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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 head-
ing shall be available to finance the procurement of de-
fense articles, defense services, or design and construc-
tion services that are not sold by the United States Gov-
ernment under the Arms Export Control Act unless the
foreign country proposing to make such procurements
has first signed an agreement 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 regular notification proce-
dures of section 515 of this Act: Provided further, That
funds made available under this heading shall be obli-
gated upon apportionment in accordance 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,
Liberia, and Guatemala: Provided further, That funds
made available under this heading may be used, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for activities related
to the clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance,
and may include activities implemented through non-
governmental and international organizations: Provided
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further, That only those countries for which assistance
was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financing
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 Govern-
ment under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided fur-
ther, That, subject to the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations, funds made avail-
able under this heading for the cost of direct loans may
also be used to supplement 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 expended at the minimum rate nec-
essary to make timely payment for defense articles and
services: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
not 
more 
than
$23,250,000 of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing may be obligated for necessary expenses, including
the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement
only for use outside of the United States, for the general
costs of administering military assistance and sales: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $355,000,000 of funds
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realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act may be obligated 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 Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
TITLE IV—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the International Bank for Re-
construction and Development by the Secretary of the
Treasury, for the United States contribution to the Glob-
al Environment Facility (GEF), $35,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1998.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION
For payment to the International Development
Association 
by 
the 
Secretary 
of 
the 
Treasury,
$700,000,000, for the United States contribution to the
tenth replenishment, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That none of the funds may be obligated before
March 1, 1997: Provided further, That not less than
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twenty days before such funds are obligated, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall submit a report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations on his efforts to reach agree-
ment with the other IDA–11 donors, including at the
February 1997 IDA–11 donors review meeting, that the
procurement restrictions in the Interim Trust Fund will
be lifted.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
CORPORATION
For payment to the International Finance Cor-
poration by the Secretary of the Treasury, $6,656,000,
for the United States share of the increase in subscrip-
tions to capital 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 Operations, $10,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Inter-Amer-
ican Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year
limitation to the callable capital portion of the United
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States share of such capital stock in an amount not to
exceed $1,503,718,910.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS
MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND
For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas
Multilateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the
Treasury, for the United States contribution to the Fund
to be administered by the Inter-American Development
Bank, $27,500,000 to remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the Asian Development Bank by
the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share
of the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock,
$13,221,596, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Asian Develop-
ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation
to the callable capital portion of the United States share
of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed
$647,858,204.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For the United States contribution by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury to the increases in resources of
the Asian Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian
Development Bank Act, as amended (Public Law 89–
369), $100,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the European Bank for Recon-
struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, $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 fiscal year limitation to the callable capital por-
tion 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,
$56,000,000, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the North Amer-
ican Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year
limitation to the callable capital portion of the United
States share of the capital stock of the North American
Development Bank in an account not to exceed
$318,750,000.
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priated under this heading that are made available to
UNFPA, UNFPA shall be required to maintain such
funds in a separate account and not commingle them
with any other funds: 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 En-
ergy Agency (IAEA).
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 Development during the current fiscal year:
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Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure
that, to the maximum extent possible, United States-
owned foreign currencies 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 entertainment expenses of the Agency for Inter-
national Development 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 available for representation allowances for the
Agency for International Development during the current
fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall be
taken to assure that, to the maximum extent possible,
United States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in
lieu of dollars: Provided further, That of the funds made
available by this Act for general 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 ‘‘International Military Edu-
cation and Training’’, not to exceed $50,000 shall be
available for entertainment allowances: Provided further,
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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 representation allow-
ances: 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 rep-
resentation and entertainment allowances.
PROHIBITION ON FINANCING NUCLEAR GOODS
SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated or
made available (other than funds for ‘‘Nonproliferation,
Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’) pursu-
ant to this Act, for carrying out the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, may be used, except for purposes of nuclear
safety, to finance the export of nuclear equipment, fuel,
or technology.
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obli-
gated or expended to finance directly any assistance or
reparations to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran,
Sudan, or Syria: Provided, That for purposes of this sec-
tion, the prohibition on obligations or expenditures shall
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include direct loans, credits, insurance and guarantees of
the Export-Import Bank or its agents.
MILITARY COUPS
SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obli-
gated or expended to finance directly any assistance to
any country whose duly elected Head of Government is
deposed by military coup or decree: Provided, That assist-
ance may be resumed to such country if the President de-
termines and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions 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
specifically 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.
DEOBLIGATION/REOBLIGATION AUTHORITY
SEC. 510. (a) Amounts certified pursuant to sec-
tion 1311 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1955,
as having been obligated against appropriations here-
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tofore made under the authority of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 for the same general purpose as any
of the headings under title II of this Act are, if
deobligated, hereby continued available for the same pe-
riod as the respective appropriations 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 Con-
gress are notified fifteen days in advance of the reobliga-
tion of such funds in accordance 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 pur-
pose under any authority applicable to such appropria-
tions under this Act: Provided, That the authority of this
subsection may not be used in fiscal year 1997.
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the
expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so
provided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated
for the purposes of chapters 1, 8, and 11 of part I, sec-
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tion 667, and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended, and funds provided under
the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Bal-
tic States’’, shall remain 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 provi-
sion of this Act, any funds made available for the pur-
poses 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 re-
port, those funds allocated for cash disbursement for bal-
ance of payment and economic policy reform purposes.
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 interest 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
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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 assistance 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 ex-
pended to finance any loan, any assistance or any other
financial commitments for establishing or expanding pro-
duction 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 result-
ing productive capacity is expected to become operative
and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to
United States producers of the same, similar, or compet-
ing commodity: Provided, That such prohibition shall not
apply to the Export-Import Bank if in the judgment of
its Board of Directors the benefits to industry and em-
ployment in the United States are likely to outweigh the
injury to United States producers of the same, similar,
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or competing commodity, and the Chairman of the Board
so notifies the Committees on Appropriations.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any
other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing
or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or in-
troduction, consultancy, publication, conference, or train-
ing in connection with the growth or production in a for-
eign country of an agricultural commodity for export
which would compete with a similar commodity grown or
produced in the United States: Provided, That this sub-
section shall not prohibit—
(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
benefit American producers.
SURPLUS COMMODITIES
SEC. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall in-
struct the United States Executive Directors of the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the
International Development Association, the International
Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development
Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian De-
velopment Bank, the Inter-American Investment Cor-
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poration, the 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 available 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 substantial injury to United States
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity.
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 515. For the purpose of providing the Exec-
utive Branch with the necessary administrative flexibility,
none of the funds made available under this Act for
‘‘Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’, ‘‘Debt restructuring’’, ‘‘International
organizations and programs’’, ‘‘Trade and Development
Agency’’, ‘‘International narcotics control’’, ‘‘Assistance
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Assistance
for the New Independent State of the Former Soviet
Union’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping oper-
ations’’, ‘‘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’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
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gram’’, ‘‘International military education and training’’,
‘‘Inter-American Foundation’’, ‘‘African Development
Foundation’’, ‘‘Peace Corps’’, ‘‘Migration and refugee as-
sistance’’, shall be available for obligation for activities,
programs, projects, type of materiel assistance, countries,
or other operations not justified or in excess of the
amount justified to the Appropriations Committees for
obligation under any of these specific headings unless the
Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress
are previously notified fifteen days in advance: Provided,
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 Congress unless the Committees on Appro-
priations are notified fifteen days in advance of such
commitment: Provided further, That this section shall not
apply to any reprogramming for an activity, program, or
project under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 of less than 10 per centum of the
amount previously justified to the Congress for obligation
for such activity, program, or project for the current fis-
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cal year: Provided further, That the requirements of this
section or any similar provision of this Act or any other
Act, including any prior Act requiring notification in ac-
cordance with the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations, may be waived if failure
to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health
or welfare: Provided further, That in case of any such
waiver, notification to the Congress, or the appropriate
congressional committees, shall be provided as early as
practicable, but in no event later than three days after
taking the action to which such notification requirement
was applicable, in the context of the circumstances neces-
sitating such waiver: Provided further, That any notifica-
tion provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an
explanation of the emergency circumstances.
Drawdowns made pursuant to section 506(a)(2)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be subject to
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
SEC. 516. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law or of this Act, none of the funds provided for ‘‘Inter-
national Organizations and Programs’’ shall be available
for the United States proportionate share, in accordance
with section 307(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
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1961, for any programs identified in section 307, or for
Libya, Iran, or, at the discretion of the President, Com-
munist countries listed in section 620(f) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Provided, That,
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under this
Act or any previously enacted Act making appropriations
for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams, which are returned or not made available for or-
ganizations and programs because of the implementation
of this section or any similar provision of law, shall re-
main available for obligation through September 30,
1998.
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL
SEC. 517. The Congress finds that progress on
the peace process in the Middle East is vitally important
to United States security interests in the region. The
Congress recognizes that, in fulfilling its obligations
under the Treaty of Peace Between the Arab Republic of
Egypt and the State of Israel, done at Washington on
March 26, 1979, Israel incurred severe economic bur-
dens. Furthermore, the Congress recognizes that an eco-
nomically and militarily secure Israel serves the security
interests of the United States, for a secure Israel is an
Israel which has the incentive and confidence to continue
pursuing the peace process. Therefore, the Congress de-
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clares that, subject to the availability of appropriations,
it is the policy and the intention of the United States
that the funds provided in annual appropriations for the
Economic Support Fund which are allocated to Israel
shall not be less than the annual debt repayment (inter-
est and principal) from Israel to the United States Gov-
ernment in recognition that such a principle serves Unit-
ed States interests in the region.
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available to
carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as amended, may be used to pay for the performance of
abortions as a method of family planning or to motivate
or coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the
funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay
for the performance of involuntary sterilization as a
method of family planning or to coerce or provide any fi-
nancial incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations.
None of the funds made available to carry out part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be
used to pay for any biomedical research which relates in
whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance of,
abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of fam-
ily planning. None of the funds made available to carry
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out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, may be obligated or expended for any country
or organization if the President certifies that the use of
these funds by any such country or organization would
violate any of the above provisions related to abortions
and involuntary sterilizations: Provided, That none of the
funds made available under this Act may be used to
lobby for or against abortion.
AUTHORIZATION FOR POPULATION PLANNING
SEC. 518A. (a) None of the funds made available
in title II of this Act for population planning activities or
other population assistance pursuant to section 104(b) of
the Foreign Assistance Act or any other provision of law
may be obligated or expended prior to July 1, 1997.
(b) Not to exceed $385,000,000 of the funds ap-
propriated in title II of this Act may be made available
for population planning activities or other population as-
sistance.
(c) Such funds may be apportioned only on a
monthly basis, and such monthly apportionments may
not exceed 8 percent of the total available for such activi-
ties.
(d) Not later than February 1, 1997, the Presi-
dent shall submit a finding to the Congress regarding the
impact of the limitation on obligations imposed by sub-
section (a) of this section on the proper functioning of
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the population planning program. If such Presidential
finding indicates that the limitation is having a negative
impact on the proper functioning of the population plan-
ning program, funds for population planning activities
and other population assistance referred to in subsection
(a) may be made available beginning March 1, 1997, not-
withstanding the July 1, 1997, limitation set forth in
subsection (a), if the Congress approves such finding by
adoption of a joint resolution of approval not later than
February 28, 1997, in accordance with subsection (e).
(e) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PROCEDURE.—
(1) This subsection is enacted by Congress—
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power
of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, respectively, and as such it is deemed a
part of the rules of each House, respectively,
but applicable only with respect to the proce-
dure to be followed in that House in the case
of resolutions described by paragraph (2) of
this subsection; and it supersedes other rules
only to the extent that it is inconsistent there-
with; and
(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change the rules
(so far as those rules relate to the procedure of
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that House) at any time, in the same manner,
and to the same extent as in the case of any
other rule of such House.
(2) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘res-
olution’’ means a joint resolution, the text of which
is as follows: ‘‘That the House of Representatives
and Senate approve the Presidential finding, submit-
ted to the Congress on XXXXX, that the limitation
on obligations imposed by section 518A(a) of the
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, is having a
negative impact on the proper functioning of the
population planning program.’’. The blank space
therein shall be filled with the date on which the
President submits his finding to the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate.
(3) On the day on which the President submits
a finding under this section to the Congress, a joint
resolution described in paragraph (2) shall be intro-
duced (by request) in the House by the majority
leader of the House, for himself and the minority
leader of the House, or by Members of the House
designated by the majority leader and minority lead-
er of the House; and shall be introduced (by re-
quest) in the Senate by the majority leader of the
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Senate, for himself and the minority leader of the
Senate, or by Members of the Senate designated by
the majority leader and minority leader of the Sen-
ate. If either House is not in session on the day on
which the President submits such finding, the reso-
lution shall be introduced in that House, as provided
in the preceding sentence, on the first day thereafter
on which that House is in session. A resolution once
introduced in the House with respect to a Presi-
dential finding under this section shall be referred to
1 or more committees (and all resolutions with re-
spect to the same Presidential finding shall be re-
ferred to the same committee or committees) by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives. A resolu-
tion once introduced in the Senate with respect to a
Presidential finding under this section shall be re-
ferred to the appropriate committee (and all resolu-
tions with respect to the same Presidential finding
shall be referred to the same committee) by the
President of the Senate.
(4) No amendment to a resolution introduced
under this section shall be in order in either the
House of Representatives or the Senate; and no mo-
tion to suspend the application of this subsection
shall be in order in either House, nor shall it be in
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order in either House for the presiding officer to en-
tertain a request to suspend the application of this
subsection by unanimous consent.
(5)(A) If any committee to which a resolution
with respect to a Presidential finding under this sec-
tion has been referred has not reported it at the end
of 5 calendar days after its introduction, such com-
mittee shall be automatically discharged from fur-
ther consideration of the resolution and it shall be
placed on the appropriate calendar. A vote on final
passage of the resolution, shall be taken in each
House on or before February 28, 1997. If prior to
the passage by 1 House of a resolution of that
House under this section, that House receives the
same resolution from the other House, then—
(i) the procedure in that House shall be
the same as if no resolution had been received
from the other House, but
(ii) the vote on final passage shall be on
the resolution of the other House.
(6)(A) A motion in the House of Representa-
tives to proceed to the consideration of a resolution
under this section shall be highly privileged and not
debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be
in order, nor shall it be in order to move to recon-
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within which the consumer reporting agency is re-
quired to complete actions required by that section
regarding that information.
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.—Sections 616 and
617 do not apply to any failure to comply with subsection
(a), except as provided in section 621(c)(1)(B).
‘‘(d) LIMITATION
ON ENFORCEMENT.—Subsection
(a) shall be enforced exclusively under section 621 by the
Federal agencies and officials and the State officials iden-
tified in that section.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of the Fair Credit Reporting Act
(15 U.S.C. 1681a et seq.) is amended by striking the item
relating to section 623 and inserting the following:
‘‘623. Responsibilities of furnishers of information to consumer reporting agen-
cies.
‘‘624. Relation to State laws.’’.
SEC. 2414. INVESTIGATIVE CONSUMER REPORTS.
Section 606 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15
U.S.C. 1681d) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the
end and inserting ‘‘and’’;
(2) by striking subsection (a)(2) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(2) the person certifies or has certified to the
consumer reporting agency that—