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further, That notwithstanding any provision of Public Law
103–50, funds provided by such Act shall not be expended
for 1993 crop losses resulting from 1993 natural disasters,
and claims for assistance from funds provided by that Act
by producers with 1990, 1991, and 1992 crop losses shall
be paid only to the extent such claims are filed by Septem-
ber 17, 1993.
(a) The Senate finds that:
(1) Numerous atrocities have been reported on
the conflict in the former Yugoslavia;
(2) Such atrocities against innocent civilians
and prisoners would violate universally accepted law
as embodied in the Geneva Conventions of August 12,
1949 for the Protection of War Victims; the Hague
Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of
War on Land and the Regulations annexed thereto of
October 18, 1907; the Convention on the Prevention
and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of Decem-
ber 9, 1948; and the Charter of the International
Military Tribunal of August 8, 1945;
(3) In October 1992 the United Nations Security
Council adopted Resolution 780 establishing a Com-
mission of Experts to gather and evaluate evidence of
such war crimes;
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(4) The Commission of Experts submitted an in-
terim report dated January 26, 1993 which concluded
that grave breaches and other violations of inter-
national humanitarian law had been committed in
the territory of the former Yugoslavia, including wil-
ful killing, ‘‘ethnic cleansing,’’ mass killings, torture,
rape, pillage, and destruction of civilian property, de-
struction of cultural and religious property and arbi-
trary arrests;
(5) The Commission of Experts has been hin-
dered in carrying out fully its legal charge because of
insufficient resources;
(6) On February 22, 1993, the United Nations
Security Council adopted Resolution 808 establishing
an international tribunal to try individuals accused
of the commission of war crimes in the former Yugo-
slavia;
(7) On May 3, 1993, the Secretary General of the
United Nations issued his report which established the
procedures for an international war crimes tribunal;
(8) The United Nations is presently in the proc-
ess of selecting judges and prosecutors for the inter-
national war crimes tribunal;
(9) According to reports, the atrocities in the
former Yugoslavia continue unabated; and
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(10) There is a dire need to establish promptly
the tribunal and commence prosecution of alleged war
criminals: Now, therefore.
(b) The Senate hereby commends the United Nations
for its recognition of the importance and necessity of the
rule of law as evidenced by its establishment of an inter-
national tribunal for the prosecution of war crimes in the
former Yugoslavia.
(c) It is the sense of the Senate that the United Nations
should—
(1) expedite the selection of judges and prosecu-
tors for the tribunal in order to begin prosecutions of
alleged war criminals; and
(2) provide all assistance necessary to continue
gathering evidence for such prosecutions.
Ω2æPage 2, line 14, strike out ø$850,000,000¿ and in-
sert: $1,050,000,000
Ω3æPage 2, lines 23 and 24, strike out øMarch 31¿ and
insert: June 30
Ω4æPage 4, line 7, strike out ø$25,000,000¿ and insert:
$60,000,000
Ω5æPage 4, line 8, strike out øJune¿ and insert: Septem-
ber
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Ω6æPage 4, line 10, after ‘‘Service’’ insert: , of which
$25,000,000, shall be available only to the extent an official
budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, is transmitted by
the President to Congress
Ω7æPage 4, line 14, after ‘‘amended’’ insert: : Provided
further, That if the Secretary determines that the cost of
land and levee restoration exceeds the fair market value of
an affected cropland, the Secretary may use sufficient
amounts from funds provided under this head to accept bids
from willing sellers to enroll such cropland inundated by
the Midwest floods of 1993 in any of the affected States in
the Wetlands Reserve Program as authorized by subchapter
C of Chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837)
Ω8æPage 4, after line 16 insert:
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for salaries and expenses
of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service,
$12,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1994, to
meet the needs arising from the Midwest floods and other
natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
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ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Ω9æPage 4, line 20, strike out ø$20,000,000¿ and insert:
$30,000,000
Ω10æPage 4, after line 24, insert:
FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION
Ω11æPage 4, after line 24, insert:
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For an additional amount to assist in the recovery
from the Midwest floods and other natural disasters of
1993 for the cost of direct section 504 housing repair loans,
including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $5,985,000
to remain available through June 30, 1994: Provided, That
these funds are available to subsidize additional gross obli-
gations for the principal amount of direct loans not to ex-
ceed $15,000,000: Provided further, That the entire
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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