In the Senate of the United States,
September 5, 1997.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2159) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other pur-
poses.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government Cor-
poration 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 cur-
rent fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, con-
tracts, or commitments 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 det-
onated a nuclear explosive after the date of 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 Ex-
port-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $700,000,000
to remain available until September 30, 1999: Provided,
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans,
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
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et Act of 1974: Provided further, That such sums shall re-
main available until 2013 for the disbursement of direct
loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obli-
gated in fiscal years 1998 and 1999: Provided further, That
up to $50,000,000 of funds appropriated by this paragraph
shall remain available until expended and may be used for
tied-aid grant purposes: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated by this Act or any prior Act appro-
priating funds for foreign operations, export financing, or
related programs for tied-aid credits or grants may be used
for any other purpose except through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs (to be com-
puted on an accrual basis), including hire of passenger
motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
and not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses for members of the Board of Directors,
$46,614,000: Provided, That necessary expenses (including
special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but
not including other personal services) in connection with
the collection of moneys owed the Export-Import Bank, re-
possession or sale of pledged collateral or other assets ac-
quired by the Export-Import Bank in satisfaction of mon-
eys owed the Export-Import Bank, or the investigation or
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appraisal of any property, or the evaluation of the legal
or technical aspects of any transaction for which an appli-
cation for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has
been made, shall be considered 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 re-
main in effect until October 1, 1998.
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations,
as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and com-
mitments 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 programs (including an
amount for official reception and representation expenses
which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed
$32,000,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred
in claims settlements, 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.
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amount 
appropriated 
under 
this 
heading, 
up 
to
$18,000,000 may be made available for the Inter-American
Foundation and shall be apportioned directly to that Agen-
cy: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated
under this heading, up to $10,500,000 may be made avail-
able for the African Development Foundation and shall be
apportioned directly to that agency: Provided further, That
of the funds appropriated under title II of this Act that
are administered by the Agency for International Develop-
ment and made available for family planning assistance,
not less than 65 per centum shall be made available directly
to the agency’s central Office of Population and shall be
programmed by that office for family planning activities:
Provided further, That of the funds made available under
this heading, not less than $30,000,000, above the amount
of funds made available to combat infectious diseases in the
fiscal year 1997, shall be made available to strengthen glob-
al surveillance and control of infectious diseases: Provided
further, That such funds shall be subject to the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available
in this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appro-
priations may be made available to any organization or
program which, as determined by the President of the Unit-
ed States, supports or participates in the management of
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a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available
under this heading may be used to pay for the performance
of abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate
or coerce any person to practice abortions; and 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: Provided further, That in
awarding grants for natural family planning under section
104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall
be discriminated against because of such applicant’s reli-
gious or conscientious commitment to offer only natural
family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants
shall comply with the requirements of the previous proviso:
Provided further, That for purposes of this or any other
Act authorizing or appropriating funds for foreign oper-
ations, export financing, and related programs, the term
‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance,
shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent
with local law, of information or counseling about all preg-
nancy options: Provided further, That nothing in this para-
graph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory pro-
hibitions against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign
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Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing section 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
of the funds appropriated under this heading in this Act,
and of the unobligated balances of funds previously appro-
priated under this heading, $2,500,000 shall be transferred
to ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ for a con-
tribution to the International Fund for Agricultural Devel-
opment (IFAD), and that any such transfer of funds shall
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading that are made avail-
able for assistance programs for displaced and orphaned
children and victims of war, not to exceed $25,000, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may
be used to monitor and provide oversight of such programs:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for the
American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $500,000 of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading shall be made available only
for support of the United States Telecommunications
Training Institute: Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this heading for Haiti, up to
$250,000 may be made available to support a program to
assist Haitian children in orphanages.
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POPULATION, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 104(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$435,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1999.
CYPRUS
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Devel-
opment Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not
less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for Cyprus
to be used only for scholarships, administrative support of
the scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and meas-
ures aimed at reunification of the island and designed to
reduce tensions and promote peace and cooperation between
the two communities on Cyprus.
BURMA
Of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Devel-
opment Assistance’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made
available to support activities in Burma, along the Burma-
Thailand border, and for activities of Burmese student
groups and other organizations located outside Burma: Pro-
vided, That $3,000,000 of these funds shall be made avail-
able for the purposes of fostering democracy, including not
less than $200,000 to be made available for newspapers,
media, and publications promoting democracy for Burma:
Provided further, That $2,000,000 of these funds shall be
made available to support the provision of medical supplies
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and services and other humanitarian assistance to Burmese
located in Burma or displaced Burmese along the borders:
Provided further, That funds made available for Burma re-
lated activities under this heading may be made available
notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided fur-
ther, That provision of such funds shall be made available
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
CAMBODIA
None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
made available for activities or programs in Cambodia
until the Secretary of State determines and reports to the
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of
Cambodia has (1) not been established in office by the use
of force or a coup d’etat; (2) discontinued all political vio-
lence and intimidation of journalists and members of oppo-
sition parties; (3) established an independent election com-
mission; (4) protected the rights of voters, candidates, and
election observers and participants by establishing laws and
procedures guaranteeing freedom of speech and assembly;
(5) eliminated corruption and collaboration with narcotics
smugglers; and (6) been elected in a free and fair demo-
cratic election: Provided, That restrictions on funds made
available under this heading shall not apply to humani-
tarian programs or other activities administered by non-
governmental organizations: Provided further, That 30 days
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after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, shall report to the Committees on Appropriations
on the results of the FBI investigation into the bombing
attack in Phnom Penh on March 30, 1997.
GUATEMALA CLARIFICATION COMMISSION
Of the funds made available under the headings ‘‘De-
velopment Assistance’’and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not
less than $1,000,000 shall be made available to support the
Guatemala Clarification Commission.
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 amend-
ed, $195,000,000, to remain available until expended.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans and
loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for which
funds have been appropriated or otherwise made available
for programs within the International Affairs Budget Func-
tion 150, including the cost of selling, reducing, or canceling
amounts, through debt buybacks and swaps, owed to the
United States as a result of concessional loans made to eli-
gible Latin American and Caribbean countries, pursuant
to part IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of