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 121 STAT. 2356

PUBLIC LAW 110–161—DEC. 26, 2007 ZIMBABWE

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SEC. 673. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director to each international financial institution to vote against any extension by the respective institution of any loans to the Government of Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to promote democracy, unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, including respect for ownership and title to property, freedom of speech and association. DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM

SEC. 674. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROGRAM.—There is established within the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) a Development Grants Program (DGP) to provide small grants to United States and indigenous nongovernmental organizations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of chapters 1 and 10 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—Grants from the DGP shall be made only for proposals of nongovernmental organizations. (c) COMPETITION.—Grants made pursuant to the authority of this section shall be provided through an open, transparent and competitive process. (d) SIZE OF PROGRAM AND INDIVIDUAL GRANTS.— (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for purposes of this section: Provided, That not more than 50 percent of this amount shall be derived from funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act. (2) No individual organization can receive grants, or grant amendments, made pursuant to this section in excess of $2,000,000. (e) AVAILABILITY OF OTHER FUNDS.—Funds made available under this section are in addition to other funds available for such purposes including funds designated by this Act by section 665. (f) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘nongovernmental organization’’ means a private voluntary organization, and shall not include entities owned in whole or in part by a government or governmental entity. (g) REPORT.—Within 90 days from the date of enactment of this Act, and after consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, the Administrator of USAID shall submit a report to those Committees describing the procedures and mechanisms USAID will use to implement this section. DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND RECOVERY

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SEC. 675. Funds made available to the Comptroller General under chapter 4 of title I of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106–31; 113 Stat. 69) and section 593 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Programs Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–429; 114 Stat. 1900A–

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