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‘‘(5) in subsection (h)(3), by inserting ‘and
$3,000,000 is available for section 5317 for the period
of October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998’ after
‘1997’;
‘‘(6) in subsection (j)(5)—
‘‘(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘and’
at the end;
‘‘(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ‘; and’; and
‘‘(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘ ‘(D) the lesser of $1,500,000 or an amount
that the Secretary determines is necessary is
available to carry out section 5318 for the period
of October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998.’;
‘‘(7) in subsection (k), by striking ‘or (e)’ and
inserting ‘(e), or (m)’; and
‘‘(8) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘ ‘(m) SECTION 5316 FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER
1, 1997, THROUGH MARCH 31, 1998.—Not more than the
following amounts may be appropriated to the Secretary
from the Fund (except the Account) for the period of October
1, 1997, through March 31, 1998:
‘‘ ‘(1) $125,000 to carry out section 5316(a).
‘‘ ‘(2) $1,500,000 to carry out section 5316(b).
‘‘ ‘(3) $500,000 to carry out section 5316(c).
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‘‘ ‘(4) $500,000 to carry out section 5316(d).
‘‘ ‘(5) $500,000 to carry out section 5316(e).’.’’.
(b) BUDGET SCOREKEEPING.—For purposes of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended, the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as
amended, and the Budget Enforcement Act of 1997, as
amounts provided or otherwise made available in this sec-
tion shall be treated as ‘‘direct spending’’ in an authoriza-
tion Act.
TITLE VII—RESCISSIONS
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing on September 30, 1997, $100,000,000 are rescinded.
TITLE VIII—EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research,
and Facilities’’; for emergency expenses to provide disaster
assistance pursuant to section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Ste-
vens Fishery Conservation and Management Act for the
Bristol Bay and Kuskokwim areas of Alaska, $7,000,000
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the en-
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tire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall
be available only to the extent that the Secretary of Com-
merce transmits a determination that there is a commercial
fishery failure.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
DIVISION C—FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FI-
NANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPRO-
PRIATIONS ACT, 1998
The following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for for-
eign operations, export financing, and related programs for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other
purposes, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law
as the regular appropriations Act, namely:
TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
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tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government Cor-
poration Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying out
the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation:
Provided, That none of the funds available during the cur-
rent fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, con-
tracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment,
fuel, or technology to any country other than a nuclear-
weapon State as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive
economic or military assistance under this Act that has det-
onated a nuclear explosive after the date of enactment of
this Act.
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance,
and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Ex-
port-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $683,000,000
to remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided,
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans,
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974: Provided further, That such sums shall re-
main available until 2013 for the disbursement of direct
loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obli-
gated in fiscal years 1998 and 1999: Provided further, That
up to $50,000,000 of funds appropriated by this paragraph
shall remain available until expended and may be used for
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tied-aid grant purposes: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated by this Act or any prior Act appro-
priating funds for foreign operations, export financing, or
related programs for tied-aid credits or grants may be used
for any other purpose except through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph
are made available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the
Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the
purchase or lease of any product by any East European
country, any Baltic State, or any agency or national there-
of.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs (to be com-
puted on an accrual basis), including hire of passenger
motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
and not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses for members of the Board of Directors,
$48,614,000: Provided, That necessary expenses (including
special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but
not including other personal services) in connection with
the collection of moneys owed the Export-Import Bank, re-
possession or sale of pledged collateral or other assets ac-
quired by the Export-Import Bank in satisfaction of mon-
eys owed the Export-Import Bank, or the investigation or
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appraisal of any property, or the evaluation of the legal
or technical aspects of any transaction for which an appli-
cation for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has
been made, shall be considered nonadministrative expenses
for the purposes of this heading: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the Export
Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall re-
main in effect until October 1, 1998.
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations,
as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and com-
mitments within the limits of funds available to it and in
accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided, That
the amount available for administrative expenses to carry
out the credit and insurance programs (including an
amount for official reception and representation expenses
which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed
$32,000,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred
in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with
services provided to specific investors or potential investors
pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, shall not be considered administrative expenses for
the purposes of this heading.
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PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans,
$60,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 to be derived by transfer from the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation noncredit ac-
count: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
such sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and
loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal
years 1998 and 1999: Provided further, That such sums
shall remain available through fiscal year 2006 for the dis-
bursement of direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal
year 1998, and through fiscal year 2007 for the disburse-
ment of direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year
1999: Provided further, That in addition, such sums as may
be necessary for administrative expenses to carry out the
credit program may be derived from amounts available for
administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insur-
ance programs in the Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion Noncredit Account and merged with said account.
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
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$41,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999:
Provided, That the Trade and Development Agency may re-
ceive reimbursements from corporations and other entities
for the costs of grants for feasibility studies and other
project planning services, to be deposited as an offsetting
collection to this account and to be available for obligation
until September 30, 1999, for necessary expenses under this
paragraph: Provided further, That such reimbursements
shall not cover, or be allocated against, direct or indirect
administrative costs of the agency.
TITLE II—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry
out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
and for other purposes, to remain available until September
30, 1998, unless otherwise specified herein, as follows:
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CHILD SURVIVAL AND DISEASE PROGRAMS FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, for child survival, basic education, assistance to
combat tropical and other diseases, and related activities,
in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes,
$650,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this amount shall be made available for such
activities as: (1) immunization programs; (2) oral rehydra-
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tion programs; (3) health and nutrition programs, and re-
lated education programs, which address the needs of moth-
ers and children; (4) water and sanitation programs; (5)
assistance for displaced and orphaned children; (6) pro-
grams for the prevention, treatment, and control of, and
research on, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, polio, malaria and
other diseases; (7) up to $98,000,000 for basic education
programs for children; and (8) a contribution on a grant
basis to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
pursuant to section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961.
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
sections 103 through 106 and chapter 10 of part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, title V of the International
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public
Law 96–533) and the provisions of section 401 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1969, $1,210,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That of the
amount 
appropriated 
under 
this 
heading, 
up 
to
$22,000,000 may be made available for the Inter-American
Foundation and shall be apportioned directly to that Agen-
cy: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated
under this heading, up to $14,000,000 may be made avail-
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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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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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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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(i) the amount of the local currencies to be
generated; and
(ii) the terms and conditions under which
the currencies so deposited may be utilized, con-
sistent with this section; and
(C) establish by agreement with that government
the responsibilities of the Agency for International
Development and that government to monitor and ac-
count for deposits into and disbursements from the
separate account.
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be agreed
upon with the foreign government, local currencies depos-
ited in a separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or
an equivalent amount of local currencies, shall be used
only—
(A) to carry out chapters 1 or 10 of part I or
chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), for such
purposes as—
(i) project and sector assistance activities;
or
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or
(B) for the administrative requirements of the
United States Government.
(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Agency for
International Development shall take all necessary steps to
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ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies disbursed
pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the
purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
(4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—Upon
termination of assistance to a country under chapters 1 or
10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be),
any unencumbered balances of funds which remain in a
separate account established pursuant to subsection (a)
shall be disposed of for such purposes as may be agreed to
by the government of that country and the United States
Government.
(5) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The provisions of
this subsection shall supersede the tenth and eleventh provi-
sos contained under the heading ‘‘Sub-Saharan Africa, De-
velopment Assistance’’ as included in the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1989 and sections 531(d) and 609 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961.
(6) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator
of the Agency for International Development shall report
on an annual basis as part of the justification documents
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on the use
of local currencies for the administrative requirements of
the United States Government as authorized in subsection
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(a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount of local
currency (and United States dollar equivalent) used and/
or to be used for such purpose in each applicable country.
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.—(1)
If assistance is made available to the government of a for-
eign country, under chapters 1 or 10 of part I or chapter
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash
transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that
country shall be required to maintain such funds in a sepa-
rate account and not commingle them with any other funds.
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.—
Such funds may be obligated and expended notwithstanding
provisions of law which are inconsistent with the nature
of this assistance including provisions which are referenced
in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of
Conference accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (H.
Report No. 98–1159).
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least fifteen days prior to obli-
gating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assist-
ance, the President shall submit a notification through the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations, which shall include a detailed description of how
the funds proposed to be made available will be used, with
a discussion of the United States interests that will be
served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, a de-
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scription of the economic policy reforms that will be pro-
moted by such assistance).
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance funds
may be exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1)
only through the notification procedures of the Committees
on Appropriations.
COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE
DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 533. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act may
be made as payment to any international financial institu-
tion while the United States Executive Director to such in-
stitution is compensated by the institution at a rate which,
together with whatever compensation such Director receives
from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided
for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United
States Code, or while any alternate United States Director
to such institution is compensated by the institution at a
rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupy-
ing a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under
section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.
(b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘international finan-
cial institutions’’ are: the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the Inter-American Develop-
ment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Devel-
opment Fund, the African Development Bank, the African
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Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund, the
North American Development Bank, and the European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS AGAINST
IRAQ
SEC. 534. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available pursuant to this Act to carry out the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (including title IV of chapter
2 of part I, relating to the Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration) or the Arms Export Control Act may be used to
provide assistance to any country that is not in compliance
with the United Nations Security Council sanctions against
Iraq unless the President determines and so certifies to the
Congress that—
(1) such assistance is in the national interest of
the United States;
(2) such assistance will directly benefit the needy
people in that country; or
(3) the assistance to be provided will be humani-
tarian assistance for foreign nationals who have fled
Iraq and Kuwait.
COMPETITIVE PRICING FOR SALES OF DEFENSE ARTICLES
SEC. 535. Direct costs associated with meeting a for-
eign customer’s additional or unique requirements will con-
tinue to be allowable under contracts under section 22(d)
of the Arms Export Control Act. Loadings applicable to
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such direct costs shall be permitted at the same rates appli-
cable to procurement of like items purchased by the Depart-
ment of Defense for its own use.
EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO OBLIGATE FUNDS TO CLOSE
THE SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND
SEC. 536. Title III of Public Law 103–306 is amended
under the heading ‘‘Special Defense Acquisition Fund’’ by
striking ‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’.
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, THE INTER-AMER-
ICAN FOUNDATION AND THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
FOUNDATION
SEC. 537. Unless expressly provided to the contrary,
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for foreign operations, export financing, and related
programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities au-
thorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the
Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act. The appropriate agency shall
promptly report to the Committees on Appropriations
whenever it is conducting activities or is proposing to con-
duct activities in a country for which assistance is prohib-
ited.
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES
SEC. 538. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended to provide—
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(a) any financial incentive to a business enter-
prise currently located in the United States for the
purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate
outside the United States if such incentive or induce-
ment is likely to reduce the number of employees of
such business enterprise in the United States because
United States production is being replaced by such
enterprise outside the United States;
(b) assistance for the purpose of establishing or
developing in a foreign country any export processing
zone or designated area in which the tax, tariff, labor,
environment, and safety laws of that country do not
apply, in part or in whole, to activities carried out
within that zone or area, unless the President deter-
mines and certifies that such assistance is not likely
to cause a loss of jobs within the United States; or
(c) assistance for any project or activity that
contributes to the violation of internationally recog-
nized workers rights, as defined in section 502(a)(4)
of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the recipient
country, including any designated zone or area in
that country: Provided, That in recognition that the
application of this subsection should be commensurate
with the level of development of the recipient country
and sector, the provisions of this subsection shall not
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preclude assistance for the informal sector in such
country, micro and small-scale enterprise, and
smallholder agriculture.
SPECIAL AUTHORITIES
SEC. 539. (a) Funds appropriated in title II of this
Act that are made available for Afghanistan, Lebanon, and
for victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese,
humanitarian assistance for Romania, and humanitarian
assistance for the peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cro-
atia, and Kosova, may be made available notwithstanding
any other provision of law.
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the
provisions of sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for the purpose of supporting tropical for-
estry and energy programs aimed at reducing emissions of
greenhouse gases, and for the purpose of supporting bio-
diversity conservation activities: Provided, That such as-
sistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(c) The Agency for International Development may
employ personal services contractors, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, for the purpose of administering pro-
grams for the West Bank and Gaza.
(d)(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the provi-
sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the Presi-
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dent determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of
the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tem-
pore of the Senate that it is important to the national secu-
rity interests of the United States.
(2) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiv-
er pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no more
than a period of six months at a time and shall not apply
beyond twelve months after enactment of this Act.
POLICY ON TERMINATING THE ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF
ISRAEL
SEC. 540. It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the Arab League countries should imme-
diately and publicly renounce the primary boycott of
Israel and the secondary and tertiary boycott of
American firms that have commercial ties with Israel;
and
(2) the decision by the Arab League in 1997 to
reinstate the boycott against Israel was deeply trou-
bling and disappointing; and
(3) the Arab League should immediately rescind
its decision on the boycott and its members should de-
velop normal relations with their neighbor Israel; and
(4) the President should—
(A) take more concrete steps to encourage
vigorously Arab League countries to renounce
publicly the primary boycotts of Israel and the
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secondary and tertiary boycotts of American
firms that have commercial relations with Israel
as a confidence-building measure;
(B) take into consideration the participa-
tion of any recipient country in the primary
boycott of Israel and the secondary and tertiary
boycotts of American firms that have commercial
relations with Israel when determining whether
to sell weapons to said country;
(C) report to Congress on the specific steps
being taken by the President to bring about a
public renunciation of the Arab primary boycott
of Israel and the secondary and tertiary boycotts
of American firms that have commercial rela-
tions with Israel and to expand the process of
normalizing ties between Arab League countries
and Israel; and
(D) encourage the allies and trading part-
ners of the United States to enact laws prohibit-
ing businesses from complying with the boycott
and penalizing businesses that do comply.
ANTI-NARCOTICS ACTIVITIES
SEC. 541. (a) Of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act for ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’,
assistance may be provided to strengthen the administra-
tion of justice in countries in Latin America and the Carib-
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bean and in other regions consistent with the provisions of
section 534(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, except
that programs to enhance protection of participants in ju-
dicial cases may be conducted notwithstanding section 660
of that Act.
(b) Funds made available pursuant to this section may
be made available notwithstanding section 534(c) and the
second and third sentences of section 534(e) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961. Funds made available pursuant to
subsection (a) for Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru may be
made available notwithstanding section 534(c) and the sec-
ond sentence of section 534(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961.
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE
SEC. 542. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chap-
ters 1 and 10 and 11 of part I, and chapter 4 of part II,
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That the
President shall take into consideration, in any case in
which a restriction on assistance would be applicable but
for this subsection, whether assistance in support of pro-
grams of nongovernmental organizations is in the national
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interest of the United States: Provided further, That before
using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance
in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations,
the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions under the regular notification procedures of those com-
mittees, including a description of the program to be as-
sisted, the assistance to be provided, and the reasons for
furnishing such assistance: Provided further, That nothing
in this subsection shall be construed to alter any existing
statutory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary
sterilizations contained in this or any other Act.
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 1998, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict
assistance under the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated to carry out title I of such Act and made
available pursuant to this subsection may be obligated or
expended except as provided through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply—
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign
Assistance Act or any comparable provision of law
prohibiting assistance to countries that support inter-
national terrorism; or
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(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of
law prohibiting assistance to countries that violate
internationally recognized human rights.
EARMARKS
SEC. 543. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which
are earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs
within the same account notwithstanding the earmark if
compliance with the earmark is made impossible by oper-
ation of any provision of this or any other Act or, with
respect to a country with which the United States has an
agreement providing the United States with base rights or
base access in that country, if the President determines that
the recipient for which funds are earmarked has signifi-
cantly reduced its military or economic cooperation with
the United States since enactment of the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1991; however, before exercising the authority
of this subsection with regard to a base rights or base access
country which has significantly reduced its military or eco-
nomic cooperation with the United States, the President
shall consult with, and shall provide a written policy jus-
tification to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided,
That any such reprogramming shall be subject to the regu-
lar notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That assistance that is repro-
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grammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made avail-
able under the same terms and conditions as originally pro-
vided.
(b) In addition to the authority contained in sub-
section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap-
propriated by this Act and administered by the Agency for
International Development that are earmarked for particu-
lar programs or activities by this or any other Act shall
be extended for an additional fiscal year if the Adminis-
trator of such agency determines and reports promptly to
the Committees on Appropriations that the termination of
assistance to a country or a significant change in cir-
cumstances makes it unlikely that such earmarked funds
can be obligated during the original period of availability:
Provided, That such earmarked funds that are continued
available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated
only for the purpose of such earmark.
CEILINGS AND EARMARKS
SEC. 544. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this Act
shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appropriated
or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless
such Act specifically so directs.
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA
SEC. 545. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
within the United States not authorized before the date of
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enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided, That not
to exceed $500,000 may be made available to carry out the
provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96–533.
PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND
PRODUCTS
SEC. 546. (a) To the maximum extent possible, assist-
ance provided under this Act should make full use of Amer-
ican resources, including commodities, products, and serv-
ices.
(b) It is the Sense of the Congress that, to the greatest
extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased
with funds made available in this Act should be American-
made.
(c) In providing financial assistance to, or entering
into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail-
able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the
greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a
notice describing the statement made in subsection (b) by
the Congress.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS
SEC. 547. None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or
in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member
of the United Nations.
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CONSULTING SERVICES
SEC. 548. The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement
contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing
law, or under existing Executive order pursuant to existing
law.
PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION
SEC. 549. None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a private
voluntary organization which fails to provide upon timely
request any document, file, or record necessary to the audit-
ing requirements of the Agency for International Develop-
ment.
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
THAT
EXPORT
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIPMENT
TO
COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
SEC. 550. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be available to any
foreign government which provides lethal military equip-
ment to a country the government of which the Secretary
of State has determined is a terrorist government for pur-
poses of section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act. The
prohibition under this section with respect to a foreign gov-
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ernment shall terminate 12 months after that government
ceases to provide such military equipment. This section ap-
plies with respect to lethal military equipment provided
under a contract entered into after October 1, 1997.
(b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any other
similar provision of law, may be furnished if the President
determines that furnishing such assistance is important to
the national interests of the United States.
(c) Whenever the waiver of subsection (b) is exercised,
the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report with respect to the furnishing of such
assistance. Any such report shall include a detailed expla-
nation of the assistance estimated to be provided, including
the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, and an ex-
planation of how the assistance furthers United States na-
tional interests.
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES OWED
BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES
SEC. 551. (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made avail-
able for a foreign country under part I of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, an amount equivalent to 110 percent
of the total unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and pen-
alties owed to the District of Columbia by such country as
of the date of enactment of this Act shall be withheld from
obligation for such country until the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports in writing to the appropriate congres-
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sional committees that such fines and penalties are fully
paid to the government of the District of Columbia.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the Committee on Inter-
national Relations and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST
BANK AND GAZA
SEC. 552. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation
Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the Presi-
dent has exercised the authority under section 604(a) of the
Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of Pub-
lic Law 104–107) or any other legislation to suspend or
make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect: Provided, That
if the President fails to make the certification under section
604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995
or to suspend the prohibition under other legislation, funds
appropriated by this Act may not be obligated for assistance
for the Palestine Liberation Organization for the West Bank
and Gaza.
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WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN
SEC. 553. If the President determines that doing so
will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding
genocide or other violations of international humanitarian
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
ed, of up to $25,000,000 of commodities and services for
the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with
regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Se-
curity Council or such other tribunals or commissions as
the Council may establish to deal with such violations,
without regard to the ceiling limitation contained in para-
graph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determination re-
quired under this section shall be in lieu of any determina-
tions otherwise required under section 552(c): Provided fur-
ther, That sixty days after the date of enactment of this
Act, and every one hundred eighty days thereafter, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on
Appropriations describing the steps the United States Gov-
ernment is taking to collect information regarding allega-
tions of genocide or other violations of international law
in the former Yugoslavia and to furnish that information
to the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia.
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LANDMINES
SEC. 554. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
demining equipment available to the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Department of State and
used in support of the clearance of landmines and
unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be
disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, subject
to such terms and conditions as the President may pre-
scribe: Provided, That not later than 90 days after the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of State, shall submit a report to
the Committees on Appropriations describing potential al-
ternative technologies or tactics and a plan for the develop-
ment of such alternatives to protect anti-tank mines from
tampering in a manner consistent with the ‘‘Convention on
the Prohibition, Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer
of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction’’.
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
SEC. 555. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Jeru-
salem a new office of any department or agency of the Unit-
ed States Government for the purpose of conducting official
United States Government business with the Palestinian
Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestin-
ian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Dec-
laration of Principles: Provided, That this restriction shall
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not apply to the acquisition of additional space for the ex-
isting Consulate General in Jerusalem: Provided further,
That meetings between officers and employees of the United
States and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any
successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in the
Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of
conducting official United States Government business with
such authority should continue to take place in locations
other than Jerusalem. As has been true in the past, officers
and employees of the United States Government may con-
tinue to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with Palestin-
ians (including those who now occupy positions in the Pal-
estinian Authority), have social contacts, and have inciden-
tal discussions.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES
SEC. 556. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign
Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program
activities may be obligated or expended to pay for—
(1) alcoholic beverages;
(2) food (other than food provided at a military
installation) not provided in conjunction with Infor-
mational Program trips where students do not stay at
a military installation; or
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(3) entertainment expenses for activities that are
substantially of a recreational character, including
entrance fees at sporting events and amusement
parks.
EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
SEC. 557. Not more than 18 percent of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of sections
103 through 106 and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, that are made available for Latin
America and the Caribbean region may be made available,
through bilateral and Latin America and the Caribbean re-
gional programs, to provide assistance for any country in
such region.
SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST
SEC. 558. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The
President may reduce amounts owed to the United States
(or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country
as a result of—
(1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 222
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; or
(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under
the Arms Export Control Act;
(3) any obligation or portion of such obligation
for a Latin American country, to pay for purchases
of United States agricultural commodities guaranteed
by the Commodity Credit Corporation under export
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credit guarantee programs authorized pursuant to
section 5(f) of the Commodity 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 Agricul-
tural Trade Act of 1978, as amended (Public Law
95–501).
(b) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi-
cial debt relief and referendum agreements, commonly
referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’.
(2) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only in such amounts or to such ex-
tent as is provided in advance by appropriations
Acts.
(3) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only with respect to countries with
heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from
the International Development Association, but not
from the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’
countries.
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(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country
whose government—
(1) does not have an excessive level of military
expenditures;
(2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts
of international terrorism;
(3) is not failing to cooperate on international
narcotics control matters;
(4) (including its military or other security
forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of gross
violations of internationally recognized human rights;
and
(5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the
application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority provided
by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt restruc-
turing’’.
(e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A reduc-
tion of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be consid-
ered assistance for purposes of any provision of law limit-
ing assistance to a country. The authority provided by sub-
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section (a) may be exercised notwithstanding section 620(r)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES
SEC. 559. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC-
TION, OR CANCELLATION.—
(1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL
CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may, in accordance with
this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any
concessional loan or portion thereof made before Jan-
uary 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, to the government of any eligible country as
defined in section 702(6) of that Act or on receipt of
payment from an eligible purchaser, reduce or cancel
such loan or portion thereof, only for the purpose of
facilitating—
(A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop-
ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or
(B) a debt buyback by an eligible country
of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible
country uses an additional amount of the local
currency of the eligible country, equal to not less
than 40 percent of the price paid for such debt
by such eligible country, or the difference between
the price paid for such debt and the face value
of such debt, to support activities that link con-
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servation and sustainable use of natural re-
sources with local community development, and
child survival and other child development, in a
manner consistent with sections 707 through 710
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, if the sale,
reduction, or cancellation would not contravene
any term or condition of any prior agreement
relating to such loan.
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac-
cordance with this section, establish the terms and
conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced, or
canceled pursuant to this section.
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined
in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency
primarily responsible for administering part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that the
President has determined to be eligible, and shall di-
rect such agency to carry out the sale, reduction, or
cancellation of a loan pursuant to this section. Such
agency shall make an adjustment in its accounts to
reflect the sale, reduction, or cancellation.
(4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub-
section shall be available only to the extent that ap-
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propriations for the cost of the modification, as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, are made in advance.
(b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the
sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced,
or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in
the United States Government account or accounts estab-
lished for the repayment of such loan.
(c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold pur-
suant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who pre-
sents plans satisfactory to the President for using the loan
for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, debt-
for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
(d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to any
eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation pursu-
ant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible country,
the President should consult with the country concerning
the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or canceled and
their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development
swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority provided
by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt restruc-
turing’’.
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INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 560. (a) AUTHORIZATIONS.—The Secretary of the
Treasury may, to fulfill commitments of the United States:
(1) effect the United States participation in the first general
capital increase of the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development, subscribe to and make payment for
100,000 additional shares of the capital stock of the Bank
on behalf of the United States; and (2) contribute on behalf
of the United States to the eleventh replenishment of the
resources of the International Development Association, to
the sixth replenishment of the resources of the Asian Devel-
opment Fund, a special fund of the Asian Development
Bank. The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated without fiscal year limitation for payment by the
Secretary of the Treasury: (1) $285,772,500 for paid-in
capital, and $984,327,500 for callable capital of the Euro-
pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development; (2)
$1,600,000,000 for the International Development Associa-
tion; (3) $400,000,000 for the Asian Development Fund;
and 
(4) 
$76,832,001 
for 
paid-in 
capital, 
and
$4,511,156,729 for callable capital of the Inter-American
Development Bank in connection with the eighth general
increase in the resources of that Bank. Each such subscrip-
tion or contribution shall be subject to obtaining the nec-
essary appropriations.
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(b) CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION LOANS.—Section
1307 of the International Financial Institutions Act (Pub-
lic Law 95–118) is amended as follows:
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A) strike ‘‘borrowing
country’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘borrower’’;
(2) in subsection (a)(2)(A) strike ‘‘country’’; and
(3) at the end of Section 1307, add a new sub-
section as follows:
‘‘(g) For purposes of this section, the term ‘multilateral
development bank’ means any of the institutions named in
Section 1303(b) of this Act, and the International Finance
Corporation.’’.
(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the
United States Executive Directors of the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Inter-
national Development Association to use the voice and vote
of the United States to strongly encourage their respective
institutions to—
(1) provide timely public information on pro-
curement opportunities available to United States
suppliers, with a special emphasis on small business;
and
(2) systematically consult with local commu-
nities on the potential impact of loans as part of the
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normal lending process, and expand the participation
of affected peoples and nongovernmental organizations
in decisions on the selection, design and implementa-
tion of policies and projects.
SANCTIONS AGAINST COUNTRIES HARBORING WAR
CRIMINALS
SEC. 561. (a) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—The Presi-
dent is authorized to withhold funds appropriated by this
Act under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms
Export Control Act for any country described in subsection
(c).
(b) MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of
the Treasury should instruct the United States executive di-
rectors of the international financial institutions to work
in opposition to, and vote against, any extension by such
institutions of financing or financial or technical assistance
to any country described in subsection (c).
(c) SANCTIONED COUNTRIES.—A country described in
this subsection is a country the government of which know-
ingly grants sanctuary to persons in its territory for the
purpose of evading prosecution, where such persons—
(1) have been indicted by the International
Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, or any other inter-
national tribunal with similar standing under inter-
national law; or
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(2) have been indicted for war crimes or crimes
against humanity committed during the period begin-
ning March 23, 1933 and ending on May 8, 1945
under the direction of, or in association with—
(A) the Nazi government of Germany;
(B) any government in any area occupied
by the military forces of the Nazi government of
Germany;
(C) any government which was established
with the assistance or cooperation of the Nazi
government; or
(D) any government which was an ally of
the Nazi government of Germany.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
SEC. 562. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this Act may be pro-
vided to the Government of Haiti unless the President re-
ports to Congress that the Government of Haiti—
(1) is conducting thorough investigations of
extrajudicial and political killings;
(2) is cooperating with United States authorities
in the investigations of political and extrajudicial
killings;
(3) has substantially completed privatization of
(or placed under long-term private management or
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concession) at least three major public enterprises;
and
(4) has taken action to remove from the Haitian
National Police, national palace and residential
guard, ministerial guard, and any other public secu-
rity entity of Haiti those individuals who are
credibly alleged to have engaged in or conspired to
conceal gross violations of internationally recognized
human rights.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation in subsection (a)
does not apply to the provision of humanitarian, electoral,
counter-narcotics, or law enforcement assistance.
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the require-
ments of this section on a semiannual basis if the President
determines and certifies to the appropriate committees of
Congress that such waiver is in the national interest of the
United States.
(d) PARASTATALS DEFINED.—As used in this section,
the term ‘‘parastatal’’ means a government-owned enter-
prise.
REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN AID IN
REPORT OF SECRETARY OF STATE
SEC. 563. (a) FOREIGN AID REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT.—In addition to the voting practices of a foreign
country, the report required to be submitted to Congress
under section 406(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization
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Act, fiscal years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a), shall
include a side-by-side comparison of individual countries’
overall support for the United States at the United Nations
and the amount of United States assistance provided to
such country in fiscal year 1997.
(b) UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—For purposes of
this section, the term ‘‘United States assistance’’ has the
meaning given the term in section 481(e)(4) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(4)).
RESTRICTIONS ON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED
NATIONS AGENCIES
SEC. 564. (a) PROHIBITION
ON VOLUNTARY CON-
TRIBUTIONS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS.—None of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may
be made available to pay any voluntary contribution of the
United States to the United Nations (including the United
Nations Development Program) if the United Nations im-
plements or imposes any taxation on any United States
persons.
(b) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR DISBURSEMENT OF
FUNDS.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act may be made available to pay any
voluntary contribution of the United States to the United
Nations (including the United Nations Development Pro-
gram) unless the President certifies to the Congress 15 days
in advance of such payment that the United Nations is not
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engaged in any effort to implement or impose any taxation
on United States persons in order to raise revenue for the
United Nations or any of its specialized agencies.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section the term
‘‘United States person’’ refers to—
(1) a natural person who is a citizen or national
of the United States; or
(2) a corporation, partnership, or other legal en-
tity organized under the United States or any State,
territory, possession, or district of the United States.
ASSISTANCE TO TURKEY
SEC. 565. (a) Not more than $40,000,000 of the funds
appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic
Support Fund’’ may be made available for Turkey.
(b) Of the funds made available under the heading
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for Turkey, not less than fifty
percent of these funds shall be made available for the pur-
pose of supporting private nongovernmental organizations
engaged in strengthening democratic institutions in Tur-
key, providing economic assistance for individuals and
communities affected by civil unrest, and supporting and
promoting peaceful solutions and economic development
which will contribute to the settlement of regional problems
in Turkey.
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LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY
SEC. 566. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
may be obligated or expended with respect to providing
funds to the Palestinian Authority.
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection
(a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent Pro Tempore of the Senate that waiving such prohibi-
tion is important to the national security interests of the
United States.
(c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiv-
er pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more
than a period of six months at a time and shall not apply
beyond twelve months after enactment of this Act.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF
CROATIA
SEC. 567. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by title II of this Act may be made available
to the Government of Croatia to relocate the remains of Cro-
atian Ustashe soldiers, at the site of the World War II con-
centration camp at Jasenovac, Croatia.
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BURMA LABOR REPORT
SEC. 568. Not later than one hundred twenty days
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State shall provide to the
Committees on Appropriations a report addressing labor
practices in Burma.
HAITI
SEC. 569. The Government of Haiti shall be eligible
to purchase defense articles and services under the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the civil-
ian-led Haitian National Police and Coast Guard: Pro-
vided, That the authority provided by this section shall be
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES
SEC. 570. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be provided to any unit of the security forces of
a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible evi-
dence that such unit has committed gross violations of
human rights, unless the Secretary determines and reports
to the Committees on Appropriations that the government
of such country is taking effective measures to bring the re-
sponsible members of the security forces unit to justice: Pro-
vided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to
withhold funds made available by this Act from any unit
of the security forces of a foreign country not credibly al-
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leged to be involved in gross violations of human rights:
Provided further, That in the event that funds are withheld
from any unit pursuant to this section, the Secretary of
State shall promptly inform the foreign government of the
basis for such action and shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, assist the foreign government in taking effective
measures to bring the responsible members of the security
forces to justice.
LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFER OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO
EAST TIMOR
SEC. 571. In any agreement for the sale, transfer, or
licensing of any lethal equipment or helicopter for Indo-
nesia entered into by the United States pursuant to the au-
thority of this Act or any other Act, the agreement shall
state that the United States expects that the items will not
be used in East Timor: Provided, That nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to limit Indonesia’s inherent right
to legitimate national self-defense as recognized under the
United Nations Charter and international law.
TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS
SEC. 572. Section 576(a)(1) of the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
Act, 1997, as contained in Public Law 104–208, is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(1) does not have in place a functioning system
for reporting to civilian authorities audits of receipts
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and expenditures that fund activities of the armed
forces and security forces;’’.
Section 576(a)(2) of the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
1997, as contained in Public Law 104–208, is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(2) has not provided to the institution informa-
tion about the audit process requested by the institu-
tion.’’.
RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES PROVIDING
SANCTUARY TO INDICTED WAR CRIMINALS
SEC. 573. (a) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—None of the
funds made available by this or any prior Act making ap-
propriations for foreign operations, export financing and
related programs, may be provided for any country, entity
or canton described in subsection (d).
(b) MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—
(1) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
tors of the international financial institutions to work
in opposition to, and vote against, any extension by
such institutions of any financial or technical assist-
ance or grants of any kind to any country or entity
described in subsection (d).
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not less than 15 days before
any vote in an international financial institution re-
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garding the extension of financial or technical assist-
ance or grants to any country or entity described in
subsection (d), the Secretary of the Treasury, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, shall provide to
the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee
on Appropriations and the Committee on Banking
and Financial Services of the House of Representa-
tives a written justification for the proposed assist-
ance, including an explanation of the U.S. position
regarding any such vote, as well as a description of
the location of the proposed assistance by municipal-
ity, its purpose, and its intended beneficiaries.
(3) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘international fi-
nancial institution’’ includes the International Mone-
tary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development, the International Development As-
sociation, the International Finance Corporation, the
Multilateral Investment Guaranty Agency, and the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), sub-
sections (a) and (b) shall not apply to the provision
of—
(A) humanitarian assistance;
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(B) democratization assistance;
(C) assistance for cross border physical in-
frastructure projects involving activities in both
a sanctioned country, entity, or canton and a
nonsanctioned contiguous country, entity, or
canton, if the project is primarily located in and
primarily benefits the nonsanctioned country,
entity, or canton and if the portion of the project
located in the sanctioned country, entity, or can-
ton is necessary only to complete the project;
(D) small-scale assistance projects or activi-
ties requested by U.S. armed forces that promote
good relations between such forces and the offi-
cials and citizens of the areas in the U.S. SFOR
sector of Bosnia;
(E) implementation of the Brcko Arbitral
Decision;
(F) lending by the international financial
institutions to a country or entity to support
common monetary and fiscal policies at the na-
tional level as contemplated by the Dayton
Agreement; or
(G) direct lending to a non-sanctioned en-
tity, or lending passed on by the national gov-
ernment to a non-sanctioned entity.
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(2) FURTHER
LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding
paragraph (1)—
(A) no assistance may be made available by
this Act, or any prior Act making appropria-
tions for foreign operations, export financing
and related programs, in any country, entity, or
canton described in subsection (d), for a pro-
gram, project, or activity in which a publicly in-
dicted war criminal is known to have any finan-
cial or material interest; and
(B) no assistance (other than emergency
foods or medical assistance or demining assist-
ance) may be made available by this Act, or any
prior Act making appropriations for foreign op-
erations, export financing and related programs
for any program, project, or activity in a com-
munity within any country, entity or canton de-
scribed in subsection (d) if competent authorities
within that community are not complying with
the provisions of Article IX and Annex 4, Article
II, paragraph 8 of the Dayton Agreement relat-
ing to war crimes and the Tribunal.
(d) SANCTIONED COUNTRY, ENTITY, OR CANTON.—A
sanctioned country, entity, or canton described in this sec-
tion is one whose competent authorities have failed, as de-
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termined by the Secretary of State, to take necessary and
significant steps to apprehend and transfer to the Tribunal
all persons who have been publicly indicted by the Tribunal.
(e) WAIVER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State may
waive the application of subsection (a) or subsection
(b) with respect to specified bilateral programs or
international financial institution projects or pro-
grams in a sanctioned country, entity, or canton
upon providing a written determination to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate and the Committeee on
Appropriations and the Committee on International
Relations of the House of Representatives that such
assistance directly supports the implementation of the
Dayton Agreement and its Annexes, which include the
obligation to apprehend and transfer indicted war
criminals to the Tribunal.
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 15 days after the
date of any written determination under paragraph
(e)(1), the Secretary of State shall submit a report to
the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee
on Appropriations and the Committee on Inter-
national Relations of the House of Representatives re-
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garding the status of efforts to secure the voluntary
surrender or apprehension and transfer of persons in-
dicted by the Tribunal, in accordance with the Day-
ton Agreement, and outlining obstacles to achieving
this goal.
(3) ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS AF-
FECTED.—Any waiver made pursuant to this sub-
section shall be effective only with respect to a speci-
fied bilateral program or multilateral assistance
project or program identified in the determination of
the Secretary of State to Congress.
(f) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The sanctions im-
posed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) with respect to
a country or entity shall cease to apply only if the Secretary
of State determines and certifies to Congress that the au-
thorities of that country, entity, or canton have appre-
hended and transferred to the Tribunal all persons who have
been publicly indicted by the Tribunal.
(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
(1) COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘country’’ means
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia-Montenegro
(Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).
(2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ refers to the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the
Republika Srpska.
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(3) CANTON.—The term ‘‘canton’’ means the ad-
ministrative units in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(4) DAYTON
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Dayton
Agreement’’ means the General Framework Agreement
for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with
annexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, November
10 through 16, 1995.
(5) TRIBUNAL.—The term ‘‘Tribunal’’ means the
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia.
(h) ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.—In carrying out this subsection,
the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the Agency for
International Development, and the executive directors of
the international financial institutions shall consult with
representatives of human rights organizations and all gov-
ernment agencies with relevant information to help prevent
publicly indicted war criminals from benefitting from any
financial or technical assistance or grants provided to any
country or entity described in subsection (d).
EXTENSION OF CERTAIN ADJUDICATION PROVISIONS
SEC. 574. The Foreign Operations, Export Financing,
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public
Law 101–167) is amended—
(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—
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(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and
1997’’ and inserting ‘‘1997, and 1998’’; and
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘October
1, 1997’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘October 1, 1998’’; and
(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in sub-
section (b)(2), by striking ‘‘September 30, 1997’’ and
inserting ‘‘September 30, 1998’’.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO STOCKPILING
OF DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES
SEC. 575. (a) VALUE
OF ADDITIONS
TO STOCK-
PILES.—Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting
before the period at the end the following: ‘‘and $60,000,000
for fiscal year 1998’’.
(b) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE REPUBLIC OF
KOREA AND THAILAND.—Section 514(b)(2)(B) of such Act
(22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(B)) is amended by adding at the
end the following: ‘‘Of the amount specified in subpara-
graph (A) for fiscal year 1998, not more than $40,000,000
may be made available for stockpiles in the Republic of
Korea and not more than $20,000,000 may be made avail-
able for stockpiles in Thailand.’’.
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DELIVERY OF DRAWDOWN BY COMMERCIAL
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
SEC. 576. Section 506 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking the period
and inserting the following: ‘‘, including providing
the Congress with a report detailing all defense arti-
cles, defense services, and military education and
training delivered to the recipient country or inter-
national organization upon delivery of such articles
or upon completion of such services or education and
training. Such report shall also include whether any
savings were realized by utilizing commercial trans-
port services rather than acquiring those services from
United States Government transport assets.’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(d); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(c) For the purposes of any provision of law that au-
thorizes the drawdown of defense or other articles or com-
modities, or defense or other services from an agency of the
United States Government, such drawdown may include the
supply of commercial transportation and related services
that are acquired by contract for the purposes of the
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drawdown in question if the cost to acquire such commer-
cial transportation and related services is less than the cost
to the United States Government of providing such services
from existing agency assets.’’.
TO PROHIBIT FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT
OF
RUSSIA
SHOULD
IT
IMPLEMENT
LAWS
WHICH
WOULD DISCRIMINATE AGAINST MINORITY RELIGIOUS
FAITHS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
SEC. 577. (a) None of the funds appropriated under
this Act may be made available for the Government of the
Russian Federation unless within 30 days of the date this
section becomes effective the President determines and cer-
tifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations and
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the Government of the Russian Federation
has implemented no statute, executive order, regulation or
similar government action that would discriminate, or
would have as its principal effect discrimination, against
religious groups or religious communities in the Russian
Federation in violation of accepted international agree-
ments on human rights and religious freedoms to which the
Russian Federation is a party.
(b) This section shall become effective one hundred fifty
days after the enactment of this Act.
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U.S. POLICY REGARDING SUPPORT FOR COUNTRIES OF THE
SOUTH CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA
SEC. 578. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the follow-
ing findings:
(1) The ancient Silk Road, once the economic
lifeline of Central Asia and the South Caucasus, tra-
versed much of the territory now within the countries
of 
Armenia, 
Azerbaijan, 
Georgia, 
Kazakstan,
Kyrgyzstan, 
Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, 
and
Uzbekistan.
(2) Economic interdependence spurred mutual
cooperation among the peoples along the Silk Road
and restoration of the historic relationships and eco-
nomic ties between those peoples is an important ele-
ment of ensuring their sovereignty as well as the suc-
cess of democratic and market reforms.
(3) The development of strong political and eco-
nomic ties between countries of the South Caucasus
and Central Asia and the West will foster stability in
the region.
(4) The development of open market economies
and open democratic systems in the countries of the
South Caucasus and Central Asia will provide posi-
tive incentives for international private investment,
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increased trade, and other forms of commercial inter-
actions with the rest of the world.
(5) The Caspian Sea Basin, overlapping the ter-
ritory of the countries of the South Caucasus and
Central Asia, contains proven oil and gas reserves
that may exceed $4,000,000,000,000 in value.
(6) The region of the South Caucasus and
Central Asia will produce oil and gas in sufficient
quantities to reduce the dependence of the United
States on energy from the volatile Persian Gulf re-
gion.
(7) United States foreign policy and inter-
national assistance should be narrowly targeted to
support the economic and political independence of
the countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia.
(b) GENERAL.—The policy of the United States in the
countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia should
be—
(1) to promote sovereignty and independence
with democratic government;
(2) to assist actively in the resolution of regional
conflicts;
(3) to promote friendly relations and economic
cooperation;
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(4) to help promote market-oriented principles
and practices;
(5) to assist in the development of infrastructure
necessary for communications, transportation, and
energy and trade on an East-West axis in order to
build strong international relations and commerce be-
tween those countries and the stable, democratic, and
market-oriented countries of the Euro-Atlantic Com-
munity; and
(6) to support United States business interests
and investments in the region.
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘countries
of the South Caucasus and Central Asia’’ means Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
PAKISTAN
SEC. 579. (a) OPIC.—Section 239(f) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2199(f)) is amended by
inserting ‘‘, or Pakistan’’ after ‘‘China’’.
(b) TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT.—It is the sense of
Congress that the Director of the Trade and Development
Agency should use funds made available to carry out the
provisions of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421) to promote United States exports
to Pakistan.
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REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REPORTING TO CONGRESS OF
THE COSTS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCI-
ATED WITH THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT TO REDUCE
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
SEC. 580. The President shall provide to the Congress
a detailed account of all Federal agency obligations and ex-
penditures for climate change programs and activities, do-
mestic and international, for fiscal year 1997, planned obli-
gations for such activities in fiscal year 1998, and any plan
for programs thereafter in the context of negotiations to
amend the Framework Convention on Climate Change
(FCCC) to be provided to the appropriate congressional
committees no later than November 15, 1997.
AUTHORITY TO ISSUE INSURANCE AND EXTEND FINANCING
SEC. 581. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 235(a) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2195(a)) is
amended—
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(1) INSURANCE AND FINANCING.—(A) The max-
imum contingent liability outstanding at any one
time pursuant to insurance issued under section
234(a), and the amount of financing issued under sec-
tions 234 (b) and (c), shall not exceed in the aggre-
gate $29,000,000,000.’’;
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(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2); and
(3) by amending paragraph (2) (as so redesig-
nated) by striking ‘‘September 30, 1997’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘September 30, 1999’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) of sec-
tion 235(a) of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2195(a)), as redesignated
by subsection (a), is further amended by striking ‘‘(a) and
(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a), (b), and (c)’’.
(c) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 7 of the Ex-
port-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635f) is amended
by striking ‘‘October 23, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September
30, 1998’’.
(d) TIED AID CREDIT FUND AUTHORITY.—
(a) Section 10(c)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act
of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635i 3(c)(2)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘through’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1997’’.
(b) Section 10(e) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 635i–
3(3)) is amended by striking the first sentence and
inserting the following: ‘‘There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Fund such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out the purposes of this section.’’.
WITHHOLDING ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES VIOLATING
UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS AGAINST LIBYA
SEC. 582. (a) WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE.—Except
as provided in subsection (b), whenever the President deter-
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mines and certifies to Congress that the government of any
country is violating any sanction against Libya imposed
pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution
731, 748, or 883, then not less than 5 percent of the funds
allocated for the country under section 653(a) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 out of appropriations in this Act
shall be withheld from obligation and expenditure for that
country.
(b) EXCEPTION.—The requirement to withhold funds
under subsection (a) shall not apply to funds appropriated
in this Act for allocation under section 653(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 for development assistance or
for humanitarian assistance.
(c) WAIVER.—Funds may be provided for a country
without regard to subsection (a) if the President determines
that to do so is in the national security interest of the Unit-
ed States.
WAR CRIMES PROSECUTION
SEC. 583. Section 2401 of title 18, United States Code
(Public Law 104–192; the War Crimes Act of 1996) is
amended as follows—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘grave breach
of the Geneva Conventions’’ and inserting ‘‘war
crime’’;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘breach’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘war crime’’; and
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(3) so that subsection (c) reads as follows:
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section the term
‘war crime’ means any conduct—
‘‘(1) defined as a grave breach in any of the
international conventions signed at Geneva 12 August
1949, or any protocol to such convention to which the
United States is a party;
‘‘(2) prohibited by Articles 23, 25, 27, or 28 of
the Annex to the Hague Convention IV, Respecting
the Laws and Customs of War on Land, signed 18
October 1907;
‘‘(3) which constitutes a violation of common Ar-
ticle 3 of the international conventions signed at Ge-
neva 12 August 1949, or any protocol to such conven-
tion to which the United States is a party and which
deals with non-international armed conflict; or
‘‘(4) of a person who, in relation to an armed
conflict and contrary to the provisions of the Protocol
on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines,
Booby-Traps and Other Devices as amended at Gene-
va on 3 May 1996 (Protocol II as amended on 3 May
1996), when the United States is a party to such Pro-
tocol, willfully kills or causes serious injury to civil-
ians.’’.
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INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PROGRAMS FOR LATIN AMERICA
SEC. 584. (a) EXPANDED IMET.—The Secretary of
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, should
make every effort to ensure that approximately 30 percent
of the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘International
Military Education and Training’’ for the cost of Latin
American participants in IMET programs will be dis-
bursed for the purpose of supporting enrollment of such par-
ticipants in expanded IMET courses.
(b) CIVILIAN PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary of State,
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, should iden-
tify sufficient numbers of qualified, non-military personnel
from countries in Latin America so that approximately 25
percent of the total number of individuals from Latin
American countries attending United States supported
IMET programs and the Center for Hemispheric Defense
Studies at the National Defense University are civilians.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than twelve months after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall report in
writing to the appropriate committees of the Congress on
the progress made to improve military training of Latin
American participants in the areas of human rights and
civilian control of the military. The Secretary shall include
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in the report plans for implementing additional expanded
IMET programs for Latin America during the next three
fiscal years.
AID TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF CONGO
SEC. 585. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be provided to the central
Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo until such
time as the President reports in writing to the Congress
that the central Government of the Democratic Republic of
Congo is cooperating fully with investigators from the Unit-
ed Nations in accounting for human rights violations com-
mitted in the Democratic Republic of Congo or adjacent
countries.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST
SEC. 586. Of the funds appropriated by this Act under
the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Foreign Military
Financing’’, ‘‘International Military Education and Train-
ing’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, for refugees resettling in
Israel under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist-
ance’’, and for assistance for Israel to carry out provisions
of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
under the heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism,
Demining, and Related Programs’’, not more than a total
of $5,402,850,000 may be made available for Israel, Egypt,
Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, the Israel-Leb-
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anon Monitoring Group, the Multinational Force and Ob-
servers, the Middle East Regional Democracy Fund, Middle
East Regional Cooperation, and Middle East Multilateral
Working Groups: Provided, That any funds that were ap-
propriated under such headings in prior fiscal years and
that were at the time of enactment of this Act obligated or
allocated for other recipients may not during fiscal year
1998 be made available for activities that, if funded under
this Act, would be required to count against this ceiling:
Provided further, That funds may be made available not-
withstanding the requirements of this section if the Presi-
dent determines and certifies to the Committees on Appro-
priations that it is important to the national security inter-
est of the United States to do so and any such additional
funds shall only be provided through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
AGRICULTURE
SEC. 587. The first proviso of subsection (k) under the
heading ‘‘Assistance for the New Independent States of the
Former Soviet Union’’ in the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
1997, as contained in Public Law 104–208, is amended by
striking ‘‘not less than’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘up
to’’.
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ENTERPRISE FUND RESTRICTIONS
SEC. 588. Section 201(l) of the Support for East Euro-
pean Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 5421(l)) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(l) LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS TO ENTERPRISE FUND
PERSONNEL.—
‘‘(1) No part of the funds of an Enterprise Fund
shall inure to the benefit of any board member, offi-
cer, or employee of such Enterprise Fund, except as
salary or reasonable compensation for services subject
to paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) An Enterprise Fund shall not pay com-
pensation for services to—
‘‘(A) any board member of the Enterprise
Fund, except for services as a board member; or
‘‘(B) any firm, association, or entity in
which a board member of the Enterprise Fund
serves as partner, director, officer, or employee.
‘‘(3) Nothing in paragraph (2) shall preclude
payment for services performed before the date of en-
actment of this subsection nor for arrangements ap-
proved by the grantor and notified in writing to the
Committees on Appropriations.’’.
CAMBODIA
SEC. 589. The Secretary of the Treasury should in-
struct the United States Executive Directors of the inter-
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national financial institutions to use the voice and vote of
the United States to oppose loans to the Government of
Cambodia, except loans to support basic human needs.
EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES
SEC. 590. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
other than for administrative expenses made available for
fiscal year 1998 for programs under title I of this Act may
be transferred between such appropriations for use for any
of the purposes, programs and activities for which the funds
in such receiving account may be used, but no such appro-
priation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be
increased by more than 25 percent by any such transfer:
Provided, That the exercise of such authority shall be subject
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY
SEC. 591. For the cost, as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans and
loan guarantees in support of the development objectives of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA), up to $7,500,000,
which amount may be derived by transfer from funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 and funds appropriated by this Act
under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the
Baltic States’’, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That up to $500,000 of the funds appropriated by
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this Act under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses of the
Agency for International Development’’ may be made avail-
able for administrative expenses to carry out such pro-
grams: Provided further, That the provisions of section
107A(d) (relating to general provisions applicable to devel-
opment credit authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, as added by section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported
by the House Committee on International Relations on May
9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and loan guaran-
tees provided under this paragraph: Provided further, That
direct loans or loan guarantees under this paragraph may
not be provided until the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget has certified to the Committees on Appro-
priations that the Agency for International Development
has established a credit management system capable of effec-
tively managing the credit programs funded under this
heading, including that such system (1) can provide accu-
rate and timely provision of loan and loan guarantee data,
(2) contains information control systems for loan and loan
guarantee data, (3) is adequately staffed, and (4) contains
appropriate review and monitoring procedures.
FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS THAT PERFORM OR PROMOTE
ABORTION OVERSEAS
SEC. 592. (a) PERFORMANCE OF ABORTIONS.—
(1) Notwithstanding section 614 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 or any other provision of law,
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no funds appropriated to the Agency for Inter-
national Development for population planning activi-
ties or other population assistance for fiscal years
1998 and 1999 may be made available for any for-
eign private, nongovernmental, or multilateral orga-
nization until the organization certifies that it will
not, during the period for which the funds are made
available, perform abortions in any foreign country,
except where the life of the mother would be endan-
gered if the pregnancy were carried to term or in
cases of forcible rape or incest.
(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection may not be
construed to apply to the treatment of injuries or ill-
nesses caused by legal or illegal abortions or to assist-
ance provided directly to the government of a country.
(b) LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.—(1) Notwithstanding sec-
tion 614 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other
provision of law, no funds appropriated to the Agency for
International Development for population planning activi-
ties or other population assistance for fiscal years 1998 and
1999 may be made available for any foreign private, non-
governmental, or multilateral organization until the orga-
nization certifies that it will not, during the period for
which the funds are made available, violate the laws of any
foreign country concerning the circumstances under which
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abortion is permitted, regulated, or prohibited, or engage
in any activity or effort to alter the laws or governmental
policies of any foreign country concerning the cir-
cumstances under which abortion is permitted, regulated,
or prohibited.
(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply
to activities in opposition to coercive abortion or involun-
tary sterilization.
(c) APPLICATION TO FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS.—The
restrictions in this section apply to funds made available
to a foreign organization either directly or as a subcontrac-
tor or subgrantee, and the certifications required in sub-
sections (a) and (b) apply to activities in which the organi-
zation engages either directly or through a subcontractor
or subgrantee.
(d) For each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999, the Presi-
dent may waive the restrictions in subsections (a) and (b):
Provided, That if the President waives the restriction in
either subsection (a) or (b), not to exceed $410,000,000 may
be made available for population planning activities or
other population assistance: Provide further, That if the
President waives the restrictions in both subsections (a) and
(b), not to exceed $385,000,000 may be made available for
population planning activities or other population assist-
ance.
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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY PROGRAMS
LOANS TO INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
SEC. 593. For loans to the International Monetary
Fund under the New Arrangements to Borrow, the dollar
equivalent of 2,462,000,000 Special Drawing Rights, to re-
main available until expended; in addition, up to the dollar
equivalent of 4,250,000,000 Special Drawing Rights pre-
viously appropriated by the Act of November 30, 1983 (Pub-
lic Law 98–181), and the Act of October 23, 1962 (Public
Law 87–872), for the General Arrangements to Borrow,
may also be used for the New Arrangements to Borrow.
Section 17 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, as
amended (22 U.S.C. 286e–2 et seq.) is amended as follows—
(1) Section 17(a) is amended by striking ‘‘and
February 24, 1983’’ and inserting instead ‘‘February
24, 1983, and January 27, 1997’’; and by striking
‘‘4,250,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
instead
‘‘6,712,000,000’’.
(2) Section 17(b) is amended by striking
‘‘4,250,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
instead
‘‘6,712,000,000’’.
(3) Section 17(d) is amended by inserting ‘‘or
the Decision of January 27, 1997,’’ after ‘‘February
24, 1983,’’; and by inserting ‘‘or the New Arrange-
ments to Borrow, as applicable’’ before the period at
the end.
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This division may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
Act, 1998’’.
DIVISION D—FOREIGN AFFAIRS
REFORM AND RESTRUCTUR-
ING ACT OF 1997
SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Affairs Re-
form and Restructuring Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 1002. ORGANIZATION OF DIVISION INTO SUBDIVI-
SIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SUBDIVISIONS.—This division is organized into
three subdivisions as follows:
(1) SUBDIVISION
1.—Foreign Affairs Agencies
Consolidation Act of 1997.
(2) SUBDIVISION 2.—Foreign Relations Author-
ization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999.
(3) SUBDIVISION 3.—United Nations Reform Act
of 1997.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this division is as follows:
Sec. 1001. Short title.
Sec. 1002. Organization of division into subdivisions; table of contents.
SUBDIVISION 1—CONSOLIDATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES
TITLE XI—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1101. Short title.
Sec. 1102. Purposes.
Sec. 1103. Definitions.
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Sec. 1104. Report on budgetary cost savings resulting from reorganization.
TITLE XII—UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT
AGENCY
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1201. Effective date.
CHAPTER 2—ABOLITION AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Sec. 1211. Abolition of United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
Sec. 1212. Transfer of functions to Secretary of State.
Sec. 1213. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security.
CHAPTER 3—CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
Sec. 1221. References.
Sec. 1222. Repeals.
Sec. 1223. Amendments to the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.
Sec. 1224. Compensation of officers.
Sec. 1225. Additional conforming amendments.
TITLE XIII—UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1301. Effective date.
CHAPTER 2—ABOLITION AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Sec. 1311. Abolition of United States Information Agency.
Sec. 1312. Transfer of functions.
Sec. 1313. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy.
Sec. 1314. Abolition of Office of Inspector General of United States Information
Agency and transfer of functions.
CHAPTER 3—INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
Sec. 1321. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose.
Sec. 1322. Continued existence of Broadcasting Board of Governors.
Sec. 1323. Conforming amendments to the United States International Broad-
casting Act of 1994.
Sec. 1324. Amendments to the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act.
Sec. 1325. Amendments to the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act.
Sec. 1326. Transfer of broadcasting related funds, property, and personnel.
Sec. 1327. Savings provisions.
Sec. 1328. Report on the privatization of RFE/RL, Incorporated.
CHAPTER 4—CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
Sec. 1331. References.
Sec. 1332. Amendments to title 5, United States Code.
Sec. 1333. Application of certain laws.
Sec. 1334. Abolition of United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
Sec. 1335. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 1336. Repeals.
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TITLE XIV—UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
COOPERATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1401. Effective date.
CHAPTER 2—ABOLITION AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Sec. 1411. Abolition of United States International Development Cooperation
Agency.
Sec. 1412. Transfer of functions and authorities.
Sec. 1413. Status of AID.
CHAPTER 3—CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
Sec. 1421. References.
Sec. 1422. Conforming amendments.
TITLE XV—AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1501. Effective date.
CHAPTER 2—REORGANIZATION AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Sec. 1511. Reorganization of Agency for International Development.
CHAPTER 3—AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Sec. 1521. Definition of United States assistance.
Sec. 1522. Administrator of AID reporting to the Secretary of State.
Sec. 1523. Assistance programs coordination and oversight.
TITLE XVI—TRANSITION
CHAPTER 1—REORGANIZATION PLAN
Sec. 1601. Reorganization plan and report.
CHAPTER 2—REORGANIZATION AUTHORITY
Sec. 1611. Reorganization authority.
Sec. 1612. Transfer and allocation of appropriations.
Sec. 1613. Transfer, appointment, and assignment of personnel.
Sec. 1614. Incidental transfers.
Sec. 1615. Savings provisions.
Sec. 1616. Authority of Secretary of State to facilitate transition.
Sec. 1617. Final report.
SUBDIVISION 2—FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION
TITLE XX—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 2001. Short title.
Sec. 2002. Definition of appropriate congressional committees.
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‘‘SEC. 10. REIMBURSEMENT FOR GOODS AND SERVICES
PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES TO THE
UNITED NATIONS.
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN REIMBURSEMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the President shall seek and obtain in a
timely fashion a commitment from the United Na-
tions to provide reimbursement to the United States
from the United Nations whenever the United States
Government furnishes assistance pursuant to the pro-
visions of law described in subsection (c)—
‘‘(A) to the United Nations when the assist-
ance is designed to facilitate or assist in carry-
ing out an assessed peacekeeping operation;
‘‘(B) for any United Nations peacekeeping
operation that is authorized by the United Na-
tions Security Council under Chapter VI or
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter and
paid for by peacekeeping or regular budget as-
sessment of the United Nations members; or
‘‘(C) to any country participating in any
operation authorized by the United Nations Se-
curity Council under Chapter VI or Chapter VII
of the United Nations Charter and paid for by
peacekeeping assessments of United Nations
members when the assistance is designed to fa-
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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.