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(B) all United States Government officials,
including individuals from the private sector
acting on behalf of the United States Govern-
ment, should attempt to meet regularly with
representatives of democratic opposition organi-
zations of Yugoslavia and minimize to the ex-
tent practicable any direct contacts with gov-
ernment officials from Yugoslavia, particularly
President Slobodan Milosevic, who perpetuate
the nondemocratic regime in Yugoslavia; and
(C) the United States should emphasize to
all political leaders in Yugoslavia the impor-
tance of respecting internationally recognized
human rights for all individuals residing in
Yugoslavia.
SEC. 102. ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND
CIVIL SOCIETY IN YUGOSLAVIA.
(a) ASSISTANCE.—
(1) PURPOSE OF ASSISTANCE.—The purpose of
assistance under this subsection is to promote and
strengthen institutions of democratic government
and the growth of an independent civil society in
Yugoslavia, including ethnic tolerance and respect
for internationally recognized human rights.
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(2) AUTHORIZATION
FOR
ASSISTANCE.—The
President is authorized to furnish assistance and
other support for individuals and independent non-
governmental organizations to carry out the purpose
of paragraph (1) through support for the activities
described in paragraph (3).
(3) ACTIVITIES
SUPPORTED.—Activities that
may be supported by assistance under paragraph (2)
include the following:
(A) Democracy building.
(B) The development of nongovernmental
organizations.
(C) 
The 
development 
of 
independent
media.
(D) The development of the rule of law, a
strong independent judiciary, and transparency
in political practices.
(E) International exchanges and advanced
professional training programs in skill areas
central to the development of civil society and
a market economy.
(F) The development of all elements of the
democratic process, including political parties
and the ability to administer free and fair elec-
tions.
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(G) The development of local governance.
(H) The development of a free-market
economy.
(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to
be appropriated to the President $100,000,000
for the period beginning October 1, 1999, and
ending September 30, 2001, to carry out this
subsection.
(B) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Amounts
appropriated pursuant to subparagraph (A) are
authorized to remain available until expended.
(b) PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENT
OF SERBIA.—In carrying out subsection (a), the President
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that no funds or
other assistance is provided to the Government of Yugo-
slavia of the Government of Serbia.
(c) RESTRICTION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENT
OF MONTENEGRO.—In carrying out subsection (a), the
President is authorized to provide assistance to the Gov-
ernment of Montenegro, if the President determines, and
so reports to the Speaker of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate,
that the Government of Montenegro is committed to, and
is taking steps to promote, democratic principles, the rule
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of law, and respect for internationally recognized human
rights.
SEC. 103. AUTHORITY FOR RADIO AND TELEVISION BROAD-
CASTING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors shall further the open communication of informa-
tion and idea through the increased use of radio and tele-
vision broadcasting to Yugoslavia in both the Serbo-Cro-
atian and Albanian languages.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Radio and television broad-
casting under subsection (a) shall be carried out by the
Voice of America and, in addition, radio broadcasting
under that subsection shall be carried out by RFE/RL,
Incorporated. Subsection (a) shall be carried out in ac-
cordance with all the respective Voice of America and
RFE/RL, Incorporated, standards to ensure that radio
and television broadcasting to Yugoslavia serves as a con-
sistently reliable and authoritative source of accurate, ob-
jective, and comprehensive news.
TITLE II—ASSISTANCE TO THE
VICTIMS 
OF 
SERBIAN 
OP-
PRESSION
SEC. 201. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
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(1) Since February 1998, the armed forces of
Yogoslavia and the Serbian Interior Ministry police
force have engaged in a brutal crackdown against
the ethnic Albanian population in Kosovo.
(2) Since the individual assault by Yugoslav
and Serbian forces in Kosovo, more than 2,000 indi-
viduals have been killed and 600,000 individuals
have been displaced from their homes.
(3) The majority of the individuals displaced by
the conflict in Kosovo have been unable to return to
their homes and have been forced to find temporary
shelter in Kosovo or outside the country.
(4) The activities of the Yugoslav armed forces
and the police force of the Serbian Interior Ministry
have resulted in the widespread destruction of agri-
cultural crops livestock, and property, as well as the
poisoning of wells and water supplies, and the
looting of humanitarian goods provided by the inter-
national community.
(5) Since February 1998, 20,000 homes in
Kosovo have been demolished and more than 500
villages have been partially or completely destroyed.
SEC. 202. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that—
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(1) humanitarian assistance to the victims of
the conflict in Kosovo, including refugees and inter-
nally displaced persons, and all assistance to rebuild
damaged property in Kosovo, should be the responsi-
bility of the Government of Yugoslavia and the Gov-
ernment of Serbia;
(2) under the direction of President Milosevic,
neither the Government of Yugoslavia nor the Gov-
ernment of Serbia has provided the resources to as-
sist innocent, civilian victims of oppression in
Kosovo; and
(3) because neither the Government of Yugo-
slavia nor the Government of Serbia has fulfilled the
responsibilities of a sovereign government toward the
people in Kosovo, and international community of-
fers the only course for humanitarian assistance to
victims of oppression in Kosovo.
SEC. 203. ASSISTANCE.
(a) AUTHORITY.—The President may use authorities
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961—
(1) to provide humanitarian assistance to indi-
viduals living in Kosovo, and refugees and individ-
uals displaced by the conflict in Kosovo currently re-
siding 
in 
Montenegro, 
Albania, 
Bosnia 
and
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Herzegovina and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia;
(2) for direct and other assistance to individ-
uals and their families from Kosovo who have been
victims of atrocities in that province; and
(3) to support Kosovar community organiza-
tions in their effort to build civil society in Kosovo.
(b) PROHIBITION.—No assistance may be provided
under this Act to any group that maintains within its
ranks any individual whom the President has determined
to have committed terrorist acts or any other gross viola-
tions of internationally recognized human rights.
TITLE III—MEASURES AGAINST
YUGOSLAVIA
SEC. 301. ‘‘OUTER WALL’’ SANCTIONS.
(a) APPLICATION OF MEASURES.—The sanctions in
subsections (c) through (g) shall apply with respect to
Yugoslavia until the President determines and certifies to
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the Gov-
ernment of Yugoslavia has met the conditions described
in subsection (b).
(b) CONDITIONS.—The conditions referred to in sub-
section (a) are the following:
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(1) Agreement to resolve peacefully the conflict
in Kosovo.
(2) Compliance with the General Framework
Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(3) Implementation of internal democratic re-
form.
(4) Settlement of all succession issues with the
other republics that emerged from the break-up of
the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
(5) Cooperation with the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, including the
transfer of all indicted war criminals in Yugoslavia
to the Hague.
(c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United
States executive directors of the international financial in-
stitutions to oppose, and vote against, any extension by
those institutions of any financial assistance (including
any technical assistance or grant) of any kind to the Gov-
ernment of Yugoslavia.
(d) ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERA-
TION IN EUROPE.—The Secretary of State shall instruct
the United States Ambassador to the Organization for Se-
curity and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to oppose and
block any consensus to allow the participation of Yugo-
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slavia in the OSCE or any organization affiliated with the
OSCE.
(e) UNITED NATIONS.—The Secretary of State shall
instruct the United States Permanent Representative to
the United Nations—
(1) to oppose and vote against any resolution in
the United Nations Security Council to admit Yugo-
slavia to the United Nations or any organization af-
filiated with the United Nations; and
(2) to actively oppose and, if necessary, veto
any proposal to allow Yugoslavia to assume the
membership of the former Socialist Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia in the United Nations General Assem-
bly or any other organization affiliated with the
United Nations.
(f) NATO.—The Secretary of State shall instruct the
United States Permanent Representative to the North At-
lantic Council to oppose and vote against the extension
to Yugoslavia of membership or participation in the Part-
nership for Peace program or any other organization affili-
ated with NATO.
(g) SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN COOPERATIVE INITIA-
TIVE.—The Secretary of State shall instruct the United
States Representatives to the Southeast European Cooper-
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ative Initiative (SECI) to actively oppose the extension of
SECI membership to Yugoslavia.
(h) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that—
(1) the President should not restore full diplo-
matic relations with Yugoslavia until the President
has determined and so reported to the Speaker of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate that the Govern-
ment of Yugoslavia has met the conditions described
in subsection (b); and
(2) the President should encourage all other
European countries to diminish their level of diplo-
matic relations with Yugoslavia.
(i) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONAL DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘international financial
institution’’ includes the International Monetary Fund,
the International Bank for Reconstruction and Develop-
ment, the International Development Association, the
International Finance Corporation, the Multilateral In-
vestment Guaranty Agency, and the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development.
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SEC. 302. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS NOT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH ‘‘OUTER WALL’’ SANC-
TIONS.
It is the sense of Congress that, if any international
financial institution (as defined in section 301(i) approves
a loan or other financial assistance to the Government of
Yugoslavia over opposition of the United States, then the
Secretary of the Treasury should withhold from payment
of the United States share of any increase in the paid-
in capital of such institution an amount equal to the
amount of the loan or other assistance.
SEC. 303. BLOCKING YUGOSLAVIA ASSETS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
(a) BLOCKING OF ASSETS.—All property and inter-
ests in property, including all commercial, industrial, or
public utility undertakings or entities, of or in the name
of the Government of Serbia and the Government of Yugo-
slavia that are in the United States, that hereafter come
within the United States, or that are or hereafter come
within the possession or control of United States persons,
including their overseas branches, are hereby blocked.
(b) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of
the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
shall take such actions, including the promulgation of
rules and regulations, and employ all powers granted to
the President by the International Emergency Economic
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Powers Act as may be necessary to carry out the purpose
of this section. Such actions shall include prohibiting pay-
ments or transfers of any property or any transactions in-
volving the transfer of anything of economic value by any
United States person to the Government of Serbia, the
Government of Yugoslavia, or any person or entity acting
for or on behalf of, or owned or controlled, directly or indi-
rectly, by any of those governments, persons, or entities.
(c) SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF LICENSES.—
The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, shall take such actions to suspend or
terminate licenses or other authorizations in effect with
respect to any property described in subsection (a) as of
the date of enactment of this Act.
(d) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.—All expenses incident
to the blocking and maintenance of property blocked under
subsection (a) shall be charged to the owners or operators
of such property, which expenses shall not be met from
blocked funds.
(e) PROHIBITIONS.—The following shall be prohib-
ited as of the date of enactment of this Act.
(1) Any transaction within the United States or
by a United States person relating to any vessel in
which a majority or controlling interest is held by a