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or grants may be used for any other purpose except through the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, 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 guaran-
teed loan and insurance programs (to be computed 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 Directors, $48,614,000: Provided, That necessary expenses
(including special services performed on a contract or fee basis,
but not including other personal services) in connection 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 investigation 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 expenses
for the purposes of this heading: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing subsection (b) of section 117 of the Export Enhancement
Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall remain in effect until
October 1, 1998.
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized
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 pro-
grams (including an amount for official reception and representation
expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed
$32,000,000: Provided further, That project-specific transaction
costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred in claims settle-
ments, and other direct costs associated with services provided
to specific investors or potential investors pursuant to section 234
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered
administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading.
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, $60,000,000, as
authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation Noncredit Account: 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 further,
That such sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and
loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal years
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1998 and 1999: Provided further, That such sums shall remain
available through fiscal year 2006 for the disbursement of direct
and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year 1998, and through
fiscal year 2007 for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed
loans obligated in fiscal year 1999: Provided further, That in addi-
tion, 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 Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion Noncredit Account and merged with said account.
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, $41,500,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1999: 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 available for obligation until
September 30, 1999, 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, 1998, unless
otherwise specified herein, as follows:
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CHILD SURVIVAL AND DISEASE PROGRAMS FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapters
1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for
child survival, basic education, assistance to combat tropical and
other diseases, and related activities, in addition to funds otherwise
available for such purposes, $650,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That this amount shall be made available
for such activities as: (1) immunization programs; (2) oral rehydra-
tion programs; (3) health and nutrition programs, and related edu-
cation programs, which address the needs of mothers and children;
(4) water and sanitation 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; (7) up to $98,000,000 for basic education
programs for children; and (8) a contribution on a grant basis
to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) pursuant to sec-
tion 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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 International Security and Development
Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–533) and the provisions
of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, $1,210,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That of
the amount appropriated under this heading, up to $22,000,000
may be made available for the Inter-American Foundation and
shall be apportioned directly to that agency: Provided further, That
of the amount appropriated under this heading, up to $14,000,000
may be made available for the African Development Foundation
and shall be apportioned directly to that agency: Provided further,
That none of the funds made available in this Act nor any unobli-
gated balances from prior appropriations may be made available
to any organization or program which, as determined by the Presi-
dent 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 planning or to motivate or coerce any person
to practice abortions; and that in order to reduce reliance on abor-
tion in developing nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary
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: Provided 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
because of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commitment
to offer only natural family planning; and, additionally, all such
applicants shall comply with the requirements of the previous pro-
viso: Provided further, That for purposes of this or any other Act
authorizing or appropriating 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 information or counseling
about all pregnancy options: Provided further, That nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed 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 in this Act, and of the unobligated
balances of funds previously appropriated under this heading, not
to exceed $2,500,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘International
Organizations and Programs’’ for a contribution to the International
Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and that any such
transfer of funds shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That
of the funds appropriated under this heading that are made avail-
able for assistance 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: Provided further, That
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none of the funds made available under this heading may be used
for any activity which is in contravention to the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna
(CITES).
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 organization, which obtains less than
20 percent 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 private 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 superseded by the provisions of this section,
except that the authority 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 private and voluntary
organizations at a level which is at least equivalent to the level
provided in fiscal year 1995. Such private and voluntary organiza-
tions shall include those which operate on a not-for-profit basis,
receive contributions from private sources, receive voluntary support
from the public and are deemed to be among the most cost-effective
and successful providers of development assistance.
CYPRUS
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Development
Assistance’’ 
and 
‘‘Economic 
Support 
Fund’’, 
not 
less 
than
$15,000,000 shall be made available for Cyprus to be used only
for scholarships, administrative support of the scholarship program,
bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at reunification of the
island and designed to reduce tensions and promote peace and
cooperation between the two communities on Cyprus.
BURMA
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Development
Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $5,000,000
shall be made available to support activities in Burma, along the
Burma-Thailand border, and for activities of Burmese student
groups and other organizations located outside Burma: Provided,
That funds made available for Burma related activities under this
heading may be made available notwithstanding any other provision
of law: Provided further, That provision of such funds shall be
made available subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations.
CAMBODIA
None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made avail-
able for the Government of Cambodia: Provided, That the restric-
tions under this heading shall not apply to humanitarian, demining
or election-related programs or activities: Provided further, That