may not be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization for the West Bank and Gaza.
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN
SEC. 545. If the President determines that doing so
will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding
genocide or other violations of international humanitarian
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up
to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United
Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to
the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security
Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the
Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola-
tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained
in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determina-
tion required under this section shall be in lieu of any de-
terminations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro-
vided further, That the drawdown made under this section
for any tribunal shall not be construed as an endorsement
or precedent for the establishment of any standing or per-
manent international criminal tribunal or court: Provided
further, That funds made available for tribunals other
than Yugoslavia, Rwanda, or the Special Court for Sierra
Leone shall be made available subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
LANDMINES
SEC. 546. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, demining equipment available to the United States
Agency for International Development and the Depart-
ment of State and used in support of the clearance of
landmines and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian
purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign
countries, subject to such terms and conditions as the
President may prescribe.
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY
SEC. 547. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Je-
rusalem a new office of any department or agency of the
United States Government for the purpose of conducting
official United States Government business with the Pal-
estinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor
Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-
PLO Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this re-
striction shall not apply to the acquisition of additional
space for the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem:
Provided further, That meetings between officers and em-
ployees of the United States and officials of the Pales-
tinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing
entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin-
ciples, for the purpose of conducting official United States
Government business with such authority should continue
to take place in locations other than Jerusalem. As has
been true in the past, officers and employees of the United
States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on
other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now
occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social
contacts, and have incidental discussions.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES
SEC. 548. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign
Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program
activities or under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and
Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be obligated or expended
to pay for—
(1) alcoholic beverages; or
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that
are substantially of a recreational character, includ-
ing but not limited to entrance fees at sporting
events, theatrical and musical productions, and
amusement parks.
HAITI
SEC. 549. The Government of Haiti shall be eligible
to purchase defense articles and services under the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the Coast
Guard.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY
SEC. 550. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 may be obligated or expended with respect to pro-
viding funds to the Palestinian Authority.
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection
(a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President pro tempore of the Senate that waiving such
prohibition is important to the national security interests
of the United States.
(c) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION
OF WAIVER.—Any
waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no
more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not
apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act.
(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu-
ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail-
ing the steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest
terrorists, confiscate weapons and dismantle the terrorist
infrastructure. The report shall also include a description