104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. J. RES. 170
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making further continuing appropriations for the
fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. J. RES. 170
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year
1996, and for other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That Public Law 104–99 is further amended by striking
out ‘‘March 29, 1996’’ in sections 106(c), 112, 126(c),
202(c) and 214 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘April 24,
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1996’’; and that Public Law 104–92 is further amended
by striking out ‘‘April 3, 1996’’ in section 106(c) and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘April 24, 1996’’ and by inserting
in title IV in the matter before section 401 ‘‘out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and’’
before ‘‘out of the general fund’’; and that section
347(b)(3) of Public Law 104–50 is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(3) chapter 71, relating to labor-management
relations;’’; and
that section 204(a) of the Auburn Indian Restoration Act
(25 U.S.C. 1300l–2(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘shall’’ in
the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘may’’.
SEC. 2. That the following sums are appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996,
and for other purposes, namely:
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FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING,
AND RELATED PROGRAMS
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC
STATES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance for East-
ern Europe and the Baltic States’’ for Bosnia and
Herzegovina, 
including 
demining 
assistance,
$198,000,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading by this Act that are made available
for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, not less than 87.5 percent shall be obligated
and expended for programs, projects, and activities, within
the sector assigned to American forces of the military Im-
plementation Force (IFOR) established by the North At-
lantic Council pursuant to the General Framework Agree-
ment for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and within the
Sarajevo area: Provided further, That the preceding pro-
viso shall not apply to any project that involves activities
in both the American IFOR sector and other contiguous
sectors: Provided further, That priority consideration
should be given to projects and activities designated in the
IFOR ‘‘Task Force Eagle civil military project list’’ in
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making available funds for the economic revitalization pro-
gram: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading by this Act shall be made avail-
able for the construction of new housing or residences in
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated under this heading by this Act or
under this heading in Public Law 104–107 may be made
available for the purposes of repairing housing in areas
where refugees or displaced persons are refused, by Fed-
eration or local authorities, the right of return due to eth-
nicity or political party affiliation: Provided further, That
not to exceed $5,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Debt Re-
structuring’’ to be made available only for the cost, as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, of modifying direct loans and loan guarantees, not-
withstanding any other provision of law: Provided further,
That $3,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Operating Ex-
penses of the Agency for International Development’’ for
administrative expenses: Provided further, That the addi-
tional amount appropriated or otherwise made available
herein is designated by Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended: Provided further, That the provisions of section
515 of Public Law 104–107, and any similar provision of
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law requiring advance notification to the Congress, shall
be applicable to funds appropriated under this heading,
except that the requirements of those provisions shall be
satisfied by notification five days in advance of the obliga-
tion of such funds: Provided further: That, effective ninety
days after the date of enactment of this Act, none of the
funds appropriated under this heading by this Act may
be made available for the purposes of economic revitaliza-
tion in Bosnia and Herzegovina unless the President de-
termines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that the aggregate bilateral contributions
pledged by non-United States donors for economic revital-
ization are at least equivalent to the United States bilat-
eral contributions for economic revitalization made by this
Act and in Public Law 104–107: Provided further, That
50 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading
by this Act that are made available for economic revitaliza-
tion shall not be available for obligation unless the Presi-
dent determines and certifies to the Committees on Appro-
priations that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
has complied with article III of Annex 1–A of the General
Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and
Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces,
and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga-
tions, and related activities between Iranian officials and
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Bosnian officials has been terminated: Provided further,
That funds withheld from obligation pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso may be made available for obligation and ex-
penditure after June 15, 1996, notwithstanding the pre-
vious proviso if the President determines and reports to
the Committees on Appropriations that it is important to
the national security interest of the United States to do
so: Provided further, That the authority contained in the
previous proviso to make such a determination may be ex-
ercised by the President only and may not be delegated:
Provided further, That with regard to funds appropriated
under this heading by this Act (and local currencies gen-
erated by such funds) that are made available for eco-
nomic revitalization, the Administrator of the Agency for
International Development shall provide written approval
for grants and loans prior to the obligation and expendi-
ture of funds for such purposes, and the Administrator
shall receive the agreement of grantees that such funds
shall be subject to audits by the Inspector General of the
Agency for International Development: Provided further,
That with regard to funds appropriated under this head-
ing by this Act (and local currencies generated by such
funds) that are made available for economic revitalization,
the Administrator of the Agency for International Devel-
opment shall provide written approval for the use of funds
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that have been returned or repaid to any lending facility
and grantee under the economic revitalization program
prior to the use of such returned or repaid funds: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any provision of law under
this heading in Public Law 104–107, the provisions of sec-
tion 532 of that Act shall be applicable to funds appro-
priated under this heading that are used under the eco-
nomic revitalization program and to local currencies gen-
erated by such funds: Provided further, That such local
currencies may be used only for program purposes: Pro-
vided further, That for the purposes of this Act, local cur-
rency generations under the economic revitalization pro-
gram shall include 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.
Passed the House of Representatives March 29,
1996.
Attest:
Clerk.