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Calendar No. 229
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2415
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 27, 1999
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To enhance security of United States missions and personnel
overseas, to authorize appropriations for the Department
of State for fiscal year 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,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Embassy
Security Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED PROVISIONS
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1—DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 101. Administration of foreign affairs.
Sec. 102. International organizations.
Sec. 103. International commissions.
Sec. 104. Migration and refugee assistance.
Sec. 105. Public diplomacy programs.
Sec. 106. Voluntary contributions to international organizations.
Sec. 107. Grants to the Asia Foundation.
CHAPTER 2—BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Sec. 121. International broadcasting.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND
ACTIVITIES
CHAPTER 1—AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES
Sec. 201. Authority to lease aircraft to respond to a terrorist attack abroad.
Sec. 202. Report on Cuban drug trafficking.
Sec. 203. Report on compliance with the Hague Convention on International
Child Abduction.
Sec. 204. Elimination of obsolete reports.
Sec. 205. Continuation of reporting requirements.
Sec. 206. International arms sales code of conduct.
Sec. 207. Human rights and democracy fellowships.
Sec. 208. Joint funds under agreements for cooperation in environmental, sci-
entific, cultural, and related areas.
Sec. 209. Report on international extradition.
Sec. 210. Effective regulation of satellite export activities.
Sec. 211. Report concerning attack in Cambodia.
Sec. 212. Gender Related Persecution Task Force.
Sec. 213. Report concerning the diplomatic initiatives of the United States and
other interested parties in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Sec. 214. Report concerning proliferation of small arms.
CHAPTER 2—CONSULAR AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
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Sec. 251. Deaths and estates of United States citizens abroad.
Sec. 252. Duties of consular officers.
Sec. 253. Machine readable visas.
Sec. 254. Processing of visa applications.
Sec. 255. Repeal of outdated provision on passport fees.
Sec. 256. Fees relating to affidavits of support.
Sec. 257. Report on terrorist activity in which United States citizens were
killed and related matters.
Sec. 258. Denial of passports to noncustodial parents subject to State arrest
warrants in cases of nonpayment of child support.
Sec. 259. Issuance of passports for the first time to children under age 14.
CHAPTER 3—REFUGEES
Sec. 271. United States policy regarding the involuntary return of refugees.
Sec. 272. Human rights reports.
Sec. 273. Guidelines for refugee processing posts.
Sec. 274. Vietnamese refugees.
TITLE III—ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE;
PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND FOREIGN
SERVICE
CHAPTER 1—ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 301. Establishment of Bureau for International Information Programs and
Bureau for Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs.
Sec. 302. Correction of designation of Inspector General of the Department of
State.
Sec. 303. Science and Technology Adviser to Secretary of State.
CHAPTER 2—PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 321. Establishment of Foreign Service Star.
Sec. 322. United States citizens hired abroad.
Sec. 323. Border equalization adjustment.
Sec. 324. Treatment of grievance records.
Sec. 325. Report concerning financial disadvantages for administrative and
technical personnel.
Sec. 326. Extension of overseas hiring authority.
Sec. 327. Medical emergency assistance.
Sec. 328. Families of deceased foreign service personnel.
Sec. 329. Parental choice in education.
Sec. 330. Workforce planning for foreign service personnel by federal agencies.
Sec. 331. Compensation for survivors of terrorist attacks overseas.
Sec. 332. Preservation of diversity in reorganization.
TITLE IV—UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND
CULTURAL PROGRAMS
Sec. 401. Educational and cultural exchanges and scholarships for Tibetans
and Burmese.
Sec. 402. Conduct of certain educational and cultural exchange programs.
Sec. 403. Notification to Congress of grants.
Sec. 404. National security measures.
Sec. 405. Designation of North/South Center as the Dante B. Fascell North-
South Center.
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Sec. 406. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
Sec. 407. International expositions.
Sec. 408. Royal Ulster Constabulary.
TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
Sec. 501. Permanent authorization for Radio Free Asia.
Sec. 502. Preservation of RFE/RL (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty).
Sec. 503. Immunity from civil liability for Broadcasting Board of Governors.
TITLE VI—INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS
Sec. 601. Interparliamentary groups.
Sec. 602. Authority to assist State and local governments.
Sec. 603. International Boundary and Water Commission.
Sec. 604. Concerning United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES–10/6.
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 701. Sense of the Congress concerning support for democracy and human
rights activists in Cuba.
Sec. 702. Relating to Cyprus.
Sec. 703. Recognition of the Magen David Adom Society in Israel as a full
member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent
Movement.
Sec. 704. Annual reporting on war crimes, crimes against humanity, and geno-
cide.
Sec. 705. Sense of the Congress supporting humanitarian assistance to the peo-
ple of Burma.
Sec. 706. Restrictions on nuclear cooperation with North Korea.
Sec. 707. Self-determination in East Timor.
Sec. 708. Sense of the Congress relating to Linda Shenwick.
Sec. 709. Sense of the Congress regarding sewage treatment along the border
between the United States and Mexico.
Sec. 710. Sense of the Congress regarding Colombia.
Sec. 711. Sense of the House of representatives concerning Haitian elections.
Sec. 712. Sense of the Congress commending the people of Israel for reaffirm-
ing the democratic ideals of Israel in its elections.
Sec. 713. Sense of the Congress regarding the sovereignty of territories in the
Aegean Sea.
Sec. 714. Sense of the Congress that the President should seek a public renun-
ciation by the People’s Republic of China of any use of force,
or threat to use force, against taiwan, and that the United
States should help Taiwan in case of threats or a military at-
tack by the People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 715. Sense of the Congress regarding support for the Iraqi democratic op-
position.
Sec. 716. Kosovar Albanian prisoners held in Serbia.
TITLE VIII—LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES
Sec. 801. Limitation on procurement outside the United States.
TITLE IX—GULF WAR VETERANS’ IRAQI CLAIMS PROTECTION
Sec. 901. Short title.
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Sec. 902. Adjudication of claims.
Sec. 903. Claims funds.
Sec. 904. Authority to vest Iraqi assets.
Sec. 905. Reimbursement for administrative expenses.
Sec. 906. Payments.
Sec. 907. Authority to transfer records.
Sec. 908. Statute of limitations; disposition of unused funds.
Sec. 909. Definitions.
DIVISION B—SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS
Sec. 1001. Short title.
TITLE XI—TRANSFERS OF EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES
Sec. 1101. Excess defense articles for central european countries.
Sec. 1102. Excess defense articles for certain independent States of the former
Soviet Union.
TITLE XII—FOREIGN MILITARY SALES AUTHORITIES
Sec. 1201. Termination of foreign military financed training.
Sec. 1202. Sales of excess Coast Guard property.
Sec. 1203. Competitive pricing for sales of defense articles.
Sec. 1204. Reporting of offset agreements.
Sec. 1205. Notification of upgrades to direct commercial sales.
Sec. 1206. Expanded prohibition on incentive payments.
Sec. 1207. Administrative fees for leasing of defense articles.
TITLE XIII—STOCKPILING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR FOREIGN
COUNTRIES
Sec. 1301. Additions to United States war reserve stockpiles for allies.
Sec. 1302. Transfer of certain obsolete or surplus defense articles in the war
reserves stockpile for allies.
TITLE XIV—INTERNATIONAL ARMS SALES CODE OF CONDUCT
ACT OF 1999
Sec. 1401. Short title.
Sec. 1402. Findings.
Sec. 1403. International arms sales code of conduct.
TITLE XV—AUTHORITY TO EXEMPT INDIA AND PAKISTAN FROM
CERTAIN SANCTIONS
Sec. 1501. Waiver authority.
Sec. 1502. Consultation.
Sec. 1503. Reporting requirement.
Sec. 1504. Appropriate congressional committees defined.
TITLE XVI—TRANSFER OF NAVAL VESSELS TO CERTAIN
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Sec. 1601. Authority to transfer naval vessels.
Sec. 1602. Inapplicability of aggregate annual limitation on value of transferred
excess defense articles.
Sec. 1603. Costs of transfers.
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Sec. 1604. Expiration of authority.
Sec. 1605. Repair and refurbishment of vessels in United States shipyards.
Sec. 1606. Sense of the Congress relating to transfer of naval vessels and air-
craft to the Government of the Philippines.
TITLE XVII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 1701. Annual military assistance reports.
Sec. 1702. Publication of arms sales certifications.
Sec. 1703. Notification requirements for commercial export of significant mili-
tary equipment on United States munitions list.
Sec. 1704. Enforcement of Arms Export Control Act.
Sec. 1705. Violations relating to material support to terrorists.
Sec. 1706. Authority to consent to third party transfer of ex-U.S.S. Bowman
County to USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc.
Sec. 1707. Exceptions relating to prohibitions on assistance to countries in-
volved in transfer or use of nuclear explosive devices.
Sec. 1708. Continuation of the export control regulations under IEEPA.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on International Re-
lations and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of State.
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DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF
STATE AND RELATED PROVI-
SIONS
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF
APPROPRIATIONS
CHAPTER 1—DEPARTMENT OF STATE
SEC. 101. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of State under ‘‘Administra-
tion of Foreign Affairs’’ to carry out the authorities, func-
tions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the for-
eign affairs of the United States and for other purposes
authorized by law, including the diplomatic security pro-
gram:
(1) DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’ of the Department of State, such sums
as may be necessary for the fiscal year 2000.
(B) LIMITATIONS.—
(i) 
WORLDWIDE
SECURITY
UP-
GRADES.—Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated 
by 
subparagraph 
(A),
$254,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 is au-
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thorized to be appropriated only for world-
wide security upgrades.
(ii) BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN
RIGHTS, AND LABOR.—Of the amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated by subpara-
graph (A), $15,000,000 for fiscal year
2000 is authorized to be appropriated only
for salaries and expenses of the Bureau of
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
(iii) 
RECRUITMENT
OF
MINORITY
GROUPS.—Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated 
by 
subparagraph 
(A),
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 is author-
ized to be appropriated only for the re-
cruitment of members of minority groups
for careers in the Foreign Service and
international affairs.
(2) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.—For ‘‘Cap-
ital Investment Fund’’ of the Department of State,
such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year
2000.
(3) SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE OF UNITED
STATES MISSIONS.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For ‘‘Security and Maintenance of
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United States Missions’’, $1,580,066,000 for
the fiscal year 2000.
(B) SECURITY
UPGRADES
FOR
UNITED
STATES MISSIONS.—Of the amounts authorized
to be appropriated by subparagraph (A),
$1,146,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 is author-
ized to be appropriated only for security up-
grades to United States missions abroad, in-
cluding construction and relocation costs.
(4) 
REPRESENTATION
ALLOWANCES.—For
‘‘Representation Allowances’’, such sums as may be
necessary for the fiscal year 2000.
(5) EMERGENCIES
IN
THE
DIPLOMATIC
AND
CONSULAR SERVICE.—For ‘‘Emergencies in the Dip-
lomatic and Consular Service’’, such sums as may be
necessary for the fiscal year 2000.
(6) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—
For ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, such sums as
may be necessary for the fiscal year 2000.
(7) PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN
TAIWAN.—For ‘‘Payment to the American Institute
in Taiwan’’, such sums as may be necessary for the
fiscal year 2000.
(8) PROTECTION
OF
FOREIGN
MISSIONS
AND
OFFICIALS.—
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(A) For ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions
and Officials’’, such sums as may be necessary
for the fiscal year 2000.
(B) Each amount appropriated pursuant
to this paragraph is authorized to remain avail-
able through September 30 of the fiscal year
following the fiscal year for which the amount
appropriated was made.
(9) REPATRIATION LOANS.—For ‘‘Repatriation
Loans’’, such sums as may be necessary for the fis-
cal year 2000, for administrative expenses.
SEC. 102. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for ‘‘Contributions to International Organiza-
tions’’, such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year
2000 for the Department of State to carry out the authori-
ties, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct
of the foreign affairs of the United States with respect
to international organizations and to carry out other au-
thorities in law consistent with such purposes.
(b) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL
PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.—There are authorized to be
appropriated for ‘‘Contributions for International Peace-
keeping Activities’’, such sums as may be necessary for
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the fiscal year 2000 for the Department of State to carry
out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities
in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States
with respect to international peacekeeping activities and
to carry out other authorities in law consistent with such
purposes.
(c) CIVIL BUDGET OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREA-
TY ORGANIZATION.—For the fiscal year 2000, there are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to pay the full amount for the United States assess-
ment for the civil budget of the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization.
SEC. 103. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS.
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated under ‘‘International Commissions’’ for the De-
partment of State to carry out the authorities, functions,
duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign
affairs of the United States and for other purposes author-
ized by law:
(1) INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY
AND
WATER
COMMISSION, UNITED
STATES
AND
MEXICO.—For
‘‘International Boundary and Water Commission,
United States and Mexico’’—
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(A) for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ such
sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year
2000; and
(B) for ‘‘Construction’’ such sums as may
be necessary for the fiscal year 2000.
(2) INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY
COMMISSION,
UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—For ‘‘International
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada’’,
such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year
2000.
(3) INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION.—For
‘‘International Joint Commission’’, such sums as
may be necessary for the fiscal year 2000.
(4) 
INTERNATIONAL
FISHERIES
COMMIS-
SIONS.—For ‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’,
such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year
2000.
SEC. 104. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.
(a) MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Migra-
tion and Refugee Assistance’’ for authorized activi-
ties, $750,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
(2) LIMITATIONS.—
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(A) TIBETAN
REFUGEES
IN
INDIA
AND
NEPAL.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated in paragraph (1), not more than
$2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is author-
ized to be available only for humanitarian as-
sistance, including food, medicine, clothing, and
medical and vocational training, to Tibetan ref-
ugees in India and Nepal who have fled Chi-
nese-occupied Tibet.
(B) REFUGEES RESETTLING IN ISRAEL.—
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated
in paragraph (1), $60,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2000 is authorized to be available only for
assistance for refugees resettling in Israel from
other countries.
(C) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR DIS-
PLACED BURMESE.—Of the amounts authorized
to 
be 
appropriated 
in 
paragraph 
(1),
$2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 for humani-
tarian assistance are authorized to be available
only for assistance (including food, medicine,
clothing, and medical and vocational training)
to persons displaced as a result of civil conflict
in Burma, including persons still within Burma.
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(D) ASSISTANCE FOR DISPLACED SIERRA
LEONEANS.—Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated in paragraph (1), $2,000,000 for
the fiscal year 2000 for humanitarian assist-
ance are authorized to be available only for as-
sistance (including food, medicine, clothing, and
medical and vocational training) and resettle-
ment of persons who have been severely muti-
lated as a result of civil conflict in Sierra
Leone, including persons still within Sierra
Leone.
(E) ASSISTANCE
FOR
KOSOVAR
REFU-
GEES.—
(i) Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated 
in 
paragraph 
(1),
$50,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 are
authorized to be appropriated only for the
Front Line States Initiative defined in
clause (ii).
(ii) For the purposes of this subpara-
graph, the term ‘‘Front Line States Initia-
tive’’ means assistance for the relief of ref-
ugees fleeing from the conflict in Kosovo
provided through nongovernmental organi-
zations in the form of food, housing, cloth-
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ing, transportation, and other material,
with priority assistance for the relief of
refugees in the front line states of Albania
and Macedonia and for returned or return-
ing refugees, displaced persons, and other
victims of the humanitarian crisis within
Kosovo.
(F) INTERNATIONAL RAPE COUNSELING PRO-
GRAM.—Of the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated in paragraph (1), $2,500,000 for the fiscal
year 2000 are authorized to be appropriated only for
a United States based rape counseling program for
assistance to women who have been victimized by the
systematic use of rape as a weapon in times of con-
flict and war.
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Funds appro-
priated pursuant to this section are authorized to remain
available until expended.
SEC. 105. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAMS.
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of State to carry out inter-
national information activities and educational and cul-
tural exchange programs under the United States Infor-
mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Mu-
tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Re-
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organization Plan Number 2 of 1977, the Dante B. Fas-
cell North-South Center Act of 1991, and the National
Endowment for Democracy Act, and to carry out other
authorities in law consistent with such purposes:
(1) 
INTERNATIONAL
INFORMATION
PRO-
GRAMS.—For 
‘‘International 
Information 
Pro-
grams’’, such sums as may be necessary for the fis-
cal year 2000.
(2) EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE
PROGRAMS.—
(A) FULBRIGHT
ACADEMIC
EXCHANGE
PROGRAMS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for the ‘‘Fulbright Academic Exchange
Programs’’ (other than programs described in
subparagraph (B)), such sums as may be nec-
essary for the fiscal year 2000.
(B) OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated for other edu-
cational and cultural exchange programs
authorized by law, including the Claude
and Mildred Pepper Scholarship Program
of the Washington Workshops Foundation
and the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Pro-
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‘‘(2) A transfer allowance under this subsection may
not be granted with respect to the spouse or a dependent
of the employee unless, at the time of death, such spouse
or dependent was residing—
‘‘(A) at the employee’s post of assignment; or
‘‘(B) at a place, outside the United States, for
which a separate maintenance allowance was being
furnished under section 5924(3).
‘‘(3) The President may prescribe any regulations
necessary to carry out this subsection.’’.
SEC. 329. PARENTAL CHOICE IN EDUCATION.
Section 5924(4) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘between
that post and the nearest locality where adequate
schools are available,’’ and inserting ‘‘between that
post and the school chosen by the employee, not to
exceed the total cost to the Government of the de-
pendent attending an adequate school in the nearest
locality where an adequate school is available,’’; and
(2) by adding after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) In those cases in which an adequate
school is available at the post of the employee,
if the employee chooses to educate the depend-