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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 $25,000 for official reception and
representation expenses for members of the Board of Di-
rectors, $55,000,000: Provided, That necessary expenses
(including special services performed on a contract or fee
basis, but not including other personal services) in connec-
tion 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 investiga-
tion 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 considered nonadministrative ex-
penses 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, 2000.
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
commitments within the limits of funds available to it and
in accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided,
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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
$35,000,000: 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 in-
vestors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative ex-
penses for the purposes of this heading.
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans,
$20,500,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 to be derived by transfer from the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Ac-
count: 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 fur-
ther, That such sums shall be available for direct loan obli-
gations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made
during fiscal years 2000 and 2001: Provided further, That
such sums shall remain available through fiscal year 2008
for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obli-
gated in fiscal year 2000, and through fiscal year 2009
for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obli-
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gated in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That in addi-
tion, 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 Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account
and merged with said account: Provided further, That
funds made available under this heading or in prior appro-
priations Acts that are available for the cost of financing
under section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
shall be available for purposes of section 234(g) of such
Act, to remain available until expended.
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,
$44,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That the Trade and Development Agency
may receive reimbursements from corporations and other
entities for the costs of grants for feasibility studies and
other project planning services, to be deposited as an off-
setting collection to this account and to be available for
obligation until September 30, 2001, for necessary ex-
penses under this paragraph: Provided further, That such
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reimbursements shall not cover, or be allocated against,
direct or indirect administrative costs of the agency.
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, 2000, unless otherwise specified herein, as
follows:
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CHILD SURVIVAL AND DISEASE 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, for child survival, basic education, assistance
to combat tropical and other diseases, and related activi-
ties, in addition to funds otherwise available for such pur-
poses, $680,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000), to remain
available until expended: Provided, That this amount shall
be made available for such activities as: (1) immunization
programs; (2) oral rehydration programs; (3) health and
nutrition programs, and related education programs,
which address the needs of mothers and children; (4)
water and sanitation programs; (5) assistance for dis-
placed and orphaned children; (6) programs for the pre-
vention, treatment, and control of, and research on, tuber-
culosis, HIV/AIDS, polio, malaria and other diseases; and
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(7) up to $98,000,000 for basic education programs for
children: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for non-
project assistance for health and child survival programs,
except that funds may be made available for such assist-
ance for ongoing health programs.
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 10 of part I
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, title V of the Inter-
national Security and Development Cooperation Act of
1980 (Public Law 96–533) and the provisions of section
401 
of 
the 
Foreign 
Assistance 
Act 
of 
1969,
$1,201,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under
this heading, up to $5,000,000 may be made available for
and apportioned directly to the Inter-American Founda-
tion: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated
under this heading, up to $14,400,000 may be made avail-
able for the African Development Foundation and shall
be apportioned directly to that agency: 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 determined by the President of the United States, sup-
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ports or participates in the management of a program of
coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available under this
heading may be used to pay for the performance of abor-
tion as a method of family planning or to motivate or co-
erce 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, and that any such vol-
untary family planning project shall meet the following re-
quirements: (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 con-
strued to include the use of quantitative estimates or indi-
cators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the
project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes,
gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in ex-
change 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
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planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or ben-
efit, including the right of access to participate in any pro-
gram 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 pro-
vide family planning acceptors comprehensible information
on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, in-
cluding 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 de-
termines that there has been a violation of the require-
ments contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this
proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the re-
quirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the
Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate, a report containing a description of such
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violation and the corrective action taken by the Agency:
Provided further, That in awarding grants for natural
family planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated
against because of such applicant’s religious or conscien-
tious 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 operations, export fi-
nancing, and related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as
it relates to family planning assistance, shall not be con-
strued 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 Assist-
ance Act of 1961: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
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 may be trans-
ferred to ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ for
a contribution to the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD): Provided further, That none of the
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funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail-
able for any activity which is in contravention to the Con-
vention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Flora and Fauna (CITES): Provided further, That, of the
funds made available by this Act for the ‘‘Microenterprise
Initiative’’ (including any local currencies made available
for the purposes of the Initiative), not less than 50 percent
of the funds used for microcredit should be made available
for support of programs providing loans of less than $300
to very poor people, particularly women, or for institu-
tional support of organizations primarily engaged in mak-
ing such loans.
PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act for development assistance may be
made available to any United States private and voluntary
organization, except any cooperative development organi-
zation, which obtains less than 20 percent of its total an-
nual funding for international activities from sources other
than the United States Government: Provided, That the
Administrator of the Agency for International Develop-
ment may, on a case-by-case basis, waive the restriction
contained in this paragraph, after taking into account the
effectiveness of the overseas development activities of the
organization, its level of volunteer support, its financial
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viability and stability, and the degree of its dependence
for its financial support on the agency.
Funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under title II of this Act should be made available to pri-
vate and voluntary organizations at a level which is at
least equivalent to the level provided in fiscal year 1995.
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for international disaster re-
lief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant
to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, $200,880,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under
this heading, not more than $35,000,000 shall be made
available for activities carried out by the Office of Transi-
tion Initiatives, except that this amount may be exceeded
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees,
$1,500,000, as authorized by section 108 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Provided, That such
costs shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That guaran-
tees of loans made under this heading in support of micro-
enterprise activities may guarantee up to 70 percent of
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the principal amount of any such loans notwithstanding
section 108 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. In ad-
dition, for administrative expenses to carry out programs
under this heading, $500,000, all of which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operating
Expenses of the Agency for International Development:
Provided further, That funds made available under this
heading shall remain available until September 30, 2001.
URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIT PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed
loan programs, $5,000,000, all of which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operating
Expenses of the Agency for International Development.
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, $43,837,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $479,950,000.
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OPERATING
EXPENSES
OF
THE
AGENCY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
OFFICE
OF
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $25,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001, which sum shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Inspector General of the Agency for Inter-
national Development.
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 4 of part II, $2,227,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed
$960,000,000 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, 1999, whichever is later: Provided
further, That not to exceed $735,000,000 shall be avail-
able only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a
grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance
shall be provided with the understanding that Egypt will
undertake significant economic reforms which are addi-
tional to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal
years: Provided further, That in exercising the authority
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to provide cash transfer assistance for Israel, the Presi-
dent shall ensure that the level of such assistance does
not cause an adverse impact on the total level of non-
military exports from the United States to such country.
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, $19,600,000, which shall be available for the United
States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland
and shall be made available in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986
(Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time-
ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading shall re-
main available until September 30, 2001.
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,
$393,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for economic assistance and for related
programs for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States.
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(b) 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 authorities contained in that Act for
the use of economic assistance.
(c) None of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing may be made available for new housing construction
or repair or reconstruction of existing housing in Bosnia
and Herzegovina unless directly related to the efforts of
United States troops to promote peace in said country.
(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 conversion 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
Agency for International Development shall provide writ-
ten 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 532 of this Act shall
apply to funds made available under subsection (d) and
to funds appropriated under this heading.
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(f) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap-
propriated under this heading made available for economic
revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he
determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions 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, investiga-
tions, and related activities between Iranian officials and
Bosnian officials has not been terminated.
(g) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior
appropriations Acts that are or have been made available
for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund
in interest-bearing accounts prior to the Fund’s disburse-
ment 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 Treas-
ury 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.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE
FORMER SOVIET UNION
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
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1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for
the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and
for related programs, $725,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the provisions
of such chapter shall apply to funds appropriated by this
paragraph: Provided further, That such sums as may be
necessary may be transferred to the Export-Import Bank
of the United States for the cost of any financing under
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 for activities for the
Independent States: Provided further, That of the funds
made available for the Southern Caucasus region, 17.5
percent should be used for confidence-building measures
and other activities in furtherance of the peaceful resolu-
tion of the regional conflicts, especially those in the vicin-
ity of Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabagh.
(b) Funds appropriated under title II of this Act, in-
cluding funds appropriated under this heading, may be
made available for assistance for Mongolia: Provided, That
funds made available for assistance for Mongolia may be
made available in accordance with the purposes and uti-
lizing the authorities provided in chapter 11 of part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(c)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading
that are allocated for assistance for the Government of
the Russian Federation, 50 percent shall be withheld from
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obligation until the President determines and certifies in
writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
ernment of the Russian Federation has terminated imple-
mentation of arrangements to provide Iran with technical
expertise, training, technology, or equipment necessary to
develop a nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facili-
ties or programs, or ballistic missile capability.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—
(A) assistance to combat infectious diseases and
child survival activities; and
(B) activities authorized under title V (Non-
proliferation and Disarmament Programs and Ac-
tivities) of the FREEDOM Support Act.
(d) Not more than 25 percent of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for as-
sistance for any country in the region.
(e) Allocations for Georgia and for Armenia shall re-
flect a percentage of the amount appropriated under this
heading that is at least equivalent to the percentage of
the total funding available under this heading that was
allocated for each nation in fiscal year 1999: Provided,
That assistance under title V of the FREEDOM Support
Act shall not be included in such calculations.
(f) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall
not apply to—
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(1) activities to support democracy or assist-
ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act
and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201;
(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and
Development Agency under section 661 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);
(3) any activity carried out by a member of the
United States and Foreign Commercial Service while
acting within his or her official capacity;
(4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or
other assistance 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.);
(5) any financing provided under the Export-
Import Bank Act of 1945; or
(6) humanitarian assistance including activities
funded under the heading ‘‘Child Survival and Dis-
ease Programs Fund’’.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
PEACE CORPS
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $240,000,000, in-
cluding the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor
vehicles for administrative purposes for use outside of the
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United States: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be used to pay for abor-
tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading shall remain available until September 30,
2001.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $285,000,000: Pro-
vided, That not more than $20,000,000 of the funds made
available under this heading shall be available for anti-
crime programs and that all such programs shall be sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That during fis-
cal year 2000, the Department of State may also use the
authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive excess
property from an agency of the United States Government
for the purpose of providing it to a foreign country under
chapter 8 of part I of that Act subject to the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
to enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized
by law, a contribution to the International Committee of
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the Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contribu-
tions to the International Organization for Migration and
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and
other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; sala-
ries and expenses of personnel and dependents as author-
ized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as
authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5,
United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor
vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title
5, United States Code, $640,000,000: Provided, That not
more than $13,800,000 shall be available for administra-
tive expenses.
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION
ASSISTANCE FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance
Act 
of 
1962, 
as 
amended 
(22 
U.S.C. 
260(c)),
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the funds made available under this heading
are appropriated notwithstanding the provisions contained
in section 2(c)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance
Act of 1962 which would limit the amount of funds which
could be appropriated for this purpose.
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NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND
RELATED PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism and related programs and activities, $181,630,000,
to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assist-
ance, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act for the
Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, section 23 of
the Arms Export Control Act or the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of
unexploded ordnance, and related activities, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, including activities
implemented through nongovernmental and international
organizations, section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 for a voluntary contribution to the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a voluntary contribu-
tion to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Orga-
nization (KEDO), and for a United States contribution
to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Pre-
paratory Commission: Provided, That the Secretary of
State shall inform the Committees on Appropriations at
least 20 days prior to the obligation of funds for the Com-
prehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Com-
mission: Provided further, That of this amount not to ex-
ceed $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, may
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be made available for the Nonproliferation and Disar-
mament Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relat-
ing to nonproliferation and disarmament: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds may also be used for such countries
other than the Independent States of the former Soviet
Union and international organizations when it is in the
national security interest of the United States to do so:
Provided further, That such funds shall be subject to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this heading may be made available for the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency only if the Secretary of
State determines (and so reports to the Congress) that
Israel is not being denied its right to participate in the
activities of that Agency.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying 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 Function 150, including the cost of selling, reduc-
ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as
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a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries,
pursuant to parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (including up to $1,000,000 for necessary ex-
penses for the administration of activities carried out
under these parts), and of modifying concessional credit
agreements with least developed countries, as authorized
under section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development
and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, and concessional
loans, guarantees and credit agreements with any country
in Sub-Saharan Africa, as authorized under section 572
of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–
461), $33,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That any limitation of subsection (e) of section
411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assist-
ance Act of 1954 to the extent that limitation applies to
sub-Saharan African countries shall not apply to funds ap-
propriated hereunder or previously appropriated under
this heading: Provided further, That the authority pro-
vided by section 572 of Public Law 100–461 may be exer-
cised only with respect to countries that are eligible to bor-
row from the International Development Association, but
not from the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’ coun-
tries.
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (re-
lating to international affairs technical assistance activi-
ties), $1,500,000, to remain available until expended.
TITLE III—MILITARY ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$50,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000), of which up to
$1,000,000 may remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the civilian personnel for whom military edu-
cation and training may be provided under this heading
may include civilians who are not members of a govern-
ment whose participation would contribute to improved
civil-military relations, civilian control of the military, or
respect for human rights: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated under this heading for grant financed military
education and training for Indonesia and Guatemala may
only be available for expanded international military edu-
cation and training and funds made available for Guate-
mala may only be provided through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under
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this heading may be made available to support grant fi-
nanced military education and training at the School of
the Americas unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that
the instruction and training provided by the School of the
Americas is fully consistent with training and doctrine,
particularly with respect to the observance of human
rights, provided by the Department of Defense to United
States military students at Department of Defense institu-
tions whose primary purpose is to train United States
military personnel: Provided further, That the Secretary
of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions, no later than January 15, 2000, a report detailing
the training activities of the School of the Americas and
a general assessment regarding the performance of its
graduates during 1997 and 1998.
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for grants to enable the
President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the
Arms Export Control Act, $3,470,000,000: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
to exceed $1,920,000,000 shall be available for grants only
for Israel, and not to exceed $1,300,000,000 shall be made
available for grants only for Egypt: Provided further, That
the funds appropriated by this paragraph for Israel shall
be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this Act
or by October 31, 1999, whichever is later: Provided fur-
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ther, That to the extent that the Government of Israel re-
quests that funds be used for such purposes, grants made
available for Israel by this paragraph shall, as agreed by
Israel and the United States, be available for advanced
weapons systems, of which not less than $505,000,000
should be available for the procurement in Israel of de-
fense articles and defense services, including research and
development: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available under this heading shall be available for
any non-NATO country participating in the Partnership
for Peace Program except through the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph shall
be nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in sec-
tion 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further,
That funds made available under this paragraph shall be
obligated upon apportionment in accordance with para-
graph (5)(C) of title 31, United States Code, section
1501(a).
None of the funds made available under this heading
shall be available to finance the procurement of defense
articles, defense services, or design and construction serv-
ices that are not sold by the United States Government
under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign
country proposing to make such procurements has first
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signed an agreement with the United States Government
specifying the conditions under which such procurements
may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun-
try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub-
mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec-
tion 515 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
for assistance for Sudan and Liberia: Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading may be
used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and re-
lated activities, and may include activities implemented
through nongovernmental and international organizations:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be available for assistance for
Guatemala: Provided further, That only those countries for
which assistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military
Sales Financing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 con-
gressional presentation for security assistance programs
may utilize funds made available under this heading for
procurement of defense articles, defense services or design
and construction services that are not sold by the United
States Government under the Arms Export Control Act:
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this
heading shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary
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to make timely payment for defense articles and services:
Provided further, That not more than $30,495,000 of the
funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated
for necessary expenses, including the purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only for use outside
of the United States, for the general costs of admin-
istering military assistance and sales: Provided further,
That not more than $330,000,000 of funds realized pursu-
ant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act
may be obligated for expenses incurred by the Department
of Defense during fiscal year 2000 pursuant to section
43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except that this
limitation may be exceeded only through the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$76,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be obligated or expended
except as provided through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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TITLE IV—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
For the United States contribution for the Global En-
vironment Facility, $50,000,000, to the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for
the Global Environment Facility, by the Secretary of the
Treasury, to remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation (IDA) by the Secretary of the Treasury,
$576,600,000 (reduced by $8,000,000), to remain avail-
able until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK
For payment to the Inter-American Development
Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United
States share of the paid-in share portion of the increase
in capital stock, $25,610,667, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Inter-American
Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limi-
tation to the callable capital portion of the United States
share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed
$1,503,718,910.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the
Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of
the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock,
$13,728,263, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Asian Develop-
ment Bank 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
$672,745,205.
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 Develop-
ment Bank Act, as amended, $100,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
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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 
(increased 
by
$8,000,000), to remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruc-
tion 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 with-
out 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.
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, $167,000,000: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall
be made available for the United Nations Fund for
Science and Technology: Provided further, That none of
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the funds made available under this heading, may be pro-
vided to the Climate Stabilization Fund until 15 days after
the Department of State provides a report to the Commit-
tees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations in the Sen-
ate and the Committees on International Relations and
Appropriations in the House of Representatives that con-
tains the number of employees of the Fund, their func-
tions and salaries, and descriptions of the Fund’s activi-
ties, programs, and projects (including associated costs)
for the fiscal years 1999 and 2000: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading may
be made available to the Korean Peninsula Energy Devel-
opment Organization (KEDO) or the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA).
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
OBLIGATIONS DURING LAST MONTH OF AVAILABILITY
SEC. 501. Except for the appropriations entitled
‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, and ‘‘United States
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, not
more than 15 percent of any appropriation item made
available by this Act shall be obligated during the last
month of availability.
PROHIBITION OF BILATERAL FUNDING FOR
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 502. Notwithstanding section 614 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, none of the funds contained
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in title II of this Act may be used to carry out the provi-
sions of section 209(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by
title II of this Act may be transferred by the Agency for
International Development directly to an international fi-
nancial institution (as defined in section 533 of this Act)
for the purpose of repaying a foreign country’s loan obliga-
tions to such institution.
LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES
SEC. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $126,500 shall
be for official residence expenses of the Agency for Inter-
national Development during the current fiscal year: Pro-
vided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure
that, to the maximum extent possible, United States-
owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.
LIMITATION ON EXPENSES
SEC. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be
for entertainment expenses of the Agency for International
Development during the current fiscal year.
LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES
SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $95,000 shall be
available for representation allowances for the Agency for
International Development during the current fiscal year:
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Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure
that, to the maximum extent possible, United States-
owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars:
Provided further, That of the funds made available by this
Act for general costs of administering military assistance
and sales under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing
Program’’, not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for en-
tertainment expenses and not to exceed $50,000 shall be
available for representation allowances: Provided further,
That of the funds made available by this Act under the
heading ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’,
not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for entertainment
allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made
available by this Act for the Inter-American Foundation,
not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for entertainment
and representation allowances: Provided further, That of
the funds made available by this Act for the Peace Corps,
not to exceed a total of $4,000 shall be available for enter-
tainment expenses: Provided further, That of the funds
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Trade and
Development Agency’’, not to exceed $2,000 shall be avail-
able for representation and entertainment allowances.
PROHIBITION ON FINANCING NUCLEAR GOODS
SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated or made
available (other than funds for ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-
terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’) pursuant to
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this Act, for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, may be used, except for purposes of nuclear safety,
to finance the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or tech-
nology.
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated
or expended to finance directly any assistance or repara-
tions to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or
Syria: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the pro-
hibition on obligations or expenditures shall include direct
loans, credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Im-
port Bank or its agents.
MILITARY COUPS
SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated
or expended to finance directly any assistance to any coun-
try whose duly elected head of government is deposed by
military coup or decree: Provided, That assistance may be
resumed to such country if the President determines and
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that subse-
quent to the termination of assistance a democratically
elected government has taken office.
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TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated under an appropriation account to
which they were not appropriated, except for transfers
specifically provided for in this Act, unless the President,
prior to the exercise of any authority contained in the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults
with and provides a written policy justification to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: Provided, That the exercise of such
authority shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
DEOBLIGATION/REOBLIGATION AUTHORITY
SEC. 510. (a) Amounts certified pursuant to section
1311 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1955, as
having been obligated against appropriations heretofore
made under the authority of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 for the same general purpose as any of the head-
ings under title II of this Act are, if deobligated, hereby
continued available for the same period as the respective
appropriations under such headings or until September
30, 2000, whichever is later, and for the same general pur-
pose, and for countries within the same region as origi-
nally obligated: Provided, That the Appropriations Com-
mittees of both Houses of the Congress are notified 15
days in advance of the reobligation of such funds in ac-
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cordance with regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
(b) Obligated balances of funds appropriated to carry
out section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act as of the
end of the fiscal year immediately preceding the current
fiscal year are, if deobligated, hereby continued available
during the current fiscal year for the same purpose under
any authority applicable to such appropriations under this
Act: Provided, That the authority of this subsection may
not be used in fiscal year 2000.
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation after the ex-
piration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so pro-
vided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for
the purposes of chapters 1, 8, and 11 of part I, section
667, and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as amended, and funds provided under the
heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic
States’’, shall remain available until expended if such
funds are initially obligated before the expiration of their
respective periods of availability contained in this Act:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this Act, any funds made available for the purposes
of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or ob-
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ligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance
of payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the
report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall designate for each country, to the
extent known at the time of submission of such report,
those funds allocated for cash disbursement for balance
of payment and economic policy reform purposes.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT
SEC. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to any country
which is in default during a period in excess of one cal-
endar year in payment to the United States of principal
or interest on any loan made to such country by the
United States pursuant to a program for which funds are
appropriated under this Act: Provided, That this section
and section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
shall not apply to funds made available in this Act or dur-
ing the current fiscal year for Nicaragua, Brazil, Liberia,
and for any narcotics-related assistance for Colombia, Bo-
livia, and Peru authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act.
COMMERCE AND TRADE
SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or
made available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance
and none of the funds otherwise made available pursuant
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to this Act to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or ex-
pended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other
financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro-
duction of any commodity for export by any country other
than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be
in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro-
ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity:
Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Ex-
port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc-
tors the benefits to industry and employment in the
United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United
States producers of the same, similar, or competing com-
modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the
Committees on Appropriations.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any
other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing
or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro-
duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training
in connection with the growth or production in a foreign
country of an agricultural commodity for export which
would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro-
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duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection
shall not prohibit—
(1) activities designed to increase food security
in developing countries where such activities will not
have a significant impact in the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; or
(2) research activities intended primarily to
benefit American producers.
SURPLUS COMMODITIES
SEC. 514. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall
instruct the United States Executive Directors of the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
the International Development Association, the Inter-
national Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Devel-
opment Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the
Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment
Corporation, the North American Development Bank, the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the
African Development Bank, and the African Development
Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to
oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds
appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act, for
the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral
for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity.
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(b) The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the
United States executive directors of international financial
institutions listed in subsection (a) of this section to use
the voice and vote of the United States to support the
purchase of American produced agricultural commodities
with funds appropriated or made available pursuant to
this Act.
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 515. (a) For the purposes of providing the exec-
utive branch with the necessary administrative flexibility,
none of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘Child
Survival and Disease Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’,
‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Assistance for
Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Assistance for
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’,
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping operations’’,
‘‘Operating Expenses of the Agency for International De-
velopment’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of the Agency for Inter-
national Development Office of Inspector General’’, ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘International Affairs Technical Assistance’’,
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International
Military Education and Training’’, ‘‘Peace Corps’’, and
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, shall be available for
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obligation for activities, programs, projects, type of mate-
riel assistance, countries, or other operations not justified
or in excess of the amount justified to the Appropriations
Committees for obligation under any of these specific
headings unless the Appropriations Committees of both
Houses of Congress are previously notified 15 days in ad-
vance: Provided, That the President shall not enter into
any commitment of funds appropriated for the purposes
of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for the pro-
vision of major defense equipment, other than conven-
tional ammunition, or other major defense items defined
to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not pre-
viously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of
the quantities justified to Congress unless the Committees
on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such
commitment: Provided further, That this section shall not
apply to any reprogramming for an activity, program, or
project under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 of less than 10 percent of the amount pre-
viously justified to the Congress for obligation for such
activity, program, or project for the current fiscal year:
Provided further, That the requirements of this section or
any similar provision of this Act or any other Act, includ-
ing any prior Act requiring notification in accordance with
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
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Appropriations, may be waived if failure to do so would
pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare: Pro-
vided further, That in case of any such waiver, notification
to the Congress, or the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, shall be provided as early as practicable, but in no
event later than 3 days after taking the action to which
such notification requirement was applicable, in the con-
text of the circumstances necessitating such waiver: Pro-
vided further, That any notification provided pursuant to
such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emer-
gency circumstances.
(b) Drawdowns made pursuant to section 506(a)(2)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be subject to
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
SEC. 516. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
priated under this Act or any previously enacted Act mak-
ing appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs, which are returned or not made
available for organizations and programs because of the
implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2001.
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INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated under
the heading ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the
Former Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for assist-
ance for a government of an Independent State of the
former Soviet Union—
(1) unless that government is making progress
in implementing comprehensive economic reforms
based on market principles, private ownership, re-
spect for commercial contracts, and equitable treat-
ment of foreign private investment; and
(2) if that government applies or transfers
United States assistance to any entity for the pur-
pose of expropriating or seizing ownership or control
of assets, investments, or ventures.
Assistance may be furnished without regard to this sub-
section if the President determines that to do so is in the
national interest.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading
‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union’’ shall be made available for assistance for a
government of an Independent State of the former Soviet
Union if that government directs any action in violation
of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any
other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such
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as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Pro-
vided, That such funds may be made available without re-
gard to the restriction in this subsection if the President
determines that to do so is in the national security interest
of the United States.
(c) None of the funds appropriated under the heading
‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union’’ shall be made available for any state to en-
hance its military capability: Provided, That this restric-
tion does not apply to demilitarization, demining or non-
proliferation programs.
(d) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union’’ shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
(e) Funds made available in this Act for assistance
for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union
shall be subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating
to environment and natural resources) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961.
(f) Funds appropriated in this or prior appropriations
Acts that are or have been made available for an Enter-
prise Fund in the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union may be deposited by such Fund in interest-
bearing accounts prior to the disbursement of such funds
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by the Fund 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 appropriation 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.
(g) In issuing new task orders, entering into con-
tracts, or making grants, with funds appropriated in this
Act or prior appropriations Acts under the headings ‘‘As-
sistance for the New Independent States of the Former
Soviet Union’’ and ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States
of the Former Soviet Union’’, for projects or activities that
have as one of their primary purposes the fostering of pri-
vate sector development, the Coordinator for United
States Assistance to the New Independent States and the
implementing agency shall encourage the participation of
and give significant weight to contractors and grantees
who propose investing a significant amount of their own
resources (including volunteer services and in-kind con-
tributions) in such projects and activities.
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available to carry
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor-
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tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or
coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for
the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method
of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial
incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of
the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay
for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in
part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or
involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning.
None of the funds made available to carry out part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be
obligated or expended for any country or organization if
the President certifies that the use of these funds by any
such country or organization would violate any of the
above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri-
lizations: Provided, That none of the funds made available
under this Act may be used to lobby for or against abor-
tion.
EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES
SEC. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion other than for administrative expenses made available
for fiscal year 2000, for programs under title I of this
Act may be transferred between such appropriations for
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use for any of the purposes, programs, and activities for
which the funds in such receiving account may be used,
but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically
provided, shall be increased by more than 25 percent by
any such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such au-
thority shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be obligated or expended for Colombia, Haiti, Libe-
ria, Pakistan, Panama, Serbia, Sudan, or the Democratic
Republic of Congo except as provided through the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY
SEC. 521. For the purpose of this Act, ‘‘program,
project, and activity’’ shall be defined at the appropria-
tions Act account level and shall include all appropriations
and authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limita-
tions with the exception that for the following accounts:
Economic Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing
Program, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be
considered to include country, regional, and central pro-
gram level funding within each such account; for the devel-
opment assistance accounts of the Agency for Inter-
national Development ‘‘program, project, and activity’’
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shall also be considered to include central program level
funding, either as: (1) justified to the Congress; or (2)
allocated by the executive branch in accordance with a re-
port, to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations
within 30 days of the enactment of this Act, as required
by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
CHILD SURVIVAL AND DISEASE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES
SEC. 522. Up to $10,000,000 of the funds made
available by this Act for assistance under the heading
‘‘Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund’’, may be
used to reimburse United States Government agencies,
agencies of State governments, institutions of higher
learning, and private and voluntary organizations for the
full cost of individuals (including for the personal services
of such individuals) detailed or assigned to, or contracted
by, as the case may be, the Agency for International De-
velopment for the purpose of carrying out child survival
basic education, and infectious disease activities: Provided,
That funds appropriated by this Act that are made avail-
able for child survival activities or disease programs in-
cluding activities relating to research on, and the preven-
tion, treatment and control of, Acquired Immune Defi-
ciency Syndrome may be made available notwithstanding
any provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign
countries: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under title II of this Act may be made available pursuant
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to section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 if
a primary purpose of the assistance is for child survival
and related programs: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available for family
planning activities may be made available notwithstanding
section 512 of this Act and section 620(q) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961.
PROHIBITION AGAINST INDIRECT FUNDING TO CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated
to finance indirectly any assistance or reparations to
Cuba, Iraq, Libya, Iran, Syria, North Korea, or the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, unless the President of the United
States certifies that the withholding of these funds is con-
trary to the national interest of the United States.
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT
SEC. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of
Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De-
fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the
same extent and under the same conditions as are other
committees pursuant to subsection (c) of that section: Pro-
vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess
defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the
Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on