H. J. Res. 170

One Hundred Fourth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,

the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six

Joint Resolution

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

purposes.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled,

That Public Law 104–99 is further amended by striking out ‘‘March

29, 1996’’ in sections 106(c), 112, 126(c), 202(c) and 214 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘April 24, 1996’’; and that Public Law 104–

92 is further amended by striking out ‘‘April 3, 1996’’ in section

106(c) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘April 24, 1996’’ and by inserting

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

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and’’ before ‘‘out of

the general fund’’; and that section 347(b)(3) of Public Law 104–

50 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(3) chapter 71, relating to labor-management relations;’’;

and

that section 204(a) of the Auburn Indian Restoration Act (25 U.S.C.

1300l–2(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘shall’’ in the first sentence

and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘may’’.

SEC. 2. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal

year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes, namely:

FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED

PROGRAMS

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe

and the Baltic States’’ for Bosnia and Herzegovina, including

demining assistance, $198,000,000: Provided, That of the funds

appropriated under this heading by this Act that are made available

for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia and Herzegovina,

not less than 87.5 percent shall be obligated and expended for

programs, projects, and activities, within the sector assigned to

American forces of the military Implementation Force (IFOR) established by the North Atlantic Council pursuant to the General

Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and

within the Sarajevo area: Provided further, That the preceding
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proviso shall not apply to any project that involves activities in

both the American IFOR sector and other contiguous sectors: Provided further, That priority consideration should be given to projects

and activities designated in the IFOR ‘‘Task Force Eagle civil military project list’’ in making available funds for the economic revitalization program: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading by this Act shall be made available

for the construction of new housing or residences in Bosnia and

Herzegovina: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

under this heading by this Act or under this heading in Public

Law 104–107 may be made available for the purposes of repairing

housing in areas where refugees or displaced persons are refused,

by Federation or local authorities, the right of return due to ethnicity or political party affiliation: Provided further, That not to

exceed $5,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Debt Restructuring’’ to

be made available only for the cost, as defined in section 502

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans

and loan guarantees, notwithstanding any other provision of law:

Provided further, That $3,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Operating

Expenses of the Agency for International Development’’ for administrative expenses: Provided further, That the additional amount

appropriated or otherwise made available herein is designated by

Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the provisions

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

of law requiring advance notification to the Congress, shall be

applicable to funds appropriated under this heading, except that

the requirements of those provisions shall be satisfied by notification

five days in advance of the obligation of such funds: Provided

further: That, effective ninety days after the date of enactment

of this Act, none of the funds appropriated under this heading

by this Act may be made available for the purposes of economic

revitalization in Bosnia and Herzegovina unless the President determines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations

that the aggregate bilateral contributions pledged by non-United

States donors for economic revitalization are at least equivalent

to the United States bilateral contributions for economic revitalization made by this Act and in Public Law 104–107: Provided further,

That 50 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading

by this Act that are made available for economic revitalization

shall not be available for obligation unless the President determines

and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has complied with article III of

Annex 1–A of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in

Bosnia and Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces,

and that intelligence cooperation on training, investigations, and

related activities between Iranian officials and Bosnian officials

has been terminated: Provided further, That funds withheld from

obligation pursuant to the previous proviso may be made available

for obligation and expenditure after June 15, 1996, notwithstanding

the previous proviso if the President determines and reports to

the Committees on Appropriations that it is important to the

national security interest of the United States to do so: Provided

further, That the authority contained in the previous proviso to

make such a determination may be exercised by the President

only and may not be delegated: Provided further, That with regard
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to funds appropriated under this heading by this Act (and local

currencies generated by such funds) that are made available for

economic revitalization, the Administrator of the Agency for International Development shall provide written approval for grants

and loans prior to the obligation and expenditure of funds for

such purposes, and the Administrator shall receive the agreement

of grantees that such funds shall be subject to audits by the Inspector General of the Agency for International Development: Provided

further, That with regard to funds appropriated under this heading

by this Act (and local currencies generated by such funds) that

are made available for economic revitalization, the Administrator

of the Agency for International Development shall provide written

approval for the use of funds that have been returned or repaid

to any lending facility and grantee under the economic revitalization

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

further, That, notwithstanding any provision of law under this

heading in Public Law 104–107, the provisions of section 532 of

that Act shall be applicable to funds appropriated under this heading that are used under the economic revitalization program and

to local currencies generated by such funds: Provided further, That

such local currencies may be used only for program purposes: Provided further, That for the purposes of this Act, local currency

generations under the economic revitalization program shall include

the conversion of funds appropriated under this heading into currency used by Bosnia and Herzegovina as local currency and local

currency returned or repaid under such program.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.