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shall be governed by procedures developed by the Sec-
retary of State, in consultation with the Attorney
General.
‘‘(2) PRIOR APPROVAL OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
REQUIRED.—Before making a reward under this sec-
tion in a matter over which there is Federal criminal
jurisdiction, the Secretary of State shall obtain the
concurrence of the Attorney General.
‘‘(d) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
Notwithstanding section 102 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (Pub-
lic Law 99–93; 99 Stat. 408), but subject to para-
graph (2), there are authorized to be appropriated to
the Department of State from time to time such
amounts as may be necessary to carry out this sec-
tion.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—No amount of funds may be
appropriated under paragraph (1) which, when added
to the unobligated balance of amounts previously ap-
propriated to carry out this section, would cause such
amounts to exceed $15,000,000.
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—To the maximum
extent practicable, funds made available to carry out
this section should be distributed equally for the pur-
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pose of preventing acts of international terrorism and
for the purpose of preventing international narcotics
trafficking.
‘‘(4) PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts ap-
propriated under paragraph (1) shall remain avail-
able until expended.
‘‘(e) LIMITATIONS AND CERTIFICATION.—
‘‘(1) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—No reward paid under
this section may exceed $2,000,000.
‘‘(2) APPROVAL.—A reward under this section of
more than $100,000 may not be made without the ap-
proval of the Secretary.
‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION
FOR
PAYMENT.—Any re-
ward granted under this section shall be approved
and certified for payment by the Secretary.
‘‘(4) NONDELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—The au-
thority to approve rewards of more than $100,000 set
forth in paragraph (2) may not be delegated.
‘‘(5) PROTECTION MEASURES.—If the Secretary
determines that the identity of the recipient of a re-
ward or of the members of the recipient’s immediate
family must be protected, the Secretary may take such
measures in connection with the payment of the re-
ward as he considers necessary to effect such protec-
tion.
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‘‘(f) INELIGIBILITY.—An officer or employee of any en-
tity of Federal, State, or local government or of a foreign
government who, while in the performance of his or her offi-
cial duties, furnishes information described in subsection
(b) shall not be eligible for a reward under this section.
‘‘(g) REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) REPORTS ON PAYMENT OF REWARDS.—Not
later than 30 days after the payment of any reward
under this section, the Secretary shall submit a report
to the appropriate congressional committees with re-
spect to such reward. The report, which may be sub-
mitted in classified form if necessary, shall specify the
amount of the reward paid, to whom the reward was
paid, and the acts with respect to which the reward
was paid. The report shall also discuss the signifi-
cance of the information for which the reward was
paid in dealing with those acts.
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days
after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall
submit a report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees with respect to the operation of the rewards
program. The report shall provide information on the
total amounts expended during the fiscal year ending
in that year to carry out this section, including
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amounts expended to publicize the availability of re-
wards.
‘‘(h) PUBLICATION REGARDING REWARDS OFFERED
BY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of this section, in the sole discretion of the Sec-
retary, the resources of the rewards program shall be avail-
able for the publication of rewards offered by foreign govern-
ments regarding acts of international terrorism which do
not involve United States persons or property or a violation
of the narcotics laws of the United States.
‘‘(i) DETERMINATIONS OF THE SECRETARY.—A deter-
mination made by the Secretary under this section shall
be final and conclusive and shall not be subject to judicial
review.
‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
‘‘(1) ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—The
term ‘act of international terrorism’ includes—
‘‘(A) any act substantially contributing to
the acquisition of unsafeguarded special nuclear
material (as defined in paragraph (8) of section
830 of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act
of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 3201 note)) or any nuclear
explosive device (as defined in paragraph (4) of
that section) by an individual, group, or non-nu-
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clear-weapon state (as defined in paragraph (5)
of that section); and
‘‘(B) any act, as determined by the Sec-
retary, which materially supports the conduct of
international terrorism, including the counter-
feiting of United States currency or the illegal
use of other monetary instruments by an indi-
vidual, group, or country supporting inter-
national terrorism as determined for purposes of
section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration
Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)(A)).
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’ means the Committee on International Relations
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate.
‘‘(3) MEMBER OF THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY.—The
term ‘member of the immediate family’, with respect
to an individual, includes—
‘‘(A) a spouse, parent, brother, sister, or
child of the individual;
‘‘(B) a person with respect to whom the in-
dividual stands in loco parentis; and
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‘‘(C) any person not covered by subpara-
graph (A) or (B) who is living in the individ-
ual’s household and is related to the individual
by blood or marriage.
‘‘(4) REWARDS
PROGRAM.—The term ‘rewards
program’ means the program established in subsection
(a)(1).
‘‘(5) UNITED
STATES
NARCOTICS
LAWS.—The
term ‘United States narcotics laws’ means the laws of
the United States for the prevention and control of il-
licit trafficking in controlled substances (as such term
is defined in section 102(6) of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(6))).
‘‘(6) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘Unit-
ed States person’ means—
‘‘(A) a citizen or national of the United
States; and
‘‘(B) an alien lawfully present in the Unit-
ed States.’’.
SEC. 2203. RETENTION OF ADDITIONAL DEFENSE TRADE
CONTROLS REGISTRATION FEES.
Section 45(a) of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2717(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$700,000 of the’’ and inserting
‘‘all’’;
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primary mission of training employees of the Department
and of other agencies in the field of foreign relations.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1, 1997.
(3) TERMINATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—Effective
October 1, 2001, section 701 of the Foreign Service
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4021), as amended by this
subsection, is further amended—
(A) by striking subsections (e) and (f); and
(B) by redesignating subsection (g) as para-
graph (4) of subsection (d).
(b) FEES FOR USE OF NATIONAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS
TRAINING CENTER.—Title I of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 53. FEES FOR USE OF THE NATIONAL FOREIGN AF-
FAIRS TRAINING CENTER.
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to charge a fee for use
of the National Foreign Affairs Training Center of the De-
partment of State. Amounts collected under this section (in-
cluding reimbursements and surcharges) shall be deposited
as an offsetting collection to any Department of State ap-
propriation to recover the costs of such use and shall remain
available for obligation until expended.’’.
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(c) REPORTING ON PILOT PROGRAM.—Two years after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State
shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees containing—
(1) the number of persons who have taken advan-
tage of the pilot program established under sub-
sections (e) and (f) of section 701 of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 and section 53 of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as added by this
section;
(2) the business or government affiliation of such
persons;
(3) the amount of fees collected; and
(4) the impact of the program on the primary
mission of the National Foreign Affairs Training
Center.
SEC. 2206. FEE FOR USE OF DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION
ROOMS.
Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.), as amended by this divi-
sion, is further amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 54. FEE FOR USE OF DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION ROOMS.
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to charge a fee for use
of the diplomatic reception rooms of the Department of
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State. Amounts collected under this section (including reim-
bursements and surcharges) shall be deposited as an offset-
ting collection to any Department of State appropriation
to recover the costs of such use and shall remain available
for obligation until expended.’’.
SEC. 2207. ACCOUNTING OF COLLECTIONS IN BUDGET
PRESENTATION DOCUMENTS.
Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.), as amended by this divi-
sion, is further amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 55. ACCOUNTING OF COLLECTIONS IN BUDGET PRES-
ENTATION DOCUMENTS.
‘‘The Secretary shall include in the annual Congres-
sional Presentation Document and the Budget in Brief a
detailed accounting of the total collections received by the
Department of State from all sources, including fee collec-
tions. Reporting on total collections shall also cover collec-
tions from the preceding fiscal year and the projected ex-
penditures from all collections accounts.’’.
SEC. 2208. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
(a) PROCEDURES.—Section 209(c) of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(c)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
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‘‘(4) The Inspector General shall develop and
provide to employees—
‘‘(A) information detailing their rights to
counsel; and
‘‘(B) guidelines describing in general terms
the policies and procedures of the Office of In-
spector General with respect to individuals under
investigation other than matters exempt from
disclosure under other provisions of law.’’.
(b) NOTICE.—Section 209(e) of the Foreign Service Act
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(e)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) The Inspector General shall ensure that only offi-
cials from the Office of the Inspector General may partici-
pate in formal interviews or other formal meetings with the
individual who is the subject of an investigation, other than
an intelligence-related or sensitive undercover investigation,
or except in those situations when the Inspector General has
a reasonable basis to believe that such notice would cause
tampering with witnesses, destroying evidence, or endanger-
ing the lives of individuals, unless that individual receives
prior adequate notice regarding participation by officials
of any other agency, including the Department of Justice,
in such interviews or meetings.’’.
(c) REPORT.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 30, 1998,
the Inspector General of the Department of State and
the Foreign Service shall submit a report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees which includes the
following:
(A) Detailed descriptions of the internal
guidance developed or used by the Office of the
Inspector General with respect to public disclo-
sure of any information related to an ongoing
investigation of any officer or employee of the
Department of State, the United States Informa-
tion Agency, or the United States Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency.
(B) Detailed descriptions of those instances
for the year ending December 31, 1997, in which
any disclosure of information to the public by an
employee of the Office of Inspector General about
an ongoing investigation occurred, including de-
tails on the recipient of the information, the date
of the disclosure, and the internal clearance proc-
ess for the disclosure.
(2) STATUTORY
CONSTRUCTION.—Disclosure of
information to the public under this section shall not
be construed to include information shared with Con-
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gress by an employee of the Office of the Inspector
General.
SEC. 2209. CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.
Section 135 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2684a) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and enhance-
ment’’ after ‘‘procurement’’;
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘are authorized
to’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’;
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘for expendi-
ture to procure capital equipment and information
technology’’ and inserting ‘‘for purposes of subsection
(a)’’; and
(4) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(e) REPROGRAMMING PROCEDURES.—Funds credited
to the Capital Investment Fund shall not be available for
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the
procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications
under section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706).’’.
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SEC. 2210. CONTRACTING FOR LOCAL GUARDS SERVICES
OVERSEAS.
Section 136(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 4864(c)) is
amended—
(1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(3) in evaluating proposals for such contracts,
award contracts to the technically acceptable firm of-
fering the lowest evaluated price, except that propos-
als of United States persons and qualified United
States joint venture persons (as defined in subsection
(d)) shall be evaluated by reducing the bid price by
10 percent;’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(5);
(3) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of paragraph
(6) and inserting a period; and
(4) by striking paragraph (7).
SEC. 2211. AUTHORITY OF THE FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLE-
MENT COMMISSION.
Section 4(a) of the International Claims Settlement
Act of 1949 (22 U.S.C. 1623(a)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
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(2) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘(a) The’’
and all that follows through the period and inserting
the following:
‘‘(a)(1) The Commission shall have jurisdiction to re-
ceive, examine, adjudicate, and render a final decision with
respect to any claim of the Government of the United States
or of any national of the United States—
‘‘(A) included within the terms of the Yugoslav
Claims Agreement of 1948;
‘‘(B) included within the terms of any claims
agreement concluded on or after March 10, 1954, be-
tween the Government of the United States and a for-
eign government (exclusive of governments against
which the United States declared the existence of a
state of war during World War II) similarly provid-
ing for the settlement and discharge of claims of the
Government of the United States and of nationals of
the United States against a foreign government, aris-
ing out of the nationalization or other taking of prop-
erty, by the agreement of the Government of the Unit-
ed States to accept from that government a sum in
en bloc settlement thereof; or
‘‘(C) included in a category of claims against a
foreign government which is referred to the Commis-
sion by the Secretary of State.’’; and
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(3) by redesignating the second sentence as para-
graph (2).
SEC. 2212. EXPENSES RELATING TO CERTAIN INTER-
NATIONAL CLAIMS AND PROCEEDINGS.
(a) RECOVERY OF CERTAIN EXPENSES.—The Depart-
ment of State Appropriation Act of 1937 (22 U.S.C. 2661)
is amended in the fifth undesignated paragraph under the
heading entitled ‘‘INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSION’’
by inserting ‘‘(including such expenses as salaries and other
personnel expenses)’’ after ‘‘extraordinary expenses’’.
(b) PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES.—Section 38(c) of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2710(c)) is amended in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘per-
sonal and’’ before ‘‘other support services’’.
SEC. 2213. GRANTS TO REMEDY INTERNATIONAL ABDUC-
TIONS OF CHILDREN.
Section 7 of the International Child Abduction Rem-
edies Act (42 U.S.C. 11606; Public Law 100–300) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The United States Central
Authority is authorized to make grants to, or enter into con-
tracts or agreements with, any individual, corporation,
other Federal, State, or local agency, or private entity or
organization in the United States for purposes of accom-
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plishing its responsibilities under the Convention and this
Act.’’.
SEC. 2214. COUNTERDRUG AND ANTICRIME ACTIVITIES OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
(a) COUNTERDRUG AND LAW ENFORCEMENT STRAT-
EGY.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of State shall establish, implement, and submit to
Congress a comprehensive, long-term strategy to carry
out the counterdrug responsibilities of the Department
of State in a manner consistent with the National
Drug Control Strategy. The strategy shall involve all
elements of the Department in the United States and
abroad.
(2) OBJECTIVES.—In establishing the strategy,
the Secretary shall—
(A) coordinate with the Office of National
Drug Control Policy in the development of clear,
specific, and measurable counterdrug objectives
for the Department that support the goals and
objectives of the National Drug Control Strategy;
(B) develop specific and, to the maximum
extent practicable, quantifiable measures of per-
formance relating to the objectives, including an-
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nual and long-term measures of performance, for
purposes of assessing the success of the Depart-
ment in meeting the objectives;
(C) assign responsibilities for meeting the
objectives to appropriate elements of the Depart-
ment;
(D) develop an operational structure within
the Department that minimizes impediments to
meeting the objectives;
(E) ensure that every United States ambas-
sador or chief of mission is fully briefed on the
strategy, and works to achieve the objectives; and
(F) ensure that—
(i) all budgetary requests and transfers
of equipment (including the financing of
foreign military sales and the transfer of ex-
cess defense articles) relating to inter-
national counterdrug efforts conforms with
the objectives; and
(ii) the recommendations of the De-
partment regarding certification determina-
tions made by the President on March 1 as
to the counterdrug cooperation, or adequate
steps on its own, of each major illicit drug
producing and drug trafficking country to
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achieve full compliance with the goals and
objectives established by the United Nations
Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Nar-
cotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
also conform to meet such objectives.
(3) REPORTS.—Not later than February 15 of
each year subsequent to the submission of the strategy
described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress an update of the strategy. The update
shall include—
(A) an outline of the proposed activities
with respect to the strategy during the succeeding
year, including the manner in which such activi-
ties will meet the objectives set forth in para-
graph (2); and
(B) detailed information on how certifi-
cation determinations described in paragraph
(2)(F) made the previous year affected achieve-
ment of the objectives set forth in paragraph (2)
for the previous calendar year.
(4) LIMITATION ON DELEGATION.—The Secretary
shall designate an official in the Department who re-
ports directly to the Secretary to oversee the imple-
mentation of the strategy throughout the Department.
(b) INFORMATION ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINALS.—