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 118 STAT. 2999 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 Afghanistan: Provided, That of the funds made available pursuant to this section, not less than $2,000,000 should be made available for reforestation activities: Provided further, That funds made avail able pursuant to the previous proviso should be matched, to the maximum extent possible, with contributions from American and Afghan businesses: Provided further, That of the funds made avail able pursuant to this section, not less than $2,000,000 should be made available for the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commis sion and for other Afghan human rights organizations: Provided further, That to the maximum extent practicable members of the Afghan National Army should be vetted for involvement in ter rorism, human rights violations, and drug trafficking: Provided further, That of the funds allocated for assistance for Afghanistan from this Act and other Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for fiscal year 2005, not less than $50,000,000 should be made available to support programs that directly address the needs of Afghan women and girls, of which not less than $7,500,000 shall be made available for small grants to support training and equipment to improve the capacity of women led Afghan nongovernmental organizations and to support the activities of such organizations. NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT SEC. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same extent and under the same conditions as are other committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Provided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in accord ance with the regular notification procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated funds for specific countries that would receive such excess defense articles: Provided further, That such Committees shall also be informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense articles. HIV/AIDS SEC. 525. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 25 percent of the funds that are appropriated by this Act for a contribution to support the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuber culosis and Malaria (the ‘‘Global Fund’’) shall be withheld from obligation to the Global Fund until the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Global Fund— (A) is establishing a full time, professional, independent office which reports directly to the Global Fund Board regarding, among other things, the integrity of processes for consideration and approval of grant proposals, and the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of grants made by the Global Fund; Human rights.

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