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Union Calendar No. 404

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4811

[Report No. 106–720]

Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 10, 2000

Mr. CALLAHAN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

A BILL

Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other pur6 poses, namely:
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1 TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT

2 ASSISTANCE

3 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

4 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au5 thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of

6 funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora7 tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con8 tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi9 tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government

10 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying

11 out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor12 poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur13 ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi14 tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear

15 equipment, fuel, or technology to any country other than

16 a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article IX of the

17 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi18 ble to receive economic or military assistance under this

19 Act that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date

20 of the enactment of this Act.

21 SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION

22 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur23 ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of

24 the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended,

25 $825,000,000 to remain available until September 30,

26 2004: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
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1 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502

2 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur3 ther, That such sums shall remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2019 for the disbursement of direct loans, loan

5 guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated in fis6 cal years 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004: Provided further,

7 That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or any

8 prior Act appropriating funds for foreign operations, ex9 port financing, or related programs for tied-aid credits or

10 grants may be used for any other purpose except through

11 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on

12 Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated

13 by this paragraph are made available notwithstanding sec14 tion 2(b)(2) of the Export Import Bank Act of 1945, in

15 connection with the purchase or lease of any product by

16 any East European country, any Baltic State or any agen17 cy or national thereof.

18 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

19 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct

20 and guaranteed loan and insurance programs (to be com21 puted on an accrual basis), including hire of passenger

22 motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

23 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official reception and

24 representation expenses for members of the Board of Di25 rectors, $62,000,000: Provided, That necessary expenses

26 (including special services performed on a contract or fee
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1 basis, but not including other personal services) in connec2 tion with the collection of moneys owed the Export-Import

3 Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other

4 assets acquired by the Export-Import Bank in satisfaction

5 of moneys owed the Export-Import Bank, or the investiga6 tion or appraisal of any property, or the evaluation of the

7 legal or technical aspects of any transaction for which an

8 application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment

9 has been made, shall be considered nonadministrative ex10 penses for the purposes of this heading: Provided further,

11 That, notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the

12 Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof

13 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2001.

14 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

15 NONCREDIT ACCOUNT

16 The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au17 thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations,

18 as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and

19 commitments within the limits of funds available to it and

20 in accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided,

21 That the amount available for administrative expenses to

22 carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an

23 amount for official reception and representation expenses

24 which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed

25 $37,000,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans26 action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred
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1 in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated

2 with services provided to specific investors or potential in3 vestors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance

4 Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative ex5 penses for the purposes of this heading.

6 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans,

8 $24,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign

9 Assistance Act of 1961 to be derived by transfer from the

10 Overseas Private Investment Corporation noncredit ac11 count: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of

12 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502

13 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur14 ther, That such sums shall be available for direct loan obli15 gations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made

16 during fiscal years 2001 and 2002: Provided further, That

17 such sums shall remain available through fiscal year 2010

18 for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obli19 gated in fiscal years 2001 and 2002: Provided further,

20 That in addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad21 ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may

22 be derived from amounts available for administrative ex23 penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in

24 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit

25 Account and merged with said account: Provided further,

26 That funds made available under this heading or in prior
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1 appropriations Acts that are available for the cost of fi2 nancing under section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act

3 of 1961, shall be available for purposes of section 234(g)

4 of such Act, to remain available until expended.

5 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

6 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

8 of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,

9 $46,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

10 2002.

11 TITLE II—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

12 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

13 For expenses necessary to enable the President to

14 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of

15 1961, and for other purposes, to remain available until

16 September 30, 2001, unless otherwise specified herein, as

17 follows:

18 AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

19 CHILD SURVIVAL AND DISEASE PROGRAMS FUND

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

21 of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance

22 Act of 1961, for child survival, basic education, assistance

23 to combat tropical and other infectious diseases, and re24 lated activities, in addition to funds otherwise available for

25 such purposes, $834,000,000, to remain available until ex26 pended: Provided, That this amount shall be made avail-
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1 able for such activities as: (1) immunization programs; (2)

2 oral rehydration programs; (3) health and nutrition pro3 grams, and related education programs, which address the

4 needs of mothers and children; (4) water and sanitation

5 programs; (5) assistance for displaced and orphaned chil6 dren; (6) programs for the prevention, treatment, and con7 trol of, and research on, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, polio,

8 malaria and other infectious diseases; and (7) basic edu9 cation programs for children: Provided further, That none

10 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made

11 available for nonproject assistance, except that funds may

12 be made available for such assistance for ongoing health

13 programs: Provided further, of the funds appropriated

14 under this heading, not to exceed $125,000, in addition

15 to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be

16 used to monitor and provide oversight of child survival,

17 maternal health, and infectious disease programs: Pro18 vided further, That the following amounts should be allo19 cated as follows: $290,000,000 for child survival and ma20 ternal health; $30,000,000 for vulnerable children;

21 $202,000,000 for HIV/AIDS; $99,000,000 for other infec22 tious diseases; $103,000,000 for children’s basic edu23 cation; and $110,000,000 for UNICEF: Provided further,

24 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to
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1 $37,500,000 may be made available for a United States

2 contribution to the Global Fund for Children’s Vaccines.

3 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

5 of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 10 of part I

6 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, title V of the Inter7 national Security and Development Cooperation Act of

8 1980 (Public Law 96–533) and the provisions of section

9 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969,

10 $1,258,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

11 2002: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under

12 this heading, up to $10,000,000 may be made available

13 for and apportioned directly to the Inter-American Foun14 dation: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated

15 under this heading, up to $16,000,000 may be made avail16 able for the African Development Foundation and shall

17 be apportioned directly to that agency: Provided further,

18 That none of the funds made available in this Act nor

19 any unobligated balances from prior appropriations may

20 be made available to any organization or program which,

21 as determined by the President of the United States, sup22 ports or participates in the management of a program of

23 coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided fur24 ther, That none of the funds made available under this

25 heading may be used to pay for the performance of abor26 tion as a method of family planning or to motivate or co-
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1 erce any person to practice abortions; and that in order

2 to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds

3 shall be available only to voluntary family planning

4 projects which offer, either directly or through referral to,

5 or information about access to, a broad range of family

6 planning methods and services, and that any such vol7 untary family planning project shall meet the following re8 quirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the

9 project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or

10 other numerical targets, of total number of births, number

11 of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular

12 method of family planning (this provision shall not be con13 strued to include the use of quantitative estimates or indi14 cators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the

15 project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes,

16 gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in ex17 change for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B)

18 program personnel for achieving a numerical target or

19 quota of total number of births, number of family planning

20 acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family

21 planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or ben22 efit, including the right of access to participate in any pro23 gram of general welfare or the right of access to health

24 care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision not to

25 accept family planning services; (4) the project shall pro-
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1 vide family planning acceptors comprehensible information

2 on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, in3 cluding those conditions that might render the use of the

4 method inadvisable and those adverse side effects known

5 to be consequent to the use of the method; and (5) the

6 project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs

7 and devices and medical procedures are provided only in

8 the context of a scientific study in which participants are

9 advised of potential risks and benefits; and, not less than

10 60 days after the date on which the Administrator of the

11 United States Agency for International Development de12 termines that there has been a violation of the require13 ments contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this

14 proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the re15 quirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the

16 Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Inter17 national Relations and the Committee on Appropriations

18 of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on

19 Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations

20 of the Senate, a report containing a description of such

21 violation and the corrective action taken by the Agency:

22 Provided further, That in awarding grants for natural

23 family planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assist24 ance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated

25 against because of such applicant’s religious or conscien-
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1 tious commitment to offer only natural family planning;

2 and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the

3 requirements of the previous proviso: Provided further,

4 That for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing

5 or appropriating funds for foreign operations, export fi6 nancing, and related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as

7 it relates to family planning assistance, shall not be con8 strued to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law,

9 of information or counseling about all pregnancy options:

10 Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be

11 construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions

12 against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assist13 ance Act of 1961: Provided further, That none of the funds

14 appropriated under this heading may be made available

15 for any activity which is in contravention to the Conven16 tion on International Trade in Endangered Species of

17 Flora and Fauna (CITES): Provided further, That of the

18 funds appropriated under this heading that are made

19 available for assistance programs for displaced and or20 phaned children and victims of war, not to exceed

21 $25,000, in addition to funds otherwise available for such

22 purposes, may be used to monitor and provide oversight

23 of such programs: Provided further, That, of the funds ap24 propriated by this Act for the Microenterprise Initiative

25 (including any local currencies made available for the pur-
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1 poses of the Initiative), not less than one-half should be

2 made available for programs providing loans in the fol3 lowing amounts (in 1995 United States dollars) to very

4 poor people, particularly women, or for institutional sup5 port of organizations primarily engaged in making such

6 loans: $1,000 or less in the Europe and Eurasia region

7 (including North Africa), $400 or less in the Latin Amer8 ica region, and $300 or less in the rest of the world.

9 LEBANON

10 Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘De11 velopment Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’,

12 not less than $18,000,000 should be made available for

13 Lebanon to be used, among other programs, for scholar14 ships and direct support of the American educational insti15 tutions in Lebanon.

16 PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS

17 None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made

18 available by this Act for development assistance may be

19 made available to any United States private and voluntary

20 organization, except any cooperative development organi21 zation, which obtains less than 20 percent of its total an22 nual funding for international activities from sources other

23 than the United States Government: Provided, That the

24 Administrator of the Agency for International Develop25 ment, after notification to the Committees on Appropria26 tions, may, on a case-by-case basis, waive the restriction
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1 contained in this paragraph, after taking into account the

2 effectiveness of the overseas development activities of the

3 organization, its level of volunteer support, its financial

4 viability and stability, and the degree of its dependence

5 for its financial support on the agency.

6 Funds appropriated or otherwise made available

7 under title II of this Act should be made available to pri8 vate and voluntary organizations at a level which is at

9 least equivalent to the level provided in fiscal year 1995.

10 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

11 For necessary expenses for international disaster re12 lief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant

13 to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as

14 amended, $165,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended.

16 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

17 For necessary expenses for international disaster re18 habilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to sec19 tion 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,

20 $40,000,000, to remain available until expended, to sup21 port transition to democracy and to long-term develop22 ment of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support

23 may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve

24 democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic in25 frastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict:

26 Provided further, That the United States Agency for Inter-
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1 national Development shall submit a report to the Com2 mittees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to begin3 ning a program of assistance.

4 MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

5 ACCOUNT

6 For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees,

7 $1,500,000, as authorized by section 108 of the Foreign

8 Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That such costs shall

9 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget

10 Act of 1974: Provided further, That guarantees of loans

11 made under this heading in support of microenterprise ac12 tivities may guarantee up to 70 percent of the principal

13 amount of any such loans notwithstanding section 108 of

14 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. In addition, for ad15 ministrative expenses to carry out programs under this

16 heading, $500,000, all of which may be transferred to and

17 merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of

18 the Agency for International Development: Provided fur19 ther, That funds made available under this heading shall

20 remain available until September 30, 2002.

21 DEVELOPMENT CREDIT PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees,

24 $1,500,000, as authorized by section 635 of the Foreign

25 Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That such funds shall

26 be made available only for urban and environmental pro-
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1 grams: Provided further, That for the cost of direct loans

2 and loan guarantees, up to $2,000,000 of funds appro3 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development As4 sistance’’, may be transferred to and merged with funds

5 appropriated under this heading to be made available for

6 the purposes of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of

7 1961: Provided further, That such costs shall be as defined

8 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:

9 Provided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d)

10 (relating to general provisions applicable to the Develop11 ment Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of

12 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as re13 ported by the House Committee on International Relations

14 on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and

15 loan guarantees provided under this heading. In addition,

16 for administrative expenses to carry out credit programs

17 administered by the Agency for International Develop18 ment, $6,495,000, all of which may be transferred to and

19 merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of

20 the Agency for International Development: Provided fur21 ther, That funds appropriated under this heading shall re22 main available until September 30, 2002.
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1 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

2 DISABILITY FUND

3 For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and

4 Disability Fund’’, as authorized by the Foreign Service

5 Act of 1980, $44,489,000.

6 OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR

7 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

9 of section 667, $509,000,000: Provided, That, none of the

10 funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail11 able to finance the construction (including architect and

12 engineering services), purchase, or long term lease of of13 fices for use by the Agency for International Development,

14 unless the Administrator has identified such proposed con15 struction (including architect and engineering services),

16 purchase, or long term lease of offices in a report sub17 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15

18 days prior to the obligation of these funds for such pur19 poses: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall

20 not apply where the total cost of construction (including

21 architect and engineering services), purchase, or long term

22 lease of offices does not exceed $1,000,000.
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1 OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR INTER2 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR

3 GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

5 of section 667, $27,000,000, to remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2002, which sum shall be available for the Of7 fice of the Inspector General of the Agency for Inter8 national Development.

9 OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

10 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

12 of chapter 4 of part II, $2,208,900,000, to remain avail13 able until September 30, 2002: Provided, That of the

14 funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed

15 $840,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which sum

16 shall be available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and

17 shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this

18 Act or by October 31, 2000, whichever is later: Provided

19 further, That not to exceed $695,000,000 shall be avail20 able only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a

21 grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance

22 shall be provided with the understanding that Egypt will

23 undertake significant economic reforms which are addi24 tional to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal

25 years: Provided further, That in exercising the authority
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1 to provide cash transfer assistance for Israel, the Presi2 dent shall ensure that the level of such assistance does

3 not cause an adverse impact on the total level of non4 military exports from the United States to such country

5 and that Israel enters into a side letter agreement at least

6 equivalent to the fiscal year 1999 agreement: Provided fur7 ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading

8 not less than $12,000,000 should be made available for

9 assistance for Mongolia: Provided further, That none of

10 the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obli11 gated for regional or global programs, except as provided

12 through the regular notification procedures of the Com13 mittees on Appropriations.

14 INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

16 of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of

17 1961, $25,000,000, which shall be available for the United

18 States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland

19 and shall be made available in accordance with the provi20 sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986

21 (Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall

22 be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time23 ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further,

24 That funds made available under this heading shall re25 main available until September 30, 2002.
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1 ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC

2 STATES

3 (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

4 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support

5 for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989,

6 $535,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

7 2002, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other

8 provision of law, for assistance and for related programs

9 for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: Provided, That

10 of the funds appropriated under this heading not less than

11 $5,000,000 should be made available for assistance for the

12 Baltic States: Provided further, That funds made available

13 for assistance for Kosovo from funds appropriated under

14 this heading and under the headings ‘‘Economic Support

15 Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En16 forcement’’ shall not exceed 15 percent of the total re17 sources pledged by all donors for calendar year 2001 for

18 assistance for Kosovo as of January 1, 2001, and shall

19 not exceed $150,000,000: Provided further, That none of

20 the funds made available under this Act for assistance for

21 Kosovo shall be made available for large scale physical in22 frastructure reconstruction.

23 (b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior

24 appropriations Acts that are or have been made available

25 for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund
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1 in interest-bearing accounts prior to the Fund’s disburse2 ment of such funds for program purposes. The Fund may

3 retain for such program purposes any interest earned on

4 such deposits without returning such interest to the Treas5 ury of the United States and without further appropria6 tion by the Congress. Funds made available for Enterprise

7 Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary

8 to make timely payment for projects and activities.

9 (c) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be

10 considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign

11 Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available

12 the administrative authorities contained in that Act for

13 the use of economic assistance.

14 (d) None of the funds appropriated under this head15 ing may be made available for new housing construction

16 or repair or reconstruction of existing housing in Bosnia

17 and Herzegovina unless directly related to the efforts of

18 United States troops to promote peace in said country.

19 (e) With regard to funds appropriated under this

20 heading for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia

21 and Herzegovina, and local currencies generated by such

22 funds (including the conversion of funds appropriated

23 under this heading into currency used by Bosnia and

24 Herzegovina as local currency and local currency returned

25 or repaid under such program) the Administrator of the
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1 Agency for International Development shall provide writ2 ten approval for grants and loans prior to the obligation

3 and expenditure of funds for such purposes, and prior to

4 the use of funds that have been returned or repaid to any

5 lending facility or grantee.

6 (f ) The provisions of section 532 of this Act shall

7 apply to funds made available under subsection (e) and

8 to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, That

9 notwithstanding this subsection and subsection (e), and

10 notwithstanding section 532 of this Act, local currencies

11 generated by, or converted from, funds appropriated by

12 this Act and by previous appropriations Acts and made

13 available for the economic revitalization program in Bos14 nia may be used in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States

15 to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act

16 of 1961 and the Support for East European Democracy

17 (SEED) Act of 1989: Provided further, That the use of

18 such local currencies shall be subject to the regular notifi19 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

20 (g) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap21 propriated under this heading made available for economic

22 revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he

23 determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria24 tions that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has

25 not complied with article III of annex 1–A of the General
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1 Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and

2 Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces,

3 and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga4 tions, and related activities between Iranian officials and

5 Bosnian officials has not been terminated.

6 ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE

7 FORMER SOVIET UNION

8 (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

9 of chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance

10 Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assist11 ance for the Independent States of the former Soviet

12 Union and for related programs, $740,000,000, to remain

13 available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That the

14 provisions of such chapters shall apply to funds appro15 priated by this paragraph: Provided further, That such

16 sums as may be necessary may be transferred to the Ex17 port-Import Bank of the United States for the cost of any

18 financing under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 for

19 activities for the Independent States: Provided further,

20 That of the funds made available for the Southern

21 Caucasus region, 15 percent should be used for con22 fidence-building measures and other activities in further23 ance of the peaceful resolution of the regional conflicts,

24 especially those in the vicinity of Abkhazia and Nagorno25 Karabagh.
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1 (b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not

2 less than 12.5 percent should be made available for assist3 ance for Georgia.

4 (c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not

5 less than 12.5 percent should be made available for assist6 ance for Armenia.

7 (d) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall

8 not apply to—

9 (1) activities to support democracy or assist10 ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act

11 and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201;

12 (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and

13 Development Agency under section 661 of the For14 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);

15 (3) any activity carried out by a member of the

16 United States and Foreign Commercial Service while

17 acting within his or her official capacity;

18 (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or

19 other assistance provided by the Overseas Private

20 Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2

21 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22

22 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.);

23 (5) any financing provided under the Export24 Import Bank Act of 1945; or

25 (6) humanitarian assistance.
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1 (e) Not more than 25 percent of the funds appro2 priated under this heading may be made available for as3 sistance for any country in the region. Activities author4 ized under title V (nonproliferation and disarmament pro5 grams and activities) of the FREEDOM Support Act shall

6 not be counted against the 25 percent limitation.

7 (f)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading

8 that are allocated for assistance for the Government of

9 the Russian Federation, 50 percent shall be withheld from

10 obligation until the President determines and certifies in

11 writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov12 ernment of the Russian Federation has terminated imple13 mentation of arrangements to provide Iran with technical

14 expertise, training, technology, or equipment necessary to

15 develop a nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facili16 ties or programs, or ballistic missile capability.

17 (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—

18 (A) assistance to combat infectious diseases and

19 child survival activities; and

20 (B) activities authorized under title V (Non21 proliferation and Disarmament Programs and Ac22 tivities) of the FREEDOM Support Act.

23 (g) None of the funds appropriated under this head24 ing may be made available for assistance for the Govern25 ment of the Russian Federation until the Secretary of
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1 State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that

2 the Russian Federation is in compliance with article V of

3 the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe re4 garding forces deployed in the flank zone in and around

5 Chechnya.

6 (h) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not

7 less than $45,000,000 should be made available, in addi8 tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for

9 assistance for child survival, environmental health, and to

10 combat infectious diseases, and for related activities.

11 INDEPENDENT AGENCY

12 PEACE CORPS

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

14 of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $258,000,000, in15 cluding the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor

16 vehicles for administrative purposes for use outside of the

17 United States: Provided, That none of the funds appro18 priated under this heading shall be used to pay for abor19 tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated under

20 this heading shall remain available until September 30,

21 2002.
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1 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

2 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

3 ENFORCEMENT

4 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of

5 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $305,000,000, to re6 main available until expended: Provided, That any funds

7 made available under this heading for anti-crime programs

8 and activities shall be made available subject to the reg9 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro10 priations: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2001,

11 the Department of State may also use the authority of

12 section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, with13 out regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property

14 from an agency of the United States Government for the

15 purpose of providing it to a foreign country under chapter

16 8 of part I of that Act subject to the regular notification

17 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

18 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

19 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary

20 to enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized

21 by law, contributions to the International Committee of

22 the Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contribu23 tions to the International Organization for Migration and

24 the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and

25 other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; sala26 ries and expenses of personnel and dependents as author-
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1 ized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as

2 authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5,

3 United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor

4 vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title

5 5, United States Code, $645,000,000, to remain available

6 until expended: Provided, That not more than

7 $14,852,000 shall be available for administrative ex8 penses.

9 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

10 ASSISTANCE FUND

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

12 of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance

13 Act of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 260(c)),

14 $12,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That the funds made available under this heading

16 are appropriated notwithstanding the provisions contained

17 in section 2(c)(2) of the Act which would limit the amount

18 of funds which could be appropriated for this purpose.

19 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

20 RELATED PROGRAMS

21 For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter22 rorism and related programs and activities, $241,600,000,

23 to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the

24 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assist25 ance, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act for the

26 Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, section 23 of
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1 the Arms Export Control Act or the Foreign Assistance

2 Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of

3 unexploded ordnance, and related activities, notwith4 standing any other provision of law, including activities

5 implemented through nongovernmental and international

6 organizations, section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act

7 of 1961 for a voluntary contribution to the International

8 Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a voluntary contribu9 tion to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Orga10 nization (KEDO), and for a United States contribution

11 to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Pre12 paratory Commission: Provided, That the Secretary of

13 State shall inform the Committees on Appropriations at

14 least 20 days prior to the obligation of funds for the Com15 prehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Com16 mission: Provided further, That of this amount not to ex17 ceed $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, may

18 be made available for the Nonproliferation and Disar19 mament Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of

20 law, to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relat21 ing to nonproliferation and disarmament: Provided fur22 ther, That such funds may also be used for such countries

23 other than the Independent States of the former Soviet

24 Union and international organizations when it is in the

25 national security interest of the United States to do so:
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1 Provided further, That such funds shall be subject to the

2 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap3 propriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated

4 under this heading may be made available for the Inter5 national Atomic Energy Agency only if the Secretary of

6 State determines (and so reports to the Congress) that

7 Israel is not being denied its right to participate in the

8 activities of that Agency.

9 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

10 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

12 of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (re13 lating to international affairs technical assistance activi14 ties), $2,000,000, to remain available until expended,

15 which shall be available nowithstanding any other provi16 sion of law.

17 DEBT RESTRUCTURING

18 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con19 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and

20 loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for

21 which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made

22 available for programs within the International Affairs

23 Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling, reduc24 ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as

25 a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries,

26 pursuant to parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act
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1 of 1961, and of modifying concessional credit agreements

2 with least developed countries, as authorized under section

3 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assist4 ance Act of 1954, as amended, and concessional loans,

5 guarantees and credit agreements, as authorized under

6 section 572 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing,

7 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public

8 Law 100–461), $82,400,000, to remain available until ex9 pended: Provided, That of this amount, not less than

10 $13,000,000 shall be made available to carry out the pro11 visions of part V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961:

12 Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise

13 made available under this heading in this Act or under

14 prior appropriations acts for foreign operations, export fi15 nancing, and related programs may be used by the Sec16 retary of the Treasury to pay to the Heavily Indebted Poor

17 Country (HIPC) Trust Fund administered by the Inter18 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development

19 amounts for the benefit of countries that are eligible for

20 debt reduction pursuant to title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted

21 into law by section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113:

22 Provided further, That amounts paid to the HIPC Trust

23 Fund may be used only to fund debt reduction under the

24 enhanced HIPC initiative by—

25 (1) the Inter-American Development Bank;
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1 (2) the African Development Bank; and

2 (3) the Central American Bank for Economic

3 Integration:

4 Provided further, That funds may not be paid to the HIPC

5 Trust Fund for the benefit of any country that is credibly

6 reported to be engaged in a consistent pattern of gross

7 violations of internationally recognized human rights or in

8 military or civil conflict that undermines its ability to de9 velop and implement measures to alleviate poverty and to

10 devote adequate human and financial resources to that

11 end: Provided further, That 15 days prior to any agree12 ment by the United States to make payments to the HIPC

13 Trust Fund for the benefit of any country other than Bo14 livia and Mozambique, the Secretary of the Treasury shall

15 submit a reprogramming request under the regular notifi16 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:

17 Provided further, That prior to the payment of any amount

18 to the HIPC Trust Fund to fund debt reduction by an

19 international financial institution, the Secretary of the

20 Treasury shall provide to the Committees on Appropria21 tions, Banking and Financial Services, and International

22 Relations of the House of Representatives, and the Com23 mittees on Appropriations, Banking, Housing and Urban

24 Affairs, and Foreign Relations of the Senate—
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1 (1) a written commitment by the institution

2 that it will make no new market-rate loans to the

3 HIPC member country beneficiary for a period of 30

4 months and no new concessional loans to the HIPC

5 member country for a period of 9 months; and

6 (2) full documentation of any commitment by

7 the HIPC member country to redirect its domestic

8 budgetary resources from international debt repay9 ments to private or public programs to alleviate pov10 erty and promote economic growth that are addi11 tional to those previously available for such purposes

12 prior to participation in the enhanced HIPC Initia13 tive:

14 Provided further, That any limitation of subsection (e) of

15 section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and

16 Assistance Act of 1954 shall not apply to funds appro17 priated under this heading: Provided further, That the au18 thority provided by section 572 of Public Law 100–461

19 may be exercised only with respect to countries that are

20 eligible to borrow from the International Development As21 sociation, but not from the International Bank for Recon22 struction and Development, commonly referred to as

23 ‘‘IDA-only’’ countries.
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1 TITLE III—MILITARY ASSISTANCE

2 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

3 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

5 of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,

6 $52,500,000, of which up to $1,000,000 may remain

7 available until expended: Provided, That the civilian per8 sonnel for whom military education and training may be

9 provided under this heading may include civilians who are

10 not members of a government whose participation would

11 contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian con12 trol of the military, or respect for human rights: Provided

13 further, That funds appropriated under this heading for

14 grant financed military education and training for Indo15 nesia and Guatemala may only be available for expanded

16 international military education and training and funds

17 made available for Indonesia may only be provided

18 through the regular notification procedures of the Com19 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of

20 the funds appropriated under this heading may be made

21 available to support grant financed military education and

22 training at the School of the Americas unless the Sec23 retary of Defense certifies that the instruction and train24 ing provided by the School of the Americas is fully con25 sistent with training and doctrine, particularly with re-
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1 spect to the observance of human rights, provided by the

2 Department of Defense to United States military students

3 at Department of Defense institutions whose primary pur4 pose is to train United States military personnel: Provided

5 further, That the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the

6 Committees on Appropriations, no later than January 15,

7 2001, a report detailing the training activities of the

8 School of the Americas and a general assessment regard9 ing the performance of its graduates during 1998 and

10 1999: Provided further, That none of the funds appro11 priated under this heading may be made available to sup12 port grant financed military education and training at the

13 School of the Americas unless the Secretary of State, with14 out delegation, certifies that the instruction and training

15 provided by the School of the Americas is consistent with

16 United States foreign policy objectives and helps support

17 the observance of human rights in Latin America.

18 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

19 For expenses necessary for grants to enable the

20 President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the

21 Arms Export Control Act, $3,510,000,000: Provided,

22 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not

23 to exceed $1,980,000,000 shall be available for grants only

24 for Israel, and not to exceed $1,300,000,000 shall be made

25 available for grants only for Egypt: Provided further, That

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1 be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this Act

2 or by October 31, 2000, whichever is later: Provided fur3 ther, That it is the sense of Congress that it is very dis4 turbed by reports that Israel is preparing to provide China

5 with an airborne radar system that could threaten both

6 the forces of democratic Taiwan and the United States

7 in the region surrounding the Taiwan Strait. The Con8 gress urges Israel to terminate the existing contract to sell

9 an airborne radar system to the People’s Republic of

10 China: Provided further, That to the extent that the Gov11 ernment of Israel requests that funds be used for such

12 purposes, grants made available for Israel by this para13 graph shall, as agreed by Israel and the United States,

14 be available for advanced weapons systems, of which not

15 less than $520,000,000 should be available for the pro16 curement in Israel of defense articles and defense services,

17 including research and development: Provided further,

18 That Foreign Military Financing Program funds esti19 mated to be outlayed for Egypt during fiscal year 2001

20 shall be disbursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act

21 or by October 31, 2000, whichever is later: Provided fur22 ther, That funds appropriated by this paragraph shall be

23 nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in section

24 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That

25 funds made available under this paragraph shall be obli-
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1 gated upon apportionment in accordance with paragraph

2 (5)(C) of title 31, United States Code, section 1501(a).

3 None of the funds made available under this heading

4 shall be available to finance the procurement of defense

5 articles, defense services, or design and construction serv6 ices that are not sold by the United States Government

7 under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign

8 country proposing to make such procurements has first

9 signed an agreement with the United States Government

10 specifying the conditions under which such procurements

11 may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun12 try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub13 mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec14 tion 515 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the

15 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available

16 for assistance for Sudan and Liberia: Provided further,

17 That funds made available under this heading may be

18 used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for

19 demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and re20 lated activities, and may include activities implemented

21 through nongovernmental and international organizations:

22 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

23 under this heading shall be available for assistance for

24 Guatemala: Provided further, That only those countries for

25 which assistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military
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1 Sales Financing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 con2 gressional presentation for security assistance programs

3 may utilize funds made available under this heading for

4 procurement of defense articles, defense services or design

5 and construction services that are not sold by the United

6 States Government under the Arms Export Control Act:

7 Provided further, That funds appropriated under this

8 heading shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary

9 to make timely payment for defense articles and services:

10 Provided further, That not more than $30,495,000 of the

11 funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated

12 for necessary expenses, including the purchase of pas13 senger motor vehicles for replacement only for use outside

14 of the United States, for the general costs of admin15 istering military assistance and sales: Provided further,

16 That not more than $340,000,000 of funds realized pursu17 ant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act

18 may be obligated for expenses incurred by the Department

19 of Defense during fiscal year 2001 pursuant to section

20 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except that this

21 limitation may be exceeded only through the regular notifi22 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:

23 Provided further, That none of the funds made available

24 under this heading shall be available for any non-NATO

25 country participating in the Partnership for Peace Pro-
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1 gram except through the regular notification procedures

2 of the Committees on Appropriations.

3 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

5 of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,

6 $117,900,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro7 priated under this heading shall be obligated or expended

8 except as provided through the regular notification proce9 dures of the Committees on Appropriations.

10 TITLE IV—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC

11 ASSISTANCE

12 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

13 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

14 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

15 For the United States contribution for the Global En16 vironment Facility, $35,800,000, to the International

17 Bank for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for

18 the Global Environment Facility, by the Secretary of the

19 Treasury, to remain available until expended.

20 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

21 ASSOCIATION

22 For payment to the International Development Asso23 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $576,600,000,

24 to remain available until expended: Provided: That the

25 Secretary of the Treasury shall: (1) seek to ensure to the

26 maximum extent possible that for countries eligible for
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1 debt reduction under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor

2 Country (HIPC) Initiative that have reached the comple3 tion point, the terms of new assistance by the Inter4 national Development Association shall be on grant terms;

5 and (2) submit a report to the Speaker of the House of

6 Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the

7 Committees on Appropriations no later than June 30,

8 2001, on the progress achieved in achieving the objective

9 in paragraph (1): Provided further, That $10,000,000

10 shall be withheld from obligation until Congress is in re11 ceipt of said report: Provided further, That in negotiating

12 United States participation in the next replenishment of

13 the International Development Association, the Secretary

14 of the Treasury shall accord high priority to providing the

15 International Development Association with the policy

16 flexibility to provide new grant assistance to countries eli17 gible for debt reduction under the enhanced HIPC Initia18 tive.

19 CONTRIBUTION TO THE MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT

20 GUARANTEE AGENCY

21 For payment to the Multilateral Investment Guar22 antee Agency by the Secretary of the Treasury,

23 $4,900,000, for the United States paid-in share of the in24 crease in capital stock, to remain available until expended.
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1 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL

2 The United States Governor of the Multilateral In3 vestment Guarantee Agency may subscribe without fiscal

4 year limitation for the callable capital portion of the

5 United States share of such capital stock in an amount

6 not to exceed $24,500,000.

7 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN INVESTMENT

8 CORPORATION

9 For payment to the Inter-American Investment Cor10 poration, by the Secretary of the Treasury, $8,000,000,

11 for the United States share of the increase in subscrip12 tions to capital stock, to remain available until expended.

13 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS

14 MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND

15 For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Mul16 tilateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treas17 ury, for the United States contribution to the fund,

18 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.

19 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

20 For the United States contribution by the Secretary

21 of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the Asian

22 Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Develop23 ment Bank Act, as amended, $72,000,000, to remain

24 available until expended.
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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

2 For payment to the African Development Bank by

3 the Secretary of the Treasury, $3,100,000, for the United

4 States paid-in share of the increase in capital stock, to

5 remain available until expended.

6 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

7 The United States Governor of the African Develop8 ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation

9 for the callable capital portion of the United States share

10 of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed

11 $49,574,000.

12 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

13 For the United States contribution by the Secretary

14 of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the African

15 Development Fund, $72,000,000, to remain available until

16 expended.

17 CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR

18 RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

19 For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruc20 tion and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury,

21 $35,778,717, for the United States share of the paid-in

22 portion of the increase in capital stock, to remain available

23 until expended.

24 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

25 The United States Governor of the European Bank

26 for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe with-
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1 out fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of

2 the United States share of such capital stock in an amount

3 not to exceed $123,237,803.

4 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR

5 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

6 For the United States contribution by the Secretary

7 of the Treasury to increase the resources of the Inter8 national Fund for Agricultural Development, $5,000,000,

9 to remain available until expended.

10 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

12 of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and

13 of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program

14 Participation Act of 1973, $183,000,000: Provided, That

15 none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall

16 be made available for the United Nations Fund for

17 Science and Technology: Provided further, That not less

18 than $5,000,000 should be made available to the World

19 Food Program: Provided further, That none of the funds

20 appropriated under this heading may be made available

21 to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organiza22 tion (KEDO) or the International Atomic Energy Agency

23 (IAEA).
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1 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

2 OBLIGATIONS DURING LAST MONTH OF AVAILABILITY

3 SEC. 501. Except for the appropriations entitled

4 ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, and ‘‘United States

5 Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, not

6 more than 15 percent of any appropriation item made

7 available by this Act shall be obligated during the last

8 month of availability.

9 PROHIBITION OF BILATERAL FUNDING FOR

10 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

11 SEC. 502. Notwithstanding section 614 of the For12 eign Assistance Act of 1961, none of the funds contained

13 in title II of this Act may be used to carry out the provi14 sions of section 209(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of

15 1961: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by

16 title II of this Act may be transferred by the Agency for

17 International Development directly to an international fi18 nancial institution (as defined in section 533 of this Act)

19 for the purpose of repaying a foreign country’s loan obliga20 tions to such institution.

21 LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES

22 SEC. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made avail23 able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $126,500 shall

24 be for official residence expenses of the Agency for Inter25 national Development during the current fiscal year: Pro26 vided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure
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1 that, to the maximum extent possible, United States2 owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.

3 LIMITATION ON EXPENSES

4 SEC. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made avail5 able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be

6 for entertainment expenses of the Agency for International

7 Development during the current fiscal year.

8 LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

9 SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made avail10 able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $95,000 shall be

11 available for representation allowances for the Agency for

12 International Development during the current fiscal year:

13 Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure

14 that, to the maximum extent possible, United States15 owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars:

16 Provided further, That of the funds made available by this

17 Act for general costs of administering military assistance

18 and sales under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing

19 Program’’, not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for en20 tertainment expenses and not to exceed $50,000 shall be

21 available for representation allowances: Provided further,

22 That of the funds made available by this Act under the

23 heading ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’,

24 not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for entertainment

25 allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made

26 available by this Act for the Inter-American Foundation,
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1 not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for entertainment

2 and representation allowances: Provided further, That of

3 the funds made available by this Act for the Peace Corps,

4 not to exceed a total of $4,000 shall be available for enter5 tainment expenses: Provided further, That of the funds

6 made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Trade and

7 Development Agency’’, not to exceed $2,000 shall be avail8 able for representation and entertainment allowances.

9 PROHIBITION ON FINANCING NUCLEAR GOODS

10 SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated or made

11 available (other than funds for ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti12 terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’) pursuant to

13 this Act, for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of

14 1961, may be used, except for purposes of nuclear safety,

15 to finance the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or tech16 nology.

17 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN

18 COUNTRIES

19 SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated

21 or expended to finance directly any assistance or repara22 tions to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or

23 Syria: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the pro24 hibition on obligations or expenditures shall include direct

25 loans, credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Im26 port Bank or its agents.
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1 MILITARY COUPS

2 SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or other3 wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated

4 or expended to finance directly any assistance to any coun5 try whose duly elected head of government is deposed by

6 decree or military coup: Provided, That assistance may be

7 resumed to such country if the President determines and

8 reports to the Committees on Appropriations that subse9 quent to the termination of assistance a democratically

10 elected government has taken office.

11 TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS

12 SEC. 509. None of the funds made available by this

13 Act may be obligated under an appropriation account to

14 which they were not appropriated, except for transfers

15 specifically provided for in this Act, unless the President,

16 prior to the exercise of any authority contained in the For17 eign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults

18 with and provides a written policy justification to the

19 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent20 atives and the Senate.

21 DEOBLIGATION/REOBLIGATION AUTHORITY

22 SEC. 510. Obligated balances of funds appropriated

23 to carry out section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act

24 as of the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding the

25 current fiscal year are, if deobligated, hereby continued

26 available during the current fiscal year for the same pur-
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1 pose under any authority applicable to such appropriations

2 under this Act: Provided, That the authority of this sub3 section may not be used in fiscal year 2001.

4 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

5 SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in

6 this Act shall remain available for obligation after the ex7 piration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so pro8 vided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for

9 the purposes of chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of part I, section

10 667, and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance

11 Act of 1961, as amended, and funds provided under the

12 heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic

13 States’’, shall remain available until expended if such

14 funds are initially obligated before the expiration of their

15 respective periods of availability contained in this Act:

16 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi17 sion of this Act, any funds made available for the purposes

18 of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the

19 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or ob20 ligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance

21 of payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall re22 main available until expended: Provided further, That, ef23 fective upon enactment into law of this Act, the final pro24 viso under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro25 gram’’ contained in title VI of the Foreign Operations, Ex26 port Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
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1 Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(2) of

2 Public Law 106–113) shall be null and void: Provided fur3 ther, That the report required by section 653(a) of the

4 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall designate for each

5 country, to the extent known at the time of submission

6 of such report, those funds allocated for cash disburse7 ment for balance of payment and economic policy reform

8 purposes.

9 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

10 SEC. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in

11 this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to any country

12 which is in default during a period in excess of one cal13 endar year in payment to the United States of principal

14 or interest on any loan made to the government of such

15 country by the United States pursuant to a program for

16 which funds are appropriated under this Act: Provided,

17 That this section and section 620(q) of the Foreign Assist18 ance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds made available

19 for any narcotics-related assistance for Colombia, Bolivia,

20 and Peru authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of

21 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act.

22 COMMERCE AND TRADE

23 SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or

24 made available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance

25 and none of the funds otherwise made available pursuant

26 to this Act to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas
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1 Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or ex2 pended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other

3 financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro4 duction of any commodity for export by any country other

5 than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be

6 in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro7 ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the

8 assistance will cause substantial injury to United States

9 producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity:

10 Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Ex11 port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc12 tors the benefits to industry and employment in the

13 United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United

14 States producers of the same, similar, or competing com15 modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the

16 Committees on Appropriations.

17 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any

18 other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign

19 Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing

20 or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro21 duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training

22 in connection with the growth or production in a foreign

23 country of an agricultural commodity for export which

24 would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro-
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1 duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection

2 shall not prohibit—

3 (1) activities designed to increase food security

4 in developing countries where such activities will not

5 have a significant impact in the export of agricul6 tural commodities of the United States; or

7 (2) research activities intended primarily to

8 benefit American producers.

9 SURPLUS COMMODITIES

10 SEC. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in11 struct the United States Executive Directors of the Inter12 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the

13 International Development Association, the International

14 Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development

15 Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel16 opment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora17 tion, the North American Development Bank, the Euro18 pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Afri19 can Development Bank, and the African Development

20 Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to

21 oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds

22 appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act, for

23 the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral

24 for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the

25 assistance will cause substantial injury to United States

26 producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity.
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1 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

2 SEC. 515. (a) For the purposes of providing the exec3 utive branch with the necessary administrative flexibility,

4 none of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘Child

5 Survival and Disease Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development As6 sistance’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’,

7 ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar8 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Assistance for

9 Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Assistance for

10 the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’,

11 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’,

12 ‘‘Operating Expenses of the Agency for International De13 velopment’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of the Agency for Inter14 national Development Office of Inspector General’’, ‘‘Non15 proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro16 grams’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘Inter17 national Military Education and Training’’, ‘‘Peace

18 Corps’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, shall be

19 available for obligation for activities, programs, projects,

20 type of materiel assistance, countries, or other operations

21 not justified or in excess of the amount justified to the

22 Appropriations Committees for obligation under any of

23 these specific headings unless the Appropriations Commit24 tees of both Houses of Congress are previously notified

25 15 days in advance: Provided, That the President shall
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1 not enter into any commitment of funds appropriated for

2 the purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control

3 Act for the provision of major defense equipment, other

4 than conventional ammunition, or other major defense

5 items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat ve6 hicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent

7 in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless the

8 Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in ad9 vance of such commitment: Provided further, That this

10 section shall not apply to any reprogramming for an activ11 ity, program, or project under chapter 1 of part I of the

12 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of less than 10 percent

13 of the amount previously justified to the Congress for obli14 gation for such activity, program, or project for the cur15 rent fiscal year: Provided further, That the requirements

16 of this section or any similar provision of this Act or any

17 other Act, including any prior Act requiring notification

18 in accordance with the regular notification procedures of

19 the Committees on Appropriations, may be waived if fail20 ure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health

21 or welfare: Provided further, That in case of any such

22 waiver, notification to the Congress, or the appropriate

23 congressional committees, shall be provided as early as

24 practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after taking

25 the action to which such notification requirement was ap-
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1 plicable, in the context of the circumstances necessitating

2 such waiver: Provided further, That any notification pro3 vided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an expla4 nation of the emergency circumstances.

5 (b) Drawdowns made pursuant to section 506(a)(2)

6 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be subject to

7 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on

8 Appropriations.

9 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

10 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

11 SEC. 516. Subject to the regular notification proce12 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro13 priated under this Act or any previously enacted Act mak14 ing appropriations for foreign operations, export financ15 ing, and related programs, which are returned or not made

16 available for organizations and programs because of the

17 implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist18 ance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation

19 until September 30, 2002.

20 INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

21 SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated under

22 the heading ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the

23 Former Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for assist24 ance for a government of an Independent State of the

25 former Soviet Union—
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1 (1) unless that government is making progress

2 in implementing comprehensive economic reforms

3 based on market principles, private ownership, re4 spect for commercial contracts, and equitable treat5 ment of foreign private investment; and

6 (2) if that government applies or transfers

7 United States assistance to any entity for the pur8 pose of expropriating or seizing ownership or control

9 of assets, investments, or ventures.

10 Assistance may be furnished without regard to this sub11 section if the President determines that to do so is in the

12 national interest.

13 (b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading

14 ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So15 viet Union’’ shall be made available for any state to en16 hance its military capability: Provided, That this restric17 tion does not apply to demilitarization, demining or non18 proliferation programs.

19 (c) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist20 ance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet

21 Union’’ for the Russian Federation and Ukraine shall be

22 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com23 mittees on Appropriations.

24 (d) Funds made available in this Act for assistance

25 for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union
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1 shall be subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating

2 to environment and natural resources) of the Foreign As3 sistance Act of 1961.

4 (e) Funds appropriated in this or prior appropria5 tions Acts that are or have been made available for an

6 Enterprise Fund in the Independent States of the Former

7 Soviet Union may be deposited by such Fund in interest8 bearing accounts prior to the disbursement of such funds

9 by the Fund for program purposes. The Fund may retain

10 for such program purposes any interest earned on such

11 deposits without returning such interest to the Treasury

12 of the United States and without further appropriation by

13 the Congress. Funds made available for Enterprise Funds

14 shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make

15 timely payment for projects and activities.

16 (f ) In issuing new task orders, entering into con17 tracts, or making grants, with funds appropriated in this

18 Act or prior appropriations Acts under the headings ‘‘As19 sistance for the New Independent States of the Former

20 Soviet Union’’ and ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States

21 of the Former Soviet Union’’, for projects or activities that

22 have as one of their primary purposes the fostering of pri23 vate sector development, the Coordinator for United

24 States Assistance to the New Independent States and the

25 implementing agency shall encourage the participation of
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1 and give significant weight to contractors and grantees

2 who propose investing a significant amount of their own

3 resources (including volunteer services and in-kind con4 tributions) in such projects and activities.

5 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND

6 INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

7 SEC. 518. None of the funds made available to carry

8 out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as

9 amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor10 tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or

11 coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds

12 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist13 ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for

14 the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method

15 of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial

16 incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of

17 the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign

18 Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay

19 for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in

20 part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or

21 involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning.

22 None of the funds made available to carry out part I of

23 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be

24 obligated or expended for any country or organization if

25 the President certifies that the use of these funds by any

26 such country or organization would violate any of the
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1 above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri2 lizations: Provided, That none of the funds made available

3 under this Act may be used to lobby for or against abor4 tion.

5 EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES

6 SEC. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria7 tion other than for administrative expenses made available

8 for fiscal year 2001, for programs under title I of this

9 Act may be transferred between such appropriations for

10 use for any of the purposes, programs, and activities for

11 which the funds in such receiving account may be used,

12 but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically

13 provided, shall be increased by more than 25 percent by

14 any such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such au15 thority shall be subject to the regular notification proce16 dures of the Committees on Appropriations.

17 SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

18 SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

19 shall be obligated or expended for Colombia, Haiti, Libe20 ria, Serbia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Zimbabwe, or the

21 Democratic Republic of Congo except as provided through

22 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on

23 Appropriations.

24 DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

25 SEC. 521. For the purpose of this Act, ‘‘program,

26 project, and activity’’ shall be defined at the appropria-
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1 tions Act account level and shall include all appropriations

2 and authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limita3 tions with the exception that for the following accounts:

4 Economic Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing

5 Program, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be

6 considered to include country, regional, and central pro7 gram level funding within each such account; for the devel8 opment assistance accounts of the Agency for Inter9 national Development ‘‘program, project, and activity’’

10 shall also be considered to include central program level

11 funding, either as: (1) justified to the Congress; or (2)

12 allocated by the executive branch in accordance with a re13 port, to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations

14 within 30 days of the enactment of this Act, as required

15 by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

16 CHILD SURVIVAL AND DISEASE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES

17 SEC. 522. Up to $10,500,000 of the funds made

18 available by this Act for assistance under the heading

19 ‘‘Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund’’, may be

20 used to reimburse United States Government agencies,

21 agencies of State governments, institutions of higher

22 learning, and private and voluntary organizations for the

23 full cost of individuals (including for the personal services

24 of such individuals) detailed or assigned to, or contracted

25 by, as the case may be, the Agency for International De26 velopment for the purpose of carrying out child survival,
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1 basic education, and infectious disease activities: Provided,

2 That up to $1,500,000 of the funds made available by this

3 Act for assistance under the heading ‘‘Development As4 sistance’’ may be used to reimburse such agencies, institu5 tions, and organizations for such costs of such individuals

6 carrying out other development assistance activities: Pro7 vided further, That funds appropriated by this Act that

8 are made available for child survival activities or disease

9 programs including activities relating to research on, and

10 the prevention, treatment and control of, Acquired Im11 mune Deficiency Syndrome may be made available not12 withstanding any provision of law that restricts assistance

13 to foreign countries: Provided further, That funds appro14 priated under title II of this Act may be made available

15 pursuant to section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of

16 1961 if a primary purpose of the assistance is for child

17 survival and related programs.

18 PROHIBITION AGAINST INDIRECT FUNDING TO CERTAIN

19 COUNTRIES

20 SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated

22 to finance indirectly any assistance or reparations to

23 Cuba, Iraq, Libya, Iran, Syria, North Korea, or the Peo24 ple’s Republic of China, unless the President of the United

25 States certifies that the withholding of these funds is con26 trary to the national interest of the United States.
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1 NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

2 SEC. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of

3 Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the

4 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De5 fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the

6 same extent and under the same conditions as are other

7 committees pursuant to subsection (f ) of that section:

8 Provided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess

9 defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the

10 Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on

11 Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification

12 procedures of such Committees: Provided further, That

13 such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac14 quisition cost of such defense articles.

15 AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT

16 SEC. 525. Funds appropriated by this Act may be

17 obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of

18 Public Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Depart19 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956.

20 DEMOCRACY IN CHINA

21 SEC. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of law

22 that restricts assistance to foreign countries, funds appro23 priated by this Act for ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may

24 be made available to provide general support and grants

25 for nongovernmental organizations located outside the

26 People’s Republic of China that have as their primary pur-
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1 pose fostering democracy in that country, and for activi2 ties of nongovernmental organizations located outside the

3 People’s Republic of China to foster democracy in that

4 country: Provided, That none of the funds made available

5 for activities to foster democracy in the People’s Republic

6 of China may be made available for assistance to the gov7 ernment of that country, except that funds appropriated

8 by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’

9 that are made available for the National Endowment for

10 Democracy or its grantees may be made available for ac11 tivities to foster democracy in that country notwith12 standing this proviso and any other provision of law: Pro13 vided further, That funds appropriated by this or any prior

14 Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export

15 financing, and related programs, that are provided to the

16 National Endowment for Democracy shall be provided in

17 a manner that is consistent with the last sentence of sec18 tion 503(a) of the National Endowment for Democracy

19 Act and Comptroller General Decisions No. B–203681 of

20 June 6, 1985, and No. B–248111 of September 9, 1992,

21 and the National Endowment for Democracy shall be

22 deemed ‘‘the awarding agency’’ for purposes of imple23 menting Office of Management and Budget Circular A–

24 122 as dated June 1, 1998, or any successor circular: Pro25 vided further, That funds made available pursuant to the
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1 authority of this section shall be subject to the regular

2 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria3 tions: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other

4 provision of law, of the funds appropriated by this Act

5 to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the

6 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not to exceed $1,000,000

7 may be made available to nongovernmental organizations

8 located outside the People’s Republic of China to support

9 activities which preserve cultural traditions and promote

10 sustainable development and environmental conservation

11 in Tibetan communities in that country: Provided further,

12 That the final proviso in section 526 of the Foreign Oper13 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro14 priations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section

15 1000(a)(2) of Public Law 106–113) is amended by strik16 ing ‘‘Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human

17 Rights’’ and inserting ‘‘Jamestown Foundation’’.

18 PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST

19 COUNTRIES

20 SEC. 527. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assist21 ance under any heading of this Act and funds appro22 priated under any such heading in a provision of law en23 acted prior to the enactment of this Act, shall not be made

24 available to any country which the President determines—
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1 (1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any

2 individual or group which has committed an act of

3 international terrorism; or

4 (2) otherwise supports international terrorism.

5 (b) The President may waive the application of sub6 section (a) to a country if the President determines that

7 national security or humanitarian reasons justify such

8 waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the

9 Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the waiver

10 takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropria11 tions of the waiver (including the justification for the waiv12 er) in accordance with the regular notification procedures

13 of the Committees on Appropriations.

14 REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL

15 APPROPRIATIONS

16 SEC. 528. (a) Beginning not later than January 1,

17 2001, the Secretary of State shall provide quarterly re18 ports to the Committees on Appropriations providing in19 formation on the use of funds appropriated in title VI of

20 the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related

21 Programs Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law

22 by section 1000(a)(2) of Public Law 106–113). Each re23 port shall include the following—

24 (1) the current and projected status of obliga25 tions and expenditures by appropriations account, by

26 country, and by program, project, and activity;
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1 (2) the contractors and subcontractors engaged

2 in activities funded from appropriations contained in

3 title VI; and

4 (3) the procedures and processes under which

5 decisions have been or will be made on which pro6 grams, projects, and activities are funded through

7 appropriations contained in title VI.

8 (b) For each report required by this section, a classi9 fied annex may be submitted if deemed necessary and ap10 propriate.

11 (c) The last quarterly report required by this section

12 shall be provided to the Committees on Appropriations by

13 January 1, 2002.

14 COMPETITIVE INSURANCE

15 SEC. 529. All Agency for International Development

16 contracts and solicitations, and subcontracts entered into

17 under such contracts, shall include a clause requiring that

18 United States insurance companies have a fair oppor19 tunity to bid for insurance when such insurance is nec20 essary or appropriate.

21 STINGERS IN THE PERSIAN GULF REGION

22 SEC. 530. (a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in

23 subsection (b), the United States may not sell or otherwise

24 make available any Stingers to any country bordering the

25 Persian Gulf under the Arms Export Control Act or chap26 ter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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1 (b) ADDITIONAL TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED.—In ad2 dition to the defense articles otherwise authorized to be

3 transferred by section 581 of the Foreign Operations, Ex4 port Financing, and Related Program Appropriation Act,

5 1990, the United States may sell or otherwise make avail6 able Stingers to any country bordering the Persian Gulf

7 under the Arms Export Control Act or chapter 2 of part

8 II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, in order to re9 place, on a one-for-one basis, Stingers previously furnished

10 to such country, provided that the Stingers to be replaced

11 are nearing the scheduled expiration of their shelf-life.

12 DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

13 SEC. 531. In order to enhance the continued partici14 pation of nongovernmental organizations in economic as15 sistance activities under the Foreign Assistance Act of

16 1961, including endowments, debt-for-development and

17 debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organiza18 tion which is a grantee or contractor of the Agency for

19 International Development may place in interest bearing

20 accounts funds made available under this Act or prior Acts

21 or local currencies which accrue to that organization as

22 a result of economic assistance provided under title II of

23 this Act and any interest earned on such investment shall

24 be used for the purpose for which the assistance was pro25 vided to that organization.
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1 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

2 SEC. 532. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL

3 CURRENCIES.—(1) If assistance is furnished to the gov4 ernment of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of

5 part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance

6 Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the genera7 tion of local currencies of that country, the Administrator

8 of the Agency for International Development shall—

9 (A) require that local currencies be deposited in

10 a separate account established by that government;

11 (B) enter into an agreement with that govern12 ment which sets forth—

13 (i) the amount of the local currencies to be

14 generated; and

15 (ii) the terms and conditions under which

16 the currencies so deposited may be utilized, con17 sistent with this section; and

18 (C) establish by agreement with that govern19 ment the responsibilities of the Agency for Inter20 national Development and that government to mon21 itor and account for deposits into and disbursements

22 from the separate account.

23 (2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be

24 agreed upon with the foreign government, local currencies

25 deposited in a separate account pursuant to subsection
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1 (a), or an equivalent amount of local currencies, shall be

2 used only—

3 (A) to carry out chapters 1 or 10 of part I or

4 chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), for such

5 purposes as—

6 (i) project and sector assistance activities;

7 or

8 (ii) debt and deficit financing; or

9 (B) for the administrative requirements of the

10 United States Government.

11 (3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Agency

12 for International Development shall take all necessary

13 steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies

14 disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the sepa15 rate account established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are

16 used for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection

17 (a)(2).

18 (4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—

19 Upon termination of assistance to a country under chap20 ters 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case

21 may be), any unencumbered balances of funds which re22 main in a separate account established pursuant to sub23 section (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes as may

24 be agreed to by the government of that country and the

25 United States Government.
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1 (5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator

2 of the Agency for International Development shall report

3 on an annual basis as part of the justification documents

4 submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on the use

5 of local currencies for the administrative requirements of

6 the United States Government as authorized in subsection

7 (a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount of

8 local currency (and United States dollar equivalent) used

9 and/or to be used for such purpose in each applicable

10 country.

11 (b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.—

12 (1) If assistance is made available to the government of

13 a foreign country, under chapters 1 or 10 of part I or

14 chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,

15 as cash transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assist16 ance, that country shall be required to maintain such

17 funds in a separate account and not commingle them with

18 any other funds.

19 (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF

20 LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended not21 withstanding provisions of law which are inconsistent with

22 the nature of this assistance including provisions which

23 are referenced in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the

24 Committee of Conference accompanying House Joint Res25 olution 648 (House Report No. 98–1159).
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1 (3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to obli2 gating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assist3 ance, the President shall submit a notification through the

4 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap5 propriations, which shall include a detailed description of

6 how the funds proposed to be made available will be used,

7 with a discussion of the United States interests that will

8 be served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, a

9 description of the economic policy reforms that will be pro10 moted by such assistance).

11 (4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance funds

12 may be exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1)

13 only through the notification procedures of the Commit14 tees on Appropriations.

15 COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE

16 DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

17 SEC. 533. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act may

18 be made as payment to any international financial institu19 tion while the United States Executive Director to such

20 institution is compensated by the institution at a rate

21 which, together with whatever compensation such Director

22 receives from the United States, is in excess of the rate

23 provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV

24 of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5,

25 United States Code, or while any alternate United States

26 Director to such institution is compensated by the institu-
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1 tion at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an indi2 vidual occupying a position at level V of the Executive

3 Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States

4 Code.

5 (b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘international finan6 cial institutions’’ are: the International Bank for Recon7 struction and Development, the Inter-American Develop8 ment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian De9 velopment Fund, the African Development Bank, the Afri10 can Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund,

11 the North American Development Bank, and the Euro12 pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

13 COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS AGAINST

14 IRAQ

15 SEC. 534. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available pursuant to this Act to carry out the

17 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (including title IV of

18 chapter 2 of part I, relating to the Overseas Private In19 vestment Corporation) or the Arms Export Control Act

20 may be used to provide assistance to any country that is

21 not in compliance with the United Nations Security Coun22 cil sanctions against Iraq unless the President determines

23 and so certifies to the Congress that—

24 (1) such assistance is in the national interest of

25 the United States;
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1 (2) such assistance will directly benefit the

2 needy people in that country; or

3 (3) the assistance to be provided will be human4 itarian assistance for foreign nationals who have fled

5 Iraq and Kuwait.

6 AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTERNATIONAL

7 FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, INTER8 AMERICAN FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOP9 MENT FOUNDATION

10 SEC. 535. (a) Unless expressly provided to the con11 trary, provisions of this or any other Act, including provi12 sions contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appro13 priations for foreign operations, export financing, and re14 lated programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi15 ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps

16 Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African

17 Development Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly

18 report to the Committees on Appropriations whenever it

19 is conducting activities or is proposing to conduct activi20 ties in a country for which assistance is prohibited.

21 (b) Unless expressly provided to the contrary, limita22 tions on the availability of funds for ‘‘International Orga23 nizations and Programs’’ in this or any other Act, includ24 ing prior appropriations Acts, shall not be construed to

25 be applicable to the International Fund for Agricultural

26 Development.
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1 IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

2 SEC. 536. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

3 may be obligated or expended to provide—

4 (a) any financial incentive to a business enter5 prise currently located in the United States for the

6 purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate

7 outside the United States if such incentive or in8 ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ9 ees of such business enterprise in the United States

10 because United States production is being replaced

11 by such enterprise outside the United States;

12 (b) assistance for the purpose of establishing or

13 developing in a foreign country any export proc14 essing zone or designated area in which the tax, tar15 iff, labor, environment, and safety laws of that coun16 try do not apply, in part or in whole, to activities

17 carried out within that zone or area, unless the

18 President determines and certifies that such assist19 ance is not likely to cause a loss of jobs within the

20 United States; or

21 (c) assistance for any project or activity that

22 contributes to the violation of internationally recog23 nized workers rights, as defined in section 502(a)(4)

24 of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the recipient

25 country, including any designated zone or area in
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1 that country: Provided, That in recognition that the

2 application of this subsection should be commensu3 rate with the level of development of the recipient

4 country and sector, the provisions of this subsection

5 shall not preclude assistance for the informal sector

6 in such country, micro and small-scale enterprise,

7 and smallholder agriculture.

8 FUNDING PROHIBITION FOR SERBIA

9 SEC. 537. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

10 may be made available for assistance for the Republic of

11 Serbia: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to

12 assistance for Kosovo or Montenegro, or to assistance to

13 promote democratization: Provided further, That section

14 620(t) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended,

15 shall not apply to Kosovo or Montenegro.

16 SPECIAL AUTHORITIES

17 SEC. 538. (a) Funds appropriated in titles I and II

18 of this Act that are made available for Afghanistan, Leb19 anon, Montenegro, and for victims of war, displaced chil20 dren, and displaced Burmese, may be made available not21 withstanding any other provision of law: Provided, That

22 any such funds that are made available for Cambodia shall

23 be subject to the provisions of section 531(e) of the For24 eign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 906 of the Inter25 national Security and Development Cooperation Act of

26 1985.
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1 (b) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the

2 provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of

3 part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be

4 used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the

5 purpose of supporting tropical forestry and biodiversity

6 conservation activities and, subject to the regular notifica7 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, en8 ergy programs aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emis9 sions: Provided, That such assistance shall be subject to

10 sections 116, 502B, and 620A of the Foreign Assistance

11 Act of 1961.

12 (c) The Agency for International Development may

13 employ personal services contractors, notwithstanding any

14 other provision of law, for the purpose of administering

15 programs for the West Bank and Gaza.

16 (d)(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the provi17 sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the Presi18 dent determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker

19 of the House of Representatives and the President pro

20 tempore of the Senate that it is important to the national

21 security interests of the United States.

22 (2) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any

23 waiver pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no

24 more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not

25 apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act.
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1 POLICY ON TERMINATING THE ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT

2 OF ISRAEL AND NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL

3 SEC. 539. It is the sense of the Congress that—

4 (1) the Arab League countries should imme5 diately and publicly renounce the primary boycott of

6 Israel and the secondary and tertiary boycott of

7 American firms that have commercial ties with

8 Israel and should normalize their relations with

9 Israel;

10 (2) the decision by the Arab League in 1997 to

11 reinstate the boycott against Israel was deeply trou12 bling and disappointing;

13 (3) the fact that only three Arab countries

14 maintain full diplomatic relations with Israel is also

15 of deep concern;

16 (4) the Arab League should immediately re17 scind its decision on the boycott and its members

18 should develop normal relations with their neighbor

19 Israel; and

20 (5) the President should—

21 (A) take more concrete steps to encourage

22 vigorously Arab League countries to renounce

23 publicly the primary boycotts of Israel and the

24 secondary and tertiary boycotts of American
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1 firms that have commercial relations with Israel

2 and to normalize their relations with Israel;

3 (B) take into consideration the participa4 tion of any recipient country in the primary

5 boycott of Israel and the secondary and tertiary

6 boycotts of American firms that have commer7 cial relations with Israel when determining

8 whether to sell weapons to said country;

9 (C) report to Congress annually on the

10 specific steps being taken by the United States

11 and the progress achieved to bring about a pub12 lic renunciation of the Arab primary boycott of

13 Israel and the secondary and tertiary boycotts

14 of American firms that have commercial rela15 tions with Israel and to expand the process of

16 normalizing ties between Arab League countries

17 and Israel; and

18 (D) encourage the allies and trading part19 ners of the United States to enact laws prohib20 iting businesses from complying with the boy21 cott and penalizing businesses that do comply.

22 ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ACTIVITIES

23 SEC. 540. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise

24 made available by this Act for ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’,

25 assistance may be provided to strengthen the administra26 tion of justice in countries in Latin America and the Car-
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1 ibbean and in other regions consistent with the provisions

2 of section 534(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,

3 except that programs to enhance protection of participants

4 in judicial cases may be conducted notwithstanding section

5 660 of that Act. Funds made available pursuant to this

6 section may be made available notwithstanding section

7 534(c) and the second and third sentences of section

8 534(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

9 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

10 SEC. 541. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN11 MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this

12 or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country

13 shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of

14 programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds

15 appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of

16 chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of

17 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and from

18 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for

19 Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: Provided, That

20 the President shall take into consideration, in any case

21 in which a restriction on assistance would be applicable

22 but for this subsection, whether assistance in support of

23 programs of nongovernmental organizations is in the na24 tional interest of the United States: Provided further, That

25 before using the authority of this subsection to furnish as26 sistance in support of programs of nongovernmental orga-
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1 nizations, the President shall notify the Committees on

2 Appropriations under the regular notification procedures

3 of those committees, including a description of the pro4 gram to be assisted, the assistance to be provided, and

5 the reasons for furnishing such assistance: Provided fur6 ther, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed

7 to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abor8 tion or involuntary sterilizations contained in this or any

9 other Act.

10 (b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2001, re11 strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect

12 to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re13 strict assistance under the Agricultural Trade Develop14 ment and Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none

15 of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act

16 and made available pursuant to this subsection may be

17 obligated or expended except as provided through the reg18 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro19 priations.

20 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply—

21 (1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign

22 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision

23 of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup24 port international terrorism; or
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1 (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign

2 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision

3 of law prohibiting assistance to countries that violate

4 internationally recognized human rights.

5 EARMARKS

6 SEC. 542. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which

7 are earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs

8 within the same account notwithstanding the earmark if

9 compliance with the earmark is made impossible by oper10 ation of any provision of this or any other Act or, with

11 respect to a country with which the United States has an

12 agreement providing the United States with base rights

13 or base access in that country, if the President determines

14 that the recipient for which funds are earmarked has sig15 nificantly reduced its military or economic cooperation

16 with the United States since the enactment of the Foreign

17 Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Ap18 propriations Act, 1991; however, before exercising the au19 thority of this subsection with regard to a base rights or

20 base access country which has significantly reduced its

21 military or economic cooperation with the United States,

22 the President shall consult with, and shall provide a writ23 ten policy justification to the Committees on Appropria24 tions: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be

25 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com26 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assist-
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1 ance that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection

2 shall be made available under the same terms and condi3 tions as originally provided.

4 (b) In addition to the authority contained in sub5 section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap6 propriated by this Act and administered by the Agency

7 for International Development that are earmarked for par8 ticular programs or activities by this or any other Act shall

9 be extended for an additional fiscal year if the Adminis10 trator of such agency determines and reports promptly to

11 the Committees on Appropriations that the termination of

12 assistance to a country or a significant change in cir13 cumstances makes it unlikely that such earmarked funds

14 can be obligated during the original period of availability:

15 Provided, That such earmarked funds that are continued

16 available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated

17 only for the purpose of such earmark.

18 CEILINGS AND EARMARKS

19 SEC. 543. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this

20 Act shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appro21 priated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act

22 unless such Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or min23 imum funding requirements contained in any other Act

24 shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act.
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1 PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

2 SEC. 544. No part of any appropriation contained in

3 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes

4 within the United States not authorized before the date

5 of the enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided,

6 That not to exceed $750,000 may be made available to

7 carry out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law

8 96–533.

9 PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND

10 PRODUCTS

11 SEC. 545. (a) To the maximum extent possible, as12 sistance provided under this Act should make full use of

13 American resources, including commodities, products, and

14 services.

15 (b) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the great16 est extent practicable, all agriculture commodities, equip17 ment and products purchased with funds made available

18 in this Act should be American-made.

19 (c) In providing financial assistance to, or entering

20 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail21 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

22 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

23 notice describing the statement made in subsection (b) by

24 the Congress.

25 (d) The Secretary of the Treasury shall report to

26 Congress annually on the efforts of the heads of each Fed-
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1 eral agency and the United States directors of inter2 national financial institutions (as referenced in section

3 514) in complying with this sense of the Congress.

4 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS

5 MEMBERS

6 SEC. 546. None of the funds appropriated or made

7 available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign

8 Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or

9 in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any mem10 ber of the United Nations or, from funds appropriated by

11 this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign

12 Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of an13 other country’s delegation at international conferences

14 held under the auspices of multilateral or international or15 ganizations.

16 CONSULTING SERVICES

17 SEC. 547. The expenditure of any appropriation

18 under this Act for any consulting service through procure19 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United

20 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such

21 expenditures are a matter of public record and available

22 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided

23 under existing law, or under existing Executive order pur24 suant to existing law.
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1 PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION

2 SEC. 548. None of the funds appropriated or made

3 available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a pri4 vate voluntary organization which fails to provide upon

5 timely request any document, file, or record necessary to

6 the auditing requirements of the Agency for International

7 Development.

8 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERN9 MENTS THAT EXPORT LETHAL MILITARY EQUIP10 MENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL

11 TERRORISM

12 SEC. 549. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth13 erwise made available by this Act may be available to any

14 foreign government which provides lethal military equip15 ment to a country the government of which the Secretary

16 of State has determined is a terrorist government for pur17 poses of section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act.

18 The prohibition under this section with respect to a for19 eign government shall terminate 12 months after that gov20 ernment ceases to provide such military equipment. This

21 section applies with respect to lethal military equipment

22 provided under a contract entered into after October 1,

23 1997.

24 (b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any

25 other similar provision of law, may be furnished if the
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1 President determines that furnishing such assistance is

2 important to the national interests of the United States.

3 (c) Whenever the waiver of subsection (b) is exer4 cised, the President shall submit to the appropriate con5 gressional committees a report with respect to the fur6 nishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include

7 a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, in8 cluding the estimated dollar amount of such assistance,

9 and an explanation of how the assistance furthers United

10 States national interests.

11 WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES

12 OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES

13 SEC. 550. (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made

14 available for a foreign country under part I of the Foreign

15 Assistance Act of 1961, an amount equivalent to 110 per16 cent of the total unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines

17 and penalties owed to the District of Columbia by such

18 country as of the date of the enactment of this Act shall

19 be withheld from obligation for such country until the Sec20 retary of State certifies and reports in writing to the ap21 propriate congressional committees that such fines and

22 penalties are fully paid to the government of the District

23 of Columbia.

24 (b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

25 term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the
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1 Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on

2 Appropriations of the Senate and

3 the Committee on International Relations and the Com4 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

5 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE

6 WEST BANK AND GAZA

7 SEC. 551. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

8 may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Libera9 tion Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the

10 President has exercised the authority under section 604(a)

11 of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title

12 VI of Public Law 104–107) or any other legislation to sus13 pend or make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign As14 sistance Act of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect:

15 Provided, That if the President fails to make the certifi16 cation under section 604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace

17 Facilitation Act of 1995 or to suspend the prohibition

18 under other legislation, funds appropriated by this Act

19 may not be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Lib20 eration Organization for the West Bank and Gaza.

21 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN

22 SEC. 552. If the President determines that doing so

23 will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding

24 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian

25 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec26 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
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1 amended, of up to $30,000,000 of commodities and serv2 ices for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal estab3 lished with regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United

4 Nations Security Council or such other tribunals or com5 missions as the Council may establish to deal with such

6 violations, without regard to the ceiling limitation con7 tained in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the deter8 mination required under this section shall be in lieu of

9 any determinations otherwise required under section

10 552(c): Provided further, That 60 days after the date of

11 the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter,

12 the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Com13 mittees on Appropriations describing the steps the United

14 States Government is taking to collect information regard15 ing allegations of genocide or other violations of inter16 national law in the former Yugoslavia and to furnish that

17 information to the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal

18 for the former Yugoslavia: Provided further, That the

19 drawdown made under this section for any tribunal shall

20 not be construed as an endorsement or precedent for the

21 establishment of any standing or permanent international

22 criminal tribunal or court: Provided further, That funds

23 made available for tribunals other than Yugoslavia or

24 Rwanda shall be made available subject to the regular no-
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1 tification procedures of the Committees on Appropria2 tions.

3 LANDMINES

4 SEC. 553. Notwithstanding any other provision of

5 law, demining equipment available to the Agency for Inter6 national Development and the Department of State and

7 used in support of the clearance of landmines and

8 unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be

9 disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, subject

10 to such terms and conditions as the President may pre11 scribe.

12 RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN

13 AUTHORITY

14 SEC. 554. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

15 may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Je16 rusalem a new office of any department or agency of the

17 United States Government for the purpose of conducting

18 official United States Government business with the Pal19 estinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor

20 Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel21 PLO Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this re22 striction shall not apply to the acquisition of additional

23 space for the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem:

24 Provided further, That meetings between officers and em25 ployees of the United States and officials of the Pales26 tinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing
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1 entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin2 ciples, for the purpose of conducting official United States

3 Government business with such authority should continue

4 to take place in locations other than Jerusalem. As has

5 been true in the past, officers and employees of the United

6 States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on

7 other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now

8 occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social

9 contacts, and have incidental discussions.

10 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES

11 SEC. 555. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter13 national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign

14 Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program

15 activities or under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and Dis16 ease Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and

17 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be obligated or expended

18 to pay for—

19 (1) alcoholic beverages; or

20 (2) entertainment expenses for activities that

21 are substantially of a recreational character, includ22 ing entrance fees at sporting events and amusement

23 parks.

24 SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST

25 SEC. 556. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The

26 President may reduce amounts owed to the United States
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1 (or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country

2 as a result of—

3 (1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and

4 222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;

5 (2) credits extended or guarantees issued under

6 the Arms Export Control Act; or

7 (3) any obligation or portion of such obligation,

8 to pay for purchases of United States agricultural

9 commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit

10 Corporation under export credit guarantee programs

11 authorized pursuant to section 5(f ) of the Com12 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29,

13 1948, as amended, section 4(b) of the Food for

14 Peace Act of 1966, as amended (Public Law 89–

15 808), or section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act

16 of 1978, as amended (Public Law 95–501).

17 (b) LIMITATIONS.—

18 (1) The authority provided by subsection (a)

19 may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi20 cial debt relief and referendum agreements, com21 monly referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’.

22 (2) The authority provided by subsection (a)

23 may be exercised only in such amounts or to such

24 extent as is provided in advance by appropriations

25 Acts.
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1 (3) The authority provided by subsection (a)

2 may be exercised only with respect to countries with

3 heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from

4 the International Development Association, but not

5 from the International Bank for Reconstruction and

6 Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’

7 countries.

8 (c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub9 section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country

10 whose government—

11 (1) does not have an excessive level of military

12 expenditures;

13 (2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts

14 of international terrorism;

15 (3) is not failing to cooperate on international

16 narcotics control matters;

17 (4) (including its military or other security

18 forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of

19 gross violations of internationally recognized human

20 rights; and

21 (5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the

22 application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations

23 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.

24 (d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro25 vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to
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1 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt

2 Restructuring’’.

3 (e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A re4 duction of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be

5 considered assistance for purposes of any provision of law

6 limiting assistance to a country. The authority provided

7 by subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding sec8 tion 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or sec9 tion 321 of the International Development and Food As10 sistance Act of 1975.

11 AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES

12 SEC. 557. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC13 TION, OR CANCELLATION.—

14 (1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL

15 CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi16 sion of law, the President may, in accordance with

17 this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any

18 concessional loan or portion thereof made before

19 January 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assist20 ance Act of 1961, to the government of any eligible

21 country as defined in section 702(6) of that Act or

22 on receipt of payment from an eligible purchaser, re23 duce or cancel such loan or portion thereof, only for

24 the purpose of facilitating—

25 (A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop26 ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or
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1 (B) a debt buyback by an eligible country

2 of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible

3 country uses an additional amount of the local

4 currency of the eligible country, equal to not

5 less than 40 percent of the price paid for such

6 debt by such eligible country, or the difference

7 between the price paid for such debt and the

8 face value of such debt, to support activities

9 that link conservation and sustainable use of

10 natural resources with local community develop11 ment, and child survival and other child devel12 opment, in a manner consistent with sections

13 707 through 710 of the Foreign Assistance Act

14 of 1961, if the sale, reduction, or cancellation

15 would not contravene any term or condition of

16 any prior agreement relating to such loan.

17 (2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding

18 any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac19 cordance with this section, establish the terms and

20 conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced,

21 or canceled pursuant to this section.

22 (3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined

23 in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of

24 1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency

25 primarily responsible for administering part I of the
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1 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that

2 the President has determined to be eligible, and

3 shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, reduc4 tion, or cancellation of a loan pursuant to this sec5 tion. Such agency shall make an adjustment in its

6 accounts to reflect the sale, reduction, or cancella7 tion.

8 (4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub9 section shall be available only to the extent that ap10 propriations for the cost of the modification, as de11 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

12 of 1974, are made in advance.

13 (b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the

14 sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced,

15 or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in

16 the United States Government account or accounts estab17 lished for the repayment of such loan.

18 (c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold

19 pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who

20 presents plans satisfactory to the President for using the

21 loan for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps,

22 debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.

23 (d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to

24 any eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation

25 pursuant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible
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1 country, the President should consult with the country

2 concerning the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or

3 canceled and their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt4 for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.

5 (e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro6 vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to

7 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt

8 Restructuring’’.

9 ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI

10 SEC. 558. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

11 or any previous appropriations Act for foreign operations,

12 export financing and related programs shall be made avail13 able for assistance for the Government of Haiti until—

14 (1) the Secretary of State reports to the Com15 mittees on Appropriations that Haiti has held free

16 and fair elections to seat a new parliament; and

17 (2) the Director of the Office of National Drug

18 Control Policy reports to the Committees on Appro19 priations that the Government of Haiti is fully co20 operating with United States efforts to interdict il21 licit drug traffic through Haiti to the United States.

22 (b) Not more than 11 percent of the funds appro23 priated by this Act to carry out the provisions of sections

24 103 through 106 and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign

25 Assistance Act of 1961, that are made available for Latin

26 America and the Caribbean region may be made available,
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1 through bilateral and Latin America and the Caribbean

2 regional programs, to provide assistance for any country

3 in such region.

4 REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN AID IN

5 REPORT OF SECRETARY OF STATE

6 SEC. 559. (a) FOREIGN AID REPORTING REQUIRE7 MENT.—In addition to the voting practices of a foreign

8 country, the report required to be submitted to Congress

9 under section 406(a) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza10 tion Act, fiscal years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a),

11 shall include a side-by-side comparison of individual coun12 tries’ overall support for the United States at the United

13 Nations and the amount of United States assistance pro14 vided to such country in fiscal year 2000.

15 (b) UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—For purposes of

16 this section, the term ‘‘United States assistance’’ has the

17 meaning given the term in section 481(e)(4) of the For18 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(4)).

19 RESTRICTIONS ON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO

20 UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES

21 SEC. 560. (a) PROHIBITION ON VOLUNTARY CON22 TRIBUTIONS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS.—None of the

23 funds appropriated by this Act may be made available to

24 pay any voluntary contribution of the United States to the

25 United Nations (including the United Nations Develop-
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1 ment Program) if the United Nations implements or im2 poses any taxation on any United States persons.

3 (b) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR DISBURSEMENT

4 OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act

5 may be made available to pay any voluntary contribution

6 of the United States to the United Nations (including the

7 United Nations Development Program) unless the Presi8 dent certifies to the Congress 15 days in advance of such

9 payment that the United Nations is not engaged in any

10 effort to implement or impose any taxation on United

11 States persons in order to raise revenue for the United

12 Nations or any of its specialized agencies.

13 (c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section the term

14 ‘‘United States person’’ refers to—

15 (1) a natural person who is a citizen or national

16 of the United States; or

17 (2) a corporation, partnership, or other legal

18 entity organized under the United States or any

19 State, territory, possession, or district of the United

20 States.

21 HAITI

22 SEC. 561. The Government of Haiti shall be eligible

23 to purchase defense articles and services under the Arms

24 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the Coast

25 Guard: Provided, That the authority provided by this sec-
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1 tion shall be subject to the regular notification procedures

2 of the Committees on Appropriations.

3 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

4 AUTHORITY

5 SEC. 562. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the

6 funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions

7 of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of

8 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect to pro9 viding funds to the Palestinian Authority.

10 (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection

11 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to

12 the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the

13 President pro tempore of the Senate that waiving such

14 prohibition is important to the national security interests

15 of the United States.

16 (c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any

17 waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no

18 more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not

19 apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act.

20 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES

21 SEC. 563. None of the funds made available by this

22 Act may be provided to any unit of the security forces

23 of a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible

24 evidence that such unit has committed gross violations of

25 human rights, unless the Secretary determines and reports

26 to the Committees on Appropriations that the government
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1 of such country is taking effective measures to bring the

2 responsible members of the security forces unit to justice:

3 Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed

4 to withhold funds made available by this Act from any

5 unit of the security forces of a foreign country not credibly

6 alleged to be involved in gross violations of human rights:

7 Provided further, That in the event that funds are withheld

8 from any unit pursuant to this section, the Secretary of

9 State shall promptly inform the foreign government of the

10 basis for such action and shall, to the maximum extent

11 practicable, assist the foreign government in taking effec12 tive measures to bring the responsible members of the se13 curity forces to justice.

14 RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES PROVIDING

15 SANCTUARY TO INDICTED WAR CRIMINALS

16 SEC. 564. (a) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—None of the

17 funds made available by this or any prior Act making ap18 propriations for foreign operations, export financing and

19 related programs, may be provided for any country, entity

20 or municipality described in subsection (e).

21 (b) MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—

22 (1) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of the Treas23 ury shall instruct the United States executive direc24 tors of the international financial institutions to

25 work in opposition to, and vote against, any exten26 sion by such institutions of any financial or technical
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1 assistance or grants of any kind to any country or

2 entity described in subsection (e).

3 (2) NOTIFICATION.—Not less than 15 days be4 fore any vote in an international financial institution

5 regarding the extension of financial or technical as6 sistance or grants to any country or entity described

7 in subsection (e), the Secretary of the Treasury, in

8 consultation with the Secretary of State, shall pro9 vide to the Committee on Appropriations and the

10 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and

11 the Committee on Appropriations and the Com12 mittee on Banking and Financial Services of the

13 House of Representatives a written justification for

14 the proposed assistance, including an explanation of

15 the United States position regarding any such vote,

16 as well as a description of the location of the pro17 posed assistance by municipality, its purpose, and its

18 intended beneficiaries.

19 (3) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘international fi20 nancial institution’’ includes the International Mone21 tary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruc22 tion and Development, the International Develop23 ment Association, the International Finance Cor24 poration, the Multilateral Investment Guaranty
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1 Agency, and the European Bank for Reconstruction

2 and Development.

3 (c) EXCEPTIONS.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),

5 subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to the provi6 sion of—

7 (A) humanitarian assistance;

8 (B) democratization assistance;

9 (C) assistance for cross border physical in10 frastructure projects involving activities in both

11 a sanctioned country, entity, or municipality

12 and a nonsanctioned contiguous country, entity,

13 or municipality, if the project is primarily lo14 cated in and primarily benefits the nonsanc15 tioned country, entity, or municipality and if

16 the portion of the project located in the sanc17 tioned country, entity, or municipality is nec18 essary only to complete the project;

19 (D) small-scale assistance projects or ac20 tivities requested by United States Armed

21 Forces that promote good relations between

22 such forces and the officials and citizens of the

23 areas in the United States SFOR sector of Bos24 nia;
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1 (E) implementation of the Brcko Arbitral

2 Decision;

3 (F) lending by the international financial

4 institutions to a country or entity to support

5 common monetary and fiscal policies at the na6 tional level as contemplated by the Dayton

7 Agreement;

8 (G) direct lending to a non-sanctioned enti9 ty, or lending passed on by the national govern10 ment to a non-sanctioned entity; or

11 (H) assistance to the International Police

12 Task Force for the training of a civilian police

13 force.

14 (2) NOTIFICATION.—Every 60 days the Sec15 retary of State, in consultation with the Adminis16 trator of the Agency for International Development,

17 shall publish in the Federal Register and/or in a

18 comparable publicly accessible document or Internet

19 site, a listing and justification of any assistance that

20 is obligated within that period of time for any coun21 try, entity, or municipality described in subsection

22 (e), including a description of the purpose of the as23 sistance, project and its location, by municipality.

24 (d) FURTHER LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding sub25 section (c)—
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1 (1) no assistance may be made available by this

2 Act, or any prior Act making appropriations for for3 eign operations, export financing and related pro4 grams, in any country, entity, or municipality de5 scribed in subsection (e), for a program, project, or

6 activity in which a publicly indicted war criminal is

7 known to have any financial or material interest;

8 and

9 (2) no assistance (other than emergency foods

10 or medical assistance or demining assistance) may

11 be made available by this Act, or any prior Act mak12 ing appropriations for foreign operations, export fi13 nancing and related programs for any program,

14 project, or activity in a community within any coun15 try, entity or municipality described in subsection (e)

16 if competent authorities within that community are

17 not complying with the provisions of article IX and

18 annex 4, article II, paragraph 8 of the Dayton

19 Agreement relating to war crimes and the Tribunal.

20 (e) SANCTIONED COUNTRY, ENTITY, OR MUNICI21 PALITY.—A sanctioned country, entity, or municipality de22 scribed in this section is one whose competent authorities

23 have failed, as determined by the Secretary of State, to

24 take necessary and significant steps to apprehend and
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1 transfer to the Tribunal all persons who have been publicly

2 indicted by the Tribunal.

3 (f ) SPECIAL RULE.—Subject to subsection (d), sub4 sections (a) and (b) shall not apply to the provision of

5 assistance to an entity that is not a sanctioned entity, not6 withstanding that such entity may be within a sanctioned

7 country, if the Secretary of State determines and so re8 ports to the appropriate congressional committees that

9 providing assistance to that entity would promote peace

10 and internationally recognized human rights by encour11 aging that entity to cooperate fully with the Tribunal.

12 (g) CURRENT RECORD OF WAR CRIMINALS AND

13 SANCTIONED COUNTRIES, ENTITIES, AND MUNICIPALI14 TIES.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall

16 establish and maintain a current record of the loca17 tion, including the municipality, if known, of publicly

18 indicted war criminals and a current record of sanc19 tioned countries, entities, and municipalities.

20 (2) INFORMATION OF THE DCI AND THE SEC21 RETARY OF DEFENSE.—The Director of Central In22 telligence and the Secretary of Defense should col23 lect and provide to the Secretary of State informa24 tion concerning the location, including the munici25 pality, of publicly indicted war criminals.
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1 (3) INFORMATION OF THE TRIBUNAL.—The

2 Secretary of State shall request that the Tribunal

3 and other international organizations and govern4 ments provide the Secretary of State information

5 concerning the location, including the municipality,

6 of publicly indicted war criminals and concerning

7 country, entity and municipality authorities known

8 to have obstructed the work of the Tribunal.

9 (4) REPORT.—Beginning 30 days after the date

10 of the enactment of this Act, and not later than Sep11 tember 1 each year thereafter, the Secretary of

12 State shall submit a report in classified and unclas13 sified form to the appropriate congressional commit14 tees on the location, including the municipality, if

15 known, of publicly indicted war criminals, on coun16 try, entity and municipality authorities known to

17 have obstructed the work of the Tribunal, and on

18 sanctioned countries, entities, and municipalities.

19 (5) INFORMATION TO CONGRESS.—Upon the re20 quest of the chairman or ranking minority member

21 of any of the appropriate congressional committees,

22 the Secretary of State shall make available to that

23 committee the information recorded under para24 graph (1) in a report submitted to the committee in

25 classified and unclassified form.
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1 (h) WAIVER.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State may

3 waive the application of subsection (a) or subsection

4 (b) with respect to specified bilateral programs or

5 international financial institution projects or pro6 grams in a sanctioned country, entity, or munici7 pality upon providing a written determination to the

8 Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on

9 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee

10 on Appropriations and the Committee on Inter11 national Relations of the House of Representatives

12 that such assistance directly supports the implemen13 tation of the Dayton Agreement and its Annexes,

14 which include the obligation to apprehend and trans15 fer indicted war criminals to the Tribunal.

16 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 15 days after the

17 date of any written determination under paragraph

18 (1) the Secretary of State shall submit a report to

19 the Committee on Appropriations and the Com20 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the

21 Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on

22 International Relations of the House of Representa23 tives regarding the status of efforts to secure the

24 voluntary surrender or apprehension and transfer of

25 persons indicted by the Tribunal, in accordance with
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1 the Dayton Agreement, and outlining obstacles to

2 achieving this goal.

3 (3) ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS AF4 FECTED.—Any waiver made pursuant to this sub5 section shall be effective only with respect to a speci6 fied bilateral program or multilateral assistance

7 project or program identified in the determination of

8 the Secretary of State to Congress.

9 (i) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The sanctions im10 posed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) with respect to

11 a country or entity shall cease to apply only if the Sec12 retary of State determines and certifies to Congress that

13 the authorities of that country, entity, or municipality

14 have apprehended and transferred to the Tribunal all per15 sons who have been publicly indicted by the Tribunal.

16 ( j) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

17 (1) COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘country’’ means

18 Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia.

19 (2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ refers to the

20 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo,

21 Montenegro, and the Republika Srpska.

22 (3) DAYTON AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Dayton

23 Agreement’’ means the General Framework Agree24 ment for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together
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1 with annexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, No2 vember 10 through 16, 1995.

3 (4) TRIBUNAL.—The term ‘‘Tribunal’’ means

4 the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former

5 Yugoslavia.

6 (k) ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND

7 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.—In carrying out this section,

8 the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the Agency

9 for International Development, and the executive directors

10 of the international financial institutions shall consult with

11 representatives of human rights organizations and all gov12 ernment agencies with relevant information to help pre13 vent publicly indicted war criminals from benefiting from

14 any financial or technical assistance or grants provided to

15 any country or entity described in subsection (e).

16 TO PROHIBIT FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERN17 MENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION SHOULD IT

18 ENACT LAWS WHICH WOULD DISCRIMINATE AGAINST

19 MINORITY RELIGIOUS FAITHS IN THE RUSSIAN FED20 ERATION

21 SEC. 565. None of the funds appropriated under this

22 Act may be made available for the Government of the Rus23 sian Federation, after 180 days from the date of the en24 actment of this Act, unless the President determines and

25 certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations

26 and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
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1 that the Government of the Russian Federation has imple2 mented no statute, executive order, regulation or similar

3 government action that would discriminate, or would have

4 as its principal effect discrimination, against religious

5 groups or religious communities in the Russian Federation

6 in violation of accepted international agreements on

7 human rights and religious freedoms to which the Russian

8 Federation is a party.

9 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

10 SEC. 566. (a) Funds made available in this Act to

11 support programs or activities the primary purpose of

12 which is promoting or assisting country participation in

13 the Kyoto Protocol to the Framework Convention on Cli14 mate Change (FCCC) shall only be made available subject

15 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees

16 on Appropriations.

17 (b) The President shall provide a detailed account of

18 all Federal agency obligations and expenditures for cli19 mate change programs and activities, domestic and inter20 national obligations for such activities in fiscal year 2001,

21 and any plan for programs thereafter related to the imple22 mentation or the furtherance of protocols pursuant to, or

23 related to negotiations to amend the FCCC in conjunction

24 with the President’s submission of the Budget of the

25 United States Government for Fiscal Year 2002: Pro26 vided, That such report shall include an accounting of ex-
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1 penditures by agency with each agency identifying climate

2 change activities and associated costs by line item as pre3 sented in the President’s Budget Appendix: Provided fur4 ther, That such report shall identify with regard to the

5 Agency for International Development, obligations and ex6 penditures by country or central program and activity.

7 AID TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC

8 REPUBLIC OF CONGO

9 SEC. 567. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this Act may be provided to the

11 Central Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

12 ASSISTANCE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST

13 SEC. 568. Of the funds appropriated in titles II and

14 III of this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support

15 Fund’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘Inter16 national Military Education and Training’’, ‘‘Peace17 keeping Operations’’, for refugees resettling in Israel

18 under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’,

19 and for assistance for Israel to carry out provisions of

20 chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

21 under the heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism,

22 Demining and Related Programs’’, not more than a total

23 of $5,221,150,000 may be made available for Israel,

24 Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, the

25 Israel-Lebanon Monitoring Group, the Multinational

26 Force and Observers, the Middle East Regional Democ-
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1 racy Fund, Middle East Regional Cooperation, and Middle

2 East Multilateral Working Groups: Provided, That any

3 funds that were appropriated under such headings in prior

4 fiscal years and that were at the time of the enactment

5 of this Act obligated or allocated for other recipients may

6 not during fiscal year 2001 be made available for activities

7 that, if funded under this Act, would be required to count

8 against this ceiling: Provided further, That funds may be

9 made available notwithstanding the requirements of this

10 section if the President determines and certifies to the

11 Committees on Appropriations that it is important to the

12 national security interest of the United States to do so

13 and any such additional funds shall only be provided

14 through the regular notification procedures of the Com15 mittees on Appropriations.

16 ENTERPRISE FUND RESTRICTIONS

17 SEC. 569. Prior to the distribution of any assets re18 sulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up

19 of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President

20 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in ac21 cordance with the regular notification procedures of the

22 Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution

23 of the assets of the Enterprise Fund.

24 CAMBODIA

25 SEC. 570. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should

26 instruct the United States executive directors of the inter-
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1 national financial institutions to use the voice and vote

2 of the United States to oppose loans to the Central Gov3 ernment of Cambodia, except loans to support basic

4 human needs.

5 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may

6 be made available for assistance for the Central Govern7 ment of Cambodia.

8 FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT

9 SEC. 571. (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Sec10 retary of State shall jointly provide to the Congress by

11 March 1, 2001, a report on all military training provided

12 to foreign military personnel (excluding sales, and exclud13 ing training provided to the military personnel of countries

14 belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

15 under programs administered by the Department of De16 fense and the Department of State during fiscal years

17 2000 and 2001, including those proposed for fiscal year

18 2001. This report shall include, for each such military

19 training activity, the foreign policy justification and pur20 pose for the training activity, the cost of the training activ21 ity, the number of foreign students trained and their units

22 of operation, and the location of the training. In addition,

23 this report shall also include, with respect to United States

24 personnel, the operational benefits to United States forces

25 derived from each such training activity and the United

26 States military units involved in each such training activ-
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1 ity. This report may include a classified annex if deemed

2 necessary and appropriate.

3 (b) For purposes of this section a report to Congress

4 shall be deemed to mean a report to the Appropriations

5 and Foreign Relations Committees of the Senate and the

6 Appropriations and International Relations Committees of

7 the House of Representatives.

8 KOREAN PENINSULA ENERGY DEVELOPMENT

9 ORGANIZATION

10 SEC. 572. (a) Of the funds made available under the

11 heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and

12 Related Programs’’, not to exceed $35,000,000 may be

13 made available for the Korean Peninsula Energy Develop14 ment Organization (hereafter referred to in this section

15 as ‘‘KEDO’’), notwithstanding any other provision of law,

16 only for the administrative expenses and heavy fuel oil

17 costs associated with the Agreed Framework.

18 (b) Such funds may be made available for KEDO

19 only if, 30 days prior to such obligation of funds, the

20 President certifies and so reports to Congress that—

21 (1) the parties to the Agreed Framework have

22 taken and continue to take demonstrable steps to

23 implement the Joint Declaration on

24 Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in which

25 the Government of North Korea has committed not

26 to test, manufacture, produce, receive, possess, store,
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1 deploy, or use nuclear weapons, and not to possess

2 nuclear reprocessing or uranium enrichment facili3 ties;

4 (2) the parties to the Agreed Framework have

5 taken and continue to take demonstrable steps to

6 pursue the North-South dialogue;

7 (3) North Korea is complying with all provi8 sions of the Agreed Framework;

9 (4) North Korea has not significantly diverted

10 assistance provided by the United States for pur11 poses for which it was not intended;

12 (5) there is no credible evidence that North

13 Korea is seeking to develop or acquire the capability

14 to enrich uranium, or any additional capability to re15 process spent nuclear fuel;

16 (6) North Korea is complying with its commit17 ments regarding access to suspect underground con18 struction at Kumchang-ni;

19 (7) there is no credible evidence that North

20 Korea is engaged in a nuclear weapons program, in21 cluding efforts to acquire, develop, test, produce, or

22 deploy such weapons; and

23 (8) the United States is continuing to make sig24 nificant progress on eliminating the North Korean
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1 ballistic missile threat, including further missile tests

2 and its ballistic missile exports.

3 (c) The President may waive the certification require4 ments of subsection (b) if the President determines that

5 it is vital to the national security interests of the United

6 States and provides written policy justifications to the ap7 propriate congressional committees. No funds may be obli8 gated for KEDO until 30 days after submission to Con9 gress of such waiver.

10 (d) The Secretary of State shall, at the time of the

11 annual presentation for appropriations, submit a report

12 providing a full and detailed accounting of the fiscal year

13 2002 request for the United States contribution to KEDO,

14 the expected operating budget of KEDO, proposed annual

15 costs associated with heavy fuel oil purchases, including

16 unpaid debt, and the amount of funds pledged by other

17 donor nations and organizations to support KEDO activi18 ties on a per country basis, and other related activities.

19 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

20 SEC. 573. Funds made available to grantees of the

21 African Development Foundation may be invested pending

22 expenditure for project purposes when authorized by the

23 President of the Foundation: Provided, That interest

24 earned shall be used only for the purposes for which the

25 grant was made: Provided further, That this authority ap26 plies to interest earned both prior to and following the en-
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1 actment of this provision: Provided further, That notwith2 standing section 505(a)(2) of the African Development

3 Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the board

4 of directors of the Foundation may waive the $250,000

5 limitation contained in that section with respect to a

6 project: Provided further, That the Foundation shall pro7 vide a report to the Committees on Appropriations in ad8 vance of exercising such waiver authority.

9 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

10 BROADCASTING CORPORATION

11 SEC. 574. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide

13 equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any

14 other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting

15 Corporation.

16 IRAQ OPPOSITION

17 SEC. 575. Notwithstanding any other provision of

18 law, of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Eco19 nomic Support Fund’’, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be

20 made available to support efforts to bring about political

21 transition in Iraq, of which not to exceed $8,000,000 may

22 be made available only to Iraqi opposition groups des23 ignated under the Iraq Liberation Act (Public Law 105–

24 338) for political, economic, humanitarian, and other ac25 tivities of such groups, and not to exceed $2,000,000 may

26 be made available for groups and activities seeking the
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1 prosecution of Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi govern2 ment officials for war crimes: Provided, That none of these

3 funds may be made available for administrative expenses

4 of the Department of State.

5 AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET

6 JUSTIFICATION

7 SEC. 576. The Agency for International Development

8 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a de9 tailed budget justification that is consistent with the re10 quirements of section 515, for each fiscal year. The Agen11 cy shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a

12 proposed budget justification format no later than October

13 31, 2001, or 30 days after the enactment of this Act,

14 whichever occurs later. The proposed format shall include

15 how the Agency’s budget justification will address: (1) es16 timated levels of obligations for the current fiscal year and

17 actual levels for the two previous fiscal years; (2) the

18 President’s request for new budget authority and esti19 mated carryover obligational authority for the budget

20 year; (3) the disaggregation of budget data and staff levels

21 by program and activity for each bureau, field mission,

22 and central office; and (4) the need for a user-friendly,

23 transparent budget narrative.

24 KYOTO PROTOCOL

25 SEC. 577. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

26 shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de-
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1 crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in

2 preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol,

3 which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,

4 Japan, at the Third Conference of the Parties to the

5 United States Framework Convention on Climate Change,

6 which has not been submitted to the Senate for advice and

7 consent to ratification pursuant to article II, section 2,

8 clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and which has

9 not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the Pro10 tocol. The limitation established in this section shall not

11 apply to any activity otherwise authorized by law.

12 WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM

13 SEC. 578. For fiscal year 2001, 30 days prior to the

14 initial obligation of funds for the bilateral West Bank and

15 Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall certify to the

16 appropriate committees of Congress that procedures have

17 been established to assure the Comptroller General of the

18 United States will have access to appropriate United

19 States financial information in order to review the uses

20 of United States assistance for the Program funded under

21 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the West Bank

22 and Gaza.

23 INDONESIA

24 SEC. 579. Funds appropriated by this Act under the

25 heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may be

26 made available for Indonesia if the President determines
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1 and submits a report to the appropriate congressional

2 committees that the Indonesian government and the Indo3 nesian armed forces are—

4 (1) taking effective measures to bring to justice

5 members of the armed forces and militia groups

6 against whom there is credible evidence of human

7 rights violations;

8 (2) taking effective measures to bring to justice

9 members of the armed forces against whom there is

10 credible evidence of aiding or abetting militia

11 groups;

12 (3) allowing displaced persons and refugees to

13 return home to East Timor, including providing safe

14 passage for refugees returning from West Timor;

15 (4) not impeding the activities of the United

16 Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor

17 (UNTAET);

18 (5) demonstrating a commitment to preventing

19 incursions into East Timor by members of militia

20 groups in West Timor; and

21 (6) demonstrating a commitment to account22 ability by cooperating with investigations and pros23 ecutions of members of the Indonesian armed forces

24 and militia groups responsible for human rights vio25 lations in Indonesia and East Timor.
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1 MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE

2 SEC. 580. None of the funds appropriated or other3 wise made available by this Act may be provided for the

4 United Nations Man and the Biosphere Program or the

5 United Nations World Heritage Fund.

6 CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN

7 SEC. 581. Consistent with the intent of Congress ex8 pressed in the enactment of section 3(b) of the Taiwan

9 Relations Act, the Secretary of State shall consult with

10 the appropriate committees and leadership of Congress to

11 devise a mechanism to provide for congressional input

12 prior to making any determination on the nature or quan13 tity of defense articles and services to be made available

14 to Taiwan.

15 RESTRICTION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE FOR CER16 TAIN RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN CENTRAL EU17 ROPE

18 SEC. 582. Funds appropriated or otherwise made

19 available by this Act for United States assistance for East20 ern Europe and the Baltic States should to the maximum

21 extent practicable be used for the procurement of articles

22 and services of United States origin.

23 RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS

24 DESTABILIZING SIERRA LEONE

25 SEC. 583. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this

26 Act may be made available for assistance for the govern-
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1 ment of any country that the Secretary of State deter2 mines there is credible evidence that such government has

3 provided lethal or non-lethal military support or equip4 ment, directly or through intermediaries, within the pre5 vious six months to the Sierra Leone Revolutionary United

6 Front (RUF), or any other group intent on destabilizing

7 the democratically elected government of the Republic of

8 Sierra Leone.

9 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may

10 be made available for assistance for the government of any

11 country that the Secretary of State determines there is

12 credible evidence that such government has aided or abet13 ted, within the previous six months, in the illicit distribu14 tion, transportation, or sale of diamonds mined in Sierra

15 Leone.

16 (c) Whenever the prohibition on assistance required

17 under subsection (a) or (b) is exercised, the Secretary of

18 State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in a

19 timely manner.

20 VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVES

21 SEC. 584. Section 579(c)(2)(D) of the Foreign Oper22 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro23 priations Act, 2000, as enacted by section 1000(a)(2) of

24 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law

25 106–113), is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2000’’

26 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 2001’’.
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1 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

2 SEC. 585. Section 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act

3 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2395) is amended by adding a new

4 subsection (l) as follows:

5 ‘‘(l)(1) There is hereby established a working capital

6 fund for the United States Agency for International De7 velopment which shall be available without fiscal year limi8 tation for the expenses of personal and nonpersonal serv9 ices, equipment and supplies for: (A) International Coop10 erative Administrative Support Services; and (B) rebates

11 from the use of United States Government credit cards.

12 ‘‘(2) The capital of the fund shall consist of the fair

13 and reasonable value of such supplies, equipment, and

14 other assets pertaining to the functions of the fund as the

15 Administrator determines, rebates from the use of United

16 States Government credit cards, and any appropriations

17 made available for the purpose of providing capital, less

18 related liabilities.

19 ‘‘(3) The fund shall be reimbursed or credited with

20 advance payments for services, equipment or supplies pro21 vided from the fund from applicable appropriations and

22 funds of the agency, other Federal agencies and other

23 sources authorized by section 607 of this Act at rates that

24 will recover total expenses of operation, including accrual

25 of annual leave and depreciation. Receipts from the dis-
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1 posal of, or payments for the loss or damage to, property

2 held in the fund, rebates, reimbursements, refunds, and

3 other credits applicable to the operation of the fund may

4 be deposited in the fund.

5 ‘‘(4) The agency shall transfer to the Treasury as

6 miscellaneous receipts as of the close of the fiscal year

7 such amounts which the Administrator determines to be

8 in excess of the needs of the fund.

9 ‘‘(5) The fund may be charged with the current value

10 of supplies and equipment returned to the working capital

11 of the fund by a post, activity or agency and the proceeds

12 shall be credited to current applicable appropriations.’’.

13 CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

14 SEC. 586. (1) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF CON15 TRIBUTION.—Of the amounts made available under

16 ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, not more

17 than $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be available

18 for the United Nations Population Fund (hereafter in this

19 subsection referred to as the ‘‘UNFPA’’).

20 (2) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—

21 None of the funds made available under ‘‘International

22 Organizations and Programs’’ may be made available for

23 the UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Repub24 lic of China.

25 (3) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—

26 Amounts made available under ‘‘International Organiza-
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1 tions and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2001 for the UNFPA

2 may not be made available to UNFPA unless—

3 (A) the UNFPA maintains amounts made

4 available to the UNFPA under this section in an ac5 count separate from other accounts of the UNFPA;

6 (B) the UNFPA does not commingle amounts

7 made available to the UNFPA under this section

8 with other sums; and

9 (C) the UNFPA does not fund abortions.

10 (4) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS AND WITHHOLDING

11 OF FUNDS.—

12 (A) Not later than February 15, 2001, the Sec13 retary of State shall submit a report to the appro14 priate congressional committees indicating the

15 amount of funds that the United Nations Population

16 Fund is budgeting for the year in which the report

17 is submitted for a country program in the People’s

18 Republic of China.

19 (B) If a report under subparagraph (A) indi20 cates that the United Nations Population Fund

21 plans to spend funds for a country program in the

22 People’s Republic of China in the year covered by

23 the report, then the amount of such funds that the

24 UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Republic of

25 China shall be deducted from the funds made avail-
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1 able to the UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for

2 the remainder of the fiscal year in which the report

3 is submitted.

4 AUTHORIZATION FOR POPULATION PLANNING

5 SEC. 587. (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Not to exceed

6 $385,000,000 of the funds appropriated in title II of this

7 Act may be available for population planning activities or

8 other population assistance.

9 (b) RESTRICTION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN OR10 GANIZATIONS THAT PERFORM OR ACTIVELY PROMOTE

11 ABORTIONS.—

12 (1) PERFORMANCE OF ABORTIONS.—(A) Not13 withstanding section 614 of the Foreign Assistance

14 Act of 1961, or any other provision of law, no funds

15 appropriated by title II of this Act for population

16 planning activities or other population assistance

17 may be made available for any foreign private, non18 governmental, or multilateral organization until the

19 organization certifies that it will not, during the pe20 riod for which the funds are made available, perform

21 abortions in any foreign country, except where the

22 life of the mother would be endangered if the preg23 nancy were carried to term or in cases of forcible

24 rape or incest.

25 (B) Subparagraph (A) may not be construed to

26 apply to the treatment of injuries or illnesses caused
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1 by legal or illegal abortions or to assistance provided

2 directly to the government of a country.

3 (2) LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.—(A) Notwith4 standing section 614 of the Foreign Assistance Act

5 of 1961, or any other provision of law, no funds ap6 propriated by title II of this Act for population plan7 ning activities or other population assistance may be

8 made available for any foreign private, nongovern9 mental, or multilateral organization until the organi10 zation certifies that it will not, during the period for

11 which the funds are made available, violate the laws

12 of any foreign country concerning the circumstances

13 under which abortion is permitted, regulated, or pro14 hibited, or engage in activities or efforts to alter the

15 laws or governmental policies of any foreign country

16 concerning the circumstances under which abortion

17 is permitted, regulated, or prohibited.

18 (B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to activi19 ties in opposition to coercive abortion or involuntary

20 sterilization.

21 (3) APPLICATION TO FOREIGN ORGANIZA22 TIONS.—The prohibitions and certifications of this

23 subsection apply to funds made available to a for24 eign organization either directly or as a subcon25 tractor or subgrantee.
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1 (c) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—

2 (1) AUTHORITY.—The President may waive the

3 restrictions contained in subsection (b) that require

4 certifications from foreign private, nongovernmental,

5 or multilateral organizations.

6 (2) REDUCTION OF ASSISTANCE.—In the event

7 the President exercises the authority contained in

8 paragraph (1) to waive either or both subsections

9 (b)(1) and (b)(2), then—

10 (A) assistance authorized by subsection (a)

11 and allocated for population planning activities

12 or other population assistance shall be reduced

13 by a total of $12,500,000, and that amount

14 shall be transferred from funds appropriated by

15 this Act under the heading ‘‘Development As16 sistance’’ and consolidated and merged with

17 funds appropriated by this Act under the head18 ing ‘‘Child Survival and Disease Programs

19 Fund’’; and

20 (B) notwithstanding any other provision of

21 law, such transferred funds that would have

22 been made available for population planning ac23 tivities or other population assistance shall be

24 made available for infant and child health pro25 grams that have a direct, measurable, and high
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1 impact on reducing the incidence of illness and

2 death among children.

3 (3) LIMITATION.—The authority provided in

4 paragraph (1) may be exercised to allow the provi5 sion of not more than $15,000,000, in the aggre6 gate, to all foreign private, nongovernmental, or

7 multilateral organizations with respect to which such

8 authority is exercised.

9 (4) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—Upon exer10 cising the authority provided in paragraph (1), the

11 President shall report in writing to the Committee

12 on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign

13 Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Ap14 propriations and the Committee on International Re15 lations of the House of Representatives.

16 AMERICAN CHURCHWOMEN IN EL SALVADOR

17 SEC. 588. (a) Information relevant to the December

18 2, 1980, murders of four American churchwomen in El

19 Salvador shall be made public to the fullest extent pos20 sible.

21 (b) The Secretary of State and the Department of

22 State are to be commended for fully releasing information

23 regarding the murders.

24 (c) The President shall order all Federal agencies and

25 departments that possess relevant information to make
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1 every effort to declassify and release to the victims’ fami2 lies relevant information as expeditiously as possible.

3 (d) In making determinations concerning the declas4 sification and release of relevant information, the Federal

5 agencies and departments shall presume in favor of releas6 ing, rather than of withholding, such information.

7 HIPC TRUST FUND CONDITIONS

8 SEC. 589. Beginning in fiscal year 2002, funds shall

9 be appropriated to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries

10 Initiative only when the President of the World Bank and

11 the Managing Director of the International Monetary

12 Fund submit a certification to the Secretary of the Treas13 ury that the Institutions they head will not include user

14 fees or service charges through ‘‘community financing’’,

15 ‘‘cost sharing’’, ‘‘cost recovery’’, or any other mechanism

16 for primary education or primary healthcare, including

17 prevention and treatment efforts for AIDS, malaria, tu18 berculosis, and infant, child, and maternal well-being in

19 their Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers or any other

20 HIPC-related debt relief or economic reform program or

21 plan or any other International Monetary Fund or World

22 Bank loan or reform program.

23 SEC. 590. None of the funds made available in this

24 Act may be used to pay for the performance of abortion

25 or to lobby for or against abortion.
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1 PROCUREMENT AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REFORM

2 SEC. 591. (a) Of the funds made available under the

3 heading ‘‘International Financial Institutions’’ in this or

4 any prior Act making appropriations for foreign oper5 ations, export financing, or related programs, 10 percent

6 of the United States portion or payment to any inter7 national financial institution shall be withheld by the Sec8 retary of the Treasury, until the Secretary certifies that—

9 (1) the institution is implementing procedures

10 for conducting semiannual audits by qualified inde11 pendent auditors for all new lending;

12 (2) the institution has taken steps to establish

13 an independent fraud and corruption investigative

14 organization or office;

15 (3) the institution has implemented a program

16 to assess a recipient country’s procurement and fi17 nancial management capabilities, including an anal18 ysis of the risks of corruption prior to initiating new

19 lending; and

20 (4) the institution is taking steps to fund and

21 implement independent third-party procurement

22 monitoring and other similar measures designed to

23 improve transparency, anticorruption programs, pro24 curement, and financial management controls in re25 cipient countries.
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1 (b) REPORT.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall

2 report on March 1, 2001, to the Committee on Appropria3 tions of the House of Representatives and the Committee

4 on Appropriations of the Senate on progress made to ful5 fill the objectives identified in subsection (a).

6 (c) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘international financial

7 institution’’ means the International Bank for Reconstruc8 tion and Development, the International Development As9 sociation, the International Finance Corporation, the

10 Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter-American

11 Investment Corporation, the Enterprise for the Americas

12 Multilateral Investment Fund, the Asian Development

13 Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the African Develop14 ment Bank, the African Development Fund, the European

15 Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the Inter16 national Monetary Fund.

17 TITLE VI—MOZAMBIQUE, MADAGASCAR, AND

18 SOUTHERN AFRICA REHABILITATION AND

19 RECONSTRUCTION

20 The following sums are appropriated, out of any

21 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

22 fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur23 poses, namely:
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1 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

2 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

3 AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

4 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster

6 Assistance’’, $160,000,000, for rehabilitation and recon7 struction assistance for mOZAMBIQUE, mADA8 GASCAR, AND southern Africa, to remain available until

9 expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated

10 under this heading may be made available for nonproject

11 assistance: Provided further, That prior to any obligation

12 of funds appropriated under this heading, the Adminis13 trator of the Agency for International Development shall

14 provide the Committees on Appropriations with a detailed

15 report containing the amount of the proposed obligation

16 and a description of the programs and projects, on a coun17 try-by-country basis, to be funded with such amount: Pro18 vided further, That up to $12,000,000 of the funds appro19 priated under this heading may be charged to finance obli20 gations for which appropriations available under chapter

21 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

22 were initially charged for assistance for rehabilitation and

23 reconstruction for Mozambique, Madagascar, and south24 ern Africa: Provided further, That of the funds appro25 priated under this heading, up to $5,000,000 may be used

26 for administrative expenses, including auditing costs, of
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1 the Agency for International Development associated with

2 the assistance furnished under this heading: Provided fur3 ther, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress

4 as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

5 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

6 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,

7 That the entire amount provided shall be available only

8 to the extent an official budget request that includes des9 ignation of the entire amount of the request as an emer10 gency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and

11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is

12 transmitted by the President to the Congress.

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations,

14 Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations

15 Act, 2001’’.

Union Calendar No. 404

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4811

[Report No. 106–720]

A BILL

Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for

other purposes.

JULY 10, 2000

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed