Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/2248

 119 STAT. 2230

PUBLIC LAW 109–102—NOV. 14, 2005

(b) The President may, with prior notice to Congress, waive the prohibition of subsection (a) with respect to a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (‘‘NATO’’) member country, a major non-NATO ally (including Australia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Argentina, the Republic of Korea, and New Zealand), Taiwan, or such other country as he may determine if he determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that it is important to the national interests of the United States to waive such prohibition. (c) The President may, with prior notice to Congress, waive the prohibition of subsection (a) with respect to a particular country if he determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that such country has entered into an agreement with the United States pursuant to Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the International Criminal Court from proceeding against United States personnel present in such country. (d) The prohibition of this section shall not apply to countries otherwise eligible for assistance under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, notwithstanding section 606(a)(2)(B) of such Act. (e) Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2005 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available for democracy and rule of law programs and activities, notwithstanding the provisions of section 574 of division D of Public Law 108–447. TIBET

SEC. 575. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United States executive director to each international financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to support projects in Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives for the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet or facilitate the transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and natural resources to non-Tibetans; are based on a thorough needs-assessment; foster self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people and respect Tibetan culture and traditions; and are subject to effective monitoring. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not less than $4,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should be made available to nongovernmental organizations to support activities which preserve cultural traditions and promote sustainable development and environmental conservation in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan communities in China, and not less than $250,000 should be made available to the National Endowment for Democracy for human rights and democracy programs relating to Tibet. CENTRAL AMERICA

SEC. 576. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than the amount of funds initially allocated pursuant to section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal year 2005 should be made available for El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras. (b) In addition to the amounts requested under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for Nicaragua and Guatemala in fiscal year 2006, not less than $1,500,000 should be made available for electoral assistance, media and civil society programs, and activities to combat corruption and strengthen democracy in

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