H. R. 2159—18
under this heading shall be available for Guatemala: Provided
further, That not more than $350,000,000 of funds realized pursuant
to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be obli-
gated for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense during
fiscal year 1998 pursuant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export
Control Act, except that this limitation may be exceeded only
through the regular notification 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, $77,500,000: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be
obligated or expended except as provided through the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
TITLE IV—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION
AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United
States contribution to the Global Environment Facility (GEF),
$47,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
For payment to the International Development Association by
the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,034,503,100, to remain available
until expended, of which $234,503,100 shall be available to pay
for the tenth replenishment: Provided, That none of the funds
may be obligated or made available until the Secretary of the
Treasury certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that
procurement restrictions applicable to United States firms under
the terms of the Interim Trust Fund have been lifted from all
funds which Interim Trust Fund donors proposed to set aside for
review of procurement restrictions at the conclusion of the February
1997 IDA Deputies Meeting in Paris.
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, and
for the United States share of the increase in the resources of
the Fund for Special Operations, $20,835,000, to remain available
until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Inter-American Development
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 $1,503,718,910.
H. R. 2159—19
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS
MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND
For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral
Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United
States contribution to the Fund to be administered by the Inter-
American Development Bank, $30,000,000 to remain available until
expended, which shall be available for contributions previously due.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the Secretary
of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in portion
of the increase in capital stock, $13,221,596, to remain available
until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Asian Development Bank
may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital
portion of the United States share of such capital stock in an
amount not to exceed $647,858,204.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the
Treasury to the increases in resources of the Asian Development
Fund, as authorized by the Asian Development Bank Act, as amend-
ed (Public Law 89–369), $150,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall
be available for contributions previously due, 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, $45,000,000, to remain available until expended and which
shall be available for contributions previously due.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction 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.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development 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 $123,237,803.
NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the North American Development Bank by
the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United States share of the
paid-in portion of the capital stock, $56,500,000, to remain available
until expended of which $250,000 shall be available for contributions
H. R. 2159—20
previously due: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading that are made available for the Community
Adjustment and Investment Program shall be used for purposes
other than those set out in the binational agreement establishing
the Bank: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under
this heading, not more than $41,250,000 may be expended for
the purchase of such capital shares in fiscal year 1998.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the North American Develop-
ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the
callable capital portion of the United States share of the capital
stock of the North American Development Bank in an amount
not to exceed $318,750,000.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of section 2 of
the United Nations Environment Program Participation Act of 1973,
$192,000,000: 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 appropriated under this heading that are made available
to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) shall be made
available for activities in the People’s Republic of China: Provided
further, That not more than $25,000,000 of the funds appropriated
under this heading may be made available to UNFPA: Provided
further, That not more than one-half of this amount may be provided
to UNFPA before March 1, 1998, and that no later than February
15, 1998, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations indicating the amount UNFPA is budgeting
for the People’s Republic of China in 1998: Provided further, That
any amount UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Republic of
China in 1998 shall be deducted from the amount of funds provided
to UNFPA after March 1, 1998, pursuant to the previous provisos:
Provided further, That with respect to any funds appropriated under
this heading that are made available to UNFPA, UNFPA shall
be required to maintain such funds in a separate account and
not commingle them with any other funds: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made
available to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organiza-
tion (KEDO) or the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
Provided further, That not less than $4,000,000 should be made
available to the World Food Program.
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 appro-
priation item made available by this Act shall be obligated during
the last month of availability.
H. R. 2159—21
PROHIBITION OF BILATERAL FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 502. Notwithstanding section 614 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as amended, none of the funds contained in title
II of this Act may be used to carry out the provisions of section
209(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES
SEC. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant
to this Act, not to exceed $126,500 shall be for official residence
expenses of the Agency for International Development during the
current fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken
to assure that, to the maximum extent possible, United States-
owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.
LIMITATION ON EXPENSES
SEC. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant
to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be for entertainment expenses
of the Agency for International Development during the current
fiscal year.
LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES
SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant
to this Act, not to exceed $95,000 shall be available for representa-
tion allowances for the Agency for International Development dur-
ing the current fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall
be taken to assure that, to the maximum extent possible, United
States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available by this Act for
general costs of administering military assistance and sales under
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not to exceed
$2,000 shall be available for entertainment expenses and not to
exceed $50,000 shall be available for representation allowances:
Provided further, That of the funds made available by this Act
under the heading ‘‘International Military Education and Training ’’,
not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for entertainment allow-
ances: Provided further, That of the funds made available by this
Act for the Inter-American Foundation, not to exceed $2,000 shall
be available for entertainment 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 Develop-
ment Agency’’, not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for representa-
tion and entertainment allowances.
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 technology.
H. R. 2159—22
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to
finance directly any assistance or reparations to Cuba, Iraq, Libya,
North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or Syria: Provided, That for purposes
of this section, the prohibition on obligations or expenditures shall
include direct loans, credits, insurance and guarantees of the
Export-Import Bank or its agents.
MILITARY COUPS
SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to
finance directly any assistance to any country 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 Appropria-
tions that subsequent to the termination of assistance a democrat-
ically 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 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds,
consults with and provides a written policy justification to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate: Provided, That the exercise of such authority shall
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees
on Appropriations.
DEOBLIGATION/REOBLIGATION AUTHORITY
SEC. 510. (a) Amounts certified pursuant to section 1311 of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1955, as having been obli-
gated against appropriations heretofore made under the authority
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the same general purpose
as any of the headings 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, 1998,
whichever is later, and for the same general purpose, and for
countries within the same region as originally obligated: Provided,
That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of the Congress
are notified 15 days in advance of the reobligation of such funds
in accordance with regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees 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 1998.
H. R. 2159—23
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall remain available for obligation after the expiration of the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided in this Act: Pro-
vided, 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, notwith-
standing any other provision 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
obligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance of
payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That the report required
by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance 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 disburse-
ment for balance of payment and economic policy reform purposes.
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 calendar 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 during
the current fiscal year for Nicaragua and Liberia, and for any
narcotics-related assistance for Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru author-
ized 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 expended to finance any loan, any assistance or any
other financial commitments for establishing or expanding produc-
tion 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 productive capacity is expected
to become operative and if the 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
Export-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Directors
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 commodity, and the Chairman
of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropriations.
H. R. 2159—24
(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 introduction, consultancy, publica-
tion, 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
produced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection shall
not prohibit—
(1) activities designed to increase food security in develop-
ing countries where such activities will not have a significant
impact in the export of agricultural commodities of the United
States; or
(2) research activities intended primarily to benefit
American producers.
SURPLUS COMMODITIES
SEC. 514. 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 International Finance Corporation, the Inter-Amer-
ican Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the
Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corpora-
tion, 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 institu-
tions, 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.
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 515. (a) For the purposes of providing the executive branch
with the necessary administrative flexibility, none of the funds
made available under this Act for ‘‘Child Survival and Disease
Programs 
Fund’’, 
‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, 
‘‘International
organizations and programs’’, ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’,
‘‘International narcotics control’’, ‘‘Narcotics Interdiction’’, ‘‘Assist-
ance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, ‘‘Assistance for
the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’, ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping operations’’, ‘‘Operating
expenses of the Agency for International Development’’, ‘‘Operating
expenses of the Agency for International Development Office of
Inspector General’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and
related programs’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘Inter-
national military education and training ’’, ‘‘Peace Corps’’, ‘‘Migra-
tion and refugee assistance’’, shall be available for obligation 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 advance:
Provided, That the President shall not enter into any commitment
of funds appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms
H. R. 2159—25
Export Control Act for the provision of major defense equipment,
other than conventional 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
previously 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, including 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:
Provided further, That in case of any such waiver, notification
to the Congress, or the appropriate congressional committees, shall
be provided as early as practicable, but in no event later than
three days after taking the action to which such notification require-
ment was applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessitat-
ing such waiver: Provided further, That any notification provided
pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the
emergency circumstances.
(b) Drawdowns made pursuant to section 506(a)(2) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
SEC. 516. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of
this Act, none of the funds provided for ‘‘International Organizations
and Programs’’ shall be available for the United States propor-
tionate share, in accordance with section 307(c) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, for any programs identified in section 307,
or for Libya, Iran, or, at the discretion of the President, Communist
countries listed in section 620(f ) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, as amended: Provided, That, subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds
appropriated under this Act or any previously enacted Act making
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related
programs, which are returned or not made available for organiza-
tions and programs because of the implementation of this section
or any similar provision of law, shall remain available for obligation
through September 30, 1999.
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL
SEC. 517. The Congress finds that progress on the peace process
in the Middle East is vitally important to United States security
interests in the region. The Congress recognizes that, in fulfilling
its obligations under the Treaty of Peace Between the Arab Republic
of Egypt and the State of Israel, done at Washington on March
26, 1979, Israel incurred severe economic burdens. Furthermore,
the Congress recognizes that an economically and militarily secure
Israel serves the security interests of the United States, for a
secure Israel is an Israel which has the incentive and confidence
H. R. 2159—26
to continue pursuing the peace process. Therefore, the Congress
declares that, subject to the availability of appropriations, it is
the policy and the intention of the United States that the funds
provided in annual appropriations for the Economic Support Fund
which are allocated to Israel shall not be less than the annual
debt repayment (interest and principal) from Israel to the United
States Government in recognition that such a principle serves
United States interests in the region.
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 abortions 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
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the
performance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family plan-
ning 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 involun-
tary sterilizations: Provided, That none of the funds made available
under this Act may be used to lobby for or against abortion.
REPORTING REQUIREMENT
SEC. 519. Section 25 of the Arms Export Control Act is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Congress’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate or the Committee on Foreign Affairs
of the House of Representatives’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘any of the congressional committees described in subsection
(e)’’; and
(3) by adding the following subsection:
‘‘(e) As used in 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 International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives.’’.
SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
be obligated or expended for Colombia, Haiti, Liberia, Pakistan,
Panama, Peru, Serbia, Sudan, or the Democratic Republic of Congo
except as provided through the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations.