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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2666
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 18, 1995
Mr. CALLAHAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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, 1996, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT
ASSISTANCE
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying
out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor-
poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur-
ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi-
tures, contracts, or commitments 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 eligi-
ble to receive economic or military assistance under this
Act that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date
of enactment of this Act.
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur-
ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended,
$786,551,000 to remain available until September 30,
1997: 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 fur-
ther, That such sums shall remain available until 2010 for
the disbursement of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur-
ance and tied-aid grants obligated in fiscal years 1996 and
1997: Provided further, That up to $100,000,000 of funds
appropriated by this paragraph shall remain available
until expended and may be used for tied-aid grant pur-
poses: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated by this paragraph may be used for tied-aid credits
or grants except through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, 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.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs (to be com-
puted on an accrual basis), including hire of passenger
motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, and not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and
representation expenses for members of the Board of Di-
rectors, $45,614,000: Provided, That necessary expenses
(including special services performed on a contract or fee
basis, but not including other personal services) in connec-
tion 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 investiga-
tion 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 ex-
penses for the purposes of this heading: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the
Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof
shall remain in effect until October 1, 1996.
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized 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 programs (including an
amount for official reception and representation expenses
which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed
$26,000,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred
in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated
with services provided to specific investors or potential in-
vestors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative ex-
penses for the purposes of this heading.
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans,
$72,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing 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 di-
rect loan obligations and loan guaranty commitments in-
curred or made during fiscal years 1996 and 1997: Pro-
vided further, That such sums shall remain available
through fiscal year 2003 for the disbursement of direct
and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year 1996, and
through fiscal year 2004 for the disbursement of direct
and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year 1997. In ad-
dition, 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 Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account
and merged with said account.
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,
$40,000,000: 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 avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 1997, 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, 1996, unless otherwise specified herein, as
follows:
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CHILD SURVIVAL AND DISEASE PROGRAMS
Of the funds appropriated in title II of this Act, and
under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Pro-
grams’’ in title IV of this Act, not less than $484,000,000
shall be made available for programs for child survival,
assistance to combat tropical and other diseases, and re-
lated activities: Provided, That this amount shall be made
available for such activities as (1) immunization programs,
(2) oral rehydration programs, (3) health and nutrition
programs, and related education programs, which address
the needs of mothers and children, (4) water and sanita-
tion 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) a contribution
on a grant basis to the United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF).
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 Inter-
national Security and Development Cooperation Act of
1980 (Public Law 96–533) and the provisions of section
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1969,
$1,675,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1997: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under
this heading, up to $20,000,000 may be made available
for the Inter-American Foundation and shall be appor-
tioned directly to that agency: Provided further, That of
the amount appropriated under this heading, up to
$11,500,000 may be made available for the African Devel-
opment Foundation and shall be apportioned directly to
that agency: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under title II of this Act that are administered
by the Agency for International Development and made
available for family planning assistance, not less than 65
percent shall be made available directly to the agency’s
central Office of Population and shall be programmed by
that office for family planning activities: Provided further,
That the President shall seek to ensure that funds made
available under this heading for sub-Saharan Africa are
in substantially the same proportion to the total amount
appropriated and made available by this Act for develop-
ment assistance as the proportion of funds made available
for development assistance for sub-Saharan Africa was to
the total amount appropriated for development assistance
in Public Law 103–306: Provided further, That up to
$25,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
may be made available for necessary expenses to carry out
the provisions of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance
Act: Provided further, That the President shall seek to en-
sure that the percentage of funds made available under
this heading for the activities of private and voluntary or-
ganizations and cooperatives is at least equal to the per-
centage of funds made available pursuant to correspond-
ing authorities in law for the activities of private and vol-
untary organizations and cooperatives in fiscal year 1995:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available
in this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appro-
priations may be made available to any organization or
program which, as determined by the President of the
United States, supports or participates in the manage-
ment 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 plan-
ning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abor-
tions; and that in order to reduce reliance on abortion in
developing nations, funds shall be available only to vol-
untary 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: Pro-
vided 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 be-
cause of such applicant’s religious or conscientious com-
mitment to offer only natural family planning; and, addi-
tionally, all such applicants shall comply with the require-
ments of the previous proviso: Provided further, That for
purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or appro-
priating 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 infor-
mation or counseling about all pregnancy options: Pro-
vided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be con-
strued 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 not to exceed a total of
$30,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘International Organi-
zations and Programs’’ for a contribution to the Inter-
national Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and
that any such transfer of funds shall be subject to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That not less than
$650,000 of the funds made available under this heading
should be made available for support of the United States
Telecommunications Training Institute.
CYPRUS
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘De-
velopment Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’,
not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for Cy-
prus to be used only for scholarships, administrative sup-
port of the scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and
measures aimed at reunification of the island and designed
to reduce tensions and promote peace and cooperation be-
tween the two communities on Cyprus.
BURMA
Of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out
the provisions of chapter 8 of part I and chapter 4 of
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less
than $2,380,000 shall be made available to support ac-
tivities in Burma, along the Burma-Thailand border, and
for activities of Burmese student groups and other orga-
nizations located outside Burma, for the purposes of fos-
tering democracy in Burma, supporting the provision of
medical supplies and other humanitarian assistance to
Burmese located in Burma or displaced Burmese along
the borders, and for other purposes: Provided, That of
this amount, not less than $200,000 shall be made avail-
able to support newspapers, publications, and other
media activities promoting democracy inside Burma: Pro-
vided further, That of this amount, not less than
$380,000 shall be made available for crop substitution
activities in cooperation with the Kachin people of
Burma: Provided further, That funds made available
under this heading may be made available notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law: Provided further, That