H. R. 2606
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized
to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing
authority available to such corporation, and in accordance with
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard
to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying
out the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation:
Provided, That none of the funds available during the current
fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, contracts, or commit-
ments for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology
to any country other than a nuclear-weapon state as defined in
Article IX of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons eligible to receive economic or military assistance under
this Act that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, and
tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Export-Import
Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $759,000,000 to remain available
until September 30, 2003: 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 such sums shall remain available until September 30, 2018
for the disbursement of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance
and tied-aid grants obligated in fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002,
and 2003: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated
by this Act or any prior Act appropriating funds for foreign oper-
ations, export financing, or related programs for tied-aid credits
or grants may be used for any other purpose except through the
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regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph
are made available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export
Import Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the purchase or lease
of any product by any East European country, any Baltic State
or any agency or national thereof: Provided further, That in section
3(c)(6) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635a(c)(6))
strike ‘‘October 1, 1999’’ and insert ‘‘March 1, 2000’’: Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading
may be obligated for any direct loan, loan guarantee, or insurance
agreement in excess of $10,000,000 unless the Committees on
Appropriations and Committees on Banking are advised in writing
20 days prior to each such proposed obligation, which shall be
treated by the committees as a reprogramming notification: Pro-
vided further, That the previous proviso shall be effective for such
obligations until March 1, 2000.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaran-
teed loan and insurance programs (to be computed on an accrual
basis), including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $25,000 for official
reception and representation expenses for members of the Board
of Directors, $55,000,000: Provided, That necessary expenses
(including special services performed on a contract or fee basis,
but not including other personal services) in connection with the
collection of moneys owed the Export-Import Bank, repossession
or sale of pledged collateral or other assets acquired by the Export-
Import Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the Export-Import
Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any property, or the
evaluation of the legal or technical aspects of any transaction for
which an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment
has been made, shall be considered nonadministrative expenses
for the purposes of this heading: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing subsection (b) of section 117 of the Export Enhancement
Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall remain in effect until
October 1, 2000.
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized
to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided
by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and commitments within
the limits of funds available to it and in accordance with law
as may be necessary: Provided, That the amount available for
administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance pro-
grams (including an amount for official reception and representation
expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed
$35,000,000: Provided further, That project-specific transaction
costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred in claims settle-
ments, and other direct costs associated with services provided
to specific investors or potential investors pursuant to section 234
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered
administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading.
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PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, $24,000,000, as
authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation noncredit account: 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 such sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and
loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal years
2000 and 2001: Provided further, That such sums shall remain
available through fiscal year 2008 for the disbursement of direct
and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year 2000, and through
fiscal year 2009 for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed
loans obligated in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That in addi-
tion, such sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses
to carry out the credit program may be derived from amounts
available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit and
insurance programs in the Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion Noncredit Account and merged with said account: Provided
further, That funds made available under this heading or in prior
appropriations Acts that are available for the cost of financing
under section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall
be available for purposes of section 234(g) of such Act, to remain
available until expended.
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $44,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the Trade and
Development Agency may receive reimbursements from corporations
and other entities for the costs of grants for feasibility studies
and other project planning services, to be deposited as an offsetting
collection to this account and to be available for obligation until
September 30, 2001, for necessary expenses under this paragraph:
Provided further, That such reimbursements shall not cover, or
be allocated against, direct or indirect administrative costs of the
agency.
TITLE II—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out
the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other
purposes, to remain available until September 30, 2000, unless
otherwise specified herein, as follows:
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CHILD SURVIVAL AND DISEASE PROGRAMS FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapters
1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for
child survival, basic education, assistance to combat tropical and
other diseases, and related activities, in addition to funds otherwise
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available for such purposes, $715,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That this amount shall be made available
for such activities as: (1) immunization programs; (2) oral rehydra-
tion programs; (3) health and nutrition programs, and related edu-
cation programs, which address the needs of mothers and children;
(4) water and sanitation programs; (5) assistance for displaced
and orphaned children; (6) programs for the prevention, treatment,
and control of, and research on, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, polio,
malaria and other diseases; and (7) up to $98,000,000 for basic
education programs for children: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available
for nonproject assistance for health and child survival programs,
except that funds may be made available for such assistance for
ongoing health programs.
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections
103 through 106, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, title V of the International Security and Development
Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–533) and the provisions
of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, $1,228,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That of
the amount appropriated under this heading, up to $5,000,000
may be made available for and apportioned directly to the Inter-
American Foundation: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated under this heading, up to $14,400,000 may be made avail-
able for the African Development Foundation and shall be appor-
tioned directly to that agency: Provided further, That none of the
funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated balances
from prior appropriations may be made available to any organiza-
tion or program which, as determined by the President of the
United States, supports or participates in the management of a
program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided
further, That none of the funds made available under this heading
may be used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method
of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice
abortions; and that in order to reduce reliance on abortion in
developing nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family
planning projects which offer, either directly or through referral
to, or information about access to, a broad range of family planning
methods and services, and that any such voluntary family planning
project shall meet the following requirements: (1) service providers
or referral agents in the project shall not implement or be subject
to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of births,
number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular
method of family planning (this provision shall not be construed
to include the use of quantitative estimates or indicators for budg-
eting and planning purposes); (2) the project shall not include
payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to:
(A) an individual in exchange for becoming a family planning
acceptor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical target
or quota of total number of births, number of family planning
acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family planning;
(3) the project shall not deny any right or benefit, including the
right of access to participate in any program of general welfare
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or the right of access to health care, as a consequence of any
individual’s decision not to accept family planning services; (4)
the project shall provide family planning acceptors comprehensible
information on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen,
including those conditions that might render the use of the method
inadvisable and those adverse side effects known to be consequent
to the use of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure that
experimental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical proce-
dures are provided only in the context of a scientific study in
which participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; and,
not less than 60 days after the date on which the Administrator
of the United States Agency for International Development deter-
mines that there has been a violation of the requirements contained
in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or
practice of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph
(4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee
on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign
Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,
a report containing a description of such violation and the corrective
action taken by the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding
grants for natural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against
because of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commitment
to offer only natural family planning; and, additionally, all such
applicants shall comply with the requirements of the previous pro-
viso: Provided further, That for purposes of this or any other Act
authorizing or appropriating funds for foreign operations, export
financing, and related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates
to family planning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit
the provision, consistent with local law, of information or counseling
about all pregnancy options: Provided further, That nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory
prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
section 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of the funds
appropriated under this heading in this Act, and of the unobligated
balances of funds previously appropriated under this heading,
$2,500,000 may be transferred to ‘‘International Organizations and
Programs’’ for a contribution to the International Fund for Agricul-
tural Development (IFAD): Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading may be made available for any
activity which is in contravention to the Convention on Inter-
national Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES):
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading
that are made available for assistance programs for displaced and
orphaned children and victims of war, not to exceed $25,000, in
addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be
used to monitor and provide oversight of such programs: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading not
less than $500,000 should be made available for support of the
United States Telecommunications Training Institute: Provided fur-
ther, That, of the funds appropriated by this Act for the Microenter-
prise Initiative (including any local currencies made available for
the purposes of the Initiative), not less than one-half should be
made available for programs providing loans of less than $300
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to very poor people, particularly women, or for institutional support
of organizations primarily engaged in making such loans.
CYPRUS
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Development
Assistance’’ 
and 
‘‘Economic 
Support 
Fund’’, 
not 
less 
than
$15,000,000 shall be made available for Cyprus to be used only
for scholarships, administrative support of the scholarship program,
bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at reunification of the
island and designed to reduce tensions and promote peace and
cooperation between the two communities on Cyprus.
LEBANON
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Development
Assistance’’ 
and 
‘‘Economic 
Support 
Fund’’, 
not 
less 
than
$15,000,000 should be made available for Lebanon to be used,
among other programs, for scholarships and direct support of the
American educational institutions in Lebanon.
BURMA
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than $6,500,000
shall be made available to support democracy activities in Burma,
democracy and humanitarian 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: Provided further, That
the provision of such funds shall be made available subject to
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
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 organization, which obtains less than
20 percent of its total annual funding for international activities
from sources other than the United States Government: Provided,
That the Administrator of the Agency for International Development
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 private 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 relief,
rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section
491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended,
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$175,880,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
the Agency for International Development shall submit a report
to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to pro-
viding 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 Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further,
That guarantees of loans made under this heading in support
of microenterprise activities may guarantee up to 70 percent of
the principal amount of any such loans notwithstanding section
108 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. In addition, for adminis-
trative expenses to carry out programs under this heading,
$500,000, all of which may be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the Agency for Inter-
national Development: Provided further, That funds made available
under this heading shall remain available until September 30,
2001.
URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIT PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, of guaranteed loans authorized by sections
221 and 222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,500,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That these funds
are available to subsidize loan principal, 100 percent of which
shall be guaranteed, pursuant to the authority of such sections.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed
loan programs, $5,000,000, all of which may be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the
Agency for International Development: Provided further, That
commitments to guarantee loans under this heading may be entered
into notwithstanding the second and third sentences of section
222(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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 appropriated by
this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as amended, and funds appropriated by this Act under the heading
‘‘ASSISTANCE
FOR
EASTERN
EUROPE
AND
THE
BALTIC
STATES’’, to
remain available 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 expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan programs, up to $500,000 of this amount
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Oper-
ating Expenses of the Agency for International Development’’: Pro-
vided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) (relating to
general provisions applicable to the Development Credit Authority)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained in section
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306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Committee on Inter-
national Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct
loans and loan guarantees 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 available to finance the construc-
tion (including architect and engineering services), purchase, or
long term lease of offices for use by the Agency for International
Development, unless the Administrator has identified such proposed
construction (including architect and engineering services), pur-
chase, or long term lease of offices in a report submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the obliga-
tion of these funds for such purposes: 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.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
667, $25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001,
which sum shall be available for the Office of the Inspector General
of the Agency for International 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 available 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 undertake 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 Commodity Import Program assistance: Pro-
vided 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
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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 Holocaust:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of the funds appropriated under this heading, $1,000,000 shall
be made available to nongovernmental organizations located outside
of the People’s Republic of China to support activities which pre-
serve cultural 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 provisions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Sup-
port Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount
shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely
payment for projects and activities: Provided further, That funds
made available under this heading shall remain available until
September 30, 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 fur-
ther, That of the funds made available under this heading and
the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not to exceed $130,000,000
shall be made available for Bosnia and Herzegovina: Provided fur-
ther, 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 con-
ferences shall not exceed 15 percent of the total resources pledged
by all donors: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able under this heading for Kosova shall be made available for
large scale physical infrastructure reconstruction.
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior appro-
priations Acts that are or have been made available for an Enter-
prise Fund may be deposited by such Fund in interest-bearing
accounts prior to the Fund’s disbursement 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 Treasury 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
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1961 for purposes of making available the administrative authori-
ties contained in that Act for the use of economic assistance.
(d) None of the funds appropriated under this heading may
be made available for new housing 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.
(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 conver-
sion 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 written
approval for grants and loans prior to the obligation and expendi-
ture 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 appropriated
under this heading made available for economic revitalization pro-
grams in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he determines and certifies
to the Committees on Appropriations 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, investigations, 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 nec-
essary 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 percent 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 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 assistance for
Ukraine.
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(c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less
than 12.92 percent shall be made available for assistance for
Georgia.
(d) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less
than 12.2 percent shall be made available for assistance for
Armenia.
(e) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall not apply
to—
(1) activities to support democracy or assistance 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 Foreign 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 assist-
ance provided by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation
under title IV of chapter 2 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 appropriated under
this heading may be made available for assistance 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 avail-
able from funds appropriated under this heading: Provided, That
funds made available for assistance for Mongolia may be made
available in accordance with the purposes and utilizing the authori-
ties 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 Federa-
tion, 50 percent shall be withheld from obligation until the President
determines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Government of the Russian Federation has
terminated implementation of arrangements to provide Iran with
technical expertise, training, technology, or equipment necessary
to develop a nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facilities
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 (Nonproliferation
and Disarmament Programs and Activities) of the FREEDOM
Support Act.
( j) None of the funds appropriated under this heading may
be made available for the Government of the Russian Federation,