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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1211

To authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies

for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 22, 1999

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Ms. MCKINNEY) introduced the

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the Department of State

and related agencies for fiscal years 2000 and 2001,

and for other purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Relations Au5 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001’’.

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

7 The table of contents is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.

Sec. 3. Definitions.

TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS
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CHAPTER 1—DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Sec. 101. Administration of foreign affairs.

Sec. 102. International organizations.

Sec. 103. International commissions.

Sec. 104. Migration and refugee assistance.

Sec. 105. Public diplomacy programs.

Sec. 106. Voluntary contributions to international organizations.

Sec. 107. Grants to the Asia Foundation.

CHAPTER 2—BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Sec. 121. International broadcasting.

TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND

ACTIVITIES

CHAPTER 1—AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

Sec. 201. Authority to lease aircraft to respond to a terrorist attack abroad.

Sec. 202. Report on Cuban drug trafficking.

Sec. 203. Report on compliance with the Hague Convention on International

Child Abduction.

Sec. 204. Elimination of obsolete reports.

Sec. 205. Continuation of reporting requirements.

Sec. 206. Repeal of outdated provision on passport fees.

Sec. 207. International arms sales code of conduct.

Sec. 208. Human rights and democracy fellowships.

Sec. 209. Joint funds under agreements for cooperation in environmental, scientific, cultural, and related areas.

CHAPTER 2—CONSULAR AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

Sec. 251. Deaths and estates of United States citizens abroad.

Sec. 252. Duties of consular officers.

CHAPTER 3—REFUGEES

Sec. 271. United States policy regarding the involuntary return of refugees.

Sec. 272. Human rights reports.

Sec. 273. Guidelines for refugee-processing posts.

Sec. 274. Vietnamese refugees.

TITLE III—ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE;

PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; FOREIGN SERVICE

CHAPTER 1—ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Sec. 301. Establishment of Bureau for International Information Programs and

Bureau for Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs.

Sec. 302. Correction of designation of Inspector General of the Department of

State.

CHAPTER 2—PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Sec. 321. Establishment of Foreign Service Star.

Sec. 322. United States citizens hired abroad.

Sec. 323. Border equalization adjustment.

Sec. 324. Treatment of grievance records.
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Sec. 325. Report concerning financial disadvantages for administrative and

technical personnel.

Sec. 326. Extension of overseas hiring authority.

Sec. 327. Medical emergency assistance.

Sec. 328. Families of deceased foreign service personnel.

TITLE IV—UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND

CULTURAL PROGRAMS

Sec. 401. Educational and cultural exchanges and scholarships for Tibetans

and Burmese.

Sec. 402. Conduct of certain educational and cultural exchange programs.

Sec. 403. Notification to Congress of grants and contracts.

Sec. 404. National security measures.

Sec. 405. Designation of North/South Center as the Dante B. Fascell NorthSouth Center.

Sec. 406. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.

Sec. 407. International expositions.

TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING

Sec. 501. Permanent authorization for Radio Free Asia.

Sec. 502. Preservation of RFE/RL (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty).

Sec. 503. Immunity from civil liability for Broadcasting Board of Governors.

TITLE VI—INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS

Sec. 601. Interparliamentary groups.

Sec. 602. Authority to assist States and local governments.

1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

2 In this Act:

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means the Committee on International Re6 lations and the Committee on Appropriations of the

7 House of Representatives and the Committee on

8 Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropria9 tions of the Senate.

10 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

11 the Secretary of State.
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1 TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF

2 APPROPRIATIONS

3 CHAPTER 1—DEPARTMENT OF STATE

4 SEC. 101. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

5 The following amounts are authorized to be appro6 priated for the Department of State under ‘‘Administra7 tion of Foreign Affairs’’ to carry out the authorities, func8 tions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the for9 eign affairs of the United States and for other purposes

10 authorized by law, including the diplomatic security pro11 gram:

12 (1) DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS.—

13 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA14 TIONS.—For ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro15 grams’’, of the Department of State

16 $2,524,772,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and

17 $2,524,772,000 for the fiscal year 2001.

18 (B) LIMITATIONS.—

19 (i) WORLDWIDE SECURITY UP20 GRADES.—Of the amounts authorized to be

21 appropriated by subparagraph (A),

22 $254,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and

23 $254,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 are

24 authorized to be appropriated only for

25 worldwide security upgrades.
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1 (ii) BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN

2 RIGHTS, AND LABOR.—Of the amounts au3 thorized to be appropriated by subpara4 graph (A), $15,000,000 for fiscal year

5 2000 and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year

6 2001 are authorized to be appropriated

7 only for salaries and expenses of the Bu8 reau of Democracy, Human Rights, and

9 Labor.

10 (iii) RECRUITMENT OF MINORITY

11 GROUPS.—Of the amounts authorized to be

12 appropriated by subparagraph (A),

13 $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and

14 $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 are au15 thorized to be appropriated only for the re16 cruitment of members of minority groups

17 for careers in the Foreign Service and

18 international affairs.

19 (2) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.—For ‘‘Cap20 ital Investment Fund’’ of the Department of State,

21 $90,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and

22 $90,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001.

23 (3) SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE OF UNITED

24 STATES MISSIONS.—
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1 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA2 TIONS.—For ‘‘Security and Maintenance of

3 United States Missions’’, $1,084,066,000 for

4 the fiscal year 2000 and $1,084,066,000 for the

5 fiscal year 2001.

6 (B) SECURITY UPGRADES FOR UNITED

7 STATES MISSIONS.—Of the amounts authorized

8 to be appropriated by subparagraph (A),

9 $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and

10 $650,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 are au11 thorized to be appropriated only for security up12 grades to United States missions abroad, in13 cluding construction and relocation costs.

14 (4) REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES.—For

15 ‘‘Representation Allowances’’, $4,450,000 for the

16 fiscal year 2000 and $4,450,000 for the fiscal year

17 2001.

18 (5) EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND

19 CONSULAR SERVICE.—For ‘‘Emergencies in the Dip20 lomatic and Consular Service’’, $17,000,000 for the

21 fiscal year 2000 and $17,000,000 for the fiscal year

22 2001.

23 (6) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—

24 For ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, $30,054,000
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1 for the fiscal year 2000 and $30,054,000 for the fis2 cal year 2001.

3 (7) PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN

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

5 in Taiwan’’, $15,760,000 for the fiscal year 2000

6 and $15,760,000 for the fiscal year 2001.

7 (8) PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND

8 OFFICIALS.—

9 (A) For ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions

10 and Officials’’, $9,490,000 for the fiscal year

11 2000 and $9,490,000 for the fiscal year 2001.

12 (B) Each amount appropriated pursuant

13 to this paragraph is authorized to remain avail14 able through September 30 of the fiscal year

15 following the fiscal year for which the amount

16 appropriated was made.

17 (9) REPATRIATION LOANS.—For ‘‘Repatriation

18 Loans’’, $1,200,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and

19 $1,200,000 for the fiscal year 2001, for administra20 tive expenses.

21 SEC. 102. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

22 (a) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL

23 ORGANIZATIONS.—There are authorized to be appro24 priated for ‘‘Contributions to International Organiza25 tions’’, $963,308,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
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1 $963,308,000 for the fiscal year 2001 for the Department

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

3 responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the

4 United States with respect to international organizations

5 and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with

6 such purposes.

7 (b) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL

8 PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.—There are authorized to be

9 appropriated for ‘‘Contributions for International Peace10 keeping Activities’’, $235,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000

11 and $235,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 for the Depart12 ment of State to carry out the authorities, functions, du13 ties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign af14 fairs of the United States with respect to international

15 peacekeeping activities and to carry out other authorities

16 in law consistent with such purposes.

17 SEC. 103. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS.

18 The following amounts are authorized to be appro19 priated under ‘‘International Commissions’’ for the De20 partment of State to carry out the authorities, functions,

21 duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign

22 affairs of the United States and for other purposes author23 ized by law:

24 (1) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER

25 COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.—For
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1 ‘‘International Boundary and Water Commission,

2 United States and Mexico’’—

3 (A) for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’

4 $20,413,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and

5 $20,413,000 for the fiscal year 2001; and

6 (B) for ‘‘Construction’’ $8,435,000 for the

7 fiscal year 2000 and $8,435,000 for the fiscal

8 year 2001.

9 (2) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION,

10 UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—For ‘‘International

11 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada’’,

12 $859,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $859,000 for

13 the fiscal year 2001.

14 (3) INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION.—For

15 ‘‘International Joint Commission’’, $3,819,000 for

16 the fiscal year 2000 and $3,819,000 for the fiscal

17 year 2001.

18 (4) INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMIS19 SIONS.—For ‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’,

20 $16,702,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and

21 $16,702,000 for the fiscal year 2001.

22 SEC. 104. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.

23 (a) MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.—

24 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

25 There are authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Migra-
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1 tion and Refugee Assistance’’ for authorized activi2 ties, $750,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and

3 $750,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001.

4 (2) LIMITATIONS.—

5 (A) TIBETAN REFUGEES IN INDIA AND

6 NEPAL.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap7 propriated in paragraph (1), not more than

8 $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and

9 $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 are author10 ized to be available only for humanitarian as11 sistance, including food, medicine, clothing, and

12 medical and vocational training, to Tibetan ref13 ugees in India and Nepal who have fled Chi14 nese-occupied Tibet.

15 (B) REFUGEES RESETTLING IN ISRAEL.—

16 Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated

17 in paragraph (1), $60,000,000 for the fiscal

18 year 2000 and $60,000,000 for the fiscal year

19 2001 are authorized to be available only for as20 sistance for refugees resettling in Israel from

21 other countries.

22 (C) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR DIS23 PLACED BURMESE.—Of the amounts authorized

24 to be appropriated in paragraph (1),

25 $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
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1 $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 for humani2 tarian assistance are authorized to be available

3 only for assistance (including food, medicine,

4 clothing, and medical and vocational training)

5 to persons displaced as a result of civil conflict

6 in Burma, including persons still within Burma.

7 (D) ASSISTANCE FOR DISPLACED SIERRA

8 LEONEANS.—Of the amounts authorized to be

9 appropriated in paragraph (1), $2,000,000 for

10 the fiscal year 2000 and $2,000,000 for the fis11 cal year 2001 for humanitarian assistance are

12 authorized to be available only for assistance

13 (including food, medicine, clothing, and medical

14 and vocational training) and resettlement of

15 persons who have been severely mutilated as a

16 result of civil conflict in Sierra Leone, including

17 persons still within Sierra Leone.

18 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appro19 priated pursuant to this section are authorized to remain

20 available until expended.

21 SEC. 105. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAMS.

22 The following amounts are authorized to be appro23 priated for the Department of State to carry out inter24 national information activities and educational and cul25 tural exchange programs under the United States Infor-
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1 mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Mu2 tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Re3 organization Plan Number 2 of 1977, the Dante B. Fas4 cell North-South Center Act of 1991, and the National

5 Endowment for Democracy Act, and to carry out other

6 authorities in law consistent with such purposes:

7 (1) INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PRO8 GRAMS.—For ‘‘International Information Pro9 grams’’, $313,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and

10 $313,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001.

11 (2) EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE

12 PROGRAMS.—

13 (A) FULBRIGHT ACADEMIC EXCHANGE

14 PROGRAMS.—There are authorized to be appro15 priated for the ‘‘Fulbright Academic Exchange

16 Programs’’ (other than programs described in

17 subparagraph (B)), $112,000,000 for the fiscal

18 year 2000 and $112,000,000 for the fiscal year

19 2001.

20 (B) OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL

21 EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.—

22 (i) IN GENERAL.—There are author23 ized to be appropriated for other edu24 cational and cultural exchange programs

25 authorized by law, including the Claude
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1 and Mildred Pepper Scholarship Program

2 of the Washington Workshops Foundation,

3 $98,329,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and

4 $98,329,000 for the fiscal year 2001.

5 (ii) SOUTH PACIFIC EXCHANGES.—Of

6 the amounts authorized to be appropriated

7 under clause (i), $750,000 for the fiscal

8 year 2000 and $750,000 for the fiscal year

9 2001 are authorized to be available for

10 ‘‘South Pacific Exchanges’’.

11 (iii) EAST TIMORESE SCHOLAR12 SHIPS.—Of the amounts authorized to be

13 appropriated under clause (i), $500,000

14 for the fiscal year 2000 and $500,000 for

15 the fiscal year 2001 are authorized to be

16 available for ‘‘East Timorese Scholar17 ships’’.

18 (iv) TIBETAN EXCHANGES.—Of the

19 amounts authorized to be appropriated

20 under clause (i), $500,000 for the fiscal

21 year 2000 and $500,000 for the fiscal year

22 2001 are authorized to be available for

23 ‘‘Ngawang Choephel Exchange Programs’’

24 (formerly known as educational and cul25 tural exchanges with Tibet) under section
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1 103(a) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and

2 Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of

3 1996 (Public Law 104–319).

4 (v) AFRICAN EXCHANGES.—Of the

5 amounts authorized to be appropriated

6 under clause (i), $500,000 for the fiscal

7 year 2000 and $500,000 for the fiscal year

8 2001 are authorized to be available only

9 for ‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchanges

10 with Sub-Saharan Africa’’.

11 (3) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL

12 INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.—For the

13 ‘‘Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange be14 tween East and West’’, $17,500,000 for the fiscal

15 year 2000 and $17,500,000 for the fiscal year 2001.

16 (4) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOC17 RACY.—

18 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA19 TIONS.—For the ‘‘National Endowment for De20 mocracy’’, $34,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000

21 and $34,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001.

22 (B) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts author23 ized to be appropriated by subparagraph (A),

24 $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000

25 and 2001 are authorized to be appropriated
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1 only for a fellowship program, to be known as

2 the ‘‘Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows’’, for

3 democracy activists and scholars from around

4 the world at the International Forum for

5 Democratic Studies in Washington, D.C., to

6 study, write, and exchange views with other ac7 tivists and scholars and with Americans.

8 (5) DANTE B. FASCELL NORTH-SOUTH CEN9 TER.—For ‘‘Dante B. Fascell North-South Center’’

10 $2,500,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $2,500,000

11 for the fiscal year 2001.

12 SEC. 106. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTER13 NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

14 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

15 are authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Voluntary Con16 tributions to International Organizations’’, $293,000,000

17 for the fiscal year 2000 and $293,000,000 for the fiscal

18 year 2001.

19 (b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPRO20 PRIATIONS.—

21 (1) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Of the amounts

22 authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a),

23 $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $5,000,000

24 for the fiscal year 2001 are authorized to be appro-
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1 priated only for a United States contribution to the

2 World Food Program.

3 (2) UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTARY FUND FOR

4 VICTIMS OF TORTURE.—Of the amount authorized

5 to be appropriated under subsection (a), $5,000,000

6 for the fiscal year 2000 and $5,000,000 for the fis7 cal year 2001 are authorized to be appropriated only

8 for a United States contribution to the United Na9 tions Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.

10 (3) INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM ON THE ELIMI11 NATION OF CHILD LABOR.—Of the amounts author12 ized to be appropriated under subsection (a),

13 $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $5,000,000

14 for the fiscal year 2001 are authorized to be appro15 priated only for a United States contribution to the

16 International Labor Organization for the activities

17 of the International Program on the Elimination of

18 Child Labor.

19 (4) ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.—Of

20 the amounts authorized to be appropriated under

21 subsection (a), $240,000 for the fiscal year 2000

22 and $240,000 for the fiscal year 2001 are author23 ized to be appropriated only for a United States con24 tribution to the Organization of American States for

25 the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of
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1 Expression in the Western Hemisphere to conduct

2 investigations, including field visits, to establish a

3 network of nongovernmental organizations, and to

4 hold hemispheric conferences, of which $6,000 for

5 each fiscal year is authorized to be appropriated only

6 for the investigation and dissemination of informa7 tion on violations of freedom of expression by the

8 Government of Cuba.

9 (c) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY

10 CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT

11 PROGRAM.—

12 (1) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts made avail13 able under subsection (a) for fiscal years 2000 and

14 2001 for United States voluntary contributions to

15 the United Nations Development Program an

16 amount equal to the amount the United Nations De17 velopment Program will spend in Burma during each

18 fiscal year shall be withheld unless during such fiscal

19 year the President submits to the appropriate con20 gressional committees the certification described in

21 paragraph (2).

22 (2) CERTIFICATION.—The certification referred

23 to in paragraph (1) is a certification by the Presi24 dent that all programs and activities of the United

25 Nations Development Program (including United
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1 Nations Development Program—Administered

2 Funds) in Burma—

3 (A) are focused on eliminating human suf4 fering and addressing the needs of the poor;

5 (B) are undertaken only through inter6 national or private voluntary organizations that

7 have been deemed independent of the State

8 Peace and Development Council (SPDC) (for9 merly known as the State Law and Order Res10 toration Council (SLORC), after consultation

11 with the leadership of the National League for

12 Democracy and the leadership of the National

13 Coalition Government of the Union of Burma;

14 (C) provide no financial, political, or mili15 tary benefit to the SPDC; and

16 (D) are carried out only after consultation

17 with the leadership of the National League for

18 Democracy and the leadership of the National

19 Coalition Government of the Union of Burma.

20 (d) CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS POPU21 LATION FUND.—

22 (1) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts made avail23 able under subsection (a) for fiscal years 2000 and

24 2001 for United States voluntary contributions no

25 funds may be made available to the United Nations
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1 Population Fund (UNFPA) unless for each such fis2 cal year the President submits to the appropriate

3 congressional committees the certification described

4 in paragraph (2).

5 (2) CERTIFICATION.—The certification referred

6 to in paragraph (1) is a certification by the Presi7 dent that—

8 (A) the UNFPA has terminated all activi9 ties in the People’s Republic of China, and the

10 United States has received assurances that

11 UNFPA will conduct no such activities during

12 the fiscal year for which the funds are to be

13 made available; or

14 (B) during the 12 months preceding such

15 certification there have been no abortions as the

16 result of coercion associated with the family

17 planning policies of the national government or

18 other governmental entities within the People’s

19 Republic of China.

20 (C) DEFINITION.—As used in this sub21 section, the term ‘‘coercion’’ includes physical

22 duress or abuse, destruction or confiscation of

23 property, loss of means of livelihood, and severe

24 psychological pressure.
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1 (e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized

2 to be appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized to

3 remain available until expended.

4 SEC. 107. GRANTS TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION.

5 Section 404 of The Asia Foundation Act (title IV of

6 Public Law 98–164) is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘SEC. 404. There are authorized to be appropriated

8 to the Secretary of State $10,000,000 for each of the fis9 cal years 2000 and 2001 for grants to The Asia Founda10 tion pursuant to this title.’’.

11 CHAPTER 2—BROADCASTING BOARD OF

12 GOVERNORS

13 SEC. 121. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.

14 The following amounts are authorized to be appro15 priated for the Broadcasting Board of Governors to carry

16 out certain international broadcasting activities under the

17 United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, the

18 Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and the Television

19 Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and for other purposes author20 ized by law:

21 (1) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPER22 ATIONS.—

23 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA24 TIONS.—For ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
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1 ations’’, $385,900,000 for the fiscal year 2000

2 and $385,900,000 for the fiscal year 2001.

3 (B) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts au4 thorized to be appropriated under subparagraph

5 (A), the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall

6 seek to ensure that the amounts made available

7 for broadcasting to nations whose people do not

8 fully enjoy freedom of expression do not decline

9 in proportion to the amounts made available for

10 broadcasting to other nations.

11 (2) BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.—

12 For ‘‘Broadcasting Capital Improvements’’,

13 $20,868,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and

14 $20,868,000 for the fiscal year 2001.

15 (3) RADIO FREE ASIA.—For ‘‘Radio Free

16 Asia’’, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and

17 $30,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001.

18 (4) BROADCASTING TO CUBA.—

19 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA20 TIONS.—For ‘‘Broadcasting to Cuba’’,

21 $22,743,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and

22 $22,743,000 for the fiscal year 2001.

23 (B) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts author24 ized to be appropriated under subparagraph

25 (A), $712,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is au-
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1 thorized to be appropriated only for the Office

2 of Cuba Broadcasting to develop and implement

3 new technology and enhance current methods to

4 strengthen and improve the transmission capa5 bilities of Radio Marti and TV Marti.

6 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF

7 STATE AUTHORITIES AND AC8 TIVITIES

9 CHAPTER 1—AUTHORITIES AND

10 ACTIVITIES

11 SEC. 201. AUTHORITY TO LEASE AIRCRAFT TO RESPOND TO

12 A TERRORIST ATTACK ABROAD.

13 In the event of an emergency which involves a ter14 rorist attack abroad, the Secretary of State and the Direc15 tor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Depart16 ment of Justice are authorized to lease commercial air17 craft to transport equipment and personnel in response

18 to such attack if there have been reasonable efforts to ob19 tain appropriate Department of Defense aircraft and such

20 aircraft are unavailable. The leasing authority under this

21 section shall include authority to provide indemnification

22 insurance or guarantees, if necessary and appropriate.

23 SEC. 202. REPORT ON CUBAN DRUG TRAFFICKING.

24 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact25 ment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter, the Presi-
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1 dent shall submit to the appropriate congressional com2 mittees an unclassified report on the extent of inter3 national narcotic trafficking from or through Cuba. The

4 report shall include information concerning the extent to

5 which the Cuban government or any official, employee, or

6 entity of the Government of Cuba has engaged in, facili7 tated, or condoned such trafficking, and the extent to

8 which the appropriate agencies of the United States Gov9 ernment have investigated and prosecuted such activities

10 of the Cuban government or any official, employee, or enti11 ty of the Government of Cuba.

12 SEC. 203. REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE HAGUE CON13 VENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUC14 TION.

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

16 findings:

17 (1) There are thousands of United States citi18 zens who are denied their parental rights because

19 their children have been abducted or are wrongfully

20 retained in another country.

21 (2) The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects

22 of International Child Abduction is intended pri23 marily to ensure that custody laws and orders of one

24 party are respected by the other parties.
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1 (3) Many parties to the Convention do not fully

2 apply its provisions.

3 (4) United States Courts in deciding custody

4 cases are often unaware of the laws and practices of

5 other countries, the Convention notwithstanding,

6 that can have deleterious effects upon the rights of

7 one parent, and of the child, if the other parent re8 moves the child to another country.

9 (b) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Beginning 6

10 months after the date of the enactment of this Act and

11 every 12 months thereafter, the Secretary of State shall

12 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re13 port on compliance with the provisions of the Hague Con14 vention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduc15 tion by the parties to such Convention. Each such report

16 shall include the following information:

17 (1) The number of applications for the return

18 of children submitted by United States citizens to

19 the Central Authority for the United States, or of

20 which the Central Authority is aware, that remain

21 unresolved more than 6 months after the date of fil22 ing.

23 (2) A list of the countries to which children in

24 unresolved applications described in paragraph (1)

25 are alleged to have been abducted, or in which they
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1 are being retained in violation of United States civil

2 or criminal law or United States court orders.

3 (3) A list of the countries that have failed to

4 comply with any of their obligations under such Con5 vention with respect to applications for the return of

6 or access to children submitted by United States

7 citizens.

8 (4) Detailed information on each unresolved

9 case described in paragraph (1) and on actions

10 taken by the Department of State to resolve each

11 such case.

12 (5) A list of the countries that have legal sys13 tems without any method of prompt and effective

14 enforcement of civil court orders, such contempt of

15 court or Convention return orders.

16 (6) A list of the countries that pay some or all

17 of the legal fees of their citizens in Convention and/

18 or regular child custody proceedings in their own

19 courts, the United States, or anywhere else in the

20 world.

21 (7) A list of countries with criminal laws that

22 protect parents who abduct or wrongfully retain

23 their children and punish parents who attempt to ex24 ercise their sole or joint custody rights.
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1 (8) A list of countries with legal systems that

2 do not apply a doctrine of comity that would permit

3 them to comply with the object and purpose of the

4 Convention stated in Article 1: to ensure that cus5 tody laws and orders of one party are respected by

6 the other parties.

7 (9) A list of the countries that pay child sup8 port to their citizens who allegedly abduct or wrong9 fully retain children and then demand reimburse10 ment from the parents whose custody or access

11 rights have been violated.

12 SEC. 204. ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE REPORTS.

13 (a) POST LANGUAGE COMPETENCE.—Section 304(c)

14 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3944(c))

15 is repealed.

16 (b) USE OF FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL BY FED17 ERAL AGENCIES.—Section 601(c)(4) of the Foreign Serv18 ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4001(c)(4)) is repealed.

19 (c) SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH.—Section 574

20 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related

21 Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–

22 107) is repealed.

23 (d) REDUNDANT REPORTS ON CERTAIN WEAPONS.—
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1 (1) Section 308 of the Chemical and Biological

2 Weapons and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991

3 (Public Law 102–182) is repealed.

4 (2) Section 585 of the Foreign Operations, Ex5 port Financing, and Related Programs Appropria6 tions Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208), is repealed.

7 SEC. 205. CONTINUATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

8 (a) REPORTS ON CLAIMS BY UNITED STATES FIRMS

9 AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF SAUDI ARABIA.—Section

10 2801(b) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring

11 Act of 1998 (as enacted by division D of the Omnibus

12 Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropria13 tions Act, 1999; Public Law 105–277) is amended—

14 (1) by striking ‘‘the earlier of—’’;

15 (2) by striking paragraph (1); and

16 (3) by striking the designation for paragraph

17 (2) and adjusting the tabulation.

18 (b) REPORTS ON DETERMINATIONS UNDER TITLE

19 IV OF THE LIBERTAD ACT.—Section 2802(a) of the For20 eign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as

21 enacted by division D of the Omnibus Consolidated and

22 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Pub23 lic Law 105–277) is amended by striking ‘‘during the pe24 riod ending September 30, 1999,’’ and inserting a comma.
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1 (c) RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM.—Section 2805 of

2 the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of

3 1998 (as enacted by division D of the Omnibus Consoli4 dated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,

5 1999; Public Law 105–277) is amended by striking ‘‘dur6 ing the period ending September 30, 1999,’’.

7 (d) REPORTS ON BALLISTIC MISSILE COOPERATION

8 WITH RUSSIA.—Section 2705(c) of the Foreign Affairs

9 Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted by di10 vision D of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency

11 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105–

12 277) is amended by striking ‘‘and January 1, 2000,’’ and

13 inserting ‘‘, January 1, 2000, January 1, 2001, and Janu14 ary 1, 2002,’’.

15 SEC. 206. REPEAL OF OUTDATED PROVISION ON PASSPORT

16 FEES.

17 Section 4 of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22

18 U.S.C. 216, 41 Stat. 751) is repealed.

19 SEC. 207. INTERNATIONAL ARMS SALES CODE OF CON20 DUCT.

21 (a) NEGOTIATIONS.—The President shall attempt to

22 achieve the foreign policy goal of an international arms

23 sales code of conduct with all Wassenaar Arrangement

24 countries. The President shall take the necessary steps to

25 begin negotiations with all Wassenaar Arrangement coun-
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1 tries within 120 days after the date of the enactment of

2 this Act. The purpose of such negotiations shall be to con3 clude an agreement on restricting or prohibiting arms

4 transfers to countries that do not meet the criteria under

5 subsection (b).

6 (b) CRITERIA.—The criteria referred to in subsection

7 (a) are as follows:

8 (1) PROMOTING DEMOCRACY.—Such

9 government—

10 (A) was chosen by and permits free and

11 fair elections;

12 (B) promotes civilian control of the mili13 tary and security forces and has civilian institu14 tions controlling the policy, operation, and

15 spending of all law enforcement and security in16 stitutions, as well as the armed forces;

17 (C) promotes the rule of law, equality be18 fore the law, and respect for individual and mi19 nority rights, including freedom to speak, pub20 lish, associate, and organize; and

21 (D) promotes the strengthening of polit22 ical, legislative, and civil institutions of democ23 racy, as well as autonomous institutions to

24 monitor the conduct of public officials and to

25 combat corruption.
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1 (2) RESPECTS HUMAN RIGHTS.—Such

2 government—

3 (A) does not engage in gross violations of

4 internationally recognized human rights,

5 including—

6 (i) extrajudicial or arbitrary execu7 tions;

8 (ii) disappearances;

9 (iii) torture or severe mistreatment;

10 (iv) prolonged arbitrary imprisonment;

11 (v) systematic official discrimination

12 on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion,

13 gender, national origin, or political affili14 ation; and

15 (vi) grave breaches of international

16 laws of war or equivalent violations of the

17 laws of war in internal conflicts;

18 (B) vigorously investigates, disciplines, and

19 prosecutes those responsible for gross violations

20 of internationally recognized human rights;

21 (C) permits access on a regular basis to

22 political prisoners by international humani23 tarian organizations such as the International

24 Committee of the Red Cross;
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1 (D) promotes the independence of the judi2 ciary and other official bodies that oversee the

3 protection of human rights;

4 (E) does not impede the free functioning of

5 domestic and international human rights orga6 nizations; and

7 (F) provides access on a regular basis to

8 humanitarian organizations in situations of con9 flict or famine.

10 (3) NOT ENGAGED IN CERTAIN ACTS OF ARMED

11 AGGRESSION.—Such government is not currently en12 gaged in acts of armed aggression in violation of

13 international law.

14 (4) FULL PARTICIPATION IN UNITED NATIONS

15 REGISTER OF CONVENTIONAL ARMS.—Such govern16 ment is fully participating in the United Nations

17 Register of Conventional Arms.

18 (c) REPORTS.—

19 (1) CONGRESSIONAL REPORT.—Prior to the be20 ginning of each fiscal year, the Subcommittee on

21 International Operations and Human Rights of the

22 Committee on International Relations of the House

23 of Representatives should compile and submit a re24 port to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the

25 House and the chairperson and ranking member of
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1 the International Relations Committee of the House

2 of Representatives listing the countries that do not

3 meet the criteria of subsection (b).

4 (2) REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT.—Not later

5 than 6 months after the commencement of negotia6 tions under subsection (a), and not later than the

7 end of every 6-month period thereafter until an

8 agreement described in subsection (a) is concluded,

9 the President shall report to the appropriate con10 gressional committees on the progress of such nego11 tiations.

12 (d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

13 term ‘‘Wassenaar Arrangement countries’’ means those

14 participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export

15 Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual Use Goods and

16 Technologies, done at Vienna on July 11–12, 1996.

17 SEC. 208. HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FELLOWSHIPS.

18 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the

19 Department of State a program which shall be known as

20 the ‘‘Human Rights and Democracy Fellowship Pro21 gram’’. The program shall be administered by the Sec22 retary with the assistance of the Assistant Secretary for

23 Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. The program shall

24 provide for the employment of not less than 6 and not

25 more than 12 fellows in the Bureau of Democracy, Human
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1 Rights, and Labor. Fellowships shall be for an initial 1

2 year period which may be extended for a total of not more

3 than 3 years. Fellowships shall be available to individuals

4 who have expertise in human rights policy, human rights

5 law, or related subjects and who are not permanent em6 ployees of the United States Government.

7 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There are

8 authorized to be appropriated for the Human Rights and

9 Democracy Fellowship Program under subsection (a)

10 $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $1,000,000 for fiscal

11 year 2001.

12 SEC. 209. JOINT FUNDS UNDER AGREEMENTS FOR CO13 OPERATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL, SCI14 ENTIFIC, CULTURAL AND RELATED AREAS.

15 Amounts made available to the Department of State

16 for participation in joint funds under agreements for co17 operation in environmental, scientific, cultural and related

18 areas prior to fiscal year 1996 which, pursuant to express

19 terms of such international agreements, were deposited in

20 interest-bearing accounts prior to disbursement may earn

21 interest, and interest accrued to such accounts may be

22 used and retained without return to the Treasury of the

23 United States and without further appropriation by Con24 gress. The Department of State shall take action to ensure

25 the complete and timely disbursement of appropriations
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1 and associated interest within joint funds covered by this

2 section and final disposition of such agreements.

3 CHAPTER 2—CONSULAR AND RELATED

4 ACTIVITIES

5 SEC. 251. DEATHS AND ESTATES OF UNITED STATES CITI6 ZENS ABROAD.

7 (a) REPEAL.—Section 1709 of the Revised Statutes

8 (22 U.S.C. 4195) is repealed.

9 (b) AMENDMENT TO STATE DEPARTMENT BASIC AU10 THORITIES ACT.—The State Department Basic Authori11 ties Act of 1956 is amended by inserting after section 43

12 the following new sections:

13 ‘‘SEC. 43A. NOTIFICATION OF NEXT OF KIN; REPORTS OF

14 DEATH.

15 ‘‘Pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary of

16 State may prescribe—

17 ‘‘(1) When a United States citizen or national

18 dies abroad, a consular officer shall endeavor to no19 tify, or assist the Secretary of State in notifying, the

20 next of kin or legal guardian as soon as possible;

21 provided, that in the case of death of Peace Corps

22 Volunteers, members of the Armed Forces, their de23 pendents, or Department of Defense civilian employ24 ees, the consular officer shall assist the Peace Corps
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1 or the appropriate military authorities in making

2 such notifications.

3 ‘‘(2) The consular officer may, for any United

4 States citizen who dies abroad, (A) in the case of a

5 finding by appropriate local authorities, issue a re6 port of death or of presumptive death, or (B) in the

7 absence of a finding by appropriate local authorities,

8 issue a report of presumptive death.

9 ‘‘SEC. 43B. CONSERVATION AND DISPOSITION OF ESTATES.

10 ‘‘(a) CONSERVATION OF ESTATES ABROAD.—

11 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO ACT AS CONSERVATOR.—

12 Pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary of

13 State may prescribe, when a United States citizen or

14 national dies abroad, a consular officer shall act as

15 the provisional conservator of the decedent’s estate

16 and, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), shall—

17 ‘‘(A) take possession of the personal effects

18 within his jurisdiction;

19 ‘‘(B) inventory and appraise the personal

20 effects, sign the inventory, and annex thereto a

21 certificate as to the accuracy of the inventory

22 and appraised value of each article;

23 ‘‘(C) when appropriate, collect the debts

24 due to the decedent in the officer’s jurisdiction
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1 and pay from the estate the obligations owed

2 there by the decedent;

3 ‘‘(D) sell or dispose of, as appropriate, all

4 perishable items of property;

5 ‘‘(E) sell, after reasonable public notice

6 and notice to such next of kin as can be

7 ascertained with reasonable diligence, such ad8 ditional items of property as necessary to pro9 vide funds sufficient to pay the decedent’s debts

10 and property taxes in the country of death, fu11 neral expenses, and other expenses incident to

12 the disposition of the estate;

13 ‘‘(F) at the end of one year from the date

14 of death (or after such additional period as may

15 be required for final settlement of the estate),

16 if no claimant shall have appeared, sell or dis17 pose of the residue of the personal estate, ex18 cept as provided in subparagraph (G) below, in

19 the same manner as United States Government20 owned foreign excess property;

21 ‘‘(G) transmit to the United States, to the

22 Secretary of State, the proceeds of any sales

23 along with any financial instruments (including

24 bonds, shares of stock, and notes of indebted25 ness), jewelry, heirlooms, and other articles of
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1 obvious sentimental value, to be held in trust

2 for the legal claimant; and

3 ‘‘(H) in the event that the decedent’s es4 tate includes an interest in real property located

5 within the jurisdiction of the officer and such

6 interest does not devolve by the applicable laws

7 of intestate succession or otherwise, provide for

8 title to the property to be conveyed to the Gov9 ernment of the United States unless the Sec10 retary declines to accept such conveyance.

11 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO ACT AS ADMINISTRATOR.—

12 The Secretary of State may expressly authorize the

13 officer to act as administrator of the estate in excep14 tional circumstances, pursuant to such regulations

15 as the Secretary may prescribe. The officer shall not

16 otherwise act in such capacity.

17 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—

18 ‘‘(A) The function provided for in this sec19 tion shall not be performed to the extent that

20 the decedent has left or there is otherwise ap21 pointed, in the country where the death oc22 curred or where the decedent was domiciled, a

23 legal representative, partner in trade, or trustee

24 appointed to take care of his personal estate. If

25 the decedent’s legal representative shall appear
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1 at any time prior to transmission of the estate

2 to the Secretary and demand the proceeds and

3 effects being held by the officer, the officer

4 shall deliver them to the representative after

5 having collected any prescribed fee for the serv6 ices rendered pursuant to this section.

7 ‘‘(B) Nothing in this section shall affect

8 the authority of military commanders under

9 title 10 of the United States Code with respect

10 to persons or property under military command

11 or jurisdiction or the authority of the Peace

12 Corps with respect to Peace Corps Volunteers

13 or their property.

14 ‘‘(4) CONDITIONS.— The functions provided for

15 in this section shall be performed only when author16 ized by treaty provisions or permitted by the laws or

17 authorities of the country wherein the death occurs,

18 or the decedent is domiciled, or if such functions are

19 permitted by established usage.

20 ‘‘(b) DISPOSITION OF ESTATES BY THE SECRETARY

21 OF STATE.—

22 ‘‘(1) PERSONAL EFFECTS.—

23 ‘‘(A) After receipt of personal estates pur24 suant to subsection (a), the Secretary, pursuant

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1 scribe for the conservation of such estates, may

2 seek payment of all outstanding debts to the es3 tate as they become due, may receive any

4 balances due on such estates, may endorse all

5 checks, bills of exchange, promissory notes, and

6 other instruments of indebtedness payable to

7 the estate for the benefit thereof, and may take

8 such other action as is reasonably necessary for

9 the conservation of the estate.

10 ‘‘(B) If by the end of the fifth full fiscal

11 year after receipt of the personal estate pursu12 ant to subsection (a), no legal claimant for such

13 estate has appeared, title to the estate shall

14 pass to the Secretary who shall dispose of the

15 estate in the same manner as surplus United

16 States Government-owned property or by such

17 means as may be appropriate in light of the na18 ture and value of the property involved. The ex19 penses of sales shall be paid from the estate,

20 and any lawful claim received thereafter shall

21 be payable to the extent of the value of the net

22 proceeds of the estate as a refund from the ap23 propriate Treasury account.
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1 ‘‘(C) The net cash estate after disposition

2 as provided in subparagraph (B) shall be remit3 ted to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

4 ‘‘(2) REAL PROPERTY.—Pursuant to such regu5 lations as the Secretary may prescribe—

6 ‘‘(A) in the event that real property is con7 veyed to the Government of the United States

8 pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(H) and is not

9 needed by the Department of State, such prop10 erty shall be considered foreign excess property

11 under title IV of the Federal Property and Ad12 ministrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.

13 511 et seq.); and

14 ‘‘(B) in the event that the Department

15 needs such property, the Secretary shall treat

16 such property as if it were an unconditional gift

17 accepted on behalf of the Department of State

18 pursuant to section 25 of this Act and section

19 9(a)(3) of the Foreign Service Buildings Act of

20 1926, as amended.

21 ‘‘(c) LOSSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSERVA22 TION OF ESTATES.—

23 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—Pursuant to such regula24 tions as the Secretary of State may prescribe, the

25 Secretary is authorized to compensate the estate of
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1 any United States citizen, who has died overseas, for

2 property, the conservation of which has been under3 taken under either section 43 or subsection (a) of

4 this section, and that has been lost, stolen, or de5 stroyed while in the custody of officers or employees

6 of the Department of State. Any such compensation

7 shall be in lieu of personal liability of officers or em8 ployees of the Department of State. Officers and

9 employees of the Department of State may be liable

10 in appropriate cases to the Department of State to

11 the extent of any compensation provided pursuant to

12 this subsection.

13 ‘‘(2) LIABILITY.—The liability of officers or

14 employees of the Department of State to the Depart15 ment for payments made pursuant to paragraph (a)

16 of this section shall be determined pursuant to the

17 Department’s procedures for determining account18 ability for United States Government property.’’.

19 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

20 this section shall take effect 6 months after enactment of

21 this Act or upon the effective date of any regulations pro22 mulgated hereunder, whichever is sooner.

23 SEC. 252. DUTIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS.

24 Section 43 of the State Department Basic Authorities

25 Act of 1956, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2715) is amended—
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1 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—’’ before

2 ‘‘In’’;

3 (2) by striking ‘‘disposition of personal effects.’’

4 in the last sentence and inserting ‘‘disposition of

5 personal effects pursuant to section 43B of this

6 Act.’’; and

7 (3) by adding the following new subsection at

8 the end:

9 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section and

10 sections 43A and 43B of this Act, the term ‘consular offi11 cer’ includes any United States citizen employee of the De12 partment of State who is designated by the Secretary of

13 State to perform consular services pursuant to such regu14 lations as the Secretary may prescribe.’’.

15 CHAPTER 3—REFUGEES

16 SEC. 271. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE INVOL17 UNTARY RETURN OF REFUGEES.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds made available

19 by this Act or by section 2(c) of the Migration and Ref20 ugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)) shall be

21 available to effect the involuntary return by the United

22 States of any person to a country in which the person has

23 a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, reli24 gion, nationality, membership in a particular social group,

25 or political opinion, except on grounds recognized as pre-
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1 cluding protection as a refugee under the United Nations

2 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of July 28,

3 1951, and the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

4 of January 31, 1967, subject to the reservations contained

5 in the United States Senate Resolution of Ratification.

6 (b) MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.—None

7 of the funds made available by this Act or by section 2(c)

8 of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22

9 U.S.C. 2601(c)) shall be available to effect the involuntary

10 return of any person to any country unless the Secretary

11 of State first notifies the appropriate congressional com12 mittees, except that in the case of an emergency involving

13 a threat to human life the Secretary of State shall notify

14 the appropriate congressional committees as soon as prac15 ticable.

16 (c) INVOLUNTARY RETURN DEFINED.—As used in

17 this section, the term ‘‘to effect the involuntary return’’

18 means to require, by means of physical force or cir19 cumstances amounting to a threat thereof, a person to re20 turn to a country against the person’s will, regardless of

21 whether the person is physically present in the United

22 States and regardless of whether the United States acts

23 directly or through an agent.
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1 SEC. 272. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS.

2 Section 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of

3 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)) is amended by inserting after

4 the fourth sentence the following: ‘‘Each report under this

5 section shall describe the extent to which each country has

6 extended protection to refugees, including the provision of

7 first asylum and resettlement.’’.

8 SEC. 273. GUIDELINES FOR REFUGEE-PROCESSING POSTS.

9 (a) GUIDELINES FOR ADDRESSING HOSTILE BI10 ASES.—Section 602(c) of the International Religious

11 Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–292; 112 Stat.

12 2812) is amended by inserting ‘‘and of the Department

13 of State’’ after ‘‘Service’’.

14 (b) GUIDELINES FOR OVERSEAS REFUGEE-PROC15 ESSING.—Section 602(c) of such Act if further amended

16 by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

17 ‘‘(3) Not later than 120 days after the date of

18 the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authoriza19 tion Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001, the Secretary

20 of State (after consultation with the Attorney Gen21 eral) shall issue regulations to ensure that persons

22 with potential biases against any refugee applicant,

23 including persons employed by, or otherwise subject

24 to influence by, governments known to be involved in

25 persecution on account of religion, race, nationality,

26 membership in a particular social group, or political
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1 opinion, shall not in any way be used in processing

2 determinations of refugee status, including interpre3 tation of conversations or examination of documents

4 presented by such applicants.’’.

5 SEC. 274. VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

6 No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act

7 may be made available to support a larger number of per8 sonnel assigned to United States diplomatic or consular

9 posts in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam than the num10 ber assigned to such posts on March 22, 1999, unless not

11 less than 60 days prior to any obligation or expenditure

12 of such funds the President submits a certification to the

13 appropriate congressional committees that—

14 (1) all United States refugee programs in Viet15 nam, as well as programs to provide visas for

16 Amerasians and for immediate relatives of refugees

17 and asylees, are supervised by a Refugee Counselor

18 or Refugee Coordinator who has a proven record of

19 sensitivity to the problems of refugees and other vic20 tims of human rights violations and who reports di21 rectly to the Ambassador or the Consul General at

22 the United States Consulate in Saigon and receives

23 policy guidance from the Assistant Secretary of

24 State for the bureau with principal responsibility for

25 refugees;
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1 (2) a program has been established in which all

2 former United States Government employees who

3 were adjudicated through a Vietnamese government

4 interpreter and whose applications for refugee status

5 were denied will be re-interviewed by Immigration

6 and Naturalization Service (INS) Asylum Officers

7 reporting directly to INS headquarters in Wash8 ington, D.C., and receiving specialized training and

9 written guidance from the INS Asylum Division and

10 Office of General Counsel;

11 (3) members of the Montagnard ethnic minority

12 groups who fought alongside United States forces

13 prior to 1975, and who later served three years or

14 more in prisons or re-education camps, will not be

15 disqualified from eligibility for resettlement in the

16 United States as refugees on the sole ground that

17 they continued to fight the Communists after 1975

18 and therefore did not begin their prison or re-edu19 cation sentences until several years later;

20 (4) allied combat veterans whose three-year re21 education or prison sentences began before April 30,

22 1975, because they were serving in parts of the

23 country that fell to the Communists before Saigon,

24 and who are otherwise eligible for resettlement as

25 refugees in the United States, are not disqualified
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1 on the sole ground of the date their re-education or

2 prison sentences began;

3 (5) persons who were eligible for the Orderly

4 Departure Program (ODP), but who missed the ap5 plication deadline announced and imposed in 1994

6 because they were still in detention, in internal exile

7 in a remote and inaccessible location, unable to af8 ford bribes demanded by corrupt local officials for

9 documentation and permission to attend refugee

10 interviews, or for other reasons beyond their control,

11 will be considered for interviews on a case-by-case

12 basis, and that such case-by-case consideration is

13 subject to clear written guidance and administrative

14 review to ensure that persons who missed the dead15 line for reasons beyond their control will not be de16 nied consideration on the merits;

17 (6) widows of allied combat veterans who died

18 in re-education camps, including those who did not

19 apply before the 1994 deadline solely because they

20 lacked documentary evidence from the Communist

21 authorities to prove the death and/or marriage, and

22 who are otherwise eligible for ODP will have their

23 cases considered on the merits;

24 (7) unmarried sons and daughters of persons

25 eligible for United States programs, including per-
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1 sons described in section 2244 of the Foreign Af2 fairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (en3 acted as Division G of the Omnibus Consolidated

4 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for

5 Fiscal Year 1999, Public Law 105–277) will not be

6 disqualified from accompanying or following to join

7 their parents on the sole ground that they have not

8 been continuously listed on the household registra9 tion issued to their parents by the government of the

10 Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

11 (8) returnees from refugee camps outside Viet12 nam who met the criteria for the Resettlement Op13 portunities for Vietnamese Returnees (ROVR) pro14 gram, in that they either signed up for repatriation

15 or were actually repatriated between October 1,

16 1995, and June 30, 1996, but did not fill out a

17 ROVR application before their repatriation, will be

18 given the opportunity to fill out an application in

19 Vietnam and will have their cases considered on the

20 merits;

21 (9) returnees whose special circumstances de22 nied them any meaningful opportunity to apply for

23 ROVR in the camps, such as those who were not of24 fered applications because they were in hospitals or

25 were being held in detention centers within certain
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1 camps, or who were erroneously told by camp ad2 ministrators or Vietnamese government officials that

3 they were ineligible for the program, will be given an

4 opportunity to apply in Vietnam and will have their

5 cases considered on the merits, even if their repatri6 ation took place after June 30, 1996;

7 (10) a program has been established to identify,

8 interview, and resettle persons who have experienced

9 recent persecution or credible threats of persecution

10 because of political, religious, or human rights activi11 ties in Vietnam, subject to clear written standards to

12 ensure that such persons will have access to the pro13 gram whether or not they are included in a ROVR

14 or ODP interview category and whether or not their

15 cases are referred by an international organization;

16 (11) written guidance with respect to applica17 tions for reconsideration has been issued by the Im18 migration and Naturalization Service Office of Gen19 eral Counsel to ensure that applicants whose cases

20 were denied on grounds described in paragraphs (2)

21 through (10), because they were unwilling or unable

22 to describe mistreatment by the Vietnamese govern23 ment in the presence of a Vietnamese government

24 interpreter, or for other reasons contrary to the in25 terest of justice, will be re-interviewed; and
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1 (12) all applicants described in paragraphs (2)

2 through (11) will have the assistance of a Joint Vol3 untary Agency (JVA) in preparing their cases.

4 TITLE III—ORGANIZATION OF

5 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE;

6 PERSONNEL OF THE DEPART7 MENT OF STATE; FOREIGN

8 SERVICE

9 CHAPTER 1—ORGANIZATION OF THE

10 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

11 SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF BUREAU FOR INTER12 NATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS AND

13 BUREAU FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL

14 EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.

15 Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities

16 Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended by adding at

17 the end the following new subsection:

18 ‘‘(i) ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN BUREAUS, OF19 FICES, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL ENTITIES WITHIN

20 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—

21 ‘‘(1) BUREAU FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMA22 TION PROGRAMS.—There is established within the

23 Department of State the Bureau for International

24 Information Programs which shall assist the Sec25 retary of State in carrying out international infor-
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1 mation activities formerly carried out by the United

2 States Information Agency.

3 ‘‘(2) BUREAU FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CUL4 TURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.—There is established

5 within the Department of State a Bureau for Edu6 cational and Cultural Exchange Programs which

7 shall assist the Secretary of State in carrying out

8 educational and cultural exchange programs.’’.

9 SEC. 302. CORRECTION OF DESIGNATION OF INSPECTOR

10 GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

11 (a) AMENDMENTS TO FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF

12 1980.—The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended—

13 (1) in section 105(a)(2)(B) by striking ‘‘State

14 and the Foreign Service)’’ and inserting ‘‘State)’’;

15 (2) in section 209(a)(1)—

16 (A) by striking ‘‘State and the Foreign

17 Service,’’ and inserting ‘‘State,’’; and

18 (B) by striking the second sentence;

19 (3) in section 603(a) by striking ‘‘State and the

20 Foreign Service,’’ and inserting ‘‘State,’’; and

21 (4) in section 1002(12)(E) by striking ‘‘and the

22 Foreign Service’’.

23 (b) AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS RE24 FORM AND RESTRUCTURING ACT OF 1998.—The Foreign

25 Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted
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1 in Division G of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations

2 Act, 1999 Public Law 105–277) is amended—

3 (1) in section 2208(c) by striking ‘‘and the For4 eign Service’’; and

5 (2) in section 1314(e) by striking ‘‘and the For6 eign Service’’.

7 (c) AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 103–236.—Effec8 tive October 2, 1999, subsections (i) and (j) of section 308

9 of the United States International Broadcasting Act of

10 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6207 (i) and (j)) are amended by striking

11 ‘‘Inspector General of the Department of State and the

12 Foreign Service’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘In13 spector General of the Department of State’’.

14 (d) AMENDMENTS TO UNITED STATES INTER15 NATIONAL BROADCASTING ACT OF 1994.—Section

16 304(a)(3)(A) of the United States International Broad17 casting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6203(a)(3)(A)) is amend18 ed by striking ‘‘and the Foreign Service’’.

19 CHAPTER 2—PERSONNEL OF THE

20 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

21 SEC. 321. ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN SERVICE STAR.

22 The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956

23 is amended by inserting after section 36 the following new

24 section:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 36A. THE FOREIGN SERVICE STAR.

2 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The President may award a deco3 ration called the ‘Foreign Service Star’ to an individual—

4 ‘‘(1) who is killed or injured after August 1,

5 1998,

6 ‘‘(2) whose death or injury occurs while the in7 dividual is a member of the Foreign Service or a ci8 vilian employee of the Government of the United

9 States—

10 ‘‘(3) whose death or injury occurs while the

11 individual—

12 ‘‘(A) is employed at, or assigned perma13 nently or temporarily to, an official mission

14 overseas, or

15 ‘‘(B) was traveling abroad on official busi16 ness, and

17 ‘‘(4) whose death or injury occurs while per18 forming official duties, while on the premises of a

19 United States mission abroad, or due to such indi20 vidual’s status as an employee of the United States

21 Government, and results from any form of assault

22 including terrorist or military action, civil unrest, or

23 criminal activities directed at facilities of the Gov24 ernment of the United States.

25 ‘‘(b) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall submit rec26 ommendations for the Foreign Service Star to the Presi-
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1 dent. The Secretary shall establish criteria and procedures

2 for nominations for the Foreign Service Star pursuant to

3 such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe for

4 awards under this section.

5 ‘‘(c) FUNDING.—Any expenses incident to an award

6 under this section may be paid out of the applicable cur7 rent account of the agency with which the individual was

8 or is employed.

9 ‘‘(d) POSTHUMOUS AWARD.—A Foreign Service Star

10 award to an individual who is deceased shall be presented

11 to the individual’s next of kin or representative, as des12 ignated by the President.’’.

13 SEC. 322. UNITED STATES CITIZENS HIRED ABROAD.

14 Section 408(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980

15 (22 U.S.C. 3968(a)(1)) is amended in the last sentence

16 by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(B)’’.

17 SEC. 323. BORDER EQUALIZATION ADJUSTMENT.

18 Chapter 4 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of

19 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) is amended by adding the

20 following new section at the end:

21 ‘‘SEC. 414. BORDER EQUALIZATION ADJUSTMENT.

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An employee who regularly com23 mutes from his or her place of residence in the continental

24 United States to an official duty station in Canada or

25 Mexico shall receive a border equalization adjustment
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1 equal to the amount of comparability payments under sec2 tion 5304 of title 5, United States Code, that he or she

3 would receive if assigned to an official duty station within

4 the United States locality pay area closest to the employ5 ee’s official duty station.

6 ‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF EMPLOYEE.—For purposes of

7 this section, the term ‘employee’ shall mean a person

8 who—

9 ‘‘(1) is an ‘employee’ as defined under section

10 2105 of title 5, United States Code; and

11 ‘‘(2) is employed by the United States Depart12 ment of State, the United States Agency for Inter13 national Development, or the International Joint

14 Commission, except that the term shall not include

15 members of the Foreign Service as defined by sec16 tion 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public

17 Law 96–465), section 3903 of title 22 of the United

18 States Code.

19 ‘‘(c) TREATMENT AS BASIC PAY.—An equalization

20 adjustment payable under this section shall be considered

21 basic pay for the same purposes as are comparability pay22 ments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code,

23 and its implementing regulations.
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1 ‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The agencies referenced in

2 subsection (b)(2) are authorized to promulgate regulations

3 to carry out the purposes of this section.’’.

4 SEC. 324. TREATMENT OF GRIEVANCE RECORDS.

5 Section 1103(d)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of

6 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4133(d)(1)) is amended by adding the

7 following new sentence at the end: ‘‘Nothing in this sub8 section shall prevent a grievant from placing a rebuttal

9 to accompany a record of disciplinary action in such griev10 ant’s personnel records nor prevent the Department from

11 including a response to such rebuttal, including docu12 menting those cases in which the Board has reviewed and

13 upheld the discipline.’’.

14 SEC. 325. REPORT CONCERNING FINANCIAL DISADVAN15 TAGES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECH16 NICAL PERSONNEL.

17 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that administra18 tive and technical personnel posted to United States mis19 sions abroad who do not have diplomatic status suffer fi20 nancial disadvantages from their lack of such status.

21 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date

22 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall

23 submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit24 tees concerning the extent to which administrative and

25 technical personnel posted to United States missions
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1 abroad who do not have diplomatic status suffer financial

2 disadvantages from their lack of such status, including

3 proposals to alleviate such disadvantages.

4 SEC. 326. EXTENSION OF OVERSEAS HIRING AUTHORITY.

5 Section 202(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980

6 (22 U.S.C. 3922(a)) is amended by inserting at the end

7 the following new paragraph:

8 ‘‘(4) When and to the extent the Secretary of

9 State deems it in the best interests of the United

10 States Government, the Secretary of State may au11 thorize the head of any agency or other Government

12 establishment (including any establishment in the

13 legislative or judicial branch), to appoint pursuant to

14 section 303 individuals hired abroad as members of

15 the Service and to utilize the Foreign Service per16 sonnel system under such regulations as the Sec17 retary of State may prescribe, provided that appoint18 ments of United States citizens under this sub19 section shall be limited to appointments authorized

20 by section 311(a).’’.

21 SEC. 327. MEDICAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.

22 Section 5927 of title 5, United States Code, is

23 amended—

24 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Up’’; and
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1 (2) by inserting the following new subsection at

2 the end:

3 ‘‘(b)(1) Up to 3 months pay may be paid in advance

4 to—

5 ‘‘(A) a United States citizen employee of an

6 agency, other than United States citizens hired at

7 post under section 311(a) of the Foreign Service Act

8 of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3951(a)),—

9 ‘‘(i) who is assigned or is located outside of

10 the United States pursuant to Government au11 thorization, and

12 ‘‘(ii) who must, or who has a family mem13 ber who must, undergo medical treatment out14 side of the United States of the nature specified

15 in regulations to be promulgated by the Sec16 retary of State; and

17 ‘‘(B) each foreign national employee appointed

18 under section 303 of the Foreign Service Act of

19 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3943) or nonfamily member United

20 States citizen hired at post under section 311(a) of

21 the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.

22 3951(a))—

23 ‘‘(i) who is located pursuant to United

24 States Government authorization outside of the

25 country of employment, and
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1 ‘‘(ii) who must undergo medical treatment

2 of the nature specified in regulations to be pro3 mulgated by the Secretary of State outside the

4 country of employment.

5 ‘‘(2)(A) Subject to adjustment of the account of an

6 employee under subsection (b)(2)(B) and other applicable

7 statutes, the advance of pay is at the rate of pay currently

8 authorized with respect to the employee on the date the

9 advance payment is made under agency procedures gov10 erning other advance payments permitted under title 5.

11 ‘‘(B) The head of each agency shall provide for—

12 ‘‘(i) the review of the account of each employee

13 of the agency in receipt of any payment under sec14 tion; and

15 ‘‘(ii) the recovery of the amount of pay or waiv16 er thereof.

17 ‘‘(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term

18 ‘country of employment’’ means the country outside the

19 United States where that employee was appointed or em20 ployed by the United States Government.’’.

21 SEC. 328. FAMILIES OF DECEASED FOREIGN SERVICE PER22 SONNEL.

23 Section 5922(d) of title 5, United States Code is

24 amended—

25 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘When’’;
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘death.’’ and inserting ‘‘death;

2 and’’; and

3 (3) by inserting the following new paragraph at

4 the end:

5 ‘‘(2) Upon the death of an employee, a transfer

6 allowance under section 5924(2)(B) may be fur7 nished to any spouse and dependents of such em8 ployee for the purpose of returning such spouse and

9 dependents to the United States.’’.

10 TITLE IV—UNITED STATES IN11 FORMATIONAL, EDU12 CATIONAL, AND CULTURAL

13 PROGRAMS

14 SEC. 401. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND

15 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BUR16 MESE.

17 (a) DESIGNATION OF NGAWANG CHOEPHEL EX18 CHANGE PROGRAMS.—Section 103(a) of the Human

19 Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations Provisions

20 Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-319) is amended by insert21 ing after the first sentence the following: ‘‘Exchange pro22 grams under this subsection shall be known as the

23 ‘Ngawang Choephel Exchange Programs.’’’.

24 (b) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BURMESE.—

25 Section 103(b)(1) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and
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1 Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (Public

2 Law 104–319; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended by strik3 ing ‘‘for the fiscal year 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of

4 the fiscal years 2000 and 2001’’.

5 SEC. 402. CONDUCT OF CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL AND CUL6 TURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.

7 Section 102 of the Human Rights, Refugee, and

8 Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (22

9 U.S.C. 2452 note) is amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘take appropriate steps to’’;

11 (2) by inserting ‘‘(a) INVOLVEMENT OF HUMAN

12 RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY LEADERS.—’’ immediately

13 before ‘‘In’’; and

14 (3) by adding at the end the following sub15 sections:

16 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—No program described in sub17 section (a) shall be conducted through a contractor or

18 grantee that is affiliated or closely associated with any

19 government that denies democracy or violates the right to

20 freedom of expression or other internationally recognized

21 human rights or with any entity that engages in activities

22 on behalf of such a government.

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

24 term ‘activities on behalf of a government’ means any ac25 tivity with the purpose or effect of encouraging the grant-
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1 ing to such government of any concession, benefit, or ad2 vantage (including political, economic, or military relations

3 with the United States) or discouraging the imposition of

4 any disability on such government.’’.

5 SEC. 403. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS OF GRANTS AND

6 CONTRACTS.

7 Section 705(b) of the United States Information and

8 Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1477c(b))

9 is amended to read as follows:

10 ‘‘(b) For fiscal year 2000 and each subsequent fiscal

11 year, the Secretary of State may not award any grant or

12 contract to carry out the purposes of this Act until 45

13 days after written notice has been provided to the Com14 mittee on International Relations of the House of Rep15 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of

16 the Senate of the intent to award such grant or contract.

17 In determining whether to award a grant or contract the

18 Secretary shall consider any objections or modifications

19 raised in the course of consultations with such commit20 tees.’’.

21 SEC. 404. NATIONAL SECURITY MEASURES.

22 The United States Information and Educational Ex23 change Act of 1948 is amended by adding after section

24 1011 the following new section:
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1 ‘‘NATIONAL SECURITY MEASURES

2 ‘‘SEC. 1012. The Secretary of State shall take all ap3 propriate steps to ensure that no foreign espionage agent

4 is a participant in any program of educational and cultural

5 exchange under this Act.’’.

6 SEC. 405. DESIGNATION OF NORTH/SOUTH CENTER AS THE

7 DANTE B. FASCELL NORTH-SOUTH CENTER.

8 (a) DESIGNATION.—Section 208 of the Foreign Rela9 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22

10 U.S.C. 2075) is amended—

11 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the

12 following:

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

14 ‘‘Dante B. Fascell North-South Center Act of 1991’’;

15 (2) in subsection (c)—

16 (A) by amending the section heading to

17 read as follows: ‘‘DANTE B. FASCELL NORTH18 SOUTH CENTER.—’’; and

19 (B) by striking ‘‘known as the North/

20 South Center,’’ and inserting which shall be

21 known and designated as the Dante B. Fascell

22 North-South Center,’’; and

23 (3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘North/South

24 Center’’ and inserting ‘‘Dante B. Fascell North25 South Center’’.
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1 (b) REFERENCES.—

2 (1) CENTER.—Any reference in any other pro3 vision of law to the educational institution in Florida

4 known as the North/South Center shall be deemed

5 to be a reference to the ‘‘Dante B. Fascell North6 South Center’’.

7 (2) SHORT TITLE.—Any reference in any other

8 provision of law to the North/South Center Act of

9 1991 shall be deemed to be a reference to the

10 ‘‘Dante B. Fascell North/South Center Act of

11 1991’’.

12 SEC. 406. ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.

13 Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Re14 structuring Act of 1998 (enacted as Division G of the Om15 nibus Consolidated Emergency Supplemental Appropria16 tions Act for Fiscal Year 1999; Public Law 105–277) is

17 repealed.

18 SEC. 407. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS.

19 (a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection

20 (b), notwithstanding any other provision of law, the De21 partment of State may not obligate or expend any funds

22 for a United States Government funded pavilion or other

23 major exhibit at any international exposition or world’s

24 fair registered by the Bureau of International Expositions
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1 in excess of amounts expressly authorized and appro2 priated for such purpose.

3 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—

4 (1) The Department of State is authorized to

5 utilize its personnel and resources to carry out its

6 responsibilities—

7 (A) under section 102(a)(3) of the Mutual

8 Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of

9 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2542(a)(3), to provide for

10 United States participation in international

11 fairs and expositions abroad;

12 (B) under section 105(f) of such Act with

13 respect to encouraging foreign governments,

14 international organizations, and private individ15 uals, firms, associations, agencies and other

16 groups to participate in international fairs and

17 expositions and to make contributions to be uti18 lized for United States participation in inter19 national fairs and expositions; and

20 (C) to encourage private support to the

21 United States Commissioner General for par22 ticipation in international fairs and expositions.

23 (2) Nothing in this subsection shall be con24 strued as authorizing the use of funds appropriated

25 to the Department of State to make payments for—
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1 (A) contracts, grants, or other agreements

2 with any other party to carry out the activities

3 described in this subsection; or

4 (B) any legal judgment or the costs of liti5 gation brought against the Department of State

6 arising from activities described in this sub7 section.

8 (c) REPEAL.—Section 230 of the Foreign Relations

9 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22

10 U.S.C. 2452 note) is repealed.

11 TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL

12 BROADCASTING

13 SEC. 501. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION FOR RADIO FREE

14 ASIA.

15 (a) REPEAL OF SUNSET PROVISION.—Section 309 of

16 the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994

17 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended—

18 (1) by striking subsection (g); and

19 (2) in subsection (d)(2) by striking ‘‘Govern20 ment,’’ and all that follows through the period and

21 inserting ‘‘Government.’’.

22 (b) REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATIONS.—Section

23 309 of the United States International Broadcasting Act

24 of 1994 is further amended —
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1 (1) in subsection (d) by striking paragraphs (4)

2 and (5) and by redesignating paragraph (6) as para3 graph (4); and

4 (2) in subsection (c)—

5 (A) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘the

6 funding’’ and all that follows through the semi7 colon and inserting ‘‘any funding limitations

8 under subsection (d);’’; and

9 (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘the

10 funding’’ and all that follows through the period

11 and inserting ‘‘any funding limitations under

12 subsection (d).’’.

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

14 RADIO LIBERTY).

15 (a) REPEAL OF PRIVATIZATION POLICY STATE16 MENT.—Section 312 of the United States International

17 Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6211) is repealed.

18 (b) INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON GRANT

19 AMOUNTS.—Section 308 of the United States Inter20 national Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6207) is

21 amended by striking ‘‘$75,000,000’’ and inserting

22 ‘‘$80,000,000’’.
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1 SEC. 503. IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR BROAD2 CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

3 Section 304 of the United States International

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

5 by adding at the end the following new subsection:

6 ‘‘(g) IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.—Notwith7 standing any other provision of law, the Volunteer Protec8 tion Act of 1997 shall apply to the members of the Broad9 casting Board of Governors when acting in their capacities

10 as members of the boards of directors of RFE/RL, Incor11 porated and Radio Free Asia.’’.

12 TITLE VI—INTERNATIONAL OR13 GANIZATIONS AND COMMIS14 SIONS

15 SEC. 601. INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUPS.

16 (a) AMERICAN DELEGATIONS TO CONFERENCES.—

17 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever ei18 ther the House of Representatives or the Senate does not

19 appoint its allotment of members as part the American

20 delegation or group to a conference or assembly of the

21 British-American Interparliamentary Group, the Con22 ference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE),

23 the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group, the

24 North Atlantic Assembly, or any similar interparliamen25 tary group of which the United States is a member or

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1 the other body may make appointments to complete the

2 membership of the American delegation. Any appointment

3 pursuant to this section shall be for the period of such

4 conference or assembly and the body of Congress making

5 such an appointment shall be responsible for the expenses

6 of any member so appointed. Any such appointment shall

7 be made in same manner in which other appointments to

8 the delegation by such body of Congress are made.

9 (b) TRANSATLANTIC LEGISLATIVE DIALOGUE.—Sec10 tion 109(c) of the Department of State Authorization Act,

11 Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (22 U.S.C. 276 note) is

12 amended by striking ‘‘United States-European Commu13 nity Interparliamentary Group’’ and inserting ‘‘Trans14 atlantic Legislative Dialogue’’.

15 SEC. 602. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST STATES AND LOCAL GOV16 ERNMENTS.

17 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Commissioner of the U.S. Sec18 tion of the International Boundary and Water Commission

19 may provide technical tests, evaluations, information, sur20 veys, or others similar services to State or local govern21 ments upon the request of such State or local government

22 on a reimbursable basis.

23 (b) REIMBURSEMENTS.—Reimbursements shall be

24 paid in advance of the goods or services ordered and shall

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1 U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water

2 Commission. Proper adjustment of amounts paid in ad3 vance shall be made as agreed to by the U.S. Section of

4 the International Boundary and Water Commission on the

5 basis of the actual cost of goods or services provided. Re6 imbursements received by the U.S. Section of the Inter7 national Boundary and Water Commission for providing

8 services under this section shall be credited to the appro9 priation from which the cost of providing the services will

10 be charged.

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