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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 170

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 29, 1996

Mr. LIVINGSTON introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred

to the Committee on Appropriations

MARCH 29, 1996

The Committee on Appropriations discharged; considered and passed

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,

6 1996’’; and that Public Law 104–92 is further amended

7 by striking out ‘‘April 3, 1996’’ in section 106(c) and in8 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘April 24, 1996’’ and by inserting

9 in title IV in the matter before section 401 ‘‘out of any
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1 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and’’

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

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

4 follows:

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

6 relations;’’; and

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

8 (25 U.S.C. 1300l–2(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘shall’’ in

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

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

11 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro12 priated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996,

13 and for other purposes, namely:

14 FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING,

15 AND RELATED PROGRAMS

16 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

17 AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

18 ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC

19 STATES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance for East22 ern Europe and the Baltic States’’ for Bosnia and

23 Herzegovina, including demining assistance,

24 $198,000,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated

25 under this heading by this Act that are made available
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1 for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia and

2 Herzegovina, not less than 87.5 percent shall be obligated

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

4 the sector assigned to American forces of the military Im5 plementation Force (IFOR) established by the North At6 lantic Council pursuant to the General Framework Agree7 ment for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and within the

8 Sarajevo area: Provided further, That the preceding pro9 viso shall not apply to any project that involves activities

10 in both the American IFOR sector and other contiguous

11 sectors: Provided further, That priority consideration

12 should be given to projects and activities designated in the

13 IFOR ‘‘Task Force Eagle civil military project list’’ in

14 making available funds for the economic revitalization pro15 gram: Provided further, That none of the funds appro16 priated under this heading by this Act shall be made avail17 able for the construction of new housing or residences in

18 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Provided further, That none of

19 the funds appropriated under this heading by this Act or

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

21 available for the purposes of repairing housing in areas

22 where refugees or displaced persons are refused, by Fed23 eration or local authorities, the right of return due to eth24 nicity or political party affiliation: Provided further, That

25 not to exceed $5,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Debt Re-
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1 structuring’’ to be made available only for the cost, as de2 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

3 1974, of modifying direct loans and loan guarantees, not4 withstanding any other provision of law: Provided further,

5 That $3,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Operating Ex6 penses of the Agency for International Development’’ for

7 administrative expenses: Provided further, That the addi8 tional amount appropriated or otherwise made available

9 herein is designated by Congress as an emergency require10 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced

11 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

12 amended: Provided further, That the provisions of section

13 515 of Public Law 104–107, and any similar provision of

14 law requiring advance notification to the Congress, shall

15 be applicable to funds appropriated under this heading,

16 except that the requirements of those provisions shall be

17 satisfied by notification five days in advance of the obliga18 tion of such funds: Provided further: That, effective ninety

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

20 funds appropriated under this heading by this Act may

21 be made available for the purposes of economic revitaliza22 tion in Bosnia and Herzegovina unless the President de23 termines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Ap24 propriations that the aggregate bilateral contributions

25 pledged by non-United States donors for economic revital-
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1 ization are at least equivalent to the United States bilat2 eral contributions for economic revitalization made by this

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

4 50 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading

5 by this Act that are made available for economic revitaliza6 tion shall not be available for obligation unless the Presi7 dent determines and certifies to the Committees on Appro8 priations that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

10 Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and

11 Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces,

12 and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga13 tions, and related activities between Iranian officials and

14 Bosnian officials has been terminated: Provided further,

15 That funds withheld from obligation pursuant to the pre16 vious proviso may be made available for obligation and ex17 penditure after June 15, 1996, notwithstanding the pre18 vious proviso if the President determines and reports to

19 the Committees on Appropriations that it is important to

20 the national security interest of the United States to do

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

22 previous proviso to make such a determination may be ex23 ercised by the President only and may not be delegated:

24 Provided further, That with regard to funds appropriated

25 under this heading by this Act (and local currencies gen-
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1 erated by such funds) that are made available for eco2 nomic revitalization, the Administrator of the Agency for

3 International Development shall provide written approval

4 for grants and loans prior to the obligation and expendi5 ture of funds for such purposes, and the Administrator

6 shall receive the agreement of grantees that such funds

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

8 Agency for International Development: Provided further,

9 That with regard to funds appropriated under this head10 ing by this Act (and local currencies generated by such

11 funds) that are made available for economic revitalization,

12 the Administrator of the Agency for International Devel13 opment shall provide written approval for the use of funds

14 that have been returned or repaid to any lending facility

15 and grantee under the economic revitalization program

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

17 further, That, notwithstanding any provision of law under

18 this heading in Public Law 104–107, the provisions of sec19 tion 532 of that Act shall be applicable to funds appro20 priated under this heading that are used under the eco21 nomic revitalization program and to local currencies gen22 erated by such funds: Provided further, That such local

23 currencies may be used only for program purposes: Pro24 vided further, That for the purposes of this Act, local cur25 rency generations under the economic revitalization pro-
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1 gram shall include the conversion of funds appropriated

2 under this heading into currency used by Bosnia and

3 Herzegovina as local currency and local currency returned

4 or repaid under such program.

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