DIVISION B—FOREIGN
RELATIONS AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE XX—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1996 and 1997’’.
SEC. 2002. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
DIVISION B—FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATIONS
TITLE XX—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 2001. Short title.
Sec. 2002. Table of contents.
Sec. 2003. Definitions.
TITLE XXI—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPART-
MENT OF STATE AND CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER 1—AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 2101. Administration of Foreign Affairs.
Sec. 2102. International organizations, programs, and conferences.
Sec. 2103. International commissions.
Sec. 2104. Migration and refugee assistance.
Sec. 2105. Certain other international affairs programs.
Sec. 2106. United States informational, educational, and cultural programs.
Sec. 2107. United States arms control and disarmament.
CHAPTER 2—GENERAL LIMITATIONS
Sec. 2121. Prohibition on funding for abortion.
Sec. 2122. Prohibition on funding for coercive population control methods.
TITLE XXII—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND
ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER 1—AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES
Sec. 2201. Revision of Department of State rewards program.
Sec. 2202. Authorities of Secretary of State.
Sec. 2203. Buying power maintenance account.
Sec. 2204. Expenses relating to certain international claims and proceedings.
Sec. 2205. Consolidation of United States diplomatic missions and consular
posts.
Sec. 2206. Authority of United States permanent representative to the United
Nations.
CHAPTER 2—CONSULAR AUTHORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2231. Membership in a terrorist organization as a basis for exclusion from
the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Sec. 2232. Waiver authority concerning notice of denial of application for visas.
Sec. 2233. Surcharge for processing certain machine readable visas.
Sec. 2234. Fingerprint check requirement.
Sec. 2235. Use of certain passport processing fees for enhanced passport serv-
ices.
Sec. 2236. Consular officers.
Sec. 2237. Exclusion from the United States of aliens who have confiscated
property claimed by United States persons.
CHAPTER 3—REFUGEES AND MIGRATION
Sec. 2251. United States emergency refugee and migration assistance fund.
Sec. 2252. Persecution for resistance to coercive population control methods.
Sec. 2253. Report to congress concerning Cuban emigration policies.
Sec. 2254. United States policy regarding the involuntary return of refugees.
Sec. 2255. Consultation with congress regarding the annual admission of refu-
gees.
Sec. 2256. Extension of certain adjudication provisions.
TITLE XXIII—ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE;
DEPARTMENT OF STATE PERSONNEL; THE FOREIGN SERVICE
CHAPTER 1—ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2301. Coordinator for counterterrorism.
Sec. 2302. Special envoy for Tibet.
Sec. 2303. Establishment of Coordinator for Human Rights and Refugees and
Bureau of Refugee and Migration Assistance.
Sec. 2304. Elimination of statutory establishment of certain positions of the
Department of State.
Sec. 2305. Establishment of Assistant Secretary of State for Human Re-
sources.
Sec. 2306. Authority of United States permanent representative to the United
Nations.
CHAPTER 2—PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; THE FOREIGN
SERVICE
Sec. 2351. Authorized strength of the Foreign Service.
Sec. 2352. Repeal of authority for Senior Foreign Service performance pay.
TITLE XXIV—UNITED STATES PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AUTHORITIES
AND ACTIVITIES FOR UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDU-
CATIONAL, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 2401. Elimination of permanent authorization.
Sec. 2402. Extension of au pair programs.
Sec. 2403. Educational and cultural exchanges with Hong Kong.
Sec. 2404. Conduct of educational and cultural exchange programs.
Sec. 2405. Educational and cultural exchanges and scholarships for Tibetans
and Burmese.
Sec. 2406. Availability of Voice of America and Radio Marti multilingual com-
puter readable text and voice recordings.
Sec. 2407. Retention of interest.
CHAPTER 2—INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
Sec. 2431. Expansion of Broadcasting Board of Governors.
Sec. 2432. Plan for Radio Free Asia.
Sec. 2433. Pilot project for freedom broadcasting to Asia.
TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 2501. International Boundary and Water Commission.
CHAPTER 2—UNITED NATIONS AND AFFILIATED AGENCIES AND
ORGANIZATIONS
Sec. 2521. Reform in budget decisionmaking procedures of the United Nations
and its specialized agencies.
Sec. 2522. Withholding of United States contributions for certain programs of
international organizations.
Sec. 2523. Limitation on contributions to the United Nations or United Na-
tions affiliated organizations.
Sec. 2524. Report on UNICEF.
TITLE XXVI—FOREIGN POLICY PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1—MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN POLICY PROVISIONS
Sec. 2601. Applicability of Taiwan Relations Act.
Sec. 2602. Report on occupied Tibet.
Sec. 2603. Bosnia Genocide Justice Act.
CHAPTER 2—RELATING
TO
THE UNITED STATES-NORTH KOREA AGREED
FRAMEWORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF NORTH KOREA UNDER THAT AND
PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE DENUCLEARIZATION OF
THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND DIALOGUE WITH THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Sec. 2641. Findings.
Sec. 2642. Clarification of nuclear nonproliferation obligations of North Korea
under the agreed framework.
Sec. 2643. Role of the Republic of Korea under the agreed framework.
Sec. 2644. Further steps to promote United States security and political inter-
ests with respect to North Korea.
Sec. 2645. Restrictions on assistance to North Korea and the Korean peninsula
energy development organization.
CHAPTER 3—BURMA
Sec. 2651. United States policy concerning the dictatorship in Burma.
CHAPTER 4—TO IMPLEMENT THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND TO
PROVIDE A PROGRAM OF SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE
Sec.
2661. Short title.
Sec. 2662. Definitions.
Sec. 2663. United States policy with respect to the involuntary return of per-
sons subjected to torture.
Sec. 2664. Immigration procedures for torture victims.
Sec. 2665. Specialized training for consular, immigration, and asylum person-
nel.
Sec. 2666. Study and report on torture victims in the United States.
Sec. 2667. Domestic treatment centers.
TITLE XXVII—CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS
Sec. 2701. Inter-American organizations.
Sec. 2702. Territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sec. 2703. The Laogai system of political prisons.
Sec. 2704. Concerning the use of funds to further normalize relations with
Vietnam.
Sec. 2705. Declaration of Congress regarding United States Government
human rights policy toward China.
Sec. 2706. Concerning the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Tor-
ture.
SEC. 2003. DEFINITIONS.
The following terms have the following meaning for
the purposes of this division:
(1) The term ‘‘AID’’ means the Agency for
International Development.
(2) The term ‘‘ACDA’’ means the United
States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
(3) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on International Re-
lations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee of Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(4) The term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart-
ment of State.
(5) The term ‘‘Federal agency’’ has the mean-
ing given to the term ‘‘agency’’ by section 551(1) of
title 5, United States Code.
(6) The term ‘‘function’’ means any duty, obli-
gation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privi-
lege, activity, or program.
(7) The term ‘‘office’’ includes any office, ad-
ministration, agency, institute, unit, organizational
entity, or component thereof.
(8) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of State.
(9) The term ‘‘USIA’’ means the United States
Information Agency.
TITLE XXI—AUTHORIZATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS 
FOR 
DE-
PARTMENT OF STATE AND
CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL AF-
FAIRS FUNCTIONS AND AC-
TIVITIES
CHAPER 1—AUTHORIZATIONS OF
APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 2101. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The fol-
lowing amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the
Department of State under ‘‘Administration of Foreign
Affairs’’ to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and
responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the
United States and for other purposes authorized by law,
including the diplomatic security program:
(1) DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’, 
of 
the 
Department 
of 
State
$1,728,797,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and
$1,676,903,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
(B) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated by subparagraph (A),
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $5,000,000
for fiscal year 1997 are authorized to be appro-
priated only for the purpose of processing immi-
grant visas for persons who are outside their
countries of nationality, have asserted a fear of
returning to their countries of nationality and a
credible basis for such fear, and for whom im-
migrant visas are currently available.
(2) SALARIES AND EXPENSES.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, of the
Department of State $366,276,000 for the fis-
cal year 1996 and $355,287,000 for the fiscal
year 1997.
(B) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated by subparagraph (A),
$11,900,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1996 
and
$11,900,000 for fiscal year 1997 are authorized
to be appropriated only for salaries and ex-
penses of the Bureau of Refugee and Migration
Assistance.
(3) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.—For ‘‘Cap-
ital Investment Fund’’, of the Department of State
$20,000,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
1996 
and
$20,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
(4) ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILD-
INGS ABROAD.—For ‘‘Acquisition and Maintenance
of Buildings Abroad’’, $391,760,000 for the fiscal
year 1996 and $391,760,000 for the fiscal year
1997.
(5) 
REPRESENTATION
ALLOWANCES.—For
‘‘Representation Allowances’’, $4,780,000 for the
fiscal year 1996 and $4,780,000 for the fiscal year
1997.
(6) EMERGENCIES
IN
THE
DIPLOMATIC
AND
CONSULAR SERVICE.—For ‘‘Emergencies in the Dip-
lomatic and Consular Service’’, $6,000,000 for the
fiscal 1996 and $6,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
(7) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—
For ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, $23,469,000
for the fiscal year 1996 and $23,469,000 for the fis-
cal year 1997.
(8) PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN
TAIWAN.—For ‘‘Payment to the American Institute
in Taiwan’’, $15,165,000 for the fiscal year 1996
and $14,710,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
(9) PROTECTION
OF
FOREIGN
MISSIONS
AND
OFFICIALS.—For ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions
and Officials’’, $9,579,000 for the fiscal year 1996
and $9,579,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
(10) REPATRIATION
LOANS.—For ‘‘Repatri-
ation Loans’’, $776,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and
$776,000 for the fiscal year 1997, for administrative
expenses.
SEC. 2102. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PROGRAMS,
AND CONFERENCES.
(a) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for ‘‘Contributions to International Organiza-
tions’’, $873,505,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and
$867,050,000 for the fiscal year 1997 for the Department
of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and
responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the
United States with respect to international organizations
and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with
such purposes.
(b) 
VOLUNTARY
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
INTER-
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Vol-
untary Contributions to International Organiza-
tions’’, $309,375,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and
$302,902,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
(2) LIMITATIONS.—
(A) UNICEF.—
(i) Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated 
under 
paragraph 
(1),
$103,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and
$103,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 is au-
thorized to be appropriated only for the
United 
Nations 
Children’s 
Fund
(UNICEF).
(ii) For fiscal year 1996, not more
than 25 percent of the amount under
clause (i) may be made available to the
United 
Nations 
Children’s 
Fund
(UNICEF) until 30 days after the submis-
sion to Congress of the report required by
section 2524.
(B) 
INTERNATIONAL
ATOMIC
ENERGY
AGENCY.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated under paragraph (1), for each of the
fiscal years 1996 and 1997 funds are author-
ized to be made available to the International
Atomic Energy Agency only if the Secretary of
State determines and reports to the appropriate
congressional committees that Israel is not
being denied its right to participate in the ac-
tivities of that agency.
(C) WAR
CRIMES
TRIBUNAL
FOR
THE
FORMER YUGOSLAVIA.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under paragraph (1),
$15,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1996 
and
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 are authorized
to be appropriated only for the United Nations
Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Inter-
national Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia, located at The Hague.
(D) WORLD
FOOD
PROGRAM.—Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated under
paragraph (1), $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1996
and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 are author-
ized to be appropriated only for the World Food
Program.
(E) UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTARY FUND
FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE.—Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated under paragraph
(1) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1996 and
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 are authorized
to be appropriated only to the United Nations
Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.
(F) 
UNITED
NATIONS
POPULATION
FUND.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated under paragraph (1) for each of the
fiscal years 1996 and 1997 not to exceed
$13,000,000 shall be available for the United
Nations Population Fund.
(G) 
ORGANIZATION
FOR
AMERICAN
STATES.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated under paragraph (1), $15,000,000
for fiscal year 1996 and $15,000,000 for fiscal
year 1997 are authorized to be appropriated
only for the Organization for American States.
(H) LIMITATION
CONCERNING
USE
OF
FUNDS UNDER SECTION 307 OF THE FOREIGN
ASSISTANCE
ACT
OF
1961.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law or of this Act, none
of the funds authorized to be appropriated
under paragraph (1) are authorized to be ap-
propriated for the United States proportionate
share, in accordance with section 307(c) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for any pro-
grams identified in section 307, or for Libya,
Iran, or any Communist country listed in sec-
tion 620(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961.
(I) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PRO-
GRAM.—
(i) 
TOTAL
LIMITATION.—Of 
the
amounts authorized to be appropriated
under paragraph (1), for each of the fiscal
years 1996 and 1997 not to exceed
$70,000,000 shall be available for the
United Nations Development Program.
(ii) BURMA.—
(I) Subject to subclauses (II) and
(III), for each of the fiscal years 1996
and 1997 none of the funds made
available for United Nations Develop-
ment Program (or United Nations
Development Program—Administered
Funds) shall be available for pro-
grams and activities in or for Burma.
(II) Of the amount made avail-
able for United Nations Development
Program (and United Nations Devel-
opment 
Program—Administered
Funds) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1996,
$18,200,000 of such amount shall be
disbursed only if the President cer-
tifies to the Congress that the United
Nations Development Program has
terminated its activities in and for
Burma.
(III) Of the amount made avail-
able for United Nations Development
Program (and United Nations Devel-
opment 
Program—Administered
Funds) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1997,
$25,480,000 shall be disbursed only if
the President certifies to the Congress
that the United Nations Development
Program has terminated its activities
in and for Burma.
(iii) DISPLACED
PERSONS.—Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated
under paragraph (1), $20,000,000 for fis-
cal years 1996 and $20,000,000 for fiscal
year 1997 are authorized to be appro-
priated only for the United Nations Devel-
opment Program to be made available only
for programs and services conducted in co-
operation with the International Organiza-
tion for Migration for persons who are dis-
placed within their countries of nationality.
(iv) UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM/WORLD
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
SPECIAL
PROGRAM
FOR
RESEARCH
AND
TRAINING IN TROPICAL DISEASES.—Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated
under paragraph (1), $10,000,000 for fis-
cal year 1996 and $10,000,000 for fiscal
year 1997 is authorized to be appropriated
only for the United Nations Development
Program, to be available only for the
United Nations Development Program/
World Health Organization Special Pro-
gram for Research and Training and Trop-
ical Diseases.
(J) WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.—Of
the amounts authorized to be appropriated
under paragraph (1), $20,000,000 for fiscal
year 1996 and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1997
is authorized to be appropriated only for the
World Health Organization to be available only
for the United Nations Development Program/
World Health Organization Special Program for
Research and Training in Tropical Diseases.
(c) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL
PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Con-
tributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’,
$400,000,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
1996 
and
$300,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997 for the De-
partment of State to carry out the authorities, func-
tions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of
the foreign affairs of the United States with respect
to international peacekeeping activities and to carry
out other authorities in law consistent with such
purposes.
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized
to be appropriated under paragraph (1) may be
made available for contributions to the United Na-
tions Protection Force unless the President deter-
mines and reports to the Congress during the cal-
endar year in which the funds are to be provided
that—
(A) the Government of Bosnia and
Herzegovina supports the continued presence of
the United Nations Protection Force within its
territory;
(B) the United Nations Protection Force is
effectively carrying out its mandate under Unit-
ed Nations Security Council resolutions 776
and 836, and is effectively encouraging compli-
ance with United Nations Security Council res-
olutions 752, 757, 770, 787, 820, and 824;
(C) the United Nations Protection Force is
providing full cooperation and support consist-
ent with its mandate to the efforts of the Unit-
ed Nations War Crimes Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia to investigate war crimes and to ap-
prehend and prosecute suspected war criminals;
(D) the United Nations Protection Force
is providing full cooperation and support con-
sistent with its mandate to United States diplo-
matic, military, and relief personnel in Bosnia;
and
(E) the United Nations Protection Force
has investigated and taken appropriate action
against any United Nations Protection Force
personnel or units suspected of participating in
illegal or improper activities, such as black
marketeering, embezzlement, expropriation of
property, and assaults on civilians.
(d) PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’, $50,360,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and
$50,360,000 for the fiscal year 1997 for the Department
of State to carry out section 551 of Public Law 87–195.
(e) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
AND CONTIN-
GENCIES.—
(1) GENERAL PROVISION.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated for ‘‘International Con-
ferences and Contingencies’’, $3,000,000 for the fis-
cal year 1996 and $6,000,000 for the fiscal year
1997 for the Department of State to carry out the
authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in
the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United
States with respect to international conferences and
contingencies and to carry out other authorities in
law consistent with such purposes.
(2) CONDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—
(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), in addi-
tion to such amounts as are authorized to be
appropriated under paragraph (1), there is au-
thorized to be appropriated for ‘‘International
Conferences and Contingencies’’, $3,000,000
for the fiscal year 1996 for the Department of
State to carry out the authorities, functions,
duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the
foreign affairs of the United States with respect
to international conferences and contingencies
and to carry out other authorities in law con-
sistent with such purposes.
(B) The authorization of appropriations
under subparagraph (A) shall be take effect
only after the Secretary of State certifies to the
appropriate congressional committees that—
(i) no funds of the Department of
State were expended for travel by any
United States official or delegate to the
Fourth World Conference on Women, to be
held in Beijing, August and September
1995, or
(ii)(I) that the process of accrediting
nongovernmental organizations for the con-
ference was conducted fairly, according to
clear criteria, with full opportunity for sub-
stantive appeal of denials of accreditation;
(II) that no nongovernmental organi-
zation seeking accreditation to such a con-
ference was denied such accreditation by
the conference organizers on the basis of
that organization’s actual or supposed po-
litical orientation, or its affiliation with a
particular ethnic or religious group;
(III) that accreditation was granted
to—
(A) at least one group represent-
ing the people of Taiwan, and
(B) at least one group represent-
ing the people of Tibet;
(IV) that all representatives of non-
governmental organizations whose names
were submitted to conference officials in a
timely fashion were granted visas by the
People’s Republic of China; and
(V) that arrangements were made by
the People’s Republic of China to provide
the accredited nongovernmental organiza-
tions with access to the main conference
site that is substantially equivalent in man-
ner and degree to access afforded at pre-
vious major United Nations conferences.
(f) FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES.—In ad-
dition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated
by subsections (a) and (b) of this section, there are au-
thorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to offset
adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall be avail-
able for obligation and expenditure only to the extent that
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget de-
termines and certifies to Congress that such amounts are
necessary due to such fluctuations.
SEC. 2103. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS.
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated under ‘‘International Commissions’’ for the De-
partment of State to carry out the authorities, functions,
duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign
affairs of the United States and for other purposes author-
ized by law:
(1) INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY
AND
WATER
COMMISSION, UNITED
STATES
AND
MEXICO.—For
‘‘International Boundary and Water Commission,
United States and Mexico’’—
(A) 
for 
‘‘Salaries 
and 
Expenses’’
$13,858,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and
$12,472,000 for the fiscal year 1997; and
(B) for ‘‘Construction’’ $10,393,000 for
the fiscal year 1996 and $9,353,000 for the fis-
cal year 1997.
(2) INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY
COMMISSION,
UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—For ‘‘International
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada’’,
$740,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and $666,000 for
the fiscal year 1997.
(3) INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION.—For
‘‘International Joint Commission’’, $3,500,000 for
the fiscal year 1996 and $3,195,000 for the fiscal
year 1997.
(4) BORDER ENVIRONMENT COOPERATION COM-
MISSION.—For ‘‘Border Environment Cooperation
Commission’’, $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996
and $1,800,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
(5) 
INTERNATIONAL
FISHERIES
COMMIS-
SIONS.—For ‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’,
$14,669,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
1996 
and
$13,202,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
SEC. 2104. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’
for authorized activities, $560,000,000 for the
fiscal year 1996 and $590,000,000 for the fis-
cal year 1997.
(B) LIMITATION.—None of the funds au-
thorized to be appropriated by subparagraph
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for sala-
ries and administrative expenses of the Bureau
of Migration and Refugee Assistance.
(2) REFUGEES RESETTLING IN ISRAEL.—There
are authorized to be appropriated $80,000,000 for
the fiscal year 1996 and $80,000,000 for the fiscal
year 1997 for assistance for refugees resettling in
Israel from other countries.
(3) HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE
FOR
DIS-
PLACED BURMESE.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated $1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and
$1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1997 for humani-
tarian assistance, including but not limited to food,
medicine, clothing, and medical and vocational train-
ing to persons displaced as a result of civil conflict
in Burma, including persons still within Burma.
(4) RESETTLEMENT
OF VIETNAMESE, LAO-
TIANS, AND CAMBODIANS.—There are authorized to
be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 for
the admission and resettlement of persons who—
(A) are or were nationals and residents of
Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia;
(B) are within a category of aliens referred
to in section 599D(b)(2)(C) of the Foreign Op-
erations Export Financing and Related Pro-
grams Appropriation Act, 1990 (Public Law
101–167); and
(C) are or were at any time after January
1, 1989, residents of refugee camps in Hong
Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, or the
Phillipines.
(b) GENERAL LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds au-
thorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) are author-
ized to be available for any program or activity that pro-
vides for, promotes, or assists in the repatriation of any
person to Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia, unless the Presi-
dent has certified that—
(1) all persons described in subsection (a)(4)
have been offered resettlement outside their coun-
tries of nationality;
(2) all nationals of Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia
who were residents of refugee camps as of the date
of enactment of this Act who are not persons de-
scribed in subsection (a)(4) have, at any time after
such date, either had access to a process for the de-
termination of whether they are refugees, or been of-
fered resettlement outside their countries of nation-
ality; and
(3) the process referred to in paragraph (2) is
genuinely calculated to determine whether each ap-
plicant is a refugee, and that the procedures, stand-
ards, and personnel employed in such process ensure
that the risk of return to persecution is no greater
than in the process available under United States
law to persons physically present in the United
States.
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated
pursuant to subsection (a) are authorized to be available
until expended.
SEC. 2105. CERTAIN OTHER INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS PRO-
GRAMS.
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of State to carry out the au-
thorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the con-
duct of the foreign affairs of the United States and for
other purposes authorized by law:
(1) ASIA
FOUNDATION.—For ‘‘Asia Founda-
tion’’, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and
$9,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
SEC. 
2106. 
UNITED 
STATES 
INFORMATIONAL, 
EDU-
CATIONAL, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS.
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out international information activities
and educational and cultural exchange programs under
the United States Information and Educational Exchange
Act of 1948, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Act of 1961, Reorganization Plan Number 2 of
1977, the United States International Broadcasting Act
of 1994, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the Tele-
vision Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the Board for Inter-
national Broadcasting Act, the Inspector General Act of
1978, the North/South Center Act of 1991, the National
Endowment for Democracy Act, and to carry out other
authorities in law consistent with such purposes:
(1) SALARIES AND EXPENSES.—For ‘‘Salaries
and Expenses’’, $450,645,000 for the fiscal year
1996 and $428,080,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
(2) TECHNOLOGY
FUND.—For ‘‘Technology
Fund’’ for the United States Information Agency,
$5,050,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and $5,050,000
for the fiscal year 1997.
(3) EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE
PROGRAMS.—
(A) FULBRIGHT
ACADEMIC
EXCHANGE
PROGRAMS.—For the ‘‘Fulbright Academic Ex-
change Programs’’, $117,484,200 for the fiscal
year 1996 and $113,680,800 for the fiscal year
1997.
(B) SOUTH PACIFIC EXCHANGES.—For the
‘‘South Pacific Exchanges’’, $900,000 for the
fiscal year 1996 and $900,000 for the fiscal
year 1997.
(C) EAST TIMORESE SCHOLARSHIPS.—For
the ‘‘East Timorese Scholarships’’, $800,000
for the fiscal year 1996 and $800,000 for the
fiscal year 1997.
(D) CAMBODIAN SCHOLARSHIPS.—For the
‘‘Cambodian Scholarships’’, $141,000 for the
fiscal year 1996 and $141,000 for the fiscal
year 1997.
(E) 
TIBETAN
EXCHANGES.—For 
the
‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchanges with
Tibet’’ under section 236 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1995 and
1996, $500,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and
$500,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
(F) OTHER PROGRAMS.—For ‘‘Hubert H.
Humphrey Fellowship Program’’, ‘‘Edmund S.
Muskie Fellowship Program’’, ‘‘International
Visitors Program’’, ‘‘Mike Mansfield Fellowship
Program’’, ‘‘Claude and Mildred Pepper Schol-
arship Program of the Washington Workshops
Foundation’’, ‘‘Citizen Exchange Programs’’,
‘‘Congress-Bundestag 
Exchange 
Program’’,
‘‘Newly Independent States and Eastern Eu-
rope Training’’, ‘‘Institute for Representative
Government’’, 
and 
‘‘Arts 
America’’,
$87,265,800 for the fiscal year 1996 and
$87,341,400 for the fiscal year 1997.
(4) INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING
ACTIVI-
TIES.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For ‘‘International Broadcasting Ac-
tivities’’, $321,191,000 for the fiscal year 1996,
and $286,191,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
(B) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A)
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $3,000,000
for fiscal year 1997 are authorized to be appro-
priated only to carry out the Pilot Project for
Freedom Broadcasting to Asia authorized by
section 2443.
(5) RADIO CONSTRUCTION.—For ‘‘Radio Con-
struction’’, $75,164,000 for the fiscal year 1996,
and $67,647,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
(6) RADIO
FREE
ASIA.—For ‘‘Radio Free
Asia’’, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and
$10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
(7) BROADCASTING
TO
CUBA.—For ‘‘Broad-
casting to Cuba’’, $24,809,000 for the fiscal year
1996 and $24,809,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
(8) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—
For ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, $4,300,000
for the fiscal year 1996 and $3,870,000 for the fis-
cal year 1997.
(9) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL
INTERCHANGE
BETWEEN
EAST
AND
WEST.—For
‘‘Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange be-
tween East and West’’, $15,000,000 for the fiscal
year 1996 and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
(10) NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT
FOR
DEMOC-
RACY—For ‘‘National Endowment for Democracy’’,
$34,000,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
1996 
and
$34,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
(11) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL
INTERCHANGE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH.—For
‘‘Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange be-
tween North and South’’ $4,000,000 for the fiscal
year 1996 and $3,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
SEC. 2107. UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISAR-
MAMENT.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
the purposes of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act—
(1) $44,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and
$40,500,000 for the fiscal year 1997; and
(2) such sums as may be necessary for each of
the fiscal years 1996 and 1997 for increases in sal-
ary, pay, retirement, other employee benefits author-
ized by law, and to offset adverse fluctuations in for-
eign currency exchange rates.
CHAPTER 2—GENERAL LIMITATIONS
SEC. 2121. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTION.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this
division, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated
by this division are authorized to be appropriated for any
organization or entity which provides, supports, assists, or
promotes abortion, except where necessary to save the life
of the mother or following rape or incest.
SEC. 2122. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR COERCIVE POP-
ULATION CONTROL METHODS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this
division, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated
by this division are authorized to be appropriated for any
organization or entity which conducts, assists, or promotes
any program or activity related to population control or
family planning and assistance in the People’s Republic
of China, until the President certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that there have been no in-
stances of abortion performed as a result of coercion, du-
ress, or severe psychological pressure within the 12
months immediately preceding such certification.
TITLE 
XXII—DEPARTMENT 
OF
STATE AUTHORITIES AND AC-
TIVITIES
CHAPTER 1—AUTHORITIES AND
ACTIVITIES
SEC. 2201. REVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS
PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 36 of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 36. DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) There is established a
program for the payment of rewards to carry out the pur-
poses of this section.
‘‘(2) The rewards program established by this section
shall be administered by the Secretary of State, in con-
sultation, where appropriate, with the Attorney General.
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—(1) The rewards program estab-
lished by this section shall be designed to assist in the
prevention of acts of international terrorism, international
narcotics trafficking, and other related criminal acts.
‘‘(2) The Secretary of State may pay a reward to any
individual who furnishes information leading to—
‘‘(A) the arrest or conviction in any country of
any individual for the commission of an act of inter-
national terrorism against a United States person or
United States property;
‘‘(B) the arrest or conviction in any country of
any individual conspiring or attempting to commit
an act of international terrorism against a United
States person or United States property;
‘‘(C) the arrest or conviction in any country of
any individual for committing, primarily outside the
territorial jurisdiction of the United States, any nar-
cotics-related offense if that offense involves or is a
significant part of conduct that involves—
‘‘(i) a violation of United States narcotics
laws and which is such that the individual
would be a major violator of such laws; or
‘‘(ii) the killing or kidnapping of—
‘‘(I) any officer, employee, or contract
employee of the United States Government
while such individual is engaged in official
duties, or on account of that individual’s
official duties, in connection with the en-
forcement of United States narcotics laws
or the implementing of United States nar-
cotics control objectives; or
‘‘(II) a member of the immediate fam-
ily of any such individual on account of
that individual’s official duties, in connec-
tion with the enforcement of United States
narcotics laws or the implementing of
United States narcotics control objectives;
or
‘‘(iii) an attempt or conspiracy to commit
any of the acts described in clause (i) or (ii);
or
‘‘(D) the arrest or conviction in any country of
any individual aiding or abetting in the commission
of an act described in subparagraphs (A) through
(C); or
‘‘(E) the prevention or frustration of an act de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (C).
‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—(1) To ensure that the pay-
ment of rewards pursuant to this section does not dupli-
cate or interfere with the payment of informants or the
purchase of evidence or information, as authorized to the
Department of Justice, the offering, administration, and
payment of rewards under this section, including proce-
dures for—
‘‘(A) identifying individuals, organizations, and
offenses with respect to which rewards will be of-
fered;
‘‘(B) the publication of rewards;
‘‘(C) offering of joint rewards with foreign gov-
ernments;
‘‘(D) the receipt and analysis of data; and
‘‘(E) the payment and approval off payment,
shall be governed by procedures developed by the Sec-
retary of State, in consultation with the Attorney General.
‘‘(2) Before making a reward under this section in
a matter over which there is Federal criminal jurisdiction,
the Secretary of State shall advise and consult with the
Attorney General.
‘‘(d) FUNDING.—(1) There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Department of State from time to time such
amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes
of this section, notwithstanding section 102 of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987
(Public Law 99–93).
‘‘(2) No amount of funds may be appropriated which,
when added to the amounts previously appropriated but
not yet obligated, would cause such amounts to exceed
$15,000,000.
‘‘(3) To the maximum extent practicable, funds made
available to carry out this section should be distributed
equally for the purpose of preventing acts of international
terrorism and for the purpose of preventing international
narcotics trafficking.
‘‘(4) Amounts appropriated to carry out the purposes
of this section shall remain available until expended.
‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—(1) In extraordinary
circumstances and when it is important to the national
security of the United States, the Secretary of State may
use fees collected or processing machine readable non-
immigrant visas and machine readable combined border
crossing identification cards and nonimmigrant visas pro-
vided under (section 140 of the Foreign Relations Author-
ization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, Public Law
103–236; 8 U.S.C. 1351 note) to carry out the purposes
of this section, subject to the limitation contained in sub-
section (d)(2).
‘‘(2) The authority contained in paragraph (1) may
be used only if the Secretary notifies the appropriate con-
gressional committees 15 days in advance in accordance
with regular reprogramming procedures. Such notification
shall contain a detailed justification of the circumstances
necessitating the use of such fees for the purposes of this
section.
‘‘(f) LIMITATION AND CERTIFICATION.—(1) A re-
ward under this section may not exceed $2,000,000.
‘‘(2) A reward under this section of more than
$100,000 may not be made without the approval of the
President or the Secretary of State.
‘‘(3) Any reward granted under this section shall be
approved and certified for payment by the Secretary of
State.
‘‘(4) The authority of paragraph (2) may not be dele-
gated to any other officer or employee of the United States
Government.
‘‘(5) If the Secretary determines that the identity of
the recipient of a reward or of the members of the recipi-
ent’s immediate family must be protected, the Secretary
may take such measures in connection with the payment
of the reward as he considers necessary to effect such pro-
tection.
‘‘(g) INELIGIBILITY.—An officer or employee of any
governmental entity who, while in the performance of his
or her official duties, furnishes information described in
subsection (b) shall not be eligible for a reward under this
section.
‘‘(h) REPORTS.—(1) Not later than 30 days after
paying any reward under this section, the Secretary of
State shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees with respect to such reward. The report,
which may be submitted on a classified basis if necessary,
shall specify the amount of the reward paid, to whom the
reward was paid, and the acts with respect to which the
reward was paid. The report shall also discuss the signifi-
cance of the information for which the reward was paid
in dealing with those acts.
‘‘(2) Not later than 60 days after the end of each
fiscal year, the Secretary of State shall submit an annual
report to the appropriate congressional committees with
respect to the operation of the rewards program author-
ized by this section. Such report shall provide information
on the total amounts expended during such fiscal year to
carry out the purposes of this section, including amounts
spent to publicize the availability of rewards. Such report
shall also include information on all requests for the pay-
ment of rewards under this section, including the reasons
for the denial of any such requests.
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means the Committee on International Re-
lations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
‘‘(2) the term ‘act of international terrorism’ in-
cludes, but is not limited to—
‘‘(A) any act substantially contributing to
the acquisition of unsafeguarded special nuclear
material (as defined in section 830(8) of the
Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994)
or any nuclear explosive device (as defined in
section 830(4) of that Act) by an individual,
group, or non-nuclear weapon state (as defined
in section 830(5) of that Act); and
‘‘(B) any act, as determined by the Sec-
retary of State, which materially supports the
conduct of international terrorism, including the
counterfeiting of United States currency or the
illegal use of other monetary instruments by an
individual, group, or country supporting inter-
national terrorism as determined for purposes
of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act
of 1979;
‘‘(3) the term ‘United States narcotics laws’
means the laws of the United States for the preven-
tion and control of illicit traffic in controlled sub-
stances (as such term is defined for purposes of the
Controlled Substances Act); and
‘‘(4) the term ‘member of the immediate family’
includes—
‘‘(A) a spouse, parent, brother, sister, or
child of the individual;
‘‘(B) a person to whom the individual
stands in loco parentis; and
‘‘(C) any other person living in the individ-
ual’s household and related to the individual by
blood or marriage.’’.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that the Secretary of State should pursue addi-
tional means of funding the program established by sec-
tion 36 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708), including the authority to seize
and dispose of assets used in the commission of any of-
fense under sections 1541 through 1544 and section 1546
of title 18, United States Code, and section 1028 of title
22, United States Code, and to retain the proceeds derived
from the disposition of such assets, or to participate in
asset sharing programs conducted by the Department of
Justice, to carry out the purposes of section 36 of that
Act.
SEC. 2202. AUTHORITIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
Section 203(4) of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 4303(4)) is amended in
the third sentence by striking ‘‘should’’ both places it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘shall’’.
SEC. 2203. BUYING POWER MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.
Section 24(b)(7) of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(b)(7)) is amended
by striking subparagraph (D).
SEC. 2204. EXPENSES RELATING TO CERTAIN INTER-
NATIONAL CLAIMS AND PROCEEDINGS.
(a) RECOVERY OF CERTAIN EXPENSES.—The De-
partment of State Appropriation Act, 1937 (49 Stat.
1321, 22 U.S.C. 2661, as amended by section 142(b) of
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years
1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100–204)) is amended in the
fifth undesignated paragraph under the heading entitled
‘‘INTERNATIONAL
FISHERIES
COMMISSION’’ by striking
‘‘extraordinary’’.
(b) PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES.—Section 38(c) of
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22
U.S.C. 2710(c)) is amended in the first sentence by insert-
ing ‘‘personal and’’ before ‘‘other support services’’.
SEC. 2205. CONSOLIDATION OF UNITED STATES DIPLO-
MATIC MISSIONS AND CONSULAR POSTS.
(a) CONSOLIDATION PLAN.—The Secretary of State
shall develop a worldwide plan for the consolidation, wher-
ever practicable, on a regional or areawide basis, of United
States missions and consular posts abroad.
(b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan shall—
(1) identify specific United States diplomatic
missions and consular posts for consolidation;
(2) identify those missions and posts at which
the resident ambassador would also be accredited to
other specified states in which the United States ei-
ther maintained no resident official presence or
maintained such a presence only at staff level; and
(3) provide an estimate of—
(A) the amount by which expenditures
would be reduced through the reduction in the
number of United States Government personnel
assigned abroad;
(B) the reduction in the costs of maintain-
ing United States properties abroad; and
(C) the amount of revenues generated to
the United States through the sale or other dis-
position of United States properties associated
with the posts to be consolidated abroad.
(c) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
State shall transmit a copy of the plan to the appropriate
congressional committees.
CHAPTER 2—CONSULAR AUTHORITIES OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
SEC. 2231. MEMBERSHIP IN A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
AS A BASIS FOR EXCLUSION FROM THE
UNITED STATES UNDER THE IMMIGRATION
AND NATIONALITY ACT.
Section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)) is amended—
(1) at the end of clause (i)(I) by striking ‘‘or’’;
(2) at the end of clause (i)(II) by adding ‘‘or’’;
(3) by adding after clause (i)(II) the following:
‘‘(III) is a member of an organi-
zation that engages in, or has engaged
in, terrorist activity or who actively
supports or advocates terrorist activ-
ity,’’; and
(4) by adding after clause (iii) the following:
‘‘(iv) TERRORIST ORGANIZATION DE-
FINED.—As used in this Act, the term ‘ter-
rorist organization’ means an organization
which commits terrorist activity as deter-
mined by the Attorney General, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State.’’.
SEC. 2232. WAIVER AUTHORITY CONCERNING NOTICE OF
DENIAL OF APPLICATION FOR VISAS.
Section 212(b) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(b)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B);
(2) by striking ‘‘If’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) Subject
to paragraph (2), if’’; and
(3) by inserting at the end the following para-
graph:
‘‘(2) With respect to applications for visas, the Sec-
retary of State may waive the application of paragraph
(1) in the case of a particular alien or any class or classes
of excludable aliens under subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3).’’.
SEC. 2233. SURCHARGE FOR PROCESSING CERTAIN MA-
CHINE READABLE VISAS.
Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103—
236) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(2) For fiscal years 1996 and 1997, not more
than $250,000,000 in fees collected under the au-
thority of paragraph (1) shall be deposited as an off-
setting collection to any Department of State appro-
priation to recover the costs of enhancements in the
efficiency and security of the process of visa issu-
ance. Such fees shall remain available for obligation
until expended.
‘‘(3) For any fiscal year, fees collected under
the authority of paragraph (1) in excess of the
amount specified for such fiscal year under para-
graph (2) shall be deposited in the general fund of
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.’’; and
(2) by striking paragraph (5).
SEC. 2234. FINGERPRINT CHECK REQUIREMENT.
Section 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) FINGERPRINT CHECK REQUIREMENT.—If a visa
applicant is determined to have a criminal history record
under subsection (d)(1), has been physically present in the
United States, and is more than 16 years of age, the appli-
cant shall provide a fingerprint record for submission with
the application, at no cost to the Department of State.
The Department of State shall submit such fingerprint
record to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for analysis
to determine whether the applicant has been convicted of
a felony under State or Federal law in the United
States.’’.
SEC. 2235. USE OF CERTAIN PASSPORT PROCESSING FEES
FOR ENHANCED PASSPORT SERVICES.
For each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997, of the
fees collected for expedited passport processing and depos-
ited to an offsetting collection pursuant to the Department
of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fis-
cal Year 1995 (Public Law 103–317; 22 U.S.C. 214), 10
percent shall be available only for enhancing passport
services for United States citizens, improving the integrity
and efficiency of the passport issuance process, improving
the secure nature of the United States passport, inves-
tigating passport fraud, and deterring entry into the
United States by terrorists, drug traffickers, or other
criminals.
SEC. 2236. CONSULAR OFFICERS.
(a) PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE REPORTS OF
BIRTH ABROAD.—Section 33 of the State Department
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2705) is amend-
ed in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘(or any United States
citizen employee of the Department of State designated
by the Secretary of State to adjudicate nationality abroad
pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe)’’ after ‘‘consular officer’’.
(b) PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONSULAR OFFI-
CERS.—Section 31 of the Act of August 18, 1856 (Rev.
Stat. 1689, 22 U.S.C. 4191), is amended by inserting
‘‘and to such other United States citizen employees of the
Department of State as may be designated by the Sec-
retary of State pursuant to such regulations as the Sec-
retary may prescribe’’ after ‘‘such officers’’.
(c) PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO AUTHENTICATE FOR-
EIGN DOCUMENTS.—Section 3492(c) of title 18 of the
United States Code is amended by adding at the end the
following: ‘‘For purposes of this section and sections
3493–3496 of this title, a consular officer shall include
any United States citizen employee of the Department of
State designated to perform notarial functions pursuant
to section 24 of the Act of August 18, 1856 (Rev. Stat.
1750, 22 U.S.C. 4221).’’.
(d) 
PERSONS
AUTHORIZED
TO
ADMINISTER
OATHS.—Section 115 of title 35 of the United States
Code is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For
purposes of this section, a consular officer shall include
any United States citizen employee of the Department of
State designated to perform notarial functions pursuant
to section 24 of the Act of August 18, 1856 (Rev. Stat.
1750, 22 U.S.C. 4221).’’.
(e) DEFINITION OF CONSULAR OFFICER.—Section
101(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(3) The term ‘consular officer’ includes any
United States citizen employee of the Department of
State designated by the Secretary of State to adju-
dicate nationality abroad pursuant to such regula-
tions as the Secretary may prescribe.’’.
SEC. 2237. EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES OF
ALIENS WHO HAVE CONFISCATED PROPERTY
CLAIMED BY UNITED STATES PERSONS.
(a) ADDITIONAL GROUNDS FOR EXCLUSION.—Sec-
tion 212(a)(9) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(D) ALIENS
WHO
HAVE
CONFISCATED
AMERICAN
PROPERTY
ABROAD
AND
RELATED
PERSONS.—Any alien who—
‘‘(i) has confiscated, or has directed
or overseen the confiscation of, property
the claim to which is owned by a United
States person, or converts or has converted
for personal gain confiscated property, the
claim to which is owned by a United States
person;
‘‘(ii) traffics in confiscated property,
the claim to which is owned by a United
States person;
‘‘(iii) is a corporate officer, principal,
or controlling shareholder of an entity
which the Secretary of State determines or
is informed by competent authority has
been involved in the confiscation, traffick-
ing in, or subsequent unauthorized use or
benefit from confiscated property, the
claim to which is owned by a United States
person, or
‘‘(iv) is a spouse or dependent of a
person described in subclause (I),
is excludable.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to individuals seeking to enter
the United States on or after the date of enactment of
this Act.
CHAPTER 3—REFUGEES AND MIGRATION
SEC. 2251. UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MI-
GRATION ASSISTANCE FUND.
(a) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS FROM EMERGENCY
FUND.—Section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assist-
ance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)) is amended by add-
ing after paragraph (3) the following:
‘‘(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
the President shall notify the appropriate congressional
committees not less than 15 days before transferring or
otherwise making available amounts from the United
States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance
Fund under paragraph (1).’’.
(b) 
NOTIFICATION
OF
EXPENDITURES
FROM
FUND.—Section 2(d) of the Migration and Refugee As-
sistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), and
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall notify the appropriate congressional committees
at least 15 days in advance of the obligation or expendi-
ture of sums from the United States Emergency Refugee
and Migration Assistance Fund under subsection (c).
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding the notification requirement of
paragraph (1), the President may obligate and expend
sums from the United States Emergency Refugee and Mi-
gration Assistance Fund if the President determines, and
promptly certifies to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees, that unforseen emergency circumstances require
the immediate obligation of sums from such fund. Any
such certification shall fully inform such committees of the
amount and use of such sums from the Fund.
‘‘(3) For purposes of this section, the term ‘appro-
priate congressional committees’ means the Committee on
International Relations and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate.’’.
SEC. 2252. PERSECUTION FOR RESISTANCE TO COERCIVE
POPULATION CONTROL METHODS.
Section 101(a)(42) of the Immigration and National-
ity Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(42)) is amended by adding at
the end the following: ‘‘For purposes of determinations
under this Act, a person who has been forced to abort
a pregnancy or to undergo involuntary sterilization, or
who has been persecuted for failure or refusal to undergo
such a procedure or for other resistance to a coercive pop-
ulation control program, shall be deemed to have been per-
secuted on account of political opinion, and a person who
has a well founded fear that he or she will be forced to
undergo such a procedure or subjected to persecution for
such failure, refusal, or resistance shall be deemed to have
a well founded fear of persecution on account of political
opinion.’’.
SEC. 2253. REPORT TO CONGRESS CONCERNING CUBAN
EMIGRATION POLICIES.
Beginning 3 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act and every subsequent 6 months, the President
shall transmit a report to the appropriate congressional
committees concerning the methods employed by the Gov-
ernment of Cuba to enforce the United States—Cuba Im-
migration Agreement of September 1994 to restrict the
emigration of the Cuban people from Cuba to the United
States. Each report transmitted pursuant to this section
shall include a detailed account of United States efforts
to monitor such enforcement.
SEC. 2254. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE INVOL-
UNTARY RETURN OF REFUGEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States shall not invol-
untarily return any person to a country in which the per-
son has a well founded fear of persecution, or promote
or assist such involuntary return.
(b) INVOLUNTARILY RETURN DEFINED—As used in
this section, the term ‘‘involuntarily return’’ means to take
action by which it is reasonably foreseeable that a person
will be required to return to a country against the person’s
will, regardless of whether such return is induced by phys-
ical force and regardless of whether the person is phys-
ically present in the United States.’’.
SEC. 2255. CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS REGARDING
THE ANNUAL ADMISSION OF REFUGEES.
The first sentence of section 207(d)(1) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(d)(1)) is
amended to read as follows: ‘‘Not later than 6 months be-
fore the start of each fiscal year, the President shall report
to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on
International Relations of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate regarding the foresee-
able number of refugees who will be in need of resettle-
ment during the fiscal year and the anticipated allocation
of refugee admissions during the fiscal year.’’.
SEC. 2256. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN ADJUDICATION PROVI-
SIONS.
The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law
101–167) is amended—
(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—
(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and
1996’’ and inserting ‘‘1996, and 1997’’; and
(B) in subsection (e), by striking out ‘‘Oc-
tober 1, 1996’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘October 1, 1997’’; and
(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in
subsection (b)(2), by striking out ‘‘September 30,
1996’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1997’’.
TITLE XXIII—ORGANIZATION OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE;
DEPARTMENT OF STATE PER-
SONNEL; THE FOREIGN SERV-
ICE
CHAPTER 1—ORGANIZATION OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
SEC. 2301. COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 1(e) of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2651a(e)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘In’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) In’’; and
(2) by inserting at the end the following:
‘‘(2) 
COORDINATOR
FOR
COUNTER-
TERRORISM.—
‘‘(A) There shall be within the office of the
Secretary 
of 
State 
a 
Coordinator 
for
Counterterrorism (hereafter in this paragraph
referred to as the ‘Coordinator’) who shall be
appointed by the President, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate.
‘‘(B)(i) The Coordinator shall perform
such duties and exercise such power as the Sec-
retary of State shall prescribe.
‘‘(ii) The principal duty of the Coordinator
shall be the overall supervision (including policy
oversight 
of 
resources) 
of 
international
counterterrorism activities. The Coordinator
shall be the principal advisor to the Secretary
of State on international counterterrorism mat-
ters. The Coordinator shall be the principal
counterterrorism official within the senior man-
agement of the Department of State and shall
report directly to the Secretary of State.
‘‘(C) The Coordinator shall have the rank and
status of Ambassador-at-Large. The Coordinator
shall be compensated at the annual rate of basic pay
in effect for a position at level IV of the Executive
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United
States Code, or, if the Coordinator is appointed from
the Foreign Service, the annual rate of pay which
the individual last received under the Foreign Serv-
ice Schedule, whichever is greater.
‘‘(D) For purposes of diplomatic protocol
among officers of the Department of State, the Co-
ordinator shall take precedence after the Secretary
of State, the Deputy Secretary of State, and the
Under Secretaries of State and shall take precedence
among the Assistant Secretaries of State in the
order prescribed by the Secretary of State.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
Section 161 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act,
Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236) is
amended by striking subsection (e).
(c) TRANSITION PROVISION.—The President may ap-
point 
the 
individual 
serving 
as 
Coordinator 
for
Counterterrorism of the Department of State on the day
before the effective date of this division, or such other offi-
cial of the Department of State appointed by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate as the President con-
siders appropriate to serve as the acting Coordinator for
Counterterrorism until an individual is appointed to that
office in accordance with section 1(e) of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 as amended by this
Act.
SEC. 2302. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR TIBET.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) The Government of the People’s Republic of
China withholds meaningful participation in the gov-
ernance of Tibet from Tibetans and has failed to
abide by its own constitutional guarantee of auton-
omy for Tibetans.
(2) The Government of the People’s Republic of
China is responsible for the destruction of much of
Tibet’s cultural and religious heritage since 1959
and continues to threaten the survival of Tibetan
culture and religion.
(3) The Government of the People’s Republic of
China, through direct and indirect incentives, has es-
tablished 
discriminatory 
development 
programs
which have resulted in an overwhelming flow of Chi-
nese immigrants into Tibet, including those areas in-
corporated into the Chinese provinces of Sichuan,
Yunnan, Gansu, and Quinghai in recent years, and
have excluded Tibetans from participation in impor-
tant policy decisions, further threatening traditional
Tibetan life.
(4) The Government of the People’s Republic of
China denies Tibetans their fundamental human
rights, as reported in the Department of State’s
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for
1995.
(5) The President and the Congress have deter-
mined that the promotion of human rights in Tibet
and the protection of Tibet’s religion and culture are
important elements in United States-China relations
and have urged senior members of the Government
of the People’s Republic of China to enter into sub-
stantive negotiations on these matters with the Dalai
Lama or his representative.
(6) The Dalai Lama has repeatedly stated his
willingness to begin substantive negotiations without
preconditions.
(7) The Government of the People’s Republic of
China has failed to respond in a good faith manner
by reciprocating a willingness to begin negotiations
without preconditions, and no substantive negotia-
tions have begun.
(b) UNITED STATES SPECIAL ENVOY FOR TIBET.—
Section 1(e) of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act (U.S.C. 2651a(e)) is amended by adding after para-
graph (2) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) UNITED
STATES
SPECIAL
ENVOY
FOR
TIBET.—
‘‘(A) There shall be within the Department
of State a United States Special Envoy for
Tibet, who shall be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate. The United States Special Envoy for Tibet
shall hold office at the pleasure of the Presi-
dent.
‘‘(B) The United States Special Envoy for
Tibet shall have the personal rank of ambas-
sador.
‘‘(C) The United States Special Envoy for
Tibet is authorized and encouraged—
‘‘(i) to promote substantive negotia-
tions between the Dalai Lama or his rep-
resentatives and senior members of the
Government of the People’s Republic of
China;
‘‘(ii) to promote good relations be-
tween the Dalai Lama and his representa-
tives and the United States Government,
including meeting with members or rep-
resentatives of the Tibetan government-in-
exile; and
‘‘(iii) to travel regularly throughout
Tibet and Tibetan refugee settlements.
‘‘(D) The United States Special Envoy for
Tibet shall—
‘‘(i) consult with the Congress on poli-
cies relevant to Tibet and the future and
welfare of all Tibetan people;
‘‘(ii) coordinate United States Govern-
ment policies, programs, and projects con-
cerning Tibet; and
‘‘(iii) report to the Secretary of State
regarding the matters described in section
536(a)(2) of the Foreign Relations Author-
ization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995
(Public Law 103–236).’’.
SEC. 2303. ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDINATOR FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS AND REFUGEES AND BUREAU OF
REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ASSISTANCE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDINATOR FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS AND REFUGEES.—
Section 1(e) of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act (22 U.S.C. 2651a(e)) is amended by adding after
paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) COORDINATOR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND
REFUGEES.—
‘‘(A) There shall be within the office of the
Secretary of State a Coordinator for Human
Rights and Refugees (hereafter in this para-
graph referred to as the ‘Coordinator’) who
shall be appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
Coordinator shall report directly to the Sec-
retary of State.
‘‘(B) The Coordinator shall be responsible
for matters pertaining to human rights, refu-
gees, and humanitarian affairs (including mat-
ters relating to prisoners of war and members
of the United States Armed Forces missing in
action) in the conduct of foreign policy. The Co-
ordinator shall head the Bureau of Refugee and
Migration Assistance and the Bureau of De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
‘‘(C) The Coordinator shall have the rank
and status of Ambassador-at-Large. The Coor-
dinator shall be compensated at the annual rate
of basic pay in effect for a position at level IV
of the Executive Schedule under section 5314
of title 5, United States Code, or, if the Coordi-
nator is appointed from the Foreign Service,
the annual rate of pay which the individual last
received under the Foreign Service Schedule,
whichever is greater.
‘‘(D) For purposes of diplomatic protocol
among officers of the Department of State, the
Coordinator shall take precedence after the Sec-
retary of State, the Deputy Secretary of State,
and the Under Secretaries of State and shall
take precedence among the Assistant Secretar-
ies of State in the order prescribed by the Sec-
retary of State.’’.
(b) TERMINATION
OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
OF
STATE FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1(c) of the State
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22
U.S.C. 2651a(c)) is amended by striking paragraph
(2).
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 is amended—
(A) in section 116(c) (22 U.S.C. 2151n),
by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary of State for
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Secretary’’;
(B) in sections 502B and 505(g)(4)(A) by
striking ‘‘, prepared with the assistance of the
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor,’’; and
(C) in section 573(c) by striking ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human
Rights, and Labor’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of
State’’.
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF BUREAU OF REFUGEE AND
MIGRATION ASSISTANCE.—Section 1 of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a)
is amended by adding after subsection (e) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(f) ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN BUREAUS, OF-
FICES, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL ENTITIES WITHIN
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—
‘‘(1) BUREAU OF REFUGEE AND MIGRATION AS-
SISTANCE.—There is established within the Depart-
ment of State the Bureau of Refugee and Migration
Assistance which shall assist the Secretary of State
in carrying out the Migration and Refugee Assist-
ance Act of 1962. The Bureau shall be headed by
the Coordinator for Human Rights and Refugees.’’.
SEC. 2304. ELIMINATION OF STATUTORY ESTABLISHMENT
OF CERTAIN POSITIONS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF STATE.
(a) ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH
ASIAN AFFAIRS.—Section 122 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22
U.S.C. 2652b) is repealed.
(b) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR
BURDENSHARING.—Section 161 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22
U.S.C. 2651a note) is amended by striking subsection (f).
(c) ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR
OCEANS
AND
INTERNTIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
AND SCIENTIFIC AF-
FAIRS.—Section 9 of the Department of State Appropria-
tions Authorization Act of 1973 (22 U.S.C. 2655a) is re-
pealed.
SEC. 2305. ESTABLISHMENT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
STATE FOR HUMAN RESOURCES.
Section 1(c) of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)) is amended by add-
ing after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HUMAN RE-
SOURCES.—There shall be in the Department of
State an Assistant Secretary for Human Resources
who shall be responsible to the Secretary of State
for matters relating to human resources including
the implementation of personnel policies and pro-
grams within the Department of State and inter-
national affairs functions and activities carried out
through the Department of State. The Assistant
Secretary shall have substantial professional quali-
fications in the field of human resource policy and
management.’’.
SEC. 2306. AUTHORITY OF UNITED STATES PERMANENT
REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS.
Section 2(a) of the United Nations Participation Act
of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘hold
office at the pleasure of the President’’ and inserting
‘‘serve at the pleasure of the President and subject to the
direction of the Secretary of State, acting through the As-
sistant Secretary of State with principal responsibility for
the conduct of international organization affairs’’.
CHAPTER 2—PERSONNEL OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF STATE; THE FOREIGN
SERVICE
SEC. 2351. AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF THE FOREIGN SERV-
ICE.
(a) END FISCAL YEAR 1996 LEVELS.—The number
of members of the Foreign Service authorized to be em-
ployed as of September 30, 1996—
(1) for the Department of State, shall not ex-
ceed 9,000, of whom not more than 720 shall be
members of the Senior Foreign Service;
(2) for the United States Information Agency,
shall not exceed 1,150, of whom not more than 165
shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service; and
(3) for the Agency for International Develop-
ment, not to exceed 1,800, of whom not more than
240 shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service.
(b) END FISCAL YEAR 1997 LEVELS.—The number
of members of the Foreign Service authorized to be em-
ployed as of September 30, 1997—
(1) for the Department of State, shall not ex-
ceed 8,800, of whom not more than 680 shall be
members of the Senior Foreign Service;
(2) for the United States Information Agency,
not to exceed 1,100 of whom not more than 160
shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service; and
(3) for the Agency for International Develop-
ment, not to exceed 1,775 of whom not more than
230 shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service.
(c) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section,
the term ‘‘members of the Foreign Service’’ is used within
the meaning of such term under section 103 of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C 3903), except that
such term does not include—
(1) members of the Service under paragraphs
(6) and (7) of such section;
(2) members of the Service serving under tem-
porary resident appointments abroad;
(3) members of the Service employed on less
than a full-time basis;
(4) members of the Service subject to involun-
tary separation in cases in which such separation
has been suspended pursuant to section 1106(8) of
the Foreign Service Act of 1980; and
(5) members of the Service serving under non-
career limited appointments.
(d) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—(1) Subject to paragraph
(2), the Secretary of State, the Director of the United
States Information Agency, and the Director of the Agen-
cy for International Development may waive any limita-
tion under subsection (a) or (b) which applies to the De-
partment of State, the United States Information Agency,
or the Agency for International Development as the case
may be, to the extent that such waiver is necessary to
carry on the foreign affairs functions of the United States.
(2) Not less than 15 days before any agency head
implements a waiver under paragraph (1), such agency
head shall notify the Chairman of the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate and the Chairman of the
Committee on International Relations of the House of
Representatives. Such notice shall include an explanation
of the circumstances and necessity for such waiver.
SEC. 2352. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY FOR SENIOR FOREIGN
SERVICE PERFORMANCE PAY.
(a) REPEAL.—Section 405 of the Foreign Service Act
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3965) is repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended in the table of
contents by striking the item related to section 405.
TITLE 
XXIV—UNITED 
STATES
PUBLIC 
DIPLOMACY: 
AU-
THORITIES AND ACTIVITIES
FOR UNITED STATES INFOR-
MATIONAL, 
EDUCATIONAL,
AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 2401. ELIMINATION OF PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION.
Section 208 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 is amended by striking
subsection (e).
SEC. 2402. EXTENSION OF AU PAIR PROGRAMS.
Section 8 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship
Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–454) is amended in the last
sentence by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘fis-
cal year 1997’’.
SEC. 2403. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES
WITH HONG KONG.
The Director of the United States Information Agen-
cy shall establish programs of educational and cultural ex-
change between the United States and the people of Hong
Kong.
SEC. 2404. CONDUCT OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EX-
CHANGE PROGRAMS.
In carrying out programs of educational and cultural
exchange in Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Cambodia,
Tibet, Burma, and East Timor, the Director of the United
States Information Agency shall take appropriate steps to
provide opportunities for participation in such programs
to human rights and democracy leaders of such countries
and persons who are nationals but not residents of such
countries.
SEC. 2405. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BUR-
MESE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AND CUL-
TURAL EXCHANGE FOR TIBETANS.—The Director of the
United States Information Agency shall establish pro-
grams of educational cultural exchange between the
United States and the people of Tibet. Such programs
shall include opportunities for training and, as the Direc-
tor considers appropriate, may include the assignment of
personnel and resources abroad.
(b) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BURMESE.—
(1) For each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997,
at least 30 scholarships shall be made available to
Tibetan students and professionals who are outside
Tibet, and at least 15 scholarships shall be made
available to Burmese students and professionals who
are outside Burma.
(2) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to
the extent that the Director of the United States In-
formation Agency determines that there are not
enough qualified students to fulfill such allocation
requirement.
(3) SCHOLARSHIP DEFINED.—For the purposes
of this section, the term ‘‘scholarship’’ means an
amount to be used for full or partial support of tui-
tion and fees to attend an educational institution,
and may include fees, books, and supplies, equip-
ment required for courses at an educational institu-
tion, living expenses at a United States educational
institution, and travel expenses to and from, and
within, the United States.
SEC. 2406. AVAILABILITY OF VOICE OF AMERICA AND
RADIO 
MARTI 
MULTILINGUAL 
COMPUTER
READABLE TEXT AND VOICE RECORDINGS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 208 of
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years
1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 1461–1a) and the second sen-
tence of section 501 of the United States Information and
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461), the
Director of the United States Information Agency is au-
thorized to make available, upon request, to the Linguistic
Data Consortium of the University of Pennsylvania com-
puter readable multilingual text and recorded speech in
various languages. The Consortium shall, directly or indi-
rectly as appropriate, reimburse the Director for any ex-
penses involved in making such materials available.
(b) TERMINATION.—Subsection (a) shall cease to
have effect 5 years after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 2407. RETENTION OF INTEREST.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with the
approval of the National Endowment for Democracy,
grant funds made available by the National Endowment
for Democracy may be deposited in interest-bearing ac-
counts pending disbursement and any interest which ac-
crues may be retained by the grantee and used for the
purposes for which the grant was made.
CHAPTER 2—INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING
SEC. 2431. EXPANSION OF BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOV-
ERNORS.
Section 304(b) of the United States International
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6203) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘9’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘11’’;
(2) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘8’’ and in-
serting ‘‘10’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘4’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘5’’.
SEC. 2432. PLAN FOR RADIO FREE ASIA.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the United States Infor-
mation Agency shall submit to the Congress a detailed
plan for the establishment and operation of Radio Free
Asia.
SEC. 2433. PILOT PROJECT FOR FREEDOM BROADCASTING
TO ASIA.
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Director of the United States
Information Agency shall make grants for broadcasting to
the People’s Republic of China, Burma, Cambodia, Laos,
North Korea, Tibet, and Vietnam. Such broadcasting shall
provide accurate and timely information, news, and com-
mentary about events in the respective countries of Asia
and elsewhere, and shall be a forum for a variety of opin-
ions and voices from within Asian nations whose people
do not fully enjoy freedom of expression.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of such grants shall be
to provide such broadcasting on an interim basis during
the period before Radio Free Asia becomes fully oper-
ational.
(c) APPLICATIONS.—In considering applications for
grants, the Director of the United States Information
Agency shall give strong preference to entities which (1)
take advantage of the expertise of political and religious
dissidents and pro-democracy and human rights activists
from within the countries to whom broadcasting is di-
rected, including exiles from these countries; and (2) take
advantage of contracts or similar arrangements with exist-
ing broadcast facilities so as to provide immediate broad-
cast coverage with low overhead.
(d) PLAN.—Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the United
States Information Agency shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a plan for implementing this sec-
tion which shall include details concerning timetable for
implementation, grant criteria, and grant application pro-
cedures. The procedures and timetable should be designed
to ensure that grantees will begin broadcasting not later
than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
TITLE 
XXV—INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS 
AND 
COM-
MISSIONS
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 2501. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COM-
MISSION.
The Act of May 13, 1924 (49 Stat. 660, 22 U.S.C.
277–277f), is amended in section 3 (22 U.S.C. 277b) by
adding the following new subsection at the end:
‘‘(d) Pursuant to the authority of subsection (a) and
in order to facilitate further compliance with the terms
of the Convention for Equitable Distribution of the Waters
of the Rio Grande, May 21, 1906, United States-Mexico,
the Secretary of State, acting through the United States
Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water
Commission, may make improvements to the Rio Grande
Canalization Project, originally authorized by the Act of
August 29, 1935 (49 Stat. 961). Such improvements may
include all such works as may be needed to stabilize the
Rio Grande in the reach between the Percha Diversion
Dam in New Mexico and the American Diversion Dam in
El Paso.’’.
CHAPTER 2—UNITED NATIONS AND AF-
FILIATED AGENCIES AND ORGANIZA-
TIONS
SEC. 2521. REFORM IN BUDGET DECISIONMAKING PROCE-
DURES OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES.
(a) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS.—Of amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Assessed Contributions
to International Organizations’’ by this Act, the President
may withhold 20 percent of the funds appropriated for the
United States assessed contribution to the United Nations
or to any of its specialized agencies for any calendar year
if the United Nations or any such agency has failed to
implement or to continue to implement consensus-based
decisionmaking procedures on budgetary matters which
assure that sufficient attention is paid to the views of the
United States and other member states that are the major
financial contributors to such assessed budgets.
(b) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The President shall no-
tify the Congress when a decision is made to withhold any
share of the United States assessed contribution to the
United Nations or its specialized agencies pursuant to
subsection (a) and shall notify the Congress when the deci-
sion is made to pay any previously withheld assessed con-
tribution. A notification under this subsection shall include
appropriate consultation between the President (or the
President’s representative) and the Committee on Inter-
national Relations of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(c) CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PRIOR YEARS.—Subject to
the availability of appropriations, payment of assessed
contributions for prior years may be made to the United
Nations or any of its specialized agencies notwithstanding
subsection (a) if such payment would further United
States interests in that organization.
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Feb-
ruary 1 of each year, the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report concerning
the amount of United States assessed contributions paid
to the United Nations and each of its specialized agencies
during the preceding calendar year.
SEC. 2523. LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNIT-
ED NATIONS OR UNITED NATIONS AFFILI-
ATED ORGANIZATIONS.
The United States shall not make any voluntary or
assessed contribution—
(1) to any affiliated organization of the United
Nations which grants full membership as a state to
any organization or group that does not have the
internationally recognized attributes of statehood, or
(2) to the United Nations, if the United Na-
tions grants full membership as a state in the Unit-
ed Nations to any organization or group that does
not have the internationally recognized attributes of
statehood,
during any period in which such membership is effective.
SEC. 2524. REPORT ON UNICEF.
Not later than December 31, 1995, the Secretary of
State shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on (1) the progress of UNICEF toward
effective financial, program, and personnel management;
(2) the progress of UNICEF in shifting its health, child
survival, and maternal survival programs toward efficient
and low-overhead contractors, with particular emphasis on
nongovernmental organizations; and (3) the extent to
which UNICEF has demonstrated its commitment to its
traditional mission of child health and welfare and resisted
pressure to become involved in functions performed by
other United Nations agencies.
TITLE XXVI—FOREIGN POLICY
PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1—MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN
POLICY PROVISIONS
SEC. 2601. APPLICABILITY OF TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT.
Section 3 of the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C.
3302) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(d) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) super-
sede any provision of the Joint Communique of the United
States and China of August 17, 1982.’’.
SEC. 2602. REPORT ON OCCUPIED TIBET.
(a) FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS OF CONGRESS.—
The Congress makes the following findings and declara-
tions:
(1) Tibet is an occupied sovereign country
under international law and its true representatives
are the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in
exile.
(2) The United States should seek to establish
a dialogue with those recognized by Congress as the
true representatives of the Tibetan people, the Dalai
Lama, his representatives, and the Tibetan Govern-
ment in exile, concerning the situation in Tibet and
the future of the Tibetan people and to expand and
strengthen United States-Tibet cultural and edu-
cational relations, including promoting bilateral ex-
changes arranged directly with the Tibetan Govern-
ment in exile.
(b) REPORT
ON
UNITED
STATES-TIBET
RELA-
TIONS.— Not later than 6 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and every 12 months thereafter, the Sec-
retary of State shall transmit to the Chairman of the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations and the Speaker of the House
of Representatives a report on the state of relations be-
tween the United States and those recognized by Congress
as the true representatives of the Tibetan people, the
Dalai Lama, his representatives, and the Tibetan Govern-
ment in exile, and on conditions in Tibet.
(c) SEPARATE TIBET REPORTS.—
(1) It is the sense of the Congress that when-
ever an executive branch report is transmitted to the
Congress on a country-by-country basis there should
be included in such report, where applicable, a sepa-
rate report on Tibet listed alphabetically with its
own state heading.
(2) The reports referred to in paragraph (1) in-
clude, but are not limited to, reports transmitted
under sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to human rights).
SEC. 2603. BOSNIA GENOCIDE JUSTICE ACT.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Bosnia Genocide Justice Act’’.
(b) POLICY.—
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Consistent 
with 
inter-
national law, it is the policy of the United States to
bring to justice persons responsible for genocide, war
crimes, crimes against humanity and other serious
violations of international humanitarian law commit-
ted in the territory of the former Yugoslavia since
1991.
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Congress urges
the President—
(A) to collect or assist appropriate organi-
zations and individuals to collect relevant data
on these crimes committed in the former Yugo-
slavia;
(B) to share such data with the War
Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia es-
tablished by the Security Council of the United
Nations;
(C) to assist United Nations efforts to in-
vestigate, prosecute, and try those responsible
for genocide, war crimes, crimes against hu-
manity and other serious violations of inter-
national humanitarian law committed in the
territory of the former Yugoslavia since 1991;
(D) to submit to the Congress implement-
ing legislation to enable compliance with re-
quests and orders of the Tribunal; and
(E) to support the ongoing work of the
Tribunal through a cash contribution of not less
than $3,000,000 to the United Nations Vol-
untary Fund for the War Crimes Tribunal for
the former Yugoslavia for 1996 and 1997.
(c) 
REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—Beginning 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, and every
6 months thereafter during fiscal years 1996 and 1997,
the President shall submit a report describing the steps
taken to implement the provisions of this section to the
appropriate congressional committees.
CHAPTER 2—RELATING TO THE UNITED
STATES-NORTH 
KOREA 
AGREED
FRAMEWORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS
OF NORTH KOREA UNDER THAT AND
PREVIOUS 
AGREEMENTS 
WITH 
RE-
SPECT TO THE DENUCLEARIZATION
OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND DIA-
LOGUE 
WITH 
THE 
REPUBLIC 
OF
KOREA
SEC. 2641. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States-Democratic People’s Re-
public of Korea Agreed Framework (‘‘Agreed
Framework’’), entered into on October 21, 1994, be-
tween the United States and North Korea, requires
North Korea to stop and eventually dismantle its
graphite-moderated nuclear reactor program and re-
lated facilities, and comply fully with its obligations
under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nu-
clear Weapons, in exchange for alternative energy
sources, including interim supplies of bunker oil for
electric generators and more proliferation-resistant
light water reactor technology.
(2) The Agreed Framework also commits North
Korea to ‘‘consistently take steps to implement the
North-South 
Joint 
Declaration 
on 
the
Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula’’ and ‘‘en-
gage in North-South’’ dialogue with the Republic of
Korea.
(3) The Agreed Framework does not indicate
specific criteria for full normalization of relations be-
tween the United States and North Korea, and does
not link the sequencing of actions in the Agreed
Framework with any time-frame for carrying out the
provisions of the North-South Joint Declaration on
the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and
carrying out the dialogue between North Korea and
the Republic of Korea.
(4) The commitment by North Korea to carry
out the letter and spirit of the Agreed Framework
has been put into doubt by actions of North Korea
since October 21, 1994, including the suspected di-
version of United States heavy fuel oil in apparent
contravention of the agreed purpose of the interim
fuel deliveries, the refusal to accept light water reac-
tors from the Republic of Korea, the harsh denun-
ciations of the Government of the Republic of Korea,
and other actions contrary to the commitment by
North Korea to engage in a dialogue with such Gov-
ernment, and the continued conduct of provocative,
offensive oriented military exercises.
(5) The nuclear threat posed by North Korea is
just one of a number of security concerns of the
United States arising out of the policies of North
Korea.
SEC. 2642. CLARIFICATION OF NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERA-
TION 
OBLIGATIONS 
OF 
NORTH 
KOREA
UNDER THE AGREED FRAMEWORK.
It is the sense of the Congress that in discussions
or negotiations with the Government of North Korea pur-
suant to the implementation of the United States-Demo-
cratic People’s Republic of Korea Agreed Framework (in
this joint resolution referred to as the ‘‘Agreed Frame-
work’’), entered into on October 21, 1994, the President
should uphold the following minimum conditions relating
to nuclear nonproliferation:
(1) All spent fuel from the graphite-moderated
nuclear reactors and related facilities of North
Korea should be removed from the territory of North
Korea as is consistent with the Agreed Framework.
(2) The International Atomic Energy Agency
should have the freedom to conduct any and all in-
spections that it deems necessary to fully account for
the stocks of plutonium and other nuclear materials
in North Korea, including special inspections of sus-
pected nuclear waste sites, before any nuclear com-
ponents controlled by the Nuclear Supplier Group
Guidelines are delivered for a light water reactor for
North Korea.
(3) The dismantlement of all declared graphite-
based nuclear reactors and related facilities in North
Korea, including reprocessing units, should be com-
pleted in accordance with the Agreed Framework
and in a manner that effectively bars in perpetuity
any reactivation of such reactors and facilities.
(4) The United States should suspend actions
described in the Agreed Framework if North Korea
attempts to reload its existing 5 megawatt nuclear
reactor or resumes construction of nuclear facilities
other than those permitted to be built under the
Agreed Framework.
SEC. 2643. ROLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA UNDER THE
AGREED FRAMEWORK.
It is further the sense of the Congress that the Re-
public of Korea should play the central role in the project
to provide light water reactors to North Korea under the
Agreed Framework.
SEC. 2644. FURTHER STEPS TO PROMOTE UNITED STATES
SECURITY AND POLITICAL INTERESTS WITH
RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA.
It is further the sense of the Congress that, after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the President should
not take further steps toward upgrading diplomatic rela-
tions with North Korea beyond opening liaison offices or
relaxing trade and investment barriers imposed against
North Korea without—
(1) action by the Government of North Korea
to engage in a North-South dialogue with the Gov-
ernment of the Republic of Korea;
(2) implementation of the North-South Joint
Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean
Peninsula; and
(3) progress toward the achievement of several
long-standing United States policy objectives regard-
ing North Korea and the Korean Peninsula, includ-
ing—
(A) reducing the number of military forces
of North Korea along the Demilitarized Zone
and relocating such military forces away from
the Demilitarized Zone;
(B) prohibiting any movement by North
Korea toward the deployment of an intermedi-
ate range ballistic missile system; and
(C) prohibiting the export by North Korea
of missiles and other weapons of mass destruc-
tion, including related technology and compo-
nents.
SEC. 2645. RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO NORTH
KOREA AND THE KOREAN PENINSULA EN-
ERGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.
Funds authorized to be appropriated or appropriated
under any provision of law may be used to provide assist-
ance to North Korea or the Korean Peninsula Energy De-
velopment Organization only if such assistance is provided
under the same terms and conditions that govern the pro-
vision of assistance to North Korea or such organization
under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2151 et seq.) including, inter alia—
(1) the requirement that the congressional com-
mittees specified in section 634A of such Act (22
U.S.C. 2394) be notified pursuant to that section in
the case of any reprogramming of funds; and
(2) the requirement that a special authority,
such as section 614 of such Act, be used to waive
the application of provisions of law subject to such
special authority that would otherwise restrict or
prohibit the provision of such assistance.
CHAPTER 3—BURMA
SEC. 2651. UNITED STATES POLICY CONCERNING THE DIC-
TATORSHIP IN BURMA.
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that the President should take steps to encour-
age the United Nations Security Council to—
(1) impose an international arms embargo on
Burma;
(2) affirm support for human rights and the
protection of all Karen, Karenni, and other minori-
ties in Burma;
(3) condemn Burmese officials responsible for
crimes against humanity;
(4) take steps to encourage multilateral assist-
ance programs for refugees from Burma in Thailand
and India; and
(5) reduce United Nations activities in Burma,
including UNDP (United Nations Development Pro-
gram), UNICEF (United Nations Childrens Fund),
UNFPA (United Nations Family Planning Agency),
World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agri-
culture Organization (FAO), and UNIDCP (United
Nations International Drug Control Program) activi-
ties.
(b) REDUCTION IN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE.—It is
the sense of the Congress that the President should reduce
the diplomatic presence of the United States in Burma
by reducing the total number of the members of the For-
eign Service stationed in Burma on the date of enactment
of this Act.
(c) VISAS.—
(1) Notwithstanding the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act or any other provision of law, no mem-
ber, officer, or employee of any military or police
force of Burma under the military regime (the State
Law and Order Restoration Council ‘‘SLORC’’)
shall be granted an immigrant or nonimmigrant
visa.
(2) The Secretary of State shall deny a visa
under the provisions of section 212(a)(3)(C)(i) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (relating to
aliens ineligible to receive visas and excluded for ad-
mission due to potentially serious foreign policy con-
sequences) to any official of the Government of
Burma who the Attorney General determines has
committed acts which constitute the essential ele-
ments of a violation under chapter 113A of title 18,
United States Code, (relating to the Convention
Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or De-
grading Treatment or Punishment).
CHAPTER 4—TO IMPLEMENT THE CON-
VENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND TO
PROVIDE A PROGRAM OF SUPPORT
FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE
SEC. 2661. SHORT TITLE.
This chapter may be cited as the ‘‘Torture Victims
Relief Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2662. DEFINITIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided, the
terms used in this chapter have the same meaning given
such terms in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act.
(b) TORTURE.—As used in this chapter, the term
‘‘torture’’ means any act by which severe pain or suffering,
whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a
person for such purposes as obtaining from the person or
a third person information or a confession, punishing the
person for an act the person or a third person has commit-
ted or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating
or coercing the person or a third person, or for any reason
based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or
suffering is inflicted by, at the instigation of, or with the
consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person
acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or
suffering arising only from, inherent in, or incidental to
lawful sanctions.
(c) SUBSTANTIAL GROUNDS
FOR BELIEVING.—As
used in this chapter, the term ‘‘substantial grounds for
believing’’ means substantial evidence.
(d) IN DANGER
OF BEING SUBJECTED
TO TOR-
TURE.—As used in this chapter, the term ‘‘in danger of
being subjected to torture’’ means circumstances in which
a reasonable person would fear subjection to torture.
(e) INVOLUNTARILY RETURN.—As used in this chap-
ter, the term ‘‘involuntarily return’’ means to take action
by which it is reasonably foreseeable that a person will
be required to return to a country against the person’s
will, regardless of whether such return is induced by phys-
ical force and regardless of whether the person is phys-
ically present in the United States.
SEC. 2663. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO THE
INVOLUNTARY RETURN OF PERSONS SUB-
JECTED TO TORTURE.
The United States shall not expel, extradite, or other-
wise involuntarily return a person to a country in which
there are substantial grounds for believing the person
would be in danger of being subjected to torture.
SEC. 2664. IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES FOR TORTURE VIC-
TIMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any alien—
(1) who presents a credible claim of having
been subjected to torture in the alien’s country of
nationality, or, in the case of an alien having no na-
tionality, the country in which the alien last habit-
ually resided, and
(2) who applies for—
(A) refugee status under section 207 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act,
(B) asylum under section 208 of that Act,
or
(C) withholding of deportation under sec-
tion 243(h) of that Act,
shall be processed in accordance with this section.
(b) CONSIDERATION
OF
THE EFFECTS
OF TOR-
TURE.—In considering applications for refugee status,
asylum, or withholding of deportation made by aliens de-
scribed in subsection (a), the appropriate officials shall
take into account—
(1) the manner in which the effects of torture
can affect the applicant’s responses in the applica-
tion and in the interview process or other immigra-
tion proceedings, as the case may be;
(2) the difficulties torture victims often have in
recounting their suffering under torture; and
(3) the fear victims have of returning to their
country of nationality where, even if torture is no
longer practiced or the incidence of torture is re-
duced, their torturers may have gone unpunished
and may remain in positions of authority.
(c) EXPEDITED PROCESSING OF REFUGEE ADMIS-
SIONS.—For purposes of section 207(c) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act, a refugee who presents a credible
claim of having been subjected to torture shall be consid-
ered to be a refugee of special humanitarian concern to
the United States and shall be accorded priority in selec-
tion from the waiting list of such refugees based on com-
pelling humanitarian concerns.
(d) EXPEDITED PROCESSING
FOR ASYLUM
AND
WITHHOLDING OF DEPORTATION.—Upon the request of
the alien, the alien’s counsel, or a health care professional
treating the alien, an asylum officer or special inquiry offi-
cer may expedite the scheduling of an asylum interview
or an exclusion or deportation proceeding for an alien de-
scribed in subsection (a), if such officer determines that
an undue delay in making a determination regarding asy-
lum or withholding of deportation with respect to the alien
would aggravate the physical or psychological effects of
torture upon the alien.
(e) PAROLE IN LIEU OF DETENTION.—The finding,
upon inspection at a port of entry of the United States,
that an alien described in subsection (a) suffers from the
effects of torture, such as depressive and anxiety dis-
orders, shall be a strong presumptive basis for a grant
of parole, under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act, in lieu of detention.
(f) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Attorney General shall allocate resources
sufficient to maintain in the Resource Information Center
of the Immigration and Naturalization Service informa-
tion relating to the use of torture in foreign countries.
SEC. 2665. SPECIALIZED TRAINING FOR CONSULAR, IMMI-
GRATION, AND ASYLUM PERSONNEL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall pro-
vide training for immigration inspectors and examiners,
immigration officers, asylum officers, special inquiry offi-
cers, and all other relevant officials of the Department of
Justice, and the Secretary of State shall provide training
for consular officers, with respect to—
(1) the identification of the evidence of torture;
(2) the identification of the surrounding cir-
cumstances in which torture is practiced;
(3) the long-term effects of torture upon the
person;
(4) the identification of the physical, cognitive,
and emotional effects of torture, including depressive
and anxiety disorders, and the manner in which
these effects can affect the interview or hearing
process; and
(5) the manner of interviewing victims of tor-
ture so as not to retraumatize them, eliciting the
necessary information to document the torture expe-
rience, and understanding the difficulties victims
often have in recounting their torture experience.
(b) GENDER-RELATED CONSIDERATIONS.—In con-
ducting training under subsection (a)(4) or subsection
(a)(5), gender specific training shall be provided on the
subject of interacting with women and men who are vic-
tims of torture by rape or any other form of sexual vio-
lence.
SEC. 2666. STUDY AND REPORT ON TORTURE VICTIMS IN
THE UNITED STATES.
(a) STUDY.—The Center for Disease Control shall
conduct a study with respect to refugees and asylees ad-
mitted to the United States since October 1, 1987, who
were tortured abroad, for the purpose of identifying—
(1) the estimated number and geographic dis-
tribution of such persons;
(2) the needs of such persons for recovery serv-
ices; and
(3) the availability of such services.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 1997,
the Center for Disease Control shall submit a report to
the Judiciary Committees of the House of Representatives
and the Senate setting forth the findings of the study con-
ducted under subsection (a), together with any rec-
ommendation for increasing the services available to per-
sons described in subsection (a), including any rec-
ommendation for legislation, if necessary.
SEC. 2667. DOMESTIC TREATMENT CENTERS.
(a) AMENDMENT OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NA-
TIONALITY ACT.—Section 412 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) ASSISTANCE
FOR TREATMENT
OF TORTURE
VICTIMS.—(1) The Director is authorized to provide
grants to programs in the United States to cover the cost
of the following services:
‘‘(A) Services for the rehabilitation of victims of
torture, including treatment of the physical and psy-
chological effects of torture.
‘‘(B) Social services for victims of torture.
‘‘(C) Research and training for health care pro-
viders outside of treatment centers for the purpose
of enabling such providers to provide the services de-
scribed in subparagraph (A).
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘tor-
ture’ has the same meaning given to the term in section
2662(b) of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1995.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) Of
amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out sec-
tion 414 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1524) for fiscal year 1996, there are authorized to be ap-
propriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out
section 412(g) of that Act (relating to assistance for do-
mestic centers for the treatment of victims of torture).
(2) Amounts appropriated pursuant to this sub-
section are authorized to remain available until expended.
TITLE XXVII—CONGRESSIONAL
STATEMENTS
SEC. 2701. INTER-AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS.
Taking into consideration the long-term commitment
by the United States to the affairs of this Hemisphere and
the need to build further upon the linkages between the
United States and its neighbors, the Secretary of State,
in allocating the level of resources for international organi-
zations, should pay particular attention to funding levels
of the Inter-American organizations.
SEC. 2702. TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) The sovereign and independent state of
Bosnia-Herzegovina was formally recognized by the
United States of America on April 7, 1992.
(2) The sovereign and independent state of
Bosnia-Herzegovina was admitted as a full partici-
pating State of the Conference on Security and Co-
operation in Europe on April 30, 1992.
(3) The sovereign and independent state of
Bosnia-Herzegovina was admitted as a Member
state of the United Nations on May 22, 1992.
(4) The United States has declared its deter-
mination to respect and put into practice the Dec-
laration on Principles Guiding Relations between
Participating States contained in the Final Act of
the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Eu-
rope.
(5) Each of the principles has been violated
during the course of war in Bosnia-Herzegovina:
sovereign equality and respect for the rights inherent
in sovereignty, refraining from the threat or use of
force; inviolability of frontiers; territorial integrity of
States; peaceful settlement of disputes; noninterven-
tion in internal affairs; respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of
thought, conscience, religion or belief; equal rights
and self-determination of peoples; cooperation among
States; and fulfillment in good faith of obligations
under international law.
(6) Principle II of the Final Act commits the
participating States to ‘‘refrain from any manifesta-
tion of force for the purpose of inducing another
participating State to renounce the full exercise of
its sovereign rights’’.
(7) Principle III of the Final Act commits the
participating States to ‘‘refrain from any demand
for, or act of, seizure and usurpation of part or all
of the territory of any participating State’’.
(8) Principle IV of the Final Act commits the
participating States to ‘‘respect the territorial integ-
rity of each of the participating States’’ and ‘‘refrain
from any action inconsistent with the purposes and
principles of the Charter of the United Nations
against the territorial integrity, political independ-
ence or the unity of any participating State’’.
(9) The Charter of Paris for a New Europe
commits the participating States ‘‘to cooperate in
defending democratic institutions against activities
which violate the independence, sovereign equality,
or territorial integrity of the participating States’’.
(10) The Helsinki Document 1992 reaffirms
‘‘the validity of the guiding principles and common
values of the Helsinki Final Act and the Charter of
Paris, embodying responsibilities of States towards
each other and of governments towards their own
people’’ which serve as the ‘‘collective conscience of
our community’’.
(11) The Charter of the United Nations calls
upon Member states to respect the territorial integ-
rity and political independence of any state in keep-
ing with the Purposes of the United Nations.
(12) The sovereign and independent state of
Bosnia-Herzegovina has been and continues to be
subjected to armed aggression Bosnian Serb forces,
Croatian Serb forces, and others in violation of
Final Act and the Charter.
(13) Unchecked armed aggression and genocide
threatens the lives of innocent civilians as well as the
very existence of the sovereign and independent state
of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that the United States should refuse to recognize
the incorporation of any of the territory of Bosnia-
Herzegovina into the territory of any neighboring state or
the creation of any new state or states within the borders
of Bosnia-Herzegovina resulting from the threat or use of
force, coercion, or any other means inconsistent with inter-
national law.
SEC. 2703. THE LAOGAI SYSTEM OF POLITICAL PRISONS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) The Chinese gulag, known as the Laogai,
was created as a primary means of political repres-
sion and control when the Communists assumed
power in China in 1949.
(2) The Laogai has caused millions of people to
suffer grave human rights abuses over the past 46
years, including countless deaths.
(3) The Laogai continues to be used to incar-
cerate unknown numbers of ordinary citizens for po-
litical reasons, including workers, students, intellec-
tuals, religious believers, and Tibetans.
(4) So-called ‘‘thought reform’’ is a standard
practice of Laogai officials, and reports of torture