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pression by the Government of Peru, $6,000 for
each fiscal year is authorized to be appropriated only
for the investigation and dissemination of informa-
tion on violations of freedom of expression by the
Government of Colombia, and $6,000 for each fiscal
year is authorized to be appropriated only for the in-
vestigation and dissemination of information on vio-
lations of freedom of expression by the Government
of Haiti.
(c) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM.—
(1) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts made avail-
able under subsection (a) for each of the fiscal years
2002 and 2003 for United States voluntary con-
tributions to the United Nations Development Pro-
gram an amount equal to the amount the United
Nations Development Program will spend in Burma
during each fiscal year shall be withheld unless dur-
ing such fiscal year the Secretary of State submits
to the appropriate congressional committees the cer-
tification described in paragraph (2).
(2) CERTIFICATION.—The certification referred
to in paragraph (1) is a certification by the Sec-
retary of State that all programs and activities of
the United Nations Development Program (including
United Nations Development Program—Adminis-
tered Funds) in Burma—
(A) are focused on eliminating human suf-
fering and addressing the needs of the poor;
(B) are undertaken only through inter-
national or private voluntary organizations that
have been deemed independent of the State
Peace and Development Council (SPDC) (for-
merly known as the State Law and Order Res-
toration Council (SLORC)), after consultation
with the leadership of the National League for
Democracy and the leadership of the National
Coalition Government of the Union of Burma;
(C) provide no financial, political, or mili-
tary benefit to the SPDC; and
(D) are carried out only after consultation
with the leadership of the National League for
Democracy and the leadership of the National
Coalition Government of the Union of Burma.
(d) UNICEF.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated $120,000,000 for the fiscal year 2002 for a United
States voluntary contribution to UNICEF.
(e) ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT
COERCIVE
ABORTION
OR
INVOLUNTARY
STERILIZA-
TION.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated
by this Act may be made available to any organization
or program which, as determined by the President of the
United States, supports, or participates in the manage-
ment of, a program of coercive abortion or involuntary
sterilization.
(f) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized
to be appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized to
remain available until expended.
SEC. 108. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.
(a) MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated for the De-
partment of State for ‘‘Migration and Refugee As-
sistance’’ for authorized activities, $817,000,000 for
the fiscal year 2002 and $817,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2003.
(2) LIMITATIONS.—
(A) TIBETAN
REFUGEES
IN
INDIA
AND
NEPAL.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated in paragraph (1), $2,000,000 for the
fiscal year 2002 and $2,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2003 are authorized to be available for hu-
manitarian assistance, including food, medicine,
clothing, and medical and vocational training,
to Tibetan refugees in India and Nepal who
have fled Chinese-occupied Tibet.
(B) REFUGEES RESETTLING IN ISRAEL.—
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated
in paragraph (1), $60,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2002 and $60,000,000 for the fiscal year
2003 are authorized to be available only for as-
sistance for refugees resettling in Israel from
other countries.
(C) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR DIS-
PLACED BURMESE.—Of the amounts authorized
to 
be 
appropriated 
in 
paragraph 
(1),
$2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2002 and
$2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003 are author-
ized to be available for humanitarian assistance
(including food, medicine, clothing, and medical
and vocational training) to persons displaced as
a result of civil conflict in Burma, including
persons still within Burma.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated
pursuant to this section are authorized to remain available
until expended.
Subtitle B—United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Activities
SEC. 121. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following amounts are au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out the United States
International Broadcasting Act of 1994, the Radio Broad-
casting to Cuba Act, and the Television Broadcasting to
Cuba Act, and to carry out other authorities in law con-
sistent with such purposes:
(1) INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING
OPER-
ATIONS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—For ‘‘International
Broadcasting Operations’’, $428,234,000 for
the fiscal year 2002, and such sums as may be
necessary for the fiscal year 2003.
(B) LIMITATIONS.—
(i) 
TRANSMISSION
FACILITIES
IN
BELIZE.—Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated under subparagraph (A),
$750,000 for the fiscal year 2002 is au-
thorized to be appropriated only for en-
hancements of the transmission facilities in
Belize.
(ii) BROADCASTING TO CUBA.—Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated
SEC. 208. EMERGENCY EVACUATION SERVICES.
Section 4(b)(2)(A) of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671(b)(2)(A)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) the evacuation when their lives are endan-
gered by war, civil unrest, or natural disaster of (i)
United States Government employees and their de-
pendents, and (ii) private United States citizens or
third-country nationals, on a reimbursable basis to
the extent feasible, with such reimbursements to be
credited to the applicable Department of State ap-
propriation and to remain available until expended.
No reimbursement shall be required which is greater
than the amount the person evacuated would have
been charged for a commercial air fare at the lowest
rate available immediately prior to the onset of the
war, civil unrest, or natural disaster giving rise to
the evacuation.’’.
SEC. 209. WITHHOLDING OF FUNDING UNTIL SUBMISSION
OF REPORT ON CUBAN EMIGRATION POLI-
CIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, none of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act are authorized to be made available
for the operation of the United States Interests Section
in Cuba and the Office of Cuban Affairs of the Depart-
ment of State until the Department of State is in compli-
ance with section 2245 of the Foreign Relations Author-
ization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 (division G of
Public Law 105–277).
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef-
fect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 210. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERCOUNTRY ADOP-
TION ACT OF 2000.
The Secretary of State, acting through the Assistant
Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, shall consult with
the appropriate congressional committees on a regular
basis on the implementation of the Intercountry Adoption
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–279; 42 U.S.C. 14901 et
seq.).
SEC. 211. REPORT CONCERNING THE EFFECT OF PLAN CO-
LOMBIA ON ECUADOR.
(a) FINDINGS.— The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) There is a growing alarm concerning the
spillover effect of Plan Colombia on Ecuador, a
frontline state. The northern region of Ecuador, in-
cluding the Sucumbios province, is an area of par-
ticular concern. It faces the Colombian Putumayo
zone, where there is no presence of military or law
enforcement personnel.
(2) Activities relating to the implementation of
Plan Colombia have resulted in incursions on Ecua-
dorian territory by drug traffickers and guerrilla and
paramilitary groups from Colombia and a concomi-
tant increase in the levels of violence and delin-
quency. Recent kidnappings of American and other
foreign nationals, as well as discoveries of clandes-
tine cocaine laboratories, are especially troublesome.
(3) Ecuador is receiving an influx of Colombian
refugees and its own indigenous communities have
been displaced from their ancestral villages.
(4) Ecuador has demonstrated its moral and
political commitment in the fight against drugs. The
agreement signed in November 1999 with the
United States to establish a forward operating loca-
tion in Manta is a clear sign of this active stance.
(5) Ecuador is implementing a comprehensive
program aimed at reinforcing its security mecha-
nisms in the northern border, as well as converting
the area into a buffer zone of peace and develop-
ment.
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— Not later than 60 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
State, through the Bureau of International Narcotics and
Law Enforcement, shall submit to Congress a report
which outlines a comprehensive strategy to address the
spillover effect of Plan Colombia on Ecuador.
Subtitle B—Consular Authorities
SEC. 231. MACHINE READABLE VISAS.
Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (8 U.S.C. 1351
note) is amended in the first sentence of paragraph (3)—
(1) by striking ‘‘2001, and 2002,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2001, 2002, and 2003,’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘and $316,715,000 for fiscal
year 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘$414,000,000 for fiscal
year 2002, and $422,000,000 for fiscal year 2003,’’.
SEC. 232. ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONSULAR BRANCH OF-
FICE IN LHASA, TIBET.
The Secretary of State shall make best efforts to es-
tablish a branch office in Lhasa, Tibet, of the United
States Consulate General in Chengdu, People’s Republic
of China, to monitor political, economic, and cultural de-
velopments in Tibet.
SEC. 233. ESTABLISHMENT OF A DIPLOMATIC OR CON-
SULAR POST IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA.
The Secretary of State shall establish a diplomatic
or consular post in Equatorial Guinea.
SEC. 234. PROCESSING OF VISA APPLICATIONS.
It shall be the policy of the Department of State to
process immigrant visa applications of immediate relatives
of United States citizens and nonimmigrant K–1 visa ap-
plications of fiances of United States citizens within 30
days of the receipt of all necessary documents from the
applicant and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
In the case of an immigrant visa application where the
sponsor of such applicant is a relative other than an imme-
diate relative, it should be the policy of the Department
of State to process such an application within 60 days of
the receipt of all necessary documents from the applicant
and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
SEC. 235. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO JERU-
SALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.
(a) CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT OF POLICY.—The
Congress maintains its commitment to relocating the
United States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and urges
the President, pursuant to the Jerusalem Embassy Act
of 1995 (Public Law 104–45; 109 Stat. 398), to imme-
diately begin the process of relocating the United States
Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CONSULATE
IN JERUSALEM.—None of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act may be expended for the operation
of a United States consulate or diplomatic facility in Jeru-
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year 2003 are authorized to be appro-
priated only for the establishment and op-
eration of a mobile library at the United
States Interests Section in Cuba primarily
for use by dissidents and democracy activ-
ists in Cuba.
(2) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.—For ‘‘Cap-
ital Investment Fund’’ of the Department of State,
$210,000,000 for the fiscal year 2002 and such
sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 2003.
(3) EMBASSY
SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION
AND
MAINTENANCE.—In addition to amounts otherwise
authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Embassy Secu-
rity, Construction and Maintenance’’ by section 604
of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years
2000 and 2001 (section 604 of division A of H.R.
3427, as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of
Public Law 106–113; appendix G; 113 Stat. 1501A–
470), there are authorized to be appropriated for
‘‘Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance’’,
$475,046,000 for the fiscal year 2002 and such
sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 2003.
(4) 
REPRESENTATION
ALLOWANCES.—For
‘‘Representation Allowances’’, $9,000,000 for the
(1) by striking ‘‘for any fiscal year after fiscal
year 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘for—
‘‘(A) fiscal years 1996 through 2001, and
any fiscal year after fiscal year 2003’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘operation.’’ and inserting ‘‘oper-
ation; and
‘‘(B) fiscal years 2002 and 2003 shall not
be available for the payment of the United States
assessed contribution for a United Nations peace-
keeping operation in an amount which is greater
than 28.15 percent of the total of all assessed
contributions for that operation.’’.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC LAW 92–
544.—The last sentence of the paragraph headed ‘‘Contribu-
tions to International Organizations’’ in Public Law 92–
544 (22 U.S.C. 287e note), is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Appropriations are authorized’’
and inserting ‘‘Subject to section 404(b)(2) of the For-
eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994
and 1995 (Public Law 103–236, 22 U.S.C. 287e
note), as amended, appropriations are authorized’’;
and
(2) by striking ‘‘(other than United Nations
peacekeeping operations) conducted’’ and inserting
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David Adom Society in the International Red Cross
and Red Crescent Movement.
(10) The House of Representatives adopted H.
Res. 464 on May 3, 2000, and the Senate adopted S.
Res. 343 on October 18, 2000, expressing the sense of
the House of Representatives and the sense of the Sen-
ate, respectively, that the International Red Cross and
Red Crescent Movement should recognize and admit
to full membership Israel’s Magen David Adom Soci-
ety with its emblem, the Red Shield of David.
(11) The Secretary of State testified before the
Committee on the Budget of the Senate on March 14,
2001, and stated that admission of Magen David
Adom into the International Red Cross movement is
a priority.
(12) The United States provided $119,230,000
for the International Committee of the Red Cross in
fiscal year 2000.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that—
(1) the International Committee of the Red Cross
should immediately recognize the Magen David Adom
Society;
(2) the Federation of Red Cross and Red Cres-
cent Societies should grant full membership to the
SEC. 105. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE-
KEEPING ACTIVITIES.
There are authorized to be appropriated under the
heading ‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping Ac-
tivities’’ $844,139,000 for the fiscal year 2002 and such
sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 2003 for the
Department of State to carry out the authorities, functions,
duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign af-
fairs of the United States with respect to international
peacekeeping activities and to carry out other authorities
in law consistent with such purposes.
SEC. 106. GRANTS TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION.
Section 404 of the Asia Foundation Act (title IV of
Public Law 98–164; 22 U.S.C. 4403) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 404. There are authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary of State $15,000,000 for the fiscal year
2002 and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003 for grants
to The Asia Foundation pursuant to this title.’’.
SEC. 107. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State
for ‘‘Voluntary Contributions to International Organiza-
tions’’, $186,000,000 for the fiscal year 2002 and such sums
as may be necessary for the fiscal year 2003.
tricity emergency is in effect in a State pursuant to a dec-
laration by the Governor of the State, if the governors of
each State within the Pacific Northwest (as defined in sec-
tion 3(14) of the Pacific Northwest Power Planning and
Conservation Act) request the Administrator of the Bon-
neville Power Administration to authorize hydropower fa-
cilities providing electric power to the Administration to
maximize electric generation at such facilities, the Admin-
istrator may authorize such generation.
(b) BUREAU OF RECLAMATION.—During any period
(not in excess of 2 years) during which an electricity emer-
gency is in effect in a State pursuant to a declaration by
the Governor of the State, in order to provide electric
power generation, if the Governor of such State so re-
quests, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the
Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, may author-
ize the maximum electric generation at hydroelectric facili-
ties operated by the Bureau.
(c) WAIVER.—Whenever the Administrator of the
Bonneville Power Administration or the Commissioner of
the Bureau of Reclamation authorizes maximum genera-
tion pursuant to this subsection at any facility, such au-
thorization shall waive the application of any restriction
or constraint under any Federal law, plan, rule, or order
(including any court order issued before the date of the
ble prekindergarten providers and local educational agen-
cies in partnership with early childhood programs, organi-
zations, or agencies that serve prekindergarten school chil-
dren.
‘‘(b) STATE APPLICATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The State shall designate a
State agency to administer, including the receipt and
administration of funds and the evaluation of the
program, the State-funded prekindergarten program
funded under this part.
‘‘(2) STATE
APPLICATION.—The appropriate
agency shall submit an application to the Secretary
that includes—
‘‘(A) an assurance that the State will pro-
vide non-Federal matching funds equal to not
less than 20 percent of the award; and
‘‘(B) a description of—
‘‘(i) how grant funds will be used to
expand or enhance existing efforts across
the State in providing access to high qual-
ity prekindergarten programs;
‘‘(ii) how the State will collaborate
with local child care agencies and councils,
including local child care resource and re-
ferral agencies;
‘‘(iii) how grant funds will be used to
supplement and not supplant existing Fed-
eral, State, local and private funds used
for prekindergarten programs;
‘‘(iv) how the State will ensure that
grant funds are provided to a range of
types of eligible prekindergarten providers;
‘‘(v) how the State will help eligible
prekindergarten providers attract and re-
tain qualified prekindergarten teachers;
‘‘(vi) how the State will identify the
eligible children and eligible prekinder-
garten providers; and
‘‘(vii) how the State will give priority
to full-time prekindergarten programs, in-
cluding the expansion of existing part-time
programs into full-time programs.
‘‘SEC. 10996D. LOCAL APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency or eli-
gible prekindergarten provider, as the case may be, that
desires to receive a grant under this part shall submit an
application to the State agency designated under section
10996C(b) at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as such agency may reasonably require.
apply with respect to group health plans for plan
years beginning on or after January 1, 2002.
(2) INDIVIDUAL
HEALTH
INSURANCE
COV-
ERAGE.—The amendments made by subsection (b)
apply with respect to health insurance coverage of-
fered, sold, issued, renewed, in effect, or operated in
the individual market on or after such date.
(3) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING EXCEPTION.—In
the case of a group health plan maintained pursuant
to 1 or more collective bargaining agreements be-
tween employee representatives and 1 or more em-
ployers ratified before the date of enactment of this
Act, the amendments made by subsection (a) shall
not apply to plan years beginning before the later
of—
(A) the date on which the last collective
bargaining agreements relating to the plan ter-
minates (determined without regard to any ex-
tension thereof agreed to after the date of en-
actment of this Act), or
(B) January 1, 2002.
For purposes of subparagraph (A), any plan amend-
ment made pursuant to a collective bargaining
agreement relating to the plan which amends the
plan solely to conform to any requirement added by
participation, under terms and conditions the power mar-
keting administration concerned determines necessary or
appropriate, including being bound by operational and
other orders of the regional transmission organization and
by the results of arbitration of disputes with the organiza-
tion or with other participants.
(c) STATE AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED.—Nothing in
this section affects the authority of States to regulate
transmission facility maintenance, planning, siting, and
other utility functions.
(d) SUNSET.—No regional transmission authority es-
tablished under this section shall be required to continue
to operate after the date 3 years after the regional trans-
mission organization is established.
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I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 164
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act with respect to the definition of
a member business loan.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 3, 2001
Mr. ROYCE (for himself, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. CAL-
VERT, Mr. DREIER, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. SHER-
MAN, Mr. FILNER, Ms. LEE, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. BERK-
LEY, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. HERGER, Mr. LATOURETTE, and Ms.
ROYBAL-ALLARD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act with respect to
the definition of a member business loan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Faith-Based Lending
Protection Act’’.
SEC. 2. MEMBER BUSINESS LOAN EXCEPTION.
Section 107A(c)(1)(B) of the Federal Credit Union
Act (12 U.S.C. 1757a(c)(1)(B)) is amended—