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funds of the United States Government: Provided, That such expenditures for commodities, defense articles, military education and training services (including defense services), or facilities procured outside the United States may be accounted for exclusively on such certification as may be prescribed in regulations approved by the Comptroller General of the United States.

(f) Credits made by the Export-Import Bank of Washington with funds allocated thereto under subsection (a) of this section or under section 522(a) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, shall not be considered in determining whether the Bank has outstanding at any one time loans and guaranties to the extent of the limitation imposed by section 7 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945,1072 as amended (12 U.S.C. 635e).

(g) Any appropriation or account available to carry out provisions of part I may initially be charged in any fiscal year, within the limit of available funds, to finance expenses for which funds are available in other appropriations or accounts under part I: Provided, That as of the end of such fiscal year such expenses shall be finally charged to applicable appropriations or accounts with proper credit to the appropriations or accounts initially utilized for financing purposes: Provided further, That such final charge to applicable appropriations or accounts shall not be required in the case of expenses (other than those provided for under section 637(a)) incurred in furnishing assistance by the agency primarily responsible for administering part I where it is determined that the accounting costs of identifying the applicable appropriation or account to which such expenses should be charged would be disproportionate to the advantage to be gained.

Sec. 633.1073 Waivers of Certain Laws.-(a) Whenever the President determines it to be in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, 1074 the functions authorized under this Act may be performed without regard to such provisions of law (other than the Renegotiation Act of 1951, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 1211 et seq.)), regulating the making, performance, amendment, or modification of contracts and the expenditure of funds of the United States Government as the President may specify.1075

(b) The functions authorized under part II may be performed without regard to such provisions as the President may specify of the joint resolution of November 4, 1939 (54 Stat. 4), as amended.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 3544(b) and 8544(b) of title 10 of the United States Code, personnel of the Department of Defense may be assigned or detailed to any civil office to carry out this Act. [Referenced sections repealed by Public Law 90-235. See 10 U.S.C. 973(b).]

1072 For text, see Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 2004, vol. III.

1073 22 U.S.C. 2393.

1074 Sec. 1405 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 104 Stat. 1675) amended subchapter IV of chapter 15 of title 31, U.S.C., to limit the availability of funds beyond the year in which such funds were appropriated, unless otherwise expressly stated, and canceled unobligated funds and pending obligated funds (see 31 U.S.C. 1551-1557, and related notes).

1075 See Executive Order 11223 (30 F.R. 6635, signed May 12, 1965); amended by Executive Order 12163 (44 F.R. 56673, signed September 29, 1979); amended by Executive Order 12178 (44 F.R. 71807, signed December 10, 1979), amended by Executive Order 13118 (64 F.R. 16595, signed March 31, 1999), in Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 2004, vol. I-B.

Sec. 633A.1076 Furnishing Information.-None of the funds made available pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be used to carry out any provision of this Act in any country or with respect to any project or activity, after the expiration of the thirty-five-day period which begins on the date the Government Accountability Office 1077 or any committee of the Congress charged with considering legislation, appropriations or expenditures under this Act, has delivered to the office of the head of any agency carrying out such provision, a written request that it be furnished any document, paper, communication, audit, review, finding, recommendation, report, or other material in its custody or control relating to the administration of such provision in such country or with respect to such project or activity, unless and until there has been furnished to the General Accounting Office, 1077 or to such committee, as the case may be, (1) the document, paper, communication, audit, review, finding, recommendation, report, or other material so requested, or (2) a certification by the President that has forbidden the furnishing thereof pursuant to request and his reason for so doing.

Sec. 634.1078 Annual Report.-(a) In order that the Congress and the American people may be better and more currently informed regarding American foreign policy and the effectiveness of assistance provided by the United States Government to other countries and to international organizations, the Chairman of the Development Coordination Committee shall prepare and transmit to the Congress, no later than February 1 of each year, as a part of the annual presentation materials for foreign assistance, a report as described in this subsection. This report shall include-1079

(1)(A) a comprehensive and coordinated review of all United States policies and programs having a major impact on the development of developing countries, including but not limited to bilateral and multilateral assistance, trade, debt, employment, food, energy, technology, population, oceans, environment, human settlements, natural resources, and participation in international agencies concerned with development;

(B) an assessment of the impact of such policies and programs on the well-being of the poor majority in developing countries in accordance with the policy objectives of chapter 1 of part I, including 1080 increasing life expectancy and literacy,

1076 22 U.S.C. 2393a. Added by sec. 502(a)(1) of the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-424; 92 Stat. 957).

1977 Sec. 8 of the GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-271; 118 Stat. 814) redesignated the "General Accounting Office" as the "Government Accountability Office" and provided that "Any reference to the General Accounting Office in any law, rule, regulations, certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act shall be considered to refer and apply to the Government Accountability Office.".

1078 22 U.S.C. 2394. Amended and restated by sec. 502(a)(2) of the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-424; 92 Stat. 957). Sec. 305(b) of Public Law 99-83 (99 Stat. 215) (concerning the promotion of immunization and oral rehydration) provided as follows:

"Each annual report required by section 634 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall describe the progress achieved during the preceding fiscal year in carrying out section 104(c)(3) of such Act.".

1079 Sec. 733(1) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-113, 95 Stat. 1559) amended and restated subsec. (a) to this point.

1080 Sec. 733(2) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-113; 95 Stat. 1559) struck out "the progressive developing countries are making toward Continued

lowering infant mortality and birth rates, and increasing food production and employment, such assessment to include an evaluation of the extent to which programs under chapter 1 of part I directly benefit the poor majority; and 1081

(C) an assessment of the impact of such policies and programs on economic conditions in the United States, including but not limited to employment, wages, and working conditions;

(2) the dollar value of all foreign assistance and guaranties by category and by country provided or made by the United States Government by any means to all foreign countries and international organizations

(A) from 1946 to the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the report is required;

(B) as presented to Congress for the immediate preceding fiscal year;

(C) as obligated during the immediately preceding fiscal year;

(D) as planned for the fiscal year in which the report is presented;

(E) as proposed for the fiscal year following the year in which the report is presented; and

(F) 1082 of any contract in excess of $100,000 administered by the Agency for International Development which was entered into in the preceding fiscal year without competitive selection procedures, and the reasons for doing so; (3) a summary of repayments, by country, to the United States from previous foreign assistance loans;

(4) 1083 the status of each sale of agricultural commodities on credit terms theretofore made under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 with respect to which there remains outstanding any unpaid obligation; and the status of each transaction with respect to which a loan, contract or guarantee of insurance, or extension of credit (or participation therein) was theretofore made under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 with respect to which there remains outstanding any unpaid obligation or potential liability; except that such report shall include individually only any loan, contract, sale, extension of credit, or other transactions listed in this paragraph which is in excess of $1,000,000;

(5)(A) the status of the debt servicing capacity of each country receiving assistance under this Act;

(B) all forms of debt relief granted by the United States with respect to such countries, together with a detailed statement of

achieving those objectives which are indicative of improved well-being of the poor majority, which objectives shall include but not be limited to" at this point.

1081 Sec. 312(b) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-83; 99 Stat. 216) inserted "such assessment to include an evaluation of the extent to which programs under chapter 1 of part I directly benefit".

1082 Sec. 733(3) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-113; 95 Stat. 1559) added subpara. (F).

1083 Sec. 733(4) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-113; 95 Stat. 1559) amended and restated para. (4). Previously, para. (4) also required information on loans and contracts concerning security assistance under this Act and credits for the procurement of defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act. This information is now required by sec. 25(a)(11) of the Arms Export Control Act.

the specific debt relief granted with respect to each such country and the purpose for which it was granted; and

(C) a summary of the net aid flow from the United States to such countries, taking into consideration the debt relief granted by the United States;

(6) 1084 the dollar value of all official development assistance, security assistance, international disaster assistance, refugee assistance, and international narcotic control assistance provided by each government of a country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries;

(7) 1084 the percentage which each type of assistance described in paragraph (6) represents of (A) the gross national product of each country referred to in paragraph (6), and (B) the budget of the government of such country, as well as the per capita contribution for each country for each type of assistance described in paragraph (6);

(8) 1084 the amount of all foreign currencies acquired without payment of dollars on hand of each foreign country as of September 30 of the preceding fiscal year;

(9) 1084 the Development Coordination Committee's operations pursuant to section 640B(f) of this Act;

(10) 1084 the aggregate dollar value and quantity of grant military assistance, military education and training, and any other defense articles and services furnished under this Act by the United States to each foreign country and international organization for the preceding fiscal year;

(11) 1084 information concerning the activities of the Minority Resource Center during the preceding fiscal year; and

(12) 1084 other information appropriate to the conduct of the foreign assistance program of the United States Government. (b) For purposes of this section

(1) "foreign assistance" means any tangible or intangible item provided by the United States Government to a foreign country or international organization under this or any other Act, including but not limited to any training, service, or technical advice, any item of real, personal, or mixed property, any agricultural commodity, United States dollars, and any currencies of any foreign country which are owned by the United States Government; and

(2) "provided by the United States Government" includes, but is not limited to, foreign assistance provided by means of gift, loan, sale, credit, or guaranty.

1084 Sec. 707 of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-533; 94 Stat. 3159) redesignated existing para. (6) as para. (8) and added new paras. (6) and (7). Sec. 733(6) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-113; 95 Stat. 1559) struck out para. (8) (as redesignated) and inserted new paras. (8) through (12). Similar information required in each of the new paras. (8) through (12) had been previously required under other provisions as follows: para. (8)-sec. 613(c) of this Act (semiannually); para. (9)-sec. 640B(g) of this Act; para. (10)-sec. 657 of this Act; para. (11)— sec. 133(c)(6) of Public Law 95-88; and para. (12)-former para. (8) of this subsection.

Sec. 634A.1085 Notification of Program Changes.-(a) 1086 None of the funds appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act (except for programs under title III or title IV of chapter 2 of part I, chapter 5 of part I, and programs of disaster relief and rehabilitation) or the Arms Export Control Act 1087 may be obligated for any activities, programs, projects, types of material assistance, countries, or other operations not justified, or in excess of the amount justified, to the Congress for obligation under this Act or the Arms Export Control Act 1087 for any fiscal year unless the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs 1088 of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of each House of the Congress are notified fifteen days in advance of such obligation. Whenever a proposed reprogramming exceeds $1,000,000 and the total amount proposed for obligation for a country under this Act in a fiscal year exceeds by more than $5,000,000 the amount specified for that country in the report required by section 653(a) of this Act, notifications of such proposed reprogrammings shall specify—

(1) the nature and purpose of such proposed obligation, and (2) to the extent possible at the time of the proposed obligation, the country for which such funds would otherwise have been obligated. 1089

(b) 1086 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 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

1085 22 U.S.C. 2394-1. Added originally as sec. 671 by the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1977 (Public Law 95-88; 91 Stat. 543); redesignated as sec. 634A by sec. 502(b) of the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-424; 92 Stat. 959).

Sec. 595 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (division D of Public Law 108-447; 118 Stat. 2809), provided the following:

"JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

"SEC. 595. (a) Funds provided in this Act for the following accounts shall be made available for programs and countries in the amounts contained in the respective tables included in the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying this Act:

"Economic Support Fund'.

"Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States'.

"Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'.
"Andean Counterdrug Initiative'.

"Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs'.

"Foreign Military Financing Program'.

"International Organizations and Programs'.

"(b) Any proposed increases or decreases to the amounts contained in such tables in the joint explanatory statement of managers shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations and section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.".

1086 Sec. 1209(a)(3) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-83; 99 Stat 278) added subsecs. (b) and (c). Sec. 1209(a)(1) of that Act also inserted the designation for subsec. (a).

1087 Sec. 1209(a)(2) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-83; 99 Stat. 278) added references to the Arms Export Control Act.

1088 Sec. 1(a)(5) of Public Law 104-14 (109 Stat. 186) provided that references to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives. Previously, sec. 9(a)(6) of Public Law 103-437 (108 Stat. 4588) struck out "International Relations" and inserted in lieu thereof "Foreign Affairs".

1089 Sec. 704 of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-113; 95 Stat. 1544) added this sentence.

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