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Union Calendar No. 404
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4811
[Report No. 106–720]
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 10, 2000
Mr. CALLAHAN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT
ASSISTANCE
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying
out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor-
poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur-
ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi-
tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear
equipment, fuel, or technology to any country other than
a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article IX of the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi-
ble to receive economic or military assistance under this
Act that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur-
ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended,
$825,000,000 to remain available until September 30,
2004: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
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modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That such sums shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019 for the disbursement of direct loans, loan
guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated in fis-
cal years 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or any
prior Act appropriating funds for foreign operations, ex-
port financing, or related programs for tied-aid credits or
grants may be used for any other purpose except through
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated
by this paragraph are made available notwithstanding sec-
tion 2(b)(2) of the Export Import Bank Act of 1945, in
connection with the purchase or lease of any product by
any East European country, any Baltic State or any agen-
cy or national thereof.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs (to be com-
puted on an accrual basis), including hire of passenger
motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official reception and
representation expenses for members of the Board of Di-
rectors, $62,000,000: Provided, That necessary expenses
(including special services performed on a contract or fee
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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, 2001.
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,
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
$37,000,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred
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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,
$24,000,000, 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 2001 and 2002: Provided further, That
such sums shall remain available through fiscal year 2010
for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obli-
gated in fiscal years 2001 and 2002: Provided further,
That in addition, such sums as may be necessary for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out the credit program may
be derived from amounts available for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs in
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit
Account and merged with said account: Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading or in prior
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appropriations Acts that are available for the cost of fi-
nancing 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,
$46,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2002.
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, 2001, 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 infectious diseases, and re-
lated activities, in addition to funds otherwise available for
such purposes, $834,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That this amount shall be made avail-
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able for such activities as: (1) immunization programs; (2)
oral rehydration programs; (3) health and nutrition pro-
grams, and related education programs, which address the
needs of mothers and children; (4) water and sanitation
programs; (5) assistance for displaced and orphaned chil-
dren; (6) programs for the prevention, treatment, and con-
trol of, and research on, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, polio,
malaria and other infectious diseases; and (7) basic edu-
cation programs for children: Provided further, That none
of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made
available for nonproject assistance, except that funds may
be made available for such assistance for ongoing health
programs: Provided further, of the funds appropriated
under this heading, not to exceed $125,000, in addition
to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be
used to monitor and provide oversight of child survival,
maternal health, and infectious disease programs: Pro-
vided further, That the following amounts should be allo-
cated as follows: $290,000,000 for child survival and ma-
ternal health; $30,000,000 for vulnerable children;
$202,000,000 for HIV/AIDS; $99,000,000 for other infec-
tious diseases; $103,000,000 for children’s basic edu-
cation; and $110,000,000 for UNICEF: Provided further,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to
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$37,500,000 may be made available for a United States
contribution to the Global Fund for Children’s Vaccines.
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
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
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$1,258,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2002: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under
this heading, up to $10,000,000 may be made available
for and apportioned directly to the Inter-American Foun-
dation: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated
under this heading, up to $16,000,000 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-
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-
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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
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-
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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
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-
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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 none of the funds
appropriated under this heading may be made available
for any activity which is in contravention to the Conven-
tion on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Flora and Fauna (CITES): Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading that are made
available for assistance programs for displaced and or-
phaned children and victims of war, not to exceed
$25,000, in addition to funds otherwise available for such
purposes, may be used to monitor and provide oversight
of such programs: Provided further, That, of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act for the Microenterprise Initiative
(including any local currencies made available for the pur-
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poses of the Initiative), not less than one-half should be
made available for programs providing loans in the fol-
lowing amounts (in 1995 United States dollars) to very
poor people, particularly women, or for institutional sup-
port of organizations primarily engaged in making such
loans: $1,000 or less in the Europe and Eurasia region
(including North Africa), $400 or less in the Latin Amer-
ica region, and $300 or less in the rest of the world.
LEBANON
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘De-
velopment Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’,
not less than $18,000,000 should be made available for
Lebanon to be used, among other programs, for scholar-
ships and direct support of the American educational insti-
tutions in Lebanon.
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, after notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions, may, on a case-by-case basis, waive the restriction
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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
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, $165,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
TRANSITION INITIATIVES
For necessary expenses for international disaster re-
habilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to sec-
tion 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$40,000,000, to remain available until expended, to sup-
port transition to democracy and to long-term develop-
ment of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support
may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve
democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic in-
frastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict:
Provided further, That the United States Agency for Inter-
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national Development shall submit a report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to begin-
ning a program of assistance.
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: Provided, That such costs shall
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974: Provided further, That guarantees of loans
made under this heading in support of microenterprise ac-
tivities may guarantee up to 70 percent of the principal
amount of any such loans notwithstanding section 108 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. In addition, for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out programs under this
heading, $500,000, all of which may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of
the Agency for International Development: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading shall
remain available until September 30, 2002.
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees,
$1,500,000, as authorized by section 635 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That such funds shall
be made available only for urban and environmental pro-
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grams: Provided further, That for the cost of direct loans
and loan guarantees, up to $2,000,000 of funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, may be transferred to and merged with funds
appropriated under this heading to be made available for
the purposes of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961: Provided further, That such costs shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d)
(relating to general provisions applicable to the Develop-
ment Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as re-
ported by the House Committee on International Relations
on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and
loan guarantees provided under this heading. In addition,
for administrative expenses to carry out credit programs
administered by the Agency for International Develop-
ment, $6,495,000, all of which may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of
the Agency for International Development: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated under this heading shall re-
main available until September 30, 2002.
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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, $44,489,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $509,000,000: Provided, That, none of the
funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail-
able to finance the construction (including architect and
engineering services), purchase, or long term lease of of-
fices for use by the Agency for International Development,
unless the Administrator has identified such proposed con-
struction (including architect and engineering services),
purchase, or long term lease of offices in a report sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15
days prior to the obligation of these funds for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall
not apply where the total cost of construction (including
architect and engineering services), purchase, or long term
lease of offices does not exceed $1,000,000.
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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, $27,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2002, 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, $2,208,900,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2002: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed
$840,000,000 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, 2000, whichever is later: Provided
further, That not to exceed $695,000,000 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
and that Israel enters into a side letter agreement at least
equivalent to the fiscal year 1999 agreement: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading
not less than $12,000,000 should be made available for
assistance for Mongolia: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obli-
gated for regional or global programs, except as provided
through the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
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, $25,000,000, 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, 2002.
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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,
$535,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2002, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for assistance and for related programs
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: Provided, That
of the funds appropriated under this heading not less than
$5,000,000 should be made available for assistance for the
Baltic States: Provided further, That funds made available
for assistance for Kosovo from funds appropriated under
this heading and under the headings ‘‘Economic Support
Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’ shall not exceed 15 percent of the total re-
sources pledged by all donors for calendar year 2001 for
assistance for Kosovo as of January 1, 2001, and shall
not exceed $150,000,000: Provided further, That none of
the funds made available under this Act for assistance for
Kosovo shall be made available for large scale physical in-
frastructure reconstruction.
(b) 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
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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.
(c) 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.
(d) 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.
(e) 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
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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.
(f ) The provisions of section 532 of this Act shall
apply to funds made available under subsection (e) and
to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, That
notwithstanding this subsection and subsection (e), and
notwithstanding section 532 of this Act, local currencies
generated by, or converted from, funds appropriated by
this Act and by previous appropriations Acts and made
available for the economic revitalization program in Bos-
nia may be used in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States
to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 and the Support for East European Democracy
(SEED) Act of 1989: Provided further, That the use of
such local currencies shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
(g) 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
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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.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE
FORMER SOVIET UNION
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assist-
ance for the Independent States of the former Soviet
Union and for related programs, $740,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That the
provisions of such chapters shall apply to funds appro-
priated by this paragraph: Provided further, That such
sums as may be necessary may be transferred to the Ex-
port-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, 15 percent should be used for con-
fidence-building measures and other activities in further-
ance of the peaceful resolution of the regional conflicts,
especially those in the vicinity of Abkhazia and Nagorno-
Karabagh.
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(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than 12.5 percent should be made available for assist-
ance for Georgia.
(c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than 12.5 percent should be made available for assist-
ance for Armenia.
(d) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall
not apply to—
(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.
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(e) 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. Activities author-
ized under title V (nonproliferation and disarmament pro-
grams and activities) of the FREEDOM Support Act shall
not be counted against the 25 percent limitation.
(f)(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
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.
(g) None of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing may be made available for assistance for the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation until the Secretary of
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State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that
the Russian Federation is in compliance with article V of
the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe re-
garding forces deployed in the flank zone in and around
Chechnya.
(h) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than $45,000,000 should be made available, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for
assistance for child survival, environmental health, and to
combat infectious diseases, and for related activities.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
PEACE CORPS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $258,000,000, in-
cluding the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor
vehicles for administrative purposes for use outside of the
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,
2002.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $305,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That any funds
made available under this heading for anti-crime programs
and activities shall be made available subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2001,
the Department of State may also use the authority of
section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, with-
out 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 notification
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, contributions to the International Committee of
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-
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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, $645,000,000, to remain available
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
not 
more 
than
$14,852,000 shall be available for administrative ex-
penses.
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)),
$12,500,000, 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 Act which would limit the amount
of funds which could be appropriated for this purpose.
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND
RELATED PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism and related programs and activities, $241,600,000,
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
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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
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:
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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
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), $2,000,000, to remain available until expended,
which shall be available nowithstanding any other provi-
sion of law.
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
a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries,
pursuant to parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act
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of 1961, and of modifying concessional credit agreements
with least developed countries, as authorized under section
411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assist-
ance Act of 1954, as amended, and concessional loans,
guarantees and credit agreements, as authorized under
section 572 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing,
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public
Law 100–461), $82,400,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of this amount, not less than
$13,000,000 shall be made available to carry out the pro-
visions of part V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961:
Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this heading in this Act or under
prior appropriations acts for foreign operations, export fi-
nancing, and related programs may be used by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury to pay to the Heavily Indebted Poor
Country (HIPC) Trust Fund administered by the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development
amounts for the benefit of countries that are eligible for
debt reduction pursuant to title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted
into law by section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113:
Provided further, That amounts paid to the HIPC Trust
Fund may be used only to fund debt reduction under the
enhanced HIPC initiative by—
(1) the Inter-American Development Bank;
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(2) the African Development Bank; and
(3) the Central American Bank for Economic
Integration:
Provided further, That funds may not be paid to the HIPC
Trust Fund for the benefit of any country that is credibly
reported to be engaged in a consistent pattern of gross
violations of internationally recognized human rights or in
military or civil conflict that undermines its ability to de-
velop and implement measures to alleviate poverty and to
devote adequate human and financial resources to that
end: Provided further, That 15 days prior to any agree-
ment by the United States to make payments to the HIPC
Trust Fund for the benefit of any country other than Bo-
livia and Mozambique, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
submit a reprogramming request under the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That prior to the payment of any amount
to the HIPC Trust Fund to fund debt reduction by an
international financial institution, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-
tions, Banking and Financial Services, and International
Relations of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, Banking, Housing and Urban
Affairs, and Foreign Relations of the Senate—
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(1) a written commitment by the institution
that it will make no new market-rate loans to the
HIPC member country beneficiary for a period of 30
months and no new concessional loans to the HIPC
member country for a period of 9 months; and
(2) full documentation of any commitment by
the HIPC member country to redirect its domestic
budgetary resources from international debt repay-
ments to private or public programs to alleviate pov-
erty and promote economic growth that are addi-
tional to those previously available for such purposes
prior to participation in the enhanced HIPC Initia-
tive:
Provided further, That any limitation of subsection (e) of
section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954 shall not apply to funds appro-
priated under this heading: Provided further, That the au-
thority provided by section 572 of Public Law 100–461
may be exercised only with respect to countries that are
eligible to borrow from the International Development As-
sociation, but not from the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, commonly referred to as
‘‘IDA-only’’ countries.
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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,
$52,500,000, of which up to $1,000,000 may remain
available until expended: Provided, That the civilian per-
sonnel for whom military education and training may be
provided under this heading may include civilians who are
not members of a government whose participation would
contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian con-
trol of the military, or respect for human rights: Provided
further, That funds appropriated under this heading for
grant financed military education and training for Indo-
nesia and Guatemala may only be available for expanded
international military education and training and funds
made available for Indonesia may only be provided
through the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated under this heading may be made
available to support grant financed military education and
training at the School of the Americas unless the Sec-
retary of Defense certifies that the instruction and train-
ing provided by the School of the Americas is fully con-
sistent with training and doctrine, particularly with re-
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spect to the observance of human rights, provided by the
Department of Defense to United States military students
at Department of Defense institutions whose primary pur-
pose is to train United States military personnel: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations, no later than January 15,
2001, a report detailing the training activities of the
School of the Americas and a general assessment regard-
ing the performance of its graduates during 1998 and
1999: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available to sup-
port grant financed military education and training at the
School of the Americas unless the Secretary of State, with-
out delegation, certifies that the instruction and training
provided by the School of the Americas is consistent with
United States foreign policy objectives and helps support
the observance of human rights in Latin America.
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, $3,510,000,000: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
to exceed $1,980,000,000 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
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be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this Act
or by October 31, 2000, whichever is later: Provided fur-
ther, That it is the sense of Congress that it is very dis-
turbed by reports that Israel is preparing to provide China
with an airborne radar system that could threaten both
the forces of democratic Taiwan and the United States
in the region surrounding the Taiwan Strait. The Con-
gress urges Israel to terminate the existing contract to sell
an airborne radar system to the People’s Republic of
China: Provided further, That to the extent that the Gov-
ernment of Israel requests that funds be used for such
purposes, grants made available for Israel by this para-
graph shall, as agreed by Israel and the United States,
be available for advanced weapons systems, of which not
less than $520,000,000 should be available for the pro-
curement in Israel of defense articles and defense services,
including research and development: Provided further,
That Foreign Military Financing Program funds esti-
mated to be outlayed for Egypt during fiscal year 2001
shall be disbursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act
or by October 31, 2000, whichever is later: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated by this paragraph shall be
nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in section
23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That
funds made available under this paragraph shall be obli-
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gated upon apportionment in accordance with paragraph
(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
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
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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
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 $340,000,000 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 2001 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:
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 Pro-
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gram except through the regular notification 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,
$117,900,000: 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.
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, $35,800,000, 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 by the Secretary of the Treasury, $576,600,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided: That the
Secretary of the Treasury shall: (1) seek to ensure to the
maximum extent possible that for countries eligible for
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debt reduction under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor
Country (HIPC) Initiative that have reached the comple-
tion point, the terms of new assistance by the Inter-
national Development Association shall be on grant terms;
and (2) submit a report to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the
Committees on Appropriations no later than June 30,
2001, on the progress achieved in achieving the objective
in paragraph (1): Provided further, That $10,000,000
shall be withheld from obligation until Congress is in re-
ceipt of said report: Provided further, That in negotiating
United States participation in the next replenishment of
the International Development Association, the Secretary
of the Treasury shall accord high priority to providing the
International Development Association with the policy
flexibility to provide new grant assistance to countries eli-
gible for debt reduction under the enhanced HIPC Initia-
tive.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT
GUARANTEE AGENCY
For payment to the Multilateral Investment Guar-
antee Agency by the Secretary of the Treasury,
$4,900,000, for the United States paid-in share of the in-
crease in capital stock, to remain available until expended.
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LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL
The United States Governor of the Multilateral In-
vestment Guarantee Agency may subscribe without fiscal
year limitation for the callable capital portion of the
United States share of such capital stock in an amount
not to exceed $24,500,000.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN INVESTMENT
CORPORATION
For payment to the Inter-American Investment Cor-
poration, by the Secretary of the Treasury, $8,000,000,
for the United States share of the increase in subscrip-
tions to capital stock, to remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS
MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND
For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Mul-
tilateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, for the United States contribution to the fund,
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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, $72,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the African Development Bank by
the Secretary of the Treasury, $3,100,000, for the United
States paid-in share of the increase in capital stock, to
remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the African Develop-
ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation
for the callable capital portion of the United States share
of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed
$49,574,000.
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, $72,000,000, 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-
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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.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
For the United States contribution by the Secretary
of the Treasury to increase the resources of the Inter-
national Fund for Agricultural Development, $5,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
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, $183,000,000: 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 not less
than $5,000,000 should be made available to the World
Food Program: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading may be made available
to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organiza-
tion (KEDO) or the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA).
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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
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
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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:
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,
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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
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.
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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
decree or military coup: 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.
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.
DEOBLIGATION/REOBLIGATION AUTHORITY
SEC. 510. 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 pur-
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pose under any authority applicable to such appropriations
under this Act: Provided, That the authority of this sub-
section may not be used in fiscal year 2001.
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, 11, and 12 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-
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, ef-
fective upon enactment into law of this Act, the final pro-
viso under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ contained in title VI of the Foreign Operations, Ex-
port Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
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Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(2) of
Public Law 106–113) shall be null and void: Provided fur-
ther, That the report required by section 653(a) of the
Foreign Assistance 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 disburse-
ment 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 the government of 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 Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds made available
for any narcotics-related assistance for Colombia, Bolivia,
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
to this Act to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas
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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. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States Executive Directors of the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the
International Development Association, the International
Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development
Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel-
opment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora-
tion, the North American Development Bank, the Euro-
pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Afri-
can 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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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’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’, ‘‘Peace
Corps’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, shall be
available for obligation for activities, programs, projects,
type of materiel 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 Commit-
tees of both Houses of Congress are previously notified
15 days in advance: Provided, That the President shall
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not enter into any commitment of funds appropriated for
the purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control
Act for the provision of major defense equipment, other
than conventional ammunition, or other major defense
items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat ve-
hicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent
in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless the
Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in ad-
vance of such commitment: Provided further, That this
section shall not apply to any reprogramming for an activ-
ity, program, or project under chapter 1 of part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of less than 10 percent
of the amount previously justified to the Congress for obli-
gation for such activity, program, or project for the cur-
rent fiscal year: Provided further, That the requirements
of this section or any similar provision of this Act or any
other Act, including any prior Act requiring notification
in accordance with the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations, may be waived if fail-
ure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health
or welfare: Provided further, That in case of any such
waiver, notification to the Congress, or the appropriate
congressional committees, 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 ap-