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Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, and to carry out other
authorities in law consistent with such purposes:
(1) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—For ‘‘International Broadcasting
Operations’’, $485,823,000 for the fiscal year 2003.
(B) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amount authorized
to be appropriated by subparagraph (A) for the fiscal year
2003, there is authorized to be available for Radio Free
Asia $35,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003.
(2) BROADCASTING
CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS.—For ‘‘Broad-
casting Capital Improvements’’, $13,740,000 for the fiscal year
2003.
(3) BROADCASTING TO CUBA.—For ‘‘Broadcasting to Cuba’’,
$25,923,000 for the fiscal year 2003.
(b) CONTINUATION OF ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR BROAD-
CASTING TO THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND NEIGHBORING
COUNTRIES.—Section 701 of Public Law 106–286 (22 U.S.C. 7001)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2003’’;
and
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘2001 and 2002’’ and
inserting ‘‘2001, 2002, and 2003’’.
(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR MIDDLE
EAST RADIO NETWORK OF VOICE OF AMERICA.—In addition to such
amounts as are made available for the Middle East Radio Network
of Voice of America pursuant to the authorization of appropriations
under subsection (a), there is authorized to be appropriated
$20,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003 for the Middle East Radio
Network of Voice of America.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF STATE
AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES
Subtitle A—Basic Authorities and
Activities
SEC. 201. EMERGENCY EVACUATION SERVICES.
Section 4(b)(2)(A) of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671(b)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) the evacuation when their lives are endangered by
war, civil unrest, or natural disaster of—
‘‘(i) United States Government employees and their
dependents; and
‘‘(ii) private United States citizens or third-country
nationals, on a reimbursable basis to the maximum extent
practicable, with such reimbursements to be credited to
the applicable Department of State appropriation and to
remain available until expended, except that no reimburse-
ment under this clause shall be paid that is greater than
the amount the person evacuated would have been charged
for a reasonable commercial air fare immediately prior
to the events giving rise to the evacuation;’’.
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SEC. 202. SPECIAL AGENT AUTHORITIES.
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 37(a) of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2709(a)) is amended—
(1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
‘‘(2) obtain and execute search and arrest warrants, as
well as obtain and serve subpoenas and summonses issued
under the authority of the United States;’’;
(2) in paragraph (3)(F), by inserting ‘‘or President-elect’’
after ‘‘President’’; and
(3) by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:
‘‘(5) make arrests without warrant for any offense against
the United States committed in their presence, or for any
felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they
have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be
arrested has committed or is committing such felony.’’.
(b) AGREEMENTS.—Section 37(b) of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2709(b)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
(2) by striking ‘‘(b) AGREEMENT.—’’ and all that follows
through the end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SECRETARY
OF THE TREASURY AND FIREARMS REGULATIONS.—
‘‘(1) AGREEMENT WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The authority
conferred by paragraphs (1) and (4) of subsection (a) shall
be exercised subject to an agreement between the Secretary
and the Attorney General.
‘‘(2) AGREEMENT WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SECRETARY
OF THE TREASURY.—The authority conferred by paragraphs (2)
and (5) of subsection (a) shall be exercised subject to an agree-
ment among the Secretary, the Attorney General, and the Sec-
retary of the Treasury.’’.
(c) IMPLEMENTATION OF SEARCH, SEIZURE, SERVICE, AND ARREST
AUTHORITY.—(1) The authority conferred by paragraphs (2) and
(5) of section 37(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act
of 1956, as amended by subsection (a), may not be exercised until
the date on which the Secretary—
(A) submits the agreement required by subsection (b)(2)
of section 37 of such Act to the appropriate congressional
committees; and
(B) publishes in the Federal Register a notice that the
agreement has been submitted in accordance with the require-
ments of subparagraph (A).
(2) The authority conferred by paragraphs (2) and (5) of sub-
section (a) of section 37 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment
of this Act, may continue to be exercised until the date on which
the notice described in paragraph (1)(B) is published in the Federal
Register.
SEC. 203. INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION FUND.
Section 38 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2710) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(e) RETENTION OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To reimburse the expenses of the United
States Government in preparing or prosecuting a proceeding
before an international tribunal, or a claim against a foreign
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government or other foreign entity, the Secretary may retain
1.5 percent of any amount between $100,000 and $5,000,000,
and one percent of any amount over $5,000,000, received per
claim under chapter 34 of the Act of February 27, 1896 (22
U.S.C. 2668a; 29 Stat. 32).
‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—Amounts retained under the authority
of paragraph (1) shall be deposited into the fund under sub-
section (d).’’.
SEC. 204. STATE DEPARTMENT RECORDS OF OVERSEAS DEATHS OF
UNITED STATES CITIZENS FROM NONNATURAL CAUSES.
Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
(22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
‘‘SEC. 57. STATE DEPARTMENT RECORDS OF OVERSEAS DEATHS OF
UNITED STATES CITIZENS FROM NONNATURAL CAUSES.
‘‘(a) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall, to the
maximum extent practicable, collect, with respect to each foreign
country, the following information with respect to each United
States citizen who dies in that country from a nonnatural cause
on or after the date of enactment of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Year 2003:
‘‘(1) The date of death.
‘‘(2) The locality where the death occurred (including the
state or province and municipality, if available).
‘‘(3) The cause of death, including information on the cir-
cumstances of the death, and including, if the death resulted
from an act of terrorism, a statement disclosing that informa-
tion.
‘‘(4) Such other information as the Secretary shall prescribe.
‘‘(b) DATABASE.—The Secretary shall establish and maintain
a database containing the information collected under subsection
(a).
‘‘(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—Beginning three
months after the date of enactment of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, the Secretary, shall make
available, on a country-by-country basis, on the Internet website
of the Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs, the information
from the database described in subsection (b) with respect to deaths
occurring since the date of enactment of that Act, or occurring
during the preceding three calendar years, whichever period is
shorter. The information shall be updated at least every six
months.’’.
SEC. 205. FOREIGN RELATIONS HISTORICAL SERIES.
(a) ANNUAL REPORTS BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section
404(d) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22
U.S.C. 4354(d)) is amended—
(1) by striking
‘‘REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—’’ and
inserting ‘‘ANNUAL REPORTS BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—
’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘and to the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations
of the House of Representatives’’ after ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS BY THE SECRETARY.—Section 404(e) of
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
4354(e)) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORTS BY THE SECRETARY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1 of each year,
the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International
Relations of the House of Representatives on the compliance
of the Department of State with the provisions of this title,
including—
‘‘(A) the volumes published in the previous calendar
year;
‘‘(B) the degree to which the Department is not in
compliance with the deadline set forth in section 401(c);
and
‘‘(C) the factors relevant to the inability of the Depart-
ment to comply with the provisions of this title, including
section 401(c).
‘‘(2) FORM OF REPORTS.—Each report required to be sub-
mitted by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified
form, together with a classified annex if necessary.’’.
SEC. 206. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARD OF CERTAIN
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 11(b)(4)(A) of the Foreign Service
Buildings Act, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 302(b)(4)(A)) is amended by inserting
‘‘or at a United States diplomatic or consular establishment abroad’’
after ‘‘United States’’.
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 402(c)(2)(D) of the
Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22
U.S.C. 4852(c)(2)(D)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or at a United States
diplomatic or consular establishment abroad’’ after ‘‘United States’’.
SEC. 207. INTERNATIONAL CHANCERY CENTER.
Section 1 of the Act of October 8, 1968 (Public Law 90–553,
as amended; commonly known as the ‘‘International Center Act’’)
is amended—
(1) by redesignating clauses (a) and (b) as clauses (1) and
(2), respectively;
(2) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘That’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
‘‘(b) There is established in the Treasury of the United States
an account into which may be deposited funds provided as advance
payments pursuant to subsection (a).
‘‘(c) The Secretary of State may request the Secretary of the
Treasury to invest such portion of the funds deposited in that
account as is not, in the judgment of the Secretary of State, required
to meet the current needs of the account. Such investments shall
be made by the Secretary of the Treasury in public debt securities
with maturities suitable to the needs of the account, as determined
by the Secretary of State, and bearing interest at a rate determined
by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the
current market yields on outstanding marketable obligations of
the United States of comparable maturity.’’.
SEC. 208. TRAVEL TO GREAT LAKES FISHERIES MEETINGS.
Section 4(c) of the Great Lakes Fisheries Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C.
933(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘five’’ and inserting ‘‘ten’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘each’’ and inserting ‘‘the annual’’.