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and unpaid property taxes and interest owed by nations
receiving foreign assistance under this Act.
(f) 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 of or
challenge to the summons has lapsed.
(3) The term ‘‘parking fines and penalties’’
means parking fines and penalties—
(A) owed to—
(i) the District of Columbia; or
(ii) New York, New York; and
(B) incurred during the period April 1,
1997 through September 30, 2004.
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(4) The term ‘unpaid property taxes’ means the
amount of unpaid taxes and interest on such taxes
that have accrued on real property in the District of
Columbia or New York, New York under applicable
law.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST
BANK AND GAZA
SEC. 5044. 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. 5045. 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-
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tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to
$32,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Na-
tions War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the
former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 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 contained in paragraph (2)
thereof: Provided, That the determination 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 section for any tribunal shall
not be construed as an endorsement or precedent for the es-
tablishment of any standing or permanent international
criminal tribunal or court: Provided further, That funds
made available for tribunals other than Yugoslavia, Rwan-
da, or the Special Court for Sierra Leone shall be made
available subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations.
LANDMINES
SEC. 5046. 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