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CYPRUS
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘De-
velopment Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’,
not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for Cy-
prus to be used only for scholarships, administrative sup-
port of the scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and
measures aimed at reunification of the island and designed
to reduce tensions and promote peace and cooperation be-
tween the two communities on Cyprus.
LEBANON
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘De-
velopment Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’,
not less than $15,000,000 should be made available for
Lebanon to be used, among other programs, for scholar-
ships and direct support of the American educational insti-
tutions in Lebanon.
BURMA
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not
less than $6,500,000 shall be made available to support
democracy activities in Burma, democracy and humani-
tarian activities along the Burma-Thailand border, and for
Burmese student groups and other organizations located
outside Burma: Provided, That funds made available for
Burma-related activities under this heading may be made
available notwithstanding any other provision of law: Pro-
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vided further, That the provision of such funds shall be
made available subject to the regular notification proce-
dures 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 voluntary
organization, except any cooperative development organi-
zation, which obtains less than 20 percent of its total an-
nual funding for international activities from sources other
than the United States Government: Provided, That the
Administrator of the Agency for International Develop-
ment may, on a case-by-case basis, waive the restriction
contained in this paragraph, after taking into account the
effectiveness of the overseas development activities of the
organization, its level of volunteer support, its financial
viability and stability, and the degree of its dependence
for its financial support on the agency.
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 at
least equivalent to the level provided in fiscal year 1995.
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for international disaster re-
lief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant
to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
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amended, $175,880,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Agency for International De-
velopment shall submit a report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations at least 5 days prior to providing assistance
through the Office of Transition Initiatives for a country
that did not receive such assistance in fiscal year 1999.
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 guaran-
tees of loans made under this heading in support of micro-
enterprise activities may guarantee up to 70 percent of
the principal amount of any such loans notwithstanding
section 108 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. In ad-
dition, for administrative expenses to carry out programs
under this heading, $500,000, all of which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operating
Expenses of the Agency for International Development:
Provided further, That funds made available under this
heading shall remain available until September 30, 2001.
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URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIT PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed
loan programs, $5,000,000, all of which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operating
Expenses of the Agency for International Development.
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, up
to $3,000,000 to be derived by transfer from funds appro-
priated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, as amended, and funds appropriated
by this Act under the heading, ‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR EAST-
ERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES’’, to remain avail-
able until expended, as authorized by section 635 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: 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 further, That for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan pro-
grams, up to $500,000 of this amount may be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Operating Ex-
penses of the Agency for International Development’’: Pro-
vided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) (re-
lating to general provisions applicable to the Development
Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by
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the House Committee on International Relations on May
9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and loan guar-
antees provided under this heading.
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability Fund’’, as authorized by the Foreign Service
Act of 1980, $43,837,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $495,000,000: Provided, That, none of the
funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail-
able to finance the construction (including architect and
engineering services), purchase, or long term lease of of-
fices for use by the Agency for International Development,
unless the Administrator has identified such proposed con-
struction (including architect and engineering services),
purchase, or long term lease of offices in a report sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15
days prior to the obligation of these funds for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall
not apply where the total cost of construction (including
architect and engineering services), purchase, or long term
lease of offices does not exceed $1,000,000.
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OPERATING
EXPENSES
OF
THE
AGENCY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
OFFICE
OF
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $25,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001, which sum shall be available for the Of-
fice 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, $2,177,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than
$960,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which sum
shall be available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and
shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this
Act or by October 31, 1999, whichever is later: Provided
further, That not less than $735,000,000 shall be available
only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant
basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance shall be
provided with the understanding that Egypt will under-
take significant economic reforms which are additional to
those which were undertaken in previous fiscal years, and
of which not less than $200,000,000 shall be provided as
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Commodity Import Program assistance: Provided further,
That in exercising the authority to provide cash transfer
assistance for Israel, the President shall ensure that the
level of such assistance does not cause an adverse impact
on the total level of nonmilitary exports from the United
States to such country: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated 
under 
this 
heading, 
not 
less 
than
$150,000,000 should be made available for assistance for
Jordan: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, not to exceed $11,000,000 may be used
to support victims of and programs related to the Holo-
caust: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, of the funds appropriated under this
heading, $1,000,000 shall be made available to nongovern-
mental organizations located outside of the People’s Re-
public of China to support activities which preserve cul-
tural traditions and promote sustainable development and
environmental conservation in Tibetan communities in
that country.
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 United
States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland
and shall be made available in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986
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(Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time-
ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading shall re-
main available until September 30, 2001.
ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC
STATES
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support
for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989,
$535,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for assistance and for related programs
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: Provided, That
of the funds appropriated under this heading not less than
$150,000,000 should be made available for assistance for
Kosova: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able under this heading and the headings ‘‘International
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Economic
Support Fund’’, not to exceed $130,000,000 shall be made
available for Bosnia and Herzegovina: Provided further,
That none of the funds made available under this heading
for Kosova shall be made available until the Secretary of
State certifies that the resources pledged by the United
States at the upcoming Kosova donors conference and
similar pledging conferences shall not exceed 15 percent
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of the total resources pledged by all donors: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available under this
heading for Kosova shall be made available for large scale
physical infrastructure reconstruction.
(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 disburse-
ment of such funds for program purposes. The Fund may
retain for such program purposes any interest earned on
such deposits without returning such interest to the Treas-
ury of the United States and without further appropria-
tion 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 Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available
the administrative authorities contained in that Act for
the use of economic assistance.
(d) None of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing may be made available for new housing construction
or repair or reconstruction of existing housing in Bosnia
and Herzegovina unless directly related to the efforts of
United States troops to promote peace in said country.
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(e) With regard to funds appropriated 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 currency and local currency returned
or repaid under such program) the Administrator of the
Agency for International Development shall provide writ-
ten approval for grants and loans prior to the obligation
and expenditure of funds for such purposes, and prior to
the use of funds that have been returned or repaid to any
lending facility or grantee.
(f) The provisions of section 532 of this Act shall
apply to funds made available under subsection (e) and
to funds appropriated under this heading.
(g) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap-
propriated under this heading made available for economic
revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he
determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has
not 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 training, investiga-
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tions, and related activities between Iranian officials and
Bosnian officials has not been terminated.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE
FORMER SOVIET UNION
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for
the Independent States of the former Soviet Union and
for related programs, $735,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the provisions
of such chapter shall apply to funds appropriated by this
paragraph: Provided further, That such sums as may be
necessary may be transferred to the Export-Import Bank
of the United States for the cost of any financing under
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 for activities for the
Independent States: Provided further, That of the funds
made available for the Southern Caucasus region, 15 per-
cent should be used for confidence-building measures and
other activities in furtherance of the peaceful resolution
of the regional conflicts, especially those in the vicinity of
Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabagh: Provided further, That
of the amounts appropriated under this heading not less
than $20,000,000 shall be made available solely for the
Russian Far East: Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this heading $10,000,000 shall be
made available for salaries and expenses to carry out the
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Russian Leadership Program enacted on May 21, 1999
(113 Stat. 93 et seq.).
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than $180,000,000 should be made available for as-
sistance for Ukraine.
(c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than 12.92 percent shall be made available for assist-
ance for Georgia.
(d) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than 12.2 percent shall be made available for assist-
ance for Armenia.
(e) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall
not apply to—
(1) activities to support democracy or assist-
ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act
and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201;
(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and
Development Agency under section 661 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);
(3) any activity carried out by a member of the
United States and Foreign Commercial Service while
acting within his or her official capacity;
(4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or
other assistance provided by the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2
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of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2191 et seq.);
(5) any financing provided under the Export-
Import Bank Act of 1945; or
(6) humanitarian assistance.
(f) Of the funds made available under this heading
for nuclear safety activities, not to exceed 9 percent of
the funds provided for any single project may be used to
pay for management costs incurred by a United States
national lab in administering said project.
(g) Not more than 25 percent of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for as-
sistance for any country in the region.
(h) Of the funds appropriated under title II of this
Act not less than $12,000,000 should be made available
for assistance for Mongolia of which not less than
$6,000,000 should be made available from funds appro-
priated under this heading: Provided, That funds made
available for assistance for Mongolia may be made avail-
able in accordance with the purposes and utilizing the au-
thorities provided in chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961.
(i)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading
that are allocated for assistance for the Government of
the Russian Federation, 50 percent shall be withheld from
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obligation until the President determines and certifies in
writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
ernment of the Russian Federation has terminated imple-
mentation of arrangements to provide Iran with technical
expertise, training, technology, or equipment necessary to
develop a nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facili-
ties or programs, or ballistic missile capability.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—
(A) assistance to combat infectious diseases and
child survival activities; and
(B) activities authorized under title V (Non-
proliferation and Disarmament Programs and Ac-
tivities) of the FREEDOM Support Act.
(j) None of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing may be made available for the Government of the Rus-
sian Federation, until the Secretary of State certifies to
the Committees on Appropriations that: (1) Russian
armed and peacekeeping forces deployed in Kosova have
not established a separate sector of operational control;
and (2) any Russian armed forces deployed in Kosova are
operating under NATO unified command and control ar-
rangements.
(k) Of the funds appropriated under this heading and
in prior acts making appropriations for foreign operations,
export financing, and related programs, not less than
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$241,000,000 shall be made available for expanded non-
proliferation and security cooperation programs under sec-
tion 503 and 511 of the FREEDOM Support Act and sec-
tion 1424 of Public Law 104–201.
(l) Of the funds appropriated under this title, not less
than $14,700,000 shall be made available for maternal
and neo-natal health activities in the independent states
of the former Soviet Union, of which at least 60 percent
should be made available for the preventive care and treat-
ment of mothers and infants in Russia.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
PEACE CORPS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $235,000,000, in-
cluding the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor
vehicles for administrative purposes for use outside of the
United States: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be used to pay for abor-
tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading shall remain available until September 30,
2001.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $285,000,000, of
which $21,000,000 shall become available for obligation
on September 30, 2000, and remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of this amount not less than
$10,000,000 should be made available for Law Enforce-
ment Training and Demand Reduction: Provided further,
That any funds made available under this heading for
anti-crime programs and activities shall be made available
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That during
fiscal year 2000, the Department of State may also use
the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive ex-
cess property from an agency of the United States Govern-
ment for the purpose of providing it to a foreign country
under chapter 8 of part I of that Act subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That in addition to any funds pre-
viously made available to establish and operate the Inter-
national Law Enforcement Academy for the Western
Hemisphere, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made avail-
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able to establish and operate the International Law En-
forcement Academy for the Western Hemisphere at the
deBremmond Training Center in Roswell, New Mexico.
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
to enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized
by law, a contribution to the International Committee of
the Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contribu-
tions to the International Organization for Migration and
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and
other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; sala-
ries and expenses of personnel and dependents as author-
ized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as
authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5,
United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor
vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title
5, 
United 
States 
Code, 
$625,000,000, 
of 
which
$21,000,000 shall become available for obligation on Sep-
tember 30, 2000, and remain available until expended:
Provided, That not more than $13,800,000 shall be avail-
able for administrative expenses: Provided further, That
not less than $60,000,000 shall be made available for refu-
gees from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
and other refugees resettling in Israel.
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UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION
ASSISTANCE FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance
Act 
of 
1962, 
as 
amended 
(22 
U.S.C. 
260(c)),
$12,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the funds made available under this heading
are appropriated notwithstanding the provisions contained
in section 2(c)(2) of the Act which would limit the amount
of funds which could be appropriated for this purpose.
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND
RELATED PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism and related programs and activities, $181,600,000,
to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assist-
ance, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act for the
Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, section 23 of
the Arms Export Control Act or the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of
unexploded ordnance, and related activities, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, including activities
implemented through nongovernmental and international
organizations, section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 for a voluntary contribution to the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a voluntary contribu-
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tion to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Orga-
nization (KEDO), and for a United States contribution
to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Pre-
paratory Commission: Provided, That the Secretary of
State shall inform the Committees on Appropriations at
least 20 days prior to the obligation of funds for the Com-
prehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Com-
mission: Provided further, That of this amount not to ex-
ceed $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, may
be made available for the Nonproliferation and Disar-
mament Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relat-
ing to nonproliferation and disarmament: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds may also be used for such countries
other than the Independent States of the former Soviet
Union and international organizations when it is in the
national security interest of the United States to do so:
Provided further, That such funds shall be subject to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this heading may be made available for the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency only if the Secretary of
State determines (and so reports to the Congress) that
Israel is not being denied its right to participate in the
activities of that Agency: Provided further, That of the
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funds appropriated under this heading, $35,000,000
should be made available for demining, clearance of
unexploded ordnance, and related activities: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available for demining and
related activities, not to exceed $500,000, in addition to
funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used
for administrative expenses related to the operation and
management of the demining program.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (re-
lating to international affairs technical assistance activi-
ties), $1,500,000, to remain available until expended,
which shall be available nowithstanding and other provi-
sion of law.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying 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, reduc-
ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as
a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries,
pursuant to parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act
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of 1961 (including up to $1,000,000 for necessary ex-
penses for the administration of activities carried out
under these parts), and of modifying concessional credit
agreements with least developed countries, as authorized
under section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development
and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, and concessional
loans, guarantees and credit agreements with any country
in Sub-Saharan Africa, as authorized under section 572
of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–
461), $33,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of this amount, not less than $13,000,000
shall be made available to carry out the provisions of part
V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That
any limitation of subsection (e) of section 411 of the Agri-
cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954
to the extent that limitation applies to sub-Saharan Afri-
can countries shall not apply to funds appropriated here-
under or previously appropriated under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That the authority provided by section 572
of Public Law 100–461 may be exercised only with respect
to countries that are eligible to borrow from the Inter-
national Development Association, but not from the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, com-
monly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’ countries.
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TITLE III—MILITARY ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$50,000,000, of which up to $1,000,000 may remain
available until expended: Provided, That the civilian per-
sonnel for whom military education and training may be
provided under this heading may include civilians who are
not members of a government whose participation would
contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian con-
trol of the military, or respect for human rights: Provided
further, That funds appropriated under this heading for
grant financed military education and training for Indo-
nesia and Guatemala may only be available for expanded
international military education and training and funds
made available for Guatemala may only be provided
through the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated under this heading may be made
available to support grant financed military education and
training at the School of the Americas unless the Sec-
retary of Defense certifies that the instruction and train-
ing provided by the School of the Americas is fully con-
sistent with training and doctrine, particularly with re-
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spect to the observance of human rights, provided by the
Department of Defense to United States military students
at Department of Defense institutions whose primary pur-
pose is to train United States military personnel: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations, no later than January 15,
2000, a report detailing the training activities of the
School of the Americas and a general assessment regard-
ing the performance of its graduates during 1997 and
1998.
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for grants to enable the
President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the
Arms Export Control Act, $3,420,000,000: Provided,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than $1,920,000,000 shall be available for grants only
for Israel, and not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be made
available for grants only for Egypt: Provided further, That
to the extent that the Government of Israel requests that
funds be used for such purposes, grants made available
for Israel by this paragraph shall, as agreed by Israel and
the United States, be available for advanced weapons sys-
tems, of which not less than 26.3 percent shall be available
for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and de-
fense services, including research and development: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated by this para-
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graph, not less than $75,000,000 should be available for
assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated by this paragraph, not less than $7,000,000
shall be made available for assistance for Tunisia: Pro-
vided further, That during fiscal year 2000, the President
is authorized to, and shall, direct the draw-downs of de-
fense articles from the stocks of the Department of De-
fense, defense services of the Department of Defense, and
military education and training of an aggregate value of
not less than $4,000,000 under the authority of this pro-
viso for Tunisia for the purposes of part II of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 and any amount so directed shall
count toward meeting the earmark in the preceding pro-
viso: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated by
this paragraph up to $1,000,000 should be made available
for assistance for Ecuador and shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That funds appropriated by
this paragraph shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any
requirement in section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act:
Provided further, That funds made available under this
paragraph shall be obligated upon apportionment in ac-
cordance with paragraph (5)(C) of title 31, United States
Code, section 1501(a).
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None of the funds made available under this heading
shall be available to finance the procurement of defense
articles, defense services, or design and construction serv-
ices that are not sold by the United States Government
under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign
country proposing to make such procurements has first
signed an agreement with the United States Government
specifying the conditions under which such procurements
may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun-
try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub-
mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec-
tion 515 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
for assistance for Sudan and Liberia: Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading may be
used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and re-
lated activities, and may include activities implemented
through nongovernmental and international organizations:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be available for assistance for
Guatemala: Provided further, That only those countries for
which assistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military
Sales Financing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 con-
gressional presentation for security assistance programs
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may utilize funds made available under this heading for
procurement of defense articles, defense services or design
and construction services that are not sold by the United
States Government under the Arms Export Control Act:
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this
heading shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary
to make timely payment for defense articles and services:
Provided further, That not more than $30,495,000 of the
funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated
for necessary expenses, including the purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only for use outside
of the United States, for the general costs of admin-
istering military assistance and sales: Provided further,
That not more than $330,000,000 of funds realized pursu-
ant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act
may be obligated for expenses incurred by the Department
of Defense during fiscal year 2000 pursuant to section
43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except that this
limitation may be exceeded only through the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That not later than 45 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations regard-
ing the appropriate host institution to support and ad-
vance the efforts of the Defense Institute for International
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and Legal Studies in both legal and political education:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available
under this heading shall be available for any non-NATO
country participating in the Partnership for Peace Pro-
gram except through the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations.
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$78,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be obligated or expended
except as provided through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
TITLE IV—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
For the United States contribution for the Global En-
vironment Facility, $35,800,000, to the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for
the Global Environment Facility, by the Secretary of the
Treasury, to remain available until expended.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $625,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT
GUARANTEE AGENCY
For payment to the Multilateral Investment Guar-
antee Agency by the Secretary of the Treasury,
$4,000,000, for the United States paid-in share of the in-
crease in capital stock, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL
The United States Governor of the Multilateral In-
vestment Guarantee Agency may subscribe without fiscal
year limitation for the callable capital portion of the
United States share of such capital stock in an amount
not to exceed $20,000,000.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK
For payment to the Inter-American Development
Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United
States share of the paid-in share portion of the increase
in capital stock, $25,610,667.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Inter-American
Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limi-
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tation to the callable capital portion of the United States
share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed
$1,503,718,910.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the
Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of
the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock,
$13,728,263, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Asian Develop-
ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation
to the callable capital portion of the United States share
of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed
$672,745,205.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For the United States contribution by the Secretary
of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the Asian
Development Fund, as authorized by the Asia Develop-
ment Bank Act, as amended, $77,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for contributions previously due.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For the United States contribution by the Secretary
of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the African
Development Fund, $78,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury,
$35,778,717, for the United States share of the paid-in
portion of the increase in capital stock, to remain available
until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe with-
out fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of
the United States share of such capital stock in an amount
not to exceed $123,237,803.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and
of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program
Participation Act of 1973, $170,000,000: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall
be made available for the United Nations Fund for
Science and Technology: Provided further, That not less
than $5,000,000 should be made available to the World
Food Program: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading may be made available
to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organiza-
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tion (KEDO) or the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA).
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
OBLIGATIONS DURING LAST MONTH OF AVAILABILITY
SEC. 501. Except for the appropriations entitled
‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, and ‘‘United States
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, not
more than 15 percent of any appropriation item made
available by this Act shall be obligated during the last
month of availability.
PROHIBITION OF BILATERAL FUNDING FOR
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 502. Notwithstanding section 614 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, none of the funds contained
in title II of this Act may be used to carry out the provi-
sions of section 209(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by
title II of this Act may be transferred by the Agency for
International Development directly to an international fi-
nancial institution (as defined in section 533 of this Act)
for the purpose of repaying a foreign country’s loan obliga-
tions to such institution.
LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES
SEC. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $126,500 shall
be for official residence expenses of the Agency for Inter-
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allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made
available by this Act for the Inter-American Foundation,
not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for entertainment
and representation allowances: Provided further, That of
the funds made available by this Act for the Peace Corps,
not to exceed a total of $4,000 shall be available for enter-
tainment expenses: Provided further, That of the funds
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Trade and
Development Agency’’, not to exceed $2,000 shall be avail-
able for representation and entertainment allowances.
PROHIBITION ON FINANCING NUCLEAR GOODS
SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated or made
available (other than funds for ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-
terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’) pursuant to
this Act, for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, may be used, except for purposes of nuclear safety,
to finance the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or tech-
nology.
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated
or expended to finance directly any assistance or repara-
tions to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or
Syria: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the pro-
hibition on obligations or expenditures shall include direct
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loans, credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Im-
port Bank or its agents.
MILITARY COUPS
SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated
or expended to finance directly any assistance to any coun-
try whose duly elected head of government is deposed by
military coup or decree: Provided, That assistance may be
resumed to such country if the President determines and
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that subse-
quent to the termination of assistance a democratically
elected government has taken office.
TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated under an appropriation account to
which they were not appropriated, except for transfers
specifically provided for in this Act, unless the President,
prior to the exercise of any authority contained in the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults
with and provides a written policy justification to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate.
DEOBLIGATION/REOBLIGATION AUTHORITY
SEC. 510. (a) Amounts certified pursuant to section
1311 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1955, as
having been obligated against appropriations heretofore
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made under the authority of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 for the same general purpose as any of the head-
ings under title II of this Act are, if deobligated, hereby
continued available for the same period as the respective
appropriations under such headings or until September
30, 2000, whichever is later, and for the same general pur-
pose, and for countries within the same region as origi-
nally obligated: Provided, That the Appropriations Com-
mittees of both Houses of the Congress are notified 15
days in advance of the reobligation of such funds in ac-
cordance with regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
(b) Obligated balances of funds appropriated to carry
out section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act as of the
end of the fiscal year immediately preceding the current
fiscal year are, if deobligated, hereby continued available
during the current fiscal year for the same purpose under
any authority applicable to such appropriations under this
Act: Provided, That the authority of this subsection may
not be used in fiscal year 2000.
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation after the ex-
piration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so pro-
vided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for
the purposes of chapters 1, 8, and 11 of part I, section
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667, and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as amended, and funds provided under the
heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic
States’’, shall remain available until expended if such
funds are initially obligated before the expiration of their
respective periods of availability contained in this Act:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this Act, any funds made available for the purposes
of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or ob-
ligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance
of payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the
report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall designate for each country, to the
extent known at the time of submission of such report,
those funds allocated for cash disbursement for balance
of payment and economic policy reform purposes.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT
SEC. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to any country
which is in default during a period in excess of one cal-
endar year in payment to the United States of principal
or interest on any loan made to such country by the
United States pursuant to a program for which funds are
appropriated under this Act: Provided, That this section
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and section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
shall not apply to funds made available for any narcotics-
related assistance for Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru author-
ized by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms
Export Control Act.
COMMERCE AND TRADE
SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or
made available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance
and none of the funds otherwise made available pursuant
to this Act to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation shall be obligated or ex-
pended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other
financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro-
duction of any commodity for export by any country other
than the United States, if the commodity is likely to be
in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting pro-
ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity:
Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Ex-
port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc-
tors the benefits to industry and employment in the
United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United
States producers of the same, similar, or competing com-
modity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the
Committees on Appropriations.
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(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any
other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing
or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or intro-
duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training
in connection with the growth or production in a foreign
country of an agricultural commodity for export which
would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro-
duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection
shall not prohibit—
(1) activities designed to increase food security
in developing countries where such activities will not
have a significant impact in the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; or
(2) research activities intended primarily to
benefit American producers.
SURPLUS COMMODITIES
SEC. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States Executive Directors of the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the
International Development Association, the International
Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development
Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel-
opment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora-
tion, the North American Development Bank, the Euro-
pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Afri-
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can Development Bank, and the African Development
Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to
oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds
appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act, for
the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral
for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the
assistance will cause substantial injury to United States
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity.
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 515. (a) For the purposes of providing the exec-
utive branch with the necessary administrative flexibility,
none of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘Child
Survival and Disease Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’,
‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Assistance for
Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Assistance for
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’,
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’,
‘‘Operating Expenses of the Agency for International De-
velopment’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of the Agency for Inter-
national Development Office of Inspector General’’, ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’, ‘‘Peace
Corps’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, shall be
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available for obligation for activities, programs, projects,
type of materiel assistance, countries, or other operations
not justified or in excess of the amount justified to the
Appropriations Committees for obligation under any of
these specific headings unless the Appropriations Commit-
tees of both Houses of Congress are previously notified
15 days in advance: Provided, That the President shall
not enter into any commitment of funds appropriated for
the purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control
Act for the provision of major defense equipment, other
than conventional ammunition, or other major defense
items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat ve-
hicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent
in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless the
Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in ad-
vance of such commitment: Provided further, That this
section shall not apply to any reprogramming for an activ-
ity, program, or project under chapter 1 of part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of less than 10 percent
of the amount previously justified to the Congress for obli-
gation for such activity, program, or project for the cur-
rent fiscal year: Provided further, That the requirements
of this section or any similar provision of this Act or any
other Act, including any prior Act requiring notification
in accordance with the regular notification procedures of
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the Committees on Appropriations, may be waived if fail-
ure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health
or welfare: Provided further, That in case of any such
waiver, notification to the Congress, or the appropriate
congressional committees, shall be provided as early as
practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after taking
the action to which such notification requirement was ap-
plicable, in the context of the circumstances necessitating
such waiver: Provided further, That any notification pro-
vided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an expla-
nation of the emergency circumstances.
(b) Drawdowns made pursuant to section 506(a)(2)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be subject to
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
SEC. 516. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
priated under this Act or any previously enacted Act mak-
ing appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs, which are returned or not made
available for organizations and programs because of the
implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2001.
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INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated under
the heading ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the
Former Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for assist-
ance for a government of an Independent State of the
former Soviet Union—
(1) unless that government is making progress
in implementing comprehensive economic reforms
based on market principles, private ownership, re-
spect for commercial contracts, and equitable treat-
ment 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.
Assistance may be furnished without regard to this sub-
section if the President determines that to do so is in the
national interest.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading
‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union’’ shall be made available for assistance for a
government of an Independent State of the former Soviet
Union if that government directs any action in violation
of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any
other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such
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as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Pro-
vided, That such funds may be made available without re-
gard to the restriction in this subsection if the President
determines that to do so is in the national security interest
of the United States.
(c) None of the funds appropriated under the heading
‘‘Assistance for the 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, demining or non-
proliferation programs.
(d) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union’’ shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
(e) Funds made available in this Act for assistance
for the 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 As-
sistance Act of 1961.
(f) Funds appropriated in this or prior appropriations
Acts that are or have been made available for an Enter-
prise Fund in the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union may be deposited by such Fund in interest-
bearing accounts prior to the disbursement of such funds
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by the Fund for program purposes. 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.
(g) In issuing new task orders, entering into con-
tracts, or making grants, with funds appropriated in this
Act or prior appropriations Acts under the headings ‘‘As-
sistance for the New Independent States of the Former
Soviet Union’’ and ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States
of the Former Soviet Union’’, for projects or activities that
have as one of their primary purposes the fostering of pri-
vate sector development, the Coordinator 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 con-
tributions) in such projects and activities.
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available to carry
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor-
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tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or
coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for
the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method
of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial
incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of
the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay
for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in
part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or
involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning.
None of the funds made available to carry out part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be
obligated or expended for any country or organization if
the President certifies that the use of these funds by any
such country or organization would violate any of the
above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri-
lizations: Provided, That none of the funds made available
under this Act may be used to lobby for or against abor-
tion.
EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES
SEC. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion other than for administrative expenses made available
for fiscal year 2000, for programs under title I of this
Act may be transferred between such appropriations for
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use for any of the purposes, programs, and activities for
which the funds in such receiving account may be used,
but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically
provided, shall be increased by more than 25 percent by
any such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such au-
thority shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be obligated or expended for Colombia, Haiti, Libe-
ria, Pakistan, Panama, Serbia, Sudan, or the Democratic
Republic of Congo except as provided through the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY
SEC. 521. For the purpose of this Act, ‘‘program,
project, and activity’’ shall be defined at the appropria-
tions Act account level and shall include all appropriations
and authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limita-
tions with the exception that for the following accounts:
Economic Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing
Program, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be
considered to include country, regional, and central pro-
gram level funding within each such account; for the devel-
opment assistance accounts of the Agency for Inter-
national Development ‘‘program, project, and activity’’
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shall also be considered to include central program level
funding, either as: (1) justified to the Congress; or (2)
allocated by the executive branch in accordance with a re-
port, to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations
within 30 days of the enactment of this Act, as required
by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
CHILD SURVIVAL AND DISEASE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES
SEC. 522. Up to $10,000,000 of the funds made
available by this Act for assistance under the heading
‘‘Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund’’, may be
used to reimburse United States Government agencies,
agencies of State governments, institutions of higher
learning, and private and voluntary organizations for the
full cost of individuals (including for the personal services
of such individuals) detailed or assigned to, or contracted
by, as the case may be, the Agency for International De-
velopment for the purpose of carrying out child survival,
basic education, and infectious disease activities: Provided,
That up to $1,500,000 of the funds made available by this
Act for assistance under the heading ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’ may be used to reimburse such agencies, institu-
tions, and organizations for such costs of such individuals
carrying out other development assistance activities: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated by this Act that
are made available for child survival activities or disease
programs including activities relating to research on, and
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the prevention, treatment and control of, Acquired Im-
mune Deficiency Syndrome may be made available not-
withstanding any provision of law that restricts assistance
to foreign countries: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under title II of this Act may be made available
pursuant to section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 if a primary purpose of the assistance is for child
survival and related programs: Provided further, That
funds appropriated by this Act that are made available
for family planning activities may be made available not-
withstanding section 512 of this Act and section 620(q)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
PROHIBITION AGAINST INDIRECT FUNDING TO CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated
to finance indirectly any assistance or reparations to
Cuba, Iraq, Libya, Iran, Syria, North Korea, or the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, unless the President of the United
States certifies that the withholding of these funds is con-
trary to the national interest of the United States.
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT
SEC. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of
Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De-
fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the
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same extent and under the same conditions as are other
committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Pro-
vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess
defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the
Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification
procedures of such Committees: Provided further, That
such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles.
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT
SEC. 525. Funds appropriated by this Act may be
obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of
Public Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
DEMOCRACY IN CHINA
SEC. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
that restricts assistance to foreign countries, funds appro-
priated by this Act for ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may
be made available to provide general support and grants
for nongovernmental organizations located outside the
People’s Republic of China that have as their primary pur-
pose fostering democracy in that country, and for activi-
ties of nongovernmental organizations located outside the
People’s Republic of China to foster democracy in that
country: Provided, That none of the funds made available
for activities to foster democracy in the People’s Republic
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of China may be made available for assistance to the gov-
ernment of that country, except that funds appropriated
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’
that are made available for the National Endowment for
Democracy or its grantees may be made available for ac-
tivities to foster democracy in that country notwith-
standing this proviso and any other provision of law: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available pursuant to the
authority of this section shall be subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun-
tries, of the funds appropriated by this Act under the
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, $1,000,000 shall be
made available to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center
for Human Rights for a project to disseminate informa-
tion and support research about the People’s Republic of
China, and related activities.
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST
COUNTRIES
SEC. 527. (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 the
enactment of this Act, shall not be made available to any
country which the President determines—
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(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 sub-
section (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 15 days before the waiver
takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the waiver (including the justification for the waiv-
er) in accordance with the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations.
COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES
SEC. 528. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of sec-
tion 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used
to provide financing to Israel, 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 in-
cluding Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters
and other types of aircraft having possible civilian applica-
tion), if the President determines that there are compel-
ling foreign policy or national security reasons for those
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defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather
than by government-to-government sale under such Act.
COMPETITIVE INSURANCE
SEC. 529. All Agency for International Development
contracts and solicitations, and subcontracts entered into
under such contracts, shall include a clause requiring that
United States insurance companies have a fair oppor-
tunity to bid for insurance when such insurance is nec-
essary or appropriate.
STINGERS IN THE PERSIAN GULF REGION
SEC. 530. Except as provided in section 581 of the
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 1990, the United States may
not sell or otherwise make available any Stingers to any
country bordering the Persian Gulf under the Arms Ex-
port Control Act or chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961.
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 531. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in economic as-
sistance activities under the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, including endowments, debt-for-development and
debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organiza-
tion 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
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or local currencies which accrue to that organization as
a result of economic assistance provided under title II of
this Act and any interest earned on such investment shall
be used for the purpose for which the assistance was pro-
vided to that organization.
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
SEC. 532. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
FOR LOCAL
CURRENCIES.—(1) If assistance is furnished to the gov-
ernment of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of
part I 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 govern-
ment which sets forth—
(i) the amount of the local currencies to be
generated; and
(ii) the terms and conditions under which
the currencies so deposited may be utilized, con-
sistent with this section; and
(C) establish by agreement with that govern-
ment the responsibilities of the Agency for Inter-
national Development and that government to mon-
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itor 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.
(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Agency
for International Development shall take all necessary
steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies
disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the sepa-
rate account established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are
used for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection
(a)(2).
(4) TERMINATION
OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—
Upon termination of assistance to a country under chap-
ters 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case
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may be), any unencumbered balances of funds which re-
main in a separate account established pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes as may
be agreed to by the government of that country and the
United States Government.
(5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator
of the Agency for International Development shall report
on an annual basis as part of the justification documents
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on the use
of local currencies for the administrative requirements of
the United States Government as authorized in subsection
(a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount of
local currency (and United States dollar equivalent) used
and/or to be used for such purpose in each applicable
country.
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.—
(1) If assistance is made available to the government of
a foreign country, under chapters 1 or 10 of part I or
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as cash transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assist-
ance, that country shall be required to maintain such
funds in a separate account and not commingle them with
any other funds.
(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended not-
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withstanding provisions of law which are inconsistent with
the nature of this assistance including provisions which
are referenced in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the
Committee of Conference accompanying House Joint Res-
olution 648 (H. Report No. 98–1159).
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to obli-
gating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assist-
ance, the President shall submit a notification through the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations, which shall include a detailed description of
how the funds proposed to be made available will be used,
with a discussion of the United States interests that will
be served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, a
description of the economic policy reforms that will be pro-
moted by such assistance).
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance funds
may be exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1)
only through the notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE
DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 533. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act may
be made as payment to any international financial institu-
tion while the United States Executive Director to such
institution is compensated by the institution at a rate
which, together with whatever compensation such Director
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receives from the United States, is in excess of the rate
provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV
of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5,
United States Code, or while any alternate United States
Director to such institution is compensated by the institu-
tion at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an indi-
vidual occupying a position at level V of the Executive
Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States
Code.
(b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘international finan-
cial institutions’’ are: the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the Inter-American Develop-
ment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian De-
velopment Fund, the African Development Bank, the Afri-
can Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund,
the North American Development Bank, and the Euro-
pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS AGAINST
IRAQ
SEC. 534. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act to carry out the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (including title IV of
chapter 2 of part I, relating to the Overseas Private In-
vestment Corporation) or the Arms Export Control Act
may be used to provide assistance to any country that is
not in compliance with the United Nations Security Coun-
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cil sanctions against Iraq unless the President determines
and so certifies to the Congress that—
(1) such assistance is in the national interest of
the United States;
(2) such assistance will directly benefit the
needy people in that country; or
(3) the assistance to be provided will be human-
itarian assistance for foreign nationals who have fled
Iraq and Kuwait.
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTERNATIONAL
FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, INTER-
AMERICAN
FOUNDATION
AND
AFRICAN
DEVELOP-
MENT FOUNDATION
SEC. 535. (a) Unless expressly provided to the con-
trary, provisions of this or any other Act, including provi-
sions contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appro-
priations for foreign operations, export financing, and re-
lated programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi-
ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps
Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African
Development Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly
report to the Committees on Appropriations whenever it
is conducting activities or is proposing to conduct activi-
ties in a country for which assistance is prohibited.
(b) Unless expressly provided to the contrary, limita-
tions on the availability of funds for ‘‘International Orga-
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nizations and Programs’’ in this or any other Act, includ-
ing prior appropriations Acts, shall not be construed to
be applicable to the International Fund for Agricultural
Development.
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES
SEC. 536. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended to provide—
(a) any financial incentive to a business enter-
prise currently located in the United States for the
purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate
outside the United States if such incentive or in-
ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ-
ees of such business enterprise in the United States
because United States production is being replaced
by such enterprise outside the United States;
(b) assistance for the purpose of establishing or
developing in a foreign country any export proc-
essing zone or designated area in which the tax, tar-
iff, labor, environment, and safety laws of that coun-
try do not apply, in part or in whole, to activities
carried out within that zone or area, unless the
President determines and certifies that such assist-
ance is not likely to cause a loss of jobs within the
United States; or
(c) assistance for any project or activity that
contributes to the violation of internationally recog-
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nized workers rights, as defined in section 502(a)(4)
of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the recipient
country, including any designated zone or area in
that country: Provided, That in recognition that the
application of this subsection should be commensu-
rate with the level of development of the recipient
country and sector, the provisions of this subsection
shall not preclude assistance for the informal sector
in such country, micro and small-scale enterprise,
and smallholder agriculture.
FUNDING PROHIBITION FOR SERBIA
SEC. 537. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be made available for assistance for the Republic of
Serbia: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to
assistance for Kosova or Montenegro, or to assistance to
promote democratization: Provided further, That section
620(t) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended,
shall not apply to Kosova or Montenegro.
SPECIAL AUTHORITIES
SEC. 538. (a) Funds appropriated in titles I and II
of this Act that are made available for Afghanistan, Leb-
anon, Montenegro, and for victims of war, displaced chil-
dren, displaced Burmese, humanitarian assistance for Ro-
mania, and humanitarian assistance for the peoples of
Kosova, may be made available notwithstanding any other
provision of law: Provided, That any such funds that are
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made available for Cambodia shall be subject to the provi-
sions of section 531(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 and section 906 of the International Security and
Development Cooperation Act of 1985.
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the
provisions of sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, for the purpose of supporting trop-
ical forestry and biodiversity conservation activities and,
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, energy programs aimed at re-
ducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided, That such as-
sistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(c) The Agency for International Development may
employ personal services contractors, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, for the purpose of administering
programs for the West Bank and Gaza.
(d)(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the provi-
sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the Presi-
dent determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker
of the House of Representatives and the President pro
tempore of the Senate that it is important to the national
security interests of the United States.
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(2) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION
OF WAIVER.—Any
waiver pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no
more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not
apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act.
POLICY ON TERMINATING THE ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT
OF ISRAEL
SEC. 539. It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the Arab League countries should imme-
diately and publicly renounce the primary boycott of
Israel and the secondary and tertiary boycott of
American firms that have commercial ties with
Israel;
(2) the decision by the Arab League in 1997 to
reinstate the boycott against Israel was deeply trou-
bling and disappointing;
(3) the Arab League should immediately re-
scind its decision on the boycott and its members
should develop normal relations with their neighbor
Israel; and
(4) the President should—
(A) take more concrete steps to encourage
vigorously Arab League countries to renounce
publicly the primary boycotts of Israel and the
secondary and tertiary boycotts of American
firms that have commercial relations with Israel
as a confidence-building measure;
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(B) take into consideration the participa-
tion of any recipient country in the primary
boycott of Israel and the secondary and tertiary
boycotts of American firms that have commer-
cial relations with Israel when determining
whether to sell weapons to said country;
(C) report to Congress on the specific
steps being taken by the President to bring
about a public renunciation of the Arab primary
boycott of Israel and the secondary and tertiary
boycotts of American firms that have commer-
cial relations with Israel and to expand the
process of normalizing ties between Arab
League countries and Israel; and
(D) encourage the allies and trading part-
ners of the United States to enact laws prohib-
iting businesses from complying with the boy-
cott and penalizing businesses that do comply.
ANTI-NARCOTICS ACTIVITIES
SEC. 540. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act for ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’,
assistance may be provided to strengthen the administra-
tion of justice in countries in Latin America and the Car-
ibbean and in other regions consistent with the provisions
of section 534(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
except that programs to enhance protection of participants
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in judicial cases may be conducted notwithstanding section
660 of that Act. Funds made available pursuant to this
section may be made available notwithstanding section
534(c) and the second and third sentences of section
534(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE
SEC. 541. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of
chapters 1, 10, and 11 of part I and chapter 4 of part
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and from funds
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern
Europe and the Baltic States’’: Provided, That the Presi-
dent shall take into consideration, in any case in which
a restriction on assistance would be applicable but for this
subsection, whether assistance in support of programs of
nongovernmental organizations is in the national interest
of the United States: Provided further, That before using
the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance in
support of programs of nongovernmental organizations,
the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions under the regular notification procedures of those
committees, including a description of the program to be
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assisted, the assistance to be provided, and the reasons
for furnishing such assistance: Provided further, That
nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any
existing statutory prohibitions against abortion or involun-
tary sterilizations contained in this or any other Act.
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2000, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re-
strict assistance under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act
and made available pursuant to this subsection may be
obligated or expended except as provided through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations.
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply—
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign
Assistance Act or any comparable provision of law
prohibiting assistance to countries that support
international terrorism; or
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that violate
internationally recognized human rights.
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EARMARKS
SEC. 542. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which
are earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs
within the same account notwithstanding the earmark if
compliance with the earmark is made impossible by oper-
ation of any provision of this or any other Act or, with
respect to a country with which the United States has an
agreement providing the United States with base rights
or base access in that country, if the President determines
that the recipient for which funds are earmarked has sig-
nificantly reduced its military or economic cooperation
with the United States since the enactment of the Foreign
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act, 1991; however, before exercising the au-
thority of this subsection with regard to a base rights or
base access country which has significantly reduced its
military or economic cooperation with the United States,
the President shall consult with, and shall provide a writ-
ten policy justification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assist-
ance that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection
shall be made available under the same terms and condi-
tions as originally provided.
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(b) In addition to the authority contained in sub-
section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap-
propriated by this Act and administered by the Agency
for International Development that are earmarked for par-
ticular programs or activities by this or any other Act shall
be extended for an additional fiscal year if the Adminis-
trator of such agency determines and reports promptly to
the Committees on Appropriations that the termination of
assistance to a country or a significant change in cir-
cumstances makes it unlikely that such earmarked funds
can be obligated during the original period of availability:
Provided, That such earmarked funds that are continued
available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated
only for the purpose of such earmark.
CEILINGS AND EARMARKS
SEC. 543. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this
Act shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appro-
priated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act
unless such Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or min-
imum funding requirements contained in any other Act
shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act.
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA
SEC. 544. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
within the United States not authorized before the date
of the enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided,
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That not to exceed $750,000 may be made available to
carry out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96–
533.
PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND
PRODUCTS
SEC. 545. (a) To the maximum extent possible, as-
sistance provided under this Act should make full use of
American resources, including commodities, products, and
services.
(b) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the great-
est extent practicable, all agriculture commodities, equip-
ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
(c) In providing financial assistance to, or entering
into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail-
able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the
greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a
notice describing the statement made in subsection (b) by
the Congress.
(d) The Secretary of the Treasury shall report to
Congress annually on the efforts of the heads of each Fed-
eral agency and the United States directors of inter-
national financial institutions (as referenced in section
514) in complying with this sense of Congress.
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PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS
MEMBERS
SEC. 546. None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or
in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any mem-
ber of the United Nations or, from funds appropriated by
this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of an-
other country’s delegation at international conferences
held under the auspices of multilateral or international or-
ganizations.
CONSULTING SERVICES
SEC. 547. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such
expenditures are a matter of public record and available
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided
under existing law, or under existing Executive order pur-
suant to existing law.
PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION
SEC. 548. None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a pri-
vate voluntary organization which fails to provide upon
timely request any document, file, or record necessary to
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the auditing requirements of the Agency for International
Development.
PROHIBITION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
FOREIGN
GOVERN-
MENTS
THAT
EXPORT
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIP-
MENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM
SEC. 549. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be available to any
foreign government which provides lethal military equip-
ment to a country the government of which the Secretary
of State has determined is a terrorist government for pur-
poses of section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act.
The prohibition under this section with respect to a for-
eign government shall terminate 12 months after that gov-
ernment ceases to provide such military equipment. This
section applies with respect to lethal military equipment
provided under a contract entered into after October 1,
1997.
(b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any
other similar provision of law, may be furnished if the
President determines that furnishing such assistance is
important to the national interests of the United States.
(c) Whenever the waiver of subsection (b) is exer-
cised, the President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report with respect to the fur-
nishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include
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a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, in-
cluding the estimated dollar amount of such assistance,
and an explanation of how the assistance furthers United
States national interests.
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES
OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES
SEC. 550. (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made
available for a foreign country under part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, an amount equivalent to 110 per-
cent of the total unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines
and penalties owed to the District of Columbia by such
country as of the date of the enactment of this Act shall
be withheld from obligation for such country until the Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports in writing to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that such fines and
penalties are fully paid to the government of the District
of Columbia.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Inter-
national Relations and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives.
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LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE
WEST BANK AND GAZA
SEC. 551. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the
President has exercised the authority under section 604(a)
of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title
VI of Public Law 104–107) or any other legislation to sus-
pend or make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect:
Provided, That if the President fails to make the certifi-
cation under section 604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace
Facilitation Act of 1995 or to suspend the prohibition
under other legislation, funds appropriated by this Act
may not be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization for the West Bank and Gaza.
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN
SEC. 552. If the President determines that doing so
will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding
genocide or other violations of international humanitarian
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, of up to $30,000,000 of commodities and serv-
ices for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal estab-
lished with regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United
Nations Security Council or such other tribunals or com-
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missions as the Council may establish to deal with such
violations, without regard to the ceiling limitation con-
tained in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the deter-
mination required under this section shall be in lieu of
any determinations otherwise required under section
552(c): Provided further, That 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter,
the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations describing the steps the United
States Government is taking to collect information regard-
ing allegations of genocide or other violations of inter-
national law in the former Yugoslavia and to furnish that
information to the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal
for the former Yugoslavia: Provided further, That the
drawdown made under this section for any tribunal shall
not be construed as an endorsement or precedent for the
establishment of any standing or permanent international
criminal tribunal or court: Provided further, That funds
made available for tribunals other than Yugoslavia or
Rwanda shall be made available subject to the regular no-
tification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
LANDMINES
SEC. 553. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, demining equipment available to the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Department of State and
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used in support of the clearance of landmines and
unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be
disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, subject
to such terms and conditions as the President may pre-
scribe: Provided, That section 1365(c) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law
102–484; 22 U.S.C., 2778 note) is amended by striking
out ‘‘During the five-year period beginning on October 23,
1992’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘During the eleven-
year period beginning on October 23, 1992’’.
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY
SEC. 554. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Je-
rusalem a new office of any department or agency of the
United States Government for the purpose of conducting
official United States Government business with the Pal-
estinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor
Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-
PLO Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this re-
striction shall not apply to the acquisition of additional
space for the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem:
Provided further, That meetings between officers and em-
ployees of the United States and officials of the Pales-
tinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing
entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin-
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ciples, for the purpose of conducting official United States
Government business with such authority should continue
to take place in locations other than Jerusalem. As has
been true in the past, officers and employees of the United
States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on
other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now
occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social
contacts, and have incidental discussions.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES
SEC. 555. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign
Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program
activities or under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and Dis-
ease Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be obligated or expended
to pay for—
(1) alcoholic beverages; or
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that
are substantially of a recreational character, includ-
ing entrance fees at sporting events and amusement
parks.
COMPETITIVE PRICING FOR SALES OF DEFENSE
ARTICLES
SEC. 556. Direct costs associated with meeting a for-
eign customer’s additional or unique requirements will
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continue to be allowable under contracts under section
22(d) of the Arms Export Control Act. Loadings applica-
ble to such direct costs shall be permitted at the same
rates applicable to procurement of like items purchased
by the Department of Defense for its own use.
SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST
SEC. 557. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The
President may reduce amounts owed to the United States
(or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country
as a result of—
(1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and
222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under
the Arms Export Control Act; or
(3) any obligation or portion of such obligation
for a Latin American country, to pay for purchases
of United States agricultural commodities guaran-
teed by the Commodity Credit Corporation under ex-
port credit guarantee programs authorized pursuant
to section 5(f) of the Commodity Credit Corporation
Charter Act of June 29, 1948, as amended, section
4(b) of the Food for Peace Act of 1966, as amended
(Public Law 89–808), or section 202 of the Agricul-
tural Trade Act of 1978, as amended (Public Law
95–501).
(b) LIMITATIONS.—
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(1) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi-
cial debt relief ad referendum agreements, commonly
referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’.
(2) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only in such amounts or to such
extent as is provided in advance by appropriations
Acts.
(3) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only with respect to countries with
heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from
the International Development Association, but not
from the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’
countries.
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country
whose government—
(1) does not have an excessive level of military
expenditures;
(2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts
of international terrorism;
(3) is not failing to cooperate on international
narcotics control matters;
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(4) (including its military or other security
forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of
gross violations of internationally recognized human
rights; and
(5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the
application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.
(d) 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’’.
(e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A re-
duction of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be
considered assistance for purposes of any provision of law
limiting assistance to a country. The authority provided
by subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding sec-
tion 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES
SEC. 558. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC-
TION, OR CANCELLATION.—
(1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL
CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may, in accordance with
this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any
concessional loan or portion thereof made before
January 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assist-
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ance Act of 1961, to the government of any eligible
country as defined in section 702(6) of that Act or
on receipt of payment from an eligible purchaser, re-
duce or cancel such loan or portion thereof, only for
the purpose of facilitating—
(A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop-
ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or
(B) a debt buyback by an eligible country
of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible
country uses an additional amount of the local
currency of the eligible country, equal to not
less than 40 percent of the price paid for such
debt by such eligible country, or the difference
between the price paid for such debt and the
face value of such debt, to support activities
that link conservation and sustainable use of
natural resources with local community develop-
ment, and child survival and other child devel-
opment, in a manner consistent with sections
707 through 710 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, if the sale, reduction, or cancellation
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-
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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.
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(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’’.
ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
SEC. 559. (a) POLICY.—In providing assistance to
Haiti, the President should place a priority on the fol-
lowing areas:
(1) aggressive action to support the Haitian
National Police, including support for efforts by the
Inspector General to purge corrupt and politicized
elements from the Haitian National Police;
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(2) steps to ensure that any elections under-
taken in Haiti with United States assistance are full,
free, fair, transparent, and democratic;
(3) support for a program designed to develop
an indigenous human rights monitoring capacity;
(4) steps to facilitate the continued privatiza-
tion of state-owned enterprises;
(5) a sustainable agricultural development pro-
gram; and
(6) establishment of an economic development
fund for Haiti to provide long-term, low interest
loans to United States investors and businesses that
have a demonstrated commitment to, and expertise
in, doing business in Haiti, in particular those busi-
nesses present in Haiti prior to the 1994 United Na-
tions embargo.
(b) REPORT.—Beginning 6 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and 6 months thereafter until
September 30, 2001, the President shall submit a report
to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee
on Appropriations and the Committee on International
Relations of the House of Representatives with regard
to—
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(1) the status of each of the governmental insti-
tutions envisioned in the 1987 Haitian Constitution,
including an assessment of the extent to which offi-
cials in such institutions hold their positions on the
basis of a regular, constitutional process;
(2) the status of the privatization (or placement
under long-term private management or concession)
of the major public entities, including a detailed as-
sessment of the extent to which the Government of
Haiti has completed all required incorporating docu-
ments, the transfer of assets, and the eviction of un-
authorized occupants from such facilities;
(3) the status of efforts to re-sign and imple-
ment the lapsed bilateral Repatriation Agreement
and an assessment of the extent to which the Gov-
ernment of Haiti has been cooperating with the
United States in halting illegal emigration from
Haiti;
(4) the status of the Government of Haiti’s ef-
forts 
to 
conduct 
thorough 
investigations 
of
extrajudicial and political killings and—
(A) an assessment of the progress that has
been made in bringing to justice the persons re-
sponsible for these extrajudicial or political
killings in Haiti; and
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(B) an assessment of the extent to which
the Government of Haiti is cooperating with
United States authorities and with United
States-funded technical advisors to the Haitian
National Police in such investigations;
(5) an assessment of actions taken by the Gov-
ernment of Haiti to remove and maintain the sepa-
ration from the Haitian National Police, national
palace and residential guard, ministerial guard, and
any other public security entity or unit of Haiti
those individuals who are credibly alleged to have en-
gaged in or conspired to conceal gross violations of
internationally recognized human rights;
(6) the status of steps being taken to secure the
ratification of the maritime counter-narcotics agree-
ments signed October 1997;
(7) an assessment of the extent to which do-
mestic capacity to conduct free, fair, democratic, and
administratively sound elections has been developed
in Haiti; and
(8) an assessment of the extent to which Haiti’s
Minister of Justice has demonstrated a commitment
to the professionalism of judicial personnel by con-
sistently placing students graduated by the Judicial
School in appropriate judicial positions and has
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made a commitment to share program costs associ-
ated with the Judicial School, and is achieving
progress in making the judicial branch in Haiti inde-
pendent from the executive branch.
(c) EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Not more
than 17 percent of the funds appropriated by this Act to
carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106 and
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
that are made available for Latin America and the Carib-
bean region may be made available, through bilateral and
Latin America and the Caribbean regional programs, to
provide assistance for any country in such region.
REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN AID IN
REPORT OF SECRETARY OF STATE
SEC. 560. (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 1999.
(b) UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—For purposes of
this section, the term ‘‘United States assistance’’ has the
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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. 561. (a) PROHIBITION ON VOLUNTARY CON-
TRIBUTIONS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS.—None of the
funds appropriated by 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) if the United Nations implements or im-
poses any taxation on any United States persons.
(b) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR DISBURSEMENT
OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be made available to pay any voluntary contribution
of the United States to the United Nations (including the
United Nations Development Program) unless the Presi-
dent certifies to the Congress 15 days in advance of such
payment that the United Nations is not engaged in any
effort to implement or impose any taxation on United
States persons in order to raise revenue for the United
Nations or any of its specialized 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
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(2) 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. 562. 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: Pro-
vided, That the authority provided by this section shall
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY
SEC. 563. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 may be obligated or expended with respect to pro-
viding funds to the Palestinian Authority.
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection
(a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President pro tempore of the Senate that waiving such
prohibition is important to the national security interests
of the United States.
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(c) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION
OF WAIVER.—Any
waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no
more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not
apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES
SEC. 564. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be provided to any unit of the security forces
of a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible
evidence that such unit has committed gross violations of
human rights, unless the Secretary determines and reports
to the Committees on Appropriations that the government
of such country is taking effective measures to bring the
responsible members of the security forces unit to justice:
Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed
to withhold funds made available by this Act from any
unit of the security forces of a foreign country not credibly
alleged to be involved in gross violations of human rights:
Provided further, That in the event that funds are withheld
from any unit pursuant to this section, the Secretary of
State shall promptly inform the foreign government of the
basis for such action and shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, assist the foreign government in taking effec-
tive measures to bring the responsible members of the se-
curity forces to justice.
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LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFER OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO
EAST TIMOR
SEC. 565. In any agreement for the sale, transfer,
or licensing of any lethal equipment or helicopter for Indo-
nesia entered into by the United States pursuant to the
authority of this Act or any other Act, the agreement shall
state that the items will not be used in East Timor.
RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES PROVIDING
SANCTUARY TO INDICTED WAR CRIMINALS
SEC. 566. (a) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—None of the
funds made available by this or any prior Act making ap-
propriations for foreign operations, export financing and
related programs, may be provided for any country, entity
or municipality described in subsection (e).
(b) MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—
(1) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
tors of the international financial institutions to
work in opposition to, and vote against, any exten-
sion by such institutions of any financial or technical
assistance or grants of any kind to any country or
entity described in subsection (e).
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not less than 15 days be-
fore any vote in an international financial institution
regarding the extension of financial or technical as-
sistance or grants to any country or entity described
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in subsection (e), the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall pro-
vide to the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and
the Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Banking and Financial Services of the
House of Representatives a written justification for
the proposed assistance, including an explanation of
the United States position regarding any such vote,
as well as a description of the location of the pro-
posed assistance by municipality, its purpose, and its
intended beneficiaries.
(3) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘international fi-
nancial institution’’ includes the International Mone-
tary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development, the International Develop-
ment Association, the International Finance Cor-
poration, the Multilateral Investment Guaranty
Agency, and the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development.
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to the provi-
sion of—
(A) humanitarian assistance;
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(B) democratization assistance;
(C) assistance for cross border physical in-
frastructure projects involving activities in both
a sanctioned country, entity, or municipality
and a nonsanctioned contiguous country, entity,
or municipality, if the project is primarily lo-
cated in and primarily benefits the nonsanc-
tioned country, entity, or municipality and if
the portion of the project located in the sanc-
tioned country, entity, or municipality is nec-
essary only to complete the project;
(D) small-scale assistance projects or ac-
tivities requested by United States Armed
Forces that promote good relations between
such forces and the officials and citizens of the
areas in the United States SFOR sector of Bos-
nia;
(E) implementation of the Brcko Arbitral
Decision;
(F) lending by the international financial
institutions to a country or entity to support
common monetary and fiscal policies at the na-
tional level as contemplated by the Dayton
Agreement;
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(G) direct lending to a non-sanctioned enti-
ty, or lending passed on by the national govern-
ment to a non-sanctioned entity; or
(H) assistance to the International Police
Task Force for the training of a civilian police
force.
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Every 60 days the Sec-
retary of State, in consultation with the Adminis-
trator of the Agency for International Development,
shall publish in the Federal Register and/or in a
comparable publicly accessible document or Internet
site, a listing and justification of any assistance that
is obligated within that period of time for any coun-
try, entity, or municipality described in subsection
(e), including a description of the purpose of the as-
sistance, project and its location, by municipality.
(d) FURTHER LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding sub-
section (c)—
(1) no assistance may be made available by this
Act, or any prior Act making appropriations for for-
eign operations, export financing and related pro-
grams, in any country, entity, or municipality de-
scribed in subsection (e), for a program, project, or
activity in which a publicly indicted war criminal is
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known to have any financial or material interest;
and
(2) no assistance (other than emergency foods
or medical assistance or demining assistance) may
be made available by this Act, or any prior Act mak-
ing appropriations for foreign operations, export fi-
nancing and related programs for any program,
project, or activity in a community within any coun-
try, entity or municipality described in subsection (e)
if competent authorities within that community are
not complying with the provisions of Article IX and
Annex 4, Article II, paragraph 8 of the Dayton
Agreement relating to war crimes and the Tribunal.
(e) SANCTIONED COUNTRY, ENTITY, OR MUNICI-
PALITY.—A sanctioned country, entity, or municipality de-
scribed in this section is one whose competent authorities
have failed, as determined by the Secretary of State, to
take necessary and significant steps to apprehend and
transfer to the Tribunal all persons who have been publicly
indicted by the Tribunal.
(f) SPECIAL RULE.—Subject to subsection (d), sub-
sections (a) and (b) shall not apply to the provision of
assistance to an entity that is not a sanctioned entity, not-
withstanding that such entity may be within a sanctioned
country, if the Secretary of State determines and so re-
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ports to the appropriate congressional committees that
providing assistance to that entity would promote peace
and internationally recognized human rights by encour-
aging that entity to cooperate fully with the Tribunal.
(g) CURRENT RECORD
OF WAR CRIMINALS
AND
SANCTIONED COUNTRIES, ENTITIES, AND MUNICIPALI-
TIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall
establish and maintain a current record of the loca-
tion, including the municipality, if known, of publicly
indicted war criminals and a current record of sanc-
tioned countries, entities, and municipalities.
(2) INFORMATION OF THE DCI AND THE SEC-
RETARY OF DEFENSE.—The Director of Central In-
telligence and the Secretary of Defense should col-
lect and provide to the Secretary of State informa-
tion concerning the location, including the munici-
pality, of publicly indicted war criminals.
(3) INFORMATION
OF
THE
TRIBUNAL.—The
Secretary of State shall request that the Tribunal
and other international organizations and govern-
ments provide the Secretary of State information
concerning the location, including the municipality,
of publicly indicted war criminals and concerning
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country, entity and municipality authorities known
to have obstructed the work of the Tribunal.
(4) REPORT.—Beginning 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and not later than Sep-
tember 1 each year thereafter, the Secretary of
State shall submit a report in classified and unclas-
sified form to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees on the location, including the municipality, if
known, of publicly indicted war criminals, on coun-
try, entity and municipality authorities known to
have obstructed the work of the Tribunal, and on
sanctioned countries, entities, and municipalities.
(5) INFORMATION TO CONGRESS.—Upon the re-
quest of the chairman or ranking minority member
of any of the appropriate congressional committees,
the Secretary of State shall make available to that
committee the information recorded under para-
graph (1) in a report submitted to the committee in
classified and unclassified form.
(h) WAIVER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State may
waive the application of subsection (a) or subsection
(b) with respect to specified bilateral programs or
international financial institution projects or pro-
grams in a sanctioned country, entity, or munici-
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pality upon providing a written determination to the
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee
on Appropriations and the Committee on Inter-
national Relations of the House of Representatives
that such assistance directly supports the implemen-
tation of the Dayton Agreement and its Annexes,
which include the obligation to apprehend and trans-
fer indicted war criminals to the Tribunal.
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 15 days after the
date of any written determination under paragraph
(1) the Secretary of State shall submit a report to
the Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
International Relations of the House of Representa-
tives regarding the status of efforts to secure the
voluntary surrender or apprehension and transfer of
persons indicted by the Tribunal, in accordance with
the Dayton Agreement, and outlining obstacles to
achieving this goal.
(3) ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS AF-
FECTED.—Any waiver made pursuant to this sub-
section shall be effective only with respect to a speci-
fied bilateral program or multilateral assistance
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project or program identified in the determination of
the Secretary of State to Congress.
(i) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The sanctions im-
posed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) with respect to
a country or entity shall cease to apply only if the Sec-
retary of State determines and certifies to Congress that
the authorities of that country, entity, or municipality
have apprehended and transferred to the Tribunal all per-
sons who have been publicly indicted by the Tribunal.
(j) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
(1) COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘country’’ means
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia.
(2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ refers to the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosova,
Montenegro, and the Republika Srpska.
(3) DAYTON AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Dayton
Agreement’’ means the General Framework Agree-
ment for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together
with annexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, No-
vember 10 through 16, 1995.
(4) TRIBUNAL.—The term ‘‘Tribunal’’ means
the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia.
(k) ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.—In carrying out this section,
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the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the Agency
for International Development, and the executive directors
of the international financial institutions shall consult with
representatives of human rights organizations and all gov-
ernment agencies with relevant information to help pre-
vent publicly indicted war criminals from benefiting from
any financial or technical assistance or grants provided to
any country or entity described in subsection (e).
TO
PROHIBIT
FOREIGN
ASSISTANCE
TO
THE
GOVERN-
MENT
OF
THE
RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
SHOULD
IT
ENACT LAWS WHICH WOULD DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
MINORITY RELIGIOUS FAITHS IN THE RUSSIAN FED-
ERATION
SEC. 567. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act may be made available for the Government of the Rus-
sian Federation, after 180 days from the date of the en-
actment of this Act, unless the President determines and
certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
that the Government of the Russian Federation has imple-
mented no statute, executive order, regulation or similar
government action that would discriminate, or would have
as its principal effect discrimination, against religious
groups or religious communities in the Russian Federation
in violation of accepted international agreements on
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human rights and religious freedoms to which the Russian
Federation is a party.
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
SEC. 568. (a) Funds made available in this Act to
support programs or activities the primary purpose of
which is promoting or assisting country participation in
the Kyoto Protocol to the Framework Convention on Cli-
mate Change (FCCC) shall only be made available subject
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees
on Appropriations.
(b) The President shall provide a detailed account of
all Federal agency obligations and expenditures for cli-
mate change programs and activities, domestic and inter-
national obligations for such activities in fiscal year 2000,
and any plan for programs thereafter related to the imple-
mentation or the furtherance of protocols pursuant to, or
related to negotiations to amend the FCCC in conjunction
with the President’s submission of the Budget of the
United States Government for Fiscal Year 2001: Pro-
vided, That such report shall include an accounting of ex-
penditures by agency with each agency identifying climate
change activities and associated costs by line item as pre-
sented in the President’s Budget Appendix: Provided fur-
ther, That such report shall identify with regard to the
Agency for International Development, obligations and ex-
penditures by country or central program and activity.
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EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CERTAIN EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 569. Section 105 of Public Law 104–164 (110
Stat. 1427) is amended by striking ‘‘1996 and 1997’’ and
inserting ‘‘1999 and 2000’’.
AID TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CONGO
SEC. 570. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be provided to the
Central Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST
SEC. 571. Of the funds appropriated in titles II and
III of this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support
Fund’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’, ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’, for refugees resettling in Israel
under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’,
and for assistance for Israel to carry out provisions of
chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
under the heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism,
Demining and Related Programs’’, not more than a total
of $5,321,150,000 may be made available for Israel,
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, the
Israel-Lebanon Monitoring Group, the Multinational
Force and Observers, the Middle East Regional Democ-
racy Fund, Middle East Regional Cooperation, and Middle
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East Multilateral Working Groups: Provided, That any
funds that were appropriated under such headings in prior
fiscal years and that were at the time of the enactment
of this Act obligated or allocated for other recipients may
not during fiscal year 2000 be made available for activities
that, if funded under this Act, would be required to count
against this ceiling: Provided further, That funds may be
made available notwithstanding the requirements of this
section if the President determines and certifies to the
Committees on Appropriations that it is important to the
national security interest of the United States to do so
and any such additional funds shall only be provided
through the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
ENTERPRISE FUND RESTRICTIONS
SEC. 572. Prior to the distribution of any assets re-
sulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up
of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in ac-
cordance with the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution
of the assets of the Enterprise Fund.
CAMBODIA
SEC. 573. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should
instruct the United States executive directors of the inter-
national financial institutions to use the voice and vote
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of the United States to oppose loans to the Central Gov-
ernment of Cambodia, except loans to support basic
human needs.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be made available for assistance for the Central Govern-
ment of Cambodia.
CUSTOMS ASSISTANCE
SEC. 574. Section 660(b) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 is amended by—
(1) striking the period at the end of paragraph
(6) and in lieu thereof inserting a semicolon; and
(2) adding the following new paragraph:
‘‘(7) with respect to assistance provided to
customs authorities and personnel, including
training, technical assistance and equipment,
for customs law enforcement and the improve-
ment of customs laws, systems and proce-
dures.’’.
FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT
SEC. 575. (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Sec-
retary of State shall jointly provide to the Congress by
March 1, 2000, a report on all military training provided
to foreign military personnel (excluding sales, and exclud-
ing training provided to the military personnel of countries
belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
under programs administered by the Department of De-
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fense and the Department of State during fiscal years
1999 and 2000, including those proposed for fiscal year
2000. This report shall include, for each such military
training activity, the foreign policy justification and pur-
pose for the training activity, the cost of the training activ-
ity, the number of foreign students trained and their units
of operation, and the location of the training. In addition,
this report shall also include, with respect to United States
personnel, the operational benefits to United States forces
derived from each such training activity and the United
States military units involved in each such training activ-
ity. This report may include a classified annex if deemed
necessary and appropriate.
(b) For purposes of this section a report to Congress
shall be deemed to mean a report to the Appropriations
and Foreign Relations Committees of the Senate and the
Appropriations and International Relations Committees of
the House of Representatives.
KOREAN PENINSULA ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATION
SEC. 576. (a) Of the funds made available under the
heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and
Related Programs’’, not to exceed $35,000,000 may be
made available for the Korean Peninsula Energy Develop-
ment Organization (hereafter referred to in this section
as ‘‘KEDO’’), notwithstanding any other provision of law,
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only for the administrative expenses and heavy fuel oil
costs associated with the Agreed Framework.
(b) Of the funds made available for KEDO, up to
$15,000,000 may be made available prior to June 1, 2000,
if, 30 days prior to such obligation of funds, the President
certifies and so reports to Congress that—
(1) the parties to the Agreed Framework have
taken and continue to take demonstrable steps to
implement 
the 
Joint 
Declaration 
on
Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in which
the Government of North Korea has committed not
to test, manufacture, produce, receive, possess, store,
deploy, or use nuclear weapons, and not to possess
nuclear reprocessing or uranium enrichment facili-
ties;
(2) the parties to the Agreed Framework have
taken and continue to take demonstrable steps to
pursue the North-South dialogue;
(3) North Korea is complying with all provi-
sions of the Agreed Framework;
(4) North Korea has not diverted assistance
provided by the United States for purposes for
which it was not intended; and
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(5) North Korea is not seeking to develop or ac-
quire the capability to enrich uranium, or any addi-
tional capability to reprocess spent nuclear fuel.
(c) Of the funds made available for KEDO, up to
$20,000,000 may be made available on or after June 1,
2000, if, 30 days prior to such obligation of funds, the
President certifies and so reports to Congress that—
(1) the effort to can and safely store all spent
fuel from North Korea’s graphite-moderated nuclear
reactors has been successfully concluded;
(2) North Korea is complying with its obliga-
tions under the agreement regarding access to sus-
pect underground construction;
(3) North Korea has terminated its nuclear
weapons program, including all efforts to acquire,
develop, test, produce, or deploy such weapons; and
(4) the United States has made and is con-
tinuing to make significant progress on eliminating
the North Korean ballistic missile threat, including
further missile tests and its ballistic missile exports.
(d) The President may waive the certification require-
ments of subsections (b) and (c) if the President deter-
mines that it is vital to the national security interests of
the United States and provides written policy justifica-
tions to the appropriate congressional committees prior to
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his exercise of such waiver. No funds may be obligated
for KEDO until 30 days after submission to Congress of
such waiver.
(e) The Secretary of State shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report (to be submitted
with the annual presentation for appropriations) providing
a full and detailed accounting of the fiscal year 2001 re-
quest for the United States contribution to KEDO, the
expected operating budget of the KEDO, to include un-
paid debt, proposed annual costs associated with heavy
fuel oil purchases, and the amount of funds pledged by
other donor nations and organizations to support KEDO
activities on a per country basis, and other related activi-
ties.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
SEC. 577. Funds made available to grantees of the
African Development Foundation may be invested pending
expenditure for project purposes when authorized by the
President of the Foundation: Provided, That interest
earned shall be used only for the purposes for which the
grant was made: Provided further, That this authority ap-
plies to interest earned both prior to and following the en-
actment of this provision: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 505(a)(2) of the African Development
Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the board
of directors of the Foundation may waive the $250,000
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limitation contained in that section with respect to a
project: Provided further, That the Foundation shall pro-
vide a report to the Committees on Appropriations in ad-
vance of exercising such waiver authority.
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN
BROADCASTING CORPORATION
SEC. 578. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to provide
equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any
other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting
Corporation.
VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVES FOR EMPLOYEES
OF THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVEL-
OPMENT
SEC. 579. (a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of
this section—
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means the United States
Agency for International Development;
(2) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator, United States Agency for International
Development; and
(3) the term ‘‘employee’’ means an employee
(as defined by section 2105 of title 5, United States
Code) who is employed by the agency, is serving
under an appointment without time limitation, and
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has been currently employed for a continuous period
of at least 3 years, but does not include—
(A) a reemployed annuitant under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title
5, United States Code, or another retirement
system for employees of the agency;
(B) an employee having a disability on the
basis of which such employee is or would be eli-
gible for disability retirement under the applica-
ble retirement system referred to in subpara-
graph (A);
(C) an employee who is to be separated in-
voluntarily for misconduct or unacceptable per-
formance, and to whom specific notice has been
given with respect to that separation;
(D) an employee who has previously re-
ceived any voluntary separation incentive pay-
ment by the Government of the United States
under this section or any other authority and
has not repaid such payment;
(E) an employee covered by statutory re-
employment rights who is on transfer to an-
other organization; or
(F) any employee who, during the 24-
month period preceding the date of separation,
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received a recruitment or relocation bonus
under section 5753 of title 5, United States
Code, or who, within the 12-month period pre-
ceding the date of separation, received a reten-
tion allowance under section 5754 of such title
5.
(b) AGENCY STRATEGIC PLAN.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator, before
obligating any resources for voluntary separation in-
centive payments under this section, shall submit to
the Committees on Appropriations and the Office of
Management and Budget a strategic plan outlining
the intended use of such incentive payments and a
proposed organizational chart for the agency once
such incentive payments have been completed.
(2) 
CONTENTS.—The 
agency’s 
plan 
shall
include—
(A) the positions and functions to be re-
duced or eliminated, identified by organizational
unit, geographic location, occupational category
and grade level;
(B) the number and amounts of voluntary
separation incentive payments to be offered;
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(C) a description of how the agency will
operate without the eliminated positions and
functions; and
(D) the time period during which incen-
tives may be paid.
(3) APPROVAL.—The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall review the agency’s
plan and approve or disapprove the plan and may
make appropriate modifications in the plan with re-
spect to the coverage of incentives as described
under paragraph (2)(A), and with respect to the
matters described in paragraphs (2)(B) through (D).
(c) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARA-
TION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A voluntary separation in-
centive payment under this section may be paid by
the agency to employees of such agency and only to
the extent necessary to eliminate the positions and
functions identified by the strategic plan.
(2) AMOUNT AND TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—
A voluntary separation incentive payment under this
section—
(A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the
employee’s separation;
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(B) shall be paid from appropriations or
funds available for the payment of the basic pay
of the employees;
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of—
(i) an amount equal to the amount
the employee would be entitled to receive
under section 5595(c) of title 5, United
States Code, if the employee were entitled
to payment under such section; or
(ii) an amount determined by the
agency head not to exceed $25,000;
(D) may not be made except in the case of
any employee who voluntarily separates (wheth-
er by retirement or resignation) on or before
December 31, 2000;
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and
shall not be included in the computation, of any
other type of Government benefit; and
(F) shall not be taken into account in de-
termining the amount of any severance pay to
which the employee may be entitled under sec-
tion 5595 of title 5, United States Code, based
on any other separation.
(d) ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
RETIREMENT FUND.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to any other
payments which it is required to make under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5,
United States Code, the agency shall remit to the
Office of Personnel Management for deposit in the
Treasury of the United States to the credit of the
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an
amount equal to 15 percent of the final basic pay of
each employee of the agency who is covered under
subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title
5, United States Code, to whom a voluntary separa-
tion incentive has been paid under this section.
(2) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of para-
graph (1), the term ‘‘final basic pay’’, with respect
to an employee, means the total amount of basic pay
which would be payable for a year of service by such
employee, computed using the employee’s final rate
of basic pay, and, if last serving on other than a
full-time basis, with appropriate adjustment there-
for.
(e) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH
THE GOVERNMENT.—
(1) An individual who has received a voluntary
separation incentive payment under this section and
accepts any employment for compensation with the
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Government of the United States, or who works for
any agency of the Government of the United States
through a personal services contract, within 5 years
after the date of the separation on which the pay-
ment is based shall be required to pay, prior to the
individual’s first day of employment, the entire
amount of the incentive payment to the agency that
paid the incentive payment.
(2) If the employment under paragraph (1) is
with an Executive agency (as defined by section 105
of title 5, United States Code), the United States
Postal Service, or the Postal Rate Commission, the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management
may, at the request of the head of the agency, waive
the repayment if the individual involved possesses
unique abilities and is the only qualified applicant
available for the position.
(3) If the employment under paragraph (1) is
with an entity in the legislative branch, the head of
the entity or the appointing official may waive the
repayment if the individual involved possesses
unique abilities and is the only qualified applicant
available for the position.
(4) If the employment under paragraph (1) is
with the judicial branch, the Director of the Admin-
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istrative Office of the United States Courts may
waive the repayment if the individual involved pos-
sesses unique abilities and is the only qualified appli-
cant for the position.
(f) REDUCTION
OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEV-
ELS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The total number of funded
employee positions in the agency shall be reduced by
one position for each vacancy created by the separa-
tion of any employee who has received, or is due to
receive, a voluntary separation incentive payment
under this section. For the purposes of this sub-
section, positions shall be counted on a full-time-
equivalent basis.
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The President, through
the Office of Management and Budget, shall monitor
the agency and take any action necessary to ensure
that the requirements of this subsection are met.
(g) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Man-
agement may prescribe such regulations as may be nec-
essary to implement this section.
IRAQ OPPOSITION
SEC. 580. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, $10,000,000 shall be made avail-
able to support efforts to bring about political transition
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in Iraq, of which not less than $8,000,000 shall be made
available only to Iraqi opposition groups designated under
the Iraq Liberation Act (Public Law 105–338) for polit-
ical, economic, humanitarian, and other activities of such
groups, and not more than $2,000,000 may be made avail-
able for groups and activities seeking the prosecution of
Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi government officials for
war crimes.
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET
SUBMISSION
SEC. 581. Beginning with the fiscal year 2001 budg-
et, the Agency for International Development shall submit
to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed budget for
each fiscal year. The Agency shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations a proposed budget format no later
than October 31, 1999, or 30 days after the enactment
of this Act, whichever occurs later. The proposed format
shall include how the Agency’s budget submission will ad-
dress: estimated levels of obligations for the current fiscal
year and actual levels for the two previous fiscal years;
the President’s request for new budget authority and esti-
mated carryover obligational authority for the budget
year; the disaggregation of budget data by program and
activity for each bureau, field mission, and central office;
and staff levels identified by program.
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AMERICAN CHURCHWOMEN IN EL SALVADOR
SEC. 582. (a) Information relevant to the December
2, 1980 murders of four American churchwomen in El
Salvador shall be made public to the fullest extent pos-
sible.
(b) The Secretary of State and the Department of
State are to be commended for fully releasing information
regarding the murders.
(c) The President shall order all Federal agencies and
departments that possess relevant information to make
every effort to declassify and release to the victims’ fami-
lies relevant information as expeditiously as possible.
(d) In making determinations concerning the declas-
sification and release of relevant information, the Federal
agencies and departments shall presume in favor of releas-
ing, rather than of withholding, such information.
(e) Not later than 45 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall provide a re-
port to the Committees on Appropriations describing in
detail the circumstances under which individuals involved
in the murders or the cover-up of the murders obtained
residence in the United States.
KYOTO PROTOCOL
SEC. 583. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de-
crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in
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preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol,
which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,
Japan, at the Third Conference of the Parties to the
United States Framework Convention on Climate Change,
which has not been submitted to the Senate for advice and
consent to ratification pursuant to article II, section 2,
clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and which has
not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the Pro-
tocol.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO STOCKPILING
OF DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES
SEC. 584. (a) VALUE
OF ADDITIONS
TO STOCK-
PILES.—Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by
striking the following: ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of the fiscal
years 1996 and 1997, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1998,
and’’ and inserting in lieu thereof before the period at the
end, the following: ‘‘and $60,000,000 for fiscal year
2000’’.
(b) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE REPUBLIC OF
KOREA AND THAILAND.—Section 514(b)(2)(B) of such
Act (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking
the following: ‘‘Of the amount specified in subparagraph
(A) for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997, not more
than $40,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles in
the Republic of Korea and not more than $10,000,000
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may be made available for stockpiles in Thailand. Of the
amount specified in subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 1998,
not more than $40,000,000 may be made available for
stockpiles in the Republic of Korea and not more than
$20,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles in Thai-
land.’’; and at the end inserting the following sentence:
‘‘Of the amount specified in subparagraph (A) for fiscal
year 2000, not more than $40,000,000 may be made avail-
able for stockpiles in the Republic of Korea and not more
than $20,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles in
Thailand.’’.
RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
SEC. 585. Section 3011 of the 1999 Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106–31; 113
Stat. 93) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1999’’ in sub-
sections (a)(1), (b)(4)(B), (d)(3), and (h)(1)(A) and
inserting ‘‘fiscal years 1999 and 2000’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘2000’’ in subsection (a)(2),
(e)(1), and (h)(1)(B) and inserting ‘‘2001’’.
ABOLITION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION
SEC. 586. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et.
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(2) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’
means the Inter-American Foundation.
(3) FUNCTION.—The term ‘‘function’’ means
any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility,
right, privilege, activity, or program.
(b) ABOLITION
OF
INTER-AMERICAN
FOUNDA-
TION.—During fiscal year 2000, the President is author-
ized to abolish the Inter-American Foundation. The provi-
sions of this section shall only be effective upon the effec-
tive date of the abolition of the Inter-American Founda-
tion.
(c) TERMINATION OF FUNCTIONS.—
(1) Except as provided in subsection (d)(2),
there are terminated upon the abolition of the Foun-
dation all functions vested in, or exercised by, the
Foundation or any official thereof, under any stat-
ute, reorganization plan, Executive order, or other
provisions of law, as of the day before the effective
date of this section.
(2) REPEAL.—Section 401 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1969 (22 U.S.C. 6290f) is repealed
upon the effective date specified in subsection (j).
(3) FINAL DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.—Upon the
date of transmittal to Congress of the certification
described in subsection (d)(4), all unexpended bal-
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ances of appropriations of the Foundation shall be
deposited in the miscellaneous receipts account of
the Treasury of the United States.
(d) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall be responsible for—
(A) the administration and wind-up of any
outstanding obligation of the Federal Govern-
ment under any contract or agreement entered
into by the Foundation before the date of the
enactment of the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2000, except that the authority of
this subparagraph does not include the renewal
or extension of any such contract or agreement;
and
(B) taking such other actions as may be
necessary to wind-up any outstanding affairs of
the Foundation.
(2) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO THE DIREC-
TOR.—There are transferred to the Director such
functions of the Foundation under any statute, reor-
ganization plan, Executive order, or other provision
of law, as of the day before the date of the enact-
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ment of this section, as may be necessary to carry
out the responsibilities of the Director under para-
graph (1).
(3) AUTHORITIES
OF
THE
DIRECTOR.—For
purposes of performing the functions of the Director
under paragraph (1) and subject to the availability
of appropriations, the Director may—
(A) enter into contracts;
(B) employ experts and consultants in ac-
cordance with section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, at rates for individuals not to ex-
ceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for
level IV of the Executive Schedule; and
(C) utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the
services, facilities, and personnel of other Fed-
eral agencies.
(4) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Whenever the
Director determines that the responsibilities de-
scribed in paragraph (1) have been fully discharged,
the Director shall so certify to the appropriate con-
gressional committees.
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a detailed report in writ-
ing regarding all matters relating to the abolition and ter-
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mination of the Foundation. The report shall be submitted
not later than 90 days after the termination of the Foun-
dation.
(f) TRANSFER
AND ALLOCATION
OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
assets, liabilities (including contingent liabilities arising
from suits continued with a substitution or addition of
parties under subsection (g)(3)), contracts, property,
records, and unexpended balance of appropriations, au-
thorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, held,
used, arising from, available to, or to be made available
in connection with the functions, terminated by subsection
(c)(1) or transferred by subsection (d)(2) shall be trans-
ferred to the Director for purposes of carrying out the re-
sponsibilities described in subsection (d)(1).
(g) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—
(1) CONTINUING LEGAL FORCE AND EFFECT.—
All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, per-
mits, agreements, grants, contracts, certificates, li-
censes, registrations, privileges, and other adminis-
trative actions—
(A) that have been issued, made, granted,
or allowed to become effective by the Founda-
tion in the performance of functions that are
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terminated or transferred under this section;
and
(B) that are in effect as of the date of the
abolition of the Foundation, or were final before
such date and are to become effective on or
after such date,
shall continue in effect according to their terms until
modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or re-
voked in accordance with law by the President, the
Director, or other authorized official, a court of com-
petent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
(2) NO EFFECT ON JUDICIAL OR ADMINISTRA-
TIVE PROCEEDINGS.—Except as otherwise provided
in this section—
(A) the provisions of this section shall not
affect suits commenced prior to the date of abo-
lition of the Foundation; and
(B) in all such suits, proceedings shall be
had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in
the same manner and effect as if this section
had not been enacted.
(3) NONABATEMENT
OF
PROCEEDINGS.—No
suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by or
against any officer in the official capacity of such in-
dividual as an officer of the Foundation shall abate
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by reason of the enactment of this section. No cause
of action by or against the Foundation, or by or
against any officer thereof in the official capacity of
such officer, shall abate by reason of the enactment
of this section.
(4) CONTINUATION OF PROCEEDING WITH SUB-
STITUTION OF PARTIES.—If, before the date of the
abolition of the Foundation, the Foundation, or offi-
cer thereof in the official capacity of such officer, is
a party to a suit, then effective on such date such
suit shall be continued with the Director substituted
or added as a party.
(5) REVIEWABILITY OF ORDERS AND ACTIONS
UNDER TRANSFERRED FUNCTIONS.—Orders and ac-
tions of the Director in the exercise of functions ter-
minated or transferred under this section shall be
subject to judicial review to the same extent and in
the same manner as if such orders and actions had
been taken by the Foundation immediately preceding
their termination or transfer. Any statutory require-
ments relating to notice, hearings, action upon the
record, or administrative review that apply to any
function transferred by this section shall apply to
the exercise of such function by the Director.
(h) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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(1) AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT
FOUNDATION.—
Section 502 of the International Security and Devel-
opment Cooperation Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 290h)
is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2);
(B) by striking the semicolon at the end of
paragraph (3) and inserting a period; and
(C) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5).
(2) SOCIAL
PROGRESS
TRUST
FUND
AGREE-
MENT.—Section 36 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1973 is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) by striking ‘‘provide for’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘(2) utilization’’ and
inserting ‘‘provide for the utilization’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘member countries;’’
and all that follows through ‘‘paragraph
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘member countries.’’;
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘transfer
or’’;
(C) by striking subsection (c);
(D) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c); and
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(E) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated),
by striking ‘‘transfer or’’.
(3) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.—Sec-
tion 222A(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2182a(d)) is repealed.
(i) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means the Committee on
Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and
the Committee on International Relations of the House
of Representatives.
(j) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The repeal made by sub-
section (c)(2) and the amendments made by subsection (h)
shall take effect upon the date of transmittal to Congress
of the certification described in subsection (d)(4).
WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM
SEC. 587. For fiscal year 2000, 30 days prior to the
initial obligation of funds for the bilateral West Bank and
Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall certify to the
appropriate committees of Congress that procedures have
been established to assure the Comptroller General of the
United States will have access to appropriate United
States financial information in order to review the uses
of United States assistance for the Program funded under
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the West Bank
and Gaza.
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HUMAN RIGHTS ASSISTANCE
SEC. 588. Of the funds made available under the
heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, up to $500,000 should be made available to
support the activities of Colombian nongovernmental orga-
nizations involved in human rights monitoring.
INDONESIA REPORTING REQUIREMENT
SEC. 589. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, none of the funds appropriated under the head-
ings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Military
Education and Training’’, or ‘‘Foreign Military Financing
Program’’ may be obligated for Indonesia unless the Com-
mittees on Appropriations are advised in writing 20 days
prior to each such proposed obligation.
MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE
SEC. 590. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be provided for the
United Nations Man and the Biosphere Program or the
United Nations World Heritage Fund.
IMMUNITY OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA
SEC. 591. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia shall be deemed to be a state spon-
sor of terrorism for the purposes of 28 U.S.C. 1605(a)(7).
(b) This section shall not apply to Montenegro or
Kosova.
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(c) This section shall become null and void when the
President certifies in writing to the Congress that the Fed-
eral Republic of Yugoslavia (other than Montenegro and
Kosova) has completed a democratic reform process that
results in a newly elected government that respects the
rights of ethnic minorities, is committed to the rule of law
and respects the sovereignty of its neighbor states.
(d) The certification provided for in subsection (c)
shall not affect the continuation of litigation commenced
against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia prior to its ful-
fillment of the conditions in subsection (c).
UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE POLICY FOR OPPOSITION-
CONTROLLED AREAS OF SUDAN
SEC. 592. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the President, acting through appropriate federal
agencies, may provide food assistance to groups engaged
in the protection of civilian populations from attacks by
regular government of Sudan forces, associated militias,
or other paramilitary groups supported by the government
of Sudan. Such assistance may only be provided in a way
that: (1) does not endanger, compromise or otherwise re-
duce the United States’ support for unilateral, multilateral
or private humanitarian operations or the beneficiaries of
those operations; or (2) compromise any ongoing or future
people-to-people reconciliation efforts. Any such assistance
shall be provided separate from and not in proximity to
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current humanitarian efforts, both within Operation Life-
line Sudan or outside of Operation Lifeline Sudan, or any
other current or future humanitarian operations which
serve noncombatants. In considering eligibility of potential
recipients, the President shall determine that the group
respects human rights, democratic principles, and the in-
tegrity of ongoing humanitarian operations, and cease
such assistance if the determination can no longer be
made.
(b) Not later than February 1, 2000, the President
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report
on United States bilateral assistance to opposition-con-
trolled areas of Sudan. Such report shall include—
(1) an accounting of United States bilateral as-
sistance to opposition-controlled areas of Sudan, pro-
vided in fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, and proposed
for fiscal year 2000, and the goals and objectives of
such assistance;
(2) the policy implications and costs, including
logistics and administrative costs, associated with
providing humanitarian assistance, including food,
directly to National Democratic Alliance participants
and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement op-
erating outside of the United Nations’ Operation
Lifeline Sudan structure, and the United States
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agencies best suited to administer these activities;
and
(3) the policy implications of increasing sub-
stantially the amount of development assistance for
democracy promotion, civil administration, judiciary,
and infrastructure support in opposition-controlled
areas of Sudan and the obstacles to administering a
development assistance program in this region.
CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN
SEC. 593. Consistent with the intent of Congress ex-
pressed in the enactment of section 3(b) of the Taiwan
Relations Act, the Secretary of State shall consult with
the appropriate committees and leadership of Congress to
devise a mechanism to provide for congressional input
prior to making any determination on the nature or quan-
tity of defense articles and services to be made available
to Taiwan.
AUTHORIZATIONS
SEC. 594. The Secretary of the Treasury may, to ful-
fill commitments of the United States: (1) effect the
United States participation in the first general capital in-
crease of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency,
and the first general capital increase of the Inter-Amer-
ican Investment Corporation; and (2) contribute on behalf
of the United States to the eighth replenishment of the
resources of the African Development Fund and the
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twelfth replenishment of the International Development
Association. The following amounts are authorized to be
appropriated without fiscal year limitation for payment by
the Secretary of the Treasury: $29,870,087 for paid-in
capital, and $139,365,533 for callable capital, of the Mul-
tilateral Investment Guarantee Agency; $125,180,000 for
paid-in capital of the Inter-American Investment Corpora-
tion; $300,000,000 for the African Development Fund;
and $2,410,000,000 for the International Development
Association.
ASSISTANCE FOR COSTA RICA
SEC. 595. Of the funds appropriated by Public Law
106–31, under the heading ‘‘Central America and the Car-
ibbean Emergency Disaster Recovery Fund’’, $8,000,000
shall be made available only for Costa Rica.
SILK ROAD STRATEGY ACT OF 1999
SEC. 596. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be
cited as the ‘‘Silk Road Strategy Act of 1999’’.
(b) AMENDMENT OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE OF
1961.—Part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following new chapter:
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‘‘CHAPTER 12—SUPPORT FOR THE ECO-
NOMIC AND POLITICAL INDEPEND-
ENCE OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE
SOUTH CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA
‘‘SEC. 499. UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE REC-
ONCILIATION 
AND 
RECOVERY 
FROM 
RE-
GIONAL CONFLICTS.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE OF ASSISTANCE.—The purposes of as-
sistance under this section include—
‘‘(1) the creation of the basis for reconciliation
between belligerents;
‘‘(2) the promotion of economic development in
areas of the countries of the South Caucasus and
Central Asia impacted by civil conflict and war; and
‘‘(3) the encouragement of broad regional co-
operation among countries of the South Caucasus
and Central Asia that have been destabilized by in-
ternal conflicts.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out the purposes
of subsection (a), the President is authorized to pro-
vide humanitarian assistance and economic recon-
struction assistance for the countries of the South
Caucasus and Central Asia to support the activities
described in subsection (c).
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‘‘(2) DEFINITION
OF
HUMANITARIAN
ASSIST-
ANCE.—In this subsection, the term ‘humanitarian
assistance’ means assistance to meet humanitarian
needs, including needs for food, medicine, medical
supplies and equipment, education, and clothing.
‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Activities that may
be supported by assistance under subsection (b) include—
‘‘(1) providing for the humanitarian needs of
victims of the conflicts;
‘‘(2) facilitating the return of refugees and in-
ternally displaced persons to their homes; and
‘‘(3) assisting in the reconstruction of residen-
tial and economic infrastructure destroyed by war.
‘‘SEC. 499A. ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE OF ASSISTANCE.—The purpose of as-
sistance under this section is to foster economic growth
and development, including the conditions necessary for
regional economic cooperation, in the South Caucasus and
Central Asia.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR ASSISTANCE.—To carry
out the purpose of subsection (a), the President is author-
ized to provide assistance for the countries of the South
Caucasus and Central Asia to support the activities de-
scribed in subsection (c).
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‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—In addition to the ac-
tivities described in section 498, activities supported by
assistance under subsection (b) should support the devel-
opment of the structures and means necessary for the
growth of private sector economies based upon market
principles.
‘‘SEC. 499B. DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE OF PROGRAMS.—The purposes of pro-
grams under this section include—
‘‘(1) to develop the physical infrastructure nec-
essary for regional cooperation among the countries
of the South Caucasus and Central Asia; and
‘‘(2) to encourage closer economic relations and
to facilitate the removal of impediments to cross-bor-
der commerce among those countries and the United
States and other developed nations.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR PROGRAMS.—To carry out
the purposes of subsection (a), the following types of pro-
grams for the countries of the South Caucasus and Cen-
tral Asia may be used to support the activities described
in subsection (c):
‘‘(1) Activities by the Export-Import Bank to
complete the review process for eligibility for financ-
ing under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945.
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‘‘(2) The provision of insurance, reinsurance, fi-
nancing, or other assistance by the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation.
‘‘(3) Assistance under section 661 of this Act
(relating to the Trade and Development Agency).
‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Activities that may
be supported by programs under subsection (b) include
promoting actively the participation of United States com-
panies and investors in the planning, financing, and con-
struction of infrastructure for communications, transpor-
tation, including air transportation, and energy and trade
including highways, railroads, port facilities, shipping,
banking, insurance, telecommunications networks, and gas
and oil pipelines.
‘‘SEC. 499C. BORDER CONTROL ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE OF ASSISTANCE.—The purpose of as-
sistance under this section includes the assistance of the
countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia to se-
cure their borders and implement effective controls nec-
essary to prevent the trafficking of illegal narcotics and
the proliferation of technology and materials related to
weapons of mass destruction (as defined in section
2332a(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code), and to con-
tain and inhibit transnational organized criminal activi-
ties.
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‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR ASSISTANCE.—To carry
out the purpose of subsection (a), the President is author-
ized to provide assistance to the countries of the South
Caucasus and Central Asia to support the activities de-
scribed in subsection (c).
‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Activities that may
be supported by assistance under subsection (b) include
assisting those countries of the South Caucasus and Cen-
tral Asia in developing capabilities to maintain national
border guards, coast guard, and customs controls.
‘‘SEC. 499D. STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY, TOLERANCE,
AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE OF ASSISTANCE.—The purpose of as-
sistance under this section is to promote institutions of
democratic government and to create the conditions for
the growth of pluralistic societies, including religious toler-
ance and respect for internationally recognized human
rights.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR ASSISTANCE.—To carry
out the purpose of subsection (a), the President is author-
ized to provide the following types of assistance to the
countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia:
‘‘(1) Assistance for democracy building, includ-
ing programs to strengthen parliamentary institu-
tions and practices.
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‘‘(2) Assistance for the development of non-
governmental organizations.
‘‘(3) Assistance for development of independent
media.
‘‘(4) Assistance for the development of the rule
of law, a strong independent judiciary, and trans-
parency in political practice and commercial trans-
actions.
‘‘(5) International exchanges and advanced pro-
fessional training programs in skill areas central to
the development of civil society.
‘‘(6) Assistance to promote increased adherence
to civil and political rights under section 116(e) of
this Act.
‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Activities that may
be supported by assistance under subsection (b) include
activities that are designed to advance progress toward the
development of democracy.
‘‘SEC. 499E. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES.
‘‘(a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH GOVERNMENTS
AND
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Assistance under
this chapter may be provided to governments or through
nongovernmental organizations.
‘‘(b) USE OF ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUNDS.—Except
as otherwise provided, any funds that have been allocated
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under chapter 4 of part II for assistance for the inde-
pendent states of the former Soviet Union may be used
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
‘‘(c) TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—Assistance under
this chapter shall be provided on such terms and condi-
tions as the President may determine.
‘‘(d) AVAILABLE AUTHORITIES.—The authority in
this chapter to provide assistance for the countries of the
South Caucasus and Central Asia is in addition to the au-
thority to provide such assistance under the FREEDOM
Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.) or any other Act,
and the authorities applicable to the provision of assist-
ance under chapter 11 may be used to provide assistance
under this chapter.
‘‘SEC. 499F. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘In this chapter:
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate and the Committee on International
Relations of the House of Representatives.
‘‘(2) COUNTRIES
OF
THE
SOUTH
CAUCASUS
AND
CENTRAL
ASIA.—The term ‘countries of the
South Caucasus and Central Asia’ means Armenia,
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Azerbaijan, 
Georgia, 
Kazakstan, 
Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 102(a) of
the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102–511) is
amended in paragraphs (2) and (4) by striking each place
it appears ‘‘this Act)’’ and inserting ‘‘this Act and chapter
12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961)’’.
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 104 of the FREE-
DOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5814) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(3);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(5) with respect to the countries of the South
Caucasus and Central Asia—
‘‘(A) an identification of the progress made
by the United States in accomplishing the pol-
icy described in section 3 of the Silk Road
Strategy Act of 1999;
‘‘(B) an evaluation of the degree to which
the assistance authorized by chapter 12 of part
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 has ac-
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complished the purposes identified in that chap-
ter;
‘‘(C) a description of the progress being
made by the United States to resolve trade dis-
putes registered with and raised by the United
States embassies in each country, and to nego-
tiate a bilateral agreement relating to the pro-
tection of United States direct investment in,
and other business interests with, each country;
and
‘‘(D) recommendations of any additional
initiatives that should be undertaken by the
United States to implement the policy and pur-
poses contained in the Silk Road Strategy Act
of 1999.’’.
COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES
SEC. 597. Section 116 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 is amended by adding the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(f)(1) The report required by subsection (d) shall
include—
‘‘(A) a list of foreign states where trafficking in
persons, especially women and children, originates,
passes through, or is a destination; and
‘‘(B) an assessment of the efforts by the gov-
ernments of the states described in paragraph (A) to
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combat trafficking. Such an assessment shall
address—
‘‘(i) whether government authorities in
each such state tolerate or are involved in traf-
ficking activities;
‘‘(ii) which government authorities in each
such state are involved in anti-trafficking activi-
ties;
‘‘(iii) what steps the government of each
such state has taken to prohibit government of-
ficials and other individuals from participating
in trafficking, including the investigation, pros-
ecution, and conviction of individuals involved
in trafficking;
‘‘(iv) what steps the government of each
such state has taken to assist trafficking vic-
tims;
‘‘(v) whether the government of each such
state is cooperating with governments of other
countries to extradite traffickers when re-
quested;
‘‘(vi) whether the government of each such
state is assisting in international investigations
of transnational trafficking networks; and
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‘‘(vii) whether the government of each such
state refrains from prosecuting trafficking vic-
tims or refrains from other discriminatory
treatment towards victims.
‘‘(2) In compiling data and assessing trafficking for
the purposes of paragraph (1), United States Diplomatic
Mission personnel shall consult with human rights and
other appropriate nongovernmental organizations.
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘trafficking’ means the use of de-
ception, coercion, debt bondage, the threat of force,
or the abuse of authority to recruit, transport within
or across borders, purchase, sell, transfer, receive, or
harbor a person for the purposes of placing or hold-
ing such person, whether for pay or not, in involun-
tary servitude, slavery or slavery-like conditions, or
in forced, bonded, or coerced labor;
‘‘(B) the term ‘victim of trafficking’ means any
person subjected to the treatment described in sub-
paragraph (A).’’.
OPIC MARITIME FUND
SEC. 598. It is the sense of the Congress that the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation shall within one
year from the date of the enactment of this Act select a
fund manager for the purpose of creating a maritime fund
with total capitalization of up to $200,000,000. This fund
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shall leverage United States commercial maritime exper-
tise to support international maritime projects.
SANCTIONS AGAINST SERBIA
SEC. 599. (a) CONTINUATION
OF
EXECUTIVE
BRANCH SANCTIONS.—The sanctions listed in subsection
(b) shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2000, unless the
President submits to the Committees on Appropriations
and Foreign Relations in the Senate and the Committees
on Appropriations and International Relations of the
House of Representatives a certification described in sub-
section (c).
(b) APPLICABLE SANCTIONS.—
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct
the United States executive directors of the inter-
national financial institutions to work in opposition
to, and vote against, any extension by such institu-
tions of any financial or technical assistance or
grants of any kind to the government of Serbia.
(2) The Secretary of State should instruct the
United States Ambassador to the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to
block any consensus to allow the participation of
Serbia in the OSCE or any organization affiliated
with the OSCE.
(3) The Secretary of State should instruct the
United States Representative to the United Nations
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to vote against any resolution in the United Nations
Security Council to admit Serbia to the United Na-
tions or any organization affiliated with the United
Nations, to veto any resolution to allow Serbia to as-
sume the United Nations’ membership of the former
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and to take
action to prevent Serbia from assuming the seat for-
merly occupied by the Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia.
(4) The Secretary of State should instruct the
United States Permanent Representative on the
Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
to oppose the extension of the Partnership for Peace
program or any other organization affiliated with
NATO to Serbia.
(5) The Secretary of State should instruct the
United States Representatives to the Southeast Eu-
ropean Cooperative Initiative (SECI) to oppose and
to work to prevent the extension of SECI member-
ship to Serbia.
(c) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this
subsection is a certification that—
(1) the representatives of the successor states
to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia have
successfully negotiated the division of assets and li-
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abilities and all other succession issues following the
dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia;
(2) the government of Serbia is fully complying
with its obligations as a signatory to the General
Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and
Herzegovina;
(3) the government of Serbia is fully cooper-
ating with and providing unrestricted access to the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia, including surrendering persons indicted
for war crimes who are within the jurisdiction of the
territory of Serbia, and with the investigations con-
cerning the commission of war crimes and crimes
against humanity in Kosova;
(4) the government of Serbia is implementing
internal democratic reforms; and
(5) Serbian federal governmental officials, and
representatives of the ethnic Albanian community in
Kosova have agreed on, signed, and begun imple-
mentation of a negotiated settlement on the future
status of Kosova.
(d) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the sense of the
Congress that the United States should not restore full
diplomatic relations with Serbia until the President sub-
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mits to the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign
Relations in the Senate and the Committees on Appropria-
tions and International Relations in the House of Rep-
resentatives the certification described in subsection (c).
(e) EXEMPTION OF MONTENEGRO AND KOSOVA.—
The sanctions described in subsection (b) shall not apply
to Montenegro or Kosova.
(f) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘international financial
institution’’ includes the International Monetary Fund,
the International Bank for Reconstruction and Develop-
ment, the International Development Association, the
International Finance Corporation, the Multilateral In-
vestment Guaranty Agency, and the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development.
(g) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The President may waive
the application in whole or in part, of any sanction de-
scribed in subsection (b) if the President certifies to the
Congress that the President has determined that the waiv-
er is necessary to meet emergency humanitarian needs.
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
SEC. 599A. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as
follows:
(1) The United States is the world leader in the
development of environmental technologies, particu-
larly clean coal technology.
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(2) Severe pollution problems affecting people
in developing countries, and the serious health prob-
lems that result from such pollution, can be effec-
tively addressed through the application of United
States technology.
(3) During the next century, developing coun-
tries, particularly countries in Asia such as China
and India, will dramatically increase their consump-
tion of electricity, and low quality coal will be a
major source of fuel for power generation.
(4) Without the use of modern clean coal tech-
nology, the resultant pollution will cause enormous
health and environmental problems leading to dimin-
ished economic growth in developing countries and,
thus, diminished United States exports to those
growing markets.
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the
United States to promote the export of United States
clean coal technology. In furtherance of that policy, the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury (acting
through the United States executive directors to inter-
national financial institutions), the Secretary of Energy,
and the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) should, as appro-
priate, vigorously promote the use of United States clean
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coal technology in environmental and energy infrastruc-
ture programs, projects and activities. Programs, projects
and activities for which the use of such technology should
be considered include reconstruction assistance for the
Balkans, activities carried out by the Global Environment
Facility, and activities funded from USAID’s Development
Credit Authority.
RESTRICTION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE FOR CER-
TAIN RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN THE BALKANS
REGION
SEC. 599B. (a) Funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act for United States assistance
for reconstruction efforts in the Federal Republic of Yugo-
slavia or any contiguous country should to the maximum
extent practicable be used for the procurement of articles
and services of United States origin.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘article’’ means any
agricultural 
commodity, 
steel, 
communications
equipment, farm machinery or petrochemical refin-
ery equipment.
(2) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA.—The
term ‘‘Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’’ includes Ser-
bia, Montenegro and Kosova.
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND
SEC. 599C. (1) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF CON-
TRIBUTION.—Of the amounts made available under
‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, not more
than $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 shall be available
for the United Nations Population Fund (hereinafter in
this subsection referred to as the ‘‘UNFPA’’).
(2) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—
None of the funds made available under ‘‘International
Organizations and Programs’’ may be made available for
the UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Repub-
lic of China.
(3) CONDITIONS
ON AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS.—
Amounts made available under ‘‘International Organiza-
tions and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2000 for the UNFPA
may not be made available to UNFPA unless—
(A) the UNFPA maintains amounts made
available to the UNFPA under this section in an ac-
count separate from other accounts of the UNFPA;
(B) the UNFPA does not commingle amounts
made available to the UNFPA under this section
with other sums; and
(C) the UNFPA does not fund abortions.
(4) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS AND WITHHOLDING
OF FUNDS.—
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(A) Not later than February 15, 2000, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit a report to the appro-
priate congressional committees indicating the
amount of funds that the United Nations Population
Fund is budgeting for the year in which the report
is submitted for a country program in the People’s
Republic of China.
(B) If a report under subparagraph (A) indi-
cates that the United Nations Population Fund
plans to spend funds for a country program in the
People’s Republic of China in the year covered by
the report, then the amount of such funds that the
UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Republic of
China shall be deducted from the funds made avail-
able to the UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for
the remainder of the fiscal year in which the report
is submitted.
AUTHORIZATION FOR POPULATION PLANNING
SEC. 599D. (a) Not to exceed $385,000,000 of the
funds appropriated in title II of this Act may be available
for population planning activities or other population as-
sistance.
(b) Such funds may be apportioned only on a monthly
basis, and such monthly apportionments may not exceed
8.34 percent of the total available for such activities.
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TITLE VI—INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster
Assistance’’, $27,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIT PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Urban and Environ-
mental Credit Program Account’’, $1,500,000, to remain
available until expended, for the cost, as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of guaran-
teed loans authorized by sections 221 and 222 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That these funds
are available to subsidize loan principal, 100 percent of
which shall be guaranteed, pursuant to the authority of
such sections: Provided further, That commitments to
guarantee loans under this heading may be entered into
notwithstanding the second and third sentences of section
222(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses
of 
the 
Agency 
for 
International 
Development’’,
$25,000,000.
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE ECONOMIC
SUPPORT FUND
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support
Fund’’ for assistance for Jordan and for the West Bank
and Gaza, $450,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2002: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount provided shall
be available only to the extent that an official budget re-
quest that includes designation of the entire amount as
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted
by the President to the Congress.
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support
Fund’’, $168,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001.
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ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE
FORMER SOVIET UNION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance for the
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’,
$104,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
PEACE CORPS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Peace Corps’’,
$10,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $20,000,000.
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND
RELATED PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation,
Anti-Terrorism, 
Demining 
and 
Related 
Progams’’,
$35,000,000.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
For an additional amount for ‘‘Debt Restructuring’’,
$90,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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UNITED STATES COMMUNITY ADJUSTMENT AND
INVESTMENT PROGRAM
For the United States Community Adjustment and
Investment Program authorized by section 543 of the
North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation
Act, $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer such
funds to the North American Development Bank and/or
to one or more Federal agencies for the purpose of ena-
bling the Bank or such Federal agencies to assist in car-
rying out the program by providing technical assistance,
grants, loans, loan guarantees, and other financial sub-
sidies endorsed by the interagency finance committee es-
tablished by section 7 of Executive Order No. 12916: Pro-
vided further, That no portion of such funds may be trans-
ferred to the Bank unless the Secretary shall have first
entered into an agreement with the Bank that provides
that any such funds may not be used for the Bank’s ad-
ministrative expenses: Provided further, That any funds
transferred to the Bank under this heading will be in addi-
tion to the 10 percent of the paid-in capital paid to the
Bank by the United States referred to in section 543 of
the Act: Provided further, That any funds transferred to
any Federal agency under this heading will be in addition
to amounts otherwise provided to such agency: Provided
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further, That any funds transferred to an agency under
this heading shall be subject to the same terms and condi-
tions as the account to which transferred.
MILITARY ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’, $1,375,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2002, of which $1,200,000,000 shall
be for grants only for Israel, $25,000,000 shall be for
grants only for Egypt, and $150,000,000 shall be for
grants only for Jordan: Provided, That funds appropriated
under this heading shall be nonrepayable, notwithstanding
section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be
expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely
payment for defense articles and services: Provided fur-
ther, That to the extent that the Government of Israel re-
quests that funds be used for such purposes, grants made
available for Israel by this paragraph shall, as agreed by
Israel and the United States, be available for advanced
weapons systems, of which not to exceed 26.3 percent shall
be available for the procurement in Israel of defense arti-
cles and defense services, including research and develop-
ment: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
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ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount provided shall
be available only to the extent that an official budget re-
quest that includes designation of the entire amount as
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted
by the President to the Congress.
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’, $75,000,000.
MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Contribution to the
International Development Association’’, $150,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN INVESTMENT
CORPORATION
For pavement to the Inter-American Investment Cor-
poration, by the Secretary of the Treasury, $16,000,000,
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for the United States share of the increase in subscrip-
tions to capital stock, to remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the African Development Bank by
the Secretary of the Treasury, $4,100,000, for the United
States paid-in share of the increase in capital stock, to
remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the African Develop-
ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation
for the callable capital portion of the United States share
of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed
$64,000,000.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For an additional amount for ‘‘Contribution to the
African Development Fund’’, $50,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Organi-
zations and Programs’’, $13,000,000.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
Act, 2000’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 5,
1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.