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found to have committed such violations of human
rights or to have aided or abetted militia groups;
(4) the Indonesian Armed Forces are cooperating
with civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities in
Indonesia and with the joint United Nations-East
Timor Serious Crimes Unit (SCU) in such cases (in-
cluding extraditing those indicted by the SCU to East
Timor and providing access to witnesses, relevant
documents, and other requested information); and
(5) the Minister of Defense is making publicly
available audits of receipts and expenditures of the
Indonesian Armed Forces.
(b) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’ may be made
available for assistance for Indonesia if the Secretary of
State determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that the Indonesian Government and Armed
Forces are cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation’s investigation into the August 31, 2002 murders
of two American citizens and one Indonesian citizen in
Timika, Indonesia.
UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS
SEC. 5076. Of the funds appropriated by this Act
under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs
Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic
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States’’, and ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the
Former Soviet Union’’, $40,000,000 shall be made available
to the Office of the Higher Education Community Liaison
in the Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade
of the United States Agency for International Development
and used for projects and activities of United States-based
colleges and universities: Provided, That these funds shall
be in addition to funds otherwise available under this Act
for such programs.
NIGERIA
SEC. 5077. The President shall submit a report to the
Committees on Appropriations describing the involvement
of the Nigerian Armed Forces in the incident in Benue
State, the measures that are being taken to bring such indi-
viduals to justice, and whether any Nigerian Armed Forces
units involved with the incident in Benue State are receiv-
ing United States assistance.
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MINORITY RELIGIOUS FAITHS IN
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
SEC. 5078. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act may be made available for the Government of the Rus-
sian Federation, after 180 days from the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, unless the President determines and cer-
tifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that
the Government of the Russian Federation has implemented
no statute, executive order, regulation or similar govern-
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ment action that would discriminate, or which has as its
principal effect discrimination, against religious groups or
religious communities in the Russian Federation in viola-
tion of accepted international agreements on human rights
and religious freedoms to which the Russian Federation is
a party.
NICARAGUA AND GUATEMALA
SEC. 5079. (a) Of the funds appropriated under the
headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Child Survival
and Health Programs Fund’’, not less than $36,000,000
shall be made available for assistance for Nicaragua and
not less than $23,000,000 shall be made available for assist-
ance for Guatemala.
(b) Not to exceed $2,000,000 in prior year ‘‘Military
Assistance Program’’ funds that are available for Guate-
mala may be made available for non-lethal defense items
for Guatemala if the Secretary of State certifies to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International
Relations of the House that—
(1) the role of the Guatemalan military has been
limited, both in doctrine and in practice, to only
those activities in defense of Guatemala’s sovereignty
and territorial integrity that are permitted by the
1996 Peace Accords, and the Government of Guate-
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mala is taking steps to amend Article 244 of the Con-
stitution to reflect such changes;
(2) the Guatemalan military is cooperating with
civilian judicial authorities, including providing
unimpeded access to witnesses, documents and classi-
fied intelligence files, in investigations and prosecu-
tions of military personnel who have been implicated
in human rights violations and other criminal activ-
ity;
(3) the Government of Guatemala is actively
working with the United Nations to resolve legal im-
pediments to the establishment of the Commission for
the Investigation of Illegal Groups and Clandestine
Security Organizations (CICIACS), so that CICIACS
can effectively accomplish its mission of investigating
and bringing to justice illegal groups and members of
clandestine security organizations;
(4) the Government of Guatemala is continuing
its efforts to make its military budget process trans-
parent and accessible to civilian authorities and to
the public of present and past expenditures;
(5) the Government of Guatemala has committed
to facilitate the prompt establishment of an office in
Guatemala of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights; and