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with the country concerning the amount of loans to be sold, reduced,
or canceled and their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-devel-
opment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be used only with regard to funds appropriated
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt Restructuring’’.
DRAWDOWN AUTHORITY FOR JORDAN
SEC. 572. During fiscal year 1996, the President may direct,
for the purposes of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
the drawdown for Jordan of defense articles from the stocks of
the Department of Defense, defense services of the Department
of Defense, and military education and training of up to an aggre-
gate of $100,000,000: Provided, That—
(a) within six months of the last drawdown under sub-
section (a), the President shall submit a report to the Committee
on Appropriations identifying the articles, services, training
or education provided;
(b) section 506(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
shall apply to the drawdown authority in this section; and
(c) section 632(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
shall not apply with respect to drawdowns under this section.
LIBERIA
SEC. 573. (a) Public Law 102–270 is amended—
(1) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding section
620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other
similar provision, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ‘‘to implement the
Yamoussoukro peace accord’’.
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available
for assistance for Liberia notwithstanding section 620(q) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 512 of this Act.
ANNUAL REPORT ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL GROWTH
SEC. 574. (a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The President shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual
report providing a concise overview of the prospects for economic
and social growth on a broad, equitable, and sustainable basis
in the countries receiving economic assistance under title II of
this Act. For each country, the report shall discuss the laws, policies
and practices of that country that most contribute to or detract
from the achievement of this kind of growth. The report should
address relevant macroeconomic, microeconomic, social, legal,
environmental, and political factors and include criteria regarding
wage and price controls, State ownership of production and distribu-
tion, State control of financial institutions, trade and foreign invest-
ment, capital and profit repatriation, tax and private property
protections and a country’s commitment to stimulate education,
health and human development.
(b) COUNTRIES.—The countries referred to in subsection (a)
are countries—
(1) for which in excess of $5,000,000 has been obligated
during the previous fiscal year for assistance under sections
103 through 106, chapters 10 and 11 of part I, and chapter
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4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance of 1961, and under
the Support for East European Democracy Act of 1989; or
(2) for which in excess of $1,000,000 has been obligated
during the previous fiscal year by the Overseas Private Invest-
ment Corporation.
(c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State shall submit the
report required by subsection (a) in consultation with the Secretary
of the Treasury, the Administrator of the Agency for International
Development, and the President of the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation. The report shall be submitted with the annual congres-
sional presentation for appropriations.
SEC. 575. To the maximum extent possible, the funds provided
by this Act shall be used to provide surveying and mapping related
services through contracts entered into through competitive bidding
to qualified United States contractors.
REPORTS REGARDING HONG KONG
SEC. 576. (a) Section 301 of the United States-Hong Kong
Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5731) is amended in the text above
paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘March 31, 1996,’’ after ‘‘March 31,
1995,’’.
(b) In light of the deficiencies in reports submitted to the
Congress pursuant to section 301 of the United States-Hong Kong
Policy Act (22 U.S.C. 5731), the Congress directs that the additional
report required to be submitted under such section by subsection
(a) of this section include detailed information on the status of,
and other developments affecting, implementation of the Sino-Brit-
ish Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong, including—
(1) the Basic Law and its consistency with the Joint
Declaration;
(2) the openness and fairness of elections to the legisla-
ture;
(3) the openness and fairness of the election of the
chief executive and the executive’s accountability to the
legislature;
(4) the treatment of political parties;
(5) the independence of the judiciary and its ability
to exercise the power of final judgment over Hong Kong
law; and
(6) the Bill of Rights.
SEC. 577. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
$20,000,000 of the funds made available under the headings ‘‘Devel-
opment Assistance’’ and/or ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be trans-
ferred to, and merged with, the appropriations account entitled
‘‘International Narcotics Control’’ and may be available for the
same purposes for which funds in such account are available.
GUATEMALA
SEC. 578. (a) Funds provided in this Act may be made available
for the Guatemalan military or security forces, and the restrictions
on Guatemala under the headings ‘‘International Military Education
and Training’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ shall not
apply, only if the President determines and certifies to the Congress
that the Guatemalan military is cooperating with efforts to resolve
human rights abuses which elements of the Guatemalan military
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or security forces are alleged to have committed, ordered or
attempted to thwart the investigation of.
(b) The prohibition contained in subsection (a) shall not apply
to funds made available to implement a cease-fire or peace agree-
ment.
(c) Any funds made available pursuant to subsections (a) or
(b) shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
(d) Any funds made available pursuant to subsections (a) and
(b) for international military education and training may only be
for expanded international military education and training.
EXTENSION OF TIED AID CREDIT PROGRAM
SEC. 579. (a) Section 10(c)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act
of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635i–3(c)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘1995’’ and
inserting ‘‘1997’’.
(b) Section 10(e) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12
U.S.C. 635i–3(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘1993, 1994, and 1995’’
and inserting ‘‘1996 and 1997’’.
MORATORIUM ON USE OF ANTIPERSONNEL LANDMINES
SEC. 580. (a) UNITED STATES MORATORIUM.—For a period of
one year beginning three years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the United States shall not use antipersonnel landmines
except along internationally recognized national borders or in
demilitarized zones within a perimeter marked area that is mon-
itored by military personnel and protected by adequate means to
ensure the exclusion of civilians.
(b) DEFINITION
AND EXEMPTIONS.—For the purposes of this
section:
(1) ANTIPERSONNEL LANDMINE.—The term ‘‘antipersonnel
landmine’’ means any munition placed under, on, or near the
ground or other surface area, delivered by artillery, rocket,
mortar, or similar means, or dropped from an aircraft and
which is designed, constructed or adapted to be detonated or
exploded by the presence, proximity, or contact of a person.
(2) EXEMPTIONS.—The term ‘‘antipersonnel landmine’’ does
not include command detonated Claymore munitions.
EXTENSION OF AU PAIR PROGRAMS
SEC. 581. Section 8 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship
Act of 1990 is amended in the last sentence by striking ‘‘fiscal
year 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 1996’’.
SANCTIONS AGAINST COUNTRIES HARBORING WAR CRIMINALS
SEC. 582. (a) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by
this Act under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms
Export Control Act may not be provided for any country described
in subsection (c).
(b) MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of the Treasury
shall instruct the United States executive directors of the inter-
national financial institutions to work in opposition to, and vote
against, any extension by such institutions of financing or financial
or technical assistance to any country described in subsection (c).
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(c) SANCTIONED COUNTRIES.—A country described in this sub-
section is a country the government of which knowingly grants
sanctuary to persons in its territory for the purpose of evading
prosecution, where such persons—
(1) have been indicted by the International Criminal Tribu-
nal for the former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribu-
nal for Rwanda, or any other international tribunal with similar
standing under international law, or
(2) have been indicted for war crimes or crimes against
humanity committed during the period beginning March 23,
1933 and ending on May 8, 1945 under the direction of, or
in association with—
(A) the Nazi government of Germany;
(B) any government in any area occupied by the mili-
tary forces of the Nazi government of Germany;
(C) any government which was established with the
assistance or cooperation of the Nazi government; or
(D) any government which was an ally of the Nazi
government of Germany.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
SEC. 583. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available by this Act, may be provided to the
Government of Haiti until the President reports to Congress that—
(1) the Government is conducting thorough investigations
of extrajudicial and political killings; and
(2) the Government is cooperating with United States
authorities in the investigations of political and extrajudicial
killings.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the
provision of humanitarian or electoral assistance.
(c) The President may waive the requirements of this section
if he determines and certifies to the appropriate committees of
Congress that it is in the national interest of the United States
or necessary to assure the safe and timely withdrawal of American
forces from Haiti.
LIMITATION ON FUNDS TO THE TERRITORY OF THE BOSNIAC-CROAT
FEDERATION.
SEC. 584. Funds appropriated by this Act for activities in the
internationally-recognized borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina (other
than refugee and disaster assistance and assistance for restoration
of infrastructure, to include power grids, water supplies and natural
gas) may only be made available for activities in the territory
of the Bosniac-Croat Federation.
NATO PARTICIPATION
SEC. 585. REVISIONS TO PROGRAM TO FACILITATE TRANSITION
TO NATO MEMBERSHIP.—
(a) ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.—Subsection (d) of section 203 of the
NATO Participation Act of 1994 (title II of Public Law 103–447;
22 U.S.C. 1928 note) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) DESIGNATION OF ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.—
‘‘(1) INITIAL
PRESIDENTIAL
REVIEW
AND
DESIGNATION.—
Within 60 days of the enactment of the NATO Participation