$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 to carry out
subparagraph (A).
(4) EDUCATION.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Assistance to assist
independent education networks, to help provide
support for those fired for political reasons, and
to develop improved teaching materials on de-
mocracy and civic responsibilities.
(B) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 to carry out
subparagraph (A).
(5) JUDICIARY.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Assistance to train
judges on international judicial standards, to
support a trial monitoring program, and to help
provide support of those fired for political rea-
sons.
(B) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 to carry out
subparagraph (A).
(6) POLITICAL PARTIES AND COALITIONS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Assistance to expand
training in grassroots organization, to develop
coalition-building and campaign skills, and to
develop party leadership below the state or re-
public level.
(B) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated
$7,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 to carry out
subparagraph (A).
(7) LOCAL GOVERNANCE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Assistance to provide
support to democratically-oriented local govern-
ments to provide services, to establish local eco-
nomic development plans, and to increase the
transparency and accountability of decision-
making.
(B) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 to carry out
subparagraph (A).
(8) ELECTION ADMINISTRATION.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Assistance to train
election officials in transparent election proce-
dures, to provide tamper-resistant electoral sup-
plies, and to develop sound registration and vot-
ing procedures.
(B) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 to carry out
subparagraph (A).
(9) YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Assistance to promote
student organizations and to develop and pro-
vide for study programs in Europe and the
United States.
(B) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 to carry out
subparagraph (A).
(b) ADMINISTRATION
OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance
described in subsection (a) shall be provided to institu-
tions, nongovernmental organizations, and persons that
are eligible organizations designated in accordance with
section 5, by the President, acting through appropriate
Federal agencies and the National Endowment for Democ-
racy, based on a determination by the President of the
potential effectiveness of the agency or entity in providing
the assistance.
SEC. 5. ELIGIBILITY AND DESIGNATION OF ORGANIZA-
TIONS AND INSTITUTIONS.
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—An institution, nongovernmental
organization, or person shall be eligible for designation
under subsection (b) if such institution, nongovernmental
organization, or person—
(1) clearly advocates democratic principles in its
programs (if a nongovernmental entity) or in the im-
plementation of its policies (if governmental entity);
(2) has membership which does not discrimi-
nate on the basis of ethnicity and is open to dialogue
across state and republic lines; and
(3) has no known direct involvement in, nor
open support for, atrocities associated with the con-
flict in the former Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia or any of the independent states which
have emerged therefrom, since 1991.
(b) DESIGNATION.—The President shall designate 1
or more institutions, nongovernmental organizations, or
persons that meet the requirements of subsection (a) as
eligible to receive assistance under this Act.
SEC. 6. DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL CONTACTS RELAT-
ING TO SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO.
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that political contacts between United States of-
ficials and those who, in an official or unofficial capacity,
represent a genuine desire for democratic governance in
Serbia and Montenegro and designated in accordance with
section 5, should be developed through regular and well
publicized meetings.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State
$350,000 for fiscal year 2000 for a voluntary contribution
to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eu-
rope (OSCE) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly—
(1) to facilitate contacts by those who, in an of-
ficial or unofficial capacity, represent a genuine de-
sire for democratic governance in Serbia and Mon-
tenegro and designated in accordance with section 5,
with their counterparts in other countries; and
(2) to encourage the development of a multilat-
eral effort to promote democracy in Serbia and Mon-
tenegro.
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