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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2243

To restrict United States assistance for certain reconstruction efforts in

the Balkans region of Europe to United States-produced articles and services.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 16, 1999

Mr. HEFLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on International Relations

A BILL

To restrict United States assistance for certain reconstruction efforts in the Balkans region of Europe to United

States-produced articles and services.

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

3 SECTION 1. RESTRICTION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE

4 FOR CERTAIN RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN

5 THE BALKANS REGION.

6 (a) PROHIBITION.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub8 section (b), no part of any United States assistance

9 furnished for reconstruction efforts in the Federal

10 Republic of Yugoslavia, or any contiguous country,
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1 on account of the armed conflict or atrocities that

2 have occurred in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

3 since March 24, 1999, may consist of, or be used for

4 the procurement of, any article produced outside the

5 United States or any service provided by a foreign

6 person.

7 (2) DETERMINATIONS OF FOREIGN PRODUCED

8 ARTICLES.—In the application of paragraph (1), de9 terminations of whether an article is produced out10 side the United States or whether a service is pro11 vided by a foreign person should be made consistent

12 with the standards utilized by the Bureau of Eco13 nomic Analysis of the Department of Commerce in

14 its United States balance of payments statistical

15 summary with respect to comparable determinations.

16 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if

17 doing so would require the procurement of any article or

18 service that is prohibitively expensive or unavailable.

19 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

20 (1) ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘article’’ includes any

21 agricultural commodity, steel, construction material,

22 communications equipment, construction machinery,

23 farm machinery, or petrochemical refinery equip24 ment.
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1 (2) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA.—The

2 term ‘‘Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’’ means the

3 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Monte4 negro) and includes Kosovo.

5 (3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per6 son’’ means any foreign national, including any for7 eign corporation, partnership, other legal entity, or8 ganization, or association that is beneficially owned

9 by foreign nationals or controlled in fact by foreign

10 nationals.

11 (4) PRODUCED.—The term ‘‘produced’’, with

12 respect to an item, includes any item mined, manu13 factured, made, assembled, grown, or extracted.

14 (5) SERVICE.—The term ‘‘service’’ includes any

15 engineering, construction, telecommunications, or fi16 nancial service.

17 (6) STEEL.—The term ‘‘steel’’ includes the fol18 lowing categories of steel products: semifinished,

19 plates, sheets and strips, wire rods, wire and wire

20 products, rail type products, bars, structural shapes

21 and units, pipes and tubes, iron ore, and coke prod22 ucts.

23 (7) UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—The term

24 ‘‘United States assistance’’ means any grant, loan,
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1 financing, in-kind assistance, or any other assistance

2 of any kind.

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