In the Senate of the United States,
October 3 (legislative day, September 22), 2000.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1143) entitled ‘‘An Act to establish a program to
provide assistance for programs of credit and other financial
services for microenterprises in developing countries, and for
other purposes.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Microenterprise for Self-
Reliance and International Anti-Corruption Act of 2000’’.
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—MICROENTERPRISE FOR SELF-RELIANCE ACT OF 2000
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Findings and declarations of policy.
Sec. 103. Purposes.
Sec. 104. Definitions.
Sec. 105. Microenterprise development grant assistance.
Sec. 106. Micro- and small enterprise development credits.
Sec. 107. United States Microfinance Loan Facility.
Sec. 108. Report relating to future development of microenterprise institutions.
Sec. 109. United States Agency for International Development as global leader
and coordinator of bilateral and multilateral microenterprise as-
sistance activities.
Sec. 110. Sense of Congress on consideration of Mexico as a key priority in
microenterprise funding allocations.
TITLE II—INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION AND GOOD
GOVERNANCE ACT OF 2000
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 203. Development assistance policy.
Sec. 204. Department of the Treasury technical assistance program for developing
countries.
Sec. 205. Authorization of good governance programs.
TITLE III—INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 2000
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 303. Establishment of grant program for foreign study by American college
students of limited financial means.
Sec. 304. Report to Congress.
Sec. 305. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 306. Effective date.
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 401. Support for Overseas Cooperative Development Act.
Sec. 402. Funding of certain environmental assistance activities of USAID.
Sec. 403. Processing of applications for transportation of humanitarian assist-
ance abroad by the Department of Defense.
Sec. 404. Working capital fund.
Sec. 405. Increase in authorized number of employees and representatives of the
United States mission to the United Nations provided living
quarters in New York.
Sec. 406. Availability of VOA and Radio Marti multilingual computer readable
text and voice recordings.
Sec. 407. Availability of certain materials of the Voice of America.
Sec. 408. Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program Act of 2000.
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TITLE I—MICROENTERPRISE
FOR SELF-RELIANCE ACT OF 2000
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Microenterprise for Self-
Reliance Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 102. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS OF POLICY.
Congress makes the following findings and declara-
tions:
(1) According to the World Bank, more than
1,200,000,000 people in the developing world, or one-
fifth of the world’s population, subsist on less than $1
a day.
(2) Over 32,000 of their children die each day
from largely preventable malnutrition and disease.
(3)(A) Women in poverty generally have larger
work loads and less access to educational and eco-
nomic opportunities than their male counterparts.
(B) Directly aiding the poorest of the poor, espe-
cially women, in the developing world has a positive
effect not only on family incomes, but also on child
nutrition, health and education, as women in par-
ticular reinvest income in their families.
(4)(A) The poor in the developing world, par-
ticularly women, generally lack stable employment
and social safety nets.
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(B) Many turn to self-employment to generate a
substantial portion of their livelihood. In Africa, over
80 percent of employment is generated in the infor-
mal sector of the self-employed poor.
(C) These poor entrepreneurs are often trapped
in poverty because they cannot obtain credit at rea-
sonable rates to build their asset base or expand their
otherwise viable self-employment activities.
(D) Many of the poor are forced to pay interest
rates as high as 10 percent per day to money lenders.
(5)(A) The poor are able to expand their incomes
and their businesses dramatically when they can ac-
cess loans at reasonable interest rates.
(B) Through the development of self-sustaining
microfinance programs, poor people themselves can
lead the fight against hunger and poverty.
(6)(A) On February 2–4, 1997, a global Micro-
credit Summit was held in Washington, District of
Columbia, to launch a plan to expand access to credit
for self-employment and other financial and business
services to 100,000,000 of the world’s poorest families,
especially the women of those families, by 2005. While
this scale of outreach may not be achievable in this
short time-period, the realization of this goal could
dramatically alter the face of global poverty.
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(B) With an average family size of five, achiev-
ing this goal will mean that the benefits of micro-
finance will thereby reach nearly half of the world’s
more than 1,000,000,000 absolute poor people.
(7)(A) Nongovernmental organizations, such as
those that comprise the Microenterprise Coalition
(such as the Grameen Bank (Bangladesh,) K–REP
(Kenya), and networks such as Accion International,
the Foundation for International Community Assist-
ance (FINCA), and the credit union movement) are
successful in lending directly to the very poor.
(B) Microfinance institutions such as BRAC
(Bangladesh), BancoSol (Bolivia), SEWA Bank
(India), and ACEP (Senegal) are regulated financial
institutions that can raise funds directly from the
local and international capital markets.
(8)(A) Microenterprise institutions not only re-
duce poverty, but also reduce the dependency on for-
eign assistance.
(B) Interest income on the credit portfolio is
used to pay recurring institutional costs, assuring the
long-term sustainability of development assistance.
(9) Microfinance institutions leverage foreign as-
sistance resources because loans are recycled, gener-
ating new benefits to program participants.
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(10)(A) The development of sustainable micro-
finance institutions that provide credit and training,
and mobilize domestic savings, is a critical compo-
nent to a global strategy of poverty reduction and
broad-based economic development.
(B) In the efforts of the United States to lead the
development of a new global financial architecture,
microenterprise should play a vital role. The recent
shocks to international financial markets demonstrate
how the financial sector can shape the destiny of na-
tions. Microfinance can serve as a powerful tool for
building a more inclusive financial sector which
serves the broad majority of the world’s population
including the very poor and women and thus generate
more social stability and prosperity.
(C) Over the last two decades, the United States
has been a global leader in promoting the global
microenterprise sector, primarily through its develop-
ment assistance programs at the United States Agen-
cy for International Development. Additionally, the
Department of the Treasury and the Department of
State have used their authority to promote micro-
enterprise in the development programs of inter-
national financial institutions and the United Na-
tions.
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(11)(A) In 1994, the United States Agency for
International Development launched the ‘‘Microenter-
prise Initiative’’ in partnership with the Congress.
(B) The initiative committed to expanding fund-
ing for the microenterprise programs of the Agency,
and set a goal that, by the end of fiscal year 1996,
one-half of all microenterprise resources would sup-
port programs and institutions that provide credit to
the poorest, with loans under $300.
(C) In order to achieve the goal of the micro-
credit summit, increased investment in microfinance
institutions serving the poorest will be critical.
(12) Providing the United States share of the
global investment needed to achieve the goal of the
microcredit summit will require only a small increase
in United States funding for international micro-
credit programs, with an increased focus on institu-
tions serving the poorest.
(13)(A) In order to reach tens of millions of the
poorest with microcredit, it is crucial to expand and
replicate successful microfinance institutions.
(B) These institutions need assistance in devel-
oping their institutional capacity to expand their
services and tap commercial sources of capital.
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(14) Nongovernmental organizations have dem-
onstrated competence in developing networks of local
microfinance institutions and other assistance deliv-
ery mechanisms so that they reach large numbers of
the very poor, and achieve financial sustainability.
(15) Recognizing that the United States Agency
for International Development has developed very ef-
fective partnerships with nongovernmental organiza-
tions, and that the Agency will have fewer missions
overseas to carry out its work, the Agency should
place priority on investing in those nongovernmental
network institutions that meet performance criteria
through the central funding mechanisms of the Agen-
cy.
(16) By expanding and replicating successful
microfinance institutions, it should be possible to cre-
ate a global infrastructure to provide financial serv-
ices to the world’s poorest families.
(17)(A) The United States can provide leader-
ship to other bilateral and multilateral development
agencies as such agencies expand their support to the
microenterprise sector.
(B) The United States should seek to improve co-
ordination among G–7 countries in the support of the
microenterprise sector in order to leverage the invest-
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ment of the United States with that of other donor
nations.
(18) Through increased support for microenter-
prise, especially credit for the poorest, the United
States can continue to play a leadership role in the
global effort to expand financial services and oppor-
tunity to 100,000,000 of the poorest families on the
planet.
SEC. 103. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this title are—
(1) to make microenterprise development an im-
portant element of United States foreign economic
policy and assistance;
(2) to provide for the continuation and expan-
sion of the commitment of the United States Agency
for International Development to the development of
microenterprise institutions as outlined in its 1994
Microenterprise Initiative;
(3) to support and develop the capacity of
United States and indigenous nongovernmental orga-
nization intermediaries to provide credit, savings,
training, technical assistance, and business develop-
ment services to microentrepreneurs;
(4) to emphasize financial services and substan-
tially increase the amount of assistance devoted to
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both financial services and complementary business
development services designed to reach the poorest
people in developing countries, particularly women;
and
(5) to encourage the United States Agency for
International Development to coordinate microfinance
policy, in consultation with the Department of the
Treasury and the Department of State, and to pro-
vide global leadership among bilateral and multilat-
eral donors in promoting microenterprise for the
poorest of the poor.
SEC. 104. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES.—The
term ‘‘business development services’’ means support
for the growth of microenterprises through training,
technical assistance, marketing assistance, improved
production technologies, and other services.
(2) MICROENTERPRISE INSTITUTION.—The term
‘‘microenterprise institution’’ means an institution
that provides services, including microfinance, train-
ing, or business development services, for microentre-
preneurs.
(3) MICROFINANCE
INSTITUTION.—The term
‘‘microfinance institution’’ means an institution that
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directly provides, or works to expand, the availability
of credit, savings, and other financial services to
microentrepreneurs.
(4) 
PRACTITIONER
INSTITUTION.—The 
term
‘‘practitioner institution’’ means any institution that
provides services, including microfinance, training, or
business development services, for microentrepreneurs,
or provides assistance to microenterprise institutions.
SEC. 105. MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT GRANT AS-
SISTANCE.
Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 131. MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT GRANT AS-
SISTANCE.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS AND POLICY.—Congress finds and de-
clares that—
‘‘(1) the development of microenterprise is a vital
factor in the stable growth of developing countries and
in the development of free, open, and equitable inter-
national economic systems;
‘‘(2) it is therefore in the best interest of the
United States to assist the development of microenter-
prises in developing countries; and
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‘‘(3) the support of microenterprise can be served
by programs providing credit, savings, training, tech-
nical assistance, and business development services.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this part,
the President is authorized to provide grant assist-
ance for programs to increase the availability of cred-
it and other services to microenterprises lacking full
access to capital training, technical assistance, and
business development services, through—
‘‘(A) grants to microfinance institutions for
the purpose of expanding the availability of cred-
it, savings, and other financial services to micro-
entrepreneurs;
‘‘(B) grants to microenterprise institutions
for the purpose of training, technical assistance,
and business development services for microenter-
prises to enable them to make better use of credit,
to better manage their enterprises, and to in-
crease their income and build their assets;
‘‘(C) capacity-building for microenterprise
institutions in order to enable them to better
meet the credit and training needs of microentre-
preneurs; and
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‘‘(D) policy and regulatory programs at the
country level that improve the environment for
microentrepreneurs and microenterprise institu-
tions that serve the poor and very poor.
‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—Assistance authorized
under paragraph (1) (A) and (B) shall be provided
through organizations that have a capacity to develop
and implement microenterprise programs, including
particularly—
‘‘(A) United States and indigenous private
and voluntary organizations;
‘‘(B) United States and indigenous credit
unions and cooperative organizations; or
‘‘(C) other indigenous governmental and
nongovernmental organizations.
‘‘(3) TARGETED ASSISTANCE.—In carrying out
sustainable poverty-focused programs under para-
graph (1), 50 percent of all microenterprise resources
shall be targeted to very poor entrepreneurs, defined
as those living in the bottom 50 percent below the
poverty line as established by the national government
of the country. Specifically, such resources shall be
used for—
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‘‘(A) direct support of programs under this
subsection 
through 
practitioner 
institutions
that—
‘‘(i) provide credit and other financial
services to entrepreneurs who are very poor,
with loans in 1995 United States dollars
of—
‘‘(I) $1,000 or less in the Europe
and Eurasia region;
‘‘(II) $400 or less in the Latin
America region; and
‘‘(III) $300 or less in the rest of
the world; and
‘‘(ii) can cover their costs in a reason-
able time period; or
‘‘(B) demand-driven business development
programs that achieve reasonable cost recovery
that are provided to clients holding poverty loans
(as defined by the regional poverty loan limita-
tions in subparagraph (A)(i)), whether they are
provided by microfinance institutions or by spe-
cialized business development services providers.
‘‘(4) SUPPORT FOR CENTRAL MECHANISMS.—The
President should continue support for central mecha-
nisms and missions, as appropriate, that—
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‘‘(A) provide technical support for field mis-
sions;
‘‘(B) strengthen the institutional develop-
ment of the intermediary organizations described
in paragraph (2);
‘‘(C) share information relating to the pro-
vision of assistance authorized under paragraph
(1) between such field missions and intermediary
organizations; and
‘‘(D) support the development of nonprofit
global microfinance networks, including credit
union systems, that—
‘‘(i) are able to deliver very small loans
through a significant grassroots infrastruc-
ture based on market principles; and
‘‘(ii) act as wholesale intermediaries
providing a range of services to micro-
finance retail institutions, including financ-
ing, technical assistance, capacity-building,
and safety and soundness accreditation.
‘‘(5) LIMITATION.—Assistance provided under
this subsection may only be used to support micro-
enterprise programs and may not be used to support
programs not directly related to the purposes de-
scribed in paragraph (1).
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‘‘(c) MONITORING SYSTEM.—In order to maximize the
sustainable development impact of the assistance authorized
under subsection (b)(1), the Administrator of the agency
primarily responsible for administering this part shall es-
tablish a monitoring system that—
‘‘(1) establishes performance goals for such assist-
ance and expresses such goals in an objective and
quantifiable form, to the extent feasible;
‘‘(2) establishes performance indicators to be
used in measuring or assessing the achievement of the
goals and objectives of such assistance;
‘‘(3) provides a basis for recommendations for
adjustments to such assistance to enhance the sustain-
able development impact of such assistance, particu-
larly the impact of such assistance on the very poor,
particularly poor women; and
‘‘(4) provides a basis for recommendations for
adjustments to measures for reaching the poorest of
the poor, including proposed legislation containing
amendments to enhance the sustainable development
impact of such assistance, as described in paragraph
(3).
‘‘(d) LEVEL
OF ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds made
available under this part, the FREEDOM Support Act, and
the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of
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1989, including local currencies derived from such funds,
there are authorized to be available $155,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002, to carry out this section.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.—The
term ‘business development services’ means support
for the growth of microenterprises through training,
technical assistance, marketing assistance, improved
production technologies, and other services.
‘‘(2) MICROENTERPRISE INSTITUTION.—The term
‘microenterprise institution’ means an institution
that provides services, including microfinance, train-
ing, or business development services, for microentre-
preneurs.
‘‘(3) MICROFINANCE
INSTITUTION.—The term
‘microfinance institution’ means an institution that
directly provides, or works to expand, the availability
of credit, savings, and other financial services to
microentrepreneurs.
‘‘(4) PRACTITIONER
INSTITUTION.—The term
‘practitioner institution’ means any institution that
provides services, including microfinance, training, or
business development services, for microentrepreneurs,
or provides assistance to microenterprise institu-
tions.’’.
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SEC. 106. MICRO- AND SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
CREDITS.
Section 108 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2151f) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 108. MICRO- AND SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
CREDITS.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS AND POLICY.—Congress finds and de-
clares that—
‘‘(1) the development of micro- and small enter-
prises is a vital factor in the stable growth of devel-
oping countries and in the development and stability
of a free, open, and equitable international economic
system; and
‘‘(2) it is, therefore, in the best interests of the
United States to assist the development of the enter-
prises of the poor in developing countries and to en-
gage the United States private sector in that process.
‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—To carry out the policy set forth in
subsection (a), the President is authorized to provide assist-
ance to increase the availability of credit to micro- and
small enterprises lacking full access to credit, including
through—
‘‘(1) loans and guarantees to credit institutions
for the purpose of expanding the availability of credit
to micro- and small enterprises;
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‘‘(2) training programs for lenders in order to
enable them to better meet the credit needs of micro-
entrepreneurs; and
‘‘(3) training programs for microentrepreneurs
in order to enable them to make better use of credit
and to better manage their enterprises.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.—The Administrator of
the agency primarily responsible for administering this
part shall establish criteria for determining which credit
institutions described in subsection (b)(1) are eligible to
carry out activities, with respect to micro- and small enter-
prises, assisted under this section. Such criteria may in-
clude the following:
‘‘(1) The extent to which the recipients of credit
from the entity do not have access to the local formal
financial sector.
‘‘(2) The extent to which the recipients of credit
from the entity are among the poorest people in the
country.
‘‘(3) The extent to which the entity is oriented
toward working directly with poor women.
‘‘(4) The extent to which the entity recovers its
cost of lending.
‘‘(5) The extent to which the entity implements
a plan to become financially sustainable.
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‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENT.—Assistance pro-
vided under this section may only be used to support micro-
and small enterprise programs and may not be used to sup-
port programs not directly related to the purposes described
in subsection (b).
‘‘(e) PROCUREMENT PROVISION.—Assistance may be
provided under this section without regard to section
604(a).
‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts authorized to
be available to carry out section 131, there are au-
thorized to be available $1,500,000 for each of fiscal
years 2001 and 2002 to carry out this section.
‘‘(2) COVERAGE OF SUBSIDY COSTS.—Amounts
authorized to be available under paragraph (1) shall
be made available to cover the subsidy cost, as defined
in section 502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of
1990, for activities under this section.’’.
SEC. 107. UNITED STATES MICROFINANCE LOAN FACILITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), as amended
by section 105 of this Act, is further amended by adding
at the end the following new section:
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‘‘SEC. 132. UNITED STATES MICROFINANCE LOAN FACILITY.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator is author-
ized to establish a United States Microfinance Loan Facil-
ity (in this section referred to as the ‘Facility’) to pool and
manage the risk from natural disasters, war or civil con-
flict, national financial crisis, or short-term financial
movements that threaten the long-term development of
United States-supported microfinance institutions.
‘‘(b) DISBURSEMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall
make disbursements from the Facility to United
States-supported microfinance institutions to prevent
the bankruptcy of such institutions caused by—
‘‘(A) natural disasters;
‘‘(B) national wars or civil conflict; or
‘‘(C) national financial crisis or other
short-term financial movements that threaten the
long-term development of United States-sup-
ported microfinance institutions.
‘‘(2) FORM
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under
this section shall be in the form of loans or loan guar-
antees for microfinance institutions that demonstrate
the capacity to resume self-sustained operations with-
in a reasonable time period.
‘‘(3) 
CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION
PROCE-
DURES.—During each of the fiscal years 2001 and
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2002, funds may not be made available from the Fa-
cility until 15 days after notification of the proposed
availability of the funds has been provided to the con-
gressional committees specified in section 634A in ac-
cordance with the procedures applicable to re-
programming notifications under that section.
‘‘(c) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—
‘‘(1) POLICY
PROVISIONS.—In providing the
credit assistance authorized by this section, the Ad-
ministrator should apply, as appropriate, the policy
provisions in this part that are applicable to develop-
ment assistance activities.
‘‘(2) 
DEFAULT
AND
PROCUREMENT
PROVI-
SIONS.—
‘‘(A) DEFAULT PROVISION.—The provisions
of section 620(q), or any comparable provision of
law, shall not be construed to prohibit assistance
to a country in the event that a private sector
recipient of assistance furnished under this sec-
tion is in default in its payment to the United
States for the period specified in such section.
‘‘(B) PROCUREMENT
PROVISION.—Assist-
ance may be provided under this section without
regard to section 604(a).
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‘‘(3) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CREDIT ASSIST-
ANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Credit assistance pro-
vided under this section shall be offered on such
terms and conditions, including fees charged, as
the Administrator may determine.
‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
FINANCING.—The principal amount of loans
made or guaranteed under this section in any
fiscal year, with respect to any single event, may
not exceed $30,000,000.
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—No payment may be
made under any guarantee issued under this sec-
tion for any loss arising out of fraud or mis-
representation for which the party seeking pay-
ment is responsible.
‘‘(4) FULL FAITH AND CREDIT.—All guarantees
issued under this section shall constitute obligations,
in accordance with the terms of such guarantees, of
the United States of America, and the full faith and
credit of the United States of America is hereby
pledged for the full payment and performance of such
obligations to the extent of the guarantee.
‘‘(d) FUNDING.—
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‘‘(1) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts
made available to carry out this part for the fiscal
year 2001, up to $5,000,000 may be made available
for—
‘‘(A) the subsidy cost, as defined in section
502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990,
to carry out this section; and
‘‘(B) the administrative costs to carry out
this section.
‘‘(2) RELATION TO OTHER FUNDING.—Amounts
made available under paragraph (1) are in addition
to amounts available under any other provision of
law to carry out this section.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of the agency pri-
marily responsible for administering this part.
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate and the Committee on International Relations
of the House of Representatives.
‘‘(3) UNITED STATES-SUPPORTED MICROFINANCE
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘United States-supported
microfinance institution’ means a financial inter-
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mediary that has received funds made available under
part I of this Act for fiscal year 1980 or any subse-
quent fiscal year.’’.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the United
States Agency for International Development shall submit
to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and
the Committee on International Relations of the House of
Representatives a report on the policies, rules, and regula-
tions of the United States Microfinance Loan Facility es-
tablished under section 132 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, as added by subsection (a).
SEC. 108. REPORT RELATING TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF
MICROENTERPRISE INSTITUTIONS.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the
most cost-effective methods and measurements for increas-
ing the access of poor people overseas to credit, other finan-
cial services, and related training.
(b) CONTENTS.—The report described in subsection
(a)—
(1) shall include how the President, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development, the Secretary
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of State, and the Secretary of the Treasury, will de-
velop a comprehensive strategy for advancing the
global microenterprise sector in a way that maintains
market principles while ensuring that the very poor
overseas, particularly women, obtain access to finan-
cial services overseas;
(2) shall provide guidelines and recommenda-
tions for—
(A) instruments to assist microenterprise
networks to develop multi-country and regional
microlending programs;
(B) technical assistance to foreign govern-
ments, foreign central banks, and regulatory en-
tities to improve the policy environment for
microfinance institutions, and to strengthen the
capacity of supervisory bodies to supervise
microfinance institutions;
(C) the potential for Federal chartering of
United States-based international microfinance
network institutions, including proposed legisla-
tion;
(D) instruments to increase investor con-
fidence in microfinance institutions which would
strengthen the long-term financial position of the
microfinance institutions and attract capital
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from private sector entities and individuals, such
as a rating system for microfinance institutions
and local credit bureaus;
(E) an agenda for integrating microfinance
into United States foreign policy initiatives seek-
ing to develop and strengthen the global finance
sector; and
(F) innovative instruments to attract funds
from the capital markets, such as instruments
for leveraging funds from the local commercial
banking 
sector, 
and 
the 
securitization 
of
microloan portfolios; and
(3) shall include a section that assesses the need
for a microenterprise accelerated growth fund and
that includes—
(A) a description of the benefits of such a
fund;
(B) an identification of which microenter-
prise institutions might become eligible for as-
sistance from such fund;
(C) a description of how such a fund could
be administered;
(D) a recommendation on which agency or
agencies of the United States Government should
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administer the fund and within which such
agency the fund should be located; and
(E) a recommendation on how soon it
might be necessary to establish such a fund in
order to provide the support necessary for micro-
enterprise institutions involved in microenter-
prise development.
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the Committee on International
Relations of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
SEC. 109. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AS GLOBAL LEADER AND CO-
ORDINATOR OF BILATERAL AND MULTILAT-
ERAL MICROENTERPRISE ASSISTANCE AC-
TIVITIES.
(a) FINDINGS AND POLICY.—Congress finds and de-
clares that—
(1) the United States can provide leadership to
other bilateral and multilateral development agencies
as such agencies expand their support to the micro-
enterprise sector; and
(2) the United States should seek to improve co-
ordination among G–7 countries in the support of the
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microenterprise sector in order to leverage the invest-
ment of the United States with that of other donor
nations.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that—
(1) the Administrator of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development and the Secretary
of State should seek to support and strengthen the ef-
fectiveness of microfinance activities in United Na-
tions agencies, such as the United Nations Develop-
ment Program (UNDP), which have provided key
leadership in developing the microenterprise sector;
and
(2) the Secretary of the Treasury should instruct
each United States Executive Director of the multilat-
eral development banks (MDBs) to advocate the devel-
opment of a coherent and coordinated strategy to sup-
port the microenterprise sector and an increase of
multilateral resource flows for the purposes of build-
ing microenterprise retail and wholesale inter-
mediaries.
SEC. 110. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CONSIDERATION OF
MEXICO AS A KEY PRIORITY IN MICROENTER-
PRISE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
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(1) 
An 
estimated 
45,000,000 
of 
Mexico’s
100,000,000 population currently lives below the pov-
erty line, accounting for 20 percent of all poor in
Latin America.
(2) Mexico cannot create enough salaried jobs to
absorb new workers entering the labor force.
(3) While many poor families depend on micro-
enterprise initiatives to generate a livelihood, the
United States Agency for International Development
currently has 2 microcredit projects in Mexico, receiv-
ing less than one percent of overall microenterprise
funding in Latin America and the Caribbean during
the last decade.
(4) Mexico’s microenterprise activity has been
constrained because its financial institutions cannot
expand financial services to a larger clientele due to
a lack of capital, inefficient financial and adminis-
trative management, and a lack of institutional sup-
port for microfinance institutions’ particular needs.
(5) Mexican nongovernmental organizations,
such as Compartamos, have demonstrated competence
in developing local microfinance programs.
(6) On July 2, 2000, Vicente Fox Quesada of the
Alliance for Change was elected President of the
United Mexican States.
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(7) The President-elect of Mexico has identified
entrepreneurship and the start-up of new microcredit
institutions as key economic priorities.
(8) Microenterprise and entrepreneurial initia-
tives have proven to be successful components of free
market development and economic stability.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that—
(1) providing Mexico’s poor with economic op-
portunity and microfinance services is fundamental
to Mexico’s economic development;
(2) microenterprise can have a positive impact
on Mexico’s free market development; and
(3) the United States Agency for International
Development should consider Mexico as a key priority
in its microenterprise funding allocations.
TITLE II—INTERNATIONAL ANTI-
CORRUPTION AND GOOD GOV-
ERNANCE ACT OF 2000
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘International Anti-Cor-
ruption and Good Governance Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 202. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
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(1) Widespread corruption endangers the sta-
bility and security of societies, undermines democ-
racy, and jeopardizes the social, political, and eco-
nomic development of a society.
(2) Corruption facilitates criminal activities,
such as money laundering, hinders economic develop-
ment, inflates the costs of doing business, and under-
mines the legitimacy of the government and public
trust.
(3) In January 1997 the United Nations General
Assembly adopted a resolution urging member states
to carefully consider the problems posed by the inter-
national aspects of corrupt practices and to study ap-
propriate legislative and regulatory measures to en-
sure the transparency and integrity of financial sys-
tems.
(4) The United States was the first country to
criminalize international bribery through the enact-
ment of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977
and United States leadership was instrumental in the
passage of the Organization for Economic Coopera-
tion and Development (OECD) Convention on Com-
batting Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in Inter-
national Business Transactions.
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(5) The Vice President, at the Global Forum on
Fighting Corruption in 1999, declared corruption to
be a direct threat to the rule of law and the Secretary
of State declared corruption to be a matter of pro-
found political and social consequence for our efforts
to strengthen democratic governments.
(6) The Secretary of State, at the Inter-American
Development Bank’s annual meeting in March 2000,
declared that despite certain economic achievements,
democracy is being threatened as citizens grow weary
of the corruption and favoritism of their official insti-
tutions and that efforts must be made to improve gov-
ernance if respect for democratic institutions is to be
regained.
(7) In May 1996 the Organization of American
States (OAS) adopted the Inter-American Convention
Against Corruption requiring countries to provide
various forms of international cooperation and assist-
ance to facilitate the prevention, investigation, and
prosecution of acts of corruption.
(8) Independent media, committed to fighting
corruption and trained in investigative journalism
techniques, can both educate the public on the costs of
corruption and act as a deterrent against corrupt of-
ficials.
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(9) Competent and independent judiciary, found-
ed on a merit-based selection process and trained to
enforce contracts and protect property rights, is crit-
ical for creating a predictable and consistent environ-
ment for transparency in legal procedures.
(10) Independent and accountable legislatures,
responsive political parties, and transparent electoral
processes, in conjunction with professional, account-
able, and transparent financial management and pro-
curement policies and procedures, are essential to the
promotion of good governance and to the combat of
corruption.
(11) Transparent business frameworks, including
modern commercial codes and intellectual property
rights, are vital to enhancing economic growth and
decreasing corruption at all levels of society.
(12) The United States should attempt to im-
prove accountability in foreign countries, including
by—
(A) promoting transparency and account-
ability through support for independent media,
promoting financial disclosure by public offi-
cials, political parties, and candidates for public
office, open budgeting processes, adequate and ef-
fective internal control systems, suitable finan-
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cial management systems, and financial and
compliance reporting;
(B) supporting the establishment of audit
offices, inspectors general offices, third party
monitoring of government procurement processes,
and anti-corruption agencies;
(C) promoting responsive, transparent, and
accountable legislatures that ensure legislative
oversight and whistle-blower protection;
(D) promoting judicial reforms that crim-
inalize corruption and promoting law enforce-
ment that prosecutes corruption;
(E) fostering business practices that pro-
mote transparent, ethical, and competitive be-
havior in the private sector through the develop-
ment of an effective legal framework for com-
merce, including anti-bribery laws, commercial
codes that incorporate international standards
for business practices, and protection of intellec-
tual property rights; and
(F) promoting free and fair national, state,
and local elections.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to ensure
that United States assistance programs promote good gov-
ernance by assisting other countries to combat corruption
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throughout society and to improve transparency and ac-
countability at all levels of government and throughout the
private sector.
SEC. 203. DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE POLICY.
(a) GENERAL POLICY.—Section 101(a) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151(a)) is amended in
the fifth sentence—
(1) by striking ‘‘four’’ and inserting ‘‘five’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(3);
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) the promotion of good governance through
combating corruption and improving transparency
and accountability.’’.
(b) DEVELOPMENT
ASSISTANCE
POLICY.—Section
102(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2151–1(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (E);
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(G) progress in combating corruption and
improving transparency and accountability in
the public and private sector.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(17) Economic reform and development of effec-
tive institutions of democratic governance are mutu-
ally reinforcing. The successful transition of a devel-
oping country is dependent upon the quality of its
economic and governance institutions. Rule of law,
mechanisms of accountability and transparency, secu-
rity of person, property, and investments, are but a
few of the critical governance and economic reforms
that underpin the sustainability of broad-based eco-
nomic growth. Programs in support of such reforms
strengthen the capacity of people to hold their govern-
ments accountable and to create economic oppor-
tunity.’’.
SEC. 204. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING COUN-
TRIES.
Section 129(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2151aa(b)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(3) EMPHASIS
ON
ANTI-CORRUPTION.—Such
technical assistance shall include elements designed to
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combat anti-competitive, unethical, and corrupt ac-
tivities, including protection against actions that
may distort or inhibit transparency in market mech-
anisms and, to the extent applicable, privatization
procedures.’’.
SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF GOOD GOVERNANCE PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), as amended
by sections 105 and 107, is further amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 133. PROGRAMS TO ENCOURAGE GOOD GOVERNANCE.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized
to establish programs that combat corruption, im-
prove transparency and accountability, and promote
other forms of good governance in countries described
in paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) COUNTRIES
DESCRIBED.—A country de-
scribed in this paragraph is a country that is eligible
to receive assistance under this part (including chap-
ter 4 of part II of this Act) or the Support for East
European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989.
‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In carrying out paragraph (1),
the President shall give priority to establishing pro-
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grams in countries that received a significant amount
of United States foreign assistance for the prior fiscal
year, or in which the United States has a significant
economic interest, and that continue to have the most
persistent problems with public and private corrup-
tion. In determining which countries have the most
persistent problems with public and private corrup-
tion under the preceding sentence, the President shall
take into account criteria such as the Transparency
International Annual Corruption Perceptions Index,
standards and codes set forth by the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the
International Monetary Fund, and other relevant cri-
teria.
‘‘(4) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Assistance provided for
countries under programs established pursuant
to paragraph (1) may be made available not-
withstanding any other provision of law that re-
stricts assistance to foreign countries. Assistance
provided under a program established pursuant
to paragraph (1) for a country that would other-
wise be restricted from receiving such assistance
but for the preceding sentence may not be pro-
vided directly to the government of the country.
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‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) does
not apply with respect to—
‘‘(i) section 620A of this Act or any
comparable provision of law prohibiting as-
sistance to countries that support inter-
national terrorism; or
‘‘(ii) section 907 of the Freedom for
Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democ-
racies and Open Markets Support Act of
1992.
‘‘(b) SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES.—The pro-
grams established pursuant to subsection (a) shall include,
to the extent appropriate, projects and activities that—
‘‘(1) support responsible independent media to
promote oversight of public and private institutions;
‘‘(2) implement financial disclosure among pub-
lic officials, political parties, and candidates for pub-
lic office, open budgeting processes, and transparent
financial management systems;
‘‘(3) support the establishment of audit offices,
inspectors general offices, third party monitoring of
government procurement processes, and anti-corrup-
tion agencies;
‘‘(4) promote responsive, transparent, and ac-
countable legislatures and local governments that en-
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sure legislative and local oversight and whistle-blower
protection;
‘‘(5) promote legal and judicial reforms that
criminalize corruption and law enforcement reforms
and development that encourage prosecutions of
criminal corruption;
‘‘(6) assist in the development of a legal frame-
work for commercial transactions that fosters business
practices that promote transparent, ethical, and com-
petitive behavior in the economic sector, such as com-
mercial codes that incorporate international stand-
ards and protection of intellectual property rights;
‘‘(7) promote free and fair national, state, and
local elections;
‘‘(8) foster public participation in the legislative
process and public access to government information;
and
‘‘(9) engage civil society in the fight against cor-
ruption.
‘‘(c) CONDUCT
OF
PROJECTS
AND
ACTIVITIES.—
Projects and activities under the programs established pur-
suant to subsection (a) may include, among other things,
training and technical assistance (including drafting of
anti-corruption, privatization, and competitive statutory
and administrative codes), drafting of anti-corruption, pri-
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vatization, and competitive statutory and administrative
codes, support for independent media and publications, fi-
nancing of the program and operating costs of nongovern-
mental organizations that carry out such projects or activi-
ties, and assistance for travel of individuals to the United
States and other countries for such projects and activities.
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, shall prepare and transmit to
the Committee on International Relations and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate
an annual report on—
‘‘(A) projects and activities carried out
under programs established under subsection (a)
for the prior year in priority countries identified
pursuant to subsection (a)(3); and
‘‘(B) projects and activities carried out
under programs to combat corruption, improve
transparency and accountability, and promote
other forms of good governance established under
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other provisions of law for the prior year in such
countries.
‘‘(2) REQUIRED CONTENTS.—The report required
by paragraph (1) shall contain the following informa-
tion with respect to each country described in para-
graph (1):
‘‘(A) A description of all United States Gov-
ernment-funded programs and initiatives to
combat corruption and improve transparency
and accountability in the country.
‘‘(B) A description of United States diplo-
matic efforts to combat corruption and improve
transparency and accountability in the country.
‘‘(C) An analysis of major actions taken by
the government of the country to combat corrup-
tion and improve transparency and account-
ability in the country.
‘‘(e) FUNDING.—Amounts made available to carry out
the other provisions of this part (including chapter 4 of part
II of this Act) and the Support for East European Democ-
racy (SEED) Act of 1989 shall be made available to carry
out this section.’’.
(b) DEADLINE FOR INITIAL REPORT.—The initial an-
nual report required by section 133(d)(1) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, as added by subsection (a), shall be
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transmitted not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
TITLE III—INTERNATIONAL ACA-
DEMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF
2000
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘International Academic
Opportunity Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 302. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this title to establish an under-
graduate grant program for students of limited financial
means from the United States to enable such students to
study abroad. Such foreign study is intended to broaden
the outlook and better prepare such students of dem-
onstrated financial need to assume significant roles in the
increasingly global economy.
SEC. 303. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM FOR FOR-
EIGN STUDY BY AMERICAN COLLEGE STU-
DENTS OF LIMITED FINANCIAL MEANS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to the availability of
appropriations and under the authorities of the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, the Sec-
retary of State shall establish and carry out a program in
each fiscal year to award grants of up to $5,000, to individ-
uals who meet the requirements of subsection (b), toward
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the cost of up to one academic year of undergraduate study
abroad. Grants under this Act shall be known as the ‘‘Ben-
jamin A. Gilman International Scholarships’’.
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—An individual referred to in sub-
section (a) is an individual who—
(1) is a student in good standing at an institu-
tion of higher education in the United States (as de-
fined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act
of 1965);
(2) has been accepted for up to one academic
year of study on a program of study abroad approved
for credit by the student’s home institution;
(3) is receiving any need-based student assist-
ance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965; and
(4) is a citizen or national of the United States.
(c) APPLICATION AND SELECTION.—
(1) Grant application and selection shall be car-
ried out through accredited institutions of higher edu-
cation in the United States or a combination of such
institutions under such procedures as are established
by the Secretary of State.
(2) In considering applications for grants under
this section—
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(A) consideration of financial need shall in-
clude the increased costs of study abroad; and
(B) priority consideration shall be given to
applicants who are receiving Federal Pell Grants
under title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965.
SEC. 304. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
The Secretary of State shall report annually to the
Congress concerning the grant program established under
this title. Each such report shall include the following infor-
mation for the preceding year:
(1) The number of participants.
(2) The institutions of higher education in the
United States that participants attended.
(3) The institutions of higher education outside
the United States participants attended during their
study abroad.
(4) The areas of study of participants.
SEC. 305. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for
each fiscal year to carry out this title.
SEC. 306. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This title shall take effect October 1, 2000.
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TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. SUPPORT FOR OVERSEAS COOPERATIVE DEVEL-
OPMENT ACT.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Support for Overseas Cooperative Development Act’’.
(b) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) It is in the mutual economic interest of the
United States and peoples in developing and transi-
tional countries to promote cooperatives and credit
unions.
(2) Self-help institutions, including cooperatives
and credit unions, provide enhanced opportunities for
people to participate directly in democratic decision-
making for their economic and social benefit through
ownership and control of business enterprises and
through the mobilization of local capital and savings
and such organizations should be fully utilized in fos-
tering free market principles and the adoption of self-
help approaches to development.
(3) The United States seeks to encourage broad-
based economic and social development by creating
and supporting—
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(A) agricultural cooperatives that provide a
means to lift low income farmers and rural peo-
ple out of poverty and to better integrate them
into national economies;
(B) credit union networks that serve people
of limited means through safe savings and by ex-
tending credit to families and microenterprises;
(C) electric and telephone cooperatives that
provide rural customers with power and tele-
communications services essential to economic
development;
(D) housing and community-based coopera-
tives that provide low income shelter and work
opportunities for the urban poor; and
(E) mutual and cooperative insurance com-
panies that provide risk protection for life and
property to under-served populations often
through group policies.
(c) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—
(1) DECLARATIONS
OF
POLICY.—The Congress
supports the development and expansion of economic
assistance programs that fully utilize cooperatives
and credit unions, particularly those programs com-
mitted to—
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(A) international cooperative principles,
democratic 
governance 
and 
involvement 
of
women and ethnic minorities for economic and
social development;
(B) self-help mobilization of member sav-
ings and equity and retention of profits in the
community, except for those programs that are
dependent on donor financing;
(C) market-oriented and value-added activi-
ties with the potential to reach large numbers of
low income people and help them enter into the
mainstream economy;
(D) strengthening the participation of rural
and urban poor to contribute to their country’s
economic development; and
(E) utilization of technical assistance and
training to better serve the member-owners.
(2) DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES.—Section 111 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151i)
is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In
meeting the requirement of the preceding sentence,
specific priority shall be given to the following:
‘‘(1) AGRICULTURE.—Technical assistance to low
income farmers who form and develop member-owned
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cooperatives for farm supplies, marketing and value-
added processing.
‘‘(2) FINANCIAL
SYSTEMS.—The promotion of
national credit union systems through credit union-
to-credit union technical assistance that strengthens
the ability of low income people and micro-entre-
preneurs to save and to have access to credit for their
own economic advancement.
‘‘(3) INFRASTRUCTURE.—The support of rural
electric and telecommunication cooperatives for access
for rural people and villages that lack reliable electric
and telecommunications services.
‘‘(4) HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.—The
promotion of community-based cooperatives which
provide employment opportunities and important
services such as health clinics, self-help shelter, envi-
ronmental improvements, group-owned businesses,
and other activities.’’.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the United
States Agency for International Development, in consulta-
tion with the heads of other appropriate agencies, shall pre-
pare and submit to Congress a report on the implementa-
tion of section 111 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2151i), as amended by subsection (c).
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SEC. 402. FUNDING OF CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSIST-
ANCE ACTIVITIES OF USAID.
(a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN ENVIRON-
MENTAL ACTIVITIES.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated for the fiscal year 2001 to carry out chapter 1
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2151 et seq.; relating to development assistance), there is
authorized to be available at least $60,200,000 to carry out
activities of the type carried out by the Global Environment
Center of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment during fiscal year 2000.
(b) ALLOCATION
FOR WATER
AND COASTAL RE-
SOURCES.—Of the amounts made available under sub-
section (a), at least $2,500,000 shall be available for water
and coastal resources activities under the natural resources
management function specified in that subsection.
SEC. 403. PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR TRANSPOR-
TATION 
OF 
HUMANITARIAN 
ASSISTANCE
ABROAD BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) PRIORITY FOR DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE.—
In processing applications for the transportation of human-
itarian assistance abroad under section 402 of title 10,
United States Code, the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development shall afford a pri-
ority to applications for the transportation of disaster relief
assistance.
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(b) MODIFICATION OF APPLICATIONS.—The Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment shall take all possible actions to assist applicants
for the transportation of humanitarian assistance abroad
under such section 402 in modifying or completing applica-
tions submitted under such section in order to meet applica-
ble requirements under such section. The actions shall in-
clude efforts to contact such applicants for purposes of the
modification or completion of such applications.
SEC. 404. WORKING CAPITAL FUND.
Section 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2395) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(m)(1) There is established a working capital fund
(in this subsection referred to as the ‘fund’) for the United
States Agency for International Development (in this sub-
section referred to as the ‘Agency’) which shall be available
without fiscal year limitation for the expenses of personal
and nonpersonal services, equipment, and supplies for—
‘‘(A) International Cooperative Administrative
Support Services; and
‘‘(B) rebates from the use of United States Gov-
ernment credit cards.
‘‘(2) The capital of the fund shall consist of—
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‘‘(A) the fair and reasonable value of such sup-
plies, equipment, and other assets pertaining to the
functions of the fund as the Administrator deter-
mines,
‘‘(B) rebates from the use of United States Gov-
ernment credit cards, and
‘‘(C) any appropriations made available for the
purpose of providing capital,
minus related liabilities.
‘‘(3) The fund shall be reimbursed or credited with ad-
vance payments for services, equipment, or supplies pro-
vided from the fund from applicable appropriations and
funds of the Agency, other Federal agencies and other
sources authorized by section 607 at rates that will recover
total expenses of operation, including accrual of annual
leave and depreciation. Receipts from the disposal of, or
payments for the loss or damage to, property held in the
fund, rebates, reimbursements, refunds and other credits ap-
plicable to the operation of the fund may be deposited in
the fund.
‘‘(4) At the close of each fiscal year the Administrator
of the Agency shall transfer out of the fund to the miscella-
neous receipts account of the Treasury of the United States
such amounts as the Administrator determines to be in ex-
cess of the needs of the fund.
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‘‘(5) The fund may be charged with the current value
of supplies and equipment returned to the working capital
of the fund by a post, activity, or agency, and the proceeds
shall he credited to current applicable appropriations.’’.
SEC. 405. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF EMPLOY-
EES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED
STATES MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS
PROVIDED LIVING QUARTERS IN NEW YORK.
Section 9(2) of the United Nations Participation Act
of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287e–1(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘18’’
and inserting ‘‘30’’.
SEC. 406. AVAILABILITY OF VOA AND RADIO MARTI MULTI-
LINGUAL COMPUTER READABLE TEXT AND
VOICE RECORDINGS.
Section 1(b) of Public Law 104–269 (110 Stat. 3300)
is amended by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’.
SEC. 407. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN MATERIALS OF THE
VOICE OF AMERICA.
(a) AUTHORITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of
this section, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (in
this section referred to as the ‘‘Board’’) is authorized
to make available to the Institute for Media Develop-
ment (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Institute’’),
at the request of the Institute, previously broadcast
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audio and video materials produced by the Africa Di-
vision of the Voice of America.
(2) DEPOSIT OF MATERIALS.—Upon the request
of the Institute and the approval of the Board, mate-
rials made available under paragraph (1) may be de-
posited with the University of California, Los Ange-
les, or such other appropriate institution of higher
education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)) that is
approved by the Board for such purpose.
(3) SUPERSEDES
EXISTING
LAW.—Materials
made available under paragraph (1) may be provided
notwithstanding section 501 of the United States In-
formation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22
U.S.C. 1461) and section 208 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22
U.S.C. 1461–1a).
(b) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) AUTHORIZED
PURPOSES.—Materials made
available under this section shall be used only for aca-
demic and research purposes and may not be used for
public or commercial broadcast purposes.
(2) PRIOR AGREEMENT REQUIRED.—Before mak-
ing available materials under subsection (a)(1), the
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Board shall enter into an agreement with the Insti-
tute providing for—
(A) reimbursement of the Board for any ex-
penses involved in making such materials avail-
able;
(B) the establishment of guidelines by the
Institute for the archiving and use of the mate-
rials to ensure that copyrighted works contained
in those materials will not be used in a manner
that would violate the copyright laws of the
United States (including international copyright
conventions to which the United States is a
party);
(C) the indemnification of the United States
by the Institute in the event that any use of the
materials results in violation of the copyright
laws of the United States (including inter-
national copyright conventions to which the
United States is a party);
(D) the authority of the Board to terminate
the agreement if the provisions of paragraph (1)
are violated; and
(E) any other terms and conditions relating
to the materials that the Board considers appro-
priate.
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(c) CREDITING OF REIMBURSEMENTS TO BOARD AP-
PROPRIATIONS
ACCOUNT.—Any reimbursement of the
Board under subsection (b) shall be deposited as an offset-
ting collection to the currently applicable appropriation ac-
count of the Board.
(d) TERMINATION
OF AUTHORITY.—The authority
provided under this section shall cease to have effect on the
date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 408. PAUL D. COVERDELL FELLOWS PROGRAM ACT OF
2000.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program Act of 2000’’.
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Paul D. Coverdell was elected to the George
State Senate in 1970 and later became Minority
Leader of the Georgia State Senate, a post he held for
15 years.
(2) Paul D. Coverdell served with distinction as
the 11th Director of the Peace Corps from 1989 to
1991, where he promoted a fellowship program that
was composed of returning Peace Corps volunteers
who agreed to work in underserved American commu-
nities while they pursued educational degrees.
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(3) Paul D. Coverdell served in the United States
Senate from the State of Georgia from 1993 until his
sudden death on July 18, 2000.
(4) Senator Paul D. Coverdell was beloved by his
colleagues for his civility, bipartisan efforts, and his
dedication to public service.
(c) DESIGNATION OF PAUL D. COVERDELL FELLOWS
PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the program under section 18 of the
Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2517) referred to before
such date as the ‘‘Peace Corps Fellows/USA Program’’
is redesignated as the ‘‘Paul D. Coverdell Fellows
Program’’.
(2) REFERENCES.—Any reference before the date
of enactment of this Act in any law, regulation, order,
document, record, or other paper of the United States
to the Peace Corps Fellows/USA Program shall, on
and after such date, be considered to refer to the Paul
D. Coverdell Fellows Program.
Attest:
Secretary.
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