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Funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under title II of this Act should be made available to private
and voluntary organizations at a level which is equivalent
to the level provided in fiscal year 1995. Such private and
voluntary organizations shall include those which operate
on a not-for-profit basis, receive contributions from private
sources, receive voluntary support from the public and are
deemed to be among the most cost-effective and successful
providers of development assistance.
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for international disaster relief,
rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant to
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
ed, $190,000,000, to remain available until expended.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans and
loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for which
funds have been appropriated or otherwise made available
for programs within the International Affairs Budget Func-
tion 150, including the cost of selling, reducing, or canceling
amounts, through debt buybacks and swaps, owed to the
United States as a result of concessional loans made to eli-
gible Latin American and Caribbean countries, pursuant
to part IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; of modify-
ing direct loans extended to least developed countries, as
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authorized under title I of the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended; and of modi-
fying concessional loans authorized under title I of the Agri-
cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as
amended, as authorized under subsection (a) under the
heading ‘‘Debt Reduction for Jordan’’ in title VI of Public
Law 103–306, $27,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be obligated except through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committee on Appro-
priations.
MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the subsidy cost of direct loans and loan guaran-
tees, $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 Congressional
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That guarantees of
loans made under this heading in support of microenter-
prise activities may guarantee up to 70 percent of the prin-
cipal amount of any such loans notwithstanding section
108 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. In addition, for
administrative expenses to carry out programs under this
heading, $500,000, all of which may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of
the Agency for International Development: Provided fur-
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ther, That funds made available under this heading shall
remain available until September 30, 1998.
HOUSING GUARANTY PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of guaranteed loans authorized
by sections 221 and 222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, $4,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1998: Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize
loan principal, 100 percent of which shall be guaranteed,
pursuant to the authority of such sections. In addition, for
administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed loan pro-
grams, $6,000,000, all of which may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of
the Agency for International Development: Provided fur-
ther, That commitments to guarantee loans under this head-
ing may be entered into notwithstanding the second and
third sentences of section 222(a) and, with regard to pro-
grams for central and Eastern Europe and programs for
the benefit of South Africans disadvantaged by apartheid,
section 223(j) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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, $43,826,000.
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OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 667, $495,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available by this Act may be made avail-
able for expenses necessary to relocate the Agency for Inter-
national Development, or any part of that agency, to the
building at the Federal Triangle in Washington, District
of Columbia.
OPERATING
EXPENSES
OF
THE
AGENCY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 667, $28,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which sum shall be available for the Office of the
Inspector General of the Agency for International Develop-
ment.
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
chapter 4 of part II, $2,340,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1998: Provided, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, not less than $1,200,000,000
shall be available only for Israel, which sum shall be avail-
able on a grant basis as a cash transfer and shall be dis-
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bursed within thirty days of enactment of this Act or by
October 31, 1996, whichever is later: Provided further, That
not less than $815,000,000 shall be available only for
Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant basis, and
of which sum cash transfer assistance may be provided,
with the understanding that Egypt will undertake signifi-
cant economic reforms which are additional to those which
were undertaken in previous fiscal years, and of which not
less than $200,000,000 shall be provided as Commodity Im-
port Program assistance: Provided further, That in exercis-
ing the authority to provide cash transfer assistance for Is-
rael and Egypt, the President 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 each such country: Provided further, That it is the sense
of the Congress that the recommended levels of assistance
for Egypt and Israel are based in great measure upon their
continued participation in the Camp David Accords and
upon the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty: Provided further,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
$3,000,000 shall be made available to establish an inde-
pendent radio broadcasting service to Iran: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be made available for Zaire.
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ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC
STATES
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for
East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989,
$475,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1998, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for economic assistance and for related
programs for Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic
States.
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior
appropriations Acts that are or have been made available
for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund
in interest-bearing accounts prior to the Fund’s disburse-
ment of such funds for program purposes. The Fund may
retain for such program purposes any interest earned on
such deposits without returning such interest to the Treas-
ury of the United States and without further appropriation
by the Congress. Funds made available for Enterprise
Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary
to make timely payment for projects and activities.
(c) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the
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administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use
of economic assistance.
(d) With regard to funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this heading for the economic revital-
ization program in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and local cur-
rencies generated by such funds (including the conversion
of funds appropriated under this heading into currency
used by Bosnia and Herzegovina as local currency and local
currency returned or repaid under such program)—
(1) the Administrator of the Agency for Inter-
national Development shall provide written approval
for grants and loans prior to the obligation and ex-
penditure of funds for such purposes, and prior to the
use of funds that have been returned or repaid to any
lending facility or grantee; and
(2) the provisions of section 534 of this Act shall
apply.
(e) With regard to funds appropriated under this head-
ing that are made available for economic revitalization pro-
grams in Bosnia and Hercegovina, 50 percent of such funds
shall not be available for obligation unless the President de-
termines and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations
that the Federation of Bosnia and Hercegovina has com-
plied with article III of annex 1–A of the General Frame-
work Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Hercegovina con-
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cerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, and that intel-
ligence cooperation on training, investigations, and related
activities between Iranian officials and Bosnian officials
has been terminated.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE
FORMER SOVIET UNION
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for the new
independent states of the former Soviet Union and for relat-
ed programs, $640,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1998: Provided, That the provisions of such
chapter shall apply to funds appropriated by this para-
graph.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be transferred to the Government of Russia—
(1) unless that Government is making progress
in implementing comprehensive economic reforms
based on market principles, private ownership, nego-
tiating repayment of commercial debt, respect for
commercial contracts, and equitable treatment of for-
eign private investment; and
(2) if that Government applies or transfers Unit-
ed States assistance to any entity for the purpose of
expropriating or seizing ownership or control of as-
sets, investments, or ventures.
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(c) Funds may be furnished without regard to sub-
section (b) if the President determines that to do so is in
the national interest.
(d) None of the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be made available to any government of the new inde-
pendent states of the former Soviet Union if that govern-
ment directs any action in violation of the territorial integ-
rity or national sovereignty of any other new independent
state, such as those violations included in the Helsinki
Final Act: Provided, That such funds may be made avail-
able without regard to the restriction in this subsection if
the President determines that to do so is in the national
security interest of the United States: Provided further,
That the restriction of this subsection shall not apply to
the use of such funds for the provision of assistance for pur-
poses of humanitarian, disaster and refugee relief.
(e) None of the funds appropriated under this heading
for the new independent states of the former Soviet Union
shall be made available for any state to enhance its military
capability: Provided, That this restriction does not apply
to demilitarization or nonproliferation programs.
(f) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
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(g) Funds made available in this Act for assistance
to the new independent states of the former Soviet Union
shall be subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating
to environment and natural resources) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961.
(h) Funds appropriated under this heading may be
made available for assistance for Mongolia.
(i) Funds made available in this Act for assistance to
the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union
shall be provided to the maximum extent feasible through
the private sector, including small- and medium-size busi-
nesses, entrepreneurs, and others with indigenous private
enterprises in the region, intermediary development organi-
zations committed to private enterprise, and private vol-
untary organizations: Provided, That grantees and contrac-
tors should, to the maximum extent possible, place in key
staff positions specialists with prior on the ground expertise
in the region of activity and fluency in one of the local
languages.
(j) In issuing new task orders, entering into contracts,
or making grants, with funds appropriated under this
heading or in prior appropriations Acts, for projects or ac-
tivities that have as one of their primary purposes the fos-
tering of private sector development, the Coordinator for
United States Assistance to the New Independent States
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and the implementing agency shall encourage the participa-
tion of and give significant weight to contractors and grant-
ees who propose investing a significant amount of their own
resources (including volunteer services and in-kind con-
tributions) in such projects and activities.
(k) Of the funds made available under this heading,
not less than $225,000,000 shall be made available for
Ukraine, of which funds not less than $25,000,000 shall be
made available to carry out United States decommissioning
obligations regarding the Chornobyl plant made in the
Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of
Ukraine and the G–7 Group: Provided, That not less than
$35,000,000 shall be made available for agricultural
projects, including those undertaken through the Food Sys-
tems Restructuring Program, which leverage private sector
resources with United States Government assistance: Pro-
vided further, That $5,000,000 shall be available for a small
business 
incubator 
project: 
Provided 
further, 
That
$5,000,000 shall be made available for screening and treat-
ment of childhood mental and physical illnesses related to
Chornobyl radiation.
(l) Of the funds made available for Ukraine, under this
Act or any other Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall be
made available to improve safety at nuclear reactors: Pro-
vided, That of this amount $20,000,000 shall be provided
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for the purchase and installation of, and training for, safety
parameter display or control systems at all operational nu-
clear reactors: Provided further, That of this amount,
$20,000,000 shall be made available for the purchase, con-
struction, installation and training for Full Scope and An-
alytical/Engineering simulators: Provided further, That of
this amount such funds as may be necessary shall be made
available to conduct Safety Analysis Reports at all oper-
ational nuclear reactors.
(m) Of the funds made available by this Act, not less
than $95,000,000 shall be made available for Armenia.
(n) Of the funds made available by this or any other
Act, $25,000,000 shall be made available for Georgia.
(o) None of the funds appropriated under this heading
may be made available for Russia unless the President de-
termines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that the Government of Russia has terminated
implementation of arrangements to provide Iran with tech-
nical expertise, training, technology, or equipment nec-
essary to develop a nuclear reactor or related nuclear re-
search facilities or programs.
(p) Of the funds appropriated under this heading,
$15,000,000 shall be provided for hospital partnership pro-
grams, medical assistance to directly reduce the incidence
of infectious diseases such as diphtheria or tuberculosis, and
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a program to reduce the adverse impact of contaminated
drinking water.
(q) Of the funds appropriated under this heading and
under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the
Baltic States’’, not less than $12,000,000 shall be made
available for law enforcement training and exchanges, and
investigative and technical assistance activities related to
international criminal activities: Provided, That of this
amount, not less than $1,000,000 shall be made available
for training and exchanges in Russia to combat violence
against women.
(r) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than $50,000,000 should be provided to the Western NIS
and Central Asian Enterprise Funds: Provided, That obli-
gation of these funds shall be consistent with sound business
practices.
(s) Of the funds made available under this heading,
not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for a
United States contribution to the Trans-Caucasus Enter-
prise Fund.
(t) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior
appropriations Acts that are or have been made available
for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund
in interest-bearing accounts prior to the disbursement of
such funds by the Fund for program purposes. The Fund
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may retain for such program proposes any interest earned
on such deposits without returning such interest to the
Treasury of the United States and without further appro-
priation by the Congress. Funds made available for Enter-
prise Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate nec-
essary to make timely payment for projects and activities.
(u) Funds appropriated under this heading may not
be made available for the Government of Ukraine if the
President determines and reports to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that the Government of Ukraine is engaged in
military cooperation with the Government of Libya.
(v) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than $15,000,000 shall be available only for a family
planning program for the New Independent States of the
former Soviet Union comparable to the family planning
program currently administered by the Agency for Inter-
national Development in the Central Asian Republics and
focusing on population assistance which provides an alter-
native to abortion.
(w) Funds made available under this Act or any other
Act (other than assistance under title V of the FREEDOM
Support Act) may not be provided to the Government of
Azerbaijan until the President determines, and so reports
to the Congress, that the Government of Azerbaijan is taking
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demonstrable steps to cease all blockades and other offensive
uses of force against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
(x) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than $2,500,000 shall be made available for the Amer-
ican-Russian Center.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
PEACE CORPS
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $205,000,000, including
the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles
for administrative purposes for use outside of the United
States: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading
shall remain available until September 30, 1998.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$160,000,000: Provided, That during fiscal year 1997, the
Department of State may also use the authority of section
608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard
to its restrictions, to receive non-lethal excess property from
an agency of the United States Government for the purpose
of providing it to a foreign country under chapter 8 of part
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I of that Act subject to the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations.
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to
enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized by
law, a contribution to the International Committee of the
Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contributions
to the International Organization for Migration and the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and other
activities to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and
expenses of personnel and dependents as authorized by the
Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as authorized by
sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, United States Code;
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,
$650,000,000: Provided, That not more than $12,000,000
shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That not less than $80,000,000 shall be made available
for refugees from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Eu-
rope and other refugees resettling in Israel.
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION
ASSISTANCE FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act
of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 260(c)), $50,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the funds
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made available under this heading are appropriated not-
withstanding the provisions contained in section 2(c)(2) of
the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 which
would limit the amount of funds which could be appro-
priated for this purpose.
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND
RELATED PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism and related programs and activities, $140,000,000
to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assist-
ance, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act for the
Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, section 23 of the
Arms Export Control Act for demining activities, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, including activities
implemented through nongovernmental and international
organizations, section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 for a voluntary contribution to the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a voluntary contribu-
tion to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organi-
zation (KEDO), and for the acquisition and provision of
goods and services, or for grants to Israel necessary to sup-
port the eradication of terrorism in and around Israel: Pro-
vided, That of this amount not to exceed $15,000,000, to
remain available until expended, may be made available
for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, notwith-
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standing any other provision of law, to promote bilateral
and multilateral activities relating to nonproliferation and
disarmament: Provided further, That such funds may also
be used for such countries other than the new independent
states of the former Soviet Union and international organi-
zations when it is in the national security interest of the
United States to do so: Provided further, That such funds
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That
funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail-
able for the International Atomic Energy Agency only if
the Secretary of State determines (and so reports to the
Congress) that Israel is not being denied its right to partici-
pate in the activities of that Agency: Provided further, That
not to exceed $13,000,000 may be made available to the Ko-
rean 
Peninsula 
Energy 
Development 
Organization
(KEDO) only for administrative expenses and heavy fuel
oil costs associated with the Agreed Framework: Provided
further, That of the funds made available to KEDO for
heavy fuel oil costs associated with the Agreed Framework,
not more than one-third of such funds may be obligated
within ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act,
not more than two-thirds of such funds may be obligated
within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and
the remaining funds may not be obligated until August 1,
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1997: Provided further, That funds may be obligated for
such heavy fuel oil costs only if, prior to each obligation
of funds, the President certifies and so reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that North Korea is using all
fuel oil financed by the parties to the Agreed Framework
for purposes allowed by the Agreed Framework: Provided
further, That the obligation of such funds shall be subject
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
TITLE III—MILITARY ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$40,000,000: Provided, That up to $100,000 of the funds
appropriated under this heading may be made available for
grant financed military education and training for any
high income country on the condition that that country
agrees to fund from its own resources the transportation
cost and living allowances of its students: Provided further,
That the civilian personnel for whom military education
and training may be provided under this heading may also
include members of national legislatures who are respon-
sible for the oversight and management of the military, and
may also include individuals who are not members of a
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government: Provided further, That none of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading shall be available for Zaire
and Guatemala: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this heading for grant financed military education
and training for Indonesia may only be available for ex-
panded military education and training.
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary for grants to enable the Presi-
dent to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms
Export Control Act, $3,224,000,000: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated by this paragraph not less than
$1,800,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel,
and not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be available for
grants only for Egypt: Provided further, That the funds ap-
propriated by this paragraph for Israel shall be disbursed
within thirty days of enactment of this Act or by October
31, 1996, whichever is later: Provided further, That to the
extent that the Government of Israel requests that funds be
used for such purposes, grants made available for Israel by
this paragraph shall, as agreed by Israel and the United
States, be available for advanced weapons systems, of which
not less than $475,000,000 shall be available for the pro-
curement in Israel of defense articles and defense services,
including research and development: Provided further, That
Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic shall be des-
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ignated as eligible for the program established under section
203(a) of the NATO Participation Act of 1994: Provided
further, That of the funds made available under this para-
graph, $30,000,000 shall be available for assistance on a
grant basis for Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic
to carry out title II of Public Law 103–477 and section
585 of Public Law 104–107: Provided further, That funds
made available under this paragraph shall be nonrepayable
notwithstanding any requirement in section 23 of the Arms
Export Control Act: Provided further, That, for the purpose
only of providing support for NATO expansion and the
Warsaw Initiative Program, of the funds appropriated by
this Act under the headings ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe
and the Baltic States’’ and ‘‘Assistance for the New Inde-
pendent States of the Former Soviet Union’’, up to a total
of $20,000,000 may be transferred, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, to the funds appropriated under this
paragraph: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available under this heading shall be available for any non-
NATO country participating in the Partnership for Peace
Program except through the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans authorized by
section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act as follows: cost
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of direct loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That these funds are
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans of not to exceed $540,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That the rate of interest charged on such
loans shall be not less than the current average market yield
on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States
of comparable maturities: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated under this paragraph $20,000,000 shall
be made available to Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Re-
public: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading shall be made available for Greece and Turkey
only on a loan basis, and the principal amount of direct
loans for each country shall not exceed the following:
$122,500,000 only for Greece and $175,000,000 only for
Turkey.
None of the funds made available under this heading
shall be available to finance the procurement of defense arti-
cles, defense services, or design and construction services
that are not sold by the United States Government under
the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign country pro-
posing to make such procurements has first signed an agree-
ment with the United States Government specifying the
conditions under which such procurements may be financed
with such funds: Provided, That all country and funding
level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the
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regular notification procedures of section 515 of this Act:
Provided further, That funds made available under this
heading shall be obligated upon apportionment in accord-
ance with paragraph (5)(C) of title 31, United States Code,
section 1501(a): Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading shall be available for
Zaire, Sudan, Peru, Liberia, and Guatemala: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available for use under this heading may be made
available for Colombia or Bolivia until the Secretary of
State certifies that such funds will be used by such country
primarily for counternarcotics activities: Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading may be used,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, for activities
related to the clearance of landmines and unexploded ord-
nance, and may include activities implemented through
nongovernmental and international organizations: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $100,000,000 of the funds
made available under this heading shall be available for use
in financing the procurement of defense articles, defense
services, or design and construction services that are not
sold by the United States Government under the Arms Ex-
port Control Act to countries other than Israel and Egypt:
Provided further, That only those countries for which assist-
ance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financ-
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ing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presen-
tation for security assistance programs may utilize funds
made available under this heading for procurement of de-
fense articles, defense services or design and construction
services that are not sold by the United States Government
under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That,
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, funds made available under this
heading for the cost of direct loans may also be used to sup-
plement the funds available under this heading for grants,
and funds made available under this heading for grants
may also be used to supplement the funds available under
this heading for the cost of direct loans: Provided further,
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be ex-
pended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely pay-
ment for defense articles and services: Provided further,
That the Department of Defense shall conduct during the
current fiscal year nonreimbursable audits of private firms
whose contracts are made directly with foreign governments
and are financed with funds made available under this
heading (as well as subcontractors thereunder) as requested
by the Defense Security Assistance Agency: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $23,250,000 of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be obligated for necessary
expenses, including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles
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for replacement only for use outside of the United States,
for the general costs of administering military assistance
and sales: Provided further, That not more than
$355,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to section
21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be obli-
gated for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense
during fiscal year 1997 pursuant to section 43(b) of the
Arms Export Control Act, except that this limitation may
be exceeded only through the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations.
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$65,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended except
as provided through the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations.
TITLE IV—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, for the United States contribution to the Global Envi-
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ronment Facility (GEF), $35,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1998.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERIM TRUST FUND AT THE
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
For payment to the Interim Trust Fund administered
by the International Development Association by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, $626,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
CORPORATION
For payment to the International Finance Corpora-
tion by the Secretary of the Treasury, $6,656,000, for the
United States share of the increase in subscriptions to cap-
ital stock, to remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK
For payment to the Inter-American Development Bank
by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United States
share of the paid-in share portion of the increase in capital
stock, $25,610,667, and for the United States share of the
increase in the resources of the Fund for Special Oper-
ations, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Inter-American De-
velopment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limita-
tion to the callable capital portion of the United States
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury,
$11,916,447, for the United States share of the paid-in
share portion of the initial capital subscription, to remain
available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fis-
cal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the
United States share of such capital stock in an amount not
to exceed $27,805,043.
NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the North American Development
Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United
States share of the paid-in portion of the capital stock,
$56,250,000, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the North American De-
velopment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limita-
tion to the callable capital portion of the United States
share of the capital stock of the North American Develop-
ment Bank in an amount not to exceed $318,750,000.
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of
section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program Par-
ticipation Act of 1973, $295,000,000: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made
available for the United Nations Fund for Science and
Technology: Provided further, That not less than $3,000,000
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made
available for the World Food Program: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading
may be made available to the Korean Peninsula Energy
Development Organization (KEDO) or the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading that are
made available to the United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA) shall be made available for activities in the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China: Provided further, That not more
than $35,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this
heading may be made available to the UNFPA: Provided
further, That not more than one-half of this amount may
be provided to UNFPA before March 1, 1997, and that no
later than February 15, 1997, the Secretary of State shall
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations indi-
cating the amount UNFPA is budgeting for the People’s Re-
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public of China in 1997: Provided further, That any
amount UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Republic
of China in 1997 shall be deducted from the amount of
funds provided to UNFPA after March 1, 1997 pursuant
to the previous provisos: Provided further, That with respect
to any funds appropriated under this heading that are
made available to UNFPA, UNFPA shall be required to
maintain such funds in a separate account and not com-
mingle them with any other funds.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
OBLIGATIONS DURING LAST MONTH OF AVAILABILITY
SEC. 501. Except for the appropriations entitled
‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, and ‘‘United States
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, not
more than 15 per centum of any appropriation item made
available by this Act shall be obligated during the last
month of availability.
PROHIBITION OF BILATERAL FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 502. None of the funds contained in title II of
this Act may be used to carry out the provisions of section
209(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES
SEC. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $126,500 shall be for
official residence expenses of the Agency for International
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Development during the current fiscal year: Provided, That
appropriate steps shall be taken to assure that, to the maxi-
mum extent possible, United States-owned foreign cur-
rencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.
LIMITATION ON EXPENSES
SEC. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be for enter-
tainment expenses of the Agency for International Develop-
ment during the current fiscal year.
LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES
SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $95,000 shall be avail-
able for representation allowances for the Agency for Inter-
national Development during the current fiscal year: Pro-
vided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure that,
to the maximum extent possible, United States-owned for-
eign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available by this Act for gen-
eral costs of administering military assistance and sales
under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’,
not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for entertainment
expenses and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for
representation allowances: Provided further, That of the
funds made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’, not to exceed
$50,000 shall be available for entertainment allowances:
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Provided further, That of the funds made available by this
Act for the Inter-American Foundation, not to exceed
$2,000 shall be available for entertainment and representa-
tion allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made
available by this Act for the Peace Corps, not to exceed a
total of $4,000 shall be available for entertainment expenses:
Provided further, That of the funds made available by this
Act under the heading ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’,
not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for representation
and entertainment allowances.
PROHIBITION ON FINANCING NUCLEAR GOODS
SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated or made
available (other than funds for ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-ter-
rorism, Demining and Related Programs’’) pursuant to this
Act, for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
may be used, except for purposes of nuclear safety, to fi-
nance the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology.
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or
expended to finance directly any assistance or reparations
to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Serbia, Sudan,
or Syria: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the
prohibition on obligations or expenditures shall include di-
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rect loans, credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-
Import Bank or its agents.
MILITARY COUPS
SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or
expended to finance directly any assistance to any country
whose duly elected Head of Government is deposed by mili-
tary coup or decree: Provided, That assistance may be re-
sumed to such country if the President determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that subsequent
to the termination of assistance a democratically elected
government has taken office.
TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated under an appropriation account to
which they were not appropriated, except for transfers spe-
cifically provided for in this Act, unless the President, prior
to the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and
provides a written policy justification to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate: Provided, That the exercise of such authority shall
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, except for transfers specifically
referred to in this Act.
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DEOBLIGATION/REOBLIGATION AUTHORITY
SEC. 510. (a) Amounts certified pursuant to section
1311 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1955, as
having been obligated against appropriations heretofore
made under the authority of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 for the same general purpose as any of the headings
under title II of this Act are, if deobligated, hereby contin-
ued available for the same period as the respective appro-
priations under such headings or until September 30, 1997,
whichever is later, and for the same general purpose, and
for countries within the same region as originally obligated:
Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both
Houses of the Congress are notified fifteen days in advance
of the deobligation and reobligation of such funds in accord-
ance with regular notification procedures of the Committees
on Appropriations.
(b) Obligated balances of funds appropriated to carry
out section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act as of the
end of the fiscal year immediately preceding the current
fiscal year are, if deobligated, hereby continued available
during the current fiscal year for the same purpose under
any authority applicable to such appropriations under this
Act: Provided, That the authority of this subsection may
not be used in fiscal year 1997.
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AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation after the expi-
ration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided
in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for the pur-
poses of chapters 1, 8 and 11 of part I, section 667, and
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as amended, and funds provided under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, shall re-
main available until expended if such funds are initially
obligated before the expiration of their respective periods of
availability contained in this Act: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any funds
made available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements in
order to address balance of payments or economic policy
reform objectives, shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That the report required by section 653(a)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall designate for
each country, to the extent known at the time of submission
of such report, those funds allocated for cash disbursement
for balance of payment and economic policy reform pur-
poses.
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LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT
SEC. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to any country
which is in default during a period in excess of one calendar
year in payment to the United States of principal or inter-
est on any loan made to such country by the United States
pursuant to a program for which funds are appropriated
under this Act: Provided, That this section and section
620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply
to funds made available in this Act or during the current
fiscal year for Nicaragua, and for any narcotics-related as-
sistance for Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru authorized by the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control
Act.
COMMERCE AND TRADE
SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance and
none of the funds otherwise made available pursuant to this
Act to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation shall be obligated or expended to
finance any loan, any assistance or any other financial
commitments for establishing or expanding production of
any commodity for export by any country other than the
United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus
on world markets at the time the resulting productive ca-
pacity is expected to become operative and if the assistance
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will cause substantial injury to United States producers of
the same, similar, or competing commodity.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other
Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breed-
ing feasibility study, variety improvement or introduction,
consultancy, publication, conference, or training in connec-
tion with the growth or production in a foreign country
of an agricultural commodity for export which would com-
pete with a similar commodity grown or produced in the
United States: Provided, That this subsection shall not pro-
hibit—
(1) activities designed to increase food security
in developing countries where such activities will not
have a significant impact in the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; or
(2) research activities intended primarily to ben-
efit American producers.
SURPLUS COMMODITIES
SEC. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct
the United States Executive Directors of the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-
national Development Association, the International Fi-
nance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank,
the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development
Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the
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North American Development Bank, the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, the African Development
Bank, and the African Development Fund to use the voice
and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by
these institutions, using funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, for the production or extraction
of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus
on world markets and if the assistance will cause substan-
tial injury to United States producers of the same, similar,
or competing commodity.
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 515. For the purposes of providing the Executive
Branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none
of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’, ‘‘Population, Development Assistance’’,
‘‘International organizations and programs’’, ‘‘Trade and
Development Agency’’, ‘‘International narcotics control’’,
‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’,
‘‘Assistance for the New Independent States of the Former
Soviet Union’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping
operations’’, ‘‘Operating expenses of the Agency for Inter-
national Development’’, ‘‘Operating expenses of the Agency
for International Development Office of Inspector General’’,
‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related
Programs’’, ‘‘Export-Import Bank of the United States’’,
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International
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military education and training’’, ‘‘Peace Corps’’, ‘‘Migra-
tion and refugee assistance’’, and for the ‘‘Inter-American
Foundation’’ and the ‘‘African Development Foundation’’,
shall be available for obligation for activities, programs,
projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other op-
erations not justified or in excess of the amount justified
to the Appropriations Committees for obligation under any
of these specific headings unless the Appropriations Com-
mittees of both Houses of Congress are previously notified
fifteen days in advance: Provided, That comparable require-
ments of any similar provision in any other Act shall be
applicable only to the extent that funds appropriated by
this Act have been previously authorized: Provided further,
That the President shall not enter into any commitment
of funds appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the
Arms Export Control Act for the provision of major defense
equipment, other than conventional ammunition, or other
major defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles,
or combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or
20 per centum in excess of the quantities justified to Con-
gress unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified
fifteen days in advance of such commitment: Provided fur-
ther, That this section shall not apply to any reprogram-
ming for an activity, program, or project under chapter 1
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of less than