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able for environment programs: Provided, That of the funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 
not less than $165,000,000 shall be made available for pro-
grams and activities which directly protect biodiversity, in-
cluding forests, in developing countries: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under the previous pro-
viso, $1,500,000 shall be made available to improve the ca-
pacity of indigenous groups and local environmental orga-
nizations and law enforcement agencies to protect the bio-
diversity of indigenous reserves in the Amazon Basin region 
of Brazil, which amount shall be in addition to the amount 
requested in this Act for assistance for Brazil for fiscal year 
2004: Provided further, That not later than one year after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordina-
tion with the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development and other appropriate de-
partments and agencies, and after consultation with appro-
priate governments and nongovernmental organizations, 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a strat-
egy for biodiversity conservation in the Amazon Basin re-
gion of South America: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 
and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Initiative’’, not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be made available in fiscal year 2004 to 
develop the strategy described in the previous proviso: Pro-
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vided further, That funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’ 
should be used to fund child survival, health, and family 
planning activities of integrated population-health-environ-
ment programs, including in areas where biodiversity and 
endangered species are threatened, and funds appropriated 
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 
should be used to fund environment, conservation, natural 
resource management, and sustainable agriculture activi-
ties of such integrated programs: Provided further, That of 
the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than 
$185,000,000 shall be made available to support policies 
and programs in developing countries and countries in 
transition that directly (1) promote a wide range of energy 
conservation, energy efficiency and clean energy programs 
and activities, including the transfer of clean and environ-
mentally sustainable energy technologies; (2) measure, mon-
itor, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions; (3) increase car-
bon sequestration activities; and (4) enhance climate change 
mitigation and adaptation programs. 
(b) CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT.—Not later than 45 
days after the date on which the President’s fiscal year 2005 
budget request is submitted to Congress, the President shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations de-
scribing in detail the following—
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(1) all Federal agency obligations and expendi-
tures, domestic and international, for climate change 
programs and activities in fiscal year 2004, including 
an accounting of expenditures by agency with each 
agency identifying climate change activities and asso-
ciated costs by line item as presented in the Presi-
dent’s Budget Appendix; and 
(2) all fiscal year 2003 obligations and estimated 
expenditures, fiscal year 2004 estimated expenditures 
and estimated obligations, and fiscal year 2005 re-
quested funds by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, by country and central pro-
gram, for each of the following: (i) to promote the 
transfer and deployment of a wide range of United 
States clean energy and energy efficiency technologies; 
(ii) to assist in the measurement, monitoring, report-
ing, verification, and reduction of greenhouse gas 
emissions; (iii) to promote carbon capture and seques-
tration measures; (iv) to help meet such countries’ re-
sponsibilities under the Framework Convention on 
Climate Change; and (v) to develop assessments of the 
vulnerability to impacts of climate change and miti-
gation and adaptation response strategies. 
REGIONAL PROGRAMS FOR EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 
SEC. 655. Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are allocated for
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‘‘Regional Democracy’’ and ‘‘ASEAN Regional’’ assistance 
for East Asia and the Pacific shall be made available for 
the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau for 
Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of 
State to support democracy programs in Iraq. 
ZIMBABWE 
SEC. 656. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States executive director to each international 
financial institution to vote against any extension by the 
respective institution of any loans, to the Government of 
Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to promote 
democracy, unless the Secretary of State determines and 
certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule 
of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, including respect 
for ownership and title to property, freedom of speech and 
association. 
NIGERIA 
SEC. 657. None of the funds appropriated under the 
headings ‘‘International Military Education and Train-
ing’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may be 
made available for assistance for Nigeria until the Presi-
dent certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Nigerian Minister of Defense, the Chief of the Army Staff, 
and the Minister of State for Defense/Army are suspending 
from the Armed Forces those members, of whatever rank, 
against whom there is credible evidence of gross violations
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of human rights in Benue State in October 2001, and the 
Government of Nigeria and the Nigerian Armed Forces are 
taking effective measures to bring such individuals to jus-
tice: Provided, That the President may waive such prohibi-
tion if he determines that doing so is in the national secu-
rity interest of the United States: Provided further, That 
prior to exercising such waiver authority, 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 individuals to justice, and whether any 
Nigerian Armed Forces units involved with the incident in 
Benue State are receiving United States assistance. 
BURMA 
SEC. 658. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States executive director to each appro-
priate international financial institution in which the 
United States participates, to oppose and vote against the 
extension by such institution of any loan or financial or 
technical assistance or any other utilization of funds of the 
respective bank to and for Burma. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000 shall be 
made available to support democracy activities in Burma, 
along the Burma-Thailand border, for activities of Burmese 
student groups and other organizations located outside
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Burma, and for the purpose of supporting the provision of 
humanitarian assistance to displaced Burmese along Bur-
ma’s borders: Provided, That funds made available under 
this heading may be made available notwithstanding any 
other provision of law: Provided further, That not more 
than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, shall submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 
amount and rate of disbursement of fiscal years 2002 and 
2003 funding for HIV/AIDS programs and activities in 
Burma, the amount of funds expended by the State Peace 
and Development Council (SPDC) on HIV/AIDS programs 
and activities in calendar years 2001, 2002, and 2003, and 
the extent to which international nongovernmental organi-
zations are able to conduct HIV/AIDS programs throughout 
Burma, including the ability of expatriate staff to freely 
travel through the country and to conduct programmatic 
oversight independent of SPDC handling and monitoring: 
Provided further, That funds made available by this section 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) It is the sense of the Senate that the United Nations 
Security Council should debate and consider sanctions 
against Burma as a result of the threat to regional stability
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and peace posed by the repressive and illegitimate rule of 
the State Peace and Development Council. 
ENTERPRISE FUND RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 659. Prior to the distribution of any assets result-
ing from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of an 
Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in accordance 
with the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution of the assets 
of the Enterprise Fund. 
CAMBODIA 
SEC. 660. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States executive directors of the inter-
national financial institutions to use the voice and vote of 
the United States to oppose loans to the Central Govern-
ment of Cambodia, except loans to meet basic human needs. 
(b)(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for assistance for the Central Government 
of Cambodia. 
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to assistance for 
basic education, reproductive and maternal and child 
health, cultural and historic preservation, programs for the 
prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, 
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, polio and other infectious 
diseases, programs to combat human trafficking that are 
provided through nongovernmental organizations, and for
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the Ministry of Women and Veterans Affairs to combat 
human trafficking. 
(c) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, $7,000,000 shall be 
made available, notwithstanding subsection (b), for assist-
ance for democratic opposition political parties in Cam-
bodia. 
(d) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out provi-
sions of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
may be made available notwithstanding subsection (b) only 
if at least 15 days prior to the obligation of such funds, 
the Secretary of State provides to the Committees on Appro-
priations a list of those individuals who have been credibly 
alleged to have ordered or carried out extrajudicial and po-
litical killings that occurred during the March 1997 grenade 
attack against the Khmer Nation Party, the July 1997 coup 
d’etat, and election related violence that occurred during the 
1998, 2002, and 2003 elections in Cambodia. 
(e) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to provide assistance to 
any tribunal established by the Government of Cambodia 
unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on 
Appropriations that the perpetrators of the March 1997 gre-
nade attack and election-related killings, including former
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parliamentarian Om Radsady, have been arrested and 
prosecuted. 
FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT 
SEC. 661. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State 
shall jointly provide to the Congress by May 1, 2004, a re-
port on all military training provided to foreign military 
personnel (excluding sales and training provided to the 
military personnel of countries belonging to the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or of a country that 
has concluded a protocol with NATO for accession to 
NATO) under programs administered by the Department 
of Defense and the Department of State during fiscal year 
2003 and those proposed for fiscal year 2004. This report 
shall include, for each such military training activity, the 
foreign policy justification and purpose for the training ac-
tivity, the cost of the training activity, the number of for-
eign students trained and their units of operation, and the 
location of the training. In addition, this report shall also 
include, with respect to United States personnel, the oper-
ational benefits to United States forces derived from each 
such training activity and the United States military units 
involved in each such training activity. This report may 
include a classified annex if deemed necessary and appro-
priate.
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(b) For purposes of this section a report to Congress 
shall be deemed to mean a report to the Appropriations and 
Foreign Relations Committees of the Senate and the Appro-
priations and International Relations Committees of the 
House of Representatives. 
ENTERPRISE FUNDS IN THE MIDDLE EAST REGION 
SEC. 662. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made avail-
able, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to estab-
lish and operate one or more enterprise funds in the Middle 
East region for the purpose of supporting the private sectors 
in that region: Provided, That provisions contained in sec-
tion 201 of the Support for East European Democracy 
(SEED) Act of 1989 (excluding the authorizations of appro-
priations provided in subsection (b) of that section) shall 
apply with respect to such enterprise funds: Provided fur-
ther, That prior to obligating any funds for purposes other 
than the administrative support of any such enterprise 
fund, and every six months after the establishment of such 
fund, the President shall certify and report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that—
(1) the enterprise fund has taken all appropriate 
steps to ensure that amounts appropriated by this Act 
that are provided to the fund for the purpose of assist-
ing the development of the private sector are not pro-
vided to or through any individual or entity that the
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management of the fund knows or has reason to be-
lieve advocates, plans, sponsors, or engages in, or has 
engaged in, terrorist activity; 
(2) the enterprise fund furthers United States 
commercial interests in the region; and 
(3) the enterprise fund is managed in a fiscally 
responsible manner. 
PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 
SEC. 663. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None of 
the funds appropriated by this Act may be provided to sup-
port a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of State deter-
mines and certifies to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that—
(1) a new leadership of a Palestinian governing 
entity, that has not supported acts of terrorism, has 
been democratically elected through credible and com-
petitive elections; 
(2) the elected governing entity of a new Pales-
tinian state—
(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to 
peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 
(B) has taken appropriate measures to 
counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 
West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 
of terrorist infrastructures;
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(C) has established a new Palestinian secu-
rity entity that is fully cooperative with appro-
priate Israeli and other appropriate security or-
ganizations; and 
(D) has taken appropriate measures to 
enact a constitution assuring the rule of law and 
other reforms assuring transparent and account-
able governance. 
(b) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection (a) 
if he determines that it is in the national security interests 
of the United States to do so. 
(c) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 
Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or a 
newly elected governing entity, in order to help meet the 
requirements of subsection (a), consistent with the provi-
sions of section 652 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance 
to the Palestinian Authority’’). 
COLOMBIA 
SEC. 664. (a) DETERMINATION AND CERTIFICATION 
REQUIRED.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated by this Act that are available for assist-
ance for the Colombian Armed Forces, may be made avail-
able as follows:
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(1) Up to 50 percent of such funds may be obli-
gated prior to a determination and certification by 
the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (2). 
(2) Up to 25 percent of such funds may be obli-
gated only after the Secretary of State certifies and 
reports to the appropriate congressional committees 
that: 
(A) The Commander General of the Colom-
bian Armed Forces is suspending from the 
Armed Forces those members, of whatever rank, 
who, according to the Minister of Defense or the 
Procuraduria General de la Nacion, have been 
credibly alleged to have committed gross viola-
tions of human rights, including extra-judicial 
killings, or to have aided or abetted paramilitary 
organizations. 
(B) The Colombian Government is vigor-
ously investigating and prosecuting those mem-
bers of the Colombian Armed Forces, of whatever 
rank, who have been credibly alleged to have 
committed gross violations of human rights, in-
cluding extra-judicial killings, or to have aided 
or abetted paramilitary organizations, and is 
promptly punishing those members of the Colom-
bian Armed Forces found to have committed such
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violations of human rights or to have aided or 
abetted paramilitary organizations. 
(C) The Colombian Armed Forces have 
made substantial progress in cooperating with 
civilian prosecutors and judicial authorities in 
such cases (including providing requested infor-
mation, such as the identity of persons sus-
pended from the Armed Forces and the nature 
and cause of the suspension, and access to wit-
nesses, relevant military documents, and other 
requested information). 
(D) The Colombian Armed Forces have 
made substantial progress in severing links (in-
cluding denying access to military intelligence, 
vehicles, and other equipment or supplies, and 
ceasing other forms of active or tacit coopera-
tion) at the command, battalion, and brigade 
levels, with paramilitary organizations, espe-
cially in regions where these organizations have 
a significant presence. 
(E) The Colombian Armed Forces are dis-
mantling paramilitary leadership and financial 
networks by arresting commanders and financial 
backers, especially in regions where these net-
works have a significant presence.
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(3) The balance of such funds may be obligated 
after July 31, 2004, if the Secretary of State certifies 
and reports to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, after such date, that the Colombian Armed 
Forces are continuing to meet the conditions con-
tained in paragraph (2) and are conducting vigorous 
operations to restore government authority and re-
spect for human rights in areas under the effective 
control of paramilitary and guerrilla organizations. 
(b) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—At least 10 days prior 
to making the certifications required by subsection (a), the 
Secretary of State shall consult with internationally recog-
nized human rights organizations regarding progress in 
meeting the conditions contained in that subsection. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AIDED OR ABETTED.—The term ‘‘aided or 
abetted’’ means to provide any support to para-
military groups, including taking actions which 
allow, facilitate, or otherwise foster the activities of 
such groups. 
(2) PARAMILITARY GROUPS.—The term ‘‘para-
military groups’’ means illegal self-defense groups 
and illegal security cooperatives. 
ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS 
SEC. 665. (a) DENIAL OF VISAS TO SUPPORTERS OF 
COLOMBIAN ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS.—Subject to sub-
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section (b), the Secretary of State shall not issue a visa to 
any alien who the Secretary determines, based on credible 
evidence—
(1) has willfully provided any support to the 
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the 
National Liberation Army (ELN), or the United Self-
Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), including taking 
actions or failing to take actions which allow, facili-
tate, or otherwise foster the activities of such groups; 
or 
(2) has committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or 
otherwise participated in the commission of gross vio-
lations of human rights, including extra-judicial 
killings, in Colombia. 
(b) WAIVER.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 
Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees, on a case-by-case basis, 
that the issuance of a visa to the alien is necessary to sup-
port the peace process in Colombia or for urgent humani-
tarian reasons. 
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
BROADCASTING CORPORATION 
SEC. 666. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to provide equip-
ment, technical support, consulting services, or any other
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form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corpora-
tion. 
IRAQ 
SEC. 667. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ may be made available for assistance for Iraq: Pro-
vided, That the provisions of section 620G of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, or any other provision of law that 
applies to countries that have supported terrorism, shall not 
apply with respect to countries that provide assistance to 
Iraq: Provided further, That funds appropriated by this Act 
or prior appropriations Acts for Iraq should be made avail-
able for the removal and safe disposal in Iraq of unexploded 
ordnance, low level radioactive waste, and other environ-
mental hazards: Provided further, That not less than 
$10,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act or prior 
appropriations Acts that are available for assistance for 
Iraq should be made available for investigations of human 
rights violations by the former Iraq regime including the 
excavation of mass graves: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this section are made available sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM 
SEC. 668. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2004, 30 
days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral
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West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall 
certify to the appropriate committees of Congress that pro-
cedures have been established to assure the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States will have access to appropriate 
United States financial information in order to review the 
uses of United States assistance for the Program funded 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the West 
Bank and Gaza. 
(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec-
retary of State shall take all appropriate steps to ensure 
that such assistance is not provided to or through any indi-
vidual or entity that the Secretary knows or has reason to 
believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has en-
gaged in, terrorist activity. The Secretary of State shall, 
as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the steps to 
be taken in carrying out this subsection. 
(c) AUDITS.—(1) The Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development shall ensure 
that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors and 
grantees, and significant subcontractors and subgrantees, 
under the West Bank and Gaza Program, are conducted at 
least on an annual basis to ensure, among other things, 
compliance with this section.
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(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made avail-
able for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, up to 
$1,000,000 may be used by the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment for audits, inspections, and other activities in further-
ance of the requirements of this subsection. Such funds are 
in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes. 
INDONESIA 
SEC. 669. Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may be 
made available for assistance for Indonesia, and licenses 
may be issued for the export of lethal defense articles for 
the Indonesian Armed Forces, only if the President certifies 
to the appropriate congressional committees that—
(1) the Indonesia Minister of Defense is sus-
pending from the Armed Forces those members, of 
whatever rank, who have been credibly alleged to have 
committed gross violations of human rights, or to 
have aided or abetted militia groups; 
(2) the Indonesian Government is prosecuting 
those members of the Indonesian Armed Forces, of 
whatever rank, who have been credibly alleged to have 
committed gross violations of human rights, or to 
have aided or abetted militia groups, and is pun-
ishing those members of the Indonesian Armed Forces
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found to have committed such violations of human 
rights or to have aided or abetted militia groups; 
(3) 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 
military documents, and other requested informa-
tion); 
(4) the Indonesian Government and Armed 
Forces are cooperating with the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation’s investigation of the killings and wound-
ing of American and Indonesian citizens in Papua on 
August 31, 2002; and 
(5) the Minister of Defense is making publicly 
available audits of receipts and expenditures of the 
Indonesian Armed Forces. 
RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS 
DESTABILIZING WEST AFRICA 
SEC. 670. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be made available for assistance for the govern-
ment of any country for which the Secretary of State deter-
mines there is credible evidence that such government has 
aided or abetted, within the previous 6 months, in the illicit
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distribution, transportation, or sale of diamonds mined in 
Sierra Leone or Liberia. 
(b) Whenever the prohibition on assistance required 
under subsection (a) is exercised, the Secretary of State 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in a timely 
manner. 
SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST 
SEC. 671. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The 
President may reduce amounts owed to the United States 
(or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country 
as a result of—
(1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 222 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 
(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under 
the Arms Export Control Act; or 
(3) any obligation or portion of such obligation, 
to pay for purchases of United States agricultural 
commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit 
Corporation under export credit guarantee programs 
authorized pursuant to section 5(f) of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 1948, as 
amended, section 4(b) of the Food for Peace Act of 
1966, as amended (Public Law 89–808), or section 
202 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, as amend-
ed (Public Law 95–501). 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—
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(1) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi-
cial debt relief and referendum agreements, commonly 
referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’. 
(2) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only in such amounts or to such ex-
tent as is provided in advance by appropriations 
Acts. 
(3) The authority provided by subsection (a) 
may be exercised only with respect to countries with 
heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from 
the International Development Association, but not 
from the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’ 
countries. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country 
whose government—
(1) does not have an excessive level of military 
expenditures; 
(2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts 
of international terrorism; 
(3) is not failing to cooperate on international 
narcotics control matters;
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(4) (including its military or other security 
forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of gross 
violations of internationally recognized human rights; 
and 
(5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the 
application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. 
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority provided 
by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to the funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt Restruc-
turing’’. 
(e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A reduc-
tion of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be consid-
ered assistance for the purposes of any provision of law lim-
iting assistance to a country. The authority provided by 
subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding section 
620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or section 321 
of the International Development and Food Assistance Act 
of 1975. 
AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES 
SEC. 672. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC-
TION, OR CANCELLATION.—
(1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL 
CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may, in accordance with 
this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any
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concessional loan or portion thereof made before Jan-
uary 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, to the government of any eligible country as 
defined in section 702(6) of that Act or on receipt of 
payment from an eligible purchaser, reduce or cancel 
such loan or portion thereof, only for the purpose of 
facilitating—
(A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop-
ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or 
(B) a debt buyback by an eligible country 
of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible 
country uses an additional amount of the local 
currency of the eligible country, equal to not less 
than 40 percent of the price paid for such debt 
by such eligible country, or the difference between 
the price paid for such debt and the face value 
of such debt, to support activities that link con-
servation and sustainable use of natural re-
sources with the local community development, 
and child survival and other child development, 
in a manner consistent with sections 707 
through 710 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, if the sale, reduction, or cancellation would 
not contravene any term or condition of any 
prior agreement relating to such loan.
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(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac-
cordance with this section, establish the terms and 
conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced, or 
canceled pursuant to this section. 
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined 
in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency 
primarily responsible for administering part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that the 
President has determined to be eligible, and shall di-
rect such agency to carry out the sale, reduction, or 
cancellation of a loan pursuant to this section. Such 
agency shall make adjustment in its accounts to re-
flect the sale, reduction, or cancellation. 
(4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub-
section shall be available only to the extent that ap-
propriations for the cost of the modification, as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, are made in advance. 
(b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the 
sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, 
or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in 
the United States Government account or accounts estab-
lished for the repayment of such loan.
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(c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold pur-
suant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who pre-
sents plans satisfactory to the President for using the loan 
for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, debt-
for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 
(d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to any 
eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation pursu-
ant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible country, 
the President should consult with the country concerning 
the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or canceled and 
their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development 
swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps. 
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority provided 
by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt Restruc-
turing’’. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND 
SEC. 673. Funds appropriated in Public Law 107–115 
and Public Law 108–7 that were available for the United 
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and $35,000,000 in 
this Act, shall be made available for the UNFPA unless the 
President determines that the UNFPA supports or partici-
pates in the management of a program of coercive abortion 
or involuntary sterilization: Provided, That none of the 
funds made available for the UNFPA may be used in the 
People’s Republic of China: Provided further, That the other
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conditions on availability of funds for abortion and abor-
tion-related activities contained in this Act shall apply to 
any assistance provided for the UNFPA in this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the conditions on availability of funds 
for the UNFPA as contained in section 576(c) of Public 
Law 107–115 shall apply to any assistance provided for 
the UNFPA in this Act. 
CENTRAL ASIA 
SEC. 674. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for assistance for the central Government 
of Uzbekistan only if the Secretary of State determines and 
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
ernment of Uzbekistan is making substantial and con-
tinuing progress in meeting its commitments under the 
‘‘Declaration on the Strategic Partnership and Cooperation 
Framework Between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the 
United States of America’’, including respect for human 
rights, establishing a genuine multi-party system, and en-
suring free and fair elections, freedom of expression, and 
the independence of the media. 
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
available for assistance for the Government of Kazakhstan 
only if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of 
Kazakhstan has made significant improvements in the pro-
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tection of human rights during the preceding 6 month pe-
riod. 
(c) The Secretary of State may waive the requirements 
under subsection (b) if he determines and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such a waiver is in the 
national security interests of the United States. 
(d) Not later than October 1, 2004, the Secretary of 
State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations describing the following: 
(1) The defense articles, defense services, and fi-
nancial assistance provided by the United States to 
the countries of Central Asia during the 6-month pe-
riod ending 30 days prior to submission of each such 
report. 
(2) The use during such period of defense arti-
cles, defense services, and financial assistance pro-
vided by the United States by units of the armed 
forces, border guards, or other security forces of such 
countries. 
(e) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘countries 
of Central Asia’’ means Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz 
Republic, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. 
COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES 
SEC. 675. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, the authority of section
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23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used to pro-
vide financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and major non-
NATO allies for the procurement by leasing (including leas-
ing 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 pol-
icy or national security reasons for those defense articles 
being provided by commercial lease rather than by govern-
ment-to-government sale under such Act. 
WAR CRIMINALS 
SEC. 676. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available pursuant to this Act may be made 
available for assistance, and the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States executive directors to the 
international financial institutions to vote against any new 
project involving the extension by such institutions of any 
financial or technical assistance, to any country, entity, or 
municipality whose competent authorities have failed, as 
determined by the Secretary of State, to take necessary and 
significant steps to implement its international legal obli-
gations to apprehend and transfer to the International 
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (the ‘‘Tri-
bunal’’) all persons in their territory who have been in-
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dicted by the Tribunal and to otherwise cooperate with the 
Tribunal. 
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply 
to humanitarian assistance or assistance for democratiza-
tion. 
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply unless 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appro-
priate congressional committees that the competent authori-
ties of such country, entity, or municipality are—
(1) cooperating with the Tribunal, including ac-
cess for investigators to archives and witnesses, the 
provision of documents, and the surrender and trans-
fer of indictees or assistance in their apprehension; 
and 
(2) are acting consistently with the Dayton Ac-
cords. 
(c) Not less than 10 days before any vote in an inter-
national financial institution regarding the extension of 
any new project involving financial or technical assistance 
or grants to any country or entity described in subsection 
(a), the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, shall provide to the Committees on Ap-
propriations a written justification for the proposed assist-
ance, including an explanation of the United States posi-
tion regarding any such vote, as well as a description of
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the location of the proposed assistance by municipality, its 
purpose, and its intended beneficiaries. 
(d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of State, 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, and the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall consult with representatives of human rights organiza-
tions and all government agencies with relevant informa-
tion to help prevent indicted war criminals from benefiting 
from any financial or technical assistance or grants pro-
vided to any country or entity described in subsection (a). 
(e) The Secretary of State may waive the application 
of subsection (a) with respect to projects within a country, 
entity, or municipality upon a written determination to 
the Committees on Appropriations that such assistance di-
rectly supports the implementation of the Dayton Accords. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
(1) COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘country’’ means Bos-
nia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. 
(2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ refers to the 
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Mon-
tenegro and the Republika Srpska. 
(3) MUNICIPALITY.—The term ‘‘municipality’’ 
means a city, town or other subdivision within a 
country or entity as defined herein.
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(4) DAYTON ACCORDS.—The term ‘‘Dayton Ac-
cords’’ means the General Framework Agreement for 
Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with an-
nexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, November 10 
through 16, 1995. 
USER FEES 
SEC. 677. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States Executive Director at each international 
financial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the 
International Financial Institutions Act) and the Inter-
national Monetary Fund to oppose any loan, grant, strat-
egy or policy of these institutions that would require user 
fees or service charges on poor people for primary education 
or primary healthcare, including prevention and treatment 
efforts for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and infant, 
child, and maternal well-being, in connection with the in-
stitutions’ financing programs. 
FUNDING FOR SERBIA 
SEC. 678. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for assistance for Serbia after March 31, 
2004, if the President has made the determination and cer-
tification contained in subsection (c). 
(b) After March 31, 2004, the Secretary of the Treasury 
should instruct the United States executive directors to the 
international financial institutions to support loans and 
assistance to the Government of the Federal Republic of
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Yugoslavia (or a government of a successor state) subject 
to the conditions in subsection (c): Provided, That section 
576 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, as amended, 
shall not apply to the provision of loans and assistance to 
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (or a successor state) 
through international financial institutions. 
(c) The determination and certification referred to in 
subsection (a) is a determination by the President and a 
certification to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (or a 
government of a successor state) is—
(1) cooperating with the International Criminal 
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia including access 
for investigators, the provision of documents, and the 
surrender and transfer of indictees, including Ratko 
Mladic, or assistance in their apprehension; 
(2) taking steps that are consistent with the 
Dayton Accords to end Serbian financial, political, 
security and other support which has served to main-
tain separate Republika Srpska institutions; and 
(3) taking steps to implement policies which re-
flect a respect for minority rights and the rule of law, 
including the release of political prisoners from Ser-
bian jails and prisons.
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(d) This section shall not apply to Montenegro, Kosovo, 
humanitarian assistance or assistance to promote democ-
racy in municipalities. 
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK ACCOUNTABILITY 
SEC. 679. Beginning not more than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall instruct the United States Executive Director of each 
multilateral development bank or subsidiary or window 
thereof (hereinafter ‘‘Bank’’), not to vote in favor of any 
action proposed to be taken by such Bank unless not less 
than 45 days before consideration by the board of directors 
of such Bank, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury, has determined that—
(1) such Bank is implementing regular, inde-
pendent external audits of internal management con-
trols and procedures for meeting operational objec-
tives, complying with Bank policies, and preventing 
fraud, and is making reports describing the scope and 
findings of such audits available to the public on at 
least an annual basis; 
(2) any proposed loan, credit, or grant agree-
ment has been published and includes the resources 
and conditionality necessary to ensure that the bor-
rower complies with applicable laws in carrying out 
such loan, credit, or grant agreement, including laws 
pertaining to the integrity and transparency of the
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process such as public consultation, and to public 
health and safety and environmental protection; and 
(3) such Bank is implementing effective proce-
dures for the receipt, retention, and treatment of (A) 
complaints received by the Bank regarding fraud, ac-
counting, mismanagement, internal accounting con-
trols, or auditing matters; and (B) the confidential, 
anonymous submission by employees of the Bank of 
concerns regarding fraud, accounting, mismanage-
ment, internal accounting controls, or auditing mat-
ters. 
COOPERATION WITH CUBA ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS 
MATTERS 
SEC. 680. (a) Subject to subsection (b), of the funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, $5,000,000 should be made 
available for the purposes of preliminary work by the De-
partment of State, or such other entity as the Secretary of 
State may designate, to establish cooperation with appro-
priate agencies of the Government of Cuba on counter-nar-
cotics matters, including matters relating to cooperation, 
coordination, and mutual assistance in the interdiction of 
illicit drugs being transported through Cuba airspace or 
over Cuba waters. 
(b) The amount in subsection (a) shall not be available 
if the President certifies that—
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(1) Cuba does not have in place appropriate pro-
cedures to protect against the loss of innocent life in 
the air and on the ground in connection with the 
interdiction of illegal drugs; and 
(2) there is evidence of involvement of the Gov-
ernment of Cuba in drug trafficking. 
COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 681. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available to 
carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may 
be used, notwithstanding section 660 of that Act, to enhance 
the effectiveness and accountability of civilian police au-
thority through training and technical assistance in inter-
nationally recognized human rights, the rule of law, stra-
tegic planning, and through assistance to foster civilian po-
lice roles that support democratic governance including as-
sistance for programs to prevent conflict and foster im-
proved police relations with the communities they serve. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) Report.—The requirement for an annual report, 
contained in section 582 (b)(1) of Division E of Public Law 
108–7, shall be applicable to all programs for which funds 
are provided under the authority of this subsection.
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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 682. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS BY 
OPIC.—None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to 
insure, reinsure, guarantee, or finance any investment in 
connection with a project involving the mining, polishing 
or other processing, or sale of diamonds in a country that 
fails to meet the requirements of subsection (c). 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS BY THE EXPORT-
IMPORT BANK.—None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Export-Import Bank of the United 
States to guarantee, insure, extend credit, or participate in 
an extension of credit in connection with the export of any 
goods to a country for use in an enterprise involving the 
mining, polishing or other processing, or sale of diamonds 
in a country that fails to meet the requirements of sub-
section (c). 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements referred to in 
subsections (a) and (b) are that the country concerned is 
implementing the recommendations, obligations and re-
quirements developed by the Kimberley Process on conflict 
diamonds.
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AMERICAN CHURCHWOMEN AND OTHER CITIZENS IN EL 
SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA 
SEC. 683. (a) Information relevant to the December 2, 
1980, murders of four American churchwomen in El Sal-
vador, and the May 5, 2001, murder of Sister Barbara Ann 
Ford and the murders of other American citizens in Guate-
mala since December 1999, should be declassified and made 
public as soon as possible. 
(b) In making determinations concerning declassifica-
tion and release of relevant information, all Federal agen-
cies and departments should use the discretion contained 
within such existing standards and procedures on classi-
fication in support of releasing, rather than withholding, 
such information. 
CONFLICT RESOLUTION 
SEC. 684. Of the funds appropriated under the head-
ings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance for East-
ern Europe and the Baltic States’’, $15,000,000 shall be 
made available to support conflict resolution programs and 
activities which bring together individuals of different eth-
nic, religious, and political backgrounds from areas of civil 
conflict and war. 
NICARAGUA 
SEC. 685. Of the funds appropriated under the head-
ings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, and ‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’,
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not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available for assist-
ance for Nicaragua, of which not less than $5,000,000 shall 
be made available from funds appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’: Provided, That with re-
spect to funds made available pursuant to this section, pri-
ority shall be given to programs to provide alternative 
means of income for subsistence farmers and to promote ju-
dicial reform. 
REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL COFFEE CRISIS 
SEC. 686. Not later than 120 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Secretary of the Treasury, 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
describing the progress the United States is making toward 
meeting the objectives set forth in paragraph (1) of S. Res. 
368 (107th Congress) and paragraph (1) of H. Res. 604 
(107th Congress), including adopting a global strategy to 
deal with the international coffee crisis and measures to 
support and complement multilateral efforts to respond to 
the international coffee crisis. 
VENEZUELA 
SEC. 687. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant by this Act may be made 
available for assistance for the central Government of Ven-
ezuela if the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees
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on Appropriations that the central Government of Ven-
ezuela is assisting, harboring, or providing sanctuary for 
Colombian terrorist organizations. 
(b) The provision of subsection (a) shall not apply to 
democracy and rule of law assistance for Venezuela. 
(c) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for democracy and rule 
of assistance for Venezuela. 
DISABILITY ACCESS 
SEC. 688. The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development (‘‘USAID’’) shall 
seek to ensure that programs, projects, and activities ad-
ministered by USAID in Iraq and Afghanistan comply 
fully with USAID’s ‘‘Policy Paper: Disability’’ issued on 
September 12, 1997: Provided, That the Administrator shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations not 
later than December 31, 2004, describing the manner in 
which the needs of people with disabilities were met in the 
development and implementation of USAID programs, 
projects, and activities in Iraq and Afghanistan in fiscal 
year 2004: Provided further, That the Administrator, not 
later than 180 days after enactment of this Act and in con-
sultation, as appropriate, with other appropriate depart-
ments and agencies, the Architectural and Transportation 
Barriers Compliance Board, and nongovernmental organi-
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zations with expertise in the needs of people with disabil-
ities, shall develop and implement appropriate standards 
for access for people with disabilities for construction 
projects funded by USAID. 
THAILAND 
SEC. 689. Funds appropriated by this Act that are 
available for the central Government of Thailand may be 
made available if the Secretary of State determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that the central 
Government of Thailand (1) supports the advancement of 
democracy in Burma and is taking action to sanction the 
military junta in Rangoon; (2) is not hampering the deliv-
ery of humanitarian assistance to people in Thailand who 
have fled Burma; and (3) is not forcibly repatriating Bur-
mese to Burma. 
MODIFICATION ON REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 690. Section 3204(f) of the Emergency Supple-
mental Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–246) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘BIMONTHLY’’ 
and inserting ‘‘QUARTERLY’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘60’’ and inserting ‘‘90’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
appropriate congressional committees’’.
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ASSISTANCE FOR FOREIGN NONGOVERNMENTAL 
ORGANIZATIONS 
SEC. 691. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
regulation, or policy, in determining eligibility for assist-
ance authorized under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), foreign nongovernmental 
organizations—
(1) shall not be ineligible for such assistance sole-
ly on the basis of health or medical services including 
counseling and referral services, provided by such or-
ganizations with non-United States Government 
funds if such services do not violate the laws of the 
country in which they are being provided and would 
not violate United States Federal law if provided in 
the United States; and 
(2) shall not be subject to requirements relating 
to the use of non-United States Government funds for 
advocacy and lobbying activities other than those that 
apply to United States nongovernmental organiza-
tions receiving assistance under part I of such Act. 
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING TO COUNTRIES THAT TRADE IN 
CERTAIN WEAPONS WITH NORTH KOREA 
SEC. 692. (a) No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be made available to the government of a country 
or for a project in a country that, during the 12-month
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period ending on the date that such funds would be obli-
gated, has—
(1) exported to North Korea any item listed on 
the United States Munitions List under section 38 of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2278) or any 
dual-use item on the Commerce Control List pursuant 
to the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. 
part 730 et seq.), if the President determines that 
such items are intended for use in a weapons of mass 
destruction or a missile program in North Korea; or 
(2) imported from North Korea any item de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
(b) The President may waive the prohibition in sub-
section (a) with respect to a county or project if the Presi-
dent certifies to Congress that it is in the national interest 
of the United States to waive the prohibition. 
MALAYSIA 
SEC. 693. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act that are 
available for assistance for Malaysia may be made available 
if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that the Government of Malaysia 
supports and promotes religious freedoms, including toler-
ance for people of the Jewish faith. 
(b) The Secretary of State may waive the requirements 
of subsection (a) if he determines and reports to the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations that such a waiver is in the na-
tional security interests of the United States. 
WAR CRIMES IN AFRICA 
SEC. 694. Funds appropriated by this Act, including 
funds for debt restructuring, shall not be made available 
to the central government of a country in which individuals 
indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwan-
da (ICTR) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) 
are credibly alleged to be living unless the Secretary of State 
certifies to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives that such government is co-
operating with ICTR and SCSL, including the surrender 
and transfer of indictees: Provided, That the previous pro-
viso shall not apply to assistance provided under section 
551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, 
That the United States shall use its voice and vote in the 
United Nations Security Council to fully support efforts by 
ICTR and SCSL to bring to justice individuals indicted 
by such tribunals. 
REPORT ON ADMISSION OF REFUGEES 
SEC. 695. (a) Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) As of October 2003, there are 13,000,000 ref-
ugees worldwide, many of whom have fled religious, 
political, and other forms of persecution. 
(2) Refugee resettlement remains a critical tool 
of international refugee protection and an essential
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component of the humanitarian and foreign policy of 
the United States. 
(3) Prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, the 
President designates, in a Presidential Determina-
tion, a target number of refugees to be admitted to the 
United States under the United States Refugee Reset-
tlement Program. 
(4) Although the President authorized the admis-
sion of 70,000 refugees in fiscal year 2003, only 
28,419 refugees were admitted. 
(5) From fiscal year 1980 to fiscal year 2000, 
the average level of United States refugee admissions 
was slightly below 100,000 per year. 
(6) The United States Government policy is to 
resettle the designated number of refugees each fiscal 
year. Congress expects the Department of State, the 
Department of Homeland Security, and the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services to implement 
the admission of 70,000 refugees as authorized by the 
President for fiscal year 2004. 
(b)(1) The Secretary of State shall utilize private vol-
untary organizations with expertise in the protection needs 
of refugees in the processing of refugees overseas for admis-
sion and resettlement to the United States, and shall utilize 
such agencies in addition to the United Nations High Com-