compliance with the earmark is made impossible by oper-
ation of any provision of this or any other Act: Provided,
That any such reprogramming shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That assistance that is repro-
grammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made avail-
able under the same terms and conditions as originally
provided.
(b) In addition to the authority contained in sub-
section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap-
propriated by this Act and administered by the United
States Agency for International Development that are ear-
marked for particular programs or activities by this or any
other Act shall be extended for an additional fiscal year
if the Administrator of such agency determines and re-
ports promptly to the Committees on Appropriations that
the termination of assistance to a country or a significant
change in circumstances makes it unlikely that such ear-
marked funds can be obligated during the original period
of availability: Provided, That such earmarked funds that
are continued available for an additional fiscal year shall
be obligated only for the purpose of such earmark.
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA
SEC. 539. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
within the United States not authorized before the date
of the enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided,
That not to exceed $750,000 may be made available to
carry out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96–
533.
PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND
PRODUCTS
SEC. 540. To the maximum extent possible, assist-
ance provided under this Act should make full use of
American resources, including commodities, products, and
services.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS
MEMBERS
SEC. 541. None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or
in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any mem-
ber of the United Nations or, from funds appropriated by
this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of an-
other country’s delegation at international conferences
held under the auspices of multilateral or international or-
ganizations.
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION
SEC. 542. None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a non-
governmental organization which fails to provide upon
timely request any document, file, or record necessary to
the auditing requirements of the United States Agency for
International Development.
PROHIBITION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
FOREIGN
GOVERN-
MENTS
THAT
EXPORT
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIP-
MENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM
SEC. 543. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be available to any
foreign government which provides lethal military equip-
ment to a country the government of which the Secretary
of State has determined is a terrorist government for pur-
poses of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act.
The prohibition under this section with respect to a for-
eign government shall terminate 12 months after that gov-
ernment ceases to provide such military equipment. This
section applies with respect to lethal military equipment
provided under a contract entered into after October 1,
1997.
(b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any
other similar provision of law, may be furnished if the
President determines that furnishing such assistance is
important to the national interests of the United States.
(c) Whenever the waiver of subsection (b) is exer-
cised, the President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report with respect to the fur-
nishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include
a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, in-
cluding the estimated dollar amount of such assistance,
and an explanation of how the assistance furthers United
States national interests.
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES
OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES
SEC. 544. (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made
available for a foreign country under part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, an amount equivalent to 110 per-
cent of the total unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines
and penalties owed to the District of Columbia by such
country as of the date of the enactment of this Act shall
be withheld from obligation for such country until the Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports in writing to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that such fines and
penalties are fully paid to the government of the District
of Columbia.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Inter-
national Relations and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE
WEST BANK AND GAZA
SEC. 545. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the
President has exercised the authority under section 604(a)
of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title
VI of Public Law 104–107) or any other legislation to sus-
pend or make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect:
Provided, That if the President fails to make the certifi-
cation 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 Lib-
eration Organization for the West Bank and Gaza.
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN
SEC. 546. 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
amended, of up to $30,000,000 of commodities and serv-
ices for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal estab-
lished with regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United
Nations Security Council or such other tribunals or com-
missions as the Council may establish 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 section for any tribunal shall not be construed as an
endorsement or precedent for the establishment of any
standing or permanent international criminal tribunal or
court: Provided further, That funds made available for tri-
bunals other than Yugoslavia or Rwanda shall be made
available subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations.
LANDMINES
SEC. 547. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, demining equipment available to the United States
Agency for International Development and the Depart-
ment 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 prescribe.
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY
SEC. 548. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Je-
rusalem a new office of any department or agency of the
United States Government for the purpose of conducting
official United States Government business with the Pal-
estinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor
Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-
PLO Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this re-
striction shall not apply to the acquisition of additional
space for the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem:
Provided further, That meetings between officers and em-
ployees of the United States and officials of the Pales-
tinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing
entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin-
ciples, for the purpose of conducting official United States
Government business with such authority should continue
to take place in locations 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. 549. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
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, includ-
ing entrance fees at sporting events and amusement
parks.
SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST
SEC. 550. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The
President may reduce amounts owed to the United States
(or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country
as a result of—
(1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and
222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under
the Arms Export Control Act; or
(3) any obligation or portion of such obligation,
to pay for purchases of United States agricultural
commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit
Corporation under export credit guarantee programs
authorized pursuant to section 5(f) of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29,
1948, as amended, section 4(b) of the Food for
Peace Act of 1966, as amended (Public Law 89–
808), or section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act
of 1978, as amended (Public Law 95–501).
(b) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi-
cial debt relief and referendum agreements, com-
monly referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’.
(2) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only in such amounts or to such
extent as is provided in advance by appropriations
Acts.
(3) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only with respect to countries with
heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from
the International Development Association, but not
from the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’
countries.
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country
whose government—
(1) does not have an excessive level of military
expenditures;
(2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts
of international terrorism;
(3) is not failing to cooperate on international
narcotics control matters;
(4) (including its military or other security
forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of
gross violations of internationally recognized human
rights; and
(5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the
application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt
Restructuring’’.
(e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A re-
duction of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be
considered assistance for purposes of any provision of law
limiting assistance to a country. The authority provided
by subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding sec-
tion 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or sec-
tion 321 of the International Development and Food As-
sistance Act of 1975.
AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES
SEC. 551. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC-
TION, OR CANCELLATION.—
(1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL
CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may, in accordance with
this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any
concessional loan or portion thereof made before
January 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, to the government of any eligible
country as defined in section 702(6) of that Act or
on receipt of payment from an eligible purchaser, re-
duce or cancel such loan or portion thereof, only for
the purpose of facilitating—
(A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop-
ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or
(B) a debt buyback by an eligible country
of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible
country uses an additional amount of the local
currency of the eligible country, equal to not
less than 40 percent of the price paid for such
debt by such eligible country, or the difference
between the price paid for such debt and the
face value of such debt, to support activities
that link conservation and sustainable use of
natural resources with local community develop-
ment, and child survival and other child devel-
opment, in a manner consistent with sections
707 through 710 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, if the sale, reduction, or cancellation
would not contravene any term or condition of
any prior agreement relating to such loan.
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac-
cordance with this section, establish the terms and
conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced,
or canceled pursuant to this section.
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined
in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency
primarily responsible for administering part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that
the President has determined to be eligible, and
shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, reduc-
tion, or cancellation of a loan pursuant to this sec-
tion. Such agency shall make an adjustment in its
accounts to reflect the sale, reduction, or cancella-
tion.
(4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub-
section shall be available only to the extent that ap-
propriations for the cost of the modification, as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, are made in advance.
(b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the
sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced,