to an Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for bilateral assistance, international security assistance, multilateral assistance, or export and investment assistance shall be used to furnish assistance to the government of any country which is in default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year in payment to the United States of principal or interest on any loan made to the government of such country by the United States pursuant to a program for which funds are appropriated under such Act unless the President determines, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, that assistance for such country is in the national interest of the United States. 7. Notification on excess defense equipment Prior to providing excess Department of Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same extent and under the same conditions as other committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Provided , That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required by any other Act for the use of appropriated funds for specific countries that would receive such excess defense articles: Provided further , That such Committees shall also be informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense articles. 8. Representation and entertainment expenses (a) Use of funds Each Federal department, agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of an Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and