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are notified 15 days in advance of the reobligation of such funds
in accordance with regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
(b) Obligated balances of funds appropriated to carry out section
23 of the Arms Export Control Act as of the end of the fiscal
year immediately preceding the current 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 2000.
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall remain available for obligation after the expiration of the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided in this Act: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated for the purposes of chapters 1,
8, and 11 of part I, section 667, and chapter 4 of part II of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and funds provided
under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic
States’’, shall remain available until expended if such funds are
initially obligated before the expiration of their respective periods
of availability contained in this Act: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing 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 avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That the report required
by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall des-
ignate for each country, to the extent known at the time of submis-
sion of such report, those funds allocated for cash disbursement
for balance of payment and economic policy reform purposes.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT
SEC. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall be used to furnish assistance to any country which is in
default during a period in excess of one calendar year in payment
to the United States of principal or interest on any loan made
to such country by the United States pursuant to a program for
which funds are appropriated under this Act: Provided, That this
section and section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
shall not apply to funds made available for any narcotics-related
assistance for Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru authorized by the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act.
COMMERCE AND TRADE
SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act for direct assistance and none of the funds
otherwise made available pursuant to this Act to the Export-Import
Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation shall be
obligated or expended to finance any loan, any assistance or any
other financial commitments for establishing or expanding produc-
tion 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 capacity is expected
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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.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act
to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breeding feasibility
study, variety improvement or introduction, consultancy, publica-
tion, conference, or training in connection with the growth or
production in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity for
export which would compete with a similar commodity grown or
produced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection shall
not prohibit—
(1) activities designed to increase food security in devel-
oping countries where such activities will not have a significant
impact in the export of agricultural commodities of the United
States; or
(2) research activities intended primarily to benefit
American producers.
SURPLUS COMMODITIES
SEC. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the
United States Executive Directors of the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, the International Development
Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-Amer-
ican Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the
Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora-
tion, the North American Development Bank, the European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development, the African Development
Bank, and the African Development Fund to use the voice and
vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by these institu-
tions, using funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this
Act, for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral
for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the assistance
will cause substantial injury to United States producers of the
same, similar, or competing commodity.
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 515. (a) For the purposes of providing the executive branch
with the necessary administrative flexibility, none of the funds
made available under this Act for ‘‘Child Survival and Disease
Programs 
Fund’’, 
‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, 
‘‘International
Organizations and Programs’’, ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’,
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Assist-
ance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Assistance for
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’, ‘‘Economic
Support Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses
of the Agency for International Development’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses
of the Agency for International Development Office of Inspector
General’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related
Programs’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International
Military Education and Training’’, ‘‘Peace Corps’’, and ‘‘Migration
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and Refugee Assistance’’, shall be available for obligation for activi-
ties, programs, projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or
other operations not justified or in excess of the amount justified
to the Appropriations Committees for obligation under any of these
specific headings unless the Appropriations Committees of both
Houses of Congress are previously notified 15 days in advance:
Provided, That the President shall not enter into any commitment
of funds appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms
Export Control Act for the provision of major defense equipment,
other than conventional ammunition, or other major defense items
defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not pre-
viously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of the quantities
justified to Congress unless the Committees on Appropriations are
notified 15 days in advance of such commitment: Provided further,
That this section shall not apply to any reprogramming for an
activity, program, or project under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 of less than 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 requiring
notification in accordance with the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations, may be 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 appropriate congressional committees, shall
be provided as early as practicable, but in no event later than
3 days after taking the action to which such notification requirement
was applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessitating
such waiver: Provided further, That any notification provided pursu-
ant to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emergency
circumstances.
(b) Drawdowns made pursuant to section 506(a)(2) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
SEC. 516. Subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under this Act
or any previously enacted Act making appropriations for foreign
operations, export financing, and related programs, which are
returned or not made available for organizations and programs
because of the implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2001.
INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated under the heading
‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’
shall be made available for assistance for a government of an
Independent State of the former Soviet Union—
(1) unless that government is making progress in imple-
menting comprehensive economic reforms based on market
principles, private ownership, respect for commercial contracts,
and equitable treatment of foreign private investment; and
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(2) if that government applies or transfers United States
assistance to any entity for the purpose of expropriating or
seizing ownership or control of assets, investments, or ventures.
Assistance may be furnished without regard to this subsection
if the President determines that to do so is in the national interest.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’ shall
be made available for assistance for a government of an Independent
State of the former Soviet Union if that government directs any
action in violation of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty
of any other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such
as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Provided,
That such funds may be made available without regard to the
restriction in this subsection if the President determines that to
do so is in the national security interest of the United States.
(c) None of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’ shall
be made available for any state to enhance its military capability:
Provided, That this restriction does not apply to demilitarization,
demining or nonproliferation programs.
(d) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for the
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’ shall be subject
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations.
(e) Funds made available in this Act for assistance for the
Independent States of the former Soviet Union shall be subject
to the provisions of section 117 (relating to environment and natural
resources) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(f ) Funds appropriated in this or prior appropriations Acts
that are or have been made available for an Enterprise Fund
in the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union 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 purposes any interest earned
on such deposits without returning such interest to the Treasury
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.
(g) In issuing new task orders, entering into contracts, or
making grants, with funds appropriated in this Act or prior appro-
priations Acts under the headings ‘‘Assistance for the New Inde-
pendent States of the Former Soviet Union’’ and ‘‘Assistance for
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’, for projects
or activities that have as one of their primary purposes the fostering
of private sector development, the Coordinator for United States
Assistance to the New Independent States and the implementing
agency shall encourage the participation of and give significant
weight to contractors and grantees who propose investing a signifi-
cant amount of their own resources (including volunteer services
and in-kind contributions) in such projects and activities.
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 amended, may be
used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of family