SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) An estimated 100,000 East Timorese refu-
gees remain in West Timor, where they fled or were
forcibly driven by militia and members of the armed
forces of the Republic of Indonesia following the
United Nations sponsored popular consultation of
August 30, 1999, in which 78.5 percent of East
Timor’s population voted for independence from In-
donesia.
(2) Many of the East Timorese refugees in
West Timor would like to return to East Timor but
have been prevented from doing so by militia forces
operating with the cooperation of Indonesian army
elements.
(3) Hundreds of the refugees in West Timor
have died from preventable illnesses while many
thousands continue to live in a state of danger, un-
certainty and severe threats, including that of forced
resettlement to other areas of Indonesia.
(4) Elements of the Indonesian army have at-
tempted to infiltrate armed militia members into
East Timor, and reportedly have planned a militia
invasion of East Timor.
(5) Border attacks by militia groups remain a
threat to peace and stability in the region and to
international peacekeeping forces.
(6) Much of East Timor’s infrastructure was
destroyed in the violence of 1999 and remains to be
rebuilt.
(7) An estimated 100,000 to 200,000 of East
Timor’s original population of less than 700,000
perished from the combined effects of Indonesia’s
occupation of East Timor before the violence of
1999.
(8) Thousands of East Timorese were killed in
violence perpetrated by Indonesian army elements
and militia in 1999.
(9) The prospects for justice for the victims of
the violence of 1999 remain unclear.
(10) An estimated 80 percent of East Timor’s
population remains unemployed and East Timor’s
Nobel Prize winning Catholic Bishop, Carlos
Ximenes Belo, has made a plea on their behalf.
(11) United States funds have been committed
to efforts by the United Nations and the efforts of
others to rebuild East Timor.
(12) Communications and logistical units of the
United States Armed Forces have formed part of
the international peacekeeping forces that entered
East Timor in 1999.
(13) The reform government of Indonesia, led
by President Abdurrahman Wahid and Vice Presi-
dent Megawati Sukarnoputri, has made good faith
commitments to end Indonesian military support for
militias and to establish a fair and transparent
mechanism to bring to justice the perpetrators of
gross human rights violations in East Timor and
elsewhere, but the efforts of the elected leadership of
Indonesia have thus far been resisted, and in some
cases actively disobeyed, by elements in the military
and in the bureaucracy.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that the United States
Government should utilize all diplomatic and economic
means to press for—
(1) the safe repatriation to East Timor of all
East Timorese in West Timor and elsewhere who
wish to return to East Timor;
(2) an end to border incidents and infiltration
of militias and an end to any other violent actions
by militias and the armed forces of the Republic of
Indonesia against the people or territory of East
Timor;
(3) processes leading to justice for the victims
of the 1999 violence in East Timor;
(4) rapid reconstruction of East Timor, making
maximum use of local personnel; and
(5) a significant increase in employment for
East Timorese in all internationally-sponsored recon-
struction and United Nations efforts relating to
East Timor.
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON MILITARY RELATIONS AND AS-
SISTANCE TO THE ARMED FORCES OF INDO-
NESIA.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, United
States military relations with, and military assistance for,
the armed forces of the Republic of Indonesia suspended
by the President pursuant to the directive of the President
issued on September 9, 1999, may not be resumed until
the President determines and certifies to the Congress
that the Government of Indonesia provides for the terri-
torial integrity of East Timor, the security of refugees and
the safety of the East Timor population, and has brought
to justice those individuals who have committed murder,
rape, torture, and other crimes against humanity in East
Timor and elsewhere.
SEC. 5. RECOGNITION OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
ASSISTING 
THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
PEACE-
KEEPING OPERATION IN EAST TIMOR.
The Congress recognizes and salutes those members
of the United States Armed Forces who have assisted the
international peacekeeping operation in East Timor.
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