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[House Report 106-122]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

106th Congress                                                   Report
 1st Session            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                 106-122

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         FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEAR 2000

                                _______
                                
 April 29, 1999.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed
                                _______
                                
 Mr. Gilman, from the Committee on International Relations, submitted 
                             the following

                              R E P O R T

                             together with

                            ADDITIONAL VIEWS

                        [To accompany H.R. 1211]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on International Relations, to whom was 
referred the bill (H.R. 1211) to authorize appropriations for 
the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal years 
2000 and 2001, and for other purposes, having considered the 
same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend 
that the bill as amended do pass.
  The amendments are as follows:
  Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu 
thereof the following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

  This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Year 2000''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

  The table of contents is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.

               TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

                     Chapter 1--Department of State

Sec. 101. Administration of foreign affairs.
Sec. 102. International organizations.
Sec. 103. International commissions.
Sec. 104. Migration and refugee assistance.
Sec. 105. Public diplomacy programs.
Sec. 106. Voluntary contributions to international organizations.
Sec. 107. Grants to the Asia Foundation.

               Chapter 2--Broadcasting Board of Governors

Sec. 121. International broadcasting.

        TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

                 Chapter 1--Authorities and Activities

Sec. 201. Authority to lease aircraft to respond to a terrorist attack 
abroad.
Sec. 202. Report on Cuban drug trafficking.
Sec. 203. Report on compliance with the Hague Convention on 
International Child Abduction.
Sec. 204. Elimination of obsolete reports.
Sec. 205. Continuation of reporting requirements.
Sec. 206. International arms sales code of conduct.
Sec. 207. Human rights and democracy fellowships.
Sec. 208. Joint funds under agreements for cooperation in 
environmental, scientific, cultural, and related areas.
Sec. 209. Report on international extradition.
Sec. 210. Effective regulation of satellite export activities.

               Chapter 2--Consular And Related Activities

Sec. 251. Deaths and estates of United States citizens abroad.
Sec. 252. Duties of consular officers.
Sec. 253. Machine readable visas.
Sec. 254. Processing of visa applications.
Sec. 255. Repeal of outdated provision on passport fees.
Sec. 256. Fees relating to affidavits of support.

                          Chapter 3--Refugees

Sec. 271. United States policy regarding the involuntary return of 
refugees.
Sec. 272. Human rights reports.
Sec. 273. Guidelines for refugee processing posts.
Sec. 274. Vietnamese refugees.

 TITLE III--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; PERSONNEL OF THE 
                DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND FOREIGN SERVICE

           Chapter 1--Organization of the Department of State

Sec. 301. Establishment of Bureau for International Information 
Programs and Bureau for Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs.
Sec. 302. Correction of designation of Inspector General of the 
Department of State.

            Chapter 2--Personnel of the Department of State

Sec. 321. Establishment of Foreign Service Star.
Sec. 322. United States citizens hired abroad.
Sec. 323. Border equalization adjustment.
Sec. 324. Treatment of grievance records.
Sec. 325. Report concerning financial disadvantages for administrative 
and technical personnel.
Sec. 326. Extension of overseas hiring authority.
Sec. 327. Medical emergency assistance.
Sec. 328. Families of deceased foreign service personnel.
Sec. 329. Parental choice in education.
Sec. 330. Workforce planning for foreign service personnel by federal 
agencies.
Sec. 331. Compensation for survivors of terrorist attacks overseas.

   TITLE IV--UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL 
                                PROGRAMS

Sec. 401. Educational and cultural exchanges and scholarships for 
Tibetans and Burmese.
Sec. 402. Conduct of certain educational and cultural exchange 
programs.
Sec. 403. Notification to Congress of grants.
Sec. 404. National security measures.
Sec. 405. Designation of North/South Center as the Dante B. Fascell 
North-South Center.
Sec. 406. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
Sec. 407. International expositions.
Sec. 408. Royal Ulster Constabulary.

                  TITLE V--INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING

Sec. 501. Permanent authorization for Radio Free Asia.
Sec. 502. Preservation of RFE/RL (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty).
Sec. 503. Immunity from civil liability for Broadcasting Board of 
Governors.

         TITLE VI--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS

Sec. 601. Interparliamentary groups.
Sec. 602. Authority to assist State and local governments.
Sec. 603. International Boundary and Water Commission.
Sec. 604. Concerning United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/
6.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 701. Sense of the Congress concerning support for democracy and 
human rights activists in Cuba.
Sec. 702. Relating to Cyprus.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

  In this Act:
          (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
        International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of 
        the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
        Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
          (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
        State.

               TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

                     CHAPTER 1--DEPARTMENT OF STATE

SEC. 101. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

  The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of State under ``Administration of Foreign Affairs'' to 
carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in 
the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States and for other 
purposes authorized by law, including the diplomatic security program:
          (1) Diplomatic and consular programs.--
                  (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For 
                ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'', of the Department 
                of State $2,531,775,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
                  (B) Limitations.--
                          (i) Worldwide security upgrades.--Of the 
                        amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
                        subparagraph (A), $254,000,000 for fiscal year 
                        2000 is authorized to be appropriated only for 
                        worldwide security upgrades.
                          (ii) Bureau of democracy, human rights, and 
                        labor.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
                        appropriated by subparagraph (A), $15,000,000 
                        for fiscal year 2000 is authorized to be 
                        appropriated only for salaries and expenses of 
                        the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
                        Labor.
                          (iii) Recruitment of minority groups.--Of the 
                        amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
                        subparagraph (A), $2,000,000 for fiscal year 
                        2000 is authorized to be appropriated only for 
                        the recruitment of members of minority groups 
                        for careers in the Foreign Service and 
                        international affairs.
          (2) Capital investment fund.--For ``Capital Investment Fund'' 
        of the Department of State, $90,000,000 for the fiscal year 
        2000.
          (3) Security and maintenance of united states missions.--
                  (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For ``Security 
                and Maintenance of United States Missions'', 
                $1,580,066,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
                  (B) Security upgrades for united states missions.--Of 
                the amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
                subparagraph (A), $1,146,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 
                is authorized to be appropriated only for security 
                upgrades to United States missions abroad, including 
                construction and relocation costs.
          (4) Representation allowances.--For ``Representation 
        Allowances'', $4,450,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
          (5) Emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service.--For 
        ``Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service'', 
        $17,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
          (6) Office of the inspector general.--For ``Office of the 
        Inspector General'', $30,054,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
          (7) Payment to the american institute in taiwan.--For 
        ``Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan'', $15,760,000 
        for the fiscal year 2000.
          (8) Protection of foreign missions and officials.--
                  (A) For ``Protection of Foreign Missions and 
                Officials'', $9,490,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
                  (B) Each amount appropriated pursuant to this 
                paragraph is authorized to remain available through 
                September 30 of the fiscal year following the fiscal 
                year for which the amount appropriated was made.
          (9) Repatriation loans.--For ``Repatriation Loans'', 
        $1,200,000 for the fiscal year 2000, for administrative 
        expenses.

SEC. 102. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

  (a) Assessed Contributions to International Organizations.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated for ``Contributions to International 
Organizations'', $963,308,000 for the fiscal year 2000 for the 
Department of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, 
and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the 
United States with respect to international organizations and to carry 
out other authorities in law consistent with such purposes.
  (b) Assessed Contributions for International Peacekeeping 
Activities.--There are authorized to be appropriated for 
``Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities'', 
$235,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 for the Department of State to 
carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in 
the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States with respect to 
international peacekeeping activities and to carry out other 
authorities in law consistent with such purposes.

SEC. 103. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS.

  The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated under 
``International Commissions'' for the Department of State to carry out 
the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct 
of the foreign affairs of the United States and for other purposes 
authorized by law:
          (1) International boundary and water commission, united 
        states and mexico.--For ``International Boundary and Water 
        Commission, United States and Mexico''--
                  (A) for ``Salaries and Expenses'' $20,413,000 for the 
                fiscal year 2000; and
                  (B) for ``Construction'' $8,435,000 for the fiscal 
                year 2000.
          (2) International boundary commission, united states and 
        canada.--For ``International Boundary Commission, United States 
        and Canada'', $859,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
          (3) International joint commission.--For ``International 
        Joint Commission'', $3,819,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
          (4) International fisheries commissions.--For ``International 
        Fisheries Commissions'', $16,702,000 for the fiscal year 2000.

SEC. 104. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.

      (a) Migration and Refugee Assistance.--
          (1) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized to 
        be appropriated for ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'' for 
        authorized activities, $750,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
          (2) Limitations.--
                  (A) Tibetan refugees in india and nepal.--Of the 
                amounts authorized to be appropriated in paragraph (1), 
                not more than $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is 
                authorized to be available only for humanitarian 
                assistance, including food, medicine, clothing, and 
                medical and vocational training, to Tibetan refugees in 
                India and Nepal who have fled Chinese-occupied Tibet.
                  (B) Refugees resettling in israel.--Of the amounts 
                authorized to be appropriated in paragraph (1), 
                $60,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is authorized to 
                be available only for assistance for refugees 
                resettling in Israel from other countries.
                  (C) Humanitarian assistance for displaced burmese.--
                Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in 
                paragraph (1), $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 for 
                humanitarian assistance are authorized to be available 
                only for assistance (including food, medicine, 
                clothing, and medical and vocational training) to 
                persons displaced as a result of civil conflict in 
                Burma, including persons still within Burma.
                  (D) Assistance for displaced sierra leoneans.--Of the 
                amounts authorized to be appropriated in paragraph (1), 
                $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 for humanitarian 
                assistance are authorized to be available only for 
                assistance (including food, medicine, clothing, and 
                medical and vocational training) and resettlement of 
                persons who have been severely mutilated as a result of 
                civil conflict in Sierra Leone, including persons still 
                within Sierra Leone.
                  (E) Assistance for kosovar refugees.--
                          (i) Of the amounts authorized to be 
                        appropriated in paragraph (1), $50,000,000 for 
                        the fiscal year 2000 are authorized to be 
                        appropriated only for the Front Line States 
                        Initiative defined in clause (ii).
                          (ii) For the purposes of this subparagraph, 
                        the term ``Front Line States Initiative'' means 
                        assistance for the relief of refugees fleeing 
                        from the conflict in Kosovo provided through 
                        nongovernmental organizations in the form of 
                        food, housing, clothing, transportation, and 
                        other material, with priority assistance for 
                        the relief of refugees in the front line states 
                        of Albania and Macedonia.
    (b) Availability of Funds.--Funds appropriated pursuant to this 
section are authorized to remain available until expended.

SEC. 105. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAMS.

  The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of State to carry out international information activities 
and educational and cultural exchange programs under the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Reorganization Plan 
Number 2 of 1977, the Dante B. Fascell North-South Center Act of 1991, 
and the National Endowment for Democracy Act, and to carry out other 
authorities in law consistent with such purposes:
          (1) International information programs.--For ``International 
        Information Programs'', $305,997,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
          (2) Educational and cultural exchange programs.--
                  (A) Fulbright academic exchange programs.--There are 
                authorized to be appropriated for the ``Fulbright 
                Academic Exchange Programs'' (other than programs 
                described in subparagraph (B)), $112,000,000 for the 
                fiscal year 2000.
                  (B) Other educational and cultural exchange 
                programs.--
                          (i) In general.--There are authorized to be 
                        appropriated for other educational and cultural 
                        exchange programs authorized by law, including 
                        the Claude and Mildred Pepper Scholarship 
                        Program of the Washington Workshops Foundation 
                        and the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program, 
                        $98,329,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
                          (ii) South pacific exchanges.--Of the amounts 
                        authorized to be appropriated under clause (i), 
                        $750,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is authorized 
                        to be available for ``South Pacific 
                        Exchanges''.
                          (iii) East timorese scholarships.--Of the 
                        amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
                        clause (i), $500,000 for the fiscal year 2000 
                        is authorized to be available for ``East 
                        Timorese Scholarships''.
                          (iv) Tibetan exchanges.--Of the amounts 
                        authorized to be appropriated under clause (i), 
                        $500,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is authorized 
                        to be available for ``Ngawang Choephel Exchange 
                        Programs'' (formerly known as educational and 
                        cultural exchanges with Tibet) under section 
                        103(a) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other 
                        Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 
                        (Public Law 104-319).
                          (v) African exchanges.--Of the amounts 
                        authorized to be appropriated under clause (i), 
                        $500,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is authorized 
                        to be available only for ``Educational and 
                        Cultural Exchanges with Sub-Saharan Africa''.
          (3) Center for cultural and technical interchange between 
        east and west.--For the ``Center for Cultural and Technical 
        Interchange between East and West'', $17,500,000 for the fiscal 
        year 2000.
          (4) National endowment for democracy.--
                  (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For the 
                ``National Endowment for Democracy'', $34,000,000 for 
                the fiscal year 2000.
                  (B) Limitation.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
                appropriated by subparagraph (A), $2,000,000 for the 
                fiscal year 2000 is authorized to be appropriated only 
                for a fellowship program, to be known as the ``Reagan-
                Fascell Democracy Fellows'', for democracy activists 
                and scholars from around the world at the International 
                Forum for Democratic Studies in Washington, D.C., to 
                study, write, and exchange views with other activists 
                and scholars and with Americans.
          (5) Dante b. fascell north-south center.--For ``Dante B. 
        Fascell North-South Center'' $2,500,000 for the fiscal year 
        2000.

SEC. 106. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

  (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated for ``Voluntary Contributions to International 
Organizations'', $293,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
  (b) Limitations on Authorizations of Appropriations.--
          (1) World food program.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
        appropriated under subsection (a), $5,000,000 for the fiscal 
        year 2000 is authorized to be appropriated only for a United 
        States contribution to the World Food Program.
          (2) United nations voluntary fund for victims of torture.--Of 
        the amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), 
        $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is authorized to be 
        appropriated only for a United States contribution to the 
        United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.
          (3) International program on the elimination of child 
        labor.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
        subsection (a), $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is 
        authorized to be appropriated only for a United States 
        contribution to the International Labor Organization for the 
        activities of the International Program on the Elimination of 
        Child Labor.
          (4) Organization of american states.--Of the amounts 
        authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), $240,000 
        for the fiscal year 2000 is authorized to be appropriated only 
        for a United States contribution to the Organization of 
        American States for the Office of the Special Rapporteur for 
        Freedom of Expression in the Western Hemisphere to conduct 
        investigations, including field visits, to establish a network 
        of nongovernmental organizations, and to hold hemispheric 
        conferences, of which $6,000 for each fiscal year is authorized 
        to be appropriated only for the investigation and dissemination 
        of information on violations of freedom of expression by the 
        Government of Cuba.
  (c) Restrictions on United States Voluntary Contributions to United 
Nations Development Program.--
          (1) Limitation.--Of the amounts made available under 
        subsection (a) for the fiscal year 2000 for United States 
        voluntary contributions to the United Nations Development 
        Program an amount equal to the amount the United Nations 
        Development Program will spend in Burma during each fiscal year 
        shall be withheld unless during such fiscal year the Secretary 
        of State submits to the appropriate congressional committees 
        the certification described in paragraph (2).
          (2) Certification.--The certification referred to in 
        paragraph (1) is a certification by the Secretary of State that 
        all programs and activities of the United Nations Development 
        Program (including United Nations Development Program--
        Administered Funds) in Burma--
                  (A) are focused on eliminating human suffering and 
                addressing the needs of the poor;
                  (B) are undertaken only through international or 
                private voluntary organizations that have been deemed 
                independent of the State Peace and Development Council 
                (SPDC) (formerly known as the State Law and Order 
                Restoration Council (SLORC), after consultation with 
                the leadership of the National League for Democracy and 
                the leadership of the National Coalition Government of 
                the Union of Burma;
                  (C) provide no financial, political, or military 
                benefit to the SPDC; and
                  (D) are carried out only after consultation with the 
                leadership of the National League for Democracy and the 
                leadership of the National Coalition Government of the 
                Union of Burma.
  (d) Contributions to United Nations Population Fund.--
          (1) Limitations on amount of contribution.--Of the amounts 
        made available under subsection (a), not more than $25,000,000 
        for fiscal year 2000 shall be available for the United Nations 
        Population Fund (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as 
        the ``UNFPA'').
          (2) Prohibition on use of funds in china.--None of the funds 
        made available under subsection (a) may be made available for 
        the UNFPA for a country program in the People's Republic of 
        China.
          (3) Conditions on availability of funds.--Amounts made 
        available under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2000 for the 
        UNFPA may not be made available to UNFPA unless--
                  (A) the UNFPA maintains amounts made available to the 
                UNFPA under this section in an account separate from 
                other accounts of the UNFPA;
                  (B) the UNFPA does not commingle amounts made 
                available to the UNFPA under this section with other 
                sums; and
                  (C) the UNFPA does not fund abortions.
          (4) Withholding of Funds Subject to Certification.--
                  (A) Of the amounts made available for fiscal year 
                2000 for United States voluntary contributions to the 
                UNFPA an amount equal to the amount that UNFPA will 
                spend on a country program in the People's Republic of 
                China during each fiscal year shall be withheld unless 
                during such fiscal year, the Secretary of State submits 
                to the appropriate congressional committees the 
                certification described in subparagraph (B).
                  (B) The certification referred to in subparagraph (A) 
                is a certification by the Secretary of State that the 
                country program of the UNFPA in the People's Republic 
                of China--
                          (i) focuses on improving the delivery of 
                        voluntary family planning information and 
                        services;
                          (ii) is designed in conformity with the human 
                        rights principles affirmed at the International 
                        Conference on Population and Development with 
                        the support of 180 nations including the United 
                        States;
                          (iii) is implemented only in counties in the 
                        People's Republic of China where all quotas and 
                        targets for the recruitment of program 
                        participants have been abolished and the use of 
                        coercive measures has been eliminated;
                          (iv) is carried out in consultation with, and 
                        under the oversight and approval of, the UNFPA 
                        executive board, including the United States 
                        representative;
                          (v) is subject to regular independent 
                        monitoring to ensure compliance with the 
                        principles of informed consent and voluntary 
                        participation; and
                          (vi) suspends operations in project counties 
                        found to be in violation of program guidelines.
  (e) Availability of Funds.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (a) are authorized to remain available until expended.

SEC. 107. GRANTS TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION.

  Section 404 of The Asia Foundation Act (title IV of Public Law 98-
164) is amended to read as follows:
  ``Sec. 404. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
of State $15,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 for grants to The Asia 
Foundation pursuant to this title.''.

               CHAPTER 2--BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

SEC. 121. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.

  The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors to carry out certain international 
broadcasting activities under the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and the 
Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and for other purposes authorized 
by law:
          (1) International broadcasting operations.--
                  (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For 
                ``International Broadcasting Operations'', $385,900,000 
                for the fiscal year 2000.
                  (B) Allocation.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
                appropriated under subparagraph (A), the Broadcasting 
                Board of Governors shall seek to ensure that the 
                amounts made available for broadcasting to nations 
                whose people do not fully enjoy freedom of expression 
                do not decline in proportion to the amounts made 
                available for broadcasting to other nations.
          (2) Broadcasting capital improvements.--For ``Broadcasting 
        Capital Improvements'', $20,868,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
          (3) Radio free asia.--For ``Radio Free Asia'', $30,000,000 
        for the fiscal year 2000.
          (4) Broadcasting to cuba.--
                  (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For 
                ``Broadcasting to Cuba'', $22,743,000 for the fiscal 
                year 2000.
                  (B) Limitation.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
                appropriated under subparagraph (A), $712,000 for the 
                fiscal year 2000 is authorized to be appropriated only 
                for the Office of Cuba Broadcasting to develop and 
                implement new technology and enhance current methods to 
                strengthen and improve the transmission capabilities of 
                Radio Marti and TV Marti.

        TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

                 CHAPTER 1--AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

SEC. 201. AUTHORITY TO LEASE AIRCRAFT TO RESPOND TO A TERRORIST ATTACK 
                    ABROAD.

  Subject to the availability of appropriations, in the event of an 
emergency which involves a terrorist attack abroad, the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice is 
authorized to lease commercial aircraft to transport equipment and 
personnel in response to such attack if there have been reasonable 
efforts to obtain appropriate Department of Defense aircraft and such 
aircraft are unavailable. The leasing authority under this section 
shall include authority to provide indemnification insurance or 
guarantees, if necessary and appropriate.

SEC. 202. REPORT ON CUBAN DRUG TRAFFICKING.

  Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees an unclassified report (with a 
classified annex) on the extent of international drug trafficking from, 
through, or over Cuba. Each report shall include the following:
          (1) Information concerning the extent to which the Cuban 
        Government or any official, employee, or entity of the 
        Government of Cuba has engaged in, facilitated, or condoned 
        such trafficking.
          (2) The extent to which the appropriate agencies of the 
        United States Government have investigated and prosecuted such 
        activities of the Cuban Government or any official, employee, 
        or entity of the Government of Cuba.
          (3) A determination of whether the Government of Cuba should 
        be included in the list of nations considered to be major drug 
        trafficking countries.

SEC. 203. REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON 
                    INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION.

  Section 2803(a) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act 
of 1998 (as enacted by division G of the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105-277) is 
amended--
          (1) by striking ``1999,'' and inserting ``2000,'';
          (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``abducted.'' and inserting 
        ``abducted, are being wrongfully retained in violation of 
        United States court orders, or which have failed to comply with 
        any of their obligations under such convention with respect to 
        applications for the return of children, access to children, or 
        both, submitted by United States citizens or lawful 
        residents.'';
          (3) in paragraph (3)--
                  (A) by striking ``children'' and inserting 
                ``children, access to children, or both,''; and
                  (B) by inserting ``or lawful residents'' after 
                ``citizens''; and
          (4) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new 
        paragraph:
          ``(6) A list of the countries which are Parties to the 
        Convention, but in which due to the absence of a prompt and 
        effective method for enforcement of civil court orders, the 
        absence of a doctrine of comity, or other factors, there is a 
        substantial possibility that an order of return or access under 
        a Hague Convention proceeding, or a United States custody, 
        access, or visitation order, will not be promptly enforced.''.

SEC. 204. ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE REPORTS.

  (a) Post Language Competence.--Section 304(c) of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3944(c)) is repealed.
  (b) Sustainable Economic Growth.--Section 574 of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
1996 (Public Law 104-107) is repealed.
  (c) Redundant Reports on Certain Weapons.--
          (1) Section 308 of the Chemical and Biological Weapons and 
        Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-182) is 
        repealed.
          (2) Section 585 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
        and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-
        208), is repealed.
  (d) Situation in Iraq.--Section 3 of Public Law 102-1 is amended by 
striking ``60 days'' and inserting ``six months''.

SEC. 205. CONTINUATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

  (a) Reports on Claims by United States Firms Against the Government 
of Saudi Arabia.--Section 2801(b) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted by division G of the Omnibus 
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; 
Public Law 105-277) is amended--
          (1) by striking ``the earlier of--'';
          (2) by striking paragraph (1); and
          (3) by striking the designation for paragraph (2) and 
        adjusting the tabulation.
  (b) Reports on Determinations Under Title IV of the Libertad Act.--
Section 2802(a) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 
1998 (as enacted by division G of the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105-277) is 
amended by striking ``during the period ending September 30, 1999,'' 
and inserting a comma.
  (c) Relations With Vietnam.--Section 2805 of the Foreign Affairs 
Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted by division G of the 
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1999; Public Law 105-277) is amended by striking ``during the period 
ending September 30, 1999,''.
  (d) Reports on Ballistic Missile Cooperation With Russia.--Section 
2705(d) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as 
enacted by division G of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105-277) is amended 
by striking ``and January 1, 2000,'' and inserting ``January 1, 2000, 
January 1, 2001, and January 1, 2002,''.

SEC. 206. INTERNATIONAL ARMS SALES CODE OF CONDUCT.

  (a) Negotiations.--The Secretary of State shall attempt to achieve 
the foreign policy goal of an international arms sales code of conduct 
with all Wassenaar Arrangement countries. The Secretary of State shall 
take the necessary steps to begin negotiations with all Wassenaar 
Arrangement countries within 120 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. The purpose of such negotiations shall be to conclude an 
agreement on restricting or prohibiting arms transfers to countries 
that do not meet the criteria under subsection (b).
  (b) Criteria.--The criteria referred to in subsection (a) are as 
follows:
          (1) Promoting democracy.--Such government--
                  (A) was chosen by and permits free and fair 
                elections;
                  (B) promotes civilian control of the military and 
                security forces and has civilian institutions 
                controlling the policy, operation, and spending of all 
                law enforcement and security institutions, as well as 
                the armed forces;
                  (C) promotes the rule of law, equality before the 
                law, and respect for individual and minority rights, 
                including freedom to speak, publish, associate, and 
                organize; and
                  (D) promotes the strengthening of political, 
                legislative, and civil institutions of democracy, as 
                well as autonomous institutions to monitor the conduct 
                of public officials and to combat corruption.
          (2) Respects human rights.--Such government--
                  (A) does not engage in gross violations of 
                internationally recognized human rights, including--
                          (i) extrajudicial or arbitrary executions;
                          (ii) disappearances;
                          (iii) torture or severe mistreatment;
                          (iv) prolonged arbitrary imprisonment;
                          (v) systematic official discrimination on the 
                        basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, 
                        national origin, or political affiliation; and
                          (vi) grave breaches of international laws of 
                        war or equivalent violations of the laws of war 
                        in internal conflicts;
                  (B) vigorously investigates, disciplines, and 
                prosecutes those responsible for gross violations of 
                internationally recognized human rights;
                  (C) permits access on a regular basis to political 
                prisoners by international humanitarian organizations 
                such as the International Committee of the Red Cross;
                  (D) promotes the independence of the judiciary and 
                other official bodies that oversee the protection of 
                human rights;
                  (E) does not impede the free functioning of domestic 
                and international human rights organizations; and
                  (F) provides access on a regular basis to 
                humanitarian organizations in situations of conflict or 
                famine.
          (3) Not engaged in certain acts of armed aggression.--Such 
        government is not currently engaged in acts of armed aggression 
        in violation of international law.
          (4) Full participation in united nations register of 
        conventional arms.--Such government is fully participating in 
        the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.
  (c) Reports.--
          (1) Report of the secretary of state.--Not later than 6 
        months after the commencement of negotiations under subsection 
        (a), and not later than the end of every 6-month period 
        thereafter until an agreement described in subsection (a) is 
        concluded, the Secretary of State shall report to the 
        appropriate congressional committees on the progress of such 
        negotiations.
          (2) Human rights report.--In the report required by sections 
        116(d) and 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the 
        Secretary of State shall describe the extent to which the 
        practices of each country evaluated meet the criteria of 
        subsection (b).
  (d) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``Wassenaar 
Arrangement countries'' means those participating in the Wassenaar 
Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual Use Goods 
and Technologies, done at Vienna on July 11-12, 1996.

SEC. 207. HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FELLOWSHIPS.

  (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department of State a 
program which shall be known as the ``Human Rights and Democracy 
Fellowship Program''. The program shall be administered by the 
Secretary with the assistance of the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor. The program shall provide for the employment 
of not less than 6 and not more than 12 fellows in the Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Fellowships shall be for an initial 
1 year period which may be extended for a total of not more than 3 
years. Fellowships shall be available to individuals who have expertise 
in human rights policy, human rights law, or related subjects and who 
are not permanent employees of the United States Government.
  (b) Authorization of Appropriation.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated for the Human Rights and Democracy Fellowship Program 
under subsection (a) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.

SEC. 208. JOINT FUNDS UNDER AGREEMENTS FOR COOPERATION IN 
                    ENVIRONMENTAL, SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL AND RELATED 
                    AREAS.

  Amounts made available to the Department of State for participation 
in joint funds under agreements for cooperation in environmental, 
scientific, cultural and related areas prior to fiscal year 1996 which, 
pursuant to express terms of such international agreements, were 
deposited in interest-bearing accounts prior to disbursement may earn 
interest, and interest accrued to such accounts may be used and 
retained without return to the Treasury of the United States and 
without further appropriation by Congress. The Department of State 
shall take action to ensure the complete and timely disbursement of 
appropriations and associated interest within joint funds covered by 
this section and final disposition of such agreements.

SEC. 209. REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL EXTRADITION.

  Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall prepare and submit to the Congress a 
report concerning international extradition. The report shall review 
all extradition treaties and agreements to which the United States is 
signatory; identify those countries that have become ``safe havens'' 
for individuals fleeing the American justice system; identify the 
factors which contribute to the international extradition problem, 
particularly laws in foreign countries which prohibit the extradition 
to another country of certain classes of persons; and propose 
appropriate legislative and diplomatic solutions to such problem, 
including, where appropriate, the renegotiation of extradition 
treaties.

SEC. 210. EFFECTIVE REGULATION OF SATELLITE EXPORT ACTIVITIES.

  (a) Licensing Regime.--The Secretary of State shall establish a 
regulatory regime for the licensing for export of satellites, satellite 
technologies, components, and systems which shall include preferential 
treatment and expedited approval, as appropriate, of the licensing for 
export by United States companies of satellites, satellite 
technologies, components, and systems to NATO allies, major non-NATO 
allies, and other friendly countries.
  (b) Financial and Personnel Resources.--The Secretary of State, 
pursuant to the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999, shall obligate expeditiously $2,000,000 of 
amounts appropriated under that Act, above levels made available to the 
Office of Defense Trade Controls for fiscal year 1998, to enable that 
office to carry out its responsibilities.

               CHAPTER 2--CONSULAR AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

SEC. 251. DEATHS AND ESTATES OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS ABROAD.

  (a) Repeal.--Section 1709 of the Revised Statutes (22 U.S.C. 4195) is 
repealed.
  (b) Amendment to State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.--The 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended by inserting 
after section 43 the following new sections:

``SEC. 43A. NOTIFICATION OF NEXT OF KIN; REPORTS OF DEATH.

  ``Pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary of State may 
prescribe--
          ``(1) When a United States citizen or national dies abroad, a 
        consular officer shall endeavor to notify, or assist the 
        Secretary of State in notifying, the next of kin or legal 
        guardian as soon as possible; provided, that in the case of 
        death of Peace Corps Volunteers, members of the Armed Forces, 
        their dependents, or Department of Defense civilian employees, 
        the consular officer shall assist the Peace Corps or the 
        appropriate military authorities in making such notifications.
          ``(2) The consular officer may, for any United States citizen 
        who dies abroad, (A) in the case of a finding by appropriate 
        local authorities, issue a report of death or of presumptive 
        death, or (B) in the absence of a finding by appropriate local 
        authorities, issue a report of presumptive death.

``SEC. 43B. CONSERVATION AND DISPOSITION OF ESTATES.

  ``(a) Conservation of Estates Abroad.--
          ``(1) Authority to act as conservator.--Pursuant to such 
        regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, when a 
        United States citizen or national dies abroad, a consular 
        officer shall act as the provisional conservator of the 
        decedent's estate and, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), 
        shall--
                  ``(A) take possession of the personal effects within 
                his jurisdiction;
                  ``(B) inventory and appraise the personal effects, 
                sign the inventory, and annex thereto a certificate as 
                to the accuracy of the inventory and appraised value of 
                each article;
                  ``(C) when appropriate, collect the debts due to the 
                decedent in the officer's jurisdiction and pay from the 
                estate the obligations owed there by the decedent;
                  ``(D) sell or dispose of, as appropriate, all 
                perishable items of property;
                  ``(E) sell, after reasonable public notice and notice 
                to such next of kin as can be ascertained with 
                reasonable diligence, such additional items of property 
                as necessary to provide funds sufficient to pay the 
                decedent's debts and property taxes in the country of 
                death, funeral expenses, and other expenses incident to 
                the disposition of the estate;
                  ``(F) at the end of one year from the date of death 
                (or after such additional period as may be required for 
                final settlement of the estate), if no claimant shall 
                have appeared, sell or dispose of the residue of the 
                personal estate, except as provided in subparagraph (G) 
                below, in the same manner as United States Government-
                owned foreign excess property;
                  ``(G) transmit to the United States, to the Secretary 
                of State, the proceeds of any sales along with any 
                financial instruments (including bonds, shares of 
                stock, and notes of indebtedness), jewelry, heirlooms, 
                and other articles of obvious sentimental value, to be 
                held in trust for the legal claimant; and
                  ``(H) in the event that the decedent's estate 
                includes an interest in real property located within 
                the jurisdiction of the officer and such interest does 
                not devolve by the applicable laws of intestate 
                succession or otherwise, provide for title to the 
                property to be conveyed to the Government of the United 
                States unless the Secretary declines to accept such 
                conveyance.
          ``(2) Authority to act as administrator.--The Secretary of 
        State may expressly authorize the officer to act as 
        administrator of the estate in exceptional circumstances, 
        pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. 
        The officer shall not otherwise act in such capacity.
          ``(3) Exceptions.--
                  ``(A) The function provided for in this section shall 
                not be performed to the extent that the decedent has 
                left or there is otherwise appointed, in the country 
                where the death occurred or where the decedent was 
                domiciled, a legal representative, partner in trade, or 
                trustee appointed to take care of his personal estate. 
                If the decedent's legal representative shall appear 
atany time prior to transmission of the estate to the Secretary and 
demand the proceeds and effects being held by the officer, the officer 
shall deliver them to the representative after having collected any 
prescribed fee for the services rendered pursuant to this section.
                  ``(B) Nothing in this section shall affect the 
                authority of military commanders under title 10 of the 
                United States Code with respect to persons or property 
                under military command or jurisdiction or the authority 
                of the Peace Corps with respect to Peace Corps 
                Volunteers or their property.
          ``(4) Conditions.--The functions provided for in this section 
        shall be performed only when authorized by treaty provisions or 
        permitted by the laws or authorities of the country wherein the 
        death occurs, or the decedent is domiciled, or if such 
        functions are permitted by established usage.
  ``(b) Disposition of Estates by the Secretary of State.--
          ``(1) Personal estates.--
                  ``(A) After receipt of personal estates pursuant to 
                subsection (a), the Secretary, pursuant to such 
                regulations as the Secretary may prescribe for the 
                conservation of such estates, may seek payment of all 
                outstanding debts to the estate as they become due, may 
                receive any balances due on such estates, may endorse 
                all checks, bills of exchange, promissory notes, and 
                other instruments of indebtedness payable to the estate 
                for the benefit thereof, and may take such other action 
                as is reasonably necessary for the conservation of the 
                estate.
                  ``(B) If by the end of the fifth full fiscal year 
                after receipt of the personal estate pursuant to 
                subsection (a), no legal claimant for such estate has 
                appeared, title to the estate shall pass to the 
                Secretary who shall dispose of the estate in the same 
                manner as surplus United States Government-owned 
                property or by such means as may be appropriate in 
                light of the nature and value of the property involved. 
                The expenses of sales shall be paid from the estate, 
                and any lawful claim received thereafter shall be 
                payable to the extent of the value of the net proceeds 
                of the estate as a refund from the appropriate Treasury 
                account.
                  ``(C) The net cash estate after disposition as 
                provided in subparagraph (B) shall be remitted to the 
                Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
          ``(2) Real property.--Pursuant to such regulations as the 
        Secretary may prescribe--
                  ``(A) in the event that real property is conveyed to 
                the Government of the United States pursuant to 
                subsection (a)(1)(H) and is not needed by the 
                Department of State, such property shall be considered 
                foreign excess property under title IV of the Federal 
                Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 
                U.S.C. 511 et seq.); and
                  ``(B) in the event that the Department needs such 
                property, the Secretary shall treat such property as if 
                it were an unconditional gift accepted on behalf of the 
                Department of State pursuant to section 25 of this Act 
                and section 9(a)(3) of the Foreign Service Buildings 
                Act of 1926, as amended.
  ``(c) Losses in Connection With the Conservation of Estates.--
          ``(1) Authority.--Pursuant to such regulations as the 
        Secretary of State may prescribe, the Secretary is authorized 
        to compensate the estate of any United States citizen, who has 
        died overseas, for property, the conservation of which has been 
        undertaken under either section 43 or subsection (a) of this 
        section, and that has been lost, stolen, or destroyed while in 
        the custody of officers or employees of the Department of 
        State. Any such compensation shall be in lieu of personal 
        liability of officers or employees of the Department of State. 
        Officers and employees of the Department of State may be liable 
        in appropriate cases to the Department of State to the extent 
        of any compensation provided pursuant to this subsection.
          ``(2) Liability.--The liability of officers or employees of 
        the Department of State to the Department for payments made 
        pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section shall be determined 
        pursuant to the Department's procedures for determining 
        accountability for United States Government property.''.
  (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect 6 months after enactment of this Act or upon the effective date 
of any regulations promulgated hereunder, whichever is sooner.

SEC. 252. DUTIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS.

  Section 43 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2715) is amended--
          (1) by inserting ``(a) Authority.--'' before ``In'';
          (2) by striking ``disposition of personal effects.'' in the 
        last sentence and inserting ``disposition of personal estates 
        pursuant to section 43B of this Act.''; and
          (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
  ``(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section and sections 43A and 
43B of this Act, the term `consular officer' includes any United States 
citizen employee of the Department of State who is designated by the 
Secretary of State to perform consular services pursuant to such 
regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.''.

SEC. 253. MACHINE READABLE VISAS.

  Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 1994 and 1995 (8 U.S.C. 1351 note) is amended--
          (1) in paragraph (3) by amending the first sentence to read 
        as follows: ``For each of the fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 
        2002, any amount collected under paragraph (1) that exceeds 
        $316,715,000 for fiscal year 2000, $338,885,000 for fiscal year 
        2001, and $362,607,000 for fiscal year 2002 may be made 
        available only if a notification is submitted to Congress in 
        accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming 
        notifications under section 34 of the State Department Basic 
        Authorities Act of 1956.''; and
          (2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5).

SEC. 254. PROCESSING OF VISA APPLICATIONS.

  (a) Policy.--It shall be the policy of the Department of State to 
process immigrant visa applications of immediate relatives of United 
States citizens and nonimmigrant k-1 visa applications of fiances of 
United States citizens within 30 days of the receipt of all necessary 
documents from the applicant and the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service. In the case of a visa application where the sponsor of such 
applicant is a relative other than an immediate relative, it should be 
the policy of the Department of State to process such an application 
within 60 days of the receipt of all necessary documents from the 
applicant and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
  (b) Reports.--For each of the fiscal years 2000 and 2001, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees an annual report on the extent to which the Department of 
State is meeting the policy standards under subsection (a). Each report 
shall be based on a survey of the 22 consular posts which account for 
approximately 72 percent of immigrant visas issued and, in addition, 
the consular posts in Guatemala City, Nicosia, Caracas, Naples, and 
Jakarta. Each report should include data on the average time for 
processing each category of visa application under subsection (a), a 
list of the embassies and consular posts which do not meet the policy 
standards under subsection (a), the amount of funds collected for 
processing of visa applications, the costs of processing such visa 
applications, and the steps being taken by the Department of State to 
achieve such policy standards.
  (c) Task Force.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with other 
Federal agencies, shall establish a joint task force with the goal of 
reducing the overall processing time for visa applications.

SEC. 255. REPEAL OF OUTDATED PROVISION ON PASSPORT FEES.

  Section 4 of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 216, 41 
Stat. 751) is repealed.

SEC. 256. FEES RELATING TO AFFIDAVITS OF SUPPORT.

  (a) Authority for Fee For Preparation Assistance.--Subject to 
subsection (b), the Secretary of State is authorized to charge a fee 
for services provided by the Department of State to an individual for 
assistance in the preparation and filing of an affidavit of support 
pursuant to section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1183A) to ensure that the affidavit is properly completed before 
consideration of the affidavit and an immigrant visa application by a 
consular officer.
  (b) Limitation.--An individual may be charged a fee under this 
section only once, regardless of the number of separate affidavits of 
support and visa applications for which services are provided.
  (c) Treatment of Fees.--Fees collected under the authority of 
subsection (a) shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to any 
Department of State appropriation, to recover the costs of providing 
affidavit preparation services under subsection (a). Such fees shall 
remain available for obligation until expended. Fees collected shall be 
available only to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in 
advance in an appropriation act.

                          CHAPTER 3--REFUGEES

SEC. 271. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE INVOLUNTARY RETURN OF 
                    REFUGEES.

  (a) In General.--None of the funds made available by this Act or by 
section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 
U.S.C. 2601(c)) shall be available to effect the involuntary return by 
the United States of any person to a country in which the person has a 
well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, 
nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political 
opinion, except on grounds recognized as precluding protection as a 
refugee under the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of 
Refugees of July 28, 1951, and the Protocol Relating to the Status of 
Refugees of January 31, 1967, subject to the reservations contained in 
the United States Senate Resolution of Ratification.
  (b) Migration and Refugee Assistance.--None of the funds made 
available by this Act or by section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee 
Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)) shall be available to effect 
the involuntary return of any person to any country unless the 
Secretary of State first notifies the appropriate congressional 
committees, except that in the case of an emergency involving a threat 
to human life the Secretary of State shall notify the appropriate 
congressional committees as soon as practicable.
  (c) Involuntary Return Defined.--As used in this section, the term 
``to effect the involuntary return'' means to require, by means of 
physical force or circumstances amounting to a threat thereof, a person 
to return to a country against the person's will, regardless of whether 
the person is physically present in the United States and regardless of 
whether the United States acts directly or through an agent.

SEC. 272. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS.

  Section 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2304(b)) is amended by inserting after the fourth sentence the 
following: ``Each report under this section shall describe the extent 
to which each country has extended protection to refugees, including 
the provision of first asylum and resettlement.''.

SEC. 273. GUIDELINES FOR REFUGEE PROCESSING POSTS.

  (a) Guidelines for Addressing Hostile Biases.--Section 602(c) of the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-292; 112 
Stat. 2812) is amended by inserting ``and of the Department of State'' 
after ``Service''.
  (b) Guidelines for Overseas Refugee Processing.--Section 602(c) of 
such Act is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
          ``(3) Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
        of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2000, 
        the Secretary of State (after consultation with the Attorney 
        General) shall issue guidelines to ensure that persons with 
        potential biases against any refugee applicant, including 
        persons employed by, or otherwise subject to influence by, 
        governments known to be involved in persecution on account of 
        religion, race, nationality, membership in a particular social 
        group, or political opinion, shall not in any way be used in 
        processing determinations of refugee status, including 
        interpretation of conversations or examination of documents 
        presented by such applicants.''.

SEC. 274. VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

  No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be made 
available to support a larger number of personnel assigned to United 
States diplomatic or consular posts in the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam than the number assigned to such posts on March 22, 1999, 
unless not less than 60 days prior to any obligation or expenditure of 
such funds the Secretary of State submits a certification to the 
appropriate congressional committees that--
          (1) all United States refugee programs in Vietnam, as well as 
        programs to provide visas for Amerasians and for immediate 
        relatives of refugees and asylees, are supervised by a Refugee 
        Counselor or Refugee Coordinator who has a proven record of 
        sensitivity to the problems of refugees and other victims of 
        human rights violations and who reports directly to the 
        Ambassador or the Consul General at the United States Consulate 
        in Saigon and receives policy guidance from the Assistant 
        Secretary of State for the bureau with principal responsibility 
        for refugees;
          (2) a program has been established in which all former United 
        States Government employees who were adjudicated through a 
        Vietnamese government interpreter and whose applications for 
        refugee status were denied will be re-interviewed by 
        Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Asylum Officers 
        reporting directly to INS headquarters in Washington, D.C., and 
        receiving specialized training and written guidance from the 
        INS Asylum Division and Office of General Counsel;
          (3) members of the Montagnard ethnic minority groups who 
        fought alongside United States forces prior to 1975, and who 
        later served three years or more in prisons or re-education 
        camps, will not be disqualified from eligibility for 
        resettlement in the United States as refugees on the sole 
        ground that they continued to fight the Communists after 1975 
        and therefore did not begin their prison or re-education 
        sentences until several years later;
          (4) allied combat veterans whose three-year re-education or 
        prison sentences began before April 30, 1975, because they were 
        serving in parts of the country that fell to the Communists 
        before Saigon, and who are otherwise eligible for resettlement 
        as refugees in the United States, are not disqualified on the 
        sole ground of the date their re-education or prison sentences 
        began;
          (5) persons who were eligible for the Orderly Departure 
        Program (ODP), but who missed the application deadline 
        announced and imposed in 1994 because they were still in 
        detention, in internal exile in a remote and inaccessible 
        location, unable to afford bribes demanded by corrupt local 
        officials for documentation and permission to attend refugee 
        interviews, or for other reasons beyond their control, will be 
        considered for interviews on a case-by-case basis, and that 
        such case-by-case consideration is subject to clear written 
        guidance and administrative review to ensure that persons who 
        missed the deadline for reasons beyond their control will not 
        be denied consideration on the merits;
          (6) widows of allied combat veterans who died in re-education 
        camps, including those who did not apply before the 1994 
        deadline solely because they lacked documentary evidence from 
        the Communist authorities to prove the death and/or marriage, 
        and who are otherwise eligible for ODP will have their cases 
        considered on the merits;
          (7) unmarried sons and daughters of persons eligible for 
        United States programs, including persons described in section 
        2244 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 
        1998 (enacted as Division G of the Omnibus Consolidated 
        Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999, 
        Public Law 105-277) will not be disqualified from accompanying 
        or following to join their parents on the sole ground that they 
        have not been continuously listed on the household registration 
        issued to their parents by the government of the Socialist 
        Republic of Vietnam;
          (8) returnees from refugee camps outside Vietnam who met the 
        criteria for the Resettlement Opportunities for Vietnamese 
        Returnees (ROVR) program, in that they either signed up for 
        repatriation or were actually repatriated between October 1, 
        1995, and June 30, 1996, but did not fill out a ROVR 
        application before their repatriation, will be given the 
        opportunity to fill out an application in Vietnam and will have 
        their cases considered on the merits;
          (9) returnees whose special circumstances denied them any 
        meaningful opportunity to apply for ROVR in the camps, such as 
        those who were not offered applications because they were in 
        hospitals or were being held in detention centers within 
        certain camps, or who were erroneously told by camp 
        administrators or Vietnamese government officials that they 
        were ineligible for the program, will be given an opportunity 
        to apply in Vietnam and will have their cases considered on the 
        merits, even if their repatriation took place after June 30, 
        1996;
          (10) a program has been established to identify, interview, 
        and resettle persons who have experienced recent persecution or 
        credible threats of persecution because of political, 
        religious, or human rights activities in Vietnam, subject to 
        clear written standards to ensure that such persons will have 
        access to the program whether or not they are included in a 
        ROVR or ODP interview category and whether or not their cases 
        are referred by an international organization;
          (11) written guidance with respect to applications for 
        reconsideration has been issued by the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service Office of General Counsel to ensure that 
        applicants whose cases were denied on grounds described in 
        paragraphs (2) through (10), because they were unwilling or 
        unable to describe mistreatment by the Vietnamese government in 
        the presence of a Vietnamese government interpreter, or for 
        other reasons contrary to the interest of justice, will be re-
        interviewed; and
          (12) all applicants described in paragraphs (2) through (11) 
        will have the assistance of a Joint Voluntary Agency (JVA) in 
        preparing their cases.

 TITLE III--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; PERSONNEL OF THE 
                  DEPARTMENT OF STATE; FOREIGN SERVICE

           CHAPTER 1--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF BUREAU FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION 
                    PROGRAMS AND BUREAU FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL 
                    EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.

  Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2651a) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
  ``(i) Establishment of Certain Bureaus, Offices, and Other 
Organizational Entities Within the Department of State.--
          ``(1) Bureau for international information programs.--There 
        is established within the Department of State the Bureau for 
        International Information Programs which shall assist the 
        Secretary of State in carrying out international information 
        activities formerly carried out by the United States 
        Information Agency.
          ``(2) Bureau for educational and cultural exchange 
        programs.--There is established within the Department of State 
        a Bureau for Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs which 
        shall assist the Secretary of State in carrying out educational 
        and cultural exchange programs.''.

SEC. 302. CORRECTION OF DESIGNATION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE 
                    DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

  (a) Amendments to Foreign Service Act of 1980.--The Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 is amended--
          (1) in section 105(b)(2)(B) by striking ``State and the 
        Foreign Service)'' and inserting ``State)'';
          (2) in section 209(a)(1)--
                  (A) by striking ``State and the Foreign Service,'' 
                and inserting ``State,''; and
                  (B) by striking the second sentence;
          (3) in section 603(a) by striking ``State and the Foreign 
        Service,'' and inserting ``State,''; and
          (4) in section 1002(12)(E) by striking ``and the Foreign 
        Service''.
  (b) Amendments to the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 
1998.--The Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as 
enacted in division G of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105-277) is amended--
          (1) in section 2208(c) by striking ``and the Foreign 
        Service''; and
          (2) in section 1314(e) by striking ``and the Foreign 
        Service''.
  (c) Amendments to Public Law 103-236.--Effective October 2, 1999, 
subsections (i) and (j) of section 308 of the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6207 (i) and (j)) are 
amended by striking ``Inspector General of the Department of State and 
the Foreign Service'' each place it appears and inserting ``Inspector 
General of the Department of State''.
  (d) Amendments to United States International Broadcasting Act of 
1994.--Section 304(a)(3)(A) of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6203(a)(3)(A)) is amended by 
striking ``and the Foreign Service''.

            CHAPTER 2--PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

SEC. 321. ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN SERVICE STAR.

  The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended by 
inserting after section 36 the following new section:

``SEC. 36A. THE FOREIGN SERVICE STAR.

  ``(a) Authority.--The President may award a decoration called the 
`Foreign Service Star' to an individual--
          ``(1) who is killed or injured after August 1, 1998,
          ``(2) whose death or injury occurs while the individual is a 
        member of the Foreign Service or a civilian employee of the 
        Government of the United States--
          ``(3) whose death or injury occurs while the individual--
                  ``(A) is employed at, or assigned permanently or 
                temporarily to, an official mission overseas, or
                  ``(B) was traveling abroad on official business, and
          ``(4) whose death or injury occurs while performing official 
        duties, while on the premises of a United States mission 
        abroad, or due to such individual's status as an employee of 
        the United States Government, and results from any form of 
        assault including terrorist or military action, civil unrest, 
        or criminal activities directed at facilities of the Government 
        of the United States.
  ``(b) Selection.--The Secretary shall submit recommendations for the 
Foreign Service Star to the President. The Secretary shall establish 
criteria and procedures for nominations for the Foreign Service Star 
pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe for awards 
under this section.
  ``(c) Funding.--Any expenses incident to an award under this section 
may be paid out of the applicable current account of the agency with 
which the individual was or is employed.
  ``(d) Posthumous Award.--A Foreign Service Star award to an 
individual who is deceased shall be presented to the individual's next 
of kin or representative, as designated by the President.''.

SEC. 322. UNITED STATES CITIZENS HIRED ABROAD.

  Section 408(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3968(a)(1)) is amended in the last sentence by striking ``(A)'' and all 
that follows through ``(B)''.

SEC. 323. BORDER EQUALIZATION ADJUSTMENT.

  Chapter 4 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3901 et seq.) is amended by adding the following new section at the 
end:

``SEC. 414. BORDER EQUALIZATION ADJUSTMENT.

  ``(a) In General.--An employee who regularly commutes from his or her 
place of residence in the continental United States to an official duty 
station in Canada or Mexico shall receive a border equalization 
adjustment equal to the amount of comparability payments under section 
5304 of title 5, United States Code, that he or she would receive if 
assigned to an official duty station within the United States locality 
pay area closest to the employee's official duty station.
  ``(b) Definition of Employee.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`employee' shall mean a person who--
          ``(1) is an `employee' as defined under section 2105 of title 
        5, United States Code; and
          ``(2) is employed by the United States Department of State, 
        the United States Agency for International Development, or the 
        International Joint Commission, except that the term shall not 
        include members of the Foreign Service as defined by section 
        103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465), 
        section 3903 of title 22 of the United States Code.
  ``(c) Treatment as Basic Pay.--An equalization adjustment payable 
under this section shall be considered basic pay for the same purposes 
as are comparability payments under section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, and its implementing regulations.
  ``(d) Regulations.--The agencies referenced in subsection (b)(2) are 
authorized to promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes of this 
section.''.

SEC. 324. TREATMENT OF GRIEVANCE RECORDS.

  Section 1103(d)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4133(d)(1)) is amended by adding the following new sentence at the end: 
``Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a grievant from placing a 
rebuttal to accompany a record of disciplinary action in such 
grievant's personnel records nor prevent the Department from including 
a response to such rebuttal, including documenting those cases in which 
the Board has reviewed and upheld the discipline.''.

SEC. 325. REPORT CONCERNING FINANCIAL DISADVANTAGES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE 
                    AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL.

  (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that administrative and technical 
personnel posted to United States missions abroad who do not have 
diplomatic status suffer financial disadvantages from their lack of 
such status.
  (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees concerning the extent to which 
administrative and technical personnel posted to United States missions 
abroad who do not have diplomatic status suffer financial disadvantages 
from their lack of such status, including proposals to alleviate such 
disadvantages.

SEC. 326. EXTENSION OF OVERSEAS HIRING AUTHORITY.

  Section 202(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3922(a)) 
is amended by inserting at the end the following new paragraph:
  ``(4) When and to the extent the Secretary of State deems it in the 
best interests of the United States Government, the Secretary of State 
may authorize the head of any agency or other Government establishment 
(including any establishment in the legislative or judicial branch), to 
appoint pursuant to section 303 individuals hired abroad as members of 
the Service and to utilize the Foreign Service personnel system under 
such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, provided that 
appointments of United States citizens under this subsection shall be 
limited to appointments authorized by section 311(a).''.

SEC. 327. MEDICAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.

  Section 5927 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows:

``Sec. 5927. Advances of pay

  ``(a) Up to three months' pay may be paid in advance--
          ``(1) to an employee upon the assignment of the employee to a 
        post in a foreign area;
          ``(2) to an employee, other than an employee appointed under 
        section 303 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (and employed 
        under section 311 of such Act), who--
                  ``(A) is a citizen of the United States;
                  ``(B) is officially stationed or located outside the 
                United States pursuant to Government authorization; and
                  ``(C) requires (or has a family member who requires) 
                medical treatment outside the United States, in 
                circumstances specified by the President in 
                regulations; and
          ``(3) to a foreign national employee appointed under section 
        303 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, or a nonfamily member 
        United States citizen appointed under such section 303 (and 
        employed under section 311 of such Act) for service at such 
        nonfamily member's post of residence, who--
                  ``(A) is located outside the country of employment of 
                such foreign national employee or nonfamily member (as 
                the case may be) pursuant to Government authorization; 
                and
                  ``(B) requires medical treatment outside the country 
                of employment of such foreign national employee or 
                nonfamily member (as the case may be), in circumstances 
                specified by the President in regulations.
  ``(b) For the purpose of this section, the term `country of 
employment', as used with respect to an individual under subsection 
(a)(3), means the country (or other area) outside the United States 
where such individual is appointed (as described in subsection (a)(3)) 
by the Government.''.

SEC. 328. FAMILIES OF DECEASED FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL.

  Section 5922 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
  ``(f)(1) If an employee dies at post in a foreign area, a transfer 
allowance under section 5924(2)(B) may be granted to the spouse or 
dependents of such employee (or both) for the purpose of providing for 
their return to the United States.
  ``(2) A transfer allowance under this subsection may not be granted 
with respect to the spouse or a dependent of the employee unless, at 
the time of death, such spouse or dependent was residing--
          ``(A) at the employee's post of assignment; or
          ``(B) at a place, outside the United States, for which a 
        separate maintenance allowance was being furnished under 
        section 5924(3).
  ``(3) The President may prescribe any regulations necessary to carry 
out this subsection.''.

SEC. 329. PARENTAL CHOICE IN EDUCATION.

  Section 5924(4) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
          (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``between that post and 
        the nearest locality where adequate schools are available,'' 
        and inserting ``between that post and the school chosen by the 
        employee, not to exceed the total cost to the Government of the 
        dependent attending an adequate school in the nearest locality 
        where an adequate school is available,''; and
          (2) by adding after subparagraph (B) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                  ``(C) In those cases in which an adequate school is 
                available at the post of the employee, if the employee 
                chooses to educate the dependent at a school away from 
                post, the education allowance which includes board and 
                room, and periodic travel between the post and the 
                school chosen, shall not exceed the total cost to the 
                Government of the dependent attending an adequate 
                school at the post of the employee.''.

SEC. 330. WORKFORCE PLANNING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL BY FEDERAL 
                    AGENCIES.

  Section 601(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4001(c)) 
is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
  ``(4) Not later than March 1, 2001, and every four years thereafter, 
the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate which shall include the following:
          ``(A) A description of the steps taken and planned in 
        furtherance of--
                  ``(i) maximum compatibility among agencies utilizing 
                the Foreign Service personnel system, as provided for 
                in section 203, and
                  ``(ii) the development of uniform policies and 
                procedures and consolidated personnel functions, as 
                provided for in section 204.
          ``(B) A workforce plan for the subsequent five years, 
        including projected personnel needs, by grade and by skill. 
        Each such plan shall include for each category the needs for 
        foreign language proficiency, geographic and functional 
        expertise, and specialist technical skills. Each workforce plan 
        shall specifically account for the training needs of Foreign 
        Service personnel and shall delineate an intake program of 
        generalist and specialist Foreign Service personnel to meet 
        projected future requirements.
  ``(5) If there are substantial modifications to any workforce plan 
under paragraph (4)(B) during any year in which a report under 
paragraph (4) is not required, a supplemental annual notification shall 
be submitted in the same manner as is required under paragraph (4).''.

SEC. 331. COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVORS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS OVERSEAS.

  The Secretary of State shall examine the current benefit structure 
for survivors of United States Government employees who are killed 
while serving at United States diplomatic facilities abroad as a result 
of terrorist acts. Such a review shall include an examination of 
whether such benefits are adequate, whether they are fair and equitably 
distributed without regard to category of employment, and how they 
compare to benefits available to survivors of other United States 
Government employees serving overseas, including noncivilian employees.

   TITLE IV--UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL 
                                PROGRAMS

SEC. 401. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 
                    TIBETANS AND BURMESE.

  (a) Designation of Ngawang Choephel Exchange Programs.--Section 
103(a) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations 
Provisions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-319) is amended by inserting 
after the first sentence the following: ``Exchange programs under this 
subsection shall be known as the `Ngawang Choephel Exchange 
Programs'.''.
  (b) Scholarships for Tibetans and Burmese.--Section 103(b)(1) of the 
Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 
1996 (Public Law 104-319; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended by striking 
``for the fiscal year 1999'' and inserting ``for the fiscal year 
2000''.

SEC. 402. CONDUCT OF CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE 
                    PROGRAMS.

  Section 102 of the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations 
Provisions Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is amended by striking 
``Director'' and all that follows through the period and inserting the 
following: ``Secretary of State, with the assistance of the Under 
Secretary for Public Diplomacy, shall--
          ``(1) include, as a substantial proportion of the 
        participants in such programs, nationals of such countries who 
        have demonstrated a commitment to freedom and democracy;
          ``(2) consult with human rights and democracy advocates from 
        such countries on the selection of participants and grantees 
        for such programs; and
          ``(3) select grantees for such programs only after a 
        competitive process in which proposals are solicited from 
        multiple applicants and in which important factors in the 
        selection of a grantee include the relative likelihood that 
        each of the competing applicants would be willing and able:
                  ``(A) to identify and recruit as participants in the 
                program persons described in paragraph (1); and
                  ``(B) in selecting participants who are associated 
                with governments or other institutions wielding power 
                in countries described in this section, toidentify and 
recruit those most likely to be open to freedom and democracy and to 
avoid selecting those who are so firmly committed to the suppression of 
freedom and democracy that their inclusion could create an appearance 
that the United States condones such suppression.''.

SEC. 403. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS OF GRANTS.

  Section 705 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange 
Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1477c(b)) is amended--
          (1) by inserting ``(a)'' after ``705.''; and
          (2) by inserting at the end the following new subsection:
  ``(b) For fiscal year 2000 and each subsequent fiscal year, the 
Secretary of State may not award any grant to carry out the purposes of 
this Act until 45 days after written notice has been provided to the 
Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the intent to 
award such grant. In determining whether to award a grant the Secretary 
shall consider any objections or modifications raised in the course of 
consultations with such committees.''.

SEC. 404. NATIONAL SECURITY MEASURES.

  The United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 is 
amended by adding after section 1011 the following new sections:
                      ``national security measures
  ``Sec. 1012. In coordination with other appropriate executive branch 
officials, the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 
prevent foreign espionage agents from participating in educational and 
cultural exchange programs under this Act.
             ``proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
  ``Sec. 1013. The Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps 
to ensure that no individual, who is employed by or attached to an 
office or department involved with the research, development, or 
production of missiles or weapons of mass destruction, from a country 
identified by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of 
Defense, the National Security Agency, or the Department of Energy, as 
a country involved in the proliferation of missiles or weapons of mass 
destruction is a participant in any program of educational or cultural 
exchange under this Act. Appropriate steps under this section shall 
include prior consultation with the Federal agencies designated in the 
first sentence with respect to all prospective participants in such 
programs with respect to whom there is a reasonable basis to believe 
that such prospective participant may be employed by or attached to an 
office or department identified under the first sentence.''.

SEC. 405. DESIGNATION OF NORTH/SOUTH CENTER AS THE DANTE B. FASCELL 
                    NORTH-SOUTH CENTER.

  (a) Designation.--Section 208 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2075) is amended--
          (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
  ``(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the `Dante B. 
Fascell North-South Center Act of 1991'.'';
          (2) in subsection (c)--
                  (A) by amending the section heading to read as 
                follows: ``Dante B. Fascell North-South Center.--''; 
                and
                  (B) by striking ``known as the North/South Center,'' 
                and inserting ``which shall be known and designated as 
                the Dante B. Fascell North-South Center,''; and
          (3) in subsection (d) by striking ``North/South Center'' and 
        inserting ``Dante B. Fascell North-South Center''.
  (b) References.--
          (1) Center.--Any reference in any other provision of law to 
        the educational institution in Florida known as the North/South 
        Center shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Dante B. 
        Fascell North-South Center''.
          (2) Short title.--Any reference in any other provision of law 
        to the North/South Center Act of 1991 shall be deemed to be a 
        reference to the ``Dante B. Fascell North/South Center Act of 
        1991''.

SEC. 406. ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.

  Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 
1998 (enacted as Division G of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999; Public Law 105-
277) is repealed.

 SEC. 407. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS.

  (a) Limitation.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of State may 
not obligate or expend any funds for a United States Government funded 
pavilion or other major exhibit at any international exposition or 
world's fair registered by the Bureau of International Expositions in 
excess of amounts expressly authorized and appropriated for such 
purpose.
  (b) Exceptions.--
          (1) The Department of State is authorized to utilize its 
        personnel and resources to carry out its responsibilities--
                  (A) under section 102(a)(3) of the Mutual Educational 
                and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
                2452(a)(3), to provide for United States participation 
                in international fairs and expositions abroad;
                  (B) under section 105(f) of such Act with respect to 
                encouraging foreign governments, international 
                organizations, and private individuals, firms, 
                associations, agencies and other groups to participate 
                in international fairs and expositions and to make 
                contributions to be utilized for United States 
                participation in international fairs and expositions; 
                and
                  (C) to encourage private support to the United States 
                Commissioner General for participation in international 
                fairs and expositions.
          (2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as 
        authorizing the use of funds appropriated to the Department of 
        State to make payments for--
                  (A) contracts, grants, or other agreements with any 
                other party to carry out the activities described in 
                this subsection; or
                  (B) any legal judgment or the costs of litigation 
                brought against the Department of State arising from 
                activities described in this subsection.
  (c) Repeal.--Section 230 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is repealed.

SEC. 408. ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY.

  The Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to ensure 
that members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) are not 
participants in any program of educational or cultural exchange or 
training through the National Academy Program at Quantico, Virginia, 
under the auspices of the Department of State or the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation of the Department of Justice unless the President 
certifies that complete, independent, credible and transparent 
investigations of the murders of defense attorneys Rosemary Nelson and 
Patrick Finucane have been initiated by the Government of the United 
Kingdom and that the Government has taken appropriate steps to protect 
defense attorneys against RUC harassment in Northern Ireland, in which 
case the President may permit any program, exchange, or training set 
forth herein.

                  TITLE V--INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING

SEC. 501. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION FOR RADIO FREE ASIA.

  (a) Repeal of Sunset Provision.--Section 309 of the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended--
          (1) by striking subsection (g); and
          (2) in subsection (d)(2) by striking ``Government,'' and all 
        that follows through the period and inserting ``Government.''.
  (b) Repeal of Funding Limitations.--Section 309 of the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 is further amended--
          (1) in subsection (d) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and 
        by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (4); and
          (2) in subsection (c)--
                  (A) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ``the funding'' 
                and all that follows through the semicolon and 
                inserting ``any funding limitations under subsection 
                (d);''; and
                  (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ``the funding'' and 
                all that follows through the period and inserting ``any 
                funding limitations under subsection (d).''.

SEC. 502. PRESERVATION OF RFE/RL (RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY).

  (a) Repeal of Privatization Policy Statement.--Section 312 of the 
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6211) 
is repealed.
  (b) Increase in Limitation on Grant Amounts.--Section 308(c) of the 
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 
6207(c)) is amended by striking ``$75,000,000'' and inserting 
``$80,000,000''.

SEC. 503. IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR BROADCASTING BOARD OF 
                    GOVERNORS.

  Section 304 of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 
1994 (22 U.S.C. 6203) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
  ``(g) Immunity From Civil Liability.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 shall apply to 
the members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors when acting in their 
capacities as members of the boards of directors of RFE/RL, 
Incorporated and Radio Free Asia.''.

         TITLE VI--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS

SEC. 601. INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUPS.

  (a) American Delegations to Conferences.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, whenever either the House of Representatives or the 
Senate does not appoint its allotment of members as part of the 
American delegation or group to a conference or assembly of the 
British-American Interparliamentary Group, the Conference on Security 
and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), the Mexico-United States 
Interparliamentary Group, the North Atlantic Assembly, or any similar 
interparliamentary group of which the United States is a member or 
participates and so notifies the other body of Congress, the other body 
may make appointments to complete the membership of the American 
delegation. Any appointment pursuant to this section shall be for the 
period of such conference or assembly and the body of Congress making 
such an appointment shall be responsible for the expenses of any member 
so appointed. Any such appointment shall be made in same manner in 
which other appointments to the delegation by such body of Congress are 
made.
  (b) Transatlantic Legislative Dialogue.--Section 109(c) of the 
Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (22 
U.S.C. 276 note) is amended by striking ``United States-European 
Community Interparliamentary Group'' and inserting ``Transatlantic 
Legislative Dialogue (United States-European Union Interparliamentary 
Group)''.

SEC. 602. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

  (a) Authority.--The Commissioner of the U.S. Section of the 
International Boundary and Water Commission may provide technical 
tests, evaluations, information, surveys, or other similar services to 
State or local governments upon the request of such State or local 
government on a reimbursable basis.
  (b) Reimbursements.--Reimbursements shall be paid in advance of the 
goods or services ordered and shall be for the estimated or actual cost 
as determined by the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and 
Water Commission. Proper adjustment of amounts paid in advance shall be 
made as agreed to by the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and 
Water Commission on the basis of the actual cost of goods or services 
provided. Reimbursements received by the U.S. Section of the 
International Boundary and Water Commission for providing services 
under this section shall be credited to the appropriation from which 
the cost of providing the services will be charged.

SEC. 603. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION.

  (a) Expanded Authority To Receive Payments.--Section 2(b) of the 
American-Mexican Chamizal Convention Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-300; 22 
U.S.C. 277d-18(b)) is amended by inserting ``operations, maintenance, 
and'' after ``cost of''.

SEC. 604. CONCERNING UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ES-10/
                    6.

  (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
          (1) In an Emergency Special Session, the United Nations 
        General Assembly voted on February 9, 1999, to pass Resolution 
        ES-10/6, Illegal Israeli Actions In Occupied East Jerusalem And 
        The Rest Of The Occupied Palestinian Territory, to convene for 
        the first time in 50 years the parties of the Fourth Geneva 
        Convention for the Protection of Civilians in Time of War.
          (2) Such resolution unfairly places full blame for the 
        deterioration of the Middle East Peace Process on Israel and 
        dangerously politicizes the Geneva Convention, which was 
        established to deal with critical humanitarian crises.
          (3) Such vote is intended to prejudge direct negotiations, 
        put added and undue pressure on Israel to influence the results 
        of those negotiations, and single out Israel for unprecedented 
        enforcement proceedings which have never been invoked against 
        governments with records of massive violations of the Geneva 
        Convention.
  (b) Congressional Statement of Policy.--The Congress--
          (1) commends the Department of State for the vote of the 
        United States against United Nations General Assembly 
        Resolution ES-10/6 affirming that the text of such resolution 
        politicizes the Fourth Geneva Convention which was primarily 
        humanitarian in nature; and
          (2) urges the Department of State to continue its efforts 
        against convening the conference.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 701. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS CONCERNING SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY AND 
                    HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN CUBA.

  It is the sense of the Congress that--
          (1) the United States should increase its support to 
        democracy and human rights activists in Cuba, providing 
        assistance with the same intensity and decisiveness with which 
        it supported the pro-democracy movements in Eastern Europe 
        during the Cold War; and
          (2) the United States should substantially increase funding 
        for programs and activities under section 109 of the Cuban 
        Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6021 
        et seq.) designed to support democracy and human rights 
        activists and others in Cuba who are committed to peaceful and 
        democratic change on the island.

SEC. 702. RELATING TO CYPRUS.

  (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
          (1) At the urging of the United States Government, the 
        Republic of Cyprus refrained from exercising that country's 
        sovereign right to self-defense, a right fully recognized by 
        the United States Government and by Article 51 of the Charter 
        of the United Nations, and canceled the deployment on Cyprus of 
        defensive antiaircraft missiles.
          (2) In close cooperation with the United States Government 
        and the Government of Greece, Cyprus rerouted the missiles to 
        the Greek island of Crete.
          (3) This extraordinarily conciliatory and courageous action 
        was taken in the interest of peace.
          (4) With this action, the Republic of Cyprus displayed its 
        full compliance with the recently adopted United Nations 
        Security Council Resolutions 1217 and 1218 which address the 
        Cyprus issue, demonstrated its support for President Bill 
        Clinton's December 22, 1998, commitment to ``take all necessary 
        steps to support a sustained effort to implement United Nations 
        Security Council Resolution 1218'', and continued its efforts 
        of the last 25 years to take substantive steps to reduce 
        tensions and move toward a Cyprus settlement.
          (5) The Republic of Cyprus has no navy, air force, or army 
        and faces one of the world's largest and most sophisticated 
        military forces, just minutes away, in Turkey, as well as an 
        area described by the United Nations Secretary General as, 
        ``one of the most densely militarized areas in the world'' in 
        the Turkish-occupied area of northern Cyprus.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that--
          (1) in light of this and other similar extraordinary actions 
        taken by the Republic of Cyprus, as well as the importance of a 
        Cyprus settlement to American security and other interests, the 
        United States should do all that is possible to bring about 
        commensurate actions by Turkey;
          (2) the time has come for the United States to expect from 
        Turkey actions on the Cyprus issue in the interest of peace, 
        including steps in conformity with United States proposals 
        concerning Cyprus and in compliance with provisions contained 
        in United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1217 and 1218; 
        and
          (3) such an effort would also be in the best interest of the 
        people of Turkey, as well as in the interest of all others 
        involved.

  Amend the title so as to read:

      A bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of 
State and related agencies for fiscal year 2000, and for other 
purposes.

                         Background and Purpose

    H.R. 1211, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
represents a bipartisan measure to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2000 for the Department of State and the new 
functions consolidated within the Department beginning in 
fiscal year 2000.
    It authorizes $6.47 billion in fiscal year 2000 for the 
operations of the Department of State which includes the 
consolidated activities of the Arms Control and Disarmament 
Agency and the U.S. Information Agency.

The Security of U.S. Personnel at Overseas Posts is the Committee's Top 
                                Priority

    This authorization total includes $1.4 billion in worldwide 
security enhancements to protect our missions and personnel 
abroad, the amount recommended in the report of the 
Accountability Review Boards that investigated the August 1998 
bombings of the United States Embassies in Nairobi and Dar es 
Salaam (the ``Crowe Report''). The Committee greatly increased 
the security authorization above the Administration's $304 
million request to be sure that the program could continue. The 
world continues to be a dangerous place and every effort must 
be made to secure the lives of United States government 
employees working abroad.
    H.R. 1211 also includes a number of new administrative 
authorities requested by the executive branch.

                      Agency Consolidation Issues

    This budget reflects the first year of the consolidation of 
the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the U.S. 
Information Agency into the Department of State. This has 
resulted in the merger of certain accounts for these agencies. 
In an effort to protect the programs and activities 
specifically for public diplomacy, the bill requires a separate 
account for international information programs and establishes 
two assistant secretaries, one for international information 
programs and a second for exchange programs under the new 
position of Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy.

                            Committee Action

               Introduction and Consideration of the Bill

    H.R. 1211, The Foreign Relations Authorization Act, FY 2000 
and 2001, was introduced by Rep. Smith (NJ) on March 22, 1999, 
and referred to the Committee on International Relations.
    On February 25, 1999, the Committee held a hearing on the 
President's FY 2000 International Affairs Budget Request, with 
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright testifying.
    On March 2, 1999, the Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on the Foreign 
Relations Authorization for FY 2000-2001: Department of State 
Management Initiatives. The witnesses included Hon. Bonnie 
Cohen, Under Secretary for Management, Department of State; and 
Hon. Patrick Kennedy, Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
Department of State.
    On March 4, 1999, the Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on the Foreign 
Relations Authorization for FY 2000-2001: Public Diplomacy 
Programs. The witnesses for this hearing included: Hon. Penn 
Kemble, Acting Director, United States Information Agency; Mr. 
Edward E. Kaufman, Member, Board of Broadcasting Governors; and 
Mr. Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy.
    On March 9, 1999, the Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on the Foreign 
Relations Authorization for FY 2000-2001: Refugees and 
Migration. The witnesses included Hon. Julia V. Taft, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, 
Department of State; Ms. Karen AbuZayd, Regional 
Representative, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; 
Mr. Reynold Levy, President and Chief Executive Officer, 
International Rescue Committee; Mr. Donald Hammond, Senior Vice 
President, World Relief; Ms. Diana Aviv, Senior Associate 
Executive Vice President, Council of Jewish Federations; and 
Mr. Lionel Rosenblatt, President, Refugees International.
    On March 12, 1999, the Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on the Foreign 
Relations Authorization for FY 2000-2001: Security of United 
States Missions Abroad. The witnesses for this hearing 
included: Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr., Chairman of the 
Accountability Review Board; Mr. Daniel F. Geisler, President, 
American Foreign Service Association; and Hon. David G. 
Carpenter, Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security, 
Department of State.

                           MARKUP OF THE BILL

    On March 23, 1999, the Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights marked up the bill in open session, 
pursuant to notice. The Subcommittee favorably reported the 
bill, as amended, to the Full Committee.
    The Full Committee marked up the bill, pursuant to notice, 
in open session, on April 14 and 15, 1999. An amendment in the 
nature of a substitute was offered, amended, and adopted. On 
April 15, 1999, a quorum being present, the Committee by voice 
vote ordered the bill reported to the House, with the 
recommendation that the bill, as amended, do pass.

                             ROLLCALL VOTES

            Record Votes on Amendments and Motion to Report

    Clause (3)(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires that the results of each record vote 
on an amendment or motion to report, together with the names of 
those voting for or against, be printed in the committee 
report.

Description of amendment, motion, order, or other proposition (votes 
        during markup of H.R. 1211--April 14, 1999)

    Vote No. 1 (12:17 p.m.)--Campbell amendment regarding the 
United Nations Population Fund (``UNFPA''), provides that no 
U.S. funds are spent in China while still enabling the U.S. to 
contribute to UNFPA programs in other parts of the world.
    Voting Yes: Gilman, Leach, Campbell, Cooksey, Gejdenson, 
Berman, Ackerman, Martinez, Payne, Menendez, Brown, McKinney, 
Hilliard, Sherman, Wexler, Rothman, Davis, Pomeroy, Delahunt, 
Meeks, Lee, Crowley, and Hoeffel.
    Voting No: Goodling, Hyde, Bereuter, Smith, Burton, Ros-
Lehtinen, Ballenger, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, King, Chabot, 
Sanford, Salmon, McHugh, Brady, Burr, and Tancredo.
    Ayes 23. Noes 17.
    Vote No. 2 (12:54 p.m.)--Sanford amendment that cuts funds 
to the Asia Foundation, North-South Center, and East-West 
Center to FY 98 levels.
    Voting Yes: Goodling, Ballenger, Rohrabacher, Manzullo, 
Chabot, Sanford, Salmon, Burr, Cooksey, and Tancredo.
    Voting No: Gilman, Hyde, Bereuter, Smith, Ros-Lehtinen, 
King, Houghton, McHugh, Brady, Gejdenson, Berman, Ackerman, 
Martinez, Payne, Menendez, Brown, McKinney, Hilliard, Sherman, 
Wexler, Rothman, Davis, Pomeroy, Delahunt, Meeks, Lee, Crowley, 
and Hoeffel.
    Voting ``Present'': Campbell.
    Ayes, 10. Noes, 28. Present, 1.
    Vote No. 3 (4:50 p.m.)--Gejdenson amendment to Rohrabacher 
amendment that deletes language which prohibits preferential 
treatment and expedited approval for licenses for exports of 
satellites and related items being extended to the PRC and to 
countries which represent a national security threat to the 
U.S. or judged as likely to transfer such items to such 
countries.
    Voting Yes: Bereuter, Houghton, Campbell, Burr, Gejdenson, 
Berman, Ackerman, Martinez, Payne, Menendez, McKinney, Danner, 
Rothman, Davis, Pomeroy, Delahunt, Meeks, Lee, Crowley, and 
Hoeffel.
    Voting No: Gilman, Goodling, Smith, Rohrabacher, Royce, 
King, Chabot, Sanford, McHugh, Brady, Gillmor, Cooksey, 
Tancredo, and Sherman.
    Ayes, 20. Noes, 14.

Description of amendment, motion, order, or other proposition (votes 
        during markup of H.R. 1211--April 15, 1999)

    Vote No. 1 (2:54 p.m.)--Menendez amendment which adds new 
title: ``Title VII--General Provisions, Sec. 701. Relating to 
Cyprus.''
    Voting Yes: Gilman, Goodling, Royce, King, Chabot, 
Radanovich, Gejdenson, Berman, Ackerman, Payne, Menendez, 
McKinney, Danner, Hilliard, Sherman, Wexler, Rothman, Davis, 
Pomeroy, Meeks, Lee, Crowley, and Hoeffel.
    Voting No: Bereuter, Burton, Ballenger, Rohrabacher, 
Sanford, Houghton, Campbell, McHugh, Burr, Gillmor, and 
Cooksey.
    Ayes, 23. Noes, 11.
    Note: The bill was ordered favorably reported, as amended, 
by voice vote, a quorum being present, on April 15, 1999.

                             Other Matters

                      Committee Oversight Findings

    In compliance with clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives, the Committee reports the 
findings and recommendations of the Committee, based on 
oversight activities under clause 2(b)(1) of rule X of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives, are incorporated in the 
descriptive portions of this report.

                Committee on Government Reform Findings

    Clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires each committee report to contain a 
summary of the oversight findings and recommendations made by 
the Government Reform Committee pursuant to clause (4)(c)(2) of 
rule X of those Rules. The Committee on International Relations 
has received no such findings or recommendations from the 
Committee on Government Reform.

                      Advisory Committee Statement

    No advisory committees within the meaning of section 5(b) 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act were created by this 
legislation.

                Applicability to the Legislative Branch

    The Committee finds that the legislation does not relate to 
the terms and conditions of employment or access to public 
services or accommodations within the meaning of section 
102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act.

                   Constitutional Authority Statement

    In compliance with clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives, the Committee cites the 
following specific powers granted to the Congress in the 
Constitution as authority for enactment of H.R. 1211 as 
reported by the Committee: Article I, section 8, clause 1 
(relating to providing for the common defense and general 
welfare of the United States); Article I, section 8, clause 3 
(relating to the regulation of commerce with foreign nations); 
and Article I, section 8, clause 18 (relating to making all 
laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution powers 
vested by the Constitution in the government of the United 
States).

                        Preemption Clarification

    Section 423 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
requires the report of any committee on a bill or joint 
resolution to include a committee statement on the extent to 
which the bill or joint resolution is intended to preempt state 
or local law. The Committee states that H.R. 1211 is not 
intended to preempt any state or local law.

New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures, Congressional Budget Office 
             Cost Estimate, and Federal Mandates Statements

    Clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires each committee report that accompanies 
a measure providing new budget authority, new spending 
authority, or new credit authority or changing revenues or tax 
expenditures to contain a cost estimate, as required by section 
308(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended, 
and, when practicable with respect to estimates of new budget 
authority, a comparison of the estimated funding level for the 
relevant program (or programs) to the appropriate levels under 
current law.
    Clause 3(d) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires committees to include their own cost 
estimates in certain committee reports, which include, when 
practicable, a comparison of the total estimated funding level 
for the relevant program (or programs) with the appropriate 
levels under current law.
    Clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires the report of any committee on a 
measure which has been approved by the Committee to include a 
cost estimate prepared by the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office, pursuant to section 403 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, if the cost estimate is timely submitted.
    Section 423 of the Congressional Budget Act requires the 
report of any committee on a bill or joint resolution that 
includes any Federal mandate to include specific information 
about such mandates. The Committee states that H.R. 1211 does 
not include any Federal mandate.
    The Committee adopts the cost estimate of the Congressional 
Budget Office as its own submission of any new required 
information with respect to H.R. 1211 on new budget authority, 
new spending authority, new credit authority, or an increase or 
decrease in the national debt. It also adopts the estimate of 
Federal mandates prepared by the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office pursuant to section 423 of the Unfunded Mandates 
Reform Act. The estimate and report which has been received is 
set out below.

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                    Washington, DC, April 28, 1999.
Hon. Benjamin A. Gilman,
Chairman, Committee on International Relations,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) 
has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 1211, the 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2000.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Sunita 
D'Monte.
            Sincerely,
                                          Barry B. Anderson
                                    (For Dan L. Crippen, Director).
    Enclosure.

H.R. 1211--Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2000

    Summary: The bill would authorize appropriations for the 
Department of State and related agencies for 2000. CBO 
estimates that appropriation of the authorized amounts would 
result in additional discretionary spending of $7.3 billion 
over the 2000-2004 period. Because the legislation would affect 
direct spending and revenues, pay-as-you-go procedures would 
apply, but the impact would generally be less than $500,000 a 
year.
    H.R. 1211 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) 
and would have no significant effects on the budgets of state, 
local, or tribal governments.
    Estimated cost to the Federal Government: The estimated 
budgetary impact of H.R. 1211 is shown in the following table. 
CBO assumes that the authorized amounts would be appropriated 
by the start of each fiscal year and that outlays would follow 
historical spending patterns. The costs of this legislation 
fall within budget functions 150 (international affairs) and 
300 (natural resources and environment).

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                                                                  By fiscal years, in millions of dollars--
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
                                                              1999     2000     2001     2002     2003     2004
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                                        SPENDING SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION

Spending Under Current Law \1\:
    Budget Authority \2\..................................    7,198        0        0        0        0        0
    Estimated Outlays.....................................    5,944    1,317      609      470      146       74
Proposed Changes:
    Administration of Foreign Affairs:
        Authorization Level...............................        0    4,280        0        0        0        0
        Estimated Outlays.................................        0    2,321      605      439      444      217
    International Organizations and Commissions:
        Authorization Level...............................        0    1,248        0        0        0        0
        Estimated Outlays.................................        0    1,211       30        5        2        0
    Voluntary Contributions to International Organizations
     and Refugee Assistance:
        Authorization Level...............................        0    1,043        0        0        0        0
        Estimated Outlays.................................        0      781      231       11        5        1
    Public Diplomacy Programs and Asia Foundation:
        Authorization Level...............................        0    1,046        0        0        0        0
        Estimated Outlays.................................        0      785      201       35       13        2
    Other Provisions:
        Estimated Authorization Level.....................        0        0        1        1        1        1
        Estimated Outlays.................................        0       -3        0        0        1        1
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal of Proposed Changes:
          Estimated Authorization Level...................        0    7,617        1        1        1        1
          Estimated Outlays...............................        0    5,095    1,067      490      465      221
Spending Under H.R. 1211: \1\
    Estimated Authorization Level \2\.....................    7,198    7,617        1        1        1        1
    Estimated Outlays.....................................    5,944    6,412    1,676      960      611      295

                                          DIRECT SPENDING AND REVENUES

Proposed Changes to Direct Spending:
    Estimated Budget Authority............................      \3\      \3\      \3\      \3\      \3\      \3\
    Estimated Outlays.....................................      \3\      \3\      \3\      \3\      \3\      \3\
Proposed Changes to Revenues..............................      \3\      \3\      \3\      \3\      \3\      \3\
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\1\ The programs covered by this funding include the conduct of foreign affairs, and information and exchange
  activities.
\2\ The 1999 level is the amount appropriated for that year.
\3\ Less than $500,000.

Basis of Estimate

            Spending subject to appropriation
    CBO estimates that the bill would result in outlays 
totaling $7.3 billion over the 2000-2004 period, assuming 
appropriation of the authorized amounts. In addition to stated 
authorizations totaling $7.6 billion, the bill contains a 
number of other provisions with potential budgetary impacts.
    Fees for Affidavits of Support. Section 256 would authorize 
the State Department to charge a fee for helping to prepare 
certain affidavits as part of an immigrant visa application. 
Proceeds from the fees would be deposited as offsetting 
collections and would be available for spending, subject to 
appropriation. Based on information from the department, CBO 
estimates that it would charge a $50 fee and collect roughly 
$17 million a year. Because spending would initially lag behind 
collections, this provision would lower net outlays by $3 
million in 2000 and $1 million each year in 2001 and 2002 
before spending would completely offset collections.
    Miscellaneous Provisions. The bill includes several 
provisions that would combine to raise spending subject to 
appropriation by about $1 million annually, but each provision 
would probably cost less than $500,000 a year. The individual 
budgetary impacts are insignificant because they would involve 
small payments either to a few people or for infrequent events.
     Section 206 would require the Secretary of State 
to negotiate a code of conduct for international arms sales 
with all countries who are parties to Wassenaar Arrangement.
     Section 322 would allow U.S. citizens hired abroad 
to receive a different (usually higher) amount of compensation 
than a foreign national employed in the same position.
     Section 323 would grant employees living in the 
United States and working in Canada or Mexico adjustments for 
locality pay equal to what they would receive if they worked 
nearby in the United States.
     Section 326 would expand the Secretary of State's 
authority to allow other agencies to use the U.S. Foreign 
Service personnel system and appointed individuals hired abroad 
as members of the Service.
     Section 327 would authorize advances of pay for 
employees with medical emergencies.
     Section 328 would authorize allowances to 
compensate dependents of a deceased employee who are returning 
to the United States.
     Section 329 would allow employees working abroad 
who send a dependent to school away from their post to use an 
education allowance to pay for room, board, and periodic travel 
between the post and school.
            Direct spending
    The bill would affect direct spending by less than $500,000 
in most years.
    Deaths and Estates of U.S. Citizens Overseas. Section 251 
would expand the authority of the State Department to oversee 
and liquidate the estates of U.S. citizens who lived overseas 
but died intestate. Under current law, the department is 
authorized to take possession, oversee, and dispose of estates. 
After a certain period, if no claims have been made against the 
estate, the proceeds from the sale are transferred to the U.S. 
state in which the deceased citizen last lived. If the state is 
unknown, the proceeds are deposited into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts (revenues).
    The bill would make three substantive changes that would 
increase miscellaneous receipts. First, if the country in which 
the citizen died is unable to issue a death certificate, the 
State Department would issue a report of death (or presumptive 
death), which would allow for the disposition of the estate. 
The $10 fee charged for the report would be deposited in the 
Treasury. (The fee and other expenses associated with 
disposition of the estate are paid by the estate.) Second, 
instead of transferring the proceeds of the sale to the U.S. 
state, these proceeds would be deposited directly into the 
Treasury. Finally, the bill would allow the State Department to 
take title to any real property. The department would have the 
option to retain the property for its own use or sell it and 
deposit the proceeds in the Treasury. CBO estimates that these 
changes would raise miscellaneous receipts by less than 
$500,000 in rare instances.
    Appropriation of Interest. Section 208 would authorize the 
State Department to spend interest that is earned on funds made 
available for cooperation in scientific, cultural, and related 
areas. Under current law, such funds are deposited in interest-
bearing accounts, and accrued interest is retained in the 
account. Based on information from the State Department, CBO 
estimates that the department would earn 5 percent interest on 
approximately $1.5 million and would increase spending by about 
$75,000 a year,
    Reimbursements From a State. Section 602 would authorize 
the commissioner of the International Boundary and Water 
Commission to accept and spend funds from state and local 
governments. Upon request, those contributions would be used to 
provide technical tests, surveys, or similar services. CBO 
estimates that collections and spending would not be 
significant in any year.
    Pay-as-you-go considerations: The bill contains several 
provisions that affect direct spending and revenues, but the 
net impact is estimated to be less than $500,000 a year.
    Intergovernmental and private-sector impact: H.R. 1211 
contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as 
defined in UMRA and would have no significant effects on the 
budgets of state, local, or tribal governments.
    Estimate prepared by: Federal Costs: Sunita D'Monte for the 
Department of State, Gary Brown for the International Boundary 
and Water Commission, and Jennifer Winkler for employee 
compensation. Impact on State, local, and tribal governments: 
Leo Lex. Impact on the private sector: Keith Mattrick.
    Estimate approved by: Robert A. Sunshine, Deputy Assistant 
Director for Budget Analysis.

                      Section-by-Section Analysis

                TITLE I--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

    Section 101. Authorization of Appropriations--
Administration of Foreign Affairs. This section authorizes a 
State Department FY 2000 operating budget of $3.52 billion, 
approximately $1 billion more than the Administration requested 
for these activities, due to an increase in funding to improve 
security at U.S. posts abroad.
    101(1). Diplomatic and Consular Programs. This section 
authorizes $2,531,775,000 for fiscal year 2000 for diplomatic 
and consular programs. As requested by the State Department, 
this account reflects the merger of the salaries and expenses 
account with the diplomatic and consular programs account. 
Operating and representational expenses for International 
Information Programs (formerly managed by the U.S. Information 
Agency) can be found in section 105(1).
    Of that total amount, $254,000,000 is specifically 
authorized for worldwide security upgrades, $15,000,000 is for 
salaries and expenses of the Department's Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, and $2,000,000 is for the recruitment 
of members of minority groups for careers in the Foreign 
Service and international affairs. An additional $1,000,000 is 
available for the democracy fellows program.
    Security. The supplemental appropriations for security 
enhancements (PL 105-277) provides for additional diplomatic 
security agents. The Committee expects that the deployment of 
additional regional security officers will increase the 
effectiveness of the security profile at the overseas posts. 
This includes aggressive programs to train local guards in 
various crisis situations and to administer regular training 
drills for local guards and embassy staff. Crisis preparation 
requires the cooperation of all personnel and post leadership 
should make these activities a priority.
    In addition, the Committee hopes to see efforts by 
Diplomatic Security, where appropriate, to routinely rotate 
local guards (both their location and their shifts) to avoid 
complacency and efforts by potential terrorists to compromise 
them and their duties to protect U.S. assets. The Committee 
expects that a close working relationship at post between the 
regional security officers and the marine security guard 
detachment commanders will help to maintain first rate local 
guard forces.
    It is hoped that specialized security expertise, related to 
physical, technical or terrorism issues, will be made 
available, as needed, to posts to augment the regional security 
office.
    In a March 12, 1999 hearing, the Committee heard testimony 
from Admiral William Crowe (Ret.), Chairman of the two 
Accountability Review Boards that investigated and reported on 
the August 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar 
es Salaam. Admiral Crowe's report found that 85 percent of U.S. 
overseas posts still fall short of the security standards 
recommended in the 1985 report of the Advisory Panel on 
Overseas Security. Short of relocating U.S. diplomatic posts to 
achieve adequate setback from roadways and urban areas, steps 
can and must be taken to ``toughen'' our posts overseas.
    Admiral Crowe in his testimony highlighted the lethal role 
windows and flying glass played in the African bombings. He 
cited windows as his number one security concern, and advocated 
the use of laminated safety glass.
    Although the State Department needs flexibility in 
implementing the recommendations in the report, the Committee 
believes certain steps must be taken. For example, new 
construction and major renovations should include the use of 
high tech glazing like laminated safety glass which has 
demonstrated its worth in resisting shattering in bomb attacks. 
In some cases where security upgrades are planned, the State 
Department should use film that is of sufficient thickness and 
properly installed to protect human lives in bomb attacks.
    101(2). Capital Investment Fund. Authorizes $90,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2000 to modernize the Department's computer 
systems.
    101(3). Security and Maintenance of United States Missions. 
Authorizes $1,580,066,000 for the security and maintenance of 
U.S. missions abroad in fiscal year 2000. This is 
$1,096,000,000 more than the Administration's request. 
$1,146,000,000 of that total is specifically authorized for 
security upgrades, to cover the costs of the relocation and 
construction necessary to rectify security deficiencies at 
posts abroad, such as those recently identified in the Crowe 
Report on the 1998 bombings of the United States Embassies in 
Kenya and Tanzania.
    Embassy Tashkent: The Committee notes with concern the 
continued inadequacy of U.S. chancery facilities in Tashkent, 
Uzbekistan. For eight years, this facility has failed to meet 
minimal standards for security, quality of life, and office 
efficiency. Recent bombings only serve to highlight the need to 
address these shortfalls in as expeditious a manner as 
possible. Its size, population, and strategic location suggest 
that bilateral relations with Uzbekistan will deepen and 
broaden in the years ahead. As a result, the responsibilities 
of U.S. diplomats in Tashkent are certain to increase.
    Report on Overseas Rent: The Committee directs the 
Secretary of State to study and report within nine months of 
the enactment of this bill (a) assessing the options for 
establishing a system to charge State and non-State agencies 
for their use of non-residential space overseas; (b) the amount 
of revenue that would be generated; (c) how charges would be 
determined; (d) how the system would be implemented and the 
administrative burdens involved with that implementation, and 
(e) what changes in law or regulation would be necessary to 
implement such a system.
    A few years ago an interagency system known as ICASS was 
established to distribute the costs of services provided by 
State to non-State agencies at overseas posts. One area not 
addressed by the ICASS agreement was a system of charging rent 
for overseas non-residential space that the State Department 
either leases long-term or owns. In addition, State's bureaus 
are not charged for their useof space: they do not benefit from 
decisions to use less space, nor do they face any consequences from 
over-use of space. The Committee is concerned that this is resulting in 
inefficiencies.
    The Committee believes the Department should develop a 
reasonable system to assess charges for space occupied in 
overseas non-residential facilities. Distinctions made among 
short-term, long-term, and owned space should be harmonized to 
provide for the most cost-effective means of managing these 
properties.
    The occupancy of real estate is seen as ``free'' by the 
Department's bureaus in all overseas office space, and is 
similarly seen as ``free'' for other foreign affairs agencies 
in all non-residential space that is owned or on long-term 
leases. Accordingly, there will be an inevitable tendency to 
make space allocation decisions on bureaucratic or political 
grounds rather than on efficiency grounds. First, more space 
may be occupied than is really necessary or economically 
justifiable. Second, non-State agencies will push to be in 
space that is owned by the government or held under long-term 
leases rather than in short-term leased space--as they are 
charged rent for the latter and not the former. State, on the 
other hand, will push to have them in space under short-term 
leases, so that rent can be collected. These decisions should 
be made with the aid of the market mechanism of charging rent. 
Finally, the Committee has learned that the Department 
concluded, in at least one important project, a series of 
short-term leases, rather than a long-term lease, for the 
principal purpose of being able to charge tenant agencies rent. 
While the Committee applauds the Department for making sure 
tenant agencies were charged rent, this arrangement was 
probably not the optimal one for the taxpayer: the Department 
should be able both to charge rent and to conclude a long-term 
lease or purchase of the building.
    If a comprehensive rent collection system were established, 
rents collected could be used by the Department to maintain and 
purchase its overseas buildings, operating much the way General 
Services Administration does in the United States. The 
Department should exempt unique government required security 
measures from any rental assessments.
    101(4). Representation Allowances. Authorizes $4,450,000 
for fiscal year 2000 to be used for the partial reimbursement 
of the costs incurred by Department officials for official 
representation overseas. Representational funds for public 
diplomacy can be found in section 105(1).
    101(5). Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service. 
Authorizes $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 for emergencies, 
such as evacuations of American citizens abroad, and for the 
payment of rewards, such as for information regarding 
international terrorism and narcoterrorism. In addition, 
certain representational expenses of certain senior Department 
officials are authorized in this account.
    101(6). Office of the Inspector General. Authorizes 
$30,054,000 for fiscal year 2000 for the Office of the 
Inspector General.
    101(7). American Institute in Taiwan. Authorizes 
$15,760,000 for fiscal year 2000 for the operations of the 
American Institute in Taiwan (AIT). The Committee is aware of 
the need to improve the facilities at the American Institute in 
Taiwan. AIT is currently developing options for a new facility 
and anticipates having a cost estimate before the end of the 
fiscal year 1999. While AIT is saving funds for the 
construction project, the Committee would support a designated 
capital project fund within the AIT account to more fully 
support the construction program in the next budget request (FY 
01).
    101(8). Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials. 
Authorizes $9,490,000 for fiscal year 2000 for the protection 
of foreign missions and officials.
    101(9). Repatriation Loans. Authorizes $1,200,000 for 
fiscal year 2000 for repatriation loans.
    Section 102. International Organizations.
    102(a). Assessed Contributions to International 
Organizations. Authorizes $963,308,000 for fiscal year 2000 for 
assessed contributions to international organizations.
    102(b). Assessed Contributions for International 
Peacekeeping Activities. Authorizes $235,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2000 for assessed contributions for international 
peacekeeping activities.
    Section 103. International Commissions. Authorizes 
$20,413,000 for fiscal year 2000 for salaries and expenses and 
$8,435,000 for fiscal year 2000 for construction of the 
International Boundary and Water Commission. Authorizes 
$859,000 for fiscal year 2000 for the International Boundary 
Commission, United States and Canada. Authorizes $3,819,000 for 
fiscal year 2000 for the International Joint Commission. 
Authorizes $16,702,000 for fiscal year 2000 for the 
International Fisheries Commission. These organizations are 
responsible for boundary, water, and resource issues along U.S. 
borders and adjacent waters.
    Section 104. Migration and Refugee Assistance. This section 
authorizes $750 million for fiscal year 2000 for Migration and 
Refugee Assistance. This section contains specific 
authorizations for refugees resettling in Israel ($60 million), 
humanitarian assistance for displaced Burmese ($2 million), 
Tibetan refugees in India and Nepal ($2 million), and 
assistance for Sierra Leoneans who have been severely mutilated 
($2 million).
    The $750 million authorized in the bill would partially 
compensate for cuts in the refugee account over the last five 
years. In FY 1995 the amount made available for refugee 
protection, resettlement, and bureau salaries and expenses was 
$683 million, or between $751 million and $785 million in 
inflation-adjusted FY 2000 dollars. The Administration's budget 
request of $660 million would therefore impose a real cut of 
between 12 and 20 percent on refugees. By contrast, other State 
Department accounts have been increased 19.9% since 1995, which 
more than compensates for inflation. The bill's refugee 
authorization of $750 million represents a 9.8% increase above 
FY95--lessthan half the 19.9% increase provided for other State 
Department accounts during the same period.
    Section 105. Public Diplomacy Programs.
    105(1). International Information Programs. This section 
authorizes $305,997,000 for fiscal year 2000 for international 
information (formerly managed by USIA) of which $1.4 million is 
for representational activities.
    105(2). Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs. This 
section authorizes $112,000,000 for the Fulbright exchange 
program and $98,329,000 for other exchange programs including 
South Pacific Exchanges ($750,000), East Timorese Scholarships 
($500,000), Tibetan exchanges ($500,000), and African exchanges 
($500,000).
    105(3). Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange 
between East and West. This section authorizes for fiscal year 
2000 $17,500,000 for the East-West Center. These funds are for 
operations and expansion of programs of constructive 
involvement with nations in Asia and the Pacific through 
education, research and outreach. The Committee recognizes the 
urgent needs to address crucial economic, political and 
security issues in the Asia-Pacific region that affect vital 
long-term interests of the U.S. Recent events such as the 1996 
Taiwan Strait confrontation with China, the ongoing nuclear and 
ballistic missile crisis with North Korea, and the Asian 
financial meltdown, necessitate that the U.S. focus resources 
and attention to this part of the world.
    Of the funds authorized for the East-West Center, it is the 
intent of the Committee that $1 million shall be used for the 
Center's establishment of an Ocean Resources Institute which 
shall focus on U.S. interests in the research, development and 
management of maritime resources of the Western and Central 
Pacific Ocean. Much of these valuable marine assets--including 
fisheries, seabed minerals and undersea energy resources--are 
within the exclusive economic zone and surrounding waters of 
Pacific Island nations, and it is important that the United 
States take steps now to facilitate access to these undersea 
resources for the next century.
    105(4). National Endowment for Democracy (NED). This 
section authorizes for fiscal year 2000 $34,000,000 for the 
NED. Of the total, $2 million is available only for a new 
initiative, the Reagan-Fascell Fellows program for 
international democracy activists and scholars to study and 
exchange views with other activists and scholars.
    105(5). Dante B. Fascell North-South Center. This section 
authorizes $2,500,000 for the Dante B. Fascell North-South 
Center.
    Georgetown University--The Committee recommends that the 
State Department consider multi-year assistance for Georgetown 
University's Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies. The 
five year grant program would enable the Center to develop its 
core academic program continuing the education for hundreds of 
American undergraduates about Australia. It would include 
American and Australian faculty and a number of Australian 
exchange students at Georgetown. The recommendation is for a 
total State Department commitment of $2.9 million over a five 
year period with grants starting at $400,000 in FY 2000, and 
increasing to $500,000 in FY 2001, $600,000 in FY 2002, 
$700,000 in FY 2003 and, $700,000 in FY 2004. The increase in 
later years would allow more exchange students to participate.
    The Australian students would be undergraduates, chosen 
competitively from those Australian universities with which 
Georgetown has exchange agreements (these students would 
continue to pay regular Australian tuition). The grants 
envisaged here would cover international travel, room, and 
board. Initially these students would come for one semester 
each. This grant would be supplemented by private sector 
fundraising to cover the Center's operating expenses.
    Section 106. Voluntary Contributions to International 
Organizations. This section authorizes $293,000,000 in 
voluntary contributions to international organizations for 
fiscal year 2000. It includes specific authorizations for the 
World Food Program ($5,000,000), the UN Voluntary Fund for 
Victims of Torture ($5,000,000), and the International Program 
on the Elimination of Child Labor ($5,000,000). This section 
also specifies:
          That $240,000 of the total is authorized for a U.S. 
        contribution to the Organization of American States 
        Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression in the 
        Western Hemisphere, of which at least $6,000 is to be 
        spent investigating violations of freedom of expression 
        by the Government of Cuba;
          That the U.S. withhold from its contribution to the 
        United Nations Development Program (UNDP) an amount 
        equal to the amount that UNDP intends to spend in Burma 
        that fiscal year, unless the President certifies that 
        all UNDP activities in Burma are focused on the needs 
        of the poor, are undertaken only through private 
        voluntary organizations independent of the Burmese 
        dictatorship, do not benefit that regime, and are 
        supported by the democratic leadership of Burma; and
          That the U.S. withhold from its contribution to UNFPA 
        an amount equal to the amount UNFPA plans to spend in 
        China, unless the President certifies that there are no 
        coercive population practices in the 32 counties in 
        which the UNFPA China program operates.
    Section 107. Grants to the Asia Foundation. This section 
authorizes $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 for grants to the 
Asia Foundation.
    Section 121. International Broadcasting. This section 
authorizes for fiscal year 2000 the following amounts for the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors to carry out certain 
international broadcasting activities.
    121(1). International Broadcasting Operations. This section 
authorizes $385,900,000 for fiscal year 2000 for International 
Broadcasting Operations, and directs the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors to ensure that amounts spent on broadcasting to 
nations whose governments deny freedom and democracy do not 
decline in proportion to the amounts spent on broadcasting to 
other nations.
    121(2). Broadcasting Capital Improvements. This section 
authorizes $20,868,000 for fiscal year 2000 for capital 
improvements.
    121(3). Radio Free Asia. This section authorizes 
$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 for Radio Free Asia.
    121(4). Broadcasting to Cuba. This section authorizes 
$22,743,000 for fiscal year 2000 for Cuba broadcasting, and 
specifies that $712,000 of the amount authorized is to be used 
to strengthen and improve the transmission capabilities of 
Radio and TV Marti.
    Note.--For the convenience of Members, a comparative table 
of the authorizations in this bill appears on the following 
pages.

                       FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEARS 2000 AND 2001
                                                     ($000s)
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                                                                        Fiscal years--
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  International Relations Committee Account                                          2000,
                                               1998, actuals    1999, enacted     President's    2000, H.R. 1211
                                                                                    request          reported
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Administration of Foreign Affairs:
    Diplomatic and Consular Programs........        1,646,801        1,643,800        2,583,772        2,260,775
        Worldwide Security Upgrades.........                0          785,700          254,000          254,000
        Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights                   0                0                0           15,000
         and Labor Earmark..................
        Recruitment of Minority Groups                      0                0                0            2,000
         Earmark............................
        National Law Center for Inter-                      0              500                0                0
         American Free Trade Earmark........
                                             -------------------------------------------------------------------
*Note--FY100 Funds for Public Diplomacy are
 in a separate account, below.
          Subtotal..........................        1,646,801        2,430,000        2,837,772        2,531,775
                                             ===================================================================
    Salaries and Expenses...................          353,905          353,374                0                0
        Pres. Adv. Comm. on Holocaust Assets                0              813                0                0
         Earmark............................
        Capital Investment Fund.............           86,000          137,890           90,000           90,000
                                             -------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........................          439,905          492,077           90,000           90,000
                                             ===================================================================
    Security and Maintenance of United                397,943          403,561          434,066          434,066
     States Missions........................
        Security Upgrades for United States                 0          627,000           49,617        1,146,000
         Missions...........................
                                             -------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........................          397,943        1,030,561          483,683        1,580,066
                                             ===================================================================
    Representation Allowances...............            4,200            4,350            5,850            4,450
    Emergencies in the Diplomatic and                   5,356           15,500           17,000           17,000
     Consular Service.......................
    Office of the Inspector General.........           27,495           28,495           30,054           30,054
    OIG Supplemental........................                0            1,000                0                0
    Payment to the American Institute in               14,000           14,750           15,760           15,760
     Taiwan.................................
    Protection of Foreign Missions and                  7,900            8,100            9,490            9,490
     Officials..............................
    Repatriation Loans......................            1,344            1,200            1,200            1,200
                                             -------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........................           60,295           73,395           79,354           77,954
                                             ===================================================================
International Organizations:
    Assessed Contributions to International           888,883          922,000          963,308          963,308
     Organizations..........................
    Assessed Contributions for International          210,632          231,000          235,000          235,000
     Peacekeeping...........................
                                             -------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........................        1,099,515        1,153,000        1,198,308        1,198,308
                                             ===================================================================
International Commissions:
    International Boundary Water Comm'n                17,490           19,551           20,413           20,413
     Salaries & Expenses....................
    IBC Construction........................            6,463            5,939            8,435            8,435
    American Sections: IBC..................              761                0              859              859
    American Sections: IJC..................            3,189                0            3,819            3,819
    American Sections: BECC.................            1,540            5,733            1,815                0
    International Boundary Commission, US     ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
     and Canada.............................
    International; Fisheries Commission.....           14,549           14,549           16,702           16,702
                                             -------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........................           43,992           45,772           52,043           50,228
                                             ===================================================================
Migration and Refugee Assistance:
    Migration and Refugee Assistance........          553,384          568,000          660,000          684,000
        Tibetan and Refugees in India and                   0            2,000                0            2,000
         Nepal..............................
        Refugees Resettling in Israel.......           80,000           70,000                0           60,000
        Humanitarian Assistance for                         0                0                0            2,000
         Displaced Burmese..................
        Assistance for Displaced Sierra                     0                0                0            2,000
         Leoneans...........................
        Administration (Up To This Amount)..           12,000                0                0                0
        UN Fund for Vulnerable Children.....            5,000                0                0                0
                                             -------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........................          650,384          640,000          660,000          750,000
                                             ===================================================================
Public Diplomacy:
    International Information Programs......          427,097          455,246                0          305,997
    Technology..............................            5,050                0                0                0
                                             -------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........................          432,147          455,246                0          305,997
                                             ===================================================================
    Fulbright Academic Exchange Programs....          100,000           95,000                0          112,000
    Other Education and Cultural Exchange              97,731           58,874          210,329           96,079
     Programs...............................
        South Pacific Exchanges Earmark.....                0              500                0              750
        East Timorese Exchanges Earmark.....                0                0                0              500
        Tibetan Exchanges...................                0                0                0              500
        African Exchanges...................                0                0                0              500
                                             -------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........................          197,731          154,374          210,329          210,329
                                             ===================================================================
    Center for Cultural Exchange Between               12,000           12,500           12,500           17,500
     East and West..........................
    National Endowment for Democracy........           30,000           31,000           32,000           34,000
        Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows....                0                0                0          [2,000]
    Dante B. Fascell North-South Center.....            1,500            1,750            2,500            2,500
                                             -------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........................           43,500           45,250           47,000           54,000
                                             ===================================================================
Voluntary Contributions to International
 Organizations:
    Voluntary Contributions.................          189,000          179,000          286,500          277,760
        World Food Program Earmark..........            4,000            5,000            3,500            5,000
        United Nations Voluntary Fund for               1,500            3,000            3,000            5,000
         Victims of Torture Earmark.........
        Internat'l Program for the                          0                0                0            5,000
         Elimination of Child Labor Earmark.
        OAS W. Hemisphere Rapporteur on                     0                0                0              240
         Expression Earmark.................
                                             -------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........................          194,500          187,000          293,000          293,000
                                             ===================================================================
    Asia Foundation.........................            8,000            8,250           15,000           15,000
                                             -------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........................            8,000            8,250           15,000           15,000
                                             ===================================================================
    International Broadcasting Operations...          388,644          384,460          431,772          385,900
    Broadcasting Capital Improvements.......           42,866           13,245           20,868           20,868
    Radio Free Asia.........................                0                0                0           30,000
    Broadcasting to Cuba....................                0                0                0           22,031
        New Cuba Broadcasting Technology                    0                0                0              712
         Earmark............................
                                             -------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........................          431,510          397,705          452,590          459,511
                                             ===================================================================
    Democracy Fellows at DRL................                0                0                0            1,000
                                             -------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..........................                0                0                0            1,000
                                             ===================================================================
          Total Minus FY 2000-2001 Security         5,646,223        6,485,630        6,369,462        6,471,168
           Upgrades.........................
                                             ===================================================================
          Grand Total.......................        5,646,223        7,112,630        6,419,079        7,617,168
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        TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

    Section 202. Report on Cuban Drug Trafficking. This section 
requires the President to report on the extent of international 
narcotics traffic through or from Cuba, the extent of 
involvement by the Cuban government, its agents and entities, 
and United States actions to investigate or prosecute such 
acts.
    Section 203. Report on Compliance With the Hague Convention 
on International Child Abduction. This section extends for an 
additional year the current requirement for the State 
Department to report to Congress on compliance with the Hague 
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child 
Abduction by its signatories, and the status of unresolved 
cases arising under the Convention, and expands the scope of 
the reports. The Convention establishes an international 
mechanism according to which children wrongfully removed to or 
retained in certain foreign countries (by estranged parents who 
are foreign residents, for example) will be returned to the 
country of their habitual residence, where custody issues 
should be adjudicated. This section is motivated by complaints 
that some countries (many of which are in Western Europe) are 
flouting their obligations under the Convention to return 
children to the United States.
    Section 204. Reduction of Reporting. Requested by the State 
Department, this provision repeals unnecessary reporting 
requirements, including (a) reports by new Chiefs of Mission 
regarding the language competence of their post staffs; (b) a 
report on the use of Foreign Service personnel by Federal 
agencies; (c) a report on the prospects for sustainable 
economic growth in each country receiving certain forms of 
foreign assistance; and (d) redundant reports (on certain 
weapons) that duplicate the information provided in other 
nonproliferation reports.
    Section 205. Continuation of Reporting Requirements. This 
section extends reporting requirements contained in the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act as follows:
    Section 205(a) requires periodic reports on outstanding 
claims by United States firms against the Government of Saudi 
Arabia. This amendment is necessary to help U.S. firms which 
have completed extensive work for the Saudi Government but have 
had no success in getting their due compensation. For example, 
Gibbs and Hill, Inc., of New Jersey has outstanding claims for 
$55 million for work on a desalinization plant completed in 
1984.
    Section 205(b) continues the report under Title IV of the 
Libertad Act. It requires the Secretary of State to make 
periodic reports to the Committee describing the ongoing 
reviews pursuant to Title IV of the Cuban Liberty and 
Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6091) 
and any determinations and findings under that title of that 
Act. Title IV of the LIBERTAD Act requires the Secretary of 
State to exclude from the U.S. persons ``trafficking'' in 
property confiscated from U.S. nationals in Cuba. The Committee 
intends to use these reports to monitor the implementation of 
this ``exclusion'' provision of the LIBERTAD Act.
    Section 205(c) continues a report requiring the Secretary 
of State to report on the extent to which the Government of 
Vietnam: (1) is cooperating with the U.S. on the fullest 
possible accounting of POW/MIA's; (2) has made progress on the 
release of political and religious prisoners; (3) is 
cooperating on requests by the U.S. to obtain full and free 
access to persons for interviews under the Orderly Departure 
and Resettlement Opportunities for Vietnamese Refugees 
programs; (4) has taken action to end corrupt practices in 
connections with exit visas; and (5) is making efforts to 
interview and resettle former reeducation camp victims and 
other persons.
    Section 205(d) continues a reporting requirement with 
respect to cooperative projects with Russia in the area of 
ballistic missile defense, including in the area of early 
warning.
    The Committee notes the requirement of section 527 of the 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act for FY 1994 and 1995 that 
reports be provided to Congress on outstanding claims by U.S. 
citizens whose property has been expropriated by foreign 
governments, and particularly supports the efforts of the 
Department of State to continue working with the Government of 
Nicaragua to resolve all outstanding property claims filed by 
U.S. citizens.
    Section 206. International Arms Sales Code of Conduct. This 
section requires the President to prepare to work with 
countries in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for 
Conventional Arms and Dual Use Goods and Technologies, founded 
in 1996, to negotiate an international arms sales code of 
conduct. The President must take necessary steps to begin 
negotiations within 120 days of passage of the Act. They are 
intended to produce an agreement restricting or prohibiting 
arms transfers to countries that do not meet specified criteria 
concerning promotion of democracy, respect for human rights, 
noninvolvement in acts of armed aggression, and participation 
in the UN Register of Conventional Arms. This section also 
requires that the Secretary of State report on the progress of 
such negotiations and report through the annual Human Rights 
reports on the extent to which the practices of each country 
meet specified criteria.
    Section 207. Human Rights and Democracy Fellowships. This 
section establishes a human rights fellowship program within 
the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, and authorizes $1 million for fiscal year 2000 to fund 
that fellowship program. The fellows would be selected on the 
basis of their human rights expertise and would be recruited 
for specific projects or assistance needed by the Bureau. These 
fellowship positions would allow the Assistant Secretary for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor to bring persons into the 
Bureau with specialized expertise in international human rights 
standards, regional human rights issues, non-governmental, 
governmental and intergovernmental organizations relevant to 
human rights, emerging or under reported human rightsissues, 
democratization, rule of law, the development of civil society, torture 
victims treatment, and related issues.
    Section 208. Joint Funds Under Agreements for Cooperation 
in Environmental, Scientific, Cultural and Related Areas. At 
the request of the State Department, this section allows the 
Department to use the interest earned on funds held under 
bilateral agreements for scientific, cultural, and technical 
cooperation to pay the programmatic and administrative expenses 
of these programs.
    Section 209. Report on International Extradition. This 
section requires a report by the Secretary of State 120 days 
after enactment regarding a review of all extradition treaties 
and agreements to which the U.S. is a party.
    Section 210. Effective Regulation of Satellite Export 
Activities. This section requires the Secretary of State to 
establish a regulatory regime for the licensing for export of 
satellites, satellite technologies, components and systems.
    Section 251. Deaths and Estates of United States Citizens 
Abroad. At the request of the State Department, this section 
modernizes the traditional consular function of protecting, 
conserving, and ultimately disposing of the estates of 
Americans who die overseas in those cases where a legal 
representative is not appointed by the heirs or other 
beneficiaries.
    Section 252. Duties of Consular Officers. At the request of 
the State Department, this section enlarges the definition of 
U.S. employees who may perform consular functions in connection 
with deaths and estates of U.S. citizens abroad.
    Section 253. Machine Readable Visas. This section extends 
the Department's authority to collect and retain the machine 
readable visa (MRV) fees for three fiscal years (up to $316.7 
million in FY2000, $338.9 million in FY2001, and $362.6 million 
in FY2002) to fund consular services activities and border 
security operations.
    Section 254. Processing of Visa Applications. This section 
states that it shall be the policy of the State Department: (a) 
to process visa applications of immediate relatives and fiances 
of U.S. citizens within 30 days of receiving all necessary 
documents; and (b) to process applications sponsored by someone 
other than an immediate relative within 60 days. It also 
directs the Department to report every six months on the extent 
to which it is meeting these standards, and to establish a 
joint task force with other Federal agencies to reduce the 
overall processing time for visa applications.
    Section 255. Repeal of Outdated Provision on Passport Fees. 
At the request of the State Department, this section repeals an 
anachronistic provision of the Passport Act of 1920 that 
provided for the discretionary refund of passport fees in the 
event that a traveler was not able to obtain a visa to the 
country of intended travel. That authority, which reflects 
long-outmoded passport practices, is no longer used. Because 
the Department typically expends the whole amount of the 
passport fee in adjudicating and issuing the passport, and 
because passports generally are valid for ten years and are not 
geographically limited, the refund provision is no longer 
necessary or appropriate.
    Section 256. Fees Relating to Affidavits of Support. This 
section allows the Secretary of State to charge a fee for 
services provided by the State Department for assistance in the 
preparation and filing of an affidavit of support as required 
by section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act. This 
provision is intended to improve the processing of immigrant 
visa applications by providing specific assistance with this 
affidavit which has proved to be difficult for the applicants 
to complete correctly.
    Section 271. United States Policy Regarding the Involuntary 
Return of Refugees. This provision carries over and slightly 
expands a provision of the FY 98-99 Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act prohibiting the use of funds for the 
involuntary return of any person to a country in which that 
person has a well-founded fear of persecution, and requiring 
notification to Congress when such funds are used for 
involuntary repatriation of persons deemed to be non-refugees.
    Section 272. Human Rights Reports. This is a technical 
amendment. Information in the annual Country Reports on Human 
Rights Practices on the extent to which countries extend 
protection to refugees is already required by the Human Rights, 
Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 
(P.L. 104-319). However, that statute only modified one of the 
two provisions in the Foreign Assistance Act dealing with the 
Country Reports. This section corrects that oversight by 
modifying the other section.
    Section 273. Guidelines for Refugee-Processing Posts. This 
section corrects two technical oversights in the refugee 
protection provisions of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-292). Although section 602(c) of the Act 
charged both the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to 
develop guidelines to address hostile biases in refugee 
processing, it referred only to biases of INS personnel. This 
section adds a reference to State Department personnel in the 
appropriate place. In addition, the Act prohibited the use of 
agents of persecuting governments to interpret conversations of 
persons seeking asylum in the United States. This section 
extends that prohibition to the overseas refugee adjudication 
process, and to agents of persecuting governments performing 
any function that could endanger the safety of the applicant or 
otherwise compromise the integrity of the process.
    Section 274. Vietnamese Refugees. This section prohibits 
the use of funds authorized by this Act to support an increased 
number of personnel assigned to U.S. posts in Vietnam unless 
the President first certifies to Congress that the Vietnamese 
in-country refugee processing program meets certain conditions 
and standards.

 TITLE III--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; PERSONNEL OF THE 
                  DEPARTMENT OF STATE; FOREIGN SERVICE

    Section 301. Establishment of Bureau for International 
Information Programs and Bureau for Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Programs. This section establishes separate Bureaus 
within the State Department for exchanges and international 
information programs, and places each under the leadership of 
its own Assistant Secretary. This structure protects the 
integrity of international information activities (those now 
administered by USIA) which are distinct from the State 
Department's ``public affairs'' activities in that the former 
are to be aimed solely at foreign audiences and should be 
insulated from short-term political considerations. It also 
maintains the important institutional separation between the 
information and exchange functions that existed at USIA prior 
to that Agency's consolidation with the State Department. This 
provision will also ensure compliance with the requirement of 
the Fulbright-Hays Act that the Bureau that administers 
exchanges not administer any non-exchange programs.
    Section 302. Correction of Designation of Inspector General 
of the Department of State. This section corrects several 
statutes that refer to the Inspector General using slightly 
different names, making them uniformly refer to the ``Inspector 
General of the Department of State.''
    Section 321. Foreign Service Star. At the request of the 
State Department, this section authorizes a national medal for 
civilian employees of the United States assigned to an official 
mission overseas who are killed or wounded in government 
service.
    Section 322. United States Citizens Hired Abroad. At the 
request of the State Department, this section deletes a 
statutory requirement that U.S. citizens hired locally by 
overseas posts be provided a total compensation package that 
has ``the equivalent cost to that received by foreign national 
employees occupying the similar position at post.'' That 
requirement sometimes conflicts with another requirement that 
U.S. citizens may not be paid at a rate lower than the U.S. 
minimum wage. Furthermore, in the case of an American citizen, 
both the employer and employee generally must pay their 
respective contributions to FICA. In some cases, this causes 
the cost of the total compensation package for the American to 
exceed that of a foreign national in the same position. In 
those cases, the effect of the law is to require posts to 
reduce the American's compensation by all or some portion of 
the amount paid to FICA by the post. In such cases, American 
citizens have complained that they are being forced to pay both 
the employer and employee share of FICA, thus earning less 
after deductions than non-U.S. citizens in similar positions. 
It is the intention of the Committee that the Department 
observe the spirit of the current provision by increasing pay 
if appropriate, only by the amounts referred to above so that 
effective pay is equalized or the U.S. minimum wage is paid.
    Section 323. Border Equalization Adjustment. At the request 
of the State Department, this section amends the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 to provide for payment of a border 
equalization adjustment to an employee who regularly commutes 
from his or her home in the U.S. to an official duty station in 
Canada or Mexico. At present, the Department employs personnel 
who live in the U.S. but work across the border. These 
employees are caught in an unusual situation that denies them 
locality pay (which is restricted by law to employees who work 
at duty stations in the U.S.) and overseas allowances (which 
apply only to employees who live in foreign countries). This 
change would make these employees eligible for an adjustment 
equal to the amount that they would receive as locality pay if 
they were assigned to an official duty station within the U.S. 
locality pay area closest to the employee's official duty 
station. This provision was carried in the FY 99 Commerce, 
Justice, State Department Appropriations Act; this section 
would make the authority permanent.
    Section 324. Treatment of Grievance Records. At the request 
of the State Department, this section amends the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 to ensure that proper documentation of 
disciplinary action is available to tenure and selection 
boards, by permitting the placement in the performance file of 
an employee who has been disciplined a notice that the 
discipline has been reviewed and sustained by the Foreign 
Service Grievance Board.
    Section 325. Report Concerning Financial Disadvantages for 
Administrative and Technical Personnel. This section directs 
the Department to prepare a report for the Congress on the 
financial disadvantages suffered by administrative and 
technical personnel posted to U.S. missions abroad as a result 
of their not having diplomatic status.
    Section 326. Extension of Overseas Hiring Authority. At the 
request of the State Department, this section permits the 
Department to allow non-State agencies to use the Foreign 
Service Act to appoint individuals abroad and to use the 
Foreign Service personnel system for those employees. This will 
provide a uniform hiring authority for agencies that need to 
hire local employees overseas. At present, not all of the non-
State agencies have overseas hiring authority, and some have 
resorted to hiring techniques that are expensive, confusing, 
and not always appropriate for local conditions.
    Section 327. Medical Emergency Assistance. This section was 
requested by the State Department. Employees who serve overseas 
must pay the costs of outpatient treatment. Immediate payment 
in full is usually required for treatment overseas, even for 
expensive in-hospital surgical procedures that do not require 
overnight hospitalization. This section would permit an advance 
of up to 3 months' pay to an employee who must undergo certain 
types of medical treatment abroad.
    Section 328. Families of Deceased Foreign Service 
Personnel. At the request of the State Department, this section 
would allow the Department to pay a ``transfer allowance'' 
(which covers certain costs associated with returning home to 
the United States) to surviving family members of overseas 
employees who are killed in the line of duty.
    Section 329. Parental Choice in Education. This section 
allows certain overseas employees to elect to send their 
dependents to schools away from post at government expense, so 
long as the cost does not exceed the cost to the government of 
sending those dependents to adequate schools at the post of the 
employee.
    Section 330. Workforce Planning for Foreign Service 
Personnel by Federal Agencies. This section requires the 
Secretary of State to submit a report to Congress regarding 
forward-looking, needs-based workforce planning.
    Section 331. Compensation for Survivors of Terrorist 
Attacks Overseas. This section requires the Secretary of State 
to examine and report on the current benefit structure of 
survivors of U.S. government employees who are killed while 
serving at U.S. diplomatic facilities abroad. The purpose is to 
evaluate whether the benefits are adequate, fair, and equitably 
distributed. The Committee expects to receive this report 180 
days after enactment.

   TITLE IV--UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL 
                                PROGRAMS

    Section 401. Educational and Cultural Exchanges and 
Scholarships for Tibetans and Burmese. This section extends the 
authorization for the exchange and scholarship programs for 
Tibetan and Burmese exiles (contained in Public Law 104-319, 
the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations 
Provisions Act of 1996) through fiscal years 2000 and 2001. It 
also renames the Tibetan exchange program after Ngawang 
Choephel, the Fulbright Scholar and ethno-musicologist who is 
now serving a fifteen-year prison sentence on false charges 
brought by the Chinese government.
    Section 402. Conduct of Certain Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Programs. This section requires that in U.S. 
educational and cultural exchange programs with countries whose 
people are denied freedom and democracy, program grantees be 
selected according to a competitive process, and that 
prospective grantees be evaluated according to their 
willingness and ability to include exchange participants who 
have demonstrated a commitment to freedom and democracy, or in 
the case of foreign government officials those who are most 
likely to be open to freedom and democracy, and to exclude 
those who are so committed to the suppression of freedom and 
democracy that their selection could give rise to an appearance 
that the U.S. condones such suppression.
    Section 403. Notification to Congress of Grants. This 
section requires the Department to give Congress 45 days' 
written notice before awarding information and educational 
exchange grants. The 15-day notice period currently observed 
has proved inadequate and has resulted in the disbursement of 
grant money before USIA has fully responded to Congressional 
inquiries about grant proposals.
    Section 404. National Security Measures. This section 
requires the State Department to take appropriate steps to 
ensure that foreign espionage agents do not participate in 
U.S.-funded exchange programs.
    Section 405. Designation of North/South Center as the Dante 
B. Fascell North-South Center. Changes the name of the North/
South Center to the Dante B. Fascell North-South Center. This 
measure has passed the House on two previous occasions.
    Section 406. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. This 
section repeals the section of last year's Omnibus Bill that 
abolished the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, a 
bipartisan, Presidentially-appointed advisory committee on 
international information and exchange programs.
    Section 407. International Expositions. This section was 
requested by the State Department. While reaffirming that the 
State Department is prohibited from funding a pavilion or other 
major exhibit at any international exposition or world's fair, 
this section makes clear that the Department is authorized to 
use its personnel and resources to facilitate (a) U.S. 
participation in international expositions; (b) participation 
in and support for international expositions by foreign 
governments and private entities; and (c) support to the United 
States Commissioner General for participation in international 
expositions.
    Section 408. Royal Ulster Constabulary. This section 
requires the Secretary of State to take all appropriate steps 
to ensure that members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) 
are not participants in any program of educational or cultural 
exchange or training through the National Academy Program at 
Quantico, Virginia, unless and until the President certifies 
that complete, independent, and transparent investigations of 
the murders of defense attorneys Rosemary Nelson and Patrick 
Finucane have been initiated by the Government of the United 
Kingdom and that the Government has taken appropriate steps to 
protect defense attorneys against RUC harassment in Northern 
Ireland.

                  TITLE V--INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING

    Section 501. Permanent Authorization for Radio Free Asia. 
As requested by the Administration, this section puts Radio 
Free Asia (RFA) on an equal footing with other entities whose 
funds are authorized by this bill by: (a) making RFA's 
authorization permanent; and (b) repealing statutory caps on 
RFA funding. Of course, RFA funding levels still would be set 
by annual appropriations and subsequent authorization bills.
    Section 502. Preservation of Radio Free Europe/Radio 
Liberty. This provision repeals a 1994 ``sense of Congress'' 
provision that RFE/RL should receive no U.S. government support 
after FY 1999. This provision is inconsistent with the 
Administration's budget request and with the bipartisan 
Congressional consensus that ``freedom broadcasting'' will 
continue to deserve U.S. support into the 21st century. The 
provision also increases from $75 million to $80 million the 
annual funding cap for Radio Free Europe in order to permit 
necessary expenditures for Radio Free Iraq, RL broadcasts to 
Iran, and necessary security upgrades in response to credible 
threats of retaliation for these broadcasts.
    Security Upgrade: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty should be 
allowed to immediately upgrade security at its facilities, but 
not at the expense of its broadcasting operations. Therefore, 
RFE/RL should be allowed to use any unspent consolidation funds 
for this purpose.
    Section 503. Immunity from Civil Liability for Broadcasting 
Board of Governors. This section makes clear that the members 
of the Broadcasting Board of Governors are immune from civil 
liability when acting in their capacities as directors of RFE/
RL, Inc., or Radio Free Asia.

         TITLE VI--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS

    Section 601. Interparliamentary Groups. When either the 
House or the Senate does not appoint its allotted number of 
members to U.S. delegations to certain interparliamentary 
conferences, this section allows the other body of Congress to 
complete the delegation with its own members. This section also 
changes a statutory reference to the ``United States-European 
Community Interparliamentary Group'' to reflect the change of 
that group's name to the ``Transatlantic Legislative 
Dialogue.''
    Section 602. Authority to Assist State and Local 
Governments. As requested by the State Department, this section 
permits the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and 
Water Commission to provide tests, surveys, and other services 
on a reimbursable basis to state or local governments that 
request them. Reimbursements will be credited to the 
appropriation from which the cost of providing the services is 
paid.
    Section 603. International Boundary and Water Commission. 
This section authorizes the International Boundary and Water 
Commission (IBWC) to use contributions from binational 
organizations for projects along the U.S.-Mexico border. It 
would also allow the U.S. section of the IBWC to apply a user 
fee toward operations and maintenance of the bridge between El 
Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico.
    Section 604. Concerning U.N. General Assembly Resolution 
ES-10/6. This section makes a statement of Congressional policy 
commending the State Department's vote against the U.N. General 
Assembly Resolution ES-10/6 affirming that the text of such 
resolution politicizes the Fourth Geneva Convention which is 
primarily humanitarian in nature.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Section 701. Sense of the Congress Concerning Support for 
Democracy and Human Rights in Cuba. This provision expresses 
the sense of Congress that the U.S. should increase its support 
to democracy and human rights activists in Cuba, providing 
assistance with the same intensity with which it supported the 
pro-democracy movements in Eastern Europe.
    Section 702. Relating to Cyprus. This section makes 
findings and recommendations relative to the situation in 
Cyprus. This section supports a peaceful and just resolution of 
the situation on Cyprus by expressing the sense of the Congress 
that Turkey should be encouraged to take steps to reduce the 
level of armaments on Cyrus, commensurate to those already 
taken by the Government of Cyprus.

                         Jurisdictional Matters

    The following information is provided for the information 
of Members:

                          House of Representatives,
                                Committee on the Judiciary,
                                    Washington, DC, March 18, 1999.
Hon. Benjamin Gilman,
Chairman, Committee on International Relations,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Chairman Gilman: I am writing to you regarding the 
``Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 
2001,'' which I understand you intend to introduce in the near 
future.
    As currently drafted, section 201 of the bill contains 
authority for the Federal Bureau of Investigation to lease 
aircraft to respond to a terrorist attack abroad. This 
provision falls within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee 
on the Judiciary.
    The Judiciary Committee does not object to the terms of 
this provision. In fact, our Committee staff has worked with 
your Committee staff to develop the language it contains. In 
the interest of assisting you in moving your legislation 
expeditiously, I will not object to its inclusion in your bill, 
and will not request a joint or sequential referral of the bill 
for purposes of section 201 if this section is reported by your 
Committee in a form substantially similar to the current 
proposal. However, I trust you agree that this will not 
prejudice this Committee's jurisdiction prerogatives over the 
subject matters contained in section 201. I also reserve our 
Committee's right to be named conferees on this provision 
should the bill go to conference.
    As always, I appreciate your courtesy and cooperation.
            Sincerely,
                                           Henry J. Hyde, Chairman.

         Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported

  In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by 
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law 
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new 
matter is printed in italic, existing law in which no change is 
proposed is shown in roman):

                 SECTION 404 OF THE ASIA FOUNDATION ACT

                                funding

  [Sec. 404. There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of State $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
1998 and 1999 for grants to The Asia Foundation pursuant to 
this title.]
  Sec. 404. There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of State $15,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 for 
grants to The Asia Foundation pursuant to this title.
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS REFORM AND RESTRUCTURING ACT OF 1998

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    DIVISION G--FOREIGN AFFAIRS REFORM AND RESTRUCTURING ACT OF 1998

SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE.

    This division may be cited as the ``Foreign Affairs Reform 
and Restructuring Act of 1998''.

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SUBDIVISION A--CONSOLIDATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES

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TITLE XIII--UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

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CHAPTER 2--ABOLITION AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

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SEC. 1314. ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF UNITED STATES 
                    INFORMATION AGENCY AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.

  (a) * * *

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  (e) Transfer of Functions.--There are transferred to the 
Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State [and 
the Foreign Service] the functions that the Office of Inspector 
General of the United States Information Agency exercised 
before the effective date of this title (including all related 
functions of the Inspector General of the United States 
Information Agency).

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CHAPTER 4--CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

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[SEC. 1334. ABOLITION OF UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC 
                    DIPLOMACY.

    [(a) Abolition.--The United States Advisory Commission on 
Public Diplomacy is abolished.
    [(b) Repeals.--Section 604 of the United States Information 
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469) and 
section 8 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1977 are 
repealed.]

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SUBDIVISION B--FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION

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TITLE XX--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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SEC. 2208. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.

  (a) * * *

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  (c) Report.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of 
        the Department of State [and the Foreign Service] shall 
        submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
        committees which includes the following:
                  (A) * * *

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TITLE XXVII--EUROPEAN SECURITY ACT OF 1998

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SEC. 2705. RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO BALLISTIC MISSILE 
                    DEFENSE.

  (a) * * *

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  (d) Report on Cooperative Projects With Russia.--Not later 
than January 1, 1999, [and January 1, 2000,] January 1, 2000, 
January 1, 2001, and January 1, 2002, the President shall 
submit to the Committees on International Relations, National 
Security, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Committees on Foreign Relations, Armed Services, and 
Appropriations of the Senate a report on cooperative projects 
with Russia in the area of ballistic missile defense, including 
in the area of early warning. Each such report shall include 
the following:
          (1) Cooperative projects.--A description of all 
        cooperative projects conducted in the area of early 
        warning and ballistic missile defense during the 
        preceding fiscal year and the fiscal year during which 
        the report is submitted.
          (2) Funding.--A description of the funding for such 
        projects during the preceding fiscal year and the year 
        during which the report is submitted and the proposed 
        funding for such projects for the next fiscal year.
          (3) Status of dialogue or discussions.--A description 
        of the status of any dialogue or discussions conducted 
        during the preceding fiscal year between the United 
        States and Russia aimed at exploring the potential for 
        mutual accommodation of outstanding issues between the 
        two nations on matters relating to ballistic missile 
        defense and the ABM Treaty, including the possibility 
        of developing a strategic relationship not based on 
        mutual nuclear threats.

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             TITLE XXVIII--OTHER FOREIGN POLICY PROVISIONS

SEC. 2801. REPORTS ON CLAIMS BY UNITED STATES FIRMS AGAINST THE 
                    GOVERNMENT OF SAUDI ARABIA.

  (a) * * *
  (b) Termination.--Subsection (a) shall cease to have effect 
on [the earlier of--]
          [(1) the date of submission of the third report under 
        that subsection; or]
          [(2)] the date that the Secretary of State, after 
        consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the 
        Secretary of Commerce, certifies in writing to the 
        appropriate congressional committees that the 
        commercial disputes referred to in subsection (a) have 
        been resolved satisfactorily.

SEC. 2802. REPORTS ON DETERMINATIONS UNDER TITLE IV OF THE LIBERTAD 
                    ACT.

  (a) Reports Required.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and every 3 months thereafter 
[during the period ending September 30, 1999,], the Secretary 
of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the implementation of section 401 of the 
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 
(22 U.S.C. 6091). Each report shall include--
          (1) * * *

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SEC. 2803. REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON 
                    INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION.

  (a) In General.--Beginning 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and every 12 months thereafter during the 
period ending September 30, [1999,] 2000, the Secretary of 
State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees on the compliance with the provisions of the 
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child 
Abduction, done at The Hague on October 25, 1980, by the 
signatory countries of the Convention. Each such report shall 
include the following information:
          (1) The number of applications for the return of 
        children submitted by United States citizens to the 
        Central Authority for the United States that remain 
        unresolved more than 18 months after the date of 
        filing.
          (2) A list of the countries to which children in 
        unresolved applications described in paragraph (1) are 
        alleged to have been [abducted.] abducted, are being 
        wrongfully retained in violation of United States court 
        orders, or which have failed to comply with any of 
        their obligations under such convention with respect to 
        applications for the return of children, access to 
        children, or both, submitted by United States citizens 
        or lawful residents.
          (3) A list of the countries that have demonstrated a 
        pattern of noncompliance with the obligations of the 
        Convention with respect to applications for the return 
        of [children] children, access to children, or both, 
        submitted by United States citizens or lawful residents 
        to the Central Authority for the United States.

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          (6) A list of the countries which are Parties to the 
        Convention, but in which due to the absence of a prompt 
        and effective method for enforcement of civil court 
        orders, the absence of a doctrine of comity, or other 
        factors, there is a substantial possibility that an 
        order of return or access under a Hague Convention 
        proceeding, or a United States custody, access, or 
        visitation order, will not be promptly enforced.

SEC. 2805. REPORT ON RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM.

  In order to provide Congress with the necessary information 
by which to evaluate the relationship between the United States 
and Vietnam, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
the appropriate congressional committees, not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 180 days 
thereafter [during the period ending September 30, 1999,] on 
the extent to which--
          (1) * * *

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FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1980

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           TITLE I--THE FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES

Chapter 1--General Provisions

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  Sec. 105. Merit Principles; Protections for Members of the 
Service; and Minority Recruitment.--(a) * * *

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  (b) The Secretary shall administer the provisions of this Act 
and shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to 
ensure that members of the Service, as well as applicants for 
appointments in the Service--
          (1) * * *
          (2) are free from reprisal for--
                  (A) * * *
                  (B) a disclosure to the Special Counsel of 
                the Merit Systems Protection Board, or to the 
                Inspector General of an agency (including the 
                Inspector General of the Department of [State 
                and the Foreign Service)] State) or another 
                employee designated by the head of the agency 
                to receive such disclosures, of information 
                which the member or applicant reasonably 
                believes evidences--
                          (i) a violation of any law, rule, or 
                        regulation, or
                          (ii) mismanagement, a gross waste of 
                        funds, an abuse of authority, or a 
                        substantial and specific danger to 
                        public health or safety;

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Chapter 2--Management of the Service

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  Sec. 202. Other Agencies Utilizing the Foreign Service 
Personnel System.--(a)(1) The Broadcasting Board of Governors 
and the Administrator of the Agency for International 
Development may utilize the Foreign Service personnel system 
with respect to their respective agencies in accordance with 
this Act.

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  (4) When and to the extent the Secretary of State deems it in 
the best interests of the United States Government, the 
Secretary of State may authorize the head of any agency or 
other Government establishment (including any establishment in 
the legislative or judicial branch), to appoint pursuant to 
section 303 individuals hired abroad as members of the Service 
and to utilize the Foreign Service personnel system under such 
regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, provided 
that appointments of United States citizens under this 
subsection shall be limited to appointments authorized by 
section 311(a).

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  Sec. 209. Inspector General.--(a)(1) There shall be an 
Inspector General of the Department of [State and the Foreign 
Service,] State, who shall be appointed by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, without regard 
to political affiliation from among individuals exceptionally 
qualified for the position by virtue of their integrity and 
their demonstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial 
analysis, law, management analysis, public administration, or 
investigations, or their knowledge and experience in the 
conduct of foreign affairs. [The Inspector General shall report 
to and be under the general supervision of the Secretary of 
State.] Neither the Secretary of State nor any other officer of 
the Department shall prevent or prohibit the Inspector General 
from initiating, carrying out, or completing any audit or 
investigation, or from issuing any subpena during the course of 
any audit or investigation. The Inspector General shall 
periodically (at least every 5 years) inspect and audit the 
administration of activities and operations of each Foreign 
Service post and each bureau and other operating unit of the 
Department of State, and shall perform such other functions as 
the Secretary of State may prescribe, except that the Secretary 
of State shall not assign to the Inspector General any general 
program operating responsibilities.

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Chapter 3--Appointments

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  Sec. 304. Appointment of Chiefs of Mission.--(a) * * *

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  [(c) Within 6 months after assuming the position, the chief 
of mission to a foreign country shall submit, to the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives, a report describing 
his or her own foreign language competence and the foreign 
language competence of the mission staff in the principal 
language or other dialect of that country.]

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Chapter 4--Compensation

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  Sec. 408. Local Compensation Plans.--(a)(1) The Secretary 
shall establish compensation (including position 
classification) plans for foreign national employees of the 
Service and United States citizens employed under section 
311(c)(1). To the extent consistent with the public interest, 
each compensation plan shall be based upon prevailing wage 
rates and compensation practices (including participation in 
local social security plans) for corresponding types of 
positions in the locality of employment, except that such 
compensation plans shall provide for payment of wages to United 
States citizens at a rate which is no less than the then 
applicable minimum wage rate specified in section 6(a)(1) of 
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)). Any 
compensation plan established under this section may include 
provision for (A) leaves of absence with pay for employees in 
accordance with prevailing law and employment practices in the 
locality of employment without regard to any limitation 
contained in section 6310 of title 5, United States Code, (B) 
programs for voluntary transfers of such leave and voluntary 
leave banks, which shall, to the extent practicable, be 
established in a manner consistent with the provisions of 
subchapters III and IV, respectively, of chapter 63 of title 5, 
United States Code, and (C) payments by the Government and 
employees to a trust or other fund in a financial institution 
in order to finance future benefits for employees, including 
provision for retention in the fund of accumulated interest for 
the benefit of covered employees. For United States citizens 
under a compensation plan, the Secretary shall [(A) provide 
such citizens with a total compensation package (including 
wages, allowances, benefits, and other employer payments, such 
as for social security) that has the equivalent cost to that 
received by foreign national employees occupying a similar 
position at that post and (B)] define those allowances and 
benefits provided under United States law which shall be 
included as part of this total compensation package, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, except that this 
section shall not be used to override United States minimum 
wage requirements, or any provision of the Social Security Act 
or the Internal Revenue Code.

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SEC. 414. BORDER EQUALIZATION ADJUSTMENT.

  (a) In General.--An employee who regularly commutes from his 
or her place of residence in the continental United States to 
an official duty station in Canada or Mexico shall receive a 
border equalization adjustment equal to the amount of 
comparability payments under section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, that he or she would receive if assigned to an 
official duty station within the United States locality pay 
area closest to the employee's official duty station.
  (b) Definition of Employee.--For purposes of this section, 
the term ``employee'' shall mean a person who--
          (1) is an ``employee'' as defined under section 2105 
        of title 5, United States Code; and
          (2) is employed by the United States Department of 
        State, the United States Agency for International 
        Development, or the International Joint Commission, 
        except that the term shall not include members of the 
        Foreign Service as defined by section 103 of the 
        Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465), 
        section 3903 of title 22 of the United States Code.
  (c) Treatment as Basic Pay.--An equalization adjustment 
payable under this section shall be considered basic pay for 
the same purposes as are comparability payments under section 
5304 of title 5, United States Code, and its implementing 
regulations.
  (d) Regulations.--The agencies referenced in subsection 
(b)(2) are authorized to promulgate regulations to carry out 
the purposes of this section.

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                   Chapter 6--Promotion and Retention

  Sec. 601. Promotions.--(a) * * *

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  (c)(1) * * *

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  [(4) Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of 
State shall submit a report to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate which shall--
          [(A) describe the steps taken and planned in 
        furtherance of--
                  [(i) maximum compatibility among agencies 
                utilizing the Foreign Service personnel system, 
                as provided for in section 203, and
                  [(ii) the development of uniform policies and 
                procedures and consolidated personnel 
                functions, as provided for in section 204;
          [(B) specify the upper and lower limits planned by 
        each such agency for recruitment, advancement, and 
        retention of members of the Service, as provided for in 
        section 601(c)(2), including, with respect to each of 
        the relevant promotion competition groups, the 
        projected ranges of rates of appointment, promotion, 
        and attrition over each of the next 5 fiscal years, as 
        well as a comparison of such projections with the 
        projections for the preceding year and with actual 
        rates of appointment, promotion, and attrition, 
        including a full explanation of any deviations from 
        projections reported in the preceding year; and
          [(C) specify the numbers of members of the Service 
        who are assigned to positions classified under section 
        501 which are more than one grade higher or lower than 
        the personal rank of the member.]
  (4) Not later than March 1, 2001, and every four years 
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate which shall include the 
following:
          (A) A description of the steps taken and planned in 
        furtherance of--
                  (i) maximum compatibility among agencies 
                utilizing the Foreign Service personnel system, 
                as provided for in section 203, and
                  (ii) the development of uniform policies and 
                procedures and consolidated personnel 
                functions, as provided for in section 204.
          (B) A workforce plan for the subsequent five years, 
        including projected personnel needs, by grade and by 
        skill. Each such plan shall include for each category 
        the needs for foreign language proficiency, geographic 
        and functional expertise, and specialist technical 
        skills. Each workforce plan shall specifically account 
        for the training needs of Foreign Service personnel and 
        shall delineate an intake program of generalist and 
        specialist Foreign Service personnel to meet projected 
        future requirements.
  (5) If there are substantial modifications to any workforce 
plan under paragraph (4)(B) during any year in which a report 
under paragraph (4) is not required, a supplemental annual 
notification shall be submitted in the same manner as is 
required under paragraph (4).

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  Sec. 603. Basis for Selection Board Review.--(a) 
Recommendations and rankings by selection boards shall be based 
upon records of the character, ability, conduct, quality of 
work, industry, experience, dependability, usefulness, and 
general performance of members of the Service. Such records may 
include reports prepared by or on behalf of the Inspector 
General of the Department of [State and the Foreign Service,] 
State, performance evaluation reports of supervisors, records 
of commendations, reports of language test scores from the 
Foreign Service Institute, awards, reprimands, and other 
disciplinary actions, and (with respect to members of the 
Senior Foreign Service) records of current and prospective 
assignments.

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Chapter 10--Labor-Management Relations

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  Sec. 1002. Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the term--
          (1) * * *

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          (12) ``management official'' means an individual 
        who--
                  (A) * * *

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                  (E) is assigned to carry out functions of the 
                Inspector General of the Department of State 
                [and the Foreign Service] under section 209; or

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Chapter 11--Grievances

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  Sec. 1103. Freedom of Action.--(a) * * *

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  (d)(1) No record of--
          (A) a determination by the Secretary to reject a 
        recommendation of the Foreign Service Grievance Board,
          (B) a finding by the Grievance Board against the 
        grievant, or
          (C) the fact that a grievance proceeding is pending 
        or has been held,
shall be entered in the personnel records of the grievant 
(except by order of the Grievance Board as a remedy for the 
grievance) or those of any other individual connected with the 
grievance. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a grievant 
from placing a rebuttal to accompany a record of disciplinary 
action in such grievant's personnel records nor prevent the 
Department from including a response to such rebuttal, 
including documenting those cases in which the Board has 
reviewed and upheld the discipline.

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 SECTION 574 OF THE FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED 
                   PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996

              [annual report on economic and social growth

  [Sec. 574. (a) Reporting Requirement.--The President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual 
report providing a concise overview of the prospects for 
economic and social growth on a broad, equitable, and 
sustainable basis in the countries receiving economic 
assistance under title II of this Act. For each country, the 
report shall discuss the laws, policies and practices of that 
country that most contribute to or detract from the achievement 
of this kind of growth. The report should address relevant 
macroeconomic, microeconomic, social, legal, environmental, and 
political factors and include criteria regarding wage and price 
controls, State ownership of production and distribution, State 
control of financial institutions, trade and foreign 
investment, capital and profit repatriation, tax and private 
property protections and a country's commitment to stimulate 
education, health and human development.
  [(b) Countries.--The countries referred to in subsection (a) 
are countries--
          [(1) for which in excess of $5,000,000 has been 
        obligated during the previous fiscal year for 
        assistance under sections 103 through 106, chapters 10 
        and 11 of part I, and chapter 4 of part II of the 
        Foreign Assistance of 1961, and under the Support for 
        East European Democracy Act of 1989; or
          [(2) for which in excess of $1,000,000 has been 
        obligated during the previous fiscal year by the 
        Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
  [(c) Consultation.--The Secretary of State shall submit the 
report required by subsection (a) in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Treasury, the Administrator of the Agency for 
International Development, and the President of the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation. The report shall be submitted 
with the annual congressional presentation for appropriations.]
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SECTION 308 OF THE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONTROL AND WARFARE 
                        ELIMINATION ACT OF 1991

[SEC. 308. PRESIDENTIAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

  [(a) Reports to Congress.--Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this title, and every 12 months 
thereafter, the President shall transmit to the Congress a 
report which shall include--
          [(1) a description of the actions taken to carry out 
        this title, including the amendments made by this 
        title;
          [(2) a description of the current efforts of foreign 
        countries and subnational groups to acquire equipment, 
        materials, or technology to develop, produce, or use 
        chemical or biological weapons, together with an 
        assessment of the current and likely future 
        capabilities of such countries and groups to develop, 
        produce, stockpile, deliver, transfer, or use such 
        weapons;
          [(3) a description of--
                  [(A) the use of chemical weapons by foreign 
                countries in violation of international law,
                  [(B) the use of chemical weapons by 
                subnational groups,
                  [(C) substantial preparations by foreign 
                countries and subnational groups to do so, and
                  [(D) the development, production, 
                stockpiling, or use of biological weapons by 
                foreign countries and subnational groups; and
          [(4) a description of the extent to which foreign 
        persons or governments have knowingly and materially 
        assisted third countries or subnational groups to 
        acquire equipment, material, or technology intended to 
        develop, produce, or use chemical or biological 
        weapons.
  [(b) Protection of Classified Information.--To the extent 
practicable, reports submitted under subsection (a) or any 
other provision of this title should be based on unclassified 
information. Portions of such reports may be classified.]
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   SECTION OF THE FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED 
                  PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997  

                              [north korea

      [Sec. 585. Ninety days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
provide a report in a classified or unclassified form to the 
Committee on Appropriations including the following 
information:
          [(a) a best estimate on fuel used by the military 
        forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 
        (DPRK);
          [(b) the deployment position and military training 
        and activities of the DPRK forces and best estimate of 
        the associated costs of these activities;
          [(c) steps taken to reduce the DPRK level of forces; 
        and
          [(d) cooperation, training, or exchanges of 
        information, technology or personnel between the DPRK 
        and any other nation supporting the development or 
        deployment of a ballistic missile capability.]
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 SECTION 3 OF THE AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST IRAQ 
                               RESOLUTION

[SEC. 3. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

  At least once every [60 days] six months, the President shall 
submit to the Congress a summary on the status of efforts to 
obtain compliance by Iraq with the resolutions adopted by the 
United Nations Security Council in response to Iraq's 
aggression.]
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                  SECTION 1709 OF THE REVISED STATUTES

  [1709. It shall be the duty of a consular officer, or, if no 
consular officer is present, a diplomatic officer, under such 
procedural regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe-
-
  [First. To take possession and to dispose of the personal 
estate left by any citizen of the United States, except a 
seaman who is a member of the crew of an American vessel, who 
shall die within or is domiciled at time of death within his 
jurisdiction: Provided, That such procedure is authorized by 
treaty provisions or permitted by the laws or authorities of 
the country wherein the death occurs, or the decedent is 
domiciled, or that such privilege is accorded by established 
usage: Provided further, That the decedent shall leave in the 
country where the death occurred or where he was domiciled, no 
legal representative, partner in trade, or trustee by him 
appointed to take care of his personal estate. A consular 
officer or, in his absence, a diplomatic officer shall act as 
the provisional conservator of the personal property within his 
jurisdiction of a deceased citizen of the United States but, 
unless authorized by treaty provisions, local law, or usage, he 
shall not act as administrator of such personal property. He 
shall render assistance in guarding, collecting, and 
transmitting the property to the United States to be disposed 
of according to the law of the decedent's domicile.
  [Second. After having taken possession of the personal 
property, as provisional conservator, to inventory and 
carefully appraise the effects with the assistance of two 
competent persons who, together with such officer, shall sign 
the inventory and annex thereto an appropriate certificate as 
to the accuracy of the appraised value of each article.
  [Third. To collect the debts due to the decedent in his 
jurisdiction and pay from the estate the obligations owed there 
by the decedent.
  [Fourth. To sell at auction, after reasonable public notice, 
unless the amount involved does not justify such expenditure, 
such part of the estate as shall be of a perishable nature, and 
after reasonable public notice and notice to next of kin if 
they can be ascertained by reasonable diligence such further 
part, if any, as shall be necessary for the payment of the 
decedent's debts incurred in such country, and funeral 
expenses, and expenses incident to the disposition of the 
estate. If, at the expiration of one year from the date of 
death (or for such additional period as may be required for 
final settlement of the estate), no claimant shall appear, the 
residue of the estate, with the exception of investments of 
bonds, shares of stocks, notes of indebtedness, jewelry or 
heirlooms, or other articles having a sentimental value, shall 
be sold.
  [Fifth. To transmit to the Department of State the proceeds 
of the sale (and any unsold effects, such as investments of 
bonds, shares of stocks, notes of indebtedness, jewelry or 
heirlooms, or other articles having a sentimental value), there 
to be held in trust for the legal claimant. If, however, at any 
time prior to such transmission, the decedent's legal 
representative should appear and demand the proceeds and 
effects in the officer's hands, he shall deliver them to such 
representative after having collected the prescribed fee 
therefor.
  [The Secretary of State or the Secretary's representative 
shall act as conservator of such parts of these estates as may 
be received by the Department of State or are in its 
possession, and may, when deemed to be in the interest of the 
estate, sell such effects, including bonds, shares of stock, 
notes of indebtedness, jewelry, or other articles, which have 
heretofore or may hereafter be so received, and pay the 
expenses of such sale out of the proceeds: Provided, 
Thatapplication for such effects shall not have been made by the legal 
claimant within six years after their receipt. The Secretary of State 
is authorized, for and in behalf of the estate of the deceased, to 
receive any balances due to such estates, to draw therefor on banks, 
safe deposits, trust or loan companies, or other like institutions, to 
endorse all checks, bills of exchange, promissory notes, and other 
evidences of indebtedness due to such estates, and take such other 
action as may be deemed necessary for the conservation of such estates. 
The net proceeds of such sales, together with such other moneys as may 
be collected by him, shall be deposited into the Treasury to a fund in 
trust for the legal claimant and reported to the Secretary of State.
  [If no claim to the effects the proceeds of which have been 
so deposited shall have been received from a legal claimant of 
the deceased within six years from the date of the receipt of 
the effects by the Department of State, the funds so deposited, 
with any remaining unsold effects, less transmittal charges, 
shall be transmitted by that department to the proper officer 
of the State or Territory of the last domicile in the United 
States of the deceased citizen, if known, or, if not, such 
funds shall be covered into the general fund of the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts on account of proceeds of deceased 
citizens, and any such remaining unsold effects shall be 
disposed of by the Department of State in such manner as, in 
the judgment of the Secretary of State, is deemed appropriate, 
or they may be destroyed if considered no longer possessed of 
any value: Provided, That when the estate shall be valued in 
excess of $500, and no claim therefor has been presented to the 
Department of State by a legal claimant within the period 
specified in this paragraph or the legal claimant is unknown, 
before disposition of the estate as provided herein, notice 
shall be given by publishing once a week for four consecutive 
weeks in a newspaper published in the county of the last known 
domicile of the deceased, in the United States, the expense 
thereof to be deducted from the proceeds of such estate, and 
any lawful claim received as the result of such advertisement 
shall be adjusted and settled as provided for herein.]
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           THE STATE DEPARTMENT BASIC AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1956

                  TITLE I--BASIC AUTHORITIES GENERALLY

                organization of the department of state

  Section 1. (a) * * *

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  (i) Establishment of Certain Bureaus, Offices, and Other 
Organizational Entities Within the Department of State.--
          (1) Bureau for international information programs.--
        There is established within the Department of State the 
        Bureau for International Information Programs which 
        shall assist the Secretary of State in carrying out 
        international information activities formerly carried 
        out by the United States Information Agency.
          (2) Bureau for educational and cultural exchange 
        programs.--There is established within the Department 
        of State a Bureau for Educational and Cultural Exchange 
        Programs which shall assist the Secretary of State in 
        carrying out educational and cultural exchange 
        programs.

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SEC. 36A. THE FOREIGN SERVICE STAR.

  (a) Authority.--The President may award a decoration called 
the ``Foreign Service Star'' to an individual--
          (1) who is killed or injured after August 1, 1998,
          (2) whose death or injury occurs while the individual 
        is a member of the Foreign Service or a civilian 
        employee of the Government of the United States--
          (3) whose death or injury occurs while the 
        individual--
                  (A) is employed at, or assigned permanently 
                or temporarily to, an official mission 
                overseas, or
                  (B) was traveling abroad on official 
                business, and
          (4) whose death or injury occurs while performing 
        official duties, while on the premises of a United 
        States mission abroad, or due to such individual's 
        status as an employee of the United States Government, 
        and results from any form of assault including 
        terrorist or military action, civil unrest, or criminal 
        activities directed at facilities of the Government of 
        the United States.
  (b) Selection.--The Secretary shall submit recommendations 
for the Foreign Service Star to the President. The Secretary 
shall establish criteria and procedures for nominations for the 
Foreign Service Star pursuant to such regulations as the 
Secretary may prescribe for awards under this section.
  (c) Funding.--Any expenses incident to an award under this 
section may be paid out of the applicable current account of 
the agency with which the individual was or is employed.
  (d) Posthumous Award.--A Foreign Service Star award to an 
individual who is deceased shall be presented to the 
individual's next of kin or representative, as designated by 
the President.

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  procedures regarding major disasters and incidents abroad affecting 
                         united states citizens

  Sec. 43. (a) Authority.--In the case of a major disaster or 
incident abroad which affects the health and safety of citizens 
of the United States residing or traveling abroad, the 
Secretary of State shall provide prompt and thorough 
notification of all appropriate information concerning such 
disaster or incident and its effect on United States citizens 
to the next-of-kin of such individuals. Notification shall be 
provided through the most expeditious means available, 
including telephone communications, and shall include timely 
written notice. The Secretary, through the appropriate offices 
of the Department of State, shall act as a clearinghouse for 
up-to-date information for the next-of-kin and shall provide 
other services andassistance. Assistance shall include liaison 
with foreign governments and persons and with United State air carriers 
concerning arrangements for the preparation and transport to the United 
States of the remains of citizens who die abroad, as well as 
[disposition of personal effects.] disposition of personal estates 
pursuant to section 43B of this Act.
  (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section and sections 
43A and 43B of this Act, the term ``consular officer'' includes 
any United States citizen employee of the Department of State 
who is designated by the Secretary of State to perform consular 
services pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary may 
prescribe.

SEC. 43A. NOTIFICATION OF NEXT OF KIN; REPORTS OF DEATH.

  Pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary of State may 
prescribe--
          (1) When a United States citizen or national dies 
        abroad, a consular officer shall endeavor to notify, or 
        assist the Secretary of State in notifying, the next of 
        kin or legal guardian as soon as possible; provided, 
        that in the case of death of Peace Corps Volunteers, 
        members of the Armed Forces, their dependents, or 
        Department of Defense civilian employees, the consular 
        officer shall assist the Peace Corps or the appropriate 
        military authorities in making such notifications.
          (2) The consular officer may, for any United States 
        citizen who dies abroad, (A) in the case of a finding 
        by appropriate local authorities, issue a report of 
        death or of presumptive death, or (B) in the absence of 
        a finding by appropriate local authorities, issue a 
        report of presumptive death.

SEC. 43B. CONSERVATION AND DISPOSITION OF ESTATES.

  (a) Conservation of Estates Abroad.--
          (1) Authority to act as conservator.--Pursuant to 
        such regulations as the Secretary of State may 
        prescribe, when a United States citizen or national 
        dies abroad, a consular officer shall act as the 
        provisional conservator of the decedent's estate and, 
        subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), shall--
                  (A) take possession of the personal effects 
                within his jurisdiction;
                  (B) inventory and appraise the personal 
                effects, sign the inventory, and annex thereto 
                a certificate as to the accuracy of the 
                inventory and appraised value of each article;
                  (C) when appropriate, collect the debts due 
                to the decedent in the officer's jurisdiction 
                and pay from the estate the obligations owed 
                there by the decedent;
                  (D) sell or dispose of, as appropriate, all 
                perishable items of property;
                  (E) sell, after reasonable public notice and 
                notice to such next of kin as can be 
                ascertained with reasonable diligence, such 
                additional items of property as necessary to 
                provide funds sufficient to pay the decedent's 
                debts and property taxes in the country of 
                death, funeral expenses, and other expenses 
                incident to the disposition of the estate;
                  (F) at the end of one year from the date of 
                death (or after such additional period as may 
                be required for final settlement of the 
                estate), if no claimant shall have appeared, 
                sell or dispose of the residue of the personal 
                estate, except as provided in subparagraph (G) 
                below, in the same manner as United States 
                Government-owned foreign excess property;
                  (G) transmit to the United States, to the 
                Secretary of State, the proceeds of any sales 
                along with any financial instruments (including 
                bonds, shares of stock, and notes of 
                indebtedness), jewelry, heirlooms, and other 
                articles of obvious sentimental value, to be 
                held in trust for the legal claimant; and
                  (H) in the event that the decedent's estate 
                includes an interest in real property located 
                within the jurisdiction of the officer and such 
                interest does not devolve by the applicable 
                laws of intestate succession or otherwise, 
                provide for title to the property to be 
                conveyed to the Government of the United States 
                unless the Secretary declines to accept such 
                conveyance.
          (2) Authority to act as administrator.--The Secretary 
        of State may expressly authorize the officer to act as 
        administrator of the estate in exceptional 
        circumstances, pursuant to such regulations as the 
        Secretary may prescribe. The officer shall not 
        otherwise act in such capacity.
          (3) Exceptions.--
                  (A) The function provided for in this section 
                shall not be performed to the extent that the 
                decedent has left or there is otherwise 
                appointed, in the country where the death 
                occurred or where the decedent was domiciled, a 
                legal representative, partner in trade, or 
                trustee appointed to take care of his personal 
                estate. If the decedent's legal representative 
                shall appear at any time prior to transmission 
                of the estate to the Secretary and demand the 
                proceeds and effects being held by the officer, 
                the officer shall deliver them to the 
                representative after having collected any 
                prescribed fee for the services rendered 
                pursuant to this section.
                  (B) Nothing in this section shall affect the 
                authority of military commanders under title 10 
                of the United States Code with respect to 
                persons or property under military command or 
                jurisdiction or the authority of the Peace 
                Corps with respect to Peace Corps Volunteers or 
                their property.
          (4) Conditions.-- The functions provided for in this 
        section shall be performed only when authorized by 
        treaty provisions or permitted by the laws or 
        authorities of the country wherein the death occurs, or 
        the decedent is domiciled, or if such functions are 
        permitted by established usage.
  (b) Disposition of Estates by the Secretary of State.--
          (1) Personal estates.--
                  (A) After receipt of personal estates 
                pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary, 
                pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary 
                may prescribe for the conservation of such 
                estates, may seek payment of all outstanding 
                debts to the estate as they become due, may 
                receive any balances due on such estates, may 
                endorse all checks, bills of exchange, 
                promissory notes, and other instruments of 
                indebtedness payable to the estate for the 
                benefit thereof, and may take such other action 
                as is reasonably necessary for the conservation 
                of the estate.
                  (B) If by the end of the fifth full fiscal 
                year after receipt of the personal estate 
                pursuant to subsection (a), no legal claimant 
                for such estate has appeared, title to the 
                estate shall pass to the Secretary who shall 
                dispose of the estate in the same manner as 
                surplus United States Government-owned property 
                or by such means as may be appropriate in light 
                of the nature and value of the property 
                involved. The expenses of sales shall be paid 
                from the estate, and any lawful claim received 
                thereafter shall be payable to the extent of 
                the value of the net proceeds of the estate as 
                a refund from the appropriate Treasury account.
                  (C) The net cash estate after disposition as 
                provided in subparagraph (B) shall be remitted 
                to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
          (2) Real property.--Pursuant to such regulations as 
        the Secretary may prescribe--
                  (A) in the event that real property is 
                conveyed to the Government of the United States 
                pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(H) and is not 
                needed by the Department of State, such 
                property shall be considered foreign excess 
                property under title IV of the Federal Property 
                and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 
                U.S.C. 511 et seq.); and
                  (B) in the event that the Department needs 
                such property, the Secretary shall treat such 
                property as if it were an unconditional gift 
                accepted on behalf of the Department of State 
                pursuant to section 25 of this Act and section 
                9(a)(3) of the Foreign Service Buildings Act of 
                1926, as amended.
  (c) Losses in Connection With the Conservation of Estates.--
          (1) Authority.--Pursuant to such regulations as the 
        Secretary of State may prescribe, the Secretary is 
        authorized to compensate the estate of any United 
        States citizen, who has died overseas, for property, 
        the conservation of which has been undertaken under 
        either section 43 or subsection (a) of this section, 
        and that has been lost, stolen, or destroyed while in 
        the custody of officers or employees of the Department 
        of State. Any such compensation shall be in lieu of 
        personal liability of officers or employees of the 
        Department of State. Officers and employees of the 
        Department of State may be liable in appropriate cases 
        to the Department of State to the extent of any 
        compensation provided pursuant to this subsection.
          (2) Liability.--The liability of officers or 
        employees of the Department of State to the Department 
        for payments made pursuant to paragraph (a) of this 
        section shall be determined pursuant to the 
        Department's procedures for determining accountability 
        for United States Government property.

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FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 1994 AND 1995

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TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES

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PART B--AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

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SEC. 140. VISAS.

  (a) Surcharge for Processing Certain Visas.--
          (1) * * *

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          (3) [For fiscal years 1994 and 1995, fees deposited 
        under the authority of paragraph (2) may not exceed a 
        total of $107,500,000.] For each of the fiscal years 
        2000, 2001, and 2002, any amount collected under 
        paragraph (1) that exceeds $316,715,000 for fiscal year 
        2000, $338,885,000 for fiscal year 2001, and 
        $362,607,000 for fiscal year 2002 may be made available 
        only if a notification is submitted to Congress in 
        accordance with the procedures applicable to 
        reprogramming notifications under section 34 of the 
        State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. For 
        subsequent fiscal years, fees may be collected under 
        the authority of paragraph (1) only in such amounts as 
        shall be prescribed in subsequent authorization Acts.
          [(4) The provisions of the Act of August 18, 1856 
        (Revised Statutes 1726-28; 22 U.S.C. 4212-14), 
        concerning accounting for consular fees shall not apply 
        to fees collected under this subsection.
          [(5) No fee or surcharge authorized under paragraph 
        (1) may be charged to a citizen of a country that is a 
        signatory as of the date of enactment of this Act to 
        the North American Free Trade Agreement, except that 
        the Secretary of State may charge such fee or surcharge 
        to a citizen of such a country if the Secretary 
        determines that such country charges a visa application 
        or issuance fee to citizens of the United States.]

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   TITLE II--UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL 
PROGRAMS

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PART B--USIA AND RELATED AGENCIES AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

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[SEC. 230. LIMITATION CONCERNING PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL 
                    EXPOSITIONS.

  [Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United 
States Information Agency shall not obligate or expend any 
funds for a United States Government funded pavilion or other 
major exhibit at any international exposition or world's fair 
registered by the Bureau of International Expositions in excess 
of amounts expressly authorized and appropriated for such 
purpose.]

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             SECTION 4 OF THE PASSPORT ACT OF JUNE 4, 1920

  [Sec. 4. Whenever the appropriate officer within the United 
States of any foreign country refuse to vise a passport issued 
by the United States, the Department of State is hereby 
authorized upon request in writing and the return of the unused 
passport within six months from the date of issue to refund to 
the person to whom the passport was issued the fees which have 
been paid to Federal officials, and the money for that purpose 
is hereby appropriated and directed to be paid upon the order 
of the Secretary of State.]
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           SECTION 502B OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961

  Sec. 502B. Human Rights.--(a) * * *
  (b) The Secretary of State shall transmit to the Congress, as 
part of the presentation materials for security assistance 
programs proposed for each fiscal year, a full and complete 
report, prepared with the assistance of the Assistant Secretary 
of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and with the 
assistance of the Ambassador at Large for International 
Religious Freedom, with respect to practices regarding the 
observance of and respect for internationally recognized human 
rights in each country proposed as a recipient of security 
assistance. Wherever applicable, such report shall include 
information on practices regarding coercion in population 
control, including coerced abortion and involuntary 
sterilization. Such report shall also include, wherever 
applicable, information on violations of religious freedom, 
including particularly severe violations of religious freedom 
(as defined in section 3 of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998). Each report under this section shall list the 
votes of each member of the United Nations Commission on Human 
Rights on all country-specific and thematic resolutions voted 
on at the Commission's annual session during the period covered 
during the preceding year. Each report under this section shall 
describe the extent to which each country has extended 
protection to refugees, including the provision of first asylum 
and resettlement. In determining whether a government falls 
within the provisions of subsection (a)(3) and in the 
preparation of any report or statement required under this 
section, consideration shall be given to--
          (1) * * *

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     SECTION 602 OF THE INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT OF 1998

SEC. 602. REFORM OF REFUGEE POLICY.

  (a) * * *

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  (c) Guidelines for Refugee-Processing Posts.--
          (1) Guidelines for addressing hostile biases.--The 
        Attorney General and the Secretary of State shall 
        develop and implement guidelines that address potential 
        biases in personnel of the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service and of the Department of State 
        that are hired abroad and involved with duties which 
        could constitute an effective barrier to a refugee 
        claim if such personnel carries a bias against the 
        claimant on the grounds of religion, race, nationality, 
        membership in a particular social group, or political 
        opinion. The subject matter of this training should be 
        culturally sensitive and tailored to provide a 
        nonbiased, nonadversarial atmosphere for the purpose of 
        refugee adjudications.

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          (3) Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
        enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
        Fiscal Year 2000, the Secretary of State (after 
        consultation with the Attorney General) shall issue 
        guidelines to ensure that persons with potential biases 
        against any refugee applicant, including persons 
        employed by, or otherwise subject to influence by, 
        governments known to be involved in persecution on 
        account of religion, race, nationality, membership in a 
        particular social group, or political opinion, shall 
        not in any way be used in processing determinations of 
        refugee status, including interpretation of 
        conversations or examination of documents presented by 
        such applicants.
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UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACT OF 1994

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TITLE III--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACT

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SEC. 304. ESTABLISHMENT OF BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

  (a) Continued Existence Within Executive Branch.--
          (1) * * *

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          (3) Inspector general authorities.--
                  (A) In general.--The Inspector General of the 
                Department of State [and the Foreign Service] 
                shall exercise the same authorities with 
                respect to the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
                and the International Broadcasting Bureau as 
                the Inspector General exercises under the 
                Inspector General Act of 1978 and section 209 
                of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 with respect 
                to the Department of State.

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  (g) Immunity From Civil Liability.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 shall 
apply to the members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
when acting in their capacities as members of the boards of 
directors of RFE/RL, Incorporated and Radio Free Asia.

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SEC. 308. LIMITS ON GRANTS FOR RADIO FREE EUROPE AND RADIO LIBERTY.

  (a) * * *

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  (c) Limitation on Grant Amounts.--The total amount of grants 
made by the Board for the operating costs of Radio Free Europe 
and Radio Liberty may not exceed [$75,000,000] $80,000,000 for 
any fiscal year after fiscal year 1995.

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  (i) Report on Management Practices.--(1) Effective not later 
than March 31 and September 30 of each calendar year, the 
[Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign 
Service] Inspector General of the Department of State shall 
submit to the Board, and the Congress a report on management 
practices of RFE/RL, Incorporated, under this section. The 
[Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign 
Service] Inspector General of the Department of State shall 
establish a special unit within the Inspector General's office 
to monitor and audit the activities of RFE/RL, Incorporated, 
and shall provide for on-site monitoring of such activities.
  (j) Audit Authority.--
          (1) * * *

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          (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 
        upon repeal of the Board for International Broadcasting 
        Act, the [Inspector General of the Department of State 
        and the Foreign Service] Inspector General of the 
        Department of State is authorized to exercise the 
        authorities of the Inspector General Act of 1978 with 
        respect to RFE/RL, Incorporated.

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SEC. 309. RADIO FREE ASIA.

  (a) * * *

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  (c) Submission of Detailed Plan for Radio Free Asia.--
          (1) No grant may be awarded to carry out this section 
        unless the Board, through the Director of the United 
        States Information Agency, has submitted to Congress a 
        detailed plan for the establishment and operation of 
        Radio Free Asia, including--
                  (A) a description of the manner in which 
                Radio Free Asia would meet [the funding 
                limitations provided in subsection (d)(4);]  
                any funding limitations under subsection (d); 
                and

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          (3) No grant may be awarded to carry out the 
        provisions of this section unless the plan submitted by 
        the Board includes a certification by the Board that 
        Radio Free Asia can be established and operated within 
        [the funding limitations provided for in subsection 
        (d)(4) and subsection (d)(5).] any funding limitations 
        under subsection (d).

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  (d) Grant Agreement.--Any grant agreement or grants under 
this section shall be subject to the following limitations and 
restrictions:
          (1) * * *
          (2) Any grant agreement under this section shall 
        require that any contract entered into by Radio Free 
        Asia shall specify that all obligations are assumed by 
        Radio Free Asia and not by the United States 
        [Government, and shall further specify that funds to 
        carry out the activities of Radio Free Asia may not be 
        available after September 30, 1999.] Government.

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          [(4) Grants made for the operating costs of Radio 
        Free Asia may not exceed $22,000,000 in any fiscal 
        year.
          [(5) The total amount of grant funds made available 
        for one-time capital costs of Radio Free Asia may not 
        exceed $8,000,000.]
          [(6)] (4) Grants awarded under this section shall be 
        made pursuant to a grant agreement which requires that 
        grant funds be used only for activities consistent with 
        this section, and that failure to comply with such 
        requirements shall permit the grant to be terminated 
        without fiscal obligation to the United States.

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  [(g) Sunset Provision.--The Board may not make any grant for 
the purpose of operating Radio Free Asia after September 30, 
1998, unless the President of the United States determines in 
the President's fiscal year 1999 budget submission that 
continuation of funding for Radio Free Asia for 1 additional 
year is in the interest of the United States.]

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[SEC. 312. PRIVATIZATION OF RADIO FREE EUROPE AND RADIO LIBERTY.

  [(a) Declaration of Policy.--It is the sense of the Congress 
that, in furtherance of the objectives of section 302 of this 
Act, the funding of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty should 
be assumed by the private sector not later than December 31, 
1999, and that the funding of Radio Free Europe and Radio 
Liberty Research Institute should be assumed by the private 
sector at the earliest possible time.
  [(b) Presidential Submission.--The President shall submit 
with his annual budget submission as provided for in section 
307 an analysis and recommendations for achieving the 
objectives of subsection (a).
  [(c) Reports on Transfer of RFE/RL Research Institute.--Not 
later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Board for International Broadcasting, or the Board, if 
established, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the steps being taken to transfer RFE/RL 
Research Institute pursuant to subsection (a) and shall provide 
periodic progress reports on such efforts until such transfer 
has been achieved.]

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               CHAPTER 59 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE

CHAPTER 59--ALLOWANCES

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SUBCHAPTER III--OVERSEAS DIFFERENTIALS AND ALLOWANCES

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Sec. 5922. General provisions

  (a) * * *

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  (f)(1) If an employee dies at post in a foreign area, a 
transfer allowance under section 5924(2)(B) may be granted to 
the spouse or dependents of such employee (or both) for the 
purpose of providing for their return to the United States.
  (2) A transfer allowance under this subsection may not be 
granted with respect to the spouse or a dependent of the 
employee unless, at the time of death, such spouse or dependent 
was residing--
          (A) at the employee's post of assignment; or
          (B) at a place, outside the United States, for which 
        a separate maintenance allowance was being furnished 
        under section 5924(3).
  (3) The President may prescribe any regulations necessary to 
carry out this subsection.

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Sec. 5924. Cost-of-living allowances

  The following cost-of-living allowances may be granted, when 
applicable, to an employee in a foreign area:
          (1) * * *

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          (4) An education allowance or payment of travel costs 
        to assist an employee with the extraordinary and 
        necessary expenses, not otherwise compensated for, 
        incurred because of his service in a foreign area or 
        foreign areas in providing adequate education for his 
        dependents (or, to the extent education away from post 
        is involved, official assignment to service in such 
        area or areas), as follows:
                  (A) An allowance not to exceed the cost of 
                obtaining such kindergarten, elementary and 
                secondary educational services as are 
                ordinarily provided without charge by the 
                public schools in the United States (including 
                such educational services as are provided by 
                the States under the Individuals with 
                Disabilities Education Act), plus, in those 
                cases when adequate schools are not available 
                at the post of the employee, board and room, 
                and periodic transportation [between that post 
                and the nearest locality where adequate schools 
                are available,] between that post and the 
                school chosen by the employee, not to exceed 
                the total cost to the Government of the 
                dependent attending an adequate school in the 
                nearest locality where an adequate school is 
                available, without regard to section 3324 (a) 
                and (b) of title 31. When travel from school to 
                post is infeasible, travel may be allowed 
                between the school attended and the home of a 
                designated relative or family friend or to join 
                a parent at any location, with the allowable 
                travel expense not to exceed the cost of travel 
                between the school and the post. The amount of 
                the allowance granted shall be determined on 
                the basis of the educational facility used.

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                  (C) In those cases in which an adequate 
                school is available at the post of the 
                employee, if the employee chooses to educate 
                the dependent at a school away from post, the 
                education allowance which includes board and 
                room, and periodic travel between the post and 
                the school chosen, shall not exceed the total 
                cost to the Government of the dependent 
                attending an adequate school at the post of the 
                employee.

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[Sec. 5927. Advances of pay

  [Up to three months' pay may be paid in advance to an 
employee upon the assignment of the employee to a post in a 
foreign area.]

Sec. 5927. Advances of pay

  (a) Up to three months' pay may be paid in advance--
          (1) to an employee upon the assignment of the 
        employee to a post in a foreign area;
          (2) to an employee, other than an employee appointed 
        under section 303 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
        (and employed under section 311 of such Act), who--
                  (A) is a citizen of the United States;
                  (B) is officially stationed or located 
                outside the United States pursuant to 
                Government authorization; and
                  (C) requires (or has a family member who 
                requires) medical treatment outside the United 
                States, in circumstances specified by the 
                President in regulations; and
          (3) to a foreign national employee appointed under 
        section 303 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, or a 
        nonfamily member United States citizen appointed under 
        such section 303 (and employed under section 311 of 
        such Act) for service at such nonfamily member's post 
        of residence, who--
                  (A) is located outside the country of 
                employment of such foreign national employee or 
                nonfamily member (as the case may be) pursuant 
                to Government authorization; and
                  (B) requires medical treatment outside the 
                country of employment of such foreign national 
                employee or nonfamily member (as the case may 
                be), in circumstances specified by the 
                President in regulations.
  (b) For the purpose of this section, the term ``country of 
employment'', as used with respect to an individual under 
subsection (a)(3), means the country (or other area) outside 
the United States where such individual is appointed (as 
described in subsection (a)(3)) by the Government.

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 HUMAN RIGHTS, REFUGEE, AND OTHER FOREIGN RELATIONS PROVISIONS ACT OF 
                                  1996

TITLE I--FOREIGN RELATIONS PROVISIONS

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SEC. 102. CONDUCT OF CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE 
                    PROGRAMS.

  In carrying out programs of educational and cultural exchange 
in countries whose people do not fully enjoy freedom and 
democracy (including but not limited to China, Vietnam, 
Cambodia, Tibet, and Burma), the [Director of the United States 
Information Agency shall take appropriate steps to provide 
opportunities for participation in such programs to human 
rights and democracy leaders of such countries.] Secretary of 
State, with the assistance of the Under Secretary for Public 
Diplomacy, shall--
          (1) include, as a substantial proportion of the 
        participants in such programs, nationals of such 
        countries who have demonstrated a commitment to freedom 
        and democracy;
          (2) consult with human rights and democracy advocates 
        from such countries on the selection of participants 
        and grantees for such programs; and
          (3) select grantees for such programs only after a 
        competitive process in which proposals are solicited 
        from multiple applicants and in which important factors 
        in the selection of a grantee include the relative 
        likelihood that each of the competing applicants would 
        be willing and able:
                  (A) to identify and recruit as participants 
                in the program persons described in paragraph 
                (1); and
                  (B) in selecting participants who are 
                associated with governments or other 
                institutions wielding power in countries 
                described in this section, to identify and 
                recruit those most likely to be open to freedom 
                and democracy and to avoid selecting those who 
                are so firmly committed to the suppression of 
                freedom and democracy that their inclusion 
                could create an appearance that the United 
                States condones such suppression.

SEC. 103. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 
                    TIBETANS AND BURMESE.

  (a) Establishment of Educational and Cultural Exchange for 
Tibetans.--The Director of the United States Information Agency 
shall establish programs of educational and cultural exchange 
between the United States and the people of Tibet. Exchange 
programs under this subsection shall be known as the ``Ngawang 
Choephel Exchange Programs''. Such programs shall include 
opportunities for training and, as the Director considers 
appropriate, may include the assignment of personnel and 
resources abroad.
  (b) Scholarships for Tibetans and Burmese.--
          (1) Subject to the availability of appropriations, 
        [for the fiscal year 1999] for the fiscal year 2000 at 
        least 30 scholarships shall be made available to 
        Tibetan students and professionals who are outside 
        Tibet (if practicable, including individuals active in 
        the preservation of Tibet's unique culture, religion, 
        and language), and at least 15 scholarships shall be 
        made available to Burmese students and professionals 
        who are outside Burma.

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THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE ACT OF 1948

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TITLE VII--APPROPRIATIONS

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  Sec. 705. (a) The Department of State may award grants for 
overseas public diplomacy programs only if the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate are notified 
fifteen days in advance of the proposed grant.
  (b) For fiscal year 2000 and each subsequent fiscal year, the 
Secretary of State may not award any grant to carry out the 
purposes of this Act until 45 days after written notice has 
been provided to the Committee on International Relations of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate of the intent to award such grant. In 
determining whether to award a grant the Secretary shall 
consider any objections or modifications raised in the course 
of consultations with such committees.

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TITLE X--MISCELLANEOUS

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                       national security measures

  Sec. 1012. In coordination with other appropriate executive 
branch officals, the Secretary of State shall take all 
appropriate steps to prevent foreign espionage agents from 
participating in educational and cultural exchange programs 
under this Act.

              proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

  Sec. 1013. The Secretary of State shall take all appropriate 
steps to ensure that no individual, who is employed by or 
attached to an office or department involved with the research, 
development, or production of missiles or weapons of mass 
destruction, from a country identified by the Central 
Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, the National 
Security Agency, or the Department of Energy, as a country 
involved in the proliferation of missiles or weapons of mass 
destruction is a participant in any program of educational or 
cultural exchange under this Act. Appropriate steps under this 
section shall include prior consultation with the Federal 
agencies designated in the first sentence with respect to all 
prospective participants in such programs with respect to whom 
there is a reasonable basis to believe that such prospective 
participant may be employed by or attached to an office or 
department identified under the first sentence.

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 SECTION 208 OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 
                             1992 AND 1993

SEC. 208. CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BETWEEN NORTH 
                    AND SOUTH.

  [(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``North/
South Center Act of 1991''.]
  (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Dante B. 
Fascell North-South Center Act of 1991''.

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  (c) [North/South Center.--] Dante B. Fascell North-South 
Center.--In order to carry out the purpose of this section, the 
Director of the United States Information Agency shall provide 
for the operation in Florida of an educational institution 
[known as the North/South Center,] which shall be known and 
designated as the Dante B. Fascell North-South Center, through 
arrangements with public, educational, or other nonprofit 
institutions.
  (d) Authorities.--The Director of the United States 
Information Agency, in carrying out this section, may utilize 
the authorities of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961. Section 704(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1960 
(22 U.S.C. 2056(b)) shall apply in the administration of this 
section. In order to carry out the purposes of this section, 
the [North/South Center] Dante B. Fascell North-South Center is 
authorized to use funds made available under this section to 
acquire property and facilities, by construction, lease, or 
purchase.

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SECTION 109 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 
                             1984 AND 1985

                       interparliamentary groups

  Sec. 109 (a) * * *

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  (c) There are authorized to be appropriated by for each 
fiscal year $50,000 for expenses of United States participation 
in the [United States-European Community Interparlimentary 
Group] Transatlantic Legislative Dialogue (United States-
European Union Interparliamentary Group).
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   SECTION 2 OF THE AMERICAN-MEXICAN CHAMIZAL CONVENTION ACT OF 1964

  Sec. 2. (a) * * *
  (b) The United States Commissioner is authorized to receive 
payments of money from public or private sources in the United 
States or Mexico made for the purpose of sharing in the cost of 
operations, maintenance, replacement of the Bridge of the 
Americas which crosses the Rio Grande between El Paso, Texas, 
and Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua. Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, such payments of money shall be credited to any 
appropriation to the Commission which is currently available. 
Funds received under this subsection shall be available only 
for the replacement of such bridge.

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                 ADDITIONAL VIEWS OF HON. SAM GEJDENSON

    I commend the Chairman and Ranking Member of the 
Subcommittee on International Relations and Human Rights for 
the hard work they put into drafting H.R. 1211, getting it 
through subcommittee, bringing it to full committee 
consideration, and for their willingness to improve the bill 
during full committee markup. It is my view, however, that the 
bill still has some distance to go before it can be signed into 
law. There remain a number of provisions in the bill about 
which I continue to have serious concerns. We will need to 
address these problems if we want a bill that the President can 
sign into law.
    These concerns fall in four areas, outlined below.
Reorganization
    I did not support the effort to reorganize our foreign 
affairs agencies. Congress mandated that reorganization 
nonetheless. Having done so, this bill now moves in the 
opposite direction of the reorganization to which we agreed. It 
mandates the creation of a bureau which the Administration 
opposes, an International Information Bureau, and earmarks 
funding for it. It also earmarks funding, at twice current 
levels, and legislatively mandates, the current Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. And it dictates that 
establishment of new fellowship programs which duplicate 
existing programs.
Micromanagement
    Section 403 of this bill extends to 45 days the current 15 
day notification period to Congress on all grants made by USIA. 
While I certainly support notification periods to Congress, a 
45 day ``hold'' period is micromanagement at its worst. It 
would lengthen an already lengthy grant approval process, 
hamper our ability to respond quickly to fast-changing events, 
and take hostage every grant, no matter how non-controversial 
or small. No other foreign affairs agency is subject to a 
sweeping 45 day hold period, and no rationale has been provided 
as to why this one is needed.
    Likewise, section 402 of this bill imposes sweeping new 
requirements on our exchange programs overseas. It requires 
that a ``substantial proportion'' of exchange participants be 
nationals of freedom-loving countries, and that grantees who 
choose such participants must themselves favor applicants who 
love freedom and democracy. Well-intentioned as this provision 
may be, it raises serious questions. Do we only want exchange 
participants from the Frances and Australias of the world? Do 
we only want to bring to the United States those who agree with 
our views? And, do we run the risk of officially stamping as 
``enemies of the state'' the human rights activists for whom 
this provision is presumably intended?
Policy
    Section 274 limits the number of U.S. personnel serving at 
diplomatic and consular posts in the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam to current levels, unless the President certifies that 
twelve detailed and unachievable conditions are met. Again, the 
intentions are no doubt well-meaning. The practical impact of 
this provision is that we could not deploy, as planned, 
additional consular officers to Vietnam this summer to expedite 
processing of visas. Our former colleague and now Ambassador to 
Vietnam, Hon. ``Pete'' Peterson, whose credentials on 
Vietnamese issues are unmatched, opposes this provision 
strongly.
Earmarks
    We all earmark. Earmarking is a fact of life. But this bill 
adds even more earmarks than usual. In addition to the earmarks 
noted above, there are earmarks in the voluntary contributions 
to international organizations account that are particularly 
harmful. This account continues to be reduced; every earmark 
above the Administration's request level takes money away from 
other equally deserving programs. Increased funds for the World 
Food Program means that the U.N. Environment Program, or some 
other worthy program, takes the cut. Particularly troubling is 
the $5 million earmark for the International Program on the 
Elimination of Child Labor--for which funding is requested from 
the Labor Department, not the State Department.
Conclusion
    I want to be clear. I have long supported human rights, 
democracy programs, the rights of refugees, the fight against 
child labor, and other worthwhile goals. Putting a label on a 
provision, however, does not automatically make that provision 
effective, productive, or worthwhile. We must examine the 
consequences of our actions, not just the names attached to 
them.
    I hope that this is a bill that I can support at the end of 
the day. I'm not sure I can say that now. The concerns I have 
outlined are shared by the Administration, and are substantive. 
I want this process to move forward so that we can continue to 
work on improving the bill on the floor.
                                                     Sam Gejdenson.

                                
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