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(e) Not later than 6 months after the initial exercise 
of the waiver authority in subsection (d), the Secretary of 
State, after consultations with the City of New York, shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations de-
scribing a strategy, including a timetable and steps cur-
rently being taken, to collect the parking fines and penalties 
and unpaid property taxes and interest owed by nations 
receiving foreign assistance under this Act. 
(f) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives. 
(2) The term ‘‘fully adjudicated’’ includes cir-
cumstances in which the person to whom the vehicle 
is registered—
(A)(i) has not responded to the parking vio-
lation summons; or 
(ii) has not followed the appropriate adju-
dication procedure to challenge the summons; 
and 
(B) the period of time for payment of or 
challenge to the summons has lapsed. 
(3) The term ‘‘parking fines and penalties’’ 
means parking fines and penalties—
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(A) owed to—
(i) the District of Columbia; or 
(ii) New York, New York; and 
(B) incurred during the period April 1, 
1997 through September 30, 2004. 
(4) The term ‘unpaid property taxes’ means the 
amount of unpaid taxes and interest on such taxes 
that have accrued on real property in the District of 
Columbia or New York, New York under applicable 
law. 
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST 
BANK AND GAZA 
SEC. 5044. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation 
Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the Presi-
dent has exercised the authority under section 604(a) of the 
Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of Pub-
lic Law 104–107) or any other legislation to suspend or 
make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect: Provided, That 
if the President fails to make the certification under section 
604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace 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 Liberation Organization for the West Bank 
and Gaza.
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WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN 
SEC. 5045. 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 of up to 
$32,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Na-
tions War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the 
former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council 
or such other tribunals or commissions as the Council may 
establish or authorize to deal with such violations, without 
regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) 
thereof: Provided, That the determination required under 
this section shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise 
required under section 552(c): Provided further, That the 
drawdown made under this section for any tribunal shall 
not be construed as an endorsement or precedent for the es-
tablishment of any standing or permanent international 
criminal tribunal or court: Provided further, That funds 
made available for tribunals other than Yugoslavia, Rwan-
da, or the Special Court for Sierra Leone shall be made 
available subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
LANDMINES 
SEC. 5046. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, demining equipment available to the United States
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Agency for International 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. 5047. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Jeru-
salem a new office of any department or agency of the 
United States Government for the purpose of conducting of-
ficial United States Government business with the Pales-
tinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor 
Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO 
Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this restriction 
shall not apply to the acquisition of additional space for 
the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem: Provided fur-
ther, That meetings between officers and employees of the 
United States and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or 
any successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in 
the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose 
of conducting official United States Government business 
with such authority should continue to take place in loca-
tions 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