‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—A country that does
not meet the requirements of subparagraph (A)
for a fiscal year may receive United States as-
sistance for such fiscal year if the President de-
termines and certifies to the Congress that it is
in the vital national interest of the United
States to provide such assistance to such coun-
try. The President shall include in any such
certification—
‘‘(i) a full and complete description of
the vital national interest of the United
States that is placed at risk if such assist-
ance is not provided to such country; and
‘‘(ii) a statement weighing the risk de-
scribed in clause (i) against the risk posed
to the vital national interest of the United
States by the failure of such country to
adopt laws respecting the human rights of
working children.
‘‘(2) REVIEW OF CERTIFICATION.—
‘‘(A) DISCRETIONARY REVIEW.—The Sec-
retary of State may review the certification of
any country submitted under paragraph (1)(A).
‘‘(B) REVIEW BY PETITION.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An individual may
submit to the Secretary a petition to re-
view the certification of any country sub-
mitted under paragraph (1)(A).
‘‘(ii) ACCEPTANCE
OF
REVIEW.—If
the Secretary determines that a petition
submitted under clause (i) contains credi-
ble evidence that a country submitted a
certification under paragraph (1)(A) in a
fraudulent manner, or that the country is
not in compliance with any of the require-
ments contained in such paragraph, then
the Secretary shall, not later than 180
days after the receipt of such petition, con-
duct a review of such certification.
‘‘(iii) DENIAL
OF
REVIEW.—If the
Secretary determines that a petition sub-
mitted under clause (i) does not contain
credible evidence that a country submitted
a certification under paragraph (1)(A) in a
fraudulent manner, or that the country is
not in compliance with any of the require-
ments contained in such paragraph, then
the Secretary shall, not later than 180
days after the receipt of such petition, pro-
vide the individual who submitted the peti-
tion for review with the reasoning of the
decision to deny review of such certifi-
cation.
‘‘(3) REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATION.—
‘‘(A) REVOCATION BY SECRETARY.—If the
Secretary determines, based upon a review con-
ducted under paragraph (2), that the country is
not in compliance with any of the requirements
contained in paragraph (1), then the Secretary
shall revoke the certification of such country.
‘‘(B) REVOCATION
BY
CONGRESS.—The
Congress may enact a joint resolution dis-
approving the certification for a country sub-
mitted under subparagraph (A) or (B) of para-
graph (1).
‘‘(b) WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—50 percent of
the United States assistance allocated each fiscal
year for each country that has not been certified
under subsection (a)(1), and for each country for
which a certification has been revoked under sub-
section (a)(3), shall be withheld from obligation and
expenditure.
‘‘(2) MULTILATERAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall instruct the United
States Executive Director of each international fi-
nancial institution to use the voice and vote of the
United States to oppose any loan or other utilization
of the funds of their respective institution to or for
any country that has not been certified under sub-
section (a)(1) and for each country for which a cer-
tification has been revoked under subsection (a)(3).
‘‘SEC. 499C. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this chapter, the following defini-
tions apply:
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means—
‘‘(A) the Committee on International Rela-
tions of the House of Representatives; and
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate.
‘‘(2) 
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TION.—The term ‘international financial institution’
means the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development, the Inter-American Development
Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African De-
velopment Bank, the African Development Fund, the
International Monetary Fund, the European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development, and the Inter-
national Finance Corporation.
‘‘(3) UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—The term
‘United States assistance’ means
‘‘(A) any assistance under this Act (includ-
ing programs under title IV of chapter 2 of this
part, relating to the Overseas Private Invest-
ment Corporation), other than—
‘‘(i) disaster relief assistance, includ-
ing any assistance under chapter 9 of this
part;
‘‘(ii) assistance which involves the pro-
vision of food (including monetization of
food) or medicine; and
‘‘(iii) assistance for refugees;
‘‘(B) sales, or financing on any terms,
under the Arms Export Control Act;
‘‘(C) the provision of agricultural commod-
ities, other than food, under the Agricultural
Trade Development and Assistance Act of
1954; and
‘‘(D) financing under the Export-Import
Bank Act of 1945.’’.