in subsection (b)--
          (1) are authorized to remain available until 
        expended; and
          (2) are in addition to amounts otherwise available to 
        carry out this section.

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    Sec. 497.--[Authorizations of Appropriations for the 
Development Fund for Africa.--] Availability of Funds._ * * *

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SEC 498B. AUTHORITIES RELATING TO ASSISTANCE AND OTHER PROVISIONS.

    (a) * * *

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    (j) Waiver of Certain Provisions.--
          (1) In general.--Funds [authorized to be appropriated 
        for fiscal year 1993 by] made available to carry out 
        this chapter, and any other funds [appropriated for 
        fiscal year 1993] that are used under the authority of 
        subsection (f) or (g), may be used to provide 
        assistance under this chapter notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, except for--
                  (A) * * *

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SEC. 498C. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.-- * * *
    (b) Operating Expenses.--
          (1) Authority to transfer program funds.--Subject to 
        paragraph (2), funds made available [under subsection 
        (a)] to carry out this chapter may be transferred to, 
        and merged with, funds appropriated for ``Operating 
        Expenses of the Agency for International Development''. 
        Funds so transferred may be expended for administrative 
        costs in carrying out this chapter, including 
        reimbursement of the Department of State for its 
        incremental costs associated with assistance provided 
        under this chapter.
          (2) Limitation on amount transferred.--Not more that 
        2 percent of the funds made available for a fiscal year 
        [under subsection (a)] to carry out this chapter may be 
        transferred pursuant to paragraph (1) unless, at least 
        15 days before transferring any additional amount, the 
        President notifies the appropriate congressional 
        committees in accordance with the procedures applicable 
        to re-programming notifications under section 634A of 
        this Act.

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    Sec. 505. Conditions of Eligibility.--(a) * * *

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    (f) Effective July 1, 1974, no defense article shall be 
furnished to any country on a grant basis unless such country 
shall have agreed that the net proceeds of sale received by 
such country in disposing of any weapon, weapons system, 
munition, aircraft, military boat, military vessel, or other 
implement of war received under this chapter will be paid to 
the United States Government and shall be available to pay all 
official costs of the United States Government payable in the 
currency of that country, including all costs relating to the 
financing of international educational and cultural exchange 
activities in which that country participates under the 
programs authorized by the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961. [In the case of items which were 
delivered prior to 1985, the] The President may waive the 
requirement that such net proceeds be paid to the United States 
Government if he determines that to do so is in the national 
interest of the United States.

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    Sec. 514. Stockpiling of Defense Articles for Foreign 
Countries.--(a) * * *
    (b)(1) The value of defense articles to be set aside, 
earmarked, reserved, or intended for use as war reserve stocks 
for allied or other foreign countries (other than for purposes 
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or in the 
implementation of agreements with Israel) in stockpiles located 
in foreign countries may not exceed in any fiscal year an 
amount that is specified in security assistance authorizing 
legislation for that fiscal year.
          (2)(A) The value of such additions to stockpiles of 
        defense articles in foreign countries shall not exceed 
        $100,000,000 [for fiscal years 2004 and 2005] for each 
        of fiscal years 2006 and 2007.

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    Sec. 532. Authorizations of Appropriations.--[(a) There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out the 
purposes of this chapter--] (a) There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the President to carry out the purposes of this 
chapter $3,036,375,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as 
may be necessary for fiscal year 2007.

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    Sec. 534. Administration of Justice.--(a) The President may 
furnish assistance under this part to countries and 
organizations, including national and regional institutions, in 
order to strengthen the administration of justice [in countries 
in Latin America and the Caribbean].
    (b) Assistance under this section may only include--
          (1) * * *

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          (3) notwithstanding section 2420 of this title--
                  (A) * * *

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                  (C) programs to improve the administrative 
                and management capabilities of law enforcement 
                agencies, especially their capabilities 
                relating to career development, personnel 
                evaluation, and internal discipline 
                [procedures; and] procedures;
                  (D) programs, conducted through multilateral 
                or regional institutions, to improve penal 
                institutions and the rehabilitation of 
                offenders; and
                  (E) programs to enhance the protection of 
                participants in judicial cases;

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    [(c) Not more than $20,000,000 of the funds made available 
to carry out this part for any fiscal year shall be available 
to carry out this section, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes.]
    [(d)](c) Funds may not be obligated for assistance under 
this section unless the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate are notified of the amount and nature of the 
proposed assistance at least 15 days in advance in accordance 
with the procedures applicable to reprogrammings pursuant to 
section 634A of this title.
    [(e)](d) Personnel of the Department of Defense and members 
of the United States Armed Forces may not participate in the 
provision of training under this section. [Of the funds made 
available to carry out this section, not more than $10,000,000 
may be made available in fiscal year 1991 to carry out the 
provisions of subsection (b)(3) of this section. The authority 
of this section shall expire on September 30, 1991.]

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    Sec. 541. General Authority.--The President is authorized 
to furnish, on such terms and conditions consistent with this 
Act as the President may determine (but whenever feasible on a 
reimbursable basis), military education and training to 
military and related civilian personnel of foreign countries 
and comparable personnel of international organizations. Such 
civilian personnel shall include foreign governmental personnel 
of ministries other than ministries of defense, and may also 
include legislators and individuals who are not members of the 
government, if the military education and training would (i) 
contribute to responsible defense resource management, (ii) 
foster greater respect for and understanding of the principle 
of civilian control of the military, (iii) contribute to 
cooperation between military and law enforcement personnel with 
respect to counternarcotics law enforcement efforts, or (iv) 
improve military justice systems and procedures in accordance 
with internationally recognized human rights. Such training and 
education may be provided through--

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    Sec. 542. Authorization.--[There are authorized to 
appropriated to the President to carry out the purposes of this 
chapter $56,221,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $56,221,000 for 
the fiscal year 1987] There are authorized to be appropriated 
to the President to carry out the purposes of this chapter 
$86,744,000 for the fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2007.

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    Sec. 551. General Authority.--The President is authorized 
to furnish assistance to friendly countries and international 
organizations, on such terms and conditions as he may 
determine, for peacekeeping operations and other programs 
carried out in furtherance of the national security interests 
of the United States. [Such assistance may include 
reimbursements]
          (1) Reimbursements to the Department of Defense for 
        expenses incurred pursuant to section 7 of the United 
        Nations Participation Act of 1945, except that such 
        reimbursements may not exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal 
        year unless a greater amount is specifically authorized 
        by this section.
          (2) Demining activities, clearance of unexploded 
        ordnance, destruction of small arms, and related 
        activities, notwithstanding any other provision of law.

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    Sec. 552. Authorization of Appropriations.--(a) [There are 
authorized to appropriated to the President to carry out the 
purposes of this chapter, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes, $37,000,000 for the fiscal year 
1986 and $37,000,000 for the fiscal year 1987] There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out the 
purposes of this chapter, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes, $195,800,000 for the fiscal year 
2006 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007.

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    Sec 614. Special Authorities.--
    (a) Furnishing of assistance and arms export sales, 
credits, and guaranties upon determination and notification of 
Congress of importance and vitality of such action to security 
interests and national security interests of United States; 
policy justification; fiscal year limitations; transfers 
between accounts.
          [(1) The President may authorize the furnishing of 
        assistance under this Act without regard to any 
        provision of this Act, the Arms Export Control Act, any 
        law relating to receipts and credits accruing to the 
        United States, and any Act authorizing or appropriating 
        funds for use under this Act, in furtherance of any of 
        the purposes of this Act, when the President 
        determines, and so notifies in writing the Speaker of 
        the House of Representatives and the chairman of the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, that to 
        do so is important to the security interests of the 
        United States.
          [(2) The President may make sales, extend credit, and 
        issue guaranties under the Arms Export Control Act, 
        without regard to any provision of this Act, the Arms 
        Export Control Act, any law relating to receipts and 
        credits accruing to the United States, and any Act 
        authorizing or appropriating funds for use under the 
        Arms Export Control Act, in furtherance of any of the 
        purposes of such Act, when the President determines, 
        and so notifies in writing the Speaker of the House of 
        Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate, that to do so is vital 
        to the national security interests of the United 
        States.]
          (1) The President may authorize any assistance, sale, 
        or other action under this Act, the Arms Export Control 
        Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), or any other law that 
        authorizes the furnishing of foreign assistance or the 
        appropriation of funds for foreign assistance, without 
        regard to any of the provisions described in subsection 
        (b) if the President determines, and notifies the 
        Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations of 
        the Senate and the Committees on International 
        Relations and Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives in writing--
                  (A) with respect to assistance or other 
                actions under chapter 2 or 5 of part II of this 
                Act, or sales or other actions under the Arms 
                Export Control Act, that to do so is vital to 
                the national security interests of the United 
                States; and
                  (B) with respect to other assistance or 
                actions, that to do so is important to the 
                security interests of the United States.
          [(3)](2) Before exercising the authority granted in 
        this subsection, the President shall consult with, and 
        shall provide a written policy justification to, the 
        Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the Senate.
          [(4)](3)(A) The authority of this subsection may not 
        be used in any fiscal year to authorize--
                  (i) more than $750,000,000 in sales to be 
                made under the Arms Export Control Act;
                  (ii) the use of more than $250,000,000 of 
                funds made available for use under this Act or 
                the Arms Export Control Act; and
                  (iii) the use of more than $100,000,000 of 
                foreign currencies accruing under this Act or 
                any other law.
          (B) If the authority of this subsection is used both 
        to authorize a sale under the Arms Export Control Act 
        and to authorize funds to be used under the Arms Export 
        Control Act or under this Act with respect to the 
        financing of that sale, then the use of the funds shall 
        be counted against the limitation in subparagraph 
        (A)(ii) and the portion, if any, of the sale which is 
        not so financed shall be counted against the limitation 
        in subparagraph (A)(i).
          (C) Not more than [$50,000,000] $75,000,000 of the 
        $250,000,000 limitation provided in subparagraph 
        (A)(ii) may be allocated to any one country in any 
        fiscal year unless that country is a victim of active 
        aggression, and not more than $500,000,000 of the 
        aggregate limitation of $1,000,000,000 provided in 
        subparagraphs (A)(i) and (A)(ii) may be allocated to 
        any one country in any fiscal year.
          [(5)](4) The authority of this section may not be 
        used to waive the limitations on transfers contained in 
        section 610(a) of this Act [22 USCS 2360(a)].
    [(b) United States obligations in West Germany. Whenever 
the President determines it to be important to the national 
interest, he may use funds available for the purposes of 
chapter 4 of part I in order to meet the responsibilities or 
objectives of the United States in Germany, including West 
Berlin, and without regard to such provisions of law as he 
determines should be disregarded to achieve this purpose.
    [(c) Certification by President of inadvisability to 
specify nature of use of funds; reports to Congress. The 
President is authorized to use amounts not to exceed 
$50,000,000 of the funds made available under this Act pursuant 
to his certification that it is inadvisable to specify the 
nature of the use of such funds, which certification shall be 
deemed to be a sufficient voucher for such amounts. The 
President shall fully inform the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of each use of 
funds under this subsection prior to the use of such funds.]
  (b) Inapplicable or Waivable Laws.--The provisions referred 
to in subsection (a) are those set forth in any of the 
following:
          (1) Any provision of this Act.
          (2) Any provision of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
        U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).
          (3) Any provision of law that authorizes the 
        furnishing of foreign assistance or appropriates funds 
        for foreign assistance.
          (4) Any other provision of law that restricts 
        assistance, sales or leases, or other action under a 
        provision of law referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or 
        (3).
          (5) Any provision of law that relates to receipts and 
        credits accruing to the United States.

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SEC. 618. ASSISTANCE FOR A RECONSTRUCTION AND STABILIZATION CRISIS.

  (a) Authority.--If the President determines that it is 
important to the national interests of the United States for 
United States civilian agencies or non-Federal employees to 
assist in stabilizing and reconstructing a country or region 
that is in, or is in transition from, conflict or civil strife, 
the President may, in accordance with the provisions set forth 
in section 614(a)(3), notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, and on such terms and conditions as the President may 
determine, furnish assistance to respond to the crisis.
  (b) Special Authorities.--To provide assistance authorized in 
subsection (a), the President may exercise the authorities 
contained in sections 552(c)(2), 610, and 614 of this Act 
without regard to the percentage and aggregate dollar 
limitations contained in such sections.
  (c) Authorization of Funding.--
          (1) Initial authorization.--There is authorized to be 
        appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, 
        $100,000,000 in funds that may be used to provide 
        assistance authorized in subsection (a).
          (2) Replenishment.--There is authorized to be 
        appropriated each fiscal year such sums as may be 
        necessary to replenish funds expended as provided under 
        paragraph (1). Funds authorized to be appropriated 
        under this paragraph shall be available without fiscal 
        year limitation for the same purpose and under the same 
        conditions as are provided under paragraph (1).

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    Sec. 620. Prohibitions Against Furnishing Assistance.--(a) 
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    (l) * * *
  (m)(1) No assistance may be furnished under this Act or the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the 
government of a country if the duly elected head of government 
for such country is deposed by decree or military coup. The 
prohibition in the preceding sentence shall cease to apply to a 
country if the President determines and certifies to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee 
on International Relations of the House of Representatives that 
after the termination of assistance a democratically elected 
government for such country has taken office.
  (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to assistance to promote 
democratic elections or public participation in democratic 
processes.
  (3) The President may waive the application of paragraph (1), 
and any comparable provision of law, to a country upon 
determining that it is important to the national security 
interest of the United States to do so.

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    Sec. 624. Statutory Officers.--(a) * * *

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    (c) * * *
  (d) Whenever the President submits to the Senate a nomination 
of an individual for appointment to a position authorized under 
subsection (a), the President shall designate the particular 
position in the agency for which the individual is nominated.

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    Sec 634A. Notification of Program Changes.--(a) * * *
    (b) The notification requirement of this section does not 
apply to the reprogramming--
          (1) of funds to be used for an activity, program, or 
        project under chapter 1 of part I (22 USC 2151 et seq.) 
        if the amounts to be obligated for that activity, 
        program, or project for that fiscal year do not exceed 
        by more than 10 percent the amount justified to the 
        Congress for that activity, program, or project for 
        that fiscal year; [or]
          (2) of less than $25,000 to be used under chapter 8 
        of part I (22 USC 2291 et seq.), or under chapter 5 of 
        part II (22 USC 2347 et seq.), for a country for which 
        a program under that chapter (22 USC 2347 et seq.) for 
        that fiscal year was justified to the Congress[.] ;
          (3) of funds if the advance notification would pose a 
        substantial risk to human health or welfare, but such 
        notification shall be provided to the committees of 
        Congress named in subsection (a) not later than 3 days 
        after the action is taken; or
          (4) of funds made available under section 23 of the 
        Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) for the 
        provision of major defense equipment (other than 
        conventional ammunition), aircraft, ships, missiles, or 
        combat vehicles in quantities not in excess of 20 
        percent of the quantities previously justified under 
        section 25 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2765).

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    Sec. 635. General Authorities.--(a) * * *

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    (h) A contract or agreement which entails commitments for 
the expenditure of funds [available under chapter 1 (22 USC 
2151 et seq.) (except development loans) and title II of 
chapter 2 of part I (22 USC 2171 et seq.) and under part II 
may,] made available under the Act may, subject to any future 
action of the Congress, extend at any time for not more than 
five years.
    [(i) Settlement and arbitration of claims arising under 
investment guaranty operations. Claims arising as a result of 
investment guaranty operations may be settled, and disputes 
arising as a result thereof may be arbitrated with the consent 
of the parties, on such terms and conditions as the President 
may direct. Payment made pursuant to any such settlement, or as 
a result of arbitration award, shall be final and conclusive 
notwithstanding any other provision of law.]
  (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, claims 
arising as a result of operations under this Act may be settled 
(including by use of alternative dispute resolution procedures) 
or arbitrated with the consent of the parties. Payment made 
pursuant to any such settlement or arbitration shall be final 
and conclusive.

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    636. Availability of Funds.--(a) * * *
          (1) * * *

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          (3) contracting with individuals for personal 
        services abroad: Provided, That such individuals shall 
        not be regarded as employees of the United States 
        Government for the purpose of any law administered by 
        the [Civil Service Commission] Office of Personnel 
        Management;
          (4) * * *
          [(5) purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles: 
        Provided, That, except as may otherwise be provided in 
        an appropriation or other Act, passenger motor vehicles 
        for administrative purposes outside the United States 
        may be purchased for replacement only, and such 
        vehicles may be exchanged or sold and replaced by an 
        equal number of such vehicles, and the cost, including 
        exchange allowance, of each such replacement shall not 
        exceed the current market price in the United States of 
        a mid-sized sedan or station wagon meeting the 
        requirements established by the General Services 
        Administration for a Class III vehicle of United States 
        manufacture (or, if the replacement vehicle is a right-
        hand drive vehicle, 120 percent of that price) in the 
        case of an automobile for the chief of any special 
        mission or staff outside the United States established 
        under section 631 (22 USC 2391): Provided further, That 
        passenger motor vehicles, other than one for the 
        official use of the head of the agency primarily 
        responsible for administering part I, may be purchased 
        for use in the United States only as may be 
        specifically provided in an appropriation or other 
        Act;]
          (5) purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

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          (10) rent or lease outside the United States [for not 
        to exceed ten years] of offices, buildings, grounds, 
        and quarters, including living quarters to house 
        personnel, and payments therefor in advance; 
        maintenance, furnishings, necessary repairs, 
        improvements, and alterations to properties owned or 
        rented by the United States Government or made 
        available for use to the United States Government 
        outside the United States; and costs of fuel, water, 
        and utilities for such properties;

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    (c) Notwithstanding any other law, [not to exceed 
$6,000,000 of the] funds available for assistance under this 
Act may be used in any fiscal year (in addition to funds 
available for such use under other authorities in this Act) to 
construct or otherwise acquire outside the United States (1) 
essential living quarters, office space, and necessary 
supporting facilities for use of personnel carrying out 
activities authorized by this Act, and (2) schools (including 
dormitories and boarding facilities) and hospitals for use of 
personnel carrying out activities authorized by this Act, 
United States Government personnel, and their dependents. In 
addition, funds made available for assistance under this Act 
may be used, notwithstanding any other law, to equip, staff, 
operate, and maintain such schools and hospitals.
    (d) [Not to exceed $2,500,000 of funds] Funds available for 
assistance under this Act may be used in any fiscal year to 
provide assistance, on such terms and conditions as are deemed 
appropriate, to schools established, or to be established, 
outside the United States whenever it is determined that such 
action would be more economical or would best serve the 
interests of the United States in providing for the education 
of dependents of personnel carrying out activities authorized 
by this Act and dependents of United States Government 
personnel, in lieu of acquisition or construction pursuant to 
subsection (c) of this section.

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SEC. 655. ANNUAL MILITARY ASSISTANCE REPORT.

    (a) Report required. * * *

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    [(c) Availability on Internet.--All unclassified portions 
of such report shall be made available to the public on the 
Internet through the Department of State.]
  (c) Availability of Report Information on the Internet.--
          (1) Requirement for database.--The Secretary of 
        State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
        shall make available to the public the unclassified 
        portion of each such report in the form of a database 
        that is available via the Internet and that may be 
        searched by various criteria.
          (2) Schedule for updating.--Not later than April 1 of 
        each year, the Secretary of State shall make available 
        in the database the information contained in the annual 
        report for the fiscal year ending the previous 
        September 30.

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    Sec. 660. Police Training Prohibition.--(a) * * *
    (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply--
          (1) * * *

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          (4) with respect to assistance provided to police 
        forces in connection with their participation in the 
        regional security system of the Eastern Caribbean 
        states; [or]
          (5) with respect to assistance, including training, 
        relating to sanctions monitoring and enforcement;
          (6) with respect to assistance provided to 
        reconstitute civilian police authority and capability 
        in the post-conflict restoration of host nation 
        infrastructure for the purposes of supporting a nation 
        emerging from instability, [and the provision of 
        professional public safety training, to include 
        training in internationally recognized standards of 
        human rights, the rule of law, anti-corruption, and the 
        promotion of civilian police roles that support 
        democracy] including any regional, district, municipal, 
        or other subnational entity emerging from instability;
          (7) with respect to assistance provided to customs 
        authorities and personnel, including training, 
        technical assistance and equipment, for customs law 
        enforcement and the improvement of customs laws, 
        systems and procedures[.] ;
          (8) with respect to assistance to combat corruption 
        in furtherance of the objectives for which programs are 
        authorized to be established under section 133 of this 
        Act;
          (9) with respect to the provision of professional 
        public safety training, including training in 
        internationally recognized standards of human rights, 
        the rule of law, and the promotion of civilian police 
        roles that support democracy; or
          (10) with respect to assistance to combat trafficking 
        in persons.Notwithstanding clause (2), subsection (a) 
        shall apply to any renewal or extension of any contract 
        referred to in such paragraph entered into on or after 
        such date of enactment.
    (c) Country with longstanding democratic tradition, etc. 
Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a country which 
has a longstanding democratic tradition, does not have standing 
armed forces, and does not engage in a consistent pattern of 
gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.
    [(d) Assistance to Honduras or El Salvador. Notwithstanding 
the prohibition contained in subsection (a) assistance may be 
provided to Honduras or El Salvador for fiscal years 1986 and 
1987 if, at least 30 days before providing assistance, the 
President notifies the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate, in accordance with the procedures applicable to 
reprogramming notifications pursuant to section 634A of this 
Act (22 USC 2394-1), that he has determined that the government 
of the recipient country has made significant progress, during 
the preceding six months, in eliminating any human rights 
violations including torture, incommunicado detention, 
detention of persons solely for the nonviolent expression of 
their political views, or prolonged detention without trial. 
Any such notification shall include a full description of the 
assistance which is proposed to be provided and of the purposes 
to which it is to be directed.]
  (d) Subsection (a) shall not apply to assistance for law 
enforcement forces for which the President, on a case-by-case 
basis, determines that it is important to the national interest 
of the United States to furnish such assistance and submits to 
the committees of the Congress referred to in subsection (a) of 
section 634A of this Act an advance notification of the 
obligation of funds for such assistance in accordance with such 
section 634A.

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    Sec. 667. Operating [Expenses] Expenses of the United 
States Agency for International Development.--(a) There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the President, in addition fo 
funds otherwise available for such purposes--
          [(1) $387,000,000 for the fiscal year 1986 and 
        $387,000,000 for the fiscal year 1987 for necessary 
        operating expenses of the agency primarily responsible 
        for administering part I of this Act, of which 
        $21,750,000 for the fiscal year 1987 is authorized for 
        the necessary operating expenses of the Office of the 
        Inspector General of the Agency for International 
        Development and the remaining amount for the fiscal 
        year is authorized for other necessary operating 
        expenses of that agency and]
          (1) $623,400,000 for the fiscal year 2005 for 
        necessary operating expenses of the United States 
        Agency for International Development; and
          (2) such amounts as may be necessary for increases in 
        salary, pay, retirement, and other employee benefits 
        authorized by law, and for other nondiscretionary costs 
        of such [agency] Agency.
  (b) There are authorized to be appropriated to the President, 
in addition to funds available under subsection (a) or any 
other provision of law for such purposes--
          (1) $36,400,000 for fiscal year 2005 for necessary 
        operating expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
        of the United States Agency for International 
        Development; and
          (2) such amounts as may be necessary for increases in 
        pay, retirement, and other employee benefits authorized 
        by law for the employees of such Office, and for other 
        nondiscretionary costs of such Office.
    [(b)](c) Amounts appropriated under this section are 
authorized to reamin abailable until expended.

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         PART VI--SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST COUNTRIES

SEC. 901. SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST COUNTRIES.

  (a) Authority.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c), 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 any of the following transactions:
          (1) Concessional loans extended under part I or 
        chapter 4 of part II, or antecedent foreign economic 
        assistance laws.
          (2) Guarantees issued under sections 221 and 222.
          (3) Credits extended or guarantees issued under the 
        Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).
          (4) 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--
                  (A) section 5(f) of the Commodity Credit 
                Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c(f));
                  (B) section 201(b) of the Agricultural Trade 
                Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5621(b)); or
                  (C) section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act 
                of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5622).
  (b) General Limitations.--
          (1) Exclusive conditions.--The authority provided in 
        subsection (a) may be exercised--
                  (A) only to implement multilateral official 
                debt relief and referendum agreements, commonly 
                referred to as `Paris Club Agreed Minutes';
                  (B) only in such amounts or to such extent as 
                is provided in advance in appropriations Acts; 
                and
                  (C) only with respect to countries with heavy 
                debt burdens that--
                          (i) 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; and
                          (ii) are not determined ineligible 
                        under subsection (c).
          (2) Advance notification of congress.--The authority 
        provided by subsection (a) shall be subject to the 
        requirements of section 634A.
  (c) Eligibility Limitations.--The authority provided by 
subsection (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country 
the government of which, as determined by the President--
          (1) does not make 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) does not engage, through its military or security 
        forces or by other means, in a consistent pattern of 
        gross violations of internationally recognized human 
        rights; and
          (5) is not ineligible for assistance under section 
        527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
        Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2370a).
  (d) Certain Prohibitions Inapplicable.--A reduction of debt 
pursuant to subsection (a) may not be considered assistance for 
purposes of any provision of law limiting assistance to a 
country. The authority provided in subsection (a) may be 
exercised notwithstanding section 620(r) of this Act or section 
321 of the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 
1975 (22 U.S.C. 2220a note).

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Foreign Service Act of 1980

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    Sec. 301. General Provisions Relating to Appointments.--(a) 
Only citizens of the United States may be appointed to the 
Service, other than for service abroad as a consular agent or 
as a foreign national employee.
    (b) The Secretary shall prescribe, as appropriate, written, 
oral, physical, foreign language, and other examinations for 
appointment to the Service (other than as a chief of mission or 
ambassador at large). At the time of entry into the Service, 
each member of the Service must be worldwide available, as 
determined by the Secretary of State through appropriate 
medical examinations, unless the Secretary determines that a 
waiver of the worldwide availability requirement is required to 
fulfill a compelling Service need.

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    Sec. 302. Appointments by the President.--(a)(1) * * *

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    (B)(i) * * *
    (ii) The President may confer such personal rank only if, 
prior to such conferral, he transmits to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate a written report setting 
forth--
          (I)-(III) * * *
          (IV) all relevant information concerning any 
        potential conflict of interest which the proposed 
        recipient of such personal rank may have with regard to 
        the special mission, including information that is 
        required to be disclosed on the Standard Form 278, or 
        any successor financial disclosure report.

Such report shall be transmitted not less than 30 days prior to 
conferral of the personal rank of ambassador or minister except 
in cases where the President certifies in his report that 
urgent circumstances require the immediate conferral of such 
rank.

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    Sec. 305. Appointment to the Senior Foreign Service.--(a) * 
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    [(d) The Secretary shall by regulation establish a 
recertification process for members of the Senior Foreign 
Service that is equivalent to the recertification process for 
the Senior Executive Service under section 3993a of title 5, 
United States Code.] Section 305(d) of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3945(d)) is repealed.

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    Sec. 309. Limited Appointments.--(a) A limited appointment 
in the Service, including an appointment of an individual who 
is an employee of an agency, may not exceed 5 years in duration 
and, except as provided in [subsection (b)] subsections (b) and 
(c), may not be extended or renewed. A limited appointment in 
the Service which is limited by its terms to a period of one 
year or less is a temporary appointment.
    (b) A limited appointment may be extended for continued 
service--
          (1) as a consular agent;
          (2) in accordance with section 311(a);
          [(3) as a career candidate, if continued service is 
        determined appropriate to remedy a matter that would be 
        cognizable as a grievance under chapter 11;]
          (3) as a career candidate if--
                  (A) continued service is determined 
                appropriate to remedy a matter that would be 
                cognizable as a grievance under chapter 11; or
                  (B) the career candidate is called to 
                military active duty under chapter 43 of title 
                38, United States Code, and the limited 
                appointment expires in the course of such 
                military active duty;
          (4) as a career employee in another Federal personnel 
        system serving in a Foreign Service position on detail 
        from another agency; [and]
          (5) as a foreign national employee; and
          (6) in exceptional circumstances when the Secretary 
        determines the needs of the Service require the 
        extension of a limited appointment--
                  (A) for a period of time not to exceed 12 
                months provided such period of time does not 
                permit additional review by the boards under 
                section 306; or
                  (B) in order to settle a grievance, claim, or 
                complaint not otherwise provided for in this 
                section.
  (c)(1) Non-career specialist employees who have served five 
consecutive years under a limited appointment may be 
reappointed to a subsequent limited appointment, provided that 
there is a one-year break in service between each appointment.
  (2) The requirement for a one-year break in service may be 
waived by the Secretary of State in cases of special need.

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    Sec. 503. Assignments to Agencies, International 
Organizations, [and] Foreign Governments, or  Other Bodies.--
(a) The Secretary may (with the concurrence of the agency, 
organization, or other body concerned) assign a member of the 
Service for duty--
          (1) in a non-Foreign Service (including Senior 
        Executive Service) position in the Department or 
        another agency, or with an international organization, 
        international commission, or other international body, 
        or with a foreign government under section 506 or 507;

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  Sec. 506. Fellowship of Hope.--(a) The Secretary is 
authorized to establish the Fellowship of Hope Program. Under 
the program, the Secretary may assign a member of the Service, 
for not more than one year, to a position with any designated 
country or designated entity that permits an employee to be 
assigned to a position with the Department.
  (b) The salary and benefits of a member of the Service shall 
be paid as described in subsection (b) of section 503 during a 
period in which such member is participating in the Fellowship 
of Hope Program. The salary and benefits of an employee of a 
designated country or designated entity participating in such 
program shall be paid by such country or entity during the 
period in which such employee is participating in the program.
  (c) In this section:
          (1) The term ``designated country'' means a member 
        country of--
                  (A) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; 
                or
                  (B) the European Union.
          (2) The term ``designated entity'' means--
                  (A) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; 
                or
                  (B) the European Union.
  Sec. 507. Security Officers Exchange.--(a) The Secretary is 
authorized to establish the Security Officers Exchange Program. 
Under the program, the Secretary may assign a member of the 
service, for not more than a total of 3 years, to a position 
with the Government of Australia or the United Kingdom if such 
Government permits an employee of such Government to be 
assigned to a position with the Department.
  (b) The salary and benefits of the members of the service 
shall be paid as described in section 503(b) during a period in 
which such officer is participating in the Security Officers 
Exchange Program. The salary and benefits of an employee of the 
Government of Australia or the United Kingdom participating in 
such program shall be paid by such country during the period in 
which such employee is participating in the program.

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    Sec. 610. Separation for Cause; Suspension.--(a)(1) The 
Secretary may decide to separate any member from the Service 
for such cause as will promote the efficiency of the Service.

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  (c)(1) The Secretary may suspend a member of the Service 
without pay when there is reasonable cause to believe that the 
member has committed a crime for which a sentence of 
imprisonment may be imposed and there is a connection between 
the conduct and the efficiency of the Service.
  (2) Any member of the Service for which a suspension is 
proposed shall be entitled to--
                  (A) written notice stating the specific 
                reasons for the proposed suspension;
                  (B) a reasonable time to respond orally and 
                in writing to the proposed suspension;
                  (C) representation by an attorney or other 
                representative; and
                  (D) a final written decision, including the 
                specific reasons for such decision, as soon as 
                practicable.
          (3) Any member suspended under this section may file 
        a grievance in accordance with the procedures 
        applicable to grievances under chapter 11 of this 
        title.
          (4) In the case of a grievance filed under paragraph 
        (3)--
                  (A) the review by the Foreign Service 
                Grievance Board shall be limited to a 
                determination of whether the reasonable cause 
                requirement has been fulfilled and whether 
                there is a connection between the conduct and 
                the efficiency of the Service; and
                  (B) the Foreign Service Grievance Board may 
                not exercise the authority provided under 
                section 1106(8).
          (5) In this subsection:
                  (A) The term ``reasonable time'' means--
                          (i) with respect to a member of the 
                        Service assigned to duty in the United 
                        States, at least 15 days after 
                        receiving notice of the proposed 
                        suspension; and
                          (ii) with respect to a member of the 
                        Service assigned to duty outside the 
                        United States, at least 30 days after 
                        receiving notice of the proposed 
                        suspension.
                  (B) The term ``suspend'' or ``suspension'' 
                means the placing of a member of the Service in 
                a temporary status without duties and pay.

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    Sec. 701. Institution for Training .--(a) Institution or 
Center for Training.-- * * *

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  (g) Stabilization and Reconstruction Curriculum.--
          (1) Establishment and mission.--The Secretary, in 
        cooperation with the Secretary of Defense and the 
        Secretary of the Army, is authorized to establish a 
        stabilization and reconstruction curriculum for use in 
        programs of the Foreign Service Institute, the National 
        Defense University, and the United States Army War 
        College.
          (2) Curriculum content.--The curriculum shall include 
        the following:
                  (A) An overview of the global security 
                environment, including an assessment of 
                transnational threats and an analysis of United 
                States policy options to address such threats.
                  (B) A review of lessons learned from previous 
                United States and international experiences in 
                stabilization and reconstruction activities.
                  (C) An overview of the relevant 
                responsibilities, capabilities, and limitations 
                of various Executive agencies (as that term is 
                defined in section 105 of title 5, United 
                States Code) and the interactions among them.
                  (D) A discussion of the international 
                resources available to address stabilization 
                and reconstruction requirements, including 
                resources of the United Nations and its 
                specialized agencies, nongovernmental 
                organizations, private and voluntary 
                organizations, and foreign governments, 
                together with an examination of the successes 
                and failures experienced by the United States 
                in working with such entities.
                  (E) A study of the United States interagency 
                system.
                  (F) Foreign language training.
                  (G) Training and simulation exercises for 
                joint civilian-military emergency response 
                operations.
    [(g)] (h) The authorities of section 704 shall apply to 
training and instruction provided under this section.

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    Sec. 824. Reemployment.--(a) * * *

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    [(g) The Secretary of State may waive the application of 
the paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, on a case-by-
case basis, for an annuitant reemployed on a temporary basis, 
but only if, and for so long as, the authority is necessary due 
to an emergency involving a direct threat to life or property 
or other unusual circumstances.]
  (g)(1) The Secretary of State may waive the application of 
subsections (a) through (d) on a case-by-case basis for an 
annuitant reemployed on a temporary basis--
          (A) if, and for so long as, such waiver is necessary 
        due to an emergency involving a direct threat to life 
        or property or other unusual circumstances; or
          (B) if the annuitant is employed in a position for 
        which there is exceptional difficulty in recruiting or 
        retaining a qualified employee.
  (2) An annuitant for whom a waiver has been granted under 
paragraph (1) shall not be deemed to be a member of the Service 
for purposes of this chapter.
  (3) The authority of the Secretary of State under paragraph 
(1)(B) to waive the application of subsections (a) through (d) 
shall expire on September 30, 2007.

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    Sec. 901. Travel and Related Expenses.--The Secretary may 
pay the travel and related expenses of members of the Service 
and their families, including costs or expenses incurred for--
    (1) * * *

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    (6) rest and recuperation travel of members of the Service 
who are United States citizens, and members of their families, 
while serving at locations abroad specifically designated by 
the Secretary for purposes of this paragraph, to--
          (A) other locations abroad having different social, 
        climatic, or other environmental conditions than those 
        at the post at which the member of the Service is 
        serving, or
          (B) locations in the United States;

except that, unless the Secretary otherwise specifies in 
extraordinary circumstances, travel expenses under this 
paragraph shall be limited to the cost for a member of the 
Service, and for each member of the family of the member, of 1 
round trip during any continous 2-year tour [unbroken by home 
leave] and of 2 round trips during any continuous 3-year tour 
[unbroken by home leave].

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    Sec. 903. Required Leave in the United States.--(a) The 
Secretary may order a member of the Service (other than a 
member employed under section 311) who is a citizen of the 
United States to take a leave of absence under section 6305 of 
title 5, United States Code (without regard to the introductory 
clause of subsection (a) of that section), upon completion by 
that member of [18 months] 12 months of continuous service 
abroad. The Secretary shall order on such a leave of absence a 
member of the Service (other than a member employed under 
section 311) who is a citizen of the United States as soon as 
possible after completion by that member of 3 years of 
continuous service abroad.

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    Sec. 904. Health Care.--(a) * * *

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  (g) Reimbursements paid to the Secretary of State for funding 
the costs of medical care abroad for employees and eligible 
family members shall be credited to the currently available 
applicable appropriation account. Such reimbursements shall be 
available for obligation and expenditure during the fiscal year 
in which they are received or for such longer period of time as 
may be provided in law.

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    Sec. 1106. Board Procedures.--The Board may adopt 
regulations concerning its organization and procedures. Such 
regulations shall include provision for the following:
          (1) * * *

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          (8) If the Board determines that the Department is 
        considering the involuntary separation of the grievant 
        (other than an involuntary separation for cause under 
        section 610(a)), disciplinary action against [the 
        grievant or] the grievant, or recovery from the 
        grievant of alleged overpayment of salary, expenses, or 
        allowances, which is related to a grievance pending 
        before the Board and that such action should be 
        suspended, the Department shall suspend such action 
        until the date which is one year after such 
        determination or until the Board has ruled upon the 
        grievance, whichever comes first. The Board shall 
        extend the one-year limitation under the preceding 
        sentence and the Department shall continue to suspend 
        such action, if the Board determines that the agency or 
        the board is responsible for the delay in the 
        resolution of the grievance. The Board may also extend 
        the 1-year limit if it determines that the delay is due 
        to the complexity of the case, the unavailability of 
        witnesses or to circumstances beyond the control of the 
        agency, the Board or the grievant. Notwithstanding such 
        suspension of action, the head of the agency concerned 
        or a chief of mission or principal officer may exclude 
        the grievant from official premises or from the 
        performance of specified functions when such exclusion 
        is determined in writing to be essential to the 
        functioning of the post or office to which the grievant 
        is assigned.

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Arms Export Control Act

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    Sec. 3. Eligibility.--(a) * * *

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    (d)(1) [Subject to paragraph (5), the] The President may 
not give his consent under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) or 
under the third sentence of such subsection, or under section 
505(a)(1) or 505(a)(4) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
to a transfer of any major defense equipment valued (in terms 
of its original acquisition cost) at [$14,000,000] $50,000,000 
or more, or any defense article or related training or other 
defense [service valued (in terms of its original acquisition 
cost) at $50,000,000] service valued (in terms of its original 
acquisition cost) at $100,000,000 or more, unless the President 
submits to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a written 
certification with respect to such proposed transfer 
containing--

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    (3)(A) [Subject to paragraph (5), the] The President may 
not give his consent to the transfer of any major defense 
equipment valued (in terms of its original acquisition cost) at 
[$14,000,000] $50,000,000 or more, or of any defense article or 
defense [service valued (in terms of its original acquisition 
cost) at $50,000,000] service valued (in terms of its original 
acquisition cost) at $100,000,000 or more, the export of which 
has been licensed or approved under section 38 of this Act, 
unless before giving such consent the President submits to the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a certification 
containing the information specified in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) of paragraph (1). Such certification shall be 
submitted--

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    [(5) In the case of a transfer to a member country of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or Australia, Japan, 
or New Zealand that does not authorize a new sales territory 
that includes any country other than such countries, the 
limitations on consent of the President set forth in paragraphs 
(1) and (3)(A) shall apply only if the transfer is--
          [(A) a transfer of major defense equipment valued (in 
        terms of its original acquisition cost) at $25,000,000 
        or more; or
          [(B) a transfer of defense articles or defense 
        services valued (in terms of its original acquisition 
        cost) at $100,000,000 or more).]

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    Sec. 21. Sales From Stocks.--(a) * * *

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    (h)(1) * * *

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    (2)In carrying out the objectives of this section, the 
President is authorized to provide cataloging data and 
cataloging services without charge, [to the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization or to any member government of that 
Organization if that Organization or member government] to the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to any member government of 
that Organization, or to the government of any other country if 
that Organization, member government, or other government 
provides such data and services in accordance with an agreement 
on a reciprocal basis, without charge, to the United States 
Government.

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    Sec. 36. Reports on Commercial and Governmental Military 
Exports; Congressional Action.--(a) * * *

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    (b)(1) [Subject to paragraph (6), in] In the case of any 
letter of offer to sell any defense articles or services under 
this [Act for $50,000,000] Act for $100,000,000 or more, any 
design and construction [services for $200,000,000] services 
for $350,000,000 or more, or any major defense equipment for 
[$14,000,000] $50,000,000 or more, and in other cases if the 
President determines it is appropriate, before such letter of 
offer is issued, the President shall submit to the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives and to the chairman of the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a numbered 
certification with respect to such offer to sell containing the 
information specified in clauses (i) through (iv) of subsection 
(a), or (in the case of a sale of design and construction 
services) the information specified in clauses (A) through (D) 
of paragraph (9) of subsection (a), and a description, 
containing the information specified in paragraph (8) of 
subsection (a), of any contribution, gift, commission, or fee 
paid or offered or agreed to be paid in order to solicit, 
promote, or otherwise to secure such letter of offer. Such 
numbered certifications shall also contain an item, classified 
if necessary, identifying the sensitivity of technology 
contained in the defense articles, defense services, or design 
and construction services proposed to be sold, and a detailed 
justification of the reasons necessitating the sale of such 
articles or services in view of the sensitivity of such 
technology. In a case in which such articles or services listed 
on the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex are intended to 
support the design, development, or production of a Category I 
space launch vehicle system (as defined in section 74), such 
report shall include a description of the proposed export and 
rationale for approving such export, including the consistency 
of such export with United States missile nonproliferation 
policy. Each such numbered certification shall contain an item 
indicating whether any offset agreement is proposed to be 
entered into in connection with such letter of offer to sell 
(if known on the date of transmittal of such certification). In 
addition, the President shall, upon the request of such 
committee or the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives, transmit promptly to both such committees a 
statement setting forth, to the extent specified in such 
request--

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    (5)(A) * * *

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    (C) [Subject to paragraph (6), if] If the enhancement or 
upgrade in the sensitivity of technology or the capability of 
major defense equipment, defense articles, defense services, or 
design and construction services described in a numbered 
certification submitted under this subsection [costs 
$14,000,000] costs $50,000,000 or more in the case of any major 
defense [equipment, $50,000,000] equipment, $100,000,000 or 
more in the case of defense articles or defense services, [or 
$200,000,000] or $350,000,000 or more in the case of design or 
construction services, and in other cases if the President 
determines it is appropriate, then the President shall submit 
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman 
of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a new 
numbered certification which relates to such enhancement or 
upgrade and which shall be considered for purposes of this 
subsection as if it were a separate letter of offer to sell 
defense equipment, articles, or services, subject to all of the 
requirements, restrictions, and conditions set forth in this 
subsection. For purposes of this subparagraph, references in 
this subsection to sales shall be deemed to be references to 
enhancements or upgrades in the sensitivity of technology or 
the capability of major defense equipment, articles, or 
services, as the case may be.
    [(6) The limitation in paragraph (1) and the requirement in 
paragraph (5)(C) shall apply in the case of a letter of offer 
to sell to a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) or Australia, Japan, or New Zealand that 
does not authorize a new sales territory that includes any 
country other than such countries only if the letter of offer 
involves--
          [(A) the sale of major defense equipment under this 
        Act for, or the enhancement or upgrade of major defense 
        equipment at a cost of, $25,000,000 or more, as the 
        case may be; and
          [(B) the sale of defense articles or services for, or 
        the enhancement or upgrade of defense articles or 
        services at a cost of, $100,000,000 or more, as the 
        case may be; or
          [(C) the sale of design and construction services 
        for, or the enhancement or upgrade of design and 
        construction services at a cost of, $300,000,000 or 
        more, as the case may be.]

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    (c)(1) [Subject to paragraph (5), in] In the case of an 
application by a person (other than with regard to a sale under 
section 21 or section 22 of this Act) for a license for the 
export of any major defense equipment sold under a contract in 
the amount of [$14,000,000] $50,000,000 or more or of defense 
articles or defense [services sold under a contract in the 
amount of $50,000,000] services sold under a contract in the 
amount of $100,000,000or more, (or, in the case of a defense 
article that is a firearm controlled under category I of the 
United States Munitions List, $1,000,000 or more) and in other 
cases if the President determines it is appropriate, before 
issuing such license the President shall transmit to the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the chairman of 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate an 
unclassified numbered certification with respect to such 
application specifying (A) the foreign country or international 
organization to which such export will be made, (B) the dollar 
amount of the items to be exported, and (C) a description of 
the items to be exported. Each such numbered certification 
shall also contain an item indicating whether any offset 
agreement is proposed to be entered into in connection with 
such export and a description of any such offset agreement. In 
addition, the President shall, upon the request of such 
committee or the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives, transmit promptly to both such committees a 
statement setting forth, to the extent specified in such 
request a description of the capabilities of the items to be 
exported, an estimate of the total number of United States 
personnel expected to be needed in the foreign country 
concerned in connection with the items to be exported and an 
analysis of the arms control impact pertinent to such 
application, prepared in consultation with the Secretary of 
Defense and a description from the person who has submitted the 
license application of any offset agreement proposed to be 
entered into in connection with such export (if known on the 
date of transmittal of such statement). In a case in which such 
articles or services are listed on the Missile Technology 
Control Regime Annex and are intended to support the design, 
development, or production of a Category I space launch vehicle 
system (as defined in section 74), such report shall include a 
description of the proposed export and rationale for approving 
such export, including the consistency of such export with 
United States missile nonproliferation policy. A certification 
transmitted pursuant to this subsection shall be unclassified, 
except that the information specified in clause (B) and the 
details of the description specified in clause (C) may be 
classified if the public disclosure thereof would be clearly 
detrimental to the security of the United States, in which case 
the information shall be accompanied by a description of the 
damage to the national security that could be expected to 
result from public disclosure of the information.
    (2) Unless the President states in his certification that 
an emergency exists which requires the proposed export in the 
national security interests of the United States, a license for 
export described in paragraph (1)--
          (A) in the case of a license for an export to the 
        North Atlantic Treaty Organization, any member country 
        of that Organization or Australia, Japan, or New 
        Zealand, shall not be issued until at least 15 calendar 
        days after the Congress receives such certification, 
        and shall not be issued then if the Congress, within 
        that 15-day period, enacts a joint resolution 
        prohibiting the proposed export;
          (B) in the case of a license for an export of a 
        commercial communications satellite for launch from, 
        and by nationals of, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, 
        or Kazakhstan, shall not be issued until at least 15 
        calendar days after the Congress receives such 
        certification, and shall not be issued then if the 
        Congress, within that 15-day period, enacts a joint 
        resolution prohibiting the proposed export; and
          (C) in the case of any other license, shall not be 
        issued until at least 30 calendar days after the 
        Congress receives such certification, and shall not be 
        issued then if the Congress, within that 30-day period, 
        enacts a joint resolution prohibiting the proposed 
        export.
If the President states in his certification that an emergency 
exists which requires the proposed export in the national 
security interests of the United States, thus waiving the 
requirements of subparagraphs [(A) and (B)] (A), (B), and (C) 
of this paragraph, he shall set forth in the certification a 
detailed justification for his determination, including a 
description of the emergency circumstances which necessitate 
the immediate issuance of the export license and a discussion 
of the national security interests involved.

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    [(5) In the case of an application by a person (other than 
with regard to a sale under section 21 or 22 of this Act) for a 
license for the export to a member country of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or Australia, Japan, or New 
Zealand that does not authorize a new sales territory that 
includes any country other than such countries, the limitations 
on the issuance of the license set forth in paragraph (1) shall 
apply only if the license is for export of--
          [(A) major defense equipment sold under a contract in 
        the amount of $25,000,000 or more; or
          [(B) defense articles or defense services sold under 
        a contract in the amount of $100,000,000 or more.]

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    (d)(1)(A) In the case of an approval under section 38 of 
this Act of a United States commercial technical assistance or 
manufacturing licensing agreement which involves the 
manufacture abroad of any item of significant combat equipment 
on the United States Munitions List, before such approval is 
given, the President shall submit a certification with respect 
to such proposed commercial agreement in a manner similar to 
the certification required under subsection (c)(1) containing 
comparable information, except that the last sentence of such 
subsection shall not apply to certifications submitted pursuant 
to [this subsection] this subparagraph.
  (B) Notwithstanding section 27(g), in the case of a 
comprehensive authorization described in section 126.14 of 
title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding 
similar regulation) for the proposed export of defense articles 
or defense services in an amount that exceeds a limitation set 
forth in subsection (c)(1), before the comprehensive 
authorization is approved or the addition of a foreign 
government or other foreign partner to the comprehensive 
authorization is approved, the President shall submit a 
certification with respect to the comprehensive authorization 
in a manner similar to the certification required under 
subsection (c)(1) of this section and containing comparable 
information, except that the last sentence of such subsection 
shall not apply to certifications submitted pursuant to this 
subparagraph.
    (2) * * *

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    (4) [Approval for an agreement subject to paragraph (1) may 
not be given under section 38] Approval for an agreement 
subject to paragraph (1)(A), or for a comprehensive 
authorization subject to paragraph (1)(B), may not be given 
under section 38 or section 126.14 of title 22, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation), as the 
case may be, if the Congress, within the 15-day or 30-day 
period specified in paragraph (2)(A) or (B), as the case may 
be, enacts a joint resolution prohibiting such approval.

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State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956

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    Section 1. (a) Secretary of State.--

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    (f) HIV/AIDS Response Coordinator.--
          (1) In general.-- * * *
          (2) Authorities and duties; definitions.--

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                  (B) Duties.-- * * *

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                          (ii) Specific duties.-- * * *

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                                  (VII) Directly approving all 
                                activities of the United States 
                                (including funding) relating to 
                                combatting HIV/AIDS in each of 
                                Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, 
                                Ethiopia, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, 
                                Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, 
                                Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, 
                                Uganda, Zambia, Antigua and 
                                Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, 
                                Belize, Dominica, Grenada, 
                                Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint 
                                Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent 
                                and the Grenadines, Saint 
                                Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and 
                                Tobago, Dominican Republic, and 
                                other countries designated by 
                                the President, which other 
                                designated countries may 
                                include those countries in 
                                which the United States is 
                                implementing HIV/AIDS programs 
                                as of the date of the enactment 
                                of the United States Leadership 
                                Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, 
                                and Malaria Act of 2003.

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    Sec. 4. (a) The Secretary of State is authorized to--

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    (b)(1) Expenditures described under subsection (a) shall be 
made only for such activities as--

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    (2) Activities described in paragraph (1) include--

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          (I) investigations and apprehension of groups or 
        individuals involved in fraudulent issuance of United 
        States passports and visas; [and]
          (J) gifts of nominal value given by the President, 
        Vice President, or Secretary of State to a foreign 
        dignitary[.] ; and
          (K) assistance to crime victims under section 213 of 
        the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
        2006 and 2007.

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    Sec. 24. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated for 
the Department of State, in addition to amounts otherwise 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department, such sums as 
may be necessary for any fiscal year for increases in salary, 
pay, retirement, and other employee benefits authorized by law.
    (b)(1) In order to maintain the levels of program activity 
for the Department of State provided for each fiscal year by 
the annual authorizing legislation, there are authorized to be 
appropriated for the Department of State such sums as may be 
necessary to offset adverse fluctuations in foreign currency 
exchange rates, or overseas wage and price changes, which occur 
after November 30 of the earlier of--

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  (7)(A) Subject to the limitations contained in this 
paragraph, not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year 
after the fiscal year for which funds are appropriated or 
otherwise made available for an account under ``Administration 
of Foreign Affairs'', the Secretary of State may transfer any 
unobligated balance of such funds to the Buying Power 
Maintenance account.
  (B) The balance of the Buying Power Maintenance account may 
not exceed $100,000,000 as a result of any transfer under this 
paragraph.
  (C) Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 34 and shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure only in accordance with 
the procedures under such section.
  [(D) The authorities contained in this section may only be 
exercised to such an extent and in such amounts as specifically 
provided for in advance in appropriations Acts.]

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    Sec. 37. (a) General Authority.--Under such regulations as 
the Secretary of State may prescribe, special agents of the 
Department of State and the Foreign Service may--

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  (d) Administrative Subpoenas.--
          (1) In general.--If the Secretary of State determines 
        that there is an imminent threat against a person, 
        foreign mission, or international organization 
        protected under the authority of subsection (a)(3), the 
        Secretary may issue in writing, and cause to be served, 
        a subpoena requiring--
                  (A) the production of any records or other 
                items relevant to the threat; and
                  (B) testimony by the custodian of the items 
                required to be produced concerning the 
                production and authenticity of those items.
          (2) Requirements.--
                  (A) Return date.--A subpoena under this 
                subsection shall describe the items required to 
                be produced and shall specify a return date 
                within a reasonable period of time within which 
                the requested items may be assembled and made 
                available. The return date specified may not be 
                less than 24 hours after service of the 
                subpoena.
                  (B) Notification to attorney general.--As 
                soon as practicable following the issuance of a 
                subpoena under this subsection, the Secretary 
                shall notify the Attorney General of its 
                issuance.
                  (C) Other requirements.--The following 
                provisions of section 3486 of title 18, United 
                States Code, shall apply to the exercise of the 
                authority of paragraph (1):
                          (i) Paragraphs (4) through (8) of 
                        subsection (a).
                          (ii) Subsections (b), (c), and (d).
          (3) Delegation of authority.--The authority under 
        this subsection may be delegated only to the Deputy 
        Secretary of State.
          (4) Annual report.--Not later than February 1 of each 
        year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
        Committee on International Relations of the House of 
        Representatives a report regarding the exercise of the 
        authority under this subsection during the previous 
        calendar year.

SEC. 37A. PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS AND AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES BY 
                    DESIGNATED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

  (a) Designation of Law Enforcement Officers.--The Secretary 
of State may designate Department of State uniformed guards as 
law enforcement officers for duty in connection with the 
protection of buildings and areas within the United States for 
which the Department of State provides protective services, 
including duty in areas outside the property to the extent 
necessary to protect the property and persons on the property.
  (b) Powers of Officers.--While engaged in the performance of 
official duties as a law enforcement officer designated under 
subsection (a), an officer may--
          (1) enforce Federal laws and regulations for the 
        protection of persons and property;
          (2) carry firearms; and
          (3) make arrests without warrant for any offense 
        against the United States committed in the officer's 
        presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws 
        of the United States if the officer has reasonable 
        grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has 
        committed or is committing such felony in connection 
        with the buildings and areas, or persons, for which the 
        Department of State is providing protective services.
  (c) Regulations.--(1) The Secretary of State may prescribe 
regulations necessary for the administration of buildings and 
areas within the United States for which the Department of 
State provides protective services. The regulations may include 
reasonable penalties, within the limits prescribed in 
subsection (d), for violations of the regulations.
  (2) The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security in prescribing the regulations under 
paragraph (1).
  (3) The regulations shall be posted and kept posted in a 
conspicuous place on the property.
  (d) Penalties.--A person violating a regulation prescribed 
under subsection (c) shall be fined under title 18, United 
States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both.
  (e) Training Officers.--The Secretary of State may also 
designate firearms and explosives training officers as law 
enforcement officers under subsection (a) for the limited 
purpose of safeguarding firearms, ammunition, and explosives 
that are located at firearms and explosives training facilities 
approved by the Secretary or are in transit between training 
facilities and Department of State weapons and munitions 
vaults.
  (f) Attorney General Approval.--The powers granted to 
officers designated under this section shall be exercised in 
accordance with guidelines approved by the Attorney General.
  (g) Relationship to Other Authority.--Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to affect the authority of the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, the Administrator of General Services, or 
any Federal law enforcement agency.
  (h) Law Enforcement Officer Status.--The use of the term 
``law enforcement officer'' in this section shall not be 
construed to qualify a person so designated under this section 
as a law enforcement officer, as that term is defined in 
section 8401(17) of title 5, United States Code, for purposes 
of chapter 84 of such title.''.

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    (d) International Litigation Fund.--
          (1) Establishment.-- * * *

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          (3) Transfers of funds.--Funds received by the 
        Department of State as a result of a decision of an 
        international tribunal, from another agency of the 
        United States Government, or pursuant to the Department 
        of State Appropriations Act of 1937 (49 Stat. 1321, 22 
        U.S.C. 2661) to meet costs of preparing or prosecuting 
        a proceeding before an international tribunal, or a 
        claim by or against a foreign government or other 
        foreign entity, shall be credited to the ILF.

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SEC. 61. GRANT AUTHORITIES.

  The Secretary of State is authorized to support, by grants, 
cooperative agreements, or contract, the following activities:
          (1) Outreach and public diplomacy activities 
        regarding the benefits of agricultural biotechnology, 
        science-based regulatory systems, and the application 
        of such technology for trade and development.
          (2) Training and technical assistance projects 
        regarding protection of intellectual property rights.

SEC. 62. THE UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY CENTER.

  (a) Activities.--
          (1) Support authorized.--The Secretary of State is 
        authorized to provide by contract, grant, or otherwise, 
        for the performance of appropriate museum visitor and 
        educational outreach services, including organizing 
        conference activities, museum shop services, and food 
        services, in the public exhibit and related space 
        utilized by the United States Diplomacy Center (in this 
        section referred to as the ``Center'').
          (2) Payment of expenses.--The Secretary may pay all 
        reasonable expenses of conference activities conducted 
        by the Center, including refreshments and reimbursement 
        of travel expenses incurred by participants.
          (3) Recovery of costs.--Any revenues generated under 
        the authority of paragraph (1) for visitor services may 
        be retained, as a recovery of the costs of operating 
        the Center, and credited to any Department of State 
        appropriation.
  (b) Disposition of United States Diplomacy Center Artifacts 
and Materials.--
          (1) Property of secretary.--All historic documents, 
        artifacts, or other articles permanently acquired by 
        the Department of State and determined by the Secretary 
        to be suitable for display in the Center shall be 
        considered to be the property of the Secretary in the 
        Secretary's official capacity and shall be subject to 
        disposition solely in accordance with this subsection.
          (2) Sale or trade.--Whenever the Secretary makes the 
        determination under paragraph (3) with respect to an 
        item, the Secretary may sell at fair market value, 
        trade, or transfer the item, without regard to the 
        requirements of subtitle I of title 40, United States 
        Code. The proceeds of any such sale may be used solely 
        for the advancement of the Center's mission and may not 
        be used for any purpose other than the acquisition and 
        direct care of collections.
          (3) Determinations prior to sale or trade.--The 
        determination referred to in paragraph (2), with 
        respect to an item, is a determination that--
                  (A) the item no longer serves to further the 
                purposes of the Center established in the 
                collections management policy of the Center; or
                  (B) in order to maintain the standards of the 
                collections of the Center, the sale or exchange 
                of the item would be a better use of the item.
          (4) Loans.--The Secretary may also lend items covered 
        by paragraph (1), when not needed for use or display in 
        the Center, to the Smithsonian Institution or a similar 
        institution for repair, study, or exhibition.

SEC. 63. RECONSTRUCTION AND STABILIZATION.

  (a) Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and 
Stabilization.--
          (1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish 
        within the Department of State an Office of the 
        Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization.
          (2) Coordinator for reconstruction and 
        stabilization.--The head of the Office shall be the 
        Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, who 
        shall be appointed by the Secretary, by and with the 
        advice and consent of the Senate. The Coordinator shall 
        report directly to the Secretary and shall have the 
        rank and status of Ambassador-at-Large.
          (3) Functions.--The functions of the Office of the 
        Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization 
        include the following:
                  (A) Monitoring, in coordination with relevant 
                bureaus within the Department of State, 
                political and economic instability worldwide to 
                anticipate the need for mobilizing United 
                States and international assistance for the 
                stabilization and reconstruction of countries 
                or regions that are in, or are in transition 
                from, conflict or civil strife.
                  (B) Assessing the various types of 
                stabilization and reconstruction crises that 
                could occur and cataloging and monitoring the 
                non-military resources and capabilities of 
                Executive agencies that are available to 
                address such crises.
                  (C) Planning to address requirements, such as 
                demobilization, policing, human rights 
                monitoring, and public information, that 
                commonly arise in stabilization and 
                reconstruction crises.
                  (D) Coordinating with relevant Executive 
                agencies (as that term is defined in section 
                105 of title 5, United States Code) to develop 
                interagency contingency plans to mobilize and 
                deploy civilian personnel to address the 
                various types of such crises.
                  (E) Entering into appropriate arrangements 
                with other Executive agencies to carry out 
                activities under this section and the 
                Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian 
                Management Act of 2005.
                  (F) Identifying personnel in State and local 
                governments and in the private sector who are 
                available to participate in the Response 
                Readiness Corps or the Response Readiness 
                Reserve established under subsection (b) or to 
                otherwise participate in or contribute to 
                stabilization and reconstruction activities.
                  (G) Ensuring that training of civilian 
                personnel to perform such stabilization and 
                reconstruction activities is adequate and, as 
                appropriate, includes security training that 
                involves exercises and simulations with the 
                Armed Forces, including the regional commands.
                  (H) Sharing information and coordinating 
                plans for stabilization and reconstruction 
                activities with the United Nations and its 
                specialized agencies, the North Atlantic Treaty 
                Organization, nongovernmental organizations, 
                and other foreign national and international 
                organizations.
                  (I) Coordinating plans and procedures for 
                joint civilian-military operations with respect 
                to stabilization and reconstruction activities.
                  (J) Maintaining the capacity to field on 
                short notice an evaluation team to undertake 
                on-site needs assessment.
  (b) Response to Stabilization and Reconstruction Crisis.--If 
the President makes a determination regarding a stabilization 
and reconstruction crisis under section 618 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, the President may designate the 
Coordinator, or such other individual as the President may 
determine appropriate, as the coordinator of the United States 
response. The individual so designated, or, in the event the 
President does not make such a designation, the Coordinator for 
Reconstruction and Stabilization, shall--
          (1) assess the immediate and long-term need for 
        resources and civilian personnel;
          (2) identify and mobilize non-military resources to 
        respond to the crisis; and
          (3) coordinate the activities of the other 
        individuals or management team, if any, designated by 
        the President to manage the United States response.
  (c) Response Readiness Corps.--
          (1) Response readiness active duty personnel.--
                  (A) Establishment and purpose.--The 
                Secretary, in consultation with the 
                Administrator of the United States Agency for 
                International Development, is authorized to 
                establish a Response Readiness Corps (hereafter 
                referred to in this section as the `Corps') to 
                provide assistance in support of stabilization 
                and reconstruction activities in foreign 
                countries or regions that are in, or are in 
                transition from, conflict or civil strife.
                  (B) Composition.--The Secretary and 
                Administrator of the United States Agency for 
                International Development should coordinate in 
                the recruitment, hiring, and training of--
                          (i) up to 250 personnel to serve in 
                        the active duty Corps; and
                          (ii) such other personnel as the 
                        Secretary, in consultation with the 
                        Administrator, may designate as members 
                        of the Corps from among employees of 
                        the Department of State and the United 
                        States Agency for International 
                        Development.
                  (C) Training.--The Secretary shall train the 
                members of the Corps to perform services 
                necessary to carry out the purpose of the Corps 
                under subparagraph (A).
                  (D) Compensation.--Members of the Corps hired 
                under subparagraph (B)(i) shall be compensated 
                in accordance with the appropriate salary class 
                for the Foreign Service, as set forth in 
                sections 402 and 403 of the Foreign Service Act 
                of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3962 and 22 U.S.C. 3963), or 
                in accordance with the relevant authority under 
                sections 3101 and 3392 of title 5, United 
                States Code.
          (2) Response readiness reserve duty personnel.--
                  (A) Establishment and purpose.--The 
                Secretary, in consultation with the heads of 
                other relevant Executive agencies, is 
                authorized to establish and maintain a roster 
                of personnel who are trained and available as 
                needed to perform services necessary to carry 
                out the purpose of the Corps under paragraph 
                (1)(A). The personnel listed on the roster 
                shall constitute a reserve component of the 
                Response Readiness Corps.
                  (B) Federal employees.--The Response 
                Readiness reserve component may include 
                employees of the Department of State, including 
                Foreign Service Nationals, employees of the 
                United States Agency for International 
                Development, employees of any other Executive 
                agency (as that term is defined in section 105 
                of title 5, United States Code), and employees 
                from the legislative and judicial branches 
                who--
                          (i) have the training and skills 
                        necessary to enable them to contribute 
                        to stabilization and reconstruction 
                        activities; and
                          (ii) have volunteered for deployment 
                        to carry out stabilization and 
                        reconstruction activities.
                  (C) Non-federal personnel.--The Response 
                Readiness reserve component should also include 
                at least 500 personnel, which may include 
                retired employees of the Federal Government, 
                contractor personnel, nongovernmental 
                organization personnel, and State and local 
                government employees, who--
                          (i) have the training and skills 
                        necessary to enable them to contribute 
                        to stabilization and reconstruction 
                        activities; and
                          (ii) have volunteered to carry out 
                        stabilization and reconstruction 
                        activities.
          (3) Use of response readiness corps.--
                  (A) Response readiness active duty 
                component.--The members of the active duty 
                Corps shall be available--
                          (i) if responding in support of 
                        stabilization and reconstruction 
                        activities pursuant to a determination 
                        by the President regarding a 
                        stabilization and reconstruction crisis 
                        under section 618 of the Foreign 
                        Assistance Act of 1961, for deployment 
                        in support of such activities; and
                          (ii) if not responding as described 
                        in clause (i), for assignment in the 
                        United States, United States diplomatic 
                        missions, and United States Agency for 
                        International Development missions.
                  (B) Response readiness reserve component.--
                The Secretary may deploy members of the reserve 
                component under paragraph (2) in support of 
                stabilization and reconstruction activities in 
                a foreign country or region if the President 
                makes a determination regarding a stabilization 
                and reconstruction crisis under section 618 of 
                the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

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Millennium Challenge Act of 2003

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SEC. 616. ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN CANDIDATE COUNTRIES.

    (a) Authorization.-- * * *

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    (d) Funding.--Not more than 10 percent of the amount 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
under section 619(a) for [fiscal year 2004] a fiscal year is 
authorized to be made available to carry out this section.

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SEC. 619. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this title such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2004 and 2005[.], 
$3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2007.

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The Peace Corps Act

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    Sec. 3. (a) The President is authorized to carry out 
programs in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, on such 
terms and conditions as he may determine.
    (b)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
the purposes of this Act [$270,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, 
$298,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $327,000,000 for fiscal year 
2002, and $365,000,000 for fiscal year 2003] $345,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2007, of which not less than $2,000,000 should be made 
available for Greece in each year.
    (2) Amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph 
(1) for a fiscal year are authorized to remain available for 
that fiscal year and the subsequent fiscal year.

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United Nations Participation Act of 1945

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    [Sec. 9. The Secretary of State may, under such regulations 
as he shall prescribe, and notwithstanding section 3648 of the 
Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529) and section 5536 of title 5, 
United States Code:
          [(1) Make available to the Representative of the 
        United States to the United Nations and the Deputy 
        Permanent Representative of the United States to the 
        United Nations living quarters leased or rented by the 
        United States (for periods not exceeding ten years) and 
        allowances for unusual expenses incident to the 
        operation and maintenance of such living quarters 
        similar to those and to be considered for all purposes 
        as authorized by section 22 of the Administrative 
        Expenses Act of 1946, as amended by section 311 of the 
        Overseas Differentials and Allowances Act.
          [(2) Make available in New York to no more than 30 
        foreign service employees of the staff of the United 
        States Mission to the United Nations, other 
        representatives, and no more than two employees who 
        serve at the pleasure of the Representative, living 
        quarters leased or rented by the United States (for 
        periods not exceeding ten years). The number of 
        employees to which such quarters will be made available 
        shall be determined by the Secretary and shall reflect 
        a significant reduction over the number of persons 
        eligible for housing benefits as of the date of 
        enactment of this provision. No employee may occupy a 
        unit under this provision if the unit is owned by the 
        employee. The Secretary shall require that each 
        employee occupying housing under this subsection 
        contribute to the Department of State a percentage of 
        his or her base salary, in an amount to be determined 
        by the Secretary of State toward the cost of such 
        housing. The Secretary may reduce such payments to the 
        extent of income taxes paid on the value of the leased 
        or rented quarters any payments made by employees to 
        the Department of State for occupancy by them of living 
        quarters leased or rented under this section shall be 
        credited to the appropriation, fund, or account 
        utilized by the Secretary of State for such lease or 
        rental or to the appropriation, fund, or account 
        currently available for such purpose.
          [(3) provide such allowance as the Secretary 
        considers appropriate, to each Delegate and Alternate 
        Delegate of the United States to any session of the 
        General Assembly of the United Nations who is not a 
        permanent member of the staff of the United States 
        Mission to the United Nations, in order to compensate 
        each such Delegate or Alternate Delegate for necessary 
        housing and subsistence expenses incurred by him with 
        respect to attending any such session.
          [(4) The Inspector General shall review the program 
        established by this section no later than December 1989 
        and periodically thereafter with a view to increasing 
        cost savings and making other appropriate 
        recommendations.]
  Sec. 9. (a) The Secretary of State may, under such 
regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe, and 
notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of section 3324 of 
title 31, United States Code, and section 5536 of title 5, 
United States Code--
          (1) make available to the Permanent Representative of 
        the United States to the United Nations and the Deputy 
        Permanent Representative of the United States to the 
        United Nations--
                  (A) living quarters leased or rented by the 
                United States for a period that does not exceed 
                10 years; and
                  (B) allowances for unusual expenses incident 
                to the operation and maintenance of such living 
                quarters that are similar to expenses 
                authorized to be funded by section 5913 of 
                title 5, United States Code;
          (2) make available living quarters in New York leased 
        or rented by the United States for a period of not more 
        than 10 years to--
                  (A) not more than 40 members of the Foreign 
                Service assigned to the United States Mission 
                to the United Nations or other United States 
                representatives to the United Nations; and
                  (B) not more than 2 employees who serve at 
                the pleasure of the Permanent Representative of 
                the United States to the United Nations; and
          (3) provide an allowance, as the Secretary considers 
        appropriate, to each Delegate and Alternate Delegate of 
        the United States to any session of the General 
        Assembly of the United Nations who is not a permanent 
        member of the staff of the United States Mission to the 
        United Nations, in order to compensate each such 
        Delegate or Alternate Delegate for necessary housing 
        and subsistence expenses with respect to attending any 
        such session.
  (b) The Secretary of State may not make available living 
quarters or allowances under subsection (a) to an employee who 
is occupying living quarters that are owned by such employee.
  (c) Living quarters and allowances provided under subsection 
(a) shall be considered for all purposes as authorized--
          (1) by chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service 
        Act of 1980; and
          (2) by section 5913 of title 5, United States Code.
  (d) The Inspector General for the Department of State and the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors shall periodically review the 
administration of this section with a view to achieving cost 
savings and developing appropriate recommendations to make to 
the Secretary of State regarding the administration of this 
section.

                           United States Code

TITLE 1

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SEC. 112B.--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS; TRANSMISSION TO 
                    CONGRESS.

    (a) The Secretary of State shall transmit to the [Congress] 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee 
on International Relations of the House of Representatives the 
text of any international agreement (including the text of any 
oral international agreement, which agreement shall be reduced 
to writing), other than a treaty, to which the United States is 
a party as soon as practicable after such agreement has entered 
into force with respect to the United States but in no event 
later than sixty days thereafter. [However, any] Any such 
agreement the immediate public disclosure of which would, in 
the opinion of the President, be prejudicial to the national 
security of the United States [shall not be so transmitted to 
the Congress but shall be transmitted to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives] shall be transmitted 
under an appropriate injunction of secrecy to be removed only 
upon due notice from the President. Any department or agency of 
the United States Government which enters into any 
international agreement on behalf of the United States shall 
transmit to the Department of State the text of such agreement 
not later than twenty days after such agreement has been 
signed.
    (b) Not later than March 1, 1979, and at yearly intervals 
thereafter, [the President shall, under his own signature,] the 
Secretary shall transmit to the [Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the chairman of the] Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International 
Relations of the House of Representativesa report with respect 
to each international agreement which, during the preceding 
year, was transmitted to the [Congress] such Committees after 
the expiration of the 60-day period referred to in the first 
sentence of subsection (a), describing fully and completely the 
reasons for the late transmittal.

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TITLE 5

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SEC. 5753. RECRUITMENT AND RELOCATION BONUSES.

    (a)(1) This section may be applied to--

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    (2) A bonus may not be paid under this section to an 
individual who is appointed to or who holds--
          (A) a position, other than as a member of the Foreign 
        Service, to which an individual is appointed by the 
        President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
        Senate;

SEC. 5754. RETENTION BONUSES.

    (a)(1) This section may be applied to--

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    (2) A bonus may not be paid under this section to an 
individual who is appointed to or who holds--
          (A) a position, other than as a member of the Foreign 
        Service, to which an individual is appointed by the 
        President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
        Senate;

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    Section 5913 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:

SEC. 5913. OFFICIAL RESIDENCE EXPENSES.

    (a) For the purpose of this section, ``agency'' has the 
meaning given it by section 5721 of this title.
    (b) Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, 
funds available to an agency for administrative expenses may be 
allotted to posts in foreign countries to defray the unusual 
expenses incident to the operation and maintenance of official 
residences suitable for--
          (1) the chief representatives of the United States at 
        the posts; and
          (2) such other senior officials of the Government of 
        the United States as the President may designate.
  (c) Funds made available under subsection (b) may be provided 
in advance to persons eligible to receive reimbursements.

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SEC. 5924. COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCES.

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          (A) An allowance not to exceed the cost of obtaining 
        such kindergarten, elementary and secondary educational 
        services as are ordinarily provided without charge by 
        the public schools in the United States (including 
        activities required for successful completion of a 
        grade or course and such educational services as are 
        provided by the States under the Individuals with 
        Disabilities Education Act), plus, in those cases when 
        adequate schools are not available at the post of the 
        employee, board and room, and periodic transportation 
        between that post and the school chosen by the 
        employee, [not to exceed the total cost to the 
        Government of the dependent attending an adequate 
        school in the nearest locality where an adequate school 
        is available] subject to the approval of the head of 
        the agency involved, without regard to section 3324(a) 
        and (b) of title 31. When travel from school to post is 
        infeasible, travel may be allowed between the school 
        attended and the home of a designated relative or 
        family friend or to join a parent at any location, with 
        the allowable travel expense not to exceed the cost of 
        travel between the school and the post. The amount of 
        the allowance granted shall be determined on the basis 
        of the educational facility used.
          [(B) The travel expenses of dependents of an employee 
        to and from a school in the United States (or to and 
        from a school outside the United States if the 
        dependent is attending that school for less than one 
        year under a program approved by the school in the 
        United States at which the dependent is enrolled, with 
        the allowable travel expense not to exceed the cost of 
        travel to and from the school in the United States) to 
        obtain an American secondary or postsecondary 
        educational institution education (other than a program 
        of post-baccalaureate education), not to exceed one 
        annual trip each way for each dependent. At the 
        election of the employee, in lieu of the transportation 
        of the baggage of a dependent from the dependent's 
        school, the costs incurred to store the baggage at or 
        in the vicinity of the school during the dependent's 
        annual trip between the school and the employee's duty 
        station may be paid or reimbursed to the employee, 
        except that the amount of the payment or reimbursement 
        may not exceed the cost that the Government would incur 
        to transport the baggage. An allowance payment under 
        subparagraph (A) of this paragraph (4) may not be made 
        for a dependent during the 12 months following his 
        arrival in the United States for secondary education 
        under authority contained in this subparagraph (B). 
        Notwithstanding section 5921(6) of this title, travel 
        expenses, for the purpose of obtaining postsecondary 
        educational institution education (other than a program 
        of post-baccalaureate education), may be authorized 
        under this subparagraph (B), under such regulations as 
        the President may prescribe, for dependents of 
        employees who are citizens of the United States 
        stationed in the Canal Zone. For the purposes of this 
        subparagraph, the term ``educational institution'' has 
        the meaning defined under section 1701(a)(6) of title 
        38.]
          (B) The travel expenses of dependents of an employee 
        to and from a secondary, post-secondary, or post-
        baccalaureate educational institution, not to exceed 1 
        annual trip each way for each dependent, except that an 
        allowance payment under subparagraph (A) of this 
        paragraph may not be made for a dependent during the 12 
        months following the arrival of the dependent at the 
        selected educational institution under authority 
        contained in this subparagraph.

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          (D) Allowances provided pursuant to subparagraphs (A) 
        and (B) may include, at the election of the employee, 
        payment or reimbursement of the costs incurred to store 
        baggage for the employee's dependent at or in the 
        vicinity of the dependent's school during the 
        dependent's annual trip between the school and the 
        employee's duty station, except that such payment or 
        reimbursement may not exceed the cost that the 
        Government would incur to transport the baggage with 
        the dependent in connection with the annual trip, and 
        such payment or reimbursement shall be in lieu of 
        transportation of the baggage.

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SEC. 5925. POST DIFFERENTIALS.

    (a) A post differential may be granted on the basis of 
conditions of environment which differ substantially from 
conditions of environment in the continental United States and 
warrant additional pay as a recruitment and retention 
incentive. A post differential may be granted to an employee 
officially stationed in the United States who is on extended 
detail in a foreign area. A post differential under this 
subsection may not exceed [25 percent of the rate of basic pay 
or, in the case of an employee of the United States Agency for 
International Development,] 35 percent of the rate of basic 
pay.

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SEC. 5928. DANGER PAY ALLOWANCE.

    An employee serving in a foreign area may be granted a 
danger pay allowance on the basis of civil insurrection, civil 
war, terrorism, or wartime conditions which threaten physical 
harm or imminent danger to the health or well-being of the 
employee. A danger pay allowance may not exceed [25 percent of 
the basic pay of the employee, or 35 percent of the basic pay 
of the employee in the case of an employee of the United States 
Agency for International Development] 35 percent of the basic 
pay of the employee, except that if an employee is granted an 
additional differential under section 5925(b) of this title 
with respect to an assignment, the sum of that additional 
differential and any danger pay allowance granted to the 
employee with respect to that assignment may not exceed [25 
percent of the basic pay of the employee or 35 percent of the 
basic pay of the employee in the case of an employee of the 
United States Agency for International Development] 35 percent 
of the basic pay of the employee. The presence of nonessential 
personnel or dependents shall not preclude payment of an 
allowance under this section. In each instance where an 
allowance under this section is initiated or terminated, the 
Secretary of State shall inform the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate of the action taken and the circumstances justifying it.

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SEC. 8332. CREDITABLE SERVICE.

    (a) The total service of an employee or Member is the full 
years and twelfth parts thereof, excluding from the aggregate 
the fractional part of a month, if any.
    (b) The service of an employee shall be credited from the 
date of original employment to the date of separation on which 
title to annuity is based in the civilian service of the 
Government. Except as provided in paragraph (13) of this 
subsection, credit may not be allowed for a period of 
separation from the service in excess of 3 calendar days. The 
service includes--

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          (11) subject to sections 8334(c) and 8339(i) of this 
        title, service in any capacity of at least 130 days (or 
        its equivalent) per calendar year performed after July 
        1, 1946, for the National Committee for a Free Europe; 
        Free Europe Committee, Incorporated; Free Europe, 
        Incorporated; Radio Liberation Committee; Radio Liberty 
        Committee; subdivisions of any of those organizations; 
        Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Incorporated, Radio 
        Free Asia; the Asia Foundation; Middle East 
        Broadcasting Network or the Armed Forces Network, 
        Europe (AFN-E), but only if such service is not 
        credited for benefits under any other retirement system 
        which is established for such entities and funded in 
        whole or in part by the Government and only if the 
        individual later becomes subject to this subchapter;

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TITLE 18

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SEC. 117. INTERFERENCE WITH CERTAIN PROTECTIVE FUNCTIONS.

    Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, or 
interferes with a Federal law enforcement agent engaged, within 
the United States or the special maritime territorial 
jurisdiction of the United States, in the performance of the 
protective functions authorized by section 37 of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2709) or 
section 103 of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 U.S.C. 4802) 
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one 
year, or both.

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Foreign Assistance Act of 1969

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    Sec. 401. Inter-American Foundation.--(a) There is created 
as an agency of the United States of America a body corporate 
to be known as the Inter-American Foundation (hereinafter in 
this section referred to as the ``Foundation'').
    (b) * * *

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    [(s)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed an aggregate amount of $50,000,000 of the funds made 
available for the fiscal years 1970 and 1971 to carry out part 
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available to 
carry out the purposes of this section. Funds made available to 
carry out the purposes of this section under the preceding 
sentence are authorized to remain available until expended.
    [(2) There are authorized to be appropriated $28,800,000 
for the fiscal year 1992 and $31,000,000 for the fiscal year 
1993 to carry out this section.]
  (s) There are authorized to be appropriated $17,826,000 for 
fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2007, to carry out this section. Amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization in this subsection are authorized 
to remain available until expended.

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Security Assistance Act of 2000

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SEC. 513. ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) ESF assistance.--The term ``ESF assistance'' 
        means assistance under chapter 4 of part II of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et 
        seq.), relating to the economic support fund.

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    (b) ESF Assistance.--
          (1) In general.--Of the amounts made available for 
        each of the fiscal years [2002 and 2003] 2006 and 2007 
        for ESF assistance, the amount specified in paragraph 
        (2) for each such fiscal year is authorized to be made 
        available for Israel. Such funds are authorized to be 
        made available on a grant basis as a cash transfer.

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SEC. 514. ASSISTANCE FOR EGYPT.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) ESF assistance.--The term ``ESF assistance'' 
        means assistance under chapter 4 of part II of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et 
        seq.), relating to the economic support fund.

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    (b) ESF Assistance.--
          (1) In general.--Of the amounts made available for 
        each of the fiscal years [2002 and 2003] 2006 and 2007 
        for ESF assistance, the amount specified in paragraph 
        (2) for each such fiscal year is authorized to be made 
        available for Egypt.

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International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980

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    Sec. 510. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this title, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
that purpose, [$3,872,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $3,872,000 
for fiscal year 1987] $18,850,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007. Funds 
appropriated under this section are authorized to remain 
available until expended.

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   An Act to Authorize the President to Exercise Waivers of Foreign 
Assistance Restrictions With Respect to Pakistan Through September 30, 
                      2003, and for Other Purposes

SECTION 1. EXEMPTIONS AND WAIVER OF APPROPRIATIONS ACT PROHIBITIONS 
                    WITH RESPECT TO PAKISTAN.

    (a) Fiscal Year 2002 and Prior Fiscal Years.--

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    [(b) Fiscal Year 2005.--
          [(1) Waiver.--The President is authorized to waive, 
        with respect to Pakistan, any provision of the foreign 
        operations, export financing, and related programs 
        appropriations Act for fiscal year 2005 that prohibits 
        direct assistance to a country whose duly elected head 
        of government was deposed by decree or military coup, 
        if the President determines and certifies to the 
        appropriate congressional committees that such waiver--
                  [(A) would facilitate the transition to 
                democratic rule in Pakistan; and
                  [(B) is important to United States efforts to 
                respond to, deter, or prevent acts of 
                international terrorism.
          [(2) Prior consultation required.--Not less than 5 
        days prior to the exercise of the waiver authority 
        under paragraph (1), the President shall consult with 
        the appropriate congressional committees with respect 
        to such waiver.]
  (b) Fiscal Year 2006.--
          (1) Waiver.--The President is authorized to waive, 
        with respect to Pakistan, any provision of the foreign 
        operations, export financing, and related programs 
        appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006 that prohibits 
        direct assistance to a country whose duly elected head 
        of government was deposed by decree or military coup, 
        if the President determines and certifies to the 
        appropriate congressional committees that such waiver--
                  (A) would facilitate the transition to 
                democratic rule in Pakistan; and
                  (B) is important to United States efforts to 
                respond to, deter, or prevent acts of 
                international terrorism.''.

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SEC. 3. EXEMPTION OF PAKISTAN FROM FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROHIBITIONS 
                    RELATING TO FOREIGN COUNTRY LOAN DEFAULTS.

    The following provisions of law shall not apply with 
respect to Pakistan:
          (1) Section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
        1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(q)).
          [(2) Such provision of the annual foreign operations, 
        export financing, and related programs appropriations 
        Acts for fiscal years, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, as 
        are comparable to section 512 of the Foreign 
        Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
        Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-429; 114 Stat. 
        1900A-25).]
          (2) Such provisions of annual foreign operations, 
        export financing, and related programs appropriations 
        Act for fiscal years 2005 and 2006, as are comparable 
        to section 512 of the Foreign Operations, Export 
        Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
        2001 (Public Law 106-429; 114 Stat. 1900A-25).

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SEC. 6. TERMINATION DATE.

    [Except as otherwise provided in section 1 or 3, the 
provisions of this Act shall terminate on October 1, 2005.]
  Except as otherwise provided in section 1 or 3, the 
provisions of this Act shall terminate on October 1, 2006.

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Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999

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    Sec. 616. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this Act shall be used to issue visas to any 
person who--

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    (c) Reporting Requirement.--(1) The United States chief of 
mission in Haiti shall provide the Secretary of State a list of 
those who have been credibly alleged to have ordered or carried 
out the extrajudicial and political killings mentioned in 
paragraph (1) of subsection (a).
    (2) The Secretary of State shall submit the list provided 
under paragraph (1) to the appropriate congressional committees 
[not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act] as part of the annual report submitted under paragraph (4) 
of this subsection.
    (3) The Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a list of aliens denied visas, and the 
Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees, as part of the annual report submitted under 
paragraph (4) of this subsection, a list of aliens refused 
entry to the United States as a result of this provision.

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Immigration and Nationality Act

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    Sec. 214. Admission of Non-Immigrants.--(a) * * *

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    (g) Temporary Workers and Trainees; Limitation on 
Numbers.--(1) * * *

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    (5) The numerical limitations contained in paragraph (1)(a) 
shall not apply to any nonimmigrant alien issued a visa or 
otherwise provided status under section 1101(a)(15)(h)(i)(b) of 
this title who--
          (A) is employed (or has received an offer of 
        employment) at an institution of higher education (as 
        defined in section 1001(a) of Title 20), or a related 
        or affiliated nonprofit entity;
          [(B) is employed (or has received an offer of 
        employment) at a nonprofit research organization or a 
        governmental research organization; or]
            ``(B) is employed (or has received an offer of 
        employment) by or at the Broadcasting Board of 
        Governors or one of its grantees, a nonprofit research 
        organization, or a governmental research organization; 
        or
          (C) has earned a master's or higher degree from a 
        United States institution of higher education (as 
        defined in section 1101(a) of Title 20), until the 
        number of aliens who are exempted from such numerical 
        limitation during such year exceeds 20,000.

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                United States International Broadcasting
Act of 1994

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SEC. 304. ESTABLISHMENT OF BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

    (a) Continued Existence Within Executive Branch.--

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    (g) Immunity from Civil Liability.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, any and all limitations on liability 
that apply to the members of the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors also shall apply to such members when acting in their 
capacities as members of the boards of directors of RFE/RL, 
Incorporated [and], Radio Free Asia, and Middle East 
Broadcasting Networks.

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SEC. 305. AUTHORITIES OF THE BOARD.

    (a) Authorities.--The Board shall have the following 
authorities:

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          (5) To make and supervise grants for broadcasting and 
        related activities in accordance with sections 308 and 
        [309], 309, and 310.
          (6) To allocate funds appropriated for international 
        broadcasting activities among the various elements of 
        the International Broadcasting Bureau and grantees, 
        subject to the limitations in sections 308 and [309], 
        309, and 310 and subject to reprogramming notification 
        requirements in law for the reallocation of funds.

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          (17) To, in its discretion--
                  (A) pay the expenses of primary and secondary 
                schooling for dependents of personnel stationed 
                in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
                Islands at a cost not in excess of those 
                authorized by the Department of Defense for the 
                same area, when it is determined by the 
                Broadcasting Board of Governors that schools 
                available in the locality are unable to provide 
                adequately for the education of such 
                dependents; and
                  (B) provide transportation of those 
                dependents between their place of residence and 
                schools serving the area, which those 
                dependents would normally attend within the 
                local area, when the Broadcasting Board of 
                Governors determines that such schools are not 
                accessible by public means of transportation.
          [(17)] (18) To utilize the provisions of titles III, 
        IV, V, VII, VIII, IX, and X of the United States 
        Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, and 
        section 6 of Reorganization Plan Number 2 of 1977, as 
        in effect on the day before the effective date of title 
        XIII of the Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act 
        of 1998, to the extent the Board considers necessary in 
        carrying out the provisions and purposes of this title.
          [(18)] (19) To utilize the authorities of any other 
        statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, 
        regulation, agreement, determination, or other official 
        document or proceeding that had been available to the 
        Director of the United States Information Agency, the 
        Bureau, or the Board before the effective date of title 
        XIII of the Foreign Affairs Consolidation Act of 1998 
        for carrying out the broadcasting activities covered by 
        this title.

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    (c) Broadcasting Budgets.--
          The Director of the Bureau and the grantees 
        identified in sections 308 and [309], 309, and 310 
        shall submit proposed budgets to the Board. The Board 
        shall forward its recommendations concerning the 
        proposed budget for the Board and broadcasting 
        activities under this title, the Radio Broadcasting to 
        Cuba Act, and the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act 
        to the Office of Management and Budget.

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SEC. 307. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU.

    (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established an 
International Broadcasting Bureau under the Board (hereafter in 
this title referred to as the ``Bureau''), to carry out all 
nonmilitary international broadcasting activities supported by 
the United States Government other than those described in 
sections 308 [and 309], 309, and 310.
    (b) Selection of the Director of the Bureau.--The Director 
of the Bureau shall be appointed by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director of the 
Bureau shall be entitled to receive compensation at the rate 
prescribed by law for level IV of the Executive Schedule.
    (c) Responsibilities of the Director.--The Director shall 
organize and chair a coordinating committee to examine and make 
recommendations to the Board on long-term strategies for the 
future of international broadcasting, including the use of new 
technologies, further consolidation of broadcast services, and 
consolidation of currently existing public affairs and 
legislative relations functions in the various international 
broadcasting entities. The coordinating committee shall include 
representatives of Radio Free Asia, Middle East Broadcasting 
Networks, RFE/RL, Incorporated, the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors, and, as appropriate, the Office of Cuba 
Broadcasting, the Voice of America, and Worldnet.

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SEC. 309. RADIO FREE ASIA.

    (a) Authority.--

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    (c) Grant Agreement.--Any grant agreement or grants under 
this section shall be subject to the following limitations and 
restrictions:
          (1) The Board may not make any grant to Radio Free 
        Asia unless the headquarters of Radio Free Asia and its 
        senior administrative and managerial staff are in a 
        location which ensures economy, operational 
        effectiveness, and accountability to the Board.
          (2) Any grant agreement under this section shall 
        require that any contract entered into by Radio Free 
        Asia shall specify that all obligations are assumed by 
        Radio Free Asia and not by the United States 
        Government, and shall further specify that funds to 
        carry out the activities of Radio Free Asia may not be 
        available after September 30, [2009] 2015.

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    (f) Sunset Provision.--The Board may not make any grant for 
the purpose of operating Radio Free Asia after September 30, 
[2009] 2015.

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SEC. 310. MIDDLE EAST BROADCASTING NETWORKS.

  (a) Authority.--Grants authorized under section 305 shall be 
available to make annual grants to Middle East Broadcasting 
Networks for the purpose of carrying out radio and television 
broadcasting to the Middle East region.
  (b) Function.--Middle East Broadcasting Networks shall 
provide radio and television programming to the Middle East 
region consistent with the broadcasting standards and 
broadcasting principles set forth in section 303.
  (c) Grant Agreement.--Any grant agreement or grants under 
this section shall be subject to the following limitations and 
restrictions:
          (1) The Broadcasting Board of Governors may not make 
        any grant to the nonprofit corporation, Middle East 
        Broadcasting Networks, unless its certificate of 
        incorporation provides that--
                  (A) the Board of Directors of Middle East 
                Broadcasting Networks shall consist of the 
                members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
                established under section 304 and of no other 
                members; and
                  (B) such Board of Directors shall make all 
                major policy determinations governing the 
                operation of Middle East Broadcasting Networks, 
                and shall appoint and fix the compensation of 
                such managerial officers and employees of 
                Middle East Broadcasting Networks as it 
                considers necessary to carry out the purposes 
                of the grant provided under this title.
          (2) Any grant agreement under this section shall 
        require that any contract entered into by Middle East 
        Broadcasting Networks shall specify that obligations 
        are assumed by Middle East Broadcasting Networks and 
        not the United States Government.
          (3) Any grant agreement shall require that any lease 
        agreement entered into by Middle East Broadcasting 
        Networks shall be, to the maximum extent possible, 
        assignable to the United States Government.
          (4) Grants awarded under this section shall be made 
        pursuant to a grant agreement that--
                  (A) requires that grant funds be used only 
                for activities consistent with this section; 
                and
                  (B) provides that failure to comply with such 
                requirements shall permit the grant to be 
                terminated without fiscal obligation to the 
                United States.
          (5) Duplication of language services and technical 
        operations among Middle East Broadcasting Networks 
        (including Radio Sawa), RFE/RL, Incorporated, and the 
        International Broadcasting Bureau will be reduced to 
        the extent appropriate, as determined by the Board.
  (d) Not a Federal Agency or Instrumentality.--Nothing in this 
title may be construed to make Middle East Broadcasting 
Networks a Federal agency or instrumentality, nor shall the 
officers or employees of Middle East Broadcasting Networks be 
deemed to be officers or employees of the United States 
Government.
  (e) Audit and Inspection.--
          (1) Comptroller general of the united states.--The 
        Comptroller General of the United States may exercise, 
        with respect to financial auditing of Middle East 
        Broadcasting Networks corporation, the authorities 
        provided by chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, 
        to the extent such authorities may apply with respect 
        to corporations that are not Federal agencies or 
        instrumentalities.
          (2) Inspector general.--The Inspector General of the 
        Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of 
        Governors may exercise with respect to Middle East 
        Broadcasting Networks corporation the authorities 
        granted by section 209 of the Foreign Service Act of 
        1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929) and the Inspector General Act of 
        1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to the extent such authorities may 
        apply with respect to corporations that are not Federal 
        agencies or instrumentalities.

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International Religious Freedom Act of 1998

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SEC. 207. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Commission [$3,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003] $3,000,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2007 to carry out the provisions of this title.
    (b) Availability of Funds.--Amounts authorized to be 
appropriated under [subparagraph (a)] subsection (a) are 
authorized to remain available until expended but not later 
than the date of termination of the Commission.

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Diplomatic Security Act

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SEC. 301. ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS.

    (a) In General.--
          (1) Convening a board.--Except as provided in 
        [paragraph (2)] paragraph (2) and (3), in any case of 
        serious injury, loss of life, or significant 
        destruction of property at, or related to, a United 
        States Government mission abroad, and in any case of a 
        serious breach of security involving intelligence 
        activities of a foreign government directed at a United 
        States Government mission abroad, which is covered by 
        the provisions of titles I through IV (other than a 
        facility or installation subject to the control of a 
        United States area military commander), the Secretary 
        of State shall convene an Accountability Review Board 
        (in this title referred to as the ``Board''). The 
        Secretary shall not convene a Board where the Secretary 
        determines that a case clearly involves only causes 
        unrelated to security.
          (2) Department of defense facilities and personnel.--
        The Secretary of State is not required to convene a 
        Board in the case of an incident described in paragraph 
        (1) that involves any facility, installation, or 
        personnel of the Department of Defense with respect to 
        which the Secretary has delegated operational control 
        of overseas security functions to the Secretary of 
        Defense pursuant to section 106 of this Act. In any 
        such case, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct an 
        appropriate inquiry. The Secretary of Defense shall 
        report the findings and recommendations of such 
        inquiry, and the action taken with respect to such 
        recommendations, to the Secretary of State and 
        Congress.
          (3) Facilities in afghanistan and iraq.--
                  (A) Limited exemption from requirement to 
                convene board.--The Secretary of State is not 
                required to convene a Board in the case of an 
                incident that--
                          (i) involves serious injury, loss of 
                        life, or significant destruction of 
                        property at, or related to, a United 
                        States Government mission in 
                        Afghanistan or Iraq; and
                          (ii) occurs during the period 
                        beginning on July 1, 2004, and ending 
                        on September 30, 2009.
                  (B) Reporting requirements.--In the case of 
                an incident described in subparagraph (A), the 
                Secretary shall--
                          (i) promptly notify the Committee on 
                        International Relations of the House of 
                        Representatives and the Committee on 
                        Foreign Relations of the Senate of the 
                        incident;
                          (ii) conduct an inquiry of the 
                        incident; and
                          (iii) upon completion of the inquiry 
                        required by clause (ii), submit to such 
                        committees a report on the findings and 
                        recommendations related to such inquiry 
                        and the actions taken with respect to 
                        such recommendations.

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SEC. 304. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS BY A BOARD.

    (a) Findings.--A Board convened in any case shall examine 
the facts and circumstances surrounding the serious injury, 
loss of life, or significant destruction of property at or 
related to a United States Government mission abroad or 
surrounding the serious breach of security involving 
intelligence activities of a foreign government directed at a 
United States Government mission abroad (as the case may be) 
and shall make written findings determining--
          (1) the extent to which the incident or incidents 
        with respect to which the Board was convened was 
        security related;
          (2) whether the security systems and security 
        procedures at that mission were adequate;
          (3) whether the security systems and security 
        procedures were properly implemented;
          (4) the impact of intelligence and information 
        availability; and
          (5) such other facts and circumstances which may be 
        relevant to the appropriate security management of 
        United States missions abroad.
    (b) Program Recommendations.--A Board shall submit its 
findings (which may be classified to the extent deemed 
necessary by the Board) to the Secretary of [State,] State and 
the appropriate congressional committees, together with 
recommendations as appropriate to improve the security and 
efficiency of any program or operation which the Board has 
reviewed.
    (c) Personnel Recommendations.--Whenever a Board finds 
reasonable cause to believe that an individual described in 
section 303(a)(1)(B) has breached the duty of that individual, 
the Board shall--
          (1) notify the individual concerned,
          (2) transmit the finding of reasonable cause, 
        together with all information relevant to such finding, 
        to the head of the appropriate Federal agency or 
        instrumentality, and
          (3) recommend that such agency or instrumentality 
        initiate an appropriate investigatory or disciplinary 
        action.
In determining whether an individual has breached a duty of 
that individual, the Board shall take into account any standard 
of conduct, law, rule, regulation, contract, or order which is 
pertinent to the performance of the duties of that individual.
    (d) Reports.--
          [(1) Program recommendations.--In any case in which a 
        Board transmits recommendations to the Secretary of 
        State under subsection (b), the Secretary shall, not 
        later than 90 days after the receipt of such 
        recommendations, submit a report to the Congress on 
        each such recommendation and the action taken with 
        respect to that recommendation.]
          (1) Program recommendations.--In any case in which a 
        Board transmits recommendations under subsection (b) of 
        this section, the Secretary of State shall, not later 
        than 90 days after the receipt of such recommendations, 
        submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
        committees on each such recommendation and the action 
        taken with respect to that recommendation.
          (2) Personnel recommendations.--In any case in which 
        a Board transmits a finding of reasonable cause under 
        subsection (c), the head of the Federal agency or 
        instrumentality receiving the information shall review 
        the evidence and recommendations and shall, not later 
        than 30 days after the receipt of that finding, 
        transmit to the [Congress] appropriate congressional 
        committees a report specifying--
                  (A) the nature of the case and a summary of 
                the evidence transmitted by the Board; and
                  (B) the decision by the Federal agency or 
                instrumentality, to take disciplinary or other 
                appropriate action against that individual or 
                the reasons for deciding not to take 
                disciplinary or other action with respect to 
                that individual.
  (e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
section, the term `appropriate congressional committees' means 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
Committee on International Relations of the House of 
Representatives.

Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986

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SEC. 406. EFFICIENCY IN CONTRACTING.

    (a)-(b) * * *
    (c) Disqualification of Contractors.--No person doing 
business with Libya may be eligible for any contract awarded 
pursuant to this Act.
  Section 406(c) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 
Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-399) is repealed.

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The American Institute in Taiwan Facilities Enhancement Act

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SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
to be appropriated [the sum of $75,000,000] such sums as may be 
necessary to AIT--
          (1) for plans for a new facility and, if necessary, 
        residences or other structures located in close 
        physical proximity to such facility, in Taipei, Taiwan, 
        for AIT to carry out its purposes under the Taiwan 
        Relations Act; and
          (2) for acquisition by purchase or construction of 
        such facility, residences, or other structures.

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Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999

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    Section 2311(b)(1) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4010 note) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Not later than 90 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the'' and inserting 
        ``The'';
            (2) by striking ``5 percent'' and inserting ``2 
        percent''; and
            (3) by striking ``for 2 or more of the 5 years 
        preceding the date of enactment of this Act'' and 
        inserting ``at least twice in any 5-year period''.

SEC. 2311. FOREIGN SERVICE REFORM.

    (a) * * *
    (b) Expedited Separation Out.--
          (1) Separation of lowest ranked foreign service 
        members.--[Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the] The Secretary of State 
        shall develop and implement procedures to identify, and 
        recommend for separation, any member of the Foreign 
        Service ranked by promotion boards of the Department of 
        State in the bottom [5 percent] 2 percent of his or her 
        class [for 2 or more of the 5 years preceding the date 
        of enactment of this Act] at least twice in any 5-year 
        period (in this subsection referred to as the ``years 
        of lowest ranking'') if the rating official for such 
        member was not the same individual for any two of the 
        years of lowest ranking.

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Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act

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    Sec. 3. (a) In order to carry out the objectives set forth 
in section 2, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (hereafter in 
this Act referred to as the ``Board'') shall provide for the 
open communication of information and ideas through the use of 
radio broadcasting to Cuba. Radio broadcasting to Cuba shall 
serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of 
accurate, objective, and comprehensive news.
    [(b) Radio broadcasting in accordance with subsection (a) 
shall be part of the Voice of America radio broadcasting to 
Cuba and shall be in accordance with all Voice of America 
standards to ensure the broadcast of programs which are 
objective, accurate, balanced, and which present a variety of 
views.]
    [(c) Radio broadcasting to Cuba authorized by this Act 
shall utilize the broadcasting facilities located at Marathon, 
Florida, and the 1180 AM frequency that were used by the Voice 
of America prior to the date of enactment of this Act. Other 
frequencies, not on the commercial Amplitude Modulation (AM) 
Band (535 kHz to 1605 kHz), may also be simultaneously 
utilized: Provided, That no frequency shall be used for radio 
broadcasts to Cuba in accordance with this Act which is not 
also used for all other Voice of America broadcasts to Cuba. 
Time leased from nongovernmental shortwave radio stations may 
be used to carry all or part of the Service programs and to 
rebroadcast Service programs: Provided, That not less than 30 
per centum of the programs broadcast or rebroadcast shall be 
regular Voice of America broadcasts with particular emphasis on 
news and programs meeting the requirements of section 503(2) of 
Public Law 80-402.]
    [(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), in the event that 
broadcasts to Cuba on the 1180 AM frequency are subject to 
jamming or interference greater by 25 per centum or more than 
the average daily jamming or interference in the twelve months 
preceding September 1, 1983, the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors may lease time on commercial or noncommercial 
educational AM band radio broadcasting stations. The Federal 
Communications Commission shall determine levels of jamming and 
interference by conducting regular monitoring of the 1180 AM 
frequency. In the event that more than two hours a day of time 
is leased, not less than 30 per centum of the programing 
broadcast shall be regular Voice of America broadcasts with 
particular emphasis on news and programs meeting the 
requirements of section 503(2) of Public Law 80-402.]
    [(e)] (d) [Any program of United States Government radio 
broadcasts to Cuba authorized by this section shall be 
designated ``Voice of America: Cuba Service'' or ``Voice of 
America: Radio Marti program''] Any service program of United 
States Government radio broadcasts to Cuba authorized by this 
section shall be designated ``Radio Marti program''.
    [(f) In the event broadcasting facilities located at 
Marathon, Florida, are rendered inoperable by natural disaster 
or by unlawful destruction, the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
may, for the period in which the facilities are inoperable but 
not to exceed one hundred and fifty days, use other United 
States Government-owned transmission facilities for Voice of 
America broadcasts to Cuba authorized by this Act.]

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Microenterprise for Self-Reliance and International Anti-Corruption Act 
of 2000

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SEC. 102. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS OF POLICY.

    Congress makes the following findings and declarations:
          (1) According to the World Bank, more than 
        1,200,000,000 people in the developing world, or one-
        fifth of the world's population, subsist on less than 
        $1 a day.

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          (4)(A) The poor in the developing world, particularly 
        women, generally lack stable employment and social 
        safety nets.
          (B) Women displaced by armed conflict are 
        particularly at risk, lacking access to traditional 
        livelihoods and means for generating income.
          [(B)] (C) Many turn to self-employment to generate a 
        substantial portion of their livelihood. In Africa, 
        over 80 percent of employment is generated in the 
        informal sector of the self-employed poor.
          [(C)] (D) These poor entrepreneurs are often trapped 
        in poverty because they cannot obtain credit at 
        reasonable rates to build their asset base or expand 
        their otherwise viable self-employment activities.
          [(D)] (E) Many of the poor are forced to pay interest 
        rates as high as 10 percent per day to money lenders.

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          (13)(A) In order to reach tens of millions of the 
        poorest with microcredit, it is crucial to expand and 
        replicate successful microfinance institutions.
          (B) Particular efforts should be made to expand the 
        availability of microcredit programs to internally 
        displaced persons, who historically have not had access 
        to such programs.
          [(B)] (C) These institutions need assistance in 
        developing their institutional capacity to expand their 
        services and tap commercial sources of capital.

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Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003

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SEC. 224. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL DIPLOMACY.

    (a) Establishment.-- * * *

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    (j) Termination.--The Advisory Committee shall terminate 
September 30, [2005] 2007.

SEC. 321. RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR CERTAIN GOVERNMENT SERVICE PERFORMED 
                    ABROAD.

    (a)-(e) * * *
    (f) Implementation.--The Office of Personnel Management, in 
consultation with the Secretary, shall prescribe such 
regulations, not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 2006 and 2007, and take such action as may be necessary 
and appropriate to implement this section.

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[SEC. 504. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTING PILOT PROGRAM.]

SEC. 504. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTING PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the International 
Broadcasting Bureau (in this section referred to as the 
``Director'') may establish a [pilot] program (in this section 
referred to as the ``program'') for the purpose of hiring 
United States citizens or aliens as personal services 
contractors, without regard to Civil Service and classification 
laws, for service in the United States as [broadcasters, 
producers, and writers] broadcasters and other broadcasting 
specialists in the International Broadcasting Bureau to respond 
to new or emerging broadcast needs or to augment broadcast 
services.
    (b) Conditions.--The Director is authorized to use the 
authority of subsection (a) subject to the following 
conditions:
          (1) The Director determines that existing personnel 
        resources are insufficient and the need is not of 
        permanent duration.
          (2) The Director approves each employment of a 
        personal services contractor.
          (3) The contract length, including options, may not 
        exceed 2 years, unless the Director makes a finding 
        that exceptional circumstances justify an extension of 
        up to one additional year.
          (4) Not more than a total of [60] 100 United States 
        citizens or aliens are employed at any one time as 
        personal services contractors under the program.
    [(c) Termination of Authority.--The authority to award 
personal services contracts under the pilot program authorized 
by this section shall terminate on December 31, 2005. A 
contract entered into prior to the termination date under this 
subsection may remain in effect for a period not to exceed 6 
months after such termination date.]

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SEC. 694. REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES IN COLOMBIA.

    (a) Report on Reform Activities.-- * * *

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    (b) Report on Certain Counternarcotics Activities.--
          (1) Declaration of policy.-- * * *

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  (c) Report Consolidation.--The Secretary may satisfy the 
annual reporting requirements of this section by incorporating 
the required information with the annual report submitted 
pursuant to section 489(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291h(a)).

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Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004

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      Subtitle E--Treatment of Aliens Who Commit Acts of Torture, 
Extrajudicial Killings, or Other Atrocities Abroad

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SEC. 5506. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State, shall submit 
to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a report on implementation of this subtitle 
that includes a description of--
          (1) the procedures used to refer matters to the 
        Office of Special Investigations and other components 
        within the Department of Justice and the Department of 
        Homeland Security in a manner consistent with the 
        amendments made by this subtitle;
          (2) the revisions, if any, made to immigration forms 
        to reflect changes in the Immigration and Nationality 
        Act made by the amendments contained in this subtitle; 
        and
          (3) the procedures developed, with adequate due 
        process protection, to obtain sufficient evidence to 
        determine whether an alien may be inadmissible under 
        the terms of the amendments made by this subtitle.

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SEC. 7201. COUNTERTERRORIST TRAVEL INTELLIGENCE.

    (a) Findings.-- * * *

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    (c) Frontline Counterterrorist Travel Technology and 
Training.--
          (1) Technology acquisition and dissemination plan.--
        Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
        conjunction with the Secretary of State, shall submit 
        to Congress a plan describing how the Department of 
        Homeland Security and the Department of State can 
        acquire and deploy, to the maximum extent feasible, to 
        all consulates, ports of entry, and immigration 
        benefits offices, technologies that facilitate document 
        authentication and the detection of potential terrorist 
        indicators on travel documents. To the extent possible, 
        technologies acquired and deployed under this plan 
        shall be compatible with systems used by the Department 
        of Homeland Security and the Department of State to 
        detect fraudulent documents and identify genuine 
        documents.

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SEC. 7209. TRAVEL DOCUMENTS.

    (a) Findings.-- * * *

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    [(d) Transit Without Visa Program.--The Secretary of State 
shall not use any authorities granted under section 
212(d)(4)(C) of such Act until the Secretary, in conjunction 
with the Secretary of Homeland Security, completely implements 
a security plan to fully ensure secure transit passage areas to 
prevent aliens proceeding in immediate and continuous transit 
through the United States from illegally entering the United 
States.]
  (d) Transit Without Visa Program.--The Secretary of Homeland 
Security and the Secretary of State shall not use any 
authorities granted under section 212(d)(4)(C) of such Act 
until the Secretary of Homeland Security completely implements 
a security plan to fully ensure secure transit passage areas to 
prevent aliens proceeding in immediate and continuous transit 
through the United States from illegally entering the United 
States.

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Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999

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SEC. 605. OBLIGATIONS AND EXPENDITURES.

    (a) Report and Priority of Obligations.--

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    (c) [Semiannual] Annual Reports on Acquisition and Major 
Security Upgrades.--On [June 1 and] December 1 of each year, 
the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate 
congressional committees on the embassy construction and 
security program authorized under this title. The report shall 
include--
          (1) obligations and expenditures--
                  (A) during the previous [two fiscal quarters] 
                year; and
                  (B) since the enactment of this Act;
          (2) projected obligations and expenditures for the 
        fiscal year in which the report is submitted and how 
        these obligations and expenditures will improve 
        security conditions of specific diplomatic facilities; 
        and
          (3) the status of ongoing acquisition and major 
        security enhancement projects, including any 
        significant changes in--
                  (A) the budgetary requirements for such 
                projects;
                  (B) the schedule of such projects; and
                  (C) the scope of the projects.

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      Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1994

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TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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    Sec. 560. (a) * * *

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    [(g) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
made available to any government of the New Independent States 
of the former Soviet Union if that government directs any 
action in violation of the territorial integrity or national 
sovereignty of any other New Independent State, such as those 
violations included in Principle Six of 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 interest of the 
United States: Provided further, That the restriction of this 
subsection shall not apply to the use of such funds for the 
provision of assistance for purposes of humanitarian, disaster 
and refugee relief: Provided further, That thirty days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and then annually 
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations on steps taken by the governments 
of the New Independent States concerning violations referred to 
in this subsection: Provided further, That in preparing this 
report the Secretary shall consult with the United States 
Representative to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in 
Europe.]

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Arms Control and Disarmament Act

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    Sec. 306. (a) In General.--In order to ensure that arms 
control, nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements can be 
verified, the Secretary of State shall report to Congress, on a 
timely basis, or upon request by an appropriate committee of 
the Congress--
          (1) in the case of any arms control, 
        nonproliferation, or disarmament agreement or other 
        formal commitment that has been concluded by the United 
        States, the determination of the Secretary of State as 
        to the degree to which the components of such agreement 
        or other formal commitment can be verified;
          (2) in the case of any arms control, 
        nonproliferation, or disarmament agreement that has 
        entered into force, any significant degradation or 
        alteration in the capacity of the United States to 
        verify compliance of the components of such agreement 
        or other formal commitment;

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    [Sec. 403. (a) In General.--Not later than April 15 of each 
year, the President shall submit to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate a report prepared by the Secretary of 
State with the concurrence of the Director of Central 
Intelligence and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
the Secretary of Energy, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff, on the status of United States policy and actions 
with respect to arms control, nonproliferation, and 
disarmament. Such report shall include--
          [(1) a detailed statement concerning the arms 
        control, nonproliferation, and disarmament objectives 
        of the executive branch of Government for the 
        forthcoming year;
          [(2) a detailed assessment of the status of any 
        ongoing arms control, nonproliferation, or disarmament 
        negotiations, including a comprehensive description of 
        negotiations or other activities during the preceding 
        year and an appraisal of the status and prospects for 
        the forthcoming year;
          [(3) a detailed assessment of adherence of the United 
        States to obligations undertaken in arms control, 
        nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements, including 
        information on the policies and organization of each 
        relevant agency or department of the United States to 
        ensure adherence to such obligations, a description of 
        national security programs with a direct bearing on 
        questions of adherence to such obligations and of steps 
        being taken to ensure adherence, and a compilation of 
        any substantive questions raised during the preceding 
        year and any corrective action taken;
          [(4) a detailed assessment of the adherence of other 
        nations to obligations undertaken in all arms control, 
        nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements or 
        commitments, including the Missile Technology Control 
        Regime, to which the United States is a participating 
        state, including information on actions taken by each 
        nation with regard to the size, structure, and 
        disposition of its military forces in order to comply 
        with arms control, nonproliferation, or disarmament 
        agreements or commitments, and shall include, in the 
        case of each agreement or commitment about which 
        compliance questions exist--
                  [(A) a description of each significant issue 
                raised and efforts made and contemplated with 
                the other participating state to seek 
                resolution of the difficulty;
                  [(B) an assessment of damage, if any, to the 
                United States security and other interests; and
                  [(C) recommendations as to any steps that 
                should be considered to redress any damage to 
                United States national security and to reduce 
                compliance problems;
          [(5) a discussion of any material noncompliance by 
        foreign governments with their binding commitments to 
        the United States with respect to the prevention of the 
        spread of nuclear explosive devices (as defined in 
        section 830(4) of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention 
        Act of 1994) by non-nuclear-weapon states (as defined 
        in section 830(5) of that Act) or the acquisition by 
        such states of unsafeguarded special nuclear material 
        (as defined in section 830(8) of that Act), including--
                  [(A) a net assessment of the aggregate 
                military significance of all such violations;
                  [(B) a statement of the compliance policy of 
                the United States with respect to violations of 
                those commitments; and
                  [(C) what actions, if any, the President has 
                taken or proposes to take to bring any nation 
                committing such a violation into compliance 
                with those commitments; and
          [(6) a specfic identification, to the maximum extent 
        practicable in unclassified form, of each and every 
        question that exists with respect to compliance by 
        other countries with arms control, nonproliferation, 
        and disarmament agreements with the United States.
    [(b) Classification of the Report.--The report required by 
this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, with 
classified annexes, as appropriate. The portions of this report 
described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (a) shall 
summarize in detail, at least in classified annexes, the 
information, analysis, and conclusions relevant to possible 
noncompliance by other nations that are provided by United 
States intelligence agencies.
    [(c) Reporting Consecutive Noncompliance.--If the President 
in consecutive reports submitted to the Congress under this 
section reports that any designated nation is not in full 
compliance with its binding nonproliferation commitments to the 
United States, then the President shall include in the second 
such report an assessment of what actions are necessary to 
compensate for such violations.
    [(d) Each report required by this section shall include a 
discussion of each significant issue described in subsection 
(a)(6) that was contained in a previous report issued under 
this section during 1995, or after December 31, 1995, until the 
question or concern has been resolved and such resolution has 
been reported in detail to the appropriate committees of 
Congress (as defined in section 1102(1) of the Arms Control, 
Non-Proliferation, and Security Assistance Act of 1999).]
  Sec. 403. (a) Report on Objectives and Negotiations.--Not 
later than April 15 of each year, the President shall submit to 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the Chairman 
of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report 
prepared by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Director of 
National Intelligence, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, on the status of United States policy and actions with 
respect to arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament. 
Such report shall include--
          (1) a detailed statement concerning the arms control, 
        nonproliferation, and disarmament objectives of the 
        executive branch of Government for the forthcoming 
        year; and
          (2) a detailed assessment of the status of any 
        ongoing arms control, nonproliferation, or disarmament 
        negotiations, including a comprehensive description of 
        negotiations or other activities during the preceding 
        year and an appraisal of the status and prospects for 
        the forthcoming year.
  (b) Report on Compliance.--Not later than April 15 of each 
year, the President shall submit to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate a report prepared by the Secretary of 
State with the concurrence of the Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency and in consultation with the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff on the status of United States policy and 
actions with respect to arms control, nonproliferation, and 
disarmament compliance. Such report shall include--
          (1) a detailed assessment of adherence of the United 
        States to obligations undertaken in arms control, 
        nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements, including 
        information on the policies and organization of each 
        relevant agency or department of the United States to 
        ensure adherence to such obligations, a description of 
        national security programs with a direct bearing on 
        questions of adherence to such obligations and of steps 
        being taken to ensure adherence, and a compilation of 
        any substantive questions raised during the preceding 
        year and any corrective action taken;
          (2) a detailed assessment of the adherence of other 
        nations to obligations undertaken in all arms control, 
        nonproliferation, and disarmament agreements or 
        commitments, including the Missile Technology Control 
        Regime, to which the United States is a participating 
        state, including information on actions taken by each 
        nation with regard to the size, structure, and 
        disposition of its military forces in order to comply 
        with arms control, nonproliferation, or disarmament 
        agreements or commitments, including, in the case of 
        each agreement or commitment about which compliance 
        questions exist--
                  (A) a description of each significant issue 
                raised and efforts made and contemplated with 
                the other participating state to seek 
                resolution of the difficulty;
                  (B) an assessment of damage, if any, to 
                United States security and other interests;
                  (C) recommendations as to any steps that 
                should be considered to redress any damage to 
                United States national security and to reduce 
                compliance problems; and
                  (D) for states that are not parties to such 
                agreements or commitments, a description of 
                activities of concern carried out by such 
                states and efforts underway to bring such 
                states into adherence with such agreements or 
                commitments;
          (3) a discussion of any material noncompliance by 
        foreign governments with their binding commitments to 
        the United States with respect to the prevention of the 
        spread of nuclear explosive devices (as defined in 
        section 830(4) of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention 
        Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6305(4)) by non-nuclear-weapon 
        states (as defined in section 830(5) of that Act (22 
        U.S.C. 6305(5)) or the acquisition by such states of 
        unsafeguarded special nuclear material (as defined in 
        section 830(8) of that Act (22 U.S.C. 6305(8)), 
        including--
                  (A) a net assessment of the aggregate 
                military significance of all such violations;
                  (B) a statement of the compliance policy of 
                the United States with respect to violations of 
                those commitments; and
                  (C) what actions, if any, the President has 
                taken or proposes to take to bring any country 
                committing such a violation into compliance 
                with those commitments; and
          (4) a specific identification, to the maximum extent 
        practicable in unclassified form, of each and every 
        question that exists with respect to compliance by 
        other countries with arms control, nonproliferation, 
        and disarmament agreements and other formal commitments 
        with the United States.
  (c) Chemical Weapons Convention Compliance Report Requirement 
Satisfied.--The report submitted pursuant to subsection (b) 
shall include the information required under section 2(10)(C) 
of Senate Resolution 75, 105th Congress, agreed to April 24, 
1997, advising and consenting to the ratification of the 
Convention on the Prohibition of Development, Production, 
Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their 
Destruction, with annexes, done at Paris January 13, 1993 and 
entered into force April 29, 1997 (popularly known as the 
`Chemical Weapons Convention'; T.Doc. 103-21)
  (d) Classification of Report.--The reports required by this 
section shall be submitted in unclassified form, with 
classified annexes, as appropriate. The report portions 
described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b) shall 
summarize in detail, at least in classified annexes, the 
information, analysis, and conclusions relevant to possible 
noncompliance by other countries that are provided by United 
States intelligence agencies.
  (e) Reporting Consecutive Noncompliance.--If the President in 
consecutive reports submitted to the Congress under subsection 
(b) reports that any country is not in full compliance with its 
binding nonproliferation commitments to the United States, then 
the President shall include in the second such report an 
assessment of what actions are necessary to compensate for such 
violations.
  (f) Additional Requirement.--Each report required by 
subsection (b) shall include a discussion of each significant 
issue described in subsection (b)(4) that was contained in a 
previous report issued under this section during 1995, or after 
December 31, 1995, until the question or concern has been 
resolved and such resolution has been reported in detail to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on International 
Relations and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives.''.

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Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002

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SEC. 305. FORMULATION OF LONG-TERM STRATEGY FOR AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) Strategy.--

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  (c) Consolidation of Reports.--
          (1) Authority.--In order to enhance efficient use of 
        resources, the President may consolidate or combine 
        into one submission for any year any of the following 
        matters required to be submitted in or for that year:
                  (A) The strategy under subsection (a).
                  (B) An annual report under subsection (b).
                  (C) An annual submission of the Afghanistan 
                assistance plan required under section 104(c).
                  (D) The semiannual report required under 
                section 206(c), relating to the implementation 
                of strategies for meeting the immediate and 
                long-term security needs of Afghanistan.
          (2) Combined discussion.--The authority under 
        paragraph (1) includes authority to satisfy a 
        requirement for addressing a factor or a criterion in a 
        strategy, plan, or report referred to in that paragraph 
        by addressing that factor or criterion once in the 
        consolidated or combined submission for the purposes of 
        all such requirements.

Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954

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TITLE I--TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

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SEC. 104. USE OF LOCAL CURRENCY PAYMENT.

  (a) In General.--Agreements under this title may provide that 
the Secretary shall use payments made in local currencies by 
the developing country or private entity in accordance with 
this section.
  (b) Special Account.--Foreign currencies received by the 
Secretary under this title shall be deposited in a separate 
account, that may be interest-bearing, to the credit of the 
United States and such currencies and interest thereon shall be 
used as provided for in this section.
  (c) Activities.--The proceeds from the payments referred to 
in subsection (a) may be used in the appropriate developing 
country for the following:
          (1) Trade development.--To carry out programs to help 
        develop markets for United States agricultural 
        commodities on a mutually beneficial basis in the 
        appropriate developing country.

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          (8) United States obligations.--To make payments of 
        United States obligations (including obligations 
        entered into pursuant to other laws).
          (9) Safe water.--To provide assistance under section 
        104D of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to advance 
        good health and promote economic development by 
        improving the safety of water supplies, including 
        programs related to drilling or maintaining wells.

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