I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2415
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 1, 1999
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Ms. MCKINNEY) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations
A BILL
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,
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.
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.
CHAPTER 2—CONSULAR AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
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 Repeal of outdated provision on passport fees.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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
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-
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
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.—
(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
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.
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’’—
(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.—
(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.
(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-
ing, transportation, and other material,
with priority assistance for the relief of
refugees in the front line states of Albania
and Macedonia.
(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-
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-
gram, such sums as may be necessary for
the fiscal year 2000.
(ii) SOUTH PACIFIC EXCHANGES.—Of
the amounts authorized to be appropriated
under clause (i), $750,000 for the fiscal
year 2000 is authorized to be available for
‘‘South Pacific Exchanges’’.
(iii) 
EAST
TIMORESE
SCHOLAR-
SHIPS.—Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated under clause (i), $500,000
for the fiscal year 2000 is authorized to be
available for ‘‘East Timorese Scholar-
ships’’.
(iv) TIBETAN
EXCHANGES.—Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated
under clause (i), $500,000 for the fiscal
year 2000 is authorized to be available for
‘‘Ngawang Choephel Exchange Programs’’
(formerly known as educational and cul-
tural exchanges with Tibet) under section
103(a) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and
Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of
1996 (Public Law 104–319).
(v) AFRICAN
EXCHANGES.—Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated
under clause (i), $500,000 for the fiscal
year 2000 is authorized to be available
only for ‘‘Educational and Cultural Ex-
changes with Sub-Saharan Africa’’.
(3) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL
INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.—For the
‘‘Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange be-
tween East and West’’, $17,500,000 for the fiscal
year 2000.
(4) NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT
FOR
DEMOC-
RACY.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For the ‘‘National Endowment for De-
mocracy’’, $34,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
(B) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated by subparagraph (A),
$2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is author-
ized to be appropriated only for a fellowship
program, to be known as the ‘‘Reagan-Fascell
Democracy Fellows’’, for democracy activists
and scholars from around the world at the
International Forum for Democratic Studies in
Washington, D.C., to study, write, and ex-
change views with other activists and scholars
and with Americans.
(5) DANTE
B. FASCELL
NORTH-SOUTH
CEN-
TER.—For ‘‘Dante B. Fascell North-South Center’’
such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year
2000.
SEC. 
106. 
VOLUNTARY 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
TO 
INTER-
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Voluntary Con-
tributions to International Organizations’’, such sums as
may be necessary for the fiscal year 2000.
(b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—
(1) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a),
$5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is authorized to
be appropriated only for a United States contribu-
tion to the World Food Program.
(2) UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTARY FUND FOR
VICTIMS OF TORTURE.—Of the amount authorized
to be appropriated under subsection (a), $5,000,000
for the fiscal year 2000 is authorized to be appro-
priated only for a United States contribution to the
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Tor-
ture.
(3) INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM ON THE ELIMI-
NATION OF CHILD LABOR.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under subsection (a),
$5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is authorized to
be appropriated only for a United States contribu-
tion to the International Labor Organization for the
activities of the International Program on the Elimi-
nation of Child Labor.
(4) ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.—Of
the amounts authorized to be appropriated under
subsection (a), $240,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is
authorized to be appropriated only for a United
States contribution to the Organization of American
States for the Office of the Special Rapporteur for
Freedom of Expression in the Western Hemisphere
to conduct investigations, including field visits, to es-
tablish a network of nongovernmental organizations,
and to hold hemispheric conferences, of which
$6,000 for each fiscal year is authorized to be ap-
propriated only for the investigation and dissemina-
tion of information on violations of freedom of ex-
pression by the Government of Cuba.
(c) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM.—
(1) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts made avail-
able under subsection (a) for the fiscal year 2000 for
United States voluntary contributions to the United
Nations Development Program an amount equal to
the amount the United Nations Development Pro-
gram will spend in Burma during each fiscal year
shall be withheld unless during such fiscal year the
Secretary of State submits to the appropriate con-
gressional committees the certification described in
paragraph (2).
(2) CERTIFICATION.—The certification referred
to in paragraph (1) is a certification by the Sec-
retary of State that all programs and activities of
the United Nations Development Program (including
United Nations Development Program—Adminis-
tered Funds) in Burma—
(A) are focused on eliminating human suf-
fering and addressing the needs of the poor;
(B) are undertaken only through inter-
national or private voluntary organizations that
have been deemed independent of the State
Peace and Development Council (SPDC) (for-
merly known as the State Law and Order Res-
toration Council (SLORC), after consultation
with the leadership of the National League for
Democracy and the leadership of the National
Coalition Government of the Union of Burma;
(C) provide no financial, political, or mili-
tary benefit to the SPDC; and
(D) are carried out only after consultation
with the leadership of the National League for
Democracy and the leadership of the National
Coalition Government of the Union of Burma.
(d) CONTRIBUTIONS
TO UNITED NATIONS POPU-
LATION FUND.—
(1) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF CONTRIBU-
TION.—Of the amounts made available under sub-
section (a), not more than $25,000,000 for fiscal
year 2000 shall be available for the United Nations
Population Fund (hereinafter in this subsection re-
ferred to as the ‘‘UNFPA’’).
(2) PROHIBITION
ON
USE
OF
FUNDS
IN
CHINA.—None of the funds made available under
subsection (a) may be made available for the
UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Re-
public of China.
(3) 
CONDITIONS
ON
AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Amounts made available under subsection
(a) for fiscal year 2000 for the UNFPA may not be
made available to UNFPA unless—
(A) the UNFPA maintains amounts made
available to the UNFPA under this section in
an account separate from other accounts of the
UNFPA;
(B) the UNFPA does not commingle
amounts made available to the UNFPA under
this section with other sums; and
(C) the UNFPA does not fund abortions.
(4) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS SUBJECT TO CER-
TIFICATION.—
(A) Of the amounts made available for fis-
cal year 2000 for United States voluntary con-
tributions to the UNFPA an amount equal to
the amount that UNFPA will spend on a coun-
try program in the People’s Republic of China
during each fiscal year shall be withheld unless
during such fiscal year, the Secretary of State
submits to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees the certification described in subpara-
graph (B).
(B) The certification referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) is a certification by the Sec-
retary of State that the country program of the
UNFPA in the People’s Republic of China—
(i) focuses on improving the delivery
of voluntary family planning information
and services;
(ii) is designed in conformity with the
human rights principles affirmed at the
International Conference on Population
and Development with the support of 180
nations including the United States;
(iii) is implemented only in counties in
the People’s Republic of China where all
quotas and targets for the recruitment of
program participants have been abolished
and the use of coercive measures has been
eliminated;
(iv) is carried out in consultation
with, and under the oversight and approval
of, the UNFPA executive board, including
the United States representative;
(v) is subject to regular independent
monitoring to ensure compliance with the
principles of informed consent and vol-
untary participation; and
(vi) suspends operations in project
counties found to be in violation of pro-
gram guidelines.
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized
to be appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized to
remain available until expended.
SEC. 107. GRANTS TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION.
Section 404 of The Asia Foundation Act (title IV of
Public Law 98–164) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 404. There are authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary of State such sums as may be necessary
for the fiscal year 2000 for grants to The Asia Foundation
pursuant to this title.’’.
CHAPTER 2—BROADCASTING BOARD OF
GOVERNORS
SEC. 121. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated for the Broadcasting Board of Governors to carry
out certain international broadcasting activities under the
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, the
Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and the Television
Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and for other purposes author-
ized by law:
(1) 
INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING
OPER-
ATIONS.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, such sums as may be necessary for the
fiscal year 2000.
(B) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated under subparagraph
(A), the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall
seek to ensure that the amounts made available
for broadcasting to nations whose people do not
fully enjoy freedom of expression do not decline
in proportion to the amounts made available for
broadcasting to other nations.
(2) BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.—
For ‘‘Broadcasting Capital Improvements’’, such
sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 2000.
(3) RADIO
FREE
ASIA.—For ‘‘Radio Free
Asia’’, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
(4) BROADCASTING TO CUBA.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For ‘‘Broadcasting to Cuba’’, such
sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year
2000.
(B) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under subparagraph
(A), $712,000 for the fiscal year 2000 is au-
thorized to be appropriated only for the Office
of Cuba Broadcasting to develop and implement
new technology and enhance current methods to
strengthen and improve the transmission capa-
bilities of Radio Marti and TV Marti.
TITLE 
II—DEPARTMENT 
OF
STATE AUTHORITIES AND AC-
TIVITIES
CHAPTER 1—AUTHORITIES AND
ACTIVITIES
SEC. 201. AUTHORITY TO LEASE AIRCRAFT TO RESPOND TO
A TERRORIST ATTACK ABROAD.
Subject to the availability of appropriations, in the
event of an emergency which involves a terrorist attack
abroad, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion of the Department of Justice is authorized to lease
commercial aircraft to transport equipment and personnel
in response to such attack if there have been reasonable
efforts to obtain appropriate Department of Defense air-
craft and such aircraft are unavailable. The leasing au-
thority under this section shall include authority to pro-
vide indemnification insurance or guarantees, if necessary
and appropriate.
SEC. 202. REPORT ON CUBAN DRUG TRAFFICKING.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees an unclassified report (with a classified
annex) on the extent of international drug trafficking
from, through, or over Cuba. Each report shall include the
following:
(1) Information concerning the extent to which
the Cuban Government or any official, employee, or
entity of the Government of Cuba has engaged in,
facilitated, or condoned such trafficking.
(2) The extent to which the appropriate agen-
cies of the United States Government have inves-
tigated and prosecuted such activities of the Cuban
Government or any official, employee, or entity of
the Government of Cuba.
(3) A determination of whether the Government
of Cuba should be included in the list of nations con-
sidered to be major drug trafficking countries.
SEC. 203. REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE HAGUE CON-
VENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUC-
TION.
Section 2803(a) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted by division G of
the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105–277) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘1999,’’ and inserting ‘‘2000,’’;
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘abducted.’’
and inserting ‘‘abducted, are being wrongfully re-
tained in violation of United States court orders, or
which have failed to comply with any of their obliga-
tions under such convention with respect to applica-
tions for the return of children, access to children,
or both, submitted by United States citizens or law-
ful residents.’’;
(3) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘children’’ and inserting
‘‘children, access to children, or both,’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘or lawful residents’’ after
‘‘citizens’’; and
(4) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(6) A list of the countries which are Parties to
the Convention, but in which due to the absence of
a prompt and effective method for enforcement of
civil court orders, the absence of a doctrine of com-
ity, or other factors, there is a substantial possibility
that an order of return or access under a Hague
Convention proceeding, or a United States custody,
access, or visitation order, will not be promptly en-
forced.’’.
SEC. 204. ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE REPORTS.
(a) POST LANGUAGE COMPETENCE.—Section 304(c)
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3944(c))
is repealed.
(b) SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH.—Section 574
of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–
107) is repealed.
(c) REDUNDANT REPORTS ON CERTAIN WEAPONS.—
(1) Section 308 of the Chemical and Biological
Weapons and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991
(Public Law 102–182) is repealed.
(2) Section 585 of the Foreign Operations, Ex-
port Financing, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208), is repealed.
(d) SITUATION IN IRAQ.—Section 3 of Public Law
102–1 is amended by striking ‘‘60 days’’ and inserting
‘‘six months’’.
SEC. 205. CONTINUATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) REPORTS ON CLAIMS BY UNITED STATES FIRMS
AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF SAUDI ARABIA.—Section
2801(b) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring
Act of 1998 (as enacted by division G of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 1999; Public Law 105–277) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘the earlier of—’’;
(2) by striking paragraph (1); and
(3) by striking the designation for paragraph
(2) and adjusting the tabulation.
(b) REPORTS ON DETERMINATIONS UNDER TITLE
IV OF THE LIBERTAD ACT.—Section 2802(a) of the For-
eign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as
enacted by division G of the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Pub-
lic Law 105–277) is amended by striking ‘‘during the pe-
riod ending September 30, 1999,’’ and inserting a comma.
(c) RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM.—Section 2805 of
the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of
1998 (as enacted by division G of the Omnibus Consoli-
dated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1999; Public Law 105–277) is amended by striking ‘‘dur-
ing the period ending September 30, 1999,’’.
(d) REPORTS ON BALLISTIC MISSILE COOPERATION
WITH RUSSIA.—Section 2705(d) of the Foreign Affairs
Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted by di-
vision G of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105–
277) is amended by striking ‘‘and January 1, 2000,’’ and
inserting ‘‘January 1, 2000, January 1, 2001, and Janu-
ary 1, 2002,’’.
SEC. 206. INTERNATIONAL ARMS SALES CODE OF CON-
DUCT.
(a) NEGOTIATIONS.—The Secretary of State shall at-
tempt to achieve the foreign policy goal of an international
arms sales code of conduct with all Wassenaar Arrange-
ment countries. The Secretary of State shall take the nec-
essary steps to begin negotiations with all Wassenaar Ar-
rangement countries within 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act. The purpose of such negotiations
shall be to conclude an agreement on restricting or prohib-
iting arms transfers to countries that do not meet the cri-
teria under subsection (b).
(b) CRITERIA.—The criteria referred to in subsection
(a) are as follows:
(1) 
PROMOTING
DEMOCRACY.—Such
government—
(A) was chosen by and permits free and
fair elections;
(B) promotes civilian control of the mili-
tary and security forces and has civilian institu-
tions controlling the policy, operation, and
spending of all law enforcement and security in-
stitutions, as well as the armed forces;
(C) promotes the rule of law, equality be-
fore the law, and respect for individual and mi-
nority rights, including freedom to speak, pub-
lish, associate, and organize; and
(D) promotes the strengthening of polit-
ical, legislative, and civil institutions of democ-
racy, as well as autonomous institutions to
monitor the conduct of public officials and to
combat corruption.
(2) 
RESPECTS
HUMAN
RIGHTS.—Such
government—
(A) does not engage in gross violations of
internationally 
recognized 
human 
rights,
including—
(i) extrajudicial or arbitrary execu-
tions;
(ii) disappearances;
(iii) torture or severe mistreatment;
(iv) prolonged arbitrary imprisonment;
(v) systematic official discrimination
on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion,
gender, national origin, or political affili-
ation; and
(vi) grave breaches of international
laws of war or equivalent violations of the
laws of war in internal conflicts;
(B) vigorously investigates, disciplines, and
prosecutes those responsible for gross violations
of internationally recognized human rights;
(C) permits access on a regular basis to
political prisoners by international humani-
tarian organizations such as the International
Committee of the Red Cross;
(D) promotes the independence of the judi-
ciary and other official bodies that oversee the
protection of human rights;
(E) does not impede the free functioning of
domestic and international human rights orga-
nizations; and
(F) provides access on a regular basis to
humanitarian organizations in situations of con-
flict or famine.
(3) NOT ENGAGED IN CERTAIN ACTS OF ARMED
AGGRESSION.—Such government is not currently en-
gaged in acts of armed aggression in violation of
international law.
(4) FULL PARTICIPATION IN UNITED NATIONS
REGISTER OF CONVENTIONAL ARMS.—Such govern-
ment is fully participating in the United Nations
Register of Conventional Arms.
(c) REPORTS.—
(1) REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.—
Not later than 6 months after the commencement of
negotiations under subsection (a), and not later than
the end of every 6-month period thereafter until an
agreement described in subsection (a) is concluded,
the Secretary of State shall report to the appropriate
congressional committees on the progress of such ne-
gotiations.
(2) HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT.—In the report re-
quired by sections 116(d) and 502B of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, the Secretary of State shall
describe the extent to which the practices of each
country evaluated meet the criteria of subsection (b).
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘Wassenaar Arrangement countries’’ means those
participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export
Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual Use Goods and
Technologies, done at Vienna on July 11–12, 1996.
SEC. 207. HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FELLOWSHIPS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the
Department of State a program which shall be known as
the ‘‘Human Rights and Democracy Fellowship Pro-
gram’’. The program shall be administered by the Sec-
retary with the assistance of the Assistant Secretary for
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. The program shall
provide for the employment of not less than 6 and not
more than 12 fellows in the Bureau of Democracy, Human
Rights, and Labor. Fellowships shall be for an initial 1
year period which may be extended for a total of not more
than 3 years. Fellowships shall be available to individuals
who have expertise in human rights policy, human rights
law, or related subjects and who are not permanent em-
ployees of the United States Government.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There are
authorized to be appropriated for the Human Rights and
Democracy Fellowship Program under subsection (a)
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
SEC. 208. JOINT FUNDS UNDER AGREEMENTS FOR CO-
OPERATION 
IN 
ENVIRONMENTAL, 
SCI-
ENTIFIC, CULTURAL AND RELATED AREAS.
Amounts made available to the Department of State
for participation in joint funds under agreements for co-
operation in environmental, scientific, cultural and related
areas prior to fiscal year 1996 which, pursuant to express
terms of such international agreements, were deposited in
interest-bearing accounts prior to disbursement may earn
interest, and interest accrued to such accounts may be
used and retained without return to the Treasury of the
United States and without further appropriation by Con-
gress. The Department of State shall take action to ensure
the complete and timely disbursement of appropriations
and associated interest within joint funds covered by this
section and final disposition of such agreements.
SEC. 209. REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL EXTRADITION.
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall prepare and
submit to the Congress a report concerning international
extradition. The report shall review all extradition treaties
and agreements to which the United States is signatory;
identify those countries that have become ‘‘safe havens’’
for individuals fleeing the American justice system; iden-
tify the factors which contribute to the international extra-
dition problem, particularly laws in foreign countries
which prohibit the extradition to another country of cer-
tain classes of persons; and propose appropriate legislative
and diplomatic solutions to such problem, including, where
appropriate, the renegotiation of extradition treaties.
SEC. 210. EFFECTIVE REGULATION OF SATELLITE EXPORT
ACTIVITIES.
(a) LICENSING REGIME.—The Secretary of State
shall establish a regulatory regime for the licensing for
export of satellites, satellite technologies, components, and
systems which shall include preferential treatment and ex-
pedited approval, as appropriate, of the licensing for ex-
port by United States companies of satellites, satellite
technologies, components, and systems to NATO allies,
major non-NATO allies, and other friendly countries.
(b) FINANCIAL AND PERSONNEL RESOURCES.—The
Secretary of State, pursuant to the Omnibus Consolidated
and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999,
shall obligate expeditiously $2,000,000 of amounts appro-
priated under that Act, above levels made available to the
Office of Defense Trade Controls for fiscal year 1998, to
enable that office to carry out its responsibilities.
CHAPTER 2—CONSULAR AND RELATED
ACTIVITIES
SEC. 251. DEATHS AND ESTATES OF UNITED STATES CITI-
ZENS ABROAD.
(a) REPEAL.—Section 1709 of the Revised Statutes
(22 U.S.C. 4195) is repealed.
(b) AMENDMENT TO STATE DEPARTMENT BASIC AU-
THORITIES ACT OF 1956.—The State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 43 the following new sections:
‘‘SEC. 43A. NOTIFICATION OF NEXT OF KIN; REPORTS OF
DEATH.
‘‘Pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary of
State may prescribe—
‘‘(1) When a United States citizen or national
dies abroad, a consular officer shall endeavor to no-
tify, or assist the Secretary of State in notifying, the
next of kin or legal guardian as soon as possible;
provided, that in the case of death of Peace Corps
Volunteers, members of the Armed Forces, their de-
pendents, or Department of Defense civilian employ-
ees, the consular officer shall assist the Peace Corps
or the appropriate military authorities in making
such notifications.
‘‘(2) The consular officer may, for any United
States citizen who dies abroad, (A) in the case of a
finding by appropriate local authorities, issue a re-
port of death or of presumptive death, or (B) in the
absence of a finding by appropriate local authorities,
issue a report of presumptive death.
‘‘SEC. 43B. CONSERVATION AND DISPOSITION OF ESTATES.
‘‘(a) CONSERVATION OF ESTATES ABROAD.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO ACT AS CONSERVATOR.—
Pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary of
State may prescribe, when a United States citizen or
national dies abroad, a consular officer shall act as
the provisional conservator of the decedent’s estate
and, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), shall—
‘‘(A) take possession of the personal effects
within his jurisdiction;
‘‘(B) inventory and appraise the personal
effects, sign the inventory, and annex thereto a
certificate as to the accuracy of the inventory
and appraised value of each article;
‘‘(C) when appropriate, collect the debts
due to the decedent in the officer’s jurisdiction
and pay from the estate the obligations owed
there by the decedent;
‘‘(D) sell or dispose of, as appropriate, all
perishable items of property;
‘‘(E) sell, after reasonable public notice
and notice to such next of kin as can be
ascertained with reasonable diligence, such ad-
ditional items of property as necessary to pro-
vide funds sufficient to pay the decedent’s debts
and property taxes in the country of death, fu-
neral expenses, and other expenses incident to
the disposition of the estate;
‘‘(F) at the end of one year from the date
of death (or after such additional period as may
be required for final settlement of the estate),
if no claimant shall have appeared, sell or dis-
pose of the residue of the personal estate, ex-
cept as provided in subparagraph (G) below, in
the same manner as United States Government-
owned foreign excess property;
‘‘(G) transmit to the United States, to the
Secretary of State, the proceeds of any sales
along with any financial instruments (including
bonds, shares of stock, and notes of indebted-
ness), jewelry, heirlooms, and other articles of
obvious sentimental value, to be held in trust
for the legal claimant; and
‘‘(H) in the event that the decedent’s es-
tate includes an interest in real property located
within the jurisdiction of the officer and such
interest does not devolve by the applicable laws
of intestate succession or otherwise, provide for
title to the property to be conveyed to the Gov-
ernment of the United States unless the Sec-
retary declines to accept such conveyance.
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO ACT AS ADMINISTRATOR.—
The Secretary of State may expressly authorize the
officer to act as administrator of the estate in excep-
tional circumstances, pursuant to such regulations
as the Secretary may prescribe. The officer shall not
otherwise act in such capacity.
‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—
‘‘(A) The function provided for in this sec-
tion shall not be performed to the extent that
the decedent has left or there is otherwise ap-
pointed, in the country where the death oc-
curred or where the decedent was domiciled, a
legal representative, partner in trade, or trustee
appointed to take care of his personal estate. If
the decedent’s legal representative shall appear
at any time prior to transmission of the estate
to the Secretary and demand the proceeds and
effects being held by the officer, the officer
shall deliver them to the representative after
having collected any prescribed fee for the serv-
ices rendered pursuant to this section.
‘‘(B) Nothing in this section shall affect
the authority of military commanders under
title 10 of the United States Code with respect
to persons or property under military command
or jurisdiction or the authority of the Peace
Corps with respect to Peace Corps Volunteers
or their property.
‘‘(4) CONDITIONS.—The functions provided for
in this section shall be performed only when author-
ized by treaty provisions or permitted by the laws or
authorities of the country wherein the death occurs,
or the decedent is domiciled, or if such functions are
permitted by established usage.
‘‘(b) DISPOSITION OF ESTATES BY THE SECRETARY
OF STATE.—
‘‘(1) PERSONAL ESTATES.—
‘‘(A) After receipt of personal estates pur-
suant to subsection (a), the Secretary, pursuant
to such regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe for the conservation of such estates, may
seek payment of all outstanding debts to the es-
tate as they become due, may receive any bal-
ances due on such estates, may endorse all
checks, bills of exchange, promissory notes, and
other instruments of indebtedness payable to
the estate for the benefit thereof, and may take
such other action as is reasonably necessary for
the conservation of the estate.
‘‘(B) If by the end of the fifth full fiscal
year after receipt of the personal estate pursu-
ant to subsection (a), no legal claimant for such
estate has appeared, title to the estate shall
pass to the Secretary who shall dispose of the
estate in the same manner as surplus United
States Government-owned property or by such
means as may be appropriate in light of the na-
ture and value of the property involved. The ex-
penses of sales shall be paid from the estate,
and any lawful claim received thereafter shall
be payable to the extent of the value of the net
proceeds of the estate as a refund from the ap-
propriate Treasury account.
‘‘(C) The net cash estate after disposition
as provided in subparagraph (B) shall be remit-
ted to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
‘‘(2) REAL PROPERTY.—Pursuant to such regu-
lations as the Secretary may prescribe—
‘‘(A) in the event that real property is con-
veyed to the Government of the United States
pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(H) and is not
needed by the Department of State, such prop-
erty shall be considered foreign excess property
under title IV of the Federal Property and Ad-
ministrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.
511 et seq.); and
‘‘(B) in the event that the Department
needs such property, the Secretary shall treat
such property as if it were an unconditional gift
accepted on behalf of the Department of State
pursuant to section 25 of this Act and section
9(a)(3) of the Foreign Service Buildings Act of
1926, as amended.
‘‘(c) LOSSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSERVA-
TION OF ESTATES.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—Pursuant to such regula-
tions as the Secretary of State may prescribe, the
Secretary is authorized to compensate the estate of
any United States citizen, who has died overseas, for
property, the conservation of which has been under-
taken under either section 43 or subsection (a) of
this section, and that has been lost, stolen, or de-
stroyed while in the custody of officers or employees
of the Department of State. Any such compensation
shall be in lieu of personal liability of officers or em-
ployees of the Department of State. Officers and
employees of the Department of State may be liable
in appropriate cases to the Department of State to
the extent of any compensation provided pursuant to
this subsection.
‘‘(2) LIABILITY.—The liability of officers or
employees of the Department of State to the Depart-
ment for payments made pursuant to paragraph (a)
of this section shall be determined pursuant to the
Department’s procedures for determining account-
ability for United States Government property.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect 6 months after enactment of
this Act or upon the effective date of any regulations pro-
mulgated hereunder, whichever is sooner.
SEC. 252. DUTIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS.
Section 43 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2715) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—’’ before
‘‘In’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘disposition of personal effects.’’
in the last sentence and inserting ‘‘disposition of
personal estates pursuant to section 43B of this
Act.’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section and
sections 43A and 43B of this Act, the term ‘consular offi-
cer’ includes any United States citizen employee of the De-
partment of State who is designated by the Secretary of
State to perform consular services pursuant to such regu-
lations as the Secretary may prescribe.’’.
SEC. 253. MACHINE READABLE VISAS.
Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (8 U.S.C. 1351
note) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3) by amending the first sen-
tence to read as follows: ‘‘For each of the fiscal
years 2000, 2001, and 2002, any amount collected
under paragraph (1) that exceeds $316,715,000 for
fiscal year 2000, $338,885,000 for fiscal year 2001,
and $362,607,000 for fiscal year 2002 may be made
available only if a notification is submitted to Con-
gress in accordance with the procedures applicable to
reprogramming notifications under section 34 of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.’’;
and
(2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5).
SEC. 254. PROCESSING OF VISA APPLICATIONS.
(a) POLICY.—It shall be the policy of the Department
of State to process immigrant visa applications of imme-
diate relatives of United States citizens and nonimmigrant
k–1 visa applications of fiances of United States citizens
within 30 days of the receipt of all necessary documents
from the applicant and the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service. In the case of a visa application where the
sponsor of such applicant is a relative other than an imme-
diate relative, it should be the policy of the Department
of State to process such an application within 60 days of
the receipt of all necessary documents from the applicant
and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
(b) REPORTS.—For each of the fiscal years 2000 and
2001, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees an annual report on the
extent to which the Department of State is meeting the
policy standards under subsection (a). Each report shall
be based on a survey of the 22 consular posts which ac-
count for approximately 72 percent of immigrant visas
issued and, in addition, the consular posts in Guatemala
City, Nicosia, Caracas, Naples, and Jakarta. Each report
should include data on the average time for processing
each category of visa application under subsection (a), a
list of the embassies and consular posts which do not meet
the policy standards under subsection (a), the amount of
funds collected for processing of visa applications, the
costs of processing such visa applications, and the steps
being taken by the Department of State to achieve such
policy standards.
(c) TASK FORCE.—The Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with other Federal agencies, shall establish a
joint task force with the goal of reducing the overall proc-
essing time for visa applications.
SEC. 255. REPEAL OF OUTDATED PROVISION ON PASSPORT
FEES.
Section 4 of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22
U.S.C. 216, 41 Stat. 751) is repealed.
SEC. 256. FEES RELATING TO AFFIDAVITS OF SUPPORT.
(a) AUTHORITY FOR FEE FOR PREPARATION ASSIST-
ANCE.—Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of State
is authorized to charge a fee for services provided by the
Department of State to an individual for assistance in the
preparation and filing of an affidavit of support pursuant
to section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1183A) to ensure that the affidavit is properly
completed before consideration of the affidavit and an im-
migrant visa application by a consular officer.
(b) LIMITATION.—An individual may be charged a
fee under this section only once, regardless of the number
of separate affidavits of support and visa applications for
which services are provided.
(c) TREATMENT OF FEES.—Fees collected under the
authority of subsection (a) shall be deposited as an offset-
ting collection to any Department of State appropriation,
to recover the costs of providing affidavit preparation serv-
ices under subsection (a). Such fees shall remain available
for obligation until expended. Fees collected shall be avail-
able only to such extent and in such amounts as are pro-
vided in advance in an appropriation act.
CHAPTER 3—REFUGEES
SEC. 271. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE INVOL-
UNTARY RETURN OF REFUGEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds made available
by this Act or by section 2(c) of the Migration and Ref-
ugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)) shall be
available to effect the involuntary return by the United
States of any person to a country in which the person has
a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, reli-
gion, nationality, membership in a particular social group,
or political opinion, except on grounds recognized as pre-
cluding protection as a refugee under the United Nations
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of July 28,
1951, and the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees
of January 31, 1967, subject to the reservations contained
in the United States Senate Resolution of Ratification.
(b) MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.—None
of the funds made available by this Act or by section 2(c)
of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22
U.S.C. 2601(c)) shall be available to effect the involuntary
return of any person to any country unless the Secretary
of State first notifies the appropriate congressional com-
mittees, except that in the case of an emergency involving
a threat to human life the Secretary of State shall notify
the appropriate congressional committees as soon as prac-
ticable.
(c) INVOLUNTARY RETURN DEFINED.—As used in
this section, the term ‘‘to effect the involuntary return’’
means to require, by means of physical force or cir-
cumstances amounting to a threat thereof, a person to re-
turn to a country against the person’s will, regardless of
whether the person is physically present in the United
States and regardless of whether the United States acts
directly or through an agent.
SEC. 272. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS.
Section 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)) is amended by inserting after
the fourth sentence the following: ‘‘Each report under this
section shall describe the extent to which each country has
extended protection to refugees, including the provision of
first asylum and resettlement.’’.
SEC. 273. GUIDELINES FOR REFUGEE PROCESSING POSTS.
(a) GUIDELINES
FOR ADDRESSING HOSTILE BI-
ASES.—Section 602(c) of the International Religious
Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–292; 112 Stat.
2812) is amended by inserting ‘‘and of the Department
of State’’ after ‘‘Service’’.
(b) GUIDELINES FOR OVERSEAS REFUGEE PROC-
ESSING.—Section 602(c) of such Act is further amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Year 2000, the Secretary of State
(after consultation with the Attorney General) shall
issue guidelines to ensure that persons with potential
biases against any refugee applicant, including per-
sons employed by, or otherwise subject to influence
by, governments known to be involved in persecution
on account of religion, race, nationality, membership
in a particular social group, or political opinion,
shall not in any way be used in processing deter-
minations of refugee status, including interpretation
of conversations or examination of documents pre-
sented by such applicants.’’.
SEC. 274. VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
may be made available to support a larger number of per-
sonnel assigned to United States diplomatic or consular
posts in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam than the num-
ber assigned to such posts on March 22, 1999, unless not
less than 60 days prior to any obligation or expenditure
of such funds the Secretary of State submits a certifi-
cation to the appropriate congressional committees that—
(1) all United States refugee programs in Viet-
nam, as well as programs to provide visas for
Amerasians and for immediate relatives of refugees
and asylees, are supervised by a Refugee Counselor
or Refugee Coordinator who has a proven record of
sensitivity to the problems of refugees and other vic-
tims of human rights violations and who reports di-
rectly to the Ambassador or the Consul General at
the United States Consulate in Saigon and receives
policy guidance from the Assistant Secretary of
State for the bureau with principal responsibility for
refugees;
(2) a program has been established in which all
former United States Government employees who
were adjudicated through a Vietnamese government
interpreter and whose applications for refugee status
were denied will be re-interviewed by Immigration
and Naturalization Service (INS) Asylum Officers
reporting directly to INS headquarters in Wash-
ington, D.C., and receiving specialized training and
written guidance from the INS Asylum Division and
Office of General Counsel;
(3) members of the Montagnard ethnic minority
groups who fought alongside United States forces
prior to 1975, and who later served three years or
more in prisons or re-education camps, will not be
disqualified from eligibility for resettlement in the
United States as refugees on the sole ground that
they continued to fight the Communists after 1975
and therefore did not begin their prison or re-edu-
cation sentences until several years later;
(4) allied combat veterans whose three-year re-
education or prison sentences began before April 30,
1975, because they were serving in parts of the
country that fell to the Communists before Saigon,
and who are otherwise eligible for resettlement as
refugees in the United States, are not disqualified
on the sole ground of the date their re-education or
prison sentences began;
(5) persons who were eligible for the Orderly
Departure Program (ODP), but who missed the ap-
plication deadline announced and imposed in 1994
because they were still in detention, in internal exile
in a remote and inaccessible location, unable to af-
ford bribes demanded by corrupt local officials for
documentation and permission to attend refugee
interviews, or for other reasons beyond their control,
will be considered for interviews on a case-by-case
basis, and that such case-by-case consideration is
subject to clear written guidance and administrative
review to ensure that persons who missed the dead-
line for reasons beyond their control will not be de-
nied consideration on the merits;
(6) widows of allied combat veterans who died
in re-education camps, including those who did not
apply before the 1994 deadline solely because they
lacked documentary evidence from the Communist
authorities to prove the death and/or marriage, and
who are otherwise eligible for ODP will have their
cases considered on the merits;
(7) unmarried sons and daughters of persons
eligible for United States programs, including per-
sons described in section 2244 of the Foreign Af-
fairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (en-
acted as Division G of the Omnibus Consolidated
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for
Fiscal Year 1999, Public Law 105–277) will not be
disqualified from accompanying or following to join
their parents on the sole ground that they have not
been continuously listed on the household registra-
tion issued to their parents by the government of the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
(8) returnees from refugee camps outside Viet-
nam who met the criteria for the Resettlement Op-
portunities for Vietnamese Returnees (ROVR) pro-
gram, in that they either signed up for repatriation
or were actually repatriated between October 1,
1995, and June 30, 1996, but did not fill out a
ROVR application before their repatriation, will be
given the opportunity to fill out an application in
Vietnam and will have their cases considered on the
merits;
(9) returnees whose special circumstances de-
nied them any meaningful opportunity to apply for
ROVR in the camps, such as those who were not of-
fered applications because they were in hospitals or
were being held in detention centers within certain
camps, or who were erroneously told by camp ad-
ministrators or Vietnamese government officials that
they were ineligible for the program, will be given an
opportunity to apply in Vietnam and will have their
cases considered on the merits, even if their repatri-
ation took place after June 30, 1996;
(10) a program has been established to identify,
interview, and resettle persons who have experienced
recent persecution or credible threats of persecution
because of political, religious, or human rights activi-
ties in Vietnam, subject to clear written standards to
ensure that such persons will have access to the pro-
gram whether or not they are included in a ROVR
or ODP interview category and whether or not their
cases are referred by an international organization;
(11) written guidance with respect to applica-
tions for reconsideration has been issued by the Im-
migration and Naturalization Service Office of Gen-
eral Counsel to ensure that applicants whose cases
were denied on grounds described in paragraphs (2)
through (10), because they were unwilling or unable
to describe mistreatment by the Vietnamese govern-
ment in the presence of a Vietnamese government
interpreter, or for other reasons contrary to the in-
terest of justice, will be re-interviewed; and
(12) all applicants described in paragraphs (2)
through (11) will have the assistance of a Joint Vol-
untary Agency (JVA) in preparing their cases.
TITLE 
III—ORGANIZATION 
OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE;
PERSONNEL OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF STATE; FOREIGN
SERVICE
CHAPTER 1—ORGANIZATION OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
SEC. 
301. 
ESTABLISHMENT 
OF 
BUREAU 
FOR 
INTER-
NATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS AND
BUREAU FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.
Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(i) ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN BUREAUS, OF-
FICES, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL ENTITIES WITHIN
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—
‘‘(1) BUREAU FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMA-
TION PROGRAMS.—There is established within the
Department of State the Bureau for International
Information Programs which shall assist the Sec-
retary of State in carrying out international infor-
mation activities formerly carried out by the United
States Information Agency.
‘‘(2) BUREAU
FOR
EDUCATIONAL
AND
CUL-
TURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.—There is established
within the Department of State a Bureau for Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Programs which
shall assist the Secretary of State in carrying out
educational and cultural exchange programs.’’.
SEC. 302. CORRECTION OF DESIGNATION OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF
1980.—The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended—
(1) in section 105(b)(2)(B) by striking ‘‘State
and the Foreign Service)’’ and inserting ‘‘State)’’;
(2) in section 209(a)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘State and the Foreign
Service,’’ and inserting ‘‘State,’’; and
(B) by striking the second sentence;
(3) in section 603(a) by striking ‘‘State and the
Foreign Service,’’ and inserting ‘‘State,’’; and
(4) in section 1002(12)(E) by striking ‘‘and the
Foreign Service’’.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS RE-
FORM AND RESTRUCTURING ACT OF 1998.—The Foreign
Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted
in division G of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105–
277) is amended—
(1) in section 2208(c) by striking ‘‘and the For-
eign Service’’; and
(2) in section 1314(e) by striking ‘‘and the For-
eign Service’’.
(c) AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 103–236.—Effec-
tive October 2, 1999, subsections (i) and (j) of section 308
of the United States International Broadcasting Act of
1994 (22 U.S.C. 6207 (i) and (j)) are amended by striking
‘‘Inspector General of the Department of State and the
Foreign Service’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘In-
spector General of the Department of State’’.
(d) AMENDMENTS
TO
UNITED
STATES
INTER-
NATIONAL
BROADCASTING
ACT
OF
1994.—Section
304(a)(3)(A) of the United States International Broad-
casting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6203(a)(3)(A)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘and the Foreign Service’’.
CHAPTER 2—PERSONNEL OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
SEC. 321. ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN SERVICE STAR.
The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
is amended by inserting after section 36 the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 36A. THE FOREIGN SERVICE STAR.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The President may award a deco-
ration called the ‘Foreign Service Star’ to an individual—
‘‘(1) who is killed or injured after August 1,
1998,
‘‘(2) whose death or injury occurs while the in-
dividual is a member of the Foreign Service or a ci-
vilian employee of the Government of the United
States—
‘‘(3) whose death or injury occurs while the
individual—
‘‘(A) is employed at, or assigned perma-
nently or temporarily to, an official mission
overseas, or
‘‘(B) was traveling abroad on official busi-
ness, and
‘‘(4) whose death or injury occurs while per-
forming official duties, while on the premises of a
United States mission abroad, or due to such indi-
vidual’s status as an employee of the United States
Government, and results from any form of assault
including terrorist or military action, civil unrest, or
criminal activities directed at facilities of the Gov-
ernment of the United States.
‘‘(b) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall submit rec-
ommendations for the Foreign Service Star to the Presi-
dent. The Secretary shall establish criteria and procedures
for nominations for the Foreign Service Star pursuant to
such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe for
awards under this section.
‘‘(c) FUNDING.—Any expenses incident to an award
under this section may be paid out of the applicable cur-
rent account of the agency with which the individual was
or is employed.
‘‘(d) POSTHUMOUS AWARD.—A Foreign Service Star
award to an individual who is deceased shall be presented
to the individual’s next of kin or representative, as des-
ignated by the President.’’.
SEC. 322. UNITED STATES CITIZENS HIRED ABROAD.
Section 408(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 3968(a)(1)) is amended in the last sentence
by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(B)’’.
SEC. 323. BORDER EQUALIZATION ADJUSTMENT.
Chapter 4 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of
1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) is amended by adding the
following new section at the end:
‘‘SEC. 414. BORDER EQUALIZATION ADJUSTMENT.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An employee who regularly com-
mutes from his or her place of residence in the continental
United States to an official duty station in Canada or
Mexico shall receive a border equalization adjustment
equal to the amount of comparability payments under sec-
tion 5304 of title 5, United States Code, that he or she
would receive if assigned to an official duty station within
the United States locality pay area closest to the employ-
ee’s official duty station.
‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF EMPLOYEE.—For purposes of
this section, the term ‘employee’ shall mean a person
who—
‘‘(1) is an ‘employee’ as defined under section
2105 of title 5, United States Code; and
‘‘(2) is employed by the United States Depart-
ment of State, the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, or the International Joint
Commission, except that the term shall not include
members of the Foreign Service as defined by sec-
tion 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public
Law 96–465), section 3903 of title 22 of the United
States Code.
‘‘(c) TREATMENT AS BASIC PAY.—An equalization
adjustment payable under this section shall be considered
basic pay for the same purposes as are comparability pay-
ments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code,
and its implementing regulations.
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The agencies referenced in
subsection (b)(2) are authorized to promulgate regulations
to carry out the purposes of this section.’’.
SEC. 324. TREATMENT OF GRIEVANCE RECORDS.
Section 1103(d)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of
1980 (22 U.S.C. 4133(d)(1)) is amended by adding the
following new sentence at the end: ‘‘Nothing in this sub-
section shall prevent a grievant from placing a rebuttal
to accompany a record of disciplinary action in such griev-
ant’s personnel records nor prevent the Department from
including a response to such rebuttal, including docu-
menting those cases in which the Board has reviewed and
upheld the discipline.’’.
SEC. 325. REPORT CONCERNING FINANCIAL DISADVAN-
TAGES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECH-
NICAL PERSONNEL.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that administra-
tive and technical personnel posted to United States mis-
sions abroad who do not have diplomatic status suffer fi-
nancial disadvantages from their lack of such status.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees concerning the extent to which administrative and
technical personnel posted to United States missions
abroad who do not have diplomatic status suffer financial
disadvantages from their lack of such status, including
proposals to alleviate such disadvantages.
SEC. 326. EXTENSION OF OVERSEAS HIRING AUTHORITY.
Section 202(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 3922(a)) is amended by inserting at the end
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) When and to the extent the Secretary of State
deems it in the best interests of the United States Govern-
ment, the Secretary of State may authorize the head of
any agency or other Government establishment (including
any establishment in the legislative or judicial branch), to
appoint pursuant to section 303 individuals hired abroad
as members of the Service and to utilize the Foreign Serv-
ice personnel system under such regulations as the Sec-
retary of State may prescribe, provided that appointments
of United States citizens under this subsection shall be
limited to appointments authorized by section 311(a).’’.
SEC. 327. MEDICAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.
Section 5927 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 5927. Advances of pay
‘‘(a) Up to three months’ pay may be paid in
advance—
‘‘(1) to an employee upon the assignment of the
employee to a post in a foreign area;
‘‘(2) to an employee, other than an employee
appointed under section 303 of the Foreign Service
Act of 1980 (and employed under section 311 of
such Act), who—
‘‘(A) is a citizen of the United States;
‘‘(B) is officially stationed or located out-
side the United States pursuant to Government
authorization; and
‘‘(C) requires (or has a family member who
requires) medical treatment outside the United
States, in circumstances specified by the Presi-
dent in regulations; and
‘‘(3) to a foreign national employee appointed
under section 303 of the Foreign Service Act of
1980, or a nonfamily member United States citizen
appointed under such section 303 (and employed
under section 311 of such Act) for service at such
nonfamily member’s post of residence, who—
‘‘(A) is located outside the country of em-
ployment of such foreign national employee or
nonfamily member (as the case may be) pursu-
ant to Government authorization; and
‘‘(B) requires medical treatment outside
the country of employment of such foreign na-
tional employee or nonfamily member (as the
case may be), in circumstances specified by the
President in regulations.
‘‘(b) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘coun-
try of employment’, as used with respect to an individual
under subsection (a)(3), means the country (or other area)
outside the United States where such individual is ap-
pointed (as described in subsection (a)(3)) by the Govern-
ment.’’.
SEC. 328. FAMILIES OF DECEASED FOREIGN SERVICE PER-
SONNEL.
Section 5922 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f)(1) If an employee dies at post in a foreign area,
a transfer allowance under section 5924(2)(B) may be
granted to the spouse or dependents of such employee (or
both) for the purpose of providing for their return to the
United States.
‘‘(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-
ent at a school away from post, the education
allowance which includes board and room, and
periodic travel between the post and the school
chosen, shall not exceed the total cost to the
Government of the dependent attending an ade-
quate school at the post of the employee.’’.
SEC. 330. WORKFORCE PLANNING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE
PERSONNEL BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.
Section 601(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 4001(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (4)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(4) Not later than March 1, 2001, and every four
years thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a re-
port to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and
to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
which shall include the following:
‘‘(A) A description of the steps taken and
planned in furtherance of—
‘‘(i) maximum compatibility among agen-
cies utilizing the Foreign Service personnel sys-
tem, as provided for in section 203, and
‘‘(ii) the development of uniform policies
and procedures and consolidated personnel
functions, as provided for in section 204.
‘‘(B) A workforce plan for the subsequent five
years, including projected personnel needs, by grade
and by skill. Each such plan shall include for each
category the needs for foreign language proficiency,
geographic and functional expertise, and specialist
technical skills. Each workforce plan shall specifi-
cally account for the training needs of Foreign Serv-
ice personnel and shall delineate an intake program
of generalist and specialist Foreign Service per-
sonnel to meet projected future requirements.
‘‘(5) If there are substantial modifications to any
workforce plan under paragraph (4)(B) during any year
in which a report under paragraph (4) is not required,
a supplemental annual notification shall be submitted in
the same manner as is required under paragraph (4).’’.
SEC. 331. COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVORS OF TERRORIST
ATTACKS OVERSEAS.
The Secretary of State shall examine the current ben-
efit structure for survivors of United States Government
employees who are killed while serving at United States
diplomatic facilities abroad as a result of terrorist acts.
Such a review shall include an examination of whether
such benefits are adequate, whether they are fair and equi-
tably distributed without regard to category of employ-
ment, and how they compare to benefits available to sur-
vivors of other United States Government employees serv-
ing overseas, including noncivilian employees.
TITLE IV—UNITED STATES IN-
FORMATIONAL, 
EDU-
CATIONAL, 
AND 
CULTURAL
PROGRAMS
SEC. 401. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BUR-
MESE.
(a) DESIGNATION
OF NGAWANG CHOEPHEL EX-
CHANGE PROGRAMS.—Section 103(a) of the Human
Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations Provisions
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–319) is amended by insert-
ing after the first sentence the following: ‘‘Exchange pro-
grams under this subsection shall be known as the
‘Ngawang Choephel Exchange Programs’.’’.
(b) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BURMESE.—
Section 103(b)(1) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and
Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104–319; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘for the fiscal year 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘for the fiscal
year 2000’’.
SEC. 402. CONDUCT OF CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL AND CUL-
TURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.
Section 102 of the Human Rights, Refugee, and
Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (22
U.S.C. 2452 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Director’’ and
all that follows through the period and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Secretary of State, with the assistance of the
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, shall—
‘‘(1) include, as a substantial proportion of the
participants in such programs, nationals of such
countries who have demonstrated a commitment to
freedom and democracy;
‘‘(2) consult with human rights and democracy
advocates from such countries on the selection of
participants and grantees for such programs; and
‘‘(3) select grantees for such programs only
after a competitive process in which proposals are
solicited from multiple applicants and in which im-
portant factors in the selection of a grantee include
the relative likelihood that each of the competing ap-
plicants would be willing and able:
‘‘(A) to identify and recruit as participants
in the program persons described in paragraph
(1); and
‘‘(B) in selecting participants who are as-
sociated with governments or other institutions
wielding power in countries described in this
section, to identify and recruit those most likely
to be open to freedom and democracy and to
avoid selecting those who are so firmly com-
mitted to the suppression of freedom and de-
mocracy that their inclusion could create an ap-
pearance that the United States condones such
suppression.’’.
SEC. 403. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS OF GRANTS.
Section 705 of the United States Information and
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1477c(b))
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘705.’’; and
(2) by inserting at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(b) For fiscal year 2000 and each subsequent fiscal
year, the Secretary of State may not award any grant to
carry out the purposes of this Act until 45 days after writ-
ten notice has been provided to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the
intent to award such grant. In determining whether to
award a grant the Secretary shall consider any objections
or modifications raised in the course of consultations with
such committees.’’.
SEC. 404. NATIONAL SECURITY MEASURES.
The United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948 is amended by adding after section
1011 the following new sections:
‘‘NATIONAL SECURITY MEASURES
‘‘SEC. 1012. In coordination with other appropriate
executive branch officals, the Secretary of State shall take
all appropriate steps to prevent foreign espionage agents
from participating in educational and cultural exchange
programs under this Act.
‘‘PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
‘‘SEC. 1013. The Secretary of State shall take all ap-
propriate steps to ensure that no individual, who is em-
ployed by or attached to an office or department involved
with the research, development, or production of missiles
or weapons of mass destruction, from a country identified
by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of De-
fense, the National Security Agency, or the Department
of Energy, as a country involved in the proliferation of
missiles or weapons of mass destruction is a participant
in any program of educational or cultural exchange under
this Act. Appropriate steps under this section shall include
prior consultation with the Federal agencies designated in
the first sentence with respect to all prospective partici-
pants in such programs with respect to whom there is a
reasonable basis to believe that such prospective partici-
pant may be employed by or attached to an office or de-
partment identified under the first sentence.’’.
SEC. 405. DESIGNATION OF NORTH/SOUTH CENTER AS THE
DANTE B. FASCELL NORTH-SOUTH CENTER.
(a) DESIGNATION.—Section 208 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22
U.S.C. 2075) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘Dante B. Fascell North-South Center Act of 1991’.’’;
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) by amending the section heading to
read as follows: ‘‘DANTE B. FASCELL NORTH-
SOUTH CENTER.—’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘known as the North/
South Center,’’ and inserting ‘‘which shall be
known and designated as the Dante B. Fascell
North-South Center,’’; and
(3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘North/South
Center’’ and inserting ‘‘Dante B. Fascell North-
South Center’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—
(1) CENTER.—Any reference in any other pro-
vision of law to the educational institution in Florida
known as the North/South Center shall be deemed
to be a reference to the ‘‘Dante B. Fascell North-
South Center’’.
(2) SHORT TITLE.—Any reference in any other
provision of law to the North/South Center Act of
1991 shall be deemed to be a reference to the
‘‘Dante B. Fascell North/South Center Act of
1991’’.
SEC. 406. ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.
Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Re-
structuring Act of 1998 (enacted as Division G of the Om-
nibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priations Act for Fiscal Year 1999; Public Law 105–277)
is repealed.
SEC. 407. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS.
(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), notwithstanding any other provision of law, the De-
partment of State may not obligate or expend any funds
for a United States Government funded pavilion or other
major exhibit at any international exposition or world’s
fair registered by the Bureau of International Expositions
in excess of amounts expressly authorized and appro-
priated for such purpose.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—
(1) The Department of State is authorized to
utilize its personnel and resources to carry out its
responsibilities—
(A) under section 102(a)(3) of the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452(a)(3), to provide for
United States participation in international
fairs and expositions abroad;
(B) under section 105(f) of such Act with
respect to encouraging foreign governments,
international organizations, and private individ-
uals, firms, associations, agencies and other
groups to participate in international fairs and
expositions and to make contributions to be uti-
lized for United States participation in inter-
national fairs and expositions; and
(C) to encourage private support to the
United States Commissioner General for par-
ticipation in international fairs and expositions.
(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be con-
strued as authorizing the use of funds appropriated
to the Department of State to make payments for—
(A) contracts, grants, or other agreements
with any other party to carry out the activities
described in this subsection; or
(B) any legal judgment or the costs of liti-
gation brought against the Department of State
arising from activities described in this sub-
section.
(c) REPEAL.—Section 230 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22
U.S.C. 2452 note) is repealed.
SEC. 408. ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY.
The Secretary of State shall take all appropriate
steps to ensure that members of the Royal Ulster Con-
stabulary (RUC) are not participants in any program of
educational or cultural exchange or training through the
National Academy Program at Quantico, Virginia, under
the auspices of the Department of State or the Federal
Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice un-
less the President certifies that complete, independent,
credible and transparent investigations of the murders of
defense attorneys Rosemary Nelson and Patrick Finucane
have been initiated by the Government of the United King-
dom and that the Government has taken appropriate steps
to protect defense attorneys against RUC harassment in
Northern Ireland, in which case the President may permit
any program, exchange, or training set forth herein.
TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING
SEC. 501. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION FOR RADIO FREE
ASIA.
(a) REPEAL OF SUNSET PROVISION.—Section 309 of
the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994
(22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (g); and
(2) in subsection (d)(2) by striking ‘‘Govern-
ment,’’ and all that follows through the period and
inserting ‘‘Government.’’.
(b) REPEAL
OF FUNDING LIMITATIONS.—Section
309 of the United States International Broadcasting Act
of 1994 is further amended —
(1) in subsection (d) by striking paragraphs (4)
and (5) and by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-
graph (4); and
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘the
funding’’ and all that follows through the semi-
colon and inserting ‘‘any funding limitations
under subsection (d);’’; and
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘the
funding’’ and all that follows through the period
and inserting ‘‘any funding limitations under
subsection (d).’’.
SEC. 502. PRESERVATION OF RFE/RL (RADIO FREE EUROPE/
RADIO LIBERTY).
(a) REPEAL
OF PRIVATIZATION POLICY STATE-
MENT.—Section 312 of the United States International
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6211) is repealed.
(b) 
INCREASE
IN
LIMITATION
ON
GRANT
AMOUNTS.—Section 308(c) of the United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6207(c))
is amended by striking ‘‘$75,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$80,000,000’’.
SEC. 503. IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR BROAD-
CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
Section 304 of the United States International
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6203) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Volunteer Protec-
tion Act of 1997 shall apply to the members of the Broad-
casting Board of Governors when acting in their capacities
as members of the boards of directors of RFE/RL, Incor-
porated and Radio Free Asia.’’.
TITLE VI—INTERNATIONAL OR-
GANIZATIONS AND COMMIS-
SIONS
SEC. 601. INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUPS.
(a) AMERICAN DELEGATIONS TO CONFERENCES.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever ei-
ther the House of Representatives or the Senate does not
appoint its allotment of members as part of the American
delegation or group to a conference or assembly of the
British-American Interparliamentary Group, the Con-
ference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE),
the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group, the
North Atlantic Assembly, or any similar interparliamen-
tary group of which the United States is a member or
participates and so notifies the other body of Congress,
the other body may make appointments to complete the
membership of the American delegation. Any appointment
pursuant to this section shall be for the period of such
conference or assembly and the body of Congress making
such an appointment shall be responsible for the expenses
of any member so appointed. Any such appointment shall
be made in same manner in which other appointments to
the delegation by such body of Congress are made.
(b) TRANSATLANTIC LEGISLATIVE DIALOGUE.—Sec-
tion 109(c) of the Department of State Authorization Act,
Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (22 U.S.C. 276 note) is
amended by striking ‘‘United States-European Commu-
nity Interparliamentary Group’’ and inserting ‘‘Trans-
atlantic Legislative Dialogue (United States-European
Union Interparliamentary Group)’’.
SEC. 602. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST STATE AND LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENTS.
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Commissioner of the U.S. Sec-
tion of the International Boundary and Water Commission
may provide technical tests, evaluations, information, sur-
veys, or others similar services to State or local govern-
ments upon the request of such State or local government
on a reimbursable basis.
(b) REIMBURSEMENTS.—Reimbursements shall be
paid in advance of the goods or services ordered and shall
be for the estimated or actual cost as determined by the
U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water
Commission. Proper adjustment of amounts paid in ad-
vance shall be made as agreed to by the U.S. Section of
the International Boundary and Water Commission on the
basis of the actual cost of goods or services provided. Re-
imbursements received by the U.S. Section of the Inter-
national Boundary and Water Commission for providing
services under this section shall be credited to the appro-
priation from which the cost of providing the services will
be charged.
SEC. 603. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COM-
MISSION.
(a) EXPANDED
AUTHORITY
TO
RECEIVE
PAY-
MENTS.—Section 2(b) of the American-Mexican Chamizal
Convention Act of 1964 (Public Law 88–300; 22 U.S.C.
277d–18(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘operations, mainte-
nance, and’’ after ‘‘cost of’’.
SEC. 604. CONCERNING UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEM-
BLY RESOLUTION ES–10/6.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) In an Emergency Special Session, the
United Nations General Assembly voted on February
9, 1999, to pass Resolution ES–10/6, Illegal Israeli
Actions In Occupied East Jerusalem And The Rest
Of The Occupied Palestinian Territory, to convene
for the first time in 50 years the parties of the
Fourth Geneva Convention for the Protection of Ci-
vilians in Time of War.
(2) Such resolution unfairly places full blame
for the deterioration of the Middle East Peace Proc-
ess on Israel and dangerously politicizes the Geneva
Convention, which was established to deal with crit-
ical humanitarian crises.
(3) Such vote is intended to prejudge direct ne-
gotiations, put added and undue pressure on Israel
to influence the results of those negotiations, and
single out Israel for unprecedented enforcement pro-
ceedings which have never been invoked against gov-
ernments with records of massive violations of the
Geneva Convention.
(b) CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT OF POLICY.—The
Congress—
(1) commends the Department of State for the
vote of the United States against United Nations
General Assembly Resolution ES–10/6 affirming
that the text of such resolution politicizes the
Fourth Geneva Convention which was primarily hu-
manitarian in nature; and
(2) urges the Department of State to continue
its efforts against convening the conference.
TITLE VII—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SEC. 701. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS CONCERNING SUP-
PORT FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
ACTIVISTS IN CUBA.
It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the United States should increase its sup-
port to democracy and human rights activists in
Cuba, providing assistance with the same intensity
and decisiveness with which it supported the pro-de-
mocracy movements in Eastern Europe during the
Cold War; and
(2) the United States should substantially in-
crease funding for programs and activities under
section 109 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic
Solidarity Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6021 et seq.) de-
signed to support democracy and human rights ac-
tivists and others in Cuba who are committed to
peaceful and democratic change on the island.
SEC. 702. RELATING TO CYPRUS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) At the urging of the United States Govern-
ment, the Republic of Cyprus refrained from exer-
cising that country’s sovereign right to self-defense,
a right fully recognized by the United States Gov-
ernment and by Article 51 of the Charter of the
United Nations, and canceled the deployment on Cy-
prus of defensive antiaircraft missiles.
(2) In close cooperation with the United States
Government and the Government of Greece, Cyprus
rerouted the missiles to the Greek island of Crete.
(3) This extraordinarily conciliatory and coura-
geous action was taken in the interest of peace.
(4) With this action, the Republic of Cyprus
displayed its full compliance with the recently adopt-
ed United Nations Security Council Resolutions
1217 and 1218 which address the Cyprus issue,
demonstrated its support for President Bill Clinton’s
December 22, 1998, commitment to ‘‘take all nec-
essary steps to support a sustained effort to imple-
ment United Nations Security Council Resolution
1218’’, and continued its efforts of the last 25 years
to take substantive steps to reduce tensions and
move toward a Cyprus settlement.
(5) The Republic of Cyprus has no navy, air
force, or army and faces one of the world’s largest
and most sophisticated military forces, just minutes
away, in Turkey, as well as an area described by the
United Nations Secretary General as, ‘‘one of the
most densely militarized areas in the world’’ in the
Turkish-occupied area of northern Cyprus.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that—
(1) in light of this and other similar extraor-
dinary actions taken by the Republic of Cyprus, as
well as the importance of a Cyprus settlement to
American security and other interests, the United
States should do all that is possible to bring about
commensurate actions by Turkey;
(2) the time has come for the United States to
expect from Turkey actions on the Cyprus issue in
the interest of peace, including steps in conformity
with United States proposals concerning Cyprus and
in compliance with provisions contained in United
Nations Security Council Resolutions 1217 and
1218; and
(3) such an effort would also be in the best in-
terest of the people of Turkey, as well as in the in-
terest of all others involved.
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