I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1211
To authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies
for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 22, 1999
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Ms. MCKINNEY) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for the Department of State
and related agencies for fiscal years 2000 and 2001,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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. Repeal of outdated provision on passport fees.
Sec. 207. International arms sales code of conduct.
Sec. 208. Human rights and democracy fellowships.
Sec. 209. Joint funds under agreements for cooperation in environmental, sci-
entific, cultural, and related areas.
CHAPTER 2—CONSULAR AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
Sec. 251. Deaths and estates of United States citizens abroad.
Sec. 252. Duties of consular officers.
CHAPTER 3—REFUGEES
Sec. 271. United States policy regarding the involuntary return of refugees.
Sec. 272. Human rights reports.
Sec. 273. Guidelines for refugee-processing posts.
Sec. 274. Vietnamese refugees.
TITLE III—ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE;
PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; FOREIGN SERVICE
CHAPTER 1—ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 301. Establishment of Bureau for International Information Programs and
Bureau for Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs.
Sec. 302. Correction of designation of Inspector General of the Department of
State.
CHAPTER 2—PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 321. Establishment of Foreign Service Star.
Sec. 322. United States citizens hired abroad.
Sec. 323. Border equalization adjustment.
Sec. 324. Treatment of grievance records.
Sec. 325. Report concerning financial disadvantages for administrative and
technical personnel.
Sec. 326. Extension of overseas hiring authority.
Sec. 327. Medical emergency assistance.
Sec. 328. Families of deceased foreign service personnel.
TITLE IV—UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND
CULTURAL PROGRAMS
Sec. 401. Educational and cultural exchanges and scholarships for Tibetans
and Burmese.
Sec. 402. Conduct of certain educational and cultural exchange programs.
Sec. 403. Notification to Congress of grants and contracts.
Sec. 404. National security measures.
Sec. 405. Designation of North/South Center as the Dante B. Fascell North-
South Center.
Sec. 406. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
Sec. 407. International expositions.
TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
Sec. 501. Permanent authorization for Radio Free Asia.
Sec. 502. Preservation of RFE/RL (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty).
Sec. 503. Immunity from civil liability for Broadcasting Board of Governors.
TITLE VI—INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS
Sec. 601. Interparliamentary groups.
Sec. 602. Authority to assist States and local governments.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on International Re-
lations and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of State.
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF
APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1—DEPARTMENT OF STATE
SEC. 101. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of State under ‘‘Administra-
tion of Foreign Affairs’’ to carry out the authorities, func-
tions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the for-
eign affairs of the United States and for other purposes
authorized by law, including the diplomatic security pro-
gram:
(1) DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’, 
of 
the 
Department 
of 
State
$2,524,772,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
$2,524,772,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(B) LIMITATIONS.—
(i) 
WORLDWIDE
SECURITY
UP-
GRADES.—Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated 
by 
subparagraph 
(A),
$254,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$254,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 are
authorized to be appropriated only for
worldwide security upgrades.
(ii) BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN
RIGHTS, AND LABOR.—Of the amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated by subpara-
graph (A), $15,000,000 for fiscal year
2000 and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year
2001 are authorized to be appropriated
only for salaries and expenses of the Bu-
reau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor.
(iii) 
RECRUITMENT
OF
MINORITY
GROUPS.—Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated 
by 
subparagraph 
(A),
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$1,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 are au-
thorized to be appropriated only for the re-
cruitment of members of minority groups
for careers in the Foreign Service and
international affairs.
(2) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.—For ‘‘Cap-
ital Investment Fund’’ of the Department of State,
$90,000,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
2000 
and
$90,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(3) SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE OF UNITED
STATES MISSIONS.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For ‘‘Security and Maintenance of
United States Missions’’, $1,084,066,000 for
the fiscal year 2000 and $1,084,066,000 for the
fiscal year 2001.
(B) SECURITY
UPGRADES
FOR
UNITED
STATES MISSIONS.—Of the amounts authorized
to be appropriated by subparagraph (A),
$650,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2000 
and
$650,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 are au-
thorized to be appropriated only for security up-
grades to United States missions abroad, in-
cluding construction and relocation costs.
(4) 
REPRESENTATION
ALLOWANCES.—For
‘‘Representation Allowances’’, $4,450,000 for the
fiscal year 2000 and $4,450,000 for the fiscal year
2001.
(5) EMERGENCIES
IN
THE
DIPLOMATIC
AND
CONSULAR SERVICE.—For ‘‘Emergencies in the Dip-
lomatic and Consular Service’’, $17,000,000 for the
fiscal year 2000 and $17,000,000 for the fiscal year
2001.
(6) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—
For ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, $30,054,000
for the fiscal year 2000 and $30,054,000 for the fis-
cal year 2001.
(7) PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN
TAIWAN.—For ‘‘Payment to the American Institute
in Taiwan’’, $15,760,000 for the fiscal year 2000
and $15,760,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(8) PROTECTION
OF
FOREIGN
MISSIONS
AND
OFFICIALS.—
(A) For ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions
and Officials’’, $9,490,000 for the fiscal year
2000 and $9,490,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(B) Each amount appropriated pursuant
to this paragraph is authorized to remain avail-
able through September 30 of the fiscal year
following the fiscal year for which the amount
appropriated was made.
(9) REPATRIATION LOANS.—For ‘‘Repatriation
Loans’’, $1,200,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
$1,200,000 for the fiscal year 2001, for administra-
tive expenses.
SEC. 102. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for ‘‘Contributions to International Organiza-
tions’’, $963,308,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
$963,308,000 for the fiscal year 2001 for the Department
of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and
responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the
United States with respect to international organizations
and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with
such purposes.
(b) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL
PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.—There are authorized to be
appropriated for ‘‘Contributions for International Peace-
keeping Activities’’, $235,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000
and $235,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 for the Depart-
ment of State to carry out the authorities, functions, du-
ties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign af-
fairs of the United States with respect to international
peacekeeping activities and to carry out other authorities
in law consistent with such purposes.
SEC. 103. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS.
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated under ‘‘International Commissions’’ for the De-
partment of State to carry out the authorities, functions,
duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign
affairs of the United States and for other purposes author-
ized by law:
(1) INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY
AND
WATER
COMMISSION, UNITED
STATES
AND
MEXICO.—For
‘‘International Boundary and Water Commission,
United States and Mexico’’—
(A) 
for 
‘‘Salaries 
and 
Expenses’’
$20,413,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
$20,413,000 for the fiscal year 2001; and
(B) for ‘‘Construction’’ $8,435,000 for the
fiscal year 2000 and $8,435,000 for the fiscal
year 2001.
(2) INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY
COMMISSION,
UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—For ‘‘International
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada’’,
$859,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $859,000 for
the fiscal year 2001.
(3) INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION.—For
‘‘International Joint Commission’’, $3,819,000 for
the fiscal year 2000 and $3,819,000 for the fiscal
year 2001.
(4) 
INTERNATIONAL
FISHERIES
COMMIS-
SIONS.—For ‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’,
$16,702,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
2000 
and
$16,702,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 104. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.
(a) MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Migra-
tion and Refugee Assistance’’ for authorized activi-
ties, $750,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
$750,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(2) LIMITATIONS.—
(A) TIBETAN
REFUGEES
IN
INDIA
AND
NEPAL.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated in paragraph (1), not more than
$2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
$2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 are author-
ized to be available only for humanitarian as-
sistance, including food, medicine, clothing, and
medical and vocational training, to Tibetan ref-
ugees in India and Nepal who have fled Chi-
nese-occupied Tibet.
(B) REFUGEES RESETTLING IN ISRAEL.—
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated
in paragraph (1), $60,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2000 and $60,000,000 for the fiscal year
2001 are authorized to be available only for as-
sistance for refugees resettling in Israel from
other countries.
(C) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR DIS-
PLACED BURMESE.—Of the amounts authorized
to 
be 
appropriated 
in 
paragraph 
(1),
$2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
$2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 for humani-
tarian assistance are authorized to be available
only for assistance (including food, medicine,
clothing, and medical and vocational training)
to persons displaced as a result of civil conflict
in Burma, including persons still within Burma.
(D) ASSISTANCE FOR DISPLACED SIERRA
LEONEANS.—Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated in paragraph (1), $2,000,000 for
the fiscal year 2000 and $2,000,000 for the fis-
cal year 2001 for humanitarian assistance are
authorized to be available only for assistance
(including food, medicine, clothing, and medical
and vocational training) and resettlement of
persons who have been severely mutilated as a
result of civil conflict in Sierra Leone, including
persons still within Sierra Leone.
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Funds appro-
priated pursuant to this section are authorized to remain
available until expended.
SEC. 105. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAMS.
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of State to carry out inter-
national information activities and educational and cul-
tural exchange programs under the United States Infor-
mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Mu-
tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Re-
organization Plan Number 2 of 1977, the Dante B. Fas-
cell North-South Center Act of 1991, and the National
Endowment for Democracy Act, and to carry out other
authorities in law consistent with such purposes:
(1) 
INTERNATIONAL
INFORMATION
PRO-
GRAMS.—For 
‘‘International 
Information 
Pro-
grams’’, $313,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
$313,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(2) EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE
PROGRAMS.—
(A) FULBRIGHT
ACADEMIC
EXCHANGE
PROGRAMS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for the ‘‘Fulbright Academic Exchange
Programs’’ (other than programs described in
subparagraph (B)), $112,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2000 and $112,000,000 for the fiscal year
2001.
(B) OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated for other edu-
cational and cultural exchange programs
authorized by law, including the Claude
and Mildred Pepper Scholarship Program
of the Washington Workshops Foundation,
$98,329,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
$98,329,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(ii) SOUTH PACIFIC EXCHANGES.—Of
the amounts authorized to be appropriated
under clause (i), $750,000 for the fiscal
year 2000 and $750,000 for the fiscal year
2001 are authorized to be available for
‘‘South Pacific Exchanges’’.
(iii) 
EAST
TIMORESE
SCHOLAR-
SHIPS.—Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated under clause (i), $500,000
for the fiscal year 2000 and $500,000 for
the fiscal year 2001 are authorized to be
available for ‘‘East Timorese Scholar-
ships’’.
(iv) TIBETAN
EXCHANGES.—Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated
under clause (i), $500,000 for the fiscal
year 2000 and $500,000 for the fiscal year
2001 are authorized to be available for
‘‘Ngawang Choephel Exchange Programs’’
(formerly known as educational and cul-
tural exchanges with Tibet) under section
103(a) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and
Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of
1996 (Public Law 104–319).
(v) AFRICAN
EXCHANGES.—Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated
under clause (i), $500,000 for the fiscal
year 2000 and $500,000 for the fiscal year
2001 are authorized to be available only
for ‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchanges
with Sub-Saharan Africa’’.
(3) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL
INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.—For the
‘‘Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange be-
tween East and West’’, $17,500,000 for the fiscal
year 2000 and $17,500,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(4) NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT
FOR
DEMOC-
RACY.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For the ‘‘National Endowment for De-
mocracy’’, $34,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000
and $34,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(B) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated by subparagraph (A),
$2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000
and 2001 are authorized to be appropriated
only for a fellowship program, to be known as
the ‘‘Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows’’, for
democracy activists and scholars from around
the world at the International Forum for
Democratic Studies in Washington, D.C., to
study, write, and exchange views with other ac-
tivists and scholars and with Americans.
(5) DANTE
B. FASCELL
NORTH-SOUTH
CEN-
TER.—For ‘‘Dante B. Fascell North-South Center’’
$2,500,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $2,500,000
for the fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 
106. 
VOLUNTARY 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
TO 
INTER-
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Voluntary Con-
tributions to International Organizations’’, $293,000,000
for the fiscal year 2000 and $293,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2001.
(b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—
(1) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a),
$5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $5,000,000
for the fiscal year 2001 are authorized to be appro-
priated only for a United States contribution to the
World Food Program.
(2) UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTARY FUND FOR
VICTIMS OF TORTURE.—Of the amount authorized
to be appropriated under subsection (a), $5,000,000
for the fiscal year 2000 and $5,000,000 for the fis-
cal year 2001 are authorized to be appropriated only
for a United States contribution to the United Na-
tions Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.
(3) INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM ON THE ELIMI-
NATION OF CHILD LABOR.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under subsection (a),
$5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $5,000,000
for the fiscal year 2001 are authorized to be appro-
priated only for a United States contribution to the
International Labor Organization for the activities
of the International Program on the Elimination of
Child Labor.
(4) ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.—Of
the amounts authorized to be appropriated under
subsection (a), $240,000 for the fiscal year 2000
and $240,000 for the fiscal year 2001 are author-
ized to be appropriated only for a United States con-
tribution to the Organization of American States for
the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of
Expression in the Western Hemisphere to conduct
investigations, including field visits, to establish a
network of nongovernmental organizations, and to
hold hemispheric conferences, of which $6,000 for
each fiscal year is authorized to be appropriated only
for the investigation and dissemination of informa-
tion on violations of freedom of expression by the
Government of Cuba.
(c) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM.—
(1) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts made avail-
able under subsection (a) for fiscal years 2000 and
2001 for United States voluntary contributions to
the United Nations Development Program an
amount equal to the amount the United Nations De-
velopment Program will spend in Burma during each
fiscal year shall be withheld unless during such fiscal
year the President submits to the appropriate con-
gressional committees the certification described in
paragraph (2).
(2) CERTIFICATION.—The certification referred
to in paragraph (1) is a certification by the Presi-
dent that all programs and activities of the United
Nations Development Program (including United
Nations 
Development 
Program—Administered
Funds) in Burma—
(A) are focused on eliminating human suf-
fering and addressing the needs of the poor;
(B) are undertaken only through inter-
national or private voluntary organizations that
have been deemed independent of the State
Peace and Development Council (SPDC) (for-
merly known as the State Law and Order Res-
toration Council (SLORC), after consultation
with the leadership of the National League for
Democracy and the leadership of the National
Coalition Government of the Union of Burma;
(C) provide no financial, political, or mili-
tary benefit to the SPDC; and
(D) are carried out only after consultation
with the leadership of the National League for
Democracy and the leadership of the National
Coalition Government of the Union of Burma.
(d) CONTRIBUTIONS
TO UNITED NATIONS POPU-
LATION FUND.—
(1) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts made avail-
able under subsection (a) for fiscal years 2000 and
2001 for United States voluntary contributions no
funds may be made available to the United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA) unless for each such fis-
cal year the President submits to the appropriate
congressional committees the certification described
in paragraph (2).
(2) CERTIFICATION.—The certification referred
to in paragraph (1) is a certification by the Presi-
dent that—
(A) the UNFPA has terminated all activi-
ties in the People’s Republic of China, and the
United States has received assurances that
UNFPA will conduct no such activities during
the fiscal year for which the funds are to be
made available; or
(B) during the 12 months preceding such
certification there have been no abortions as the
result of coercion associated with the family
planning policies of the national government or
other governmental entities within the People’s
Republic of China.
(C) DEFINITION.—As used in this sub-
section, the term ‘‘coercion’’ includes physical
duress or abuse, destruction or confiscation of
property, loss of means of livelihood, and severe
psychological pressure.
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized
to be appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized to
remain available until expended.
SEC. 107. GRANTS TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION.
Section 404 of The Asia Foundation Act (title IV of
Public Law 98–164) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 404. There are authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary of State $10,000,000 for each of the fis-
cal years 2000 and 2001 for grants to The Asia Founda-
tion pursuant to this title.’’.
CHAPTER 2—BROADCASTING BOARD OF
GOVERNORS
SEC. 121. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated for the Broadcasting Board of Governors to carry
out certain international broadcasting activities under the
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, the
Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and the Television
Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and for other purposes author-
ized by law:
(1) 
INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING
OPER-
ATIONS.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, $385,900,000 for the fiscal year 2000
and $385,900,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(B) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated under subparagraph
(A), the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall
seek to ensure that the amounts made available
for broadcasting to nations whose people do not
fully enjoy freedom of expression do not decline
in proportion to the amounts made available for
broadcasting to other nations.
(2) BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.—
For 
‘‘Broadcasting 
Capital 
Improvements’’,
$20,868,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
2000 
and
$20,868,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(3) RADIO
FREE
ASIA.—For ‘‘Radio Free
Asia’’, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
$30,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(4) BROADCASTING TO CUBA.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For 
‘‘Broadcasting 
to 
Cuba’’,
$22,743,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
$22,743,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(B) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under subparagraph
(A), $712,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is au-
thorized to be appropriated only for the Office
of Cuba Broadcasting to develop and implement
new technology and enhance current methods to
strengthen and improve the transmission capa-
bilities of Radio Marti and TV Marti.
TITLE 
II—DEPARTMENT 
OF
STATE AUTHORITIES AND AC-
TIVITIES
CHAPTER 1—AUTHORITIES AND
ACTIVITIES
SEC. 201. AUTHORITY TO LEASE AIRCRAFT TO RESPOND TO
A TERRORIST ATTACK ABROAD.
In the event of an emergency which involves a ter-
rorist attack abroad, the Secretary of State and the Direc-
tor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Depart-
ment of Justice are authorized to lease commercial air-
craft to transport equipment and personnel in response
to such attack if there have been reasonable efforts to ob-
tain appropriate Department of Defense aircraft and such
aircraft are unavailable. The leasing authority under this
section shall include authority to provide indemnification
insurance or guarantees, if necessary and appropriate.
SEC. 202. REPORT ON CUBAN DRUG TRAFFICKING.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter, the Presi-
dent shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees an unclassified report on the extent of inter-
national narcotic trafficking from or through Cuba. The
report shall include information concerning the extent to
which the Cuban government or any official, employee, or
entity of the Government of Cuba has engaged in, facili-
tated, or condoned such trafficking, and the extent to
which the appropriate agencies of the United States Gov-
ernment have investigated and prosecuted such activities
of the Cuban government or any official, employee, or enti-
ty of the Government of Cuba.
SEC. 203. REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE HAGUE CON-
VENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUC-
TION.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) There are thousands of United States citi-
zens who are denied their parental rights because
their children have been abducted or are wrongfully
retained in another country.
(2) The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects
of International Child Abduction is intended pri-
marily to ensure that custody laws and orders of one
party are respected by the other parties.
(3) Many parties to the Convention do not fully
apply its provisions.
(4) United States Courts in deciding custody
cases are often unaware of the laws and practices of
other countries, the Convention notwithstanding,
that can have deleterious effects upon the rights of
one parent, and of the child, if the other parent re-
moves the child to another country.
(b) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Beginning 6
months after the date of the enactment of this Act and
every 12 months thereafter, the Secretary of State shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on compliance with the provisions of the Hague Con-
vention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduc-
tion by the parties to such Convention. Each such report
shall include the following information:
(1) The number of applications for the return
of children submitted by United States citizens to
the Central Authority for the United States, or of
which the Central Authority is aware, that remain
unresolved more than 6 months after the date of fil-
ing.
(2) A list of the countries to which children in
unresolved applications described in paragraph (1)
are alleged to have been abducted, or in which they
are being retained in violation of United States civil
or criminal law or United States court orders.
(3) A list of the countries that have failed to
comply with any of their obligations under such Con-
vention with respect to applications for the return of
or access to children submitted by United States
citizens.
(4) Detailed information on each unresolved
case described in paragraph (1) and on actions
taken by the Department of State to resolve each
such case.
(5) A list of the countries that have legal sys-
tems without any method of prompt and effective
enforcement of civil court orders, such contempt of
court or Convention return orders.
(6) A list of the countries that pay some or all
of the legal fees of their citizens in Convention and/
or regular child custody proceedings in their own
courts, the United States, or anywhere else in the
world.
(7) A list of countries with criminal laws that
protect parents who abduct or wrongfully retain
their children and punish parents who attempt to ex-
ercise their sole or joint custody rights.
(8) A list of countries with legal systems that
do not apply a doctrine of comity that would permit
them to comply with the object and purpose of the
Convention stated in Article 1: to ensure that cus-
tody laws and orders of one party are respected by
the other parties.
(9) A list of the countries that pay child sup-
port to their citizens who allegedly abduct or wrong-
fully retain children and then demand reimburse-
ment from the parents whose custody or access
rights have been violated.
SEC. 204. ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE REPORTS.
(a) POST LANGUAGE COMPETENCE.—Section 304(c)
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3944(c))
is repealed.
(b) USE OF FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL BY FED-
ERAL AGENCIES.—Section 601(c)(4) of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4001(c)(4)) is repealed.
(c) SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH.—Section 574
of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–
107) is repealed.
(d) REDUNDANT REPORTS ON CERTAIN WEAPONS.—
(1) Section 308 of the Chemical and Biological
Weapons and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991
(Public Law 102–182) is repealed.
(2) Section 585 of the Foreign Operations, Ex-
port Financing, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208), is repealed.
SEC. 205. CONTINUATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) REPORTS ON CLAIMS BY UNITED STATES FIRMS
AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF SAUDI ARABIA.—Section
2801(b) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring
Act of 1998 (as enacted by division D of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 1999; Public Law 105–277) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘the earlier of—’’;
(2) by striking paragraph (1); and
(3) by striking the designation for paragraph
(2) and adjusting the tabulation.
(b) REPORTS ON DETERMINATIONS UNDER TITLE
IV OF THE LIBERTAD ACT.—Section 2802(a) of the For-
eign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as
enacted by division D of the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Pub-
lic Law 105–277) is amended by striking ‘‘during the pe-
riod ending September 30, 1999,’’ and inserting a comma.
(c) RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM.—Section 2805 of
the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of
1998 (as enacted by division D of the Omnibus Consoli-
dated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1999; Public Law 105–277) is amended by striking ‘‘dur-
ing the period ending September 30, 1999,’’.
(d) REPORTS ON BALLISTIC MISSILE COOPERATION
WITH RUSSIA.—Section 2705(c) of the Foreign Affairs
Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted by di-
vision D of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105–
277) is amended by striking ‘‘and January 1, 2000,’’ and
inserting ‘‘, January 1, 2000, January 1, 2001, and Janu-
ary 1, 2002,’’.
SEC. 206. REPEAL OF OUTDATED PROVISION ON PASSPORT
FEES.
Section 4 of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22
U.S.C. 216, 41 Stat. 751) is repealed.
SEC. 207. INTERNATIONAL ARMS SALES CODE OF CON-
DUCT.
(a) NEGOTIATIONS.—The President shall attempt to
achieve the foreign policy goal of an international arms
sales code of conduct with all Wassenaar Arrangement
countries. The President shall take the necessary steps to
begin negotiations with all Wassenaar Arrangement coun-
tries within 120 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act. The purpose of such negotiations shall be to con-
clude an agreement on restricting or prohibiting arms
transfers to countries that do not meet the criteria under
subsection (b).
(b) CRITERIA.—The criteria referred to in subsection
(a) are as follows:
(1) 
PROMOTING
DEMOCRACY.—Such
government—
(A) was chosen by and permits free and
fair elections;
(B) promotes civilian control of the mili-
tary and security forces and has civilian institu-
tions controlling the policy, operation, and
spending of all law enforcement and security in-
stitutions, as well as the armed forces;
(C) promotes the rule of law, equality be-
fore the law, and respect for individual and mi-
nority rights, including freedom to speak, pub-
lish, associate, and organize; and
(D) promotes the strengthening of polit-
ical, legislative, and civil institutions of democ-
racy, as well as autonomous institutions to
monitor the conduct of public officials and to
combat corruption.
(2) 
RESPECTS
HUMAN
RIGHTS.—Such
government—
(A) does not engage in gross violations of
internationally 
recognized 
human 
rights,
including—
(i) extrajudicial or arbitrary execu-
tions;
(ii) disappearances;
(iii) torture or severe mistreatment;
(iv) prolonged arbitrary imprisonment;
(v) systematic official discrimination
on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion,
gender, national origin, or political affili-
ation; and
(vi) grave breaches of international
laws of war or equivalent violations of the
laws of war in internal conflicts;
(B) vigorously investigates, disciplines, and
prosecutes those responsible for gross violations
of internationally recognized human rights;
(C) permits access on a regular basis to
political prisoners by international humani-
tarian organizations such as the International
Committee of the Red Cross;
(D) promotes the independence of the judi-
ciary and other official bodies that oversee the
protection of human rights;
(E) does not impede the free functioning of
domestic and international human rights orga-
nizations; and
(F) provides access on a regular basis to
humanitarian organizations in situations of con-
flict or famine.
(3) NOT ENGAGED IN CERTAIN ACTS OF ARMED
AGGRESSION.—Such government is not currently en-
gaged in acts of armed aggression in violation of
international law.
(4) FULL PARTICIPATION IN UNITED NATIONS
REGISTER OF CONVENTIONAL ARMS.—Such govern-
ment is fully participating in the United Nations
Register of Conventional Arms.
(c) REPORTS.—
(1) CONGRESSIONAL REPORT.—Prior to the be-
ginning of each fiscal year, the Subcommittee on
International Operations and Human Rights of the
Committee on International Relations of the House
of Representatives should compile and submit a re-
port to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the
House and the chairperson and ranking member of
the International Relations Committee of the House
of Representatives listing the countries that do not
meet the criteria of subsection (b).
(2) REPORT
OF
THE
PRESIDENT.—Not later
than 6 months after the commencement of negotia-
tions under subsection (a), and not later than the
end of every 6-month period thereafter until an
agreement described in subsection (a) is concluded,
the President shall report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees on the progress of such nego-
tiations.
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘Wassenaar Arrangement countries’’ means those
participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export
Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual Use Goods and
Technologies, done at Vienna on July 11–12, 1996.
SEC. 208. HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FELLOWSHIPS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the
Department of State a program which shall be known as
the ‘‘Human Rights and Democracy Fellowship Pro-
gram’’. The program shall be administered by the Sec-
retary with the assistance of the Assistant Secretary for
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. The program shall
provide for the employment of not less than 6 and not
more than 12 fellows in the Bureau of Democracy, Human
Rights, and Labor. Fellowships shall be for an initial 1
year period which may be extended for a total of not more
than 3 years. Fellowships shall be available to individuals
who have expertise in human rights policy, human rights
law, or related subjects and who are not permanent em-
ployees of the United States Government.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There are
authorized to be appropriated for the Human Rights and
Democracy Fellowship Program under subsection (a)
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $1,000,000 for fiscal
year 2001.
SEC. 209. JOINT FUNDS UNDER AGREEMENTS FOR CO-
OPERATION 
IN 
ENVIRONMENTAL, 
SCI-
ENTIFIC, CULTURAL AND RELATED AREAS.
Amounts made available to the Department of State
for participation in joint funds under agreements for co-
operation in environmental, scientific, cultural and related
areas prior to fiscal year 1996 which, pursuant to express
terms of such international agreements, were deposited in
interest-bearing accounts prior to disbursement may earn
interest, and interest accrued to such accounts may be
used and retained without return to the Treasury of the
United States and without further appropriation by Con-
gress. The Department of State shall take action to ensure
the complete and timely disbursement of appropriations
and associated interest within joint funds covered by this
section and final disposition of such agreements.
CHAPTER 2—CONSULAR AND RELATED
ACTIVITIES
SEC. 251. DEATHS AND ESTATES OF UNITED STATES CITI-
ZENS ABROAD.
(a) REPEAL.—Section 1709 of the Revised Statutes
(22 U.S.C. 4195) is repealed.
(b) AMENDMENT TO STATE DEPARTMENT BASIC AU-
THORITIES ACT.—The State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 is amended by inserting after section 43
the following new sections:
‘‘SEC. 43A. NOTIFICATION OF NEXT OF KIN; REPORTS OF
DEATH.
‘‘Pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary of
State may prescribe—
‘‘(1) When a United States citizen or national
dies abroad, a consular officer shall endeavor to no-
tify, or assist the Secretary of State in notifying, the
next of kin or legal guardian as soon as possible;
provided, that in the case of death of Peace Corps
Volunteers, members of the Armed Forces, their de-
pendents, or Department of Defense civilian employ-
ees, the consular officer shall assist the Peace Corps
or the appropriate military authorities in making
such notifications.
‘‘(2) The consular officer may, for any United
States citizen who dies abroad, (A) in the case of a
finding by appropriate local authorities, issue a re-
port of death or of presumptive death, or (B) in the
absence of a finding by appropriate local authorities,
issue a report of presumptive death.
‘‘SEC. 43B. CONSERVATION AND DISPOSITION OF ESTATES.
‘‘(a) CONSERVATION OF ESTATES ABROAD.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO ACT AS CONSERVATOR.—
Pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary of
State may prescribe, when a United States citizen or
national dies abroad, a consular officer shall act as
the provisional conservator of the decedent’s estate
and, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), shall—
‘‘(A) take possession of the personal effects
within his jurisdiction;
‘‘(B) inventory and appraise the personal
effects, sign the inventory, and annex thereto a
certificate as to the accuracy of the inventory
and appraised value of each article;
‘‘(C) when appropriate, collect the debts
due to the decedent in the officer’s jurisdiction
and pay from the estate the obligations owed
there by the decedent;
‘‘(D) sell or dispose of, as appropriate, all
perishable items of property;
‘‘(E) sell, after reasonable public notice
and notice to such next of kin as can be
ascertained with reasonable diligence, such ad-
ditional items of property as necessary to pro-
vide funds sufficient to pay the decedent’s debts
and property taxes in the country of death, fu-
neral expenses, and other expenses incident to
the disposition of the estate;
‘‘(F) at the end of one year from the date
of death (or after such additional period as may
be required for final settlement of the estate),
if no claimant shall have appeared, sell or dis-
pose of the residue of the personal estate, ex-
cept as provided in subparagraph (G) below, in
the same manner as United States Government-
owned foreign excess property;
‘‘(G) transmit to the United States, to the
Secretary of State, the proceeds of any sales
along with any financial instruments (including
bonds, shares of stock, and notes of indebted-
ness), jewelry, heirlooms, and other articles of
obvious sentimental value, to be held in trust
for the legal claimant; and
‘‘(H) in the event that the decedent’s es-
tate includes an interest in real property located
within the jurisdiction of the officer and such
interest does not devolve by the applicable laws
of intestate succession or otherwise, provide for
title to the property to be conveyed to the Gov-
ernment of the United States unless the Sec-
retary declines to accept such conveyance.
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO ACT AS ADMINISTRATOR.—
The Secretary of State may expressly authorize the
officer to act as administrator of the estate in excep-
tional circumstances, pursuant to such regulations
as the Secretary may prescribe. The officer shall not
otherwise act in such capacity.
‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—
‘‘(A) The function provided for in this sec-
tion shall not be performed to the extent that
the decedent has left or there is otherwise ap-
pointed, in the country where the death oc-
curred or where the decedent was domiciled, a
legal representative, partner in trade, or trustee
appointed to take care of his personal estate. If
the decedent’s legal representative shall appear
at any time prior to transmission of the estate
to the Secretary and demand the proceeds and
effects being held by the officer, the officer
shall deliver them to the representative after
having collected any prescribed fee for the serv-
ices rendered pursuant to this section.
‘‘(B) Nothing in this section shall affect
the authority of military commanders under
title 10 of the United States Code with respect
to persons or property under military command
or jurisdiction or the authority of the Peace
Corps with respect to Peace Corps Volunteers
or their property.
‘‘(4) CONDITIONS.— The functions provided for
in this section shall be performed only when author-
ized by treaty provisions or permitted by the laws or
authorities of the country wherein the death occurs,
or the decedent is domiciled, or if such functions are
permitted by established usage.
‘‘(b) DISPOSITION OF ESTATES BY THE SECRETARY
OF STATE.—
‘‘(1) PERSONAL EFFECTS.—
‘‘(A) After receipt of personal estates pur-
suant to subsection (a), the Secretary, pursuant
to such regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe for the conservation of such estates, may
seek payment of all outstanding debts to the es-
tate as they become due, may receive any
balances due on such estates, may endorse all
checks, bills of exchange, promissory notes, and
other instruments of indebtedness payable to
the estate for the benefit thereof, and may take
such other action as is reasonably necessary for
the conservation of the estate.
‘‘(B) If by the end of the fifth full fiscal
year after receipt of the personal estate pursu-
ant to subsection (a), no legal claimant for such
estate has appeared, title to the estate shall
pass to the Secretary who shall dispose of the
estate in the same manner as surplus United
States Government-owned property or by such
means as may be appropriate in light of the na-
ture and value of the property involved. The ex-
penses of sales shall be paid from the estate,
and any lawful claim received thereafter shall
be payable to the extent of the value of the net
proceeds of the estate as a refund from the ap-
propriate Treasury account.
‘‘(C) The net cash estate after disposition
as provided in subparagraph (B) shall be remit-
ted to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
‘‘(2) REAL PROPERTY.—Pursuant to such regu-
lations as the Secretary may prescribe—
‘‘(A) in the event that real property is con-
veyed to the Government of the United States
pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(H) and is not
needed by the Department of State, such prop-
erty shall be considered foreign excess property
under title IV of the Federal Property and Ad-
ministrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.
511 et seq.); and
‘‘(B) in the event that the Department
needs such property, the Secretary shall treat
such property as if it were an unconditional gift
accepted on behalf of the Department of State
pursuant to section 25 of this Act and section
9(a)(3) of the Foreign Service Buildings Act of
1926, as amended.
‘‘(c) LOSSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSERVA-
TION OF ESTATES.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—Pursuant to such regula-
tions as the Secretary of State may prescribe, the
Secretary is authorized to compensate the estate of
any United States citizen, who has died overseas, for
property, the conservation of which has been under-
taken under either section 43 or subsection (a) of
this section, and that has been lost, stolen, or de-
stroyed while in the custody of officers or employees
of the Department of State. Any such compensation
shall be in lieu of personal liability of officers or em-
ployees of the Department of State. Officers and
employees of the Department of State may be liable
in appropriate cases to the Department of State to
the extent of any compensation provided pursuant to
this subsection.
‘‘(2) LIABILITY.—The liability of officers or
employees of the Department of State to the Depart-
ment for payments made pursuant to paragraph (a)
of this section shall be determined pursuant to the
Department’s procedures for determining account-
ability for United States Government property.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect 6 months after enactment of
this Act or upon the effective date of any regulations pro-
mulgated hereunder, whichever is sooner.
SEC. 252. DUTIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS.
Section 43 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2715) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—’’ before
‘‘In’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘disposition of personal effects.’’
in the last sentence and inserting ‘‘disposition of
personal effects pursuant to section 43B of this
Act.’’; and
(3) by adding the following new subsection at
the end:
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section and
sections 43A and 43B of this Act, the term ‘consular offi-
cer’ includes any United States citizen employee of the De-
partment of State who is designated by the Secretary of
State to perform consular services pursuant to such regu-
lations as the Secretary may prescribe.’’.
CHAPTER 3—REFUGEES
SEC. 271. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE INVOL-
UNTARY RETURN OF REFUGEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds made available
by this Act or by section 2(c) of the Migration and Ref-
ugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)) shall be
available to effect the involuntary return by the United
States of any person to a country in which the person has
a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, reli-
gion, nationality, membership in a particular social group,
or political opinion, except on grounds recognized as pre-
cluding protection as a refugee under the United Nations
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of July 28,
1951, and the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees
of January 31, 1967, subject to the reservations contained
in the United States Senate Resolution of Ratification.
(b) MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.—None
of the funds made available by this Act or by section 2(c)
of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22
U.S.C. 2601(c)) shall be available to effect the involuntary
return of any person to any country unless the Secretary
of State first notifies the appropriate congressional com-
mittees, except that in the case of an emergency involving
a threat to human life the Secretary of State shall notify
the appropriate congressional committees as soon as prac-
ticable.
(c) INVOLUNTARY RETURN DEFINED.—As used in
this section, the term ‘‘to effect the involuntary return’’
means to require, by means of physical force or cir-
cumstances amounting to a threat thereof, a person to re-
turn to a country against the person’s will, regardless of
whether the person is physically present in the United
States and regardless of whether the United States acts
directly or through an agent.
SEC. 272. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS.
Section 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)) is amended by inserting after
the fourth sentence the following: ‘‘Each report under this
section shall describe the extent to which each country has
extended protection to refugees, including the provision of
first asylum and resettlement.’’.
SEC. 273. GUIDELINES FOR REFUGEE-PROCESSING POSTS.
(a) GUIDELINES
FOR ADDRESSING HOSTILE BI-
ASES.—Section 602(c) of the International Religious
Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–292; 112 Stat.
2812) is amended by inserting ‘‘and of the Department
of State’’ after ‘‘Service’’.
(b) GUIDELINES
FOR OVERSEAS REFUGEE-PROC-
ESSING.—Section 602(c) of such Act if further amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001, the Secretary
of State (after consultation with the Attorney Gen-
eral) shall issue regulations to ensure that persons
with potential biases against any refugee applicant,
including persons employed by, or otherwise subject
to influence by, governments known to be involved in
persecution on account of religion, race, nationality,
membership in a particular social group, or political
opinion, shall not in any way be used in processing
determinations of refugee status, including interpre-
tation of conversations or examination of documents
presented by such applicants.’’.
SEC. 274. VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
may be made available to support a larger number of per-
sonnel assigned to United States diplomatic or consular
posts in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam than the num-
ber assigned to such posts on March 22, 1999, unless not
less than 60 days prior to any obligation or expenditure
of such funds the President submits a certification to the
appropriate congressional committees that—
(1) all United States refugee programs in Viet-
nam, as well as programs to provide visas for
Amerasians and for immediate relatives of refugees
and asylees, are supervised by a Refugee Counselor
or Refugee Coordinator who has a proven record of
sensitivity to the problems of refugees and other vic-
tims of human rights violations and who reports di-
rectly to the Ambassador or the Consul General at
the United States Consulate in Saigon and receives
policy guidance from the Assistant Secretary of
State for the bureau with principal responsibility for
refugees;
(2) a program has been established in which all
former United States Government employees who
were adjudicated through a Vietnamese government
interpreter and whose applications for refugee status
were denied will be re-interviewed by Immigration
and Naturalization Service (INS) Asylum Officers
reporting directly to INS headquarters in Wash-
ington, D.C., and receiving specialized training and
written guidance from the INS Asylum Division and
Office of General Counsel;
(3) members of the Montagnard ethnic minority
groups who fought alongside United States forces
prior to 1975, and who later served three years or
more in prisons or re-education camps, will not be
disqualified from eligibility for resettlement in the
United States as refugees on the sole ground that
they continued to fight the Communists after 1975
and therefore did not begin their prison or re-edu-
cation sentences until several years later;
(4) allied combat veterans whose three-year re-
education or prison sentences began before April 30,
1975, because they were serving in parts of the
country that fell to the Communists before Saigon,
and who are otherwise eligible for resettlement as
refugees in the United States, are not disqualified
‘‘SEC. 36A. THE FOREIGN SERVICE STAR.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The President may award a deco-
ration called the ‘Foreign Service Star’ to an individual—
‘‘(1) who is killed or injured after August 1,
1998,
‘‘(2) whose death or injury occurs while the in-
dividual is a member of the Foreign Service or a ci-
vilian employee of the Government of the United
States—
‘‘(3) whose death or injury occurs while the
individual—
‘‘(A) is employed at, or assigned perma-
nently or temporarily to, an official mission
overseas, or
‘‘(B) was traveling abroad on official busi-
ness, and
‘‘(4) whose death or injury occurs while per-
forming official duties, while on the premises of a
United States mission abroad, or due to such indi-
vidual’s status as an employee of the United States
Government, and results from any form of assault
including terrorist or military action, civil unrest, or
criminal activities directed at facilities of the Gov-
ernment of the United States.
‘‘(b) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall submit rec-
ommendations for the Foreign Service Star to the Presi-