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the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and other refugees
resettling in Israel.
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for the targeted assistance program
authorized by title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act
and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980
and administered by the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the
Department of Health and Human Services, in addition to amounts
otherwise available for such purposes, $5,000,000.
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ASSISTANCE
FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amend-
ed (22 U.S.C. 260(c)), $50,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the funds made available under this
heading are appropriated notwithstanding the provisions contained
in section 2(c)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act
of 1962 which would limit the amount of funds which could be
appropriated for this purpose.
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED
PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism and
related programs and activities, $133,000,000, to carry out the
provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 for anti-terrorism assistance, section 504 of the FREEDOM
Support Act for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, sec-
tion 23 of the Arms Export Control Act or the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 for demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance,
and related activities, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
including activities implemented through nongovernmental and
international organizations, section 301 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 for a voluntary contribution to the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) and a voluntary contribution to the Korean
Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO): Provided,
That of this amount not to exceed $15,000,000, to remain available
until expended, may be made available for the Nonproliferation
and Disarmament Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to
nonproliferation and disarmament: Provided further, That such
funds may also be used for such countries other than the new
independent states of the former Soviet Union and international
organizations when it is in the national security interest of the
United States to do so: Provided further, That such funds shall
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees
on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading may be made available for the International Atomic
Energy Agency only if the Secretary of State determines (and so
reports to the Congress) that Israel is not being denied its right
to participate in the activities of that Agency: Provided further,
That not to exceed $30,000,000 may be made available to the
Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) only
for the administrative expenses and heavy fuel oil costs associated
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with the Agreed Framework: Provided further, That such funds
may be obligated to KEDO only if, 30 days prior to such obligation
of funds, the President certifies and so reports to Congress that:
(1)(A) the parties to the Agreed Framework are taking steps to
assure that progress is made on the implementation of the January
1, 1992, Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean
Peninsula and the implementation of the North-South dialogue,
and (B) North Korea is complying with the other provisions of
the Agreed Framework between North Korea and the United States
and with the Confidential Minute; (2) North Korea is cooperating
fully in the canning and safe storage of all spent fuel from its
graphite-moderated nuclear reactors and that such canning and
safe storage is scheduled to be completed by April 1, 1998; and
(3) North Korea has not significantly diverted assistance provided
by the United States for purposes for which it was not intended:
Provided further, That the President may waive the certification
requirements of the preceding proviso if the President determines
that it is vital to the national security interests of the United
States: Provided further, That no funds may be obligated for KEDO
until 30 calendar days after submission to Congress of the waiver
permitted under the preceding proviso: Provided further, That the
obligation of any funds for KEDO shall be subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of State shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees an annual report (to be
submitted with the annual presentation for appropriations) provid-
ing a full and detailed accounting of the fiscal year request for
the United States contribution to KEDO, the expected operating
budget of KEDO, to include unpaid debt, proposed annual costs
associated with heavy fuel oil purchases, and the amount of funds
pledged by other donor nations and organizations to support KEDO
activities on a per country basis, and other related activities: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under this heading,
up to $10,000,000 may be made available to KEDO, in addition
to funds otherwise made available under this heading for KEDO,
if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees
on Appropriations that, except for the funds made available under
this proviso, funds sufficient to cover all outstanding debts owed
by KEDO for heavy fuel oil have been provided to KEDO by donors
other than the United States.
TITLE III—MILITARY ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $50,000,000: Provided,
That the civilian personnel for whom military education and train-
ing may be provided under this heading may include civilians
who are not members of a government whose participation would
contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian control of
the military, or respect for human rights: Provided further, That
funds appropriated under this heading for grant financed military
education and training for Indonesia and Guatemala may only
be available for expanded international military education and
training and funds made available for Guatemala may only be
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provided through the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading may be made available to support
grant financed military education and training at the School of
the Americas unless: (1) the Secretary of Defense certifies that
the instruction and training provided by the School of the Americas
is fully consistent with training and doctrine, particularly with
respect to the observance of human rights, provided by the Depart-
ment of Defense to United States military students at Department
of Defense institutions whose primary purpose is to train United
States military personnel; (2) the Secretary of Defense certifies
that the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary
of Defense, has developed and issued specific guidelines governing
the selection and screening of candidates for instruction at the
School of the Americas; and (3) the Secretary of Defense submits
to the Committees on Appropriations a report detailing the training
activities of the School of the Americas and a general assessment
regarding the performance of its graduates during 1996.
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for grants to enable the President to
carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export Control
Act, $3,296,550,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under
this heading, not less than $1,800,000,000 shall be available for
grants only for Israel, and not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be
made available for grants only for Egypt: Provided further, That
the funds appropriated by this paragraph for Israel shall be dis-
bursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act or by October
31, 1997, whichever is later: Provided further, That to the extent
that the Government of Israel requests that funds be used for
such purposes, grants made available for Israel by this paragraph
shall, as agreed by Israel and the United States, be available
for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than $475,000,000
shall be available for the procurement in Israel of defense articles
and defense services, including research and development: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, not
less than $75,000,000 shall be available for assistance for Jordan:
Provided further, That during fiscal year 1998 the President is
authorized to, and shall, direct drawdowns of defense articles from
the stocks of the Department of Defense, defense services of the
Department of Defense, and military education and training of
an aggregate value of not less than $25,000,000 under the authority
of this proviso for Jordan for the purposes of part II of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, and any amount so directed shall count
toward meeting the earmark in the previous proviso: Provided
further, That section 506(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
shall apply, and section 632(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 shall not apply, to any such drawdown: Provided further,
That of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, a total of
$18,300,000 should be available for assistance for Estonia, Latvia,
and Lithuania: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available under this heading shall be available for any non-NATO
country participating in the Partnership for Peace Program except
through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated by this
paragraph shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement
in section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further,
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That funds made available under this paragraph shall be obligated
upon apportionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of title
31, United States Code, section 1501(a): Provided further, That
$50,000,000 of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under this heading should be made available for the purpose of
facilitating the integration of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech
Republic into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans authorized by section 23 of
the Arms Export Control Act as follows: cost of direct loans,
$60,000,000: Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans of not
to exceed $657,000,000: Provided further, That the rate of interest
charged on such loans shall be not less than the current average
market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United
States of comparable maturities: Provided further, That funds
appropriated under this paragraph shall be made available for
Greece and Turkey only on a loan basis, and the principal amount
of direct loans for each country shall not exceed the following:
$105,000,000 only for Greece and $150,000,000 only for Turkey.
None of the funds made available under this heading shall
be available to finance the procurement of defense articles, defense
services, or design and construction services that are not sold by
the United States Government under the Arms Export Control
Act unless the foreign country proposing to make such procurements
has first signed an agreement with the United States Government
specifying the conditions under which such procurements may be
financed with such funds: Provided, That all country and funding
level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the regular
notification procedures of section 515 of this Act: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be
available for Sudan and Liberia: Provided further, That funds made
available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, for demining, the clearance of unexploded
ordnance, and related activities and may include activities imple-
mented through nongovernmental and international organizations:
Provided further, That only those countries for which assistance
was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financing Program’’
in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for security assist-
ance programs may utilize funds made available under this heading
for procurement of defense articles, defense services or design and
construction services that are not sold by the United States Govern-
ment under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That,
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees
on Appropriations, funds made available under this heading for
the cost of direct loans may also be used to supplement the funds
available under this heading for grants, and funds made available
under this heading for grants may also be used to supplement
the funds available under this heading for the cost of direct loans:
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely pay-
ment for defense articles and services: Provided further, That not
more than $23,250,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the purchase
of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only for use outside
of the United States, for the general costs of administering military
assistance and sales: Provided further, That none of the funds