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Union Calendar No. 83
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2506
[Report No. 107–142]
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 17, 2001
Mr. KOLBE, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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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-
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 the 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,
$753,323,000 to remain available until September 30,
2005: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
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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 Sep-
tember 30, 2020 for the disbursement of direct loans, loan
guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated in fis-
cal years 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or any
prior Act appropriating funds for foreign operations, ex-
port financing, or related programs for tied-aid credits or
grants may be used for any other purpose except through
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated
by this paragraph are made available notwithstanding sec-
tion 2(b)(2) of the Export Import Bank Act of 1945, in
connection with the purchase or lease of any product by
any East European country, any Baltic State or any agen-
cy or national thereof.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including
hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official
reception and representation expenses for members of the
Board of Directors, $63,000,000: Provided, That nec-
essary expenses (including special services performed on
a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal
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services) in connection 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 investigation 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 consid-
ered nonadministrative expenses for the purposes of this
heading: Provided further, That, notwithstanding sub-
section (b) of section 117 of the Export Enhancement Act
of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall remain in effect until
October 1, 2002.
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
$38,608,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred
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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.
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
Such sums as may be necessary for administrative
expenses to carry out the credit program may be derived
from amounts available for administrative expenses to
carry out the credit and insurance programs in the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation noncredit Account
and merged with said account.
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,
$50,024,000, to remain available until September 30,
2003.
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, 2002, unless otherwise specified herein, as
follows:
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UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 and title I of Public Law 106–570, for child
survival, reproductive health, assistance to combat tropical
and other infectious diseases, and related activities, in ad-
dition to funds otherwise available for such purposes,
$1,387,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this amount shall be made available for such
activities as: (1) immunization programs; (2) oral rehydra-
tion programs; (3) health, nutrition, water and sanitation
programs, and related education programs, which directly
address the needs of mothers and children; (4) assistance
for displaced and orphaned children; (5) programs for the
prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, tu-
berculosis, HIV/AIDS, polio, malaria and other infectious
diseases; and (6) reproductive health: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading
may be made available for nonproject assistance, except
that funds may be made available for such assistance for
ongoing health programs: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed
$125,000, in addition to funds otherwise available for such
purposes, may be used to monitor and provide oversight