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Serbia or Montenegro unless the President determines and
so certifies to the Congress that—
(1) such assistance is in the national interest of
the United States;
(2) such assistance will directly benefit the
needy people in that country; or
(3) the assistance to be provided will be human-
itarian assistance for foreign nationals who have fled
Iraq and Kuwait.
(b) IMPORT SANCTIONS.—If the President considers
that the taking of such action would promote the effective-
ness of the economic sanctions of the United Nations and
the United States imposed with respect to Iraq, Serbia,
or Montenegro, as the case may be, and is consistent with
the national interest, the President may prohibit, for such
a period of time as he considers appropriate, the importa-
tion into the United States of any or all products of any
foreign country that has not prohibited—
(1) the importation of products of Iraq, Serbia,
or Montenegro into its customs territory, and
(2) the export of its products to Iraq, Serbia,
or Montenegro, as the case may be.
POW/MIA MILITARY DRAWDOWN
SEC. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the President may direct the drawdown, without
reimbursement by the recipient, of defense articles from
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the stocks of the Department of Defense, defense services
of the Department of Defense, and military education and
training, of an aggregate value not to exceed $15,000,000
in fiscal year 1997, as may be necessary to carry out sub-
section (b).
(b) Such defense articles, services and training may
be provided to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, under sub-
section (a) as the President determines are necessary to
support efforts to locate and repatriate members of the
United States Armed Forces and civilians employed di-
rectly or indirectly by the United States Government who
remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, and to
ensure the safety of United States Government personnel
engaged in such cooperative efforts and to support United
States Department of Defense-sponsored humanitarian
projects associated with the POW/MIA efforts. Any air-
craft shall be provided under this section only to Laos and
only on a lease or loan basis, but may be provided at no
cost notwithstanding section 61 of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act and may be maintained with defense articles, serv-
ices and training provided under this section.
(c) The President shall, within sixty days of the end
of any fiscal year in which the authority of subsection (a)
is exercised, submit a report to the Congress which identi-
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fies the articles, services, and training drawn down under
this section.
MEDITERRANEAN EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES
SEC. 535. For the four-year period beginning on Oc-
tober 1, 1996, the President shall ensure that excess de-
fense articles will be made available under section 516 and
519 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 consistent with
the manner in which the President made available excess
defense articles under those sections during the four-year
period that began on October 1, 1992, pursuant to section
573(e) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 1990.
CASH FLOW FINANCING
SEC. 536. For each country that has been approved
for cash flow financing (as defined in section 25(d) of the
Arms Export Control Act, as added by section 112(b) of
Public Law 99–83) under the Foreign Military Financing
Program, any Letter of Offer and Acceptance or other
purchase agreement, or any amendment thereto, for a pro-
curement in excess of $100,000,000 that is to be financed
in whole or in part with funds made available under this
Act shall be submitted through the regular notification
procedures to the Committees on Appropriations.
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AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, THE INTER-AMER-
ICAN
FOUNDATION
AND
THE
AFRICAN
DEVELOP-
MENT FOUNDATION
SEC. 537. Unless expressly provided to the contrary,
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for foreign operations, export financing, and related
programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities au-
thorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the
Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act. The appropriate agency shall
promptly report to the Committees on Appropriations
whenever it is conducting activities or is proposing to con-
duct activities in a country for which assistance is prohib-
ited.
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES
SEC. 538. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended to provide—
(a) any financial incentive to a business enter-
prise currently located in the United States for the
purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate
outside the United States if such incentive or in-
ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ-
ees of such business enterprise in the United States
because United States production is being replaced
by such enterprise outside the United States;
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(b) assistance for the purpose of establishing or
developing in a foreign country any export process-
ing zone or designated area in which the tax, tariff,
labor, environment, and safety laws of that country
do not apply, in part or in whole, to activities car-
ried out within that zone or area, unless the Presi-
dent determines and certifies that such assistance is
not likely to cause a loss of jobs within the United
States; or
(c) assistance for any project or activity that
contributes to the violation of internationally recog-
nized workers rights, as defined in section 502(a)(4)
of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the recipient
country, including any designated zone or area in
that country: Provided, That in recognition that the
application of this subsection should be commensu-
rate with the level of development of the recipient
country and sector, the provisions of this subsection
shall not preclude assistance for the informal sector
in such country, micro and small-scale enterprise,
and smallholder agriculture.
AUTHORITY TO ASSIST BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
SEC. 539. (a) The President is authorized to direct
the transfer, subject to notification of the Committees on
Appropriations,
to
the
government
of
Bosnia
and
Herzegovina, without reimbursement, of defense articles
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from the stocks of the Department of Defense and defense
services of the Department of Defense, of an aggregate
value that equals the difference between $100,000,000
and the aggregate value of any such articles and services
that were transferred under the authority of Section 540
of Public Law 104–107, the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
1996: Provided, That the President certifies in a timely
fashion to the Congress that the transfer of such defense
articles would assist that nation in self-defense and there-
by promote the security and stability of the region.
(b) Within 60 days of any transfer under the author-
ity provided in subsection (b), and every 60 days there-
after, the President shall report in writing to the Speaker
of the House of Representatives and the President pro
tempore of the Senate concerning the articles transferred
and the disposition thereof.
(c) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
President such sums as may be necessary to reimburse
the applicable appropriation, fund, or account for defense
articles provided under this section.
RESTRICTIONS ON THE TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS
AGAINST SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
SEC. 540. (a) RESTRICTIONS.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, no sanction, prohibition, or require-
ment described in section 1511 of the National Defense
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Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103–
160), with respect to Serbia or Montenegro, may cease
to be effective, unless—
(1) the President first submits to the Congress
a certification described in subsection (b); and
(2) the requirements of section 1511 of that
Act are met.
(b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this
subsection is a certification that—
(1) there is substantial progress toward—
(A) the realization of a separate identity
for Kosova and the right of the people of
Kosova to govern themselves; or
(B) the creation of an international protec-
torate for Kosova;
(2) there is substantial improvement in the
human rights situation in Kosova;
(3) international human rights observers are al-
lowed to return to Kosova; and
(4) the elected government of Kosova is per-
mitted to meet and carry out its legitimate mandate
as elected representatives of the people of Kosova.
(c) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The President may waive
the application in whole or in part, of subsection (a) if
the President certifies to the Congress that the President
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5226 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 3 of title 5, United States Code, to require 
the publication of information relating to pending agency 
regulatory actions, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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has determined that the waiver is necessary to meet emer-
gency humanitarian needs or to achieve a negotiated set-
tlement of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina that is
acceptable to the parties.
SPECIAL AUTHORITIES
SEC. 541. (a) Funds appropriated in title II of this
Act that are made available for Afghanistan, Lebanon,
and Cambodia, and for victims of war, displaced children,
displaced Burmese, humanitarian assistance for Romania,
and humanitarian assistance for the peoples of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia, and Kosova, may be made available
notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided,
That any such funds that are made available for Cam-
bodia shall be subject to the provisions of section 531(e)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 906
of the International Security and Development Coopera-
tion Act of 1985: Provided further, That the President
shall terminate assistance to any country or organization
that he determines is cooperating, tactically or strategi-
cally, with the Khmer Rouge in their military operations,
or to the military of any country which the President de-
termines is not taking steps to prevent a pattern or prac-
tice of commercial relations between its members and the
Khmer Rouge.
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the
provisions of sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign As-
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sistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, for the purpose of supporting tropi-
cal forestry and energy programs aimed at reducing emis-
sions of greenhouse gases, and for the purpose of support-
ing biodiversity conservation activities: Provided, That
such assistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and
620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(c) During fiscal year 1997, the President may use
up to $50,000,000 under the authority of section 451 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, notwithstanding the
funding ceiling contained in subsection (a) of that section.
(d) The Agency for International Development may
employ personal services contractors, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, for the purpose of administering
programs for the West Bank and Gaza.
POLICY ON TERMINATING THE ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT
OF ISRAEL
SEC. 542. It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the Arab League countries should imme-
diately and publicly renounce the primary boycott of
Israel and the secondary and tertiary boycott of
American firms that have commercial ties with Is-
rael; and
(2) the President should—
(A) take more concrete steps to encourage
vigorously Arab League countries to renounce
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publicly the primary boycotts of Israel and the
secondary and tertiary boycotts of American
firms that have commercial relations with Israel
as a confidence-building measure;
(B) take into consideration the participa-
tion of any recipient country in the primary
boycott of Israel and the secondary and tertiary
boycotts of American firms that have commer-
cial relations with Israel when determining
whether to sell weapons to said country;
(C) report to Congress on the specific
steps being taken by the President to bring
about a public renunciation of the Arab primary
boycott of Israel and the secondary and tertiary
boycotts of American firms that have commer-
cial relations with Israel; and
(D) encourage the allies and trading part-
ners of the United States to enact laws prohib-
iting businesses from complying with the boy-
cott and penalizing businesses that do comply.
ANTI-NARCOTICS ACTIVITIES
SEC. 543. (a) Of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act for ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’,
assistance may be provided to strengthen the administra-
tion of justice in countries in Latin America and the Car-
ibbean and in other regions consistent with the provisions
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of section 534(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
except that programs to enhance protection of participants
in judicial cases may be conducted notwithstanding section
660 of that Act.
(b) Funds made available pursuant to this section
may be made available notwithstanding section 534(c) and
the second and third sentences of section 534(e) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Funds made available
pursuant to subsection (a) for Bolivia, Colombia and Peru
may be made available notwithstanding section 534(c) and
the second sentence of section 534(e) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961.
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE
SEC. 544. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of
chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961: Provided, That the President shall take into con-
sideration, in any case in which a restriction on assistance
would be applicable but for this subsection, whether assist-
ance in support of programs of nongovernmental organiza-
tions is in the national interest of the United States: Pro-
vided further, That before using the authority of this sub-
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section to furnish assistance in support of programs of
nongovernmental organizations, the President shall notify
the Committees on Appropriations under the regular noti-
fication procedures of those committees, including a de-
scription of the program to be assisted, the assistance to
be provided, and the reasons for furnishing such assist-
ance: Provided further, That nothing in this subsection
shall be construed to alter any existing statutory prohibi-
tions against abortion or involuntary sterilizations con-
tained in this or any other Act.
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 1997, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re-
strict assistance under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act
and made available pursuant to this subsection may be
obligated or expended except as provided through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations.
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply—
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign
Assistance Act or any comparable provision of law
prohibiting
assistance
to
countries
that
support
international terrorism; or
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(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that violate
internationally recognized human rights.
EARMARKS
SEC. 544A. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which
are earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs
within the same account notwithstanding the earmark if
compliance with the earmark is made impossible by oper-
ation of any provision of this or any other Act or, with
respect to a country with which the United States has an
agreement providing the United States with base rights
or base access in that country, if the President determines
that the recipient for which funds are earmarked has sig-
nificantly reduced its military or economic cooperation
with the United States since enactment of the Foreign Op-
erations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1991; however, before exercising the author-
ity of this subsection with regard to a base rights or base
access country which has significantly reduced its military
or economic cooperation with the United States, the Presi-
dent shall consult with, and shall provide a written policy
justification to the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That any such reprogramming shall be subject to
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance that is
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reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made
available under the same terms and conditions as origi-
nally provided.
(b) In addition to the authority contained in sub-
section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap-
propriated by this Act and administered by the Agency
for International Development that are earmarked for par-
ticular programs or activities by this or any other Act shall
be extended for an additional fiscal year if the Adminis-
trator of such agency determines and reports promptly to
the Committees on Appropriations that the termination of
assistance to a country or a significant change in cir-
cumstances makes it unlikely that such earmarked funds
can be obligated during the original period of availability:
Provided, That such earmarked funds that are continued
available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated
only for the purpose of such earmark.
CEILINGS AND EARMARKS
SEC. 545. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this
Act shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appro-
priated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act
unless such Act specifically so directs.
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA
SEC. 546. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
within the United States not authorized before the date
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of enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided, That
not to exceed $750,000 may be made available to carry
out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96–533.
USE OF AMERICAN RESOURCES
SEC. 547. To the maximum extent possible, assist-
ance provided under this Act should make full use of
American resources, including commodities, products, and
services.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS
MEMBERS
SEC. 548. None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or
in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any mem-
ber of the United Nations.
CONSULTING SERVICES
SEC. 549. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such
expenditures are a matter of public record and available
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided
under existing law, or under existing Executive order pur-
suant to existing law.
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PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION
SEC. 550. None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a pri-
vate voluntary organization which fails to provide upon
timely request any document, file, or record necessary to
the auditing requirements of the Agency for International
Development.
PROHIBITION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
FOREIGN
GOVERN-
MENTS
THAT
EXPORT
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIP-
MENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM
SEC. 551. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be available to any
foreign government which provides lethal military equip-
ment to a country the government of which the Secretary
of State has determined is a terrorist government for pur-
poses of section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act.
The prohibition under this section with respect to a for-
eign government shall terminate 12 months after that gov-
ernment ceases to provide such military equipment. This
section applies with respect to lethal military equipment
provided under a contract entered into after the date of
enactment of this Act.
(b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any
other similar provision of law, may be furnished if the
Calendar No. 341
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2676
[Report No. 105–174]
AN ACT
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
restructure and reform the Internal Revenue
Service, and for other purposes.
APRIL 22, 1998
Reported with an amendment
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-
tablish a team of technical, policy, and financial experts— 
(1) to develop an energy action plan addressing 
the energy needs of each of the insular areas and 
Freely Associated States; and 
(2) to assist each of the insular areas and Free-
ly Associated States in implementing such plan. 
(c) PARTICIPATION OF REGIONAL UTILITY ORGANI-
ZATIONS.—In establishing the team, the Secretary shall 
consider including regional utility organizations. 
(d) ENERGY ACTION PLAN.—In accordance with sub-
section (b), the energy action plan shall include— 
(1) recommendations, based on the comprehen-
sive energy plan where applicable, to— 
(A) reduce reliance and expenditures on 
imported fossil fuels; 
(B) develop indigenous, nonfossil fuel en-
ergy sources; and 
(C) improve performance of energy infra-
structure and overall energy efficiency; 
(2) a schedule for implementation of such rec-
ommendations and identification and prioritization 
of specific projects; 
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(3) a financial and engineering plan for imple-
menting and sustaining projects; and 
(4) benchmarks for measuring progress toward 
implementation. 
(e) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date on which the Secretary establishes the team 
and annually thereafter, the team shall submit to the Sec-
retary a report detailing progress made in fulfilling its 
charge and in implementing the energy action plan. 
(f) ANNUAL REPORTS
TO CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary re-
ceives a report submitted by the team under subsection 
(e), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress a summary of the report of the team. 
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A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team 
of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the 
energy needs of the insular areas of the United States 
and the Freely Associated States through the develop-
ment of action plans aimed at reducing reliance on im-
ported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean- 
energy resources, and for other purposes. 
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