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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2863
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 22, 1996
Ms. MCKINNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT
ASSISTANCE
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying
out the program for the current fiscal year for such cor-
poration: Provided, That none of the funds available dur-
ing the current fiscal year may be used to make expendi-
tures, contracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear
equipment, fuel, or technology to any country other than
a nuclear-weapon State as defined in Article IX of the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligi-
ble to receive economic or military assistance under this
Act that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date
of enactment of this Act.
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur-
ance, and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended,
$786,551,000 to remain available until September 30,
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1997: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That such sums shall remain available until 2010 for
the disbursement of direct loans, loan guarantees, insur-
ance and tied-aid grants obligated in fiscal years 1996 and
1997: Provided further, That up to $100,000,000 of funds
appropriated by this paragraph shall remain available
until expended and may be used for tied-aid grant pur-
poses: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated by this paragraph may be used for tied-aid credits
or grants except through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated by this paragraph are made
available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export-
Import Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the purchase
or lease of any product by any East European country,
any Baltic State, or any agency or national thereof.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs (to be com-
puted on an accrual basis), including hire of passenger
motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, and not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and
representation expenses for members of the Board of Di-
rectors, $45,614,000: Provided, That necessary expenses
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(including special services performed on a contract or fee
basis, but not including other personal services) in connec-
tion with the collection of moneys owed the Export-Import
Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other
assets acquired by the Export-Import Bank in satisfaction
of moneys owed the Export-Import Bank, or the investiga-
tion or appraisal of any property, or the evaluation of the
legal or technical aspects of any transaction for which an
application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment
has been made, shall be considered nonadministrative ex-
penses for the purposes of this heading: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the
Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof
shall remain in effect until October 1, 1996.
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations,
as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and
commitments within the limits of funds available to it and
in accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided,
That the amount available for administrative expenses to
carry out the credit and insurance programs (including an
amount for official reception and representation expenses
which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed
$26,000,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
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action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred
in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated
with services provided to specific investors or potential in-
vestors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, shall not be considered administrative ex-
penses for the purposes of this heading.
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans,
$72,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That such sums shall be available for di-
rect loan obligations and loan guaranty commitments in-
curred or made during fiscal years 1996 and 1997: Pro-
vided further, That such sums shall remain available
through fiscal year 2003 for the disbursement of direct
and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year 1996, and
through fiscal year 2004 for the disbursement of direct
and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year 1997. In ad-
dition, such sums as may be necessary for administrative
expenses to carry out the credit program may be derived
from amounts available for administrative expenses to
carry out the credit and insurance programs in the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account
and merged with said account.
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FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$40,000,000: Provided, That the Trade and Development
Agency may receive reimbursements from corporations
and other entities for the costs of grants for feasibility
studies and other project planning services, to be deposited
as an offsetting collection to this account and to be avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 1997, for necessary
expenses under this paragraph: Provided further, That
such reimbursements shall not cover, or be allocated
against, direct or indirect administrative costs of the
agency.
TITLE II—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
For expenses necessary to enable the President to
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, and for other purposes, to remain available until
September 30, 1996, unless otherwise specified herein, as
follows:
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CHILD SURVIVAL AND DISEASE PROGRAMS
Of the funds appropriated in title II of this Act, and
under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Pro-
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grams’’ in title IV of this Act, not less than $484,000,000
shall be made available for programs for child survival,
assistance to combat tropical and other diseases, and re-
lated activities: Provided, That this amount shall be made
available for such activities as (1) immunization programs,
(2) oral rehydration programs, (3) health and nutrition
programs, and related education programs, which address
the needs of mothers and children, (4) water and sanita-
tion programs, (5) assistance for displaced and orphaned
children, (6) programs for the prevention, treatment, and
control of, and research on, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS,
polio, malaria and other diseases, and (7) a contribution
on a grant basis to the United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF).
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of sections 103 through 106 and chapter 10 of part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, title V of the Inter-
national Security and Development Cooperation Act of
1980 (Public Law 96–533) and the provisions of section
401 
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1969,
$1,675,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1997: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under
this heading, up to $20,000,000 may be made available
for the Inter-American Foundation and shall be appor-
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tioned directly to that agency: Provided further, That of
the amount appropriated under this heading, up to
$11,500,000 may be made available for the African Devel-
opment Foundation and shall be apportioned directly to
that agency: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under title II of this Act that are administered
by the Agency for International Development and made
available for family planning assistance, not less than 65
percent shall be made available directly to the agency’s
central Office of Population and shall be programmed by
that office for family planning activities: Provided further,
That the President shall seek to ensure that funds made
available under this heading for sub-Saharan Africa are
in substantially the same proportion to the total amount
appropriated and made available by this Act for develop-
ment assistance as the proportion of funds made available
for development assistance for sub-Saharan Africa was to
the total amount appropriated for development assistance
in Public Law 103–306: Provided further, That up to
$25,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
may be made available for necessary expenses to carry out
the provisions of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance
Act: Provided further, That the President shall seek to en-
sure that the percentage of funds made available under
this heading for the activities of private and voluntary or-
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ganizations and cooperatives is at least equal to the per-
centage of funds made available pursuant to correspond-
ing authorities in law for the activities of private and vol-
untary organizations and cooperatives in fiscal year 1995:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available
in this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appro-
priations may be made available to any organization or
program which, as determined by the President of the
United States, supports or participates in the manage-
ment of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary
sterilization: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available under this heading may be used to pay for
the performance of abortion as a method of family plan-
ning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abor-
tions; and that in order to reduce reliance on abortion in
developing nations, funds shall be available only to vol-
untary family planning projects which offer, either directly
or through referral to, or information about access to, a
broad range of family planning methods and services: Pro-
vided further, That in awarding grants for natural family
planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against be-
cause of such applicant’s religious or conscientious com-
mitment to offer only natural family planning; and, addi-
tionally, all such applicants shall comply with the require-
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ments of the previous proviso: Provided further, That for
purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or appro-
priating funds for foreign operations, 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 infor-
mation or counseling about all pregnancy options: Pro-
vided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be con-
strued to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against
abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section
109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of the funds
appropriated under this heading not to exceed a total of
$30,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘International Organi-
zations and Programs’’ for a contribution to the Inter-
national Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and
that any such transfer of funds shall be subject to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That not less than
$650,000 of the funds made available under this heading
should be made available for support of the United States
Telecommunications Training Institute.
CYPRUS
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘De-
velopment Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’,
not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for Cy-
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prus to be used only for scholarships, administrative sup-
port of the scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and
measures aimed at reunification of the island and designed
to reduce tensions and promote peace and cooperation be-
tween the two communities on Cyprus.
BURMA
Of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out
the provisions of chapter 8 of part I and chapter 4 of part
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than
$2,380,000 shall be made available to support activities
in Burma, along the Burma-Thailand border, and for ac-
tivities of Burmese student groups and other organiza-
tions located outside Burma, for the purposes of fostering
democracy in Burma, supporting the provision of medical
supplies and other humanitarian assistance to Burmese lo-
cated in Burma or displaced Burmese along the borders,
and for other purposes: Provided, That of this amount,
not less than $200,000 shall be made available to support
newspapers, publications, and other media activities pro-
moting democracy inside Burma: Provided further, That
of this amount, not less than $380,000 shall be made
available for crop substitution activities in cooperation
with the Kachin people of Burma: Provided further, That
funds made available under this heading may be made
available notwithstanding any other provision of law: Pro-
vided further, That provision of such funds shall be made
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available subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations.
PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act for development assistance may be
made available to any United States private and voluntary
organization, except any cooperative development organi-
zation, which obtains less than 20 per centum of its total
annual funding for international activities from sources
other than the United States Government: Provided, That
the requirements of the provisions of section 123(g) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the provisions on pri-
vate and voluntary organizations in title II of the ‘‘Foreign
Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
1985’’ (as enacted in Public Law 98–473) shall be super-
seded by the provisions of this section, except that the au-
thority contained in the last sentence of section 123(g)
may be exercised by the Administrator with regard to the
requirements of this paragraph.
Funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under title II of this Act should be made available to pri-
vate and voluntary organizations at a level which is equiv-
alent to the level provided in fiscal year 1995. Such private
and voluntary organizations shall include those which op-
erate on a not-for-profit basis, receive contributions from
private sources, receive voluntary support from the public
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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 re-
lief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant
to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, $181,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE FORMER
YUGOSLAVIA
Of the funds appropriated in title II of this Act,
$40,000,000 should be available only for emergency hu-
manitarian assistance to the former Yugoslavia, of which
amount not less than $6,000,000 shall be available only
for humanitarian assistance to Kosova.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional 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 Function 150, including the cost of selling, reduc-
ing, or canceling amounts, through debt buybacks and
swaps, owed to the United States as a result of
concessional loans made to eligible Latin American and
Caribbean countries, pursuant to part IV of the Foreign
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Assistance Act of 1961, $10,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
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 For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Provided, That
such costs shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
guarantees of loans made under this heading in support
of microenterprise activities may guarantee up to 70 per-
cent of the principal amount of any such loans notwith-
standing 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 De-
velopment: Provided further, That funds made available
under this heading shall remain available until September
30, 1997.
HOUSING GUARANTY PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of guaranteed loans au-
thorized by sections 221 and 222 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, $4,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1997: Provided, That these funds are avail-
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able 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 guar-
anteed loan programs, $7,000,000, all of which may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Op-
erating Expenses of the Agency for International Develop-
ment: Provided further, That commitments to guarantee
loans under this heading may be entered into notwith-
standing the second and third sentences of section 222(a)
and, with regard to programs for Eastern Europe and pro-
grams for the benefit of South Africans disadvantaged by
apartheid, section 223(j) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be obligated except
through the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
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, $43,914,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $465,750,000: Provided, That of this
amount not more than $1,475,000 may be made available
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to pay for printing costs: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated by this Act for programs adminis-
tered by the Agency for International Development (AID)
may be used to finance printing costs of any report or
study (except feasibility, design, or evaluation reports or
studies) in excess of $25,000 without the approval of the
Administrator of the Agency or the Administrator’s des-
ignee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available
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
GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $30,200,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1997, which sum shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Inspector General of the Agency for Inter-
national Development.
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 avail-
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able until September 30, 1997: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than
$1,200,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which
sum shall be available on a grant basis as a cash transfer
and shall be disbursed within thirty days of enactment of
this Act or by October 31, 1995, whichever is later: Pro-
vided 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 Eygpt will
undertake significant economic reforms which are addi-
tional to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal
years, and of which not less than $200,000,000 shall be
provided as Commodity Import Program assistance: Pro-
vided further, That the Egyptian pound equivalent of
$85,000,000 generated from funds made available by this
paragraph or generated from funds appropriated under
this heading in prior appropriations Acts, may be made
available to the United States pursuant to the United
States-Egypt Economic, Technical and Related Assistance
Agreements of 1978, for the following activities under
such Agreements: the Egyptian pound equivalent of
$50,000,000 may be made available to replenish the exist-
ing endowment for the American University in Cairo, and
the Egyptian pound equivalent of $35,000,000 may be
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made available for projects and programs, including estab-
lishment of an endowment, which promote the preserva-
tion and restoration of Egyptian antiquities: Provided fur-
ther, That in exercising the authority to provide cash
transfer assistance for Israel 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: Pro-
vided 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 participa-
tion in the Camp David Accords and upon the Egyptian-
Israeli peace treaty: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail-
able for Zaire.
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to
$19,600,000, which shall be available for the United
States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland
and shall be made available in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986
(Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time-
ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further,
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That funds made available under this heading shall re-
main available until September 30, 1997.
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,
$324,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1997, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for economic assistance and for related
programs for 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 appropria-
tion 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
Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available
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the administrative authorities contained in that Act for
the use of economic assistance.
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 related programs, $641,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1997: Provided, That the provi-
sions of 498B(j) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
shall apply to funds appropriated by this paragraph.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing 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
foreign private investment; and
(2) if that Government applies or transfers
United States assistance to any entity for the pur-
pose of expropriating or seizing ownership or control
of assets, 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 head-
ing shall be made available to any government of the new
independent states of the former Soviet Union if that gov-
ernment directs any action in violation of the territorial
integrity or national sovereignty of any other new inde-
pendent state, such as those violations included in the Hel-
sinki Final Act: Provided, That such funds may be made
available without regard to the restriction in this sub-
section 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 assist-
ance for purposes of humanitarian, disaster and refugee
relief.
(e) None of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing 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 Com-
mittees 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 orga-
nizations committed to private enterprise, and private vol-
untary organizations: Provided, That grantees and con-
tractors should, to the maximum extent possible, place in
key staff positions specialists with prior on the ground ex-
pertise in the region of activity and fluency in one of the
local languages.
(j) In issuing new task orders, entering into con-
tracts, or making grants, with funds appropriated under
this heading or in prior appropriations Acts, for projects
or activities that have as one of their primary purposes
the fostering of private sector development, the Coordina-
tor for United States Assistance to the New Independent
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States and the implementing agency shall encourage the
participation of and give significant weight to contractors
and grantees who propose investing a significant amount
of their own resources (including volunteer services and
in-kind contributions) 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, with the understanding that Ukraine will under-
take significant economic reforms which are additional to
those which were undertaken in previous fiscal years, and
of which not less than $50,000,000 (from this or any other
Act) shall be made available to improve energy self-suffi-
ciency and improve safety at nuclear reactors, and of
which $2,000,000 should be made available to conduct or
implement an assessment of the energy distribution grid
that provides recommendations leading to increased access
to power by industrial, commercial and residential users,
and of which not less than $22,000,000 shall be made
available to support the development of small and medium
enterprises, including independent broadcast and print
media.
(l) Of the funds made available under this heading,
$5,000,000 should be made available for a project to
screen, diagnose, and treat victims of breast cancer associ-
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ated with the 1985 incident at the Chernobyl reactor in
Ukraine.
(m) Of the funds made available by this Act, not less
than $85,000,000 shall be made available for Armenia.
(n) Of the funds made available by this or any other
Act, $30,000,000 should be made available for Georgia.
(o)(1) Effective ninety days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, none of the funds appropriated under
this heading may be made available for Russia unless the
President determines and certifies in writing to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that the Government of Russia
has terminated implementation of arrangements to pro-
vide Iran with technical expertise, training, technology, or
equipment necessary to develop a nuclear reactor or relat-
ed nuclear research facilities or programs.
(2) Subparagraph (1) shall not apply if the President
determines that making such funds available is important
to the national security interest of the United States. Any
such determination shall cease to be effective six months
after being made unless the President determines that its
continuation is important to the national security interest
of the United States.
(p) Of the funds appropriated under this heading,
$20,000,000 should be provided for hospital partnership
programs, medical assistance to directly reduce the inci-
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dence of infectious diseases such as diphtheria or tuber-
culosis, and 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 $12,600,000 shall be
made available for law enforcement training and ex-
changes, and investigative and technical assistance activi-
ties related to international criminal activities.
(r) Support should be provided from funds appro-
priated under this heading for a ballot security project to
promote public review by Russian citizens over the conduct
of parliamentary and presidential elections in Russia: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of State may waive this provi-
sion with regard to any election upon notification to the
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of
Russia has blocked implementation of a ballot security
project.
(s) 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
obligation of these funds shall be consistent with sound
business practices.
(t) The President shall establish a Trans-Caucasus
Enterprise Fund to encourage regional peace through eco-
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nomic cooperation: Provided, That the President shall seek
other bilateral and multilateral investors in the Fund: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under this
heading, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for a United States investment in the Trans-Caucasus
Enterprise Fund.
(u) 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 dis-
bursement of such funds by the Fund for program pur-
poses. The Fund 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 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.
(v) Section 5421(d)(3)(B) of title 22, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing: ‘‘: Provided, That, as to Enterprise Funds established
with respect to more than one host country, such Enter-
prise Fund may, in lieu of the appointment of citizens of
the host countries to its Board of Directors, establish an
advisory council for the host region comprised of citizens
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of each of the host countries or establish separate advisory
councils for each of the host countries (hereinafter in this
section referred to as the ‘Advisory Councils’), with which
the Enterprise Fund’s policies and proposed activities and
such host country citizens shall satisfy the experience and
expertise requirements of this clause.’’.
(w) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as-
sistance may be provided for the Government of Azer-
baijan for humanitarian purposes, if the President deter-
mines that humanitarian assistance provided in Azer-
baijan through nongovernmental organizations is not ade-
quately addressing the suffering of refugees and internally
displaced persons.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
PEACE CORPS
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $205,000,000, in-
cluding 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 appro-
priated under this heading shall be used to pay for abor-
tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading shall remain available until September 30,
1997.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$115,000,000: Provided, That during fiscal year 1996, 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 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 contribu-
tions to the International Organization for Migration and
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and
other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; sala-
ries and expenses of personnel and dependents as author-
ized 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, $671,000,000: Provided, That not
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more than $12,000,000 shall be available for administra-
tive expenses: Provided further, That not less than
$80,000,000 shall be made available for refugees from the
former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and other refu-
gees resettling in Israel.
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for the targeted assistance
program authorized by title IV of the Immigration and
Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education
Assistance Act of 1980 and administered by the Office of
Refugee Resettlement of the Department of Health and
Human Services, in addition to amounts otherwise avail-
able for such purposes, $5,000,000.
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: Pro-
vided, That the funds made available under this heading
are appropriated notwithstanding 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 appropriated for this purpose.
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ANTI-TERRORISM ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, $16,000,000.
NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT FUND
For necessary expenses for a ‘‘Nonproliferation and
Disarmament Fund’’, $20,000,000, to remain available
until expended, to promote bilateral and multilateral ac-
tivities: Provided, That such funds may be used pursuant
to the authorities contained in section 504 of the FREE-
DOM Support Act: Provided further, That such funds may
also be used for such countries other than the new inde-
pendent states of the former Soviet Union and inter-
national organizations when it is in the national security
interest of the United States to do so: Provided further,
That funds appropriated under this heading may be made
available notwithstanding any other provision of law: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading
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,
$39,000,000: Provided, That up to $100,000 of the funds
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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 government: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading shall be available for
Zaire and Guatemala: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading for grant financed military
education and training for Indonesia may only be available
for expanded military education and training.
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for grants to enable the
President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the
Arms Export Control Act, $3,208,390,000: Provided, That
of the funds appropriated by this paragraph not less than
$1,800,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Is-
rael, and not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be available
for grants only for Egypt: Provided further, That the
funds appropriated by this paragraph for Israel shall be
disbursed within thirty days of enactment of this Act or
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by October 31, 1995, whichever is later: Provided further,
That to the extent that the Government of Israel requests
that funds be used for such purposes, grants made avail-
able 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 procurement in Israel of defense articles
and defense services, including research and development:
Provided further, That funds made available under this
paragraph shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any re-
quirement in section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act:
Provided further, That, for the purpose only of providing
support for the Warsaw Initiative Program, of the funds
appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Assistance
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’ and ‘‘Assist-
ance for the New Independent 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 Ap-
propriations.
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For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans authorized
by section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act as follows:
cost of direct loans, $64,400,000: Provided, That these
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the
principal amount of direct loans of not to exceed
$544,000,000: Provided further, That the rate of interest
charged on such loans shall be not less than the current
average market yield on outstanding marketable obliga-
tions of the United States of comparable maturities: Pro-
vided 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: $224,000,000
only for Greece and $320,000,000 only for Turkey.
None of the funds made available under this heading
shall be available to finance the procurement of defense
articles, defense services, or design and construction serv-
ices that are not sold by the United States Government
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 coun-
try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub-
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mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec-
tion 515 of this Act: Provided further, That funds made
available under this heading shall be obligated upon appor-
tionment 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, Peru, Liberia, and
Guatemala: Provided further, That none of the funds ap-
propriated 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 ac-
tivities: Provided further, That funds made available under
this heading may be used, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, for demining activities, and may include ac-
tivities implemented through nongovernmental and inter-
national organizations: Provided further, That not more
than $100,000,000 of the funds made available under this
heading shall be available for use in financing the procure-
ment of defense articles, defense services, or design and
construction services that are not sold by the United
States Government under the Arms Export Control Act
to countries other than Israel and Egypt: Provided further,
That only those countries for which assistance was justi-
fied for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financing Program’’
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in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for secu-
rity assistance programs may utilize funds made available
under this heading for procurement of defense articles, de-
fense 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 Committees on Ap-
propriations, funds made available 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 necessary to make timely payment
for defense articles and services: Provided further, That
the Department of Defense shall conduct during the cur-
rent fiscal year nonreimbursable audits of private firms
whose contracts are made directly with foreign govern-
ments and are financed with funds made available under
this heading (as well as subcontractors thereunder) as re-
quested by the Defense Security Assistance Agency: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $23,250,000 of the
funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated
for necessary expenses, including the purchase of pas-
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senger motor vehicles for replacement only for use outside
of the United States, for the general costs of administer-
ing 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 obligated for expenses incurred by the Department
of Defense during fiscal year 1996 pursuant to section
43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except that this
limitation may be exceeded only through the regular notifi-
cation 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,
$70,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this paragraph shall be obligated or ex-
pended 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 INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, for the United States share of the paid-in share por-
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tion of the increases in capital stock for the General Cap-
ital Increase, $28,189,963, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not more than twenty-one days
prior to the obligation of each such sum, the Secretary
shall submit a certification to the Committees on Appro-
priations that the Bank has not approved any loans to
Iran since October 1, 1994, or the President of the United
States certifies that withholding of these funds is contrary
to the national interest of the United States.
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-
ronment Facility (GEF), $35,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1997.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe
without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion
of the United States share of increases in capital stock
in an amount not to exceed $911,475,013.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $700,000,000,
for the United States contribution to the tenth replenish-
ment, to remain available until expended.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
CORPORATION
For payment to the International Finance Corpora-
tion by the Secretary of the Treasury, $60,900,000, for
the United States share of the increase in subscriptions
to capital stock, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amount appropriated under this head-
ing not more than $5,269,000 may be expended for the
purchase of such stock in fiscal year 1996.
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, $25,952,110, and for the United States
share of the increase in the resources of the Fund for Spe-
cial Operations, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Inter-American
Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limi-
tation to the callable capital portion of the United States
share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed
$1,523,767,142.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS
MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND
For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Mul-
tilateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, for the United States contribution to the Fund to
be administered by the Inter-American Development
Bank, $53,750,000 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 Secretary
of the Treasury to the increases in resources of the Asian
Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Devel-
opment 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 Reconstruc-
tion and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury,
$70,000,000, for the United States share of the paid-in
share portion of the initial capital subscription, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading not more than $54,600,000
may be expended for the purchase of such stock in fiscal
year 1996.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe with-
out fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of
the United States share of such capital stock in an amount
not to exceed $163,333,333.
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
Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limi-
tation to the callable capital portion of the United States
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share of the capital stock of the North American Develop-
ment Bank in an amount not to exceed $318,750,000.
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
Participation Act of 1973, $285,000,000: 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 funds ap-
propriated under this heading may be made available for
the International Atomic Energy Agency only if the Sec-
retary of State determines (and so reports to the Con-
gress) that Israel is not being denied its right to partici-
pate in the activities of that Agency: 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 People’s Republic of China: Provided further, That not
more than $30,000,000 of the funds appropriated under
this heading may be made available to the UNFPA: Pro-
vided further, That not more than one-half of this amount
may be provided to UNFPA before March 1, 1996, and
that no later than February 15, 1996, the Secretary of
State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations indicating the amount UNFPA is budgeting for
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the People’s Republic of China in 1996: Provided further,
That any amount UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s
Republic of China in 1996 above $7,000,000, shall be de-
ducted from the amount of funds provided to UNFPA
after March 1, 1996 pursuant to the previous provisos:
Provided further, That with respect to any funds appro-
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 funds may be
made available to the Korean Peninsula Energy Develop-
ment Organization (KEDO) for administrative expenses
and heavy fuel oil costs associated with the Agreed Frame-
work: Provided further, That no funds may be provided
for KEDO for funding for administrative expenses and
heavy fuel oil costs beyond the total amount included for
KEDO in the fiscal year 1996 congressional presentation:
Provided further, That no funds may be made available
under this Act to KEDO unless the President determines
and certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that (a) in accordance with section 1 of the Agreed
Framework, KEDO has designated a Republic of Korea
company, corporation or entity for the purpose of nego-
tiating a prime contract to carry out construction of the
light water reactors provided for in the Agreed Frame-