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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2159
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 5, 1997
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered
AN ACT
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Ω1æThat the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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-
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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 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,
$632,000,000 to remain available until September 30,
1999: 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 remain available until 2013 for
the disbursement of direct loans, loan guarantees, and in-
surance obligated in fiscal years 1998 and 1999: Provided
further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph are
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made available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Ex-
port-Import Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the pur-
chase or lease of any product by any East European coun-
try, any Baltic State, or any agency 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 $20,000 for official reception and
representation expenses for members of the Board of Di-
rectors, $48,614,000: Provided, That necessary expenses
(including special services performed on a contract or fee
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, 1998.
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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
$32,000,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred
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.
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,
$40,000,000: Provided, That the Trade and Development
Agency may receive reimbursements from corporations
and other entities for the costs of grants for feasibility
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studies and other project planning services, to be deposited
as an offsetting collection to this account and to be avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 1999, for necessary
expenses under this paragraph: Provided further, That
such reimbursements shall not cover, or be allocated
against, direct or indirect administrative costs of the agen-
cy.
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, 1998, 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 part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, for child survival, basic education, as-
sistance to combat tropical and other diseases, and related
activities, in addition to funds otherwise available for such
purposes, $650,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That this amount shall be made avail-
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
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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 diseases; (7) not to exceed $98,000,000
for basic education programs for children; and (8) a con-
tribution on a grant basis to the United Nations Chil-
dren’s Fund (UNICEF) pursuant to section 301 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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
401
of
the
Foreign
Assistance
Act
of
1969,
$1,167,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1999: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under
this heading, up to $2,000,000 may be made available for
the Inter-American Foundation: Provided further, That of
the amount appropriated under this heading, up to
$2,500,000 may be made available for the African Devel-
opment Foundation: Provided further, That none of the
funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated bal-
ances from prior appropriations may be made available to
any organization or program which, as determined by the
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President of the United States, supports or participates
in the management of a program of coercive abortion or
involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That none of
the funds made available under this heading may be used
to pay for the performance of abortion as a method of
family planning or to motivate or coerce 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, ei-
ther directly or through referral to, or information about
access to, a broad range of family planning methods and
services: Provided further, That in awarding grants for
natural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated
against because of such applicant’s religious or conscien-
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
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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
made available under this heading may be used for any
activity which is in contravention to the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and
Fauna (CITES).
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 per centum of its total
annual funding for international activities from sources
other than the United States Government: Provided, That
the requirements of the provisions of section 123(g) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the provisions on pri-
vate and voluntary organizations in title II of the ‘‘Foreign
Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
1985’’ (as enacted in Public Law 98–473) shall be super-
seded by the provisions of this section, except that the au-
thority contained in the last sentence of section 123(g)
may be exercised by the Administrator with regard to the
requirements of this paragraph.
Funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under title II of this Act should be made available to pri-
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vate and voluntary organizations at a level which is equiv-
alent to the level provided in fiscal year 1995. Such private
and voluntary organizations shall include those which op-
erate on a not-for-profit basis, receive contributions from
private sources, receive voluntary support from the public
and are deemed to be among the most cost-effective and
successful providers of development assistance.
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, $190,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct 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, through debt buybacks and
swaps,
owed
to
the
United
States
as
a
result
of
concessional loans made to eligible Latin American and
Caribbean countries, pursuant to part IV of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961; and of modifying concessional
loans authorized under title I of the Agricultural Trade
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Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, as
authorized under subsection (a) under the heading ‘‘Debt
Reduction for Jordan’’ in title VI of Public Law 103–306;
$27,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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, as amended: Provided, That such
costs shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That guaran-
tees of loans made under this heading in support of micro-
enterprise activities 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 ad-
dition, for administrative expenses to carry out programs
under this heading, $500,000, all of which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operating
Expenses of the Agency for International Development:
Provided further, That funds made available under this
heading shall remain available until September 30, 1999.
URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIT PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of guaranteed loans au-
thorized by sections 221 and 222 of the Foreign Assist-
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ance Act of 1961, including the cost of guaranteed loans
designed to promote the urban and environmental policies
and objectives of part I of such Act, $3,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That these
funds are available to subsidize loan principal, 100 percent
of which shall be guaranteed, pursuant to the authority
of such sections. In addition, for administrative expenses
to carry out guaranteed loan programs, $6,000,000, all
of which may be transferred to and merged with the ap-
propriation for Operating Expenses of the Agency for
International Development: Provided further, That com-
mitments to guarantee loans under this heading may be
entered into notwithstanding the second and third sen-
tences of section 222(a) and, with regard to programs for
Central and Eastern Europe and programs for the benefit
of South Africans disadvantaged by apartheid, section
223(j) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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, $44,208,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $468,750,000: Provided, That none of the
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funds appropriated by this Act for programs administered
by the Agency for International Development may be used
to finance printing costs of any report or study (except
feasibility, design, or evaluation reports or studies) in ex-
cess of $25,000 without the approval of the Administrator
of the Agency or the Administrator’s designee.
OPERATING
EXPENSES
OF
THE
AGENCY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
OFFICE
OF
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $29,047,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1999, 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, $2,400,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1999: Provided, That any funds
appropriated under this heading that are made available
for Israel shall be available on a grant basis as a cash
transfer and shall be disbursed within thirty days of enact-
ment of this Act or by October 31, 1997, whichever is
later: Provided further, That in exercising the authority
to provide cash transfer assistance for Israel and Egypt,
the President shall ensure that the level of such assistance
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does not cause an adverse impact on the total level of non-
military exports from the United States to each such coun-
try.
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, $19,600,000, 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, 1999.
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,
$470,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1999, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for economic assistance and for related
programs for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States.
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior
appropriations Acts that are or have been made available
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for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund
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 or otherwise
made available under this heading for the economic revi-
talization program in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and local
currencies generated by such funds (including the conver-
sion of funds appropriated under this heading into cur-
rency used by Bosnia and Herzegovina as local currency
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and local currency returned or repaid under such pro-
gram)—
(1) the Administrator of the Agency for Inter-
national Development shall provide written approval
for grants and loans prior to the obligation and ex-
penditure of funds for such purposes, and prior to
the use of funds that have been returned or repaid
to any lending facility or grantee; and
(2) the provisions of section 531 of this Act
shall apply.
(f) With regard to funds appropriated under this
heading that are made available for economic revitaliza-
tion programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 50 percent of
such funds shall not be available for obligation unless the
President determines and certifies to the Committee on
Appropriations
that
the
Federation
of
Bosnia
and
Herzegovina has complied with article III of annex 1–A
of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia
and Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign
forces, and that intelligence cooperation on training, inves-
tigations, and related activities between Iranian officials
and Bosnian officials has been terminated.
(g) Not to exceed $200,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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(h) Not to exceed $7,000,000 of the funds made
available for Bosnia and Herzegovina may be made avail-
able for the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans and
loan guarantees for said country.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES OF
THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for
the new independent states of the former Soviet Union
and for related programs, $625,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1999: Provided, That the provi-
sions of such chapter shall apply to funds appropriated
by this paragraph.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be transferred to the Government of Russia—
(1) unless that Government is making progress
in implementing comprehensive economic reforms
based on market principles, private ownership, nego-
tiating repayment of commercial debt, respect for
commercial contracts, and equitable treatment of
foreign private investment; and
(2) if that Government applies or transfers
United States assistance to any entity for the pur-
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pose of expropriating or seizing ownership or control
of assets, investments, or ventures.
(c) Funds may be furnished without regard to sub-
section (b) if the President determines that to do so is
in the national interest.
(d) None of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be made available to any government of the new
independent states of the former Soviet Union if that gov-
ernment directs any action in violation of the territorial
integrity or national sovereignty of any other new inde-
pendent state, such as those violations included in the Hel-
sinki Final Act: Provided, That such funds may be made
available without regard to the restriction in this sub-
section if the President determines that to do so is in the
national security interest of the United States: Provided
further, That the restriction of this subsection shall not
apply to the use of such funds for the provision of assist-
ance for purposes of humanitarian, disaster and refugee
relief.
(e) None of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing for the new independent states of the former Soviet
Union shall be made available for any state to enhance
its military capability: Provided, That this restriction does
not apply to demilitarization or nonproliferation programs.
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(f) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
(g) Funds made available in this Act for assistance
to the new independent states of the former Soviet Union
shall be subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating
to environment and natural resources) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961.
(h) In issuing new task orders, entering into con-
tracts, or making grants, with funds appropriated under
this heading or in prior appropriations Acts, for projects
or activities that have as one of their primary purposes
the fostering of private sector development, the Coordina-
tor for United States Assistance to the New Independent
States and the implementing agency shall encourage the
participation of and give significant weight to contractors
and grantees who propose investing a significant amount
of their own resources (including volunteer services and
in-kind contributions) in such projects and activities.
(i) 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
in interest-bearing accounts prior to the disbursement of
such funds by the Fund for program purposes. The Fund
may retain for such program proposes any interest earned
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on such deposits without returning such interest to the
Treasury of the United States and without further appro-
priation by the Congress. Funds made available for Enter-
prise Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate nec-
essary to make timely payment for projects and activities.
(j)(1) None of the funds appropriated under this
heading may be made available for Russia unless the
President determines and certifies in writing to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that the Government of Russia
has terminated implementation of arrangements to pro-
vide Iran with technical expertise, training, technology, or
equipment necessary to develop a nuclear reactor, related
nuclear research facilities or programs, or ballistic missile
capability.
(2) Fifty percent of the funds appropriated under this
heading that are allocated for Russia may be made avail-
able notwithstanding paragraph (1) if the President deter-
mines that making such funds available is vital to the na-
tional security interest of the United States. Any such de-
termination shall cease to be effective six months after
being made unless the President determines that its con-
tinuation is vital to the national security interest of the
United States.
(k)(1) Funds appropriated under this heading may
not be made available for the Government of Ukraine if
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the President determines and reports to the Committees
on Appropriations that the Government of Ukraine is en-
gaged in military cooperation with the Government of
Libya.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply if the President
determines that making such funds available is vital to
the national security interest of the United States. Any
such determination shall cease to be effective six months
after being made unless the President determines that its
continuation is vital to the national security interest of
the United States.
(l) Funds made available under this Act or any other
Act may not be provided for assistance to the Government
of Azerbaijan until the President determines, and so re-
ports to the Congress, that the Government of Azerbaijan
is taking demonstrable steps to cease all blockades and
other
offensive
uses
of
force
against
Armenia
and
Nagorno-Karabakh: Provided, That the restriction of this
subsection and section 907 of the FREEDOM Support
Act shall not apply to activities promoting democracy or
assistance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act
and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this Act may be utilized by the Ex-
port-Import Bank of the United States, the Overseas Pri-
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vate Investment Corporation, or the Trade and Develop-
ment Agency to provide financing (including direct loans,
loan guarantees, and insurance) or other assistance con-
trary to the provisions of section 907 of the FREEDOM
Support Act.
(m) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be
made available for humanitarian assistance through non-
governmental organizations for refugees, displaced per-
sons, and needy civilians in conflictive zones throughout
the Trans-Caucasus, including Nagorno-Karabagh, not-
withstanding any other provision of this or any other Act.
(n) Of the funds appropriated under this heading
that are allocated for Ukraine, 50 percent shall be with-
held from obligation and expenditure until the Secretary
of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations
that the Government of Ukraine: (1) is enforcing the April
10, 1997 Anti-Corruption decree of President Kuchma;
(2) has substantially completed the privatization of state
owned agricultural storage, distribution, equipment and
supply monopolies; and (3) has fully resolved most of the
commercial disputes involving complaints by United States
investors to the Embassy in Kiev as of April 30, 1997
and established a permanent legal mechanism for commer-
cial dispute resolution.
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INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of
the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with section
401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
year
limitations,
as
provided
by
U.S.C.
9104,
$20,000,000.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the
International Security and Development Cooperation Act
of 1980, Public Law 96–533, and to make such contracts
and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations
as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, $11,500,000: Provided,
That funds made available to grantees may be invested
pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized
by the President of the Foundation: Provided further,
That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes
for which the grant was made: Provided further, That this
authority applies to interest earned both prior to and fol-
lowing enactment of this provision: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the
board of directors of the Foundation may waive the
$250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect
to a project: Provided further, That the Foundation shall
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provide a report to the Committee on Appropriations after
each time such waiver authority is exercised.
PEACE CORPS
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $222,000,000, 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,
1999.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $230,000,000: Pro-
vided, That during fiscal year 1998, the Department of
State may also use the authority of section 608 of the
Act, without regard to its restrictions, to receive non-lethal
excess property from an agency of the United States Gov-
ernment for the purpose of providing it to a foreign coun-
try under chapter 8 of part I of that Act subject to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations.
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MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
to enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized
by law, a contribution 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-
ized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as
authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title
5, United States Code, $650,000,000: Provided, That not
more than $12,000,000 shall be available for administra-
tive expenses.
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for the targeted assistance
program authorized by title IV of the Immigration and
Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education
Assistance Act of 1980 and administered by the Office of
Refugee Resettlement of the Department of Health and
Human Services, in addition to amounts otherwise avail-
able for such purposes, $5,000,000.
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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)),
$50,000,000, 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 Migration and Refugee Assistance
Act of 1962 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, $118,000,000,
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
the Arms Export Control Act for demining activities, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, including activi-
ties implemented through nongovernmental and inter-
national organizations, section 301 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 for a voluntary contribution to the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a voluntary
contribution to the Korean Peninsula Energy Develop-
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ment Organization (KEDO): Provided, That of this
amount not to exceed $15,000,000, to remain available
until expended, may be made available for the Non-
proliferation and Disarmament Fund, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, to promote bilateral and multi-
lateral activities relating to nonproliferation and disar-
mament: Provided further, That such funds may also be
used for such countries other than the new independent
states of the former Soviet Union and international orga-
nizations when it is in the national security interest of the
United States to do so: Provided further, That such funds
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That
funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail-
able for the International 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 par-
ticipate in the activities of that Agency: Provided further,
That not to exceed $25,000,000 may be made available
to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organiza-
tion (KEDO) only for administrative expenses and heavy
fuel oil costs associated with the Agreed Framework: Pro-
vided further, That such funds may be obligated to KEDO
only if, thirty days prior to such obligation of funds, the
President certifies and so reports to Congress that: (1)(A)
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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 Unit-
ed 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-
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.