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Union Calendar No. 148
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2606
[Report No. 106–254]
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 23, 1999
Mr. CALLAHAN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000, 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, 2000, 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,
$759,000,000 to remain available until September 30,
2003: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
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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 Sep-
tember 30, 2018 for the disbursement of direct loans, loan
guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated in fis-
cal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or any
prior Act appropriating funds for foreign operations, ex-
port financing, or related programs for tied-aid credits or
grants may be used for any other purpose except through
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated
by this paragraph are made available notwithstanding sec-
tion 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 agen-
cy 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 $25,000 for official reception and
representation expenses for members of the Board of Di-
rectors, $55,000,000: Provided, That necessary expenses
(including special services performed on a contract or fee
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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, 2000.
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
$35,000,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred
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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,
$20,500,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 to be derived by transfer from the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Ac-
count: 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 be available for direct loan obli-
gations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made
during fiscal years 2000 and 2001: Provided further, That
such sums shall remain available through fiscal year 2008
for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obli-
gated in fiscal year 2000, and through fiscal year 2009
for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obli-
gated in fiscal year 2001: 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 Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account
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September 30, 2000, 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 activi-
ties, in addition to funds otherwise available for such pur-
poses, $680,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That this amount shall be made available for
such activities as: (1) immunization programs; (2) oral re-
hydration programs; (3) health and nutrition programs,
and related education programs, which address the needs
of mothers and children; (4) water and sanitation pro-
grams; (5) assistance for displaced and orphaned children;
(6) programs for the prevention, treatment, and control
of, and research on, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, polio, ma-
laria and other diseases; and (7) up to $98,000,000 for
basic education programs for children: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading
may be made available for nonproject assistance for health
and child survival programs, except that funds may be
made available for such assistance for ongoing health pro-
grams.
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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 
of 
the 
Foreign 
Assistance 
Act 
of 
1969,
$1,201,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under
this heading, up to $5,000,000 may be made available for
and apportioned directly to the Inter-American Founda-
tion: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated
under this heading, up to $14,400,000 may be made avail-
able 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 unobligated balances from prior appropriations may
be made available to any organization or program which,
as determined by the President of the United States, sup-
ports or participates in the management of a program of
coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available under this
heading may be used to pay for the performance of abor-
tion as a method of family planning or to motivate or co-
erce any person to practice abortions; and that in order
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to reduce reliance on abortion 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, and that any such vol-
untary family planning project shall meet the following re-
quirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the
project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or
other numerical targets, of total number of births, number
of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular
method of family planning (this provision shall not be con-
strued to include the use of quantitative estimates or indi-
cators for budgeting and planning purposes), (2) the
project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes,
gratuities, or financial reward to (A) an individual in ex-
change 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 ben-
efit, including the right of access to participate in any pro-
gram of general welfare 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 pro-
vide family planning acceptors comprehensible information
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on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, in-
cluding 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, (5) the project
shall ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs and de-
vices and medical procedures are provided only in the con-
text 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 con-
tained in paragraph (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 Adminis-
trator shall submit to the Committee on International Re-
lations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,
a report containing 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 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
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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 operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family plan-
ning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the pro-
vision, consistent with local law, of information or coun-
seling about all pregnancy options: Provided further, That
nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter any
existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under sec-
tion 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,
$2,500,000 may be transferred to ‘‘International Organi-
zations and Programs’’ for a contribution to the Inter-
national Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD): Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under
this heading may be made available for any activity which
is in contravention to the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna
(CITES): Provided further, That, of the funds made avail-
able by this Act for the ‘‘Microenterprise Initiative’’ (in-
cluding any local currencies made available for the pur-
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poses of the Initiative), not less than 50 percent of the
funds used for microcredit should be made available for
support of programs providing loans of less than $300 to
very poor people, particularly women, or for institutional
support of organizations primarily engaged in making
such loans.
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 percent of its total an-
nual funding for international activities from sources other
than the United States Government: Provided, That the
Administrator of the Agency for International Develop-
ment may, on a case-by-case basis, waive the restriction
contained in this paragraph, after taking into account the
effectiveness of the overseas development activities of the
organization, its level of volunteer support, its financial
viability and stability, and the degree of its dependence
for its financial support on the agency.
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 at
least equivalent to the level provided in fiscal year 1995.
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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, $200,880,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under
this heading, not more than $35,000,000 shall be made
available for activities carried out by the Office of Transi-
tion Initiatives, except that this amount may be exceeded
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees,
$1,500,000, as authorized by section 108 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Provided, That such
costs shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That guaran-
tees of loans made under this heading in support of micro-
enterprise activities may guarantee up to 70 percent of
the principal amount of any such loans notwithstanding
section 108 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. In ad-
dition, for administrative expenses to carry out programs
under this heading, $500,000, all of which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operating
Expenses of the Agency for International Development:
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Provided further, That funds made available under this
heading shall remain available until September 30, 2001.
URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIT PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed
loan programs, $5,000,000, all of which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operating
Expenses of the Agency for International Development.
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, $43,837,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $479,950,000.
OPERATING
EXPENSES
OF
THE
AGENCY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
OFFICE
OF
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $25,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001, which sum shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Inspector General of the Agency for Inter-
national Development.
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OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 4 of part II, $2,227,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed
$960,000,000 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, 1999, whichever is later: Provided
further, That not to exceed $735,000,000 shall be avail-
able only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a
grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance
shall be provided with the understanding that Egypt will
undertake significant economic reforms which are addi-
tional to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal
years: Provided further, That in exercising the authority
to provide cash transfer assistance for Israel, the Presi-
dent 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 such country.
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, $19,600,000, which shall be available for the United
States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland
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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,
That funds made available under this heading shall re-
main available until September 30, 2001.
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,
$393,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001, 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 shall be
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available
the administrative authorities contained in that Act for
the use of economic assistance.
(c) None of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing may be made available for new housing construction
or repair or reconstruction of existing housing in Bosnia
and Herzegovina unless directly related to the efforts of
United States troops to promote peace in said country.
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(d) With regard to funds appropriated under this
heading for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia
and Herzegovina, and local currencies generated by such
funds (including 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) the Administrator of the
Agency for International Development shall provide writ-
ten approval for grants and loans prior to the obligation
and expenditure of funds for such purposes, and prior to
the use of funds that have been returned or repaid to any
lending facility or grantee.
(e) The provisions of section 532 of this Act shall
apply to funds made available under subsection (d) and
to funds appropriated under this heading.
(f) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap-
propriated under this heading made available for economic
revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he
determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has
not 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-
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tions, and related activities between Iranian officials and
Bosnian officials has not been terminated.
(g) 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.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE 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 Independent States of the former Soviet Union and
for related programs, $725,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the provisions
of such chapter shall apply to funds appropriated by this
paragraph: Provided further, That such sums as may be
necessary may be transferred to the Export-Import Bank
of the United States for the cost of any financing under
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 for activities for the
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Independent States: Provided further, That of the funds
made available for the Southern Caucasus region, 17.5
percent should be used for confidence-building measures
and other activities in furtherance of the peaceful resolu-
tion of the regional conflicts, especially those in the vicin-
ity of Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabagh.
(b) Funds appropriated under title II of this Act, in-
cluding funds appropriated under this heading, may be
made available for assistance for Mongolia: Provided, That
funds made available for assistance for Mongolia may be
made available in accordance with the purposes and uti-
lizing the authorities provided in chapter 11 of part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(c)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading
that are allocated for assistance for the Government of
the Russian Federation, 50 percent shall be withheld from
obligation until the President determines and certifies in
writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the Gov-
ernment of the Russian Federation has terminated imple-
mentation of arrangements to provide Iran with technical
expertise, training, technology, or equipment necessary to
develop a nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facili-
ties or programs, or ballistic missile capability.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—
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(A) assistance to combat infectious diseases and
child survival activities; and
(B) activities authorized under title V (Non-
proliferation and Disarmament Programs and Ac-
tivities) of the FREEDOM Support Act.
(d) Not more than 25 percent of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for as-
sistance for any country in the region.
(e) Allocations for Georgia and for Armenia shall re-
flect a percentage of the amount appropriated under this
heading that is at least equivalent to the percentage of
the total funding available under this heading that was
allocated for each nation in fiscal year 1999: Provided,
That assistance under title V of the FREEDOM Support
Act shall not be included in such calculations.
(f) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall
not apply to—
(1) activities to support democracy or assist-
ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act
and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201;
(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and
Development Agency under section 661 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);
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(3) any activity carried out by a member of the
United States and Foreign Commercial Service while
acting within his or her official capacity;
(4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or
other assistance provided by the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2191 et seq.);
(5) any financing provided under the Export-
Import Bank Act of 1945; or
(6) humanitarian assistance including activities
funded under the heading ‘‘Child Survival and Dis-
ease Programs Fund’’.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
PEACE CORPS
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $240,000,000, 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,
2001.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $285,000,000: Pro-
vided, That not more than $20,000,000 of the funds made
available under this heading shall be available for anti-
crime programs and that all such programs shall be sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That during fis-
cal year 2000, 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 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 noti-
fication 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-
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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, $640,000,000: Provided, That not
more than $13,800,000 shall be available for administra-
tive expenses.
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)),
$30,000,000, 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.
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND
RELATED PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism and related programs and activities, $181,630,000,
to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assist-
ance, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act for the
Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, section 23 of
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the Arms Export Control Act or the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of
unexploded ordnance, and related activities, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, including activities
implemented through nongovernmental and international
organizations, section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 for a voluntary contribution to the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a voluntary contribu-
tion to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Orga-
nization (KEDO), and for a United States contribution
to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Pre-
paratory Commission: Provided, That the Secretary of
State shall inform the Committees on Appropriations at
least twenty days prior to the obligation of funds for the
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory
Commission: Provided further, That of this amount not to
exceed $15,000,000, to remain available until expended,
may be made available for the Nonproliferation and Disar-
mament Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relat-
ing to nonproliferation and disarmament: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds may also be used for such countries
other than the Independent States of the former Soviet
Union and international organizations when it is in the
national security interest of the United States to do so:
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Provided further, That such funds shall be subject to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this heading may be made available for the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency only if the Secretary of
State determines (and so reports to the Congress) that
Israel is not being denied its right to participate in the
activities of that Agency.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying 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 owed to the United States as
a result of concessional loans made to eligible countries,
pursuant to parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (including up to $1,000,000 for necessary ex-
penses for the administration of activities carried out
under these parts), and of modifying concessional credit
agreements with least developed countries, as authorized
under section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development
and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, and concessional
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loans, guarantees and credit agreements with any country
in Sub-Saharan Africa, as authorized under section 572
of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–
461); $33,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That any limitation of subsection (e) of section
411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assist-
ance Act of 1954 to the extent that limitation applies to
sub-Saharan African countries shall not apply to funds ap-
propriated hereunder or previously appropriated under
this heading: Provided further, That the authority pro-
vided by section 572 of Public Law 100–461 may be exer-
cised only with respect to countries that are eligible to bor-
row from the International Development Association, but
not from the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’ coun-
tries.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (re-
lating to international affairs technical assistance activi-
ties), $1,500,000, to remain available until expended.
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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,
$50,000,000, of which up to $1,000,000 may remain
available until expended: Provided, That the civilian per-
sonnel for whom military education and training may be
provided under this heading may include civilians who are
not members of a government whose participation would
contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian con-
trol of the military, or respect for human rights: Provided
further, That funds appropriated under this heading for
grant financed military education and training for Indo-
nesia and Guatemala may only be available for expanded
international military education and training and funds
made available for Guatemala may only be provided
through the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated under this heading may be made
available to support grant financed military education and
training at the School of the Americas unless the Sec-
retary of Defense certifies that the instruction and train-
ing provided by the School of the Americas is fully con-
sistent with training and doctrine, particularly with re-
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spect to the observance of human rights, provided by the
Department of Defense to United States military students
at Department of Defense institutions whose primary pur-
pose is to train United States military personnel: Provided
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations, no later than January 15,
2000, a report detailing the training activities of the
School of the Americas and a general assessment regard-
ing the performance of its graduates during 1997 and
1998.
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, $3,470,000,000: Provided, That
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to ex-
ceed $1,920,000,000 shall be available for grants only for
Israel, and not to exceed $1,300,000,000 shall be made
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 by October 31, 1999, whichever is later: Provided fur-
ther, That to the extent that the Government of Israel re-
quests that funds be used for such purposes, grants made
available 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 $505,000,000
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should be available for the procurement in Israel of de-
fense articles and defense services, including research and
development: 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 Appropriations: Provided
further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph shall
be nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in sec-
tion 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further,
That funds made available under this paragraph shall be
obligated upon apportionment in accordance with para-
graph (5)(C) of title 31, United States Code, section
1501(a).
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-
mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec-
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tion 515 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
for assistance for Sudan and Liberia: Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading may be
used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and re-
lated activities, and may include activities implemented
through nongovernmental and international organizations:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be available for assistance for
Guatemala: Provided further, That only those countries for
which assistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military
Sales Financing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 con-
gressional presentation for security assistance programs
may utilize funds made available under this heading for
procurement 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:
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 not more than $30,495,000 of the
funds appropriated under this heading may be obligated
for necessary expenses, including the purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only for use outside
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of the United States, for the general costs of admin-
istering military assistance and sales: Provided further,
That not more than $330,000,000 of funds realized pursu-
ant 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 2000 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,
$76,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be obligated or expended
except as provided through the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
TITLE IV—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
For the United States contribution for the Global En-
vironment Facility, $50,000,000, to the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for
the Global Environment Facility, by the Secretary of the
Treasury, to remain available until expended.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation (IDA) by the Secretary of the Treasury,
$576,600,000, 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, to remain available until ex-
pended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK
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
$1,503,718,910.
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,
$13,728,263, to remain available until expended.
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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
$672,745,205.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For the United States contribution by the Secretary
of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the Asian
Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Develop-
ment Bank Act, as amended, $100,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For the United States contribution by the Secretary
of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the African
Development Fund, $100,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
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,
$35,778,717, for the United States share of the paid-in
portion of the increase in capital stock, to remain available
until expended.
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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 $123,237,803.
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, $167,000,000: 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 none of
the funds made available under this heading, may be pro-
vided to the Climate Stabilization Fund until fifteen days
after the Department of State provides a report to the
Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations in
the Senate and the Committees on International Relations
and Appropriations in the House of Representatives that
contains the number of employees of the Fund, their func-
tions and salaries, and descriptions of the Fund’s activi-
ties, programs, and projects (including associated costs)
for the fiscal years 1999 and 2000: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading may
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be made available to the Korean Peninsula Energy Devel-
opment Organization (KEDO) or the International Atomic
Energy 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 percent 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. Notwithstanding section 614 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, none of the funds contained
in title II of this Act may be used to carry out the provi-
sions of section 209(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by
title II of this Act may be transferred by the Agency for
International Development directly to an international fi-
nancial institution (as defined in section 533 of this Act)
for the purpose of repaying a foreign country’s loan obliga-
tions to such institution.
LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES
SEC. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $126,500 shall
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ing ’’, not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for enter-
tainment allowances: Provided further, That of the funds
made available by this Act for the Inter-American Foun-
dation, not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for enter-
tainment and representation allowances: 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 representation and entertainment al-
lowances.
PROHIBITION ON FINANCING NUCLEAR GOODS
SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated or made
available (other than funds for ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-
terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’) pursuant 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 tech-
nology.
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated
or expended to finance directly any assistance or repara-
tions to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or
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Syria: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the pro-
hibition on obligations or expenditures shall include direct
loans, credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Im-
port Bank or its agents.
MILITARY COUPS
SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated
or expended to finance directly any assistance to any coun-
try whose duly elected head of government is deposed by
military coup or decree: Provided, That assistance may be
resumed to such country if the President determines and
reports to the Committees on Appropriations that subse-
quent 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 For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults
with and provides a written policy justification to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: Provided, That the exercise of such
authority shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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DEOBLIGATION/REOBLIGATION AUTHORITY
SEC. 510. (a) Amounts certified pursuant to section
1311 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1955, as
having been obligated against appropriations heretofore
made under the authority of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 for the same general purpose as any of the head-
ings under title II of this Act are, if deobligated, hereby
continued available for the same period as the respective
appropriations under such headings or until September
30, 2000, whichever is later, and for the same general pur-
pose, and for countries within the same region as origi-
nally obligated: Provided, That the Appropriations Com-
mittees of both Houses of the Congress are notified 15
days in advance of the reobligation of such funds in ac-
cordance with regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees 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 purpose under
any authority applicable to such appropriations under this
Act: Provided, That the authority of this subsection may
not be used in fiscal year 2000.
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AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation after the ex-
piration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so pro-
vided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for
the purposes of chapters 1, 8, and 11 of part I, section
667, and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as amended, and funds provided under the
heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic
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 purposes
of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or ob-
ligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance
of payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the
report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall designate for each country, to the
extent known at the time of submission of such report,
those funds allocated for cash disbursement for balance
of payment and economic policy reform purposes.
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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 cal-
endar 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 this section
and section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
shall not apply to funds made available in this Act or dur-
ing the current fiscal year for Nicaragua, Brazil, Liberia,
and for any narcotics-related assistance for Colombia, Bo-
livia, 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 resulting pro-
ductive capacity is expected to become operative and if the
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assistance will cause substantial injury to United States
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity:
Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Ex-
port-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Direc-
tors the benefits to industry and employment in the
United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United
States producers of the same, similar, or competing com-
modity, 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 intro-
duction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training
in connection with the growth or production in a foreign
country of an agricultural commodity for export which
would compete with a similar commodity grown or pro-
duced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection
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.
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SURPLUS COMMODITIES
SEC. 514. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall
instruct the United States Executive Directors of the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
the International Development Association, the Inter-
national Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Devel-
opment Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the
Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment
Corporation, 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.
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the
United States executive directors of international financial
institutions listed in subsection (a) of this section to use
the voice and vote of the United States to support the
purchase of American produced agricultural commodities
with funds appropriated or made available pursuant to
this Act.
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NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 515. (a) For the purposes 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’’, ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’,
‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Assistance for
Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Assistance for
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’,
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping operations’’,
‘‘Operating Expenses of the Agency for International De-
velopment’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses of the Agency for Inter-
national Development Office of Inspector General’’, ‘‘Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘International Affairs Technical Assistance’’,
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International
Military Education and Training ’’, ‘‘Peace Corps’’, ‘‘Mi-
gration and Refugee Assistance’’, shall be available for ob-
ligation 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 15 days in ad-
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vance: 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 pro-
vision of major defense equipment, other than conven-
tional ammunition, or other major defense items defined
to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not pre-
viously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of
the quantities justified to Congress unless the Committees
on Appropriations are notified 15 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 Assistance
Act of 1961 of less than 10 percent of the amount pre-
viously justified to the Congress for obligation for such
activity, program, or project for the current fiscal year:
Provided further, That the requirements of this section or
any similar provision of this Act or any other Act, includ-
ing any prior Act requiring notification in accordance 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: Pro-
vided further, That in case of any such waiver, notification
to the Congress, or the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, shall be provided as early as practicable, but in no
event later than three days after taking the action to
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which such notification requirement was applicable, in the
context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver:
Provided further, That any notification provided pursuant
to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emer-
gency circumstances.
(b) 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. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
priated under this Act or any previously enacted Act mak-
ing appropriations for foreign operations, export financ-
ing, and related programs, which are returned or not made
available for organizations and programs because of the
implementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, shall remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2001.
INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated under
the heading ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the
Former Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for assist-
ance for a Government of an Independent State of the
former Soviet Union—
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(1) unless that Government is making progress
in implementing comprehensive economic reforms
based on market principles, private ownership, re-
spect for commercial contracts, and equitable treat-
ment 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.
Assistance may be furnished without regard to this sub-
section if the President determines that to do so is in the
national interest.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading
‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union’’ shall be made available for assistance for a
Government of an Independent State of the former Soviet
Union if that government directs any action in violation
of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any
other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such
as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Pro-
vided, That such funds may be made available without re-
gard to the restriction in this subsection if the President
determines that to do so is in the national security interest
of the United States.
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(c) None of the funds appropriated under the heading
‘‘Assistance for the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union’’ shall be made available for any state to en-
hance its military capability: Provided, That this restric-
tion does not apply to demilitarization, demining or non-
proliferation programs.
(d) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union’’ shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
(e) Funds made available in this Act for assistance
for the 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.
(f) Funds appropriated in this or prior appropriations
Acts that are or have been made available for an Enter-
prise Fund in the Independent States of the Former So-
viet Union may be deposited by such Fund in interest-
bearing accounts prior to the disbursement of such funds
by the Fund for program purposes. The Fund may retain
for such program purposes 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
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shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make
timely payment for projects and activities.
(g) In issuing new task orders, entering into con-
tracts, or making grants, with funds appropriated in this
Act or prior appropriations Acts under the headings ‘‘As-
sistance for the New Independent States of the Former
Soviet Union’’ and ‘‘Assistance for the Independent States
of the Former Soviet Union’’, for projects or activities that
have as one of their primary purposes the fostering of pri-
vate sector development, the Coordinator for United
States Assistance to the New Independent 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 con-
tributions) in such projects and activities.
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 abor-
tions 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 Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for
the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method
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of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial
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 family planning.
None of the funds made available to carry 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 steri-
lizations: Provided, That none of the funds made available
under this Act may be used to lobby for or against abor-
tion.
EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES
SEC. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion other than for administrative expenses made available
for fiscal year 2000, for programs under title I of this
Act may be transferred between such appropriations for
use for any of the purposes, programs, and activities for
which the funds in such receiving account may be used,
but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically
provided, shall be increased by more than 25 percent by
any such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such au-
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thority shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be obligated or expended for Colombia, Haiti, Libe-
ria, Pakistan, Panama, Serbia, Sudan, or the Democratic
Republic of Congo except as provided through the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY
SEC. 521. For the purpose of this Act, ‘‘program,
project, and activity’’ shall be defined at the appropria-
tions Act account level and shall include all appropriations
and authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limita-
tions with the exception that for the following accounts:
Economic Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing
Program, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be
considered to include country, regional, and central pro-
gram level funding within each such account; for the devel-
opment assistance accounts of the Agency for Inter-
national Development ‘‘program, project, and activity’’
shall also be considered to include central program level
funding, either as: (1) justified to the Congress; or (2)
allocated by the executive branch in accordance with a re-
port, to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations
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within 30 days of enactment of this Act, as required by
section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
CHILD SURVIVAL AND DISEASE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES
SEC. 522. Up to $10,000,000 of the funds made
available by this Act for assistance under the heading
‘‘Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund’’, may be
used to reimburse United States Government agencies,
agencies of State governments, institutions of higher
learning, and private and voluntary organizations for the
full cost of individuals (including for the personal services
of such individuals) detailed or assigned to, or contracted
by, as the case may be, the Agency for International De-
velopment for the purpose of carrying out child survival
basic education, and infectious disease activities: Provided,
That funds appropriated by this Act that are made avail-
able for child survival activities or disease programs in-
cluding activities relating to research on, and the preven-
tion, treatment and control of, Acquired Immune Defi-
ciency Syndrome may be made available notwithstanding
any provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign
countries: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under title II of this Act may be made available pursuant
to section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 if
a primary purpose of the assistance is for child survival
and related programs: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available for family
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planning activities may be made available notwithstanding
section 512 of this Act and section 620(q) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961.
PROHIBITION AGAINST INDIRECT FUNDING TO CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated
to finance indirectly any assistance or reparations to
Cuba, Iraq, Libya, Iran, Syria, North Korea, or the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, unless the President of the United
States certifies that the withholding of these funds is con-
trary to the national interest of the United States.
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT
SEC. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of
Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De-
fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the
same extent and under the same conditions as are other
committees pursuant to subsection (c) of that section: Pro-
vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess
defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the
Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification
procedures of such Committees: Provided further, That
such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles.
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AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT
SEC. 525. Funds appropriated by this Act may be
obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of
Public Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
DEMOCRACY IN CHINA
SEC. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
that restricts assistance to foreign countries, funds appro-
priated by this Act for ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may
be made available to provide general support and grants
for nongovernmental organizations located outside the
People’s Republic of China that have as their primary pur-
pose fostering democracy in that country, and for activi-
ties of nongovernmental organizations located outside the
People’s Republic of China to foster democracy in that
country: Provided, That none of the funds made available
for activities to foster democracy in the People’s Republic
of China may be made available for assistance to the gov-
ernment of that country: Provided further, That funds
made available pursuant to the authority of this section
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations.
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST
COUNTRIES
SEC. 527. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, funds appropriated for bilateral assistance under
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any heading of this Act and funds appropriated under any
such heading in a provision of law enacted prior to enact-
ment of this Act, shall not be made available to any coun-
try which the President determines—
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any
individual or group which has committed an act of
international terrorism, or
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism.
(b) The President may waive the application of sub-
section (a) to a country if the President determines that
national security or humanitarian reasons justify such
waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the
Federal Register and, at least fifteen days before the waiv-
er takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the waiver (including the justification for the waiv-
er) in accordance with the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations.
COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES
SEC. 528. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of sec-
tion 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used
to provide financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and
major non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing
(including leasing with an option to purchase) of defense
articles from United States commercial suppliers, not in-
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cluding Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters
and other types of aircraft having possible civilian applica-
tion), if the President determines that there are compel-
ling foreign policy or national security reasons for those
defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather
than by government-to-government sale under such Act.
COMPETITIVE INSURANCE
SEC. 529. All Agency for International Development
contracts and solicitations, and subcontracts entered into
under such contracts, shall include a clause requiring that
United States insurance companies have a fair oppor-
tunity to bid for insurance when such insurance is nec-
essary or appropriate.
STINGERS IN THE PERSIAN GULF REGION
SEC. 530. Except as provided in section 581 of the
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 1990, the United States may
not sell or otherwise make available any Stingers to any
country bordering the Persian Gulf under the Arms Ex-
port Control Act or chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961.
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 531. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in economic as-
sistance activities under the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, including endowments, debt-for-development and
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debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organiza-
tion which is a grantee or contractor of the Agency for
International Development may place in interest bearing
accounts funds made available under this Act or prior Acts
or local currencies which accrue to that organization as
a result of economic assistance provided under title II of
this Act and any interest earned on such investment shall
be used for the purpose for which the assistance was pro-
vided to that organization.
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
SEC. 532. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
FOR LOCAL
CURRENCIES.—(1) If assistance is furnished to the gov-
ernment of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of
part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the genera-
tion of local currencies of that country, the Administrator
of the Agency for International Development shall—
(A) require that local currencies be deposited in
a separate account established by that government;
(B) enter into an agreement with that govern-
ment which sets forth—
(i) the amount of the local currencies to be
generated, and
(ii) the terms and conditions under which
the currencies so deposited may be utilized, con-
sistent with this section; and
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(C) establish by agreement with that govern-
ment the responsibilities of the Agency for Inter-
national Development and that government to mon-
itor and account for deposits into and disbursements
from the separate account.
(2) USES
OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be
agreed upon with the foreign government, local currencies
deposited in a separate account pursuant to subsection
(a), or an equivalent amount of local currencies, shall be
used only—
(A) to carry out chapters 1 or 10 of part I or
chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), for such
purposes as—
(i) project and sector assistance activities,
or
(ii) debt and deficit financing, or
(B) for the administrative requirements of the
United States Government.
(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Agency
for International Development shall take all necessary
steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies
disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the sepa-
rate account established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are
used for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection
(a)(2).
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(4) TERMINATION
OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—
Upon termination of assistance to a country under chap-
ters 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case
may be), any unencumbered balances of funds which re-
main in a separate account established pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes as may
be agreed to by the government of that country and the
United States Government.
(5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator
of the Agency for International Development shall report
on an annual basis as part of the justification documents
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on the use
of local currencies for the administrative requirements of
the United States Government as authorized in subsection
(a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount of
local currency (and United States dollar equivalent) used
and/or to be used for such purpose in each applicable
country.
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.—
(1) If assistance is made available to the government of
a foreign country, under chapters 1 or 10 of part I or
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as cash transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assist-
ance, that country shall be required to maintain such
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funds in a separate account and not commingle them with
any other funds.
(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF
LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended not-
withstanding provisions of law which are inconsistent with
the nature of this assistance including provisions which
are referenced in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the
Committee of Conference accompanying House Joint Res-
olution 648 (H. Report No. 98–1159).
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least fifteen days prior to ob-
ligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assist-
ance, the President shall submit a notification through the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations, which shall include a detailed description of
how the funds proposed to be made available will be used,
with a discussion of the United States interests that will
be served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, a
description of the economic policy reforms that will be pro-
moted by such assistance).
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance funds
may be exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1)
only through the notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
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COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE
DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 533. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act may
be made as payment to any international financial institu-
tion while the United States Executive Director to such
institution is compensated by the institution at a rate
which, together with whatever compensation such Director
receives from the United States, is in excess of the rate
provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV
of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5,
United States Code, or while any alternate United States
Director to such institution is compensated by the institu-
tion at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an indi-
vidual occupying a position at level V of the Executive
Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States
Code.
(b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘international finan-
cial institutions’’ are: the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the Inter-American Develop-
ment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian De-
velopment Fund, the African Development Bank, the Afri-
can Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund,
the North American Development Bank, and the Euro-
pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS AGAINST
IRAQ
SEC. 534. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act to carry out the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (including title IV of
chapter 2 of part I, relating to the Overseas Private In-
vestment Corporation) or the Arms Export Control Act
may be used to provide assistance to any country that is
not in compliance with the United Nations Security Coun-
cil sanctions against Iraq unless the President determines
and so certifies to the Congress that—
(1) such assistance is in the national interest of
the United States;
(2) such assistance will directly benefit the
needy people in that country; or
(3) the assistance to be provided will be human-
itarian assistance for foreign nationals who have fled
Iraq and Kuwait.
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, THE INTER-AMER-
ICAN
FOUNDATION, THE
AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT
FOUNDATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 535. (a) Unless expressly provided to the con-
trary, provisions of this or any other Act, including provi-
sions contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appro-
priations for foreign operations, export financing, and re-
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lated programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi-
ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps
Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African
Development Foundation Act. The appropriate agency
shall promptly report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions whenever it is conducting activities or is proposing
to conduct activities in a country for which assistance is
prohibited.
(b) Unless expressly provided to the contrary, limita-
tions on the availability of funds for ‘‘International Orga-
nizations and Programs’’ in this or any other Act, includ-
ing prior appropriations Acts, shall not be construed to
be applicable to the International Fund for Agricultural
Development.
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES
SEC. 536. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended to provide—
(a) any financial incentive to a business enter-
prise currently located in the United States for the
purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate
outside the United States if such incentive or in-
ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ-
ees of such business enterprise in the United States
because United States production is being replaced
by such enterprise outside the United States;
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(b) assistance for the purpose of establishing or
developing in a foreign country any export proc-
essing zone or designated area in which the tax, tar-
iff, labor, environment, and safety laws of that coun-
try do not apply, in part or in whole, to activities
carried out within that zone or area, unless the
President determines and certifies that such assist-
ance is not likely to cause a loss of jobs within the
United States; or
(c) assistance for any project or activity that
contributes to the violation of internationally recog-
nized workers rights, as defined in section 502(a)(4)
of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the recipient
country, including any designated zone or area in
that country: Provided, That in recognition that the
application of this subsection should be commensu-
rate with the level of development of the recipient
country and sector, the provisions of this subsection
shall not preclude assistance for the informal sector
in such country, micro and small-scale enterprise,
and smallholder agriculture.
FUNDING PROHIBITION FOR SERBIA
SEC. 537. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be made available for assistance for the Republic of
Serbia: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to
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assistance for Kosova or Montenegro, or to assistance to
promote democratization.
SPECIAL AUTHORITIES
SEC. 538. (a) Funds appropriated in titles I and II
of this Act that are made available for Afghanistan, Leb-
anon, Montenegro, and for victims of war, displaced chil-
dren, displaced Burmese, humanitarian assistance for Ro-
mania, and humanitarian assistance for the peoples of
Kosova, may be made available notwithstanding any other
provision of law.
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the
provisions of sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, for the purpose of supporting trop-
ical forestry and biodiversity conservation activities and,
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, energy programs aimed at re-
ducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided, That such as-
sistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(c) The Agency for International Development may
employ personal services contractors, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, for the purpose of administering
programs for the West Bank and Gaza.
(d)(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the provi-
sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the Presi-
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dent determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker
of the House of Representatives and the President pro
tempore of the Senate that it is important to the national
security interests of the United States.
(2) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION
OF WAIVER.—Any
waiver pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no
more than a period of six months at a time and shall not
apply beyond twelve months after enactment of this Act.
POLICY ON TERMINATING THE ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT
OF ISRAEL
SEC. 539. It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the Arab League countries should imme-
diately and publicly renounce the primary boycott of
Israel and the secondary and tertiary boycott of
American firms that have commercial ties with
Israel;
(2) the decision by the Arab League in 1997 to
reinstate the boycott against Israel was deeply trou-
bling and disappointing;
(3) the Arab League should immediately re-
scind its decision on the boycott and its members
should develop normal relations with their neighbor
Israel; and
(4) the President should—
(A) take more concrete steps to encourage
vigorously Arab League countries to renounce
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publicly the primary boycotts of Israel and the
secondary and tertiary boycotts of American
firms that have commercial relations with Israel
as a confidence-building measure;
(B) take into consideration the participa-
tion of any recipient country in the primary
boycott of Israel and the secondary and tertiary
boycotts of American firms that have commer-
cial relations with Israel when determining
whether to sell weapons to said country;
(C) report to Congress on the specific
steps being taken by the President to bring
about a public renunciation of the Arab primary
boycott of Israel and the secondary and tertiary
boycotts of American firms that have commer-
cial relations with Israel and to expand the
process of normalizing ties between Arab
League countries and Israel; and
(D) encourage the allies and trading part-
ners of the United States to enact laws prohib-
iting businesses from complying with the boy-
cott and penalizing businesses that do comply.
ANTI-NARCOTICS ACTIVITIES
SEC. 540. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act
for ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, assistance may be pro-
vided to strengthen the administration of justice in coun-
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tries in Latin America and the Caribbean and in other
regions consistent with the provisions of section 534(b) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, except that programs
to enhance protection of participants in judicial cases may
be conducted notwithstanding section 660 of that Act.
(b) Funds made available pursuant to this section
may be made available notwithstanding section 534(c) and
the second and third sentences of section 534(e) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE
SEC. 541. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this
or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country
shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of
chapters 1, 10, and 11 of part I and chapter 4 of part
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and from funds
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern
Europe and the Baltic States’’: Provided, That the Presi-
dent shall take into consideration, in any case in which
a restriction on assistance would be applicable but for this
subsection, whether assistance in support of programs of
nongovernmental organizations is in the national interest
of the United States: Provided further, That before using
the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance in
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support of programs of nongovernmental organizations,
the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions under the regular notification procedures of those
committees, including a description of the program to be
assisted, the assistance to be provided, and the reasons
for furnishing such assistance: Provided further, That
nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any
existing statutory prohibitions against abortion or involun-
tary sterilizations contained in this or any other Act.
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2000, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re-
strict assistance under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act
and made available pursuant to this subsection may be
obligated or expended except as provided through the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations.
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply—
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign
Assistance Act or any comparable provision of law
prohibiting assistance to countries that support
international terrorism; or
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(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that violate
internationally recognized human rights.
EARMARKS
SEC. 542. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which
are earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs
within the same account notwithstanding the earmark if
compliance with the earmark is made impossible by oper-
ation of any provision of this or any other Act or, with
respect to a country with which the United States has an
agreement providing the United States with base rights
or base access in that country, if the President determines
that the recipient for which funds are earmarked has sig-
nificantly reduced its military or economic cooperation
with the United States since enactment of the Foreign Op-
erations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1991; however, before exercising the author-
ity of this subsection with regard to a base rights or base
access country which has significantly reduced its military
or economic cooperation with the United States, the Presi-
dent shall consult with, and shall provide a written policy
justification to the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That any such reprogramming shall be subject to
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance that is
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reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made
available under the same terms and conditions as origi-
nally provided.
(b) In addition to the authority contained in sub-
section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap-
propriated by this Act and administered by the Agency
for International Development that are earmarked for par-
ticular programs or activities by this or any other Act shall
be extended for an additional fiscal year if the Adminis-
trator of such agency determines and reports promptly to
the Committees on Appropriations that the termination of
assistance to a country or a significant change in cir-
cumstances makes it unlikely that such earmarked funds
can be obligated during the original period of availability:
Provided, That such earmarked funds that are continued
available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated
only for the purpose of such earmark.
CEILINGS AND EARMARKS
SEC. 543. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this
Act shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appro-
priated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act
unless such Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or min-
imum funding requirements contained in any other Act
shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act.
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PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA
SEC. 544. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
within the United States not authorized before the date
of enactment of this Act by the Congress.
PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND
PRODUCTS
SEC. 545. (a) To the maximum extent possible, as-
sistance provided under this Act should make full use of
American resources, including commodities, products, and
services.
(b) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the great-
est extent practicable, all agriculture commodities, equip-
ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
(c) In providing financial assistance to, or entering
into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail-
able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the
greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a
notice describing the statement made in subsection (b) by
the Congress.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS
MEMBERS
SEC. 546. None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or
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in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any mem-
ber of the United Nations or costs for attendance of an-
other country’s delegation at international conferences.
CONSULTING SERVICES
SEC. 547. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such
expenditures are a matter of public record and available
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided
under existing law, or under existing Executive order pur-
suant to existing law.
PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION
SEC. 548. None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a pri-
vate voluntary organization which fails to provide upon
timely request any document, file, or record necessary to
the auditing requirements of the Agency for International
Development.
PROHIBITION
ON
ASSISTANCE
TO
FOREIGN
GOVERN-
MENTS
THAT
EXPORT
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIP-
MENT TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM
SEC. 549. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be available to any
foreign government which provides lethal military equip-
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ment to a country the government of which the Secretary
of State has determined is a terrorist government for pur-
poses of section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act
or any other comparable provision of law. The prohibition
under this section with respect to a foreign government
shall terminate 12 months after that government ceases
to provide such military equipment. This section applies
with respect to lethal military equipment provided under
a contract entered into after October 1, 1997.
(b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any
other similar provision of law, may be furnished if the
President determines that furnishing such assistance is
important to the national interests of the United States.
(c) Whenever the waiver of subsection (b) is exer-
cised, the President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report with respect to the fur-
nishing of such assistance. Any such report shall include
a detailed explanation of the assistance estimated to be
provided, including the estimated dollar amount of such
assistance, and an explanation of how the assistance fur-
thers United States national interests.
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES
OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES
SEC. 550. (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made
available for a foreign country under part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, an amount equivalent to 110 per-
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cent of the total unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines
and penalties owed to the District of Columbia by such
country as of the date of enactment of this Act shall be
withheld from obligation for such country until the Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports in writing to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that such fines and
penalties are fully paid to the government of the District
of Columbia.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Inter-
national Relations and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE
WEST BANK AND GAZA
SEC. 551. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the
President has exercised the authority under section 604(a)
of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title
VI of Public Law 104–107) or any other legislation to sus-
pend or make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect:
Provided, That if the President fails to make the certifi-
cation under section 604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace
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Facilitation Act of 1995 or to suspend the prohibition
under other legislation, funds appropriated by this Act
may not be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization for the West Bank and Gaza.
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN
SEC. 552. If the President determines that doing so
will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding
genocide or other violations of international humanitarian
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, of up to $30,000,000 of commodities and serv-
ices for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal estab-
lished with regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United
Nations Security Council or such other tribunals or com-
missions as the Council may establish to deal with such
violations, without regard to the ceiling limitation con-
tained in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the deter-
mination required under this section shall be in lieu of
any determinations otherwise required under section
552(c): Provided further, That sixty days after the date
of enactment of this Act, and every one hundred eighty
days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a re-
port to the Committees on Appropriations describing the
steps the United States Government is taking to collect
information regarding allegations of genocide or other vio-
lations of international law in the former Yugoslavia and
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to furnish that information to the United Nations War
Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: Provided fur-
ther, That the drawdown made under this section for any
tribunal shall not be construed as an endorsement or
precedent for the establishment of any standing or perma-
nent international criminal tribunal or court: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available for tribunals or commis-
sions shall be made available subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
LANDMINES
SEC. 553. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, demining equipment available to the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Department of State and
used in support of the clearance of landmines and
unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be
disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, subject
to such terms and conditions as the President may pre-
scribe.
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY
SEC. 554. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Je-
rusalem a new office of any department or agency of the
United States Government for the purpose of conducting
official United States Government business with the Pal-
estinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor
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Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-
PLO Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this re-
striction shall not apply to the acquisition of additional
space for the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem:
Provided further, That meetings between officers and em-
ployees of the United States and officials of the Pales-
tinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing
entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Prin-
ciples, for the purpose of conducting official United States
Government business with such authority should continue
to take place in locations other than Jerusalem. As has
been true in the past, officers and employees of the United
States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on
other subjects with Palestinians (including those who now
occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have social
contacts, and have incidental discussions.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES
SEC. 555. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training ’’ or ‘‘Foreign
Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program
activities may be obligated or expended to pay for—
(1) alcoholic beverages;
(2) food (other than food provided at a military
installation) not provided in conjunction with Infor-
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mational Program trips where students do not stay
at a military installation; or
(3) entertainment expenses for activities that
are substantially of a recreational character, includ-
ing entrance fees at sporting events and amusement
parks.
EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
SEC. 556. Not more than 17 percent of the funds
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of sec-
tions 103 through 106 and chapter 4 of part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, that are made available
for Latin America and the Caribbean region may be made
available, through bilateral and Latin America and the
Caribbean regional programs, to provide assistance for
any country in such region.
SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST
SEC. 557. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The
President may reduce amounts owed to the United States
(or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country
as a result of—
(1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and
222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under
the Arms Export Control Act; or
(3) any obligation or portion of such obligation
for a Latin American country, to pay for purchases
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of United States agricultural commodities guaran-
teed by the Commodity Credit Corporation under ex-
port credit guarantee programs authorized pursuant
to section 5(f ) of the Commodity Credit Corporation
Charter Act of June 29, 1948, as amended, section
4(b) of the Food for Peace Act of 1966, as amended
(Public Law 89–808), or section 202 of the Agricul-
tural Trade Act of 1978, as amended (Public Law
95–501).
(b) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi-
cial debt relief ad referendum agreements, commonly
referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’.
(2) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only in such amounts or to such
extent as is provided in advance by appropriations
Acts.
(3) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only with respect to countries with
heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from
the International Development Association, but not
from the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’
countries.
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(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country
whose government—
(1) does not have an excessive level of military
expenditures;
(2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts
of international terrorism;
(3) is not failing to cooperate on international
narcotics control matters;
(4) (including its military or other security
forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of
gross violations of internationally recognized human
rights; and
(5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the
application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to
funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt
Restructuring ’’.
(e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A re-
duction of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be
considered assistance for purposes of any provision of law
limiting assistance to a country. The authority provided
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by subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding sec-
tion 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES
SEC. 558. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC-
TION, OR CANCELLATION.—
(1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL
CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may, in accordance with
this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any
concessional loan or portion thereof made before
January 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, to the government of any eligible
country as defined in section 702(6) of that Act or
on receipt of payment from an eligible purchaser, re-
duce or cancel such loan or portion thereof, only for
the purpose of facilitating—
(A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop-
ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or
(B) a debt buyback by an eligible country
of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible
country uses an additional amount of the local
currency of the eligible country, equal to not
less than 40 percent of the price paid for such
debt by such eligible country, or the difference
between the price paid for such debt and the
face value of such debt, to support activities
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that link conservation and sustainable use of
natural resources with local community develop-
ment, and child survival and other child devel-
opment, in a manner consistent with sections
707 through 710 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, if the sale, reduction, or cancellation
would not contravene any term or condition of
any prior agreement relating to such loan.
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac-
cordance with this section, establish the terms and
conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced,
or canceled pursuant to this section.
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined
in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency
primarily responsible for administering part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that
the President has determined to be eligible, and
shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, reduc-
tion, or cancellation of a loan pursuant to this sec-
tion. Such agency shall make an adjustment in its
accounts to reflect the sale, reduction, or cancella-
tion.
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(4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub-
section shall be available only to the extent that ap-
propriations for the cost of the modification, as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, are made in advance.
(b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the
sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced,
or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in
the United States Government account or accounts estab-
lished for the repayment of such loan.
(c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold
pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who
presents plans satisfactory to the President for using the
loan for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps,
debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
(d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to
any eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation
pursuant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible
country, the President should consult with the country
concerning the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or
canceled and their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt-
for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority pro-
vided by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to
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funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt
Restructuring ’’.
ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
SEC. 559. (a) POLICY.—In providing assistance to
Haiti, the President should place a priority on the fol-
lowing areas:
(1) aggressive action to support the Haitian
National Police, including support for efforts by the
Inspector General to purge corrupt and politicized
elements from the Haitian National Police;
(2) steps to ensure that any elections under-
taken in Haiti with United States assistance are full,
free, fair, transparent, and democratic;
(3) support for a program designed to develop
an indigenous human rights monitoring capacity;
(4) steps to facilitate the continued privatiza-
tion of state-owned enterprises;
(5) establishment of an economic development
fund for Haiti to provide long-term, low interest
loans to U.S. investors and businesses that have a
demonstrated commitment to, and expertise in,
doing business in Haiti, in particular those busi-
nesses present in Haiti prior to the 1994 United Na-
tions embargo; and
(6) a substantial agricultural development pro-
gram.
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(b) REPORT.—Beginning six months after the date
of enactment of this Act, and six months thereafter until
September 30, 2001, the President shall submit a report
to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee
on Appropriations and the Committee on International
Relations of the House of Representatives with regard
to—
(1) the status of each of the governmental insti-
tutions envisioned in the 1987 Haitian Constitution,
including an assessment of the extent to which offi-
cials in such institutions hold their positions on the
basis of a regular, constitutional process;
(2) the status of the privatization (or placement
under long-term private management or concession)
of the major public entities, including a detailed as-
sessment of the extent to which the Government of
Haiti has completed all required incorporating docu-
ments, the transfer of assets, and the eviction of un-
authorized occupants from such facilities;
(3) the status of efforts to re-sign and imple-
ment the lapsed bilateral Repatriation Agreement
and an assessment of the extent to which the Gov-
ernment of Haiti has been cooperating with the
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United States in halting illegal emigration from
Haiti;
(4) the status of the Government of Haiti’s ef-
forts to conduct thorough investigations of extra-
judicial and political killings and—
(A) an assessment of the progress that has
been made in bringing to justice the persons re-
sponsible for these extrajudicial or political
killings in Haiti, and
(B) an assessment of the extent to which
the Government of Haiti is cooperating with
United States authorities and with United
States-funded technical advisors to the Haitian
National Police in such investigations;
(5) an assessment of actions taken by the Gov-
ernment of Haiti to remove and maintain the sepa-
ration from the Haitian National Police, national
palace and residential guard, ministerial guard, and
any other public security entity or unit of Haiti
those individuals who are credibly alleged to have en-
gaged in or conspired to conceal gross violations of
internationally recognized human rights;
(6) the status of steps being taken to secure the
ratification of the maritime counter-narcotics agree-
ments signed October 1997;
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(7) an assessment of the extent to which do-
mestic capacity to conduct free, fair, democratic, and
administratively sound elections has been developed
in Haiti; and
(8) an assessment of the extent to which Haiti’s
Minister of Justice has demonstrated a commitment
to the professionalism of judicial personnel by con-
sistently placing students graduated by the Judicial
School in appropriate judicial positions and has
made a commitment to share program costs associ-
ated with the Judicial School, and is achieving
progress in making the judicial branch in Haiti inde-
pendent from the executive branch.
REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN AID IN
REPORT OF SECRETARY OF STATE
SEC. 560. (a) FOREIGN AID REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT.—In addition to the voting practices of a foreign
country, the report required to be submitted to Congress
under section 406(a) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, fiscal years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a),
shall include a side-by-side comparison of individual coun-
tries’ overall support for the United States at the United
Nations and the amount of United States assistance pro-
vided to such country in fiscal year 1999.
(b) UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—For purposes of
this section, the term ‘‘United States assistance’’ has the
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meaning given the term in section 481(e)(4) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(4)).
RESTRICTIONS ON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO
UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES
SEC. 561. (a) PROHIBITION ON VOLUNTARY CON-
TRIBUTIONS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS.—None of the
funds appropriated by this Act may be made available to
pay any voluntary contribution of the United States to the
United Nations (including the United Nations Develop-
ment Program) if the United Nations implements or im-
poses any taxation on any United States persons.
(b) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR DISBURSEMENT
OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be made available to pay any voluntary contribution
of the United States to the United Nations (including the
United Nations Development Program) unless the Presi-
dent certifies to the Congress 15 days in advance of such
payment that the United Nations is not engaged in any
effort to implement or impose any taxation on United
States persons in order to raise revenue for the United
Nations or any of its specialized agencies.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section the term
‘‘United States person’’ refers to—
(1) a natural person who is a citizen or national
of the United States; or