In the Senate of the United States,
August 3, 1999.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2415) entitled ‘‘An Act to enhance security of
United States missions and personnel overseas, to authorize
appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year
2000, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ad-
miral James W. Nance Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this
Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Appropriate congressional committees defined.
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 101. Administration of Foreign Affairs.
Sec. 102. International Commissions.
Sec. 103. Migration and Refugee Assistance.
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Subtitle B—Nuclear Nonproliferation, Safety, and Related Matters
Sec. 631. Reporting burden on United States nuclear industry.
Sec. 632. Authority to suspend nuclear cooperation for failure to ratify Conven-
tion on Nuclear Safety.
Sec. 633. Elimination of duplicative Government activities.
Sec. 634. Congressional notification of nonproliferation activities.
Sec. 635. Effective use of resources for nonproliferation programs.
Sec. 636. Disposition of weapons-grade material.
Sec. 637. Status of Hong Kong and Macao in United States export law.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 641. Requirement for transmittal of summaries.
Sec. 642. Prohibition on withholding certain information from Congress.
Sec. 643. Reform of the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office.
Sec. 644. Sense of Congress on factors for consideration in negotiations with the
Russian Federation on reductions in strategic nuclear forces.
Sec. 645. Clarification of exception to national security controls on satellite ex-
port licensing.
Sec. 646. Study on licensing process under the Arms Export Control Act.
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—People’s Republic of China
Sec. 701. Findings.
Sec. 702. Funding for additional personnel at diplomatic posts to report on polit-
ical, economic, and human rights matters in the People’s Repub-
lic of China.
Sec. 703. Prisoner Information Registry for the People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 704. Report regarding establishment of Organization for Security and Co-
operation in Asia.
Sec. 705. Sense of Congress regarding organ harvesting and transplanting in the
People’s Republic of China.
Subtitle B—Other Matters
Sec. 721. Denial of entry into United States of foreign nationals engaged in es-
tablishment or enforcement of forced abortion or sterilization
policy.
Sec. 722. Semiannual reports on United States support for membership or par-
ticipation of Taiwan in international organizations.
Sec. 723. Congressional policy regarding United Nations General Assembly Reso-
lution ES–10/6.
Sec. 724. Waiver of certain prohibitions regarding the Palestine Liberation Orga-
nization.
Sec. 725. United States policy regarding Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Sec. 726. United States policy with respect to Nigeria.
Sec. 727. Partial liquidation of blocked Libyan assets.
Sec. 728. Support for refugees from Russia who choose to resettle in Israel.
Sec. 729. Sense of Congress regarding extradition of Lt. General Igor Giorgadze.
Sec. 730. Sense of Congress on the use of children as soldiers or other combatants
in foreign armed forces.
Sec. 731. Technical corrections.
Sec. 732. Reports with respect to a referendum on Western Sahara.
Sec. 733. Self-determination in East Timor.
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Sec. 734. Prohibition on the return of veterans memorial objects to foreign na-
tions without specific authorization in law.
Sec. 735. Support for the peace process in Sudan.
Sec. 736. Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the treatment of religious
minorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and particularly the
recent arrests of members of that country’s Jewish community.
Sec. 737. Reporting requirements under PLO Commitments Compliance Act of
1989.
Sec. 738. Report on terrorist activity in which United States citizens were killed
and related matters.
Sec. 739. Sense of Senate regarding child labor.
Sec. 740. Reporting requirement on worldwide circulation of small arms and
light weapons.
Subtitle C—United States Entry-Exit Controls
Sec. 751. Amendment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon-
sibility Act of 1996.
Sec. 752. Report on automated entry-exit control system.
Sec. 753. Annual reports on entry-exit control and use of entry-exit control data.
TITLE VIII—INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS
Subtitle A—Authorizations of Appropriations
Sec. 801. Contributions to international organizations.
Sec. 802. Contributions for international peacekeeping activities.
Sec. 803. Authorization of appropriations for contributions to the United Nations
Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.
Subtitle B—United Nations Activities
Sec. 811. United Nations policy on Israel and the Palestinians.
Sec. 812. Data on costs incurred in support of United Nations peacekeeping oper-
ations.
Sec. 813. Reimbursement for goods and services provided by the United States to
the United Nations.
Subtitle C—International Organizations Other Than the United Nations
Sec. 821. Restriction relating to United States accession to the International
Criminal Court.
Sec. 822. Prohibition on extradition or transfer of United States citizens to the
International Criminal Court.
Sec. 823. Permanent requirement for reports regarding foreign travel.
Sec. 824. Assistance to States and local governments by the International Bound-
ary and Water Commission.
Sec. 825. United States representation at the International Atomic Energy Agen-
cy.
Sec. 826. Annual financial audits of United States section of the International
Boundary and Water Commission.
Sec. 827. Sense of Congress concerning ICTR.
TITLE IX—ARREARS PAYMENTS AND REFORM
Subtitle A—General Provisions
Sec. 901. Short title.
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Sec. 902. Definitions.
Subtitle B—Arrearages to the United Nations
CHAPTER 1—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; OBLIGATION AND
EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS
Sec. 911. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 912. Obligation and expenditure of funds.
Sec. 913. Forgiveness of amounts owed by the United Nations to the United
States.
CHAPTER 2—UNITED STATES SOVEREIGNTY
Sec. 921. Certification requirements.
CHAPTER 3—REFORM OF ASSESSMENTS AND UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING
OPERATIONS
Sec. 931. Certification requirements.
CHAPTER 4—BUDGET AND PERSONNEL REFORM
Sec. 941. Certification requirements.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 951. Statutory construction on relation to existing laws.
Sec. 952. Prohibition on payments relating to UNIDO and other international
organizations from which the United States has withdrawn or
rescinded funding.
TITLE IX—RUSSIAN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT EDUCATION
Sec. 1001. Purpose.
Sec. 1002. Definitions.
Sec. 1003. Authorization for training program and internships.
Sec. 1004. Applications for technical assistance.
Sec. 1005. United States-Russian business management training board.
Sec. 1006. Restrictions not applicable.
Sec. 1007. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 1008. Effective date.
SEC. 2. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.
Except as otherwise provided in section 902(1), in this
Act the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
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TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF
APPROPRIATIONS 
FOR 
DE-
PARTMENT OF STATE
SEC. 101. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
(a) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The fol-
lowing amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the
Department of State under ‘‘Administration of Foreign Af-
fairs’’ to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and
responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the
United States and for other purposes authorized by law,
including public diplomacy activities and the diplomatic
security program:
(1) DIPLOMATIC
AND
CONSULAR
PROGRAMS.—
For ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ of the De-
partment of State, $2,837,772,000 for the fiscal year
2000 and $2,837,772,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(2) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.—For ‘‘Capital
Investment Fund’’ of the Department of State,
$90,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $90,000,000
for the fiscal year 2001.
(3) SECURITY
AND
MAINTENANCE
OF
UNITED
STATES MISSIONS.—For ‘‘Security and Maintenance
of United States Missions’’, $434,066,000 for the fis-
cal year 2000 and $434,066,000 for the fiscal year
2001.
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(4) REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES.—For ‘‘Rep-
resentation Allowances’’, $5,850,000 for the fiscal year
2000 and $5,850,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(5) EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CON-
SULAR
SERVICE.—For ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplo-
matic and Consular Service’’, $17,000,000 for the fis-
cal year 2000 and $17,000,000 for the fiscal year
2001.
(6) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—For
‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, $30,054,000 for the
fiscal year 2000 and $30,054,000 for the fiscal year
2001.
(7) PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN
TAIWAN.—For ‘‘Payment to the American Institute in
Taiwan’’, $15,760,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
$15,760,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(8) PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OF-
FICIALS.—
(A) AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED TO BE APPRO-
PRIATED.—For ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions
and Officials’’, $9,490,000 for the fiscal year
2000 and $9,490,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(B) 
AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Each
amount appropriated pursuant to this para-
graph is authorized to remain available through
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September 30 of the fiscal year following the fis-
cal year for which the amount was appropriated.
(9) REPATRIATION
LOANS.—For ‘‘Repatriation
Loans’’, $1,200,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
$1,200,000 for the fiscal year 2001, for administrative
expenses.
(b) ALLOCATION
OF FUNDS
FOR COMMERCIAL LI-
CENSES.—Of the funds made available to the Department
of State under subsection (a)(1), $8,000,000 shall be made
available only for the activities of the Office of Defense
Trade Controls of the Department of State.
SEC. 102. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS.
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated under ‘‘International Commissions’’ for the Depart-
ment of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties,
and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of
the United States and for other purposes authorized by law:
(1) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COM-
MISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.—For ‘‘Inter-
national Boundary and Water Commission, United
States and Mexico’’—
(A) 
for 
‘‘Salaries 
and 
Expenses’’,
$20,413,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
$20,413,000 for the fiscal year 2001; and
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(B) for ‘‘Construction’’, $8,435,000 for the
fiscal year 2000 and $8,435,000 for the fiscal
year 2001.
(2) INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY
COMMISSION,
UNITED
STATES
AND
CANADA.—For ‘‘International
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada’’,
$859,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $859,000 for
the fiscal year 2001.
(3) INTERNATIONAL
JOINT
COMMISSION.—For
‘‘International Joint Commission’’, $3,819,000 for the
fiscal year 2000 and $3,819,000 for the fiscal year
2001.
(4) INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS.—
For 
‘‘International 
Fisheries 
Commissions’’,
$16,702,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $16,702,000
for the fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 103. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.
(a) MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.—There
are authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Migration and Ref-
ugee Assistance’’ for authorized activities, $660,000,000 for
the fiscal year 2000 and $660,000,000 for the fiscal year
2001.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated
pursuant to this section are authorized to remain available
until expended.
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SEC. 104. UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL,
AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following amounts are author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out educational and cul-
tural exchange programs under the United States Informa-
tion and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Reorga-
nization Plan Number 2 of 1977, the North/South Center
Act of 1991, and the National Endowment for Democracy
Act, and to carry out other authorities in law consistent
with such purposes:
(1) EDUCATIONAL
AND
CULTURAL
EXCHANGE
PROGRAMS.—
(A) FULBRIGHT ACADEMIC EXCHANGE PRO-
GRAMS.—For the ‘‘Fulbright Academic Exchange
Programs’’ (other than programs described in
subparagraph (B)), $112,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2000 and $112,000,000 for the fiscal year
2001.
(B) OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE
PROGRAMS.—For other educational
and cultural exchange programs authorized by
law, $98,329,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and
$98,329,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(2) CENTER
FOR
CULTURAL
AND
TECHNICAL
INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.—For the
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‘‘Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange be-
tween East and West’’, $12,500,000 for the fiscal year
2000 and $12,500,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(3) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.—
For the ‘‘National Endowment for Democracy’’,
$31,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $31,000,000
for the fiscal year 2001.
(4) CENTER
FOR
CULTURAL
AND
TECHNICAL
INTERCHANGE
BETWEEN
NORTH
AND
SOUTH.—For
‘‘Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange be-
tween North and South’’ $1,750,000 for the fiscal year
2000 and $1,750,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(b) EXCHANGES WITH RUSSIA.—
(1) MUSKIE FELLOWSHIPS.—Of the amounts au-
thorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
under 
subsection
(a)(1)(B), $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000
and 2001 shall be available only to carry out the Ed-
mund S. Muskie Fellowship Program under section
227 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis-
cal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note) with
the Russian Federation.
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ALLOCATION OF RE-
SOURCES FOR EXCHANGES WITH RUSSIA.—It is the
sense of the Congress that educational and profes-
sional exchanges with the Russian Federation have
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proven to be an effective mechanism for enhancing de-
mocratization in that country and that, therefore,
Congress should significantly increase the financial
resources allocated for those programs.
(c) MUSKIE
FELLOWSHIP
DOCTORAL
GRADUATE
STUDIES FOR NATIONALS OF THE INDEPENDENT STATES
OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.—
(1) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts au-
thorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
under 
subsection
(a)(1)(B), not less than $2,000,000 for fiscal year
2000, and not less than $2,000,000 for fiscal year
2001, shall be made available to provide scholarships
for doctoral graduate study in the social sciences to
nationals of the independent states of the former So-
viet Union under the Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship
Program authorized by section 227 of the Foreign Re-
lations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and
1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note).
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—
(A) NON-FEDERAL SUPPORT.—Not less than
20 percent of the costs of each student’s doctoral
study supported under paragraph (1) shall be
provided from non-Federal sources.
(B) HOME COUNTRY RESIDENCE REQUIRE-
MENT.—
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(i) AGREEMENT FOR SERVICE IN HOME
COUNTRY.—Before an individual may re-
ceive scholarship assistance under para-
graph (1), the individual shall enter into a
written agreement with the Department of
State under which the individual agrees
that after completing all degree require-
ments, or terminating his or her studies,
whichever occurs first, the individual will
return to the country of the individual’s na-
tionality, or country of last habitual resi-
dence, within the independent states of the
former Soviet Union (as defined in section
3 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22
U.S.C. 5801)), to reside and remain phys-
ically present there for an aggregate of at
least one year for each year of study sup-
ported under paragraph (1).
(ii) DENIAL
OF
ENTRY
INTO
THE
UNITED
STATES
FOR
NONCOMPLIANCE.—
Any individual who has entered into an
agreement under clause (i) and who has not
completed the period of home country resi-
dence and presence required by that agree-
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ment shall be ineligible for a visa and inad-
missible to the United States.
(d) VIETNAM FULBRIGHT ACADEMIC EXCHANGE PRO-
GRAM.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated
under subsection (a)(1)(A), $5,000,000 for the fiscal year
2000 and $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 shall be avail-
able only to carry out the Vietnam scholarship program es-
tablished by section 229 of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102–
138).
SEC. 105. GRANTS TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION.
Section 404 of The Asia Foundation Act (title IV of
Public Law 98–164; 22 U.S.C. 4403) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 404. There are authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary of State $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal
years 2000 and 2001 for grants to The Asia Foundation
pursuant to this title.’’.
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TITLE 
II—DEPARTMENT 
OF
STATE 
BASIC 
AUTHORITIES
AND ACTIVITIES
Subtitle A—Basic Authorities and
Activities
SEC. 201. OFFICE OF CHILDREN’S ISSUES.
(a) DIRECTOR REQUIREMENTS.—At the earliest date
practicable, the Secretary of State is requested to fill the
position of Director of the Office of Children’s Issues of the
Department of State (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Of-
fice’’) with a career member of the Senior Executive Service.
Effective January 1, 2001, only a career member of the Sen-
ior Executive Service may occupy the position of Director
of the Office. In selecting an individual to fill the position
of Director, the Secretary of State shall seek an individual
who can assure long-term continuity in the management
of the Office.
(b) CASE OFFICER STAFFING.—Effective April 1,
2000, there shall be assigned to the Office of Children’s
Issues of the Department of State a sufficient number of
case officers to ensure that the average caseload for each
officer does not exceed 75.
(c) EMBASSY CONTACT.—The Secretary of State shall
designate in each United States diplomatic mission an em-
ployee who shall serve as the point of contact for matters
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relating to international abductions of children by parents.
The Director of the Office shall regularly inform the des-
ignated employee of children of United States citizens ab-
ducted by parents to that country.
(d) COORDINATION.—
(1) PARTICULAR ABDUCTIONS.—Not later than
24 hours after notice of the possible abduction of a
child by a parent to a location abroad has been sub-
mitted to the Department of State, the Secretary of
State shall submit to the National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children a report including the fol-
lowing:
(A) The name of the abducted child.
(B) The name and contact information of
the parent or guardian who is searching for the
child.
(C) The name and contact information for
the law enforcement officials, including the agen-
cies which employ the officials, assisting in the
effort to return the child.
(D) The country to which the child is be-
lieved to have been abducted.
(E) The name of the person believed to have
abducted the child.
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(2) GENERAL CASE INFORMATION.—At least once
every six months, the Secretary shall submit to the
Center a report on the following:
(A) Any case of abduction of a child by a
parent previously submitted to the Secretary that
has been closed during the preceding six months,
including the reason for closing the case.
(B) Any case for which the Department of
State has received a request during such months
for assistance from a parent concerned about
preventing the abduction of a child to a location
abroad.
(e) REPORTS TO PARENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), beginning 6 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and at least once every 6 months
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall report to each
parent who has requested assistance regarding an ab-
ducted child. Each such report shall include informa-
tion on the current status of the abducted child’s case
and the efforts by the Department of State to resolve
the case.
(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirement in paragraph
(1) shall not apply in a case of an abducted child
if—
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(A) the case has been closed and the Sec-
retary of State has reported the reason the case
was closed to the parent who requested assist-
ance; or
(B) the parent seeking assistance requests
that such reports not be provided.
SEC. 202. STRENGTHENING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS
OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION.
(a) REPORTS ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONVEN-
TION.—Section 2803(a) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (as contained in division G of
Public Law 105–277) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘during the
period ending September 30, 1999’’;
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘, including the specific
actions taken by the United States chief of mission in
the country to which the child is alleged to have been
abducted’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(6) a description of the efforts of the Secretary
of State to encourage the parties to the Convention to
facilitate the work of nongovernmental organizations
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within their countries that assist parents seeking the
return of children under the Convention.’’.
(b) COORDINATION IN THE UNITED STATES.—It is the
sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should continue
to work with the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children in the United States to assist parents seeking the
return of, or access to, children brought to the United States
in violation of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of Inter-
national Child Abduction, done at The Hague on October
25, 1980.
SEC. 203. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING ON THE TREATMENT
OF CHILDREN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress that the
annual human rights report by the Department of State
should include a section on each country regarding the
treatment of children in that country.
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT SECTIONS.—Each report
section described in subsection (a) should include—
(1) a description of compliance by the country
with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of Inter-
national Child Abduction, done at The Hague on Oc-
tober 25, 1980;
(2) a description of the cooperation, or lack
thereof, in resolving cases of abducted children by
each country that is not a party to the Convention on
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the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction,
done at The Hague on October 25, 1980;
(3) the number of children who were abducted
and remain in the country, with special emphasis on
cases of more than one year in duration; and
(4) an identification of those cases that have re-
sulted in the successful return of children.
SEC. 204. STUDY FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF RUSSIAN DEMOC-
RACY FOUNDATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall con-
duct a study of the feasibility of establishing a Russia-based
foundation for the promotion of democratic institutions in
the Russian Federation.
(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds authorized
to be appropriated for the Department of State for fiscal
year 2000, up to $50,000 shall be available to carry out
this section.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit
a report to the appropriate congressional committees setting
forth the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
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SEC. 205. LIMITATION ON PARTICIPATION IN INTER-
NATIONAL EXPOSITIONS.
Section 230 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and inserting
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection
(b) and notwithstanding’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a),
the United States Information Agency may use funds to
carry out any of its responsibilities—
‘‘(1) under section 102(a)(3) of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2452(a)(3)) to provide for United States par-
ticipation in international fairs and expositions
abroad;
‘‘(2) under section 105(f) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2455(f)) with respect to encouraging foreign govern-
ments, international organizations, and private indi-
viduals, firms, associations, agencies, and other
groups to participate in international fairs and expo-
sitions and to make contributions to be utilized for
United States participation in international fairs
and expositions; or
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‘‘(3) to facilitate support to the United States
Commissioner General for participation in inter-
national fairs and expositions.
‘‘(c) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub-
section (b) authorizes the use of funds available to the
United States Information Agency to make any payment
for—
‘‘(1) any contract, grant, or other agreement
with any other party to carry out any activity de-
scribed in subsection (b); or
‘‘(2) the satisfaction of any legal judgment or the
cost of any litigation brought against the United
States Information Agency arising from any activity
described in subsection (b).’’.
SEC. 206. INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE INTER-AMERICAN
FOUNDATION AND THE AFRICAN DEVELOP-
MENT FOUNDATION.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the In-
spector General of the Agency for International Develop-
ment shall serve as the Inspector General of the Inter-Amer-
ican Foundation and the African Development Foundation
and shall have all the authorities and responsibilities with
respect to the Inter-American Foundation and the African
Development Foundation as the Inspector General has with
respect to the Agency for International Development.
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Subtitle B—Consular Authorities
SEC. 211. FEES FOR MACHINE READABLE VISAS.
Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236; 8
U.S.C. 1351 note) is amended—
(1) by striking the first sentence of paragraph
(3), and inserting ‘‘For each of the fiscal years 2000
and 2001, any amount collected under paragraph (1)
that exceeds $300,000,000 may be made available for
the purposes of paragraph (2) only if a notification
is submitted to Congress in accordance with the pro-
cedures applicable to reprogramming notifications
under section 34 of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706).’’; and
(2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5).
SEC. 212. FEES RELATING TO AFFIDAVITS OF SUPPORT.
(a) AUTHORITY TO CHARGE FEE.—The Secretary of
State may charge and retain a fee or surcharge for services
provided by the Department of State to any sponsor who
provides an affidavit of support under section 213A of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183a) to en-
sure that such affidavit is properly completed before it is
forwarded to a consular post for adjudication by a consular
officer in connection with the adjudication of an immigrant
visa. Such fee or surcharge shall be in addition to and sepa-
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rate from any fee imposed for immigrant visa application
processing and issuance, and shall recover only the costs
of such services not recovered by such fee.
(b) LIMITATION.—Any fee established under subsection
(a) shall be charged only once to a sponsor who files essen-
tially duplicative affidavits of support in connection with
separate immigrant visa applications from the spouse and
children of any petitioner required by the Immigration and
Nationality Act to petition separately for such persons.
(c) TREATMENT OF FEES.—Fees collected under the
authority of subsection (a) shall be deposited as an offset-
ting collection to any Department of State appropriation
to recover the cost of providing consular services.
(d) COMPLIANCE WITH BUDGET ACT.—Fees may be
collected under the authority of subsection (a) only to such
extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in
an appropriation Act.
SEC. 213. PASSPORT FEES.
(a) APPLICATIONS.—Section 1 of the Passport Act of
June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214), is amended—
(1) in the first sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘each passport issued’’ and
inserting ‘‘the filing of each application for a
passport (including the cost of passport issuance
and use)’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘each application for a
passport;’’ and inserting ‘‘each such applica-
tion’’; and
(2) by adding after the first sentence the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘Such fees shall not be refund-
able, except as the Secretary may by regulation pre-
scribe.’’.
(b) REPEAL OF OUTDATED PROVISION ON PASSPORT
FEES.—Section 4 of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22
U.S.C. 216) is repealed.
SEC. 214. DEATHS AND ESTATES OF UNITED STATES CITI-
ZENS ABROAD.
(a) REPEAL.—Section 1709 of the Revised Statutes (22
U.S.C. 4195) is repealed.
(b) AMENDMENT TO STATE DEPARTMENT BASIC AU-
THORITIES ACT.—The State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 is amended by inserting after section 43 (22
U.S.C. 2715) the following new sections:
‘‘SEC. 43A. NOTIFICATION OF NEXT OF KIN; REPORTS OF
DEATH.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever a United States citizen
or national dies abroad, a consular officer shall endeavor
to notify, or assist the Secretary of State in notifying, the
next of kin or legal guardian as soon as possible, except
that, in the case of death of any Peace Corps volunteer
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(within the meaning of section 5(a) of the Peace Corps Act
(22 U.S.C. 2504(a)), any member of the Armed Forces, any
dependent of such a volunteer or member, or any Depart-
ment of Defense employee, the consular officer shall assist
the Peace Corps or the appropriate military authorities, as
the case may be, in making such notifications.
‘‘(b) REPORTS OF DEATH OR PRESUMPTIVE DEATH.—
The consular officer may, for any United States citizen who
dies abroad—
‘‘(1) in the case of a finding of death by the ap-
propriate local authorities, issue a report of death or
of presumptive death; or
‘‘(2) in the absence of a finding of death by the
appropriate local authorities, issue a report of pre-
sumptive death.
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of
State shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary
to carry out this section.
‘‘SEC. 43B. CONSERVATION AND DISPOSITION OF ESTATES.
‘‘(a) CONSERVATION OF ESTATES ABROAD.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY
TO
ACT
AS
CONSERVATOR.—
Whenever a United States citizen or national dies
abroad, a consular officer shall act as the provisional
conservator of the portion of the decedent’s estate lo-
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cated abroad and, subject to paragraphs (3), (4), and
(5), shall—
‘‘(A) take possession of the personal effects
of the decedent within his jurisdiction;
‘‘(B) inventory and appraise the personal
effects of the decedent, sign the inventory, and
annex thereto a certificate as to the accuracy of
the inventory and appraised value of each arti-
cle;
‘‘(C) when appropriate in the exercise of
prudent administration, collect the debts due to
the decedent in the officer’s jurisdiction and pay
from the estate the obligations owed by the dece-
dent;
‘‘(D) sell or dispose of, as appropriate, in
the exercise of prudent administration, all per-
ishable items of property;
‘‘(E) sell, after reasonable public notice and
notice to such next of kin as can be ascertained
with reasonable diligence, such additional items
of property as necessary to provide funds suffi-
cient to pay the decedent’s debts and property
taxes in the country of death, funeral expenses,
and other expenses incident to the disposition of
the estate;
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‘‘(F) upon the expiration of the one-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of death (or after such
additional period as may be required for final
settlement of the estate), if no claimant shall
have appeared, after reasonable public notice
and notice to such next of kin as can be
ascertained with reasonable diligence, sell or dis-
pose of the residue of the personal estate, except
as provided in subparagraph (G), in the same
manner as United States Government-owned for-
eign excess property;
‘‘(G) transmit to the custody of the Sec-
retary of State in Washington, D.C. the proceeds
of any sales, together with all financial instru-
ments (including bonds, shares of stock, and
notes of indebtedness), jewelry, heirlooms, and
other articles of obvious sentimental value, to be
held in trust for the legal claimant; and
‘‘(H) in the event that the decedent’s estate
includes an interest in real property located
within the jurisdiction of the officer and such in-
terest does not devolve by the applicable laws of
intestate succession or otherwise, provide for title
to the property to be conveyed to the Government
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of the United States unless the Secretary declines
to accept such conveyance.
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO ACT AS ADMINISTRATOR.—
Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), a consular officer
may act as administrator of an estate in exceptional
circumstances if expressly authorized to do so by the
Secretary of State.
‘‘(3) 
EXCEPTIONS.—The 
responsibilities 
de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) may not be per-
formed to the extent that the decedent has left or there
is otherwise appointed, in the country where the death
occurred or where the decedent was domiciled, a legal
representative, partner in trade, or trustee appointed
to take care of his personal estate. If the decedent’s
legal representative shall appear at any time prior to
transmission of the estate to the Secretary and de-
mand the proceeds and effects being held by the con-
sular officer, the officer shall deliver them to the rep-
resentative after having collected any prescribed fee
for the services performed under this section.
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENT.—In addition
to being subject to the limitations in paragraph (3),
the responsibilities described in paragraphs (1) and
(2) may not be performed unless—
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‘‘(A) authorized by treaty provisions or per-
mitted by the laws or authorities of the country
wherein the death occurs, or the decedent is dom-
iciled; or
‘‘(B) permitted by established usage in that
country.
‘‘(5) STATUTORY
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in
this section supersedes or otherwise affects the author-
ity of any military commander under title 10 of the
United States Code with respect to the person or
property of any decedent who died while under a
military command or jurisdiction or the authority of
the Peace Corps with respect to a Peace Corps volun-
teer or the volunteer’s property.
‘‘(b) DISPOSITION OF ESTATES BY THE SECRETARY OF
STATE.—
‘‘(1) PERSONAL ESTATES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—After receipt of a per-
sonal estate pursuant to subsection (a), the Sec-
retary may seek payment of all outstanding
debts to the estate as they become due, may re-
ceive any balances due on such estate, may en-
dorse all checks, bills of exchange, promissory
notes, and other instruments of indebtedness
payable to the estate for the benefit thereof, and
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may take such other action as is reasonably nec-
essary for the conservation of the estate.
‘‘(B) DISPOSITION
AS
SURPLUS
UNITED
STATES PROPERTY.—If, upon the expiration of a
period of 5 fiscal years beginning on October 1
after a consular officer takes possession of a per-
sonal estate under subsection (a), no legal claim-
ant for such estate has appeared, title to the es-
tate shall be conveyed to the United States, the
property in the estate shall be under the custody
of the Department of State, and the Secretary
shall dispose of the estate in the same manner as
surplus United States Government-owned prop-
erty is disposed or by such means as may be ap-
propriate in light of the nature and value of the
property involved. The expenses of sales shall be
paid from the estate, and any lawful claim re-
ceived thereafter shall be payable to the extent of
the value of the net proceeds of the estate as a
refund from the appropriate Treasury appro-
priations account.
‘‘(C) TRANSFER
OF
PROCEEDS.—The net
cash estate after disposition as provided in sub-
paragraph (B) shall be transferred to the mis-
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cellaneous receipts account of the Treasury of the
United States.
‘‘(2) REAL PROPERTY.—
‘‘(A) 
DESIGNATION
AS
EXCESS
PROP-
ERTY.—In the event that title to real property is
conveyed to the Government of the United States
pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(H) and is not re-
quired by the Department of State, such property
shall be considered foreign excess property under
title IV of the Federal Property and Administra-
tive Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 511 et seq.).
‘‘(B) TREATMENT AS GIFT.—In the event
that the Department requires such property, the
Secretary of State shall treat such property as if
it were an unconditional gift accepted on behalf
of the Department of State under section 25 of
this Act and section 9(a)(3) of the Foreign Serv-
ice Buildings Act of 1926.
‘‘(c) LOSSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSERVA-
TION OF ESTATES.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY
TO
COMPENSATE.—The Sec-
retary is authorized to compensate the estate of any
United States citizen who has died overseas for
property—
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‘‘(A) the conservation of which has been un-
dertaken under section 43 or subsection (a) of
this section; and
‘‘(B) that has been lost, stolen, or destroyed
while in the custody of officers or employees of
the Department of State.
‘‘(2) LIABILITY.—
‘‘(A) EXCLUSION OF PERSONAL LIABILITY
AFTER PROVISION OF COMPENSATION.—Any such
compensation shall be in lieu of personal liabil-
ity of officers or employees of the Department of
State.
‘‘(B) LIABILITY TO THE DEPARTMENT.—An
officer or employee of the Department of State
may be liable to the Department of State to the
extent of any compensation provided under
paragraph (1).
‘‘(C) DETERMINATIONS OF LIABILITY.—The
liability of any officer or employee of the Depart-
ment of State to the Department for any pay-
ment made under subsection (a) shall be deter-
mined pursuant to the Department’s procedures
for determining accountability for United States
Government property.
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‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of State may pre-
scribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out
this section.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal and amendment
made by this section shall take effect six months after the
date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 215. MAJOR DISASTERS AND OTHER INCIDENTS
ABROAD AFFECTING UNITED STATES CITI-
ZENS.
Section 43 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2715) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—’’ before
‘‘In’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘disposition of personal effects’’
in the last sentence and inserting ‘‘disposition of per-
sonal estates pursuant to section 43B’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section and
sections 43A and 43B, the term ‘consular officer’ includes
any United States citizen employee of the Department of
State who is designated by the Secretary of State to perform
consular services pursuant to such regulations as the Sec-
retary may prescribe.’’.
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SEC. 216. MIKEY KALE PASSPORT NOTIFICATION ACT OF
1999.
(a) Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of State shall issue regulations that—
(1) provide that, in the issuance of a passport to
minors under the age of 18 years, both parents, a
guardian, or a person in loco parentis have—
(A) executed the application; and
(B) provided documentary evidence dem-
onstrating that they are the parents, guardian,
or person in loco parentis; and
(2) provide that, in the issuance of a passport to
minors under the age of 18 years, in those cases where
both parents have not executed the passport applica-
tion, the person executing the application has pro-
vided documentary evidence that such person—
(A) has sole custody of the child; or
(B) the other parent has provided consent to
the issuance of the passport.
The requirement of this paragraph shall not apply to
guardians or persons in loco parentis.
(b) The regulations required to be issued by this section
may provide for exceptions in exigent circumstances involv-
ing the health or welfare of the child.
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TITLE III—ORGANIZATION AND
PERSONNEL OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF STATE
Subtitle A—Organization Matters
SEC. 301. LEGISLATIVE LIAISON OFFICES OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF STATE.
(a) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—The Secretary of State
shall develop a plan for the establishment of legislative liai-
son offices for the Department of State within the office
buildings of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
In developing the plan, the Secretary should examine exist-
ing liaison offices of other executive departments that are
located in the congressional office buildings, including the
liaison offices of the military services.
(b) PLAN ELEMENTS.—The plan developed under sub-
section (a) shall consider—
(1) space requirements;
(2) cost implications;
(3) personnel structure; and
(4) the feasibility of modifying the Pearson Fel-
lowship program in order to require members of the
Foreign Service who serve in such fellowships to serve
a second year in a legislative liaison office.
(c) TRANSMITTAL OF PLAN.—Not later than October
1, 1999, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Com-
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mittee on International Relations and the Committee on
House Administration of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate the plan developed
under subsection (a).
SEC. 302. STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL FOR NORTH-
EASTERN EUROPE.
The Secretary of State shall designate an existing sen-
ior-level official of the Department of State with responsi-
bility for promoting regional cooperation in and coordi-
nating United States policy toward Northeastern Europe.
SEC. 303. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVISER TO SEC-
RETARY OF STATE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION.—Section 1 of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2651a) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(g) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVISER.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be within the De-
partment of State a Science and Technology Adviser
(in this paragraph referred to as the ‘Adviser’). The
Adviser shall report to the Secretary of State through
the Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs.
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Adviser shall—
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‘‘(A) advise the Secretary of State, through
the Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs,
on international science and technology matters
affecting the foreign policy of the United States;
and
‘‘(B) perform such duties, exercise such
powers, and have such rank and status as the
Secretary of State shall prescribe.’’.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than six months after receipt
by the Secretary of State of the report by the National Re-
search Council of the National Academy of Sciences with
respect to the contributions that science, technology, and
health matters can make to the foreign policy of the United
States, the Secretary of State, acting through the Under
Secretary of State for Global Affairs, shall submit a report
to Congress setting forth the Secretary of State’s plans for
implementation, as appropriate, of the recommendations of
the report.
Subtitle B—Foreign Service Reform
SEC. 311. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) To carry out its international relations and
diplomacy, the United States has relied on a profes-
sional career Foreign Service that was established by
law in 1924.
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(2) The Foreign Service Act of 1980 accurately
states that the United States career foreign service is
essential to the national interest in that it assists the
President and the Secretary of State in conducting
the foreign affairs of the United States.
(3) The career Foreign Service is premised on a
membership that is characterized by excellence, intel-
ligence, professionalism, and integrity.
(4) Ethical, professional, and financial mis-
conduct by career members of the Foreign Service,
while uncommon, must be met with fair but swift dis-
ciplinary action. A failure to adequately discipline,
and in some cases remove from the Foreign Service,
those career members who violate laws or regulations
would erode the qualities of excellence required of
United States Foreign Service members.
(5) Retention of members of the Foreign Service
who do not meet high standards of conduct would in
the long term harm important national interests of
the United States.
SEC. 312. UNITED STATES CITIZENS HIRED ABROAD.
Section 408(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 3968(a)(1)) is amended in the last sentence—
(1) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘(B)’’; and
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significant and comprehensive management training at all
career grades for Foreign Service personnel.
SEC. 316. WORKFORCE PLANNING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE
PERSONNEL BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.
Section 601(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22
U.S.C. 4001(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(4) Not later than March 1, 2001, and every four
years thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate which shall
include the following:
‘‘(A) A description of the steps taken and
planned in furtherance of—
‘‘(i) maximum compatibility among agen-
cies utilizing the Foreign Service personnel sys-
tem, as provided for in section 203, and
‘‘(ii) the development of uniform policies
and procedures and consolidated personnel func-
tions, as provided for in section 204.
‘‘(B) A workforce plan for the subsequent five
years, including projected personnel needs, by grade
and by skill. Each such plan shall include for each
category the needs for foreign language proficiency,
geographic and functional expertise, and specialist
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technical skills. Each workforce plan shall specifically
account for the training needs of Foreign Service per-
sonnel and shall delineate an intake program of gen-
eralist and specialist Foreign Service personnel to
meet projected future requirements.
‘‘(5) If there are substantial modifications to any
workforce plan under paragraph (4)(B) during any year
in which a report under paragraph (4) is not required, a
supplemental annual notification shall be submitted in the
same manner as reports are required to be submitted under
paragraph (4).’’.
SEC. 317. RECORDS OF DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 604 of the Foreign Service
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4004) is amended—
(1) 
by 
striking 
‘‘CONFIDENTIALITY
OF
RECORDS.—’’ and inserting ‘‘RECORDS.—(a)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), any record of dis-
ciplinary action that includes a suspension of more than
five days taken against a member of the Service, including
any correction of that record under section 1107(b)(1), shall
remain a part of the personnel records until the member
is tenured as a career member of the Service or next pro-
moted.’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section apply to all disciplinary actions initiated on or
after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 318. LIMITATION ON SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR MEM-
BERS 
OF 
THE 
FOREIGN 
SERVICE 
REC-
OMMENDED FOR SEPARATION FOR CAUSE.
Section 610(a) of the Foreign Service Act (22 U.S.C.
4010(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(6) Notwithstanding the hearing required by para-
graph (2), at the time the Secretary recommends that a
member of the Service be separated for cause, that member
shall be placed on leave without pay pending final resolu-
tion of the underlying matter, subject to reinstatement with
back pay if cause for separation is not established in a hear-
ing before the Board.’’.
SEC. 319. FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.
(a) REPORT
ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.—Section
702 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4022)
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(c) Not later than March 31 of each year, the Director
General of the Foreign Service shall submit a report to the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on International Relations of the House of Rep-
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resentatives summarizing the number of positions in each
overseas mission requiring foreign language competence
that—
‘‘(1) became vacant during the previous calendar
year; and
‘‘(2) were filled by individuals having the re-
quired foreign language competence.’’.
(b) REPEAL.—Section 304(c) of the Foreign Service
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3944(c)) is repealed.
SEC. 320. TREATMENT OF GRIEVANCE RECORDS.
Section 1103(d)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 4133(d)(1)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new sentence: ‘‘Nothing in this subsection pre-
vents a grievant from placing in the grievant’s personnel
records a rebuttal to accompany a record of disciplinary
action, nor prevents the Department from placing in the
file a statement that the disciplinary action has been re-
viewed and upheld by the Foreign Service Grievance
Board.’’.
SEC. 321. DEADLINES FOR FILING GRIEVANCES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1104(a) of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4134(a)) is amended in the
first sentence by striking ‘‘within a period of 3 years’’ and
all that follows through the period and inserting ‘‘not later
than two years after the occurrence giving rise to the griev-
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ance or, in the case of a grievance with respect to the griev-
ant’s rater or reviewer, one year after the date on which
the grievant ceased to be subject to rating or review by that
person, but in no case less than two years after the occur-
rence giving rise to the grievance.’’.
(b) GRIEVANCES ALLEGING DISCRIMINATION.—Sec-
tion 1104 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 4134) is amended by strik-
ing subsection (c).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act and shall apply to grievances which arise on
or after such effective date.
SEC. 322. REPORTS BY THE FOREIGN SERVICE GRIEVANCE
BOARD.
Section 1105 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22
U.S.C. 4135) is amended by adding the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(f)(1) Not later than March 1 of each year, the Chair-
man of the Foreign Service Grievance Board shall prepare
a report summarizing the activities of the Board during
the previous calendar year. The report shall include—
‘‘(A) the number of cases filed;
‘‘(B) the types of cases filed;
‘‘(C) the number of cases on which a final deci-
sion was reached, as well as data on the outcome of
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cases, whether affirmed, reversed, settled, withdrawn,
or dismissed;
‘‘(D) the number of oral hearings conducted and
the length of each such hearing;
‘‘(E) the number of instances in which interim
relief was granted by the Board; and
‘‘(F) data on the average time for consideration
of a grievance, from the time of filing to a decision
of the Board.
‘‘(2) The report required under paragraph (1) shall be
submitted to the Director General of the Foreign Service
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and
the Committee on International Relations of the House of
Representatives.’’.
SEC. 323. EXTENSION OF USE OF FOREIGN SERVICE PER-
SONNEL SYSTEM.
Section 202(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22
U.S.C. 3922(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(4)(A) Whenever (and to the extent) the Sec-
retary of State considers it in the best interests of the
United States Government, the Secretary of State
may authorize the head of any agency or other Gov-
ernment establishment (including any establishment
in the legislative or judicial branch) to appoint under
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section 303 individuals described in subparagraph
(B) as members of the Service and to utilize the For-
eign Service personnel system with respect to such in-
dividuals under such regulations as the Secretary of
State may prescribe.
‘‘(B) The individuals referred to in subpara-
graph (A) are individuals hired for employment
abroad under section 311(a).’’.
Subtitle C—Other Personnel
Matters
SEC. 331. BORDER EQUALIZATION PAY ADJUSTMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title I of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3961 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 414. BORDER EQUALIZATION PAY ADJUSTMENT.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An employee who regularly com-
mutes from the employee’s place of residence in the conti-
nental United States to an official duty station in Canada
or Mexico shall receive a border equalization pay adjust-
ment equal to the amount of comparability payments under
section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, that the em-
ployee would receive if the employee were assigned to an
official duty station within the United States locality pay
area closest to the employee’s official duty station.
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‘‘(b) EMPLOYEE DEFINED.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘employee’ means a person who—
‘‘(1) is an ‘employee’ as defined under section
2105 of title 5, United States Code; and
‘‘(2) is employed by the Department of State, the
United States Agency for International Development,
or the International Joint Commission of the United
States and Canada (established under Article VII of
the treaty signed January 11, 1909) (36 Stat. 2448),
except that the term shall not include members of the
Service (as specified in section 103).
‘‘(c) TREATMENT AS BASIC PAY.—An equalization pay
adjustment paid under this section shall be considered to
be part of basic pay for the same purposes for which com-
parability payments are considered to be part of basic pay
under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The heads of the agencies re-
ferred to in subsection (b)(2) may prescribe regulations to
carry out this section.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
for the Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 413 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 414. Border equalization pay adjustment.’’.
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SEC. 332. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONS REEMPLOYED
AFTER SERVICE WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGA-
NIZATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 5 of the United States Code
is amended by inserting after section 8432b the following
new section:
‘‘§ 8432c. Contributions of certain persons reemployed
after service with international organiza-
tions
‘‘(a) In this section, the term ‘covered person’ means
any person who—
‘‘(1) transfers from a position of employment
covered by chapter 83 or 84 or subchapter I or II of
chapter 8 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to a po-
sition of employment with an international organiza-
tion pursuant to section 3582;
‘‘(2) pursuant to section 3582 elects to retain
coverage, rights, and benefits under any system estab-
lished by law for the retirement of persons during the
period of employment with the international organi-
zation and currently deposits the necessary deductions
in payment for such coverage, rights, and benefits in
the system’s fund; and
‘‘(3) is reemployed pursuant to section 3582(b)
to a position covered by chapter 83 or 84 or sub-
chapter I or II of chapter 8 of the Foreign Service Act
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of 1980 after separation from the international orga-
nization.
‘‘(b)(1) Each covered person may contribute to the
Thrift Savings Fund, in accordance with this subsection,
an amount not to exceed the amount described in paragraph
(2).
‘‘(2) The maximum amount which a covered person
may contribute under paragraph (1) is equal to—
‘‘(A) the total amount of all contributions under
section 8351(b)(2) or 8432(a), as applicable, which
the person would have made over the period beginning
on the date of transfer of the person (as described in
subsection (a)(1)) and ending on the day before the
date of reemployment of the person (as described in
subsection (a)(3)), minus
‘‘(B) the total amount of all contributions, if
any, under section 8351(b)(2) or 8432(a), as applica-
ble, actually made by the person over the period de-
scribed in subparagraph (A).
‘‘(3) Contributions under paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) shall be made at the same time and in the
same manner as would any contributions under sec-
tion 8351(b)(2) or 8432(a), as applicable;
‘‘(B) shall be made over the period of time speci-
fied by the person under paragraph (4)(B); and
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‘‘(C) shall be in addition to any contributions
actually being made by the person during that period
under section 8351(b)(2) or 8432(a), as applicable.
‘‘(4) The Executive Director shall prescribe the time,
form, and manner in which a covered person may specify—
‘‘(A) the total amount the person wishes to con-
tribute with respect to any period described in para-
graph (2)(A); and
‘‘(B) the period of time over which the covered
person wishes to make contributions under this sub-
section.
‘‘(c) If a covered person who makes contributions
under section 8432(a) makes contributions under subsection
(b), the agency employing the person shall make those con-
tributions to the Thrift Savings Fund on the person’s behalf
in the same manner as contributions are made for an em-
ployee described in section 8432b(a) under sections
8432b(c), 8432b(d), and 8432b(f). Amounts paid under this
subsection shall be paid in the same manner as amounts
are paid under section 8432b(g).
‘‘(d) For purposes of any computation under this sec-
tion, a covered person shall, with respect to the period de-
scribed in subsection (b)(2)(A), be considered to have been
paid at the rate which would have been payable over such
period had the person remained continuously employed in
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the position that the person last held before transferring to
the international organization.
‘‘(e) For purposes of section 8432(g), a covered person
shall be credited with a period of civilian service equal to
the period beginning on the date of transfer of the person
(as described in subsection (a)(1)) and ending on the day
before the date of reemployment of the person (as described
in subsection (a)(3)).
‘‘(f) The Executive Director shall prescribe regulations
to carry out this section.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 8432b the fol-
lowing:
‘‘8432c. Contributions of certain persons reemployed after service with inter-
national organizations.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to persons reemployed on or after
the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 333. HOME SERVICE TRANSFER ALLOWANCE.
Section 5922 of title 5, United States Code is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) Upon the death of an employee, a transfer allow-
ance under section 5924(2)(B) may be furnished to any
spouse or dependent of such employee for the purpose of re-
turning such spouse or dependent to the United States.’’.
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SEC. 334. PARENTAL CHOICE IN EDUCATION.
Section 5924(4) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘between
that post and the nearest locality where adequate
schools are available,’’ and inserting ‘‘between that
post and the school chosen by the employee, not to ex-
ceed the total cost to the Government of the dependent
attending an adequate school in the nearest locality
where an adequate school is available,’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(C) In those cases in which an adequate
school is available at the post of the employee, if
the employee chooses to educate the dependent at
a school away from post, the education allowance
which includes board and room, and periodic
travel between the post and the school chosen,
shall not exceed the total cost to the Government
of the dependent attending an adequate school at
the post of the employee.’’.
SEC. 335. MEDICAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.
Section 5927 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Up’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), up to three months’
pay may be paid in advance to—
‘‘(A) a United States citizen employee of an
agency (other than a United States citizen employed
under section 311(a) of the Foreign Service Act of
1980 (22 U.S.C. 3951(a))—
‘‘(i) who is assigned or located outside of the
United States pursuant to Government author-
ization; and
‘‘(ii) who must, or has a family member
who must, undergo outside of the United States
medical treatment of the nature specified in reg-
ulations promulgated by the Secretary of State;
and
‘‘(B) each foreign national employee appointed
under section 303 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 3943) and each United States citizen em-
ployed under section 311(a) of that Act (22 U.S.C.
3951(a)) who is not a family member of a government
employee assigned abroad—
‘‘(i) who is located outside of the country of
employment pursuant to United States Govern-
ment authorization; and
‘‘(ii) who must undergo outside the country
of employment medical treatment of the nature
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specified in regulations promulgated by the Sec-
retary of State.
‘‘(2) Not more than 3 months pay may be advanced
to an employee with respect to any single illness or injury,
without regard to the number of courses of medical treat-
ment required by the employee.
‘‘(3)(A) Subject to the adjustment of the account of an
employee under subparagraph (B) and other applicable
provisions of law, the amount paid to an employee in ad-
vance shall be equal to the rate of pay authorized with re-
spect to the employee on the date the advance payment is
made under agency procedures governing other advance
payments permitted under this subchapter.
‘‘(B) The head of each agency shall provide for—
‘‘(i) the review of the account of each employee
of the agency who receives any advance payment
under this section; and
‘‘(ii) the recovery of the amount of pay or waiver
thereof.
‘‘(4) For the purposes of this subsection, the term
‘country of employment’ means the country outside the
United States where the employee was appointed for em-
ployment or employed by the United States Government.’’.
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SEC. 336. REPORT CONCERNING FINANCIAL DISADVAN-
TAGES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECH-
NICAL PERSONNEL.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that administrative
and technical personnel posted to United States missions
abroad who do not have diplomatic status suffer financial
disadvantages from their lack of such status.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit a report to the appropriate congressional committees
concerning the extent to which administrative and technical
personnel posted to United States missions abroad who do
not have diplomatic status suffer financial disadvantages
from their lack of such status, including proposals to allevi-
ate such disadvantages.
SEC. 337. STATE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL AND
PERSONNEL INVESTIGATIONS.
(a) AMENDMENT OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE ACT of
1980.—Section 209(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 3929(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(5) INVESTIGATIONS.—
‘‘(A) CONDUCT
OF
INVESTIGATIONS.—In
conducting investigations of potential violations
of Federal criminal law or Federal regulations,
the Inspector General shall—
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‘‘(i) abide by professional standards
applicable to Federal law enforcement agen-
cies; and
‘‘(ii) permit each subject of an inves-
tigation an opportunity to provide excul-
patory information.
‘‘(B) REPORTS
OF
INVESTIGATIONS.—In
order to ensure that reports of investigations are
thorough and accurate, the Inspector General
shall—
‘‘(i) make every reasonable effort to en-
sure that any person named in a report of
investigation has been afforded an oppor-
tunity to refute any allegation or assertion
made regarding that person’s actions;
‘‘(ii) include in every report of inves-
tigation any exculpatory information, as
well as any inculpatory information, that
has been discovered in the course of the in-
vestigation.’’.
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 209(d)(2) of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(d)(2)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (D);
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(2) by striking the period at the end of subpara-
graph (E) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(F) a description, which may be included,
if necessary, in the classified portion of the re-
port, of any instance in a case that was closed
during the period covered by the report when the
Inspector General decided not to afford an indi-
vidual the opportunity described in subsection
(c)(5)(B)(i) to refute any allegation or assertion,
and the rationale for denying such individual
that opportunity.’’.
(c) STATUTORY
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the
amendments made by this section may be construed to
modify—
(1) section 209(d)(4) of the Foreign Service Act
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(d)(4));
(2) section 7(b) of the Inspector General Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. app.);
(3) the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a); or
(4) the provisions of section 2302(b)(8) of title 5
(relating to whistleblower protection).
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply to cases opened on or after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
TITLE 
IV—EMBASSY 
SECURITY
AND 
COUNTERTERRORISM
MEASURES
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Embassy Con-
struction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 402. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On August 7, 1998, the United States embas-
sies in Nairobi, Kenya, and in Dar es Salaam, Tan-
zania, were destroyed by simultaneously exploding
bombs. The resulting explosions killed 220 persons
and injured more than 4,000 others. Twelve Ameri-
cans and 40 Kenyan and Tanzanian employees of the
United States Foreign Service were killed in the at-
tack.
(2) The United States personnel in both Dar es
Salaam and Nairobi showed leadership and personal
courage in their response to the attacks. Despite the
havoc wreaked upon the embassies, staff in both em-
bassies provided rapid response in locating and res-
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cuing victims, providing emergency assistance, and
quickly restoring embassy operations during a crisis.
(3) The bombs are believed to have been set by
individuals associated with Osama bin Laden, leader
of a known transnational terrorist organization. In
February 1998, bin Laden issued a directive to his
followers that called for attacks against United States
interests anywhere in the world.
(4) Following the bombings, additional threats
have been made against United States diplomatic fa-
cilities.
(5) Accountability Review Boards were convened
following the bombings, as required by Public Law
99–399, chaired by Admiral William J. Crowe,
United States Navy (Ret.) (in this section referred to
as the ‘‘Crowe panels’’).
(6) The conclusions of the Crowe panels were
strikingly similar to those stated by the Commission
chaired by Admiral Bobby Ray Inman, which issued
an extensive embassy security report more than 14
years ago.
(7) The Crowe panels issued a report setting out
many problems with security at United States diplo-
matic facilities, in particular the following:
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(A) The United States Government has de-
voted inadequate resources to security against
terrorist attacks.
(B) The United States Government places
too low a priority on security concerns.
(8) The result has been a failure to take adequate
steps to prevent tragedies such as the bombings in
Kenya and Tanzania.
(9) The Crowe panels found that there was an
institutional failure on the part of the Department of
State to recognize threats posed by transnational ter-
rorism and vehicular bombs.
(10) Responsibility for ensuring adequate re-
sources for security programs is widely shared
throughout the United States Government, including
Congress. Unless the vulnerabilities identified by the
Crowe panels are addressed in a sustained and finan-
cially realistic manner, the lives and safety of United
States employees in diplomatic facilities will continue
to be at risk from further terrorist attacks.
(11) Although service in the Foreign Service or
other United States Government positions abroad can
never be completely without risk, the United States
Government must take all reasonable steps to mini-
mize security risks.
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SEC. 403. UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITY DEFINED.
In this title, the terms ‘‘United States diplomatic facil-
ity’’ and ‘‘diplomatic facility’’ mean any chancery, con-
sulate, or other office building used by a United States dip-
lomatic mission or consular post or by personnel of any
agency of the United States abroad, except that those terms
do not include any facility under the command of a United
States area military commander.
SEC. 404. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT.—There is estab-
lished in the general fund of the Treasury of the United
States an appropriations account for the Department of
State which shall be known as the ‘‘Embassy Construction
and Security’’ account.
(b) PURPOSES.—Funds made available under the
‘‘Embassy Construction and Security’’ account may be used
only for the purposes of—
(1) the acquisition of United States diplomatic
facilities and, if necessary, any residences or other
structures located in close physical proximity to such
facilities, or
(2) the provision of major security enhancements
to United States diplomatic facilities,
necessary to bring the United States Government into com-
pliance with all requirements applicable to the security of
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United States diplomatic facilities, including the relevant
requirements set forth in section 406.
(c) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Department of State under ‘‘Em-
bassy Construction and Security’’—
(A) for fiscal year 2000, $600,000,000;
(B) for fiscal year 2001, $600,000,000;
(C) for fiscal year 2002, $600,000,000;
(D) for fiscal year 2003, $600,000,000; and
(E) for fiscal year 2004, $600,000,000.
(2) AVAILABILITY
OF
AUTHORIZATIONS.—Au-
thorizations of appropriations under paragraph (1)
shall remain available until the appropriations are
made.
(3) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro-
priated pursuant to paragraph (1) are authorized to
remain available until expended.
SEC. 405. OBLIGATIONS AND EXPENDITURES.
(a) REPORT AND PRIORITY OF OBLIGATIONS.—
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, and on February 1 of
each year for 5 years thereafter, the Secretary of State
shall submit a classified report to the appropriate
congressional committees identifying each diplomatic
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facility that is a priority for replacement or for any
major security enhancement because of its vulner-
ability to terrorist attack (by reason of the terrorist
threat and the current condition of the facility). The
report shall list such facilities in groups of 20. The
groups shall be ranked in order from most vulnerable
to least vulnerable to such an attack.
(2) PRIORITY ON USE OF FUNDS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), funds made available in the
‘‘Embassy Construction and Security’’ account
for a particular project may be used only for
those facilities which are listed in the first four
groups described in paragraph (1).
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—Funds made available
in the ‘‘Embassy Construction and Security’’ ac-
count may be used for facilities which are not in
the first four groups, if the Secretary of State
certifies to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that such use of the funds is in the na-
tional interest of the United States.
(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIRED PRIOR
TO TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Prior to the transfer of funds
from the ‘‘Embassy Construction and Security’’ account to
any other account, the Secretary of State shall notify the
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appropriate congressional committees in accordance with
the procedures applicable to a reprogramming of funds
under section 34(a) of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706(a)).
(c) SEMIANNUAL
REPORTS
ON
ACQUISITION
AND
MAJOR SECURITY UPGRADES.—On June 1 and December
1 of each year, the Secretary of State shall submit a report
to the appropriate congressional committees on the embassy
construction and security program authorized under this
title. The report shall include—
(1) obligations and expenditures—
(A) during the previous six months; and
(B) since the establishment of the ‘‘Embassy
Construction and Security’’ account;
(2) projected obligations and expenditures during
the four fiscal quarters following the submission of the
report, and how these obligations and expenditures
will improve security conditions of specific diplomatic
facilities; and
(3) the status of ongoing acquisition and major
security enhancement projects, including any signifi-
cant changes in—
(A) the anticipated budgetary requirements
for such projects;
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(B) 
the 
anticipated 
schedule 
of 
such
projects; and
(C) the anticipated scope of the projects.
SEC. 406. SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR UNITED STATES
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following security require-
ments shall apply with respect to United States diplomatic
facilities:
(1) THREAT ASSESSMENTS.—
(A) EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN.—The Emer-
gency Action Plan (EAP) of each United States
mission shall address the threat of large explosive
attacks from vehicles and the safety of employees
during such an explosive attack.
(B) 
SECURITY
ENVIRONMENT
THREAT
LIST.—The Security Environment Threat List
shall contain a section that addresses potential
acts of international terrorism against United
States diplomatic facilities based on threat iden-
tification criteria that emphasize the threat of
transnational terrorism and include the local se-
curity environment, host government support,
and other relevant factors such as cultural reali-
ties.
(2) SITE SELECTION.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—In selecting sites for new
United States diplomatic facilities abroad, all
personnel of United States Government agencies
except those under the command of a United
States area military commander shall be located
on the same compound.
(B) WAIVER.—
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of
State may waive subparagraph (A) if—
(I) the Secretary and the head of
each agency employing affected per-
sonnel determine and certify to the ap-
propriate 
congressional 
committees
that security so permits, and it is in
the national interest of the United
States to do so; and
(II) the Secretary provides the ap-
propriate congressional committees in
writing the reasons justifying the de-
termination under subclause (I).
(ii) AUTHORITY
NOT
DELEGABLE.—
The Secretary may not delegate the author-
ity provided in clause (i).
(C) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Any
waiver under this paragraph may be exercised
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only on a date that is at least 15 days after noti-
fication of the intention to waive this paragraph
has been provided to the appropriate congres-
sional committees.
(3) PERIMETER DISTANCE.—
(A) REQUIREMENT.—Each newly acquired
United States diplomatic facility shall be sited
not less than 100 feet from the perimeter of the
property on which the facility is to be situated.
(B) WAIVER.—
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of
State may waive subparagraph (A) if—
(I) the Secretary determines and
certifies to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that security so per-
mits, and it is in the national interest
of the United States to do so; and
(II) the Secretary provides the ap-
propriate congressional committees in
writing the reasons justifying the de-
termination under subclause (I).
(ii) AUTHORITY
NOT
DELEGABLE.—
The Secretary may not delegate the author-
ity provided in clause (i).
(4) CRISIS MANAGEMENT TRAINING.—
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(A) TRAINING OF HEADQUARTERS STAFF.—
The appropriate personnel of the Department of
State headquarters staff shall undertake crisis
management training for mass casualty and
mass destruction incidents relating to diplomatic
facilities for the purpose of bringing about a
rapid response to such incidents from Depart-
ment of State headquarters in Washington, D.C.
(B) TRAINING OF PERSONNEL ABROAD.—A
program of appropriate instruction in crisis
management shall be provided to personnel at
United States diplomatic facilities abroad.
(5) STATE DEPARTMENT SUPPORT.—
(A) 
FOREIGN
EMERGENCY
SUPPORT
TEAM.—The Foreign Emergency Support Team
(FEST) of the Department of State shall receive
sufficient 
support 
from 
the 
Department,
including—
(i) conducting routine training exer-
cises of the FEST;
(ii) providing personnel identified to
serve on the FEST as a collateral duty;
(iii) providing personnel to assist in
activities such as security, medical relief,
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public affairs, engineering, and building
safety; and
(iv) providing such additional support
as may be necessary to enable the FEST to
provide support in a post-crisis environ-
ment involving mass casualties and phys-
ical damage.
(B) FEST AIRCRAFT.—
(i) 
REPLACEMENT
AIRCRAFT.—The
President shall develop a plan to replace on
a priority basis the current FEST aircraft
funded by the Department of Defense with
a dedicated, capable, and reliable replace-
ment aircraft and backup aircraft, to be op-
erated and maintained by the Department
of Defense.
(ii) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the
President shall submit a report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees describ-
ing the aircraft selected pursuant to clause
(i) and the arrangements for the funding,
operation, and maintenance of that aircraft.
(6) RAPID RESPONSE PROCEDURES.—The Sec-
retary of State shall enter into a memorandum of un-
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derstanding with the Secretary of Defense setting out
rapid response procedures for mobilization of per-
sonnel and equipment of their respective departments
to provide more effective assistance in times of emer-
gency with respect to United States diplomatic facili-
ties.
(7) STORAGE OF EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND
RECORDS.—All United States diplomatic facilities
shall have emergency equipment and records required
in case of an emergency situation stored at an off-site
facility.
(b) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive the
application of paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a)
with respect to a diplomatic facility, other than a
United States diplomatic mission or consular post or
a United States Agency for International Develop-
ment mission, if the President determines that—
(A) it is important to the national security
of the United States to so exempt that facility;
and
(B) all feasible steps are being taken, con-
sistent with the national security requirements
that require the waiver, to minimize the risk and
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the possible consequences of a terrorist attack in-
volving that facility or its personnel.
(2) PERIODIC REPORTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January
1, 2000, and every six months thereafter, the
President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional 
committees 
a 
classified 
report
describing—
(i) the waivers that have been exercised
under this subsection during the preceding
six-month period or, in the case of the ini-
tial report, during the period since the date
of enactment of this Act; and
(ii) the steps taken to maintain max-
imum feasible security at the facilities in-
volved.
(B) SPECIAL RULE.—Any waiver that, for
national security reasons, may not be described
in a report required by subparagraph (A) shall
be noted in that report and described in an ap-
pendix submitted to the congressional committees
with direct oversight responsibility for the facil-
ity.
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(c) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion alters or amends existing security requirements not ad-
dressed by this section.
SEC. 407. CLOSURE OF VULNERABLE POSTS.
(a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of State shall review the
findings of the Overseas Presence Advisory Panel.
(b) REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after
submission of the Overseas Presence Panel Report, the
Secretary of State shall submit a report to Congress
setting forth the results of the review conducted under
subsection (a).
(2) ELEMENTS
OF
THE
REPORT.—The report
shall—
(A) specify whether any United States dip-
lomatic facility should be closed because—
(i) the facility is highly vulnerable and
subject to threat of terrorist attack; and
(ii) adequate security enhancements
cannot be provided to the facility;
(B) in the event that closure of a diplomatic
facility is required, identify plans to provide se-
cure premises for permanent use by the United
States diplomatic mission, whether in country or
in a regional United States diplomatic facility,
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or for temporary occupancy by the mission in a
facility pending acquisition of new buildings;
(C) outline the potential for reduction or
transfer of personnel or closure of missions if
technology is adequately exploited for maximum
efficiencies;
(D) examine the possibility of creating re-
gional missions in certain parts of the world;
(E) in the case of diplomatic facilities that
are part of the Special Embassy Program, report
on the foreign policy objectives served by retain-
ing such missions, balancing the importance of
these objectives against the well-being of United
States personnel; and
(F) examine the feasibility of opening new
regional outreach centers, modeled on the system
used by the United States Embassy in Paris,
France, with each center designed to operate—
(i) at no additional cost to the United
States Government;
(ii) with staff consisting of one or two
Foreign Service officers currently assigned
to the United States diplomatic mission in
the country in which the center is located;
and
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(iii) in a region of the country with
high gross domestic product (GDP), a high
density population, and a media market
that not only includes but extends beyond
the region.
SEC. 408. ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS.
Section 301 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and
Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 301. ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.
‘‘(1) CONVENING A BOARD.—Except as provided
in paragraph (2), in any case of serious injury, loss
of life, or significant destruction of property at or re-
lated to a United States Government mission abroad,
and in any case of a serious breach of security involv-
ing intelligence activities of a foreign government di-
rected at a United States Government mission
abroad, which is covered by the provisions of titles I
through IV (other than a facility or installation sub-
ject to the control of a United States area military
commander), the Secretary of State shall convene an
Accountability Review Board (in this title referred to
as the ‘Board’). The Secretary shall not convene a
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Board where the Secretary determines that a case
clearly involves only causes unrelated to security.
‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES AND
PERSONNEL.—The Secretary of State is not required
to convene a Board in the case of an incident de-
scribed in paragraph (1) that involves any facility,
installation, or personnel of the Department of De-
fense with respect to which the Secretary has dele-
gated operational control of overseas security func-
tions to the Secretary of Defense pursuant to section
106 of this Act. In any such case, the Secretary of De-
fense shall conduct an appropriate inquiry. The Sec-
retary of Defense shall report the findings and rec-
ommendations of such inquiry, and the action taken
with respect to such recommendations, to the Sec-
retary of State and Congress.
‘‘(b) DEADLINES FOR CONVENING BOARDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary of State shall convene a
Board not later than 60 days after the occurrence of
an incident described in subsection (a)(1), except that
such 60-day period may be extended for two addi-
tional 30-day periods if the Secretary determines that
the additional period or periods are necessary for the
convening of the Board.
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‘‘(2) DELAY IN CASES INVOLVING INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES.—With respect to breaches of security in-
volving intelligence activities, the Secretary of State
may delay the establishment of a Board if, after con-
sultation with the chairman of the Select Committee
on Intelligence of the Senate and the chairman of the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives, the Secretary determines
that doing so would compromise intelligence sources
and methods. The Secretary shall promptly advise the
chairmen of such committees of each determination
pursuant to this paragraph to delay the establishment
of a Board.
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Whenever the Sec-
retary of State convenes a Board, the Secretary shall
promptly inform the chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives—
‘‘(1) that a Board has been convened;
‘‘(2) of the membership of the Board; and
‘‘(3) of other appropriate information about the
Board.’’.
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SEC. 409. AWARDS OF FOREIGN SERVICE STARS.
The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
is amended by inserting after section 36 (22 U.S.C. 2708)
the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 36A. AWARDS OF FOREIGN SERVICE STARS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO AWARD.—The President, upon the
recommendation of the Secretary, may award a Foreign
Service star to any member of the Foreign Service or any
other civilian employee of the Government of the United
States who, after August 1, 1998, while employed at, or as-
signed permanently or temporarily to, an official mission
overseas or while traveling abroad on official business, in-
curred a wound or other injury or an illness (whether or
not the wound, other injury, or illness resulted in death)
in a case described in subsection (b)—
‘‘(1) as the person was performing official duties;
‘‘(2) as the person was on the premises of a
United States mission abroad; or
‘‘(3) by reason of the person’s status as a United
States Government employee.
‘‘(b) CASES
RESULTING
FROM
UNLAWFUL
CON-
DUCT.—Cases covered by subsection (a) include cases of
wounds or other injuries incurred as a result of terrorist
or military action, civil unrest, or criminal activities di-
rected at any facility of the Government of the United
States.
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‘‘(c) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall pre-
scribe the procedures for identifying and considering per-
sons eligible for award of a Foreign Service star and for
selecting the persons to be recommended for the award.
‘‘(d) AWARD IN THE EVENT OF DEATH.—If a person
selected for award of a Foreign Service star dies before being
presented the award, the award may be made and the star
presented to the person’s family or to the person’s represent-
ative, as designated by the President.
‘‘(e) FORM OF AWARD.—The Secretary shall prescribe
the design of the Foreign Service star. The award may not
include a stipend or any other cash payment.
‘‘(f) FUNDING.—Any expenses incurred in awarding a
person a Foreign Service star may be paid out of appro-
priations available at the time of the award for personnel
of the department or agency of the United States Govern-
ment in which the person was employed when the person
incurred the wound, injury, or illness upon which the
award is based.’’.
TITLE 
V—UNITED 
STATES
INTERNATIONAL 
BROAD-
CASTING ACTIVITIES
SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following amounts are author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out the United States
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International Broadcasting Act of 1994, the Radio Broad-
casting to Cuba Act, and the Television Broadcasting to
Cuba Act, and to carry out other authorities in law con-
sistent with such purposes:
(1) 
INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING
ACTIVI-
TIES.—For ‘‘International Broadcasting Activities’’,
$408,979,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
2000, 
and
$408,979,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(2) RADIO
CONSTRUCTION.—For ‘‘Radio Con-
struction’’, $20,868,000 for the fiscal year 2000, and
$20,868,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
(3) BROADCASTING
TO
CUBA.—For ‘‘Broad-
casting to Cuba’’, $22,743,000 for the fiscal year 2000
and $22,743,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 502. REAUTHORIZATION OF RADIO FREE ASIA.
Section 309 of the United States International Broad-
casting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (c);
(2) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), (g),
(h), and (i) as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and
(h), respectively;
(3) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2))—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(A)’’; and
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(ii) by striking subparagraph (B);
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
2005’’;
(C) 
in 
paragraph 
(4), 
by 
striking
‘‘$22,000,000 in any fiscal year’’ and inserting
‘‘$28,000,000 in each of the fiscal years 2000
and 2001’’;
(D) by striking paragraph (5); and
(E) by redesignating paragraph (6) as
paragraph (5); and
(4) by amending subsection (f) (as redesignated
by paragraph (2)) to read as follows:
‘‘(f) SUNSET PROVISION.—The Board may not make
any grant for the purpose of operating Radio Free Asia
after September 30, 2005.’’.
SEC. 503. NOMINATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CHAIR-
MAN OF THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOV-
ERNORS.
Section 304(b)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6203
(b)(2)), is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘designate’’ and inserting ‘‘ap-
point’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘, subject
to the advice and consent of the Senate’’.
TITLE VI—ARMS CONTROL, NON-
PROLIFERATION, 
AND 
NA-
TIONAL SECURITY
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Arms Control, Non-
proliferation, and National Security Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 602. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary’’ means the position of Assistant Sec-
retary of State for Verification and Compliance des-
ignated under section 612.
(2) CONVENTION
ON
NUCLEAR
SAFETY.—The
term ‘‘Convention on Nuclear Safety’’ means the Con-
vention on Nuclear Safety, done at Vienna on Sep-
tember 20, 1994 (Senate Treaty Document 104–6).
(3) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive
agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section
105 of title 5, United States Code.
(4) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘in-
telligence community’’ has the meaning given the
term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of
1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).
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(5) START TREATY
OR
TREATY.—The term
‘‘START Treaty’’ or ‘‘Treaty’’ means the Treaty With
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduc-
tion and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, in-
cluding all agreed statements, annexes, protocols, and
memoranda, signed at Moscow on July 31, 1991.
(6) START II TREATY.—The term ‘‘START II
Treaty’’ means the Treaty Between the United States
of America and the Russian Federation on Further
Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive
Arms, and related protocols and memorandum of un-
derstanding, signed at Moscow on January 3, 1993.
(7) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—
The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’
means the Committee on International Relations and
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on For-
eign Relations and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate.
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Subtitle A—Arms Control
CHAPTER 1—EFFECTIVE VERIFICATION OF
COMPLIANCE WITH ARMS CONTROL
AGREEMENTS
SEC. 611. KEY VERIFICATION ASSETS FUND.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State is author-
ized to transfer funds available to the Department of State
under this section to the Department of Defense, Depart-
ment of Energy, or any agency, entity, or other component
of the intelligence community, as needed, for retaining, re-
searching, developing, or acquiring technologies or pro-
grams relating to the verification of arms control, non-
proliferation and disarmament agreements or commit-
ments.
(b) PROHIBITION
ON
REPROGRAMMING.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds made available
to carry out this section may not be used for any purpose
other than the purposes specified in subsection (a).
(c) FUNDING.—Of the total amount of funds author-
ized to be appropriated to the Department of State by this
Act for the fiscal years 2000 and 2001, $5,000,000 is au-
thorized to be available for each such fiscal year to carry
out subsection (a).
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(d) DESIGNATION OF FUND.—Amounts made available
under subsection (c) may be referred to as the ‘‘Key
Verification Assets Fund’’.
SEC. 
612. 
ASSISTANT 
SECRETARY 
OF 
STATE 
FOR
VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE.
(a) DESIGNATION
OF POSITION.—The Secretary of
State shall designate one of the Assistant Secretaries of
State authorized by section 1(c)(1) of the State Department
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)(1)) as
the Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Com-
pliance. The Assistant Secretary shall report to the Under
Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Se-
curity.
(b) DIRECTIVE GOVERNING
THE ASSISTANT SEC-
RETARY OF STATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
State shall issue a directive governing the position of
Assistant Secretary.
(2) ELEMENTS OF THE DIRECTIVE.—The direc-
tive issued under paragraph (1) shall set forth, con-
sistent with this section—
(A) the duties of the Assistant Secretary;
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(B) the relationships between the Assistant
Secretary and other officials of the Department
of State;
(C) any delegation of authority from the
Secretary of State to the Assistant Secretary;
and
(D) such other matters as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate.
(c) DUTIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall
have as his principal responsibility the overall super-
vision (including oversight of policy and resources)
within the Department of State of all matters relating
to verification and compliance with international
arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament
agreements or commitments.
(2) PARTICIPATION
OF
THE
ASSISTANT
SEC-
RETARY.—
(A) PRIMARY ROLE.—Except as provided in
subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Assistant Sec-
retary, or his designee, shall participate in all
interagency groups or organizations within the
executive branch of Government that assess, ana-
lyze, or review United States planned or ongoing
policies, programs, or actions that have a direct
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bearing on verification or compliance matters,
including interagency intelligence committees
concerned with the development or exploitation
of measurement or signals intelligence or other
national technical means of verification.
(B) REQUIREMENT
FOR
DESIGNATION.—
Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to groups or
organizations on which the Secretary of State or
the Undersecretary of State for Arms Control
and International Security sits, unless such offi-
cial designates the Assistant Secretary to attend
in his stead.
(C) NATIONAL SECURITY LIMITATION.—
(i) The President may waive the provi-
sions of subparagraph (A) if inclusion of
the Assistant Secretary would not be in the
national security interests of the United
States.
(ii) With respect to an interagency
group or organization, or meeting thereof,
working with exceptionally sensitive infor-
mation contained in compartments under
the control of the Director of Central Intel-
ligence, the Secretary of Defense, or the Sec-
retary of Energy, such Director or Sec-
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retary, as the case may be, may waive the
provision of subparagraph (A) if inclusion
of the Assistant Secretary would not be in
the national security interests of the United
States.
(iii) Any waiver of participation
under clause (i) or (ii) shall be transmitted
in writing to the appropriate committees of
Congress.
(3) RELATIONSHIP TO THE INTELLIGENCE COM-
MUNITY.—The Assistant Secretary shall be the prin-
cipal policy community representative to the intel-
ligence community on verification and compliance
matters.
(4) REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assist-
ant Secretary shall have responsibility within the De-
partment of State for—
(A) all reports required pursuant to section
37 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act
(22 U.S.C. 2577);
(B) so much of the report required under
paragraphs (5) through (10) of section 51(a) of
the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22
U.S.C. 2593a(a)) as relates to verification or
compliance matters; and
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(C) other reports being prepared by the De-
partment of State as of the date of enactment of
this Act relating to arms control, nonprolifera-
tion, or disarmament verification or compliance
matters.
SEC. 613. ENHANCED ANNUAL (‘‘PELL’’) REPORT.
Section 51(a) of the Arms Control and Disarmament
Act (22 U.S.C. 2593a(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(6);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (7) and inserting a semicolon;
(3) in paragraph (6), by inserting:
(A) ‘‘or commitments, including the Missile
Technology Control Regime,’’ after ‘‘agreements’’
the first time it appears;
(B) ‘‘or commitments’’ after ‘‘agreements’’
the second time it appears; and
(C) ‘‘or commitment’’ after ‘‘agreement’’;
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(8) a specific identification, to the maximum
extent practicable in unclassified form, of each and
every question that exists with respect to compliance
by other countries with arms control, nonprolifera-
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tion, and disarmament agreements with the United
States.’’; and
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(d) Each report shall include a discussion of each sig-
nificant issue contained in a previous report issued during
1995, or after December 31, 1995, pursuant to paragraph
(6), until the question or concern has been resolved and such
resolution has been reported to the appropriate committees
of Congress (as defined in section 601(7) of the Foreign Re-
lations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001) in
detail.’’.
SEC. 614. REPORT ON START AND START II TREATIES MONI-
TORING ISSUES.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Director of Central Intelligence
shall submit a detailed classified report to the appropriate
committees of Congress including the following:
(1) A comprehensive identification of all moni-
toring activities associated with the START and
START II treaties.
(2) The specific intelligence community assets
and capabilities, including analytical capabilities,
that the Senate was informed, prior to the Senate giv-
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ing its advice and consent to ratification of the trea-
ties, would be necessary to accomplish those activities.
(3) An identification of the extent to which those
assets and capabilities have, or have not, been at-
tained or retained, and the corresponding effect this
has had upon United States monitoring confidence
levels.
(4) An assessment of any Russian activities re-
lating to the START Treaty which have had an im-
pact upon the ability of the United States to monitor
Russian adherence to the Treaty.
(b) COMPARTMENTED
ANNEX.—Exceptionally sen-
sitive, compartmented information in the report required
by this section may be provided in a compartmented annex
submitted to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 615. STANDARDS FOR VERIFICATION.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—It is the sense of the Senate that
the following terms when used in publications of the United
States Government, or in oral representations by officials
of the United States Government, should have the following
meanings:
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(1) EFFECTIVELY VERIFIABLE.—The term ‘‘effec-
tively verifiable’’ means that the requirements of sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) are met, as follows:
(A) The Director of Central Intelligence has
certified to the President that the intelligence
community has a high degree of confidence, with
respect to a particular treaty or other agreement,
in its ability to detect any militarily significant
violation of the treaty or other agreement in a
timely fashion, and to detect patterns of mar-
ginal violation over time. In determining the in-
telligence community’s confidence, the Director
should assume that all measures of concealment
could be employed and that standard practices
could be altered so as to impede monitoring.
(B) The Secretaries of State and Defense
and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
have certified to the President that they have a
high degree of confidence, with respect to a par-
ticular treaty or other agreement, that the
United States will be able to reach a legal and
technical determination regarding any militarily
significant violation of the treaty or other agree-
ment in a timely fashion, and to reach such a
determination regarding patterns of marginal
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violation, once detected. In determining the level
of confidence under this subparagraph, the Secre-
taries of State and Defense and the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff should assume that all
measures of concealment could be employed and
that standard practices could be altered so as to
impede monitoring.
(2) MILITARILY
SIGNIFICANT
VIOLATION.—The
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in consultation
with the Secretary of Defense, has sole responsibility
for determining with specificity, for purposes of any
treaty or other international agreement having impli-
cations for the national security of the United States,
what constitutes a militarily significant violation. In
making such a determination, the Chairman should
give great weight to his judgment that the violation
could pose a threat to the national security interests
of the United States.
(3) TIMELY FASHION DEFINED.—In this section,
the term ‘‘timely fashion’’ means in sufficient time for
the United States to take remedial action to safeguard
the national security.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 37(a) of the
Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2577(a))
is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘adequately’’;
(2) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d)
as subsections (c), (d), and (e); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(b) ASSESSMENTS UPON REQUEST.—Upon the re-
quest of the chairman or ranking minority member of the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate or the Com-
mittee on International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, in case of an arms control, nonproliferation,
or disarmament proposal—
‘‘(1) under consideration for presentation to a
foreign country by the United States;
‘‘(2) presented to a foreign country by the United
States; or
‘‘(3) presented to the United States by a foreign
country;
the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on the degree to which elements of the proposal are
capable of being verified.’’.
SEC. 616. CONTRIBUTION TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SEIS-
MOLOGY.
The United States Government shall make available
to the public in real time, or as quickly as possible, all raw
seismological data provided to the United States Govern-
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ment by any international organization that is directly re-
sponsible for seismological monitoring.
SEC. 617. PROTECTION OF UNITED STATES COMPANIES.
The United States National Authority (as designated
pursuant to section 101 of the Chemical Weapons Conven-
tion Implementation Act of 1998 (as contained in division
I of Public Law 105–277)) shall reimburse the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation for all costs incurred by the Bureau
in connection with implementation of section 303(b)(2)(A)
of that Act, except that such reimbursement may not exceed
$1,000,000 in any fiscal year.
SEC. 
618. 
PRESERVATION 
OF 
THE 
START 
TREATY
VERIFICATION REGIME.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings:
(1) Paragraph 6 of Article XI of the START
Treaty states the following: ‘‘Each Party shall have
the right to conduct reentry vehicle inspections of de-
ployed ICBMs and SLBMs to confirm that such bal-
listic missiles contain no more reentry vehicles than
the number of warheads attributed to them.’’.
(2) Paragraph 1 of Section IX of the Inspections
Protocol to the START Treaty states that each Party
‘‘shall have the right to conduct a total of ten reentry
vehicle inspections each year’’.
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(3) Paragraph 4 of Section XVIII of the Inspec-
tions Protocol to the START Treaty states that the
Parties ‘‘shall, when possible, clarify ambiguities re-
garding factual information contained in the inspec-
tion report’’ that each inspection team must provide
at the end of an inspection, pursuant to paragraph
1 of Section XVIII of that Protocol.
(4) Paragraph 12 of Annex 3 to the Inspections
Protocol to the START Treaty states that, once a mis-
sile has been selected and prepared for reentry vehicle
inspection, the inspectors shall be given ‘‘a clear, un-
obstructed view of the front section [of the missile], to
ascertain that the front section contains no more re-
entry vehicles than the number of warheads attributed
to missiles of that type’’.
(5) Paragraph 13 of Annex 3 to the Inspections
Protocol to the START Treaty states the following:
‘‘If a member of the in-country escort declares that an
object contained in the front section is not a reentry
vehicle, the inspected Party shall demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the inspectors that this object is not a
reentry vehicle.’’.
(6) Section II of Annex 8 to the Inspections Pro-
tocol to the START Treaty provides that radiation
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detection equipment may be used during reentry vehi-
cle inspections.
(7) Paragraph F.1 of Section VI of Annex 8 to
the Inspections Protocol to the START Treaty states
the following: ‘‘Radiation detection equipment shall be
used to measure nuclear radiation levels in order to
demonstrate that objects declared to be non-nuclear
are non-nuclear.’’.
(8) While the use of radiation detection equip-
ment may help to determine whether an object that ‘‘a
member of the in-country escort declares..is not a re-
entry vehicle’’ is a reentry vehicle with a nuclear
warhead, it cannot help to determine whether that ob-
ject is a reentry vehicle with a non-nuclear warhead.
(9) Article XV of the START Treaty provides for
a Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission that
shall meet to ‘‘resolve questions relating to compliance
with the obligations assumed’’.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
(1) the United States should assert and, to the
maximum extent possible, exercise the right for re-
entry vehicle inspectors to obtain a clear, unob-
structed view of the front section of a deployed SS-
18 ICBM selected for reentry vehicle inspection pursu-
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ant to paragraph 6 of Article XI of the START Trea-
ty;
(2) the United States should assert and, to the
maximum extent possible, obtain Russian compliance
with the obligation of the host Party, pursuant to
paragraph 13 of Annex 3 to the Inspections Protocol
to the START Treaty, to demonstrate to the satisfac-
tion of the inspectors that an object which is declared
not to be a reentry vehicle is not a reentry vehicle;
(3) if a member of the in-country escort declares
that an object contained in the front section of a de-
ployed SS-18 ICBM selected for reentry vehicle in-
spection pursuant to paragraph 6 of Article XI of the
START Treaty is not a reentry vehicle, but the in-
spected Party does not demonstrate to the satisfaction
of the inspectors that this object is not a reentry vehi-
cle, the United States inspection team should record
this fact in the official inspection report as an ambi-
guity and the United States should raise this matter
in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission
as a concern relating to compliance of Russia with
the obligations assumed under the Treaty;
(4) the United States should not agree to any ar-
rangement whereby the use of radiation detection
equipment in a reentry vehicle inspection, or a com-
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bination of the use of such equipment and Russian
assurances regarding SS-18 ICBMs, would suffice to
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the inspectors that
an object which is declared not to be a reentry vehicle
is not a reentry vehicle; and
(5) the United States should not agree to any ar-
rangement whereby the use of technical equipment in
a reentry vehicle inspection would suffice to dem-
onstrate to the satisfaction of the inspectors that an
object which is declared not to be a reentry vehicle is
not a reentry vehicle, unless the Director of Central
Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretaries of
State, Defense, and Energy, has determined that such
equipment can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
inspectors that an object which is declared not to be
a reentry vehicle is not a reentry vehicle.
(c) START TREATY DEFINED.—In this section, the
term ‘‘START Treaty’’ means the Treaty With the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limita-
tion of Strategic Offensive Arms, including all agreed state-
ments, annexes, protocols, and memoranda, signed at Mos-
cow on July 31, 1991.
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CHAPTER 
2—LANDMINE 
POLICY,
DEMINING ACTIVITIES, AND RELATED
MATTERS
SEC. 621. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.
Subsection (d) of section 248 of the Strom Thurmond
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999
(Public Law 105–261; 112 Stat. 1958) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate and the Committee on International Relations
of the House of Representatives,’’ after ‘‘congressional de-
fense committees’’.
SEC. 622. DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED HUMANITARIAN
DEMINING CAPABILITIES FUND.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State is author-
ized to transfer funds available to the Department of State
under this section to the Department of Defense, Depart-
ment of Energy, or any of the military departments, for
researching, developing, adapting, and deploying tech-
nologies to achieve the destruction or other removal of anti-
personnel landmines for humanitarian purposes.
(b) PROHIBITION
ON
REPROGRAMMING.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds made available
to carry out this section may not be used for any purpose
other than the purposes specified in subsection (a).
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(c) FUNDING.—Of the total amount of funds author-
ized to be appropriated to the Department of State by this
Act for the fiscal years 2000 and 2001, $5,000,000 is au-
thorized to be available for each such fiscal year to carry
out subsection (a).
(d) DESIGNATION OF FUND.—Amounts made available
under subsection (c) may be referred to as the ‘‘Development
of Advanced Humanitarian Demining Capabilities Fund’’.
Subtitle B—Nuclear Nonprolifera-
tion, Safety, and Related Matters
SEC. 631. REPORTING BURDEN ON UNITED STATES NU-
CLEAR INDUSTRY.
In carrying out any United States obligation under
the Convention on Nuclear Safety, no Executive agency
may impose any new reporting obligation upon any United
States business concern.
SEC. 632. AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND NUCLEAR COOPERA-
TION FOR FAILURE TO RATIFY CONVENTION
ON NUCLEAR SAFETY.
Section 132 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2160b) is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by inserting before the
period the following: ‘‘OR THE CONVENTION ON NU-
CLEAR SAFETY’’; and
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(2) by inserting ‘‘or the Convention on Nuclear
Safety’’ after ‘‘Material’’.
SEC. 633. ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE GOVERNMENT AC-
TIVITIES.
(a) PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SECRETARY OF
STATE.—Congress urges the Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to ensure
that the functions performed by the International Nuclear
Regulators Association are undertaken to the maximum ex-
tent practicable in connection with implementation of the
Convention on Nuclear Safety.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date
of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a report
to the Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropria-
tions of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives—
(1) detailing all activities being undertaken by
the United States in the field of international nuclear
regulation and nuclear safety, and justifying continu-
ation of such activities if the activities in any way
duplicate an activity undertaken pursuant to the
Convention on Nuclear Safety; and
(2) identifying all activities terminated pursu-
ant to his certification made on April 9, 1999, in ac-
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cordance with Condition (1) of the resolution of rati-
fication for the Convention on Nuclear Safety.
SEC. 
634. 
CONGRESSIONAL 
NOTIFICATION 
OF 
NON-
PROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES.
Section 602(c) of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of
1978 (22 U.S.C. 3282(c)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c)(1) The Department of State, the Department of
Defense, the Department of Commerce, the Department of
Energy, the Commission, and, with regard to subparagraph
(B), the Director of Central Intelligence, shall keep the Com-
mittees on Foreign Relations and Governmental Affairs of
the Senate and the Committee on International Relations
of the House of Representatives fully and currently in-
formed with respect to—
‘‘(A) their activities to carry out the purposes
and policies of this Act and to otherwise prevent pro-
liferation, including the proliferation of nuclear,
chemical, or biological weapons, or their means of de-
livery; and
‘‘(B) the current activities of foreign nations
which are of significance from the proliferation stand-
point.
‘‘(2) For the purposes of this subsection with respect
to subparagraph (B), the phrase ‘fully and currently in-
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formed’ means the transmittal of information not later than
60 days after becoming aware of the activity concerned.’’.
SEC. 635. EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES FOR NON-
PROLIFERATION PROGRAMS.
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), no assistance may be provided by the United States
Government to any person who is involved in the research,
development, design, testing, or evaluation of chemical or
biological weapons for offensive purposes.
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition contained in sub-
section (a) shall not apply to any activity conducted to title
V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et
seq.).
SEC. 636. DISPOSITION OF WEAPONS-GRADE MATERIAL.
(a) REPORT ON REDUCTION OF THE STOCKPILE.—Not
later than 120 days after signing an agreement between the
United States and Russia for the disposition of excess weap-
ons plutonium, the Secretary of Energy, with the concur-
rence of the Secretary of Defense, shall submit a report to
the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Armed Services of the Senate and to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives—
(1) detailing plans for United States implemen-
tation of such agreement;
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(2) identifying the number of United States war-
head ‘‘pits’’ of each type deemed ‘‘excess’’ for the pur-
pose of dismantlement or disposition; and
(3) describing any implications this may have
for the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Pro-
gram.
(b) SUBMISSION
OF
THE
FABRICATION
FACILITY
AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO LAW.—Whenever the President
submits to Congress the agreement to establish a mixed
oxide fuel fabrication or production facility in Russia pur-
suant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2153), it is the sense of Congress that the Secretary
of State should be prepared to certify to the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on
International Relations of the House Representatives that—
(1) arrangements for the establishment of that
facility will further United States nuclear non-pro-
liferation objectives and will outweigh the prolifera-
tion risks inherent in the use of mixed oxide fuel ele-
ments;
(2) a guaranty has been given by Russia that no
fuel elements produced, fabricated, reprocessed, or as-
sembled at such facility, and no sensitive nuclear
technology related to such facility, will be exported or
supplied by the Russian Federation to any country in
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the event that the United States objects to such export
or supply; and
(3) a guaranty has been given by Russia that the
facility and all nuclear materials and equipment
therein, and any fuel elements or special nuclear ma-
terial produced, fabricated, reprocessed, or assembled
at that facility, including fuel elements exported or
supplied by Russia to a third party, will be subject
to international monitoring and transparency suffi-
cient to ensure that special nuclear material is not
diverted.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—
(1) PRODUCED.—The terms ‘‘produce’’ and ‘‘pro-
duced’’ have the same meaning that such terms are
given under section 11 u. of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954.
(2) PRODUCTION FACILITY.—The term ‘‘produc-
tion facility’’ has the same meaning that such term
is given under section 11 v. of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954.
(3) SPECIAL
NUCLEAR
MATERIAL.—The term
‘‘special nuclear material’’ has the meaning that such
term is given under section 11 aa. of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954.
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SEC. 637. STATUS OF HONG KONG AND MACAO IN UNITED
STATES EXPORT LAW.
(a) 
PRELICENSE
VERIFICATION.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law and except as provided in sub-
sections (c) and (f), no license may be approved for the ex-
port to Hong Kong or Macao, as the case may be, of any
item described in subsection (d) unless appropriate United
States officials are provided the right and ability to conduct
prelicense verification, in such manner as the United States
considers appropriate, of the validity of the stated end-user,
and the validity of the stated end-use, as specified on the
license application.
(b) POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law and except as provided in sub-
sections (c) and (f), in the event that appropriate United
States officials are denied the ability to conduct post-ship-
ment verification, in such manner as the United States con-
siders appropriate, of the location and end-use of any item
under their jurisdiction that has been exported from the
United States to Hong Kong or Macao, then Hong Kong
or Macao, as the case may be, shall thereafter be treated
in the same manner as the People’s Republic of China for
the purpose of any export of any item described in sub-
section (d).
(c) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of State, with
respect to any item defined in subsection (d)(1), or the Sec-
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retary of Commerce, with respect to any item defined in
subsection (d)(2), may waive or remove the imposition of
the requirements imposed by subsections (a) and (b) upon
a written finding, which shall be transmitted to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, that—
(1) the case that warranted the imposition of
such requirements has been settled to the satisfaction
of the United States; or
(2) there are specific reasons why the waiver or
removal of such requirements is in the national inter-
est of the United States.
(d) ITEM DEFINED.—The term ‘‘item’’ as used in this
section means—
(1) any item controlled on the United States Mu-
nitions List under section 38 of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778); or
(2) any item for which export controls are ad-
ministered by the Department of Commerce for for-
eign policy or national security reasons.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Effective January 1, 2000, this
section shall apply to Macao.
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(f) EXCEPTION.—The provisions of this section do not
apply to any activity subject to reporting under title V of
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.).
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous
Provisions
SEC. 641. REQUIREMENT FOR TRANSMITTAL OF SUM-
MARIES.
Whenever a United States delegation engaging in nego-
tiations on arms control, nonproliferation, or disarmament
submits to the Secretary of State a summary of the activi-
ties of the delegation or the status of those negotiations, a
copy of each such summary shall be further transmitted by
the Secretary of State to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate promptly.
SEC. 642. PROHIBITION ON WITHHOLDING CERTAIN INFOR-
MATION FROM CONGRESS.
(a) PROHIBITION.—No officer or employee of the
United States may knowingly withhold information from
the chairman or ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate or the Committee
on International Relations of the House of Representatives
that is required to be transmitted pursuant to subsection
(c) or (d) of section 602 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Act of 1978.
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(b) ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.—Not later than Jan-
uary 1, 2000, the Secretaries of State, Defense, Commerce,
and Energy, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the
Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall
issue directives to implement their responsibilities under
subsections (c) and (d) of section 602 of the Nuclear Non-
Proliferation Act of 1978. Copies of such directives shall be
forwarded promptly to the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations
of the House of Representatives upon the issuance of the
directives.
SEC. 643. REFORM OF THE DIPLOMATIC TELECOMMUNI-
CATIONS SERVICE PROGRAM OFFICE.
(a) ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.—In addition to other
amounts authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of
the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office
(DTS-PO), of the amounts made available to the Depart-
ment of State under section 101(a)(2), $18,000,000 shall be
made available only to the DTS-PO for enhancement of
Diplomatic Telecommunications Service capabilities.
(b) IMPROVEMENT
OF DTS-PO.—In order for the
DTS-PO to better manage a fully integrated telecommuni-
cations network to service all agencies at diplomatic mis-
sions and consular posts, the DTS-PO shall—
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(1) ensure that those enhancements of, and the
provision of service for, telecommunication capabili-
ties that involve the national security interests of the
United States receive the highest prioritization;
(2) not later than December 31, 1999, terminate
all leases for satellite systems located at posts in cri-
teria countries, unless all maintenance and servicing
of the satellite system is undertaken by United States
citizens who have received appropriate security clear-
ances;
(3) institute a system of charges for utilization
of bandwidth by each agency beginning October 1,
2000, and institute a comprehensive chargeback sys-
tem to recover all, or substantially all, of the other
costs of telecommunications services provided through
the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service to each
agency beginning October 1, 2001;
(4) ensure that all DTS-PO policies and proce-
dures comply with applicable policies established by
the Overseas Security Policy Board; and
(5) maintain the allocation of the positions of
Director and Deputy Director of DTS-PO as those
positions were assigned as of June 1, 1999, which as-
signments shall pertain through fiscal year 2001, at
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which time such assigments shall be adjusted in the
customary manner.
(c) REPORT ON IMPROVING MANAGEMENT.—Not later
than March 31, 2000, the Director and Deputy Director of
DTS-PO shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees
of Congress the Director’s plan for improving network ar-
chitecture, engineering, operations monitoring and control,
service metrics reporting, and service provisioning, so as
to achieve highly secure, reliable, and robust communica-
tions capabilities that meet the needs of both national secu-
rity agencies and other United States agencies with overseas
personnel.
(d) FUNDING OF DTS-PO.—Funds appropriated for
allocation to DTS-PO shall be made available only for
DTS-PO until a comprehensive chargeback system is in
place.
SEC. 644. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FACTORS FOR CONSID-
ERATION IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE RUS-
SIAN FEDERATION ON REDUCTIONS IN STRA-
TEGIC NUCLEAR FORCES.
It is the sense of Congress that, in negotiating a
START III Treaty with the Russian Federation, or any
other arms control treaty with the Russian Federation mak-
ing comparable amounts of reductions in United States
strategic nuclear forces—
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(1) the strategic nuclear forces and nuclear mod-
ernization programs of the People’s Republic of China
and every other nation possessing nuclear weapons
should be taken into full consideration in the negotia-
tion of such treaty; and
(2) such programs should not undermine the
limitations set forth in the treaty.
SEC. 645. CLARIFICATION OF EXCEPTION TO NATIONAL SE-
CURITY CONTROLS ON SATELLITE EXPORT
LICENSING.
Section 1514(b) of Public Law 105–261 is amended
by striking all that follows after ‘‘EXCEPTION.—’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘Subsections (a)(2), (a)(4), and (a)(8)
shall not apply to the export of a satellite or satellite-related
items for launch in, or by nationals of, a country that is
a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) or that is a major non-NATO ally (as defined in
section 644(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2403(q)) of the United States unless, in each in-
stance of a proposed export of such item, the Secretary of
State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, first
provides a written determination to the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Inter-
national Relations of the House of Representatives that it
is in the national security or foreign policy interests of the
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United States to apply the export controls required under
such subsections.’’.
SEC. 646. STUDY ON LICENSING PROCESS UNDER THE
ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.
Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the chair-
man of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
and the chairman of the Committee on International Rela-
tions of the House of Representatives a study on the per-
formance of the licensing process pursuant to the Arms Ex-
port Control Act, with recommendations on how to improve
that performance. The study shall include:
(1) An analysis of the typology of licenses on
which action was completed in 1999. The analysis
should provide information on major categories of li-
cense requests, including—
(A) the number for nonautomatic small
arms, automatic small arms, technical data,
parts and components, and other weapons;
(B) the percentage of each category staffed
to other agencies;
(C) the average and median time taken for
the processing cycle for each category when
staffed and not staffed;
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(D) the average time taken by White House
or National Security Council review or scrutiny;
and
(E) the average time each spent at the De-
partment of State after a decision had been
taken on the license but before a contractor was
notified of the decision. For each category the
study should provide a breakdown of licenses by
country. The analysis also should identify each
country that has been identified in the past three
years pursuant to section 3(e) of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(e)).
(2) A review of the current computer capabilities
of the Department of State relevant to the processing
of licenses and its ability to communicate electroni-
cally with other agencies and contractors, and what
improvements could be made that would speed the
process, including the cost for such improvements.
(3) An analysis of the work load and salary
structure for export licensing officers of the Office of
Defense Trade Control of the Department of State as
compared to comparable jobs at the Department of
Commerce and the Department of Defense.
(4) Any suggestions of the Department of State
relating to resources and regulations, and any rel-
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evant statutory changes that might expedite the li-
censing process while furthering the objectives of the
Arms Export Control Act.
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—People’s Republic of
China
SEC. 701. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Congress concurs in the conclusions of the
Department of State, as set forth in the Country Re-
ports on Human Rights Practices for 1998, on human
rights in the People’s Republic of China in 1998 as
follows:
(A) ‘‘The People’s Republic of China (PRC)
is an authoritarian state in which the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) is the paramount
source of power. . . . Citizens lack both the free-
dom peacefully to express opposition to the
party-led political system and the right to
change their national leaders or form of govern-
ment.’’.
(B) ‘‘The Government continued to commit
widespread and well-documented human rights
abuses, in violation of internationally accepted
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norms. These abuses stemmed from the authori-
ties’ very limited tolerance of public dissent
aimed at the Government, fear of unrest, and the
limited scope or inadequate implementation of
laws protecting basic freedoms.’’.
(C) 
‘‘Abuses 
included 
instances 
of
extrajudicial killings, torture and mistreatment
of prisoners, forced confessions, arbitrary arrest
and detention, lengthy incommunicado deten-
tion, and denial of due process.’’.
(D) ‘‘Prison conditions at most facilities re-
mained harsh. . . . The Government infringed
on citizens’ privacy rights. The Government con-
tinued restrictions on freedom of speech and of
the press, and tightened these toward the end of
the year. The Government severely restricted free-
dom of assembly, and continued to restrict free-
dom of association, religion, and movement.’’.
(E) ‘‘Discrimination against women, mi-
norities, and the disabled; violence against
women, including coercive family planning prac-
tices—which sometimes include forced abortion
and forced sterilization; prostitution, trafficking
in women and children, and the abuse of chil-
dren all are problems.’’.
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(F) ‘‘The Government continued to restrict
tightly worker rights, and forced labor remains a
problem.’’.
(G) ‘‘Serious human rights abuses persisted
in 
minority 
areas, 
including 
Tibet 
and
Xinjiang, where restrictions on religion and
other fundamental freedoms intensified.’’.
(H) ‘‘Unapproved religious groups, includ-
ing Protestant and Catholic groups, continued to
experience varying degrees of official interference
and repression.’’.
(I) ‘‘Although the Government denies that it
holds political or religious prisoners, and argues
that all those in prison are legitimately serving
sentences for crimes under the law, an unknown
number of persons, estimated at several thou-
sand, are detained in violation of international
human rights instruments for peacefully express-
ing their political, religious, or social views.’’.
(2) In addition to the State Department, credible
press reports and human rights organizations have
documented an intense crackdown on political activ-
ists by the Government of the People’s Republic of
China, involving the harassment, detainment, arrest,
and imprisonment of dozens of activists.
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(3) The People’s Republic of China, as a member
of the United Nations, is expected to abide by the pro-
visions of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.
(4) The People’s Republic of China is a party to
numerous international human rights conventions,
including the Convention Against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punish-
ment, and is a signatory to the International Cov-
enant on Civil and Political Rights and the Covenant
on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.
SEC. 702. FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL AT DIP-
LOMATIC POSTS TO REPORT ON POLITICAL,
ECONOMIC, AND HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS IN
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the
Department of State by this Act, $2,200,000 for fiscal year
2000 and $2,200,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be made
available only to support additional personnel in the
United States Embassies in Beijing and Kathmandu, as
well as the American consulates in Guangzhou, Shanghai,
Shenyang, Chengdu, and Hong Kong, in order to monitor
political and economic conditions, including in particular
respect for internationally recognized human rights, in the
People’s Republic of China.
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SEC. 703. PRISONER INFORMATION REGISTRY FOR THE
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of State shall es-
tablish and maintain a registry which shall, to the extent
practicable, provide information on all political prisoners,
prisoners of conscience, and prisoners of faith in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China. The registry shall be known as the
‘‘Prisoner Information Registry for the People’s Republic
of China’’.
(b) INFORMATION
IN REGISTRY.—The registry re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include information on the
charges, judicial processes, administrative actions, uses of
forced labor, incidents of torture, lengths of imprisonment,
physical and health conditions, and other matters associ-
ated with the incarceration of prisoners in the People’s Re-
public of China referred to in that subsection.
(c) AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may
make funds available to nongovernmental organizations
currently engaged in monitoring activities regarding polit-
ical prisoners in the People’s Republic of China in order
to assist in the establishment and maintenance of the reg-
istry required by subsection (a).
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SEC. 704. REPORT REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT OF ORGA-
NIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION
IN ASIA.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report assessing the feasi-
bility and utility of establishing an Organization for Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Asia which would be modeled after
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
SEC. 705. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ORGAN HAR-
VESTING AND TRANSPLANTING IN THE PEO-
PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the Government of the People’s Republic of
China should stop the practice of harvesting and
transplanting organs for profit from prisoners that it
executes;
(2) the Government of the People’s Republic of
China should be strongly condemned for such organ
harvesting and transplanting practice;
(3) the President should bar from entry into the
United States any and all officials of the Government
of the People’s Republic of China known to be directly
involved in such organ harvesting and transplanting
practice;
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(4) individuals subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States who are determined to be participating
in or otherwise facilitating the sale of organs har-
vested should be prosecuted to the fullest possible ex-
tent of the law; and
(5) the appropriate officials in the United States
should interview individuals, including doctors, who
may have knowledge of such organ harvesting and
transplanting practice.
Subtitle B—Other Matters
SEC. 721. DENIAL OF ENTRY INTO UNITED STATES OF FOR-
EIGN NATIONALS ENGAGED IN ESTABLISH-
MENT OR ENFORCEMENT OF FORCED ABOR-
TION OR STERILIZATION POLICY.
(a) DENIAL OF ENTRY.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of State may not issue any
visa to, and the Attorney General may not admit to the
United States, any foreign national whom the Secretary
finds, based on credible and specific information, to have
been directly involved in the establishment or enforcement
of population control policies forcing a woman to undergo
an abortion against her free choice or forcing a man or
woman to undergo sterilization against his or her free
choice.
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(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The prohibitions in subsection (a)
shall not apply in the case of a foreign national who is
a head of state, head of government, or cabinet level min-
ister.
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the prohibi-
tions in subsection (a) with respect to a foreign national
if the President—
(1) determines that it is important to the na-
tional interest of the United States to do so; and
(2) provides written notification to the appro-
priate congressional committees containing a jus-
tification for the waiver.
SEC. 722. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON UNITED STATES SUP-
PORT FOR MEMBERSHIP OR PARTICIPATION
OF TAIWAN IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS.
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 6 months
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress
a report on the status of efforts by the United States Govern-
ment to support—
(1) the membership of Taiwan in international
organizations that do not require statehood as a pre-
requisite to such membership; and
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(2) the appropriate level of participation by Tai-
wan in international organizations that may require
statehood as a prerequisite to full membership.
(b) REPORT ELEMENTS.—Each report under sub-
section (a) shall—
(1) set forth a comprehensive list of the inter-
national organizations in which the United States
Government supports the membership or participa-
tion of Taiwan;
(2) describe in detail the efforts of the United
States Government to achieve the membership or par-
ticipation of Taiwan in each organization listed; and
(3) identify the obstacles to the membership or
participation of Taiwan in each organization listed,
including a list of any governments that do not sup-
port the membership or participation of Taiwan in
each such organization.
SEC. 723. CONGRESSIONAL POLICY REGARDING UNITED NA-
TIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ES–
10/6.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In an emergency special session the United
Nations General Assembly voted on February 9, 1999,
to adopt Resolution ES–10/6, entitled ‘‘Illegal Israeli
Actions in Occupied East Jerusalem And The Rest Of
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The Occupied Palestinian Territory’’, to convene for
the first time in 50 years the parties to the Fourth
Geneva Convention for the Protection of Civilians in
Time of War.
(2) That resolution unfairly places full blame for
the deterioration of the peace process in the Middle
East on Israel and dangerously politicizes the Geneva
Convention, which was established to address critical
humanitarian crises.
(3) The adoption of that resolution is intended
to prejudge direct negotiations in the peace process in
the Middle East, put additional and undue pressure
on Israel to influence the results of such negotiations,
and single out Israel for unprecedented enforcement
proceedings which have never been invoked, even
against governments with records of massive viola-
tions of the Geneva Convention.
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress—
(1) commends the Department of State for the
vote of the United States against United Nations Gen-
eral Assembly Resolution ES–10/6, thereby affirming
that the text of the resolution politicizes the Fourth
Geneva Convention, which is primarily humani-
tarian in nature; and
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(2) urges the Department of State to continue its
efforts against convening the conference specified in
the resolution.
SEC. 724. WAIVER OF CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS REGARDING
THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.
(a) AUTHORITY TO WAIVE.—The President may waive
any prohibition set forth in section 1003 of the Foreign Re-
lations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989
(Public Law 100–204; 101 Stat. 1407; 22 U.S.C. 5202) if
the President determines and so certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that—
(1) it is in the national interest of the United
States to do so; and
(2) after the date of the enactment of this Act,
neither the Palestine Liberation Organization, the
Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian Legislative
Council, nor any Palestinian governing body with ju-
risdiction over territories controlled by the Pales-
tinian Authority has made a declaration of statehood
outside the framework of negotiations with the State
Israel.
(b) PERIOD
OF APPLICABILITY
OF WAIVER.—Any
waiver under subsection (a) shall be effective for not more
than 6 months at a time.
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SEC. 725. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING JERUSALEM
AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.
(a) CONSTRUCTION OF UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN
JERUSALEM.—Of the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by section 101(a)(3) of this Act for ‘‘Security and
Maintenance of United States Missions’’, $50,000,000 for
the fiscal year 2000 and $50,000,000 for the fiscal year
2001 may be available for the construction of a United
States embassy in Jerusalem, Israel.
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CONSULATE
IN JERUSALEM.—None of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act should be obligated or expended for the
operation of a United States consulate or diplomatic facil-
ity in Jerusalem unless such consulate or diplomatic facil-
ity is under the supervision of the United States Ambas-
sador to Israel.
(c) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN PUB-
LICATIONS.—None of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act may be obligated or expended for the
publication of any official government document which lists
countries and their capital cities unless the document iden-
tifies Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
(d) RECORD OF PLACE OF BIRTH AS ISRAEL FOR
PASSPORT PURPOSES.—For purposes of the registration of
birth, certification of nationality, or issuance of a passport
of a United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem,
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the Secretary of State shall, upon the request of the citizen,
record the place of birth as Israel.
SEC. 726. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO NIGE-
RIA.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) A stable and democratic Nigeria is impor-
tant to the interests of the United States, the West Af-
rican region, and the international community.
(2) Millions of Nigerians participated in four
rounds of multiparty elections as part of a transition
program that will culminate in the inauguration of
a civilian president, members of the National Assem-
bly, governors, and local leaders on May 29, 1999. Al-
though turnout in each of the four rounds was lower
than expected, a clear majority of Nigerians dem-
onstrated their support for a swift and orderly transi-
tion to democratic civilian rule through participation
in the elections or through other means.
(3) Nevertheless, continued rule by successive
military regimes in Nigeria has harmed the lives of
the people of Nigeria, undermined confidence in the
Nigerian economy, damaged relations between Nigeria
and the United States, and threatened the political
and economic stability of West Africa.
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(4) Although the current military regime, under
the leadership of General Abdusalami Abubakar, has
made significant progress in liberalizing the political
environment in Nigeria, including increased respect
for freedom of assembly, expression, and association,
numerous decrees are still in force that suspend the
constitutional protection of fundamental human
rights, allow indefinite detention without charge, and
revoke the jurisdiction of civilian courts over executive
actions.
(5) Despite the optimism expressed by many ob-
servers about the progress that has been made in Ni-
geria, the country’s recent history raises serious ques-
tions about the potential success of the transition pro-
gram. In particular, events in the Niger Delta in
early 1999 underscore the critical need for ongoing
monitoring of the situation and indicate that a re-
turn by the Government of Nigeria to repressive meth-
ods remains a possibility.
(b) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Congress declares that
the United States—
(1) supports a timely, effective, and sustainable
transition to democratic, civilian government in Ni-
geria; and
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(2) encourages the incoming civilian government
in Nigeria to make the political, economic, and legal
reforms necessary to ensure the rule of law and re-
spect for human rights in Nigeria, including estab-
lishing effective democratic institutions, integrating
the military into democratic society, and creating
mechanisms for transparency and accountability.
SEC. 727. PARTIAL LIQUIDATION OF BLOCKED LIBYAN AS-
SETS.
(a) LIQUIDATION OF CERTAIN BLOCKED LIBYAN AS-
SETS.—The President shall vest and liquidate so much of
blocked Libyan assets, ordered pursuant to Executive Order
No. 12544 (January 8, 1986), as is necessary to pay for
the reasonable costs of travel to and from The Hague, Neth-
erlands, by immediate family members of United States
citizens who were victims of the crash of Pan American
flight 103 in 1988 and wish to attend the trial of those
individuals suspected of terrorist acts causing the crash.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
(1) 
BLOCKED
LIBYAN
ASSETS.—The 
term
‘‘blocked Libyan assets’’ refers to property and inter-
ests of the Government of Libya, its agencies, instru-
mentalities, and controlled entities and the Bank of
Libya, blocked pursuant to Executive Order No.
12544 (January 8, 1986).
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(2) IMMEDIATE
FAMILY
MEMBERS.—The term
‘‘immediate family member’’ means parents, siblings,
children, spouse, or a person who stood in loco
parentis or to whom he or she stood in loco parentis,
of a crash victim.
SEC. 728. SUPPORT FOR REFUGEES FROM RUSSIA WHO
CHOOSE TO RESETTLE IN ISRAEL.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Russian Jewish community is the third
largest Jewish community in the world.
(2) Anti-Semitic rhetoric from members of the
Duma of the Russian Federation has increased dur-
ing the past year.
(3) The Duma failed to pass a resolution con-
demning the anti-Semitic statements made by Rus-
sian lawmakers on March 19, 1999.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that—
(1) the United States should support members of
Russia’s Jewish community; and
(2) the United States should continue to provide
assistance to Russian Jewish refugees resettling in
Israel.
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SEC. 729. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING EXTRADITION
OF LT. GENERAL IGOR GIORGADZE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On Tuesday, August 29, 1995, President
Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia was the victim of
an attempted assassination plot as he was departing
his offices in the Georgian Parliament building to at-
tend the signing ceremony for a new Georgian con-
stitution.
(2) Former Chief of the Georgian National Secu-
rity Service, Lt. General Igor Giorgadze, has been im-
plicated in organizing the August 29, 1995 car bomb
attack on President Shevardnadze, and allegedly fled
from the Varziani air base, one of Russia’s four mili-
tary bases in Georgia at that time, and the same Rus-
sian base on which three Georgia aircraft SU 25’s
were sabotaged, preventing them from performing
fighter escort duty for President Shevardnadze’s air-
craft.
(3) Lt. General Igor Giorgadze has subsequently
been seen walking freely on the streets of Moscow as
well as living and utilizing facilities of the Govern-
ment of Russia.
(4) Interpol is conducting a search for Lt. Gen-
eral Igor Giorgadze for his role in the assassination
attempt against President Shevardnadze.
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(5) In the aftermath of the attack on President
Shevardnadze, and regularly since that time, the Gov-
ernment of Georgia has made repeated requests for the
extradition of Lt. General Igor Giorgadze to Tbilisi,
Georgia.
(6) The Russian Interior Ministry has claimed
that it is unable to locate Giorgadze.
(7) The Georgian Security and Interior Min-
istries on repeated occasions have provided to the
Russian Interior Ministry—
(A) the exact locations in Russia where
Giorgadze could be found, including the exact lo-
cation in Moscow where Giorgadze’s family lived;
(B) the exact location where Giorgadze him-
self stayed outside of Moscow in a dacha of the
Russian Ministry of Defense;
(C) people he associates with;
(D) apartments he visits; and
(E) the places, including restaurants, mar-
kets, and companies, he frequents.
(8) Russian newspapers regularly carry inter-
views with Giorgadze in which Giorgadze calls for a
change in regime in Tbilisi.
(9) Giorgadze is actively engaged in a propa-
ganda campaign against President Shevardnadze and
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the democratic forces in Georgia, with the assistance
of his father who is the Communist Party chief in
Georgia.
(10) Giorgadze continues to organize and plan
attempts on the life of President Shevardnadze.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that the President and other senior United States Govern-
ment officials should raise at each bilateral meeting between
officials of the United States Government and officials of
the Russian Federation the issue of the extradition of Lt.
General Igor Giorgadze to Georgia.
SEC. 730. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE USE OF CHILDREN
AS SOLDIERS OR OTHER COMBATANTS IN
FOREIGN ARMED FORCES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) There are at least 300,000 children who are
involved in armed conflict in at least 25 countries
around the world. This is an escalating international
humanitarian crisis which must be addressed prompt-
ly.
(2) Children are uniquely vulnerable to military
recruitment because of their emotional and physical
immaturity, are easily manipulated, and can be
drawn into violence that they are too young to resist
or understand.
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(3) Children are most likely to become child sol-
diers if they are orphans, refugees, poor, separated
from their families, displaced from their homes, living
in a combat zone, or have limited access to education.
(4) Child soldiers, besides being exposed to the
normal hazards of combat, are also afflicted with
other injuries due to their lives in the military.
Young children may have sexually related illnesses,
suffer from malnutrition, have deformed backs and
shoulders which are the result of carrying loads too
heavy for them, as well as respiratory and skin infec-
tions.
(5) One of the most egregious examples of the use
of child soldiers is the abduction thousands of chil-
dren, some as young as 8 years of age, by the Lord’s
Resistance Army (in this section referred to as the
‘‘LRA″) in northern Uganda.
(6) The Department of State’s Country Reports
on Human Rights Practices For 1999 reports that in
Uganda the LRA abducted children ‘‘to be guerillas
and tortured them by beating them, raping them,
forcing them to march until collapse, and denying
them adequate food, water, or shelter’’.
(7) Children who manage to escape from LRA
captivity have little access to trauma care and reha-
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bilitation programs, and many find their families
displaced, missing, dead, or fearful of having their
children return home.
(8) A large number of children have participated
and been killed in the armed conflict in Sri Lanka,
and the use of children as soldiers has led to a break-
down in law and order in Sierra Leone.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—
(1) CONDEMNATION.—Congress hereby joins the
international community in condemning the use of
children as soldiers and other combatants by govern-
mental and non-governmental armed forces.
(2) FURTHER SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the
sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should—
(A) study the issue of the rehabilitation of
former child soldiers, the manner in which their
suffering can be alleviated, and the positive role
that the United States can play in such an ef-
fort; and
(B) submit a report to Congress on the issue
of rehabilitation of child soldiers and their fami-
lies.
SEC. 731. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
(a) Section 1422(b)(3)(B) of the Foreign Affairs Re-
form and Restructuring Act (as contained in division G
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of Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–792) is amended
by striking ‘‘divisionAct’’ and inserting ‘‘division’’.
(b) Section 1002(a) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act (as contained in division G of Public
Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–762) is amended by striking
paragraph (3).
(c) The table of contents of division G of Public Law
105–277 (112 Stat. 2681–762) is amended by striking ‘‘DI-
VISIONl’’ and inserting ‘‘DIVISION G’’.
SEC. 732. REPORTS WITH RESPECT TO A REFERENDUM ON
WESTERN SAHARA.
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than each of the
dates specified in paragraph (2), the Secretary of
State shall submit a report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees describing specific steps being
taken by the Government of Morocco and by the Pop-
ular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra
and Rio de Oro (POLISARIO) to ensure that a free,
fair, and transparent referendum in which the people
of the Western Sahara will choose between independ-
ence and integration with Morocco will be held by
July 2000.
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(2) DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.—
The dates referred to in paragraph (1) are January
1, 2000, and June 1, 2000.
(b) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report shall include—
(1) a description of preparations for the ref-
erendum, including the extent to which free access to
the territory for independent international organiza-
tions, including election observers and international
media, will be guaranteed;
(2) a description of current efforts by the De-
partment of State to ensure that a referendum will be
held by July 2000;
(3) an assessment of the likelihood that the July
2000 date will be met;
(4) a description of obstacles, if any, to the voter-
registration process and other preparations for the
referendum, and efforts being made by the parties and
the United States Government to overcome those ob-
stacles; and
(5) an assessment of progress being made in the
repatriation process.
SEC. 733. SELF-DETERMINATION IN EAST TIMOR
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows:
(1) On May 5, 1999, the Governments of Indo-
nesia and Portugal signed an agreement that provides
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for an August 8, 1999 ballot organized by the United
Nations on East Timor’s political status.
(2) On June 22, 1999, the ballot was rescheduled
for August 21 or August 22 due to concerns that the
conditions necessary for a free and fair vote could not
be established prior to August 8.
(3) On January 27, 1999, President Habibie ex-
pressed a willingness to consider independence for
East Timor if a majority of the East Timorese reject
autonomy in the August ballot.
(4) Under the May 5th agreement the Govern-
ment of Indonesia is responsible for ensuring that the
August ballot is carried out in a fair and peaceful
way in an atmosphere free of intimidation, violence
or interference.
(5) The inclusion of anti-independence militia
members in Indonesian forces responsible for estab-
lishing security in East Timor violates the May 5th
agreement which states that the absolute neutrality of
the military and police is essential for holding a free
and fair ballot.
(6) The arming of anti-independence militias by
members of the Indonesian military for the purpose
of sabotaging the August ballot has resulted in hun-
dreds of civilians killed, injured or disappeared in
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separate attacks by these militias who continue to act
without restraint.
(7) The United Nations Secretary General has
received credible reports of political violence, includ-
ing intimidation and killings, by armed anti-inde-
pendence militias against unarmed pro-independence
civilians.
(8) There have been killings of opponents of inde-
pendence, including civilians and militia members.
(9) The killings in East Timor should be fully
investigated and the individuals responsible brought
to justice.
(10) Access to East Timor by international
human rights monitors and humanitarian organiza-
tions is limited, and members of the press have been
threatened.
(11) The presence of members of the United Na-
tions Assistance Mission in East Timor has already
resulted in an improved security environment in the
East Timorese capital of Dili.
(12) A robust international observer mission and
police force throughout East Timor is critical to cre-
ating a stable and secure environment necessary for
a free and fair ballot.
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(13) The Administration should be commended
for its support for the United Nations Assistance Mis-
sion in East Timor which will provide monitoring
and support for the ballot and include international
civilian police, military liaison officers and election
monitors.
(b) POLICY.—(1) The President, Secretary of State,
Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of the Treasury
(acting through the United States executive directors to
international financial institutions) should immediately
intensify their efforts to prevail upon the Indonesian Gov-
ernment and military to—
(A) disarm and disband anti-independence mili-
tias;
(B) grant full access to East Timor by inter-
national human rights monitors, humanitarian orga-
nizations, and the press;
(C) allow Timorese who have been living in exile
to return to East Timor to participate in the ballot.
(2) The President should submit a report to the Con-
gress not later than 21 days after passage of this Act, con-
taining a description of the Administration’s efforts and
his assessment of steps taken by the Indonesian Government
and military to ensure a stable and secure environment in
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East Timor, including those steps described in paragraph
(1).
SEC. 734. PROHIBITION ON THE RETURN OF VETERANS ME-
MORIAL 
OBJECTS 
TO 
FOREIGN 
NATIONS
WITHOUT SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION IN LAW.
(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding section 2572 of
title 10, United States Code, or any other provision of law,
the President may not transfer a veterans memorial object
to a foreign country or entity controlled by a foreign gov-
ernment, or otherwise transfer or convey such object to any
person or entity for purposes of the ultimate transfer or
conveyance of such object to a foreign country or entity con-
trolled by a foreign government, unless specifically author-
ized by law.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) ENTITY CONTROLLED BY A FOREIGN GOVERN-
MENT.—The term ‘‘entity controlled by a foreign gov-
ernment’’ has the meaning given that term in section
2536(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code.
(2) VETERANS
MEMORIAL
OBJECT.—The term
‘‘veterans memorial object’’ means any object, includ-
ing a physical structure or portion thereof, that—
(A) is located at a cemetery of the National
Cemetery System, war memorial, or military in-
stallation in the United States;
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(B) is dedicated to, or otherwise memorial-
izes, the death in combat or combat-related du-
ties of members of the United States Armed
Forces; and
(C) was brought to the United States from
abroad as a memorial of combat abroad.
SEC. 735. SUPPORT FOR THE PEACE PROCESS IN SUDAN.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the civil war in Sudan has continued
unabated for 16 years and raged intermittently for 40
years;
(2) an estimated 1,900,000 Sudanese people have
died as a result of war-related causes and famine;
(3) an estimated 4,000,000 people are currently
in need of emergency food assistance in different
areas of Sudan;
(4) approximately 4,000,000 people are inter-
nally displaced in Sudan;
(5) the continuation of war has led to human
rights abuses by all parties to the conflict, including
the killing of civilians, slavery, rape, and torture on
the part of government forces and paramilitary forces;
and
(6) it is in the interest of all the people of Sudan
for the parties to the conflict to seek a negotiated set-
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tlement of hostilities and the establishment of a last-
ing peace in Sudan.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—(1) Congress—
(A) acknowledges the renewed vigor in facili-
tating and assisting the Inter-Governmental Author-
ity for Development (IGAD) peace process in Sudan;
and
(B) urges continued and sustained engagement
by the Department of State in the IGAD peace proc-
ess and the IGAD Partners’ Forum.
(2) It is the sense of Congress that the President
should—
(A) appoint a special envoy—
(i) to serve as a point of contact for the
Inter-Governmental Authority for Development
peace process;
(ii) to coordinate with the Inter-Govern-
mental Authority for Development Partners
Forum as the Forum works to support the peace
process in Sudan; and
(iii) to coordinate United States humani-
tarian assistance to southern Sudan.
(B) provide increased financial and technical
support for the IGAD Peace Process and especially
the IGAD Secretariat in Nairobi, Kenya; and
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(C) instruct the United States Permanent Rep-
resentative to the United Nations to call on the
United Nations Secretary General to consider the ap-
pointment of a special envoy for Sudan.
SEC. 736. EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS RE-
GARDING THE TREATMENT OF RELIGIOUS MI-
NORITIES IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
IRAN, AND PARTICULARLY THE RECENT AR-
RESTS OF MEMBERS OF THAT COUNTRY’S
JEWISH COMMUNITY.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) ten percent of the citizens of the Islamic Re-
public of Iran are members of religious minority
groups;
(2) according to the State Department and inter-
nationally recognized human rights organizations,
such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty Inter-
national, religious minorities in the Islamic Republic
of Iran—including Sunni Muslims, Baha’is, Chris-
tians, and Jews—have been the victims of human
rights violations solely because of their status as reli-
gious minorities;
(3) the 55th session of the United Nations Com-
mission on Human Rights passed Resolution 1999/13,
which expresses the concern of the international com-
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munity over ‘‘continued discrimination against reli-
gious minorities’’ in the Islamic Republic of Iran,
and calls on that country to moderate its policy on
religious minorities until they are ‘‘completely eman-
cipated’’;
(4) more than half the Jews in Iran have been
forced to flee that country since the Islamic Revolu-
tion of 1979 because of religious persecution, and
many of them now reside in the United States;
(5) the Iranian Jewish community, with a
2,500-year history and currently numbering some
30,000 people, is the oldest Jewish community living
in the Diaspora;
(6) five Jews have been executed by the Iranian
government in the past five years without having been
tried;
(7) there has been a noticeable increase recently
in anti-Semitic propaganda in the government-con-
trolled Iranian press;
(8) on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Passover
1999, thirteen or more Jews, including community
and religious leaders in the city of Shiraz, were ar-
rested by the authorities of the Islamic Republic of
Iran; and
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(9) in keeping with its dismal record on pro-
viding accused prisoners with due process and fair
treatment, the Islamic Republic of Iran failed to
charge the detained Jews with any specific crime or
allow visitation by relatives of the detained for more
than two months.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that the United States should—
(1) continue to work through the United Nations
to assure that the Islamic Republic of Iran imple-
ments the recommendations of Resolution 1999/13;
(2) condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the
recent arrest of members of Iran’s Jewish minority
and urge their immediate release;
(3) urge all nations having relations with the Is-
lamic Republic of Iran to condemn the treatment of
religious minorities in Iran and call for the release
of all prisoners held on the basis of their religious be-
liefs; and
(4) maintain the current United States policy
toward the Islamic Republic of Iran unless and until
that country moderates its treatment of religious mi-
norities.
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SEC. 737. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER PLO COM-
MITMENTS COMPLIANCE ACT OF 1989.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The PLO Commitments Compliance Act of
1989 (title VIII of Public Law 101–246) requires the
President to submit reports to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and the chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate every
180 days, on Palestinian compliance with the Geneva
commitments of 1988, the commitments contained in
the letter of September 9, 1993 to the Prime Minister
of Israel, and the letter of September 9, 1993 to the
Foreign Minister of Norway.
(2) The reporting requirements of the PLO Com-
mitments Compliance Act of 1989 have remained in
force from enactment until the present.
(3) Modification and amendment to the PLO
Commitments Compliance Act of 1989, and the expi-
ration of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act
(Public Law 104–107) did not alter the reporting re-
quirements.
(4) According to the official records of the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the last re-
port under the PLO Commitments Compliance Act of
1989 was submitted and received on December 27,
1997.
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(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The PLO Commit-
ments Compliance Act of 1989 is amended —
(1) in section 804(b), by striking ‘‘In conjunc-
tion with each written policy justification required
under section 604(b)(1) of the Middle East Peace Fa-
cilitation Act of 1995 or every’’ and inserting
‘‘Every’’;
(2) in section 804(b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (9);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (10); and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(11) a statement on the effectiveness of end-use
monitoring of international or United States aid
being provided to the Palestinian Authority, Pales-
tinian Liberation Organization, or the Palestinian
Legislative Council, or to any other agent or instru-
mentality of the Palestinian Authority, on Pales-
tinian efforts to comply with international account-
ing standards and on enforcement of anti-corruption
measures; and
‘‘(12) a statement on compliance by the Pales-
tinian Authority with the democratic reforms, with
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specific details regarding the separation of powers
called for between the executive and Legislative Coun-
cil, the status of legislation passed by the Legislative
Council and sent to the executive, the support of the
executive for local and municipal elections, the status
of freedom of the press, and of the ability of the press
to broadcast debate from within the Legislative Coun-
cil and about the activities of the Legislative Coun-
cil.’’.
SEC. 738. REPORT ON TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN WHICH
UNITED STATES CITIZENS WERE KILLED AND
RELATED MATTERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the
date of enactment of this legislation and every 6 months
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall prepare and submit
a report, with a classified annex as necessary, to the appro-
priate congressional committees regarding terrorist attacks
in Israel, in territory administered by Israel, and in terri-
tory administered by the Palestinian Authority. The report
shall contain the following information:
(1) A list of formal commitments the Palestinian
Authority has made to combat terrorism.
(2) A list of terrorist attacks, occurring between
September 13, 1993 and the date of the report,
against United States citizens in Israel, in territory
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administered by Israel, or in territory administered
by the Palestinian Authority, including—
(A) a list of all citizens of the United States
killed or injured in such attacks;
(B) the date of each attack, the total number
of people killed or injured in each attack;
(C) the person or group claiming responsi-
bility for the attack and where such person or
group has found refuge or support;
(D) a list of suspects implicated in each at-
tack and the nationality of each suspect, includ-
ing information on—
(i) which suspects are in the custody of
the Palestinian Authority and which sus-
pects are in the custody of Israel;
(ii) which suspects are still at large in
areas controlled by the Palestinian Author-
ity or Israel; and
(iii) the whereabouts (or suspected
whereabouts) of suspects implicated in each
attack.
(3) Of the suspects implicated in the attacks de-
scribed in paragraph (2) and detained by Palestinian
or Israeli authorities, information on—
(A) the date each suspect was incarcerated;
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(B) whether any suspects have been released,
the date of such release, and whether any re-
leased suspect was implicated in subsequent acts
of terrorism; and
(C) the status of each case pending against
a suspect, including information on whether the
suspect has been indicted, prosecuted, or con-
victed by the Palestinian Authority or Israel.
(4) The policy of the Department of State with
respect to offering rewards for information on ter-
rorist suspects, including any information on whether
a reward has been posted for suspects involved in ter-
rorist attacks listed in the report.
(5) A list of each request by the United States
for assistance in investigating terrorist attacks listed
in the report, a list of each request by the United
States for the transfer of terrorist suspects from the
Palestinian Authority and Israel since September 13,
1993 and the response to each request from the Pales-
tinian Authority and Israel.
(6) A description of efforts made by United
States officials since September 13, 1993 to bring to
justice perpetrators of terrorist acts against United
States citizens as listed in the report.
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(7) A list of any terrorist suspects in these cases
who are members of Palestinian police or security
forces, the Palestine Liberation Organization, or any
Palestinian governing body.
(8) A list of all United States citizens killed or
injured in terrorist attacks in Israel or in territory
administered by Israel between 1950 and September
13, 1993, to include in each case, where such informa-
tion is available, any stated claim of responsibility
and the resolution or disposition of each case, includ-
ing information as to the whereabouts of the perpetra-
tors of the acts: Provided, That this list shall be sub-
mitted only once with the initial report required
under this section, unless additional relevant infor-
mation on these cases becomes available.
(9) The amount of compensation the United
States has requested for United States citizens, or
their families, injured or killed in attacks by terror-
ists in Israel, in territory administered by Israel, or
in territory administered by the Palestinian Author-
ity since September 13, 1993, and, if no compensa-
tion has been requested, an explanation of why such
requests have not been made.
(b) CONSULTATION
WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.—
The Secretary of State shall, in preparing the report re-
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quired by this section, consult and coordinate with all other
Government officials who have information necessary to
complete the report. Nothing contained in this section shall
require the disclosure, on a classified or unclassified basis,
of information that would jeopardize sensitive sources and
methods or other vital national security interests or jeop-
ardize ongoing criminal investigations or proceedings.
(c) INITIAL REPORT.—Except as provided in sub-
section (a)(8), the initial report filed under this section
shall cover the period between September 13, 1993 and the
date of the report.
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate and the Committee on International Re-
lations of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 739. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING CHILD LABOR.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings:
(1) The International Labor Organization (in
this resolution referred to as the ‘‘ILO’’) estimates
that at least 250,000,000 children under the age of 15
are working around the world, many of them in dan-
gerous jobs that prevent them from pursuing an edu-
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cation and damage their physical and moral well-
being.
(2) Children are the most vulnerable element of
society and are often abused physically and mentally
in the work place.
(3) Making children work endangers their edu-
cation, health, and normal development.
(4) UNICEF estimates that by the year 2000,
over 1,000,000,000 adults will be unable to read or
write on even a basic level because they had to work
as children and were not educated.
(5) Nearly 41 percent of the children in Africa,
22 percent in Asia, and 17 percent in Latin America
go to work without ever having seen the inside of a
classroom.
(6) The President, in his State of the Union ad-
dress, called abusive child labor ‘‘the most intolerable
labor practice of all,’’ and called upon other countries
to join in the fight against abusive and exploitative
child labor.
(7) The Department of Labor has conducted 5
detailed studies that document the growing trend of
child labor in the global economy, including a study
that shows children as young as 4 are making as-
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sorted products that are traded in the global market-
place.
(8) The prevalence of child labor in many devel-
oping countries is rooted in widespread poverty that
is attributable to unemployment and underemploy-
ment among adults, low living standards, and insuffi-
cient education and training opportunities among
adult workers and children.
(9) The ILO has unanimously reported a new
Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
(10) The United States negotiators played a
leading role in the negotiations leading up to the suc-
cessful conclusion of the new ILO Convention on the
Worst Forms of Child Labor.
(11) On September 23, 1993, the United States
Senate unanimously adopted a resolution stating its
opposition to the importation of products made by
abusive and exploitative child labor and the exploi-
tation of children for commercial gain.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
(1) abusive and exploitative child labor should
not be tolerated anywhere it occurs;
(2) ILO member States should be commended for
their efforts in negotiating this historic convention;
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(3) it should be the policy of the United States
to continue to work with all foreign nations and
international organizations to promote an end to
abusive and exploitative child labor; and
(4) the Senate looks forward to the prompt sub-
mission by the President of the new ILO Convention
on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
SEC. 740. REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON WORLDWIDE CIR-
CULATION OF SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAP-
ONS.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In numerous regional conflicts, the presence
of vast numbers of small arms and light weapons has
prolonged and exacerbated conflict and frustrated at-
tempts by the international community to secure last-
ing peace. The sheer volume of available weaponry
has been a major factor in the devastation witnessed
in recent conflicts in Angola, Cambodia, Liberia, Mo-
zambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri
Lanka, and Afghanistan, among others, and has con-
tributed to the violence endemic to narcotrafficking in
Colombia and Mexico.
(2) Increased access by terrorists, guerrilla
groups, criminals, and others to small arms and light
weapons poses a real threat to United States partici-
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pants in peacekeeping operations and United States
forces based overseas, as well as to United States citi-
zens traveling overseas.
(3) In accordance with the reorganization of the
Department of State made by the Foreign Affairs Re-
form and Restructuring Act of 1998, effective March
28, 1999, all functions and authorities of the Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency were transferred to
the Secretary of State. One of the stated goals of that
Act is to integrate the Arms Control and Disar-
mament Agency into the Department of State ‘‘to give
new emphasis to a broad range of efforts to curb pro-
liferation of dangerous weapons and delivery sys-
tems’’.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a report
containing—
(1) an assessment of whether the export of small
arms poses any proliferation problems including—
(A) estimates of the numbers and sources of
licit and illicit small arms and light arms in
circulation and their origins;
(B) the challenges associated with moni-
toring small arms; and
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(C) the political, economic, and security di-
mensions of this issue, and the threats posed, if
any, by these weapons to United States interests,
including national security interests;
(2) an assessment of whether the export of small
arms of the type sold commercially in the United
States should be considered a foreign policy or pro-
liferation issue;
(3) a description of current Department of State
activities to monitor and, to the extent possible ensure
adequate control of, both the licit and illicit manufac-
ture, transfer, and proliferation of small arms and
light weapons, including efforts to survey and assess
this matter with respect to Africa and to survey and
assess the scope and scale of the issue, including stock-
pile security and destruction of excess inventory, in
NATO and Partnership for Peace countries;
(4) a description of the impact of the reorganiza-
tion of the Department of State made by the Foreign
Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 on the
transfer of functions relating to monitoring, licensing,
analysis, and policy on small arms and light weap-
ons, including—
(A) the integration of and the functions re-
lating to small arms and light weapons of the
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United States Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency with those of the Department of State;
(B) the functions of the Bureau of Arms
Control, the Bureau of Nonproliferation, the Bu-
reau of Political-Military Affairs, the Bureau of
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement,
regional bureaus, and any other relevant bureau
or office of the Department of State, including
the allocation of personnel and funds, as they
pertain to small arms and light weapons;
(C) the functions of the regional bureaus of
the Department of State in providing informa-
tion and policy coordination in bilateral and
multilateral settings on small arms and light
weapons;
(D) the functions of the Under Secretary of
State for Arms Control and International Secu-
rity pertaining to small arms and light weapons;
and
(E) the functions of the scientific and policy
advisory board on arms control, nonprolifera-
tion, and disarmament pertaining to small arms
and light weapons; and
(5) an assessment of whether foreign governments
are enforcing their own laws concerning small arms
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and light weapons import and sale, including com-
mitments under the Inter-American Convention
Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking
in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Re-
lated Materials or other relevant international agree-
ments.
Subtitle C—United States Entry-
Exit Controls
SEC. 751. AMENDMENT OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION RE-
FORM AND IMMIGRANT RESPONSIBILITY ACT
OF 1996.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 110(a) of the Illegal Immi-
gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
(8 U.S.C. 1221 note) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) SYSTEM.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Attorney General shall develop an auto-
mated entry and exit control system that will—
‘‘(A) collect a record of departure for every
alien departing the United States and match the
record of departure with the record of the alien’s
arrival in the United States; and
‘‘(B) enable the Attorney General to iden-
tify, through online searching procedures, law-
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fully admitted nonimmigrants who remain in
the United States beyond the period authorized
by the Attorney General.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The system under paragraph
(1) shall not collect a record of arrival or departure—
‘‘(A) at a land border or seaport of the
United States for any alien; or
‘‘(B) for any alien for whom the documen-
tary requirements in section 212(a)(7)(B) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act have been
waived by the Attorney General and the Sec-
retary of State under section 212(d)(4)(B) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment
of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon-
sibility Act of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104–208;
110 Stat. 3009–546).
SEC. 752. REPORT ON AUTOMATED ENTRY-EXIT CONTROL
SYSTEM.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall
submit a report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the
Senate and the House of Representatives on the feasibility
of developing and implementing an automated entry-exit
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control system that would collect a record of departure for
every alien departing the United States and match the
record of departure with the record of the alien’s arrival
in the United States, including departures and arrivals at
the land borders and seaports of the United States.
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Such report shall—
(1) assess the costs and feasibility of various
means of operating such an automated entry-exit con-
trol system, including exploring—
(A) how, if the automated entry-exit control
system were limited to certain aliens arriving at
airports, departure records of those aliens could
be collected when they depart through a land bor-
der or seaport; and
(B) the feasibility of the Attorney General,
in consultation with the Secretary of State, nego-
tiating reciprocal agreements with the govern-
ments of contiguous countries to collect such in-
formation on behalf of the United States and
share it in an acceptable automated format;
(2) consider the various means of developing
such a system, including the use of pilot projects if
appropriate, and assess which means would be most
appropriate in which geographical regions;
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(3) evaluate how such a system could be imple-
mented without increasing border traffic congestion
and border crossing delays and, if any such system
would increase border crossing delays, evaluate to
what extent such congestion or delays would increase;
and
(4) estimate the length of time that would be re-
quired for any such system to be developed and imple-
mented.
SEC. 753. ANNUAL REPORTS ON ENTRY-EXIT CONTROL AND
USE OF ENTRY-EXIT CONTROL DATA.
(a) ANNUAL
REPORTS
ON
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ENTRY-EXIT CONTROL AT AIRPORTS.—Not later than 30
days after the end of each fiscal year until the fiscal year
in which the Attorney General certifies to Congress that the
entry-exit control system required by section 110(a) of the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility
Act of 1996, as amended by section 751 of this Act, has
been developed, the Attorney General shall submit to the
Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House
of Representatives a report that—
(1) provides an accurate assessment of the status
of the development of the entry-exit control system;
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(2) includes a specific schedule for the develop-
ment of the entry-exit control system that the Attor-
ney General anticipates will be met; and
(3) includes a detailed estimate of the funding,
if any, needed for the development of the entry-exit
control system.
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS ON VISA OVERSTAYS IDENTI-
FIED THROUGH THE ENTRY-EXIT CONTROL SYSTEM.—Not
later than June 30 of each year, the Attorney General shall
submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate
and the House of Representatives a report that sets forth—
(1) the number of arrival records of aliens and
the number of departure records of aliens that were
collected during the preceding fiscal year under the
entry-exit control system under section 110(a) of the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon-
sibility Act of 1996, as so amended, with a separate
accounting of such numbers by country of nationality;
(2) the number of departure records of aliens
that were successfully matched to records of such
aliens’ prior arrival in the United States, with a sep-
arate accounting of such numbers by country of na-
tionality and by classification as immigrant or non-
immigrant; and
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(3) the number of aliens who arrived as non-
immigrants, or as visitors under the visa waiver pro-
gram under section 217 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act, for whom no matching departure record
has been obtained through the system, or through
other means, as of the end of such aliens’ authorized
period of stay, with an accounting by country of na-
tionality and approximate date of arrival in the
United States.
(c) INCORPORATION INTO OTHER DATABASES.—Infor-
mation regarding aliens who have remained in the United
States beyond their authorized period of stay that is identi-
fied through the system referred to in subsection (a) shall
be integrated into appropriate databases of the Immigra-
tion and Naturalization Service and the Department of
State, including those used at ports-of-entry and at con-
sular offices.
TITLE VIII—INTERNATIONAL OR-
GANIZATIONS AND COMMIS-
SIONS
Subtitle A—Authorizations of
Appropriations
SEC. 801. CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Contributions to Inter-
national Organizations’’ $940,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2000 and $940,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001
for the Department of State to carry out the authori-
ties, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the con-
duct of the foreign affairs of the United States with
respect to international organizations and to carry
out other authorities in law consistent with such pur-
poses.
(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CIVIL BUDGET
OF NATO.—Of the amounts authorized in paragraph
(1), $48,977,000 are authorized in fiscal year 2000
and $48,977,000 in fiscal year 2001 for the United
States assessment for the civil budget of the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization.
(b) NO GROWTH BUDGET.—Of the funds made avail-
able under subsection (a), $80,000,000 may be made avail-
able during each calendar year only after the Secretary of
State certifies that the United Nations has taken no action
during the preceding calendar year to increase funding for
any United Nations program without identifying an offset-
ting decrease during that calendar year elsewhere in the
United Nations budget of $2,533,000,000, and cause the
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United Nations to exceed the initial 1998–99 United Na-
tions biennium budget adopted in December 1997.
(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS.—
(1) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Twenty percent
of the funds made available in each fiscal year under
subsection (a) for the assessed contribution of the
United States to the United Nations shall be withheld
from obligation and expenditure until a certification
is made under paragraph (2).
(2) CERTIFICATION.—A certification under this
paragraph is a certification by the Secretary of State
in the fiscal year concerned that the following condi-
tions are satisfied:
(A) ACTION BY THE UNITED NATIONS.—The
United Nations—
(i) has met the requirements of para-
graphs (1) through (6) of section 401(b) of
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act,
Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C.
287e note), as amended by paragraph (3);
(ii) has established procedures that re-
quire the Under Secretary General of the
Office of Internal Oversight Services to re-
port directly to the Secretary General on the
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adequacy of the Office’s resources to enable
the Office to fulfill its mandate; and
(iii) has made available an adequate
amount of funds to the Office for carrying
out its functions.
(B) AUTHORITY BY OIOS.—The Office of In-
ternal Oversight Services has authority to audit,
inspect, or investigate each program, project, or
activity funded by the United Nations, and each
executive board created under the United Nations
has been notified, in writing, of that authority.
(3) AMENDMENT OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS
AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 1994 AND 1995.—
Section 401(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 is amended—
(A) by amending paragraph (6) to read as
follows:
‘‘(6) the United Nations has procedures in place
to ensure that all reports submitted by the Office of
Internal Oversight Services are made available to the
member states of the United Nations without modi-
fication except to the extent necessary to protect the
privacy rights of individuals.’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘Inspector General’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Office of Inter-
nal Oversight Services’’.
(d) 
PROHIBITION
ON
CERTAIN
GLOBAL
CON-
FERENCES.—None of the funds made available under sub-
section (a) shall be available for any United States con-
tribution to pay for any expense related to the holding of
any United Nations global conference, except for any con-
ference scheduled prior to October 1, 1998.
(e) PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OTHER FRAMEWORK
TREATY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.—None of the funds made
available for the 1998–1999 biennium budget under sub-
section (a) for United States contributions to the regular
budget of the United Nations shall be available for the
United States proportionate share of any other framework
treaty-based organization, including the Framework Con-
vention on Global Climate Change, the International Sea-
bed Authority, the Desertification Convention, and the
International Criminal Court.
(f) FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—In
addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated by
subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years
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2000 and 2001 to offset adverse fluctuations in for-
eign currency exchange rates.
(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro-
priated under this subsection shall be available for ob-
ligation and expenditure only to the extent that the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget de-
termines and certifies to Congress that such amounts
are necessary due to such fluctuations.
(g) REFUND
OF
EXCESS
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The
United States shall continue to insist that the United Na-
tions and its specialized and affiliated agencies shall credit
or refund to each member of the agency concerned its pro-
portionate share of the amount by which the total contribu-
tions to the agency exceed the expenditures of the regular
assessed budgets of these agencies.
SEC. 802. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE-
KEEPING ACTIVITIES.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated under the heading ‘‘Contribu-
tions 
for 
International 
Peacekeeping 
Activities’’
$235,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $235,000,000 for
the fiscal year 2001 for the Department of State to carry
out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities
in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States
with respect to international peacekeeping activities and to
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carry out other authorities in law consistent with such pur-
poses.
(b) CODIFICATION OF REQUIRED NOTICE OF PRO-
POSED UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.—
(1) CODIFICATION.—Section 4 of the United Na-
tions Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287b) is
amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking the second
sentence; and
(B) by striking subsection (e) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(e) CONSULTATIONS AND REPORTS ON UNITED NA-
TIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.—
‘‘(1) CONSULTATIONS.—Each month the Presi-
dent shall consult with Congress on the status of
United Nations peacekeeping operations.
‘‘(2) INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.—In con-
nection with such consultations, the following infor-
mation shall be provided each month to the des-
ignated congressional committees:
‘‘(A) With respect to ongoing United Na-
tions peacekeeping operations, the following:
‘‘(i) A list of all resolutions of the
United Nations Security Council antici-
pated to be voted on during such month that
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would extend or change the mandate of any
United Nations peacekeeping operation.
‘‘(ii) For each such operation, any
changes in the duration, mandate, and com-
mand and control arrangements that are
anticipated as a result of the adoption of
the resolution.
‘‘(iii) An estimate of the total cost to
the United Nations of each such operation
for the period covered by the resolution, and
an estimate of the amount of that cost that
will be assessed to the United States.
‘‘(iv) 
Any 
anticipated 
significant
changes in United States participation in
or support for each such operation during
the period covered by the resolution (includ-
ing the provision of facilities, training,
transportation, 
communication, 
and
logistical support, but not including intel-
ligence activities reportable under title V of
the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 413 et seq.)), and the estimated costs
to the United States of such changes.
‘‘(B) With respect to each new United Na-
tions peacekeeping operation that is anticipated
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to be authorized by a Security Council resolution
during such month, the following information for
the period covered by the resolution:
‘‘(i) The anticipated duration, man-
date, and command and control arrange-
ments of such operation, the planned exit
strategy, and the vital national interest to
be served.
‘‘(ii) An estimate of the total cost to
the United Nations of the operation, and an
estimate of the amount of that cost that will
be assessed to the United States.
‘‘(iii) A description of the functions
that would be performed by any United
States Armed Forces participating in or
otherwise operating in support of the oper-
ation, an estimate of the number of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces that will partici-
pate in or otherwise operate in support of
the operation, and an estimate of the cost to
the United States of such participation or
support.
‘‘(iv) A description of any other United
States assistance to or support for the oper-
ation (including the provision of facilities,
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training, transportation, communication,
and logistical support, but not including in-
telligence activities reportable under title V
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 413 et seq.)), and an estimate of the
cost to the United States of such assistance
or support.
‘‘(v) A reprogramming of funds pursu-
ant to section 34 of the State Department
Basic Authorities Act of 1956, submitted in
accordance with the procedures set forth in
such section, describing the source of funds
that will be used to pay for the cost of the
new United Nations peacekeeping operation,
provided that such notification shall also be
submitted to the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate.
‘‘(3) FORM AND TIMING OF INFORMATION.—
‘‘(A) FORM.—The President shall submit
information under clauses (i) and (iii) of para-
graph (2)(A) in writing.
‘‘(B) TIMING.—
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‘‘(i) ONGOING
OPERATIONS.—The in-
formation required under paragraph (2)(A)
for a month shall be submitted not later
than the 10th day of the month.
‘‘(ii) NEW OPERATIONS.—The informa-
tion required under paragraph (2)(B) shall
be submitted in writing with respect to each
new United Nations peacekeeping operation
not less than 15 days before the anticipated
date of the vote on the resolution concerned
unless the President determines that excep-
tional circumstances prevent compliance
with the requirement to report 15 days in
advance. If the President makes such a de-
termination, 
the 
information 
required
under paragraph (2)(B) shall be submitted
as far in advance of the vote as is prac-
ticable.
‘‘(4) NEW UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OP-
ERATION DEFINED.—As used in paragraph (2), the
term ‘new United Nations peacekeeping operation’ in-
cludes any existing or otherwise ongoing United Na-
tions peacekeeping operation—
‘‘(A) where the authorized force strength is
to be expanded;
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‘‘(B) that is to be authorized to operate in
a country in which it was not previously author-
ized to operate; or
‘‘(C) the mandate of which is to be changed
so that the operation would be engaged in sig-
nificant additional or significantly different
functions.
‘‘(5) NOTIFICATION
AND
QUARTERLY
REPORTS
REGARDING UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(A) NOTIFICATION
OF
CERTAIN
ASSIST-
ANCE.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The President shall
notify the designated congressional commit-
tees at least 15 days before the United
States provides any assistance to the United
Nations to support peacekeeping operations.
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—This subparagraph
does not apply to—
‘‘(I) assistance having a value of
less than $3,000,000 in the case of non-
reimbursable assistance or less than
$14,000,000 in the case of reimbursable
assistance; or
‘‘(II) assistance provided under
the emergency drawdown authority of
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sections 506(a)(1) and 552(c)(2) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2318(a)(1) and 2348a(c)(2)).
‘‘(B) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The President shall
submit quarterly reports to the designated
congressional committees on all assistance
provided by the United States during the
preceding calendar quarter to the United
Nations to support peacekeeping operations.
‘‘(ii) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—Each re-
port under this subparagraph shall describe
the assistance provided for each such oper-
ation, listed by category of assistance.
‘‘(iii) FOURTH
QUARTER
REPORT.—
The report under this subparagraph for the
fourth calendar quarter of each year shall be
submitted as part of the annual report re-
quired by subsection (d) and shall include
cumulative information for the preceding
calendar year.
‘‘(f) DESIGNATED CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In
this section, the term ‘designated congressional committees’
means the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee
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on International Relations and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives.’’.
(2) CONFORMING
REPEAL.—Subsection (a) of
section 407 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–
236; 22 U.S.C. 287b note; 108 Stat. 448) is repealed.
(c) RELATIONSHIP
TO OTHER NOTICE REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 4 of the United Nations Participation Act
of 1945, as amended by subsection (b), is further amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(g) RELATIONSHIP
TO OTHER NOTIFICATION RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Nothing in this section is intended to alter
or supersede any notification requirement with respect to
peacekeeping operations that is established under any other
provision of law.’’.
SEC. 803. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR CON-
TRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS VOL-
UNTARY FUND FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Presi-
dent $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000 and 2001
for payment of contributions to the United Nations Vol-
untary Fund for Victims of Torture.