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CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury,
$11,916,447, for the United States share of the paid-in
share portion of the initial capital subscription, to remain
available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe with-
out fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of
the United States share of such capital stock in an amount
not to exceed $27,805,043.
NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the North American Development
Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United
States share of the paid-in portion of the capital stock,
$50,625,000, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the North American
Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limi-
tation to the callable capital portion of the United States
share of the capital stock of the North American Develop-
ment Bank in an amount not to exceed $318,750,000.
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and
of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program
Participation Act of 1973, $136,000,000: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall
be made available for the United Nations Fund for
Science and Technology: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated under this heading that are made
available
to
the
United
Nations
Population
Fund
(UNFPA) shall be made available for activities in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China: Provided further, That not more
than $25,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this
heading may be made available to the UNFPA: Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated under this
heading shall be made available to the UNFPA unless the
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Congress
that UNFPA programs in the People’s Republic of China
have ended and the United States has received assurances
that the UNFPA will not resume such programs during
fiscal year 1997: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading may be made available
to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organiza-
tion (KEDO).
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TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
OBLIGATIONS DURING LAST MONTH OF AVAILABILITY
SEC. 501. Except for the appropriations entitled
‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, and ‘‘United States
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, not
more than 15 per centum of any appropriation item made
available by this Act shall be obligated during the last
month of availability.
PROHIBITION OF BILATERAL FUNDING FOR
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 502. None of the funds contained in title II of
this Act may be used to carry out the provisions of section
209(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES
SEC. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $126,500 shall
be for official residence expenses of the Agency for Inter-
national Development during the current fiscal year: Pro-
vided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure
that, to the maximum extent possible, United States-
owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.
LIMITATION ON EXPENSES
SEC. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be
for entertainment expenses of the Agency for International
Development during the current fiscal year.
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LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES
SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $95,000 shall be
available for representation allowances for the Agency for
International Development during the current fiscal year:
Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure
that, to the maximum extent possible, United States-
owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars:
Provided further, That of the funds made available by this
Act for general costs of administering military assistance
and sales under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing
Program’’, not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for en-
tertainment expenses and not to exceed $50,000 shall be
available for representation allowances: Provided further,
That of the funds made available by this Act under the
heading ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’,
not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for entertainment
allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made
available by this Act for the Inter-American Foundation,
not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for entertainment
and representation allowances: Provided further, That of
the funds made available by this Act for the Peace Corps,
not to exceed a total of $4,000 shall be available for enter-
tainment expenses: Provided further, That of the funds
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Trade and
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Development Agency’’, not to exceed $2,000 shall be avail-
able for representation and entertainment allowances.
PROHIBITION ON FINANCING NUCLEAR GOODS
SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated or made
available (other than funds for ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-
terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’) pursuant to
this Act, for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, may be used, except for purposes of nuclear safety,
to finance the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or tech-
nology.
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated
or expended to finance directly any assistance or repara-
tions to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or
Syria: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the pro-
hibition on obligations or expenditures shall include direct
loans, credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Im-
port Bank or its agents.
MILITARY COUPS
SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated
or expended to finance directly any assistance to any coun-
try whose duly elected Head of Government is deposed by
military coup or decree: Provided, That assistance may be
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resumed to such country if the President determines and
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that subse-
quent to the termination of assistance a democratically
elected government has taken office.
TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated under an appropriation account to
which they were not appropriated, except for transfers
specifically provided for in this Act, unless the President,
prior to the exercise of any authority contained in the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults
with and provides a written policy justification to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate.
DEOBLIGATION/REOBLIGATION AUTHORITY
SEC. 510. (a) Amounts certified pursuant to section
1311 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1955, as
having been obligated against appropriations heretofore
made under the authority of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 for the same general purpose as any of the head-
ings under title II of this Act are, if deobligated, hereby
continued available for the same period as the respective
appropriations under such headings or until September
30, 1997, whichever is later, and for the same general pur-
pose, and for countries within the same region as origi-
nally obligated: Provided, That the Appropriations Com-
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part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the genera-
tion of local currencies of that country, the Administrator
of the Agency for International Development shall—
(A) require that local currencies be deposited in
a separate account established by that government;
(B) enter into an agreement with that govern-
ment which sets forth—
(i) the amount of the local currencies to be
generated, and
(ii) the terms and conditions under which
the currencies so deposited may be utilized, con-
sistent with this section; and
(C) establish by agreement with that govern-
ment the responsibilities of the Agency for Inter-
national Development and that government to mon-
itor and account for deposits into and disbursements
from the separate account.
(2) USES
OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be
agreed upon with the foreign government, local currencies
deposited in a separate account pursuant to subsection
(a), or an equivalent amount of local currencies, shall be
used only—
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(A) to carry out chapters 1 or 10 of part I or
chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), for such
purposes as—
(i) project and sector assistance activities,
or
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or
(B) for the administrative requirements of the
United States Government.
(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Agency
for International Development shall take all necessary
steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies
disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the sepa-
rate account established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are
used for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection
(a)(2).
(4) TERMINATION
OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—
Upon termination of assistance to a country under chap-
ters 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case
may be), any unencumbered balances of funds which re-
main in a separate account established pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes as may
be agreed to by the government of that country and the
United States Government.
(5) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The provisions of
this subsection shall supersede the tenth and eleventh pro-
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visos contained under the heading ‘‘Sub-Saharan Africa,
Development Assistance’’ as included in the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1989 and sections 531(d) and 609 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(6) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator
of the Agency for International Development shall report
on an annual basis as part of the justification documents
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on the use
of local currencies for the administrative requirements of
the United States Government as authorized in subsection
(a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount of
local currency (and United States dollar equivalent) used
and/or to be used for such purpose in each applicable
country.
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.—
(1) If assistance is made available to the government of
a foreign country, under chapters 1 or 10 of part I or
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as cash transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assist-
ance, that country shall be required to maintain such
funds in a separate account and not commingle them with
any other funds.
(2)
APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended not-
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withstanding provisions of law which are inconsistent with
the nature of this assistance including provisions which
are referenced in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the
Committee of Conference accompanying House Joint Res-
olution 648 (H. Report No. 98–1159).
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least fifteen days prior to ob-
ligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assist-
ance, the President shall submit a notification through the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations, which shall include a detailed description of
how the funds proposed to be made available will be used,
with a discussion of the United States interests that will
be served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, a
description of the economic policy reforms that will be pro-
moted by such assistance).
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance funds
may be exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)
(1) only through the notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE DIREC-
TORS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCING INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 532. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act may
be made as payment to any international financial institu-
tion while the United States Executive Director to such
institution is compensated by the institution at a rate
which, together with whatever compensation such Director
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receives from the United States, is in excess of the rate
provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV
of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5,
United States Code, or while any alternate United States
Director to such institution is compensated by the institu-
tion at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individ-
ual occupying a position at level V of the Executive Sched-
ule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.
(b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘international finan-
cial institutions’’ are: the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the Inter-American Develop-
ment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian De-
velopment Fund, the African Development Bank, the Afri-
can Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund,
the North American Development Bank, and the Euro-
pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS AGAINST
IRAQ
SEC. 533. (a) DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE.—None of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant
to this Act to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (including title IV of chapter 2 of part I, relating
to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation) or the
Arms Export Control Act may be used to provide assist-
ance to any country that is not in compliance with the
United Nations Security Council sanctions against Iraq,
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Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Inter-
national Relations and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE
WEST BANK AND GAZA
SEC. 553. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the
President has exercised the authority under section 604(a)
of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title
VI of Public Law 104–107) or any other legislation to sus-
pend or make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect:
Provided, That if the President fails to make the certifi-
cation under section 604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace
Facilitation Act of 1995 or to suspend the prohibition
under other legislation, funds appropriated by this Act
may not be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization for the West Bank and Gaza.
EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES
SEC. 554. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion other than for administrative expenses made available
for fiscal year 1997 for programs under title I of this Act
may be transferred between such appropriations for use
for any of the purposes, programs and activities for which
the funds in such receiving account may be used, but no
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such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro-
vided, shall be increased by more than 25 percent by any
such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such author-
ity shall be subject to the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations.
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS
SEC. 555. If the President determines that doing so
will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding
genocide or other violations of international humanitarian
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, of up to $50,000,000 of commodities and serv-
ices for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal estab-
lished with regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United
Nations Security Council or such other tribunals or com-
missions as the Council may establish to deal with such
violations, without regard to the ceiling limitation con-
tained in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the deter-
mination required under this section shall be in lieu of
any determinations otherwise required under section
552(c): Provided further, That 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees
on Appropriations describing the steps the United States
Government is taking to collect information regarding alle-
gations of genocide or other violations of international law
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in the former Yugoslavia and to furnish that information
to the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia.
LANDMINES
SEC. 556. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, demining equipment available to any department or
agency and used in support of the clearing of landmines
for humanitarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant
basis in foreign countries, subject to such terms and condi-
tions as the President may prescribe.
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY
SEC. 557. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Je-
rusalem a new office of any department or agency of the
United States Government for the purpose of conducting
official United States Government business with the Pal-
estinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor
Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-
PLO Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this re-
striction shall not apply to the acquisition of additional
space for the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem:
Provided further, That meetings between officers and em-
ployees of the United States and officials of the Palestin-
ian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing en-
tity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin-
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ciples, for the purpose of conducting official United States
Government business with such authority should continue
to take place in locations other than Jerusalem. As has
been true in the past, officers and employees of the United
States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on
other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now
occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social
contacts, and have incidental discussions.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES
SEC. 558. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act under the heading
‘‘INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING’’
or ‘‘FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM’’ for Infor-
mational Program activities may be obligated or expended
to pay for—
(1) alcoholic beverages;
(2) food (other than food provided at a military
installation) not provided in conjunction with Infor-
mational Program trips where students do not stay
at a military installation; or
(3) entertainment expenses for activities that
are substantially of a recreational character, includ-
ing entrance fees at sporting events and amusement
parks.
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HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
SEC. 559. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds
made available in this Act may be used for assistance in
support of any country when it is made known to the
President that the government of such country prohibits
or otherwise restricts, directly or indirectly, the transport
or delivery of United States humanitarian assistance.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Funds (other than funds appro-
priated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support
Fund’’) may be made available without regard to the re-
striction in subsection (a) if the President determines that
to do so is in the national security interest of the United
States.
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES
SUPPORTING NUCLEAR PLANT IN CUBA
SEC. 560. (a) WITHHOLDING.—The President shall
withhold from assistance made available with funds appro-
priated or made available pursuant to this Act an amount
equal to the sum of assistance and credits, if any, provided
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act by that
country, or any entity in that country, in support of the
completion of the Cuban nuclear facility at Juragua, near
Cienfuegos, Cuba.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The requirement of subsection (a)
to withhold assistance shall not apply with respect to—
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(1) assistance to meet urgent humanitarian
needs including disaster and refugee relief;
(2) democratic political reform and rule of law
activities;
(3) support for private sector and nongovern-
mental organizations that are independent of govern-
ment control;
(4) the development of a free market economic
system; and
(5) assistance for the purposes described in the
Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 (title XII
of Public Law 103–160).
EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
SEC. 561. Not more than 20 percent of the funds
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of sec-
tions 103 through 106 and chapter 4 of part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, that are made available
for Latin America and the Caribbean region may be made
available, through bilateral and Latin America and the
Caribbean regional programs, to provide assistance for
any country in such region.
PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND
PRODUCTS
SEC. 562. (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense
of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable,
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all equipment and products purchased with funds made
available in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any en-
tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of
each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the state-
ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
LIMITATION OF FUNDS FOR NORTH AMERICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK
SEC. 563. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
under the heading ‘‘North American Development Bank’’
and made available for the Community Adjustment and
Investment Program shall be used for purposes other than
those set out in the binational agreement establishing the
Bank.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
SEC. 564. In order to pay for the United States con-
tribution to the tenth replenishment of the resources of
the International Development Association authorized in
section 526 of Public Law 103–87, there is authorized to
be
appropriated,
without
fiscal
year
limitation,
$525,000,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury.
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SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST
SEC. 565. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The
President may reduce amounts owed to the United States
(or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country
as a result of—
(1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and
222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; or
(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under
the Arms Export Control Act.
(b) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi-
cial debt relief and referendum agreements, com-
monly referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’.
(2) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only in such amounts or to such
extent as is provided in advance by appropriations
Acts.
(3) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only with respect to countries with
heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from
the International Development Association, but not
from the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’
countries.
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(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country
whose government—
(1) does not have an excessive level of military
expenditures;
(2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts
of international terrorism;
(3) is not failing to cooperate on international
narcotics control matters;
(4) (including its military or other security
forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of
gross violations of internationally recognized human
rights; and
(5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the
application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, fiscal years 1994 and 1995.
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt
restructuring’’.
(e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A re-
duction of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be
considered assistance for purposes of any provision of law
limiting assistance to a country. The authority provided
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by subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding sec-
tion 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES
SEC. 566. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC-
TION, OR CANCELLATION.—
(1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL
CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may, in accordance with
this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any
concessional loan or portion thereof made before
January 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, to the government of any eligible
country as defined in section 702(6) of that Act or
on receipt of payment from an eligible purchaser, re-
duce or cancel such loan or portion thereof, only for
the purpose of facilitating—
(A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop-
ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or
(B) a debt buyback by an eligible country
of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible
country uses an additional amount of the local
currency of the eligible country, equal to not
less than 40 percent of the price paid for such
debt by such eligible country, or the difference
between the price paid for such debt and the
face value of such debt, to support activities
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that link conservation and sustainable use of
natural resources with local community develop-
ment, and child survival and other child devel-
opment, in a manner consistent with sections
707 through 710 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, if the sale, reduction, or cancellation
would not contravene any term or condition of
any prior agreement relating to such loan.
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac-
cordance with this section, establish the terms and
conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced,
or canceled pursuant to this section.
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined
in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency
primarily responsible for administering part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that
the President has determined to be eligible, and
shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, reduc-
tion, or cancellation of a loan pursuant to this sec-
tion. Such agency shall make an adjustment in its
accounts to reflect the sale, reduction, or cancella-
tion.
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(4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub-
section shall be available only to the extent that ap-
propriations for the cost of the modification, as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, are made in advance.
(b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the
sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced,
or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in
the United States Government account or accounts estab-
lished for the repayment of such loan.
(c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold
pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who
presents plans satisfactory to the President for using the
loan for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps,
debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
(d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to
any eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation
pursuant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible
country, the President should consult with the country
concerning the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or
canceled and their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt-
for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to
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ing may only be for expanded international military edu-
cation and training.
SANCTIONS AGAINST COUNTRIES HARBORING WAR
CRIMINALS
SEC. 569. (a) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—The Presi-
dent is authorized to withhold funds appropriated by this
Act under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms
Export Control Act for any country described in sub-
section (c).
(b) MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of
the Treasury should instruct the United States executive
directors of the international financial institutions to work
in opposition to, and vote against, any extension by such
institutions of financing or financial or technical assist-
ance to any country described in subsection (c).
(c) SANCTIONED COUNTRIES.—A country described
in this subsection is a country the government of which
knowingly grants sanctuary to persons in its territory for
the purpose of evading prosecution, where such persons—
(1) have been indicted by the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, or any
other international tribunal with similar standing
under international law, or
(2) have been indicted for war crimes or crimes
against humanity committed during the period be-
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ginning March 23, 1933 and ending on May 8, 1945
under the direction of, or in association with—
(A) the Nazi government of Germany;
(B) any government in any area occupied
by the military forces of the Nazi government
of Germany;
(C) any government which was established
with the assistance or cooperation of the Nazi
government; or
(D) any government which was an ally of
the Nazi government of Germany.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
SEC. 570. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act, may
be provided to the Government of Haiti until the President
reports to Congress that—
(1) the Government is conducting thorough in-
vestigations of extrajudicial and political killings, in-
cluding the murders of Mireille Bertin, Michel Gon-
zalez, and Jean Hubert Feuille; and
(2) the Government is cooperating with United
States authorities in the investigations of political
and extrajudicial killings.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
strict the provision of humanitarian or electoral assist-
ance.
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(c) The President may waive the requirements of this
section on a quarterly basis if he determines and certifies
to the appropriate committees of Congress that it is in
the national interest of the United States.
(d) The authority contained in the previous sub-
section to make such a determination may be exercised
by the President only and may not be delegated.
LIMITATION OF ASSISTANCE TO TURKEY
SEC. 571. Not more than $25,000,000 of the funds
appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic
Support Fund’’ may be made available to the Government
of Turkey.
REPORTS REGARDING HONG KONG
SEC. 572. (a) Section 301 of the United States-Hong
Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5731) is amended
in the text above paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘March 31,
1997,’’ after ‘‘March 31, 1996,’’.
(b) In light of the deficiencies in reports submitted
to the Congress pursuant to section 301 of the United
States-Hong Kong Policy Act (22 U.S.C. 5731), the Con-
gress directs that the additional report required to be sub-
mitted under such section by subsection (a) of this section
include detailed information on the status of, and other
developments affecting, implementation of the Sino-Brit-
ish Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong, in-
cluding—
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(1) the Basic Law and its consistency with the
Joint Declaration;
(2) Beijing’s plans to replace the elected legisla-
ture with an appointed body;
(3) the openness and fairness of the election of
the chief executive and the executive’s accountability
to the legislature;
(4) the treatment of political parties;
(5) the independence of the Judiciary and its
ability to exercise the power of final judgment over
Hong Kong law; and
(6) the Bill of Rights.
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PURCHASE OF
PRODUCTS NOT MADE IN AMERICA
SEC. 573. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be made available to the government of any foreign
country when it is made known to the Federal official hav-
ing authority to obligate or expend such funds that—
(1) the funds are to be used to purchase any
equipment or product made in a country other than
such foreign country or the United States; and
(2) substantially similar equipment or products
are made in the United States and available for pur-
chase at a price that is not more than 10 percent
higher.
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LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO TURKEY
SEC. 574. Not more than $22,000,000 of the funds
appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic
Support Fund’’ may be made available to the Government
of Turkey, except when it is made known to the Federal
official having authority to obligate or expend such funds
that the Government of Turkey has (1) joined the United
States in acknowledging the atrocity committed against
the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire from
1915 to 1923; and (2) taken all appropriate steps to honor
the memory of the victims of the Armenian genocide.
LIMITATION ON FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING
SEC. 575. None of the funds made available under
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may
be made available for any country when it is made known
to the President that the government of such country has
not agreed to the Department of Defense conducting dur-
ing the current fiscal year nonreimbursable audits of pri-
vate firms whose contracts are made directly with foreign
governments and are financed with funds made available
under this heading (as well as subcontractors thereunder)
as requested by the Defense Security Assistance Agency.
LIMITATION UNDER ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT
SEC. 576. Not more than $100,000,000 of the funds
made available under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’ may be made available for use in fi-
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nancing the procurement of defense articles, defense serv-
ices, or design and construction services that are not sold
by the United States Government under the Arms Export
Control Act to countries other than Israel and Egypt.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO MEXICO
SEC. 577. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended for the Government of Mexico, except if it is made
known to the Federal entity or official to which funds are
appropriated under this Act that—
(1) the Government of Mexico is taking actions
to reduce the amount of illegal drugs entering the
United States from Mexico; and
(2) the Government of Mexico—
(A) is taking effective actions to apply vig-
orously all law enforcement resources to inves-
tigate, track, capture, incarcerate, and pros-
ecute individuals controlling, supervising, or
managing
international
narcotics
cartels
or
other similar entities and the accomplices of
such individuals, individuals responsible for, or
otherwise involved in, corruption, and individ-
uals involved in money-laundering;
(B) is
pursuing international anti-drug
trafficking initiatives;
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(C) is cooperating fully with international
efforts at narcotics interdiction; and
(D) is cooperating fully with requests by
the United States for assistance in investiga-
tions of money-laundering violations and is
making progress toward implementation of ef-
fective laws to prohibit money-laundering.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government Cor-
poration Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying out
the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation:
Provided, That none of the funds available during the cur-
rent fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, con-
tracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment,
fuel, or technology to any country other than a nuclear-
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weapon State as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive
economic or military assistance under this Act that has det-
onated a nuclear explosive after the date of enactment of
this Act.
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance,
and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Ex-
port-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $730,000,000
to remain available until September 30, 1998: Provided,
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans,
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974: Provided further, That such sums shall re-
main available until 2012 for the disbursement of direct
loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obli-
gated in fiscal years 1997 and 1998: Provided further, That
up to $50,000,000 of funds appropriated by this paragraph
shall remain available until expended and may be used for
tied-aid grant purposes: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated by this paragraph may be used for tied-
aid credits or grants except through the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph are
made available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Ex-
port-Import Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the pur-
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chase or lease of any product by any East European coun-
try, any Baltic State, or any agency or national thereof.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs (to be com-
puted on an accrual basis), including hire of passenger
motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
and not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses for members of the Board of Directors,
$40,000,000: Provided, That necessary expenses (including
special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but
not including other personal services) in connection with
the collection of moneys owed the Export-Import Bank, re-
possession or sale of pledged collateral or other assets ac-
quired by the Export-Import Bank in satisfaction of mon-
eys owed the Export-Import Bank, or the investigation or
appraisal of any property, or the evaluation of the legal
or technical aspects of any transaction for which an appli-
cation for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has
been made, shall be considered nonadministrative expenses
for the purposes of this heading: Provided further, That,
none of the funds made available by this or any other Act
may be made available to pay the salary and any other
expenses of the incumbent Chairman and President of the
Export-Import Bank unless and until he has been con-
firmed by the United States Senate: Provided further, That,
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notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the Export
Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall re-
main in effect until October 1, 1997.
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations,
as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and com-
mitments within the limits of funds available to it and in
accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided, That
the amount available for administrative expenses to carry
out the credit and insurance programs (including an
amount for official reception and representation expenses
which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed
$32,000,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred
in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with
services provided to specific investors or potential investors
pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, shall not be considered administrative expenses for
the purposes of this heading.
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans,
$72,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Ac-
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count: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
such sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and
loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal
years 1997 and 1998: Provided further, That such sums
shall remain available through fiscal year 2005 for the dis-
bursement of direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal
year 1997, and through fiscal year 2006 for the disburse-
ment of direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year
1998. In addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may
be derived from amounts available for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Ac-
count and merged with said account.
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$40,000,000: Provided, That the Trade and Development
Agency may receive reimbursements from corporations and
other entities for the costs of grants for feasibility studies
and other project planning services, to be deposited as an
offsetting collection to this account and to be available for
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obligation until September 30, 1997, for necessary expenses
under this paragraph: Provided further, That such reim-
bursements shall not cover, or be allocated against, direct
or indirect administrative costs of the agency.
TITLE II—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry
out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
and for other purposes, to remain available until September
30, 1997, unless otherwise specified herein, as follows:
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
sections 103 through 106 and chapter 10 of part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, title V of the International
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public
Law 96–533) and the provisions of section 401 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1969, $1,262,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the
amount 
appropriated 
under 
this 
heading, 
up 
to
$18,000,000 may be made available for the Inter-American
Foundation and shall be apportioned directly to that agen-
cy: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated
under this heading, up to $10,500,000 may be made avail-
able for the African Development Foundation and shall be
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the provisions of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available in this Act nor any unobligated balances from
prior appropriations may be made available to any organi-
zation or program which, as determined by the President
of the United States, supports or participates in the man-
agement of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary
sterilization: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available under this heading or under the heading ‘‘Popu-
lation, Development Assistance’’, may be used to pay for
the performance of abortion as a method of family planning
or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions;
and that in order to reduce reliance on abortion in develop-
ing nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary fam-
ily planning projects which offer, either directly or through
referral to, or information about access to, a broad range
of family planning methods and services: Provided further,
That in awarding grants for natural family planning
under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no
applicant shall be discriminated against because of such ap-
plicant’s religious or conscientious commitment to offer
only natural family planning; and, additionally, all such
applicants shall comply with the requirements of the pre-
vious proviso: Provided further, That for purposes of this
or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds for
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foreign operations, export financing, and related programs,
the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family planning assist-
ance, shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, con-
sistent with local law, of information or counseling about
all pregnancy options: Provided further, That nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing stat-
utory prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding section 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, of the funds appropriated under this heading in this
Act, and of the unobligated balances of funds previously ap-
propriated under this heading, $17,500,000 shall be trans-
ferred to ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ for
a contribution to the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD), and that any such transfer of funds
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of
the funds appropriated under this heading that are made
available for assistance programs for displaced and or-
phaned children and victims of war, not to exceed $25,000,
in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes,
may be used to monitor and provide oversight of such pro-
grams: Provided further, That not less than $650,000 of the
funds made available under this heading shall be available
only for support of the United States Telecommunications
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Training Institute: Provided further, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading, not less than $15,000,000
shall be available only for the American Schools and Hos-
pitals Abroad program under section 214 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961.
POPULATION, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 104(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$410,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1998.
CYPRUS
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Devel-
opment Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not
less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for Cyprus
to be used only for scholarships, administrative support of
the scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and meas-
ures aimed at reunification of the island and designed to
reduce tensions and promote peace and cooperation between
the two communities on Cyprus.
BURMA
Of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the
provisions of chapter 8 of part I and chapter 4 of part II
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than
$2,500,000 shall be made available to support activities in
Burma, along the Burma-Thailand border, and for activi-
ties of Burmese student groups and other organizations lo-
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cated outside Burma, for the purposes of fostering democ-
racy in Burma, supporting the provision of medical sup-
plies and other humanitarian assistance to Burmese located
in Burma or displaced Burmese along the borders, and for
other purposes: Provided, That of this amount, not less than
$200,000 shall be made available to support newspapers,
publications, and other media activities promoting democ-
racy inside Burma: Provided further, That funds made
available under this heading may be made available not-
withstanding any other provision of law: Provided further,
That provision of such funds shall be made available subject
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act for development assistance may be
made available to any United States private and voluntary
organization, except any cooperative development organiza-
tion, which obtains less than 20 per centum of its total an-
nual funding for international activities from sources other
than the United States Government: Provided, That the re-
quirements of the provisions of section 123(g) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 and the provisions on private and
voluntary organizations in title II of the ‘‘Foreign Assist-
ance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1985’’ (as
enacted in Public Law 98–473) shall be superseded by the
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provisions of this section, except that the authority con-
tained in the last sentence of section 123(g) may be exer-
cised by the Administrator with regard to the requirements
of this paragraph.
Funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under title II of this Act should be made available to private
and voluntary organizations at a level which is equivalent
to the level provided in fiscal year 1995. Such private and
voluntary organizations shall include those which operate
on a not-for-profit basis, receive contributions from private
sources, receive voluntary support from the public and are
deemed to be among the most cost-effective and successful
providers of development assistance.
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for international disaster relief,
rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant to
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
ed, $190,000,000, to remain available until expended.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans and
loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for which
funds have been appropriated or otherwise made available
for programs within the International Affairs Budget Func-
tion 150, including the cost of selling, reducing, or canceling
amounts, through debt buybacks and swaps, owed to the
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United States as a result of concessional loans made to eli-
gible Latin American and Caribbean countries, pursuant
to part IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; of modify-
ing direct loans extended to least developed countries, as
authorized under title I of the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended; and of modi-
fying concessional loans authorized under title I of the Agri-
cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as
amended, as authorized under subsection (a) under the
heading ‘‘Debt Reduction for Jordan’’ in title VI of Public
Law 103–306, $27,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be obligated except through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committee on Appro-
priations.
MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the subsidy cost of direct loans and loan guaran-
tees, $1,500,000, as authorized by section 108 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Provided, That such
costs shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That guarantees of
loans made under this heading in support of microenter-
prise activities may guarantee up to 70 percent of the prin-
cipal amount of any such loans notwithstanding section
108 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. In addition, for
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administrative expenses to carry out programs under this
heading, $500,000, all of which may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of
the Agency for International Development: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading shall
remain available until September 30, 1998.
HOUSING GUARANTY PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of guaranteed loans authorized
by sections 221 and 222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, $4,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1998: Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize
loan principal, 100 percent of which shall be guaranteed,
pursuant to the authority of such sections. In addition, for
administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed loan pro-
grams, $6,000,000, all of which may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of
the Agency for International Development: Provided fur-
ther, That commitments to guarantee loans under this head-
ing may be entered into notwithstanding the second and
third sentences of section 222(a) and, with regard to pro-
grams for central and Eastern Europe and programs for
the benefit of South Africans disadvantaged by apartheid,
section 223(j) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability Fund’’, as authorized by the Foreign Service Act
of 1980, $43,826,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 667, $495,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available by this Act may be made avail-
able for expenses necessary to relocate the Agency for Inter-
national Development, or any part of that agency, to the
building at the Federal Triangle in Washington, District
of Columbia.
OPERATING
EXPENSES
OF
THE
AGENCY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 667, $28,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which sum shall be available for the Office of the
Inspector General of the Agency for International Develop-
ment.
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OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
chapter 4 of part II, $2,340,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, not less than $1,200,000,000
shall be available only for Israel, which sum shall be avail-
able on a grant basis as a cash transfer and shall be dis-
bursed within thirty days of enactment of this Act or by
October 31, 1996, whichever is later: Provided further, That
not less than $815,000,000 shall be available only for
Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant basis, and
of which sum cash transfer assistance may be provided,
with the understanding that Egypt will undertake signifi-
cant economic reforms which are additional to those which
were undertaken in previous fiscal years, and of which not
less than $200,000,000 shall be provided as Commodity Im-
port Program assistance: Provided further, That in exercis-
ing the authority to provide cash transfer assistance for Is-
rael and Egypt, the President shall ensure that the level
of such assistance does not cause an adverse impact on the
total level of non-military exports from the United States
to each such country: Provided further, That it is the sense
of the Congress that the recommended levels of assistance
for Egypt and Israel are based in great measure upon their
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continued participation in the Camp David Accords and
upon the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty: Provided further,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
$3,000,000 shall be made available to establish an inde-
pendent radio broadcasting service to Iran: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be made available for Zaire: Provided further,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading by prior
appropriations Acts, $36,000,000 of unobligated and
unearmarked funds shall be transferred to and consolidated
with funds appropriated by this Act under the heading
‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’.
ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC
STATES
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for
East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989,
$475,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1998, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for economic assistance and for related
programs for Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic
States.
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior
appropriations Acts that are or have been made available
for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund
in interest-bearing accounts prior to the Fund’s disburse-
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ment of such funds for program purposes. The Fund may
retain for such program purposes any interest earned on
such deposits without returning such interest to the Treas-
ury of the United States and without further appropriation
by the Congress. Funds made available for Enterprise
Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary
to make timely payment for projects and activities.
(c) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the
administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use
of economic assistance.
(d) With regard to funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this heading for the economic revital-
ization program in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and local cur-
rencies generated by such funds (including the conversion
of funds appropriated under this heading into currency
used by Bosnia and Herzegovina as local currency and local
currency returned or repaid under such program)—
(1) the Administrator of the Agency for Inter-
national Development shall provide written approval
for grants and loans prior to the obligation and ex-
penditure of funds for such purposes, and prior to the
use of funds that have been returned or repaid to any
lending facility or grantee; and
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(2) the provisions of section 534 of this Act shall
apply.
(e) With regard to funds appropriated under this head-
ing that are made available for economic revitalization pro-
grams in Bosnia and Hercegovina, 50 percent of such funds
shall not be available for obligation unless the President de-
termines and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations
that the Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovina has com-
plied with article III of annex 1–A of the General Frame-
work Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Hercegovina con-
cerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, and that intel-
ligence cooperation on training, investigations, and related
activities between Iranian officials and Bosnian officials
has been terminated.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE
FORMER SOVIET UNION
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for the new
independent states of the former Soviet Union and for relat-
ed programs, $640,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1998: Provided, That the provisions of such
chapter shall apply to funds appropriated by this para-
graph: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading $25,000,000 shall be available for the
legal restructuring necessary to support a decentralized
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istered 
by 
the 
Inter-American 
Development 
Bank,
$27,500,000 to remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the
Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of
the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock,
$13,221,596, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Asian Development
Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the
callable capital portion of the United States share of such
capital stock in an amount not to exceed $647,858,204.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For the United States contribution by the Secretary
of the Treasury to the increases in resources of the Asian
Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Develop-
ment
Bank
Act,
as amended (Public Law 89–369),
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury,
$11,916,447, for the United States share of the paid-in
share portion of the initial capital subscription, to remain
available until expended.
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available for the World Food Program: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading
may be made available to the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA): Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading that are made available
to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) shall be
made available for activities in the People’s Republic of
China: Provided further, That not more than $35,000,000
of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made
available to the UNFPA: Provided further, That not more
than one-half of this amount may be provided to UNFPA
before March 1, 1997, and that no later than February 15,
1997, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the
Committees on Appropriations indicating the amount
UNFPA is budgeting for the People’s Republic of China in
1997: Provided further, That any amount UNFPA plans
to spend in the People’s Republic of China in 1997 shall
be deducted from the amount of funds provided to UNFPA
after March 1, 1997 pursuant to the previous provisos: Pro-
vided further, That with respect to any funds appropriated
under this heading that are made available to UNFPA,
UNFPA shall be required to maintain such funds in a sepa-
rate account and not commingle them with any other funds.