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 (House Report No. 98–1159).
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to obli-
gating 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.
COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE
DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 530. (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.
COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS AGAINST
IRAQ
SEC. 531. 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, INTER-AMERICAN
FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
SEC. 532. Unless expressly provided to the contrary,
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria-
tions for foreign operations, export financing, and related
programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities au-
thorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the
Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Develop-
ment Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly report
to the Committees on Appropriations whenever it is con-
ducting activities or is proposing to conduct activities in
a country for which assistance is prohibited.
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES
SEC. 533. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended to provide—
(1) 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; or
(2) 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.
SPECIAL AUTHORITIES
SEC. 534. (a) AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON, MONTE-
NEGRO, VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHILDREN, AND
DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated in titles I
and II of this Act that are made available for Afghanistan,
Lebanon, Montenegro, and for victims of war, displaced
children, and displaced Burmese, may be made available
notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided,
That any such funds that are made available for Cam-
bodia shall be subject to the provisions of section 531(e)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 906
of the International Security and Development Coopera-
tion Act of 1985: Provided further, That section 576 of
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, as amended, shall
not apply to the provision of loans and assistance to the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia through international fi-
nancial institutions.
(b) TROPICAL FORESTRY AND BIODIVERSITY CON-
SERVATION ACTIVITIES.—Funds appropriated by this Act
to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106,
and chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, for the purpose of supporting tropical forestry and
biodiversity conservation activities and, subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations, energy programs aimed at reducing greenhouse
gas emissions: Provided, That such assistance shall be
subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961.
(c) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I,
chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be used
by the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment to employ up to 25 personal services contractors in
the United States, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim support
for new or expanded overseas programs and activities and
managed by the agency until permanent direct hire per-
sonnel are hired and trained: Provided, That not more
than 10 of such contractors shall be assigned to any bu-
reau or office: Provided further, That such funds appro-
priated to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
may be made available for personal services contractors
assigned only to the Office of Health and Nutrition; the
Office of Procurement; the Bureau for Africa; the Bureau
for Latin America and the Caribbean; and the Bureau for
Asia and the Near East: Provided further, That such funds
appropriated to carry out title II of the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be made
available only for personal services contractors assigned
to the Office of Food for Peace.
(d)(1) WAIVER.—The President may waive the provi-
sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if the Presi-
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 6 months at a time and shall not
apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act.
(e) During fiscal year 2002, the President may use
up to $50,000,000 under the authority of section 451 of
the Foreign Assistance Act, notwithstanding the funding
ceiling in section 451(a).
POLICY ON TERMINATING THE ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT
OF ISRAEL AND NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL
SEC. 535. 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 and should normalize their relations 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 fact that only three Arab countries
maintain full diplomatic relations with Israel is also
of deep concern;
(4) the Arab League should immediately re-
scind its decision on the boycott and its members
should develop normal relations with their neighbor
Israel; and
(5) the President should—
(A) take more concrete steps to encourage
vigorously Arab League countries to renounce
publicly the primary boycotts of Israel and the
secondary and tertiary boycotts of American
firms that have commercial relations with Israel
and to normalize their relations with Israel;
(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 annually on the
specific steps being taken by the United States
and the progress achieved to bring about a pub-
lic renunciation of the Arab primary boycott of
Israel and the secondary and tertiary boycotts
of American firms that have commercial rela-
tions 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.
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ACTIVITIES
SEC. 536. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act for ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’,
assistance may be provided to strengthen the administra-
tion of justice in countries in Latin America and the Car-
ibbean 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. 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. 537. (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, 11, and 12 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 President 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 na-
tional interest of the United States: Provided further, That
before using the authority of this subsection to furnish as-
sistance in support of programs of nongovernmental orga-
nizations, the President shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations under the regular notification procedures
of those committees, including a description of the pro-
gram to be assisted, the assistance to be provided, and
the reasons for furnishing such assistance: Provided fur-
ther, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed
to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abor-
tion or involuntary sterilizations contained in this or any
other Act.
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2002, 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 of 1961 or any comparable provision
of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup-
port international terrorism; or
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision
of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a
country 
that 
violate 
internationally 
recognized
human rights.
EARMARKS
SEC. 538. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which
are earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs
within the same account notwithstanding the earmark if