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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 di-
rect such agency to carry out the sale, reduction, or
cancellation of a loan pursuant to this section. Such
agency shall make an adjustment in its accounts to
reflect the sale, reduction, or cancellation.
(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
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the United States Government account or accounts estab-
lished for the repayment of such loan.
(c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold pur-
suant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who pre-
sents 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 pursu-
ant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible country,
the President shall 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 provided
by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt Restruc-
turing’’.
SANCTIONS AGAINST COUNTRIES HARBORING WAR
CRIMINALS
SEC. 572. (a) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 or the Arms Export Control Act may not be provided
for any country described in subsection (c).
(b) MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of
the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive di-
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rectors of the international financial institutions to work
in opposition to, and vote against, any extension by such
institutions of financing or financial or technical assistance
to any country described in subsection (c).
(c) SANCTIONED COUNTRIES.—A country described in
this subsection is a country the government of which know-
ingly 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 begin-
ning 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
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(D) any government which was an ally of
the Nazi government of Germany.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
SEC. 573. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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;
and
(2) the Government is cooperating with United
States authorities in the investigations of political
and extrajudicial killings.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict
the provision of humanitarian, development or electoral as-
sistance.
(c) The President may waive the requirements of this
section if he determines and certifies to the appropriate
committees of Congress that it is in the national interest
of the United States or necessary to assure the safe and
timely withdrawal of American forces from Haiti.
LIMITATION ON FUNDS TO THE TERRITORY OF THE
BOSNIAC-CROAT FEDERATION
SEC. 574. Funds appropriated by this Act for activi-
ties in the internationally-recognized borders of Bosnia and
Herzegovina (other than refugee and disaster assistance and
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assistance for restoration of infrastructure, to include power
grids, water supplies and natural gas) may only be made
available for activities in the territory of the Bosniac-Croat
Federation.
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
SEC. 575. Beginning in fiscal year 1997, all United
States Government publications shall refer to the capital
of Israel as Jerusalem.
EXTENSION OF CERTAIN ADJUDICATION PROVISIONS
SEC. 576. The Foreign Operations, Export Financing,
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public
Law 101–167) is amended—
(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—
(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and
1996’’ and inserting ‘‘1996, and 1997’’; and
(B) in subsection (e), by striking out ‘‘Octo-
ber 1, 1996’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘October 1, 1997’’; and
(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in sub-
section (b)(2), by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1996’’
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1997’’.
TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS
SEC. 577. (a) LIMITATION.—Beginning three years
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive
Director of each international financial institution to use
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the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any loan
or other utilization of the funds of their respective institu-
tion, other than to address basic human needs, for the gov-
ernment of any country which the Secretary of the Treasury
determines—
(1) does not have in place a functioning system
for a civilian audit of all receipts and expenditures
in the portions of its budget that fund activities of the
armed forces and security forces;
(2) has not provided a summary of a current
audit to the institution; and
(3) has not provided to the institution an ac-
counting of the ownership and financial interest in
revenue-generating enterprises of the armed forces and
security forces.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘international financial institution’’ shall include the
institutions identified in section 535(b) of this Act.
PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
SEC. 578. A senior official, or former senior official,
of a government that receives funds appropriated by this
Act, who applies for a visa to travel to the United States,
shall be denied such visa if the Secretary of State has credi-
ble evidence that such official has committed, ordered or at-
tempted to thwart the investigation of a gross violation of
an internationally recognized human right: Provided, That
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for purposes of this section ‘‘senior official’’ includes an offi-
cer of the armed forces or security forces: Provided further,
That the Secretary of State may waive the restrictions of
this section on a case-by-case basis if he determines and
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so
is important to the national interest of the United States.
GUARANTEES
SEC. 579. Section 251(b)(2)(G) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by
striking ‘‘fiscal year 1994 and 1995’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1997’’ in both places
that this appears.
INFORMATION
ON
COOPERATION
WITH
UNITED
STATES
ANTI-TERRORISM EFFORTS IN ANNUAL COUNTRY RE-
PORTS ON TERRORISM
SEC. 580. Section 140 of the Foreign Relations Author-
ization Act, fiscal years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (1);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (2) and inserting a semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) with respect to each foreign country from
which the United States Government has sought co-
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operation during the previous five years in the inves-
tigation or prosecution of an act of international ter-
rorism against United States citizens or interests, in-
formation on—
‘‘(A) the extent to which the government of
the foreign country is cooperating with the Unit-
ed States Government in apprehending, convict-
ing, and punishing the individual or individuals
responsible for the act; and
‘‘(B) the extent to which the government of
the foreign country is cooperating in preventing
further acts of terrorism against United States
citizens in the foreign country; and
‘‘(4) with respect to each foreign country from
which the United States Government has sought co-
operation during the previous five years in the pre-
vention of an act of international terrorism against
such citizens or interests, the information described in
paragraph (3)(B).’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) by striking ‘‘The report’’ and inserting
‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
report’’;
(B) by indenting the margin of paragraph
(1) as so designated, 2 ems; and
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(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) If the Secretary of State determines that the
transmittal of the information with respect to a for-
eign country under paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection
(a) in classified form would make more likely the co-
operation of the government of the foreign country as
specified in such paragraph, the Secretary may trans-
mit the information under such paragraph in classi-
fied form.’’.
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
SEC. 581. (a) LIMITATION.—Beginning 1 year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Direc-
tor of each international financial institution to use the
voice and vote of the United States to oppose any loan or
other utilization of the funds of their respective institution,
other than to address basic human needs, for the govern-
ment of any country which the Secretary of the Treasury
determines—
(1) has, as a cultural custom, a known history
of the practice of female genital mutilation;
(2) has not made the practice of female genital
mutilation illegal; and
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(3) has not taken steps to implement educational
programs designed to prevent the practice of female
genital mutilation.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘international financial institution’’ shall include the
institutions identified in section 535(b) of this Act.
SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE UNITED STATES-
JAPAN INSURANCE AGREEMENT
SEC. 582. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the fol-
lowing findings:
(1) The United States and Japan share a long
and important bilateral relationship which serves as
an anchor of peace and stability in the Asia Pacific
region, an alliance which was reaffirmed at the recent
summit meeting between President Clinton and
Prime Minister Hashimoto in Tokyo.
(2) The Japanese economy has experienced dif-
ficulty over the past few years, demonstrating that it
is no longer possible for Japan, the world’s second
largest economy, to use exports as the sole engine of
economic growth, but that the Government of Japan
must promote deregulation of its domestic economy in
order to increase economic growth.
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(3) Japan is the second largest insurance market
in the world and the largest life insurance market in
the world.
(4) The share of foreign insurance in Japan is
less than 3 percent, and large Japanese life and non-
life insurers dominate the market.
(5) The Government of Japan has had as its
stated policy for several years the deregulation and
liberalization of the Japan insurance market, and has
developed and adopted a new insurance business law
as a means of achieving this publicly stated objective
of liberalization and deregulation.
(6) The Governments of Japan and the United
States concluded in October of 1994 the United
States-Japan Insurance Agreement, following more
than one and one-half years of negotiations, in which
Agreement the Government of Japan reiterated its in-
tent to deregulate and liberalize its market.
(7) The Government of Japan in June of 1995
undertook additional obligations to provide greater
foreign access and liberalization to its market through
its schedule of insurance obligations during the finan-
cial services negotiations of the World Trade Organi-
zation (WTO).
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(8) The United States insurance industry is the
most competitive in the world, operates successfully
throughout the world, and thus could be expected to
achieve higher levels of market access and profit-
ability under a more open, deregulated and liberal-
ized Japanese market.
(9) Despite more than one and one-half years
since the conclusion of the United States-Japan In-
surance Agreement, despite more than one year since
Japan undertook new commitments under the WTO,
despite the entry into force on April 1, 1996, of the
new Insurance Business Law, the Japanese market
remains closed and highly regulated and thus contin-
ues to deny fair and open treatment for foreign insur-
ers, including competitive United States insurers.
(10) The non-implementation of the United
States-Japan Insurance Agreement is a matter of
grave importance to the United States Government.
(11) Dozens of meetings between the United
States Trade Representative and the Ministry of Fi-
nance have taken place during the past year.
(12) President Clinton, Vice President Gore, Sec-
retary 
Rubin, 
Secretary 
Christopher, 
Secretary
Kantor, Ambassador Barshefsky have all indicated to
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their counterparts in the Government of Japan the
importance of this matter to the United States.
(13) The United States Senate has written re-
peatedly to the Minister of Finance and the Ambas-
sador of Japan.
(14) Despite all of these efforts and indications
of importance, the Ministry of Finance has failed to
implement the United States-Japan Insurance Agree-
ment.
(15) Several deadlines have already passed for
resolution of this issue with the latest deadline set for
July 31, 1996.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that—
(1) the Ministry of Finance of the Government
of Japan should immediately and without further
delay completely and fully comply with all provisions
of the United States-Japan Insurance Agreement, in-
cluding most especially those which require the Min-
istry of Finance to deregulate and liberalize the pri-
mary sectors of the Japanese market, and those which
insure that the current position of foreign insurers in
Japan will not be jeopardized until primary sector
deregulation has been achieved, and a three-year pe-
riod has elapsed; and
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(2) failing satisfactory resolution of this matter
on or before July 31, 1996, the United States Govern-
ment should use any and all resources at its disposal
to bring about full and complete compliance with the
Agreement.
SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE CONFLICT IN
CHECHNYA
SEC. 583. (a) CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION.—The
Congress declares that the continuation of the conflict in
Chechnya, the continued killing of innocent civilians, and
the ongoing violation of human rights in that region are
unacceptable.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Congress hereby—
(1) condemns Russia’s infringement of the cease-
fire agreements in Chechnya;
(2) calls upon the Government of the Russian
Federation to bring an immediate halt to offensive
military actions in Chechnya and requests President
Yeltsin to honor his decree of June 25, 1996 concern-
ing the withdrawal of Russian armed forces from
Chechnya;
(3) encourages the two warring parties to resume
negotiations without delay so as to find a peaceful po-
litical solution to the Chechen problem; and
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(4) supports the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe and its representatives in
Chechnya in its efforts to mediate in Chechnya.
REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN AID IN
REPORT OF SECRETARY OF STATE
SEC. 584. (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 Authorization
Act, fiscal years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a), shall
include a side-by-side comparison of individual countries’
overall support for the United States at the United Nations
and the amount of United States assistance provided to
such country in that fiscal year.
(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 Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(4)).
REPORT ON DOMESTIC FEDERAL AGENCIES FURNISHING
UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE
SEC. 585. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1,
1997, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
study and report to the Congress on all assistance furnished
directly or indirectly to foreign countries, foreign entities,
and international organizations by domestic Federal agen-
cies and Federal agencies.
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
(1) DOMESTIC
FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term
‘‘domestic Federal agency’’ means a Federal agency
the primary mission of which is to carry out func-
tions other than foreign affairs, defense, or national
security functions.
(2) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal agen-
cy’’ has the meaning given the term in section 551(1)
of title 5, United States Code.
(3) INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATION.—The term
‘‘international organization’’ has the meaning given
the term in section 1 of the International Organiza-
tion Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288).
(4) UNITED
STATES
ASSISTANCE.—The term
‘‘United States assistance’’ has the meaning given the
term in section 481(e)(4) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(4)).
RESTRICTIONS ON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED
NATIONS AGENCIES
SEC. 586. (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 contribution of the
United States to the United Nations or any of its special-
ized agencies (including the United Nations Development
Program) if the United Nations attempts to implement or
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impose any taxation or fee on any United States persons
or borrows funds from any international financial institu-
tion.
(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 or any of its specialized agencies (including the
United Nations Development Program) unless the President
certifies to the Congress 15 days in advance of such pay-
ment that the United Nations or such agency, as the case
may be, is not engaged in, and has not been engaged in
during the previous fiscal year, any effort to develop, advo-
cate, promote, or publicize any proposal concerning tax-
ation or fees on United States persons in order to raise reve-
nue for the United Nations or any of its specialized agen-
cies.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
(1) The term ‘‘international financial institu-
tion’’ includes the African Development Bank, the Af-
rican Development Fund, the Asian Development
Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and De-
velopment, the Inter-American Development Bank, the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Develop-
ment, the International Development Association, the
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International Finance Corporation, the International
Monetary Fund, and the Multilateral Insurance
Guaranty Agency; and
(2) The term ‘‘United States person’’ refers to—
(A) a natural person who is a citizen or na-
tional of the United States; or
(B) a corporation, partnership, or other
legal entity organized under the United States or
any State, territory, possession, or district of the
United States.
HAITI
SEC. 587. The Government of Haiti shall be eligible
to purchase defense articles and services under the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the civil-
ian-led Haitian National Police and Coast Guard, except
as otherwise stated in law: Provided, That the authority
provided by this section shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
TRADE RELATIONS WITH EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE.
SEC. 588. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the fol-
lowing findings:
(1) The countries of Central and Eastern Eu-
rope, including Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic,
Slovakia, Romania, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Es-
tonia, and Bulgaria, are important to the long-term