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(1) determines that the waiver is in the national
security interests of the United States; and
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional
committees a written justification for such determina-
tion that includes a description of the steps being
taken to collect the parking fines and penalties owed
by such country.
(e) In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives.
(2) The term ‘‘fully adjudicated’’ includes cir-
cumstances in which the person to whom the vehicle
is registered—
(A)(i) has not responded to the parking vio-
lation summons; or
(ii) has not followed the appropriate adju-
dication procedure to challenge the summons;
and
(B) the period of time for payment or chal-
lenge the summons has lapsed.
(3) The term ‘‘parking fines and penalties’’
means parking fines and penalties—
(A) owed to—
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(i) the District of Columbia; or
(ii) New York, New York; and
(B) incurred during the period April 1,
1997 through September 30, 2003.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST
BANK AND GAZA
SEC. 645. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation
Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the Presi-
dent has exercised the authority under section 604(a) of the
Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of Pub-
lic Law 104–107) or any other legislation to suspend or
make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect: Provided, That
if the President fails to make the certification under section
604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995
or to suspend the prohibition under other legislation, funds
appropriated by this Act may not be obligated for assistance
for the Palestine Liberation Organization for the West Bank
and Gaza.
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN
SEC. 646. If the President determines that doing so
will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding
genocide or other violations of international humanitarian
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
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ed, of up to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for
the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with
regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Se-
curity Council or such other tribunals or commissions as
the Council may establish or authorize to deal with such
violations, without regard to the ceiling limitation con-
tained in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the deter-
mination required under this section shall be in lieu of any
determinations otherwise required under section 552(c):
Provided further, That the drawdown made under this sec-
tion for any tribunal shall not be construed as an endorse-
ment or precedent for the establishment of any standing or
permanent international criminal tribunal or court: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available for tribunals other
than Yugoslavia, Rwanda, or the Special Court for Sierra
Leone shall be made available subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
LANDMINES
SEC. 647. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
demining equipment available to the United States Agency
for International Development and the Department of State
and used in support of the clearance of landmines and
unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be
disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, subject
to such terms and conditions as the President may pre-
scribe.
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RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
SEC. 648. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Jeru-
salem a new office of any department or agency of the
United States Government for the purpose of conducting of-
ficial United States Government business with the Pales-
tinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor
Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO
Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this restriction
shall not apply to the acquisition of additional space for
the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem: Provided fur-
ther, That meetings between officers and employees of the
United States and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or
any successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in
the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose
of conducting official United States Government business
with such authority should continue to take place in loca-
tions other than Jerusalem. As has been true in the past,
officers and employees of the United States Government
may continue to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with
Palestinians (including those who now occupy positions in
the Palestinian Authority), have social contacts, and have
incidental discussions.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES
SEC. 649. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
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national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign
Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program
activities or under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and
Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be obligated or expended
to pay for—
(1) alcoholic beverages; or
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that are
substantially of a recreational character, including
but not limited to entrance fees at sporting events,
theatrical and musical productions, and amusement
parks.
TIBET
SEC. 650. The Secretary of Treasury should instruct
the United States executive director to each international
financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United
States to support projects in Tibet if such projects do not
provide incentives for the migration and settlement of non-
Tibetans into Tibet or facilitate the transfer of ownership
of Tibetan land and natural resources to non-Tibetans; are
based on a thorough needs-assessment; foster self-sufficiency
of the Tibetan people and respect Tibetan culture and tradi-
tions; and are subject to effective monitoring.
HAITI
SEC. 651. The Government of Haiti shall be eligible
to purchase defense articles and services under the Arms