H. R. 2506
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and one
An Act
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2002, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized
to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing
authority available to such corporation, and in accordance with
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard
to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying
out the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation:
Provided, That none of the funds available during the current
fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, contracts, or commit-
ments for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology
to any country, other than a nuclear-weapon state as defined in
Article IX of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons eligible to receive economic or military assistance under
this Act, that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, and
tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Export-Import
Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $727,323,000 to remain available
until September 30, 2005: Provided, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further,
That such sums shall remain available until September 30, 2020
for the disbursement of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance
and tied-aid grants obligated in fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004,
and 2005: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated
by this Act or any prior Act appropriating funds for foreign oper-
ations, export financing, or related programs for tied-aid credits
or grants may be used for any other purpose except through the
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regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph
are made available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export
Import Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the purchase or lease
of any product by any East European country, any Baltic State
or any agency or national thereof.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaran-
teed loan and insurance programs, including hire of passenger
motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and
not to exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation
expenses for members of the Board of Directors, $63,000,000: Pro-
vided, That necessary expenses (including special services per-
formed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal
services) in connection with the collection of moneys owed the
Export-Import Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collateral or
other assets acquired by the Export-Import Bank in satisfaction
of moneys owed the Export-Import Bank, or the investigation or
appraisal of any property, or the evaluation of the legal or technical
aspects of any transaction for which an application for a loan,
guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, shall be consid-
ered nonadministrative expenses for the purposes of this heading:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding subsection (b) of section
117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof
shall remain in effect until October 1, 2002.
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized
to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided
by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and commitments within
the limits of funds available to it and in accordance with law
as may be necessary: Provided, That the amount available for
administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance pro-
grams (including an amount for official reception and representation
expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed
$38,608,000: Provided further, That project-specific transaction
costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred in claims settle-
ments, and other direct costs associated with services provided
to specific investors or potential investors pursuant to section 234
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered
administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading.
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
Such sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses
to carry out the credit program may be derived from amounts
available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit and
insurance programs in the Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion Noncredit Account and merged with said account.
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FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $50,024,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2003.
TITLE II—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out
the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other
purposes, to remain available until September 30, 2002, unless
otherwise specified herein, as follows:
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapters
1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and
title I of Public Law 106–570, for child survival, reproductive health/
family planning, assistance to combat tropical and other infectious
diseases, and related activities, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able for such purposes, $1,433,500,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That this amount shall be made available
for such activities as: (1) immunization programs; (2) oral rehydra-
tion programs; (3) health, nutrition, water and sanitation programs
which directly address the needs of mothers and children, and
related education programs; (4) assistance for displaced and
orphaned children; (5) programs for the prevention, treatment, and
control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, polio
and other infectious diseases; and (6) family planning/reproductive
health: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under
this heading may be made available for nonproject assistance,
except that funds may be made available for such assistance for
ongoing health programs: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not to exceed $125,000, in addition
to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used to
monitor and provide oversight of child survival, maternal and family
planning/reproductive health, and infectious disease programs: Pro-
vided further, That the following amounts should be allocated as
follows: $315,000,000 for child survival and maternal health;
$25,000,000 for vulnerable children; $435,000,000 for HIV/AIDS
including not less than $15,000,000 which should be made available
to support the development of microbicides as a means for com-
bating HIV/AIDS; $165,000,000 for other infectious diseases, of
which $65,000,000 should be made available for the prevention,
treatment, and control of, and research on, tuberculosis, and of
which $65,000,000 should be made available to combat malaria;
$368,500,000 for family planning/reproductive health, including in
areas where population growth threatens biodiversity or endangered
species; and $120,000,000 for UNICEF: Provided further, That of
the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $50,000,000 may
be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law
for a United States contribution to a global fund to combat AIDS,
tuberculosis, and malaria: Provided further, That in addition to
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the funds made available elsewhere under this heading and subject
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations, the President may make available up to an additional
$50,000,000, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for a
United States contribution to a global fund to combat AIDS, tuber-
culosis, and malaria, which may be derived from funds appropriated
in title II of this Act and in title II of prior Acts making appropria-
tions for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
up to $53,000,000 may be made available for a United States
contribution to The Vaccine Fund, and up to $10,000,000 may
be made available for the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available in this
Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appropriations may
be made available to any organization or program which, as deter-
mined by the President of the United States, supports or partici-
pates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or
involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available under this Act may be used to pay for the perform-
ance of abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate
or coerce any person to practice abortions: Provided further, That
none of the funds made available under this Act may be used
to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, That in order
to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds shall
be available only to voluntary family planning projects which offer,
either directly or through referral to, or information about access
to, a broad range of family planning methods and services, and
that any such voluntary family planning project shall meet the
following requirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in
the project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or other
numerical targets, of total number of births, number of family
planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family
planning (this provision shall not be construed to include the use
of quantitative estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning
purposes); (2) the project shall not include payment of incentives,
bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in
exchange for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B) program
personnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of total number
of births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of
a particular method of family planning; (3) the project shall not
deny any right or benefit, including the right of access to participate
in any program of general welfare or the right of access to health
care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision not to accept
family planning services; (4) the project shall provide family plan-
ning acceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits
and risks of the method chosen, including those conditions that
might render the use of the method inadvisable and those adverse
side effects known to be consequent to the use of the method;
and (5) the project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive
drugs and devices and medical procedures are provided only in
the context of a scientific study in which participants are advised
of potential risks and benefits; and, not less than 60 days after
the date on which the Administrator of the United States Agency
for International Development determines that there has been a
violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3),
or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of
the requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the
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Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations
of the Senate and the House of Representatives, a report containing
a description of such violation and the corrective action taken
by the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding grants for nat-
ural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against because
of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commitment to offer
only natural family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants
shall comply with the requirements of the previous proviso: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing
or appropriating funds for foreign operations, export financing, and
related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family plan-
ning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the provision,
consistent with local law, of information or counseling about all
pregnancy options: Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions
against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961.
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections
103, 105, 106, and 131, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, $1,178,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2003: Provided, That $150,000,000 should be allo-
cated for children’s basic education: Provided further, That none
of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available
for any activity which is in contravention to the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading
and the heading ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’,
$2,000,000 should be made available for Laos: Provided further,
That funds made available under the previous proviso should be
made available only through nongovernmental organizations: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading
that are made available for assistance programs for displaced and
orphaned children and victims of war, not to exceed $32,500, in
addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be
used to monitor and provide oversight of such programs: Provided
further, That of the aggregate amount of the funds appropriated
by this Act that are made available for agriculture and rural
development programs, $25,000,000 should be made available for
plant biotechnology research and development: Provided further,
That not less than $2,300,000 should be made available for core
support for the International Fertilizer Development Center: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
not less than $18,000,000 should be made available for the Amer-
ican Schools and Hospitals Abroad program: Provided further, That
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than
$275,000,000 should be made available for programs and activities
which directly protect tropical forests, biodiversity and endangered
species, promote the sustainable use of natural resources, and pro-
mote a wide range of clean energy and energy conservation activi-
ties, including the transfer of cleaner and environmentally sustain-
able energy technologies, and related activities.
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BURMA
Of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, not less than $6,500,000 shall be made available to
support democracy activities in Burma, democracy and humani-
tarian activities along the Burma-Thailand border, and for Burmese
student groups and other organizations located outside Burma:
Provided, That funds made available for Burma-related activities
under this heading may be made available notwithstanding any
other provision of law: Provided further, That the provision of
such funds shall be made available subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
further, That title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing,
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001, as enacted by
section 101(a) of Public Law 106–429, is amended, under the
heading ‘‘Burma’’, by inserting ‘‘, ‘Child Survival and Disease Pro-
grams Fund’,’’ after ‘‘Fund’’.
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for international disaster relief,
rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section
491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended,
$235,500,000, to remain available until expended.
TRANSITION INITIATIVES
For necessary expenses for international disaster rehabilitation
and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section 491 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, $50,000,000, to remain available until
expended, to support transition to democracy and to long-term
development of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support
may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve demo-
cratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic infrastructure,
and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That
the United States Agency for International Development shall
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5
days prior to beginning a new program of assistance.
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, up to
$18,500,000, as authorized by sections 108 and 635 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That such funds shall be derived
by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out part
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and under the heading
‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: Provided
further, That such funds shall be made available only for micro
and small enterprise programs, urban programs, and other pro-
grams which further the purposes of part I of the Act: Provided
further, That during fiscal year 2002, commitments to guarantee
loans shall not exceed $267,500,000: Provided further, That such
costs shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974: Provided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d)
(relating to general provisions applicable to the Development Credit
Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained
in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Committee
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on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable
to direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this heading.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out credit programs
administered by the United States Agency for International
Development, $7,500,000, all of which may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the United
States Agency for International Development: Provided further,
That funds appropriated under this heading shall remain available
until September 30, 2007.
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY
FUND
For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and Disability
Fund’’, as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980,
$44,880,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
667, $549,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading may be made available to finance the construc-
tion (including architect and engineering services), purchase, or
long term lease of offices for use by the United States Agency
for International Development, unless the Administrator has identi-
fied such proposed construction (including architect and engineering
services), purchase, or long term lease of offices in a report sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior
to the obligation of these funds for such purposes: Provided further,
That the previous proviso shall not apply where the total cost
of construction (including architect and engineering services), pur-
chase, or long term lease of offices does not exceed $1,000,000:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
up to $10,000,000 may remain available until expended for security-
related costs.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
667, $31,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2003,
which sum shall be available for the Office of the Inspector General
of the United States Agency for International Development.
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter
4 of part II, $2,199,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2003: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, not less than $720,000,000 shall be available only for
Israel, which sum shall be available on a grant basis as a cash
transfer and shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment
of this Act or by October 31, 2001, whichever is later: Provided
further, That not less than $655,000,000 shall be available only
for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant basis, and
of which sum cash transfer assistance shall be provided with the
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understanding that Egypt will undertake significant economic
reforms which are additional to those which were undertaken in
previous fiscal years, and of which not less than $200,000,000
shall be provided as Commodity Import Program assistance: Pro-
vided further, That in exercising the authority to provide cash
transfer assistance for Israel, the President shall ensure that the
level of such assistance does not cause an adverse impact on the
total level of nonmilitary exports from the United States to such
country and that Israel enters into a side letter agreement in
an amount proportional to the fiscal year 1999 agreement: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
$150,000,000 should be made available for assistance for Jordan:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
$50,000,000 should be made available for assistance for Indonesia:
Provided further, That not less than $15,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be made available for Cyprus
to be used only for scholarships, administrative support of the
scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and measures aimed
at reunification of the island and designed to reduce tensions and
promote peace and cooperation between the two communities on
Cyprus: Provided further, That not less than $35,000,000 of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available
for assistance for Lebanon to be used, among other programs,
for scholarships and direct support of the American educational
institutions in Lebanon: Provided further, That notwithstanding
section 534(a) of this Act, funds appropriated under this heading
that are made available for assistance for the Central Government
of Lebanon shall be subject to the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the
Government of Lebanon should enforce the custody and inter-
national pickup orders, issued during calendar year 2001, of Leb-
anon’s civil courts regarding abducted American children in Leb-
anon: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available for
assistance for East Timor of which up to $1,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses
of the United States Agency for International Development: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may
be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to provide
assistance to the National Democratic Alliance of Sudan to
strengthen its ability to protect civilians from attacks, slave raids,
and aerial bombardment by the Sudanese Government forces and
its militia allies, and the provision of such funds shall be subject
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That in the previous proviso, the term
‘‘assistance’’ includes non-lethal, non-food aid such as blankets,
medicine, fuel, mobile clinics, water drilling equipment, communica-
tions equipment to notify civilians of aerial bombardment, non-
military vehicles, tents, and shoes: Provided further, That with
respect to funds appropriated under this heading in this Act or
prior Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export
financing, and related programs, the responsibility for policy
decisions and justifications for the use of such funds, including
whether there will be a program for a country that uses those
funds and the amount of each such program, shall be the responsi-
bility of the Secretary of State and the Deputy Secretary of State
and this responsibility shall not be delegated.
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INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $25,000,000,
which shall be available for the United States contribution to the
International Fund for Ireland and shall be made available in
accordance with the provisions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Sup-
port Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount
shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely
payment for projects and activities: Provided further, That funds
made available under this heading shall remain available until
September 30, 2003.
ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East European
Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, $621,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2003, which shall be available, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, for assistance and for related programs
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: Provided, That not to
exceed $21,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
in this Act and in prior Acts making appropriations for foreign
operations, export financing, and related programs, together with
not to exceed $21,500,000 of the funds appropriated under the
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act and such prior Acts,
may be made available for the cost, as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans
and guarantees for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Provided
further, That funds made available for assistance for Kosovo from
funds appropriated under this heading and under the headings
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and
Law Enforcement’’ should not exceed 15 percent of the total
resources pledged by all donors for calendar year 2002 for assistance
for Kosovo as of March 31, 2002: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available under this Act for assistance for Kosovo
shall be made available for large scale physical infrastructure
reconstruction.
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior appro-
priations Acts that are or have been made available for an Enter-
prise Fund may be deposited by such Fund in interest-bearing
accounts prior to the Fund’s disbursement of such funds for program
purposes. The Fund may retain for such program purposes any
interest earned on such deposits without returning such interest
to the Treasury of the United States and without further appropria-
tion by the Congress. Funds made available for Enterprise Funds
shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely
payment for projects and activities.
(c) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be considered
to be economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 for purposes of making available the administrative authori-
ties contained in that Act for the use of economic assistance.
(d) With regard to funds appropriated under this heading for
the economic revitalization program in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
and local currencies generated by such funds (including the conver-
sion of funds appropriated under this heading into currency used
by Bosnia and Herzegovina as local currency and local currency
returned or repaid under such program) the Administrator of the
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United States Agency for International Development shall provide
written approval for grants and loans prior to the obligation and
expenditure of funds for such purposes, and prior to the use of
funds that have been returned or repaid to any lending facility
or grantee.
(e) The provisions of section 529 of this Act shall apply to
funds made available under subsection (d) and to funds appro-
priated under this heading: Provided, That notwithstanding any
provision of this or any other Act, including provisions in this
subsection regarding the application of section 529 of this Act,
local currencies generated by, or converted from, funds appropriated
by this Act and by previous appropriations Acts and made available
for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia may be used
in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States to carry out the provisions
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East
European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989.
(f) The President is authorized to withhold funds appropriated
under this heading made available for economic revitalization pro-
grams in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he determines and certifies
to the Committees on Appropriations that the Federation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina has not complied with article III of annex 1–
A of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and
Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, and that
intelligence cooperation on training, investigations, and related
activities between Iranian officials and Bosnian officials has not
been terminated.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET
UNION
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chap-
ters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for the Independent
States of the former Soviet Union and for related programs,
$784,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2003: Pro-
vided, That the provisions of such chapters shall apply to funds
appropriated by this paragraph: Provided further, That of the funds
made available for the Southern Caucasus region, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, funds may be used for confidence-
building measures and other activities in furtherance of the peaceful
resolution of the regional conflicts, especially those in the vicinity
of Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabagh: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $1,500,000
should be available only to meet the health and other assistance
needs of victims of trafficking in persons: Provided further, That
of the funds appropriated under this heading not less than
$17,500,000 shall be made available solely for the Russian Far
East: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, funds appropriated under this heading in this Act or prior
Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing,
or related programs, that are made available pursuant to the provi-
sions of section 807 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law
102–511) shall be subject to the ceiling on administrative expenses
contained in section 807(a)(5) of the FREEDOM Support Act.
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less
than $154,000,000 should be made available for assistance for
Ukraine: Provided, That of this amount, not less than $30,000,000
should be made available for nuclear reactor safety initiatives:
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Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and 120 days thereafter, the Department
of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report
on progress by the Government of Ukraine in investigating and
bringing to justice individuals responsible for the murders of
Ukrainian journalists.
(c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less
than $90,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for
Armenia.
(d) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, $90,000,000
should be made available for assistance for Georgia.
(e)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that are
allocated for assistance for the Government of the Russian Federa-
tion, 60 percent shall be withheld from obligation until the President
determines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Government of the Russian Federation:
(A) has terminated implementation of arrangements to pro-
vide Iran with technical expertise, training, technology, or
equipment necessary to develop a nuclear reactor, related
nuclear research facilities or programs, or ballistic missile capa-
bility; and
(B) is providing full access to international non-government
organizations providing humanitarian relief to refugees and
internally displaced persons in Chechnya.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—
(A) assistance to combat infectious diseases, child survival
activities, or assistance for victims of trafficking in persons;
and
(B) activities authorized under title V (Nonproliferation
and Disarmament Programs and Activities) of the FREEDOM
Support Act.
(f) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less
than $49,000,000 should be made available, in addition to funds
otherwise available for such purposes, for assistance for child sur-
vival, environmental and reproductive health/family planning, and
to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases,
and for related activities.
(g)(1) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall not
apply to—
(A) activities to support democracy or assistance under
title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 1424 of
Public Law 104–201 or non-proliferation assistance;
(B) any assistance provided by the Trade and Development
Agency under section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);
(C) any activity carried out by a member of the United
States and Foreign Commercial Service while acting within
his or her official capacity;
(D) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee or other assist-
ance provided by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation
under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.);
(E) any financing provided under the Export-Import Bank
Act of 1945; or
(F) humanitarian assistance.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the
Treasury to the increase in resources of the Asian Development
Fund, as authorized by the Asian Development Bank Act, as
amended, $98,017,050, to remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the African Development Bank by the Secretary
of the Treasury, $5,100,000, for the United States paid-in share
of the increase in capital stock, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the African Development Bank
may subscribe without fiscal year limitation for the callable capital
portion of the United States share of such capital stock in an
amount not to exceed $79,991,500.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the
Treasury to the increase in resources of the African Development
Fund, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $35,778,717, for
the United States share of the paid-in portion of the increase
in capital stock, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fiscal year
limitation to the callable capital portion of the United States share
of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $123,237,803.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT
For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the
Treasury to increase the resources of the International Fund for
Agricultural Development, $20,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of section 2 of
the United Nations Environment Program Participation Act of 1973,
$208,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under
this heading may be made available to the Korean Peninsula Energy
Development Organization (KEDO) or the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA): Provided further, That not less than
$6,000,000 should be made available to the World Food Program.