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1961, for any programs identified in section 307, or for
Libya, Iran, or, at the discretion of the President, Com-
munist countries listed in section 620(f) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Provided, That,
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under this
Act or any previously enacted Act making appropriations
for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams, which are returned or not made available for or-
ganizations and programs because of the implementation
of this section or any similar provision of law, shall re-
main available for obligation through September 30,
1998.
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 bur-
dens. Furthermore, the Congress recognizes that an eco-
nomically 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. Therefore, the Congress de-
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clares that, subject to the availability of appropriations,
it is the policy and the intention of the United States
that the funds provided in annual appropriations for the
Economic Support Fund which are allocated to Israel
shall not be less than the annual debt repayment (inter-
est and principal) from Israel to the United States Gov-
ernment in recognition that such a principle serves Unit-
ed 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 amended, 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 performance of involuntary sterilization as a
method of family planning or to coerce or provide any fi-
nancial 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 biomedical research which relates in
whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance of,
abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of fam-
ily planning. None of the funds made available to carry
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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 abortions
and involuntary sterilizations: Provided, That none of the
funds made available under this Act may be used to
lobby for or against abortion.
AUTHORIZATION FOR POPULATION PLANNING
SEC. 518A. (a) None of the funds made available
in title II of this Act for population planning activities or
other population assistance pursuant to section 104(b) of
the Foreign Assistance Act or any other provision of law
may be obligated or expended prior to July 1, 1997.
(b) Not to exceed $385,000,000 of the funds ap-
propriated in title II of this Act may be made available
for population planning activities or other population as-
sistance.
(c) Such funds may be apportioned only on a
monthly basis, and such monthly apportionments may
not exceed 8 percent of the total available for such activi-
ties.
(d) Not later than February 1, 1997, the Presi-
dent shall submit a finding to the Congress regarding the
impact of the limitation on obligations imposed by sub-
section (a) of this section on the proper functioning of
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the population planning program. If such Presidential
finding indicates that the limitation is having a negative
impact on the proper functioning of the population plan-
ning program, funds for population planning activities
and other population assistance referred to in subsection
(a) may be made available beginning March 1, 1997, not-
withstanding the July 1, 1997, limitation set forth in
subsection (a), if the Congress approves such finding by
adoption of a joint resolution of approval not later than
February 28, 1997, in accordance with subsection (e).
(e) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PROCEDURE.—
(1) This subsection is enacted by Congress—
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power
of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, respectively, and as such it is deemed a
part of the rules of each House, respectively,
but applicable only with respect to the proce-
dure to be followed in that House in the case
of resolutions described by paragraph (2) of
this subsection; and it supersedes other rules
only to the extent that it is inconsistent there-
with; and
(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change the rules
(so far as those rules relate to the procedure of
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that House) at any time, in the same manner,
and to the same extent as in the case of any
other rule of such House.
(2) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘res-
olution’’ means a joint resolution, the text of which
is as follows: ‘‘That the House of Representatives
and Senate approve the Presidential finding, submit-
ted to the Congress on XXXXX, that the limitation
on obligations imposed by section 518A(a) of the
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, is having a
negative impact on the proper functioning of the
population planning program.’’. The blank space
therein shall be filled with the date on which the
President submits his finding to the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate.
(3) On the day on which the President submits
a finding under this section to the Congress, a joint
resolution described in paragraph (2) shall be intro-
duced (by request) in the House by the majority
leader of the House, for himself and the minority
leader of the House, or by Members of the House
designated by the majority leader and minority lead-
er of the House; and shall be introduced (by re-
quest) in the Senate by the majority leader of the
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Senate, for himself and the minority leader of the
Senate, or by Members of the Senate designated by
the majority leader and minority leader of the Sen-
ate. If either House is not in session on the day on
which the President submits such finding, the reso-
lution shall be introduced in that House, as provided
in the preceding sentence, on the first day thereafter
on which that House is in session. A resolution once
introduced in the House with respect to a Presi-
dential finding under this section shall be referred to
1 or more committees (and all resolutions with re-
spect to the same Presidential finding shall be re-
ferred to the same committee or committees) by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives. A resolu-
tion once introduced in the Senate with respect to a
Presidential finding under this section shall be re-
ferred to the appropriate committee (and all resolu-
tions with respect to the same Presidential finding
shall be referred to the same committee) by the
President of the Senate.
(4) No amendment to a resolution introduced
under this section shall be in order in either the
House of Representatives or the Senate; and no mo-
tion to suspend the application of this subsection
shall be in order in either House, nor shall it be in
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sider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or
disagreed to.
(B) Debate in the House of Representatives on
the resolution described in paragraph (2) of this
subsection shall be limited to not more than 2 hours,
which shall be divided equally between those favoring
and those opposing such resolution. A motion to fur-
ther limit debate shall not be debatable. It shall not
be in order to move to recommit a resolution or to
move to reconsider the vote by which such resolution
was agreed to or disagreed to.
(C) Appeals from the decision of the Chair re-
lating to the application of the rules of the House
of Representatives to the procedures relating to a
resolution under this section shall be decided without
debate.
(D) Except to the extent specifically provided in
preceding provisions of this subsection, consideration
in the House of Representatives of a resolution
under this subsection shall be governed by the rules
of the House of Representatives applicable to other
resolutions in similar circumstances.
(7)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the
consideration of a resolution under this section shall
not debatable. It shall not be in order to move to re-
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consider the vote by which the motion is agreed to
or disagreed to.
(B) Debate in the Senate on the resolution de-
scribed in paragraph (2) of this subsection, and all
debatable motions and appeals in connection there-
with, shall be limited to not more than 2 hours. The
time shall be equally divided between, and controlled
by, the mover and the manager of the resolution, ex-
cept that in the event the manager of the resolution
is in favor of any such motion or appeal, the time
in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the mi-
nority leader or his designee. Such leaders, or either
of them, may, from time under their control on the
passage of a resolution, allot additional time to any
Senator during the consideration of any debatable
motion or appeal.
(C) A motion in the Senate to further limit de-
bate is not debatable. A motion to recommit a reso-
lution is not in order.
REPORTING REQUIREMENT
SEC. 519. The President shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations the reports required by section
25(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act.
SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated in this
Act shall be obligated or expended for Colombia, Guate-
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mala (except that this provision shall not apply to devel-
opment assistance for Guatemala), Dominican Republic,
Haiti, Liberia, Pakistan, Peru, Serbia, Sudan, or Zaire
except as provided through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committee on Appropriations.
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY
SEC. 521. For the purpose of this Act, ‘‘program,
project, and activity’’ shall be defined at the Appropria-
tions Act account level and shall include all Appropria-
tions and Authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and
limitations with the exception that for the following ac-
counts: Economics 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 assistance accounts of the Agency for
International Development ‘‘program, project, and activ-
ity’’ shall also be considered 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 Appropria-
tions within thirty days of enactment of this Act, as re-
quired by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961.
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CHILD SURVIVAL AND AIDS ACTIVITIES
SEC. 522. Up to $8,000,000 of the funds made
available by this Act for assistance for family planning,
health, child survival, and AIDS, may be used to reim-
burse United States Government agencies, agencies of
State governments, institutions of higher learning, and
private and voluntary organizations for the full cost of in-
dividuals (including for the personal services of such indi-
viduals) 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 activities and activities relating to research
on, and the treatment and control of acquired immune
deficiency syndrome in developing countries: Provided,
That funds appropriated by this Act that are made avail-
able for child survival activities or activities relating to
research on, and the treatment and control of, acquired
immune deficiency syndrome may be made available not-
withstanding any provision of law that restricts assist-
ance to foreign countries: Provided further, That funds
appropriated by this Act that are made available for fam-
ily planning activities may be made available notwith-
standing section 512 of this Act and section 620(q) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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PROHIBITION AGAINST INDIRECT FUNDING TO CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obli-
gated to finance indirectly any assistance or reparations
to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, Iran, Syria, North Korea, or the
People’s Republic of China, unless the President of the
United States certifies that the withholding of these
funds is contrary to the national interest of the Untied
States.
RECIPROCAL LEASING
SEC. 524. Section 61(a) of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act is amended by striking out ‘‘1996’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘1997’’.
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT
SEC. 525. Prior to providing excess Department
of Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of
the Foreign 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 pursuant to subsection (c) of that sec-
tion: 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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations in accordance with the regular no-
tification procedures of such Committees: Provided fur-
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ther, 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
obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of
Public Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST
COUNTRIES
SEC. 527. (a) Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion 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 avail-
able to any country which the President determines—
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any
individual or group which has committed an act of
international terrorism, or
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism.
(b) The President may waive the application of
subsection (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 Federal Register and, at least fifteen days before the
waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the waiver (including the justification for
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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 sec-
tion 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used
to provide financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and
major non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing
(including leasing with an option to purchase) of defense
articles from United States commercial suppliers, not in-
cluding Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters
and other types of aircraft having possible civilian appli-
cation), if the President determines that there are com-
pelling foreign policy or national security reasons for
those defense articles being provided by commercial lease
rather than by government-to-government sale under
such Act.
COMPETITIVE INSURANCE
SEC. 528A. All Agency for International Develop-
ment contracts and solicitations, and subcontracts en-
tered into under such contracts, shall include a clause re-
quiring that United States insurance companies have a
fair opportunity to bid for insurance when such insurance
is necessary or appropriate.
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STINGERS IN THE PERSIAN GULF REGION
SEC. 529. Except as provided in section 581 of
the Foreign 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.
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 530. In order to enhance the continued par-
ticipation of nongovernmental organizations in economic
assistance activities under the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, including endowments, debt-for-development and
debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organiza-
tion 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 currencies which accrue to that organization
as a result of economic 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. 531. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL
CURRENCIES.—(1) If assistance is furnished to the gov-
ernment of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of
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part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the gen-
eration of local currencies of that country, the Adminis-
trator 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—
(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 govern-
ment the responsibilities of the Agency for Inter-
national Development and that government to mon-
itor and account 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
deposited in a separate account pursuant to subsection
(a), or an equivalent amount of local currencies, shall be
used only—
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(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 Agen-
cy for International Development shall take all necessary
steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies
disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the sep-
arate account established pursuant to subsection (a)(1)
are used for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to sub-
section (a)(2).
(4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—
Upon termination of assistance to a country under chap-
ters 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case
may be), any unencumbered balances of funds which re-
main in a separate account established pursuant to sub-
section (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
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provisos contained under the heading ‘‘Sub-Saharan Afri-
ca, Development Assistance’’ as included in the Foreign
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 1989 and sections 531(d) and 609 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(6) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Adminis-
trator of the Agency for International Development shall
report on an annual basis as part of the justification doc-
uments submitted to the Committees on Appropriations
on the use of local currencies for the administrative re-
quirements of the United States Government as author-
ized in subsection (a)(2)(B), and such report shall in-
clude the amount of local currency (and United States
dollar equivalent) used and/or to be used for such pur-
pose in each applicable country.
(b) SEPARATE
ACCOUNTS
FOR
CASH
TRANS-
FERS.—(1) If assistance is made available to the govern-
ment of a foreign 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 sec-
tor assistance, that country shall be required to maintain
such funds in a separate account and not commingle
them with any other funds.
(2) APPLICABILITY
OF OTHER PROVISIONS
OF
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended not-