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priated under this heading shall be obligated or expended
except as provided through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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 Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That guaran-
tees of loans made under this heading in support of micro-
enterprise 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 ad-
dition, for administrative expenses to carry out programs
under this heading, $500,000, all of which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operating
Expenses of the Agency for International Development:
Provided further, That funds made available under this
heading shall remain available until September 30, 1998.
HOUSING GUARANTY PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of guaranteed loans au-
thorized by sections 221 and 222 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, $500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1998: Provided, That these funds are available
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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 guaran-
teed loan programs, $6,000,000, all of which may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Op-
erating Expenses of the Agency for International Develop-
ment: Provided further, That commitments to guarantee
loans under this heading may be entered into notwith-
standing the second and third sentences of section 222(a)
and, with regard to programs for the benefit of South Af-
ricans disadvantaged by apartheid, section 223(j) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That
funds appropriated under this heading for the cost of
guaranteed loans may be made available for obligation
only for activities in South Africa.
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, $43,826,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $465,750,000: Provided, That of this
amount not more than $1,475,000 may be made available
to pay for printing costs: Provided further, That none of
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the funds appropriated by this Act for programs adminis-
tered by the Agency for International Development (AID)
may be used to finance printing costs of any report or
study (except feasibility, design, or evaluation reports or
studies) in excess of $25,000 without the approval of the
Administrator of the Agency or the Administrator’s des-
ignee.
OPERATING
EXPENSES
OF
THE
AGENCY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
OFFICE
OF
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $30,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1998, which sum shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Inspector General of the Agency for Inter-
national Development.
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 4 of part II, $2,336,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1998: Provided, That any funds
appropriated under this heading that are made available
for Israel shall be available on a grant basis as a cash
transfer and shall be disbursed within thirty days of enact-
ment of this Act or by October 31, 1996, whichever is
later: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
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priated under this heading shall be made available for
Zaire.
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 provi-
sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986
(Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time-
ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading shall re-
main available until September 30, 1998.
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,
$475,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1998, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for economic assistance and for related
programs for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States.
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior
appropriations Acts that are or have been made available
for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund
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in interest-bearing accounts prior to the Fund’s disburse-
ment 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 Treas-
ury 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 1961 for purposes of making available
the administrative authorities contained in that Act for
the use of economic assistance.
(d) None of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing 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 or otherwise
made available under this heading for the economic revi-
talization program in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and local
currencies generated by such funds (including the conver-
sion of funds appropriated under this heading into cur-
rency used by Bosnia and Herzegovina as local currency
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and local currency returned or repaid under such pro-
gram)—
(1) the Administrator of the Agency for Inter-
national Development shall provide written approval
for grants and loans prior to the obligation and ex-
penditure of funds for such purposes, and prior to
the use of funds that have been returned or repaid
to any lending facility or grantee; and
(2) the provisions of section 531 of this Act
shall apply.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE NEW 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 new independent states of the former Soviet Union
and for related programs, $590,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1998: Provided, That the provi-
sions of section 498B(j) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 shall apply to funds appropriated by this paragraph.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be transferred to the Government of Russia—
(1) unless that Government is making progress
in implementing comprehensive economic reforms
based on market principles, private ownership, nego-
tiating repayment of commercial debt, respect for
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
CORPORATION
For payment to the International Finance Corpora-
tion by the Secretary of the Treasury, $6,656,000, for the
United States share of the increase in subscriptions to cap-
ital stock, to remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK
For payment to the Inter-American Development Bank
by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United States
share of the paid-in share portion of the increase in capital
stock, $25,610,667, and for the United States share of the
increase in the resources of the Fund for Special Oper-
ations, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Inter-American De-
velopment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limita-
tion to the callable capital portion of the United States
share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed
$1,503,718,910.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS
MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND
For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Multi-
lateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury,
for the United States contribution to the Fund to be admin-
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commercial contracts, and equitable treatment of
foreign private investment; and
(2) if that Government applies or transfers
United States assistance to any entity for the pur-
pose of expropriating or seizing ownership or control
of assets, investments, or ventures.
(c) Funds may be furnished without regard to sub-
section (b) if the President determines that to do so is
in the national interest.
(d) None of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be made available to any government of the new
independent states of the former Soviet Union if that gov-
ernment directs any action in violation of the territorial
integrity or national sovereignty of any other new inde-
pendent state, such as those violations included in the Hel-
sinki Final Act: Provided, That such funds may be made
available without regard to the restriction in this sub-
section if the President determines and reports to the
Committees on Appropriations that to do so is in the na-
tional security interest of the United States: Provided fur-
ther, That the restriction of this subsection shall not apply
to the use of such funds for the provision of assistance
for purposes of humanitarian, disaster and refugee relief.
(e) None of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing for the new independent states of the former Soviet
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Union shall be made available for any state to enhance
its military capability: Provided, That this restriction does
not apply to demilitarization or nonproliferation programs.
(f) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
(g) Funds made available in this Act for assistance
to the new independent states of the former Soviet Union
shall be subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating
to environment and natural resources) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961.
(h) Funds appropriated under this heading may be
made available for assistance for Mongolia.
(i) Funds made available in this Act for assistance
to the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union
shall be provided to the maximum extent feasible through
the private sector, including small- and medium-size busi-
nesses, entrepreneurs, and others with indigenous private
enterprises in the region, intermediary development orga-
nizations committed to private enterprise, and private vol-
untary organizations: Provided, That grantees and con-
tractors should, to the maximum extent possible, place in
key staff positions specialists with prior on the ground ex-
pertise in the region of activity and fluency in one of the
local languages.
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(j) In issuing new task orders, entering into con-
tracts, or making grants, with funds appropriated under
this heading or in prior appropriations Acts, for projects
or activities that have as one of their primary purposes
the fostering of private sector development, the Coordina-
tor for United States Assistance to the New Independent
States and the implementing agency shall encourage the
participation of and give significant weight to contractors
and grantees who propose investing a significant amount
of their own resources (including volunteer services and
in-kind contributions) in such projects and activities.
(k)(1) None of the funds appropriated under this
heading may be made available for Russia unless the
President determines and certifies in writing to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that the Government of Russia
has terminated implementation of arrangements to pro-
vide Iran with technical expertise, training, technology, or
equipment necessary to develop a nuclear reactor or relat-
ed nuclear research facilities or programs.
(2) Subparagraph (1) shall not apply if the President
determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that making such funds available is important to the
national security interest of the United States. Any such
determination shall cease to be effective six months after
being made unless the President determines that its con-
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tinuation is important to the national security interest of
the United States.
(l) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior
appropriations Acts that are or have been made available
for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund
in interest-bearing accounts prior to the disbursement of
such funds by the Fund 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 appro-
priation by the Congress. Funds made available for Enter-
prise Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate nec-
essary to make timely payment for projects and activities.
(m)(1) Notwithstanding section 907 of the FREE-
DOM Support Act or any other provision of law, non-
governmental organizations and private voluntary organi-
zations shall not be precluded from using facilities or vehi-
cles of the Government of Azerbaijan to provide humani-
tarian assistance to refugees and internally displaced per-
sons in Azerbaijan with funds made available under this
heading, or from using such assistance to make necessary
repairs to such facilities (such as health clinics and hous-
ing) or vehicles that are used to provide the assistance.
(2) Humanitarian assistance may be provided with
funds made available under this heading to refugees and
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internally displaced persons in Azerbaijan only if humani-
tarian assistance is also provided to refugees and inter-
nally displaced persons in Nagorno-Karabagh with funds
made available under this heading, in accordance with
paragraph (3).
(3) Humanitarian assistance may be provided with
funds made available under this heading to refugees and
internally displaced persons in Azerbaijan and Nagorno-
Karabagh only in the proportion that the number of refu-
gees and internally displaced persons in Azerbaijan and
Nagorno-Karabagh, respectively, bears to the total num-
ber of refugees and internally displaced persons in both
Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabagh, but in no case more
than $7 to Azerbaijan for every dollar to Nagorno-
Karabagh.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of title V of the International Security and Development
Cooperation Act of 1980, Public Law 96–533, and to
make such contracts and commitments without regard to
fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104,
$11,500,000: Provided, That when, with the permission
of the President of the Foundation, funds made available
to a grantee are invested pending disbursement, the re-
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sulting interest is not required to be deposited in the Unit-
ed States Treasury if the grantee uses the resulting inter-
est for the purpose for which the grant was made: Pro-
vided further, That this provision applies with respect to
both interest earned before and interest earned after the
enactment of this provision: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the
board of directors of the Foundation may waive the
$250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect
to a project: Provided further, That the Foundation shall
provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations
after each time such waiver authority is exercised.
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of
the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the
provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1969, and to make such contracts and commitments
without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by
31 U.S.C. 9104, $20,000,000.
PEACE CORPS
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $212,000,000, in-
cluding the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor
vehicles for administrative purposes for use outside of the
United States: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
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priated under this heading shall be used to pay for abor-
tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading shall remain available until September 30,
1998.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $150,000,000: Pro-
vided, That during fiscal year 1997, the Department of
State may also use the authority of section 608 of the
Act, without regard to its restrictions, to receive non-lethal
excess property from an agency of the United States Gov-
ernment for the purpose of providing it to a foreign coun-
try under chapter 8 of part I of that Act subject to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations.
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
to enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized
by law, a contribution to the International Committee of
the Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contribu-
tions to the International Organization for Migration and
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and
other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; sala-
ries and expenses of personnel and dependents as author-
ized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as
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authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title
5, United States Code, $650,000,000: Provided, That not
more than $12,000,000 shall be available for administra-
tive expenses: Provided further, That obligations of funds
to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
for support of refugees from Rwanda shall be subject to
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for the targeted assistance
program authorized by title IV of the Immigration and
Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education
Assistance Act of 1980 and administered by the Office of
Refugee Resettlement of the Department of Health and
Human Services, in addition to amounts otherwise avail-
able for such purposes, $5,000,000.
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION
ASSISTANCE FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance
Act
of
1962,
as
amended
(22
U.S.C.
260(c)),
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the funds made available under this heading
are appropriated notwithstanding the provisions contained
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in section 2(c)(2) of the Act which would limit the amount
of funds which could be appropriated for this purpose.
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND
RELATED PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism and related programs and activities, $135,000,000,
to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assist-
ance, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act for the
Nonproliferation and Disarmanent Fund, section 23 of the
Arms Export Control Act for demining activities, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, including activities
implemented through nongovernmental and international
organizations, section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 for a voluntary contribution to the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a voluntary contribu-
tion to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Orga-
nization (KEDO), and for the acquisition and provision
of goods and services, or for grants to Israel necessary
to support the eradication of terrorism in and around Is-
rael: Provided, That of this amount not to exceed
$15,000,000, 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
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such funds may also be used for such countries other than
the new independent states of the former Soviet Union
and international organizations when it is in the national
security interest of the United States to do so: Provided
further, That such funds shall be subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading may be made available for the International
Atomic Energy Agency only if the Secretary of State de-
termines (and so reports to the Congress) that Israel is
not being denied its right to participate in the activities
of that Agency: Provided further, That not to exceed
$13,000,000 may be made available to the Korean Penin-
sula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) only for
administrative expenses and heavy fuel oil costs associated
with the Agreed Framework: Provided further, That such
funds shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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,
$45,000,000 (reduced by $1,525,000): Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall
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be available for Zaire and Guatemala: Provided further,
That funds appropriated under this heading for grant fi-
nanced military education and training for Indonesia may
only be available for expanded international military edu-
cation and training.
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for grants to enable the
President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the
Arms Export Control Act, $3,222,250,000: Provided, That
funds appropriated by this paragraph that are made avail-
able for Israel and Egypt shall be made available only as
grants: Provided further, That the funds appropriated by
this paragraph that are made available for Israel shall be
disbursed within thirty days of enactment of this Act or
by October 31, 1996, whichever is later: Provided further,
That to the extent that the Government of Israel requests
that funds be used for such purposes, grants made avail-
able 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 $475,000,000 shall be
available for the procurement in Israel of defense articles
and defense services, including research and development:
Provided further, That funds made available under this
paragraph shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any re-
quirement in section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available