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voluntary contribution to the Korean Peninsula Energy De-
velopment Organization (KEDO), and for a United States
contribution to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Preparatory Commission: Provided, That the Secretary of
State shall inform the Committees on Appropriations at
least 10 days prior to the obligation of funds for the Com-
prehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commis-
sion: Provided further, That of this amount not to exceed
$14,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be
made available for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament
Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to pro-
mote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to non-
proliferation and disarmament: Provided further, 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 secu-
rity interest of the United States to do so following con-
sultation with the appropriate committees of Congress: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading
may be made available for the International 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: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, $40,000,000 should be made available for
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demining, clearance of unexploded ordnance, and related
activities: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able 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:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, $3,500,000 should be made available to support
the Small Arms Destruction Initiative.
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 (relating
to international affairs technical assistance activities),
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall
be available notwithstanding any other provision of law.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional 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 Func-
tion 150, including the cost of selling, reducing, 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 of 1961, and
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of modifying concessional credit agreements with least de-
veloped 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, as authorized under section 572 of the
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–461),
and of canceling amounts owed, as a result of loans or guar-
antees made pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act of
1945, by countries that are eligible for debt reduction pursu-
ant to title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law by section
1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113, $235,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That not less than
$11,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be made available to carry out the provisions of part
V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and up to
$14,000,000 of unobligated balance of funds available under
this heading from prior year appropriations acts should be
made available to carry out such provisions: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under this heading in this Act may be used by the Secretary
of the Treasury to pay to the Heavily Indebted Poor Coun-
tries (HIPC) Trust Fund administered by the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development amounts for the
benefit of countries that are eligible for debt reduction pur-
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suant to title V of H.R. 3425 as enacted into law by section
1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106–113: Provided further, That
amounts paid to the HIPC Trust Fund may be used only
to fund debt reduction under the enhanced HIPC initiative
by—
(1) the Inter-American Development Bank;
(2) the African Development Fund;
(3) the African Development Bank; and
(4) the Central American Bank for Economic In-
tegration:
Provided further, That funds may not be paid to the HIPC
Trust Fund for the benefit of any country if the Secretary
of State has credible evidence that the government of such
country is engaged in a consistent pattern of gross viola-
tions of internationally recognized human rights or in mili-
tary or civil conflict that undermines its ability to develop
and implement measures to alleviate poverty and to devote
adequate human and financial resources to that end: Pro-
vided further, That on the basis of final appropriations, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with the Committees
on Appropriations concerning which countries and inter-
national financial institutions are expected to benefit from
a United States contribution to the HIPC Trust Fund dur-
ing the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Secretary of
the Treasury shall inform the Committees on Appropria-
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tions not less than 15 days in advance of the signature of
an agreement by the United States to make payments to
the HIPC Trust Fund of amounts for such countries and
institutions: Provided further, That the Secretary of the
Treasury may disburse funds designated for debt reduction
through the HIPC Trust Fund only for the benefit of coun-
tries that—
(a) have committed, for a period of 24 months,
not to accept new market-rate loans from the inter-
national financial institution receiving debt repay-
ment as a result of such disbursement, other than
loans made by such institution to export-oriented
commercial projects that generate foreign exchange
which are generally referred to as ‘‘enclave’’ loans;
and
(b) have documented and demonstrated their
commitment to redirect their budgetary resources
from international debt repayments to programs to
alleviate poverty and promote economic growth that
are additional to or expand upon those previously
available for such purposes:
Provided further, That any limitation of subsection (e) of
section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and As-
sistance Act of 1954 shall not apply to funds appropriated
under this heading: Provided further, That none of the
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funds made available under this heading in this or any
other appropriations Acts shall be made available for
Sudan or Burma unless the Secretary of Treasury deter-
mines and notifies the Committees on Appropriations that
a democratically elected government has taken office: 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.
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,
$75,000,000, of which up to $5,000,000 may remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the civilian personnel
for whom military education and training may be provided
under this heading may include civilians who are not mem-
bers of a government whose participation would contribute
to improved civil-military relations, civilian control of the
military, or respect for human rights: Provided further,
That funds appropriated under this heading for military
education and training for Zimbabwe, Indonesia and Gua-
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temala may only be available for expanded international
military education and training and funds made available
for Zimbabwe, Cote D’Ivoire, The Gambia, the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Algeria, Indonesia and Guatemala
may only be provided through the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, not
less than $600,000 shall be made available for assistance
for Armenia.
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for grants to enable the Presi-
dent to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms
Export Control Act, $3,674,000,000: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than
$2,040,000,000 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 the funds
appropriated by this paragraph for Israel shall be disbursed
within 30 days of the enactment of this Act or by October
31, 2001, whichever is later: 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 systems, of which
not less than $535,000,000 shall be available for the pro-
curement in Israel of defense articles and defense services,
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including research and development: Provided further, That
of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, not less than
$75,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for Jor-
dan: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated by
this paragraph, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made
available for assistance for Tunisia: Provided further, That
of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, not less than
$2,300,000 shall be made available for assistance for Thai-
land: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated by
this paragraph, not less than $4,000,000 shall be made
available for assistance for Armenia: Provided further, That
during fiscal year 2002, the President is authorized to, and
shall, direct the draw-downs of defense articles from the
stocks of the Department of Defense, defense services of the
Department of Defense, and military education and train-
ing of an aggregate value of not less than $5,000,000 under
the authority of this proviso 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 proviso: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated by this paragraph shall be nonrepayable not-
withstanding any requirement in section 23 of the Arms
Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds made
available under this paragraph shall be obligated upon ap-
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portionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of title
31, United States Code, section 1501(a).
None of the funds made available under this heading
shall be available to finance the procurement of defense arti-
cles, defense services, or design and construction services
that are not sold by the United States Government under
the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign country pro-
posing to make such procurements has first signed an agree-
ment with the United States Government specifying the
conditions under which such procurements may be financed
with such funds: Provided, That all country and funding
level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the
regular notification procedures of section 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 related activities, and may in-
clude activities implemented through nongovernmental and
international organizations: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be avail-
able for assistance for Guatemala: Provided further, That
only those countries for which assistance was justified for
the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financing Program’’ in the fis-
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cal year 1989 congressional presentation for security assist-
ance programs 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 $35,000,000 of the
funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated
for necessary expenses, including the purchase of passenger
motor vehicles for replacement only for use outside of the
United States, for the general costs of administering mili-
tary assistance and sales: Provided further, That not more
than $348,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to section
21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be obli-
gated for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense
during fiscal year 2002 pursuant to section 43(b) of the
Arms Export Control Act, except that this limitation may
be exceeded only through the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
That foreign military financing program funds estimated
to be outlayed for Egypt during fiscal year 2002 shall be
transferred to an interest bearing account for Egypt in the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York within 30 days of enact-
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ment of this Act or by October 31, 2001, whichever is later:
Provided further, That the ninth proviso under the heading
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ in title III of the
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2001, as enacted by Public Law
106–429, is amended by inserting ‘‘or 2002’’ after ‘‘2001’’.
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$140,000,000: 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, $109,500,000, to the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for the
Global Environment Facility, by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, 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, $775,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That in negoti-
ating United States participation in the next replenishment
of the International Development Association, the Secretary
of the Treasury shall accord high priority to providing the
International Development Association with the policy
flexibility to provide new grant assistance to countries eligi-
ble for debt reduction under the enhanced HIPC Initiative:
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall
instruct the United States executive director to the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development to vote
against any water or sewage project in India that does not
prohibit the use of scavenger labor.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Multilateral Invest-
ment 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 ex-
ceed $50,000,000.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN INVESTMENT
CORPORATION
For payment to the Inter-American Investment Cor-
poration, by the Secretary of the Treasury, $20,000,000, for
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the United States share of the increase in subscriptions to
capital stock, to remain available until expended.
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 Asian Develop-
ment Bank Act, as amended, $103,017,050, to remain
available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the African Development Bank by the
Secretary of the Treasury, $5,100,000, 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 $79,991,500.
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, $100,000,000, 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 Reconstruction
and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury,
$35,778,717, for the United States share of the paid-in por-
tion 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 without fis-
cal 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.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
For the United States contribution by the Secretary
of the Treasury to increase the resources of the International
Fund for Agricultural Development, $20,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
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 Par-
ticipation Act of 1973, $218,000,000: Provided, That not
less than a total of $18,000,000 should be made available
for the International Panel on Climate Change, the United
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Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the
World Conservation Union, the International Tropical
Timber Organization, the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species, the Ramsar Convention on
Wetlands, the Convention to Combat Desertification, the
United Nations Forum on Forests, and the Montreal Proc-
ess on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Man-
agement: Provided further, That not less than $6,000,000
should be made available to the World Food Program: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, not less than $40,000,000 shall be made available
for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities
(UNFPA): Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading that are made available to
UNFPA shall be made available for activities in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China: Provided further, That with respect
to any funds appropriated under this heading that are
made available to UNFPA, UNFPA shall be required to
maintain such funds in a separate account and not com-
mingle them with any other funds: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be
made available to the Korean Peninsula Energy Develop-
ment Organization (KEDO) or the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA).
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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.
PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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 United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, after informing the Committees on
Appropriations, may, on a case-by-case basis, waive the re-
striction contained in this subsection, after taking into ac-
count the effectiveness of the overseas development activities
of the organization, its level of volunteer support, its finan-
cial viability and stability, and the degree of its dependence
for its financial support on the agency.
(b) Funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under title II of this Act should be made available to private
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and voluntary organizations at a level which is at least
equivalent to the level provided in fiscal year 1995.
LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES
SEC. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $126,500 shall be for
official residence expenses of the United States Agency for
International Development during the current fiscal year:
Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure
that, to the maximum extent possible, United States-owned
foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.
LIMITATION ON EXPENSES
SEC. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be for enter-
tainment expenses of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development during the current fiscal year.
LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES
SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $95,000 shall be avail-
able for representation allowances for the United States
Agency for International Development during the current
fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken
to assure that, to the maximum extent possible, United
States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dol-
lars: Provided further, That of the funds made available by
this Act for general costs of administering military assist-
ance and sales under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
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nancing Program’’, not to exceed $2,000 shall be available
for entertainment expenses and not to exceed $100,000 shall
be available for representation allowances: Provided further,
That of the funds made available by this Act under the
heading ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’,
not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for entertainment
allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able by this Act for the Inter-American Foundation, not to
exceed $2,000 shall be available for entertainment and rep-
resentation 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 entertainment ex-
penses: 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 available for rep-
resentation and entertainment allowances.
PROHIBITION ON FINANCING NUCLEAR GOODS
SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated or made
available (other than funds for ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-ter-
rorism, 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 fi-
nance the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology.
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PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or
expended to finance directly any assistance or reparations
to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or Syria,
or to the government of any nation which the President de-
termines harbored or is harboring, or provided or is pro-
viding financing for, individuals or organizations involved
in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United
States: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the pro-
hibition on obligations or expenditures shall include direct
loans, credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Im-
port Bank or its agents.
MILITARY COUPS
SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or
expended to finance directly any assistance to any country
whose duly elected head of government is deposed by decree
or military coup: Provided, That assistance may be re-
sumed to such country if the President determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that subsequent
to the termination of assistance a democratically elected
government has taken office.
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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 spe-
cifically provided for in this Act, unless the President, prior
to the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and
provides a written policy justification to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate.
DEOBLIGATION/REOBLIGATION AUTHORITY
SEC. 510. 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 cur-
rent fiscal year are, if deobligated, hereby continued avail-
able 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 sub-
section may not be used in fiscal year 2002.
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation after the expi-
ration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided
in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for the pur-
poses of chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of part I, section 667,
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
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as amended, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act,
and funds provided under the heading ‘‘Assistance for East-
ern Europe and the Baltic States’’, shall remain available
for an additional four years from the date on which the
availability of such funds would otherwise have expired, 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 obligated for
cash disbursements in order to address balance of payments
or economic policy reform objectives, shall remain available
until expended.
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 calendar
year in payment to the United States of principal or inter-
est on any loan made to the government of such country
by the United States pursuant to a program for which
funds are appropriated under this Act unless the President
determines, following consultations with the Committees on
Appropriations, that assistance to such country is in the
national interest of the United States.
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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 expended to
finance any loan, any assistance or any other financial
commitments for establishing or expanding production 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 productive ca-
pacity 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 Export-Import Bank
if in the judgment of its Board of Directors 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 commodity, and the Chairman
of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropriations.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other
Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breed-
ing feasibility study, variety improvement or introduction,
consultancy, publication, conference, or training in connec-
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tion with the growth or production in a foreign country
of an agricultural commodity for export which would com-
pete with a similar commodity grown or produced 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 ben-
efit American producers.
SURPLUS COMMODITIES
SEC. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct
the United States Executive Directors of the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-
national Development Association, the International Fi-
nance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank,
the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development
Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the
North American Development Bank, the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, the African 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 avail-
able pursuant to this Act, for the production or extraction
of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus
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on world markets and if the assistance will cause substan-
tial injury to United States producers of the same, similar,
or competing commodity.
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 515. (a) For the purposes of providing the execu-
tive branch with the necessary administrative flexibility,
none of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘Child
Survival and Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’,
‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar-
cotics 
Control 
and 
Law 
Enforcement’’, 
‘‘Andean
Counterdrug Initiative’’, ‘‘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 United States Agency for International Develop-
ment’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States Agency
for International Development Office of Inspector General’’,
‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related
Programs’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’,
‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, ‘‘Peace
Corps’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, shall be
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 Ap-
propriations Committees for obligation under any of these
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specific headings unless the Appropriations Committees 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 ammu-
nition, or other major defense items defined to be aircraft,
ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, 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 advance of such commitment: Provided
further, That this section shall not apply to any reprogram-
ming for an activity, 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 Con-
gress for obligation for such activity, program, or project
for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That the re-
quirements 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 the Committees on Appropriations, may be
waived if failure 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 ap-
propriate congressional committees, shall be provided as
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early as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after
taking the action to which such notification requirement
was applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessi-
tating such waiver: Provided further, That any notification
provided 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 Appro-
priations.
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 financing,
and related programs, which are returned or not made
available for organizations and programs because of the im-
plementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, shall remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2003.
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-