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‘‘(b) PROHIBITIONS.—A group health plan, and a
health insurance issuer providing health insurance cov-
erage in connection with a group health plan, may not—
‘‘(1) deny to an individual eligibility, or contin-
ued eligibility, to enroll or to renew coverage under
the terms of the plan because of the individual’s or
enrollee’s use or potential use of items or services
that are covered in accordance with the requirements
of this section;
‘‘(2) provide monetary payments or rebates to
a covered individual to encourage such individual to
accept less than the minimum protections available
under this section;
‘‘(3) penalize or otherwise reduce or limit the
reimbursement of a health care professional because
such professional prescribed contraceptive drugs or
devices, or provided contraceptive services, described
in subsection (a), in accordance with this section; or
‘‘(4) provide incentives (monetary or otherwise)
to a health care professional to induce such profes-
sional to withhold from a covered individual contra-
ceptive drugs or devices, or contraceptive services,
described in subsection (a).
‘‘(c) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—
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certifications required by paragraphs (1) and (2)
apply to activities in which the organization engages
either directly or through a subcontractor or sub-
grantee.’’.
(b) The President may waive the provisions of section
104(h)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating
to population assistance to foreign organizations that per-
form abortions in foreign countries), as added by sub-
section (a), for any fiscal year.
RESTRICTION ON POPULATION PLANNING ACTIVITIES OR
OTHER POPULATION ASSISTANCE
SEC. 586. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available for population planning activities or
other population assistance under title II of this Act may
be made available to a foreign nongovernmental organiza-
tion unless the organization certifies that—
(1) it will not use such funds to promote abor-
tion as a method of family planning or to lobby for
or against abortion;
(2) it will use such funds that are made avail-
able for family planning services to reduce the inci-
dence of abortion as a method of family planning;
(3) it will not violate the laws or policies of the
foreign government relating to the circumstances
under which abortion is permitted, regulated, or pro-
hibited; and
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(4) it will not engage in any activity or effort
in violation of applicable laws or policies of the for-
eign government to alter the laws or policies of such
foreign government relating to the circumstances
under which abortion is permitted, regulated, or pro-
hibited, except with respect to activities in opposition
to coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.
(b) The limitation on availability of funds to a foreign
nongovernmental organization under subsection (a) shall
apply—
(1) to funds made available to an organization
either directly or indirectly as a subcontractor or
subgrantee; and
(2) to activities in which the organization en-
gages either directly or indirectly through a subcon-
tractor or subgrantee.
SEC. 587. Of the funds appropriated in title II of this
Act under the heading ‘‘ASSISTANCE
FOR
THE
INDE-
PENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION’’, not
more than $172,000,000 shall be available for the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation.
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PURCHASE OF
PRODUCTS NOT MADE IN AMERICA
SEC. 588. None of the funds appropriated in title I,
II, or III of this Act may be made available to the govern-
ment of any foreign country if the funds are to be used
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to purchase any equipment or product made in a country
other than such foreign country or the United States of
America.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL OF THE
AMERICAS
SEC. 589. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for programs
at the United States Army School of the Americas located
at Fort Benning, Georgia.
SEC. 590. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be provided for the
United Nations Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Program
or the United Nations World Heritage Fund.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
Act, 2000’’.
Passed the House of Representatives August 3,
1999.
Attest:
Clerk.
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That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or any
prior Act appropriating funds for foreign operations, ex-
port financing, or related programs for tied-aid credits or
grants may be used for any other purpose except through
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated
by this paragraph are made available notwithstanding sec-
tion 2(b)(2) of the Export Import Bank Act of 1945, in
connection with the purchase or lease of any product by
any East European country, any Baltic State or any agen-
cy or national thereof.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs (to be com-
puted on an accrual basis), including hire of passenger
motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, and not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and
representation expenses for members of the Board of Di-
rectors, $55,000,000: Provided, That necessary expenses
(including special services performed on a contract or fee
basis, but not including other personal services) in connec-
tion with the collection of moneys owed the Export-Import
Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other
assets acquired by the Export-Import Bank in satisfaction
of moneys owed the Export-Import Bank, or the investiga-
tion or appraisal of any property, or the evaluation of the
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legal or technical aspects of any transaction for which an
application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment
has been made, shall be considered nonadministrative ex-
penses for the purposes of this heading: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the
Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof
shall remain in effect until October 1, 2000.
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations,
as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and
commitments within the limits of funds available to it and
in accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided,
That the amount available for administrative expenses to
carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an
amount for official reception and representation expenses
which
shall
not
exceed
$35,000)
shall
not
exceed
$35,000,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred
in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated
with services provided to specific investors or potential in-
vestors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative ex-
penses for the purposes of this heading.
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PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For
the
cost
of
direct
and
guaranteed
loans,
$20,500,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 to be derived by transfer from the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Ac-
count: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That such sums shall be available for direct loan obli-
gations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made
during fiscal years 2000 and 2001: Provided further, That
such sums shall remain available through fiscal year 2008
for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obli-
gated in fiscal year 2000, and through fiscal year 2009
for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obli-
gated in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That in addi-
tion, such sums as may be necessary for administrative
expenses to carry out the credit program may be derived
from amounts available for administrative expenses to
carry out the credit and insurance programs in the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account
and merged with said account: Provided further, That
funds made available under this heading or in prior appro-
priations Acts that are available for the cost of financing
under section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
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shall be available for purposes of section 234(g) of such
Act, to remain available until expended.
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$44,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That the Trade and Development Agency
may receive reimbursements from corporations and other
entities for the costs of grants for feasibility studies and
other project planning services, to be deposited as an off-
setting collection to this account and to be available for
obligation until September 30, 2001, for necessary ex-
penses under this paragraph: Provided further, That such
reimbursements shall not cover, or be allocated against,
direct or indirect administrative costs of the agency.
TITLE II—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
For expenses necessary to enable the President to
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, and for other purposes, to remain available until
September 30, 2000, unless otherwise specified herein, as
follows:
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CHILD SURVIVAL AND DISEASE PROGRAMS FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, for child survival, basic education, assistance
to combat tropical and other diseases, and related activi-
ties, in addition to funds otherwise available for such pur-
poses, $680,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000), to remain
available until expended: Provided, That this amount shall
be made available for such activities as: (1) immunization
programs; (2) oral rehydration programs; (3) health and
nutrition programs, and related education programs,
which address the needs of mothers and children; (4)
water and sanitation programs; (5) assistance for dis-
placed and orphaned children; (6) programs for the pre-
vention, treatment, and control of, and research on, tuber-
culosis, HIV/AIDS, polio, malaria and other diseases; and
(7) up to $98,000,000 for basic education programs for
children: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for non-
project assistance for health and child survival programs,
except that funds may be made available for such assist-
ance for ongoing health programs.
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DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 10 of part I
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, title V of the Inter-
national Security and Development Cooperation Act of
1980 (Public Law 96–533) and the provisions of section
401
of
the
Foreign
Assistance
Act
of
1969,
$1,201,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under
this heading, up to $5,000,000 may be made available for
and apportioned directly to the Inter-American Founda-
tion: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated
under this heading, up to $14,400,000 may be made avail-
able for the African Development Foundation and shall
be apportioned directly to that agency: Provided further,
That none of the funds made available in this Act nor
any unobligated balances from prior appropriations may
be made available to any organization or program which,
as determined by the President of the United States, sup-
ports or participates in the management of a program of
coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available under this
heading may be used to pay for the performance of abor-
tion as a method of family planning or to motivate or co-
erce any person to practice abortions; and that in order
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to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds
shall be available only to voluntary family planning
projects which offer, either directly or through referral to,
or information about access to, a broad range of family
planning methods and services, and that any such vol-
untary family planning project shall meet the following re-
quirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the
project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or
other numerical targets, of total number of births, number
of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular
method of family planning (this provision shall not be con-
strued to include the use of quantitative estimates or indi-
cators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the
project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes,
gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in ex-
change for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B)
program personnel for achieving a numerical target or
quota of total number of births, number of family planning
acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family
planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or ben-
efit, including the right of access to participate in any pro-
gram of general welfare or the right of access to health
care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision not to
accept family planning services; (4) the project shall pro-
vide family planning acceptors comprehensible information
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on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, in-
cluding those conditions that might render the use of the
method inadvisable and those adverse side effects known
to be consequent to the use of the method; and (5) the
project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs
and devices and medical procedures are provided only in
the context of a scientific study in which participants are
advised of potential risks and benefits; and, not less than
60 days after the date on which the Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development de-
termines that there has been a violation of the require-
ments contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this
proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the re-
quirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the
Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate, a report containing a description of such
violation and the corrective action taken by the Agency:
Provided further, That in awarding grants for natural
family planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated
against because of such applicant’s religious or conscien-
tious commitment to offer only natural family planning;
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and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the
requirements of the previous proviso: Provided further,
That for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing
or appropriating funds for foreign operations, export fi-
nancing, and related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as
it relates to family planning assistance, shall not be con-
strued to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law,
of information or counseling about all pregnancy options:
Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions
against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
section 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of the
funds appropriated under this heading in this Act, and
of the unobligated balances of funds previously appro-
priated under this heading, $2,500,000 may be trans-
ferred to ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ for
a contribution to the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD): Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail-
able for any activity which is in contravention to the Con-
vention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Flora and Fauna (CITES): Provided further, That, of the
funds made available by this Act for the ‘‘Microenterprise
Initiative’’ (including any local currencies made available
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for the purposes of the Initiative), not less than 50 percent
of the funds used for microcredit should be made available
for support of programs providing loans of less than $300
to very poor people, particularly women, or for institu-
tional support of organizations primarily engaged in mak-
ing such loans.
PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act for development assistance may be
made available to any United States private and voluntary
organization, except any cooperative development organi-
zation, which obtains less than 20 percent of its total an-
nual funding for international activities from sources other
than the United States Government: Provided, That the
Administrator of the Agency for International Develop-
ment may, on a case-by-case basis, waive the restriction
contained in this paragraph, after taking into account the
effectiveness of the overseas development activities of the
organization, its level of volunteer support, its financial
viability and stability, and the degree of its dependence
for its financial support on the agency.
Funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under title II of this Act should be made available to pri-
vate and voluntary organizations at a level which is at
least equivalent to the level provided in fiscal year 1995.
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INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for international disaster re-
lief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant
to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, $200,880,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under
this heading, not more than $35,000,000 shall be made
available for activities carried out by the Office of Transi-
tion Initiatives, except that this amount may be exceeded
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees,
$1,500,000, as authorized by section 108 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Provided, That such
costs shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That guaran-
tees of loans made under this heading in support of micro-
enterprise activities may guarantee up to 70 percent of
the principal amount of any such loans notwithstanding
section 108 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. In ad-
dition, for administrative expenses to carry out programs
under this heading, $500,000, all of which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operating
Expenses of the Agency for International Development:
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Provided further, That funds made available under this
heading shall remain available until September 30, 2001.
URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIT PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed
loan programs, $5,000,000, all of which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operating
Expenses of the Agency for International Development.
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability Fund’’, as authorized by the Foreign Service
Act of 1980, $43,837,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $479,950,000.
OPERATING
EXPENSES
OF
THE
AGENCY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
OFFICE
OF
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $25,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001, which sum shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Inspector General of the Agency for Inter-
national Development.
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OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 4 of part II, $2,227,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed
$960,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which sum
shall be available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and
shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this
Act or by October 31, 1999, whichever is later: Provided
further, That not to exceed $735,000,000 shall be avail-
able only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a
grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance
shall be provided with the understanding that Egypt will
undertake significant economic reforms which are addi-
tional to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal
years: Provided further, That in exercising the authority
to provide cash transfer assistance for Israel, the Presi-
dent shall ensure that the level of such assistance does
not cause an adverse impact on the total level of non-
military exports from the United States to such country.
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, $19,600,000, which shall be available for the United
States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland
SEC. 5. PREMIER CERTIFIED LENDERS PROGRAM.
Section 217(b) of the Small Business Administration
Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1994 (15 U.S.C.
697e note) is repealed.
SEC. 6. SALE OF CERTAIN DEFAULTED LOANS.
Section 508 of the Small Business Investment Act of
1958 (15 U.S.C. 697e) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘On a pilot
program basis, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) though (i) as
subsections (e) though (j), respectively;
(3) in subsection (f) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2)), by striking ‘‘subsection (f)’’ and inserting
‘‘subsection (g)’’;
(4) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2)), by striking ‘‘subsection (f)’’ and inserting
‘‘subsection (g)’’; and
(5) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(d) SALE OF CERTAIN DEFAULTED LOANS.—
‘‘(1) NOTICE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, upon default in re-
payment, the Administration acquires a loan
guaranteed under this section and identifies such
loan for inclusion in a bulk asset sale of de-
faulted or repurchased loans or other financings,
communication if the person who is sent such communica-
tion or who provides an acknowledgement—
‘‘(1) is provided with—
‘‘(A) a description of the types of commu-
nications to be provided electronically;
‘‘(B) an explanation of how to access and
retain such electronic communications which di-
rects the person’s attention to consideration of
the person’s ability to print or download such
disclosures; and
‘‘(C) a notice of the period of time that the
communications will be available to such person
in electronic form; and
‘‘(2) expressly consents by electronic means to
the electronic communication or the use of an elec-
tronic acknowledgment.
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Board may—
‘‘(1) from time to time and with respect to fed-
erally related mortgage loans, in consultation with
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,
prescribe regulations to clarify the procedures appli-
cable to the delivery of electronic communications
provided for in this section; and
‘‘(2) without affecting or impairing the legal ef-
fectiveness of the delivery of any electronic commu-