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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1564

To authorize appropriations for the Department of State and for certain

other international affairs functions and activities of the United States

Government for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 3, 1995

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the Department of State

and for certain other international affairs functions and

activities of the United States Government for fiscal

years 1996 and 1997, and for other purposes.

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

2 RELATIONS AUTHORIZATIONS

3 TITLE XX—GENERAL

4 PROVISIONS

5 SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE.

6 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Relations

7 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1996 and 1997’’.

8 SEC. 2002. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

DIVISION B—FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE XX—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 2001. Short title.

Sec. 2002. Table of contents.

Sec. 2003. Definitions.

TITLE XXI—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES

CHAPTER 1—AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 2101. Administration of Foreign Affairs.

Sec. 2102. International organizations, programs, and conferences.

Sec. 2103. International commissions.

Sec. 2104. Migration and refugee assistance.

Sec. 2105. Certain other international affairs programs.

Sec. 2106. United States informational, educational, and cultural programs.

Sec. 2107. United States arms control and disarmament.

CHAPTER 2—GENERAL LIMITATIONS

Sec. 2121. Prohibition on funding for abortion.

Sec. 2122. Prohibition on funding for coercive population control methods.

TITLE XXII—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND

ACTIVITIES

CHAPTER 1—AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

Sec. 2201. Revision of Department of State rewards program.

Sec. 2202. Authorities of Secretary of State.

Sec. 2203. Buying power maintenance account.

Sec. 2204. Expenses relating to certain international claims and proceedings.

Sec. 2205. Consolidation of United States diplomatic missions and consular

posts.
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Sec. 2206. Authority of United States permanent representative to the United

Nations.

CHAPTER 2—CONSULAR AUTHORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Sec. 2231. Membership in a terrorist organization as a basis for exclusion from

the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Sec. 2232. Waiver authority concerning notice of denial of application for visas.

Sec. 2233. Surcharge for processing certain machine readable visas.

Sec. 2234. Fingerprint check requirement.

Sec. 2235. Use of certain passport processing fees for enhanced passport services.

Sec. 2236. Consular officers.

Sec. 2237. Exclusion from the United States of aliens who have confiscated

property claimed by United States persons.

CHAPTER 3—REFUGEES AND MIGRATION

Sec. 2251. United States emergency refugee and migration assistance fund.

Sec. 2252. Persecution for resistance to coercive population control methods.

Sec. 2253. Report to congress concerning Cuban emigration policies.

Sec. 2254. United States policy regarding the involuntary return of refugees.

Sec. 2255. Consultation with congress regarding the annual admission of refugees.

Sec. 2256. Extension of certain adjudication provisions.

TITLE XXIII—ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE;

DEPARTMENT OF STATE PERSONNEL; THE FOREIGN SERVICE

CHAPTER 1—ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Sec. 2301. Coordinator for counterterrorism.

Sec. 2302. Special envoy for Tibet.

Sec. 2303. Establishment of Coordinator for Human Rights and Refugees and

Bureau of Refugee and Migration Assistance.

Sec. 2304. Elimination of statutory establishment of certain positions of the

Department of State.

Sec. 2305. Establishment of Assistant Secretary of State for Human Resources.

Sec. 2306. Authority of United States permanent representative to the United

Nations.

CHAPTER 2—PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; THE FOREIGN

SERVICE

Sec. 2351. Authorized strength of the Foreign Service.

Sec. 2352. Repeal of authority for Senior Foreign Service performance pay.

TITLE XXIV—UNITED STATES PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AUTHORITIES

AND ACTIVITIES FOR UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS

CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 2401. Elimination of permanent authorization.

Sec. 2402. Extension of au pair programs.

Sec. 2403. Educational and cultural exchanges with Hong Kong.

Sec. 2404. Conduct of educational and cultural exchange programs.
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Sec. 2405. Educational and cultural exchanges and scholarships for Tibetans

and Burmese.

Sec. 2406. Availability of Voice of America and Radio Marti multilingual computer readable text and voice recordings.

Sec. 2407. Retention of interest.

CHAPTER 2—INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING

Sec. 2431. Expansion of Broadcasting Board of Governors.

Sec. 2432. Plan for Radio Free Asia.

Sec. 2433. Pilot project for freedom broadcasting to Asia.

TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS

CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 2501. International Boundary and Water Commission.

CHAPTER 2—UNITED NATIONS AND AFFILIATED AGENCIES AND

ORGANIZATIONS

Sec. 2521. Reform in budget decisionmaking procedures of the United Nations

and its specialized agencies.

Sec. 2522. Withholding of United States contributions for certain programs of

international organizations.

Sec. 2523. Limitation on contributions to the United Nations or United Nations affiliated organizations.

Sec. 2524. Report on UNICEF.

TITLE XXVI—FOREIGN POLICY PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1—MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN POLICY PROVISIONS

Sec. 2601. Applicability of Taiwan Relations Act.

Sec. 2602. Report on occupied Tibet.

Sec. 2603. Bosnia Genocide Justice Act.

CHAPTER 2—RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES-NORTH KOREA AGREED

FRAMEWORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF NORTH KOREA UNDER THAT AND

PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE DENUCLEARIZATION OF

THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND DIALOGUE WITH THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Sec. 2641. Findings.

Sec. 2642. Clarification of nuclear nonproliferation obligations of North Korea

under the agreed framework.

Sec. 2643. Role of the Republic of Korea under the agreed framework.

Sec. 2644. Further steps to promote United States security and political interests with respect to North Korea.

Sec. 2645. Restrictions on assistance to North Korea and the Korean peninsula

energy development organization.

CHAPTER 3—BURMA

Sec. 2651. United States policy concerning the dictatorship in Burma.

CHAPTER 4—TO IMPLEMENT THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND TO

PROVIDE A PROGRAM OF SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE

Sec. 2661. Short title.
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Sec. 2662. Definitions.

Sec. 2663. United States policy with respect to the involuntary return of persons subjected to torture.

Sec. 2664. Immigration procedures for torture victims.

Sec. 2665. Specialized training for consular, immigration, and asylum personnel.

Sec. 2666. Study and report on torture victims in the United States.

Sec. 2667. Domestic treatment centers.

TITLE XXVII—CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS

Sec. 2701. Inter-American organizations.

Sec. 2702. Territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Sec. 2703. The Laogai system of political prisons.

Sec. 2704. Concerning the use of funds to further normalize relations with

Vietnam.

Sec. 2705. Declaration of Congress regarding United States Government

human rights policy toward China.

Sec. 2706. Concerning the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.

1 SEC. 2003. DEFINITIONS.

2 The following terms have the following meaning for

3 the purposes of this division:

4 (1) The term ‘‘AID’’ means the Agency for

5 International Development.

6 (2) The term ‘‘ACDA’’ means the United

7 States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

8 (3) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com9 mittees’’ means the Committee on International Re10 lations of the House of Representatives and the

11 Committee of Foreign Relations of the Senate.

12 (4) The term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart13 ment of State.

14 (5) The term ‘‘Federal agency’’ has the mean15 ing given to the term ‘‘agency’’ by section 551(1) of

16 title 5, United States Code.
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1 (6) The term ‘‘function’’ means any duty, obli2 gation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privi3 lege, activity, or program.

4 (7) The term ‘‘office’’ includes any office, ad5 ministration, agency, institute, unit, organizational

6 entity, or component thereof.

7 (8) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary

8 of State.

9 (9) The term ‘‘USIA’’ means the United States

10 Information Agency.

11 TITLE XXI—AUTHORIZATION OF

12 APPROPRIATIONS FOR DE13 PARTMENT OF STATE AND

14 CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL AF15 FAIRS FUNCTIONS AND AC16 TIVITIES

17 CHAPER 1—AUTHORIZATIONS OF

18 APPROPRIATIONS

19 SEC. 2101. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

20 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The fol21 lowing amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the

22 Department of State under ‘‘Administration of Foreign

23 Affairs’’ to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and

24 responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the
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1 United States and for other purposes authorized by law,

2 including the diplomatic security program:

3 (1) DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS.—

4 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA5 TIONS.—For ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro6 grams’’, of the Department of State

7 $1,728,797,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and

8 $1,676,903,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

9 (B) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts author10 ized to be appropriated by subparagraph (A),

11 $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $5,000,000

12 for fiscal year 1997 are authorized to be appro13 priated only for the purpose of processing immi14 grant visas for persons who are outside their

15 countries of nationality, have asserted a fear of

16 returning to their countries of nationality and a

17 credible basis for such fear, and for whom im18 migrant visas are currently available.

19 (2) SALARIES AND EXPENSES.—

20 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA21 TIONS.—For ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, of the

22 Department of State $366,276,000 for the fis23 cal year 1996 and $355,287,000 for the fiscal

24 year 1997.
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1 (B) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts author2 ized to be appropriated by subparagraph (A),

3 $11,900,000 for fiscal year 1996 and

4 $11,900,000 for fiscal year 1997 are authorized

5 to be appropriated only for salaries and ex6 penses of the Bureau of Refugee and Migration

7 Assistance.

8 (3) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.—For ‘‘Cap9 ital Investment Fund’’, of the Department of State

10 $20,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and

11 $20,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

12 (4) ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILD13 INGS ABROAD.—For ‘‘Acquisition and Maintenance

14 of Buildings Abroad’’, $391,760,000 for the fiscal

15 year 1996 and $391,760,000 for the fiscal year

16 1997.

17 (5) REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES.—For

18 ‘‘Representation Allowances’’, $4,780,000 for the

19 fiscal year 1996 and $4,780,000 for the fiscal year

20 1997.

21 (6) EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND

22 CONSULAR SERVICE.—For ‘‘Emergencies in the Dip23 lomatic and Consular Service’’, $6,000,000 for the

24 fiscal 1996 and $6,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
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1 (7) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—

2 For ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, $23,469,000

3 for the fiscal year 1996 and $23,469,000 for the fis4 cal year 1997.

5 (8) PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN

6 TAIWAN.—For ‘‘Payment to the American Institute

7 in Taiwan’’, $15,165,000 for the fiscal year 1996

8 and $14,710,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

9 (9) PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND

10 OFFICIALS.—For ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions

11 and Officials’’, $9,579,000 for the fiscal year 1996

12 and $9,579,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

13 (10) REPATRIATION LOANS.—For ‘‘Repatri14 ation Loans’’, $776,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and

15 $776,000 for the fiscal year 1997, for administrative

16 expenses.

17 SEC. 2102. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PROGRAMS,

18 AND CONFERENCES.

19 (a) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL

20 ORGANIZATIONS.—There are authorized to be appro21 priated for ‘‘Contributions to International Organiza22 tions’’, $873,505,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and

23 $867,050,000 for the fiscal year 1997 for the Department

24 of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and

25 responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the
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1 United States with respect to international organizations

2 and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with

3 such purposes.

4 (b) VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTER5 NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.—

6 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

7 There are authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Vol8 untary Contributions to International Organiza9 tions’’, $309,375,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and

10 $302,902,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

11 (2) LIMITATIONS.—

12 (A) UNICEF.—

13 (i) Of the amounts authorized to be

14 appropriated under paragraph (1),

15 $103,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and

16 $103,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 is au17 thorized to be appropriated only for the

18 United Nations Children’s Fund

19 (UNICEF).

20 (ii) For fiscal year 1996, not more

21 than 25 percent of the amount under

22 clause (i) may be made available to the

23 United Nations Children’s Fund

24 (UNICEF) until 30 days after the submis-
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1 sion to Congress of the report required by

2 section 2524.

3 (B) INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY

4 AGENCY.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap5 propriated under paragraph (1), for each of the

6 fiscal years 1996 and 1997 funds are author7 ized to be made available to the International

8 Atomic Energy Agency only if the Secretary of

9 State determines and reports to the appropriate

10 congressional committees that Israel is not

11 being denied its right to participate in the ac12 tivities of that agency.

13 (C) WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL FOR THE

14 FORMER YUGOSLAVIA.—Of the amounts author15 ized to be appropriated under paragraph (1),

16 $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and

17 $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 are authorized

18 to be appropriated only for the United Nations

19 Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Inter20 national Criminal Tribunal for the Former

21 Yugoslavia, located at The Hague.

22 (D) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Of the

23 amounts authorized to be appropriated under

24 paragraph (1), $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1996

25 and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 are author-
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1 ized to be appropriated only for the World Food

2 Program.

3 (E) UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTARY FUND

4 FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE.—Of the amounts

5 authorized to be appropriated under paragraph

6 (1) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1996 and

7 $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 are authorized

8 to be appropriated only to the United Nations

9 Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.

10 (F) UNITED NATIONS POPULATION

11 FUND.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap12 propriated under paragraph (1) for each of the

13 fiscal years 1996 and 1997 not to exceed

14 $13,000,000 shall be available for the United

15 Nations Population Fund.

16 (G) ORGANIZATION FOR AMERICAN

17 STATES.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap18 propriated under paragraph (1), $15,000,000

19 for fiscal year 1996 and $15,000,000 for fiscal

20 year 1997 are authorized to be appropriated

21 only for the Organization for American States.

22 (H) LIMITATION CONCERNING USE OF

23 FUNDS UNDER SECTION 307 OF THE FOREIGN

24 ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.—Notwithstanding

25 any other provision of law or of this Act, none
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1 of the funds authorized to be appropriated

2 under paragraph (1) are authorized to be ap3 propriated for the United States proportionate

4 share, in accordance with section 307(c) of the

5 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for any pro6 grams identified in section 307, or for Libya,

7 Iran, or any Communist country listed in sec8 tion 620(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of

9 1961.

10 (I) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PRO11 GRAM.—

12 (i) TOTAL LIMITATION.—Of the

13 amounts authorized to be appropriated

14 under paragraph (1), for each of the fiscal

15 years 1996 and 1997 not to exceed

16 $70,000,000 shall be available for the

17 United Nations Development Program.

18 (ii) BURMA.—

19 (I) Subject to subclauses (II) and

20 (III), for each of the fiscal years 1996

21 and 1997 none of the funds made

22 available for United Nations Develop23 ment Program (or United Nations

24 Development Program—Administered
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1 Funds) shall be available for pro2 grams and activities in or for Burma.

3 (II) Of the amount made avail4 able for United Nations Development

5 Program (and United Nations Devel6 opment Program—Administered

7 Funds) for fiscal year 1996,

8 $18,200,000 of such amount shall be

9 disbursed only if the President cer10 tifies to the Congress that the United

11 Nations Development Program has

12 terminated its activities in and for

13 Burma.

14 (III) Of the amount made avail15 able for United Nations Development

16 Program (and United Nations Devel17 opment Program—Administered

18 Funds) for fiscal year 1997,

19 $25,480,000 shall be disbursed only if

20 the President certifies to the Congress

21 that the United Nations Development

22 Program has terminated its activities

23 in and for Burma.

24 (iii) DISPLACED PERSONS.—Of the

25 amounts authorized to be appropriated
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1 under paragraph (1), $20,000,000 for fis2 cal years 1996 and $20,000,000 for fiscal

3 year 1997 are authorized to be appro4 priated only for the United Nations Devel5 opment Program to be made available only

6 for programs and services conducted in co7 operation with the International Organiza8 tion for Migration for persons who are dis9 placed within their countries of nationality.

10 (iv) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT

11 PROGRAM/WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

12 SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH AND

13 TRAINING IN TROPICAL DISEASES.—Of the

14 amounts authorized to be appropriated

15 under paragraph (1), $10,000,000 for fis16 cal year 1996 and $10,000,000 for fiscal

17 year 1997 is authorized to be appropriated

18 only for the United Nations Development

19 Program, to be available only for the

20 United Nations Development Program/

21 World Health Organization Special Pro22 gram for Research and Training and Trop23 ical Diseases.

24 (J) WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.—Of

25 the amounts authorized to be appropriated
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1 under paragraph (1), $20,000,000 for fiscal

2 year 1996 and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1997

3 is authorized to be appropriated only for the

4 World Health Organization to be available only

5 for the United Nations Development Program/

6 World Health Organization Special Program for

7 Research and Training in Tropical Diseases.

8 (c) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL

9 PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.—

10 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

11 There are authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Con12 tributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’,

13 $400,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and

14 $300,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997 for the De15 partment of State to carry out the authorities, func16 tions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of

17 the foreign affairs of the United States with respect

18 to international peacekeeping activities and to carry

19 out other authorities in law consistent with such

20 purposes.

21 (2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized

22 to be appropriated under paragraph (1) may be

23 made available for contributions to the United Na24 tions Protection Force unless the President deter25 mines and reports to the Congress during the cal-
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1 endar year in which the funds are to be provided

2 that—

3 (A) the Government of Bosnia and

4 Herzegovina supports the continued presence of

5 the United Nations Protection Force within its

6 territory;

7 (B) the United Nations Protection Force is

8 effectively carrying out its mandate under Unit9 ed Nations Security Council resolutions 776

10 and 836, and is effectively encouraging compli11 ance with United Nations Security Council res12 olutions 752, 757, 770, 787, 820, and 824;

13 (C) the United Nations Protection Force is

14 providing full cooperation and support consist15 ent with its mandate to the efforts of the Unit16 ed Nations War Crimes Tribunal for the former

17 Yugoslavia to investigate war crimes and to ap18 prehend and prosecute suspected war criminals;

19 (D) the United Nations Protection Force

20 is providing full cooperation and support con21 sistent with its mandate to United States diplo22 matic, military, and relief personnel in Bosnia;

23 and

24 (E) the United Nations Protection Force

25 has investigated and taken appropriate action
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1 against any United Nations Protection Force

2 personnel or units suspected of participating in

3 illegal or improper activities, such as black

4 marketeering, embezzlement, expropriation of

5 property, and assaults on civilians.

6 (d) PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.—There are au7 thorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper8 ations’’, $50,360,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and

9 $50,360,000 for the fiscal year 1997 for the Department

10 of State to carry out section 551 of Public Law 87–195.

11 (e) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND CONTIN12 GENCIES.—

13 (1) GENERAL PROVISION.—There are author14 ized to be appropriated for ‘‘International Con15 ferences and Contingencies’’, $3,000,000 for the fis16 cal year 1996 and $6,000,000 for the fiscal year

17 1997 for the Department of State to carry out the

18 authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in

19 the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United

20 States with respect to international conferences and

21 contingencies and to carry out other authorities in

22 law consistent with such purposes.

23 (2) CONDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—

24 (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), in addi25 tion to such amounts as are authorized to be
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1 appropriated under paragraph (1), there is au2 thorized to be appropriated for ‘‘International

3 Conferences and Contingencies’’, $3,000,000

4 for the fiscal year 1996 for the Department of

5 State to carry out the authorities, functions,

6 duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the

7 foreign affairs of the United States with respect

8 to international conferences and contingencies

9 and to carry out other authorities in law con10 sistent with such purposes.

11 (B) The authorization of appropriations

12 under subparagraph (A) shall be take effect

13 only after the Secretary of State certifies to the

14 appropriate congressional committees that—

15 (i) no funds of the Department of

16 State were expended for travel by any

17 United States official or delegate to the

18 Fourth World Conference on Women, to be

19 held in Beijing, August and September

20 1995, or

21 (ii)(I) that the process of accrediting

22 nongovernmental organizations for the con23 ference was conducted fairly, according to

24 clear criteria, with full opportunity for sub25 stantive appeal of denials of accreditation;
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1 (II) that no nongovernmental organi2 zation seeking accreditation to such a con3 ference was denied such accreditation by

4 the conference organizers on the basis of

5 that organization’s actual or supposed po6 litical orientation, or its affiliation with a

7 particular ethnic or religious group;

8 (III) that accreditation was granted

9 to—

10 (A) at least one group represent11 ing the people of Taiwan, and

12 (B) at least one group represent13 ing the people of Tibet;

14 (IV) that all representatives of non15 governmental organizations whose names

16 were submitted to conference officials in a

17 timely fashion were granted visas by the

18 People’s Republic of China; and

19 (V) that arrangements were made by

20 the People’s Republic of China to provide

21 the accredited nongovernmental organiza22 tions with access to the main conference

23 site that is substantially equivalent in man24 ner and degree to access afforded at pre25 vious major United Nations conferences.
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1 (f) FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES.—In ad2 dition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated

3 by subsections (a) and (b) of this section, there are au4 thorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec5 essary for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to offset

6 adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

7 Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall be avail8 able for obligation and expenditure only to the extent that

9 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget de10 termines and certifies to Congress that such amounts are

11 necessary due to such fluctuations.

12 SEC. 2103. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS.

13 The following amounts are authorized to be appro14 priated under ‘‘International Commissions’’ for the De15 partment of State to carry out the authorities, functions,

16 duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign

17 affairs of the United States and for other purposes author18 ized by law:

19 (1) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER

20 COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.—For

21 ‘‘International Boundary and Water Commission,

22 United States and Mexico’’—

23 (A) for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’

24 $13,858,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and

25 $12,472,000 for the fiscal year 1997; and
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1 (B) for ‘‘Construction’’ $10,393,000 for

2 the fiscal year 1996 and $9,353,000 for the fis3 cal year 1997.

4 (2) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION,

5 UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—For ‘‘International

6 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada’’,

7 $740,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and $666,000 for

8 the fiscal year 1997.

9 (3) INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION.—For

10 ‘‘International Joint Commission’’, $3,500,000 for

11 the fiscal year 1996 and $3,195,000 for the fiscal

12 year 1997.

13 (4) BORDER ENVIRONMENT COOPERATION COM14 MISSION.—For ‘‘Border Environment Cooperation

15 Commission’’, $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996

16 and $1,800,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

17 (5) INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMIS18 SIONS.—For ‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’,

19 $14,669,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and

20 $13,202,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

21 SEC. 2104. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.

22 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

23 (1) MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.—

24 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA25 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
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1 priated for ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’

2 for authorized activities, $560,000,000 for the

3 fiscal year 1996 and $590,000,000 for the fis4 cal year 1997.

5 (B) LIMITATION.—None of the funds au6 thorized to be appropriated by subparagraph

7 (A) are authorized to be appropriated for sala8 ries and administrative expenses of the Bureau

9 of Migration and Refugee Assistance.

10 (2) REFUGEES RESETTLING IN ISRAEL.—There

11 are authorized to be appropriated $80,000,000 for

12 the fiscal year 1996 and $80,000,000 for the fiscal

13 year 1997 for assistance for refugees resettling in

14 Israel from other countries.

15 (3) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR DIS16 PLACED BURMESE.—There are authorized to be ap17 propriated $1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and

18 $1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1997 for humani19 tarian assistance, including but not limited to food,

20 medicine, clothing, and medical and vocational train21 ing to persons displaced as a result of civil conflict

22 in Burma, including persons still within Burma.

23 (4) RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE, LAO24 TIANS, AND CAMBODIANS.—There are authorized to
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1 be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 for

2 the admission and resettlement of persons who—

3 (A) are or were nationals and residents of

4 Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia;

5 (B) are within a category of aliens referred

6 to in section 599D(b)(2)(C) of the Foreign Op7 erations Export Financing and Related Pro8 grams Appropriation Act, 1990 (Public Law

9 101–167); and

10 (C) are or were at any time after January

11 1, 1989, residents of refugee camps in Hong

12 Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, or the

13 Phillipines.

14 (b) GENERAL LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds au15 thorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) are author16 ized to be available for any program or activity that pro17 vides for, promotes, or assists in the repatriation of any

18 person to Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia, unless the Presi19 dent has certified that—

20 (1) all persons described in subsection (a)(4)

21 have been offered resettlement outside their coun22 tries of nationality;

23 (2) all nationals of Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia

24 who were residents of refugee camps as of the date

25 of enactment of this Act who are not persons de-
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1 scribed in subsection (a)(4) have, at any time after

2 such date, either had access to a process for the de3 termination of whether they are refugees, or been of4 fered resettlement outside their countries of nation5 ality; and

6 (3) the process referred to in paragraph (2) is

7 genuinely calculated to determine whether each ap8 plicant is a refugee, and that the procedures, stand9 ards, and personnel employed in such process ensure

10 that the risk of return to persecution is no greater

11 than in the process available under United States

12 law to persons physically present in the United

13 States.

14 (c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated

15 pursuant to subsection (a) are authorized to be available

16 until expended.

17 SEC. 2105. CERTAIN OTHER INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS PRO18 GRAMS.

19 The following amounts are authorized to be appro20 priated for the Department of State to carry out the au21 thorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the con22 duct of the foreign affairs of the United States and for

23 other purposes authorized by law:
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1 (1) ASIA FOUNDATION.—For ‘‘Asia Founda2 tion’’, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and

3 $9,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

4 SEC. 2106. UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDU5 CATIONAL, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS.

6 The following amounts are authorized to be appro7 priated to carry out international information activities

8 and educational and cultural exchange programs under

9 the United States Information and Educational Exchange

10 Act of 1948, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex11 change Act of 1961, Reorganization Plan Number 2 of

12 1977, the United States International Broadcasting Act

13 of 1994, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the Tele14 vision Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the Board for Inter15 national Broadcasting Act, the Inspector General Act of

16 1978, the North/South Center Act of 1991, the National

17 Endowment for Democracy Act, and to carry out other

18 authorities in law consistent with such purposes:

19 (1) SALARIES AND EXPENSES.—For ‘‘Salaries

20 and Expenses’’, $450,645,000 for the fiscal year

21 1996 and $428,080,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

22 (2) TECHNOLOGY FUND.—For ‘‘Technology

23 Fund’’ for the United States Information Agency,

24 $5,050,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and $5,050,000

25 for the fiscal year 1997.
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1 (3) EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE

2 PROGRAMS.—

3 (A) FULBRIGHT ACADEMIC EXCHANGE

4 PROGRAMS.—For the ‘‘Fulbright Academic Ex5 change Programs’’, $117,484,200 for the fiscal

6 year 1996 and $113,680,800 for the fiscal year

7 1997.

8 (B) SOUTH PACIFIC EXCHANGES.—For the

9 ‘‘South Pacific Exchanges’’, $900,000 for the

10 fiscal year 1996 and $900,000 for the fiscal

11 year 1997.

12 (C) EAST TIMORESE SCHOLARSHIPS.—For

13 the ‘‘East Timorese Scholarships’’, $800,000

14 for the fiscal year 1996 and $800,000 for the

15 fiscal year 1997.

16 (D) CAMBODIAN SCHOLARSHIPS.—For the

17 ‘‘Cambodian Scholarships’’, $141,000 for the

18 fiscal year 1996 and $141,000 for the fiscal

19 year 1997.

20 (E) TIBETAN EXCHANGES.—For the

21 ‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchanges with

22 Tibet’’ under section 236 of the Foreign Rela23 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1995 and

24 1996, $500,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and

25 $500,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
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1 (F) OTHER PROGRAMS.—For ‘‘Hubert H.

2 Humphrey Fellowship Program’’, ‘‘Edmund S.

3 Muskie Fellowship Program’’, ‘‘International

4 Visitors Program’’, ‘‘Mike Mansfield Fellowship

5 Program’’, ‘‘Claude and Mildred Pepper Schol6 arship Program of the Washington Workshops

7 Foundation’’, ‘‘Citizen Exchange Programs’’,

8 ‘‘Congress-Bundestag Exchange Program’’,

9 ‘‘Newly Independent States and Eastern Eu10 rope Training’’, ‘‘Institute for Representative

11 Government’’, and ‘‘Arts America’’,

12 $87,265,800 for the fiscal year 1996 and

13 $87,341,400 for the fiscal year 1997.

14 (4) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACTIVI15 TIES.—

16 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA17 TIONS.—For ‘‘International Broadcasting Ac18 tivities’’, $321,191,000 for the fiscal year 1996,

19 and $286,191,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

20 (B) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts author21 ized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A)

22 $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $3,000,000

23 for fiscal year 1997 are authorized to be appro24 priated only to carry out the Pilot Project for
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1 Freedom Broadcasting to Asia authorized by

2 section 2443.

3 (5) RADIO CONSTRUCTION.—For ‘‘Radio Con4 struction’’, $75,164,000 for the fiscal year 1996,

5 and $67,647,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

6 (6) RADIO FREE ASIA.—For ‘‘Radio Free

7 Asia’’, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and

8 $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

9 (7) BROADCASTING TO CUBA.—For ‘‘Broad10 casting to Cuba’’, $24,809,000 for the fiscal year

11 1996 and $24,809,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

12 (8) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—

13 For ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, $4,300,000

14 for the fiscal year 1996 and $3,870,000 for the fis15 cal year 1997.

16 (9) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL

17 INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.—For

18 ‘‘Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange be19 tween East and West’’, $15,000,000 for the fiscal

20 year 1996 and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

21 (10) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOC22 RACY—For ‘‘National Endowment for Democracy’’,

23 $34,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and

24 $34,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
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1 (11) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL

2 INTERCHANGE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH.—For

3 ‘‘Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange be4 tween North and South’’ $4,000,000 for the fiscal

5 year 1996 and $3,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

6 SEC. 2107. UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISAR7 MAMENT.

8 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

9 the purposes of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act—

10 (1) $44,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and

11 $40,500,000 for the fiscal year 1997; and

12 (2) such sums as may be necessary for each of

13 the fiscal years 1996 and 1997 for increases in sal14 ary, pay, retirement, other employee benefits author15 ized by law, and to offset adverse fluctuations in for16 eign currency exchange rates.

17 CHAPTER 2—GENERAL LIMITATIONS

18 SEC. 2121. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTION.

19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this

20 division, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated

21 by this division are authorized to be appropriated for any

22 organization or entity which provides, supports, assists, or

23 promotes abortion, except where necessary to save the life

24 of the mother or following rape or incest.
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1 SEC. 2122. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR COERCIVE POP2 ULATION CONTROL METHODS.

3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this

4 division, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated

5 by this division are authorized to be appropriated for any

6 organization or entity which conducts, assists, or promotes

7 any program or activity related to population control or

8 family planning and assistance in the People’s Republic

9 of China, until the President certifies to the appropriate

10 congressional committees that there have been no in11 stances of abortion performed as a result of coercion, du12 ress, or severe psychological pressure within the 12

13 months immediately preceding such certification.

14 TITLE XXII—DEPARTMENT OF

15 STATE AUTHORITIES AND AC16 TIVITIES

17 CHAPTER 1—AUTHORITIES AND

18 ACTIVITIES

19 SEC. 2201. REVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS

20 PROGRAM.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 36 of the State Depart22 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708) is

23 amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 36. DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS PROGRAM.

2 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) There is established a

3 program for the payment of rewards to carry out the pur4 poses of this section.

5 ‘‘(2) The rewards program established by this section

6 shall be administered by the Secretary of State, in con7 sultation, where appropriate, with the Attorney General.

8 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—(1) The rewards program estab9 lished by this section shall be designed to assist in the

10 prevention of acts of international terrorism, international

11 narcotics trafficking, and other related criminal acts.

12 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of State may pay a reward to any

13 individual who furnishes information leading to—

14 ‘‘(A) the arrest or conviction in any country of

15 any individual for the commission of an act of inter16 national terrorism against a United States person or

17 United States property;

18 ‘‘(B) the arrest or conviction in any country of

19 any individual conspiring or attempting to commit

20 an act of international terrorism against a United

21 States person or United States property;

22 ‘‘(C) the arrest or conviction in any country of

23 any individual for committing, primarily outside the

24 territorial jurisdiction of the United States, any nar25 cotics-related offense if that offense involves or is a

26 significant part of conduct that involves—
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1 ‘‘(i) a violation of United States narcotics

2 laws and which is such that the individual

3 would be a major violator of such laws; or

4 ‘‘(ii) the killing or kidnapping of—

5 ‘‘(I) any officer, employee, or contract

6 employee of the United States Government

7 while such individual is engaged in official

8 duties, or on account of that individual’s

9 official duties, in connection with the en10 forcement of United States narcotics laws

11 or the implementing of United States nar12 cotics control objectives; or

13 ‘‘(II) a member of the immediate fam14 ily of any such individual on account of

15 that individual’s official duties, in connec16 tion with the enforcement of United States

17 narcotics laws or the implementing of

18 United States narcotics control objectives;

19 or

20 ‘‘(iii) an attempt or conspiracy to commit

21 any of the acts described in clause (i) or (ii);

22 or

23 ‘‘(D) the arrest or conviction in any country of

24 any individual aiding or abetting in the commission
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1 of an act described in subparagraphs (A) through

2 (C); or

3 ‘‘(E) the prevention or frustration of an act de4 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (C).

5 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—(1) To ensure that the pay6 ment of rewards pursuant to this section does not dupli7 cate or interfere with the payment of informants or the

8 purchase of evidence or information, as authorized to the

9 Department of Justice, the offering, administration, and

10 payment of rewards under this section, including proce11 dures for—

12 ‘‘(A) identifying individuals, organizations, and

13 offenses with respect to which rewards will be of14 fered;

15 ‘‘(B) the publication of rewards;

16 ‘‘(C) offering of joint rewards with foreign gov17 ernments;

18 ‘‘(D) the receipt and analysis of data; and

19 ‘‘(E) the payment and approval off payment,

20 shall be governed by procedures developed by the Sec21 retary of State, in consultation with the Attorney General.

22 ‘‘(2) Before making a reward under this section in

23 a matter over which there is Federal criminal jurisdiction,

24 the Secretary of State shall advise and consult with the

25 Attorney General.
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1 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.—(1) There is authorized to be appro2 priated to the Department of State from time to time such

3 amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes

4 of this section, notwithstanding section 102 of the Foreign

5 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987

6 (Public Law 99–93).

7 ‘‘(2) No amount of funds may be appropriated which,

8 when added to the amounts previously appropriated but

9 not yet obligated, would cause such amounts to exceed

10 $15,000,000.

11 ‘‘(3) To the maximum extent practicable, funds made

12 available to carry out this section should be distributed

13 equally for the purpose of preventing acts of international

14 terrorism and for the purpose of preventing international

15 narcotics trafficking.

16 ‘‘(4) Amounts appropriated to carry out the purposes

17 of this section shall remain available until expended.

18 ‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—(1) In extraordinary

19 circumstances and when it is important to the national

20 security of the United States, the Secretary of State may

21 use fees collected or processing machine readable non22 immigrant visas and machine readable combined border

23 crossing identification cards and nonimmigrant visas pro24 vided under (section 140 of the Foreign Relations Author25 ization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, Public Law
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1 103–236; 8 U.S.C. 1351 note) to carry out the purposes

2 of this section, subject to the limitation contained in sub3 section (d)(2).

4 ‘‘(2) The authority contained in paragraph (1) may

5 be used only if the Secretary notifies the appropriate con6 gressional committees 15 days in advance in accordance

7 with regular reprogramming procedures. Such notification

8 shall contain a detailed justification of the circumstances

9 necessitating the use of such fees for the purposes of this

10 section.

11 ‘‘(f) LIMITATION AND CERTIFICATION.—(1) A re12 ward under this section may not exceed $2,000,000.

13 ‘‘(2) A reward under this section of more than

14 $100,000 may not be made without the approval of the

15 President or the Secretary of State.

16 ‘‘(3) Any reward granted under this section shall be

17 approved and certified for payment by the Secretary of

18 State.

19 ‘‘(4) The authority of paragraph (2) may not be dele20 gated to any other officer or employee of the United States

21 Government.

22 ‘‘(5) If the Secretary determines that the identity of

23 the recipient of a reward or of the members of the recipi24 ent’s immediate family must be protected, the Secretary

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1 of the reward as he considers necessary to effect such pro2 tection.

3 ‘‘(g) INELIGIBILITY.—An officer or employee of any

4 governmental entity who, while in the performance of his

5 or her official duties, furnishes information described in

6 subsection (b) shall not be eligible for a reward under this

7 section.

8 ‘‘(h) REPORTS.—(1) Not later than 30 days after

9 paying any reward under this section, the Secretary of

10 State shall submit a report to the appropriate congres11 sional committees with respect to such reward. The report,

12 which may be submitted on a classified basis if necessary,

13 shall specify the amount of the reward paid, to whom the

14 reward was paid, and the acts with respect to which the

15 reward was paid. The report shall also discuss the signifi16 cance of the information for which the reward was paid

17 in dealing with those acts.

18 ‘‘(2) Not later than 60 days after the end of each

19 fiscal year, the Secretary of State shall submit an annual

20 report to the appropriate congressional committees with

21 respect to the operation of the rewards program author22 ized by this section. Such report shall provide information

23 on the total amounts expended during such fiscal year to

24 carry out the purposes of this section, including amounts

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1 shall also include information on all requests for the pay2 ment of rewards under this section, including the reasons

3 for the denial of any such requests.

4 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

5 ‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriate congressional com6 mittees’ means the Committee on International Re7 lations of the House of Representatives and the

8 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;

9 ‘‘(2) the term ‘act of international terrorism’ in10 cludes, but is not limited to—

11 ‘‘(A) any act substantially contributing to

12 the acquisition of unsafeguarded special nuclear

13 material (as defined in section 830(8) of the

14 Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994)

15 or any nuclear explosive device (as defined in

16 section 830(4) of that Act) by an individual,

17 group, or non-nuclear weapon state (as defined

18 in section 830(5) of that Act); and

19 ‘‘(B) any act, as determined by the Sec20 retary of State, which materially supports the

21 conduct of international terrorism, including the

22 counterfeiting of United States currency or the

23 illegal use of other monetary instruments by an

24 individual, group, or country supporting inter25 national terrorism as determined for purposes
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1 of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act

2 of 1979;

3 ‘‘(3) the term ‘United States narcotics laws’

4 means the laws of the United States for the preven5 tion and control of illicit traffic in controlled sub6 stances (as such term is defined for purposes of the

7 Controlled Substances Act); and

8 ‘‘(4) the term ‘member of the immediate family’

9 includes—

10 ‘‘(A) a spouse, parent, brother, sister, or

11 child of the individual;

12 ‘‘(B) a person to whom the individual

13 stands in loco parentis; and

14 ‘‘(C) any other person living in the individ15 ual’s household and related to the individual by

16 blood or marriage.’’.

17 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the

18 Congress that the Secretary of State should pursue addi19 tional means of funding the program established by sec20 tion 36 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act

21 of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708), including the authority to seize

22 and dispose of assets used in the commission of any of23 fense under sections 1541 through 1544 and section 1546

24 of title 18, United States Code, and section 1028 of title

25 22, United States Code, and to retain the proceeds derived
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1 from the disposition of such assets, or to participate in

2 asset sharing programs conducted by the Department of

3 Justice, to carry out the purposes of section 36 of that

4 Act.

5 SEC. 2202. AUTHORITIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE.

6 Section 203(4) of the State Department Basic Au7 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 4303(4)) is amended in

8 the third sentence by striking ‘‘should’’ both places it ap9 pears and inserting ‘‘shall’’.

10 SEC. 2203. BUYING POWER MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.

11 Section 24(b)(7) of the State Department Basic Au12 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(b)(7)) is amended

13 by striking subparagraph (D).

14 SEC. 2204. EXPENSES RELATING TO CERTAIN INTER15 NATIONAL CLAIMS AND PROCEEDINGS.

16 (a) RECOVERY OF CERTAIN EXPENSES.—The De17 partment of State Appropriation Act, 1937 (49 Stat.

18 1321, 22 U.S.C. 2661, as amended by section 142(b) of

19 the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years

20 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100–204)) is amended in the

21 fifth undesignated paragraph under the heading entitled

22 ‘‘INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSION’’ by striking

23 ‘‘extraordinary’’.

24 (b) PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES.—Section 38(c) of

25 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22
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1 U.S.C. 2710(c)) is amended in the first sentence by insert2 ing ‘‘personal and’’ before ‘‘other support services’’.

3 SEC. 2205. CONSOLIDATION OF UNITED STATES DIPLO4 MATIC MISSIONS AND CONSULAR POSTS.

5 (a) CONSOLIDATION PLAN.—The Secretary of State

6 shall develop a worldwide plan for the consolidation, wher7 ever practicable, on a regional or areawide basis, of United

8 States missions and consular posts abroad.

9 (b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan shall—

10 (1) identify specific United States diplomatic

11 missions and consular posts for consolidation;

12 (2) identify those missions and posts at which

13 the resident ambassador would also be accredited to

14 other specified states in which the United States ei15 ther maintained no resident official presence or

16 maintained such a presence only at staff level; and

17 (3) provide an estimate of—

18 (A) the amount by which expenditures

19 would be reduced through the reduction in the

20 number of United States Government personnel

21 assigned abroad;

22 (B) the reduction in the costs of maintain23 ing United States properties abroad; and

24 (C) the amount of revenues generated to

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1 position of United States properties associated

2 with the posts to be consolidated abroad.

3 (c) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 180 days after

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of

5 State shall transmit a copy of the plan to the appropriate

6 congressional committees.

7 CHAPTER 2—CONSULAR AUTHORITIES OF

8 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

9 SEC. 2231. MEMBERSHIP IN A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION

10 AS A BASIS FOR EXCLUSION FROM THE

11 UNITED STATES UNDER THE IMMIGRATION

12 AND NATIONALITY ACT.

13 Section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nation14 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)) is amended—

15 (1) at the end of clause (i)(I) by striking ‘‘or’’;

16 (2) at the end of clause (i)(II) by adding ‘‘or’’;

17 (3) by adding after clause (i)(II) the following:

18 ‘‘(III) is a member of an organi19 zation that engages in, or has engaged

20 in, terrorist activity or who actively

21 supports or advocates terrorist activ22 ity,’’; and

23 (4) by adding after clause (iii) the following:

24 ‘‘(iv) TERRORIST ORGANIZATION DE25 FINED.—As used in this Act, the term ‘ter-
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1 rorist organization’ means an organization

2 which commits terrorist activity as deter3 mined by the Attorney General, in con4 sultation with the Secretary of State.’’.

5 SEC. 2232. WAIVER AUTHORITY CONCERNING NOTICE OF

6 DENIAL OF APPLICATION FOR VISAS.

7 Section 212(b) of the Immigration and Nationality

8 Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(b)) is amended—

9 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as

10 subparagraphs (A) and (B);

11 (2) by striking ‘‘If’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) Subject

12 to paragraph (2), if’’; and

13 (3) by inserting at the end the following para14 graph:

15 ‘‘(2) With respect to applications for visas, the Sec16 retary of State may waive the application of paragraph

17 (1) in the case of a particular alien or any class or classes

18 of excludable aliens under subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3).’’.

19 SEC. 2233. SURCHARGE FOR PROCESSING CERTAIN MA20 CHINE READABLE VISAS.

21 Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza22 tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103—

23 236) is amended—

24 (1) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and in25 serting the following:
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1 ‘‘(2) For fiscal years 1996 and 1997, not more

2 than $250,000,000 in fees collected under the au3 thority of paragraph (1) shall be deposited as an off4 setting collection to any Department of State appro5 priation to recover the costs of enhancements in the

6 efficiency and security of the process of visa issu7 ance. Such fees shall remain available for obligation

8 until expended.

9 ‘‘(3) For any fiscal year, fees collected under

10 the authority of paragraph (1) in excess of the

11 amount specified for such fiscal year under para12 graph (2) shall be deposited in the general fund of

13 the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.’’; and

14 (2) by striking paragraph (5).

15 SEC. 2234. FINGERPRINT CHECK REQUIREMENT.

16 Section 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization

17 Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236)

18 is amended by adding at the end the following:

19 ‘‘(e) FINGERPRINT CHECK REQUIREMENT.—If a visa

20 applicant is determined to have a criminal history record

21 under subsection (d)(1), has been physically present in the

22 United States, and is more than 16 years of age, the appli23 cant shall provide a fingerprint record for submission with

24 the application, at no cost to the Department of State.

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1 record to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for analysis

2 to determine whether the applicant has been convicted of

3 a felony under State or Federal law in the United

4 States.’’.

5 SEC. 2235. USE OF CERTAIN PASSPORT PROCESSING FEES

6 FOR ENHANCED PASSPORT SERVICES.

7 For each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997, of the

8 fees collected for expedited passport processing and depos9 ited to an offsetting collection pursuant to the Department

10 of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fis11 cal Year 1995 (Public Law 103–317; 22 U.S.C. 214), 10

12 percent shall be available only for enhancing passport

13 services for United States citizens, improving the integrity

14 and efficiency of the passport issuance process, improving

15 the secure nature of the United States passport, inves16 tigating passport fraud, and deterring entry into the

17 United States by terrorists, drug traffickers, or other

18 criminals.

19 SEC. 2236. CONSULAR OFFICERS.

20 (a) PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE REPORTS OF

21 BIRTH ABROAD.—Section 33 of the State Department

22 Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2705) is amend23 ed in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘(or any United States

24 citizen employee of the Department of State designated

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1 pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary may pre2 scribe)’’ after ‘‘consular officer’’.

3 (b) PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONSULAR OFFI4 CERS.—Section 31 of the Act of August 18, 1856 (Rev.

5 Stat. 1689, 22 U.S.C. 4191), is amended by inserting

6 ‘‘and to such other United States citizen employees of the

7 Department of State as may be designated by the Sec8 retary of State pursuant to such regulations as the Sec9 retary may prescribe’’ after ‘‘such officers’’.

10 (c) PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO AUTHENTICATE FOR11 EIGN DOCUMENTS.—Section 3492(c) of title 18 of the

12 United States Code is amended by adding at the end the

13 following: ‘‘For purposes of this section and sections

14 3493–3496 of this title, a consular officer shall include

15 any United States citizen employee of the Department of

16 State designated to perform notarial functions pursuant

17 to section 24 of the Act of August 18, 1856 (Rev. Stat.

18 1750, 22 U.S.C. 4221).’’.

19 (d) PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO ADMINISTER

20 OATHS.—Section 115 of title 35 of the United States

21 Code is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For

22 purposes of this section, a consular officer shall include

23 any United States citizen employee of the Department of

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1 to section 24 of the Act of August 18, 1856 (Rev. Stat.

2 1750, 22 U.S.C. 4221).’’.

3 (e) DEFINITION OF CONSULAR OFFICER.—Section

4 101(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.

5 1101(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following

6 new paragraph:

7 ‘‘(3) The term ‘consular officer’ includes any

8 United States citizen employee of the Department of

9 State designated by the Secretary of State to adju10 dicate nationality abroad pursuant to such regula11 tions as the Secretary may prescribe.’’.

12 SEC. 2237. EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES OF

13 ALIENS WHO HAVE CONFISCATED PROPERTY

14 CLAIMED BY UNITED STATES PERSONS.

15 (a) ADDITIONAL GROUNDS FOR EXCLUSION.—Sec16 tion 212(a)(9) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8

17 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)) is amended by adding at the end the

18 following:

19 ‘‘(D) ALIENS WHO HAVE CONFISCATED

20 AMERICAN PROPERTY ABROAD AND RELATED

21 PERSONS.—Any alien who—

22 ‘‘(i) has confiscated, or has directed

23 or overseen the confiscation of, property

24 the claim to which is owned by a United

25 States person, or converts or has converted
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1 for personal gain confiscated property, the

2 claim to which is owned by a United States

3 person;

4 ‘‘(ii) traffics in confiscated property,

5 the claim to which is owned by a United

6 States person;

7 ‘‘(iii) is a corporate officer, principal,

8 or controlling shareholder of an entity

9 which the Secretary of State determines or

10 is informed by competent authority has

11 been involved in the confiscation, traffick12 ing in, or subsequent unauthorized use or

13 benefit from confiscated property, the

14 claim to which is owned by a United States

15 person, or

16 ‘‘(iv) is a spouse or dependent of a

17 person described in subclause (I),

18 is excludable.’’.

19 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

20 subsection (a) shall apply to individuals seeking to enter

21 the United States on or after the date of enactment of

22 this Act.
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1 CHAPTER 3—REFUGEES AND MIGRATION

2 SEC. 2251. UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MI3 GRATION ASSISTANCE FUND.

4 (a) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM EMERGENCY

5 FUND.—Section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assist6 ance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)) is amended by add7 ing after paragraph (3) the following:

8 ‘‘(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,

9 the President shall notify the appropriate congressional

10 committees not less than 15 days before transferring or

11 otherwise making available amounts from the United

12 States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance

13 Fund under paragraph (1).’’.

14 (b) NOTIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES FROM

15 FUND.—Section 2(d) of the Migration and Refugee As16 sistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)) is amended to

17 read as follows:

18 ‘‘(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), and

19 notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Presi20 dent shall notify the appropriate congressional committees

21 at least 15 days in advance of the obligation or expendi22 ture of sums from the United States Emergency Refugee

23 and Migration Assistance Fund under subsection (c).

24 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding the notification requirement of

25 paragraph (1), the President may obligate and expend
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1 sums from the United States Emergency Refugee and Mi2 gration Assistance Fund if the President determines, and

3 promptly certifies to the appropriate congressional com4 mittees, that unforseen emergency circumstances require

5 the immediate obligation of sums from such fund. Any

6 such certification shall fully inform such committees of the

7 amount and use of such sums from the Fund.

8 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this section, the term ‘appro9 priate congressional committees’ means the Committee on

10 International Relations and the Committee on Appropria11 tions of the House of Representatives and the Committee

12 on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropria13 tions of the Senate.’’.

14 SEC. 2252. PERSECUTION FOR RESISTANCE TO COERCIVE

15 POPULATION CONTROL METHODS.

16 Section 101(a)(42) of the Immigration and National17 ity Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(42)) is amended by adding at

18 the end the following: ‘‘For purposes of determinations

19 under this Act, a person who has been forced to abort

20 a pregnancy or to undergo involuntary sterilization, or

21 who has been persecuted for failure or refusal to undergo

22 such a procedure or for other resistance to a coercive pop23 ulation control program, shall be deemed to have been per24 secuted on account of political opinion, and a person who

25 has a well founded fear that he or she will be forced to
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1 undergo such a procedure or subjected to persecution for

2 such failure, refusal, or resistance shall be deemed to have

3 a well founded fear of persecution on account of political

4 opinion.’’.

5 SEC. 2253. REPORT TO CONGRESS CONCERNING CUBAN

6 EMIGRATION POLICIES.

7 Beginning 3 months after the date of the enactment

8 of this Act and every subsequent 6 months, the President

9 shall transmit a report to the appropriate congressional

10 committees concerning the methods employed by the Gov11 ernment of Cuba to enforce the United States—Cuba Im12 migration Agreement of September 1994 to restrict the

13 emigration of the Cuban people from Cuba to the United

14 States. Each report transmitted pursuant to this section

15 shall include a detailed account of United States efforts

16 to monitor such enforcement.

17 SEC. 2254. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE INVOL18 UNTARY RETURN OF REFUGEES.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The United States shall not invol20 untarily return any person to a country in which the per21 son has a well founded fear of persecution, or promote

22 or assist such involuntary return.

23 (b) INVOLUNTARILY RETURN DEFINED—As used in

24 this section, the term ‘‘involuntarily return’’ means to take

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1 will be required to return to a country against the person’s

2 will, regardless of whether such return is induced by phys3 ical force and regardless of whether the person is phys4 ically present in the United States.’’.

5 SEC. 2255. CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS REGARDING

6 THE ANNUAL ADMISSION OF REFUGEES.

7 The first sentence of section 207(d)(1) of the Immi8 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(d)(1)) is

9 amended to read as follows: ‘‘Not later than 6 months be10 fore the start of each fiscal year, the President shall report

11 to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on

12 International Relations of the House of Representatives

13 and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee

14 on Foreign Relations of the Senate regarding the foresee15 able number of refugees who will be in need of resettle16 ment during the fiscal year and the anticipated allocation

17 of refugee admissions during the fiscal year.’’.

18 SEC. 2256. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN ADJUDICATION PROVI19 SIONS.

20 The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Re21 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law

22 101–167) is amended—

23 (1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—

24 (A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and

25 1996’’ and inserting ‘‘1996, and 1997’’; and
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1 (B) in subsection (e), by striking out ‘‘Oc2 tober 1, 1996’’ each place it appears and insert3 ing ‘‘October 1, 1997’’; and

4 (2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in

5 subsection (b)(2), by striking out ‘‘September 30,

6 1996’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1997’’.

7 TITLE XXIII—ORGANIZATION OF

8 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE;

9 DEPARTMENT OF STATE PER10 SONNEL; THE FOREIGN SERV11 ICE

12 CHAPTER 1—ORGANIZATION OF THE

13 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

14 SEC. 2301. COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM.

15 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 1(e) of the State De16 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.

17 2651a(e)) is amended—

18 (1) by striking ‘‘In’’ and inserting the following:

19 ‘‘(1) In’’; and

20 (2) by inserting at the end the following:

21 ‘‘(2) COORDINATOR FOR COUNTER22 TERRORISM.—

23 ‘‘(A) There shall be within the office of the

24 Secretary of State a Coordinator for

25 Counterterrorism (hereafter in this paragraph
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1 referred to as the ‘Coordinator’) who shall be

2 appointed by the President, by and with the ad3 vice and consent of the Senate.

4 ‘‘(B)(i) The Coordinator shall perform

5 such duties and exercise such power as the Sec6 retary of State shall prescribe.

7 ‘‘(ii) The principal duty of the Coordinator

8 shall be the overall supervision (including policy

9 oversight of resources) of international

10 counterterrorism activities. The Coordinator

11 shall be the principal advisor to the Secretary

12 of State on international counterterrorism mat13 ters. The Coordinator shall be the principal

14 counterterrorism official within the senior man15 agement of the Department of State and shall

16 report directly to the Secretary of State.

17 ‘‘(C) The Coordinator shall have the rank and

18 status of Ambassador-at-Large. The Coordinator

19 shall be compensated at the annual rate of basic pay

20 in effect for a position at level IV of the Executive

21 Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United

22 States Code, or, if the Coordinator is appointed from

23 the Foreign Service, the annual rate of pay which

24 the individual last received under the Foreign Serv25 ice Schedule, whichever is greater.
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1 ‘‘(D) For purposes of diplomatic protocol

2 among officers of the Department of State, the Co3 ordinator shall take precedence after the Secretary

4 of State, the Deputy Secretary of State, and the

5 Under Secretaries of State and shall take precedence

6 among the Assistant Secretaries of State in the

7 order prescribed by the Secretary of State.’’.

8 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

9 Section 161 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act,

10 Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236) is

11 amended by striking subsection (e).

12 (c) TRANSITION PROVISION.—The President may ap13 point the individual serving as Coordinator for

14 Counterterrorism of the Department of State on the day

15 before the effective date of this division, or such other offi16 cial of the Department of State appointed by and with

17 the advice and consent of the Senate as the President con18 siders appropriate to serve as the acting Coordinator for

19 Counterterrorism until an individual is appointed to that

20 office in accordance with section 1(e) of the State Depart21 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 as amended by this

22 Act.

23 SEC. 2302. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR TIBET.

24 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following

25 findings:
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1 (1) The Government of the People’s Republic of

2 China withholds meaningful participation in the gov3 ernance of Tibet from Tibetans and has failed to

4 abide by its own constitutional guarantee of auton5 omy for Tibetans.

6 (2) The Government of the People’s Republic of

7 China is responsible for the destruction of much of

8 Tibet’s cultural and religious heritage since 1959

9 and continues to threaten the survival of Tibetan

10 culture and religion.

11 (3) The Government of the People’s Republic of

12 China, through direct and indirect incentives, has es13 tablished discriminatory development programs

14 which have resulted in an overwhelming flow of Chi15 nese immigrants into Tibet, including those areas in16 corporated into the Chinese provinces of Sichuan,

17 Yunnan, Gansu, and Quinghai in recent years, and

18 have excluded Tibetans from participation in impor19 tant policy decisions, further threatening traditional

20 Tibetan life.

21 (4) The Government of the People’s Republic of

22 China denies Tibetans their fundamental human

23 rights, as reported in the Department of State’s

24 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for

25 1995.
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1 (5) The President and the Congress have deter2 mined that the promotion of human rights in Tibet

3 and the protection of Tibet’s religion and culture are

4 important elements in United States-China relations

5 and have urged senior members of the Government

6 of the People’s Republic of China to enter into sub7 stantive negotiations on these matters with the Dalai

8 Lama or his representative.

9 (6) The Dalai Lama has repeatedly stated his

10 willingness to begin substantive negotiations without

11 preconditions.

12 (7) The Government of the People’s Republic of

13 China has failed to respond in a good faith manner

14 by reciprocating a willingness to begin negotiations

15 without preconditions, and no substantive negotia16 tions have begun.

17 (b) UNITED STATES SPECIAL ENVOY FOR TIBET.—

18 Section 1(e) of the State Department Basic Authorities

19 Act (U.S.C. 2651a(e)) is amended by adding after para20 graph (2) the following new paragraph:

21 ‘‘(3) UNITED STATES SPECIAL ENVOY FOR

22 TIBET.—

23 ‘‘(A) There shall be within the Department

24 of State a United States Special Envoy for

25 Tibet, who shall be appointed by the President,
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1 by and with the advice and consent of the Sen2 ate. The United States Special Envoy for Tibet

3 shall hold office at the pleasure of the Presi4 dent.

5 ‘‘(B) The United States Special Envoy for

6 Tibet shall have the personal rank of ambas7 sador.

8 ‘‘(C) The United States Special Envoy for

9 Tibet is authorized and encouraged—

10 ‘‘(i) to promote substantive negotia11 tions between the Dalai Lama or his rep12 resentatives and senior members of the

13 Government of the People’s Republic of

14 China;

15 ‘‘(ii) to promote good relations be16 tween the Dalai Lama and his representa17 tives and the United States Government,

18 including meeting with members or rep19 resentatives of the Tibetan government-in20 exile; and

21 ‘‘(iii) to travel regularly throughout

22 Tibet and Tibetan refugee settlements.

23 ‘‘(D) The United States Special Envoy for

24 Tibet shall—
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1 ‘‘(i) consult with the Congress on poli2 cies relevant to Tibet and the future and

3 welfare of all Tibetan people;

4 ‘‘(ii) coordinate United States Govern5 ment policies, programs, and projects con6 cerning Tibet; and

7 ‘‘(iii) report to the Secretary of State

8 regarding the matters described in section

9 536(a)(2) of the Foreign Relations Author10 ization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995

11 (Public Law 103–236).’’.

12 SEC. 2303. ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDINATOR FOR HUMAN

13 RIGHTS AND REFUGEES AND BUREAU OF

14 REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ASSISTANCE.

15 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDINATOR FOR HUMAN

16 RIGHTS AND REFUGEES.—

17 Section 1(e) of the State Department Basic Authori18 ties Act (22 U.S.C. 2651a(e)) is amended by adding after

19 paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:

20 ‘‘(4) COORDINATOR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND

21 REFUGEES.—

22 ‘‘(A) There shall be within the office of the

23 Secretary of State a Coordinator for Human

24 Rights and Refugees (hereafter in this para25 graph referred to as the ‘Coordinator’) who
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1 shall be appointed by the President, by and

2 with the advice and consent of the Senate. The

3 Coordinator shall report directly to the Sec4 retary of State.

5 ‘‘(B) The Coordinator shall be responsible

6 for matters pertaining to human rights, refu7 gees, and humanitarian affairs (including mat8 ters relating to prisoners of war and members

9 of the United States Armed Forces missing in

10 action) in the conduct of foreign policy. The Co11 ordinator shall head the Bureau of Refugee and

12 Migration Assistance and the Bureau of De13 mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor.

14 ‘‘(C) The Coordinator shall have the rank

15 and status of Ambassador-at-Large. The Coor16 dinator shall be compensated at the annual rate

17 of basic pay in effect for a position at level IV

18 of the Executive Schedule under section 5314

19 of title 5, United States Code, or, if the Coordi20 nator is appointed from the Foreign Service,

21 the annual rate of pay which the individual last

22 received under the Foreign Service Schedule,

23 whichever is greater.

24 ‘‘(D) For purposes of diplomatic protocol

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1 Coordinator shall take precedence after the Sec2 retary of State, the Deputy Secretary of State,

3 and the Under Secretaries of State and shall

4 take precedence among the Assistant Secretar5 ies of State in the order prescribed by the Sec6 retary of State.’’.

7 (b) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF

8 STATE FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1(c) of the State

10 Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22

11 U.S.C. 2651a(c)) is amended by striking paragraph

12 (2).

13 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Foreign

14 Assistance Act of 1961 is amended—

15 (A) in section 116(c) (22 U.S.C. 2151n),

16 by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary of State for

17 Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor’’ and in18 serting ‘‘Secretary’’;

19 (B) in sections 502B and 505(g)(4)(A) by

20 striking ‘‘, prepared with the assistance of the

21 Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy,

22 Human Rights, and Labor,’’; and

23 (C) in section 573(c) by striking ‘‘Assist24 ant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human
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1 Rights, and Labor’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of

2 State’’.

3 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF BUREAU OF REFUGEE AND

4 MIGRATION ASSISTANCE.—Section 1 of the State Depart5 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a)

6 is amended by adding after subsection (e) the following

7 new subsection:

8 ‘‘(f) ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN BUREAUS, OF9 FICES, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL ENTITIES WITHIN

10 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—

11 ‘‘(1) BUREAU OF REFUGEE AND MIGRATION AS12 SISTANCE.—There is established within the Depart13 ment of State the Bureau of Refugee and Migration

14 Assistance which shall assist the Secretary of State

15 in carrying out the Migration and Refugee Assist16 ance Act of 1962. The Bureau shall be headed by

17 the Coordinator for Human Rights and Refugees.’’.

18 SEC. 2304. ELIMINATION OF STATUTORY ESTABLISHMENT

19 OF CERTAIN POSITIONS OF THE DEPART20 MENT OF STATE.

21 (a) ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH

22 ASIAN AFFAIRS.—Section 122 of the Foreign Relations

23 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22

24 U.S.C. 2652b) is repealed.
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1 (b) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR

2 BURDENSHARING.—Section 161 of the Foreign Relations

3 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22

4 U.S.C. 2651a note) is amended by striking subsection (f).

5 (c) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND

6 INTERNTIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AF7 FAIRS.—Section 9 of the Department of State Appropria8 tions Authorization Act of 1973 (22 U.S.C. 2655a) is re9 pealed.

10 SEC. 2305. ESTABLISHMENT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF

11 STATE FOR HUMAN RESOURCES.

12 Section 1(c) of the State Department Basic Authori13 ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)) is amended by add14 ing after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:

15 ‘‘(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HUMAN RE16 SOURCES.—There shall be in the Department of

17 State an Assistant Secretary for Human Resources

18 who shall be responsible to the Secretary of State

19 for matters relating to human resources including

20 the implementation of personnel policies and pro21 grams within the Department of State and inter22 national affairs functions and activities carried out

23 through the Department of State. The Assistant

24 Secretary shall have substantial professional quali-
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1 fications in the field of human resource policy and

2 management.’’.

3 SEC. 2306. AUTHORITY OF UNITED STATES PERMANENT

4 REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

5 Section 2(a) of the United Nations Participation Act

6 of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘hold

7 office at the pleasure of the President’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘serve at the pleasure of the President and subject to the

9 direction of the Secretary of State, acting through the As10 sistant Secretary of State with principal responsibility for

11 the conduct of international organization affairs’’.

12 CHAPTER 2—PERSONNEL OF THE DE13 PARTMENT OF STATE; THE FOREIGN

14 SERVICE

15 SEC. 2351. AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF THE FOREIGN SERV16 ICE.

17 (a) END FISCAL YEAR 1996 LEVELS.—The number

18 of members of the Foreign Service authorized to be em19 ployed as of September 30, 1996—

20 (1) for the Department of State, shall not ex21 ceed 9,000, of whom not more than 720 shall be

22 members of the Senior Foreign Service;

23 (2) for the United States Information Agency,

24 shall not exceed 1,150, of whom not more than 165

25 shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service; and
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1 (3) for the Agency for International Develop2 ment, not to exceed 1,800, of whom not more than

3 240 shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service.

4 (b) END FISCAL YEAR 1997 LEVELS.—The number

5 of members of the Foreign Service authorized to be em6 ployed as of September 30, 1997—

7 (1) for the Department of State, shall not ex8 ceed 8,800, of whom not more than 680 shall be

9 members of the Senior Foreign Service;

10 (2) for the United States Information Agency,

11 not to exceed 1,100 of whom not more than 160

12 shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service; and

13 (3) for the Agency for International Develop14 ment, not to exceed 1,775 of whom not more than

15 230 shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service.

16 (c) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section,

17 the term ‘‘members of the Foreign Service’’ is used within

18 the meaning of such term under section 103 of the For19 eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C 3903), except that

20 such term does not include—

21 (1) members of the Service under paragraphs

22 (6) and (7) of such section;

23 (2) members of the Service serving under tem24 porary resident appointments abroad;
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1 (3) members of the Service employed on less

2 than a full-time basis;

3 (4) members of the Service subject to involun4 tary separation in cases in which such separation

5 has been suspended pursuant to section 1106(8) of

6 the Foreign Service Act of 1980; and

7 (5) members of the Service serving under non8 career limited appointments.

9 (d) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—(1) Subject to paragraph

10 (2), the Secretary of State, the Director of the United

11 States Information Agency, and the Director of the Agen12 cy for International Development may waive any limita13 tion under subsection (a) or (b) which applies to the De14 partment of State, the United States Information Agency,

15 or the Agency for International Development as the case

16 may be, to the extent that such waiver is necessary to

17 carry on the foreign affairs functions of the United States.

18 (2) Not less than 15 days before any agency head

19 implements a waiver under paragraph (1), such agency

20 head shall notify the Chairman of the Committee on For21 eign Relations of the Senate and the Chairman of the

22 Committee on International Relations of the House of

23 Representatives. Such notice shall include an explanation

24 of the circumstances and necessity for such waiver.
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1 SEC. 2352. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY FOR SENIOR FOREIGN

2 SERVICE PERFORMANCE PAY.

3 (a) REPEAL.—Section 405 of the Foreign Service Act

4 of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3965) is repealed.

5 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of the

6 Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended in the table of

7 contents by striking the item related to section 405.

8 TITLE XXIV—UNITED STATES

9 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AU10 THORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

11 FOR UNITED STATES INFOR12 MATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL,

13 AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS

14 CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS

15 SEC. 2401. ELIMINATION OF PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION.

16 Section 208 of the Foreign Relations Authorization

17 Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 is amended by striking

18 subsection (e).

19 SEC. 2402. EXTENSION OF AU PAIR PROGRAMS.

20 Section 8 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship

21 Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–454) is amended in the last

22 sentence by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘fis23 cal year 1997’’.
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1 SEC. 2403. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES

2 WITH HONG KONG.

3 The Director of the United States Information Agen4 cy shall establish programs of educational and cultural ex5 change between the United States and the people of Hong

6 Kong.

7 SEC. 2404. CONDUCT OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EX8 CHANGE PROGRAMS.

9 In carrying out programs of educational and cultural

10 exchange in Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Cambodia,

11 Tibet, Burma, and East Timor, the Director of the United

12 States Information Agency shall take appropriate steps to

13 provide opportunities for participation in such programs

14 to human rights and democracy leaders of such countries

15 and persons who are nationals but not residents of such

16 countries.

17 SEC. 2405. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND

18 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BUR19 MESE.

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AND CUL21 TURAL EXCHANGE FOR TIBETANS.—The Director of the

22 United States Information Agency shall establish pro23 grams of educational cultural exchange between the

24 United States and the people of Tibet. Such programs

25 shall include opportunities for training and, as the Direc-
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1 tor considers appropriate, may include the assignment of

2 personnel and resources abroad.

3 (b) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BURMESE.—

4 (1) For each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997,

5 at least 30 scholarships shall be made available to

6 Tibetan students and professionals who are outside

7 Tibet, and at least 15 scholarships shall be made

8 available to Burmese students and professionals who

9 are outside Burma.

10 (2) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to

11 the extent that the Director of the United States In12 formation Agency determines that there are not

13 enough qualified students to fulfill such allocation

14 requirement.

15 (3) SCHOLARSHIP DEFINED.—For the purposes

16 of this section, the term ‘‘scholarship’’ means an

17 amount to be used for full or partial support of tui18 tion and fees to attend an educational institution,

19 and may include fees, books, and supplies, equip20 ment required for courses at an educational institu21 tion, living expenses at a United States educational

22 institution, and travel expenses to and from, and

23 within, the United States.
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1 SEC. 2406. AVAILABILITY OF VOICE OF AMERICA AND

2 RADIO MARTI MULTILINGUAL COMPUTER

3 READABLE TEXT AND VOICE RECORDINGS.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 208 of

5 the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years

6 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 1461–1a) and the second sen7 tence of section 501 of the United States Information and

8 Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461), the

9 Director of the United States Information Agency is au10 thorized to make available, upon request, to the Linguistic

11 Data Consortium of the University of Pennsylvania com12 puter readable multilingual text and recorded speech in

13 various languages. The Consortium shall, directly or indi14 rectly as appropriate, reimburse the Director for any ex15 penses involved in making such materials available.

16 (b) TERMINATION.—Subsection (a) shall cease to

17 have effect 5 years after the date of the enactment of this

18 Act.

19 SEC. 2407. RETENTION OF INTEREST.

20 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with the

21 approval of the National Endowment for Democracy,

22 grant funds made available by the National Endowment

23 for Democracy may be deposited in interest-bearing ac24 counts pending disbursement and any interest which ac25 crues may be retained by the grantee and used for the

26 purposes for which the grant was made.
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1 CHAPTER 2—INTERNATIONAL

2 BROADCASTING

3 SEC. 2431. EXPANSION OF BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOV4 ERNORS.

5 Section 304(b) of the United States International

6 Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6203) is amended—

7 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘9’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘11’’;

9 (2) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘8’’ and in10 serting ‘‘10’’; and

11 (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘4’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘5’’.

13 SEC. 2432. PLAN FOR RADIO FREE ASIA.

14 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact15 ment of this Act, the Director of the United States Infor16 mation Agency shall submit to the Congress a detailed

17 plan for the establishment and operation of Radio Free

18 Asia.

19 SEC. 2433. PILOT PROJECT FOR FREEDOM BROADCASTING

20 TO ASIA.

21 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Director of the United States

22 Information Agency shall make grants for broadcasting to

23 the People’s Republic of China, Burma, Cambodia, Laos,

24 North Korea, Tibet, and Vietnam. Such broadcasting shall

25 provide accurate and timely information, news, and com-
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1 mentary about events in the respective countries of Asia

2 and elsewhere, and shall be a forum for a variety of opin3 ions and voices from within Asian nations whose people

4 do not fully enjoy freedom of expression.

5 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of such grants shall be

6 to provide such broadcasting on an interim basis during

7 the period before Radio Free Asia becomes fully oper8 ational.

9 (c) APPLICATIONS.—In considering applications for

10 grants, the Director of the United States Information

11 Agency shall give strong preference to entities which (1)

12 take advantage of the expertise of political and religious

13 dissidents and pro-democracy and human rights activists

14 from within the countries to whom broadcasting is di15 rected, including exiles from these countries; and (2) take

16 advantage of contracts or similar arrangements with exist17 ing broadcast facilities so as to provide immediate broad18 cast coverage with low overhead.

19 (d) PLAN.—Not later than 30 days after the date of

20 the enactment of this Act, the Director of the United

21 States Information Agency shall submit to the appropriate

22 congressional committees a plan for implementing this sec23 tion which shall include details concerning timetable for

24 implementation, grant criteria, and grant application pro25 cedures. The procedures and timetable should be designed
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1 to ensure that grantees will begin broadcasting not later

2 than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

3 TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL

4 ORGANIZATIONS AND COM5 MISSIONS

6 CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS

7 SEC. 2501. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COM8 MISSION.

9 The Act of May 13, 1924 (49 Stat. 660, 22 U.S.C.

10 277–277f), is amended in section 3 (22 U.S.C. 277b) by

11 adding the following new subsection at the end:

12 ‘‘(d) Pursuant to the authority of subsection (a) and

13 in order to facilitate further compliance with the terms

14 of the Convention for Equitable Distribution of the Waters

15 of the Rio Grande, May 21, 1906, United States-Mexico,

16 the Secretary of State, acting through the United States

17 Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water

18 Commission, may make improvements to the Rio Grande

19 Canalization Project, originally authorized by the Act of

20 August 29, 1935 (49 Stat. 961). Such improvements may

21 include all such works as may be needed to stabilize the

22 Rio Grande in the reach between the Percha Diversion

23 Dam in New Mexico and the American Diversion Dam in

24 El Paso.’’.
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1 CHAPTER 2—UNITED NATIONS AND AF2 FILIATED AGENCIES AND ORGANIZA3 TIONS

4 SEC. 2521. REFORM IN BUDGET DECISIONMAKING PROCE5 DURES OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS

6 SPECIALIZED AGENCIES.

7 (a) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS.—Of amounts au8 thorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Assessed Contributions

9 to International Organizations’’ by this Act, the President

10 may withhold 20 percent of the funds appropriated for the

11 United States assessed contribution to the United Nations

12 or to any of its specialized agencies for any calendar year

13 if the United Nations or any such agency has failed to

14 implement or to continue to implement consensus-based

15 decisionmaking procedures on budgetary matters which

16 assure that sufficient attention is paid to the views of the

17 United States and other member states that are the major

18 financial contributors to such assessed budgets.

19 (b) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The President shall no20 tify the Congress when a decision is made to withhold any

21 share of the United States assessed contribution to the

22 United Nations or its specialized agencies pursuant to

23 subsection (a) and shall notify the Congress when the deci24 sion is made to pay any previously withheld assessed con25 tribution. A notification under this subsection shall include
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1 appropriate consultation between the President (or the

2 President’s representative) and the Committee on Inter3 national Relations of the House of Representatives and

4 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

5 (c) CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PRIOR YEARS.—Subject to

6 the availability of appropriations, payment of assessed

7 contributions for prior years may be made to the United

8 Nations or any of its specialized agencies notwithstanding

9 subsection (a) if such payment would further United

10 States interests in that organization.

11 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Feb12 ruary 1 of each year, the President shall submit to the

13 appropriate congressional committees a report concerning

14 the amount of United States assessed contributions paid

15 to the United Nations and each of its specialized agencies

16 during the preceding calendar year.

17 SEC. 2523. LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNIT18 ED NATIONS OR UNITED NATIONS AFFILI19 ATED ORGANIZATIONS.

20 The United States shall not make any voluntary or

21 assessed contribution—

22 (1) to any affiliated organization of the United

23 Nations which grants full membership as a state to

24 any organization or group that does not have the

25 internationally recognized attributes of statehood, or
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1 (2) to the United Nations, if the United Na2 tions grants full membership as a state in the Unit3 ed Nations to any organization or group that does

4 not have the internationally recognized attributes of

5 statehood,

6 during any period in which such membership is effective.

7 SEC. 2524. REPORT ON UNICEF.

8 Not later than December 31, 1995, the Secretary of

9 State shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com10 mittees a report on (1) the progress of UNICEF toward

11 effective financial, program, and personnel management;

12 (2) the progress of UNICEF in shifting its health, child

13 survival, and maternal survival programs toward efficient

14 and low-overhead contractors, with particular emphasis on

15 nongovernmental organizations; and (3) the extent to

16 which UNICEF has demonstrated its commitment to its

17 traditional mission of child health and welfare and resisted

18 pressure to become involved in functions performed by

19 other United Nations agencies.
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1 TITLE XXVI—FOREIGN POLICY

2 PROVISIONS

3 CHAPTER 1—MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN

4 POLICY PROVISIONS

5 SEC. 2601. APPLICABILITY OF TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT.

6 Section 3 of the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C.

7 3302) is amended by adding at the end the following new

8 subsection:

9 ‘‘(d) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) super10 sede any provision of the Joint Communique of the United

11 States and China of August 17, 1982.’’.

12 SEC. 2602. REPORT ON OCCUPIED TIBET.

13 (a) FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS OF CONGRESS.—

14 The Congress makes the following findings and declara15 tions:

16 (1) Tibet is an occupied sovereign country

17 under international law and its true representatives

18 are the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in

19 exile.

20 (2) The United States should seek to establish

21 a dialogue with those recognized by Congress as the

22 true representatives of the Tibetan people, the Dalai

23 Lama, his representatives, and the Tibetan Govern24 ment in exile, concerning the situation in Tibet and

25 the future of the Tibetan people and to expand and
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1 strengthen United States-Tibet cultural and edu2 cational relations, including promoting bilateral ex3 changes arranged directly with the Tibetan Govern4 ment in exile.

5 (b) REPORT ON UNITED STATES-TIBET RELA6 TIONS.— Not later than 6 months after the date of enact7 ment of this Act, and every 12 months thereafter, the Sec8 retary of State shall transmit to the Chairman of the Com9 mittee on Foreign Relations and the Speaker of the House

10 of Representatives a report on the state of relations be11 tween the United States and those recognized by Congress

12 as the true representatives of the Tibetan people, the

13 Dalai Lama, his representatives, and the Tibetan Govern14 ment in exile, and on conditions in Tibet.

15 (c) SEPARATE TIBET REPORTS.—

16 (1) It is the sense of the Congress that when17 ever an executive branch report is transmitted to the

18 Congress on a country-by-country basis there should

19 be included in such report, where applicable, a sepa20 rate report on Tibet listed alphabetically with its

21 own state heading.

22 (2) The reports referred to in paragraph (1) in23 clude, but are not limited to, reports transmitted

24 under sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign

25 Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to human rights).
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1 SEC. 2603. BOSNIA GENOCIDE JUSTICE ACT.

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the

3 ‘‘Bosnia Genocide Justice Act’’.

4 (b) POLICY.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with inter6 national law, it is the policy of the United States to

7 bring to justice persons responsible for genocide, war

8 crimes, crimes against humanity and other serious

9 violations of international humanitarian law commit10 ted in the territory of the former Yugoslavia since

11 1991.

12 (2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Congress urges

13 the President—

14 (A) to collect or assist appropriate organi15 zations and individuals to collect relevant data

16 on these crimes committed in the former Yugo17 slavia;

18 (B) to share such data with the War

19 Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia es20 tablished by the Security Council of the United

21 Nations;

22 (C) to assist United Nations efforts to in23 vestigate, prosecute, and try those responsible

24 for genocide, war crimes, crimes against hu25 manity and other serious violations of inter-
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1 national humanitarian law committed in the

2 territory of the former Yugoslavia since 1991;

3 (D) to submit to the Congress implement4 ing legislation to enable compliance with re5 quests and orders of the Tribunal; and

6 (E) to support the ongoing work of the

7 Tribunal through a cash contribution of not less

8 than $3,000,000 to the United Nations Vol9 untary Fund for the War Crimes Tribunal for

10 the former Yugoslavia for 1996 and 1997.

11 (c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Beginning 6

12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and every

13 6 months thereafter during fiscal years 1996 and 1997,

14 the President shall submit a report describing the steps

15 taken to implement the provisions of this section to the

16 appropriate congressional committees.
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1 CHAPTER 2—RELATING TO THE UNITED

2 STATES-NORTH KOREA AGREED

3 FRAMEWORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS

4 OF NORTH KOREA UNDER THAT AND

5 PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS WITH RE6 SPECT TO THE DENUCLEARIZATION

7 OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND DIA8 LOGUE WITH THE REPUBLIC OF

9 KOREA

10 SEC. 2641. FINDINGS.

11 The Congress makes the following findings:

12 (1) The United States-Democratic People’s Re13 public of Korea Agreed Framework (‘‘Agreed

14 Framework’’), entered into on October 21, 1994, be15 tween the United States and North Korea, requires

16 North Korea to stop and eventually dismantle its

17 graphite-moderated nuclear reactor program and re18 lated facilities, and comply fully with its obligations

19 under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nu20 clear Weapons, in exchange for alternative energy

21 sources, including interim supplies of bunker oil for

22 electric generators and more proliferation-resistant

23 light water reactor technology.

24 (2) The Agreed Framework also commits North

25 Korea to ‘‘consistently take steps to implement the
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1 North-South Joint Declaration on the

2 Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula’’ and ‘‘en3 gage in North-South’’ dialogue with the Republic of

4 Korea.

5 (3) The Agreed Framework does not indicate

6 specific criteria for full normalization of relations be7 tween the United States and North Korea, and does

8 not link the sequencing of actions in the Agreed

9 Framework with any time-frame for carrying out the

10 provisions of the North-South Joint Declaration on

11 the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and

12 carrying out the dialogue between North Korea and

13 the Republic of Korea.

14 (4) The commitment by North Korea to carry

15 out the letter and spirit of the Agreed Framework

16 has been put into doubt by actions of North Korea

17 since October 21, 1994, including the suspected di18 version of United States heavy fuel oil in apparent

19 contravention of the agreed purpose of the interim

20 fuel deliveries, the refusal to accept light water reac21 tors from the Republic of Korea, the harsh denun22 ciations of the Government of the Republic of Korea,

23 and other actions contrary to the commitment by

24 North Korea to engage in a dialogue with such Gov-
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1 ernment, and the continued conduct of provocative,

2 offensive oriented military exercises.

3 (5) The nuclear threat posed by North Korea is

4 just one of a number of security concerns of the

5 United States arising out of the policies of North

6 Korea.

7 SEC. 2642. CLARIFICATION OF NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERA8 TION OBLIGATIONS OF NORTH KOREA

9 UNDER THE AGREED FRAMEWORK.

10 It is the sense of the Congress that in discussions

11 or negotiations with the Government of North Korea pur12 suant to the implementation of the United States-Demo13 cratic People’s Republic of Korea Agreed Framework (in

14 this joint resolution referred to as the ‘‘Agreed Frame15 work’’), entered into on October 21, 1994, the President

16 should uphold the following minimum conditions relating

17 to nuclear nonproliferation:

18 (1) All spent fuel from the graphite-moderated

19 nuclear reactors and related facilities of North

20 Korea should be removed from the territory of North

21 Korea as is consistent with the Agreed Framework.

22 (2) The International Atomic Energy Agency

23 should have the freedom to conduct any and all in24 spections that it deems necessary to fully account for

25 the stocks of plutonium and other nuclear materials
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1 in North Korea, including special inspections of sus2 pected nuclear waste sites, before any nuclear com3 ponents controlled by the Nuclear Supplier Group

4 Guidelines are delivered for a light water reactor for

5 North Korea.

6 (3) The dismantlement of all declared graphite7 based nuclear reactors and related facilities in North

8 Korea, including reprocessing units, should be com9 pleted in accordance with the Agreed Framework

10 and in a manner that effectively bars in perpetuity

11 any reactivation of such reactors and facilities.

12 (4) The United States should suspend actions

13 described in the Agreed Framework if North Korea

14 attempts to reload its existing 5 megawatt nuclear

15 reactor or resumes construction of nuclear facilities

16 other than those permitted to be built under the

17 Agreed Framework.

18 SEC. 2643. ROLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA UNDER THE

19 AGREED FRAMEWORK.

20 It is further the sense of the Congress that the Re21 public of Korea should play the central role in the project

22 to provide light water reactors to North Korea under the

23 Agreed Framework.
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1 SEC. 2644. FURTHER STEPS TO PROMOTE UNITED STATES

2 SECURITY AND POLITICAL INTERESTS WITH

3 RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA.

4 It is further the sense of the Congress that, after the

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the President should

6 not take further steps toward upgrading diplomatic rela7 tions with North Korea beyond opening liaison offices or

8 relaxing trade and investment barriers imposed against

9 North Korea without—

10 (1) action by the Government of North Korea

11 to engage in a North-South dialogue with the Gov12 ernment of the Republic of Korea;

13 (2) implementation of the North-South Joint

14 Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean

15 Peninsula; and

16 (3) progress toward the achievement of several

17 long-standing United States policy objectives regard18 ing North Korea and the Korean Peninsula, includ19 ing—

20 (A) reducing the number of military forces

21 of North Korea along the Demilitarized Zone

22 and relocating such military forces away from

23 the Demilitarized Zone;

24 (B) prohibiting any movement by North

25 Korea toward the deployment of an intermedi26 ate range ballistic missile system; and
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1 (C) prohibiting the export by North Korea

2 of missiles and other weapons of mass destruc3 tion, including related technology and compo4 nents.

5 SEC. 2645. RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO NORTH

6 KOREA AND THE KOREAN PENINSULA EN7 ERGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.

8 Funds authorized to be appropriated or appropriated

9 under any provision of law may be used to provide assist10 ance to North Korea or the Korean Peninsula Energy De11 velopment Organization only if such assistance is provided

12 under the same terms and conditions that govern the pro13 vision of assistance to North Korea or such organization

14 under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.

15 2151 et seq.) including, inter alia—

16 (1) the requirement that the congressional com17 mittees specified in section 634A of such Act (22

18 U.S.C. 2394) be notified pursuant to that section in

19 the case of any reprogramming of funds; and

20 (2) the requirement that a special authority,

21 such as section 614 of such Act, be used to waive

22 the application of provisions of law subject to such

23 special authority that would otherwise restrict or

24 prohibit the provision of such assistance.
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1 CHAPTER 3—BURMA

2 SEC. 2651. UNITED STATES POLICY CONCERNING THE DIC3 TATORSHIP IN BURMA.

4 (a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the

5 Congress that the President should take steps to encour6 age the United Nations Security Council to—

7 (1) impose an international arms embargo on

8 Burma;

9 (2) affirm support for human rights and the

10 protection of all Karen, Karenni, and other minori11 ties in Burma;

12 (3) condemn Burmese officials responsible for

13 crimes against humanity;

14 (4) take steps to encourage multilateral assist15 ance programs for refugees from Burma in Thailand

16 and India; and

17 (5) reduce United Nations activities in Burma,

18 including UNDP (United Nations Development Pro19 gram), UNICEF (United Nations Childrens Fund),

20 UNFPA (United Nations Family Planning Agency),

21 World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agri22 culture Organization (FAO), and UNIDCP (United

23 Nations International Drug Control Program) activi24 ties.
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1 (b) REDUCTION IN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE.—It is

2 the sense of the Congress that the President should reduce

3 the diplomatic presence of the United States in Burma

4 by reducing the total number of the members of the For5 eign Service stationed in Burma on the date of enactment

6 of this Act.

7 (c) VISAS.—

8 (1) Notwithstanding the Immigration and Na9 tionality Act or any other provision of law, no mem10 ber, officer, or employee of any military or police

11 force of Burma under the military regime (the State

12 Law and Order Restoration Council ‘‘SLORC’’)

13 shall be granted an immigrant or nonimmigrant

14 visa.

15 (2) The Secretary of State shall deny a visa

16 under the provisions of section 212(a)(3)(C)(i) of

17 the Immigration and Nationality Act (relating to

18 aliens ineligible to receive visas and excluded for ad19 mission due to potentially serious foreign policy con20 sequences) to any official of the Government of

21 Burma who the Attorney General determines has

22 committed acts which constitute the essential ele23 ments of a violation under chapter 113A of title 18,

24 United States Code, (relating to the Convention
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1 Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or De2 grading Treatment or Punishment).

3 CHAPTER 4—TO IMPLEMENT THE CON4 VENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND TO

5 PROVIDE A PROGRAM OF SUPPORT

6 FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE

7 SEC. 2661. SHORT TITLE.

8 This chapter may be cited as the ‘‘Torture Victims

9 Relief Act of 1995’’.

10 SEC. 2662. DEFINITIONS.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided, the

12 terms used in this chapter have the same meaning given

13 such terms in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Na14 tionality Act.

15 (b) TORTURE.—As used in this chapter, the term

16 ‘‘torture’’ means any act by which severe pain or suffering,

17 whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a

18 person for such purposes as obtaining from the person or

19 a third person information or a confession, punishing the

20 person for an act the person or a third person has commit21 ted or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating

22 or coercing the person or a third person, or for any reason

23 based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or

24 suffering is inflicted by, at the instigation of, or with the

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1 acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or

2 suffering arising only from, inherent in, or incidental to

3 lawful sanctions.

4 (c) SUBSTANTIAL GROUNDS FOR BELIEVING.—As

5 used in this chapter, the term ‘‘substantial grounds for

6 believing’’ means substantial evidence.

7 (d) IN DANGER OF BEING SUBJECTED TO TOR8 TURE.—As used in this chapter, the term ‘‘in danger of

9 being subjected to torture’’ means circumstances in which

10 a reasonable person would fear subjection to torture.

11 (e) INVOLUNTARILY RETURN.—As used in this chap12 ter, the term ‘‘involuntarily return’’ means to take action

13 by which it is reasonably foreseeable that a person will

14 be required to return to a country against the person’s

15 will, regardless of whether such return is induced by phys16 ical force and regardless of whether the person is phys17 ically present in the United States.

18 SEC. 2663. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO THE

19 INVOLUNTARY RETURN OF PERSONS SUB20 JECTED TO TORTURE.

21 The United States shall not expel, extradite, or other22 wise involuntarily return a person to a country in which

23 there are substantial grounds for believing the person

24 would be in danger of being subjected to torture.
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1 SEC. 2664. IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES FOR TORTURE VIC2 TIMS.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any alien—

4 (1) who presents a credible claim of having

5 been subjected to torture in the alien’s country of

6 nationality, or, in the case of an alien having no na7 tionality, the country in which the alien last habit8 ually resided, and

9 (2) who applies for—

10 (A) refugee status under section 207 of the

11 Immigration and Nationality Act,

12 (B) asylum under section 208 of that Act,

13 or

14 (C) withholding of deportation under sec15 tion 243(h) of that Act,

16 shall be processed in accordance with this section.

17 (b) CONSIDERATION OF THE EFFECTS OF TOR18 TURE.—In considering applications for refugee status,

19 asylum, or withholding of deportation made by aliens de20 scribed in subsection (a), the appropriate officials shall

21 take into account—

22 (1) the manner in which the effects of torture

23 can affect the applicant’s responses in the applica24 tion and in the interview process or other immigra25 tion proceedings, as the case may be;
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1 (2) the difficulties torture victims often have in

2 recounting their suffering under torture; and

3 (3) the fear victims have of returning to their

4 country of nationality where, even if torture is no

5 longer practiced or the incidence of torture is re6 duced, their torturers may have gone unpunished

7 and may remain in positions of authority.

8 (c) EXPEDITED PROCESSING OF REFUGEE ADMIS9 SIONS.—For purposes of section 207(c) of the Immigra10 tion and Nationality Act, a refugee who presents a credible

11 claim of having been subjected to torture shall be consid12 ered to be a refugee of special humanitarian concern to

13 the United States and shall be accorded priority in selec14 tion from the waiting list of such refugees based on com15 pelling humanitarian concerns.

16 (d) EXPEDITED PROCESSING FOR ASYLUM AND

17 WITHHOLDING OF DEPORTATION.—Upon the request of

18 the alien, the alien’s counsel, or a health care professional

19 treating the alien, an asylum officer or special inquiry offi20 cer may expedite the scheduling of an asylum interview

21 or an exclusion or deportation proceeding for an alien de22 scribed in subsection (a), if such officer determines that

23 an undue delay in making a determination regarding asy24 lum or withholding of deportation with respect to the alien
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1 would aggravate the physical or psychological effects of

2 torture upon the alien.

3 (e) PAROLE IN LIEU OF DETENTION.—The finding,

4 upon inspection at a port of entry of the United States,

5 that an alien described in subsection (a) suffers from the

6 effects of torture, such as depressive and anxiety dis7 orders, shall be a strong presumptive basis for a grant

8 of parole, under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and

9 Nationality Act, in lieu of detention.

10 (f) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con11 gress that the Attorney General shall allocate resources

12 sufficient to maintain in the Resource Information Center

13 of the Immigration and Naturalization Service informa14 tion relating to the use of torture in foreign countries.

15 SEC. 2665. SPECIALIZED TRAINING FOR CONSULAR, IMMI16 GRATION, AND ASYLUM PERSONNEL.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall pro18 vide training for immigration inspectors and examiners,

19 immigration officers, asylum officers, special inquiry offi20 cers, and all other relevant officials of the Department of

21 Justice, and the Secretary of State shall provide training

22 for consular officers, with respect to—

23 (1) the identification of the evidence of torture;

24 (2) the identification of the surrounding cir25 cumstances in which torture is practiced;
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1 (3) the long-term effects of torture upon the

2 person;

3 (4) the identification of the physical, cognitive,

4 and emotional effects of torture, including depressive

5 and anxiety disorders, and the manner in which

6 these effects can affect the interview or hearing

7 process; and

8 (5) the manner of interviewing victims of tor9 ture so as not to retraumatize them, eliciting the

10 necessary information to document the torture expe11 rience, and understanding the difficulties victims

12 often have in recounting their torture experience.

13 (b) GENDER-RELATED CONSIDERATIONS.—In con14 ducting training under subsection (a)(4) or subsection

15 (a)(5), gender specific training shall be provided on the

16 subject of interacting with women and men who are vic17 tims of torture by rape or any other form of sexual vio18 lence.

19 SEC. 2666. STUDY AND REPORT ON TORTURE VICTIMS IN

20 THE UNITED STATES.

21 (a) STUDY.—The Center for Disease Control shall

22 conduct a study with respect to refugees and asylees ad23 mitted to the United States since October 1, 1987, who

24 were tortured abroad, for the purpose of identifying—
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1 (1) the estimated number and geographic dis2 tribution of such persons;

3 (2) the needs of such persons for recovery serv4 ices; and

5 (3) the availability of such services.

6 (b) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 1997,

7 the Center for Disease Control shall submit a report to

8 the Judiciary Committees of the House of Representatives

9 and the Senate setting forth the findings of the study con10 ducted under subsection (a), together with any rec11 ommendation for increasing the services available to per12 sons described in subsection (a), including any rec13 ommendation for legislation, if necessary.

14 SEC. 2667. DOMESTIC TREATMENT CENTERS.

15 (a) AMENDMENT OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NA16 TIONALITY ACT.—Section 412 of the Immigration and

17 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522) is amended by adding

18 at the end the following new subsection:

19 ‘‘(g) ASSISTANCE FOR TREATMENT OF TORTURE

20 VICTIMS.—(1) The Director is authorized to provide

21 grants to programs in the United States to cover the cost

22 of the following services:

23 ‘‘(A) Services for the rehabilitation of victims of

24 torture, including treatment of the physical and psy25 chological effects of torture.
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1 ‘‘(B) Social services for victims of torture.

2 ‘‘(C) Research and training for health care pro3 viders outside of treatment centers for the purpose

4 of enabling such providers to provide the services de5 scribed in subparagraph (A).

6 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘tor7 ture’ has the same meaning given to the term in section

8 2662(b) of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1995.’’.

9 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) Of

10 amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out sec11 tion 414 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.

12 1524) for fiscal year 1996, there are authorized to be ap13 propriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out

14 section 412(g) of that Act (relating to assistance for do15 mestic centers for the treatment of victims of torture).

16 (2) Amounts appropriated pursuant to this sub17 section are authorized to remain available until expended.

18 TITLE XXVII—CONGRESSIONAL

19 STATEMENTS

20 SEC. 2701. INTER-AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS.

21 Taking into consideration the long-term commitment

22 by the United States to the affairs of this Hemisphere and

23 the need to build further upon the linkages between the

24 United States and its neighbors, the Secretary of State,

25 in allocating the level of resources for international organi-
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1 zations, should pay particular attention to funding levels

2 of the Inter-American organizations.

3 SEC. 2702. TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF BOSNIA AND

4 HERZEGOVINA.

5 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following

6 findings:

7 (1) The sovereign and independent state of

8 Bosnia-Herzegovina was formally recognized by the

9 United States of America on April 7, 1992.

10 (2) The sovereign and independent state of

11 Bosnia-Herzegovina was admitted as a full partici12 pating State of the Conference on Security and Co13 operation in Europe on April 30, 1992.

14 (3) The sovereign and independent state of

15 Bosnia-Herzegovina was admitted as a Member

16 state of the United Nations on May 22, 1992.

17 (4) The United States has declared its deter18 mination to respect and put into practice the Dec19 laration on Principles Guiding Relations between

20 Participating States contained in the Final Act of

21 the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Eu22 rope.

23 (5) Each of the principles has been violated

24 during the course of war in Bosnia-Herzegovina:

25 sovereign equality and respect for the rights inherent
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1 in sovereignty, refraining from the threat or use of

2 force; inviolability of frontiers; territorial integrity of

3 States; peaceful settlement of disputes; noninterven4 tion in internal affairs; respect for human rights and

5 fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of

6 thought, conscience, religion or belief; equal rights

7 and self-determination of peoples; cooperation among

8 States; and fulfillment in good faith of obligations

9 under international law.

10 (6) Principle II of the Final Act commits the

11 participating States to ‘‘refrain from any manifesta12 tion of force for the purpose of inducing another

13 participating State to renounce the full exercise of

14 its sovereign rights’’.

15 (7) Principle III of the Final Act commits the

16 participating States to ‘‘refrain from any demand

17 for, or act of, seizure and usurpation of part or all

18 of the territory of any participating State’’.

19 (8) Principle IV of the Final Act commits the

20 participating States to ‘‘respect the territorial integ21 rity of each of the participating States’’ and ‘‘refrain

22 from any action inconsistent with the purposes and

23 principles of the Charter of the United Nations

24 against the territorial integrity, political independ25 ence or the unity of any participating State’’.
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1 (9) The Charter of Paris for a New Europe

2 commits the participating States ‘‘to cooperate in

3 defending democratic institutions against activities

4 which violate the independence, sovereign equality,

5 or territorial integrity of the participating States’’.

6 (10) The Helsinki Document 1992 reaffirms

7 ‘‘the validity of the guiding principles and common

8 values of the Helsinki Final Act and the Charter of

9 Paris, embodying responsibilities of States towards

10 each other and of governments towards their own

11 people’’ which serve as the ‘‘collective conscience of

12 our community’’.

13 (11) The Charter of the United Nations calls

14 upon Member states to respect the territorial integ15 rity and political independence of any state in keep16 ing with the Purposes of the United Nations.

17 (12) The sovereign and independent state of

18 Bosnia-Herzegovina has been and continues to be

19 subjected to armed aggression Bosnian Serb forces,

20 Croatian Serb forces, and others in violation of

21 Final Act and the Charter.

22 (13) Unchecked armed aggression and genocide

23 threatens the lives of innocent civilians as well as the

24 very existence of the sovereign and independent state

25 of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the

2 Congress that the United States should refuse to recognize

3 the incorporation of any of the territory of Bosnia4 Herzegovina into the territory of any neighboring state or

5 the creation of any new state or states within the borders

6 of Bosnia-Herzegovina resulting from the threat or use of

7 force, coercion, or any other means inconsistent with inter8 national law.

9 SEC. 2703. THE LAOGAI SYSTEM OF POLITICAL PRISONS.

10 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following

11 findings:

12 (1) The Chinese gulag, known as the Laogai,

13 was created as a primary means of political repres14 sion and control when the Communists assumed

15 power in China in 1949.

16 (2) The Laogai has caused millions of people to

17 suffer grave human rights abuses over the past 46

18 years, including countless deaths.

19 (3) The Laogai continues to be used to incar20 cerate unknown numbers of ordinary citizens for po21 litical reasons, including workers, students, intellec22 tuals, religious believers, and Tibetans.

23 (4) So-called ‘‘thought reform’’ is a standard

24 practice of Laogai officials, and reports of torture
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1 are routinely received by human rights organizations

2 from Laogai prisoners and survivors.

3 (5) Negotiations about unfettered access to

4 Laogai prisoners between the Chinese Government

5 and the International Red Cross have ceased.

6 (6) The Laogai is in reality a huge system of

7 forced labor camps in which political and penal

8 criminals are slave laborers producing an array of

9 products for export throughout the world, including

10 the United States.

11 (7) The Chinese Government continues to main12 tain, as part of its official propaganda and in defi13 ance of significant evidence to the contrary gathered

14 by many human rights organizations, that the

15 Laogai is a prison system like any other in the

16 world.

17 (8) Testimony delivered before the Subcommit18 tee on International Operations and Human Rights

19 of the Committee on International Relations of the

20 House of Representatives has documented human

21 rights abuses in the Laogai which continue to this

22 day.

23 (9) The American people have repeatedly ex24 pressed their abhorrence of forced labor camps sys-
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1 tems, whether they be operated by the Nazis, Soviet

2 Communists, or any other political ideology.

3 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the

4 Congress that the President should—

5 (1) publicly condemn the continued existence of

6 the Laogai, and call upon the Government of the

7 People’s Republic of China to dismantle it, and re8 lease all of its political prisoners; and

9 (2) instruct the appropriate diplomatic rep10 resentatives of the United States to cause a resolu11 tion condemning the Laogai to be put before the

12 United Nations Human Rights Commission and

13 work for its passage.

14 SEC. 2704. CONCERNING THE USE OF FUNDS TO FURTHER

15 NORMALIZE RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM.

16 It is the sense of the Congress that none of the funds

17 authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available

18 by this Act may be obligated or expended to further nor19 malize diplomatic relations between the United States and

20 Vietnam, until Vietnam—

21 (1) releases all of its political and religious pris22 oners;

23 (2) accounts for American POWs and MIAs

24 from the Vietnam War;

25 (3) holds democratic elections; and
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1 (4) institutes policies which protect human

2 rights.

3 SEC. 2705. DECLARATION OF CONGRESS REGARDING

4 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HUMAN

5 RIGHTS POLICY TOWARD CHINA.

6 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following

7 findings:

8 (1) According to the 1994 State Department

9 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices there

10 continue to be ‘‘widespread and well-documented

11 human rights abuses in China, in violation of inter12 nationally accepted norms . . . (including) arbitrary

13 and lengthy incommunicado detention, torture, and

14 mistreatment of prisoners. The regime continued se15 vere restrictions on freedoms of speech, press assem16 bly and association, and tightened controls on the

17 exercise of these rights during 1994. Serious human

18 rights abuses persisted in Tibet and other areas pop19 ulated by ethnic minorities’’.

20 (2) The President, in announcing his decision

21 on Most Favored Nation trading status for China in

22 May 1994 stated that, ‘‘China continues to commit

23 very serious human rights abuses. Even as we en24 gage the Chinese on military, political, and economic

25 issues, we intend to stay engaged with those in
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1 China who suffer from human rights abuses. The

2 United States must remain a champion of their lib3 erties’’.

4 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the

5 Congress that the President should take the following ac6 tions:

7 (1) Decline the invitation to visit China until

8 and unless there is dramatic overall progress on

9 human rights in China and Tibet and communicate

10 to the Government of China that such a visit cannot

11 take place without such progress. Indications of

12 overall progress would include the release of hun13 dreds of political, religious, and labor activists; an

14 agreement to allow unhindered confidential access to

15 prisoners by international humanitarian agencies;

16 enactment of major legal reforms such as an end to

17 all restrictions on the exercise of freedom of religion,

18 revocation of the 1993 state security law, and the

19 abolition of all so-called ‘‘counter-revolutionary’’

20 crimes; and a decision to allow unrestricted access to

21 Tibet by foreign media and international human

22 rights monitors.

23 (2) Seek to develop an agreement on a multilat24 eral strategy to promote human rights in China with

25 other members of the G–7, beginning with the meet-
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1 ing of the G–7 industrial partners scheduled for

2 June 1995 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Such an agree3 ment should include efforts to encourage greater co4 operation by the Government of China with the

5 human rights rapporteurs and working groups of the

6 United Nations Human Rights Commission, as well

7 as bilateral and multilateral initiatives to secure the

8 unconditional release of imprisoned peaceful pro-de9 mocracy advocates such as Wei Jingsheng.

10 (3) Instruct the United States delegates to the

11 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women

12 in September 1995 to vigorously and publicly sup13 port nongovernmental organizations that may be

14 subjected to harassment or to restrictions or limita15 tions on their activities, access to the media, or to

16 channels of communication during the conference by

17 the Government of China and to protest publicly and

18 privately any actions by the Government of China

19 aimed at punishing or repressing Chinese citizens

20 who seek to peacefully express their views or com21 municate with foreign citizens or media during or

22 following the United Nations Conference.

23 (4) Extend an invitation to the Dalai Lama to

24 visit Washington, District of Columbia, in 1995.
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1 (c) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HUMAN RIGHTS

2 POLICY TOWARD CHINA.—It shall be the policy of the

3 United States Government to continue to promote inter4 nationally recognized human rights and worker rights in

5 China and Tibet. The President shall submit the following

6 reports on the formulation and implementation of United

7 States human rights policy toward China and the results

8 of that policy to the International Relations Committee of

9 the House of Representatives:

10 (1) Not later than 90 days after the date of en11 actment of this Act, the President shall report on

12 the status of the ‘‘new United States Human Rights

13 Policy for China’’ announced by the President on

14 May 26, 1994, including an assessment of the imple15 mentation and effectiveness of the policy in bringing

16 about human rights improvements in China and

17 Tibet, with reference to the following specific initia18 tives announced on that date:

19 (A) High-level dialogue on human rights.

20 (B) Voluntary principles in the area of

21 human rights for United States businesses op22 erating in China.

23 (C) Increased contact with and support for

24 groups and individuals in China promoting law

25 reform and human rights.
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1 (D) Increased exchanges to support human

2 rights law reform in China.

3 (E) The practice of all United States offi4 cials who visit China to meet with the broadest

5 possible spectrum of Chinese citizens.

6 (F) Increased efforts to press United

7 States views on human rights in China at the

8 United Nations, the United Nations Human

9 Rights Commission, and other international or10 ganizations.

11 (G) A plan of international actions to ad12 dress Tibet’s human rights problems and to

13 promote substantive discussions between the

14 Dalai Lama and the Chinese Government.

15 (H) Efforts to use the 1995 United Na16 tions Women’s Conference in Beijing to expand

17 freedoms of speech, association, and assembly,

18 as well as the rights of women, in China.

19 (I) An information strategy for promoting

20 human rights by expanding Chinese and Ti21 betan language broadcasts on the Voice of

22 America and establishing Radio Free Asia.

23 (J) Encouraging the Chinese Government

24 to permit international human rights groups to

25 operate in and visit China.
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1 (2) Not later than 120 days after the date of

2 enactment of this Act, the President shall report on

3 the status of Chinese Government compliance with

4 United States laws prohibiting the importation into

5 the United States of forced labor products, including

6 (but not limited to) a complete assessment and re7 port on the implementation of the Memorandum of

8 Understanding signed by the United States and

9 China in 1992. The report shall include (but not be

10 limited to) the following:

11 (A) All efforts made by the United States

12 Customs Service from 1992 until the date of

13 the report to investigate forced labor exports

14 and to conduct unannounced unrestricted in15 spections of suspected forced labor sites in

16 China, and the extent to which Chinese authori17 ties cooperated with such investigations.

18 (B) Recommendations of what further

19 steps might be taken to enhance United States

20 effectiveness in prohibiting forced labor exports

21 to the United States from China.
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1 SEC. 2706. CONCERNING THE UNITED NATIONS VOL2 UNTARY FUND FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE.

3 It is the sense of the Congress that the President,

4 acting through the United States Permanent Representa5 tive to the United Nations, should—

6 (1) request the United Nations Voluntary Fund

7 for Victims of Torture—

8 (A) to find new ways to support and pro9 tect treatment centers that are carrying out re10 habilitative services for victims of torture; and

11 (B) to encourage the development of new

12 such centers;

13 (2) use the voice and vote of the United States

14 to support the work of the Special Rapporteur on

15 Torture and the Committee Against Torture estab16 lished under the Convention Against Torture and

17 Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or

18 Punishment; and

19 (3) use the voice and vote of the United States

20 to establish a country rapporteur or similar proce21 dural mechanism to investigate human rights viola22 tions in a country if either the Special Rapporteur

23 or the Committee Against Torture indicates that a

24 systematic practice of torture is prevalent in that

25 country.

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