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able for the African Development Foundation and shall be
apportioned directly to that agency: Provided further, That
none of the funds made available in this Act nor any unob-
ligated balances from prior appropriations may be made
available to any organization or program which, as deter-
mined by the President of the United States, supports or
participates in the management of a program of coercive
abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided further,
That none of the funds made available under this heading
may be used to pay for the performance of abortion as a
method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any per-
son to practice abortions; and that in order to reduce reli-
ance on abortion in developing nations, funds shall be
available only to voluntary family planning projects which
offer, either directly or through referral to, or information
about access to, a broad range of family planning methods
and services: Provided further, That in awarding grants for
natural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated
against because of such applicant’s religious or conscien-
tious commitment to offer only natural family planning;
and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the
requirements of the previous proviso: Provided further, That
for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or appro-
priating funds for foreign operations, export financing, and
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related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to fam-
ily planning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit
the provision, consistent with local law, of information or
counseling about all pregnancy options: Provided further,
That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter
any existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under
section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided
further, That notwithstanding section 109 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, of the funds appropriated under this
heading in this Act, and of the unobligated balances of
funds previously appropriated under this heading, not to
exceed $2,500,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘International Or-
ganizations and Programs’’ for a contribution to the Inter-
national Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and
that any such transfer of funds shall be subject to the regu-
lar notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading that are made available for assistance
programs for displaced and orphaned children and victims
of war, not to exceed $25,000, in addition to funds otherwise
available for such purposes, may be used to monitor and
provide oversight of such programs: Provided further, That
none of the funds made available under this heading may
be used for any activity which is in contravention to the
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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
of Flora and Fauna (CITES).
PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act for development assistance may be
made available to any United States private and voluntary
organization, except any cooperative development organiza-
tion, which obtains less than 20 per centum of its total an-
nual funding for international activities from sources other
than the United States Government: Provided, That the re-
quirements of the provisions of section 123(g) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 and the provisions on private and
voluntary organizations in title II of the ‘‘Foreign Assist-
ance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1985’’ (as
enacted in Public Law 98–473) shall be superseded by the
provisions of this section, except that the authority con-
tained in the last sentence of section 123(g) may be exer-
cised by the Administrator with regard to the requirements
of this paragraph.
Funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under title II of this Act should be made available to private
and voluntary organizations at a level which is at least
equivalent to the level provided in fiscal year 1995. Such
private and voluntary organizations shall include those
which operate on a not-for-profit basis, receive contribu-
tions from private sources, receive voluntary support from
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the public and are deemed to be among the most cost-effec-
tive and successful providers of development assistance.
CYPRUS
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Devel-
opment Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not
less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for Cyprus
to be used only for scholarships, administrative support of
the scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and meas-
ures aimed at reunification of the island and designed to
reduce tensions and promote peace and cooperation between
the two communities on Cyprus.
BURMA
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Devel-
opment Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not
less than $5,000,000 shall be made available to support ac-
tivities in Burma, along the Burma-Thailand border, and
for activities of Burmese student groups and other organiza-
tions located outside Burma: Provided, That funds made
available for Burma related activities under this heading
may be made available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law: Provided further, That provision of such funds
shall be made available subject to the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
CAMBODIA
None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be
made available for the Government of Cambodia: Provided,
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That the restrictions under this heading shall not apply to
humanitarian, demining or election-related programs or
activities: Provided further, That such funds shall be subject
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That 30 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations on the results of the FBI investiga-
tion into the bombing attack in Phnom Penh on March 30,
1997.
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for international disaster relief,
rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant to
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
ed, $190,000,000, to remain available until expended.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans and
loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for which
funds have been appropriated or otherwise made available
for programs within the International Affairs Budget Func-
tion 150, including the cost of selling, reducing, or canceling
amounts, through debt buybacks and swaps, owed to the
United States as a result of concessional loans made to eli-
gible Latin American and Caribbean countries, pursuant
to part IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; of modify-
ing concessional loans extended to least developed countries,
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as authorized under section 411 of the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended; and
of modifying any obligation, or portion of such obligation
for Latin American countries to pay for purchases of Unit-
ed States agricultural commodities guaranteed by the Com-
modity Credit Corporation under export credit guarantee
programs authorized pursuant to section 5(f) of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 1948,
as amended, section 4(b) of the Food for Peace Act of 1966,
as amended (Public Law 89–808), or section 202 of the Ag-
ricultural Trade Act of 1978, as amended (Public Law 95–
501); $27,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 of such funds may be
used for implementation of improvements in the foreign
credit reporting system of the United States government.
MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees,
$1,500,000, as authorized by section 108 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, as amended: Provided, That such costs
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974: Provided further, That guarantees of loans
made under this heading in support of microenterprise ac-
tivities may guarantee up to 70 percent of the principal
amount of any such loans notwithstanding section 108 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. In addition, for admin-
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istrative expenses to carry out programs under this head-
ing, $500,000, all of which may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of
the Agency for International Development: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading shall
remain available until September 30, 1999.
URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIT PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of guaranteed loans authorized
by sections 221 and 222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, including the cost of guaranteed loans designed to
promote the urban and environmental policies and objec-
tives of part I of such Act, $3,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1999: Provided, That these funds are
available to subsidize loan principal, 100 percent of which
shall be guaranteed, pursuant to the authority of such sec-
tions. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
guaranteed loan programs, $6,000,000, all of which may
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Devel-
opment: Provided further, That commitments to guarantee
loans under this heading may be entered into notwithstand-
ing the second and third sentences of section 222(a) and,
with regard to programs for Central and Eastern Europe
and programs for the benefit of South Africans disadvan-
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taged by apartheid, section 223(j) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961.
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability Fund’’, as authorized by the Foreign Service Act
of 1980, $44,208,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 667, $473,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated by this Act for programs administered by the
Agency for International Development may be used to fi-
nance printing costs of any report or study (except feasibil-
ity, design, or evaluation reports or studies) in excess of
$25,000 without the approval of the Administrator of the
Agency or the Administrator’s designee.
OPERATING
EXPENSES
OF
THE
AGENCY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 667, $29,047,000, to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1999, which sum shall be available for the Office
of the Inspector General of the Agency for International De-
velopment.
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OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
chapter 4 of part II, $2,400,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1999: Provided, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, not less than $1,200,000,000
shall be available only for Israel, which sum shall be avail-
able on a grant basis as a cash transfer and shall be dis-
bursed within thirty days of enactment of this Act or by
October 31, 1997, whichever is later: Provided further, That
not less than $815,000,000 shall be available only for
Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant basis, and
of which sum cash transfer assistance may be provided,
with the understanding that Egypt will undertake signifi-
cant economic reforms which are additional to those which
were undertaken in previous fiscal years: Provided further,
That in exercising the authority to provide cash transfer
assistance for Israel, the President shall ensure that the level
of such assistance does not cause an adverse impact on the
total level of nonmilitary exports from the United States
to such country: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $150,000,000 shall
be made available for Jordan: Provided further, That of the
funds made available under this heading in previous Acts
making appropriations for foreign operations, export fi-
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nancing, and related programs, notwithstanding any provi-
sion in any such heading in such previous Acts, up to
$116,000,000 may be allocated or made available for pro-
grams and activities under this heading including the Mid-
dle East Peace and Stability Fund: Provided further, That
in carrying out the previous proviso, the President should
seek to ensure to the extent feasible that not more than 1
percent of the amount specified in section 586 of this Act
should be derived from funds that would otherwise be made
available for any single country: Provided further, That
funds provided for the Middle East Peace and Stability
Fund by a country in the region under the authority of
section 635(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and
funds made available for Jordan following the date of enact-
ment of this Act from previous Acts making appropriations
for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams, shall count toward meeting the earmark contained
in the fourth proviso under this heading: Provided further,
That up to $10,000,000 of funds under this heading in pre-
vious foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams appropriations Acts that were reprogrammed for
Jordan during fiscal year 1997 shall also count toward such
earmark: Provided further, That, in order to facilitate the
implementation of the fourth proviso under this heading,
the requirement of section 515 of this Act or any similar
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provision of law shall not apply to the making available
of funds appropriated for a fiscal year for programs,
projects, or activities that were justified for another fiscal
year: Provided further, That for fiscal year 1998 such por-
tions of the notification required under section 653 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 that relate to the Middle
East may be submitted to the Congress as soon as prac-
ticable, but no later than March 1, 1998: Provided further,
That during fiscal year 1998, of the local currencies gen-
erated from funds made available under this heading for
Guatemala by this Act and prior Appropriations Acts, the
United States and Guatemala may jointly program the
Guatemala quetzales equivalent of a total of up to
$10,000,000 for the purpose of retiring the debt owed by
universities in Guatemala to the Inter-American Develop-
ment Bank.
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$19,600,000, which shall be available for the United States
contribution to the International Fund for Ireland and
shall be made available in accordance with the provisions
of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Public
Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall be ex-
pended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely pay-
ment for projects and activities: Provided further, That
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funds made available under this heading shall remain
available until September 30, 1999.
ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC
STATES
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for
East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989,
$485,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1999, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for economic assistance and for related
programs for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States.
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior
appropriations Acts that are or have been made available
for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund
in interest-bearing accounts prior to the Fund’s disburse-
ment of such funds for program purposes. The Fund may
retain for such program purposes any interest earned on
such deposits without returning such interest to the Treas-
ury of the United States and without further appropriation
by the Congress. Funds made available for Enterprise
Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary
to make timely payment for projects and activities.
(c) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the
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administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use
of economic assistance.
(d) None of the funds appropriated under this heading
may be made available for new housing construction or re-
pair or reconstruction of existing housing in Bosnia and
Herzegovina unless directly related to the efforts of United
States troops to promote peace in said country.
(e) With regard to funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this heading for the economic revital-
ization program in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and local cur-
rencies generated by such funds (including the conversion
of funds appropriated under this heading into currency
used by Bosnia and Herzegovina as local currency and local
currency returned or repaid under such program)—
(1) the Administrator of the Agency for Inter-
national Development shall provide written approval
for grants and loans prior to the obligation and ex-
penditure of funds for such purposes, and prior to the
use of funds that have been returned or repaid to any
lending facility or grantee; and
(2) the provisions of section 532 of this Act shall
apply.
(f) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap-
propriated under this heading made available for economic
revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he
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determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has
not complied with article III of annex 1–A of the General
Framework 
Agreement 
for 
Peace 
in 
Bosnia 
and
Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces,
and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga-
tions, and related activities between Iranian officials and
Bosnian officials has not been terminated.
(g) Not to exceed $200,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for
Bosnia and Herzegovina exclusive of assistance for police
training.
(h) Not to exceed $7,000,000 of the funds made avail-
able for Bosnia and Herzegovina may be made available
for the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans and loan
guarantees for said country.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE
FORMER SOVIET UNION
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for the new
independent states of the former Soviet Union and for relat-
ed programs, $770,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1999: Provided, That the provisions of such
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chapter shall apply to funds appropriated by this para-
graph.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be made available to the Government of Russia—
(1) unless that Government is making progress
in implementing comprehensive economic reforms
based on market principles, private ownership, nego-
tiating repayment of commercial debt, respect for
commercial contracts, and equitable treatment of for-
eign private investment;
(2) if that Government applies or transfers Unit-
ed States assistance to any entity for the purpose of
expropriating or seizing ownership or control of as-
sets, investments, or ventures; and
(3) funds may be furnished without regard to
this subsection if the President determines that to do
so is in the national interest.
(c) None of the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be made available to any government of the new inde-
pendent states of the former Soviet Union if that govern-
ment directs any action in violation of the territorial integ-
rity or national sovereignty of any other new independent
state, such as those violations included in the Helsinki
Final Act: Provided, That such funds may be made avail-
able without regard to the restriction in this subsection if
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the President determines that to do so is in the national
security interest of the United States: Provided further,
That the restriction of this subsection shall not apply to
the use of such funds for the provision of assistance for pur-
poses of humanitarian and refugee relief.
(d) None of the funds appropriated under this heading
for the new independent states of the former Soviet Union
shall be made available for any state to enhance its military
capability: Provided, That this restriction does not apply
to demilitarization, demining, or nonproliferation pro-
grams.
(e) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
(f) Funds made available in this Act for assistance to
the new independent states of the former Soviet Union shall
be subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating to envi-
ronment and natural resources) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961.
(g) Funds appropriated under title II of this Act, in-
cluding funds appropriated under this heading, may be
made available for assistance for Mongolia: Provided, That
funds made available for assistance for Mongolia may be
made available in accordance with the purposes and utiliz-
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ing the authorities provided in chapter 11 of part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(h) In issuing new task orders, entering into contracts,
or making grants, with funds appropriated under this
heading or in prior appropriations Acts, for projects or ac-
tivities that have as one of their primary purposes the fos-
tering of private sector development, the Coordinator for
United States Assistance to the New Independent States
and the implementing agency shall encourage the participa-
tion of and give significant weight to contractors and grant-
ees who propose investing a significant amount of their own
resources (including volunteer services and in-kind con-
tributions) in such projects and activities.
(i) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior
appropriations Acts that are or have been made available
for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund
in interest-bearing accounts prior to the disbursement of
such funds by the Fund for program purposes. The Fund
may retain for such program proposes any interest earned
on such deposits without returning such interest to the
Treasury of the United States and without further appro-
priation by the Congress. Funds made available for Enter-
prise Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate nec-
essary to make timely payment for projects and activities.
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(j)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading
that are allocated for assistance for the Government of Rus-
sia, 50 percent shall be withheld from obligation until the
President determines and certifies in writing to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that the Government of Russia
has terminated implementation of arrangements to provide
Iran with technical expertise, training, technology, or
equipment necessary to develop a nuclear reactor, related
nuclear research facilities or programs, or ballistic missile
capability.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) assistance may be
provided for the Government of Russia if the President de-
termines and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations
that making such funds available (A) is vital to the na-
tional security interest of the United States, and (B) that
the Government of Russia is taking meaningful steps to
limit major supply contracts and to curtail the transfer of
technology and technological expertise related to activities
referred to in paragraph (1).
(k) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than $225,000,000 shall be made available for Ukraine,
which sum shall be provided with the understanding that
Ukraine will undertake significant economic reforms which
are additional to those which were undertaken in the pre-
vious fiscal year: Provided, That 50 percent of the amount
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made available in this subsection, exclusive of funds made
available for election related initiatives and nuclear reactor
safety activities, shall be withheld from obligation and ex-
penditure until the Secretary of State determines and cer-
tifies no later than April 30, 1998, that the Government
of Ukraine has made significant progress toward resolving
complaints made by United States investors to the United
States embassy prior to April 30, 1997: Provided further,
That funds made available under this subsection, and funds
appropriated for Ukraine in the Foreign Operations, Ex-
port Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
1997 as contained in Public Law 104–208 shall be made
available to complete the preparation of safety analysis re-
ports at each nuclear reactor in Ukraine over the next three
years.
(l) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than $250,000,000 shall be made available for assist-
ance for the Southern Caucasus region: Provided, That of
the funds provided under this subsection 37 percent shall
be made available for Georgia and 35 percent shall be made
available for Armenia: Provided further, That of the funds
made available for the Southern Caucasus region, 28 per-
cent should be used for reconstruction and remedial activi-
ties relating to the consequences of conflicts within the re-
gion, especially those in the vicinity of Abkhazia and
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Provided further, That if the Secretary
of State after May 30, 1998, determines and reports to the
relevant Committees of Congress that the full amount of re-
construction and remedial funds that may be made avail-
able under the previous proviso cannot be effectively uti-
lized, up to 62.5 percent of the amount provided under the
previous proviso for reconstruction and remediation may
be used for other purposes under this heading.
(m) Funds provided under the previous subsection
shall be made available for humanitarian assistance for ref-
ugees, displaced persons, and needy civilians affected by the
conflicts in the Southern Caucasus region, including those
in the vicinity of Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabakh, not-
withstanding any other provision of this or any other Act.
(n) Funds made available under this Act or any other
Act may not be provided for assistance to the Government
of Azerbaijan until the President determines, and so reports
to the Congress, that the Government of Azerbaijan is taking
demonstrable steps to cease all blockades against Armenia
and Nagorno-Karabakh: Provided, That the restriction of
this subsection and section 907 of the FREEDOM Support
Act shall not apply to—
(1) activities to support democracy or assistance
under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and sec-
tion 1424 of Public Law 104–201;
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(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and
Development Agency under section 661 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421); and
(3) any activity carried out by a member of the
United States and Foreign Commercial Service while
acting within his or her official capacity.
(o) None of the funds appropriated under this heading
or in prior appropriations legislation may be made avail-
able to establish a joint public-private entity or organiza-
tion engaged in the management of activities or projects
supported by the Defense Enterprise Fund.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
PEACE CORPS
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $222,000,000, including
the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles
for administrative purposes for use outside of the United
States: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading
shall remain available until September 30, 1999.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $215,000,000: Provided,
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That during fiscal year 1998, the Department of State may
also use the authority of section 608 of the Act, without
regard to its restrictions, to receive non-lethal excess prop-
erty from an agency of the United States Government for
the purpose of providing it to a foreign country under chap-
ter 8 of part I of that Act subject to the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
further, That not later than sixty days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State in consultation
with the Director of the Office of National Drug Control
Policy shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations containing: (1) a list of all countries in which
the United States carries out international counter-narcot-
ics activities; (2) the number, mission and agency affili-
ation of United States personnel assigned to each such coun-
try; and (3) all costs and expenses obligated for each pro-
gram, project or activity by each United States agency in
each country: Provided further, That of the amount made
available under this heading not to exceed $5,000,000 shall
be allocated to operate the Western Hemisphere Inter-
national Law Enforcement Academy: Provided further,
That 10 percent of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall not be available for obligation until the Secretary
of State submits a report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions providing a financial plan for the funds appropriated
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under this heading and under the heading ‘‘Narcotics Inter-
diction’’.
NARCOTICS INTERDICTION
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended, in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise available for such purposes,
which shall be available for assistance, including procure-
ment, for support of air drug interdiction and eradication
and other related purposes: Provided, That funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be made available subject
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to
enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized by
law, a contribution to the International Committee of the
Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contributions
to the International Organization for Migration and the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and other
activities to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and
expenses of personnel and dependents as authorized by the
Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as authorized by
sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, United States Code;
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,
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$650,000,000: Provided, That not more than $12,000,000
shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That not less than $80,000,000 shall be made available
for refugees from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Eu-
rope and other refugees resettling in Israel.
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for the targeted assistance pro-
gram authorized by title IV of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assist-
ance 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 amended (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 not-
withstanding 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 appro-
priated for this purpose.
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NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND
RELATED PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism 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 assist-
ance, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act for the
Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, section 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 non-
governmental and international organizations, section 301
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a voluntary con-
tribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) and a voluntary contribution to the Korean Penin-
sula 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 multi-
lateral activities relating to nonproliferation and disar-
mament: 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 organi-
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zations 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 avail-
able 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 partici-
pate in the activities of that Agency: Provided further, That
not to exceed $30,000,000 may be made available to the Ko-
rean 
Peninsula 
Energy 
Development 
Organization
(KEDO) only for the administrative expenses and heavy
fuel oil costs associated with the Agreed Framework: Pro-
vided further, That such funds may be obligated to KEDO
only if, thirty 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 imple-
mentation 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 cooperat-
ing fully in the canning and safe storage of all spent fuel
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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 pur-
poses 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 thirty calendar days after submission to Con-
gress 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: Provided 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) providing
a full and detailed accounting of the fiscal year request for
the United States contribution to KEDO, the expected oper-
ating budget of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development
Organization, to include unpaid debt, proposed annual
costs associated with heavy fuel oil purchases, and the
amount of funds pledged by other donor nations and orga-
nizations to support KEDO activities on a per country
basis, and other related activities: Provided further, That
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of the funds made available under this heading, up to
$10,000,000 may be made available to the Korean Penin-
sula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), in addi-
tion 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 training may be provided
under this heading may include civilians who are not mem-
bers 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 fi-
nanced military education and training for Indonesia and
Guatemala may only be available for expanded inter-
national military education and training and funds made
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available for Guatemala may only be provided through the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available to sup-
port 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 Department 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 cer-
tifies that the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, has developed and issued specific
guidelines governing the selection and screening of can-
didates 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 regard-
ing the performance of its graduates during 1996.
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for grants to enable the Presi-
dent 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
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$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 disbursed
within thirty 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 pro-
curement 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 Presi-
dent is authorized to, and shall, direct drawdowns of defense
articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense, de-
fense 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 fur-
ther, That section 506(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
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1961 shall apply, and section 632(d) of the Foreign Assist-
ance 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 par-
ticipating in the Partnership for Peace Program except
through the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated by this paragraph shall be nonrepayable not-
withstanding any requirement in section 23 of the Arms
Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds made
available under this paragraph shall be obligated upon ap-
portionment 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 Congres-
sional 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
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available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans of not to exceed $657,000,000: Pro-
vided 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 ap-
propriated under this paragraph shall be made available
for Greece and Turkey only on a loan basis, and the prin-
cipal amount of direct loans for each country shall not ex-
ceed 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 arti-
cles, 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 pro-
posing to make such procurements has first signed an agree-
ment 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 Libe-
ria: Provided further, That funds made available under this
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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 organi-
zations: Provided further, That only those countries for
which assistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military
Sales Financing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congres-
sional presentation for security assistance programs may
utilize funds made available under this heading for procure-
ment of defense articles, defense services or design and con-
struction services that are not sold by the United States
Government 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 avail-
able 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
payment 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 re-
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placement 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 under this heading
shall be available for Guatemala: Provided further, That not
more than $350,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to sec-
tion 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be
obligated for expenses incurred by the Department of De-
fense during fiscal year 1998 pursuant to section 43(b) of
the Arms Export Control Act, except that this limitation
may be exceeded only through the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$77,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be obligated or expended except as
provided through the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
TITLE IV—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treas-
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ury, for the United States contribution to the Global Envi-
ronment Facility (GEF), $47,500,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1999.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,034,503,100,
to remain available until expended, of which $234,503,100
shall be available to pay for the tenth replenishment: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds may be obligated or made
available until the Secretary of the Treasury certifies to the
Committees on Appropriations that procurement restric-
tions applicable to United States firms under the terms of
the Interim Trust Fund have been lifted from all funds
which Interim Trust Fund donors proposed to set aside for
review of procurement restrictions at the conclusion of the
February 1997 IDA Deputies Meeting in Paris.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK
For payment to the Inter-American Development Bank
by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United States share
of the paid-in share portion of the increase in capital stock,
$25,610,667, and for the United States share of the increase
in the resources of the Fund for Special Operations,
$20,835,000, to remain available until expended.
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LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Inter-American De-
velopment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limita-
tion to the callable capital portion of the United States
share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed
$1,503,718,910.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS
MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND
For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Multi-
lateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury,
for the United States contribution to the Fund to be admin-
istered 
by 
the 
Inter-American 
Development 
Bank,
$30,000,000 to remain available until expended, which shall
be available for contributions previously due.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the
Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of
the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock,
$13,221,596, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Asian Development
Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the
callable capital portion of the United States share of such
capital stock in an amount not to exceed $647,858,204.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For the United States contribution by the Secretary
of the Treasury to the increases in resources of the Asian
Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Develop-
ment Bank Act, as amended (Public Law 89–369),
$150,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall be available for
contributions previously due, to remain available until ex-
pended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For the United States contribution by the Secretary
of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the African
Development Fund, $45,000,000, to remain available until
expended and which shall be available for contributions pre-
viously due.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury,
$35,778,717, for the United States share of the paid-in por-
tion of the increase in capital stock, to remain available
until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fis-
cal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the
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United States share of such capital stock in an amount not
to exceed $123,237,803.
NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the North American Development
Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United
States share of the paid-in portion of the capital stock,
$56,500,000, to remain available until expended of which
$250,000 shall be available for contributions previously due:
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this
heading that are made available for the Community Adjust-
ment and Investment Program shall be used for purposes
other than those set out in the binational agreement estab-
lishing the Bank: Provided further, That of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading, not more than $41,250,000
may be expended for the purchase of such capital shares
in fiscal year 1998.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the North American De-
velopment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limita-
tion to the callable capital portion of the United States
share of the capital stock of the North American Develop-
ment Bank in an amount not to exceed $318,750,000.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of
section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program Par-
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ticipation Act of 1973, $192,000,000: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made
available for the United Nations Fund for Science and
Technology: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading that are made available to the
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) shall be made
available for activities in the People’s Republic of China:
Provided further, That not more than $25,000,000 of the
funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail-
able to UNFPA: Provided further, That not more than one-
half of this amount may be provided to UNFPA before
March 1, 1998, and that no later than February 15, 1998,
the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations indicating the amount UNFPA is
budgeting for the People’s Republic of China in 1998: Pro-
vided further, That any amount UNFPA plans to spend
in the People’s Republic of China in 1998 shall be deducted
from the amount of funds provided to UNFPA after March
1, 1998, pursuant to the previous provisos: Provided fur-
ther, That with respect to any funds appropriated under
this heading that are made available to UNFPA, UNFPA
shall be required to maintain such funds in a separate ac-
count and not commingle them with any other funds: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under
this heading may be made available to the Korean Penin-
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sula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) or the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Provided
further, That not less than $4,000,000 should be made avail-
able to the World Food Program.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
OBLIGATIONS DURING LAST MONTH OF AVAILABILITY
SEC. 501. Except for the appropriations entitled
‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, and ‘‘United States
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, not
more than 15 percent of any appropriation item made
available by this Act shall be obligated during the last
month of availability.
PROHIBITION OF BILATERAL FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 502. Notwithstanding section 614 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, none of the funds con-
tained in title II of this Act may be used to carry out the
provisions of section 209(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961.
LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES
SEC. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $126,500 shall be for
official residence expenses of the Agency for International
Development during the current fiscal year: Provided, That
appropriate steps shall be taken to assure that, to the maxi-
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mum extent possible, United States-owned foreign cur-
rencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.
LIMITATION ON EXPENSES
SEC. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be for enter-
tainment expenses of the Agency for International Develop-
ment during the current fiscal year.
LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES
SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $95,000 shall be avail-
able for representation allowances for the Agency for Inter-
national Development during the current fiscal year: Pro-
vided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure that,
to the maximum extent possible, United States-owned for-
eign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available by this Act for gen-
eral costs of administering military assistance and sales
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’,
not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for entertainment
expenses and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for
representation allowances: Provided further, That of the
funds made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’, not to exceed
$50,000 shall be available for entertainment allowances:
Provided further, That of the funds made available by this
Act for the Inter-American Foundation, not to exceed
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$2,000 shall be available for entertainment and representa-
tion allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made
available by this Act for the Peace Corps, not to exceed a
total of $4,000 shall be available for entertainment expenses:
Provided further, That of the funds made available by this
Act under the heading ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’,
not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for representation
and entertainment allowances.
PROHIBITION ON FINANCING NUCLEAR GOODS
SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated or made
available (other than funds for ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-ter-
rorism, Demining and Related Programs’’) pursuant to this
Act, for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
may be used, except for purposes of nuclear safety, to fi-
nance the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology.
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or
expended to finance directly any assistance or reparations
to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or Syria:
Provided, That for purposes of this section, the prohibition
on obligations or expenditures shall include direct loans,
credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Import
Bank or its agents.
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MILITARY COUPS
SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or
expended to finance directly any assistance to any country
whose duly elected Head of Government is deposed by mili-
tary coup or decree: Provided, That assistance may be re-
sumed to such country if the President determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that subsequent
to the termination of assistance a democratically elected
government has taken office.
TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated under an appropriation account to
which they were not appropriated, except for transfers spe-
cifically provided for in this Act, unless the President, prior
to the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and
provides a written policy justification to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate: Provided, That the exercise of such authority shall
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
DEOBLIGATION/REOBLIGATION AUTHORITY
SEC. 510. (a) Amounts certified pursuant to section
1311 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1955, as
having been obligated against appropriations heretofore
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made under the authority of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 for the same general purpose as any of the headings
under title II of this Act are, if deobligated, hereby contin-
ued available for the same period as the respective appro-
priations under such headings or until September 30, 1998,
whichever is later, and for the same general purpose, and
for countries within the same region as originally obligated:
Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both
Houses of the Congress are notified fifteen days in advance
of the reobligation of such funds in accordance with regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
(b) Obligated balances of funds appropriated to carry
out section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act as of the
end of the fiscal year immediately preceding the current
fiscal year are, if deobligated, hereby continued available
during the current fiscal year for the same purpose under
any authority applicable to such appropriations under this
Act: Provided, That the authority of this subsection may
not be used in fiscal year 1998.
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation after the expi-
ration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided
in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for the pur-
poses of chapters 1, 8, and 11 of part I, section 667, and
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chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as amended, and funds provided under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, shall re-
main available until expended if such funds are initially
obligated before the expiration of their respective periods of
availability contained in this Act: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any funds
made available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements in
order to address balance of payments or economic policy
reform objectives, shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That the report required by section 653(a)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall designate for
each country, to the extent known at the time of submission
of such report, those funds allocated for cash disbursement
for balance of payment and economic policy reform pur-
poses.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT
SEC. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to any country
which is in default during a period in excess of one calendar
year in payment to the United States of principal or inter-
est on any loan made to such country by the United States
pursuant to a program for which funds are appropriated
under this Act: Provided, That this section and section
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620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply
to funds made available in this Act or during the current
fiscal year for Nicaragua and Liberia, and for any narcot-
ics-related assistance for Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru au-
thorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms
Export Control Act.
COMMERCE AND TRADE
SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance and
none of the funds otherwise made available pursuant to this
Act to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation shall be obligated or expended to
finance any loan, any assistance or any other financial
commitments for establishing or expanding production of
any commodity for export by any country other than the
United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus
on world markets at the time the resulting productive ca-
pacity is expected to become operative and if the assistance
will cause substantial injury to United States producers of
the same, similar, or competing commodity: Provided, That
such prohibition shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank
if in the judgment of its Board of Directors the benefits to
industry and employment in the United States are likely
to outweigh the injury to United States producers of the
same, similar, or competing commodity, and the Chairman
of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropriations.
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(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other
Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breed-
ing feasibility study, variety improvement or introduction,
consultancy, publication, conference, or training in connec-
tion with the growth or production in a foreign country
of an agricultural commodity for export which would com-
pete with a similar commodity grown or produced in the
United States: Provided, That this subsection shall not pro-
hibit—
(1) activities designed to increase food security
in developing countries where such activities will not
have a significant impact in the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; or
(2) research activities intended primarily to ben-
efit American producers.
SURPLUS COMMODITIES
SEC. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct
the United States Executive Directors of the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-
national Development Association, the International Fi-
nance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank,
the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development
Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the
North American Development Bank, the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, the African Development
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Bank, and the African Development Fund to use the voice
and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by
these institutions, using funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, for the production or extraction
of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus
on world markets and if the assistance will cause substan-
tial injury to United States producers of the same, similar,
or competing commodity.
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 515. For the purposes of providing the Executive
Branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none
of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘Child Sur-
vival and Disease Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, ‘‘International organizations and programs’’,
‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International narcotics
control’’, ‘‘Narcotics interdiction’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eastern
Europe and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Assistance for the New
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’, ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping operations’’, ‘‘Oper-
ating expenses of the Agency for International Develop-
ment’’, ‘‘Operating expenses of the Agency for International
Development Office of Inspector General’’, ‘‘Nonprolifera-
tion, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs’’,
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International
military education and training’’, ‘‘Peace Corps’’, ‘‘Migra-
tion and refugee assistance’’, shall be available for obliga-
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tion for activities, programs, projects, type of materiel as-
sistance, countries, or other operations not justified or in
excess of the amount justified to the Appropriations Com-
mittees for obligation under any of these specific headings
unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of
Congress are previously notified fifteen days in advance:
Provided, That the President shall not enter into any com-
mitment of funds appropriated for the purposes of section
23 of the Arms Export Control Act for the provision of
major defense equipment, other than conventional ammuni-
tion, or other major defense items defined to be aircraft,
ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not previously justified
to Congress or 20 percent in excess of the quantities justified
to Congress unless the Committees on Appropriations are
notified fifteen days in advance of such commitment: Pro-
vided further, That this section shall not apply to any re-
programming for an activity, program, or project under
chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
of less than 10 percent of the amount previously justified
to the Congress for obligation for such activity, program,
or project for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That
the requirements of this section or any similar provision
of this Act or any other Act, including any prior Act requir-
ing notification in accordance with the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, may be
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waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to
human health or welfare: Provided further, That in case
of any such waiver, notification to the Congress, or the ap-
propriate congressional committees, shall be provided as
early as practicable, but in no event later than three days
after taking the action to which such notification require-
ment was applicable, in the context of the circumstances
necessitating such waiver: Provided further, That any noti-
fication provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain
an explanation of the emergency circumstances.
Drawdowns made pursuant to section 506(a)(2) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be subject to the regu-
lar notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
SEC. 516. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
or of this Act, none of the funds provided for ‘‘International
Organizations and Programs’’ shall be available for the
United States proportionate share, in accordance with sec-
tion 307(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for any
programs identified in section 307, or for Libya, Iran, or,
at the discretion of the President, Communist countries list-
ed in section 620(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as amended: Provided, That, subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds
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appropriated under this Act or any previously enacted Act
making appropriations for foreign operations, export fi-
nancing, and related programs, which are returned or not
made available for organizations and programs because of
the implementation of this section or any similar provision
of law, shall remain available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 1999.
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL
SEC. 517. The Congress finds that progress on the
peace process in the Middle East is vitally important to
United States security interests in the region. The Congress
recognizes that, in fulfilling its obligations under the Treaty
of Peace Between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State
of Israel, done at Washington on March 26, 1979, Israel
incurred severe economic burdens. Furthermore, the Con-
gress recognizes that an economically and militarily secure
Israel serves the security interests of the United States, for
a secure Israel is an Israel which has the incentive and
confidence to continue pursuing the peace process. There-
fore, the Congress declares that, subject to the availability
of appropriations, it is the policy and the intention of the
United States that the funds provided in annual appropria-
tions for the Economic Support Fund which are allocated
to Israel shall not be less than the annual debt repayment
(interest and principal) from Israel to the United States
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Government in recognition that such a principle serves
United States interests in the region.
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available to carry
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
ed, may be used to pay for the performance of abortions
as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce
any person to practice abortions. None of the funds made
available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the perform-
ance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family
planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive
to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any bio-
medical research which relates in whole or in part, to meth-
ods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary steri-
lization as a means of family planning. None of the funds
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended for
any country or organization if the President certifies that
the use of these funds by any such country or organization
would violate any of the above provisions related to abor-
tions and involuntary sterilizations: Provided, That none
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of the funds made available under this Act may be used
to lobby for or against abortion.
REPORTING REQUIREMENT
SEC. 519. Section 25 of the Arms Export Control Act
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Congress’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘appropriate congressional
committees’’;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate or the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘any of the congressional
committees described in subsection (e)’’; and
(3) by adding the following subsection:
‘‘(e) As used in this section, the term ‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’ means the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate
and the Committee on International Relations and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives.’’.
SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall be obligated or expended for Colombia, Haiti, Liberia,
Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Serbia, Sudan, or the Democratic
Republic of Congo except as provided through the regular
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notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY
SEC. 521. For the purpose of this Act, ‘‘program,
project, and activity’’ shall be defined at the Appropriations
Act account level and shall include all Appropriations and
Authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limitations
with the exception that for the following accounts: Economic
Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing Program,
‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be considered
to include country, regional, and central program level
funding within each such account; for the development as-
sistance accounts of the Agency for International Develop-
ment ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be consid-
ered to include central program level funding, either as (1)
justified to the Congress, or (2) allocated by the executive
branch in accordance with a report, to be provided to the
Committees on Appropriations within thirty days of enact-
ment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961.
CHILD SURVIVAL, AIDS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
SEC. 522. Up to $10,000,000 of the funds made avail-
able by this Act for assistance for family planning, health,
child survival, basic education, and AIDS, may be used to
reimburse United States Government agencies, agencies of
State governments, institutions of higher learning, and pri-
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vate and voluntary organizations for the full cost of indi-
viduals (including for the personal services of such individ-
uals) detailed or assigned to, or contracted by, as the case
may be, the Agency for International Development for the
purpose of carrying out family planning activities, child
survival, and basic education activities, and activities re-
lating to research on, and the treatment and control of ac-
quired immune deficiency syndrome in developing coun-
tries: Provided, That funds appropriated by this Act that
are made available for child survival activities or activities
relating to research on, and the treatment and control of,
acquired immune deficiency syndrome may be made avail-
able notwithstanding any provision of law that restricts as-
sistance to foreign countries: Provided further, That funds
appropriated by this Act that are made available for family
planning activities may be made available notwithstanding
section 512 of this Act and section 620(q) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961.
PROHIBITION AGAINST INDIRECT FUNDING TO CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated to
finance indirectly any assistance or reparations to Cuba,
Iraq, Libya, Iran, Syria, North Korea, or the People’s Re-
public of China, unless the President of the United States
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certifies that the withholding of these funds is contrary to
the national interest of the United States.
RECIPROCAL LEASING
SEC. 524. Section 61(a) of the Arms Export Control
Act is amended by striking out ‘‘1997’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘1998’’.
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT
SEC. 525. Prior to providing excess Department of De-
fense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall
notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same extent
and under the same conditions as are other committees pur-
suant to subsection (c) of that section: Provided, That before
issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles under
the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of Defense
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in accord-
ance with the regular notification procedures of such Com-
mittees: Provided further, That such Committees shall also
be informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense
articles.
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT
SEC. 526. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obli-
gated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public
Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956.
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PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST
COUNTRIES
SEC. 527. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds appropriated for bilateral assistance under any
heading of this Act and funds appropriated under any such
heading in a provision of law enacted prior to enactment
of this Act, shall not be made available to any country
which the President determines—
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any in-
dividual or group which has committed an act of
international terrorism; or
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism.
(b) The President may waive the application of sub-
section (a) to a country if the President determines that
national security or humanitarian reasons justify such
waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the Fed-
eral Register and, at least fifteen days before the waiver
takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropriations
of the waiver (including the justification for the waiver)
in accordance with the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations.
COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES
SEC. 528. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations, the authority of section
23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used to pro-
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vide financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and major non-
NATO allies for the procurement by leasing (including leas-
ing with an option to purchase) of defense articles from
United States commercial suppliers, not including Major
Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and other types
of aircraft having possible civilian application), if the
President determines that there are compelling foreign pol-
icy or national security reasons for those defense articles
being provided by commercial lease rather than by govern-
ment-to-government sale under such Act.
COMPETITIVE INSURANCE
SEC. 529. All Agency for International Development
contracts and solicitations, and subcontracts entered into
under such contracts, shall include a clause requiring that
United States insurance companies have a fair opportunity
to bid for insurance when such insurance is necessary or
appropriate.
STINGERS IN THE PERSIAN GULF REGION
SEC. 530. Except as provided in section 581 of the For-
eign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 1990, the United States may not sell
or otherwise make available any Stingers to any country
bordering the Persian Gulf under the Arms Export Control
Act or chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961.
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DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 531. In order to enhance the continued participa-
tion of nongovernmental organizations in economic assist-
ance activities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
including endowments, debt-for-development and debt-for-
nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization which
is a grantee or contractor of the Agency for International
Development may place in interest bearing accounts funds
made available under this Act or prior Acts or local cur-
rencies which accrue to that organization as a result of eco-
nomic assistance provided under title II of this Act and
any interest earned on such investment shall be used for
the purpose for which the assistance was provided to that
organization.
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
SEC. 532. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CUR-
RENCIES.—(1) If assistance is furnished to the government
of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part I or
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
under agreements which result in the generation of local
currencies of that country, the Administrator of the Agency
for International Development shall—
(A) require that local currencies be deposited in
a separate account established by that government;
(B) enter into an agreement with that govern-
ment which sets forth—
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cilitate or assist the participation of that coun-
try in the operation.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—(A) The requirement in
paragraph (1) shall not apply to—
‘‘(i) goods and services provided to the
United States Armed Forces;
‘‘(ii) assistance having a value of less than
$3,000,000 per fiscal year per operation;
‘‘(iii) assistance furnished before the date of
enactment of this section;
‘‘(iv) salaries and expenses of civilian police
and other civilian and military monitors where
United Nations policy is to require payment by
contributing members for similar assistance to
United Nations peacekeeping operations; or
‘‘(v) any assistance commitment made be-
fore the date of enactment of this Act if such
commitment will not extend beyond January 1,
1998.
‘‘(B) The requirements of subsection (d)(1)(B)
shall not apply to the deployment of United States
military forces when the President determines that
such deployment is important to the security interests
of the United States. The cost of such deployment
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TITLE XXXIII—ARREARS
PAYMENTS AND REFORM
CHAPTER 1—ARREARAGES TO THE
UNITED NATIONS
Subchapter A—Authorization of Appropria-
tions; Obligation and Expenditure of
Funds
SEC. 3301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Department of State for payment of arrear-
ages owed by the United States described in subsection (b)
as of September 30, 1997—
(1) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
(2) $475,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
(3) $244,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
(b) LIMITATION.—Amounts made available under sub-
section (a) are authorized to be available only—
(1) to pay the United States share of assessments
for the regular budget of the United Nations;
(2) to pay the United States share of United Na-
tions peacekeeping operations;
(3) to pay the United States share of United Na-
tions specialized agencies; and
(4) to pay the United States share of other inter-
national organizations.