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work; and (b) the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
is maintaining the freeze on its nuclear facilities as re-
quired in the Agreed Framework; and (c) the United
States is taking steps to assure that progress is made on
(1) the North-South dialogue, including efforts to reduce
barriers to trade and investment, such as removing restric-
tions on travel, telecommunications services and financial
transactions; and (2) implementation of the January 1,
1992, Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the
Korean Peninsula: Provided further, That a report on the
specific efforts with regard to subsections (a), (b) and (c)
of the preceding proviso shall be submitted by the Presi-
dent to the Committees on Appropriations six months
after the date of enactment of this Act, and every six
months thereafter.
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 per centum of any appropriation item made
available by this Act shall be obligated during the last
month of availability.
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PROHIBITION OF BILATERAL FUNDING FOR
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 502. None of the funds contained 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 avail-
able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $126,500 shall
be for official residence expenses of 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 foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.
LIMITATION ON EXPENSES
SEC. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be
for entertainment expenses of the Agency for International
Development during the current fiscal year.
LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES
SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $95,000 shall be
available for representation allowances for the Agency for
International Development during the current fiscal year:
Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure
that, to the maximum extent possible, United States-
owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars:
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Provided further, That of the funds made available by this
Act for general costs of administering military assistance
and sales under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing
Program’’, not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for en-
tertainment 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 ‘‘International 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 $2,000 shall be available for entertainment
and representation 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 enter-
tainment 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 avail-
able for representation and entertainment allowances.
PROHIBITION ON FINANCING NUCLEAR GOODS
SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated or made
available (other than funds for ‘‘International Organiza-
tions and Programs’’) pursuant to this Act, for carrying
out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, ex-
cept for purposes of nuclear safety, to finance the export
of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology.
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PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated
or expended to finance directly any assistance or repara-
tions to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Serbia,
Sudan, or Syria: Provided, That for purposes of this sec-
tion, the prohibition on obligations or expenditures shall
include direct loans, credits, insurance and guarantees of
the Export-Import Bank or its agents.
MILITARY COUPS
SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated
or expended to finance directly any assistance to any coun-
try whose duly elected Head of Government is deposed by
military coup or decree: Provided, That assistance may be
resumed to such country if the President determines and
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that subse-
quent 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
specifically provided for in this Act, unless the President,
prior to the exercise of any authority contained in the For-
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eign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults
with and provides a written policy justification to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: Provided, That the exercise of such
authority shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, except for
transfers specifically referred to in this Act.
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
made under the authority of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 for the same general purpose as any of the head-
ings under title II of this Act are, if deobligated, hereby
continued available for the same period as the respective
appropriations under such headings or until September
30, 1996, whichever is later, and for the same general pur-
pose, and for countries within the same region as origi-
nally obligated: Provided, That the Appropriations Com-
mittees of both Houses of the Congress are notified fifteen
days in advance of the deobligation and reobligation of
such funds in accordance with regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
(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
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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 1996.
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation after the ex-
piration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so pro-
vided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for
the purposes of chapters 1, 8 and 11 of part I, section
667, and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as amended, and funds provided under the
heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic
States’’, shall remain 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 provi-
sion 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 ob-
ligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance
of payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the
report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall designate for each country, to the
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extent known at the time of submission of such report,
those funds allocated for cash disbursement for balance
of payment and economic policy reform purposes.
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 cal-
endar year in payment to the United States of principal
or interest 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 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
shall not apply to funds made available in this Act or dur-
ing the current fiscal year for Nicaragua, and for any nar-
cotics-related assistance for Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru
authorized 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 ex-
pended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other
financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro-
duction of any commodity for export by any country other
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than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be
in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro-
ductive capacity 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 Ex-
port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc-
tors 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 com-
modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the
Committees on Appropriations.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any
other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing
or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro-
duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training
in connection with the growth or production in a foreign
country of an agricultural commodity for export which
would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro-
duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection
shall not prohibit—
(1) activities designed to increase food security
in developing countries where such activities will not
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have a significant impact in the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; or
(2) research activities intended primarily to
benefit American producers.
SURPLUS COMMODITIES
SEC. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States Executive Directors of the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the
International Development Association, the International
Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development
Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel-
opment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora-
tion, the North American Development Bank, the Euro-
pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Afri-
can Development 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 available 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 substantial injury to United States
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity.
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 515. For the purposes of providing the Execu-
tive Branch with the necessary administrative flexibility,
none of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘De-
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velopment Assistance’’, ‘‘International organizations and
programs’’, ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘Inter-
national narcotics control’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Eu-
rope 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 Inter-
national Development Office of Inspector General’’, ‘‘Non-
proliferation and Disarmament Fund’’, ‘‘Anti-terrorism
assistance’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’,
‘‘International military education and training’’, ‘‘Inter-
American Foundation’’, ‘‘African Development Founda-
tion’’, ‘‘Peace Corps’’, ‘‘Migration and refugee assist-
ance’’, shall be available for obligation for activities, pro-
grams, projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or
other operations not justified or in excess of the amount
justified to the Appropriations Committees for obligation
under any of these specific headings unless the Appropria-
tions Committees of both Houses of Congress are pre-
viously notified fifteen days in advance: Provided, That the
President shall not enter into any commitment 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 ammunition, or other
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major defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles,
or combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or
10 per centum in excess of the quantities justified to Con-
gress unless the Committees on Appropriations are noti-
fied fifteen days in advance of such commitment: Provided
further, That this section shall not apply to any
reprogramming for an activity, program, or project under
chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
of less than 20 per centum of the amount previously justi-
fied to the Congress for obligation for such activity, pro-
gram, or project for the current fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That the requirements of this section or any similar
provision of this Act or any prior Act requiring notification
in accordance with the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations may be waived if fail-
ure 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 appropriate
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 requirement
was applicable, in the context of the circumstances neces-
sitating such waiver: Provided further, That any notifica-
tion provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an
explanation of the emergency circumstances.
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Drawdowns made pursuant to section 506(a)(2) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be subject to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations.
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 ‘‘Inter-
national Organizations and Programs’’ shall be available
for the United States proportionate share, in accordance
with section 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 listed in section 620(f) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as amended: Provided, That, subject to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations, funds appropriated under this Act or any
previously enacted Act making appropriations for foreign
operations, export financing, 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 September 30, 1997.
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