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[MCC FR 07–02]
Report on Countries That Are
Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Account Eligibility in Fiscal Year 2007
and Countries That Would Be
Candidates but for Legal
Prohibitions—Update
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: MCC is providing an update
to the report originally submitted on
August 11, 2006 and updated on
October 18, 2006, to reflect a change in
the statutory eligibility status of
candidate countries.
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Report on Countries That Are
Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Account Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2007
and Countries That Would Be
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions—
Update
Report on Countries That Are
Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Account Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2007
and Countries That Would Be
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions—
Update
Summary
MCC is providing an update to the
report originally submitted on August
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11, 2006, as updated on October 18,
2006, to reflect a change in the statutory
eligibility status of candidate countries.
This report to Congress is provided in
accordance with section 608(a) of the
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, 22
U.S.C. 7701, 7707 (a) (‘‘Act’’).
The Act authorizes the provision of
Millennium Challenge Account
(‘‘MCA’’) assistance to countries that
enter into compacts with the United
States to support policies and programs
that advance the progress of such
countries toward achieving lasting
economic growth and poverty
reduction. The Act requires the
Millennium Challenge Corporation
(‘‘MCC’’) to take a number of steps in
determining the countries that will be
eligible for MCA assistance for fiscal
year (FY) 2007, based on their
demonstrated commitment to just and
democratic governance, economic
freedom, and investing in their people,
and the opportunity to reduce poverty
and generate economic growth in the
country. These steps include the
submission of reports to the
congressional committees specified in
the Act and the publication of notices in
the Federal Register that identify:
1. The countries that are ‘‘candidate
countries’’ for MCA assistance for FY
2007 based on their per capita income
levels and their eligibility to receive
assistance under U.S. law and countries
that would be candidate countries but
for specified legal prohibitions on
assistance (section 608(a) of the Act);
2. The criteria and methodology that
the MCC Board of Directors (‘‘Board’’)
will use to measure and evaluate the
relative policy performance of the
‘‘candidate countries’’ consistent with
the requirements of subsections (a) and
(b) of section 607 of the Act in order to
select ‘‘MCA eligible countries’’ from
among the ‘‘candidate countries’’
(section 608(b) of the Act); and
3. The list of countries determined by
the Board to be ‘‘MCA eligible
countries’’ for FY 2007, with a
justification for such eligibility
determination and selection for compact
negotiation, including which of the
MCA eligible countries the Board will
seek to enter into MCA Compacts
(section 608(d) of the Act).
This report is the first of three
required reports listed above.
Candidate Countries for FY 2007
The Act requires the identification of
all countries that are candidates for
MCA assistance for FY 2007 and the
identification of all countries that would
be candidate countries but for specified
legal prohibitions on assistance.
Sections 606(a) and (b) of the Act
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provide that for FY 2007 a country shall
be a candidate for the MCA if it:
• Meets one of the following two
income level tests:
• Has a per capita income equal to or
less than the historical ceiling of the
International Development Association
eligibility for the fiscal year involved (or
$1,675 gross national income (GNI) per
capita for FY 2007) (the ‘‘low income
category’’); or
• Is classified as a lower middle
income country in the then-most recent
edition of the World Development
Report for Reconstruction and
Development published by the
International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development and has an income
greater than the historical ceiling for
International Development Association
eligibility for the fiscal year involved (or
$1,676 to $3,465 GNI per capita for FY
2007) (the ‘‘lower middle income
category’’); and
• Is not ineligible to receive U.S.
economic assistance under part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended (‘‘Foreign Assistance Act’’), by
reason of the application of the Foreign
Assistance Act or any other provision of
law.
Pursuant to section 606(c) of the Act,
the Board has identified the following
countries as candidate countries under
the Act for FY 2007. In so doing, the
Board has anticipated that prohibitions
against assistance as applied to
countries in the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2006 (Pub. L. 109–
102) (FY 2006 FOAA) will again apply
for FY 2007, even though the Foreign
Operations, Export Financing and
Related Programs Appropriations Act
for FY 2007 has not yet been enacted
and certain findings under other statutes
have not yet been made. As noted
below, MCC will provide any required
updates on subsequent changes in
applicable legislation or other
circumstances that affects the status of
any country as a candidate country for
FY 2007.
Candidate Countries: Low Income
Category
1. Afghanistan
2. Angola
3. Armenia
4. Azerbaijan
5. Bangladesh
6. Benin
7. Bhutan
8. Bolivia
9. Burkina Faso
10. Burundi
11. Cameroon
12. Central African Republic
13. Chad
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14. Comoros
15. Congo, Democratic Republic of the
16. Congo, Republic of the
17. Djibouti
18. East Timor
19. Egypt
20. Eritrea
21. Ethiopia
22. Gambia, The
23. Georgia
24. Ghana
25. Guinea
26. Guinea-Bissau
27. Guyana
28. Haiti
29. Honduras
30. India
31. Indonesia
32. Iraq
33. Kenya
34. Kiribati
35. Kyrgyzstan
36. Laos
37. Lesotho
38. Liberia
39. Madagascar
40. Malawi
41. Mali
42. Mauritania
43. Moldova
44. Mongolia
45. Mozambique
46. Nepal
47. Nicaragua
48. Niger
49. Nigeria
50. Pakistan
51. Papua New Guinea
52. Paraguay
53. Philippines
54. Rwanda
55. Sao Tome and Principe
56. Senegal
57. Sierra Leone
58. Solomon Islands
59. Sri Lanka
60. Tajikistan
61. Tanzania
62. Togo
63. Turkmenistan
64. Uganda
65. Ukraine
66. Vanuatu
67. Vietnam
68. Yemen
69. Zambia
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Candidate Countries: Lower Middle
Income Category
1. Albania
2. Algeria
3. Belarus
4. Brazil
5. Bulgaria
6. Cape Verde
7. Colombia
8. Dominican Republic
9. Ecuador
10. El Salvador
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11. Guatemala
12. Jamaica
13. Jordan
14. Kazakhstan
15. Macedonia
16. Maldives
17. Marshall Islands
18. Micronesia, Federated States of
19. Montenegro
20. Morocco
21. Namibia
22. Peru
23. Samoa
24. Suriname
25. Swaziland
26. Tonga
27. Tunisia
28. Tuvalu
Countries That Would Be Candidate
Countries but for Legal Prohibitions
That Prohibit Assistance
Countries that would be considered
candidate countries for FY 2007, but are
ineligible to receive United States
economic assistance under part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act by reason of the
application of any provision of the
Foreign Assistance Act or any other
provision of law are listed below. As
noted above, this list is based on legal
prohibitions against economic
assistance that apply for FY 2006 and
that are anticipated to apply again for
FY 2007.
Prohibited Countries: Low Income
Category
1. Burma is subject to numerous
restrictions, including but not limited to
section 570 of the FY 1997 Foreign
Operations, Export Financing, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act
(Pub. L. 104–208) which prohibits
assistance to the government of Burma
until it makes progress on improving
human rights and implementing
democratic government, and due to its
status as a major drug-transit or major
illicit drug producing country for 2005
(Presidential Determination No. 2005–
36 (9/15/2005)) and a Tier III country
under the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act (Presidential Determination No.
2005–37 (9/21/2005)).
2. Cambodia’s central government is
subject to section 554 of the FY 2006
FOAA.
3. The Cote d’Ivoire is subject to
section 508 of the FY 2006 FOAA which
prohibits assistance to the government
of a country whose duly elected head of
government is deposed by decree or
military coup.
4. Cuba is subject to numerous
restrictions, including but not limited to
section 620A of the Foreign Assistance
Act which prohibits assistance to
governments supporting international
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terrorism, provisions of the Cuban
Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of
1996 (PL 104–114), and section 507 of
the FY 2006 FOAA.
5. North Korea is subject to numerous
restrictions, including but not limited to
section 620A of the Foreign Assistance
Act which prohibits assistance to
governments supporting international
terrorism, and section 507 of the FY
2006 FOAA.
6. Somalia is subject to section 620(q)
of the Foreign Assistance Act and
section 512 of the FY 2006 FOAA,
which prohibit assistance to countries
in default in payment to the U.S. in
certain circumstances.
7. Sudan is subject to numerous
restrictions, including but not limited to
section 620A of the Foreign Assistance
Act which prohibits assistance to
governments supporting international
terrorism, section 512 of the FY 2006
FOAA and section 620(q) of the Foreign
Assistance Act which prohibit
assistance to countries in default in
payment to the U.S. in certain
circumstances, section 508 of the FY
2006 FOAA which prohibits assistance
to a country whose duly elected head of
government is deposed by military coup
or decree, and section 569 of the FY
2006 FOAA.
8. Syria is subject to numerous
restrictions, including but not limited to
section 620A of the Foreign Assistance
Act which prohibits assistance to
governments supporting international
terrorism, section 507 of the FY 2006
FOAA, and section 512 of the FY 2006
FOAA and section 620(q) of the Foreign
Assistance Act which prohibit
assistance to countries in default in
payment to the U.S. in certain
circumstances.
9. Uzbekistan’s central government is
subject to section 586 of the FY 2006
FOAA, which requires that funds
appropriated for assistance to the
central government of Uzbekistan may
be made available only if the Secretary
of State determines and reports to the
Congress that the government is making
substantial and continuing progress in
meeting its commitments under a
framework agreement with the United
States.
10. Zimbabwe is subject to section
620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act and
section 512 of the FY 2006 FOAA which
prohibit assistance to countries in
default in payment to the United States
in certain circumstances.
Prohibited Countries: Lower Middle
Income Category
1. Republika Srpska, which is part of
the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
is subject to section 561 of the FY 2006
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FOAA, which prohibits assistance to
any country, entity, or municipality
whose competent authorities have
failed, as determined by the Secretary of
State, to take necessary and significant
steps to implement its international
legal obligations with respect to the
International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia.
2. China, according to the Department
of State, is not eligible to receive
economic assistance from the United
States, absent special authority, because
of concerns relative to China’s record on
human rights.
3. Fiji Islands are subject to section
508 of the FY 2006 FOAA which
prohibits assistance to the government
of a country whose duly elected head of
government is deposed by decree or
military coup.
4. Iran is subject to numerous
restrictions, including but not limited to
section 620A of the Foreign Assistance
Act which prohibits assistance to
governments supporting international
terrorism, and section 507 of the FY
2006 FOAA.
5. Serbia is subject to section 561 of
the FY 2006 FOAA, which prohibits
assistance to any country, entity, or
municipality whose competent
authorities have failed, as determined
by the Secretary of State, to take
necessary and significant steps to
implement its international legal
obligations with respect to the
International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia. In addition, section
563 of the FY 2006 FOAA restricts
certain assistance for the central
Government of Serbia if the Secretary
does not make a certification regarding,
among other things, cooperation with
the International Criminal Tribunal for
the former Yugoslavia.
6. Thailand is subject to section 508
of the FY 2006 FOAA which prohibits
assistance to the government of a
country whose duly elected head of
government is deposed by decree or
military coup.
Countries identified above as
candidate countries, as well as countries
that would be considered candidate
countries but for the applicability of
legal provisions that prohibit U.S.
economic assistance, may be the subject
of future statutory restrictions or
determinations, or changed country
circumstances, that affect their legal
eligibility for assistance under part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act by reason of
application of Foreign Assistance Act or
any other provision of law for FY 2007.
MCC will include any required updates
on such statutory eligibility that affect
countries’ identification as candidate
countries for FY 2007, at such time as
it publishes the notices required by
sections 608(b) and 608(d) of the Act or
at other appropriate times. Any such
updates with regard to the legal
eligibility or ineligibility of particular
countries identified in this report will
not affect the date on which the Board
is authorized to determine eligible
countries from among candidate
countries which, in accordance with
section 608(a) of the Act, shall be no
sooner than 90 days from the date of
publication of this report.
Dated: February 7, 2007.
William G. Anderson, Jr.,
Vice President and General Counsel.
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CORPORATION
[MCC FR 07–03]
Notice of Quarterly Report (October 1,
2006–December 31, 2006)
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC) is reporting for the
quarter October 1, 2006 through
December 31, 2006 with respect to both
assistance provided under section 605
of the Millennium Challenge Act of
2003 (Pub. L. 108–199, Division D (the
Act)), and transfers of funds to other
federal agencies pursuant to section 619
of that Act. The following report shall
be made available to the public by
means of publication in the Federal
Register and on the Internet Web site of
the MCC (https://www.mcc.gov) in
accordance with section 612(b) of the
Act.
AGENCY:
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605
Projects
Obligated
Objectives
Quarterly disbursements
Measures
Country: Madagascar
Year: 2007
Entity To Which The Assistance Is Provided: MCA Madagascar
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $4,823,000
$37,803,000
Increase Land Titling and
Security.
$0
Finance Project .................
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$35,888,000
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the Financial Sector.
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Legislative proposal (‘‘loin de cadrage’’) reflecting
the PNF submitted to Parliament and passed
Percentage of land documents inventoried, restored,
and/or digitized.
Average time and cost required to carry out property-related transactions at the local and/or national land services offices. Time/cost to respond
to information request, issue titles and to modify
titles after the first land right.
Number of land disputes reported and resolved in
the target zones and sites of implementation.
Percentage of land in the zones that is demarcated
and ready for titling.
Promote knowledge and awareness of land tenure
reforms among inhabitants in the zones (surveys).
Submission to Parliament and passage of new laws
recommended by outside experts and relevant
commissions.
CPA Association (CSC) list of accountants registered.
Maximum check clearing delay.
Volume of funds in payment system and number of
transactions.
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[MCC FR 07-02]
Report on Countries That Are Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Account Eligibility in Fiscal Year 2007 and Countries That Would Be
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions--Update
AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: MCC is providing an update to the report originally submitted
on August 11, 2006 and updated on October 18, 2006, to reflect a change
in the statutory eligibility status of candidate countries.
Report on Countries That Are Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Account Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2007 and Countries That Would Be
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions--Update
Report on Countries That Are Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Account Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2007 and Countries That Would Be
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions--Update
Summary
MCC is providing an update to the report originally submitted on
August 11, 2006, as updated on October 18, 2006, to reflect a change in
the statutory eligibility status of candidate countries. This report to
Congress is provided in accordance with section 608(a) of the
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, 22 U.S.C. 7701, 7707 (a) (``Act'').
The Act authorizes the provision of Millennium Challenge Account
(``MCA'') assistance to countries that enter into compacts with the
United States to support policies and programs that advance the
progress of such countries toward achieving lasting economic growth and
poverty reduction. The Act requires the Millennium Challenge
Corporation (``MCC'') to take a number of steps in determining the
countries that will be eligible for MCA assistance for fiscal year (FY)
2007, based on their demonstrated commitment to just and democratic
governance, economic freedom, and investing in their people, and the
opportunity to reduce poverty and generate economic growth in the
country. These steps include the submission of reports to the
congressional committees specified in the Act and the publication of
notices in the Federal Register that identify:
1. The countries that are ``candidate countries'' for MCA
assistance for FY 2007 based on their per capita income levels and
their eligibility to receive assistance under U.S. law and countries
that would be candidate countries but for specified legal prohibitions
on assistance (section 608(a) of the Act);
2. The criteria and methodology that the MCC Board of Directors
(``Board'') will use to measure and evaluate the relative policy
performance of the ``candidate countries'' consistent with the
requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of section 607 of the Act in
order to select ``MCA eligible countries'' from among the ``candidate
countries'' (section 608(b) of the Act); and
3. The list of countries determined by the Board to be ``MCA
eligible countries'' for FY 2007, with a justification for such
eligibility determination and selection for compact negotiation,
including which of the MCA eligible countries the Board will seek to
enter into MCA Compacts (section 608(d) of the Act).
This report is the first of three required reports listed above.
Candidate Countries for FY 2007
The Act requires the identification of all countries that are
candidates for MCA assistance for FY 2007 and the identification of all
countries that would be candidate countries but for specified legal
prohibitions on assistance. Sections 606(a) and (b) of the Act provide
that for FY 2007 a country shall be a candidate for the MCA if it:
Meets one of the following two income level tests:
Has a per capita income equal to or less than the
historical ceiling of the International Development Association
eligibility for the fiscal year involved (or $1,675 gross national
income (GNI) per capita for FY 2007) (the ``low income category''); or
Is classified as a lower middle income country in the
then-most recent edition of the World Development Report for
Reconstruction and Development published by the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development and has an income greater than the
historical ceiling for International Development Association
eligibility for the fiscal year involved (or $1,676 to $3,465 GNI per
capita for FY 2007) (the ``lower middle income category''); and
Is not ineligible to receive U.S. economic assistance
under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended
(``Foreign Assistance Act''), by reason of the application of the
Foreign Assistance Act or any other provision of law.
Pursuant to section 606(c) of the Act, the Board has identified the
following countries as candidate countries under the Act for FY 2007.
In so doing, the Board has anticipated that prohibitions against
assistance as applied to countries in the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Pub. L. 109-
102) (FY 2006 FOAA) will again apply for FY 2007, even though the
Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs
Appropriations Act for FY 2007 has not yet been enacted and certain
findings under other statutes have not yet been made. As noted below,
MCC will provide any required updates on subsequent changes in
applicable legislation or other circumstances that affects the status
of any country as a candidate country for FY 2007.
Candidate Countries: Low Income Category
1. Afghanistan
2. Angola
3. Armenia
4. Azerbaijan
5. Bangladesh
6. Benin
7. Bhutan
8. Bolivia
9. Burkina Faso
10. Burundi
11. Cameroon
12. Central African Republic
13. Chad
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14. Comoros
15. Congo, Democratic Republic of the
16. Congo, Republic of the
17. Djibouti
18. East Timor
19. Egypt
20. Eritrea
21. Ethiopia
22. Gambia, The
23. Georgia
24. Ghana
25. Guinea
26. Guinea-Bissau
27. Guyana
28. Haiti
29. Honduras
30. India
31. Indonesia
32. Iraq
33. Kenya
34. Kiribati
35. Kyrgyzstan
36. Laos
37. Lesotho
38. Liberia
39. Madagascar
40. Malawi
41. Mali
42. Mauritania
43. Moldova
44. Mongolia
45. Mozambique
46. Nepal
47. Nicaragua
48. Niger
49. Nigeria
50. Pakistan
51. Papua New Guinea
52. Paraguay
53. Philippines
54. Rwanda
55. Sao Tome and Principe
56. Senegal
57. Sierra Leone
58. Solomon Islands
59. Sri Lanka
60. Tajikistan
61. Tanzania
62. Togo
63. Turkmenistan
64. Uganda
65. Ukraine
66. Vanuatu
67. Vietnam
68. Yemen
69. Zambia
Candidate Countries: Lower Middle Income Category
1. Albania
2. Algeria
3. Belarus
4. Brazil
5. Bulgaria
6. Cape Verde
7. Colombia
8. Dominican Republic
9. Ecuador
10. El Salvador
11. Guatemala
12. Jamaica
13. Jordan
14. Kazakhstan
15. Macedonia
16. Maldives
17. Marshall Islands
18. Micronesia, Federated States of
19. Montenegro
20. Morocco
21. Namibia
22. Peru
23. Samoa
24. Suriname
25. Swaziland
26. Tonga
27. Tunisia
28. Tuvalu
Countries That Would Be Candidate Countries but for Legal Prohibitions
That Prohibit Assistance
Countries that would be considered candidate countries for FY 2007,
but are ineligible to receive United States economic assistance under
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act by reason of the application of
any provision of the Foreign Assistance Act or any other provision of
law are listed below. As noted above, this list is based on legal
prohibitions against economic assistance that apply for FY 2006 and
that are anticipated to apply again for FY 2007.
Prohibited Countries: Low Income Category
1. Burma is subject to numerous restrictions, including but not
limited to section 570 of the FY 1997 Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 104-208)
which prohibits assistance to the government of Burma until it makes
progress on improving human rights and implementing democratic
government, and due to its status as a major drug-transit or major
illicit drug producing country for 2005 (Presidential Determination No.
2005-36 (9/15/2005)) and a Tier III country under the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act (Presidential Determination No. 2005-37 (9/21/
2005)).
2. Cambodia's central government is subject to section 554 of the
FY 2006 FOAA.
3. The Cote d'Ivoire is subject to section 508 of the FY 2006 FOAA
which prohibits assistance to the government of a country whose duly
elected head of government is deposed by decree or military coup.
4. Cuba is subject to numerous restrictions, including but not
limited to section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act which prohibits
assistance to governments supporting international terrorism,
provisions of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996
(PL 104-114), and section 507 of the FY 2006 FOAA.
5. North Korea is subject to numerous restrictions, including but
not limited to section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act which
prohibits assistance to governments supporting international terrorism,
and section 507 of the FY 2006 FOAA.
6. Somalia is subject to section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance
Act and section 512 of the FY 2006 FOAA, which prohibit assistance to
countries in default in payment to the U.S. in certain circumstances.
7. Sudan is subject to numerous restrictions, including but not
limited to section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act which prohibits
assistance to governments supporting international terrorism, section
512 of the FY 2006 FOAA and section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance
Act which prohibit assistance to countries in default in payment to the
U.S. in certain circumstances, section 508 of the FY 2006 FOAA which
prohibits assistance to a country whose duly elected head of government
is deposed by military coup or decree, and section 569 of the FY 2006
FOAA.
8. Syria is subject to numerous restrictions, including but not
limited to section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act which prohibits
assistance to governments supporting international terrorism, section
507 of the FY 2006 FOAA, and section 512 of the FY 2006 FOAA and
section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act which prohibit assistance
to countries in default in payment to the U.S. in certain
circumstances.
9. Uzbekistan's central government is subject to section 586 of the
FY 2006 FOAA, which requires that funds appropriated for assistance to
the central government of Uzbekistan may be made available only if the
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Congress that the
government is making substantial and continuing progress in meeting its
commitments under a framework agreement with the United States.
10. Zimbabwe is subject to section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance
Act and section 512 of the FY 2006 FOAA which prohibit assistance to
countries in default in payment to the United States in certain
circumstances.
Prohibited Countries: Lower Middle Income Category
1. Republika Srpska, which is part of the country of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, is subject to section 561 of the FY 2006
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FOAA, which prohibits assistance to any country, entity, or
municipality whose competent authorities have failed, as determined by
the Secretary of State, to take necessary and significant steps to
implement its international legal obligations with respect to the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
2. China, according to the Department of State, is not eligible to
receive economic assistance from the United States, absent special
authority, because of concerns relative to China's record on human
rights.
3. Fiji Islands are subject to section 508 of the FY 2006 FOAA
which prohibits assistance to the government of a country whose duly
elected head of government is deposed by decree or military coup.
4. Iran is subject to numerous restrictions, including but not
limited to section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act which prohibits
assistance to governments supporting international terrorism, and
section 507 of the FY 2006 FOAA.
5. Serbia is subject to section 561 of the FY 2006 FOAA, which
prohibits assistance to any country, entity, or municipality whose
competent authorities have failed, as determined by the Secretary of
State, to take necessary and significant steps to implement its
international legal obligations with respect to the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. In addition, section 563
of the FY 2006 FOAA restricts certain assistance for the central
Government of Serbia if the Secretary does not make a certification
regarding, among other things, cooperation with the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
6. Thailand is subject to section 508 of the FY 2006 FOAA which
prohibits assistance to the government of a country whose duly elected
head of government is deposed by decree or military coup.
Countries identified above as candidate countries, as well as
countries that would be considered candidate countries but for the
applicability of legal provisions that prohibit U.S. economic
assistance, may be the subject of future statutory restrictions or
determinations, or changed country circumstances, that affect their
legal eligibility for assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act by reason of application of Foreign Assistance Act or any other
provision of law for FY 2007. MCC will include any required updates on
such statutory eligibility that affect countries' identification as
candidate countries for FY 2007, at such time as it publishes the
notices required by sections 608(b) and 608(d) of the Act or at other
appropriate times. Any such updates with regard to the legal
eligibility or ineligibility of particular countries identified in this
report will not affect the date on which the Board is authorized to
determine eligible countries from among candidate countries which, in
accordance with section 608(a) of the Act, shall be no sooner than 90
days from the date of publication of this report.
Dated: February 7, 2007.
William G. Anderson, Jr.,
Vice President and General Counsel.
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