would not contravene any term or condition of
any prior agreement relating to such loan.
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac-
cordance with this section, establish the terms and
conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced,
or canceled pursuant to this section.
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined
in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency
primarily responsible for administering part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that
the President has determined to be eligible, and
shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, reduc-
tion, or cancellation of a loan pursuant to this sec-
tion. Such agency shall make an adjustment in its
accounts to reflect the sale, reduction, or cancella-
tion.
(4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub-
section shall be available only to the extent that ap-
propriations for the cost of the modification, as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, are made in advance.
(b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the
sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced,
or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in
the United States Government account or accounts estab-
lished for the repayment of such loan.
(c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold
pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who
presents plans satisfactory to the President for using the
loan for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps,
debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
(d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to
any eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation
pursuant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible
country, the President should consult with the country
concerning the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or
canceled and their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt-
for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt
restructuring’’.
GUATEMALA
SEC. 564. (a) Funds provided in this Act may be
made available for the Guatemalan military forces, and
the restriction on Guatemala under the heading ‘‘Foreign
Military Financing Program’’ shall not apply, only if the
President determines and certifies to the Congress that
the Guatemalan military is cooperating fully with efforts
to resolve human rights abuses which elements of the Gua-
temalan military forces are alleged to have committed, or-
dered or attempted to thwart the investigation of, and to
implement the peace settlement.
(b) The prohibition contained in subsection (a) shall
not apply to funds made available to implement a ceasefire
or peace agreement.
(c) Any funds made available pursuant to subsections
(a) or (b) shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
SANCTIONS AGAINST COUNTRIES HARBORING WAR
CRIMINALS
SEC. 565. (a) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—The Presi-
dent is authorized to withhold funds appropriated by this
Act under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms
Export Control Act for any country described in sub-
section (c).
(b) MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of
the Treasury should instruct the United States executive
directors of the international financial institutions to work
in opposition to, and vote against, any extension by such
institutions of financing or financial or technical assist-
ance to any country described in subsection (c).
(c) SANCTIONED COUNTRIES.—A country described
in this subsection is a country the government of which
knowingly grants sanctuary to persons in its territory for
the purpose of evading prosecution, where such persons—
(1) have been indicted by the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, or any
other international tribunal with similar standing
under international law; or
(2) have been indicted for war crimes or crimes
against humanity committed during the period be-
ginning March 23, 1933 and ending on May 8, 1945
under the direction of, or in association with—
(A) the Nazi government of Germany;
(B) any government in any area occupied
by the military forces of the Nazi government
of Germany;
(C) any government which was established
with the assistance or cooperation of the Nazi
government; or
(D) any government which was an ally of
the Nazi government of Germany.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
SEC. 566. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act, may
be provided to the Government of Haiti until the President
reports to Congress that—
(1) the Government is conducting thorough in-
vestigations of extrajudicial and political killings
that have taken place in Haiti since February 12,
1996; and
(2) the Government has completed privatization
of (or placed under long-term private management
contract) at least three major public enterprises.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
strict the provision of humanitarian, law enforcement,
antinarcotics, or electoral assistance.
(c) The President may waive the requirements of this
section on a semiannual basis if he determines and cer-
tifies to the appropriate committees of Congress that it
is in the national interest of the United States.
REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN AID IN
REPORT OF SECRETARY OF STATE
SEC. 567. (a) FOREIGN AID REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT.—In addition to the voting practices of a foreign
country, the report required to be submitted to Congress
under section 406(a) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, fiscal years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a),
shall include a side-by-side comparison of individual coun-
tries’ overall support for the United States at the United
Nations and the amount of United States assistance pro-
vided to such country in fiscal year 1997.
(b) UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—For purposes of
this section, the term ‘‘United States assistance’’ has the
meaning given the term in section 481(e)(4) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(4)).
RESTRICTIONS ON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO
UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES
SEC. 568. (a) PROHIBITION ON VOLUNTARY CON-
TRIBUTIONS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS.—None of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this
Act may be made available to pay any voluntary contribu-
tion of the United States to the United Nations (including
the United Nations Development Program) if the United
Nations implements or imposes any taxation on any Unit-
ed States persons.
(b) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR DISBURSEMENT
OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this Act may be made available to
pay any voluntary contribution of the United States to the
United Nations (including the United Nations Develop-
ment Program) unless the President certifies to the Con-
gress 15 days in advance of such payment that the United
Nations is not engaged in any effort to implement or im-
pose any taxation on United States persons in order to
raise revenue for the United Nations or any of its special-
ized agencies.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section the term
‘‘United States person’’ refers to—
(1) a natural person who is a citizen or national
of the United States; or
(2) a corporation, partnership, or other legal
entity organized under the United States or any
State, territory, possession, or district of the United
States.
NORTH KOREA
SEC. 569. Ninety days after the date of enactment
of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary
of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense,
shall provide a report in a classified or unclassified form
to the Committee on Appropriations including the follow-
ing information:
(a) a best estimate on fuel used by the military
forces of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
(DPRK);
(b) the deployment position and military train-
ing and activities of the DPRK forces and best esti-
mate of the associated costs of these activities;
(c) steps taken to reduce the DPRK level of
forces; and
(d) cooperation, training, or exchanges of infor-
mation, technology or personnel between the DPRK
and any other nation supporting the development or
deployment of a ballistic missile capability.
ASSISTANCE TO TURKEY
SEC. 570. (a) Not more than $40,000,000 of the
funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ may be made available for Turkey.
(b) Of the funds made available under the heading
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for Turkey, not less than fifty
percent of these funds shall be made available for the pur-
pose of supporting private nongovernmental organizations
engaged in strengthening democratic institutions in Tur-
key, providing economic assistance for individuals and
communities affected by civil unrest, and supporting and
promoting peaceful solutions and economic development
which will contribute to the settlement of regional prob-
lems in Turkey.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE P.L.O. AND THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
SEC. 571. (a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the
sense of the Congress that the Palestine Liberation Orga-
nization (hereafter the ‘‘P.L.O.’’) should do far more to
demonstrate an irrevocable denunciation of terrorism and
to ensure a peaceful settlement of the Middle East dispute,
and in particular it should—
(1) submit to the Palestinian Council for formal
approval the necessary changes to those specific arti-
cles of the Palestinian National Charter which deny
Israel’s right to exist or support the use of violence;
(2) to the maximum extent possible, preempt
acts of terror, discipline violators, publicly condemn
all terrorist acts, actively work to dismantle other
terrorist organizations, and contribute to stemming
the violence that has resulted in the deaths of over
230 Israeli and United States citizens since the sign-
ing of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-
Government Arrangements (hereafter the ‘‘Declara-
tion of Principles’’) on September 13, 1993, at the
White House;
(3) prohibit participation in the P.L.O. or the
Palestinian Authority or its successors of any groups
or individuals which promote or commit acts of ter-
rorism;
(4) cease all anti-Israel rhetoric, which poten-
tially undermines the peace process;
(5) confiscate all unlicensed weapons and re-
strict the issuance of licenses to those with legiti-
mate need;
(6) transfer and cooperate in transfer proceed-
ings relating to any person accused by Israel or the
United States of having committed acts of terrorism
against Israeli or United States nationals; and
(7) respect civil liberties, human rights and
democratic norms as applied equally to all persons
regardless of ethnic, religious, or national origin.
(b) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be obligated for as-
sistance to the P.L.O. or the Palestinian Authority
only for the period beginning 3 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act and for 6 months
thereafter, and only if—
(A) the President has exercised the author-
ity under section 604(a) of the Middle East
Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of Pub-
lic Law 104–107) or any other legislation to
suspend or make inapplicable section 307 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and that sus-
pension is still in effect; and
(B) in addition to the requirements con-
tained in such Act or other legislation, the
President prepares and transmits to the Con-
gress a report described in paragraph (2).
(2) REPORT.—A report described in this para-
graph is a report containing the following:
(A) A description of all efforts being made
to apprehend, prosecute, or have extradited to
the United States Mohammad Deif (allegedly
responsible 
for 
the 
death 
of 
Nachshon
Wachsman, a United States citizen), Amjad
Hinawi (allegedly responsible for the death of
David Boim, a United States citizen), Abu
Abbas (responsible for the death of Leon
Klinghoffer, a United States citizen), Amid al-
Hindi (allegedly responsible for death of David
Berger, a United States citizen), and Nafez
Mahmoud Sabih (who helped plan the February
1996 attack on a Jerusalem bus in which Jew-
ish Theological Seminary students Sara Duker
and Matthew Eisenfeld, both United States citi-
zens, were murdered).
(B) An official, updated, and revised copy
of the Palestinian National Charter (Covenant)
showing which specific articles have been re-
scinded by the decision taken on April 24, 1996
by the P.L.O. Executive Committee.
(C) A description of all actions being taken
by the Palestinian Authority to eradicate and
prevent the use of the map of Israel to rep-
resent ‘‘Palestine’’.
(D) A certification that the Palestinian
Authority has established a court system that
respects due process requirements, including
the right to a lawyer, the right to confront wit-
nesses, the right to be informed of the charges
under which one is accused, and the right to a
jury trial.
(E) A certification that the Palestinian Au-
thority has established humane prison condi-
tions.
(F) A certification that the Palestinian Au-
thority has taken all measures to rescind the
death penalty imposed for the sale of land to
Jews, has eliminated the practice of incarcerat-
ing real estate agents for the sale of land to
Jews or Israelis, and has actively sought the
perpetrators of such actions.
SENSE OF THE CONGRESS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL
ADOPTION LAWS AND PRACTICES OF PARAGUAY
SEC. 572. It is the sense of the Congress that the
President and the Secretary of State should use all oppor-
tunities and means to express directly to all appropriate
officials of the Government of Paraguay that—
(1) the United States respects and supports the
commitment of the Government of Paraguay to re-
would cost less than procurement in the United
States or less developed countries;
(2) the provision of such assistance requires
commodities or services, or defense articles or de-
fense services, of a type that are not produced in,
and available for purchase from, the United States,
less developed countries, or the country in which the
assistance is to be provided; or
(3) the President determines on a case-by-case
basis that procurement outside the United States or
less developed countries would result in the more ef-
ficient use of United States foreign assistance re-
sources.
SEC. 577. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to pay for NATO expansion not authorized by law.
SEC. 578. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be made available directly to the government of Cam-
bodia.
SEC. 579. The amounts otherwise provided by this
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available
for ‘‘ECONOMIC
SUPPORT
FUND’’, and increasing the
amount made available for ‘‘CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRI-
CAN
DEVELOPMENT
FUND’’ (as authorized by section
526(c) of Public Law 103–306; 108 Stat. 1632), by
$25,000,000.
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SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING COSTS OF THE
PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE PROGRAM AND NATO EX-
PANSION
SEC. 580. It is the sense of the Congress that all
member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion (NATO) should contribute their proportionate share
to pay for the costs of the Partnership for Peace program
and for any future costs attributable to the expansion of
NATO.
FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS THAT PERFORM OR PROMOTE
ABORTION
OVERSEAS; FORCED
ABORTION
IN
THE
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
SEC. 581. (a) Section 104 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(h) RESTRICTION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN OR-
GANIZATIONS THAT PERFORM OR ACTIVELY PROMOTE
ABORTIONS.—
‘‘(1) PERFORMANCE OF ABORTIONS.—
‘‘(A) Notwithstanding section 614 of this
Act or any other provision of law, no funds ap-
propriated for population planning activities or
other population assistance may be made avail-
able for any foreign private, nongovernmental,
or multilateral organization until the organiza-
tion certifies that it will not, during the period
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for which the funds are made available, perform
abortions in any foreign country, except where
the life of the mother would be endangered if
the pregnancy were carried to term or in cases
of forcible rape or incest.
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) may not be con-
strued to apply to the treatment of injuries or
illnesses caused by legal or illegal abortions or
to assistance provided directly to the govern-
ment of a country.
‘‘(2) LOBBYING
ACTIVITIES.—(A) Notwith-
standing section 614 of this Act or any other provi-
sion of law, no funds appropriated for population
planning activities or other population assistance
may be made available for any foreign private, non-
governmental, or multilateral organization until the
organization certifies that it will not, during the pe-
riod for which the funds are made available, violate
the laws of any foreign country concerning the cir-
cumstances under which abortion is permitted, regu-
lated, or prohibited, or engage in any activity or ef-
fort to alter the laws or governmental policies of any
foreign country concerning the circumstances under
which abortion is permitted, regulated, or prohibited.
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‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to ac-
tivities in opposition to coercive abortion or involun-
tary sterilization.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION
TO
FOREIGN
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—The prohibitions of this subsection apply to
funds made available to a foreign organization either
directly or as a subcontractor or subgrantee, and the
certifications required by paragraphs (1) and (2)
apply to activities in which the organization engages
either directly or through a subcontractor or sub-
grantee.’’.
(b) Section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(i) LIMITATION RELATING TO FORCED ABORTIONS
IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.—Notwithstand-
ing section 614 of this Act or any other provision of law,
no funds may be made available for the United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA) in any fiscal year unless the
President certifies that—
‘‘(1) UNFPA has terminated all activities in
the People’s Republic of China, and the United
States has received assurances that UNFPA will
conduct no such activities during the fiscal year for
which the funds are to be made available; or
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‘‘(2) during the 12 months preceding such cer-
tification there have been no abortions as the result
of coercion associated with the family planning poli-
cies of the national government or other govern-
mental entities within the People’s Republic of
China.
As used in this section, the term ‘coercion’ includes phys-
ical duress or abuse, destruction or confiscation of prop-
erty, loss of means of livelihood, or severe psychological
pressure.’’.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
Act, 1998’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 4,
1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.