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(A) in an amount not less than $2 for 
every $3 of Federal funds provided through the 
grant; and 
(B) provided directly or through donations 
from private entities, in cash or in kind, fairly 
evaluated, including plant, equipment, or serv-
ices; and 
(5) the nonprofit corporation shall manage, 
monitor, and submit reports to the Peace Corps or 
the Corporation, as the case may be, on each pro-
gram or project for which the nonprofit corporation 
receives a grant under this section. 
(d) STATUS OF THE FUND.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to make any nonprofit corporation sup-
ported under this section an agency or establishment of 
the Federal Government or to make the members of the 
board of directors or any officer or employee of such non-
profit corporation an officer or employee of the United 
States. 
(e) FACTORS
IN AWARDING GRANTS.—In deter-
mining the number of nonprofit corporations to receive 
grants under this section for any fiscal year, the Peace 
Corps or the Corporation—
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(1) shall take into consideration the need to 
minimize overhead costs that direct resources from 
the funding of programs and projects; and 
(2) shall seek to ensure a broad geographical 
distribution of grants for programs and projects 
under this section. 
(f) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—Grant recipients 
under this section shall be subject to the appropriate over-
sight procedures of Congress. 
(g) FUNDING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section up to 
$10,000,000. Such sum shall be in addition to funds 
made available to the Peace Corps under this divi-
sion. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pur-
suant to paragraph (1) are authorized to remain 
available until expended. 
(h) CRISIS CORPS.—
(1) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress states 
that the Crisis Corps has been an effective tool in 
harnessing the skills and talents of returned Peace 
Corps volunteers. 
(2) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF CRISIS CORPS AS-
SIGNMENTS.—The Director, in consultation with the
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governments of host countries and appropriate non-
governmental organizations, shall increase the num-
ber of available Crisis Corps assignments for re-
turned Peace Corps volunteers to at least 120 as-
signments in fiscal year 2004, 140 assignments in 
fiscal year 2005, 160 assignments in fiscal year 
2006, and 165 assignments in fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 1108. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 
Congress declares its support for the goal announced 
by President Bush of doubling the number of Peace Corps 
volunteers to 14,000 by 2007 and supports the funding 
levels necessary to accomplish this growth. 
SEC. 1109. PEACE CORPS IN SIERRA LEONE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Peace Corps service to Sierra Leone was 
suspended in 1994 due to a brutal civil war between 
the government and the Revolutionary United Front 
(RUF). 
(2) Backed by British military intervention and 
a United Nations peacekeeping operation, govern-
ment authority has been reestablished throughout 
the country and ‘‘free and fair’’ national elections 
took place in May 2002. 
(3) Sierra Leone is a majority Muslim country.
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(4) The Peace Corps has given the safety and 
security of its volunteers high priority. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Peace Corps should return its program to 
Sierra Leone as soon as security conditions are consistent 
with the safety and security of its volunteers. 
SEC. 1110. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 3(b)(1) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 
2502(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘and $365,000,000 
fiscal year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘$365,000,000 for fiscal 
year 
2003, 
$366,868,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2004, 
$411,800,000 for fiscal year 2005, $455,930,000 for fis-
cal year 2006, and $499,400,000 for fiscal year 2007’’. 
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF 
STATE AUTHORIZATION ACT, 
FISCAL YEARS 2004 AND 2005
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 
State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005’’. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF 
APPROPRIATIONS 
Subtitle A—Department of State 
SEC. 111. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following amounts are au-
thorized to be appropriated for the Department under
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‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’’ to carry out the au-
thorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the con-
duct of the foreign affairs of the United States, and for 
other purposes authorized by law, including public diplo-
macy activities and the diplomatic security program: 
(1) DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’, $4,187,544,000 for the fiscal year 
2004 and $4,438,796,000 for the fiscal year 
2005. 
(B) PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated by subpara-
graph (A), $320,930,000 for the fiscal 
year 2004 and $329,838,000 for the fiscal 
year 2005 is authorized to be appropriated 
for public diplomacy. 
(ii) IMPROVEMENTS IN PUBLIC DIPLO-
MACY PROGRAMS.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under clause (i) 
$20,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and 
$20,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is au-
thorized to be available for improvements 
and modernization of public diplomacy pro-
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grams and activities of the Department of 
State. 
(iii) TRANSLATION SERVICES.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under clause (i), $4,000,000 for the fiscal 
year 2004 and $4,000,000 for the fiscal 
year 2005 is authorized to be available for 
translation services available to public af-
fairs officers in overseas posts. 
(C) WORLDWIDE SECURITY UPGRADES.—
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
by subparagraph (A), $646,701,000 for the fis-
cal year 2004 and $679,036,000 for the fiscal 
year 2005 is authorized to be appropriated for 
worldwide security upgrades. 
(D) BUREAU
OF
DEMOCRACY, 
HUMAN 
RIGHTS, AND LABOR.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated by subparagraph (A), 
$20,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and 
$20,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is author-
ized to be appropriated for salaries and ex-
penses of the Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor. 
(E) 
RECRUITMENT
OF
MINORITY 
GROUPS.—Of the amount authorized to be ap-
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propriated by subparagraph (A), $2,000,000 for 
the fiscal year 2004 and $2,000,000 for the fis-
cal year 2005 is authorized to be appropriated 
for the recruitment of members of minority 
groups for careers in the Foreign Service and 
international affairs. 
(2) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.—For ‘‘Cap-
ital Investment Fund’’, $157,000,000 for the fiscal 
year 2004 and $161,710,000 for the fiscal year 
2005. 
(3) EMBASSY
SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION
AND 
MAINTENANCE.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—For ‘‘Embassy Secu-
rity, 
Construction 
and 
Maintenance’’, 
$653,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and 
$784,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005, in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated for such purpose by section 604 of 
the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Dono-
van Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 2000 and 2001 (as enacted into law by 
section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113 and 
contained in appendix G of that Act; 113 Stat. 
1501A–470).
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(B) AMENDMENT
OF
THE
NANCE-DONO-
VAN
FOREIGN
RELATIONS
AUTHORIZATION 
ACT.—Section 604(a) of the Admiral James W. 
Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 
(113 Stat. 1501A–453) is amended—
(i) at the end of paragraph (4) by 
striking ‘‘and’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (5) by striking 
‘‘$900,000,000.’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$1,000,000,000; and’’; and 
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (5) 
the following: 
‘‘(6) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2005, 
$1,000,000,000.’’. 
(4) 
REPRESENTATION
ALLOWANCES.—For 
‘‘Representation Allowances’’, $9,000,000 for the 
fiscal year 2004 and $9,000,000 for the fiscal year 
2005. 
(5) PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND 
OFFICIALS.—
(A) For ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions 
and Officials’’, $25,000,000 for the fiscal year 
2004 and $25,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005.
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(B) In addition to amounts authorized to 
be appropriated by subparagraph (A), there is 
authorized to be appropriated $30,600,000 for 
‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials’’ 
only to reimburse the City of New York for nec-
essary expenses incurred since 1999 for the 
protection of foreign missions and officials. 
(C) Notwithstanding section 34 of the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), the Secretary is au-
thorized 
to 
reprogram 
not 
more 
than 
$5,000,000 of funds otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated by this section for the purposes of 
this paragraph. 
(6) EMERGENCIES
IN
THE
DIPLOMATIC
AND 
CONSULAR SERVICE.—For ‘‘Emergencies in the Dip-
lomatic and Consular Service’’, $1,000,000 for the 
fiscal year 2004 and such sums as may be necessary 
for the fiscal year 2005. 
(7) REPATRIATION LOANS.—For ‘‘Repatriation 
Loans’’, $1,219,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and 
$1,219,000 for the fiscal year 2005. 
(8) PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN 
TAIWAN.—For ‘‘Payment to the American Institute
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in Taiwan’’, $19,773,000 for the fiscal year 2004 
and $20,761,000 for the fiscal year 2005. 
(9) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—
For ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, $31,703,000 
for the fiscal year 2004 and $32,654,000 for the fis-
cal year 2005. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR PROTECTION OF 
FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS.—The amount appro-
priated pursuant to subsection (a)(5) is authorized to re-
main available through September 30, 2006. 
SEC. 112. UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in this section are au-
thorized to be appropriated for the Department of State 
to carry out educational and cultural programs of the De-
partment of State under the United States Information 
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Reorganiza-
tion Plan Number 2 of 1977, the Foreign Affairs Reform 
and Restructuring Act of 1998, the Center for Cultural 
and Technical Interchange Between East and West Act 
of 1960, the Dante B. Fascell North-South Center Act 
of 1991, and the National Endowment for Democracy Act, 
and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with 
such purposes.
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(b) EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PRO-
GRAMS.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For 
‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs’’, 
$393,000,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
2004 
and 
$405,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005. 
(2) PROGRAMS
IN
EASTERN
EUROPE
AND 
FORMER SOVIET UNION.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), 
$150,000,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
2004 
and 
$150,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is authorized 
to be available for programs in Eastern Europe and 
countries of the former Soviet Union. 
(3) ACADEMIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), 
$142,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and 
$142,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is au-
thorized to be available for the ‘‘Academic Ex-
change Programs’’ (other than programs de-
scribed in paragraph (4)). 
(B) 
HIV/AIDS
INITIATIVE.—Of 
the 
amounts authorized to be available under sub-
paragraph (A), $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 
2004 and $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005
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is authorized to be available for HIV/AIDS re-
search and mitigation strategies. 
(C) FULBRIGHT
ENGLISH
TEACHING
AS-
SISTANT PROGRAM IN KOREA.—Of the amounts 
authorized to be available by subparagraph (A), 
$750,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and 
$750,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is authorized 
to be available for the Fulbright English Teach-
ing Assistant Program in Korea, which sends 
United States citizen students to serve as 
English language teaching assistants at Korean 
colleges and high schools. 
(D) DANTE
B. FASCELL
NORTH-SOUTH 
CENTER.—Of the amounts authorized to be 
available by subparagraph (A), $1,025,000 for 
the fiscal year 2004 and $1,025,000 for the fis-
cal year 2005 is authorized to be available for 
the ‘‘Dante B. Fascell North-South Center’’. 
(E) GEORGE J. MITCHELL SCHOLARSHIP 
PROGRAM.—Of the amounts authorized to be 
available under subparagraph (A), $500,000 for 
the fiscal year 2004 and $500,000 for the fiscal 
year 2005 is authorized to be available for the 
‘‘George J. Mitchell Scholarship Program’’ 
which provides for one year of postgraduate
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study for American scholars at institutions of 
higher education in Ireland and Northern Ire-
land. 
(4) OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EX-
CHANGE PROGRAMS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), 
$110,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and 
$110,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is au-
thorized to be available for other educational 
and cultural exchange programs authorized by 
law.
(B) INITIATIVES
FOR
PREDOMINANTLY 
MUSLIM COUNTRIES.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be available under subparagraph (A), 
$35,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and 
$35,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is author-
ized to be available for initiatives for predomi-
nantly Muslim countries established under sec-
tion 251. 
(C) 
TIBETAN
EXCHANGES.—Of 
the 
amounts authorized to be available under sub-
paragraph (A), $500,000 for the fiscal year 
2004 and $500,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is 
authorized to be available for ‘‘Ngawang
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Choephel 
Exchange 
Programs’’ 
(formerly 
known as ‘‘programs of educational and cul-
tural exchange between the United States and 
the people of Tibet’’) under section 103(a) of 
the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign 
Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (Public Law 
104–319). 
(D) EAST TIMORESE SCHOLARSHIPS.—Of 
the amounts authorized to be available under 
subparagraph (A), $1,000,000 for the fiscal 
year 2004 and $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 
2005 is authorized to be available for ‘‘East 
Timorese Scholarships’’. 
(E) SOUTH PACIFIC EXCHANGES.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be available under sub-
paragraph (A), $750,000 for the fiscal year 
2004 and $750,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is 
authorized to be available for ‘‘South Pacific 
Exchanges’’. 
(F) SUDANESE
SCHOLARSHIPS.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be available under sub-
paragraph (A), $500,000 for the fiscal year 
2004 and $500,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is 
authorized to be available for scholarships for 
students from southern Sudan for secondary or
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postsecondary education in the United States, 
to be known as ‘‘Sudanese Scholarships’’. 
(G) SUMMER
INSTITUTES
FOR
KOREAN 
STUDENTS.—Of the amounts authorized to be 
available under subparagraph (A), $750,000 for 
the fiscal year 2004 and $750,000 for the fiscal 
year 2005 is authorized to be available for sum-
mer academic study programs in the United 
States (focusing on United States political sys-
tems, government institutions, society, and 
democratic culture) for college and university 
students from the Republic of Korea, to be 
known as the ‘‘United States Summer Insti-
tutes for Korean Student Leaders’’. 
(H) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INDIGENOUS PEO-
PLES OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH 
AMERICA.—Of the amounts authorized to be 
available under subparagraph (A), $400,000 for 
the fiscal year 2004 and $400,000 for the fiscal 
year 2005 is authorized to be available for 
scholarships for postsecondary education in the 
United States for students from Mexico and the 
countries of Central and South America who 
are from the indigenous peoples of the region. 
(c) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—For the ‘‘National Endow-
ment for Democracy’’, $45,000,000 for the fiscal 
year 2004 and $47,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005. 
(2) INITIATIVES FOR PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM 
COUNTRIES.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated under paragraph (1), $3,000,000 for the 
fiscal year 2004 and $3,000,000 for the fiscal year 
2005 is authorized to be available for the National 
Endowment for Democracy to fund programs that 
promote democracy, good governance, the rule of 
law, independent media, religious tolerance, the 
rights of women, and strengthening of civil society 
in countries of predominantly Muslim population 
within the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Near East-
ern Affairs of the Department of State. 
(d) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTER-
CHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.—For the ‘‘Center 
for Cultural and Technical Interchange between East and 
West’’, $14,280,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and 
$14,280,000 for the fiscal year 2005. 
(e) REAGAN-FASCELL DEMOCRACY FELLOWS.—For 
the ‘‘Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows’’, for fellowships 
for democracy activists and scholars from around the 
world at the International Forum for Democratic Studies 
in Washington, D.C., to study, write, and exchange views
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with other activists and scholars and with Americans, 
$1,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and $1,000,000 for 
the fiscal year 2005. 
(f) BENJAMIN GILMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAR-
SHIP PROGRAM.—Section 305 of the Microenterprise for 
Self-Reliance and International Anti-Corruption Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 2462 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘$1,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500,000’’. 
SEC. 113. CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS. 
(a) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Contributions to International Organi-
zations’’ $1,010,463,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and 
$1,040,776,000 for the fiscal year 2005 for the Depart-
ment to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and 
responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the 
United States with respect to international organizations 
and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with 
such purposes. 
(b) CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE-
KEEPING ACTIVITIES.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Contributions for Inter-
national Peacekeeping Activities’’ $550,200,000 for the 
fiscal year 2004 and such sums as may be necessary for
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the fiscal year 2005 for the Department to carry out the 
authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the 
conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States with 
respect to international peacekeeping activities and to 
carry out other authorities in law consistent with such 
purposes. 
(c) FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
addition to the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by subsection (a), there is authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the 
fiscal years 2004 and 2005 to offset adverse fluctua-
tions in foreign currency exchange rates.
(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro-
priated under this subsection may be available for 
obligation and expenditure only to the extent that 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et determines and certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that such amounts are nec-
essary due to such fluctuations. 
(d) REFUND
OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS.—The 
United States shall continue to insist that the United Na-
tions and its specialized and affiliated agencies shall credit 
or refund to each member of the organization or agency 
concerned its proportionate share of the amount by which
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the total contributions to the organization or agency ex-
ceed the expenditures of the regular assessed budget of 
the organization or agency. 
SEC. 114. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS. 
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated under ‘‘International Commissions’’ for the De-
partment to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, 
and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs 
of the United States with respect to international commis-
sions, and for other purposes authorized by law: 
(1) INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY
AND
WATER 
COMMISSION, UNITED
STATES
AND
MEXICO.—For 
‘‘International Boundary and Water Commission, 
United States and Mexico’’—
(A) 
for 
‘‘Salaries 
and 
Expenses’’, 
$31,562,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and 
$31,562,000 for the fiscal year 2005; and 
(B) for ‘‘Construction’’, $8,901,000 for the 
fiscal year 2004 and $8,901,000 for the fiscal 
year 2005. 
(2) INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY
COMMISSION, 
UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—For ‘‘International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada’’, 
$1,261,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and $1,261,000 
for the fiscal year 2005.
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(3) INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION.—For 
‘‘International Joint Commission’’, $7,810,000 for 
the fiscal year 2004 and $7,810,000 for the fiscal 
year 2005. 
(4) 
INTERNATIONAL
FISHERIES
COMMIS-
SIONS.—For ‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’, 
$20,043,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
2004 
and 
$20,043,000 for the fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 115. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department for ‘‘Migration and Refugee 
Assistance’’ for authorized activities, $927,000,000 for the 
fiscal year 2004 and $957,000,000 for the fiscal year 
2005. 
(b) REFUGEES RESETTLING
IN ISRAEL.—Of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a), 
$50,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and $50,000,000 for 
the fiscal year 2005 is authorized to be available for the 
resettlement of refugees in Israel. 
(c) TIBETAN REFUGEES IN INDIA AND NEPAL.—Of 
the amount authorized to be appropriated by subsection 
(a), $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and $2,000,000 
for the fiscal year 2005 is authorized to be available for 
humanitarian assistance, including food, medicine, cloth-
ing, and medical and vocational training, to Tibetan refu-
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gees in India and Nepal who have fled Chinese-occupied 
Tibet. 
(d) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
FOR DISPLACED 
BURMESE.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated 
by subsection (a), $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and 
$2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is authorized to be 
available for humanitarian assistance (including food, 
medicine, clothing, and medical and vocational training) 
to persons displaced as a result of civil conflict in Burma, 
including persons still within Burma. 
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
pursuant to this section are authorized to remain available 
until expended. 
SEC. 
116. 
VOLUNTARY 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
TO 
INTER-
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State 
for ‘‘Voluntary Contributions to International Organiza-
tions’’, $342,555,000 (reduced by $25,000,000) for the 
fiscal year 2004 and $345,000,000 (reduced by 
$25,000,000) for the fiscal year 2005. 
(b) UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTARY FUND FOR VIC-
TIMS OF TORTURE.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated under subsection (a), $6,000,000 for the fiscal 
year 2004 and $7,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is au-
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thorized to be available for a United States voluntary con-
tribution to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Vic-
tims of Torture. 
(c) ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection 
(a) $2,000,000 for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 is author-
ized to be available for a United States voluntary contribu-
tion to the Organization of American States for the Inter-
American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE) to iden-
tify and develop a port in the Latin American and Carib-
bean region into a model of best security practices and 
appropriate technologies for improving port security in the 
Western Hemisphere. Amounts authorized to be available 
by the preceding sentence are authorized to remain avail-
able until expended and are in addition to amounts other-
wise available to carry out section 301 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2221). 
(d) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBU-
TIONS TO UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—
(1) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts made avail-
able under subsection (a) for each of the fiscal years 
2004 and 2005 for United States contributions to 
the United Nations Development Program an 
amount equal to the amount the United Nations De-
velopment Program will spend in Burma during each
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fiscal year shall be withheld unless during such fiscal 
year the Secretary of State submits to the appro-
priate congressional committees the certification de-
scribed in paragraph (2). 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—The certification referred 
to in paragraph (1) is a certification by the Sec-
retary of State that all programs and activities of 
the United Nations Development Program (including 
United Nations Development Program—Adminis-
tered Funds) in Burma—
(A) are focused on eliminating human suf-
fering and addressing the needs of the poor; 
(B) are undertaken only through inter-
national or private voluntary organizations that 
have been deemed independent of the State 
Peace and Development Council (SPDC) (for-
merly known as the State Law and Order Res-
toration Council (SLORC)), after consultation 
with the leadership of the National League for 
Democracy and the leadership of the National 
Coalition Government of the Union of Burma; 
(C) provide no financial, political, or mili-
tary benefit to the SPDC; and 
(D) are carried out only after consultation 
with the leadership of the National League for
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Democracy and the leadership of the National 
Coalition Government of the Union of Burma. 
SEC. 
117. 
VOLUNTARY 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
FOR 
INTER-
NATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State 
for ‘‘Voluntary Contributions for International Peace-
keeping’’, $110,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and 
$110,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005. 
(b) PEACEKEEPING IN AFRICA.—Of the amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), 
$40,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and such sums as 
may be necessary for the fiscal year 2005 is authorized 
to be appropriated for peacekeeping activities in Africa. 
SEC. 118. GRANTS TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION. 
Section 404 of The Asia Foundation Act (title IV of 
Public Law 98–164; 22 U.S.C. 4403) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 404. There is authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary of State $18,000,000 for the fiscal year 
2004 and $18,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 for grants 
to The Asia Foundation pursuant to this title.’’.
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Subtitle B—United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Activities 
SEC. 121. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out United States Government broad-
casting activities under the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994, the Radio Broad-
casting to Cuba Act, the Television Broadcasting to Cuba 
Act, and the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring 
Act of 1998, and to carry out other authorities in law con-
sistent with such purposes: 
(1) 
INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING
OPER-
ATIONS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—For ‘‘International 
Broadcasting Operations’’, $600,354,000 for 
the fiscal year 2004 and $612,146,000 for the 
fiscal year 2005. 
(B) ALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated by sub-
paragraph (A), there is authorized to be avail-
able for Radio Free Asia $30,000,000 for the 
fiscal year 2004 and $30,000,000 for the fiscal 
year 2005.
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(C) OFFICE OF GLOBAL INTERNET FREE-
DOM.—Of the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by subparagraph (A), there is author-
ized to be available for the Broadcasting Board 
of Governors for the establishment and oper-
ations of the Office of Global Internet Freedom 
under section 524(a) $8,000,000 for the fiscal 
year 2004 and $8,000,000 for the fiscal year 
2005. 
(2) BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.—
For 
‘‘Broadcasting 
Capital 
Improvements’’, 
$29,895,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
2004 
and 
$11,395,000 for the fiscal year 2005.
(3) BROADCASTING
TO
CUBA.—For ‘‘Broad-
casting to Cuba’’, $26,901,000 for the fiscal year 
2004 and $27,439,000 for the fiscal year 2005. 
TITLE 
II—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
STATE AUTHORITIES AND AC-
TIVITIES 
Subtitle A—United States Public 
Diplomacy 
SEC. 201. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings:
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(1) The United States possesses strong and 
deep connections with the peoples of the world sepa-
rate from its relations with their governments. These 
connections can be a major asset in the promotion 
of United States interests and foreign policy. 
(2) Misinformation and hostile propaganda in 
these countries regarding the United States and its 
foreign policy endanger the interests of the United 
States. Existing efforts to counter such misinforma-
tion and propaganda are inadequate and must be 
greatly enhanced in both scope and substance. 
(3) United States foreign policy has been ham-
pered by an insufficient consideration of the impor-
tance of public diplomacy in the formulation and im-
plementation of that policy and by the underuse of 
modern communication techniques. 
(4) The United States should have an oper-
ational strategy and a coordinated effort regarding 
the utilization of its public diplomacy resources. 
(5) The development of an operational strategy 
and a coordinated effort by United States agencies 
regarding public diplomacy would greatly enhance 
United States foreign policy. 
(6) The Secretary of State has undertaken ef-
forts to ensure that of the new positions established
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at the Department of State after September 30, 
2002, a significant proportion are for public diplo-
macy. 
(b) PURPOSES.—It is the purpose of this subtitle to 
enhance in scope and substance, redirect, redefine, and re-
organize United States public diplomacy. 
SEC. 202. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 265 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 58 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 59. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
make public diplomacy an integral component in the plan-
ning and execution of United States foreign policy. The 
Department of State, in coordination with the United 
States International Broadcasting Agency, shall develop a 
comprehensive strategy for the use of public diplomacy re-
sources and assume a prominent role in coordinating the 
efforts of all Federal agencies involved in public diplo-
macy. Public diplomacy efforts shall be addressed to devel-
oped and developing countries, to select and general audi-
ences, and shall utilize all available media to ensure that 
the foreign policy of the United States is properly ex-
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plained and understood not only by the governments of 
countries but also by their peoples, with the objective of 
enhancing support for United States foreign policy. The 
Secretary shall ensure that the public diplomacy strategy 
of the United States is cohesive and coherent and shall 
aggressively and through the most effective mechanisms 
counter misinformation and propaganda concerning the 
United States. The Secretary shall endeavor to articulate 
the importance in American foreign policy of the guiding 
principles and doctrines of the United States, particularly 
freedom and democracy. The Secretary, in coordination 
with the Board of Governors of the United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency, shall develop and articulate 
long-term measurable objectives for United States public 
diplomacy. The Secretary is authorized to produce and 
distribute public diplomacy programming for distribution 
abroad in order to achieve public diplomacy objectives, in-
cluding through satellite communication, the Internet, and 
other established and emerging communications tech-
nologies. 
‘‘(b) INFORMATION CONCERNING UNITED STATES 
ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION OF ASSISTANCE.—In co-
operation with the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development (USAID) and other public
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and private assistance organizations and agencies, 
the Secretary shall ensure that information con-
cerning foreign assistance provided by the United 
States Government, United States nongovernmental 
organizations and private entities, and the American 
people is disseminated widely and prominently, par-
ticularly, to the extent practicable, within countries 
and regions that receive such assistance. The Sec-
retary shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, 
projects funded by the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID) that do not in-
volve commodities, including projects implemented 
by private voluntary organizations, are identified as 
being supported by the United States of America, as 
American Aid or provided by the American people. 
‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
120 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall submit a report to the Committee on 
International Relations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate on efforts to disseminate information con-
cerning assistance described in paragraph (1) during 
the preceding fiscal year. Each such report shall in-
clude specific information concerning all instances in 
which the United States Agency for International
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Development has not identified projects in the man-
ner prescribed in paragraph (1) because such identi-
fication was not practicable. Any such report shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified appendix. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORITY.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, the Secretary may contract with and com-
pensate government and private agencies or persons for 
property and services to carry out this section.’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RE-
SERVE CORPS.—
(1) The Secretary of State shall establish a 
public diplomacy reserve corps to augment the public 
diplomacy capacity and capabilities of the Depart-
ment in emergency and critical circumstances world-
wide. The Secretary shall develop a contingency plan 
for the use of the corps to bolster public diplomacy 
resources and expertise. To the extent necessary and 
appropriate, the Secretary may recruit experts in 
public diplomacy and related fields from the private 
sector. 
(2) While actively serving with the reserve 
corps, individuals are prohibited from engaging in 
activities directly or indirectly intended to influence 
public opinion within the United States to the same
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degree that employees of the Department engaged in 
public diplomacy are so prohibited. 
(c) FUNCTIONS OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR 
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.—
(1) Section 1(b)(3) of the State Department 
Basic 
Authorities 
Act 
of 
1956 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2651a(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘formation’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘formation, supervision, and imple-
mentation of United States public diplomacy poli-
cies, programs, and activities, including the provision 
of guidance to Department personnel in the United 
States and overseas who conduct or implement such 
policies, programs, and activities. The Under Sec-
retary for Public Diplomacy shall assist the United 
States Agency for International Broadcasting in pre-
senting the policies of the United States clearly and 
effectively, shall submit statements of United States 
policy and editorial material to the Agency for 
broadcast consideration in addition to material pre-
pared by the Agency, and shall ensure that editorial 
material created by the Agency for broadcast is re-
viewed expeditiously by the Department.’’. 
(2) The Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, 
in carrying out the functions under the last sentence
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of section 1(b)(3) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (as added by paragraph (1), 
shall consult with public diplomacy officers operating 
at United States overseas posts and in the regional 
bureaus of the Department of State. 
SEC. 203. ANNUAL PLAN ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STRAT-
EGY. 
The Secretary of State, in coordination with all ap-
propriate Federal agencies, shall prepare an annual review 
and analysis of the impact of public diplomacy efforts on 
target audiences. Each review shall assess the United 
States public diplomacy strategy worldwide and by region, 
including the allocation of resources and an evaluation and 
assessment of the progress in, and barriers to, achieving 
the goals set forth under previous plans submitted under 
this section. On the basis of such review, the Secretary 
of State, in coordination with all appropriate Federal 
agencies shall develop and submit, as part of the annual 
budget submission, a public diplomacy strategy which 
specifies goals, agency responsibilities, and necessary re-
sources and mechanisms for achieving such goals during 
the next fiscal year. The plan may be submitted in classi-
fied form.
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SEC. 204. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY TRAINING. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(1) The Foreign Service should recruit individ-
uals with expertise and professional experience in 
public diplomacy. 
(2) Ambassadors should have a prominent role 
in the formulation of public diplomacy strategies for 
the countries and regions to which they are assigned 
and be accountable for the operation and success of 
public diplomacy efforts at their posts. 
(3) Initial and subsequent training of Foreign 
Service officers should be enhanced to include infor-
mation and training on public diplomacy and the 
tools and technology of mass communication. 
(b) PERSONNEL.—
(1) In the recruitment, training, and assign-
ment of members of the Foreign Service, the Sec-
retary shall emphasize the importance of public di-
plomacy and of applicable skills and techniques. The 
Secretary shall consider the priority recruitment into 
the Foreign Service, at middle-level entry, of individ-
uals with expertise and professional experience in 
public diplomacy, mass communications, or jour-
nalism, especially individuals with language facility 
and experience in particular countries and regions.
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(2) The Secretary of State shall seek to in-
crease the number of Foreign Service officers pro-
ficient in languages spoken in predominantly Muslim 
countries. Such increase shall be accomplished 
through the recruitment of new officers and incen-
tives for officers in service. 
SEC. 205. UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUB-
LIC DIPLOMACY. 
(a) STUDY AND REPORT BY UNITED STATES ADVI-
SORY
COMMISSION
ON
PUBLIC
DIPLOMACY.—Section 
604(c)(2) of the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469(c)(2)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2)(A) Not less often than every two years, the Com-
mission shall undertake an in-depth review of United 
States public diplomacy programs, policies, and activities. 
Each study shall assess the effectiveness of the various 
mechanisms of United States public diplomacy, in light 
of factors including public and media attitudes around the 
world toward the United States, Americans, United States 
foreign policy, and the role of the American private-sector 
community abroad, and make appropriate recommenda-
tions. 
‘‘(B) A comprehensive report of each study under 
subparagraph (A) shall be submitted to the Secretary of
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State and the appropriate congressional committees. At 
the discretion of the Commission, any report under this 
subsection may be submitted in classified or unclassified 
form, as appropriate.’’. 
(b) INFORMATION
AND
SUPPORT
FROM
OTHER 
AGENCIES.—Upon request of the United States Advisory 
Commission on Public Diplomacy, the Secretary of State, 
the Director of the United States International Broad-
casting Agency, and the head of any other Federal agency 
that conducts public diplomacy programs and activities 
shall provide information to the Advisory Commission to 
assist in carrying out the responsibilities under section 
604(c)(2) of the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948 (as amended by subsection 
(a)). 
(c) ENHANCING THE EXPERTISE OF UNITED STATES 
ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.—
(1) QUALIFICATIONS
OF
MEMBERS.—Section 
604(a)(2) of the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 
1469(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘At least 4 members shall have substan-
tial experience in the conduct of public diplomacy or 
comparable activities in the private sector. At least 
1 member shall be an American residing abroad. No
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member may be an officer or employee of the United 
States.’’. 
(2) 
APPLICATION
OF
AMENDMENT.—The 
amendments made by paragraph (1) shall not apply 
to individuals who are members of the United States 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 206. LIBRARY PROGRAM. 
The Secretary of State shall develop and implement 
a demonstration program to assist foreign governments to 
establish or upgrade their public library systems to im-
prove literacy and support public education. The program 
should provide training in the library sciences. The pur-
pose of the program shall be to advance American values 
and society, particularly the importance of freedom and 
democracy.
SEC. 207. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING PUBLIC DI-
PLOMACY EFFORTS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRI-
CA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(1) A significant number of sub-Saharan Afri-
can countries have predominantly Muslim popu-
lations, including such key countries as Nigeria, 
Senegal, Djibouti, Mauritania, and Guinea.
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(2) In several of these countries, groups with 
links to militant religious organizations are active 
among the youth, primarily young men, promoting a 
philosophy and practice of intolerance and radical 
clerics are effectively mobilizing public sentiment 
against the United States. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that the Secretary should include countries in 
sub-Saharan Africa with predominantly Muslim popu-
lations in the public diplomacy activities authorized by this 
Act and the amendments made by this Act. 
Subtitle B—Basic Authorities and 
Activities 
SEC. 221. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO JERU-
SALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL. 
(a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CONSULATE 
IN JERUSALEM.—None of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act may be expended for the operation 
of a United States consulate or diplomatic facility in Jeru-
salem unless such consulate or diplomatic facility is under 
the supervision of the United States Ambassador to Israel. 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PUBLICA-
TIONS.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act may be available for the publication of any 
official government document which lists countries and
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their capital cities unless the publication identifies Jeru-
salem as the capital of Israel. 
(c) RECORD OF PLACE OF BIRTH AS ISRAEL FOR 
PASSPORT PURPOSES.—The first section of ‘‘An Act to 
regulate the issue and validity of passports, and for other 
purposes’’, approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a; 44 
Stat. 887) is amended by inserting after the first sentence 
the following: ‘‘For purposes of the issuance of a passport 
of a United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem, 
the Secretary shall, upon the request of the citizen or the 
citizen’s legal guardian, record the place of birth as 
Israel.’’. 
SEC. 222. MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 805 of the Admiral James W. 
Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (section 805(a) of divi-
sion A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 
1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106-113; appendix G; 113 Stat. 
1501A-470) (relating to reports on terrorist activity in 
which United States citizens were killed and related mat-
ters) is hereby repealed. 
(b) ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM.—
Section 140(b)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204; 
22 U.S.C. 2656f(b)(2)) is amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) for the reports due through May 1, 
2005, information concerning terrorist attacks 
in Israel, territory administered by Israel, and 
territory administered by the Palestinian Au-
thority, including—
‘‘(i) a list of all citizens of the United 
States killed or injured in such attacks 
during the previous year; 
‘‘(ii) the date of each attack and the 
total number of people killed or injured in 
each attack; 
‘‘(iii) the person or group claiming re-
sponsibility for the attack and where such 
person or group has found refuge or sup-
port; 
‘‘(iv) to the extent possible, a list of 
suspects implicated in each attack and the 
nationality of each suspect, including infor-
mation on their whereabouts (or suspected 
whereabouts);
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‘‘(v) a list of any terrorist suspects in 
these cases who are members of Pales-
tinian police or security forces, the Pal-
estine Liberation Organization, or any Pal-
estinian governing body; 
‘‘(vi) the status of each case pending 
against a suspect, including information on 
whether the suspect has been arrested, de-
tained, indicted, prosecuted, or convicted 
by the Palestinian Authority or Israel, and 
if detained and then released, the date of 
such release, and whether any released 
suspect was implicated in subsequent acts 
of terrorism; 
‘‘(vii) available information on convic-
tions, releases or changes in the situation 
of suspects involved in attacks committed 
prior to December 31, 2003, and not cov-
ered in previous reports submitted under 
section 805(a) of the Admiral James W. 
Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 
and 2001; and 
‘‘(viii) the policy of the Department of 
State with respect to offering rewards for