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Any such report shall include a detailed explanation of the assist-
ance to be provided, including the estimated dollar amount of such
assistance, and an explanation of how the assistance furthers
United States national interests.
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES OWED BY FOREIGN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 544. (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated under
this Act that are made available for a foreign country under part
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, an amount equivalent
to 110 percent of the total unpaid fines determined to be owed
under the parking programs in the District of Columbia and New
York City, New York by such country as of September 30, 2002
that were incurred after the first day of the fiscal year preceding
the current fiscal year shall be withheld from obligation for such
country until the Secretary of State certifies and reports in writing
to the appropriate congressional committees that such fines and
penalties are fully paid to the governments of the District of
Columbia and New York City, New York.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means the Committee on Foreign
Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and
the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST BANK AND
GAZA
SEC. 545. 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 President has exercised
the authority under section 604(a) of the Middle East Peace Facilita-
tion Act of 1995 (title VI of Public Law 104–107) or any other
legislation to suspend or make inapplicable section 307 of the For-
eign 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 appro-
priated by this Act may not be obligated for assistance for the
Palestine Liberation Organization for the West Bank and Gaza.
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN
SEC. 546. If the President determines that doing so will con-
tribute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide or other
violations of international humanitarian law, the President may
direct a drawdown pursuant to section 552(c) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended, of up to $30,000,000 of commodities
and services for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal estab-
lished with regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations
Security Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the
Council may establish or authorize to deal with such violations,
without regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph
(2) thereof: Provided, That the determination required under this
section shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise required
under section 552(c): Provided further, That the drawdown made
under this section for any tribunal shall not be construed as an
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endorsement or precedent for the establishment of any standing
or permanent international criminal tribunal or court: Provided
further, That funds made available for tribunals other than Yugo-
slavia or Rwanda shall be made available subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
LANDMINES
SEC. 547. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, demining
equipment available to the United States Agency for International
Development and the Department of State and used in support
of the clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance for humani-
tarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign
countries, subject to such terms and conditions as the President
may prescribe.
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
SEC. 548. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be obligated or expended to create in any part of Jerusalem a
new office of any department or agency of the United States Govern-
ment for the purpose of conducting official United States Govern-
ment business with the Palestinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho
or any successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in the
Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this restriction
shall not apply to the acquisition of additional space for the existing
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 loca-
tions other than Jerusalem. As has been true in the past, officers
and employees of the United States Government may continue
to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with Palestinians (including
those who now occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have
social contacts, and have incidental discussions.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES
SEC. 549. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘International Military
Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’
for Informational Program activities or under the headings ‘‘Child
Survival and Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’,
and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be obligated or expended to
pay for—
(1) alcoholic beverages; or
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that are substan-
tially of a recreational character, including but not limited
to entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and musical
productions, and amusement parks.
RESTRICTIONS ON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS
AGENCIES
SEC. 550. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be made available to pay any voluntary contribution of the United
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States to the United Nations (including the United Nations Develop-
ment Program) if the United Nations implements or imposes any
taxation on any United States persons.
CARIBBEAN BASIN
SEC. 551. (a) The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to
purchase defense articles and services under the Arms Export Con-
trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the Coast Guard.
(b) Of the funds appropriated by title II of this Act and of
the funds appropriated to carry out food assistance programs man-
aged by the United States Agency for International Development,
a total of not less than $52,500,000 should be allocated for assist-
ance for Haiti in fiscal year 2003.
(c) Of the funds appropriated by title II of this Act, a total
of $37,680,000 should be allocated for assistance for Nicaragua
and $40,130,000 should be allocated for assistance for Honduras,
to address the conditions of increasing poverty in the rural sectors
of those countries through programs that support, among other
things, increased agricultural production and other income gener-
ating opportunities, improved health, and expanded education
opportunities, especially for disadvantaged youth.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
SEC. 552. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appro-
priated 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 President pro tempore of
the Senate that waiving such prohibition is important to the
national security interests of the United States.
(c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiver pursuant
to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more than a period of
6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months after
the enactment of this Act.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES
SEC. 553. 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 evidence 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 responsible members of the security forces unit to justice:
Provided, 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 alleged 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
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measures to bring the responsible members of the security forces
to justice.
PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY AND TROPICAL FORESTS
SEC. 554. Of the funds appropriated under the heading
‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than $145,000,000 should be
made available for programs and activities which directly protect
biodiversity, including forests, in developing countries: Provided,
That of the funds made available under this section, $50,000,000
shall be made available to carry out tropical forest conservation
activities authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of
which amount up to $40,000,000 may be made available for the
cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees, pursuant to the
provisions of part V of such Act, the Tropical Forest Conservation
Act of 1998.
ENERGY CONSERVATION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CLEAN ENERGY
PROGRAMS
SEC. 555. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated by this
Act, not less than $175,000,000 should be made available to support
policies and programs in developing countries and countries in
transition that directly: (1) promote a wide range of energy con-
servation, energy efficiency and clean energy programs and activi-
ties, including the transfer of clean and environmentally sustainable
energy technologies; (2) measure, monitor, and reduce greenhouse
gas emissions; (3) increase carbon sequestration activities; and (4)
enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation programs.
(b) GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REPORT.—Not later than 45
days after the date on which the President’s fiscal year 2004 budget
request is submitted to Congress, the President shall submit a
report to the Committees on Appropriations describing in detail
the following—
(1) all Federal agency obligations and expenditures,
domestic and international, for climate change programs and
activities in fiscal year 2003, including an accounting of
expenditures by agency with each agency identifying climate
change activities and associated costs by line item as presented
in the President’s Budget Appendix; and
(2) all fiscal year 2002 obligations and estimated expendi-
tures, fiscal year 2003 estimated expenditures and estimated
obligations, and fiscal year 2004 requested funds by the United
States Agency for International Development, by country and
central program, for each of the following: (i) to promote the
transfer and deployment of a wide range of United States
clean energy and energy efficiency technologies; (ii) to assist
in the measurement, monitoring, reporting, verification, and
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; (iii) to promote carbon
capture and sequestration measures; (iv) to help meet such
countries’ responsibilities under the Framework Convention on
Climate Change; and (v) to develop assessments of the vulner-
ability to impacts of climate change and mitigation and adapta-
tion response strategies.