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(4) If the employment under paragraph (1) is with the
judicial branch, the Director of the Administrative Office of
the United States Courts may waive the repayment if the
individual involved possesses unique abilities and is the only
qualified applicant for the position.
(f ) REDUCTION OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEVELS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The total number of funded employee
positions in the agency shall be reduced by one position for
each vacancy created by the separation of any employee who
has received, or is due to receive, a voluntary separation incen-
tive payment under this section. For the purposes of this sub-
section, positions shall be counted on a full-time-equivalent
basis.
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The President, through the Office of
Management and Budget, shall monitor the agency and take
any action necessary to ensure that the requirements of this
subsection are met.
(g) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Management may
prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to implement this
section.
IRAQ OPPOSITION
SEC. 580. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’,
$10,000,000 shall be made available to support efforts to bring
about political transition in Iraq, of which not less than $8,000,000
shall be made available only to Iraqi opposition groups designated
under the Iraq Liberation Act (Public Law 105–338) for political,
economic, humanitarian, and other activities of such groups, and
not more than $2,000,000 may be made available for groups and
activities seeking the prosecution of Saddam Hussein and other
Iraqi government officials for war crimes.
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET SUBMISSION
SEC. 581. Beginning with the fiscal year 2001 budget, the
Agency for International Development shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations a detailed budget for each fiscal year. The
Agency shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a pro-
posed budget format no later than October 31, 1999, or 30 days
after the enactment of this Act, whichever occurs later. The pro-
posed format shall include how the Agency’s budget submission
will address: estimated levels of obligations for the current fiscal
year and actual levels for the two previous fiscal years; the Presi-
dent’s request for new budget authority and estimated carryover
obligational authority for the budget year; the disaggregation of
budget data by program and activity for each bureau, field mission,
and central office; and staff levels identified by program.
AMERICAN CHURCHWOMEN IN EL SALVADOR
SEC. 582. (a) Information relevant to the December 2, 1980
murders of four American churchwomen in El Salvador shall be
made public to the fullest extent possible.
(b) The Secretary of State and the Department of State are
to be commended for fully releasing information regarding the
murders.
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(c) The President shall order all Federal agencies and depart-
ments that possess relevant information to make every effort to
declassify and release to the victims’ families relevant information
as expeditiously as possible.
(d) In making determinations concerning the declassification
and release of relevant information, the Federal agencies and
departments shall presume in favor of releasing, rather than of
withholding, such information.
(e) Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Attorney General shall provide a report to the
Committees on Appropriations describing in detail the cir-
cumstances under which individuals involved in the murders or
the cover-up of the murders obtained residence in the United States.
KYOTO PROTOCOL
SEC. 583. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall
be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or orders
for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation for
implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol, which was adopted on
December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan, at the Third Conference of
the Parties to the United States Framework Convention on Climate
Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for advice
and consent to ratification pursuant to article II, section 2, clause
2, of the United States Constitution, and which has not entered
into force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO STOCKPILING OF DEFENSE
ARTICLES FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES
SEC. 584. (a) VALUE OF ADDITIONS TO STOCKPILES.—Section
514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 1996 and 1997, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1998,
and’’ and inserting before the period at the end, the following
‘‘and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2000’’.
(b) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND
THAILAND.—Section 
514(b)(2)(B) 
of 
such 
Act 
(22 
U.S.C.
2321h(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘Of the amount specified
in subparagraph (A) for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997,
not more than $40,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles
in the Republic of Korea and not more than $10,000,000 may
be made available for stockpiles in Thailand. Of the amount speci-
fied in subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 1998, not more than
$40,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles in the Republic
of Korea and not more than $20,000,000 may be made available
for stockpiles in Thailand.’’ and inserting at the end the following
‘‘Of the amount specified in subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2000,
not more than $40,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles
in the Republic of Korea and not more than $20,000,000 may
be made available for stockpiles in Thailand.’’.
RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
SEC. 585. Section 3011 of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act (Public Law 106–31; 113 Stat. 93) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1999’’ in subsections (a)(1),
(b)(4)(B), (d)(3), and (h)(1)(A) and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 1999
and 2000’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘2000’’ in subsection (a)(2), (e)(1), and
(h)(1)(B) and inserting ‘‘2001’’.
ABOLITION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION
SEC. 586. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget.
(2) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ means the Inter-
American Foundation.
(3) FUNCTION.—The term ‘‘function’’ means any duty,
obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege,
activity, or program.
(b) ABOLITION OF INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION.—During fiscal
year 2000, the President is authorized to abolish the Inter-American
Foundation. The provisions of this section shall only be effective
upon the effective date of the abolition of the Inter-American
Foundation.
(c) TERMINATION OF FUNCTIONS.—
(1) Except as provided in subsection (d)(2), there are termi-
nated upon the abolition of the Foundation all functions vested
in, or exercised by, the Foundation or any official thereof,
under any statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, or
other provisions of law, as of the day before the effective date
of this section.
(2) REPEAL.—Section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1969 (22 U.S.C. 6290f ) is repealed upon the effective date
specified in subsection ( j).
(3) FINAL DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.—Upon the date of trans-
mittal to Congress of the certification described in subsection
(d)(4), all unexpended balances of appropriations of the Founda-
tion shall be deposited in the miscellaneous receipts account
of the Treasury of the United States.
(d) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
THE DIRECTOR
OF
THE OFFICE
OF
MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall be responsible for—
(A) the administration and wind-up of any outstanding
obligation of the Federal Government under any contract
or agreement entered into by the Foundation before the
date of the enactment of the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2000,
except that the authority of this subparagraph does not
include the renewal or extension of any such contract or
agreement; and
(B) taking such other actions as may be necessary
to wind-up any outstanding affairs of the Foundation.
(2) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO THE DIRECTOR.—There are
transferred to the Director such functions of the Foundation
under any statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, or
other provision of law, as of the day before the date of the
enactment of this section, as may be necessary to carry out
the responsibilities of the Director under paragraph (1).
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(3) AUTHORITIES OF THE DIRECTOR.—For purposes of per-
forming the functions of the Director under paragraph (1) and
subject to the availability of appropriations, the Director may—
(A) enter into contracts;
(B) employ experts and consultants in accordance with
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at rates for
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent
to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule; and
(C) utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the services, facili-
ties, and personnel of other Federal agencies.
(4) CERTIFICATION
REQUIRED.—Whenever the Director
determines that the responsibilities described in paragraph (1)
have been fully discharged, the Director shall so certify to
the appropriate congressional committees.
(e) REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a detailed report in writing regarding all matters
relating to the abolition and termination of the Foundation. The
report shall be submitted not later than 90 days after the termi-
nation of the Foundation.
(f ) TRANSFER
AND ALLOCATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Except
as otherwise provided in this section, the assets, liabilities
(including contingent liabilities arising from suits continued with
a substitution or addition of parties under subsection (g)(3)), con-
tracts, property, records, and unexpended balance of appropriations,
authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, held, used,
arising from, available to, or to be made available in connection
with the functions, terminated by subsection (c)(1) or transferred
by subsection (d)(2) shall be transferred to the Director for purposes
of carrying out the responsibilities described in subsection (d)(1).
(g) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—
(1) CONTINUING LEGAL FORCE AND EFFECT.—All orders, deter-
minations, rules, regulations, permits, agreements, grants, con-
tracts, certificates, licenses, registrations, privileges, and other
administrative actions—
(A) that have been issued, made, granted, or allowed
to become effective by the Foundation in the performance
of functions that are terminated or transferred under this
section; and
(B) that are in effect as of the date of the abolition
of the Foundation, or were final before such date and
are to become effective on or after such date,
shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified,
terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in accordance
with law by the President, the Director, or other authorized
official, a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of
law.
(2) NO
EFFECT
ON
JUDICIAL
OR
ADMINISTRATIVE
PRO-
CEEDINGS.—Except as otherwise provided in this section—
(A) the provisions of this section shall not affect suits
commenced prior to the date of the abolition of the Founda-
tion; and
(B) in all such suits, proceedings shall be had, appeals
taken, and judgments rendered in the same manner and
effect as if this section had not been enacted.
(3) NONABATEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS.—No suit, action, or
other proceeding commenced by or against any officer in the