118 STAT. 2974 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 national interests of the United States to provide transition assist ance in excess of the amount appropriated under this heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading and under the authorities applicable to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided fur ther, That funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso shall be made available subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees provided by the United States Agency for International Development, as author ized by sections 108 and 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, funds may be derived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act and under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: Provided, That such funds shall not exceed $21,000,000, which shall be made available only for micro and small enterprise programs, urban pro grams, and other programs which further the purposes of part I of the Act: Provided further, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That funds made available by this paragraph may be used for the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans under this Act or prior Acts, and funds used for such costs shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to general provisions applicable to the Develop ment Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Committee on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this heading. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out credit programs administered by the United States Agency for Inter national Development, $8,000,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the United States Agency for International Development: Provided, That funds made available under this heading shall remain avail able until September 30, 2007. PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund’’, as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980, $42,500,000. OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $618,000,000, of which up to $25,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading Applicability.
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