R. 3402 waives all congressional prohibitions on the use of foreign aid funds for assistance to Poland.

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The World Bank estimates that, in projects that use foreign contractors, only 10-25% of funds given are spent on the ground in Afghanistan.

ECONOMIST: Afghanistan��s economy

"We will not take funds that might allow a government to use a humanitarian operation as an instrument of foreign policy, thereby increasing the chances of war or prolonging it once it starts, " said Oxfam International Executive Director Jeremy Hobbs.

BBC: Aid agencies' race against time

Kentucky will also use these funds to expand the scope of its REAL ID Pilot Project by comparing U.S. foreign born citizens applying for a REAL ID driver's license with the U.S. Department of State's foreign born citizen birth record information.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Myth: REAL ID creates a national identification (ID) card