Union Calendar No. 65

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1211

[Report No. 106–122]

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the Department of

and 2001, and for other purposes.State and related agencies for fiscal years 2000

APRIL 29, 1999

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee

dered to be printedof the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
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Union Calendar No. 65

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1211

[Report No. 106–122]

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

APRIL 29, 1999

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 22, 1999]

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Relations Au3 thorization Act, Fiscal Year 2000’’.

4 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

5 The table of contents is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.

Sec. 3. Definitions.

TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

CHAPTER 1—DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Sec. 101. Administration of foreign affairs.

Sec. 102. International organizations.

Sec. 103. International commissions.

Sec. 104. Migration and refugee assistance.

Sec. 105. Public diplomacy programs.

Sec. 106. Voluntary contributions to international organizations.

Sec. 107. Grants to the Asia Foundation.

CHAPTER 2—BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Sec. 121. International broadcasting.

TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

CHAPTER 1—AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

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

Sec. 202. Report on Cuban drug trafficking.

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

Child Abduction.

Sec. 204. Elimination of obsolete reports.

Sec. 205. Continuation of reporting requirements.

Sec. 206. International arms sales code of conduct.

Sec. 207. Human rights and democracy fellowships.

Sec. 208. Joint funds under agreements for cooperation in environmental, scientific, cultural, and related areas.

Sec. 209. Report on international extradition.

Sec. 210. Effective regulation of satellite export activities.

CHAPTER 2—CONSULAR AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

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

Sec. 252. Duties of consular officers.

Sec. 253. Machine readable visas.

Sec. 254. Processing of visa applications.

Sec. 255. Repeal of outdated provision on passport fees.

Sec. 256. Fees relating to affidavits of support.
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CHAPTER 3—REFUGEES

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

Sec. 272. Human rights reports.

Sec. 273. Guidelines for refugee processing posts.

Sec. 274. Vietnamese refugees.

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

CHAPTER 1—ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

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

Bureau for Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs.

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

State.

CHAPTER 2—PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Sec. 321. Establishment of Foreign Service Star.

Sec. 322. United States citizens hired abroad.

Sec. 323. Border equalization adjustment.

Sec. 324. Treatment of grievance records.

Sec. 325. Report concerning financial disadvantages for administrative and technical personnel.

Sec. 326. Extension of overseas hiring authority.

Sec. 327. Medical emergency assistance.

Sec. 328. Families of deceased foreign service personnel.

Sec. 329. Parental choice in education.

Sec. 330. Workforce planning for foreign service personnel by federal agencies.

Sec. 331. Compensation for survivors of terrorist attacks overseas.

TITLE IV—UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND

CULTURAL PROGRAMS

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

Burmese.

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

Sec. 403. Notification to Congress of grants.

Sec. 404. National security measures.

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

Center.

Sec. 406. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.

Sec. 407. International expositions.

Sec. 408. Royal Ulster Constabulary.

TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING

Sec. 501. Permanent authorization for Radio Free Asia.

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

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

TITLE VI—INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS

Sec. 601. Interparliamentary groups.

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

Sec. 603. International Boundary and Water Commission.

Sec. 604. Concerning United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES–10/6.
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TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 701. Sense of the Congress concerning support for democracy and human

rights activists in Cuba.

Sec. 702. Relating to Cyprus.

1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

2 In this Act:

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit5 tees’’ means the Committee on International Relations

6 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of

7 Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela8 tions and the Committee on Appropriations of the

9 Senate.

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

11 Secretary of State.

12 TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF

13 APPROPRIATIONS

14 CHAPTER 1—DEPARTMENT OF STATE

15 SEC. 101. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

16 The following amounts are authorized to be appro17 priated for the Department of State under ‘‘Administration

18 of Foreign Affairs’’ to carry out the authorities, functions,

19 duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign af20 fairs of the United States and for other purposes authorized

21 by law, including the diplomatic security program:

22 (1) DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS.—
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1 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA2 TIONS.—For ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro3 grams’’, of the Department of State

4 $2,531,775,000 for the fiscal year 2000.

5 (B) LIMITATIONS.—

6 (i) WORLDWIDE SECURITY UP7 GRADES.—Of the amounts authorized to be

8 appropriated by subparagraph (A),

9 $254,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 is author10 ized to be appropriated only for worldwide

11 security upgrades.

12 (ii) BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN

13 RIGHTS, AND LABOR.—Of the amounts au14 thorized to be appropriated by subpara15 graph (A), $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2000

16 is authorized to be appropriated only for

17 salaries and expenses of the Bureau of De18 mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor.

19 (iii) RECRUITMENT OF MINORITY

20 GROUPS.—Of the amounts authorized to be

21 appropriated by subparagraph (A),

22 $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 is author23 ized to be appropriated only for the recruit24 ment of members of minority groups for ca-
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1 reers in the Foreign Service and inter2 national affairs.

3 (2) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.—For ‘‘Capital

4 Investment Fund’’ of the Department of State,

5 $90,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000.

6 (3) SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE OF UNITED

7 STATES MISSIONS.—

8 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA9 TIONS.—For ‘‘Security and Maintenance of

10 United States Missions’’, $1,580,066,000 for the

11 fiscal year 2000.

12 (B) SECURITY UPGRADES FOR UNITED

13 STATES MISSIONS.—Of the amounts authorized

14 to be appropriated by subparagraph (A),

15 $1,146,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 is authorized

16 to be appropriated only for security upgrades to

17 United States missions abroad, including con18 struction and relocation costs.

19 (4) REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES.—For ‘‘Rep20 resentation Allowances’’, $4,450,000 for the fiscal year

21 2000.

22 (5) EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CON23 SULAR SERVICE.—For ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplo24 matic and Consular Service’’, $17,000,000 for the fis25 cal year 2000.
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1 (6) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—For

2 ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, $30,054,000 for the

3 fiscal year 2000.

4 (7) PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN

5 TAIWAN.—For ‘‘Payment to the American Institute in

6 Taiwan’’, $15,760,000 for the fiscal year 2000.

7 (8) PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OF8 FICIALS.—

9 (A) For ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions

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

11 2000.

12 (B) Each amount appropriated pursuant to

13 this paragraph is authorized to remain available

14 through September 30 of the fiscal year following

15 the fiscal year for which the amount appro16 priated was made.

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

18 Loans’’, $1,200,000 for the fiscal year 2000, for ad19 ministrative expenses.

20 SEC. 102. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

21 (a) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL

22 ORGANIZATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated

23 for ‘‘Contributions to International Organizations’’,

24 $963,308,000 for the fiscal year 2000 for the Department

25 of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and
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1 responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the

2 United States with respect to international organizations

3 and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with

4 such purposes.

5 (b) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL

6 PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.—There are authorized to be

7 appropriated for ‘‘Contributions for International Peace8 keeping Activities’’, $235,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000

9 for the Department of State to carry out the authorities,

10 functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the

11 foreign affairs of the United States with respect to inter12 national peacekeeping activities and to carry out other au13 thorities in law consistent with such purposes.

14 SEC. 103. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS.

15 The following amounts are authorized to be appro16 priated under ‘‘International Commissions’’ for the Depart17 ment of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties,

18 and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of

19 the United States and for other purposes authorized by law:

20 (1) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COM21 MISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.—For ‘‘Inter22 national Boundary and Water Commission, United

23 States and Mexico’’—

24 (A) for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’

25 $20,413,000 for the fiscal year 2000; and
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1 (B) for ‘‘Construction’’ $8,435,000 for the

2 fiscal year 2000.

3 (2) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION,

4 UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—For ‘‘International

5 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada’’,

6 $859,000 for the fiscal year 2000.

7 (3) INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION.—For

8 ‘‘International Joint Commission’’, $3,819,000 for the

9 fiscal year 2000.

10 (4) INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS.—

11 For ‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’,

12 $16,702,000 for the fiscal year 2000.

13 SEC. 104. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.

14 (a) MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.—

15 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

16 There are authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Migra17 tion and Refugee Assistance’’ for authorized activities,

18 $750,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000.

19 (2) LIMITATIONS.—

20 (A) TIBETAN REFUGEES IN INDIA AND

21 NEPAL.—Of the amounts authorized to be appro22 priated in paragraph (1), not more than

23 $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is authorized

24 to be available only for humanitarian assistance,

25 including food, medicine, clothing, and medical
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1 and vocational training, to Tibetan refugees in

2 India and Nepal who have fled Chinese-occupied

3 Tibet.

4 (B) REFUGEES RESETTLING IN ISRAEL.—Of

5 the amounts authorized to be appropriated in

6 paragraph (1), $60,000,000 for the fiscal year

7 2000 is authorized to be available only for assist8 ance for refugees resettling in Israel from other

9 countries.

10 (C) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR DIS11 PLACED BURMESE.—Of the amounts authorized

12 to be appropriated in paragraph (1), $2,000,000

13 for the fiscal year 2000 for humanitarian assist14 ance are authorized to be available only for as15 sistance (including food, medicine, clothing, and

16 medical and vocational training) to persons dis17 placed as a result of civil conflict in Burma, in18 cluding persons still within Burma.

19 (D) ASSISTANCE FOR DISPLACED SIERRA

20 LEONEANS.—Of the amounts authorized to be

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

22 the fiscal year 2000 for humanitarian assistance

23 are authorized to be available only for assistance

24 (including food, medicine, clothing, and medical

25 and vocational training) and resettlement of per-
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1 sons who have been severely mutilated as a result

2 of civil conflict in Sierra Leone, including per3 sons still within Sierra Leone.

4 (E) ASSISTANCE FOR KOSOVAR REFU5 GEES.—

6 (i) Of the amounts authorized to be ap7 propriated in paragraph (1), $50,000,000

8 for the fiscal year 2000 are authorized to be

9 appropriated only for the Front Line States

10 Initiative defined in clause (ii).

11 (ii) For the purposes of this subpara12 graph, the term ‘‘Front Line States Initia13 tive’’ means assistance for the relief of refu14 gees fleeing from the conflict in Kosovo pro15 vided through nongovernmental organiza16 tions in the form of food, housing, clothing,

17 transportation, and other material, with

18 priority assistance for the relief of refugees

19 in the front line states of Albania and Mac20 edonia.

21 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated

22 pursuant to this section are authorized to remain available

23 until expended.
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1 SEC. 105. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAMS.

2 The following amounts are authorized to be appro3 priated for the Department of State to carry out inter4 national information activities and educational and cul5 tural exchange programs under the United States Informa6 tion and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Mutual

7 Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Reorga8 nization Plan Number 2 of 1977, the Dante B. Fascell

9 North-South Center Act of 1991, and the National Endow10 ment for Democracy Act, and to carry out other authorities

11 in law consistent with such purposes:

12 (1) INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS.—

13 For ‘‘International Information Programs’’,

14 $305,997,000 for the fiscal year 2000.

15 (2) EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE

16 PROGRAMS.—

17 (A) FULBRIGHT ACADEMIC EXCHANGE PRO18 GRAMS.—There are authorized to be appro19 priated for the ‘‘Fulbright Academic Exchange

20 Programs’’ (other than programs described in

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

22 year 2000.

23 (B) OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL

24 EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.—

25 (i) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized

26 to be appropriated for other educational
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1 and cultural exchange programs authorized

2 by law, including the Claude and Mildred

3 Pepper Scholarship Program of the Wash4 ington Workshops Foundation and the Mike

5 Mansfield Fellowship Program, $98,329,000

6 for the fiscal year 2000.

7 (ii) SOUTH PACIFIC EXCHANGES.—Of

8 the amounts authorized to be appropriated

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

10 year 2000 is authorized to be available for

11 ‘‘South Pacific Exchanges’’.

12 (iii) EAST TIMORESE SCHOLAR13 SHIPS.—Of the amounts authorized to be

14 appropriated under clause (i), $500,000 for

15 the fiscal year 2000 is authorized to be

16 available for ‘‘East Timorese Scholarships’’.

17 (iv) TIBETAN EXCHANGES.—Of the

18 amounts authorized to be appropriated

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

20 year 2000 is authorized to be available for

21 ‘‘Ngawang Choephel Exchange Programs’’

22 (formerly known as educational and cul23 tural exchanges with Tibet) under section

24 103(a) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and
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1 Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of

2 1996 (Public Law 104–319).

3 (v) AFRICAN EXCHANGES.—Of the

4 amounts authorized to be appropriated

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

6 year 2000 is authorized to be available only

7 for ‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchanges

8 with Sub-Saharan Africa’’.

9 (3) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL

10 INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.—For the

11 ‘‘Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange be12 tween East and West’’, $17,500,000 for the fiscal year

13 2000.

14 (4) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.—

15 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA16 TIONS.—For the ‘‘National Endowment for De17 mocracy’’, $34,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000.

18 (B) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts author19 ized to be appropriated by subparagraph (A),

20 $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is authorized

21 to be appropriated only for a fellowship pro22 gram, to be known as the ‘‘Reagan-Fascell De23 mocracy Fellows’’, for democracy activists and

24 scholars from around the world at the Inter25 national Forum for Democratic Studies in
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1 Washington, D.C., to study, write, and exchange

2 views with other activists and scholars and with

3 Americans.

4 (5) DANTE B. FASCELL NORTH-SOUTH CEN5 TER.—For ‘‘Dante B. Fascell North-South Center’’

6 $2,500,000 for the fiscal year 2000.

7 SEC. 106. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL

8 ORGANIZATIONS.

9 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are

10 authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Voluntary Contributions

11 to International Organizations’’, $293,000,000 for the fiscal

12 year 2000.

13 (b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIA14 TIONS.—

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

16 authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a),

17 $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is authorized to be

18 appropriated only for a United States contribution to

19 the World Food Program.

20 (2) UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTARY FUND FOR VIC21 TIMS OF TORTURE.—Of the amount authorized to be

22 appropriated under subsection (a), $5,000,000 for the

23 fiscal year 2000 is authorized to be appropriated only

24 for a United States contribution to the United Na25 tions Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.
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1 (3) INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM ON THE ELIMI2 NATION OF CHILD LABOR.—Of the amounts author3 ized to be appropriated under subsection (a),

4 $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is authorized to be

5 appropriated only for a United States contribution to

6 the International Labor Organization for the activi7 ties of the International Program on the Elimination

8 of Child Labor.

9 (4) ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.—Of

10 the amounts authorized to be appropriated under sub11 section (a), $240,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is au12 thorized to be appropriated only for a United States

13 contribution to the Organization of American States

14 for the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom

15 of Expression in the Western Hemisphere to conduct

16 investigations, including field visits, to establish a

17 network of nongovernmental organizations, and to

18 hold hemispheric conferences, of which $6,000 for each

19 fiscal year is authorized to be appropriated only for

20 the investigation and dissemination of information on

21 violations of freedom of expression by the Government

22 of Cuba.

23 (c) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY

24 CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PRO25 GRAM.—
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1 (1) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts made avail2 able under subsection (a) for the fiscal year 2000 for

3 United States voluntary contributions to the United

4 Nations Development Program an amount equal to

5 the amount the United Nations Development Program

6 will spend in Burma during each fiscal year shall be

7 withheld unless during such fiscal year the Secretary

8 of State submits to the appropriate congressional

9 committees the certification described in paragraph

10 (2).

11 (2) CERTIFICATION.—The certification referred

12 to in paragraph (1) is a certification by the Secretary

13 of State that all programs and activities of the

14 United Nations Development Program (including

15 United Nations Development Program—Administered

16 Funds) in Burma—

17 (A) are focused on eliminating human suf18 fering and addressing the needs of the poor;

19 (B) are undertaken only through inter20 national or private voluntary organizations that

21 have been deemed independent of the State Peace

22 and Development Council (SPDC) (formerly

23 known as the State Law and Order Restoration

24 Council (SLORC), after consultation with the

25 leadership of the National League for Democracy
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1 and the leadership of the National Coalition

2 Government of the Union of Burma;

3 (C) provide no financial, political, or mili4 tary benefit to the SPDC; and

5 (D) are carried out only after consultation

6 with the leadership of the National League for

7 Democracy and the leadership of the National

8 Coalition Government of the Union of Burma.

9 (d) CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS POPULATION

10 FUND.—

11 (1) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF CONTRIBU12 TION.—Of the amounts made available under sub13 section (a), not more than $25,000,000 for fiscal year

14 2000 shall be available for the United Nations Popu15 lation Fund (hereinafter in this subsection referred to

16 as the ‘‘UNFPA’’).

17 (2) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—

18 None of the funds made available under subsection (a)

19 may be made available for the UNFPA for a country

20 program in the People’s Republic of China.

21 (3) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—

22 Amounts made available under subsection (a) for fis23 cal year 2000 for the UNFPA may not be made avail24 able to UNFPA unless—
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1 (A) the UNFPA maintains amounts made

2 available to the UNFPA under this section in an

3 account separate from other accounts of the

4 UNFPA;

5 (B) the UNFPA does not commingle

6 amounts made available to the UNFPA under

7 this section with other sums; and

8 (C) the UNFPA does not fund abortions.

9 (4) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS SUBJECT TO CER10 TIFICATION.—

11 (A) Of the amounts made available for fis12 cal year 2000 for United States voluntary con13 tributions to the UNFPA an amount equal to the

14 amount that UNFPA will spend on a country

15 program in the People’s Republic of China dur16 ing each fiscal year shall be withheld unless dur17 ing such fiscal year, the Secretary of State sub18 mits to the appropriate congressional committees

19 the certification described in subparagraph (B).

20 (B) The certification referred to in subpara21 graph (A) is a certification by the Secretary of

22 State that the country program of the UNFPA

23 in the People’s Republic of China—
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1 (i) focuses on improving the delivery of

2 voluntary family planning information and

3 services;

4 (ii) is designed in conformity with the

5 human rights principles affirmed at the

6 International Conference on Population and

7 Development with the support of 180 na8 tions including the United States;

9 (iii) is implemented only in counties

10 in the People’s Republic of China where all

11 quotas and targets for the recruitment of

12 program participants have been abolished

13 and the use of coercive measures has been

14 eliminated;

15 (iv) is carried out in consultation

16 with, and under the oversight and approval

17 of, the UNFPA executive board, including

18 the United States representative;

19 (v) is subject to regular independent

20 monitoring to ensure compliance with the

21 principles of informed consent and vol22 untary participation; and

23 (vi) suspends operations in project

24 counties found to be in violation of program

25 guidelines.
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1 (e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized to

2 be appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized to re3 main 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 $15,000,000 for the fiscal year

9 2000 for grants to The Asia Foundation pursuant to this

10 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 Broad19 casting to Cuba Act, and for other purposes authorized by

20 law:

21 (1) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPER22 ATIONS.—

23 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA24 TIONS.—For ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper25 ations’’, $385,900,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
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1 (B) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts author2 ized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A),

3 the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall seek

4 to ensure that the amounts made available for

5 broadcasting to nations whose people do not fully

6 enjoy freedom of expression do not decline in

7 proportion to the amounts made available for

8 broadcasting to other nations.

9 (2) BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.—

10 For ‘‘Broadcasting Capital Improvements’’,

11 $20,868,000 for the fiscal year 2000.

12 (3) RADIO FREE ASIA.—For ‘‘Radio Free Asia’’,

13 $30,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000.

14 (4) BROADCASTING TO CUBA.—

15 (A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA16 TIONS.—For ‘‘Broadcasting to Cuba’’,

17 $22,743,000 for the fiscal year 2000.

18 (B) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts author19 ized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A),

20 $712,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is authorized to

21 be appropriated only for the Office of Cuba

22 Broadcasting to develop and implement new

23 technology and enhance current methods to

24 strengthen and improve the transmission capa25 bilities of Radio Marti and TV Marti.
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1 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF

2 STATE AUTHORITIES AND AC3 TIVITIES

4 CHAPTER 1—AUTHORITIES AND

5 ACTIVITIES

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

7 A TERRORIST ATTACK ABROAD.

8 Subject to the availability of appropriations, in the

9 event of an emergency which involves a terrorist attack

10 abroad, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

11 of the Department of Justice is authorized to lease commer12 cial aircraft to transport equipment and personnel in re13 sponse to such attack if there have been reasonable efforts

14 to obtain appropriate Department of Defense aircraft and

15 such aircraft are unavailable. The leasing authority under

16 this section shall include authority to provide indemnifica17 tion insurance or guarantees, if necessary and appropriate.

18 SEC. 202. REPORT ON CUBAN DRUG TRAFFICKING.

19 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment

20 of this Act and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of

21 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit22 tees an unclassified report (with a classified annex) on the

23 extent of international drug trafficking from, through, or

24 over Cuba. Each report shall include the following:
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1 (1) Information concerning the extent to which

2 the Cuban Government or any official, employee, or

3 entity of the Government of Cuba has engaged in, fa4 cilitated, or condoned such trafficking.

5 (2) The extent to which the appropriate agencies

6 of the United States Government have investigated

7 and prosecuted such activities of the Cuban Govern8 ment or any official, employee, or entity of the Gov9 ernment of Cuba.

10 (3) A determination of whether the Government

11 of Cuba should be included in the list of nations con12 sidered to be major drug trafficking countries.

13 SEC. 203. REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE HAGUE CON14 VENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUC15 TION.

16 Section 2803(a) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Re17 structuring Act of 1998 (as enacted by division G of the

18 Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Ap19 propriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105–277) is amended—

20 (1) by striking ‘‘1999,’’ and inserting ‘‘2000,’’;

21 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘abducted.’’

22 and inserting ‘‘abducted, are being wrongfully re23 tained in violation of United States court orders, or

24 which have failed to comply with any of their obliga25 tions under such convention with respect to applica-
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1 tions for the return of children, access to children, or

2 both, submitted by United States citizens or lawful

3 residents.’’;

4 (3) in paragraph (3)—

5 (A) by striking ‘‘children’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘children, access to children, or both,’’; and

7 (B) by inserting ‘‘or lawful residents’’ after

8 ‘‘citizens’’; and

9 (4) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol10 lowing new paragraph:

11 ‘‘(6) A list of the countries which are Parties to

12 the Convention, but in which due to the absence of a

13 prompt and effective method for enforcement of civil

14 court orders, the absence of a doctrine of comity, or

15 other factors, there is a substantial possibility that an

16 order of return or access under a Hague Convention

17 proceeding, or a United States custody, access, or vis18 itation order, will not be promptly enforced.’’.

19 SEC. 204. ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE REPORTS.

20 (a) POST LANGUAGE COMPETENCE.—Section 304(c) of

21 the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3944(c)) is re22 pealed.

23 (b) SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH.—Section 574

24 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
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1 Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–107)

2 is repealed.

3 (c) REDUNDANT REPORTS ON CERTAIN WEAPONS.—

4 (1) Section 308 of the Chemical and Biological

5 Weapons and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (Pub6 lic Law 102–182) is repealed.

7 (2) Section 585 of the Foreign Operations, Ex8 port Financing, and Related Programs Appropria9 tions Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208), is repealed.

10 (d) SITUATION IN IRAQ.—Section 3 of Public Law

11 102–1 is amended by striking ‘‘60 days’’ and inserting ‘‘six

12 months’’.

13 SEC. 205. CONTINUATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

14 (a) REPORTS ON CLAIMS BY UNITED STATES FIRMS

15 AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF SAUDI ARABIA.—Section

16 2801(b) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring

17 Act of 1998 (as enacted by division G of the Omnibus Con18 solidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations

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

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

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

22 (3) by striking the designation for paragraph (2)

23 and adjusting the tabulation.

24 (b) REPORTS ON DETERMINATIONS UNDER TITLE IV

25 OF THE LIBERTAD ACT.—Section 2802(a) of the Foreign
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1 Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted

2 by division G of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency

3 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105–

4 277) is amended by striking ‘‘during the period ending Sep5 tember 30, 1999,’’ and inserting a comma.

6 (c) RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM.—Section 2805 of the

7 Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as

8 enacted by division G of the Omnibus Consolidated and

9 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public

10 Law 105–277) is amended by striking ‘‘during the period

11 ending September 30, 1999,’’.

12 (d) REPORTS ON BALLISTIC MISSILE COOPERATION

13 WITH RUSSIA.—Section 2705(d) of the Foreign Affairs Re14 form and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted by division

15 G of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple16 mental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105–277) is

17 amended by striking ‘‘and January 1, 2000,’’ and inserting

18 ‘‘January 1, 2000, January 1, 2001, and January 1,

19 2002,’’.

20 SEC. 206. INTERNATIONAL ARMS SALES CODE OF CONDUCT.

21 (a) NEGOTIATIONS.—The Secretary of State shall at22 tempt to achieve the foreign policy goal of an international

23 arms sales code of conduct with all Wassenaar Arrangement

24 countries. The Secretary of State shall take the necessary

25 steps to begin negotiations with all Wassenaar Arrangement
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1 countries within 120 days after the date of the enactment

2 of 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 fair

11 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 before

18 the law, and respect for individual and minority

19 rights, including freedom to speak, publish, asso20 ciate, and organize; and

21 (D) promotes the strengthening of political,

22 legislative, and civil institutions of democracy,

23 as well as autonomous institutions to monitor

24 the conduct of public officials and to combat cor25 ruption.
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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, gen13 der, national origin, or political affiliation;

14 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 of

20 internationally recognized human rights;

21 (C) permits access on a regular basis to po22 litical prisoners by international humanitarian

23 organizations such as the International Com24 mittee of the Red Cross;
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1 (D) promotes the independence of the judici2 ary and other official bodies that oversee the pro3 tection of human rights;

4 (E) does not impede the free functioning of

5 domestic and international human rights organi6 zations; and

7 (F) provides access on a regular basis to hu8 manitarian 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) REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.—Not

20 later than 6 months after the commencement of nego21 tiations under subsection (a), and not later than the

22 end of every 6-month period thereafter until an agree23 ment described in subsection (a) is concluded, the Sec24 retary of State shall report to the appropriate con-
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1 gressional committees on the progress of such negotia2 tions.

3 (2) HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT.—In the report re4 quired by sections 116(d) and 502B of the Foreign

5 Assistance Act of 1961, the Secretary of State shall

6 describe the extent to which the practices of each

7 country evaluated meet the criteria of subsection (b).

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

9 term ‘‘Wassenaar Arrangement countries’’ means those par10 ticipating in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Con11 trols for Conventional Arms and Dual Use Goods and Tech12 nologies, done at Vienna on July 11–12, 1996.

13 SEC. 207. HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FELLOWSHIPS.

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the De15 partment of State a program which shall be known as the

16 ‘‘Human Rights and Democracy Fellowship Program’’. The

17 program shall be administered by the Secretary with the

18 assistance of the Assistant Secretary for Democracy,

19 Human Rights, and Labor. The program shall provide for

20 the employment of not less than 6 and not more than 12

21 fellows in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and

22 Labor. Fellowships shall be for an initial 1 year period

23 which may be extended for a total of not more than 3 years.

24 Fellowships shall be available to individuals who have ex25 pertise in human rights policy, human rights law, or re-
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1 lated subjects and who are not permanent employees of the

2 United States Government.

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There are

4 authorized to be appropriated for the Human Rights and

5 Democracy Fellowship Program under subsection (a)

6 $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.

7 SEC. 208. JOINT FUNDS UNDER AGREEMENTS FOR CO8 OPERATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL, SCI9 ENTIFIC, CULTURAL AND RELATED AREAS.

10 Amounts made available to the Department of State

11 for participation in joint funds under agreements for co12 operation in environmental, scientific, cultural and related

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

14 terms of such international agreements, were deposited in

15 interest-bearing accounts prior to disbursement may earn

16 interest, and interest accrued to such accounts may be used

17 and retained without return to the Treasury of the United

18 States and without further appropriation by Congress. The

19 Department of State shall take action to ensure the complete

20 and timely disbursement of appropriations and associated

21 interest within joint funds covered by this section and final

22 disposition of such agreements.

23 SEC. 209. REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL EXTRADITION.

24 Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment

25 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall prepare and submit
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1 the Congress a report concerning international extradition.

2 The report shall review all extradition treaties and agree3 ments to which the United States is signatory; identify

4 those countries that have become ‘‘safe havens’’ for individ5 uals fleeing the American justice system; identify the factors

6 which contribute to the international extradition problem,

7 particularly laws in foreign countries which prohibit the

8 extradition to another country of certain classes of persons;

9 and propose appropriate legislative and diplomatic solu10 tions to such problem, including, where appropriate, the re11 negotiation of extradition treaties.

12 SEC. 210. EFFECTIVE REGULATION OF SATELLITE EXPORT

13 ACTIVITIES.

14 (a) LICENSING REGIME.—The Secretary of State shall

15 establish a regulatory regime for the licensing for export

16 of satellites, satellite technologies, components, and systems

17 which shall include preferential treatment and expedited

18 approval, as appropriate, of the licensing for export by

19 United States companies of satellites, satellite technologies,

20 components, and systems to NATO allies, major non-NATO

21 allies, and other friendly countries.

22 (b) FINANCIAL AND PERSONNEL RESOURCES.—The

23 Secretary of State, pursuant to the Omnibus Consolidated

24 and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999,

25 shall obligate expeditiously $2,000,000 of amounts appro-
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1 priated under that Act, above levels made available to the

2 Office of Defense Trade Controls for fiscal year 1998, to en3 able that office to carry out its responsibilities.

4 CHAPTER 2—CONSULAR AND RELATED

5 ACTIVITIES

6 SEC. 251. DEATHS AND ESTATES OF UNITED STATES CITI7 ZENS ABROAD.

8 (a) REPEAL.—Section 1709 of the Revised Statutes (22

9 U.S.C. 4195) is repealed.

10 (b) AMENDMENT TO STATE DEPARTMENT BASIC AU11 THORITIES ACT OF 1956.—The State Department Basic

12 Authorities Act of 1956 is amended by inserting after sec13 tion 43 the following new sections:

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

15 DEATH.

16 ‘‘Pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary of State

17 may prescribe—

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

19 dies abroad, a consular officer shall endeavor to no20 tify, or assist the Secretary of State in notifying, the

21 next of kin or legal guardian as soon as possible; pro22 vided, that in the case of death of Peace Corps Volun23 teers, members of the Armed Forces, their dependents,

24 or Department of Defense civilian employees, the con25 sular officer shall assist the Peace Corps or the appro-
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1 priate military authorities in making such notifica2 tions.

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 State

13 may prescribe, when a United States citizen or na14 tional dies abroad, a consular officer shall act as the

15 provisional conservator of the decedent’s estate and,

16 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 due

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

2 the decedent;

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

4 perishable items of property;

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

6 notice to such next of kin as can be ascertained

7 with reasonable diligence, such additional items

8 of property as necessary to provide funds suffi9 cient to pay the decedent’s debts and property

10 taxes in the country of death, funeral expenses,

11 and other expenses incident to the disposition of

12 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), if

16 no claimant shall have appeared, sell or dispose

17 of the residue of the personal estate, except as

18 provided in subparagraph (G) below, in the same

19 manner as United States Government-owned for20 eign 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 indebtedness),

25 jewelry, heirlooms, and other articles of obvious
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1 sentimental value, to be held in trust for the

2 legal claimant; and

3 ‘‘(H) in the event that the decedent’s estate

4 includes an interest in real property located

5 within the jurisdiction of the officer and such in6 terest does not devolve by the applicable laws of

7 intestate succession or otherwise, provide for title

8 to the property to be conveyed to the Government

9 of the United States unless the Secretary declines

10 to accept such conveyance.

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

12 The Secretary of State may expressly authorize the of13 ficer to act as administrator of the estate in excep14 tional circumstances, pursuant to such regulations as

15 the Secretary may prescribe. The officer shall not oth16 erwise 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 the

20 decedent has left or there is otherwise appointed,

21 in the country where the death occurred or where

22 the decedent was domiciled, a legal representa23 tive, partner in trade, or trustee appointed to

24 take care of his personal estate. If the decedent’s

25 legal representative shall appear at any time
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1 prior to transmission of the estate to the Sec2 retary and demand the proceeds and effects being

3 held by the officer, the officer shall deliver them

4 to the representative after having collected any

5 prescribed fee for the services rendered pursuant

6 to this section.

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

8 authority of military commanders under title 10

9 of the United States Code with respect to persons

10 or property under military command or juris11 diction or the authority of the Peace Corps with

12 respect to Peace Corps Volunteers or their prop13 erty.

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, or

18 the decedent is domiciled, or if such functions are per19 mitted by established usage.

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

21 STATE.—

22 ‘‘(1) PERSONAL ESTATES.—

23 ‘‘(A) After receipt of personal estates pursu24 ant to subsection (a), the Secretary, pursuant to

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1 for the conservation of such estates, may seek

2 payment of all outstanding debts to the estate as

3 they become due, may receive any balances due

4 on such estates, may endorse all checks, bills of

5 exchange, promissory notes, and other instru6 ments of indebtedness payable to the estate for

7 the benefit thereof, and may take such other ac8 tion as is reasonably necessary for the conserva9 tion of the estate.

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

11 year after receipt of the personal estate pursuant

12 to subsection (a), no legal claimant for such es13 tate has appeared, title to the estate shall pass

14 to the Secretary who shall dispose of the estate

15 in the same manner as surplus United States

16 Government-owned property or by such means as

17 may be appropriate in light of the nature and

18 value of the property involved. The expenses of

19 sales shall be paid from the estate, and any law20 ful claim received thereafter shall be payable to

21 the extent of the value of the net proceeds of the

22 estate as a refund from the appropriate Treasury

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1 ‘‘(C) The net cash estate after disposition as

2 provided in subparagraph (B) shall be remitted

3 to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

4 ‘‘(2) REAL PROPERTY.—Pursuant to such regula5 tions 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. 511

13 et seq.); and

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

15 such property, the Secretary shall treat such

16 property as if it were an unconditional gift ac17 cepted on behalf of the Department of State pur18 suant 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 regulations

24 as the Secretary of State may prescribe, the Secretary

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

2 conservation of which has been undertaken under ei3 ther section 43 or subsection (a) of this section, and

4 that has been lost, stolen, or destroyed while in the

5 custody of officers or employees of the Department of

6 State. Any such compensation shall be in lieu of per7 sonal liability of officers or employees of the Depart8 ment of State. Officers and employees of the Depart9 ment of State may be liable in appropriate cases to

10 the Department of State to the extent of any com11 pensation provided pursuant to this subsection.

12 ‘‘(2) LIABILITY.—The liability of officers or em13 ployees of the Department of State to the Department

14 for payments made pursuant to paragraph (a) of this

15 section shall be determined pursuant to the Depart16 ment’s procedures for determining accountability for

17 United States Government property.’’.

18 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this

19 section shall take effect 6 months after enactment of this

20 Act or upon the effective date of any regulations promul21 gated hereunder, whichever is sooner.

22 SEC. 252. DUTIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS.

23 Section 43 of the State Department Basic Authorities

24 Act of 1956 (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 per5 sonal estates pursuant to section 43B of this Act.’’;

6 and

7 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub8 section:

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

10 sections 43A and 43B of this Act, the term ‘consular officer’

11 includes any United States citizen employee of the Depart12 ment of State who is designated by the Secretary of State

13 to perform consular services pursuant to such regulations

14 as the Secretary may prescribe.’’.

15 SEC. 253. MACHINE READABLE VISAS.

16 Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization

17 Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (8 U.S.C. 1351 note) is

18 amended—

19 (1) in paragraph (3) by amending the first sen20 tence to read as follows: ‘‘For each of the fiscal years

21 2000, 2001, and 2002, any amount collected under

22 paragraph (1) that exceeds $316,715,000 for fiscal

23 year 2000, $338,885,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

24 $362,607,000 for fiscal year 2002 may be made avail25 able only if a notification is submitted to Congress in
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1 accordance with the procedures applicable to re2 programming notifications under section 34 of the

3 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.’’;

4 and

5 (2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5).

6 SEC. 254. PROCESSING OF VISA APPLICATIONS.

7 (a) POLICY.—It shall be the policy of the Department

8 of State to process immigrant visa applications of imme9 diate relatives of United States citizens and nonimmigrant

10 k–1 visa applications of fiances of United States citizens

11 within 30 days of the receipt of all necessary documents

12 from the applicant and the Immigration and Naturaliza13 tion Service. In the case of a visa application where the

14 sponsor of such applicant is a relative other than an imme15 diate relative, it should be the policy of the Department of

16 State to process such an application within 60 days of the

17 receipt of all necessary documents from the applicant and

18 the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

19 (b) REPORTS.—For each of the fiscal years 2000 and

20 2001, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate

21 congressional committees an annual report on the extent to

22 which the Department of State is meeting the policy stand23 ards under subsection (a). Each report shall be based on

24 a survey of the 22 consular posts which account for approxi25 mately 72 percent of immigrant visas issued and, in addi-
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1 tion, the consular posts in Guatemala City, Nicosia, Cara2 cas, Naples, and Jakarta. Each report should include data

3 on the average time for processing each category of visa ap4 plication under subsection (a), a list of the embassies and

5 consular posts which do not meet the policy standards

6 under subsection (a), the amount of funds collected for proc7 essing of visa applications, the costs of processing such visa

8 applications, and the steps being taken by the Department

9 of State to achieve such policy standards.

10 (c) TASK FORCE.—The Secretary of State, in consulta11 tion with other Federal agencies, shall establish a joint task

12 force with the goal of reducing the overall processing time

13 for visa applications.

14 SEC. 255. REPEAL OF OUTDATED PROVISION ON PASSPORT

15 FEES.

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

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

18 SEC. 256. FEES RELATING TO AFFIDAVITS OF SUPPORT.

19 (a) AUTHORITY FOR FEE FOR PREPARATION ASSIST20 ANCE.—Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of State is

21 authorized to charge a fee for services provided by the De22 partment of State to an individual for assistance in the

23 preparation and filing of an affidavit of support pursuant

24 to section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act

25 (8 U.S.C. 1183A) to ensure that the affidavit is properly
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1 completed before consideration of the affidavit and an im2 migrant visa application by a consular officer.

3 (b) LIMITATION.—An individual may be charged a fee

4 under this section only once, regardless of the number of

5 separate affidavits of support and visa applications for

6 which services are provided.

7 (c) TREATMENT OF FEES.—Fees collected under the

8 authority of subsection (a) shall be deposited as an offset9 ting collection to any Department of State appropriation,

10 to recover the costs of providing affidavit preparation serv11 ices under subsection (a). Such fees shall remain available

12 for obligation until expended. Fees collected shall be avail13 able only to such extent and in such amounts as are pro14 vided in advance in an appropriation act.

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 Refugee

20 Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)) shall be avail21 able to effect the involuntary return by the United States

22 of any person to a country in which the person has a well23 founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, na24 tionality, membership in a particular social group, or po25 litical opinion, except on grounds recognized as precluding
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1 protection as a refugee under the United Nations Conven2 tion Relating to the Status of Refugees of July 28, 1951,

3 and the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees of Janu4 ary 31, 1967, subject to the reservations contained in the

5 United States Senate Resolution of Ratification.

6 (b) MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.—None of

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

8 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 commit12 tees, except that in the case of an emergency involving a

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

14 appropriate congressional committees as soon as prac15 ticable.

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

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

18 to require, by means of physical force or circumstances

19 amounting to a threat thereof, a person to return to a coun20 try against the person’s will, regardless of whether the per21 son is physically present in the United States and regard22 less of whether the United States acts directly or through

23 an agent.
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1 SEC. 272. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS.

2 Section 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

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

4 sentence the following: ‘‘Each report under this section shall

5 describe the extent to which each country has extended pro6 tection to refugees, including the provision of first asylum

7 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 Free11 dom Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–292; 112 Stat. 2812)

12 is amended by inserting ‘‘and of the Department of State’’

13 after ‘‘Service’’.

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

16 adding at the end the following new paragraph:

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

18 enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act,

19 Fiscal Year 2000, the Secretary of State (after con20 sultation with the Attorney General) shall issue

21 guidelines to ensure that persons with potential biases

22 against any refugee applicant, including persons em23 ployed by, or otherwise subject to influence by, govern24 ments known to be involved in persecution on account

25 of religion, race, nationality, membership in a par26 ticular social group, or political opinion, shall not in
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1 any way be used in processing determinations of ref2 ugee status, including interpretation of conversations

3 or examination of documents presented by such appli4 cants.’’.

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 number

10 assigned to such posts on March 22, 1999, unless not less

11 than 60 days prior to any obligation or expenditure of such

12 funds the Secretary of State 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 or

18 Refugee Coordinator who has a proven record of sensi19 tivity to the problems of refugees and other victims of

20 human rights violations and who reports directly to

21 the Ambassador or the Consul General at the United

22 States Consulate in Saigon and receives policy guid23 ance from the Assistant Secretary of State for the bu24 reau with principal responsibility for refugees;
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1 (2) a program has been established in which all

2 former United States Government employees who were

3 adjudicated through a Vietnamese government inter4 preter and whose applications for refugee status were

5 denied will be re-interviewed by Immigration and

6 Naturalization Service (INS) Asylum Officers report7 ing directly to INS headquarters in Washington,

8 D.C., and receiving specialized training and written

9 guidance from the INS Asylum Division and Office

10 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 they

17 continued to fight the Communists after 1975 and

18 therefore did not begin their prison or re-education

19 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 coun23 try that fell to the Communists before Saigon, and

24 who are otherwise eligible for resettlement as refugees

25 in the United States, are not disqualified on the sole
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1 ground of the date their re-education or prison sen2 tences began;

3 (5) persons who were eligible for the Orderly De4 parture Program (ODP), but who missed the applica5 tion deadline announced and imposed in 1994 be6 cause they were still in detention, in internal exile in

7 a remote and inaccessible location, unable to afford

8 bribes demanded by corrupt local officials for docu9 mentation and permission to attend refugee inter10 views, or for other reasons beyond their control, will

11 be considered for interviews on a case-by-case basis,

12 and that such case-by-case consideration is subject to

13 clear written guidance and administrative review to

14 ensure that persons who missed the deadline for rea15 sons beyond their control will not be denied consider16 ation on the merits;

17 (6) widows of allied combat veterans who died in

18 re-education camps, including those who did not

19 apply before the 1994 deadline solely because they

20 lacked documentary evidence from the Communist au21 thorities to prove the death and/or marriage, and who

22 are otherwise eligible for ODP will have their cases

23 considered on the merits;

24 (7) unmarried sons and daughters of persons eli25 gible for United States programs, including persons
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1 described in section 2244 of the Foreign Affairs Re2 form and Restructuring Act of 1998 (enacted as Divi3 sion G of the Omnibus Consolidated Emergency Sup4 plemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999,

5 Public Law 105–277) will not be disqualified from

6 accompanying or following to join their parents on

7 the sole ground that they have not been continuously

8 listed on the household registration issued to their

9 parents by the government of the Socialist Republic

10 of Vietnam;

11 (8) returnees from refugee camps outside Viet12 nam who met the criteria for the Resettlement Oppor13 tunities for Vietnamese Returnees (ROVR) program,

14 in that they either signed up for repatriation or were

15 actually repatriated between October 1, 1995, and

16 June 30, 1996, but did not fill out a ROVR applica17 tion before their repatriation, will be given the oppor18 tunity to fill out an application in Vietnam and will

19 have their cases considered on the merits;

20 (9) returnees whose special circumstances denied

21 them any meaningful opportunity to apply for ROVR

22 in the camps, such as those who were not offered ap23 plications because they were in hospitals or were

24 being held in detention centers within certain camps,

25 or who were erroneously told by camp administrators
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1 or Vietnamese government officials that they were in2 eligible for the program, will be given an opportunity

3 to apply in Vietnam and will have their cases consid4 ered on the merits, even if their repatriation took

5 place after June 30, 1996;

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

7 interview, and resettle persons who have experienced

8 recent persecution or credible threats of persecution

9 because of political, religious, or human rights activi10 ties in Vietnam, subject to clear written standards to

11 ensure that such persons will have access to the pro12 gram whether or not they are included in a ROVR

13 or ODP interview category and whether or not their

14 cases are referred by an international organization;

15 (11) written guidance with respect to applica16 tions for reconsideration has been issued by the Immi17 gration and Naturalization Service Office of General

18 Counsel to ensure that applicants whose cases were

19 denied on grounds described in paragraphs (2)

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

21 to describe mistreatment by the Vietnamese govern22 ment in the presence of a Vietnamese government in23 terpreter, or for other reasons contrary to the interest

24 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 INFORMATION

22 PROGRAMS.—There is established within the Depart23 ment of State the Bureau for International Informa24 tion Programs which shall assist the Secretary of

25 State in carrying out international information ac-
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1 tivities formerly carried out by the United States In2 formation Agency.

3 ‘‘(2) BUREAU FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL

4 EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.—There is established within

5 the Department of State a Bureau for Educational

6 and Cultural Exchange Programs which shall assist

7 the Secretary of State in carrying out educational

8 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(b)(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 REFORM

24 AND RESTRUCTURING ACT OF 1998.—The Foreign Affairs

25 Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted in divi-
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1 sion G of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Sup2 plemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105–277)

3 is amended—

4 (1) in section 2208(c) by striking ‘‘and the For5 eign Service’’; and

6 (2) in section 1314(e) by striking ‘‘and the For7 eign Service’’.

8 (c) AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 103–236.—Effective

9 October 2, 1999, subsections (i) and (j) of section 308 of

10 the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994

11 (22 U.S.C. 6207 (i) and (j)) are amended by striking ‘‘In12 spector General of the Department of State and the Foreign

13 Service’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Inspector

14 General of the Department of State’’.

15 (d) AMENDMENTS TO UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL

16 BROADCASTING ACT OF 1994.—Section 304(a)(3)(A) of the

17 United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22

18 U.S.C. 6203(a)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘and the For19 eign Service’’.

20 CHAPTER 2—PERSONNEL OF THE

21 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 SEC. 321. ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN SERVICE STAR.

23 The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956

24 is amended by inserting after section 36 the following new

25 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 indi7 vidual is a member of the Foreign Service or a civil8 ian employee of the Government of the United States,

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

10 individual—

11 ‘‘(A) is employed at, or assigned perma12 nently or temporarily to, an official mission

13 overseas, or

14 ‘‘(B) was traveling abroad on official busi15 ness, and

16 ‘‘(4) whose death or injury occurs while per17 forming official duties, while on the premises of a

18 United States mission abroad, or due to such individ19 ual’s status as an employee of the United States Gov20 ernment, and results from any form of assault includ21 ing terrorist or military action, civil unrest, or crimi22 nal activities directed at facilities of the Government

23 of the United States.

24 ‘‘(b) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall submit rec25 ommendations for the Foreign Service Star to the President.

26 The Secretary shall establish criteria and procedures for
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1 nominations for the Foreign Service Star pursuant to such

2 regulations as the Secretary may prescribe for awards

3 under this section.

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

5 under this section may be paid out of the applicable current

6 account of the agency with which the individual was or is

7 employed.

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

9 award to an individual who is deceased shall be presented

10 to the individual’s next of kin or representative, as des11 ignated by the President.’’.

12 SEC. 322. UNITED STATES CITIZENS HIRED ABROAD.

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

14 (22 U.S.C. 3968(a)(1)) is amended in the last sentence by

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

16 SEC. 323. BORDER EQUALIZATION ADJUSTMENT.

17 Chapter 4 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980

18 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) is amended by adding the following

19 new section at the end:

20 ‘‘SEC. 414. BORDER EQUALIZATION ADJUSTMENT.

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An employee who regularly com22 mutes from his or her place of residence in the continental

23 United States to an official duty station in Canada or Mex24 ico shall receive a border equalization adjustment equal to

25 the amount of comparability payments under section 5304
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1 of title 5, United States Code, that he or she would receive

2 if assigned to an official duty station within the United

3 States locality pay area closest to the employee’s official

4 duty station.

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

6 section, the term ‘employee’ shall mean a person who—

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

8 2105 of title 5, United States Code; and

9 ‘‘(2) is employed by the United States Depart10 ment of State, the United States Agency for Inter11 national Development, or the International Joint

12 Commission, except that the term shall not include

13 members of the Foreign Service as defined by section

14 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law

15 96–465), section 3903 of title 22 of the United States

16 Code.

17 ‘‘(c) TREATMENT AS BASIC PAY.—An equalization ad18 justment payable under this section shall be considered

19 basic pay for the same purposes as are comparability pay20 ments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code,

21 and its implementing regulations.

22 ‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The agencies referenced in sub23 section (b)(2) are authorized to promulgate regulations to

24 carry out the purposes of this section.’’.
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1 SEC. 324. TREATMENT OF GRIEVANCE RECORDS.

2 Section 1103(d)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980

3 (22 U.S.C. 4133(d)(1)) is amended by adding the following

4 new sentence at the end: ‘‘Nothing in this subsection shall

5 prevent a grievant from placing a rebuttal to accompany

6 a record of disciplinary action in such grievant’s personnel

7 records nor prevent the Department from including a re8 sponse to such rebuttal, including documenting those cases

9 in which the Board has reviewed and upheld the dis10 cipline.’’.

11 SEC. 325. REPORT CONCERNING FINANCIAL DISADVAN12 TAGES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECH13 NICAL PERSONNEL.

14 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that administra15 tive and technical personnel posted to United States mis16 sions abroad who do not have diplomatic status suffer fi17 nancial disadvantages from their lack of such status.

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

19 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub20 mit a report to the appropriate congressional committees

21 concerning the extent to which administrative and technical

22 personnel posted to United States missions abroad who do

23 not have diplomatic status suffer financial disadvantages

24 from their lack of such status, including proposals to allevi25 ate such disadvantages.
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1 SEC. 326. EXTENSION OF OVERSEAS HIRING AUTHORITY.

2 Section 202(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22

3 U.S.C. 3922(a)) is amended by inserting at the end the fol4 lowing new paragraph:

5 ‘‘(4) When and to the extent the Secretary of State

6 deems it in the best interests of the United States Govern7 ment, the Secretary of State may authorize the head of any

8 agency or other Government establishment (including any

9 establishment in the legislative or judicial branch), to ap10 point pursuant to section 303 individuals hired abroad as

11 members of the Service and to utilize the Foreign Service

12 personnel system under such regulations as the Secretary

13 of State may prescribe, provided that appointments of

14 United States citizens under this subsection shall be limited

15 to appointments authorized by section 311(a).’’.

16 SEC. 327. MEDICAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.

17 Section 5927 of title 5, United States Code, is amended

18 to read as follows:

19 ‘‘§ 5927. Advances of pay

20 ‘‘(a) Up to three months’ pay may be paid in

21 advance—

22 ‘‘(1) to an employee upon the assignment of the

23 employee to a post in a foreign area;

24 ‘‘(2) to an employee, other than an employee ap25 pointed under section 303 of the Foreign Service Act
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1 of 1980 (and employed under section 311 of such

2 Act), who—

3 ‘‘(A) is a citizen of the United States;

4 ‘‘(B) is officially stationed or located out5 side the United States pursuant to Government

6 authorization; and

7 ‘‘(C) requires (or has a family member who

8 requires) medical treatment outside the United

9 States, in circumstances specified by the Presi10 dent in regulations; and

11 ‘‘(3) to a foreign national employee appointed

12 under section 303 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980,

13 or a nonfamily member United States citizen ap14 pointed under such section 303 (and employed under

15 section 311 of such Act) for service at such nonfamily

16 member’s post of residence, who—

17 ‘‘(A) is located outside the country of em18 ployment of such foreign national employee or

19 nonfamily member (as the case may be) pursu20 ant to Government authorization; and

21 ‘‘(B) requires medical treatment outside the

22 country of employment of such foreign national

23 employee or nonfamily member (as the case may

24 be), in circumstances specified by the President

25 in regulations.
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1 ‘‘(b) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘country

2 of employment’, as used with respect to an individual under

3 subsection (a)(3), means the country (or other area) outside

4 the United States where such individual is appointed (as

5 described in subsection (a)(3)) by the Government.’’.

6 SEC. 328. FAMILIES OF DECEASED FOREIGN SERVICE PER7 SONNEL.

8 Section 5922 of title 5, United States Code, is amended

9 by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(f)(1) If an employee dies at post in a foreign area,

11 a transfer allowance under section 5924(2)(B) may be

12 granted to the spouse or dependents of such employee (or

13 both) for the purpose of providing for their return to the

14 United States.

15 ‘‘(2) A transfer allowance under this subsection may

16 not be granted with respect to the spouse or a dependent

17 of the employee unless, at the time of death, such spouse

18 or dependent was residing—

19 ‘‘(A) at the employee’s post of assignment; or

20 ‘‘(B) at a place, outside the United States, for

21 which a separate maintenance allowance was being

22 furnished under section 5924(3).

23 ‘‘(3) The President may prescribe any regulations nec24 essary to carry out this subsection.’’.
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1 SEC. 329. PARENTAL CHOICE IN EDUCATION.

2 Section 5924(4) of title 5, United States Code, is

3 amended—

4 (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘between

5 that post and the nearest locality where adequate

6 schools are available,’’ and inserting ‘‘between that

7 post and the school chosen by the employee, not to ex8 ceed the total cost to the Government of the dependent

9 attending an adequate school in the nearest locality

10 where an adequate school is available,’’; and

11 (2) by adding after subparagraph (B) the fol12 lowing new subparagraph:

13 ‘‘(C) In those cases in which an adequate

14 school is available at the post of the employee, if

15 the employee chooses to educate the dependent at

16 a school away from post, the education allowance

17 which includes board and room, and periodic

18 travel between the post and the school chosen,

19 shall not exceed the total cost to the Government

20 of the dependent attending an adequate school at

21 the post of the employee.’’.

22 SEC. 330. WORKFORCE PLANNING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE

23 PERSONNEL BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.

24 Section 601(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22

25 U.S.C. 4001(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and

26 inserting the following:
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1 ‘‘(4) Not later than March 1, 2001, and every four

2 years thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report

3 to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the

4 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate which shall

5 include the following:

6 ‘‘(A) A description of the steps taken and

7 planned in furtherance of—

8 ‘‘(i) maximum compatibility among agen9 cies utilizing the Foreign Service personnel sys10 tem, as provided for in section 203, and

11 ‘‘(ii) the development of uniform policies

12 and procedures and consolidated personnel func13 tions, as provided for in section 204.

14 ‘‘(B) A workforce plan for the subsequent five

15 years, including projected personnel needs, by grade

16 and by skill. Each such plan shall include for each

17 category the needs for foreign language proficiency,

18 geographic and functional expertise, and specialist

19 technical skills. Each workforce plan shall specifically

20 account for the training needs of Foreign Service per21 sonnel and shall delineate an intake program of gen22 eralist and specialist Foreign Service personnel to

23 meet projected future requirements.

24 ‘‘(5) If there are substantial modifications to any

25 workforce plan under paragraph (4)(B) during any year
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1 in which a report under paragraph (4) is not required, a

2 supplemental annual notification shall be submitted in the

3 same manner as is required under paragraph (4).’’.

4 SEC. 331. COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVORS OF TERRORIST

5 ATTACKS OVERSEAS.

6 The Secretary of State shall examine the current ben7 efit structure for survivors of United States Government em8 ployees who are killed while serving at United States diplo9 matic facilities abroad as a result of terrorist acts. Such

10 a review shall include an examination of whether such bene11 fits are adequate, whether they are fair and equitably dis12 tributed without regard to category of employment, and how

13 they compare to benefits available to survivors of other

14 United States Government employees serving overseas, in15 cluding noncivilian employees.

16 TITLE IV—UNITED STATES IN17 FORMATIONAL, EDU18 CATIONAL, AND CULTURAL

19 PROGRAMS

20 SEC. 401. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND

21 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BUR22 MESE.

23 (a) DESIGNATION OF NGAWANG CHOEPHEL EXCHANGE

24 PROGRAMS.—Section 103(a) of the Human Rights, Refugee,

25 and Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (Public
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1 Law 104–319) is amended by inserting after the first sen2 tence the following: ‘‘Exchange programs under this sub3 section shall be known as the ‘Ngawang Choephel Exchange

4 Programs’.’’.

5 (b) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BURMESE.—

6 Section 103(b)(1) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other

7 Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–

8 319; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended by striking ‘‘for the

9 fiscal year 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘for the fiscal year 2000’’.

10 SEC. 402. CONDUCT OF CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL AND CUL11 TURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.

12 Section 102 of the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other

13 Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 2452

14 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Director’’ and all that follows

15 through the period and inserting the following: ‘‘Secretary

16 of State, with the assistance of the Under Secretary for Pub17 lic Diplomacy, shall—

18 ‘‘(1) include, as a substantial proportion of the

19 participants in such programs, nationals of such

20 countries who have demonstrated a commitment to

21 freedom and democracy;

22 ‘‘(2) consult with human rights and democracy

23 advocates from such countries on the selection of par24 ticipants and grantees for such programs; and
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1 ‘‘(3) select grantees for such programs only after

2 a competitive process in which proposals are solicited

3 from multiple applicants and in which important

4 factors in the selection of a grantee include the rel5 ative likelihood that each of the competing applicants

6 would be willing and able:

7 ‘‘(A) to identify and recruit as participants

8 in the program persons described in paragraph

9 (1); and

10 ‘‘(B) in selecting participants who are asso11 ciated with governments or other institutions

12 wielding power in countries described in this sec13 tion, to identify and recruit those most likely to

14 be open to freedom and democracy and to avoid

15 selecting those who are so firmly committed to

16 the suppression of freedom and democracy that

17 their inclusion could create an appearance that

18 the United States condones such suppression.’’.

19 SEC. 403. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS OF GRANTS.

20 Section 705 of the United States Information and

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

22 amended—

23 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘705.’’; and

24 (2) by inserting at the end the following new

25 subsection:
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1 ‘‘(b) For fiscal year 2000 and each subsequent fiscal

2 year, the Secretary of State may not award any grant to

3 carry out the purposes of this Act until 45 days after writ4 ten notice has been provided to the Committee on Inter5 national Relations of the House of Representatives and the

6 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the intent

7 to award such grant. In determining whether to award a

8 grant the Secretary shall consider any objections or modi9 fications raised in the course of consultations with such

10 committees.’’.

11 SEC. 404. NATIONAL SECURITY MEASURES.

12 The United States Information and Educational Ex13 change Act of 1948 is amended by adding after section 1011

14 the following new sections:

15 ‘‘NATIONAL SECURITY MEASURES

16 ‘‘SEC. 1012. In coordination with other appropriate

17 executive branch officials, the Secretary of State shall take

18 all appropriate steps to prevent foreign espionage agents

19 from participating in educational and cultural exchange

20 programs under this Act.

21 ‘‘PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

22 ‘‘SEC. 1013. The Secretary of State shall take all ap23 propriate steps to ensure that no individual, who is em24 ployed by or attached to an office or department involved

25 with the research, development, or production of missiles

26 or weapons of mass destruction, from a country identified
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1 by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of De2 fense, the National Security Agency, or the Department of

3 Energy, as a country involved in the proliferation of mis4 siles or weapons of mass destruction is a participant in

5 any program of educational or cultural exchange under this

6 Act. Appropriate steps under this section shall include prior

7 consultation with the Federal agencies designated in the

8 first sentence with respect to all prospective participants

9 in such programs with respect to whom there is a reasonable

10 basis to believe that such prospective participant may be

11 employed by or attached to an office or department identi12 fied under the first sentence.’’.

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

14 DANTE B. FASCELL NORTH-SOUTH CENTER.

15 (a) DESIGNATION.—Section 208 of the Foreign Rela16 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22

17 U.S.C. 2075) is amended—

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

19 following:

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

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

22 (2) in subsection (c)—

23 (A) by amending the section heading to

24 read as follows: ‘‘DANTE B. FASCELL NORTH25 SOUTH CENTER.—’’; and
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘known as the North/South

2 Center,’’ and inserting ‘‘which shall be known

3 and designated as the Dante B. Fascell North4 South Center,’’; and

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

6 Center’’ and inserting ‘‘Dante B. Fascell North-South

7 Center’’.

8 (b) REFERENCES.—

9 (1) CENTER.—Any reference in any other provi10 sion of law to the educational institution in Florida

11 known as the North/South Center shall be deemed to

12 be a reference to the ‘‘Dante B. Fascell North-South

13 Center’’.

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

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

16 1991 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Dante

17 B. Fascell North/South Center Act of 1991’’.

18 SEC. 406. ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.

19 Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Re20 structuring Act of 1998 (enacted as Division G of the Omni21 bus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropria22 tions Act for Fiscal Year 1999; Public Law 105–277) is

23 repealed.
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1 SEC. 407. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS.

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

3 (b), notwithstanding any other provision of law, the De4 partment of State may not obligate or expend any funds

5 for a United States Government funded pavilion or other

6 major exhibit at any international exposition or world’s

7 fair registered by the Bureau of International Expositions

8 in excess of amounts expressly authorized and appropriated

9 for such purpose.

10 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—

11 (1) The Department of State is authorized to uti12 lize its personnel and resources to carry out its

13 responsibilities—

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

15 Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961

16 (22 U.S.C. 2452(a)(3), to provide for United

17 States participation in international fairs and

18 expositions abroad;

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

20 respect to encouraging foreign governments,

21 international organizations, and private indi22 viduals, firms, associations, agencies and other

23 groups to participate in international fairs and

24 expositions and to make contributions to be uti25 lized for United States participation in inter26 national fairs and expositions; and
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1 (C) to encourage private support to the

2 United States Commissioner General for partici3 pation in international fairs and expositions.

4 (2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed

5 as authorizing the use of funds appropriated to the

6 Department of State to make payments for—

7 (A) contracts, grants, or other agreements

8 with any other party to carry out the activities

9 described in this subsection; or

10 (B) any legal judgment or the costs of liti11 gation brought against the Department of State

12 arising from activities described in this sub13 section.

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

15 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C.

16 2452 note) is repealed.

17 SEC. 408. ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY.

18 The Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps

19 to ensure that members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary

20 (RUC) are not participants in any program of educational

21 or cultural exchange or training through the National Acad22 emy Program at Quantico, Virginia, under the auspices of

23 the Department of State or the Federal Bureau of Investiga24 tion of the Department of Justice unless the President cer25 tifies that complete, independent, credible and transparent
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1 investigations of the murders of defense attorneys Rosemary

2 Nelson and Patrick Finucane have been initiated by the

3 Government of the United Kingdom and that the Govern4 ment has taken appropriate steps to protect defense attor5 neys against RUC harassment in Northern Ireland, in

6 which case the President may permit any program, ex7 change, or training set forth herein.

8 TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL

9 BROADCASTING

10 SEC. 501. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION FOR RADIO FREE

11 ASIA.

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

13 the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994

14 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended—

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

16 (2) in subsection (d)(2) by striking ‘‘Govern17 ment,’’ and all that follows through the period and

18 inserting ‘‘Government.’’.

19 (b) REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATIONS.—Section 309

20 of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994

21 is further amended —

22 (1) in subsection (d) by striking paragraphs (4)

23 and (5) and by redesignating paragraph (6) as para24 graph (4); and

25 (2) in subsection (c)—
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1 (A) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘the

2 funding’’ and all that follows through the semi3 colon and inserting ‘‘any funding limitations

4 under subsection (d);’’; and

5 (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘the fund6 ing’’ and all that follows through the period and

7 inserting ‘‘any funding limitations under sub8 section (d).’’.

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

10 RADIO LIBERTY).

11 (a) REPEAL OF PRIVATIZATION POLICY STATE12 MENT.—Section 312 of the United States International

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

14 (b) INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON GRANT AMOUNTS.—

15 Section 308(c) of the United States International Broad16 casting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6207(c)) is amended by

17 striking ‘‘$75,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$80,000,000’’.

18 SEC. 503. IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR BROAD19 CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

20 Section 304 of the United States International Broad21 casting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6203) is amended by adding

22 at the end the following new subsection:

23 ‘‘(g) IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.—Notwith24 standing any other provision of law, the Volunteer Protec25 tion Act of 1997 shall apply to the members of the Broad-
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1 casting Board of Governors when acting in their capacities

2 as members of the boards of directors of RFE/RL, Incor3 porated and Radio Free Asia.’’.

4 TITLE VI—INTERNATIONAL OR5 GANIZATIONS AND COMMIS6 SIONS

7 SEC. 601. INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUPS.

8 (a) AMERICAN DELEGATIONS TO CONFERENCES.—

9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever ei10 ther the House of Representatives or the Senate does not

11 appoint its allotment of members as part the American del12 egation or group to a conference or assembly of the British13 American Interparliamentary Group, the Conference on Se14 curity and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), the Mexico15 United States Interparliamentary Group, the North Atlan16 tic Assembly, or any similar interparliamentary group of

17 which the United States is a member or participates and

18 so notifies the other body of Congress, the other body may

19 make appointments to complete the membership of the

20 American delegation. Any appointment pursuant to this

21 section shall be for the period of such conference or assembly

22 and the body of Congress making such an appointment shall

23 be responsible for the expenses of any member so appointed.

24 Any such appointment shall be made in same manner in
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1 which other appointments to the delegation by such body

2 of Congress are made.

3 (b) TRANSATLANTIC LEGISLATIVE DIALOGUE.—Sec4 tion 109(c) of the Department of State Authorization Act,

5 Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (22 U.S.C. 276 note) is amend6 ed by striking ‘‘United States-European Community Inter7 parliamentary Group’’ and inserting ‘‘Transatlantic Legis8 lative Dialogue (United States-European Union Inter9 parliamentary Group)’’.

10 SEC. 602. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST STATE AND LOCAL GOV11 ERNMENTS.

12 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Commissioner of the U.S. Sec13 tion of the International Boundary and Water Commission

14 may provide technical tests, evaluations, information, sur15 veys, or others similar services to State or local governments

16 upon the request of such State or local government on a

17 reimbursable basis.

18 (b) REIMBURSEMENTS.—Reimbursements shall be

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

20 be for the estimated or actual cost as determined by the U.S.

21 Section of the International Boundary and Water Commis22 sion. Proper adjustment of amounts paid in advance shall

23 be made as agreed to by the U.S. Section of the Inter24 national Boundary and Water Commission on the basis of

25 the actual cost of goods or services provided. Reimburse-
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1 ments received by the U.S. Section of the International

2 Boundary and Water Commission for providing services

3 under this section shall be credited to the appropriation

4 from which the cost of providing the services will be charged.

5 SEC. 603. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMIS6 SION.

7 (a) EXPANDED AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS.—

8 Section 2(b) of the American-Mexican Chamizal Convention

9 Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-300; 22 U.S.C. 277d–18(b))

10 is amended by inserting ‘‘operations, maintenance, and’’

11 after ‘‘cost of ’’.

12 SEC. 604. CONCERNING UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEM13 BLY RESOLUTION ES–10/6.

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

15 findings:

16 (1) In an Emergency Special Session, the United

17 Nations General Assembly voted on February 9, 1999,

18 to pass Resolution ES–10/6, Illegal Israeli Actions In

19 Occupied East Jerusalem And The Rest Of The Occu20 pied Palestinian Territory, to convene for the first

21 time in 50 years the parties of the Fourth Geneva

22 Convention for the Protection of Civilians in Time of

23 War.

24 (2) Such resolution unfairly places full blame for

25 the deterioration of the Middle East Peace Process on
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1 Israel and dangerously politicizes the Geneva Conven2 tion, which was established to deal with critical hu3 manitarian crises.

4 (3) Such vote is intended to prejudge direct nego5 tiations, put added and undue pressure on Israel to

6 influence the results of those negotiations, and single

7 out Israel for unprecedented enforcement proceedings

8 which have never been invoked against governments

9 with records of massive violations of the Geneva Con10 vention.

11 (b) CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT OF POLICY.—The

12 Congress—

13 (1) commends the Department of State for the

14 vote of the United States against United Nations Gen15 eral Assembly Resolution ES–10/6 affirming that the

16 text of such resolution politicizes the Fourth Geneva

17 Convention which was primarily humanitarian in

18 nature; and

19 (2) urges the Department of State to continue its

20 efforts against convening the conference.
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1 TITLE VII—GENERAL

2 PROVISIONS

3 SEC. 701. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS CONCERNING SUPPORT

4 FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIV5 ISTS IN CUBA.

6 It is the sense of the Congress that—

7 (1) the United States should increase its support

8 to democracy and human rights activists in Cuba,

9 providing assistance with the same intensity and de10 cisiveness with which it supported the pro-democracy

11 movements in Eastern Europe during the Cold War;

12 and

13 (2) the United States should substantially in14 crease funding for programs and activities under sec15 tion 109 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Soli16 darity Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6021 et seq.) designed

17 to support democracy and human rights activists and

18 others in Cuba who are committed to peaceful and

19 democratic change on the island.

20 SEC. 702. RELATING TO CYPRUS.

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

22 findings:

23 (1) At the urging of the United States Govern24 ment, the Republic of Cyprus refrained from exer25 cising that country’s sovereign right to self-defense, a
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1 right fully recognized by the United States Govern2 ment and by Article 51 of the Charter of the United

3 Nations, and canceled the deployment on Cyprus of

4 defensive antiaircraft missiles.

5 (2) In close cooperation with the United States

6 Government and the Government of Greece, Cyprus

7 rerouted the missiles to the Greek island of Crete.

8 (3) This extraordinarily conciliatory and coura9 geous action was taken in the interest of peace.

10 (4) With this action, the Republic of Cyprus dis11 played its full compliance with the recently adopted

12 United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1217

13 and 1218 which address the Cyprus issue, dem14 onstrated its support for President Bill Clinton’s De15 cember 22, 1998, commitment to ‘‘take all necessary

16 steps to support a sustained effort to implement

17 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1218’’,

18 and continued its efforts of the last 25 years to take

19 substantive steps to reduce tensions and move toward

20 a Cyprus settlement.

21 (5) The Republic of Cyprus has no navy, air

22 force, or army and faces one of the world’s largest and

23 most sophisticated military forces, just minutes away,

24 in Turkey, as well as an area described by the United

25 Nations Secretary General as, ‘‘one of the most dense-
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1 ly militarized areas in the world’’ in the Turkish-oc2 cupied area of northern Cyprus.

3 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con4 gress that—

5 (1) in light of this and other similar extraor6 dinary actions taken by the Republic of Cyprus, as

7 well as the importance of a Cyprus settlement to

8 American security and other interests, the United

9 States should do all that is possible to bring about

10 commensurate actions by Turkey;

11 (2) the time has come for the United States to

12 expect from Turkey actions on the Cyprus issue in the

13 interest of peace, including steps in conformity with

14 United States proposals concerning Cyprus and in

15 compliance with provisions contained in United Na16 tions Security Council Resolutions 1217 and 1218;

17 and

18 (3) such an effort would also be in the best inter19 est of the people of Turkey, as well as in the interest

20 of all others involved.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize

appropriations for the Department of State and related

agencies for fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes.’’.