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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. INSULAR AREAS AND FREELY ASSOCIATED 
STATES ENERGY DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY PLAN.—The term 
‘‘comprehensive energy plan’’ means a comprehen-
sive energy plan prepared and updated under sub-
sections (c) and (e) of section 604 of the Act entitled 
‘‘An Act to authorize appropriations for certain in-
sular areas of the United States, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved December 24, 1980 (48 U.S.C. 
1492). 
(2) ENERGY ACTION PLAN.—The term ‘‘energy 
action plan’’ means the plan required by subsection 
(d). 
(3) FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.—The term 
‘‘Freely Associated States’’ means the Federated 
States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, and the Republic of Palau. 
(4) INSULAR AREAS.—The term ‘‘insular areas’’ 
means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. 
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(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(6) TEAM.—The term ‘‘team’’ means the team 
established by the Secretary under subsection (b). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-
tablish a team of technical, policy, and financial experts— 
(1) to develop an energy action plan addressing 
the energy needs of each of the insular areas and 
Freely Associated States; and 
(2) to assist each of the insular areas and Free-
ly Associated States in implementing such plan. 
(c) PARTICIPATION OF REGIONAL UTILITY ORGANI-
ZATIONS.—In establishing the team, the Secretary shall 
consider including regional utility organizations. 
(d) ENERGY ACTION PLAN.—In accordance with sub-
section (b), the energy action plan shall include— 
(1) recommendations, based on the comprehen-
sive energy plan where applicable, to— 
(A) reduce reliance and expenditures on 
imported fossil fuels; 
(B) develop indigenous, nonfossil fuel en-
ergy sources; and 
(C) improve performance of energy infra-
structure and overall energy efficiency; 
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(2) a schedule for implementation of such rec-
ommendations and identification and prioritization 
of specific projects; 
(3) a financial and engineering plan for imple-
menting and sustaining projects; and 
(4) benchmarks for measuring progress toward 
implementation. 
(e) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date on which the Secretary establishes the team 
and annually thereafter, the team shall submit to the Sec-
retary a report detailing progress made in fulfilling its 
charge and in implementing the energy action plan. 
(f) ANNUAL REPORTS
TO CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary re-
ceives a report submitted by the team under subsection 
(e), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress a summary of the report of the team. 
SECTION 1. INSULAR AREAS AND FREELY ASSOCIATED 
STATES ENERGY DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY PLAN.—The term 
‘‘comprehensive energy plan’’ means a comprehensive 
energy plan prepared and updated under subsections 
(c) and (e) of section 604 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 
to authorize appropriations for certain insular areas 
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of the United States, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved December 24, 1980 (48 U.S.C. 1492). 
(2) ENERGY ACTION PLAN.—The term ‘‘energy 
action plan’’ means the plan required by subsection 
(d). 
(3) FREELY
ASSOCIATED
STATES.—The term 
‘‘Freely Associated States’’ means the Federated 
States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Is-
lands, and the Republic of Palau. 
(4) INSULAR AREAS.—The term ‘‘insular areas’’ 
means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(6) TEAM.—The term ‘‘team’’ means the team es-
tablished by the Secretary under subsection (b). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall estab-
lish a team of technical, policy, and financial experts— 
(1) to develop energy action plans addressing the 
immediate, near-term, and long-term energy and en-
vironmental needs of each of the insular areas and 
Freely Associated States; and 
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(2) to assist each of the insular areas and Freely 
Associated States in implementing an energy action 
plan. 
(c) PARTICIPATION OF REGIONAL UTILITY ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—In establishing the team, the Secretary shall con-
sider including regional utility organizations. 
(d) ENERGY ACTION PLANS.—In accordance with sub-
section (b), the energy action plans shall include— 
(1) recommendations, based on the comprehen-
sive energy plan where applicable, to— 
(A) promote access to affordable, reliable en-
ergy; 
(B) develop indigenous, nonfossil fuel en-
ergy resources; and 
(C) improve performance of energy infra-
structure and overall energy efficiency; 
(2) a schedule for implementation of such rec-
ommendations and identification and prioritization 
of specific projects; 
(3) a financial and engineering plan for imple-
menting and sustaining projects; and 
(4) benchmarks for measuring progress toward 
implementation. 
(e) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date on which the Secretary establishes the team 
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and annually thereafter, the team shall submit to the Sec-
retary a report detailing progress made in fulfilling its 
charge and in implementing the energy action plans. 
(f) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
30 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a 
report submitted by the team under subsection (e), the Sec-
retary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a summary of the report of the team. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, 
policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs 
of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely 
Associated States through the development of energy ac-
tion plans aimed at promoting access to affordable, reli-
able energy, including increasing use of indigenous clean- 
energy resources, and for other purposes.’’. 
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funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt
restructuring’’.
LIBERIA
SEC. 567. Funds appropriated by this Act may be
made available for assistance for Liberia notwithstanding
section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and
section 512 of this Act.
GUATEMALA
SEC. 568. (a) Funds provided in this Act may be
made available for the Guatemalan military forces, and
the restrictions on Guatemala under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’ and ‘‘Foreign
Military Financing Program’’ shall not apply, only if the
President determines and certifies to the Congress that
the Guatemalan military is cooperating with efforts to re-
solve human rights abuses which elements of the Guate-
malan military forces are alleged to have committed, or-
dered or attempted to thwart the investigation of.
(b) The prohibition contained in subsection (a) shall
not apply to funds made available to implement a ceasefire
or peace agreement.
(c) Any funds made available pursuant to subsections
(a) or (b) shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
(d) Any funds made available pursuant to subsections
(a) and (b) for international military education and train-
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Subject to valid’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid’’; and 
(B) by adding after paragraph (1) (as des-
ignated by subparagraph (A)) the following: 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL TRUST ACQUISITIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
accept title to any additional number of acres of 
real property located within the boundaries of 
the original 1857 reservation of the Confed-
erated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community 
of Oregon established by Executive Order dated 
June 30, 1857, comprised of land within the 
political boundaries of Polk and Yamhill Coun-
ties, Oregon, if that real property is conveyed or 
otherwise transferred to the United States by or 
on behalf of the Tribe. 
‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF TRUST LAND.—All 
applications to take land into trust within the 
boundaries of the original 1857 reservation 
shall be treated by the Secretary as an on-res-
ervation trust acquisition. 
‘‘(C) RESERVATION.—All real property 
taken into trust within those boundaries at any 
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time after September 9, 1988, shall be part of 
the reservation of the Tribe.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding the table, by 
striking ‘‘in subsection (a) are approximately 
10,311.60’’ and inserting ‘‘in subsection (a)(1) 
are approximately 11,274.19’’; and 
(B) in the table— 
(i) by striking the following: 
‘‘6 
Tax lot 800 
5.55’’; 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘6 
7, 8, 17, 
Former tax lot 800, located within the SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 of Sec-
tion 7; SW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 of Section 8; NW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 of Section 
17; and NE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 of Section 18 
5.55’’; 
(ii) in the acres column of the last 
item added by section 2(a)(1) of Public 
Law 103–445 (108 Stat. 4566), by strik-
ing ‘‘240’’ and inserting ‘‘241.06’’; and 
(iii) by striking all text after 
‘‘6 
E 1⁄2 NE 1⁄4 
43.42’’; 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘6 
W 1⁄2 SE 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 
20.6
N 1⁄2 SW 1⁄4 SE 1⁄4 
19.99
SE 1⁄4 NE 1⁄4 
9.99
NE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 
10.46
NE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4, NW 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 
12.99
SW 1⁄4 NW 1⁄4 
37.99
SE 1⁄4 SW 1⁄4 
24.87
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IB
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3540
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 1996
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered
AN ACT
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Ω1æThat 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-
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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
Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying
out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor-
poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur-
ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi-
tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear
equipment, fuel, or technology to any country other than
a nuclear-weapon State as defined in Article IX of the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi-
ble to receive economic or military assistance under this
Act that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date
of enactment of this Act.
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur-
ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended,
$726,000,000 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 Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That such sums shall remain available until 2012 for
the disbursement of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur-
ance and tied-aid grants obligated in fiscal years 1997 and
1998: Provided further, That up to $50,000,000 of funds
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appropriated by this paragraph shall remain available
until expended and may be used for tied-aid grant pur-
poses: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated by this paragraph may be used for tied-aid credits
or grants except through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated by this paragraph are made
available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export-
Import Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the purchase
or lease of any product by any East European country,
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
representation expenses for members of the Board of Di-
rectors, $47,614,000 (reduced by $1,000,000): Provided,
That necessary expenses (including special services per-
formed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other
personal services) in connection with the collection of mon-
eys owed the Export-Import Bank, repossession or sale of
pledged collateral or other assets acquired by the Export-
Import Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the Export-
Import Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any
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property, or the evaluation of the legal or technical aspects
of any transaction for which an application for a loan,
guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, shall
be considered nonadministrative expenses for the purposes
of this heading: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
subsection (b) of section 117 of the Export Enhancement
Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall remain 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
commitments 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
$30,000,000: 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 in-
vestors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative ex-
penses for the purposes of this heading.
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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: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying 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 di-
rect loan obligations and loan guaranty commitments in-
curred or made during fiscal years 1997 and 1998: Pro-
vided further, That such sums shall remain available
through fiscal year 2005 for the disbursement of direct
and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year 1997, and
through fiscal year 2006 for the disbursement of direct
and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year 1998. In ad-
dition, such sums as may be necessary for administrative
expenses to carry out the credit program may be derived
from amounts available for administrative expenses to
carry out the credit and insurance programs in the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account
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,
$38,000,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
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tember 30, 1998: Provided, That the Trade and Develop-
ment Agency may receive reimbursements from corpora-
tions and other entities for the costs of grants for feasibil-
ity studies and other project planning services, to be de-
posited as an offsetting collection to this account and to
be available for obligation until September 30, 1998, for
necessary expenses under this paragraph: Provided fur-
ther, That such reimbursements shall not cover, or be allo-
cated 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
CHILD SURVIVAL AND DISEASE PROGRAMS FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, for child survival, basic education, as-
sistance to combat tropical and other diseases, and related
activities, in addition to funds otherwise available for such
purposes, $600,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That this amount shall be made avail-
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able for such activities as (1) immunization programs, (2)
oral rehydration programs, (3) health and nutrition pro-
grams, and related education programs, which address the
needs of mothers and children, (4) water and sanitation
programs, (5) assistance for displaced and orphaned chil-
dren, (6) programs for the prevention, treatment, and con-
trol of, and research on, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, polio,
malaria and other diseases, (7) not to exceed $98,000,000
for basic education programs for children, and (8) a con-
tribution on a grant basis to the United Nations Chil-
dren’s Fund (UNICEF) pursuant to section 301 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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, $1,150,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 1998: Provided,
That none of the funds made available in this Act nor
any unobligated balances from prior appropriations may
be made available to any organization or program which,
as determined by the President of the United States, sup-
ports or participates in the management of a program of
coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available under this
heading may be used to pay for the performance of abor-
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tion as a method of family planning or to motivate or co-
erce any person to practice abortions; and that in order
to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds
shall be available only to voluntary family 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 applicant’s
religious or conscientious commitment to offer only natu-
ral family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants
shall comply with the requirements of the previous proviso:
Provided further, That for purposes of this or any other
Act authorizing or appropriating funds for foreign oper-
ations, export financing, and related programs, the term
‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance,
shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent
with local law, of information or counseling about all preg-
nancy options: Provided further, That nothing in this para-
graph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory
prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That
the total amount of funds appropriated under this heading
and under the heading ‘‘Child Survival and Disease Pro-
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grams Fund’’ should be made available for each of the
sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America and Caribbean re-
gions in at least the same proportion as the total amount
identified in the fiscal year 1997 draft congressional pres-
entation document for development assistance for each
such region is to the total amount requested for develop-
ment assistance for such fiscal year.
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 organi-
zation, which obtains less than 20 per centum of its total
annual funding for international activities from sources
other than the United States Government: Provided, That
the requirements of the provisions of section 123(g) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the provisions on pri-
vate and voluntary organizations in title II of the ‘‘Foreign
Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
1985’’ (as enacted in Public Law 98–473) shall be super-
seded by the provisions of this section, except that the au-
thority contained in the last sentence of section 123(g)
may be exercised 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 pri-
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vate and voluntary organizations at a level which is equiv-
alent to the level provided in fiscal year 1995. Such private
and voluntary organizations shall include those which op-
erate 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 re-
lief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant
to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, $190,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional 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 Function 150, including the cost of selling, reduc-
ing, or canceling amounts, through debt buybacks and
swaps,
owed
to
the
United
States
as
a
result
of
concessional loans made to eligible Latin American and
Caribbean countries, pursuant to part IV of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, $10,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appro-