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tinued available for an additional fiscal year shall be obli-
gated only for the purpose of such earmark.
CEILINGS AND EARMARKS
SEC. 539. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this Act
shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appropriated
or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless
such Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or minimum
funding requirements contained in any other Act shall not
be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act.
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA
SEC. 540. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
within the United States not authorized before the date of
the enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided, That
not to exceed $750,000 may be made available to carry out
the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96–533.
PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND
PRODUCTS
SEC. 541. To the maximum extent practicable, assist-
ance provided under this Act should make full use of Amer-
ican resources, including commodities, products, and serv-
ices.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS
SEC. 542. None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or
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in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member
of the United Nations or, from funds appropriated by this
Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, the costs for participation of another
country’s delegation at international conferences held under
the auspices of multilateral or international organizations.
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION
SEC. 543. None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a non-
governmental organization which fails to provide upon
timely request any document, file, or record necessary to
the auditing requirements of the United States Agency for
International Development.
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
THAT
EXPORT
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIPMENT
TO
COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
SEC. 544. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be available to any
foreign government which provides lethal military equip-
ment to a country the government of which the Secretary
of State has determined is a terrorist government for pur-
poses of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act. The
prohibition under this section with respect to a foreign gov-
ernment shall terminate 12 months after that government
ceases to provide such military equipment. This section ap-
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plies with respect to lethal military equipment provided
under a contract entered into after October 1, 1997.
(b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any other
similar provision of law, may be furnished if the President
determines that furnishing such assistance is important to
the national interests of the United States.
(c) Whenever the waiver of subsection (b) is exercised,
the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report with respect to the furnishing of such
assistance. Any such report shall include a detailed expla-
nation of the assistance to be provided, including the esti-
mated dollar amount of such assistance, and an expla-
nation of how the assistance furthers United States national
interests.
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES OWED
BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES
SEC. 545. (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made avail-
able for a foreign country under part I of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, an amount equivalent to 110 percent
of the total unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and pen-
alties owed to the District of Columbia and New York City,
New York by such country as of the date of the enactment
of this Act shall be withheld from obligation for such coun-
try until the Secretary of State certifies and reports in writ-
ing to the appropriate congressional committees that such
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fines and penalties are fully paid to the governments of the
District of Columbia and New York City, New York.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the Committee on Inter-
national Relations and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST
BANK AND GAZA
SEC. 546. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation
Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the Presi-
dent has exercised the authority under section 604(a) of the
Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of Pub-
lic Law 104–107) or any other legislation to suspend or
make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect: Provided, That
if the President fails to make the certification under section
604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995
or to suspend the prohibition under other legislation, funds
appropriated by this Act may not be obligated for assistance
for the Palestine Liberation Organization for the West Bank
and Gaza.
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WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN
SEC. 547. If the President determines that doing so
will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding
genocide or other violations of international humanitarian
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
ed, of up to $35,000,000 of commodities and services for
the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with
regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Se-
curity Council or such other tribunals or commissions as
the Council may establish or authorize to deal with such
violations, without regard to the ceiling limitation con-
tained in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the deter-
mination required under this section shall be in lieu of any
determinations otherwise required under section 552(c):
Provided further, That funds made available for tribunals
other than Yugoslavia or Rwanda shall be made available
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
LANDMINES
SEC. 548. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
demining equipment available to the United States Agency
for International Development and the Department of State
and used in support of the clearance of landmines and
unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be
disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, subject