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(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect as of the date of the enactment of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 as
if section 203 of such Act had been enacted as so amend-
ed.
SEC. 8131. (a) Section 722(c) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking out paragraph (2);
(2) by striking out ‘‘(1)’’; and
(3) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and
(B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect as of the date of the enactment of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 as
if section 722 of such Act had been enacted as so amend-
ed.
SEC. 8132. The Secretary of Defense shall com-
plete a cost/benefit analysis on the establishment of a Na-
tional Missile Defense Joint Program Office: Provided,
That the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report on
this analysis to the congressional defense committees no
later than March 31, 1997: Provided further, That the
Department of Defense shall take no action to establish
any National Missile Defense Joint Program Office, to
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reassign service National Missile Defense roles and mis-
sions under any National Missile Defense Joint Program
Office strategy or to relocate people under such a strat-
egy prior to March 31, 1997.
SEC. 8133. (a) Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may
permit the use of equipment of the National Guard Dis-
tance Learning Project by any person or entity on a
space-available, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the Na-
tional Guard Bureau shall establish the amount of reim-
bursement for such use on a case-by-case basis.
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall
be credited to funds available for the National Guard
Distance Learning Project and be available to defray the
costs associated with the use of equipment of the project
under that subsection. Such funds shall be available for
such purposes without fiscal year limitation.
SEC. 8134. Using funds available by this Act or
any other Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, pursuant
to a determination under section 2690 of title 10, United
States Code, may implement cost-effective agreements for
required 
heating 
facility 
modernization 
in 
the
Kaiserslautern Military Community in the Federal Re-
public of Germany: Provided, That in the City of
Kaiserslautern such agreements will include the use of
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United States anthracite as the base load energy for mu-
nicipal district heat to the United States Defense instal-
lations: Provided further, That at Landstuhl Army Re-
gional Medical Center and Ramstein Air Base, furnished
heat may be obtained from private, regional or municipal
services, if provisions are included for the consideration
of United States coal as an energy source.
SEC. 8135. (a) Section 2867 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking out ‘‘Michael O’Callaghan Mili-
tary Hospital’’ both places it appears in the text of
such section and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Mike
O’Callaghan Federal Hospital’’; and
(2) in the section heading, by striking out ‘‘MI-
CHAEL 
O’CALLAGHAN 
MILITARY 
HOS-
PITAL’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘MIKE
O’CALLAGHAN FEDERAL HOSPITAL’’.
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect as of the date of the enactment of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
and shall apply as if such amendments had been included
insection 2867 of such Act when enacted.
SEC. 8136. (a) In addition to any other reductions
required by this Act, the following funds are hereby re-
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duced from the following accounts in title IV of this Act
in the specified amounts:
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Army’’, $101,257,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Navy’’, $164,179,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Air Force’’, $289,992,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide’’, $119,483,000; and
‘‘Developmental Test and Evaluation, Defense’’,
$5,641,000.
(b) The reductions taken pursuant to subsection
(a) shall be applied on a pro-rata basis by subproject
within each R-1 program element as modified by this
Act, except that no reduction may be taken against the
funds made available to the Department of Defense for
Ballistic Missile Defense.
(c) Unless expressly exempted by subsection (b),
each program element, program, project, subproject, and
activity funded by title IV of this Act shall be allocated
a pro-rata share of any of the reductions made by this
section.
(d) Not later than 60 days after enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
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gressional defense committees a report listing the specific
funding reductions allocated to each category listed in
subsection (c) above pursuant to this section.
SEC. 8137. In addition to amounts appropriated
or otherwise made available in this Act, $230,680,000 is
hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense for
anti-terrorism, counter-terrorism, and security enhance-
ment programs and activities, as follows:
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Army’’,
$15,249,000;
‘‘Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Navy’’,
$23,956,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’,
$600,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’,
$10,750,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’,
$29,534,000;
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve’’,
$517,000;
‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, $5,252,000;
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Air 
Force’’,
$101,472,000;
‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, $35,350,000;
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‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide’’, $8,000,000:
Provided, That such amounts in their entirety are des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated in this section, or
made available by transfer of such funds, for programs
and activities of the Central Intelligence Agency shall re-
main available until September 30, 1997: Provided further,
That funds appropriated in this section, or made available
by transfer of such funds, to any intelligence agency or
activity of the United States Government shall be deemed
to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes
of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 414).
SEC. 8138. Of the amounts provided in Titles I
though VIII of this Act, $230,680,000 are permanently
canceled: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall
allocate the amount of budgetary resources canceled by
this section on a pro-rata basis among each budget activ-
ity, activity group and subactivity group and each pro-
gram, project or activity within each appropriations ac-
count.
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Titles I through VIII of this Act may be cited as
the ‘‘Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
TITLE IX—FISCAL YEAR 1996 SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS AND RESCISSIONS FOR
ANTI-TERRORISM, 
COUNTER-TERRORISM,
AND SECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES
The following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to
provide emergency supplemental appropriations for the
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 1996, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY
MILITARY PERSONNEL
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel,
Army’’, $4,800,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel,
Air Force’’, $4,000,000: Provided, That such amount is
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced
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Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and
Maintenance, Army’’, $21,200,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1997: Provided, That such amount
is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and
Maintenance, Air Force’’, $67,400,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1997: Provided, That such
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended: Provided further, That these funds
may be used to liquidate obligations incurred by the Air
Force during fiscal year 1996 for costs incurred under
the authority of the Feed and Forage Act (41 U.S.C.
11).
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PROCUREMENT
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procure-
ment, Army’’, $11,600,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1998: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procure-
ment, Air Force’’, $13,600,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1998: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(RESCISSIONS)
SEC. 9001. Of the funds provided in Department
of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are
hereby rescinded, as of the date of enactment of this Act,
from the following accounts in the specified amounts:
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Army, 1994/
1996’’, $1,000,000;
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Army, 
1994/1996’’,
$6,000,000;
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‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Army, 1995/1996’’, $2,055,000;
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Navy, 
1994/1996’’,
$10,157,000;
‘‘Weapons 
Procurement, 
Navy, 
1994/1996’’,
$10,688,000;
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Navy, 
1994/1996’’,
$4,000,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Navy, 1995/1996’’, $6,909,000;
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, 1994/1996’’,
$18,771,000;
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force, 1994/1996’’,
$10,156,000;
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force, 1994/1996’’,
$14,395,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Air Force, 1995/1996’’, $4,918,000;
‘‘Procurement, 
Defense-Wide, 
1994/1996’’,
$9,954,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide, 1995/1996’’, $23,597,000.
SEC. 9002. Funds appropriated by this title, or
made available by transfer of such funds, for programs
and activities of the Central Intelligence Agency shall re-
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main available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That
funds appropriated by this title, or made available by
transfer of such funds, to any intelligence agency or intel-
ligence activity of the United States Government shall be
deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for
purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of
1947 (50 U.S.C. 414).
(c) For programs, projects or activities in the
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 1997, provided as follows, to
be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the reg-
ular appropriations Act:
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the foreign operations,
export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT
ASSISTANCE
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is
authorized 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
limitations, as provided by section 104 of the Government
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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 nu-
clear 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
eligible 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, in-
surance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10
of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended,
$726,000,000 to remain available until September 30,
1998: 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 2012
for the disbursement of direct loans, loan guarantees, in-
surance and tied-aid grants obligated in fiscal years 1997
and 1998: Provided further, That up to $50,000,000 of
funds appropriated by this paragraph shall remain avail-
able until expended and may be used for tied-aid grant
purposes: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
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priated by this paragraph may be used for tied-aid cred-
its or grants except through the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph are
made available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Ex-
port-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 agency or national
thereof.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For administrative expenses to carry out the di-
rect and guaranteed loan and insurance programs (to be
computed on an accrual basis), including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $20,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses for members of the
Board of Directors, $46,614,000: Provided, That nec-
essary expenses (including special services performed on
a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal
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
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or insurance commitment has been made, shall be consid-
ered nonadministrative expenses for the purposes of this
heading: Provided further, That, effective July 21, 1997,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds made available by this or any other Act may be
made available to compensate the incumbent Chairman
and President of the Export-Import Bank: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 117
of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a)
thereof shall remain in effect until October 1, 1997.
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is
authorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limita-
tions, 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: Pro-
vided, That the amount available for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the credit and insurance programs
(including an amount for official reception and represen-
tation expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not
exceed $32,000,000: Provided further, That project-spe-
cific transaction costs, including direct and indirect costs
incurred in claims settlements, and other direct costs as-
sociated with services provided to specific investors or po-
tential investors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign
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Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered adminis-
trative expenses for the purposes of this heading.
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans,
$72,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974: Provided further, That such sums shall be available
for direct loan obligations and loan guaranty commit-
ments incurred or made during fiscal years 1997 and
1998: Provided further, That such sums shall remain
available through fiscal year 2005 for the disbursement
of direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year
1997, and through fiscal year 2006 for the disbursement
of direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year
1998: Provided further, That section 235(a)(3) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2195(a)(3))
is amended by striking out ‘‘1996’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘1997’’ and, notwithstanding section 235(a)(1) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2195(a)(1)), the maximum contingent liability of issuing
authority for insurance and financing shall not in the ag-
gregate exceed the amounts provided in section 235(a)(1)
and (2) of that Act. In addition, such sums as may be
necessary for administrative expenses to carry out the
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credit program may be derived from amounts available
for administrative expenses to carry out the credit and
insurance programs in the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation Noncredit Account and merged with said ac-
count.
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
studies and other project planning services, to be depos-
ited as an offsetting collection to this account and to be
available for obligation until September 30, 1998, for
necessary expenses under this paragraph: Provided fur-
ther, That such reimbursements shall not cover, or be al-
located against, direct or indirect administrative costs of
the agency.
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
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September 30, 1997, 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 relat-
ed activities, in addition to funds otherwise available for
such purposes, $600,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That this amount shall be made
available for such activities as (1) immunization pro-
grams, (2) oral rehydration programs, (3) health and nu-
trition programs, and related education programs, which
address the needs of mothers and children, (4) water and
sanitation programs, (5) assistance for displaced and or-
phaned children, (6) programs for the prevention, treat-
ment, and control of, and research on, tuberculosis, HIV/
AIDS, polio, malaria and other diseases, (7) not to ex-
ceed $98,000,000 for basic education programs for chil-
dren, and (8) a contribution on a grant basis to the Unit-
ed Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) pursuant to sec-
tion 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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,
$1,181,500,000, to remain available until September 30,
1998: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under
this heading, up to $20,000,000 may be made available
for the Inter-American Foundation and shall be appor-
tioned directly to that Agency: Provided further, That of
the amount appropriated under this heading, up to
$11,500,000 may be made available for the African De-
velopment Foundation and shall be apportioned directly
to that agency: Provided further, That of the funds ap-
propriated under title II of this Act that are administered
by the Agency for International Development and made
available for family planning assistance, not less than 65
percent shall be made available directly to the agency’s
central Office of Population and shall be programmed by
that office for family planning activities: Provided further,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading and
under the heading ‘‘Child Survival and Disease Programs
Fund’’ that are made available by the Agency for Inter-
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national Development for development assistance activi-
ties, the amount made available to carry out chapter 10
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating
to the Development Fund for Africa) and the amount
made available for activities in the Latin America and
Caribbean region should be in at least the same propor-
tion as the amount identified in the fiscal year 1997
draft congressional presentation document for develop-
ment assistance for each such region is to the total
amount requested for development assistance for such fis-
cal year: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading may be made available, notwithstanding any
other provision of law except section 515 of this Act, to
assist Vietnam to reform its trade regime (such as
through reform of its commercial and investment legal
codes): Provided further, That none of the funds made
available in this Act nor any unobligated balances from
prior appropriations may be made available to any orga-
nization or program which, as determined by the Presi-
dent of the United States, supports or participates in the
management of a program of coercive abortion or invol-
untary 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 fam-
ily planning or to motivate or coerce any person to prac-
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tice 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 discrimi-
nated against because of such applicant’s religious or
conscientious commitment to offer only natural family
planning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall com-
ply with the requirements of the previous proviso: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this or any other Act
authorizing or appropriating funds for foreign operations,
export financing, and related programs, the term ‘‘moti-
vate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance, shall
not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with
local law, of information or counseling about all preg-
nancy options: Provided further, That nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing statu-
tory prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding section 109 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, of the funds appropriated under this
heading in this Act, and of the unobligated balances of
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funds previously appropriated under this heading, up to
$17,500,000 may be transferred to ‘‘International Orga-
nizations and Programs’’ for a contribution to the Inter-
national Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and
that any such transfer of funds shall be subject to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading that are made available for
assistance programs for displaced and orphaned children
and victims of war, not to exceed $25,000, in addition to
funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used
to monitor and provide oversight of such programs: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $500,000 of the funds
made available under this heading shall be available only
for support of the United States Telecommunications
Training Institute.
CYPRUS
Of the funds appropriated under the headings
‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support
Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for Cyprus to be used only for scholarships, adminis-
trative support of the scholarship program, bicommunal
projects, and measures aimed at reunification of the is-
land and designed to reduce tensions and promote peace
and cooperation between the two communities on Cyprus.
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BURMA
Of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out
the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, not less than $2,500,000 shall be
made available to support activities in Burma, along the
Burma-Thailand border, and for activities of Burmese
student groups and other organizations located outside
Burma, for the purposes of fostering democracy in
Burma, supporting the provision of medical supplies and
other humanitarian assistance to Burmese located in
Burma or displaced Burmese along the borders, and for
other purposes: Provided, That of this amount, not less
than $200,000 shall be made available to support news-
papers, publications, and other media activities promot-
ing democracy inside Burma: Provided further, That
funds made available under this heading may be made
available notwithstanding any other provision of law: Pro-
vided further, That provision of such funds shall be made
available subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations.
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 vol-
untary organization, except any cooperative development
organization, which obtains less than 20 per centum of
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its total annual funding for international activities from
sources other than the United States Government: Pro-
vided, That the requirements of the provisions of section
123(g) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the
provisions on private and voluntary organizations in title
II of the ‘‘Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act, 1985’’ (as enacted in Public Law 98–
473) shall be superseded by the provisions of this section,
except that the authority 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-
vate and voluntary organizations at a level which is
equivalent to the level provided in fiscal year 1995. Such
private and voluntary organizations shall include those
which operate on a not-for-profit basis, receive contribu-
tions from private sources, receive voluntary support
from the public and are deemed to be among the most
cost-effective and successful providers of development as-
sistance.
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for international disaster
relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursu-
ant to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
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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, re-
ducing, 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
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 ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be obligated except as provided
through the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
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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 guar-
antees of loans made under this heading in support of
microenterprise activities may guarantee up to 70 percent
of the principal amount of any such loans notwithstand-
ing section 108 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out pro-
grams under this heading, $500,000, all of which may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Op-
erating Expenses of the Agency for International Devel-
opment: Provided further, That funds made available
under this heading shall remain available until September
30, 1998.
HOUSING GUARANTY 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-
ance Act of 1961, $3,500,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1998: Provided, That these funds are
available to subsidize loan principal, 100 percent of which
shall be guaranteed, pursuant to the authority of such
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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 appropriation
for Operating Expenses of the Agency for International
Development: Provided further, That commitments to
guarantee loans under this heading may be entered into
notwithstanding the second and third sentences 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 Serv-
ice Act of 1980, $43,826,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $470,750,000: Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated by this Act for programs adminis-
tered 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 stud-
ies) in excess of $25,000 without the approval of the Ad-
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ministrator of the Agency or the Administrator’s des-
ignee.
OPERATING
EXPENSES
OF
THE
AGENCY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
OFFICE
OF
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $30,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1998, which sum shall be available for the
Office 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, $2,343,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than
$1,200,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which
sum shall be available on a grant basis as a cash transfer
and shall be disbursed within thirty days of enactment of
this Act or by October 31, 1996, whichever is later: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $815,000,000 shall be
available only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on
a grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance
may be provided, with the understanding that Egypt will
undertake significant economic reforms which are addi-
tional to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal
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years, and of which not less than $200,000,000 shall be
provided as Commodity Import Program assistance: Pro-
vided further, That in exercising the authority to provide
cash transfer assistance for Israel and Egypt, the Presi-
dent shall ensure that the level of such assistance does
not cause an adverse impact on the total level of non-
military exports from the United States to each such
country: Provided further, That it is the sense of the Con-
gress that the recommended levels of assistance for
Egypt and Israel are based in great measure upon their
continued participation in the Camp David Accords and
upon the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be made available for Zaire.
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 Unit-
ed States contribution to the International Fund for Ire-
land and shall be made available in accordance with the
provisions 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 timely payment for projects and activities: Provided
further, That funds made available under this heading
shall remain available until September 30, 1998.
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ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC
STATES
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provi-
sions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Sup-
port for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989,
$475,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1998, 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 for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by
such Fund in interest-bearing accounts prior to the
Fund’s disbursement of such funds for program pur-
poses. The Fund may retain for such program purposes
any interest earned on such deposits without returning
such interest to the Treasury of the United States and
without further appropriation 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 For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making
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available the administrative authorities contained in that
Act for the use of economic assistance.
(d) None of the funds appropriated under this
heading may be made available for new housing construc-
tion or repair or reconstruction of existing housing in
Bosnia and Herzegovina unless directly related to the ef-
forts of United States troops to promote peace in said
country.
(e) With regard to funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this heading for the economic
revitalization program in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and
local currencies generated by such funds (including the
conversion of funds appropriated under this heading into
currency used by Bosnia and Herzegovina as local cur-
rency and local currency returned or repaid under such
program)—
(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.
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(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 Committees 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 train-
ing, investigations, and related activities between Iranian
officials and Bosnian officials has been terminated.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES OF
THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provi-
sions of chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assist-
ance for the new independent states of the former Soviet
Union and for related programs, $625,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That
the provisions of such chapter shall apply to funds appro-
priated by this paragraph.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under this
heading shall be transferred to the Government of Rus-
sia—
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(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-
pose of expropriating or seizing ownership or control
of assets, investments, or ventures.
(c) Funds may be furnished without regard to
subsection (b) if the President determines that to do so
is in the national interest.
(d) None of the funds appropriated under this
heading shall be made available to any government of the
new independent states of the former Soviet Union if that
government directs any action in violation of the terri-
torial integrity or national sovereignty of any other new
independent state, such as those violations included in
the Helsinki Final Act: Provided, That such funds may
be made available without regard to the restriction in this
subsection if the President determines that to do so is in
the national security interest of the United States: Pro-
vided further, That the restriction of this subsection shall
not apply to the use of such funds for the provision of
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assistance for purposes of humanitarian, disaster and ref-
ugee relief.
(e) None of the funds appropriated under this
heading for the new independent states of the former So-
viet Union shall be made available for any state to en-
hance its military capability: Provided, That this restric-
tion does not apply to demilitarization or nonproliferation
programs.
(f) Funds appropriated under this heading shall
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
(g) Funds made available in this Act for assist-
ance 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 Assistance Act of 1961.
(h)(1) Of the funds appropriated under title II of
this Act, including funds appropriated under this head-
ing, not less than $10,000,000 shall be available only for
assistance for Mongolia, of which amount not less than
$6,000,000 shall be available only for the Mongolian en-
ergy sector.
(2) Funds made available for assistance for Mon-
golia may be made available in accordance with the pur-
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poses and utilizing the authorities provided in chapter 11
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(i) Funds made available in this Act for assistance
to the New Independent States of the former Soviet
Union shall be provided to the maximum extent feasible
through the private sector, including small- and medium-
size businesses, entrepreneurs, and others with indige-
nous private enterprises in the region, intermediary devel-
opment organizations committed to private enterprise,
and private voluntary organizations: Provided, That
grantees and contractors should, to the maximum extent
possible, place in key staff positions specialists with prior
on the ground expertise in the region of activity and flu-
ency in one of the local languages.
(j) 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.
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and education of the public designed to promote under-
standing of a law-based economy.
(l) Of the funds made available for Ukraine,
under this Act and Public Law 104–107, not less than
$50,000,000 shall be made available to improve safety at
nuclear reactors: Provided, That of this amount
$20,000,000 shall be provided for the purchase and in-
stallation of, and training for, safety parameter display
or control systems at all operational nuclear reactors:
Provided further, That of this amount, $20,000,000 shall
be made available for the purchase, construction, installa-
tion and training for Full Scope and Analytical/Engineer-
ing simulators: Provided further, That of this amount
funds shall be made available to conduct Safety Analysis
Reports at all operational nuclear reactors.
(m) Of the funds made available by this Act, not
less than $95,000,000 shall be made available for Arme-
nia.
(n) 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 dis-
bursement of such funds by the Fund for program pur-
poses. The Fund may retain for such program proposes
any interest earned on such deposits without returning