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(2) DESIGNATION OF SUBREGION.—The Director of the Trade
and Development Agency shall designate in advance a single
subregion or a single country for purposes of paragraph (1).
(b) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Director of the Trade and
Development Agency may not make any grant under this section
unless there are made available non-Federal contributions in an
amount equal to not less than 25 percent of the amount of Federal
funds provided under the grant.
(c) LIMITATION PER SINGLE PROJECT.—With respect to any
single project, grant funds under this section shall be available
only for the prefeasibility portion of that project.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) PREFEASIBILITY.—The term ‘‘prefeasibility’’ means, with
respect to a project, not more than 25 percent of the design
phase of the project.
(2) SUBREGION.—The term ‘‘subregion’’ means an area
within the region and includes areas such as Central America,
the Andean region, and the Southern cone.
SEC. 648. CLEAN WATER TECHNICAL SUPPORT COMMITTEE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to establish a
Clean Water Technical Support Committee (in this section referred
to as the ‘‘Committee’’) to provide technical support and training
services for individual water projects.
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Committee shall consist of international
investors, lenders, water service providers, suppliers, advisers, and
others with a direct interest in accelerating development of water
projects in the region.
(c) FUNCTIONS.—Members of the Committee shall act as field
advisers and may form specialized working groups to provide in-
country training and technical assistance, and shall serve as a
source of technical support to resolve barriers to project develop-
ment.
SEC. 649. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to
the President $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2003, 2004,
and 2005 to carry out this subtitle.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated pursuant to
subsection (a) are authorized to remain available until expended.
SEC. 650. REPORT.
Eighteen months after the establishment of the program pursu-
ant to section 643, the President shall submit a report to the
appropriate congressional committees containing—
(1) an assessment of the progress made in carrying out
the program established under this subtitle; and
(2) any recommendations for the enactment of legislation
to make changes in the program established under this subtitle.
SEC. 651. TERMINATION DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the
authorities of this subtitle shall terminate 3 years after the date
of establishment of the program described in section 643.
(b) EXCEPTION.—In lieu of the termination date specified in
subsection (a), the termination required by that subsection shall
take effect five years after the date of establishment of the program
described in section 643 if, prior to the termination date specified
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in subsection (a), the President determines and certifies to the
appropriate congressional committees that it would be in the
national interest of the United States to continue the program
described in such section 643 for an additional 2-year period.
SEC. 652. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This subtitle shall take effect 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
Subtitle E—Freedom Investment Act of
2002
SEC. 661. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Freedom Investment Act
of 2002’’.
SEC. 662. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this subtitle are the following:
(1) To underscore that promoting and protecting human
rights is in the national interests of the United States and
is consistent with American values and beliefs.
(2) To establish a goal of devoting one percent of the
funds available to the Department under ‘‘Diplomatic and Con-
sular Programs’’, other than such funds that will be made
available for worldwide security upgrades and information
resource management, to enhance the ability of the United
States to promote respect for human rights and the protection
of human rights defenders.
SEC. 663. HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVITIES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
(a) INCREASING
RESOURCES
AND
IMPORTANCE
OF
HUMAN
RIGHTS.—It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the budget for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights,
and Labor for fiscal years 2003 and 2004 should be substantially
increased so that beginning in fiscal year 2005, and each fiscal
year thereafter, not less than 1 percent of the amounts made
available to the Department under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic
and Consular Programs’’, other than amounts made available
for worldwide security upgrades and information resource
management, should be made available for salaries and
expenses of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor; and
(2) any assignment of an individual to a political officer
position at a United States mission abroad that has the primary
responsibility for monitoring human rights developments in
a foreign country should be made upon the recommendation
of the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human
Rights, and Labor in conjunction with the head of the Depart-
ment’s regional bureau having primary responsibility for that
country.
(b) PLAN RELATED TO HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVITIES.—Not later
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
containing a plan for the Department designed to achieve the fol-
lowing objectives:
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(1) Improving the integration of human rights policy into
the Department’s overall policy formulation and implementa-
tion.
(2) Achieving closer communication and policy coordination
between the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
and the regional bureaus of the Department, both within the
United States and at overseas posts.
(3) Assigning individuals recommended by the Bureau of
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, in conjunction with
the relevant Department regional bureau, to political officer
positions at United States missions abroad that have the pri-
mary responsibility for monitoring human rights developments
in foreign countries.
SEC. 664. HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FUND.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is established a Human
Rights and Democracy Fund (in this section referred to as the
‘‘Fund’’) to be administered by the Assistant Secretary of State
for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
(b) PURPOSES OF FUND.—The purposes of the Fund shall be—
(1) to support defenders of human rights;
(2) to assist the victims of human rights violations;
(3) to respond to human rights emergencies;
(4) to promote and encourage the growth of democracy,
including the support for nongovernmental organizations in
foreign countries; and
(5) to carry out such other related activities as are con-
sistent with paragraphs (1) through (4).
(c) FUNDING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available to carry
out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
for fiscal year 2003, $21,500,000 is authorized to be available
to the Fund for carrying out the purposes described in sub-
section (b). Amounts made available to the Fund under this
paragraph shall also be deemed to have been made available
under section 116(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2151n(e)).
(2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THE DOCUMENTATION CENTER
OF CAMBODIA.—Of the amount authorized to be available to
the Fund under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2003, $1,000,000
is authorized to be available for the Documentation Center
of Cambodia for the purpose of collecting, cataloguing, and
disseminating information about the atrocities committed by
the Khmer Rouge against the Cambodian people.
(3) FATHER JOHN KAISER MEMORIAL FUND.—Of the amount
authorized to be available to the Fund under paragraph (1)
for fiscal year 2003, $500,000 is authorized to be available
to advance the extraordinary work and values of Father John
Kaiser with respect to solving ethnic conflict and promoting
government accountability and respect for human rights. The
amount made available under this paragraph may be referred
to as the ‘‘Father John Kaiser Memorial Fund’’.
SEC. 665. REPORTS ON ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE UNITED STATES TO
ENCOURAGE RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
(a) SECTION 116 REPORT.—Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end and
inserting a semicolon;
(2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(9) for each country with respect to which the report
indicates that extrajudicial killings, torture, or other serious
violations of human rights have occurred in the country, the
extent to which the United States has taken or will take action
to encourage an end to such practices in the country.’’.
(b) SECTION 502B REPORT.—Section 502B(b) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)) is amended by inserting
after the fourth sentence the following: ‘‘Such report shall also
include, for each country with respect to which the report indicates
that extrajudicial killings, torture, or other serious violations of
human rights have occurred in the country, the extent to which
the United States has taken or will take action to encourage an
end to such practices in the country.’’.
(c) SEPARATE REPORT.—The information to be included in the
report required by sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 pursuant to the amendments made by subsections
(a) and (b) may be submitted by the Secretary as a separate report.
If the Secretary elects to submit such information as a separate
report, such report shall be submitted not later than 30 days
after the date of submission of the report required by section 116(d)
and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Subtitle F—Elimination and Streamlining
of Reporting Requirements
SEC. 671. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
The following provisions of law are hereby repealed:
(1) ECONOMIC POLICY AND TRADE PRACTICES.—Section 2202
of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15
U.S.C. 4711).
(2) ANNUAL REPORTS ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL GROWTH.—
Section 574 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 (22 U.S.C. 2394
note).
(3) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS REGARDING CERTAIN LEASES
OF REAL PROPERTY.—Section 488(a)(3) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291g(3); relating to reporting require-
ments regarding certain leases of real property).
(4) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS REGARDING PLACEMENT OF
SENIOR
FOREIGN
SERVICE
PERSONNEL.—Section 324 of the
Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (section 324
of division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section
1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113; appendix G; 113 Stat. 1501A–
437).
SEC. 672. BIENNIAL REPORTS ON PROGRAMS TO ENCOURAGE GOOD
GOVERNANCE.
(a) CONVERSION OF ANNUAL REPORTS TO BIENNIAL REPORTS.—
Section 133(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2152c(d)) is amended—