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United States Framework Convention on Climate Change,
which has not been submitted to the Senate for advice and
consent to ratification pursuant to article II, section 2,
clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and which has
not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the Pro-
tocol. The limitation established in this section shall not
apply to any activity otherwise authorized by law.
WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM
SEC. 578. For fiscal year 2001, 30 days prior to the
initial obligation of funds for the bilateral West Bank and
Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall certify to the
appropriate committees of Congress that procedures have
been established to assure the Comptroller General of the
United States will have access to appropriate United
States financial information in order to review the uses
of United States assistance for the Program funded under
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the West Bank
and Gaza.
INDONESIA
SEC. 579. Funds appropriated by this Act under the
heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may be
made available for Indonesia if the President determines
and submits a report to the appropriate congressional
committees that the Indonesian government and the Indo-
nesian armed forces are—
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(1) taking effective measures to bring to justice
members of the armed forces and militia groups
against whom there is credible evidence of human
rights violations;
(2) taking effective measures to bring to justice
members of the armed forces against whom there is
credible
evidence
of
aiding
or
abetting
militia
groups;
(3) allowing displaced persons and refugees to
return home to East Timor, including providing safe
passage for refugees returning from West Timor;
(4) not impeding the activities of the United
Nations
Transitional
Authority
in
East
Timor
(UNTAET);
(5) demonstrating a commitment to preventing
incursions into East Timor by members of militia
groups in West Timor; and
(6) demonstrating a commitment to account-
ability by cooperating with investigations and pros-
ecutions of members of the Indonesian armed forces
and militia groups responsible for human rights vio-
lations in Indonesia and East Timor.
MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE
SEC. 580. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be provided for the
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United Nations Man and the Biosphere Program or the
United Nations World Heritage Fund.
CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN
SEC. 581. Consistent with the intent of Congress ex-
pressed in the enactment of section 3(b) of the Taiwan
Relations Act, the Secretary of State shall consult with
the appropriate committees and leadership of Congress to
devise a mechanism to provide for congressional input
prior to making any determination on the nature or quan-
tity of defense articles and services to be made available
to Taiwan.
RESTRICTION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE FOR CER-
TAIN RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN CENTRAL EU-
ROPE
SEC. 582. Funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act for United States assistance for East-
ern Europe and the Baltic States should to the maximum
extent practicable be used for the procurement of articles
and services of United States origin.
RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS
DESTABILIZING SIERRA LEONE
SEC. 583. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this
Act may be made available for assistance for the govern-
ment of any country that the Secretary of State deter-
mines there is credible evidence that such government has
provided lethal or non-lethal military support or equip-
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ment, directly or through intermediaries, within the pre-
vious 6 months to the Sierra Leone Revolutionary United
Front (RUF), or any other group intent on destabilizing
the democratically elected government of the Republic of
Sierra Leone.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be made available for assistance for the government of any
country that the Secretary of State determines there is
credible evidence that such government has aided or abet-
ted, within the previous 6 months, in the illicit distribu-
tion, transportation, or sale of diamonds mined in Sierra
Leone.
(c) Whenever the prohibition on assistance required
under subsection (a) or (b) is exercised, the Secretary of
State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in a
timely manner.
VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVES
SEC. 584. Section 579(c)(2)(D) of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2000, as enacted by section 1000(a)(2) of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law
106–113), is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2000’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 2001’’.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND
SEC. 585. (1) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF CON-
TRIBUTION.—Of
the
amounts
made
available
under
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‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, not more
than $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be available
for the United Nations Population Fund (hereafter in this
subsection referred to as the ‘‘UNFPA’’).
(2) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—
None of the funds made available under ‘‘International
Organizations and Programs’’ may be made available for
the UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Repub-
lic of China.
(3) CONDITIONS
ON AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS.—
Amounts made available under ‘‘International Organiza-
tions and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2001 for the UNFPA
may not be made available to UNFPA unless—
(A)
the
UNFPA
maintains
amounts
made
available to the UNFPA under this section in an ac-
count separate from other accounts of the UNFPA;
(B) the UNFPA does not commingle amounts
made available to the UNFPA under this section
with other sums; and
(C) the UNFPA does not fund abortions.
(4) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS AND WITHHOLDING
OF FUNDS.—
(A) Not later than February 15, 2001, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit a report to the appro-
priate
congressional
committees
indicating
the
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amount of funds that the United Nations Population
Fund is budgeting for the year in which the report
is submitted for a country program in the People’s
Republic of China.
(B) If a report under subparagraph (A) indi-
cates that the United Nations Population Fund
plans to spend funds for a country program in the
People’s Republic of China in the year covered by
the report, then the amount of such funds that the
UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Republic of
China shall be deducted from the funds made avail-
able to the UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for
the remainder of the fiscal year in which the report
is submitted.
AUTHORIZATION FOR POPULATION PLANNING
SEC. 586.
(a)
AUTHORIZATION.—Not
to
exceed
$385,000,000 of the funds appropriated in title II of this
Act may be available for population planning activities or
other population assistance.
(b) RESTRICTION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN OR-
GANIZATIONS THAT PERFORM OR ACTIVELY PROMOTE
ABORTIONS.—
(1) PERFORMANCE OF ABORTIONS.—(A) Not-
withstanding section 614 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, or any other provision of law, no funds
appropriated by title II of this Act for population