104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 170

JOINT RESOLUTION

Making further continuing appropriations for the

fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.
104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 170

JOINT RESOLUTION

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year

1996, and for other purposes.

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That Public Law 104–99 is further amended by striking

4 out ‘‘March 29, 1996’’ in sections 106(c), 112, 126(c),

5 202(c) and 214 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘April 24,
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1 1996’’; and that Public Law 104–92 is further amended

2 by striking out ‘‘April 3, 1996’’ in section 106(c) and in3 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘April 24, 1996’’ and by inserting

4 in title IV in the matter before section 401 ‘‘out of any

5 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and’’

6 before ‘‘out of the general fund’’; and that section

7 347(b)(3) of Public Law 104–50 is amended to read as

8 follows:

9 ‘‘(3) chapter 71, relating to labor-management

10 relations;’’; and

11 that section 204(a) of the Auburn Indian Restoration Act

12 (25 U.S.C. 1300l–2(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘shall’’ in

13 the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘may’’.

14 SEC. 2. That the following sums are appropriated,

15 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro16 priated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996,

17 and for other purposes, namely:
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1 FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING,

2 AND RELATED PROGRAMS

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

4 AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

5 ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC

6 STATES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance for East9 ern Europe and the Baltic States’’ for Bosnia and

10 Herzegovina, including demining assistance,

11 $198,000,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated

12 under this heading by this Act that are made available

13 for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia and

14 Herzegovina, not less than 87.5 percent shall be obligated

15 and expended for programs, projects, and activities, within

16 the sector assigned to American forces of the military Im17 plementation Force (IFOR) established by the North At18 lantic Council pursuant to the General Framework Agree19 ment for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and within the

20 Sarajevo area: Provided further, That the preceding pro21 viso shall not apply to any project that involves activities

22 in both the American IFOR sector and other contiguous

23 sectors: Provided further, That priority consideration

24 should be given to projects and activities designated in the

25 IFOR ‘‘Task Force Eagle civil military project list’’ in
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1 making available funds for the economic revitalization pro2 gram: Provided further, That none of the funds appro3 priated under this heading by this Act shall be made avail4 able for the construction of new housing or residences in

5 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Provided further, That none of

6 the funds appropriated under this heading by this Act or

7 under this heading in Public Law 104–107 may be made

8 available for the purposes of repairing housing in areas

9 where refugees or displaced persons are refused, by Fed10 eration or local authorities, the right of return due to eth11 nicity or political party affiliation: Provided further, That

12 not to exceed $5,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Debt Re13 structuring’’ to be made available only for the cost, as de14 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

15 1974, of modifying direct loans and loan guarantees, not16 withstanding any other provision of law: Provided further,

17 That $3,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Operating Ex18 penses of the Agency for International Development’’ for

19 administrative expenses: Provided further, That the addi20 tional amount appropriated or otherwise made available

21 herein is designated by Congress as an emergency require22 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced

23 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

24 amended: Provided further, That the provisions of section

25 515 of Public Law 104–107, and any similar provision of
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1 law requiring advance notification to the Congress, shall

2 be applicable to funds appropriated under this heading,

3 except that the requirements of those provisions shall be

4 satisfied by notification five days in advance of the obliga5 tion of such funds: Provided further: That, effective ninety

6 days after the date of enactment of this Act, none of the

7 funds appropriated under this heading by this Act may

8 be made available for the purposes of economic revitaliza9 tion in Bosnia and Herzegovina unless the President de10 termines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Ap11 propriations that the aggregate bilateral contributions

12 pledged by non-United States donors for economic revital13 ization are at least equivalent to the United States bilat14 eral contributions for economic revitalization made by this

15 Act and in Public Law 104–107: Provided further, That

16 50 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading

17 by this Act that are made available for economic revitaliza18 tion shall not be available for obligation unless the Presi19 dent determines and certifies to the Committees on Appro20 priations that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

21 has complied with article III of Annex 1–A of the General

22 Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and

23 Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces,

24 and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga25 tions, and related activities between Iranian officials and
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1 Bosnian officials has been terminated: Provided further,

2 That funds withheld from obligation pursuant to the pre3 vious proviso may be made available for obligation and ex4 penditure after June 15, 1996, notwithstanding the pre5 vious proviso if the President determines and reports to

6 the Committees on Appropriations that it is important to

7 the national security interest of the United States to do

8 so: Provided further, That the authority contained in the

9 previous proviso to make such a determination may be ex10 ercised by the President only and may not be delegated:

11 Provided further, That with regard to funds appropriated

12 under this heading by this Act (and local currencies gen13 erated by such funds) that are made available for eco14 nomic revitalization, the Administrator of the Agency for

15 International Development shall provide written approval

16 for grants and loans prior to the obligation and expendi17 ture of funds for such purposes, and the Administrator

18 shall receive the agreement of grantees that such funds

19 shall be subject to audits by the Inspector General of the

20 Agency for International Development: Provided further,

21 That with regard to funds appropriated under this head22 ing by this Act (and local currencies generated by such

23 funds) that are made available for economic revitalization,

24 the Administrator of the Agency for International Devel25 opment shall provide written approval for the use of funds
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1 that have been returned or repaid to any lending facility

2 and grantee under the economic revitalization program

3 prior to the use of such returned or repaid funds: Provided

4 further, That, notwithstanding any provision of law under

5 this heading in Public Law 104–107, the provisions of sec6 tion 532 of that Act shall be applicable to funds appro7 priated under this heading that are used under the eco8 nomic revitalization program and to local currencies gen9 erated by such funds: Provided further, That such local

10 currencies may be used only for program purposes: Pro11 vided further, That for the purposes of this Act, local cur12 rency generations under the economic revitalization pro13 gram shall include the conversion of funds appropriated

14 under this heading into currency used by Bosnia and

15 Herzegovina as local currency and local currency returned

16 or repaid under such program.

Passed the House of Representatives March 29,

1996.

Attest:

Clerk.