12 2 STA T . 2 34 1 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 5 2 —J U NE 30 , 200 8to t heC o m m i ttee s o nAp p r opri a tions on the pro c e du resinp l ace to implement section 620J o f the F orei g n Assistance Act of 19 61 .(b) A L L OCATI O N O F F U N DS . — Fifteen percent of the funds made a v ailable b y this chapter for assistance for the countries of Central America ,H aiti and the D ominican R epublic under the headings ‘ ‘ I nternational N arcotics Control and L a wE nforcement ’ ’ and ‘‘For - eign M ilitary Financing P rogram’’ may not be obligated until the S ecretary of State reports in writing to the Committees on Appro- priations that the government of such country is— (1) establishing police complaints commissions with authority and independence to receive complaints and carry out effective investigations
(2) implementing reforms to improve the capacity and ensure the independence of the j udiciary; and ( 3 ) investigating and prosecuting members of the federal police and military forces who have been credibly alleged to have committed violations of human rights. (c) R EP O R T.— T he report re q uired in subsection (b) shall include actions ta k en with respect to each requirement and the cases or issues brought to the attention of the Secretary of State for which the response or action taken has been inadequate. (d) NOTIFICATION.—Funds made available for assistance for the countries of Central America, Haiti and the Dominican Republic in subchapter A shall be subject to the regular notification proce- dures of the Committees on Appropriations and section 63 4 Aof the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U .S.C. 2394 – 1). (e) SPENDIN G PLAN.—Not later than 4 5 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed spending plan for funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the countries of Central America, Haiti and the Dominican Republic in subchapter A, which shall include a strategy for combating drug trafficking and related violence and organi z ed crime, judicial reform, institution building, anti-corruption, and rule of law activities, with concrete goals, actions to be taken, budget proposals and anticipated results. (f) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘countries of Central America’’ means B elize, Costa Rica, El Sal- vador, G uatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. B U Y ING PO W ER M AINTENANCE ACCOUNT ( INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS ) SEC. 140 8 . (a) O f the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ and allocated by section 3810 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, V eterans’ Care, K atrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 200 7 (Public Law 110– 28), $ 26,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with funds in the ‘‘Buying Power Maintenance Account’’
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d, That of the funds made available by this chapter up to an additional $74,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Buying Power Maintenance Account’’, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations and in accordance with the procedures in section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706). Any funds transferred pursuant to this section shall be available, without fiscal year Deadlin e .R e ports .
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