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Education and Training (IMET) program and the progress that
the Departments of State and Defense are making in implementing
section 548 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE
SEC. 582. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available to carry out
the provisions of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding
section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness and account-
ability of civilian police authority in Jamaica and El Salvador
through training and technical assistance in human rights, the
rule of law, strategic planning, and through assistance to foster
civilian police roles that support democratic governance including
assistance for programs to prevent conflict and foster improved
police relations with the communities they serve.
(b) REPORT.—
(1) The Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development shall submit, at the time of submis-
sion of the agency’s Congressional Budget Justification Docu-
ment for fiscal year 2004, and annually thereafter, a report
to the Committees on Appropriations describing the progress
these programs are making toward improving police relations
with the communities they serve and institutionalizing an effec-
tive community-based police program.
(2) The requirements of paragraph (1) are in lieu of the
requirements contains in section 587(b) of Public Law 107–
115.
(c) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under subsection (a)
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND EXPORT-IMPORT
BANK RESTRICTIONS
SEC. 583. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS BY OPIC.—None
of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation to insure, reinsure, guarantee, or
finance any investment in connection with a project involving the
mining, polishing or other processing, or sale of diamonds in a
country that fails to meet the requirements of subsection (c).
(b) LIMITATION
ON USE
OF FUNDS
BY
THE EXPORT-IMPORT
BANK.—None of the funds made available in this Act may be
used by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to guarantee,
insure, extend credit, or participate in an extension of credit in
connection with the export of any goods to a country for use in
an enterprise involving the mining, polishing or other processing,
or sale of diamonds in a country that fails to meet the requirements
of subsection (c).
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements referred to in sub-
sections (a) and (b) are that the country concerned is implementing
the recommendations, obligations and requirements developed by
the Kimberley Process on conflict diamonds, or taking other meas-
ures that the Secretary of State determines to contribute effectively
to preventing and eliminating the trade in conflict diamonds.
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TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING
SEC. 584. Of the funds appropriated by this Act, under the
headings ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Affairs Technical Assistance’’, and ‘‘International Organiza-
tions and Programs’’, not less than $452,000,000 should be made
available for trade capacity building assistance.
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
SEC. 585. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) There is a lack of transparency in the revenues and
expenditures of the national budgets of many developing coun-
tries that receive United States assistance.
(2) In such countries, official revenues—particularly from
natural resource extraction—are often unreported, under-
reported, or inaccurately recorded by foreign government agen-
cies.
(3) Such inefficiencies—which in some instances mask out-
right theft—result in the failure of such governments to ade-
quately provide their citizens with social, political, economic,
and legal benefits and opportunities, and undermine the
effectiveness of assistance provided to such countries by the
United States and other international donors.
(4) Good governance and respect for the rule of law are
critical to a nation’s development.
(b) REPORT.—Not more than 90 days after enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees
on Appropriations, describing in detail—
(1) Those countries whose central governments receive for-
eign assistance from the United States;
(2) Relevant laws and regulations in such countries gov-
erning the public disclosure of revenues and expenditures in
national budgets;
(3) The adequacy of those laws and regulations, and the
extent to which they are implemented and enforced;
(4) Those countries receiving such assistance where no
such laws or regulations exist, and the extent to which such
revenues and expenditures are publicly disclosed; and
(5) Programs and activities sponsored by the United States
Government to promote accurate disclosure of revenues and
expenditures in the national budgets of such countries, and
the results of those programs and activities.
AMERICAN CHURCHWOMEN AND OTHER CITIZENS IN EL SALVADOR AND
GUATEMALA
SEC. 586. (a) Information relevant to the December 2, 1980,
murders of four American churchwomen in El Salvador, and the
May 5, 2001, murder of Sister Barbara Ann Ford and the murders
of other American citizens in Guatemala since December 1999,
should be investigated and made public.
(b) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the
President shall order all Federal agencies and departments,
including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that possess relevant
information, to expeditiously declassify and release to the victims’
families such information, consistent with existing standards and
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procedures on classification, and shall provide a copy of such order
to the Committees on Appropriations.
(c) In making determinations concerning declassification and
release of relevant information, all Federal agencies and depart-
ments should use the discretion contained within such existing
standards and procedures on classification in support of releasing,
rather than withholding, such information.
(d) All reasonable efforts should be taken by the American
Embassy in Guatemala to work with relevant agencies of the Guate-
malan Government to protect the safety of American citizens in
Guatemala, and to assist in the investigations of violations of
human rights.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2003’’.
DIVISION F—INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS, 2003
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of
the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement,
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisi-
tion of easements and other interests in lands, and performance
of other functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized
by law, in the management of lands and their resources under
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, including the
general administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral
potential of public lands pursuant to Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C.
3150(a)), $825,712,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$1,000,000 is for high priority projects which shall be carried out
by the Youth Conservation Corps; of which $2,500,000 shall be
available for assessment of the mineral potential of public lands
in Alaska pursuant to section 1010 of Public Law 96–487 (16
U.S.C. 3150); and of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be derived
from the special receipt account established by the Land and Water
Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)); and
of which $3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2003 subject
to a match by at least an equal amount by the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation, to such Foundation for cost-shared projects
supporting conservation of Bureau lands and such funds shall be
advanced to the Foundation as a lump sum grant without regard
to when expenses are incurred; in addition, $32,696,000 for Mining
Law Administration program operations, including the cost of
administering the mining claim fee program; to remain available
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until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau
and credited to this appropriation from annual mining claim fees
so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not more
than $825,712,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available until
expended, from communication site rental fees established by the
Bureau for the cost of administering communication site activities:
Provided, That appropriations herein made shall not be available
for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros
in the care of the Bureau or its contractors.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppression oper-
ations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, haz-
ardous fuels reduction, and rural fire assistance by the Department
of the Interior, $654,406,000, to remain available until expended,
of which not to exceed $12,374,000 shall be for the renovation
or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are
also available for repayment of advances to other appropriation
accounts from which funds were previously transferred for such
purposes: Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43
U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging without
cost from funds available from this appropriation: Provided further,
That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau
or office of the Department of the Interior for fire protection ren-
dered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United
States property, may be credited to the appropriation from which
funds were expended to provide that protection, and are available
without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That using the
amounts designated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of
the Interior may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or
cooperative agreements, for hazardous fuels reduction activities,
and for training and monitoring associated with such hazardous
fuels reduction activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-
Federal land for activities that benefit resources on Federal land:
Provided further, That the costs of implementing any cooperative
agreement between the Federal Government and any non-Federal
entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties:
Provided further, That in entering into such grants or cooperative
agreements, the Secretary may consider the enhancement of local
and small business employment opportunities for rural commu-
nities, and that in entering into procurement contracts under this
section on a best value basis, the Secretary may take into account
the ability of an entity to enhance local and small business employ-
ment opportunities in rural communities, and that the Secretary
may award procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agree-
ments under this section to entities that include local non-profit
entities, Youth Conservation Corps or related partnerships, or small
or disadvantaged businesses: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this head may be used to reimburse the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries
Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to
consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act in
connection with wildland fire management activities: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire
appropriations to enter into non-competitive sole source leases of
real property with local governments, at or below fair market value,