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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1568

To impose an immediate suspension of assistance to the Government of

Indonesia until the results of the August 30, 1999, vote in East Timor

have been implemented, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 8, 1999

Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. REED, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. WELLSTONE, Mrs.

BOXER, Mr. KOHL, Mr. KERRY, Mr. KENNEDY, and Mr. TORRICELLI)

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the

Committee on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To impose an immediate suspension of assistance to the

Government of Indonesia until the results of the August

30, 1999, vote in East Timor have been implemented,

and for other purposes.

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

3 SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.

4 (a) MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas6 ury shall instruct the United States executive direc7 tors to the international financial institutions to op-
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1 pose, and vote against, any extension by those insti2 tutions of any financial assistance (including any

3 technical assistance or grant) of any kind to the

4 Government of Indonesia.

5 (2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of

6 Congress that the international financial institutions

7 should withhold the balance of any undisbursed ap8 proved loans or other assistance to the Government

9 of Indonesia.

10 (3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

11 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘inter12 national financial institution’’ includes the Inter13 national Monetary Fund, the International Bank for

14 Reconstruction and Development, the International

15 Development Association, the International Finance

16 Corporation, the Multilateral Investment Guaranty

17 Agency, and the Asian Development Bank.

18 (b) RESTRICTION ON BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSIST19 ANCE.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made

20 available to carry out chapter 1 of part I (relating to devel21 opment assistance) or chapter 4 of part II (relating to eco22 nomic support fund assistance) of the Foreign Assistance

23 Act of 1961 may be available for Indonesia, except subject

24 to the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifica25 tions under section 634A of that Act.
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1 (c) PROHIBITION ON MILITARY-TO-MILITARY CO2 OPERATION AND SUPPORT.—

3 (1) ASSISTANCE.—None of the funds appro4 priated or otherwise made available under the fol5 lowing provisions of law (including unobligated bal6 ances of prior year appropriations) may be available

7 for Indonesia:

8 (A) The Foreign Military Financing Pro9 gram under section 23 of the Arms Export

10 Control Act.

11 (B) Chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign

12 Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to military as13 sistance).

14 (C) Chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign

15 Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to inter16 national military education and training assist17 ance).

18 (2) LICENSING.—None of the funds appro19 priated or otherwise made available under the fol20 lowing provisions of law (including unobligated bal21 ances of prior year appropriations) may be available

22 for licensing exports of defense articles or defense

23 services to Indonesia under section 38 of the Arms

24 Export Control Act.
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1 (d) MULTILATERAL EFFORTS.—The President

2 should coordinate with other countries, particularly mem3 ber states of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

4 (APEC) Forum, to develop a comprehensive, multilateral

5 strategy to further the purposes of this Act, including urg6 ing other countries to take measures similar to those de7 scribed in this Act.

8 SEC. 2 . EXCEPTION.

9 Section 1 shall not apply to the provision of food or

10 medical assistance to Indonesia or East Timor for human11 itarian purposes.

12 SEC. 3. CONDITIONS FOR THE TERMINATION OF MEAS13 URES.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The measures described in section

15 1 shall apply with respect to the Government of Indonesia

16 until the President determines and certifies to the appro17 priate congressional committees that—

18 (1) a safe and secure environment exists in

19 East Timor, that Timorese who were forced to flee

20 the militia-led violence are able to safely return to

21 East Timor, and that there is freedom of movement

22 within East Timor;

23 (2) the United Nations Assistance Mission in

24 East Timor (UNAMET) can resume its mandate

25 pursuant to the June 11, 1999, authorization by the
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1 United Nations Security Council without threat or

2 intimidation of its personnel;

3 (3) steps have been taken to implement the re4 sults of the August 30, 1999, vote on East Timor’s

5 political status, which expressed the will of a major6 ity of the Timorese people; and

7 (4) the Armed Forces of the Republic of Indo8 nesia is conducting itself in a manner consistent

9 with its responsibilities to its citizens and its inter10 national commitments.

11 (b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

12 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con13 gressional committees’’ means the Committee on Foreign

14 Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the

15 Senate and the Committee on International Relations and

16 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep17 resentatives.

18 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

19 It is the sense of Congress that the United States

20 should strongly support the authorization of an inter21 national peacekeeping force for East Timor and support

22 such a force in an appropriate manner.

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