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military or economic cooperation with the United States, the
President shall consult with, and shall provide a written policy
justification to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That
any such reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
That assistance that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection
shall be made available under the same terms and conditions as
originally provided.
(b) In addition to the authority contained in subsection (a),
the original period of availability of funds appropriated by this
Act and administered by the Agency for International Development
that are earmarked for particular programs or activities by this
or any other Act shall be extended for an additional fiscal year
if the Administrator of such agency determines and reports
promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that the termination
of assistance to a country or a significant change in circumstances
makes it unlikely that such earmarked funds can be obligated
during the original period of availability: Provided, That such ear-
marked funds that are continued available for an additional fiscal
year shall be obligated only for the purpose of such earmark.
CEILINGS AND EARMARKS
SEC. 544. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this Act shall
not be applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or otherwise
made available by any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically
so directs.
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA
SEC. 545. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the
United States not authorized before the date of enactment of this
Act by the Congress: Provided, That not to exceed $500,000 may
be made available to carry out the provisions of section 316 of
Public Law 96–533.
PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS
SEC. 546. (a) To the maximum extent possible, assistance pro-
vided under this Act should make full use of American resources,
including commodities, products, and services.
(b) It is the Sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent
practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds made
available in this Act should be American-made.
(c) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any
contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act,
the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made
in subsection (b) by the Congress.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS
SEC. 547. None of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or in part any assessments,
arrearages, or dues of any member of the United Nations.
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CONSULTING SERVICES
SEC. 548. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursu-
ant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public
record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order
pursuant to existing law.
PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS–DOCUMENTATION
SEC. 549. None of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act shall be available to a private voluntary
organization which fails to provide upon timely request any docu-
ment, file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of
the Agency for International Development.
PROHIBITION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS
THAT
EXPORT LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
SEC. 550. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be available to any foreign govern-
ment which provides lethal military equipment to a country the
government of which the Secretary of State has determined is
a terrorist government for purposes of section 40(d) of the Arms
Export Control Act. The prohibition under this section with respect
to a foreign government shall terminate 12 months after that
government ceases to provide such military equipment. This section
applies with respect to lethal military equipment provided under
a contract entered into after October 1, 1997.
(b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any other similar
provision of law, may be furnished if the President determines
that furnishing such assistance is important to the national
interests of the United States.
(c) Whenever the waiver of subsection (b) is exercised, the
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees
a report with respect to the furnishing of such assistance. Any
such report shall include a detailed explanation of the assistance
estimated to be provided, including the estimated dollar amount
of such assistance, and an explanation of how the assistance fur-
thers United States national interests.
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES OWED BY FOREIGN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 551. (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made available for
a foreign country under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, an amount equivalent to 110 percent of the total unpaid
fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties owed to the District
of Columbia by such country as of the date of enactment of this
Act shall be withheld from obligation for such country until the
Secretary of State certifies and reports in writing to the appropriate
congressional committees that such fines and penalties are fully
paid to the government of the District of Columbia.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means the Committee on Foreign
Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and
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the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST BANK AND
GAZA
SEC. 552. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization
for the West Bank and Gaza unless the President has exercised
the authority under section 604(a) of the Middle East Peace Facilita-
tion Act of 1995 (title VI of Public Law 104–107) or any other
legislation to suspend or make inapplicable section 307 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect:
Provided, That if the President fails to make the certification under
section 604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995
or to suspend the prohibition under other legislation, funds appro-
priated by this Act may not be obligated for assistance for the
Palestine Liberation Organization for the West Bank and Gaza.
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN
SEC. 553. If the President determines that doing so will contrib-
ute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide or other
violations of international humanitarian law, the President may
direct a drawdown pursuant to section 552(c) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended, of up to $25,000,000 of commodities
and services for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal estab-
lished with regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations
Security Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the
Council may establish to deal with such violations, without regard
to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) thereof: Pro-
vided, That the determination required under this section shall
be in lieu of any determinations otherwise required under section
552(c): Provided further, That 60 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations describ-
ing the steps the United States Government is taking to collect
information regarding allegations of genocide or other violations
of international law in the former Yugoslavia and to furnish that
information to the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia.
LANDMINES
SEC. 554. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, demining
equipment available to the Agency for International Development
and the Department 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: Pro-
vided, That not later than 90 days after the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary
of State, shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations
describing potential alternative technologies or tactics and a plan
for the development of such alternatives to protect anti-tank mines
from tampering in a manner consistent with the ‘‘Convention on
the Prohibition, Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-
personnel Mines and on Their Destruction’’.
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RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
SEC. 555. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be obligated or expended to create in any part of Jerusalem a
new office of any department or agency of the United States Govern-
ment for the purpose of conducting official United States Govern-
ment business with the Palestinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho
or any successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in the
Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this restriction
shall not apply to the acquisition of additional space for the existing
Consulate General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meetings
between officers and employees of the United States and officials
of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing
entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles,
for the purpose of conducting official United States Government
business with such authority should continue to take place in loca-
tions 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. 556. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘International Military
Education and Training ’’ or ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’
for Informational Program activities may be obligated or expended
to pay for—
(1) alcoholic beverages;
(2) food (other than food provided at a military installation)
not provided in conjunction with Informational Program trips
where students do not stay at a military installation; or
(3) entertainment expenses for activities that are substan-
tially of a recreational character, including entrance fees at
sporting events and amusement parks.
EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
SEC. 557. Not more than 18 percent of the funds appropriated
by this Act to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through
106 and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, that are made available for Latin America and the Caribbean
region may be made available, through bilateral and Latin America
and the Caribbean regional programs, to provide assistance for
any country in such region.
SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST
SEC. 558. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The President
may reduce amounts owed to the United States (or any agency
of the United States) by an eligible country as a result of—
(1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 222 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under the Arms
Export Control Act; or