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of child survival, maternal health, and infectious disease
programs: Provided further, That the following amounts
should be allocated as follows: $295,000,000 for child sur-
vival and maternal health; $25,000,000 for vulnerable
children; $434,000,000 for HIV/AIDS; $155,000,000 for
other infectious diseases; $120,000,000 for UNICEF; and
$358,000,000 for reproductive health: Provided further,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to
$60,000,000 may be made available for a United States
contribution to the The Vaccine Fund and up to
$10,000,000 may be made available for the International
AIDS Vaccine Initiative: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading and under the
heading ‘‘Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund’’ in
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 2001, up to $100,000,000
may be made available for a United States contribution
to a multilateral trust fund to fight HIV/AIDS, malaria,
and tuberculosis: 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, supports or participates
in the management of a program of coercive abortion or
involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That none of
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the funds made available under this heading may be used
to pay for the performance of abortion as a method of
family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to
practice abortions; and that in order to reduce reliance
on abortion in developing nations, funds shall be available
only to voluntary family planning projects which offer, ei-
ther directly or through referral to, or information about
access to, a broad range of family planning methods and
services, and that any such voluntary family planning
project shall meet the following requirements: (1) service
providers or referral agents in the project shall not imple-
ment or be subject to quotas, or other numerical targets,
of total number of births, number of family planning ac-
ceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family
planning (this provision shall not be construed to include
the use of quantitative estimates or indicators for budg-
eting and planning purposes); (2) the project shall not in-
clude payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or financial
reward to: (A) an individual in exchange 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 benefit, including the right of
access to participate in any program of general welfare
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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 provide family planning ac-
ceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits
and risks of the method chosen, including 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 determines that there has
been a violation of the requirements contained in para-
graph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern
or practice of violations of the requirements contained in
paragraph (4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall sub-
mit to the Committee on International Relations and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, a report con-
taining 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
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104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant
shall be discriminated against because of such applicant’s
religious or conscientious commitment to offer only nat-
ural family planning; 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 oper-
ations, export financing, and related programs, the term
‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance,
shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent
with local law, of information or counseling about all preg-
nancy options: Provided further, That nothing in this para-
graph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory
prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of sections 103, 105, 106, and 131, and chapter 10 of
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$1,098,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2003: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading may be made available for any activity
which is in contravention to the Convention on Inter-
national Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna
(CITES): Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading that are made available for as-
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sistance programs for displaced and orphaned children
and victims of war, not to exceed $25,000, in addition to
funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used
to monitor and provide oversight of such programs: Pro-
vided further, That $135,000,000 should be allocated for
children’s basic education.
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, $200,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
TRANSITION INITIATIVES
For necessary expenses for international disaster re-
habilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to sec-
tion 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$40,000,000, to remain available until expended, to sup-
port transition to democracy and to long-term develop-
ment of countries in crisis: Provided, That such support
may include assistance to develop, strengthen, or preserve
democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic in-
frastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict:
Provided further, That the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall submit a report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to begin-
ning a new program of assistance.
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DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of loan guarantees, up to $12,500,000,
as authorized by sections 108 and 635 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961: Provided, That such funds shall be
derived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act
to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
and under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe
and the Baltic States’’: Provided further, That such funds
shall be made available only for micro and small enterprise
programs and other programs which further the purposes
of part I of the Act: Provided further, That during fiscal
year 2002, commitments to guarantee loans shall not ex-
ceed $177,500,000: Provided further, That such costs shall
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974: Provided further, That the provisions of sec-
tion 107A(d) (relating to general provisions applicable to
the Development Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R.
1486 as reported by the House Committee on Inter-
national Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to
loan guarantees provided under this heading. In addition,
for administrative expenses to carry out credit programs
administered by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, $7,500,000, all of which may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Op-