Funds
Appropriated to the President
For
necessary expenses to enable the
President to carry out the provisions of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and
for other purposes, to remain available
until September 30, 2010, unless
otherwise specified herein, as follows:
global
health and child survival
(including
transfer of funds)
For
necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of chapters 1 and 10 of part
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
for global health activities, in
addition to funds otherwise available
for such purposes, $2,420,000,000, to
remain available until September 30,
2011, and which shall be apportioned
directly to the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID):
Provided, That this amount shall be
made available for such activities as:
(1) child survival and maternal health
programs; (2) immunization and oral
rehydration programs; (3) other health,
nutrition, water and sanitation programs
which directly address the needs of
mothers and children, and related
education programs; (4) assistance for
children displaced or orphaned by causes
other than AIDS; (5) programs for the
prevention, treatment, control of, and
research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis,
polio, malaria, and other infectious
diseases including neglected tropical
diseases, and for assistance to
communities severely affected by
HIV/AIDS, including children infected or
affected by AIDS; and (6) family
planning/reproductive health:
Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated under this paragraph
may be made available for nonproject
assistance, except that funds may be
made available for such assistance for
ongoing health activities: Provided
further, That of the funds
appropriated under this paragraph,
$78,000,000 should be made available for
a United States contribution to the GAVI
Alliance: Provided further,
That none of the funds made available in
this Act nor any unobligated balances
from prior appropriations Acts may be
made available to any organization or
program which, as determined by the
President of the United States, supports
or participates in the management of a
program of coercive abortion or
involuntary sterilization: Provided
further, That any determination
made under the previous proviso must be
made no later than 6 months after the
date of enactment of this Act, and must
be accompanied by the evidence and
criteria utilized to make the
determination: Provided further,
That none of the funds made available
under this Act may be used to pay for
the performance of abortion as a method
of family planning or to motivate or
coerce any person to practice abortions:
Provided further, That nothing
in this paragraph shall be construed to
alter any existing statutory
prohibitions against abortion under
section 104 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961: Provided further,
That none of the funds made available
under this Act may be used to lobby for
or against abortion: Provided
further, That in order to reduce
reliance on abortion in developing
nations, funds shall be available only
to voluntary family planning projects
which offer, either directly or through
referral to, or information about access
to, a broad range of family planning
methods and services, and that any such
voluntary family planning project shall
meet the following requirements: (1)
service providers or referral agents in
the project shall not implement or be
subject to quotas, or other numerical
targets, of total number of births,
number of family planning acceptors, or
acceptors of a particular method of
family planning (this provision shall
not be construed to include the use of
quantitative estimates or indicators for
budgeting and planning purposes); (2)
the project shall not include payment of
incentives, bribes, gratuities, or
financial reward to: (A) an individual
in exchange for becoming a family
planning acceptor; or (B) program
personnel for achieving a numerical
target or quota of total number of
births, number of family planning
acceptors, or acceptors of a particular
method of family planning; (3) the
project shall not deny any right or
benefit, including the right of access
to participate in any program of general
welfare or the right of access to health
care, as a consequence of any
individual's decision not to accept
family planning services; (4) the
project shall provide family planning
acceptors comprehensible information on
the health benefits and risks of the
method chosen, including those
conditions that might render the use of
the method inadvisable and those adverse
side effects known to be consequent to
the use of the method; and (5) the
project shall ensure that experimental
contraceptive drugs and devices and
medical procedures are provided only in
the context of a scientific study in
which participants are advised of
potential risks and benefits; and, not
less than 60 days after the date on
which the USAID Administrator determines
that there has been a violation of the
requirements contained in paragraph (1),
(2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a
pattern or practice of violations of the
requirements contained in paragraph (4)
of this proviso, the Administrator shall
submit to the Committees on
Appropriations a report containing a
description of such violation and the
corrective action taken by the Agency:
Provided further, That in
awarding grants for natural family
planning under section 104 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no
applicant shall be discriminated against
because of such applicant's religious or
conscientious commitment to offer only
natural family planning; and,
additionally, all such applicants shall
comply with the requirements of the
previous proviso: Provided further,
That for purposes of this or any other
Act authorizing or appropriating funds
for the Department of State, foreign
operations, and related programs, the
term `motivate', as it relates to family
planning assistance, shall not be
construed to prohibit the provision,
consistent with local law, of
information or counseling about all
pregnancy options: Provided further,
That to the maximum extent practicable,
taking into consideration cost, timely
availability, and best health practices,
funds appropriated in this Act or prior
appropriations Acts that are made
available for condom procurement should
be made available for the procurement of
condoms manufactured in the United
States: Provided further, That
information provided about the use of
condoms as part of projects or
activities that are funded from amounts
appropriated by this Act shall be
medically accurate and shall include the
public health benefits and failure rates
of such use.
In
addition, for necessary expenses to
carry out the provisions of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 for the
prevention, treatment, and control of,
and research on, HIV/AIDS,
$5,359,000,000, to remain available
until expended, and which shall be
apportioned directly to the Department
of State: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this paragraph,
not less than $750,000,000 shall be made
available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, except for the United
States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003
(Public Law 108-25), as amended, for a
United States contribution to the Global
Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and
Malaria, and shall be expended at the
minimum rate necessary to make timely
payment for projects and activities:
Provided further, That up to 5
percent of the aggregate amount of funds
made available to the Global Fund in
fiscal year 2010 may be made available
to USAID for technical assistance
related to the activities of the Global
Fund: Provided further, That of
the funds appropriated under this
paragraph, up to $14,000,000 may be made
available, in addition to amounts
otherwise available for such purposes,
for administrative expenses of the
Office of the United States Global AIDS
Coordinator.
development assistance
For
necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of sections 103, 105, 106,
and sections 251 through 255, and
chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, $2,520,000,000,
to remain available until September 30,
2011: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated by this Act, not less
than $265,000,000 shall be made
available for microenterprise and
microfinance development programs for
the poor, especially women: Provided
further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading, not
less than $23,500,000 shall be made
available for the American Schools and
Hospitals Abroad program: Provided
further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading,
$10,000,000 shall be made available for
cooperative development programs within
the Office of Private and Voluntary
Cooperation, United States Agency for
International Development (USAID):
Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated by this Act, not less than
$315,000,000 shall be made available for
water and sanitation supply projects
pursuant to the Senator Paul Simon Water
for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law
109-121): Provided further,
That the relevant bureaus and offices of
USAID that support cross-cutting
development programs shall coordinate
such programs on a regular basis:
Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated by title III of this Act,
not less than $1,169,833,000 should be
made available for food security and
agricultural development programs, which
may be made available notwithstanding
any other provision of law to address
critical food shortages, of which
$31,500,000 shall be made available for
Collaborative Research Support Programs:
Provided further, That prior to
the obligation of funds pursuant to the
previous proviso and after consultation
with other relevant Federal departments
and agencies, the Committees on
Appropriations, and relevant
nongovernmental organizations, the USAID
Administrator shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations a strategy
for achieving food security and
agricultural development program goals:
Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading
for food security and agricultural
development programs, $10,000,000 shall
be made available for a United States
contribution to the endowment of the
Global Crop Diversity Trust pursuant to
section 3202 of Public Law 110-246:
Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading, not
less than $20,000,000 shall be made
available for programs to improve
women's leadership capacity in recipient
countries.
international disaster assistance
For
necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of section 491 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 for international
disaster relief, rehabilitation, and
reconstruction assistance, $845,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
transition
initiatives
For
necessary expenses for international
disaster rehabilitation and
reconstruction assistance pursuant to
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, $55,000,000, to remain
available until expended, to support
transition to democracy and to long-term
development of countries in crisis:
Provided, That such support may
include assistance to develop,
strengthen, or preserve democratic
institutions and processes, revitalize
basic infrastructure, and foster the
peaceful resolution of conflict:
Provided further, That the United
States Agency for International
Development shall submit a report to the
Committees on Appropriations at least 5
days prior to beginning a new program of
assistance: Provided further,
That if the Secretary of State
determines that it is important to the
national interests of the United States
to provide transition assistance in
excess of the amount appropriated under
this heading, up to $15,000,000 of the
funds appropriated by this Act to carry
out the provisions of part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be
used for purposes of this heading and
under the authorities applicable to
funds appropriated under this heading:
Provided further, That funds
made available pursuant to the previous
proviso shall be made available subject
to prior consultation with the
Committees on Appropriations.
complex
crises fund
For
necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 to enable the Administrator of
the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), in
consultation with the Secretary of
State, to support programs and
activities to prevent or respond to
emerging or unforeseen complex crises
overseas, $50,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided,
That funds appropriated under this
heading may be made available on such
terms and conditions as the USAID
Administrator may determine, in
consultation with the Committees on
Appropriations, for the purposes of
preventing or responding to such crises,
except that no funds shall be made
available to respond to natural
disasters: Provided further,
That funds appropriated under this
heading shall be made available
notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law
91-672 and section 15 of the State
Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956: Provided further, That
the USAID Administrator may furnish
assistance under this heading
notwithstanding any other provision of
law, except sections 7007, 7008, and
7018 of this Act and section 620J of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961:
Provided further, That funds
appropriated under this heading shall be
subject to the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations, except that such
notifications shall be transmitted at
least 5 days in advance of the
obligation of funds: Provided
further, That the requirements of
the previous proviso may be waived if
failure to do so would pose a
substantial risk to human health or
welfare: Provided further, That
in case of any such waiver, notification
to the Committees on Appropriations
shall be provided as early as
practicable, but in no event later than
3 days after taking the action to which
such notification requirement was
applicable, in the context of the
circumstances necessitating such waiver:
Provided further, That any such
notification provided pursuant to such
waiver shall contain an explanation of
the emergency circumstances.
development credit authority
(including
transfer of funds)
For the
cost of direct loans and loan guarantees
provided by the United States Agency for
International Development, as authorized
by sections 256 and 635 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, up to
$25,000,000 may be derived by transfer
from funds appropriated by this Act to
carry out part I of such Act and under
the heading `Assistance for Europe,
Eurasia and Central Asia': Provided,
That funds provided under this paragraph
and funds provided as a gift pursuant to
section 635(d) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 shall be made available only
for micro and small enterprise programs,
urban programs, and other programs which
further the purposes of part I of such
Act: Provided further, That
such costs, including the cost of
modifying such direct and guaranteed
loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, as amended: Provided further,
That funds made available by this
paragraph may be used for the cost of
modifying any such guaranteed loans
under this Act or prior Acts, and funds
used for such costs shall be subject to
the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That the
provisions of section 107A(d) (relating
to general provisions applicable to the
Development Credit Authority) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as
reported by the House Committee on
International Relations on May 9, 1997,
shall be applicable to direct loans and
loan guarantees provided under this
heading: Provided further, That
these funds are available to subsidize
total loan principal, any portion of
which is to be guaranteed, of up to
$700,000,000.
In
addition, for administrative expenses to
carry out credit programs administered
by the United States Agency for
International Development, $8,600,000,
which may be transferred to, and merged
with, funds made available under the
heading `Operating Expenses' in title II
of this Act: Provided, That
funds made available under this heading
shall remain available until September
30, 2012.
economic
support fund
(including
transfer of funds)
For
necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of chapter 4 of part II of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$6,337,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2011: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated under
this heading, $250,000,000 shall be
available only for assistance for Egypt,
which sum shall be provided on a grant
basis, and of which sum cash transfer
assistance shall be provided with the
understanding that Egypt will undertake
significant economic and democratic
reforms which are additional to those
which were undertaken in previous fiscal
years: Provided further, That
of the funds appropriated under this
heading for assistance for Egypt, not
less than $25,000,000 shall be made
available for democracy, human rights
and governance programs, and not less
than $35,000,000 shall be made available
for education programs, of which not
less than $10,000,000 is for
scholarships for Egyptian students with
high financial need: Provided
further, That $11,000,000 of the
funds appropriated under this heading
should be made available for assistance
for Cyprus to be used only for
scholarships, administrative support of
the scholarship program, bicommunal
projects, and measures aimed at
reunification of the island and designed
to reduce tensions and promote peace and
cooperation between the two communities
on Cyprus: Provided further,
That $12,000,000 of the funds made
available for assistance for Lebanon
under this heading shall be made
available for educational scholarships
for students in Lebanon with high
financial need: Provided further,
That of the funds appropriated under
this heading, not less than $363,000,000
shall be made available only for
assistance for Jordan: Provided
further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading not more
than $400,400,000 may be made available
for assistance for the West Bank and
Gaza, of which not to exceed $2,000,000
may be used for administrative expenses
of the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), in
addition to funds otherwise available
for such purposes: Provided further,
That not more than $150,000,000 of the
funds provided for the West Bank and
Gaza shall be for cash transfer
assistance: Provided further,
That funds appropriated under this
heading that are made available for
assistance for infrastructure projects
in Pakistan shall be implemented in a
manner consistent with section 507(6) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2467(6)): Provided further,
That of the funds appropriated under
this heading for assistance for
Afghanistan and Pakistan, assistance may
be provided notwithstanding any
provision of law that restricts
assistance to foreign countries for
cross border stabilization and
development programs between Afghanistan
and Pakistan or between either country
and the Central Asian republics:
Provided further, That funds
appropriated by this Act for assistance
for Afghanistan and Pakistan may be made
available for government-to-government
assistance only if the Secretary of
State certifies to the Committees on
Appropriations that the Government of
the United States and the government of
the recipient country have agreed, in
writing, to clear and achievable goals
and objectives for the use of such
funds, and have established mechanisms
within each implementing agency to
ensure that such funds are used for the
purposes for which they were intended:
Provided further, That any such
cash transfer assistance shall be
subject to prior consultation with the
Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That the
Secretary of State should suspend any
such cash transfer assistance to an
implementing agency if the Secretary has
credible evidence of misuse of such
funds by any such agency: Provided
further, That any decision to
significantly modify the scope,
objectives or implementation mechanisms
of United States assistance programs in
Afghanistan or Pakistan shall be subject
to prior consultation with, and the
regular notification procedures of, the
Committees on Appropriations, except
that the prior consultation requirement
may be waived if it is determined that
failure to do so would pose a
substantial risk to human health or
welfare: Provided further, That
in case of any such waiver, notification
to the Committees on Appropriations
shall be provided as early as
practicable, but in no event later than
3 days after taking the action to which
such consultation requirement was
applicable: Provided further,
That of the funds made available under
this heading for assistance for
Pakistan, $2,000,000 shall be
transferred to, and merged with, funds
available under the heading
`Administration of Foreign Affairs,
Office of Inspector General' for
oversight of programs in Pakistan:
Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading,
$209,790,000 shall be apportioned
directly to USAID for alternative
development/institution building
programs in Colombia: Provided
further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading that are
available for assistance for Colombia,
not less than $8,000,000 shall be
transferred to, and merged with, funds
appropriated under the heading
`Migration and Refugee Assistance' and
shall be made available only for
assistance to nongovernmental and
international organizations that provide
assistance to Colombian refugees in
neighboring countries.
democracy
fund
For
necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 for the promotion of democracy
globally, $120,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2011, of
which $70,000,000 shall be made
available for the Human Rights and
Democracy Fund of the Bureau of
Democracy, Human Rights and Labor,
Department of State, and $50,000,000
shall be made available for the Office
of Democracy and Governance of the
Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and
Humanitarian Assistance, United States
Agency for International Development.
international fund for ireland
For
necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of chapter 4 of part II of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$17,000,000, which shall be available
for the United States contribution to
the International Fund for Ireland and
shall be made available in accordance
with the provisions of the Anglo-Irish
Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Public
Law 99-415): Provided, That
such amount shall be expended at the
minimum rate necessary to make timely
payment for projects and activities:
Provided further, That funds made
available under this heading shall
remain available until September 30,
2011.
assistance
for europe, eurasia and central asia
For
necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, the FREEDOM Support Act, and
the Support for East European Democracy
(SEED) Act of 1989, $741,632,000, to
remain available until September 30,
2011, which shall be available,
notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for assistance and for related
programs for countries identified in
section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act and
section 3(c) of the SEED Act:
Provided, That funds appropriated
under this heading shall be considered
to be economic assistance under the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for
purposes of making available the
administrative authorities contained in
that Act for the use of economic
assistance: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any provision of
this or any other Act, funds
appropriated in prior years under the
headings `Independent States of the
Former Soviet Union' and similar
headings and `Assistance for Eastern
Europe and the Baltic States' and
similar headings, and currencies
generated by or converted from such
funds, shall be available for use in any
country for which funds are made
available under this heading without
regard to the geographic limitations of
the heading under which such funds were
originally appropriated: Provided
further, That funds made available
for the Southern Caucasus region may be
used for confidence-building measures
and other activities in furtherance of
the peaceful resolution of conflicts,
including in Nagorno-Karabakh:
Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading that are
available for assistance for the Kyrgyz
Republic, up to $11,500,000 shall be
made available for the Joint Development
Fund.
Department
of State
migration
and refugee assistance
For
necessary expenses, not otherwise
provided for, to enable the Secretary of
State to provide, as authorized by law,
a contribution to the International
Committee of the Red Cross, assistance
to refugees, including contributions to
the International Organization for
Migration and the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees, and other
activities to meet refugee and migration
needs; salaries and expenses of
personnel and dependents as authorized
by the Foreign Service Act of 1980;
allowances as authorized by sections
5921 through 5925 of title 5, United
States Code; purchase and hire of
passenger motor vehicles; and services
as authorized by section 3109 of title
5, United States Code, $1,685,000,000,
to remain available until expended, of
which $25,000,000 shall be made
available for refugees resettling in
Israel, and not less than $35,000,000
shall be made available to respond to
small-scale emergency humanitarian
requirements of international and
nongovernmental partners.
united
states emergency refugee and migration
assistance fund
For
necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of section 2(c) of the
Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of
1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)),
$45,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
Independent Agencies
peace
corps
(including
transfer of funds)
For
necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of the Peace Corps Act (22
U.S.C. 2501-2523), including the
purchase of not to exceed five passenger
motor vehicles for administrative
purposes for use outside of the United
States, $400,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2011:
Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading shall be
used to pay for abortions: Provided
further, That the Director of the
Peace Corps may transfer to the Foreign
Currency Fluctuations Account, as
authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2515, an amount
not to exceed $5,000,000: Provided
further, That funds transferred
pursuant to the previous proviso may not
be derived from amounts made available
for Peace Corps overseas operations:
Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading, not to
exceed $4,000 may be made available for
entertainment expenses: Provided
further, That any decision to open,
close, significantly reduce, or suspend
a domestic or overseas office or country
program shall be subject to prior
consultation with, and the regular
notification procedures of, the
Committees on Appropriations, except
that prior consultation and regular
notification procedures may be waived
when there is a substantial security
risk to volunteers or other Peace Corps
personnel, pursuant to section 7015(e)
of this Act: Provided further,
That not later than 45 days after
enactment of this Act, the Director
shall submit a spending plan to the
Committees on Appropriations on the
proposed uses of funds under this
heading: Provided further, That
not later than 180 days after enactment
of this Act, the Director shall, after
consultation with the Committees on
Appropriations, submit a report to the
Committees that includes the findings of
a comprehensive assessment of the
current program model of the Peace Corps
and a strategy for reforming and
improving operations.
millennium
challenge corporation
(including
transfer of funds)
For
necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of the Millennium Challenge
Act of 2003, $1,105,000,000 to remain
available until expended: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated under
this heading, up to $95,000,000 may be
available for administrative expenses of
the Millennium Challenge Corporation
(the Corporation): Provided further,
That up to 10 percent of the funds
appropriated under this heading may be
made available to carry out the purposes
of section 616 of the Millennium
Challenge Act of 2003 for fiscal year
2010: Provided further, That
section 605(e)(4) of the Millennium
Challenge Act of 2003 shall apply to
funds appropriated under this heading:
Provided further, That funds
appropriated under this heading may be
made available for a Millennium
Challenge Compact entered into pursuant
to section 609 of the Millennium
Challenge Act of 2003 only if such
Compact obligates, or contains a
commitment to obligate subject to the
availability of funds and the mutual
agreement of the parties to the Compact
to proceed, the entire amount of the
United States Government funding
anticipated for the duration of the
Compact: Provided further, That
the Corporation should reimburse the
United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) for all expenses
incurred by USAID with funds
appropriated under this heading in
assisting the Corporation in carrying
out such Act, including administrative
costs for compact development,
negotiation, and implementation:
Provided further, That the Chief
Executive Officer of the Millennium
Challenge Corporation shall notify the
Committees on Appropriations not later
than 15 days prior to signing any new
country compact or new threshold country
program; terminating or suspending any
country compact or threshold country
program; or commencing negotiations for
any new compact or threshold country
program: Provided further, That
funds appropriated by this Act or any
prior Act appropriating funds for the
Department of State, foreign operations,
and related programs that are made
available for a Millennium Challenge
Compact and that are suspended or
terminated by the Chief Executive
Officer of the Corporation shall be
subject to the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations prior to re-obligation:
Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated by this Act and
prior Acts making appropriations for the
Department of State, foreign operations,
and related programs under this heading
may be used for military assistance or
military training, including for
assistance for military or paramilitary
purposes and for assistance to military
forces: Provided further, That
the terms and conditions of section
1105(c) of Public Law 111-32 shall apply
to funds appropriated under this
heading: Provided further, That
a Millennium Challenge Corporation
candidate country selected as an
eligible country in fiscal year 2009 in
accordance with section 607(c) of the
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 that is
transitioning out of one of the income
categories identified in subsections
606(a) and (b) shall retain its
candidacy status at the lower income
category for purposes of setting compact
funding levels for the fiscal year of
its transition and the two subsequent
fiscal years: Provided further,
That of the funds appropriated under
this heading, not to exceed $100,000 may
be available for representation and
entertainment allowances, of which not
to exceed $5,000 may be available for
entertainment allowances.
inter-american
foundation
For
necessary expenses to carry out the
functions of the Inter-American
Foundation in accordance with the
provisions of section 401 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1969, $23,000,000, to
remain available until September 30,
2011: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading,
not to exceed $2,000 may be available
for entertainment and representation
allowances.
african
development foundation
For
necessary expenses to carry out title V
of the International Security and
Development Cooperation Act of 1980
(Public Law 96-533), $30,000,000, to
remain available until September 30,
2011: Provided, That funds made
available to grantees may be invested
pending expenditure for project purposes
when authorized by the Board of
Directors of the Foundation:
Provided further, That interest
earned shall be used only for the
purposes for which the grant was made:
Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the
African Development Foundation Act, in
exceptional circumstances the Board of
Directors of the Foundation may waive
the $250,000 limitation contained in
that section with respect to a project
and a project may exceed the limitation
by up to $10,000 if the increase is due
solely to foreign currency fluctuation:
Provided further, That the
Foundation shall provide a report to the
Committees on Appropriations after each
time such waiver authority is exercised.
Department
of the Treasury
international affairs technical assistance
For
necessary expenses to carry out the
provisions of section 129 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, $25,000,000, to
remain available until September 30,
2012, which shall be available
notwithstanding any other provision of
law.
debt
restructuring
For the
cost, as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of
modifying loans and loan guarantees, as
the President may determine, for which
funds have been appropriated or
otherwise made available for programs
within the International Affairs Budget
Function 150, including the cost of
selling, reducing, or canceling amounts
owed to the United States as a result of
concessional loans made to eligible
countries, pursuant to parts IV and V of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of
modifying concessional credit agreements
with least developed countries, as
authorized under section 411 of the
Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, of
concessional loans, guarantees and
credit agreements, as authorized under
section 572 of the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law
100-461), and of canceling amounts owed,
as a result of loans or guarantees made
pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act
of 1945, by countries that are eligible
for debt reduction pursuant to title V
of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law by
section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law
106-113, $60,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2012:
Provided, That not less than
$20,000,000 of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be made
available to carry out the provisions of
part V of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961: Provided further, That
amounts paid to the Heavily Indebted
Poor Countries (HIPC) Trust Fund may be
used only to fund debt reduction under
the enhanced HIPC initiative by--
(1)
the Inter-American Development Bank;
(2)
the African Development Fund;
(3)
the African Development Bank; and
(4)
the Central American Bank for
Economic Integration:
Provided further, That funds may
not be paid to the HIPC Trust Fund for
the benefit of any country if the
Secretary of State has credible evidence
that the central government of such
country is engaged in a consistent
pattern of gross violations of
internationally recognized human rights
or in military or civil conflict that
undermines its ability to develop and
implement measures to alleviate poverty
and to devote adequate human and
financial resources to that end:
Provided further, That on the basis
of final appropriations, the Secretary
of the Treasury shall consult with the
Committees on Appropriations concerning
which countries and international
financial institutions are expected to
benefit from a United States
contribution to the HIPC Trust Fund
during the fiscal year: Provided
further, That the Secretary of the
Treasury shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations not less than 15 days in
advance of the signature of an agreement
by the United States to make payments to
the HIPC Trust Fund of amounts for such
countries and institutions: Provided
further, That the Secretary of the
Treasury may disburse funds designated
for debt reduction through the HIPC
Trust Fund only for the benefit of
countries that--
(1)
have committed, for a period of 24
months, not to accept new
market-rate loans from the
international financial institution
receiving debt repayment as a result
of such disbursement, other than
loans made by such institutions to
export-oriented commercial projects
that generate foreign exchange which
are generally referred to as
`enclave' loans; and
(2)
have documented and demonstrated
their commitment to redirect their
budgetary resources from
international debt repayments to
programs to alleviate poverty and
promote economic growth that are
additional to or expand upon those
previously available for such
purposes:
Provided further, That any
limitation of subsection (e) of section
411 of the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954
shall not apply to funds appropriated
under this heading: Provided
further, That none of the funds
made available under this heading in
this or any other appropriations Act
shall be made available for Sudan or
Burma unless the Secretary of the
Treasury determines and notifies the
Committees on Appropriations that a
democratically elected government has
taken office.
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