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transferred to the Agency by this title, exercise all 
authorities under any other provision of law that 
were available with respect to the performance of 
that function to the official responsible for the per-
formance of that function on the day before the ef-
fective date specified in section 540. 
(2) AUTHORITIES TO WIND UP AFFAIRS.—
(A) The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget may take such actions as the 
Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget considers necessary to wind up any out-
standing affairs of the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors and the International Broadcasting 
Bureau associated with the functions that are 
transferred pursuant to subsection (a). 
(B) The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget may take such actions as the 
Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget considers necessary to wind up any out-
standing affairs of the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors and the International Broadcasting 
Bureau associated with the functions that are 
transferred pursuant to subsection (a). 
(3) TRANSFER
OF
ASSETS.—Any property, 
records, unexpended balances of appropriations, allo-
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cations, and other funds employed, used, held, avail-
able, or to be made available in connection with a 
function transferred to the Agency by this Act are 
transferred on the effective date specified in section 
540. 
SEC. 537. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) 
UNITED
STATES
INTERNATIONAL
BROAD-
CASTING ACT OF 1994.—The United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 308 (22 U.S.C. 6207) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) by striking ‘‘The Board’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The Agency’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (1) by striking 
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Board Governors of the Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking paragraph (2); 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘Board’’ both places 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Agency’’; 
(C) in subsections (c), (d), (g), (h), and (i) 
by striking ‘‘Board’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘Agency’’;
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(D) in subsection (g)(4) by striking ‘‘Inter-
national Broadcasting Bureau’’ and inserting 
‘‘Agency’’; and 
(E) in subsections (i) and (j) by striking 
‘‘and the Foreign Service’’ each place it ap-
pears. 
(2) Section 309 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended—
(A) in subsection (c)(1) by striking 
‘‘Board’’ both places it appears and inserting 
‘‘Agency’’; 
(B) by striking subsection (e); 
(C) in subsections (f) and (g) by striking 
‘‘Board’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘Agency’’; and 
(D) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘Chair-
man of the Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Agency’’. 
(3) By striking section 311 (22 U.S.C. 6210). 
(4) In section 313 (22 U.S.C. 6212) by striking 
‘‘Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Agency’’. 
(5) In section 314 (22 U.S.C. 6213) by striking 
paragraph (2). 
(6) By striking section 315. 
(b) CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY 
(LIBERTAD) ACT OF 1996.—Section 107 of the Cuban 
Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of
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1996 (22 U.S.C. 6037) is amended in subsections (a) and 
(b) by striking ‘‘International Broadcasting Bureau’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’. 
(c) RADIO BROADCASTING
TO CUBA ACT.—The 
Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465 et seq.) 
is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 3 (22 U.S.C. 1465a) as follows: 
(A) In the section heading by striking 
‘‘BROADCASTING 
BOARD 
OF 
GOV-
ERNORS’’ and inserting ‘‘UNITED STATES 
INTERNATIONAL 
BROADCASTING 
AGENCY’’. 
(B) In subsection (a) by striking ‘‘the 
‘Board’)’’ and inserting ‘‘the ‘Agency’)’’. 
(C) In subsections (a), (d), and (f) by 
striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ 
and inserting ‘‘United States International 
Broadcasting Agency’’. 
(2) In section 4 (22 U.S.C. 1465b) as follows: 
(A) In the first sentence by striking ‘‘The’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘Bureau’’ and in-
serting: ‘‘The Board of Governors of the United 
States International Broadcasting Agency shall 
establish within the Agency’’.
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(B) In the third sentence by striking 
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Board of Governors of the United States 
International Broadcasting Agency’’. 
(C) In the fourth sentence by striking 
‘‘Board of the International Broadcasting Bu-
reau’’ and inserting ‘‘Board of Governors of the 
United States International Broadcasting Agen-
cy’’. 
(3) In section 5 (22 U.S.C. 1465c) as follows: 
(A) In subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Broad-
casting Board of Governors’’ and inserting 
‘‘Board of Governors of the United States 
International Broadcasting Agency’’. 
(B) By striking ‘‘Board’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Advisory Board’’. 
(4) In section 6 (22 U.S.C. 1465d) as follows: 
(A) In subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Broad-
casting Board of Governors’’ and inserting 
‘‘United 
States 
International 
Broadcasting 
Agency’’ and by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting
‘‘Board of Directors of the United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’.
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(B) In subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Board’’ 
and inserting ‘‘United States International 
Broadcasting Agency’’. 
(5) In section 7 (22 U.S.C. 1465e) by striking 
‘‘Board’’ in subsections (b) and (d) and inserting 
‘‘United States International Broadcasting Agency’’. 
(6) In section 8(a) (22 U.S.C. 1465f(a)), by 
striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and in-
serting ‘‘United States International Broadcasting 
Agency’’. 
(d) TELEVISION BROADCASTING TO CUBA ACT.—
The Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 
1465aa note) is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 243(a) (22 U.S.C. 1465bb) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States International 
Broadcasting Agency’’. 
(2) Section 244 (22 U.S.C. 1465cc) is amended 
as follows: 
(A) In subsection (a) by amending the 
third sentence to read as follows: ‘‘The Board 
of Governors of the United States International 
Broadcasting Agency shall appoint a head of 
the Service who shall report directly to the 
Board of Governors.’’.
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(B) In subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Board’’ 
and inserting ‘‘United States International 
Broadcasting Agency’’. 
(C) In subsection (c) by striking ‘‘The 
Board’’ and inserting ‘‘The Agency’’ and by 
striking ‘‘Board determines’’ and inserting 
‘‘Board of Governors of the United States 
International 
Broadcasting 
Agency 
deter-
mines’’. 
(3) In section 246 (22 U.S.C. 1465dd) by strik-
ing ‘‘United States Information Agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘United States International Broadcasting 
Agency’’ and by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting 
‘‘Board of Governors of the United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’. 
(e) UNITED
STATES
INFORMATION
AND
EDU-
CATIONAL EXCHANGE ACT OF 1948.—The United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 
U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 505 (22 U.S.C. 1464a), by strik-
ing ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; and 
(2) in section 506(c) (22 U.S.C. 1464b(c))—
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(A) by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of 
Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting 
‘‘Agency’’. 
(f) FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1980.—The Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) is amend-
ed—
(1) 
in 
section 
202(a)(1) 
(22 
U.S.C. 
3922(a)(1)), by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of 
Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; 
(2) in section 210 (22 U.S.C. 3930), by striking 
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and inserting 
‘‘United States International Broadcasting Agency’’; 
(3) in section 1003(a) (22 U.S.C. 4103(a)), by 
striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and in-
serting ‘‘United States International Broadcasting 
Agency’’; and 
(4) in section 1101(c) (22 U.S.C. 4131(c)), by 
striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the United States International Broad-
casting Agency,’’.
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(g) STATE DEPARTMENT BASIC AUTHORITIES ACT 
OF 1956.—The State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 23(a) (22 U.S.C. 2695(a)), by 
striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘United States International Broadcasting 
Agency,’’; 
(2) in section 25(f) (22 U.S.C. 2697(f))—
(A) by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of 
Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Board and the Agen-
cy’’ and inserting ‘‘their respective agencies’’; 
(3) in section 26(b) (22 U.S.C. 2698(b))—
(A) by striking ‘Broadcasting Board of 
Governors,’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Board and the Agen-
cy’’ and inserting ‘‘their respective agencies’’; 
and 
(4) in section 32 (22 U.S.C. 2704), by striking 
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and inserting 
‘‘United States International Broadcasting Agency’’. 
(h) TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.—
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(1) Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Di-
rector, United States International Broadcasting 
Agency.’’. 
(2) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Inter-
national Broadcasting Bureau.’’. 
SEC. 538. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle or an 
amendment made by this subtitle, any reference in any 
statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, regulation, 
agreement, determination, or other official document or 
proceeding to the Broadcasting Board of Governors and 
the International Broadcasting Bureau or any other offi-
cer or employee of the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
or the International Broadcasting Bureau shall be deemed 
to refer to the United States International Broadcasting 
Agency or the Board of Governors of the United States 
International Broadcasting Agency established under this 
subtitle. 
SEC. 539. BROADCASTING STANDARDS. 
Section 303(a) of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202(a)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘and’’;
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(2) in paragraph (8) by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding after paragraph (8) the following 
new paragraph:
‘‘(9) seek to ensure that resources are allocated 
to broadcasts directed at people whose governments 
deny freedom of expression or who are otherwise in 
special need of honest and professional broadcasting, 
commensurate with the need for such broadcasts.’’. 
SEC. 540. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise provided, this subtitle and the 
amendments made by this subtitle shall take effect on the 
last day of the 6-month period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
TITLE VI—INTERNATIONAL 
FREE MEDIA ACT OF 2003
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘International Free 
Media Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 602. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title, the term ‘‘free media’’ means individuals 
or organizations engaged in the gathering and distribution 
of news and information free of direct or indirect govern-
mental control.
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SEC. 603. FINDINGS. 
The Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Freedom of speech and freedom of the press 
are fundamental human rights enshrined in inter-
national law. 
(2) The United States has a national interest in 
promoting these freedoms by supporting free media 
abroad, which is essential to the development of free 
and democratic societies consistent with our own. 
(3) Free media is undermined, endangered, or 
nonexistent in many repressive and transitional soci-
eties around the world, including in Eurasia, Africa, 
and the Middle East. 
(4) Free media is suppressed by foreign govern-
ments by a variety of means, including state censor-
ship, legal restriction, financial pressure, and phys-
ical intimidation. 
(5) Unprofessional and unethical media that 
violate widely accepted standards of professional 
journalism and editorial practice compromises the 
ability of a free media to contribute to open, fair, 
and constructive democratic debate. 
(6) Unprofessional and unethical media in-
cludes media that violate the standards set in the 
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 
which includes article 20, section 2 of the Covenant
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which states that ‘‘Any advocacy of national, racial, 
or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to dis-
crimination, hostility, or violence shall be prohibited 
by law.’’. 
(7) Individuals lacking access to a plurality of 
free media are vulnerable to misinformation and 
propaganda and are potentially more likely to adopt 
anti-American views. 
(8) Foreign governments have a responsibility 
to actively and publicly discourage and rebut unpro-
fessional and unethical media while respecting jour-
nalistic integrity and editorial independence. 
(9) Past and continuing United States Govern-
ment efforts to promote free media through training 
and technical support have advanced United States 
national interests by contributing to the promotion 
of human rights and democracy worldwide. 
(10) Support for free media must be an integral 
part of United States foreign policy, including public 
diplomacy and United States international broad-
casting, and should be coordinated across govern-
ment agencies and with international, bilateral, and 
private donor organizations toward achieving the 
shared goal of developing professional, ethical, diver-
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sified, sustainable, independent, indigenous media 
worldwide. 
SEC. 604. STATEMENTS OF POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States, acting 
through the Secretary of State, to—
(1) make the promotion of press freedoms and 
free media worldwide a priority of United States for-
eign policy and an integral component of United 
States public diplomacy; 
(2) respect the journalistic integrity and edi-
torial independence of free media worldwide; 
(3) use widely accepted standards for profes-
sional and ethical journalistic and editorial practices 
in assessing international media; and 
(4) discourage incitement to discrimination, 
hostility, or violence, based on nationality, race, or 
religion, as described in article 20, section 2, of the 
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 
and develop a strategy to respond to it. 
SEC. 
605. 
COORDINATOR 
FOR 
INTERNATIONAL 
FREE 
MEDIA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Department of State a Coordinator for International 
Free Media (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Coordi-
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nator’’). At the discretion of the President another official 
at the Department of State may serve as the Coordinator. 
(b) APPOINTMENT OF COORDINATOR.—The Coordi-
nator shall be appointed by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate. 
(c) DUTIES.—The principal duties of the Coordinator 
shall be the promotion of international press freedoms and 
free media by—
(1) coordinating United States government poli-
cies, programs, and projects concerning international 
press freedoms and free media; 
(2) in consultation with appropriate agencies of 
the United States Government and national and 
international organizations, monitoring and assess-
ing the status of free media and government con-
trolled sources of information, including for incite-
ment of national, racial, or religious hatred that con-
stitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility, or vi-
olence, as described in article 20 of the International 
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; 
(3) promoting widely accepted standards of pro-
fessional and ethical journalism and editorial prac-
tices; 
(4) discouraging media and government con-
trolled sources of information from advocating na-
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tional, racial, or religious hatred that constitutes in-
citement to discrimination, hostility, or violence con-
sistent with article 20, section 2 of the International 
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
(5) reporting foreign media that advocates na-
tional, racial, or religious hatred that constitutes in-
citement to discrimination, hostility, or violence con-
sistent with article 20, section 2, of the International 
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and making 
available to the public and to the United States 
Agency for International Broadcasting translations 
of such media to the extent practicable; 
(6) promoting the journalistic integrity and edi-
torial independence of free media worldwide; 
(7) advising the President and the Secretary of 
State regarding matters of international press free-
doms and free media; 
(8) representing the United States in matters 
and cases relevant to international press freedoms 
and free media; 
(9) assisting the Secretary of State in preparing 
the portions of the Department of State country re-
ports on human rights that relate to international 
press freedoms and free media and incitement to 
acts of discrimination;
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(10) consulting with the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development for the purpose of promoting 
free media through training of international journal-
ists, producers, editors, and media managers; and 
(11) administering the International Free 
Media Fund (established in section 607) in consulta-
tion with the United States Advisory Commission on 
Public Diplomacy and International Media. 
(d) ASSESSMENT FACTORS.—In making an assess-
ment of media within individual countries pursuant to sub-
section (c)(2), the Coordinator shall take into account—
(1) the number and diversity of media; 
(2) access to and consumption of media by pop-
ulations; 
(3) the extent of direct or indirect government 
ownership, control, or censorship of media outlets; 
(4) the financial viability and profitability of 
free media; 
(5) the extent to which journalists, editors, and 
media managers adhere to widely accepted standards 
for professional and ethical journalism; 
(6) domestic laws addressing press freedoms; 
(7) instances in which the media and govern-
ment-controlled sources of information have incited
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discrimination, hostility, or violence consistent with 
article 20, section 2 of the International Covenant 
on Civil and Political Rights; 
(8) physical threats, intimidation or inappro-
priate pressure by government on free media; 
(9) the number of journalists, editors, pro-
ducers, and media managers receiving training from 
programs of the Department of State, the Broad-
casting Board of Governors, grantees of the United 
States Agency for International Development, or 
other organizations qualified to provide such train-
ing; and 
(10) the activity of local and international non-
governmental organizations promoting press free-
doms and free media and obstacles to their activity. 
(e) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—The Coordi-
nator shall consult with United States public affairs offi-
cers and other United States foreign mission personnel di-
rectly engaged in interacting with indigenous media in car-
rying out the duties specified in subsection (c). 
(f) DETERMINATION.—The Coordinator shall deter-
mine, and annually report to the appropriate congressional 
committees, whether there is a pattern of government-con-
trolled information that constitutes incitement (as de-
scribed in article 20 of the International Covenant on Civil
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and Political Rights) and that endangers United States 
citizens or nationals, impairs relations between the United 
States and the foreign government, or constitutes incite-
ment to national, racial, or religious discrimination, hos-
tility, or violence. The Coordinator shall specify the gov-
ernments engaged in such practices and examples of such 
incitement and propaganda. 
(g) FUNDING.—The Secretary of State shall ensure 
that the Coordinator has adequate staff and funding for 
the conduct of investigations, the administration of the 
International Free Media Fund, necessary travel, and 
other activities necessary to carry out the provisions of 
this section. 
SEC. 606. UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUB-
LIC 
DIPLOMACY 
AND 
INTERNATIONAL 
MEDIA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 604(a)(1) of the 
United States Information and Educational Exchange Act 
of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) There is established an advisory commis-
sion to be known as the United States Advisory 
Commission on Public Diplomacy and International 
Media.’’. 
(b) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section 604(c) 
of the United States Information and Exchange Act of
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1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(5) The Commission shall—
‘‘(A) advise the Coordinator for Inter-
national Free Media on issues relating to the 
promotion of international press freedoms and 
free media; 
‘‘(B) assist the Coordinator for Inter-
national Free Media in monitoring and assess-
ing the status of free media worldwide; 
‘‘(C) consult with the Coordinator on the 
administration of the International Free Media 
Fund; and 
‘‘(D) make policy recommendations to the 
President, the Secretary of State, and Congress 
with respect to matters involving international 
press freedoms and free media.’’. 
(c) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this section or an amendment made by this section, any 
reference in any statute, reorganization plan, Executive 
order, regulation, agreement, determination, or other offi-
cial document or proceeding to the United States Advisory 
Commission on Public Diplomacy or any other officer or 
employee of the United States Advisory Commission on 
Public Diplomacy shall be deemed to refer to the United
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States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy and 
International Media established under this section. 
SEC. 607. INTERNATIONAL FREE MEDIA FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an Inter-
national Free Media Fund (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Fund’’) at the Department of State. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Fund shall 
be—
(1) to promote the development of free and 
independent media worldwide which adhere to widely 
accepted standards of professional and ethical jour-
nalism and editorial practice; and 
(2) to complement current efforts by the De-
partment of State, the United States Agency for 
International Development, the Broadcasting Board 
of Governors, and other agencies of the United 
States Government to support free and independent 
media worldwide. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out the purposes specified in subsection (b), there 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $15,000,000 
for fiscal year 2004. Such amounts are authorized to re-
main available until expended.
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(d) NONAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated 
pursuant to subsection (c) may be used for the purposes 
of this section. 
(e) ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) The Fund shall be administered by the Co-
ordinator in consultation with the Commission. 
(2) Activities and assistance financed through 
the Fund may be carried out through grants, con-
tracts, technical assistance, and material support. 
(f) ELIGIBLE
ORGANIZATIONS, PROGRAMS, AND 
PROJECTS.—Amounts in the Fund may be used to carry 
out activities and provide assistance only for organiza-
tions, programs, and projects consistent with the purposes 
set forth in subsection (b). 
(g) PROHIBITIONS.—Amounts in the Fund shall not 
be used to carry out activities or provide assistance to or-
ganizations, programs, or projects which advocate na-
tional, racial, or religious hatred that incites discrimina-
tion, hostility, or violence consistent with article 20, sec-
tion 2 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political 
Rights. 
(h) ASSISTANCE CRITERIA.—In administering the 
Fund, the Coordinator shall take into account—
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(1) the importance of providing assistance to 
organizations, programs, and projects based on their 
proven or potential contribution to the development 
of a free media environment worldwide; 
(2) the importance of enabling free media to be-
come commercially viable and financially inde-
pendent in the long term; and 
(3) the importance of providing media per-
sonnel whose organizations, programs, or projects 
receive assistance under this section for training in 
professional and ethical journalism, editorial prac-
tices, and media management by the Department of 
State, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, United 
States Agency for International Development grant-
ees, or other organizations qualified to provide such 
training. 
(i) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than January 31, 
of 2005 and in each subsequent year, the Coordinator 
shall publish an annual report on the activities of the 
Fund, which shall include a comprehensive and detailed 
description of the operations, activities, financial condi-
tion, and accomplishments under this section for the pre-
ceding fiscal year. The reports shall also include an assess-
ment of whether the Fund should also provide loans and
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guarantees as an additional means to carry out the pur-
poses of this title. 
(j) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) The Coordinator shall consult with the 
State Department official primarily responsible for 
developing and implementing United States policy 
with respect to a country prior to carrying out ac-
tivities or providing assistance for such country 
through the Fund. 
(2) Amounts in the Fund shall be used to carry 
out activities or provide assistance on the basis of 
consultations among all relevant United States Gov-
ernment agencies operating in the country and with 
the approval of the chief of mission. 
SEC. 608. FREE MEDIA PROMOTION ACTIVITY OF THE 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors shall make support for indigenous free media an 
integral part of its mission. 
(b) AFFILIATES.—The Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees on the prospects and strategy for culti-
vating affiliate relationships with free media in countries 
targeted for United States international broadcasting.
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(c) TRAINING.—The Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors shall enhance foreign journalist training programs 
in coordination with existing training programs adminis-
tered by the Department of State and the United States 
Agency for International Development. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad-
dition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for the 
fiscal year 2004 and $2,500,000 for the fiscal year 2005 
to support free media in countries in which the Broad-
casting Board of Governors is decreasing or discontinuing 
United States international broadcasting activity. 
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Reporting 
Requirements
SEC. 702. REPORTS TO COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL 
RELATIONS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 
fiscal years 2004 and 2005, any report required by law 
or otherwise requested to be submitted by the Secretary 
of State or the Department of State to any committee of 
the Congress shall be submitted also to the Committee on 
International Relations of the House of Representatives.
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SEC. 702. REPORTS CONCERNING THE CAPTURE AND PROS-
ECUTION OF PARAMILITARY AND OTHER 
TERRORIST LEADERS IN COLOMBIA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(1) As reported in the Department of State re-
port Patterns of Global Terrorism 2001, the United 
Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (also referred to as 
‘‘AUC’’ or ‘‘paramilitaries’’) have been designated as 
a foreign terrorist organization by the United States 
primarily because of their increasing reliance on ter-
rorist methods, such as the use of massacres, to pur-
posefully displace segments of the population as re-
taliation for allegedly supporting the AUC’s rival or-
ganizations, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Co-
lombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army 
(ELN) of Colombia. According to the report, the 
paramilitaries also use terrorist tactics to compete 
for narcotics-trafficking corridors and prime coca-
growing terrain. 
(2) The Department of State concluded in the 
2001 Country Report on Human Rights Practices 
that despite increased efforts by the Government of 
Colombia to combat and capture members of para-
military groups, security forces sometimes illegally 
collaborate with paramilitaries forces and often fail
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to take action to prevent paramilitary attacks which 
lead to serious abuses of human rights. 
(3) In September 2002, Amnesty International, 
Human Rights Watch, and the Washington Office 
on Latin America released a report which argued 
that the Colombian Government had not made sub-
stantial progress toward suspending officers impli-
cated in human rights abuses, conducting effective 
judicial investigations of such abuses, or breaking 
the persistent links between some units of the Co-
lombian military and paramilitary groups. 
(4) In February 2003, the United Nations High 
Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia re-
ported that some units of the Colombian Security 
Forces continued to collude openly with illegal para-
military groups in operations which resulted in viola-
tions of human rights. 
(5) The Consolidated Appropriations Resolu-
tion, 2003 (Public Law 108–7) made available not 
less than $5,000,000 to support a Colombian Armed 
Forces unit which is dedicated to apprehending lead-
ers of Colombian paramilitary organizations. 
(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 180 
days thereafter, the Secretary of State, after consulting
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with internationally recognized human rights organiza-
tions pursuant to the procedures required in section 
564(b) of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 
2003, shall submit a report, in unclassified form (with a 
classified annex if necessary), on the specific measures 
that the Colombian authorities are taking to apprehend 
effectively and prosecute aggressively leaders of para-
military organizations, to the Committee on International 
Relations of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(c) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—Each report submitted 
pursuant to subsection (b) shall—
(1) identify which Colombian Armed Forces 
units are receiving assistance to apprehend leaders 
of Colombian paramilitary organizations; 
(2) describe the amount and purposes of such 
assistance; 
(3) describe operations by Colombian security 
forces to apprehend and arrest leaders of Colombian 
paramilitary organizations; 
(4) list the number of detentions, captures, and 
arrests of leaders of Colombian paramilitary organi-
zations, disaggregating the number according to 
those detentions, captures, and arrests which were
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carried out by Colombian security forces identified 
under paragraph (1); 
(5) briefly describe the status of investigations 
and prosecutions of cases by the Colombian Attorney 
General’s office involving the arrests of leaders of 
Colombian paramilitary organizations; and 
(6) estimate the number of hours of use by the 
Colombian military of helicopters provided by the 
United States under Plan Colombia and successor 
programs to apprehend the leaders of Colombian 
paramilitary organizations, as well as leaders of the 
FARC and ELN, including those individuals who 
have United States indictments pending against 
them.
SEC. 703. REPORTS RELATING TO MAGEN DAVID ADOM SO-
CIETY.
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 690(a) of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 
107–228) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) Since the founding of the Magen David 
Adom in 1930, the American Red Cross has re-
garded it as a sister national society forging close 
working ties between the two societies and has con-
sistently advocated recognition and membership of
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the Magen David Adom in the International Red 
Cross and Red Crescent Movement. 
‘‘(6) The American Red Cross and Magen 
David Adom signed an important memorandum of 
understanding in November 2002, outlining areas 
for strategic collaboration, and the American Red 
Cross will encourage other societies to establish simi-
lar agreements with Magen David Adom.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Section 690(b) of such 
Act is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3) after the semicolon by 
striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) the High Contracting Parties to the Gene-
va Conventions of August 12, 1949, should adopt 
the October 12, 2000, draft additional protocol 
which would accord international recognition to an 
additional distinctive emblem; and’’. 
(c) REPORT.—Section 690 of such Act is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization
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Act, Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005 and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary of State shall submit a report, on a classified 
basis if necessary, to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees describing—
‘‘(1) efforts by the United States to obtain full 
membership for the Magen David Adom in the 
International Red Cross Movement; 
‘‘(2) efforts by the International Committee of 
the Red Cross to obtain full membership for the 
Magen David Adom in the International Red Cross 
Movement; 
‘‘(3) efforts of the High Contracting Parties to 
the Geneva Convention of 1949 to adopt the October 
12, 2000, draft additional protocol; and 
‘‘(4) the extent to which the Magen David 
Adom of Israel is participating in the activities of 
the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Move-
ment.’’.
SEC. 704. REPORT CONCERNING THE RETURN OF POR-
TRAITS OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS TO THE 
ARTIST DINA BABBITT.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(1) Dina Babbitt (formerly known as Dinah 
Gottliebova), a United States citizen, has requested
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the return of watercolor portraits she painted while 
suffering a one and one-half year long internment at 
the Auschwitz death camp during World War II, 
where she was ordered to paint portraits by the infa-
mous war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele. 
(2) Congress has previously considered the 
issue, under the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228), and 
urged the Administration to facilitate the return of 
the paintings to Dina Babbitt. 
(3) The Administration has not yet reported 
any progress in furthering this goal, nor has the 
Secretary reported on the status of any negotiations 
held with the intent of furthering this goal. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Congress—
(1) continues to recognize the moral right of 
Dina Babbitt to obtain the artwork she created, and 
recognizes her courage in the face of the evils per-
petrated by the Nazi command of the Auschwitz- 
Birkenau death camp, including the atrocities com-
mitted by Dr. Josef Mengele; 
(2) urges the President of the United States to 
make all necessary efforts to retrieve the 7 water-
color portraits painted by Dina Babbitt, during her 
internment at the Auschwitz death camp; and
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(3) urges the Secretary of State to make imme-
diate diplomatic efforts to facilitate the transfer of 
the 7 original watercolors painted by Dina Babbitt 
from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum to Dina 
Babbitt, their rightful owner. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate 
congressional committees, describing all diplomatic efforts 
the United States has taken to facilitate the return of the 
paintings referred to in this section to Dina Babbitt.
SEC. 705. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON USE OF VESTED AS-
SETS.
Section 203(a) of the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(a)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, subject 
to paragraph (4),’’ after ‘‘such interest or property 
shall’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) The authority under paragraph (1)(C) to use 
property that has been vested or to use assets that have 
been liquidated may not be exercised until 15 days after 
the President has notified the Committee on International 
Relations of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the purpose
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for which such vested property or liquidated assets will 
be so used.’’.
SEC. 706. REPORT CONCERNING THE CONFLICT IN UGAN-
DA.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that the United States should— 
(1) exhaust all diplomatic means and pressures, 
including the creation of a United States role in ne-
gotiating humanitarian access to hitherto inacces-
sible populations which would offer an opportunity 
to bring the warring parties together to build con-
fidence, to support an immediate peaceful resolution 
to the 16-year old conflict in Northern Uganda that 
has— 
(A) killed an estimated 23,000 people, in-
cluding 12,000 civilians, 
(B) resulted in the forced abduction, sex-
ual servitude, and armed recruitment of be-
tween 16,000 to 26,000 Ugandan children by 
the Lord’s Resistance Army, a renegade army 
that has in the past sought refuge in southern 
Sudan and raided villages in northern Uganda, 
(C) displaced over 800,000 Ugandan citi-
zens and Sudanese refugees,
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(D) resulted in the death and abduction of 
humanitarian aid workers, and 
(E) gravely inhibited the delivery of emer-
gency assistance and food aid to nearly 1 mil-
lion northern Ugandan civilians dependent on 
such assistance for survival; 
(2) urge rebel forces to stop the abduction of 
children, urge all forces to stop the use of child sol-
diers, and seek the release of all forcibly-held chil-
dren; 
(3) make available technical assistance re-
sources to seek, track, and stop funding for the 
Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) from all sources and 
condemn all governments and organizations who do 
assist the LRA; 
(4) monitor and support negotiations conducted 
by third-party institutions for an immediate cease-
fire between the LRA and the Ugandan Govern-
ment, and to explore the possibility of facilitating 
the creation of mechanisms for an international 
monitoring team to enforce this cease-fire as the 
first step in the process toward a permanent peace; 
(5) continue supporting the Sudan Peace Proc-
ess and Danforth Initiative, which includes peace 
talks, donor coordination, regional support, civilian
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protection and monitoring, and cease-fire verification 
and consider modeling aspects of this process in 
northern Uganda;
(6) make available sufficient resources to meet 
the immediate relief of the towns and cities sup-
porting large displaced populations, including food, 
clean water, medicine, shelter, and clothing; 
(7) make available increased resources for as-
sistance to released and returned abducted children 
and child soldiers and ensure that amnesty is pro-
vided when appropriate; 
(8) work with other donors and the Ugandan 
Government to increase resources and technical sup-
port to the Uganda Amnesty Commission for the in-
creased demobilization of rebel combatants; 
(9) examine ways in which development assist-
ance can help those living in protective villages in 
northern Uganda return to and cultivate farmland; 
and 
(10) condition military assistance to Uganda on 
its international compliance with sustained troop 
withdrawals from the Democratic Republic of Congo 
where the presence of Ugandan armies has contrib-
uted to the violence and instability in the region.
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(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not 
later than April 1 of each subsequent year, the Secretary 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the comprehensive actions of the United States 
in seeking a peaceful and immediate solution to conflict 
in northern Uganda as well as humanitarian assistance 
efforts to the region, including efforts to advance each 
area addressed in subsection (a).
SEC. 707. REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT ON UNITED STATES 
POLICY TOWARD HAITI.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The United States has a political and eco-
nomic interest and a humanitarian and moral re-
sponsibility in assisting the Government and people 
of Haiti in resolving the country’s problems and 
challenges. 
(2) The situation in Haiti is increasingly cause 
for alarm and concern, and a sustained, coherent, 
and active approach by the United States Govern-
ment is needed to make progress toward resolving 
Haiti’s political and economic crises. 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report that describes United States policy toward Haiti. 
The report shall include the following: 
(1) A description of the activities carried out by 
the United States Government to resolve Haiti’s po-
litical crisis and to promote the holding of free and 
fair elections in Haiti at the earliest possible date. 
(2) A description of the activities that the 
United States Government anticipates initiating to 
resolve the political crisis and promote free and fair 
elections in Haiti. 
(3) An assessment of whether Resolution 822 
issued by the Permanent Council of the Organiza-
tion of American States on September 4, 2002, is an 
appropriate framework for a multilateral approach 
to resolving the political and economic crises in 
Haiti. 
(4) A description of the status of efforts to re-
lease the approximately $146,000,000 in loan funds 
that have been approved by the Inter-American De-
velopment Bank to Haiti for the purposes of reha-
bilitating rural roads, reorganizing the health sector, 
improving potable water supply and sanitation, and 
providing basic education, a description of any ob-
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stacles that are delaying the release of the loan 
funds, and recommendations for overcoming such 
obstacles, including whether any of the following 
would facilitate the release of such funds: 
(A) Establishing an International Mone-
tary Fund staff monitoring program in Haiti. 
(B) Obtaining bridge loans or other 
sources of funding to pay the cost of any ar-
rears owed by the Government of Haiti to the 
Inter-American Development Bank. 
(C) Providing technical assistance to the 
Government of Haiti to permit the Government 
to meet international financial transparency 
and other requirements.
SEC. 708. REPORT ON THE EFFECTS OF PLAN COLOMBIA 
ON ECUADOR.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(1) Section 695 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–
228) required the Secretary of State to submit a re-
port to Congress on the impact of Plan Colombia on 
Ecuador and the other adjacent countries to Colom-
bia within 150 days after the date of the enactment 
of that Act.
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(2) The 150 day time period for the submission 
of such report has lapsed without a report being 
submitted to the Congress. 
(3) There continues to be growing alarm con-
cerning the spillover effect of Plan Colombia on Ec-
uador, a frontline state, especially in the northern 
region of Ecuador which includes the Sucumbios 
province. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees which sets forth—
(A) a statement of policy and comprehen-
sive strategy for United States activities in Co-
lombia related to the impact of Plan Colombia 
on Ecuador and the other adjacent countries to 
Colombia; and 
(B) the reasons for the failure of the De-
partment of State to submit the report required 
by section 695 of Public Law 107–228 within 
the time period mandated by law.
SEC. 709. REPORT ON ACTIONS TAKEN BY PAKISTAN.
For each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005, the President 
shall prepare and transmit to the appropriate congres-
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sional committees a report that contains a description of 
the extent to which the Government of Pakistan—
(1) has closed all known terrorist training 
camps operating in Pakistan and Pakistani-held 
Kashmir;
(2) has established serious and identifiable 
measures to prohibit the infiltration of Islamic ex-
tremists across the ‘‘Line of Control’’ (LoC) into 
India; and 
(3) has ceased the transfer of weapons of mass 
destruction, including any associated technologies, to 
any third country or terrorist organization.
SEC. 710. REPORT ON DEMOCRACY IN THE WESTERN HEMI-
SPHERE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Although 34 out of 35 countries in the 
Western Hemisphere have held elections for civilian 
leaders of national, regional, and local governments, 
many of these countries have failed to successfully 
develop independent democratic institutions, trans-
parent and accountable governance, and effective 
means of guaranteeing the rule of law, which are key 
components of a fully functioning democracy. 
(2) The rule of law, independent democratic in-
stitutions, and transparent, accountable governance
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are essential for guaranteeing human rights, espe-
cially civil, political, and labor rights. 
(3) The rule of law, independent democratic in-
stitutions, and transparent accountable governance 
are also necessary for promoting successful economic 
development and reliable trading and investment 
mechanisms. 
(4) In part because of the lack of these three 
factors, progress on human rights and economic de-
velopment has lagged or been uneven in much of the 
Western Hemisphere, leading some to question the 
benefits of democracy itself as a path for improving 
the lives of individuals in the hemisphere. 
(5) For democracy to continue in many of these 
countries, for human rights to improve, and for re-
gional economic integration to be successful, the rule 
of law, independent democratic institutions, and 
transparent 
accountable 
governance 
must 
be 
strengthened. 
(6) As a strong supporter of democracy and 
human rights and as an advocate of regional eco-
nomic integration, it is in the interests of the United 
States to enhance its efforts to promote a deepening 
of democracy in the Western Hemisphere, particu-
larly through strengthening the rule of law, inde-
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pendent democratic institutions, and transparent ac-
countable governance. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 
with the heads of other Federal departments and agencies 
as necessary, shall prepare and submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the state of democ-
racy in each country in the Western Hemisphere (other 
than the United States and Canada). For each such coun-
try, the report shall provide the following: 
(1) A description of its system of government, 
including schedule of elections, manner of judicial 
appointments, and responsibilities of each branch of 
government. 
(2) An assessment of—
(A) the state of the rule of law; 
(B) the power and independence of each 
branch of government and institutions; 
(C) the transparence and accountability in 
governance; and 
(D) the effect on human rights, particu-
larly civil and political rights, caused by the 
presence (or lack thereof) of any of the factors 
in subparagraphs (A) through (C); and
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(E) the effect on economic development 
caused by the presence (or lack thereof) of any 
of the factors in subparagraphs (A) through 
(C). 
(3) A description of efforts to strengthen the 
rule of law, independent institutions, or transparent 
governance in the country, whether through local ef-
forts or through efforts funded or implemented by 
the United States, the Organization of American 
States (OAS), or others.
SEC. 711. REPORT CONCERNING INTERNAL AND INTRA-RE-
GIONAL CONFLICTS IN THE GREAT LAKES 
REGION OF AFRICA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(1) The Great Lakes region of Central Africa 
has a history of colonial based ethnic divisions, polit-
ical violence, and civil wars which have perpetuated 
conditions conducive to chronic poverty and turmoil 
over the past decade. The countries of the Great 
Lakes region are heavily embroiled in the conflicts 
within their neighbors borders. At different times, 
the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 
has involved more outside countries than any other 
contemporary war in Africa’s history, (including An-
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gola, Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Sudan, 
Chad, Namibia, and Central African Republic). 
(2) The region is hallmarked by genocide, the 
recruitment of child soldiers, war crimes, systematic 
rape of women and violence directed against chil-
dren, corruption, and the illegal exploitation of nat-
ural resources on a global scale. Civil wars, conflicts 
over natural resources, and structural violence in the 
Great Lakes have resulted in—
(A) the death of approximately three mil-
lion people through direct and indirect causes of 
the war in the DRC since 1998; 
(B) the deaths of at least 800,000 people 
during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda; 
(C) the deaths of an estimated 300,000 
people through direct and indirect causes of the 
war in Burundi since 1993; 
(D) the deaths of thousands in Uganda; 
(E) the forced abduction, sexual servitude, 
and armed recruitment of thousands of chil-
dren; 
(F) the displacement of millions of Ugan-
dan, Burundian, Congolese, Rwandan, and Su-
danese refugees;
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(G) the death and abduction of humani-
tarian aid workers throughout the region; and 
(H) grave disruptions in the delivery of 
emergency assistance and food aid to millions of 
civilians in northern Uganda, eastern Congo, 
and Burundi dependent on such assistance for 
survival. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that the United States should—
(1) exhaust all diplomatic means and utilize all 
foreign policy instruments to help peacefully resolve 
conflicts in the Great Lakes region by supporting 
both national and regional political, economic, and 
social initiatives conducive to fostering African-led 
peace, reconstruction, and political and economic in-
stitutional and structural transformation processes 
in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic 
Republic of Congo; 
(2) urge all rebel forces to stop the abduction 
of children, urge all armed forces to stop the use of 
child soldiers, and seek the release of all forcibly-
held children; 
(3) make available technical assistance re-
sources to seek, track, and stop funding for all 
armed extremist paramilitary and militarist rebel or-
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ganizations from all sources and condemn all govern-
ments and organizations who do assist such groups; 
(4) monitor and support negotiations conducted 
by third-party institutions for an immediate end of 
armed actions between: The LRA and the Ugandan 
Government; the RCD factions and MLC and the 
government of Democratic Republic of the Congo 
under the terms of the Lusaka Accords; the FDD 
and the Burundian Government under the terms of 
the Arusha Accords; 
(5) explore the possibility of facilitating the cre-
ation of mechanisms for an international monitoring 
team to enforce cease-fires as the first step in the 
process toward a permanent peace in the region; 
(6) continue supporting the Sudan Peace Proc-
ess, the Danforth Initiative, the Lusaka Accords, 
and the Arusha Accords which includes peace talks, 
donor coordination, regional support, civilian protec-
tion and monitoring, and cease-fire verification; 
(7) make available sufficient resources to meet 
the immediate relief needs of the towns and cities in 
the Great Lakes region supporting large displaced 
populations, including food, clean water, medicine, 
shelter, and clothing;
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(8) make available increased resources for as-
sistance to released and returned abducted children 
and child soldiers in the Great Lakes Region and en-
sure that amnesty is provided when appropriate; 
(9) work with other donors and the Govern-
ments of Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, and the Demo-
cratic Republic of Congo to increase resources and 
technical support to both regional and national com-
batant demobilization entities such as the Uganda 
Amnesty Commission in Uganda and equivalent en-
tities in Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Re-
public of Congo for the increased demobilization of 
rebel combatants; 
(10) examine ways in which development assist-
ance (DA) can help those living in protective villages 
in northern Uganda, eastern Congo, and other de-
militarized areas in Rwanda and Burundi to return 
to and cultivate farmland; 
(11) condition military assistance to any nation 
which acts to destabilize the DRC by violating inter-
national agreements regarding sustained troop with-
drawals and respect for the territorial integrity of 
the DRC; and 
(12) direct the Secretary of State to appoint a 
special envoy to the Great Lakes region to oversee
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cross-cutting security and economic policies in the 
region. 
(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not 
later than April 1 of each subsequent year, the Secretary 
should submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the comprehensive actions taken by the United 
States in promoting peaceful and immediate solutions to 
the internal and intra-regional conflicts in the Great 
Lakes region, including taking steps to bring an end to 
the illegal exploitation and international trade of natural 
resources from the Democratic Republic of Congo; sup-
porting bilateral and multilateral peace keeping initiatives; 
the promotion of regional economic integration; the pro-
motion of broad based democratic political processes based 
on the rule of law; the promotion of women and other pre-
viously disadvantaged communities as equal political and 
economic stakeholders in societies; and humanitarian as-
sistance efforts in the region, including efforts to advance 
each area addressed in subsection (a).
SEC. 712. REPORT CONCERNING OBSERVER STATUS FOR 
TAIWAN AT THE SUMMIT OF THE WORLD 
HEALTH ASSEMBLY. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and not later than April 1 of each year
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thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 
to the Congress, in unclassified form, describing the 
United States plan to endorse and obtain observer status 
for Taiwan at the annual week-long summit of the World 
Health Assembly (WHA) held by the World Health Orga-
nization (WHO) in May of each year in Geneva, Switzer-
land. Each report shall include the following: 
(1) An account of the efforts the Department of 
State has made, following the previous year’s meet-
ing of the World Health Assembly to enourage WHO 
member states to promote Taiwan’s bid to obtain 
observer status. 
(2) The steps the Department of State will take 
to endorse and obtain observer status at the forth-
coming annual meeting of the World Health Assem-
bly in Geneva, Switzerland. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
SEC. 721. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO EAST TIMOR, 
JUSTICE, AND REHABILITATION. 
The Congress—
(1) recalls that the United Nations Inter-
national Commission of Inquiry concluded in Janu-
ary 2000 that ‘‘the Indonesian Army was responsible 
for the intimidation, terror, killings and other acts
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of violence’’ during East Timor’s vote for independ-
ence in 1999; 
(2) reiterates that justice for crimes against hu-
manity and war crimes committed in East Timor 
during the vote for independence in 1999 is crucial 
for peace, reconciliation, and the ongoing nation-
building process in East Timor and Indonesia; 
(3) finds that the ad hoc Human Rights Court 
on East Timor established by the Indonesian Gov-
ernment in 2001 has inadequately brought to justice 
the perpetrators of these crimes as eleven of four-
teen defendants have been acquitted as a result of 
poor indictments and the absence of an adequate 
witness protection program, and four of the five sen-
tences imposed have been less than the minimum al-
lowed under the Indonesian Human Rights Law; 
(4) supports the work of the Joint United Na-
tions-East Timor Serious Crimes Unit (SCU), which 
filed indictments against high-ranking Indonesian 
officers who were allegedly involved in the crimes, 
including Gen. Wiranto, Maj. Gen. Kiki Syahnakri, 
Maj. Gen. Zacky Anwar Makarim, Maj. Gen. Adam 
Damiri, Col. Suratman, Col. Noer Muis, Col. Yayat 
Sudrajat and former Governor Abilio Soares, and ex-
presses its strong disappointment that the Indo-
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nesian Government has stated its intention to ignore 
the indictments; 
(5) calls on the State Department and the 
United States Mission to the United Nations to push 
for a comprehensive United Nations review of the 
Indonesian ad hoc Human Rights Court on East 
Timor, including a review of the conduct of trials, 
the indictment strategy by the prosecutors and its 
adherence to the international standards, and urges 
the State Department to consider alternative mecha-
nisms of justice for East Timor, including the estab-
lishment of an ad hoc international tribunal; and 
(6) urges the Indonesian Government to fully 
cooperate with the joint United Nations-East Timor 
Serious Crimes Unit (SCU) and encourages the 
United States to urge the Indonesian Government to 
fully cooperate with the SCU. 
SEC. 722. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING HUMAN 
RIGHTS AND JUSTICE IN INDONESIA. 
The Congress—
(1) notes with grave concern that members of 
the Indonesian security forces, particularly the Army 
Special Forces (Kopassus) and the Police Mobile 
Brigade (Brimob), continue to commit many serious 
human rights violations, including extrajudicial
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killings, torture, rape, and arbitrary detention, par-
ticularly in areas of conflict such as Aceh, Papua, 
the Moluccas, and Central Sulawesi; 
(2) notes with grave concern that the Govern-
ment of Indonesia largely fails to hold soldiers and 
police accountable for extrajudicial killings and other 
serious human rights abuses, both past and present; 
(3) condemns the intimidation and harassment 
of human rights and civil society organizations and 
activists by members of Indonesian security forces 
and by military-backed militia groups, particularly in 
Aceh and Papua; 
(4) notes with concern the Indonesian military’s 
resistance to civilian control and oversight, its lack 
of budgetary transparency, and its continuing em-
phasis on internal security within Indonesia; 
(5) urges the Indonesian government and mili-
tary to provide full, active, and unfettered coopera-
tion with the investigation of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation of the United States Department of 
Justice into the August 31, 2002 attack near 
Timika, Papua, which killed three people (including 
two Americans, Rick Spier and Ted Burgon), and 
injured 12 others, and which appears likely to have
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been perpetrated at least in part by members of the 
Indonesian military; 
(6) commends the December 2002 signing of 
the Framework Agreement on Cessation of Hos-
tilities in Aceh, but condemns the recent outbreaks 
of violence and militia activity that appear calculated 
to subvert that cease-fire agreement; 
(7) notes with grave concern the continued de-
tention of Muhammad Nazar, and the fact that 
those responsible for the murders of other prominent 
members of civil society in Aceh, such as Jafar 
Siddiq Hamzah, Sukardi, Sulaiman Ahmad, Tengku 
Safwan 
Idris, 
Nashiruddin 
Daud, 
and 
Zaini 
Sulaiman, still have not been apprehended, pros-
ecuted, or punished; 
(8) commends the ‘‘Zone of Peace’’ initiative in 
Papua, which has brought together civic, religious, 
governmental, and police representatives to discuss 
productive means of avoiding conflict, but expresses 
concern at the refusal of the Indonesian military to 
participate in that effort; and 
(9) encourages the Government of Indonesia to 
expedite the reunification of separated East Timor-
ese children with their families, and to hold legally 
accountable those individuals and organizations re-
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sponsible for taking those children and for obstruct-
ing reunification efforts. 
SEC. 723. AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL RELI-
GIOUS FREEDOM ACT OF 1998. 
Section 207(a) of the International Religious Free-
dom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6435(a)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘and for each subsequent fiscal year’’ after 
‘‘2003’’.
SEC. 724. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO HUMAN 
RIGHTS IN CENTRAL ASIA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(1) The Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, 
Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, 
and 
Uzbekistan are providing the United States with as-
sistance in the war in Afghanistan, from military 
basing and overflight rights to the facilitation of hu-
manitarian relief. 
(2) In turn, the United States victory over the 
Taliban in Afghanistan provides important benefits 
to the Central Asian nations by removing a regime 
that threatened their security and by significantly 
weakening the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, a 
terrorist organization that had previously staged 
armed raids from Afghanistan into the region.
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(3) The United States has consistently urged 
the nations of Central Asia to open their political 
systems and economies and to respect human rights, 
both before and since the attacks of September 11, 
2001. 
(4) 
Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, 
Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are members of the 
United Nations and the Organization for Security 
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), both of which 
confer a range of obligations with respect to human 
rights on their members. 
(5) While the United States recognizes marked 
differences among the social structures and commit-
ments to democratic and economic reform of the 
Central Asian nations, the United States notes nev-
ertheless, according to the State Department Coun-
try Reports on Human Rights Practices, that all five 
governments of such nations, to differing degrees, 
restrict freedom of speech and association, restrict 
or ban the activities of human rights organizations 
and other nongovernmental organizations, harass or 
prohibit independent media, imprison political oppo-
nents, practice arbitrary detention and arrest, and 
engage in torture and extrajudicial executions.
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(6) By continuing to suppress human rights 
and to deny citizens peaceful, democratic means of 
expressing their convictions, the nations of Central 
Asia risk fueling popular support for violent and ex-
tremist movements, thus undermining the goals of 
the war on terrorism. 
(7) President George W. Bush has made the 
defense of human dignity, the rule of law, limits on 
the power of the state, respect for women and pri-
vate property, free speech, equal justice, religious 
tolerance strategic goals of United States foreign 
policy in the Islamic world, arguing that ‘‘a truly 
strong nation will permit legal avenues of dissent for 
all groups that pursue their aspirations without vio-
lence’’. 
(8) Congress has expressed its desire to see 
deeper reform in Central Asia in past resolutions 
and other legislation, most recently conditioning as-
sistance to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan on their 
progress in meeting commitments to the United 
States on human rights and democracy. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that—
(1) 
the 
governments 
of 
Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, 
Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, 
and
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Uzbekistan should accelerate democratic reforms 
and fulfill their human rights obligations, including, 
where appropriate, by—
(A) releasing from prison anyone jailed for 
peaceful political activism or the nonviolent ex-
pression of their political or religious beliefs; 
(B) fully investigating any credible allega-
tions of torture and prosecuting those respon-
sible; 
(C) permitting the free and unfettered 
functioning of independent media outlets, inde-
pendent political parties, and nongovernmental 
organizations, including by easing registration 
processes; 
(D) permitting the free exercise of reli-
gious beliefs and ceasing the persecution of 
members of religious groups and denominations 
that do not engage in violence or political 
change through violence; 
(E) holding free, competitive, and fair elec-
tions; and 
(F) making publicly available documenta-
tion of their revenues and punishing those en-
gaged in official corruption;
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(2) the President, the Secretary of State, and 
the Secretary of Defense should—
(A) continue to raise at the highest levels 
with the governments of the nations of Central 
Asia specific cases of political and religious per-
secution, and to urge greater respect for human 
rights and democratic freedoms at every diplo-
matic opportunity; 
(B) take progress in meeting the goals 
specified in paragraph (1) into account when 
determining the scope and nature of United 
States diplomatic and military relations and as-
sistance with each of such governments; 
(C) ensure that the provisions of foreign 
operations appropriations Acts are fully imple-
mented to ensure that no United States assist-
ance benefits security forces in Central Asia 
that are implicated in violations of human 
rights; 
(D) 
press 
the 
Government 
of 
Turkmenistan to implement the helpful rec-
ommendations contained in the 2003 resolution 
on Turkmenistan of the United Nations Com-
mission on Human Rights and the so-called 
‘‘Moscow Mechanism’’ Report of the Organiza-
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tion for Security and Cooperation in Europe 
(OSCE), respect the right of all prisoners to 
due process and a fair trial and release demo-
cratic activists and their family members from 
prison; 
(E) urge the Government of Russia not to 
extradite to Turkmenistan members of the po-
litical opposition of Turkmenistan; 
(F) 
work 
with 
the 
Government 
of 
Kazakhstan to create a political climate free of 
intimidation and harassment, including releas-
ing political prisoners and permitting the return 
of political exiles, and to reduce official corrup-
tion, including by urging the Government of 
Kazakhstan to cooperate with the ongoing 
United States Department of Justice investiga-
tion; 
(G) support through United States assist-
ance programs individuals, nongovernmental or-
ganizations, and media outlets in Central Asia 
working to build more open societies, to support 
the victims of human rights abuses, and to ex-
pose official corruption; and 
(H) press the Government of Uzbekistan 
to implement fully the recommendations made
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to the Government of Uzbekistan by the United 
Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Torture; and 
(3) increased levels of United States assistance 
to the governments of the nations of Central Asia 
made possible by their cooperation in the war in Af-
ghanistan can be sustained only if there is substan-
tial and continuing progress toward meeting the 
goals specified in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 725. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003 
FOR CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECH-
NICAL INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND 
WEST. 
Section 112(3) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (116 Stat. 1358; Public Law 
107–228) is amended by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$18,000,000’’.
SEC. 726. UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INDUS-
TRY AND SECURITY. 
(a) UNDER SECRETARY.—There shall be in the De-
partment of Commerce an Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Industry and Security who shall serve as the head of 
the Bureau of Industry and Security and perform such 
duties as the Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe. The 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security
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shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate. 
(b) INCUMBENT.—The individual serving on the date 
of the enactment of this Act as the Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Export Administration shall serve as the 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security 
until such time as a successor is appointed under sub-
section (a). 
(c) COMPENSATION.—Section 5314 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Export Administration’’ and inserting 
‘‘Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Secu-
rity’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 15(a) of 
the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 
2414(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking the first sentence; and
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘in car-
rying out such functions’’ and inserting ‘‘of Com-
merce for Industry and Security in carrying out the 
functions of the Under Secretary’’.
SEC. 727. CONCERNING THE SPREAD OF WEAPONS OF MASS 
DESTRUCTION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings:
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(1) The proliferation of weapons of mass de-
struction presents a direct threat to the stability, se-
curity, and safety of nations around the globe. 
(2) Combatting the spread of such weapons is 
a responsibility borne by all nations. 
(3) United States efforts to stop the further 
spread of these weapons can be further enhanced by 
cooperative efforts between the United States and 
the European Union. 
(4) There are many different components in 
this effort that require a comprehensive approach, 
immediate attention, and vigorous action, including 
the ‘‘10+10 over 10 Initiative’’ agreed to by the 
United States and many members of the European 
Union. 
(5) Stopping the spread of weapons of mass de-
struction is made more difficult when states willingly 
participate in, or contribute to, their development or 
their sale or transfer to other nations. 
(6) Stopping the spread of weapons of mass de-
struction is made more difficult when private compa-
nies willingly participate in, or contribute to, their 
development or their sale or transfer to other na-
tions.
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(7) United States security and safety is under-
mined when companies engage in such commerce. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Congress call on the 
European Union to—
(1) develop an aggressive and robust regulatory 
system designed to—
(A) investigate allegations of companies 
contributing to the development of weapons of 
mass destruction or their sale or transfer to 
other nations; 
(B) isolate and comdemn companies found 
to participate in, or contribute to, the develop-
ment of such weapons or their sale or transfer 
to other nations; and 
(C) develop a punitive response designed to 
punish such companies, thereby preventing fur-
ther actions on their part and discouraging 
other companies from engaging in such actions; 
(2) condemn, by name, states known to be con-
tributing to the development or spread of weapons of 
mass destruction; and 
(3) develop appropriate punitive measures de-
signed to discourage further actions.
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SEC. 
728. 
INTERNATIONAL 
AGRICULTURAL 
BIO-
TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Department of State shall 
provide to other countries, as appropriate, the scientific 
evidence on the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agri-
cultural biotechnology. 
(b) SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary of State 
shall—
(1) chair an interagency task force comprised of 
representatives of the Department of Commerce, the 
Department of Agriculture, and the United States 
Agency for International Development to develop 
and disseminate accurate written scientific informa-
tion on the potential benefits of agricultural bio-
technology for human and animal nutrition, the en-
vironment, food and feed production, agricultural 
sustainability, and bioenergy development; 
(2) coordinate the development and dissemina-
tion of scientifically-based facts regarding, the safety 
and regulation of biotechnology-derived food and 
feed products; 
(3) instruct the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development (USAID) to develop a pro-
gram to demonstrate the potential benefits of agri-
cultural biotechnology to develop products that can 
be grown under local soil and climate conditions and
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better meet the health and nutritional needs of local 
populations in the developing world; and 
(4) ensure that personnel undertaking these ac-
tivities are knowledgeable of, and disseminate infor-
mation on, the United States regulatory safeguards 
that assure food and environmental safety.
SEC. 729. REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT BURDENSHARING. 
It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the Secretary of State should actively en-
courage the international community to accept refu-
gees for resettlement on a more equitable basis; 
(2) the Secretary of State should raise the issue 
of refugee resettlement burdensharing at the United 
Nations and other multilateral and bilateral meet-
ings; 
(3) developed countries should be encouraged to 
increase the percentage of the world’s refugees ac-
cepted for resettlement; and 
(4) the Secretary of State should encourage de-
veloping stable countries in regions with refugee 
flows to accept for resettlement as many of their 
neighbors as possible.
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SEC. 730. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING MIGRATION 
ISSUES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND 
MEXICO. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) During President Bush’s first meeting with 
President Fox in Guanajuato, Mexico, the Presi-
dents stated in the Joint Communique of February 
16, 2001 that ‘‘we are instructing our Governments 
to engage, at the earliest opportunity, in formal high 
level negotiations aimed at achieving short and long-
term agreements that will allow us to constructively 
address migration and labor issues between our two 
countries.’’. 
(2) During President Fox’s official visit to 
Washington, D.C., the Joint Statement of Sep-
tember 6, 2001, summarized the meeting as follows: 
‘‘The Presidents reviewed the progress made by our 
joint working group on migration chaired by Secre-
taries Powell, CastaZeda, and Creel and Attorney 
General Ashcroft and noted this represented the 
most fruitful and frank dialogue we have ever had 
on a subject so important to both nations. They 
praised implementation of the border safety initia-
tive, and recognized that migration-related issues are 
deeply felt by our publics and vital to our prosperity, 
well-being, and the kind of societies we want to
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build. They renewed their commitment to forging 
new and realistic approaches to migration to ensure 
it is safe, orderly, legal and dignified, and agreed on 
the framework within which this ongoing effort is 
based. This includes: matching willing workers with 
willing employers; serving the social and economic 
needs of both countries; respecting the human dig-
nity of all migrants, regardless of their status; recog-
nizing the contribution migrants make to enriching 
both societies; shared responsibility for ensuring mi-
gration takes place through safe and legal channels. 
Both stressed their commitment to continue our dis-
cussions, instructing the high-level working group to 
reach mutually satisfactory results on border safety, 
a temporary worker program and the status of un-
documented Mexicans in the United States. They re-
quested that the working group provide them pro-
posals with respect to these issues as soon as pos-
sible. The Presidents recognized that this is an ex-
traordinarily challenging area of public policy, and 
that it is critical to address the issue in a timely 
manner and with appropriate thoroughness and 
depth.’’. 
(3) On September 7, 2001, during President 
Fox’s historic State Visit to Washington, the United
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States and Mexico issued a joint statement instruct-
ing our cabinet-level working group to provide us 
with specific proposals to forge a new and realistic 
framework that will ensure a safe, legal, orderly, and 
dignified migration flow between our countries. We 
have today agreed that our Cabinet level migration 
group should continue the work we charged it with 
in Guanajuato and Washington. 
(4) When the Presidents met in Monterrey, 
Mexico, the Presidents stated in a Joint Statement 
on March 22, 2002, as follows: ‘‘Slightly more than 
one year ago, in Guanajuato, we talked about migra-
tion as one of the major ties that join our societies. 
We launched then the frankest and most productive 
dialogue our countries have ever had on this impor-
tant and challenging subject. Those talks have con-
tinued over the past year, and have yielded a clearer 
assessment of the scope and nature of this issue. 
This bond between our nations can render countless 
benefits to our respective economies and families. 
(5) Over the past year, important progress has 
been made to enhance migrant safety and particu-
larly in saving lives by discouraging and reducing il-
legal crossings in dangerous terrain.
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(6) At the conclusion of the Mexico-United 
States Binational Commission (BNC) meeting in 
Mexico City in November 2002, Secretary of State 
Powell’s press conference was summarized by the 
State Department as follows: The BNC’s migration 
working group ‘‘affirmed our strong commitment to 
advancing our bilateral migration agenda,’’ he 
stressed, adding that ‘‘there should be no doubt in 
anyone’s mind that this is a priority for President 
Bush, just as it is a priority for [Mexican] President 
[Vicente] Fox.’’. 
(7) Secretary Powell said no schedule had been 
established for a migration accord, but he confirmed 
that the United States and Mexico want to come up 
with a series of migration initiatives over the course 
of the next six months to a year. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that—
(1) that the United States and Mexico should 
as soon as is practicable conclude negotiations in an 
attempt to reach a migration accord that is as com-
prehensive as possible and which addresses the key 
issues of concern for both nations; and 
(2) that as part of any migration agreement be-
tween the United States and Mexico, the issues of
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the extradition of violent criminals and law enforce-
ment cooperation between the two nations be ad-
dressed.
SEC. 731. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING UNITED 
STATES ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN REFU-
GEES. 
The Congress— 
(1) recognizes the importance of United States 
humanitarian assistance to Palestinian refugees as 
an essential component to the peace process in the 
Middle East; 
(2) acknowledges the hardships endured by 
many innocent Palestinian refugees in the West 
Bank and Gaza Strip and in other neighboring coun-
tries; 
(3) notes that the United Nations High Com-
mission for Refugees (UNHCR) is the international 
body that seeks to find ‘‘lasting solutions’’ to the 
plight of refugees throughout the world, with the 
sole exception of the Palestinians, for whose exclu-
sive benefit a special agency, the United Nations Re-
lief and Works Agency (UNRWA), was established 
in 1950 and which makes no effort to permanently 
resettle Palestinian refugees, even those who reside 
under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority,
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in order to ensure the perpetuation of the problem 
of Palestinian refugees; 
(4) recognizes that the United States has been 
the world’s leading donor to UNRWA, having pro-
vided over $2,500,000,000 to UNRWA since 1950, 
including the provision of $110,000,000, in fiscal 
year 2002, and that such organization has provided 
important humanitarian assistance to the Pales-
tinian people; 
(5) notes that the United States contribution to 
UNRWA is nearly 10 times that of the entire Arab 
world, and calls on Arab states to assume a greater 
share of the burden for financing UNWRA; 
(6) expresses its outrage over credible reports 
that UNRWA facilities have been used for terrorist 
training and bases for terrorist operations, with little 
attempt by the UNRWA to stop or oppose such at-
tacks or alert relevant law enforcement authorities 
about such terrorist activities; 
(7) expresses deep concern over the textbooks 
and educational materials used in the UNRWA edu-
cational system that promote anti-Semitism, denial 
of the existence and the right to exist of the state 
of Israel, and exacerbate stereotypes and tensions 
between the Palestinians and Israelis;
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(8) strongly urges the Secretary General of the 
United Nations to immediately take steps to com-
prehensively reform the UNRWA so that it actively 
works to oppose terrorist attacks and actively works 
to promote reconciliation and understanding between 
the Israelis and Palestinians; 
(9) strongly urges UNRWA to meet the re-
quirements, in letter and spirit, of section 301(c) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including by 
comprehensively ensuring that no UNRWA assist-
ance is rendered to anyone who has been involved 
with terrorism at any time and that all UNRWA 
beneficiaries be informed at the earliest possible 
time, and at regular intervals thereafter, that any-
one involved with terrorism thereafter will be ineli-
gible for UNRWA benefits; 
(10) strongly urges the Secretary of State to 
make UNRWA reforms a priority at the United Na-
tions by actively campaigning within the United Na-
tions to support such reforms, including comprehen-
sive and independently verifiable audits of UNRWA 
activities and educational reform that would remove 
from the curriculum all textbooks and educational 
materials that promote hatred of Jews and Israel 
and denial of Israel’s right to exist and replace them
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with teaching materials that promote Israeli-Pales-
tinian reconciliation and mutual understanding; and 
(11) notes the General Accounting Office 
(GAO) audit required by section 580 of the FY 
2003 Foreign Operations Appropriations Act (Public 
Law 108–7), and strongly encourages the GAO to 
conduct, as part of this audit, an investigation and 
inspection of all recent United States assistance to 
UNRWA to ensure that taxpayer funds are being 
spent effectively and are not directly or indirectly 
supporting terrorism, anti-Semitic or anti-Jewish 
teachings, or the glorification or incitement of vio-
lence.
SEC. 732. UNITED STATES POLICY ON WORLD BANK GROUP 
LOANS TO IRAN. 
(a) UNITED STATES POLICY.—The Secretary of 
State (or a designee), in consultation with the Secretary 
of the Treasury, shall communicate directly with the gov-
ernments of countries represented on the decision-making 
boards and councils of the international financial institu-
tions of the World Bank Group and consistently convey 
the strong opposition of the United States Government to 
any further activity in Iran by the international financial 
institutions of the World Bank Group.
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(b) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and one year thereafter, the 
Secretary of State shall submit a report on the efforts of 
the Secretary to carry out subsection (a) to the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Inter-
national Relations of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(c) WORLD BANK GROUP DEFINED.—As used in this 
section, the term ‘‘World Bank Group’’ means the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the 
International Development Association, the International 
Financial Corporation, and the Multilateral Investment 
Guaranty Agency. 
SEC. 733. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO SOVIET NU-
CLEAR TESTS IN KAZAKHSTAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) In 1991, immediately after achieving inde-
pendence, Kazakhstan closed and sealed the world’s 
second largest nuclear test site in Semipalatinsk 
which had been inherited from the former Soviet
Union and at which more than 500 nuclear tests 
had been conducted from 1949 to 1991. 
(2) The cumulative power of explosions from 
those tests, conducted above ground, on the ground, 
and underground is believed to be equal to the power
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of 20,000 explosions of the type of bomb dropped on 
Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945. 
(3) More than 1,500,000 people in Kazakhstan 
suffered because of decades of Soviet nuclear weap-
ons testing in the region. 
(4) A horrifying array of disease will continue 
to destroy the lives of hundreds of thousands and 
their descendants for many generations to come as 
a result of these tests. 
(5) Since its independence, Kazakhstan has 
constructed a stable and peaceful state, voluntarily 
disarmed the world’s fourth largest nuclear arsenal, 
joined 
the 
Strategic 
Arms 
Reduction 
Treaty 
(START), and became an example of responsible 
nonproliferation of such weapons. 
(6) Kazakhstan is also doing its best to help 
those who were exposed to the horrific nuclear ex-
periments of the 20th century but it faces daunting 
challenges. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of State should work to establish 
a joint working group with the Government of Kazakhstan 
to assist in assessing the environmental damage and 
health effects caused by Soviet nuclear testing in 
Semipalatinsk.
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SEC. 734. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN. 
The Congress—
(1) recalls that Article 4 of the United Nations 
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against 
Women (20 December 1993) outlines that states 
should condemn violence against women and should 
not invoke any custom, tradition, or religious consid-
eration to avoid their obligations with respect to its 
elimination; 
(2) recalls that Chapter 4, Section 125, of the 
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Fourth 
World Conference on Women (15 September 1995) 
states that governments condemn violence against 
women and refrain from invoking any custom, tradi-
tion, or religious consideration to avoid their obliga-
tions with respect to its elimination as set out in the 
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against 
Women; 
(3) recalls that the United States has supported 
both the United Nations Declaration on the Elimi-
nation of Violence and the Beijing Declaration and 
Platform for Action; and 
(4) reinforces the position of the United States 
that the United States condemns violence against 
women and refrains from invoking any custom, tra-
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dition, or religious consideration to avoid this na-
tion’s obligations with respect to its elimination as 
set out in the Declaration on the Elimination of Vio-
lence against Women.
SEC. 735. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING THE TIMELY 
ISSUANCE OF VISAS FOR RUSSIAN WEAPONS 
SCIENTISTS INVOLVED IN ARMS CONTROL 
AND NONPROLIFERATION EXCHANGES WITH 
THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The United States visa approval system has 
in the past lacked proper oversight, coordination, 
and supervision. A more systematic, stringent, and 
rigorous evaluation system for visa approvals is 
clearly in the best interests of the United States. 
(2) Many distinguished scholars, professors, re-
searchers, and foreign associates of United States 
national academies have been prevented by visa 
delays from entering the United States for engage-
ments at major conferences, meetings, and teaching 
invitations at American universities. 
(3) Research collaborators for United States 
laboratories have also been prevented from entering 
the United States. Their absence halts projects and
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compromises United States commitments in long-
standing international cooperative agreements aimed 
at reducing stockpiles of weapons of mass destruc-
tion. 
(4) Visa restrictions came within one day of 
forcing the cancellation of an important meeting in 
Washington, D.C. of the National Academy of 
Sciences Committee on United States Russian Co-
operation on Nuclear Non-Proliferation. 
(5) Russian weapons scientists involved in nu-
clear non-proliferation cooperative efforts with the 
United States are critical to American efforts to en-
sure that nuclear weapons-grade materials remain 
under control and out of the hands of terrorists. 
(6) In a December 2002 statement, the Presi-
dents of the National Academy of Sciences, the Na-
tional Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of 
Medicine found that a United States approach to 
visas that welcomes qualified foreign scientists, engi-
neers, health professionals, and students serves na-
tional goals in three distinct ways: 
(A) It harnesses international cooperation 
for counterterrorism. 
(B) It builds stronger allies through sci-
entific and technical cooperation.
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(C) It maintains United States global lead-
ership in science and technology. 
(7) The Presidents of the National Academy of 
Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and 
the Institute of Medicine have found that current 
United States policy toward granting visas, to for-
eign scientists is harmful to the United States sci-
entific community and to the longterm well-being of 
the United States. They stated on December 13, 
2002, that ‘‘To make our nation safer, it is ex-
tremely important that our visa policy not only keep 
out foreigners who intend to do us harm, but also 
facilitate the acceptance of those who bring us con-
siderable benefit. Recent efforts by our government 
to constrain the flow of international visitors in the 
name of national security are having serious unin-
tended consequences for American science, engineer-
ing, and medicine. The long-term security of the 
United States depends on admitting scholars who 
benefit our nation. In short, the United States sci-
entific, engineering, and health communities cannot 
hope to maintain their present position of inter-
national leadership if they become isolated from the 
rest of the world. We view this as an urgent matter, 
one that must be promptly addressed if the United
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States is to meet both its national security and eco-
nomic development goals.’’. 
(8) Currently, consular officials send many visa 
applications back to the United States for sequential 
security clearances by several agencies, which may 
lead to long delays in visa processing. Consular offi-
cers are subject to criminal penalties if they grant 
a visa to a person who subsequently commits a ter-
rorist act in the United States. However, there are 
currently no incentives for consular officers to facili-
tate scientific exchanges, which may advance the na-
tional interest of the United States. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that—
(1) to the extent possible and consistent with 
national security objectives, the United States 
should expedite the processing of granting visas to 
Russian weapons scientists, especially those partici-
pating in bilateral weapon disarmament talks, nego-
tiations, and exchanges, to enable them to partici-
pate in cooperative nonproliferation activities with 
their counterparts in the United States, and 
(2) the Department of State is encouraged to 
consider streamlining the process of granting visas 
for such scientists as follows:
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(A) Reinstate a procedure of pre-security 
clearance for scientists and engineers with the 
proper credentials. 
(B) Involve the United States scientific 
and technical community in determining areas 
of particular security concern. 
SEC. 736. DESIGNATION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANI-
ZATIONS. 
(a) PERIOD OF DESIGNATION.—Section 219(a)(4) of 
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1189(a)(4)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Subject to paragraphs (5) 
and (6), a’’ and inserting ‘‘A’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘for a period of 2 years be-
ginning on the effective date of the designation 
under paragraph (2)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘until 
revoked under paragraph (5) or (6) or set aside 
pursuant to subsection (c)’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) REVIEW OF DESIGNATION UPON PE-
TITION.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall review the designation of a foreign
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terrorist organization under the procedures 
set forth in clauses (iii) and (iv) if the des-
ignated organization files a petition for 
revocation within the petition period de-
scribed in clause (ii). 
‘‘(ii) PETITION
PERIOD.—For pur-
poses of clause (i)—
‘‘(I) if the designated organiza-
tion has not previously filed a petition 
for revocation under this subpara-
graph, the petition period begins 2 
years after the date on which the des-
ignation was made; or 
‘‘(II) if the designated organiza-
tion has previously filed a petition for 
revocation under this subparagraph, 
the petition period begins 2 years 
after the date of the determination 
made under clause (iv) on that peti-
tion. 
‘‘(iii) PROCEDURES.—Any foreign ter-
rorist organization that submits a petition 
for revocation under this subparagraph 
must provide evidence in that petition that 
the relevant circumstances described in
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paragraph (1) have changed in such a 
manner as to warrant revocation with re-
spect to the organization. 
‘‘(iv) DETERMINATION.—
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Not later 
than 180 days after receiving a peti-
tion for revocation submitted under 
this subparagraph, the Secretary shall 
make a determination as to such rev-
ocation. 
‘‘(II) 
CLASSIFIED
INFORMA-
TION.—The Secretary may consider 
classified information in making a de-
termination in response to a petition 
for revocation. Classified information 
shall not be subject to disclosure for 
such time as it remains classified, ex-
cept that such information may be 
disclosed to a court ex parte and in 
camera for purposes of judicial review 
under subsection (c). 
‘‘(III) PUBLICATION OF DETER-
MINATION.—A determination made by 
the Secretary under this clause shall 
be published in the Federal Register.
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‘‘(IV) PROCEDURES.—Any rev-
ocation by the Secretary shall be 
made in accordance with paragraph 
(6).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) OTHER REVIEW OF DESIGNATION.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If in a 4-year pe-
riod no review has taken place under sub-
paragraph (B), the Secretary shall review 
the designation of the foreign terrorist or-
ganization in order to determine whether 
such designation should be revoked pursu-
ant to paragraph (6). 
‘‘(ii) PROCEDURES.—If a review does 
not take place pursuant to subparagraph 
(B) in response to a petition for revocation 
that is filed in accordance with that sub-
paragraph, then the review shall be con-
ducted pursuant to procedures established 
by the Secretary. The results of such re-
view and the applicable procedures shall 
not be reviewable in any court. 
‘‘(iii) PUBLICATION OF RESULTS OF 
REVIEW.—The Secretary shall publish any
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determination made pursuant to this sub-
paragraph in the Federal Register.’’. 
(b) ALIASES.—Section 219 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) AMENDMENTS TO A DESIGNATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may amend 
a designation under this subsection if the Secretary 
finds that the organization has changed its name, 
adopted a new alias, dissolved and then reconsti-
tuted itself under a different name or names, or 
merged with another organization. 
‘‘(2) PROCEDURE.—Amendments made to a 
designation in accordance with paragraph (1) shall 
be effective upon publication in the Federal Register. 
Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (a)(2) 
shall apply to an amended designation upon such 
publication. Paragraphs (2)(A)(i), (4), (5), (6), (7), 
and (8) of subsection (a) shall also apply to an 
amended designation. 
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD.—The adminis-
trative record shall be corrected to include the
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amendments as well as any additional relevant infor-
mation that supports those amendments. 
‘‘(4) CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary may consider classified information in amend-
ing a designation in accordance with this subsection. 
Classified information shall not be subject to disclo-
sure for such time as it remains classified, except 
that such information may be disclosed to a court ex 
parte and in camera for purposes of judicial review 
under subsection (c).’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1189) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (6)(A)—
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘or a redesignation made under 
paragraph (4)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘at any 
time, and shall revoke a designation upon 
completion of a review conducted pursuant 
to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of para-
graph (4)’’; and
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(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or redes-
ignation’’; 
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘, or the 
revocation of a redesignation under paragraph 
(6),’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (8)—
(i) by striking ‘‘, or if a redesignation 
under this subsection has become effective 
under paragraph (4)(B),’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or redesignation’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (c), as so redesignated—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of the 
designation in the Federal Register,’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘review of the designa-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘in the Federal Register of 
a designation, an amended designation, or a de-
termination in response to a petition for revoca-
tion, the designated organization may seek judi-
cial review’’;
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, 
amended designation, or determination in re-
sponse to a petition for revocation’’ after ‘‘des-
ignation’’;
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(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, 
amended designation, or determination in re-
sponse to a petition for revocation’’ after ‘‘des-
ignation’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, 
amended designation, or determination in re-
sponse to a petition for revocation’’ after ‘‘des-
ignation’’ each place that term appears. 
(d) SAVINGS PROVISION.—For purposes of applying 
section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act on 
or after the date of enactment of this Act, the term ‘‘des-
ignation’’, as used in that section, includes all redesigna-
tions made pursuant to section 219(a)(4)(B) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)(4)(B)) 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act, and such redes-
ignations shall continue to be effective until revoked as 
provided in paragraph (5) or (6) of section 219(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)).
SEC. 737. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO REGARDING 
SECURITY FOR TAIWAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) For over half a century a close relationship 
has existed between the United States and Taiwan 
which has been of enormous economic, cultural, and 
strategic advantage to both countries.
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(2) Taiwan today is a full-fledged democracy 
with a vibrant economy and a vigorous multi-party 
political system that respects human rights and the 
rule of law. 
(3) Taiwan is an ally of the United States, as 
most recently evidenced by Taiwan’s provision of hu-
manitarian and financial assistance to Afghanistan 
at the request of the United States and its support 
for Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
(4) The security of the 23 million people in Tai-
wan is threatened by the deployment by the People’s 
Republic of China of over 400 short–range ballistic 
missiles targeted at Taiwan, and the purchase by the 
PRC of advanced weaponry systems, including Su–
27 and Su–30 fighter planes, Kilo submarines, and 
Sovremenny destroyers. 
(5) Taiwan was threatened by missile exercises 
conducted by the PRC in August 1995 and again in 
March 1996 when Taiwan was conducting its first 
free and direct presidential elections. 
(6) Section 2(b)(4) of the Taiwan Relations Act 
(22 U.S.C. 3301(b)(4)) considers any effort to de-
termine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful 
means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a threat
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to the peace and security of the Western Pacific 
area and of grave concern to the United States. 
(7) Section 2(b)(6) of the Taiwan Relations Act 
(22 U.S.C. 3301(b)(6)) requires the United States 
to maintain the capacity to resist any resort to force 
or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the 
security, or the social or economic system, of the 
people on Taiwan. 
(8) In his January 17, 2001, confirmation hear-
ing as Secretary of State, General Colin Powell stat-
ed that ‘‘We will stand by Taiwan and will provide 
for the defense needs of Taiwan in accordance with 
the Taiwan Relations Act and the subsequent com-
muniques.’’. 
(9) President Bush stated on April 24, 2001, 
that the United States will do whatever it takes to 
help Taiwan defend itself. 
(10) In his testimony before the International 
Relations Committee of the House of Representa-
tives and the Foreign Relations Committee of the 
Senate in February and March of 2002, Admiral 
Dennis Blair of the United States Pacific Command 
testified that ‘‘China continued to build and exercise 
its force of short–range ballistic missiles ranging 
Taiwan. It still seeks to develop a range of military
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options to influence and intimidate Taiwan, and has 
not abandoned the option of using force to resolve 
Taiwan’s status.’’. 
(11) The July 2002 U.S.-China Economic and 
Security Review Commission report to Congress 
stated that ‘‘China is enhancing its capability to 
carry out attacks across the Taiwan Strait with its 
special operations forces, air forces and navy and 
missiles forces with little notice,’’ and ‘‘the Commis-
sion recommends that the U.S. along with its allies 
should continue to call upon China to renounce the 
threat of or the use of force against Taiwan.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that—
(1) grave concerns exist concerning the deploy-
ment by the People’s Republic of China of hundreds 
of ballistic missiles directed toward Taiwan, which 
threaten the security and stability in the Taiwan 
Strait; 
(2) the President should direct all appropriate 
United States officials to raise these concerns with 
the appropriate officials from the People’s Republic 
of China, and should seek a public, immediate, and 
unequivocal renunciation from the leaders of the
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People’s Republic of China of any threat or use of 
force against Taiwan; 
(3) the President should affirm with the leaders 
of the People’s Republic of China that there will not 
be a quid pro quo between the dismantling of mis-
siles aimed at Taiwan by the People’s Republic of 
China, and arms sales to Taiwan by the United 
States; 
(4) China should dismantle the missiles that 
threaten Taiwan, otherwise the President should au-
thorize the sale of the Aegis system to Taiwan, 
which would enable Taiwan to defend itself against 
the threat of a missile attack by China; and 
(5) the future of Taiwan should be determined 
peacefully and with the express consent of the people 
of Taiwan.
SEC. 738. SENSE OF CONGRESS IN APPRECIATION OF THE 
ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND 
REGARDING RESTORING STABILITY AND SE-
CURITY IN IRAQ. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(1) The United States, with the support of 
forces from Great Britain and other countries, his-
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torically and courageously liberated Iraq in three 
weeks. 
(2) Conditions on the ground in parts of Iraq 
continue to pose a grave threat to American troops, 
thereby complicating efforts to restore law and order 
and essential public services for Iraqis. Such efforts 
are further complicated by the absence of effective 
communications with the Iraqi people. 
(3) Ultimately, maintaining law and order in 
Iraq and preserving its territorial integrity will re-
quire the creation of a professionally trained Iraqi 
police force and a reformed Iraqi military; however, 
that will take a significant amount of time and in 
the meantime international armed forces and police 
must assume these responsibilities. 
(4) Approximately 145,000 United States 
troops are currently deployed in Iraq, meaning that 
American troops comprise roughly 90 percent of Co-
alition forces. If, as the Department of Defense has 
stated, an additional 10,000 international troops 
join the Coalition effort in Iraq by September, 
Americans will still comprise roughly 85 percent of 
Coalition forces. 
(5) Maintaining the existing force level in Iraq 
currently requires $3,900,000,000 each month.
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(6) The Department of Defense has stated that 
it will require one year to train a new Iraqi Army 
of 12,000 soldiers and three years to train 40,000 
soldiers. 
(7) The Coalition Provisional Authority has 
stated that it will require at least one year to recruit 
and train a police force of 40,000 officers capable of 
assuming minimal policy functions in Iraq, that it 
will require five years to recruit and train a full 
force of 75,000 officers, and that at least 5500 addi-
tional international police are needed to train, assist, 
and jointly patrol with the existing Iraqi police force. 
(8) President Bush has noted that ‘‘The rise of 
Iraq, as an example of moderation and democracy 
and prosperity, is a massive and long-term under-
taking,’’ and it is clear that increasing the number 
of troops and police from countries other than the 
United States will reduce risks to American soldiers 
and the financial cost to the United States. 
(9) Secretary Rumsfeld testified that ‘‘We cer-
tainly want assistance from NATO and from NATO 
countries’’ and it is clear that involving the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization, as is being done in Af-
ghanistan and has been done in Kosovo and Bosnia, 
allows the Coalition to maintain a robust military
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presence while decreasing the exposure and risk to 
American troops. 
(10) Rebuilding Iraq’s neglected infrastructure 
and economy and administering Iraq—including pro-
viding basic services and paying public sector sala-
ries—is likely to require tens of billions of dollars 
over several years and projected Iraqi oil revenues 
will be insufficient to meet these costs. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that—
(1) it is in the national security interests of the 
United States to remain engaged in Iraq in order to 
ensure a peaceful, stable, unified Iraq with a rep-
resentative government; 
(2) the President should consider requesting 
formally and expeditiously that the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO) raise a force for de-
ployment in post-war Iraq similar to what it has 
done in Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Kosovo and the 
Congress urges NATO allies and other nations to 
provide troops and police to Coalition efforts in Iraq; 
and 
(3) the President should consider calling on the 
United Nations to urge its member states to provide 
military forces and civilian police to promote sta-
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bility and security in Iraq and resources to help re-
build and administer Iraq. 
SEC. 739. ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES CITIZENS BY PALES-
TINIAN TERRORISTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Since Yasser Arafat renounced violence in 
the Oslo Peace Accords on September 13, 1993, at 
least 41 United States citizens have been murdered 
by Palestinian terrorists and one United States cit-
izen miscarried after being stabbed in a Palestinian 
terrorist attack. 
(2) On December 1, 1993, in a drive-by shoot-
ing north of Jerusalem, Hamas killed United States 
citizen Yitzhak Weinstock, 19, whose family came 
from Los Angeles. 
(3) On October 9, 1994, Hamas kidnapped and 
murdered 
United 
States 
citizen 
Nachshon 
Wachsman, 19, whose family came from New York 
City. 
(4) On April 9, 1995, an Islamic Jihad bomb 
attack on a bus near Kfar Darom killed United 
States citizen Alisa Flatow, 20, from West Orange, 
New Jersey.
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(5) On August 21, 1995, in a Hamas bus 
bombing in Jerusalem, United States citizen Joan 
Davenny, from New Haven, Connecticut, was killed. 
(6) On September 9, 1995, Mara Frey of Chi-
cago was stabbed in Ma’ale Michmash resulting in 
her unborn child’s death. 
(7) On February 25, 1996, three United States 
citizens, Sara Duker of Teaneck, New Jersey, Mat-
thew Eisenfeld of West Hartford, Connecticut, and 
Ira Weinstein of New York City, were killed in a 
Hamas bus bombing in Jerusalem. 
(8) On May 13, 1996, United States citizen 
David Boim, 17, of New York City, was killed in a 
drive-by shooting near Beit El, north of Jerusalem. 
(9) On June 9, 1996, United States citizen 
Yaron Ungar was killed in a drive by-shooting near 
Beit Shemesh. 
(10) On July 30, 1997, United States citizen 
Leah Stern of Passaic, New Jersey, was killed in a 
Hamas bombing in Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda 
market. 
(11) On September 4, 1997, a Hamas bombing 
on Ben-Yehuda Street, Jerusalem, killed Yael 
Botwin, 14, of Los Angeles.
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(12) On April 19, 1998, an attack near the 
Israeli town of Maon killed United States citizen 
Dov Dribben, 28. 
(13) On October 8, 2000, Rabbi Hillel 
Lieberman, 36, of New York City, was stabbed and 
killed near Nablus. 
(14) On October 30, 2000, United States cit-
izen Esh-Kodesh Gilmore, 25, was shot in Jeru-
salem. 
(15) On December 31, 2000, Rabbi Binyamin 
Kahane, 34, and his wife, Talia Hertzlich Kahane, 
both formerly of New York City, were killed in a 
drive-by shooting near Ofra. 
(16) On May 9, 2001, Jacob ‘‘Koby’’ Mandell, 
13, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was killed in an at-
tack near Tekoah. 
(17) On May 29, 2001, Sarah Blaustein, 53, of 
Lawrence, New York, was killed in a drive-by shoot-
ing near Efrat. 
(18) On August 9, 2001, two United States 
citizens, Judith L. Greenbaum, 31, and Malka Roth, 
15, were killed in the Jerusalem Sbarro pizzeria 
bombing.
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(19) On November 4, 2001, Shoshana Ben-
Yishai, 16, of New York City, was shot and killed 
during an attack on a Jerusalem bus. 
(20) On January 15, 2002, Avraham Boaz, 72, 
of New York City, was killed in a shooting near 
Bethlehem. 
(21) On January 18, 2002, United States cit-
izen Aaron Elis, 32, was killed in a shooting in 
Hadera. 
(22) On February 15, 2002, United States cit-
izen Lee Akunis, was shot and killed near Ramallah. 
(23) On February 16, 2002, Keren Shatsky, 
14, of New York City and Maine, and Rachel 
Thaler, 16, of Baltimore, Maryland, were killed in a 
bombing in Karnei Shomron. 
(24) On February 25, 2002, United States cit-
izen Moran Amit, 25, was stabbed and killed in Abu 
Tor Peace Forest, Jerusalem. 
(25) On March 24, 2002, Esther Kleinman, 23, 
formerly of Chicago, was shot and killed near Ofra. 
(26) On March 27, 2002, United States citizen 
Hannah Rogen, 90, was killed in a bombing at a 
hotel Passover seder in Netanya.
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(27) On June 18, 2002, Moshe Gottlieb, 70, of 
Los Angeles, was killed in a bus bombing in Jeru-
salem. 
(28) On June 19, 2002, United States citizen 
Gila Sara Kessler, 19, was killed in a bombing at a 
Jerusalem bus stop. 
(29) On July 31, 2002, five United States citi-
zens were killed in a bombing of a Hebrew Univer-
sity cafeteria: Marla Bennett, 24, of San Diego, 
Benjamin Blutstein, 25, of Susquehanna Township, 
Pennsylvania, Janis Ruth Coulter, 36, of Massachu-
setts, David Gritz, 24, of Peru, Massachusetts (and 
of dual French-United States citizenship), and Dina 
Carter, 37, of North Carolina. 
(30) On March 5, 2003, Abigail Leitel, 14, who 
was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, died in a bus 
bombing in Haifa. 
(31) On March 7, 2003, United States citizens 
Rabbi Eli Horowitz, 52, who grew up in Chicago, 
and Dina Horowitz, 50, who grew up in Florida, 
were killed in their home. 
(32) On June 11, 2003, United States citizen 
Alan Beer, 47, who grew up in Cleveland, was killed 
in bus bombing in Jerusalem.
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(33) On June 20, 2003, United States citizen 
Tzvi Goldstein, 47, originally from New York City, 
was shot and killed in an attack while driving 
through the West Bank. 
(34) At least another 79 United States citizens 
have been injured in Palestinian terrorist attacks. 
(b) STATEMENTS OF POLICY.—Congress—
(1) condemns the attacks on United States citi-
zens by Palestinian terrorists; 
(2) calls on the Palestinian Authority to work 
with Israel to protect all innocent individuals, re-
gardless of citizenship, from terrorist atrocities; 
(3) offers its condolences to the families and 
loved ones of United States citizens who were killed 
by Palestinian terrorist attacks; and 
(4) calls on the Secretary of State to include a 
listing of the killing of every United States citizen 
by terrorists in the ‘‘Chronology of Significant Ter-
rorist Incidents’’, as included in the Department of 
State’s Patterns of Global Terrorism Report issued 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 740. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REPORT CONCERNING 
WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND THE INTER-
NATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMIS-
SION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The failure by the International Boundary 
and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, 
to complete negotiations on a new Treaty Minute 
with Mexico, as directed by Congress in Public Law 
106–457, has endangered the health of the residents 
of San Diego County. 
(2) The continued flow of Mexican sewage on 
San Diego, California, beaches has caused extensive 
and persistent beach closings thereby causing eco-
nomic hardship to the local economy. 
(3) The International Boundary and Water 
Commission has shown insignificant progress in ne-
gotiations with Mexico. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that the United States Section of the Inter-
national Boundary and Water Commission shall make 
treaty negotiations with Mexico on the establishment of 
a public-private partnership to construct and operate a 
wastewater treatment facility in Mexico as outlined in 
Public Law 106–457 a priority.
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(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The United States Sec-
tion of the International Boundary and Water Commis-
sion, United States and Mexcio, shall submit monthly re-
ports to the appropriate congressional committees con-
cerning progress in negotiations on a new Treaty Minute 
with Mexico.
SEC. 741. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ALLOCATION 
OF RESOURCES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 
STATE AS THE CENTRAL AUTHORITY FOR 
THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE HAGUE 
CONVENTION ON INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION. 
It is the sense of the Congress that the Department 
of State should direct significant resources to their new 
role as the central authority for the United States under 
the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption.
SEC. 742. TRANSFER OF VIETNAM-ERA CESSNA L–19D BIRD 
DOG AIRCRAFT TO ARMY AVIATION HERIT-
AGE FOUNDATION. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.—The Secretary of 
State may convey, without consideration, to the Army 
Aviation Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit organization 
incorporated in the State of Georgia, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to a Vietnam-era 
Cessna L–19D Bird Dog aircraft (serial No. 24020, Na-
tional registration number N32FL)(in this section re-
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ferred to as the ‘‘aircraft’’) that is excess to the needs 
of the Department of State. The conveyance shall be made 
by means of a conditional deed of gift 
(b) CONDITION OF AIRCRAFT.—The aircraft shall be 
conveyed in its current ‘‘as is’’ condition. The Secretary 
is not required to repair or alter the condition of the air-
craft before conveying ownership of the aircraft. 
(c) CONDITION
ON CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary 
shall include in the instrument of conveyance of the air-
craft the following conditions: 
(1) The Army Aviation Heritage Foundation 
may not convey any ownership interest in, or trans-
fer possession of, the aircraft to any other party 
without the prior approval of the Secretary. 
(2) The Army Aviation Heritage Foundation 
shall operate and maintain the aircraft in compli-
ance with all applicable limitations and maintenance 
requirements imposed by the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration. 
(d) REVERTER UPON BREACH OF CONDITIONS.—If 
the Secretary determines at any time that the Army Avia-
tion Heritage Foundation has conveyed an ownership in-
terest in, or transferred possession of, the aircraft to any 
other party without the prior approval of the Secretary, 
all right, title, and interest in and to the aircraft, including
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any repair or alteration of the aircraft, shall revert to the 
United States, and the United States shall have the right 
of immediate possession of the aircraft. 
(e) CONVEYANCE
AT NO COST
TO
THE UNITED 
STATES.—The conveyance of the aircraft shall be made 
at no cost to the United States. Any costs associated with 
the conveyance and costs of operation and maintenance 
of the aircraft conveyed shall be borne by the Army Avia-
tion Heritage Foundation. 
(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require such additional terms and conditions 
in connection with a conveyance under this section as the 
Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of 
the United States. 
(g) CLARIFICATION OF LIABILITY.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, upon the conveyance of owner-
ship of the aircraft to the Army Aviation Heritage Foun-
dation, the United States shall not be liable for any death, 
injury, loss, or damage that results from any use of that 
aircraft by any person other than the United States.
SEC. 743. STATEMENT OF POLICY RELATING TO DEMOC-
RACY IN IRAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Iran is neither free nor democratic. Men 
and women are not treated equally in Iran, women
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are legally deprived of internationally recognized 
human rights, and religious freedom is not respected 
under the laws of Iran. Undemocratic institutions, 
such as the Guardians Council, thwart the decisions 
of elected leaders. 
(2) The April 2003 report of the Department of 
State states that Iran remained the most active 
state sponsor of terrorism in 2002. 
(3) That report also states that Iran continues 
to provide funding, safe-haven, training and weapons 
to known terrorist groups, notably Hizballah, 
HAMAS, the Palestine Islamic Jihad, and the Pop-
ular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. 
(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States 
that—
(1) currently, there is not a free and fully 
democratic government in Iran; 
(2) the United States supports transparent, full 
democracy in Iran; 
(3) the United States supports the rights of the 
Iranian people to choose their system of government; 
and 
(4) the United States condemns the brutal 
treatment, imprisonment and torture of Iranian ci-
vilians expressing political dissent.
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SEC. 744. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE EXTRA-
DITION OF VIOLENT CRIMINALS FROM MEX-
ICO TO THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The Mexican Supreme Court ruled in Octo-
ber 2001 that Mexico will not extradite criminals 
who face life sentences in the United States. 
(2) Due to this ruling, the United States has 
been unable to prosecute numerous suspects wanted 
for violent crimes that they committed in the United 
States if there is a possibility that these criminals 
will face life imprisonment. 
(3) The person or persons responsible for the 
April 29, 2002, murder of Los Angeles County Sher-
iff Deputy David March is believed to have fled to 
Mexico to avoid prosecution for a possible life im-
prisonment. 
(4) The attorneys general from all 50 States 
have asked United States Attorney General John 
Ashcroft and Secretary of State Colin Powell to con-
tinue to address this extradition issue with their 
counterparts in Mexico. 
(5) The Governments of the United States and 
Mexico have experienced positive cooperation on nu-
merous matters relevant to their bilateral relation-
ship.
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(6) The Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs 
has been demonstrating to the Mexican Supreme 
Court the international ramifications of the Court’s 
October 2001 ruling. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States Government should encour-
age the Mexican Government to work closely with the 
Mexican Supreme Court to persuade the Court to recon-
sider its October 2001 ruling so that the possibility of life 
imprisonment will not have an effect on the timely extra-
dition of criminal suspects from Mexico to the United 
States.
DIVISION 
D—DEFENSE 
TRADE 
AND SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
REFORM ACT OF 2003
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Defense Trade and 
Security Assistance Reform Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 1002. DEFINITIONS. 
Except as otherwise provided, in this division: 
(1) DEFENSE ARTICLES.—The term ‘‘defense 
articles’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
47(7)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act (as 
amended by section 1107(d) of this Act).
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(2) DEFENSE SERVICES.—The term ‘‘defense 
services’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
47(7)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act (as 
amended by section 1107(d) of this Act). 
(3) DUAL USE.—The term ‘‘dual use’’ means, 
with respect to goods or technology, those goods or 
technology that are specifically designed or devel-
oped for civil purposes but which also may be used 
or deployed in a military mode. 
(4) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.—
The term ‘‘Export Administration Regulations’’ 
means those regulations contained in sections 730–
774 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc-
cessor regulations). 
(5) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 16(3) of the Export Ad-
ministration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415(3)). 
(6) INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULA-
TIONS.—The term ‘‘International Traffic in Arms 
Regulations’’ means those regulations contained in 
sections 120–130 of title 22, Code of Federal Regu-
lations (or successor regulations). 
(7) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME; 
MTCR.—The term ‘‘Missile Technology Control Re-
gime’’ or ‘‘MTCR’’ has the meaning given the term
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in section 11B(c)(2) of the Export Administration 
Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401b(c)(2)). 
(8) MISSILE
TECHNOLOGY
CONTROL
REGIME 
ANNEX; MTCR
ANNEX.—The term ‘‘Missile Tech-
nology Control Regime Annex’’ or ‘‘MTCR Annex’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 11B(c)(4) 
of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 
U.S.C. App. 2401b(c)(4)). 
(9) OPERATION
IRAQI
FREEDOM.—The term 
‘‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’’ means operations of 
United States Armed Forces, the armed forces of 
the United Kingdom, and the armed forces of other 
coalition member countries initiated on or about 
March 19, 2003—
(A) to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass 
destruction; 
(B) to enforce United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 1441 (November 8, 2002) 
and other relevant Security Council resolutions 
with respect to Iraq; and 
(C) to liberate the people of Iraq from the 
regime of Saddam Hussein. 
(10) TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘technology’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 16(4) of
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the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2415(4)). 
SEC. 1003. REFERENCES TO ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 
this division an amendment is expressed in terms of an 
amendment to a section or other provision, the reference 
shall be considered to be made to that section or other 
provision of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 
et seq.). 
TITLE XI—TERRORIST-RELATED 
PROHIBITIONS 
AND 
EN-
FORCEMENT MEASURES 
SEC. 1101. ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS. 
(a) 
INELIGIBILITY
FOR
TERRORIST
RELATED 
TRANSACTIONS.—Section 3(c)(1) (22 U.S.C. 2753(c)(1)) 
is amended—
(1) in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B), by 
striking ‘‘or any predecessor Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
any predecessor Act, or licensed or approved under 
section 38 of this Act, to carry out a transaction 
with a country, the government of which the Sec-
retary of State has determined is a state sponsor of 
international terrorism for purposes of section 
6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979
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(50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)), or otherwise uses such 
defense articles or defense services’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) In this section, the term ‘transaction’ means the 
taking of any action, directly or indirectly, by a foreign 
country that would be a transaction prohibited by section 
40 of this Act with respect to the United States Govern-
ment and United States persons.’’. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 3(e) (22 
U.S.C. 2753(e)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961,’’ the following: ‘‘regardless 
of whether the article or service has been sold or otherwise 
furnished by the United States Government or licensed 
under section 38 of this Act,’’. 
SEC. 1102. WEAPONS TRANSFERS TO FOREIGN PERSONS IN 
THE UNITED STATES. 
Section 38(a)(1) (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)) is amended 
in the first sentence by inserting after ‘‘import and the 
export of defense articles and defense services’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, or the transfer of such articles, other than fire-
arms (or ammunition, components, parts, accessories, or 
attachments for firearms), and services within the United 
States to foreign persons,’’.
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SEC. 1103. COORDINATION OF LICENSE EXEMPTIONS WITH 
UNITED STATES LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
CIES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—In view of the historic 
difficulties in the enforcement of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) associated with violations 
involving exports of defense articles and defense services 
that have been exempted by regulation from the licensing 
requirements of section 38 of such Act, it is the sense of 
Congress that the establishment of new exemptions by reg-
ulation should only be undertaken after careful coordina-
tion with the appropriate United States law enforcement 
agencies. 
(b) AMENDMENT.—Section 38(b)(2) (22 U.S.C. 
2778(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentences: ‘‘In promulgating regulations under sub-
section (a)(1) in accordance with the preceding sentence, 
any provision in such regulations that permits the export 
of defense articles or defense services without a license 
shall include a determination by the Attorney General, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that 
the compilation and maintenance of sufficient documenta-
tion relating to the export without a license of the articles 
or services is ensured, notwithstanding the absence of a 
license, to facilitate law enforcement efforts to detect, pre-
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vent, and prosecute criminal violations of any provision of 
this section, section 39, or section 40 of this Act, including 
the efforts on the part of countries and factions engaged 
in international terrorism to illicitly acquire defense arti-
cles and defense services. No defense article or defense 
service designated by the President under subsection 
(a)(1) may be exported without a license pursuant to a 
regulation under subsection (a)(1) that is promulgated on 
or after January 1, 2003, until 30 days after the date 
on which the President provides notice of the proposed 
regulation to the Committee on International Relations of 
the House of Representatives and to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate in accordance with the 
procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications 
under section 634A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, including a description of the criteria that would 
be used to permit the export of the article or service and 
any measures to facilitate law enforcement efforts associ-
ated with the Attorney General’s determination required 
by the preceding sentence.’’. 
SEC. 1104. MECHANISMS TO IDENTIFY PERSONS IN VIOLA-
TION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW. 
Section 38(g)(1)(A) (22 U.S.C. 2778(g)(1)(A)) is 
amended—
(1) in clause (iii)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘or section 2339A’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, section 2339A’’; and 
(B) by inserting at the end before the 
comma the following: ‘‘, or section 2339C of 
such title (relating to financing terrorism)’’; 
(2) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(3) in clause (xi), by striking the semicolon at 
the end and inserting a comma; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(xii) subclause (I) or (II) of section 
1956(c)(7)(B)(v) of title 18, United States 
Code; 
‘‘(xiii) section 329 of the Uniting and 
Strengthening America by Providing Appro-
priate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct 
Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001; 
‘‘(xiv) section 5332 of title 31, United 
States Code; 
‘‘(xv) section 1960 of title 18, United 
States Code; 
‘‘(xvi) section 175(b), 175b, 1993, 2339 of 
title 18, United States Code; 
‘‘(xvii) section 2332a, 2332b, or 2332f of 
title 18, United States Code; or
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‘‘(xviii) section 175 of title 18, United 
States Code;’’.
SEC. 1105. COMPREHENSIVE NATURE OF UNITED STATES 
ARMS EMBARGOES. 
(a) FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(A) governments to which the United 
States Government prohibits by law or policy 
the transfer of implements of war, including 
material, components, parts, and other defense 
articles and defense services (as defined in 
paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 47 of the 
Arms Export Control Act, respectively) continue 
to seek to evade these embargoes through in-
creasingly sophisticated illegal acquisitions via 
the ‘‘international gray arms market’’ and by 
seeking to exploit weaknesses in the export con-
trol system of the United States and its friends 
and allies; and 
(B) the strict and comprehensive applica-
tion of arms embargoes referred to in subpara-
graph (A) including those embargoes estab-
lished by the United Nations Security Council 
is of fundamental importance to the security
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and foreign policy interests of the United 
States. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the United States Government should 
continue to provide a leadership role internationally 
in ensuring the effectiveness of arms embargoes re-
ferred to in paragraph (1). 
(b) SCOPE OF EMBARGOES.—Section 38 (22 U.S.C. 
2778) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) Whenever the United States maintains an arms 
embargo pursuant to United States law, or through public 
notice by the President or Secretary of State pursuant to 
the authorities of this Act, no defense article or defense 
service subject to sections 120–130 of title 22, Code of 
Federal Regulations (commonly known as the ‘Inter-
national Traffic in Arms Regulations’) and no dual use 
good or technology subject to sections 730–774 of title 15, 
Code of Federal Regulations (commonly known as the ‘Ex-
port Administration Regulations’) shall be sold or trans-
ferred to the military, police, or intelligence services of the 
embargoed government, including any associated govern-
mental agency, subdivision, entity, or other person acting 
on their behalf, unless, at a minimum and without preju-
dice to any additional requirements established in United 
States law or regulation, the Secretary of State and the
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Secretary of Defense have concurred in the sale or trans-
fer through issuance of a license.’’. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF CONTROLS.—The Secretary 
shall consult with the Secretary of Commerce to ensure 
the establishment of appropriate foreign policy and na-
tional security controls and license requirements under the 
Export Administration Regulations in order to ensure the 
effective implementation of section 38(k) of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act, as added by subsection (b). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report that 
describes the actions taken to implement the requirements 
of subsection (c). 
SEC. 1106. TRANSACTIONS WITH COUNTRIES SUPPORTING 
ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. 
Section 40(l)(1) (22 U.S.C. 2780(l)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘any item enumerated on the United States 
Munitions List’’ and inserting ‘‘a defense article or de-
fense service (as defined in subparagraph (A) or (B) of 
section 47(7), respectively), an item enumerated on the 
United States Munitions List (as designated by the Presi-
dent pursuant to section 38(a)), or any other activity for 
which a license or other approval is required pursuant to 
the regulations promulgated under subsection (a)(1)’’.
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SEC. 1107. AMENDMENTS TO CONTROL OF ARMS EXPORTS 
AND IMPORTS. 
(a) REVISION
OF
STANDARD
FOR
VIOLATION; 
AMOUNT
OF
PENALTIES.—Section 38(c) (22 U.S.C. 
2778(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘willfully’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘knowingly’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘this section or section 39’’ and 
inserting ‘‘this section, section 39, or section 40’’; 
and 
(3) by striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,000,000 (in the case of a violation of this sec-
tion or section 39), $2,000,000 (in the case of a vio-
lation involving any country covered by section 40), 
and $1,500,000 (in the case of a violation involving 
any country other than a country covered by section 
40 that is subject by United States law or policy to 
an arms embargo)’’. 
(b) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Section 38(e) (22 U.S.C. 
2778(e)) is amended in the third sentence by striking 
‘‘under this section may not exceed $500,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘or any other activities subject to control under this 
section, section 39, or section 40, may not exceed 
$500,000 for each violation of section 38 or section 39, 
$1,000,000 for each violation involving any country cov-
ered by section 40, and $750,000 for each violation relat-
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ing to an arms embargo (other than a violation covered 
by section 40)’’. 
(c) REVISION OF STANDARD FOR VIOLATION; CRIMI-
NAL PENALTY; CIVIL PENALTIES; ENFORCEMENT.—Sec-
tion 40 (22 U.S.C. 2780) is amended—
(1) in subsection (j)—
(A) by striking ‘‘willfully’’ and inserting 
‘‘knowingly’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$2,000,000’’; and 
(2) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000’’. 
(d) 
DEFINITIONS.—Section 
47(7) 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2794(7)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(7)(A) ‘defense articles’, with respect to ex-
ports subject to sections 38, 39, and 40 of this Act, 
has the meaning given such term in sections 120–
130 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (com-
monly known as the ‘International Traffic in Arms 
Regulations’), as such regulations were in effect on 
January 1, 2003, and includes such additional arti-
cles as may be designated by the President under 
section 38(a)(1); and 
‘‘(B) ‘defense services’, with respect to exports 
subject to sections 38, 39, and 40 of this Act, has
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the meaning given such term in sections 120–130 of 
title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly 
known as the ‘International Traffic in Arms Regula-
tions’), as such regulations were in effect on Janu-
ary 1, 2003, and includes—
‘‘(i) the provision of assistance (including 
aiding, abetting, or training) to foreign persons; 
and 
‘‘(ii) such other activities as may be des-
ignated by the President pursuant to section 
38(a)(1).’’. 
SEC. 
1108. 
HIGH 
RISK 
EXPORTS 
AND 
END 
USE 
VERIFICATION. 
Section 38(g)(7) (22 U.S.C. 2778) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Such 
standards shall be coordinated biennially with the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Di-
rector of Central Intelligence, and the heads of other Fed-
eral departments or agencies, as appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 1109. CONCURRENT JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL 
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that, in view of the responsibilities of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation for protecting the United States
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against terrorist attack, foreign intelligence operations, 
high technology crimes, and transnational criminal organi-
zations and enterprises, the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion should be provided authority to investigate and en-
force violations of the Arms Export Control Act without 
adversely affecting the existing authority of the Bureau 
of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
(b) COPY OF REGISTRATION.—Section 38(b)(1) (22 
U.S.C. 2778(b)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating the second subparagraph 
(B) as subparagraph (C); and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘and 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Treasury’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by inserting 
‘‘and the Director’’ after ‘‘The Secretary’’. 
(c) JURISDICTION OF FBI AND BUREAU OF CUS-
TOMS.—Section 38(e) (22 U.S.C. 2778(e)) is amended in 
the first sentence by adding at the end before the period 
the following: ‘‘, and except further, that the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation and the Bureau of Customs and Bor-
der Protection of the Department of Homeland Security
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shall have concurrent jurisdiction for criminal violations 
and enforcement of this Act’’. 
(d) MECHANISMS TO IDENTIFY PERSONS IN VIOLA-
TION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW.—Section 38(g) 
(22 U.S.C. 2778(g)) is amended in the second sentence 
of paragraph (3), in paragraph (4), and in paragraph (8) 
by inserting ‘‘and the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Treasury’’. 
SEC. 1110. REPORT ON FOREIGN-SUPPLIED DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES, DEFENSE SERVICES, AND DUAL USE 
GOODS AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERED IN 
IRAQ. 
(a) REPORT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on 
annual basis thereafter as appropriate, the President 
shall prepare and transmit to the congressional com-
mittees specified in paragraph (2) a written report 
on foreign-supplied defense articles, defense services, 
and dual use goods and technology supplied to Iraq 
since the adoption of United Nations Security Coun-
cil Resolution 687 (April 3, 1991) and discovered in 
Iraq since the inception of Operation Iraqi Freedom 
or identified as having been in Iraq at any time 
since April 3, 1991, and not destroyed or otherwise