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to the council of the Global Environment Facility administered
by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
to use the voice and vote of the United States to bring about
the creation and full implementation of policies designed to promote
respect for and full protection of the territorial rights, traditional
economies, cultural integrity, traditional knowledge and human
rights of indigenous peoples.
‘‘SEC. 1621. ENCOURAGEMENT OF FAIR LABOR PRACTICES.
‘‘(a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the United
States Executive Directors of the international financial institutions
(as defined in section 1701(c)(2)) to use the voice and vote of
the United States to urge the respective institution—
‘‘(1) to adopt policies to encourage borrowing countries to
guarantee internationally recognized worker rights (within the
meaning of section 502(a)(4) of the Trade Act of 1974) and
to include the status of such rights as an integral part of
the institution’s policy dialogue with each borrowing country;
‘‘(2) in developing the policies referred to in paragraph
(1), to use the relevant conventions of the International Labor
Organization, which have set forth, among other things, the
right of association, the right to organize and bargain collec-
tively, a prohibition on the use of any form of forced or compul-
sory labor, and certain minimum labor standards that take
into account differences in development levels among nations
including a minimum age for the employment of children,
acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages,
hours of work, and occupational safety and health; and
‘‘(3) to establish formal procedures to screen projects and
programs funded by the institution for any negative impact
in a borrowing country on the rights referred to in paragraph
(1).
‘‘(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Commit-
tee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
by the end of each fiscal year a report on the extent to which
each borrowing country guarantees internationally recognized
worker rights to its labor force and on progress toward achieving
each of the goals described in subsection (a).’’.
(f) The Inter-American Development Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 283
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 38. FOCUS ON LOW-INCOME AREAS OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE
CARIBBEAN.
‘‘The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the United States
Executive Director of the Bank to use the voice and vote of the
United States to support an increased focus on the poorest countries
in Latin America and the Caribbean, and on poorer areas of better
off countries, and to support programs conducted by the Multilateral
Investment Fund, particularly in targeting low-income countries
and populations, working with nongovernmental organizations and
training and assisting former combatants from civil conflicts in
Latin America.’’.
DEPLETED URANIUM
SEC. 527. None of the funds provided in this or any other
Act may be made available to facilitate in any way the sale of
M–833 antitank shells or any comparable antitank shells containing
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a depleted uranium penetrating component to any country other
than (1) countries which are members of NATO, (2) countries which
have been designated as a major non-NATO ally for purposes of
section 1105 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1987 or, (3) Taiwan: Provided, That funds may be made
available to facilitate the sale of such shells notwithstanding the
limitations of this section if the President determines that to do
so is in the national security interest of the United States.
OPPOSITION TO ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST COUNTRIES BY
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 528. (a) INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE
DIRECTORS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the
United States Executive Director of each international financial
institution designated in subsection (b), and the Administrator of
the Agency for International Development shall instruct the United
States Executive Director of the International Fund for Agriculture
Development, to use the voice and vote of the United States to
oppose any loan or other use of the funds of the respective institu-
tion to or for a country for which the Secretary of State has
made a determination under section 6(j) of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘inter-
national financial institution’’ includes—
(1) the International Bank for Reconstruction and Develop-
ment, the International Development Association, and the
International Monetary Fund; and
(2) wherever applicable, the Inter-American Development
Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development
Bank, the African Development Fund, and the European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development.
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST COUNTRIES
SEC. 529. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
appropriated for bilateral assistance under any heading of this
Act and funds appropriated under any such heading in a provision
of law enacted prior to enactment of this Act, shall not be made
available to any country which the President determines—
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual
or group which has committed an act of international terrorism,
or
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism.
(b) The President may waive the application of subsection (a)
to a country if the President determines that national security
or humanitarian reasons justify such waiver. The President shall
publish each waiver in the Federal Register and, at least fifteen
days before the waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees
on Appropriations of the waiver (including the justification for
the waiver) in accordance with the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations.
COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES
SEC. 530. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
subject to the regular notification requirements of the Committees
on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) of the Arms Export
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Control Act may be used to provide financing to Israel and Egypt
and NATO and major non-NATO allies for the procurement by
leasing (including leasing with an option to purchase) of defense
articles from United States commercial suppliers, not including
Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and other types
of aircraft having possible civilian application), if the President
determines that there are compelling foreign policy or national
security reasons for those defense articles being provided by
commercial lease rather than by government-to-government sale
under such Act.
COMPETITIVE INSURANCE
SEC. 531. All Agency for International Development contracts
and solicitations, and subcontracts entered into under such con-
tracts, shall include a clause requiring that United States insurance
companies have a fair opportunity to bid for insurance when such
insurance is necessary or appropriate.
STINGERS IN THE PERSIAN GULF REGION
SEC. 532. Except as provided in section 581 of the Foreign
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 1990, the United States may not sell or otherwise make
available any Stingers to any country bordering the Persian Gulf
under the Arms Export Control Act or chapter 2 of part II of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
PROHIBITION ON LEVERAGING AND DIVERSION OF UNITED STATES
ASSISTANCE
SEC. 533. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be provided to any foreign government (including any instrumental-
ity or agency thereof), foreign person, or United States person
in exchange for that foreign government or person undertaking
any action which is, if carried out by the United States Government,
a United States official or employee, expressly prohibited by a
provision of United States law.
(b) For the purposes of this section the term ‘‘funds appropriated
by this Act’’ includes only (1) assistance of any kind under the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; and (2) credits, and guaranties
under the Arms Export Control Act.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit—
(1) the ability of the President, the Vice President, or
any official or employee of the United States to make state-
ments or otherwise express their views to any party on any
subject;
(2) the ability of an official or employee of the United
States to express the policies of the President; or
(3) the ability of an official or employee of the United
States to communicate with any foreign country government,
group or individual, either directly or through a third party,
with respect to the prohibitions of this section including the
reasons for such prohibitions, and the actions, terms, or condi-
tions which might lead to the removal of the prohibitions of
this section.
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DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 534. In order to enhance the continued participation of
nongovernmental organizations in economic assistance activities
under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including endowments,
debt-for-development and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern-
mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of the Agency
for International Development may place in interest bearing
accounts funds made available under this Act or prior Acts or
local currencies which accrue to that organization as a result of
economic assistance provided under the heading ‘‘Agency for Inter-
national Development’’ and any interest earned on such investment
may be for the purpose for which the assistance was provided
to that organization.
LOCATION OF STOCKPILES
SEC. 535. Section 514(b)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 is amended by striking out ‘‘$200,000,000 for stockpiles in
Israel for fiscal year 1994’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘a total
of $200,000,000 for stockpiles in Israel for fiscal years 1994 and
1995, up to $40,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles in
the Republic of Korea, and up to $10,000,000 may be made available
for stockpiles in Thailand for fiscal year 1995’’.
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
SEC. 536. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CURRENCIES.—
(1) If assistance is furnished to the government of a foreign country
under chapters 1 and 10 of part I (including the Philippines Multi-
lateral Assistance Initiative) or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the genera-
tion of local currencies of that country, the Administrator of the
Agency for International Development shall—
(A) require that local currencies be deposited in a separate
account established by that government;
(B) enter into an agreement with that government which
sets forth—
(i) the amount of the local currencies to be generated,
and
(ii) the terms and conditions under which the cur-
rencies so deposited may be utilized, consistent with this
section; and
(C) establish by agreement with that government the
responsibilities of the Agency for International Development
and that government to monitor and account for deposits into
and disbursements from the separate account.
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be agreed upon with
the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a separate
account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of
local currencies, shall be used only—
(A) to carry out chapters 1 or 10 of part I or chapter
4 of part II (as the case may be), for such purposes as—
(i) project and sector assistance activities, or
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or
(B) for the administrative requirements of the United
States Government.