Senate Report 109-277 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2007

[Senate Report 109-277]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

Calendar No. 512
109th Congress Report
SENATE
2d Session 109-277

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS
APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2007
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July 10, 2006.--Ordered to be printed

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Mr. McConnell, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following

R E P O R T

[To accompany H.R. 5522]

The Committee on Appropriations to which was referred the
bill (H.R. 5522), making appropriations for foreign operations,
export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes, reports the
same to the Senate with an amendment, and an amendment to the
title, and recommends that the bill as amended do
pass.
The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. __)
making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing,
and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2007, and for other purposes, reports favorably thereon and
recommends that the bill do pass. deg.

Amounts in new budget authority

Total of bill as reported to the Senate................. $31,503,599,000
Amount of 2006 appropriations........................... 34,310,268,000
Amount of 2007 budget estimate.......................... 33,939,993,000
Amount of House allowance.............................\1\ 31,071,865,000
Bill as recommended to Senate compared to--
2006 appropriations................................. -2,806,669,000
2007 budget estimate................................ -2,436,394,000
House allowance..................................... +431,734,000

\1\ Includes $9,733,905,000 contained in another bill.

C O N T E N T S

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Page
Glossary of Terms................................................ 4
Summary of Estimates............................................. 6
Introduction..................................................... 6
Country Overviews................................................ 8
Title I:
Department of State and Related Agency:
Diplomatic and Consular Programs......................... 25
Capital Investment Fund.................................. 26
Office of Inspector General.............................. 26
Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs............... 26
Representation Allowances................................ 29
Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials............. 30
Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance.......... 30
Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service....... 31
Repatriation Loans Program Account....................... 31
Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan.............. 31
Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability
Fund................................................... 32
Contributions to International Organizations............. 32
Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities.. 33
International Boundary and Water Commission, United
States and Mexico...................................... 34
Construction............................................. 35
American Sections, International Commissions............. 35
International Fisheries Commission....................... 35
Payment to the Asia Foundation........................... 36
Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund.... 36
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund........ 36
Israeli Arab Scholarship Program......................... 36
East-West Center......................................... 36
National Endowment for Democracy......................... 37
Broadcasting Board of Governors, International
Broadcasting Operations................................ 37
Broadcasting to Cuba..................................... 38
Broadcasting Capital Improvements........................ 38
Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage
Abroad................................................. 38
Commission on International Religious Freedom............ 38
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe......... 39
Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's
Republic of China...................................... 39
HELP Commission.......................................... 39
United States-China Economic and Security Review
Commission............................................. 39
United States Senate Interparliamentary Groups........... 39
United States Institute for Peace........................ 40
Title II:
Export and Investment Assistance:
Export-Import Bank of the United States.................. 41
Overseas Private Investment Corporation.................. 41
Trade and Development Agency............................. 42
Title III:
Bilateral Economic Assistance:
Bilateral Assistance..................................... 43
Child Survival and Health Programs Fund.................. 43
Development Assistance................................... 58
International Disaster and Famine Assistance............. 70
Transition Initiatives................................... 70
Development Credit Authority............................. 70
Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability
Fund................................................... 70
Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for
International Development.............................. 71
Capital Investment Fund.................................. 71
Operating Expenses of the Office of the Inspector General 71
Other Bilateral Economic Assistance:
Economic Support Fund................................ 71
Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States.. 76
Assistance for the Independent States of the Former
Soviet Union....................................... 76
Independent Agencies:
Inter-American Foundation............................ 78
African Development Foundation....................... 78
Peace Corps.......................................... 78
Millennium Challenge Corporation..................... 78
Department of State:
Global HIV/AIDS Initiative........................... 79
Democracy Fund....................................... 79
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement.. 86
Andean Counterdrug Initiative........................ 86
Migration and Refugee Assistance..................... 88
United States Emergency Refugee and Migration
Assistance Fund.................................... 88
Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining, and
Related Programs................................... 88
Conflict Response Fund............................... 89
Department of the Treasury:
International Affairs Technical Training............. 89
Debt Restructing..................................... 89
Title IV:
Military Assistance:
International Military Education and Training............ 90
Foreign Military Financing Program....................... 90
Peacekeeping Operations.................................. 91
Title V:
Multilateral Economic Assistance:
International Financial Institutions Summary............. 93
Global Environment Facility.......................... 93
Contribution to the International Development
Association........................................ 93
Contribution to the Enterprise for the Americas
Multilateral Investment Fund....................... 93
Contribution to the Asian Development Bank:
Contribution to the Asian Development Fund....... 94
Contribution to the African Development Bank:
Contribution to the African Development Fund..... 94
Contribution to the International Fund for
Agricultural Development........................... 94
International Organizations and Programs................. 94
General Provisions--Titles II-V.................................. 96
Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of
the Sen-
ate............................................................ 98
Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules
of the Senate.................................................. 99
Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of
the
Senate......................................................... 100
Budget Impact Statement.......................................... 106

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

ACI--Andean Counterdrug Initiative
ADB--Asian Development Bank
ADF--African Development Foundation
AFCP--Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation
ASEAN--Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASHA--American Schools and Hospitals Abroad
CASS--Cooperative Association of States for Scholarships
CCIF--Combatant Commander's Initiative Fund
CEELI--Central European Eurasian Legal Institute
CRSP--Collaborative Research Support Programs
CSCE--Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
CSHPF--Child Survival Health Programs Fund
DA--Development Assistance
DF--Democracy Fund
DFA--Director for Foreign Assistance
DRL--Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights
and Labor
DROC--Democratic Republic of the Congo
EAP--Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
Affairs
ERMA--Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund
ESF--Economic Support Fund
FMF--Foreign Military Financing
FSA--Assistance for the Independent States of the Former
Soviet Union
GAIN--Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
GAO--Government Accountability Office
GEF--Global Environmental Facility
GHI--Global HIV/AIDS Initiative
GPOI--Global Peace Operations Initiative
HRDF--Human Rights and Democracy Fund
IAEA--International Atomic Energy Agency
IAF--Inter-American Foundation
IBO--International Broadcasting Operations
ICAO--International Civil Aviation Organization
IDFA--International Disaster and Famine Assistance
IFAD--International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFI--International Financial Institution
ILEA--International Law Enforcement Training Academies
IMET--International Military Education and Training
IMO--International Maritime Organization
INCLE--International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement
IO&P--International Organization and Programs
LWVF--Leahy War Victims Fund
MCC--Millennium Challenge Corporation
MEPI--Middle East Partnership Initiative
MRA--Migration and Refugee Assistance
MTN--Middle East Television Network
NADR--Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining, and
Related Programs
NATO--North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NEA--Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
NED--National Endowment for Democracy
NGO--Nongovernmental organization
OAS--Organization of American States
OPIC--Overseas Private Investment Corporation
PEPFAR--President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
PKO--Peacekeeping Operations
PRC--People's Republic of China
RFA--Radio Free Asia
RFE/RL--Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
SEED--Assistance for Eastern European and Baltic States
SPDC--State Peace and Development Council [Burma)
TAF--The Asia Foundation
TB--Tuberculosis
TDA--Trade and Development Agency
TI--Transition Initiatives
U.N.--United Nations
UNAIDS--Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS
UNICEF--United Nations Children's Fund
UNIFEM--United Nations Development Fund for Women
USAID--United States Agency for International Development
USIP--United States Institute for Peace
VOA--Voice of America
WFP--World Food Program
WHO--World Health Organization
WID--Women in Development
WTO--World Trade Organization

INTRODUCTION

SUMMARY TABLE: AMOUNTS IN NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY
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Committee
recommendation
Committee compared with
Item Budget request recommendation budget estimate
increase (+) or
decrease (-)
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Title I--Department of State and Related Agency........ $10,213,924,000 $9,676,528,000 -$537,396,000
Title II--Export and investment assistance............. -84,608,000 -91,608,000