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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2895
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island (for himself, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. BROWN of
Ohio, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. FARR of California, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Ms. PELOSI, and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Banking
and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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.
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 ‘‘East Timor Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FINDING; PURPOSE.
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDING.—Congress recognizes
that the Government of Indonesia took a positive and con-
structive step by agreeing on September 12, 1999, to the
deployment of an international peacekeeping force to East
Timor.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to encour-
age the Government of Indonesia to take such additional
steps as are necessary to create a peaceful environment
in which the United Nations Assistance Mission in East
Timor (UNAMET) can fulfill its mandate and implement
the results of the August 30, 1999, vote on East Timor’s
political status.
SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.
(a) MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (c), the Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States executive directors to the
international financial institutions to oppose, and
vote against, any extension by those institutions of
any financial assistance (including any technical as-
sistance or grant) of any kind to the Government of
Indonesia.
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
Congress that the international financial institutions
should withhold the balance of any undisbursed ap-
proved loans or other assistance to the Government
of Indonesia.
(3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘inter-
national financial institution’’ includes the Inter-
national Monetary Fund, the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, the International
Development Association, the International Finance
Corporation, the Multilateral Investment Guaranty
Agency, and the Asian Development Bank.
(b) RESTRICTION ON BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSIST-
ANCE.—Except as provided in subsection (c), none of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available to carry
out chapter 1 of part I (relating to development assist-
ance) or chapter 4 of part II (relating to economic support
fund assistance) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
may be available for Indonesia, except subject to the pro-
cedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under
section 634A of that Act.
(c) EXCEPTION.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall not
apply to the provision of humanitarian assistance (such
as food or medical assistance) to Indonesia or East Timor.
(d) CONDITIONS FOR TERMINATION.—The measures
described in subsections (a) and (b) shall apply until the
President determines and certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that the Government of Indonesia
is cooperating with efforts by the international community
to establish a safe and secure environment in East Timor
and is taking significant steps to—
(1) end the violence perpetrated by units of the
Indonesian armed forces and by armed militias op-
posed to the independence of East Timor;
(2) enable displaced persons and refugees to re-
turn home;
(3) ensure freedom of movement within East
Timor, including access by humanitarian organiza-
tions to all areas of East Timor; and
(4) enable UNAMET to resume its mandate,
without threat or intimidation to its personnel.
SEC. 4. SUSPENSION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE.
(a) PROHIBITIONS
ON
COOPERATION
AND
SUP-
PORT.—
(1) ASSISTANCE.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available under the fol-
lowing provisions of law (including unexpended bal-
ances of prior year appropriations) may be available
for Indonesia:
(A) The Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram under section 23 of the Arms Export
Control Act.
(C) are withdrawing their forces from East
Timor in cooperation with a United Nations-su-
pervised process of transferring sovereignty
from Indonesia to an independent East Timor;
and
(3) significant steps have been taken to imple-
ment the results of the August 30, 1999, vote on
East Timor’s political status, which expressed the
will of a majority of the Timorese people.
SEC. 5. MULTILATERAL EFFORTS.
The President should continue to coordinate with
other countries, particularly member states of the Asia-
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, to develop
a comprehensive, multilateral strategy to further the pur-
poses of this Act, including urging other countries to take
measures similar to those described in this Act.
SEC. 6. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations and
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the
Committee on International Relations and the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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