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sudanSec. 666. (a) Limitation on Assistance.—Subject to subsection (b):(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for the Government of Sudan.(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for the cost, as defined in section 502, of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees held by the Government of Sudan, including the cost of selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States, and modifying concessional loans, guarantees, and credit agreements.(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that:(1) The Government of Sudan honors its pledges to cease attacks upon civilians and disarms and demobilizes the Janjaweed and other government-supported militias.(2) The Government of Sudan and all government-supported militia groups are honoring their commitments made in all previous cease-fire agreements.(3) The Government of Sudan is allowing unimpeded access to Darfur to humanitarian aid organizations, the human rights investigation and humanitarian teams of the United Nations, including protection officers, and an international monitoring team that is based in Darfur and has the support of the United States.(c) Exceptions.—The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to—(1) humanitarian assistance;(2) assistance for the Darfur region, Southern Sudan, Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, and Abyei; and(3) assistance to support implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Darfur Peace Agreement or any other internationally-recognized viable peace agreement in Sudan.(d) Definitions.—For the purposes of this Act, the term “Government of Sudan” shall not include the Government of Southern Sudan.(e) Notwithstanding any other law, assistance in this Act may be made available to the Government of Southern Sudan to provide non-lethal military assistance, military education and training, and 121 STAT. 2351 defense services controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 CRF 120.1 et seq.) if the Secretary of State—(1) determines that the provision of such items is in the national interest of the United States; and(2) not later than 15 days before the provision of any such assistance, notifies the Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations in the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the House of Representatives of such determination.(f) Chad.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for Sudan, up to $5,000,000 shall be made available for administrative and other expenses of the United States Agency for International Development in Chad.