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planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions.
None of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the
performance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family plan-
ning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive to any person
to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds made available to
carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended,
may be used to pay for any biomedical research which relates
in whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions
or involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. None
of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended
for any country or organization if the President certifies that the
use of these funds by any such country or organization would
violate any of the above provisions related to abortions and involun-
tary sterilizations: Provided, That none of the funds made available
under this Act may be used to lobby for or against abortion.
EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES
SEC. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation other
than for administrative expenses made available for fiscal year
2000, for programs under title I of this Act may be transferred
between such appropriations for use for any of the purposes, pro-
grams, and activities for which the funds in such receiving account
may be used, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifi-
cally provided, shall be increased by more than 25 percent by
any such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such authority
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall
be obligated or expended for Colombia, Haiti, Liberia, Pakistan,
Panama, Serbia, Sudan, or the Democratic Republic of Congo except
as provided through the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY
SEC. 521. For the purpose of this Act, ‘‘program, project, and
activity’’ shall be defined at the appropriations Act account level
and shall include all appropriations and authorizations Acts ear-
marks, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that for the
following accounts: Economic Support Fund and Foreign Military
Financing Program, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be
considered to include country, regional, and central program level
funding within each such account; for the development assistance
accounts of the Agency for International Development ‘‘program,
project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to include central
program level funding, either as: (1) justified to the Congress;
or (2) allocated by the executive branch in accordance with a report,
to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations within 30
days of the enactment of this Act, as required by section 653(a)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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CHILD SURVIVAL AND DISEASE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES
SEC. 522. Up to $10,000,000 of the funds made available by
this Act for assistance under the heading ‘‘Child Survival and
Disease Programs Fund’’, may be used to reimburse United States
Government agencies, agencies of State governments, institutions
of higher learning, and private and voluntary organizations for
the full cost of individuals (including for the personal services
of such individuals) detailed or assigned to, or contracted by, as
the case may be, the Agency for International Development for
the purpose of carrying out child survival, basic education, and
infectious disease activities: Provided, That up to $1,500,000 of
the funds made available by this Act for assistance under the
heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ may be used to reimburse such
agencies, institutions, and organizations for such costs of such
individuals carrying out other development assistance activities:
Provided further, That funds appropriated by this Act that are
made available for child survival activities or disease programs
including activities relating to research on, and the prevention,
treatment and control of, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
may be made available notwithstanding any provision of law that
restricts assistance to foreign countries: Provided further, That
funds appropriated under title II of this Act may be made available
pursuant to section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
if a primary purpose of the assistance is for child survival and
related programs: Provided further, That funds appropriated by
this Act that are made available for family planning activities
may be made available notwithstanding section 512 of this Act
and section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
PROHIBITION AGAINST INDIRECT FUNDING TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES
SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated to finance indirectly
any assistance or reparations to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, Iran, Syria,
North Korea, or the People’s Republic of China, unless the President
of the United States certifies that the withholding of these funds
is contrary to the national interest of the United States.
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT
SEC. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of Defense
articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees
on Appropriations to the same extent and under the same conditions
as are other committees pursuant to subsection (f ) of that section:
Provided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense
articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of
Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in accord-
ance with the regular notification procedures of such committees:
Provided further, That such committees shall also be informed
of the original acquisition cost of such defense articles.
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT
SEC. 525. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated
and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672
and section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956.
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DEMOCRACY IN CHINA
SEC. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of law that
restricts assistance to foreign countries, funds appropriated by this
Act for ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available to provide
general support and grants for nongovernmental organizations
located outside the People’s Republic of China that have as their
primary purpose fostering democracy in that country, and for activi-
ties of nongovernmental organizations located outside the People’s
Republic of China to foster democracy in that country: Provided,
That none of the funds made available for activities to foster democ-
racy in the People’s Republic of China may be made available
for assistance to the government of that country: Provided further,
That funds made available pursuant to the authority of this section
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law that restricts assistance to
foreign countries, of the funds appropriated by this Act under
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, $1,000,000 shall be made
available to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human
Rights for a project to disseminate information and support research
about the People’s Republic of China, and related activities.
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST COUNTRIES
SEC. 527. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
appropriated for bilateral assistance under any heading of this
Act and funds appropriated under any such heading in a provision
of law enacted prior to the enactment of this Act, shall not be
made available to any country which the President determines—
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual
or group which has committed an act of international
terrorism; or
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism.
(b) The President may waive the application of subsection (a)
to a country if the President determines that national security
or humanitarian reasons justify such waiver. The President shall
publish each waiver in the Federal Register and, at least 15 days
before the waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the waiver (including the justification for the waiver)
in accordance with the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES
SEC. 528. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees
on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) of the Arms Export
Control Act may be used to provide financing to Israel, Egypt
and NATO and major non-NATO allies for the procurement by
leasing (including leasing with an option to purchase) of defense
articles from United States commercial suppliers, not including
Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and other types
of aircraft having possible civilian application), if the President
determines that there are compelling foreign policy or national
security reasons for those defense articles being provided by
commercial lease rather than by government-to-government sale
under such Act.
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COMPETITIVE INSURANCE
SEC. 529. All Agency for International Development contracts
and solicitations, and subcontracts entered into under such con-
tracts, shall include a clause requiring that United States insurance
companies have a fair opportunity to bid for insurance when such
insurance is necessary or appropriate.
STINGERS IN THE PERSIAN GULF REGION
SEC. 530. Except as provided in section 581 of the Foreign
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 1990, the United States may not sell or otherwise make
available any Stingers to any country bordering the Persian Gulf
under the Arms Export Control Act or chapter 2 of part II of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 531. In order to enhance the continued participation of
nongovernmental organizations in economic assistance activities
under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including endowments,
debt-for-development and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovern-
mental organization which is a grantee or contractor of the Agency
for International Development may place in interest bearing
accounts funds made available under this Act or prior Acts or
local currencies which accrue to that organization as a result of
economic assistance provided under title II of this Act and any
interest earned on such investment shall be used for the purpose
for which the assistance was provided to that organization.
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
SEC. 532. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CURRENCIES.—
(1) If assistance is furnished to the government of a foreign country
under chapters 1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements which result
in the generation of local currencies of that country, the Adminis-
trator of the Agency for International Development shall—
(A) require that local currencies be deposited in a separate
account established by that government;
(B) enter into an agreement with that government which
sets forth—
(i) the amount of the local currencies to be generated;
and
(ii) the terms and conditions under which the cur-
rencies so deposited may be utilized, consistent with this
section; and
(C) establish by agreement with that government the
responsibilities of the Agency for International Development
and that government to monitor and account for deposits into
and disbursements from the separate account.
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be agreed upon with
the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a separate
account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of
local currencies, shall be used only—
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter
4 of part II (as the case may be), for such purposes as—
(i) project and sector assistance activities; or