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10 per centum of the amount previously justified to the Con-
gress for obligation for such activity, program, or project
for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That the re-
quirements of this section or any similar provision of this
Act or any other Act, including any prior Act requiring
notification in accordance with the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, may be
waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to
human health or welfare: Provided further, That in case
of any such waiver, notification to the Congress, or the ap-
propriate congressional committees, shall be provided as
early as practicable, but in no event later than three days
after taking the action to which such notification require-
ment was applicable, in the context of the circumstances
necessitating such waiver: Provided further, That any noti-
fication provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain
an explanation of the emergency circumstances.
Drawdowns made pursuant to section 506(a)(2) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be subject to the regu-
lar notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
SEC. 516. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
or of this Act, none of the funds provided for ‘‘International
Organizations and Programs’’ shall be available for the
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United States proportionate share, in accordance with sec-
tion 307(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for any
programs identified in section 307, or for Libya, Iran, or,
at the discretion of the President, Communist countries list-
ed in section 620(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as amended: Provided, That, subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds
appropriated under this Act or any previously enacted Act
making appropriations for foreign operations, export fi-
nancing, and related programs, which are returned or not
made available for organizations and programs because of
the implementation of this section or any similar provision
of law, shall remain available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 1997.
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL
SEC. 517. The Congress finds that progress on the
peace process in the Middle East is vitally important to
United States security interests in the region. The Congress
recognizes that, in fulfilling its obligations under the Treaty
of Peace Between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State
of Israel, done at Washington on March 26, 1979, Israel
incurred severe economic burdens. Furthermore, the Con-
gress recognizes that an economically and militarily secure
Israel serves the security interests of the United States, for
a secure Israel is an Israel which has the incentive and
confidence to continue pursuing the peace process. There-
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fore, the Congress declares that, subject to the availability
of appropriations, it is the policy and the intention of the
United States that the funds provided in annual appropria-
tions for the Economic Support Fund which are allocated
to Israel shall not be less than the annual debt repayment
(interest and principal) from Israel to the United States
Government in recognition that such a principle serves
United States interests in the region.
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available to carry
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
ed, may be used to pay for the performance of abortions
as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce
any person to practice abortions. None of the funds made
available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the perform-
ance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family
planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive
to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any bio-
medical research which relates in whole or in part, to meth-
ods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary steri-
lization as a means of family planning. None of the funds
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance
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Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended for
any country or organization if the President certifies that
the use of these funds by any such country or organization
would violate any of the above provisions related to abor-
tions and involuntary sterilizations: Provided, That none
of the funds made available under this Act may be used
to lobby for or against abortion.
POPULATION PLANNING ASSISTANCE LIMITATIONS
SEC. 519. (a) PROHIBITION ON ABORTION FUNDING.—
None of the funds made available under this Act may be
used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method
of family planning, or to coerce or motivate any person to
practice abortions.
(b) PROHIBITION ON ABORTION LOBBYING.—None of
the funds made available under this Act may be used to
lobby for or against abortion.
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—In determining eligibility for assist-
ance from funds appropriated to carry out section 104 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, nongovernmental and
multilateral organizations shall not be subjected to require-
ments more restrictive than the requirements applicable to
foreign governments for such assistance.
REPORTING REQUIREMENT
SEC. 520. The President shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations the reports required by section
25(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act.
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SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 521. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall be obligated or expended for Colombia, Guatemala,
Haiti, Liberia, Pakistan, Sudan, or Zaire except as pro-
vided through the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY
SEC. 522. For the purpose of this Act, ‘‘program,
project, and activity’’ shall be defined at the Appropriations
Act account level and shall include all Appropriations and
Authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limitations
with the exception that for the following accounts: Economic
Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing Program,
‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be considered
to include country, regional, and central program level
funding within each such account; for the development as-
sistance accounts of the Agency for International Develop-
ment ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be consid-
ered to include central program level funding, either as (1)
justified to the Congress, or (2) allocated by the executive
branch in accordance with a report, to be provided to the
Committees on Appropriations within thirty days of enact-
ment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961.
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CHILD SURVIVAL AND AIDS ACTIVITIES
SEC. 523. Up to $8,000,000 of the funds made avail-
able by this Act for assistance for family planning, health,
child survival, and AIDS, may be used to reimburse United
States Government agencies, agencies of State governments,
institutions of higher learning, and private and voluntary
organizations for the full cost of individuals (including for
the personal services of such individuals) detailed or as-
signed to, or contracted by, as the case may be, the Agency
for International Development for the purpose of carrying
out family planning activities, child survival activities and
activities relating to research on, and the treatment and
control of, acquired immune deficiency syndrome in devel-
oping countries: Provided, That funds appropriated by this
Act that are made available for child survival activities or
activities relating to research on, and the treatment and
control of, acquired immune deficiency syndrome may be
made available notwithstanding any provision of law that
restricts assistance to foreign countries: Provided further,
That funds appropriated by this Act that are made avail-
able for family planning activities may be made available
notwithstanding section 512 of this Act and section 620(q)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.