search and technical assistance capabilities of United
States land-grant universities.
(b) MULTILATERAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Adminis-
trator shall continue to work with other countries, inter-
national organizations (including multilateral development
institutions), and entities assisting microenterprises and
shall develop a comprehensive and coordinated strategy for
providing microenterprise assistance for Central America
and the Caribbean.
SEC. 203. SUPPORT FOR PRODUCER-OWNED COOPERATIVE
MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS.
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are—
(1) to support producer-owned cooperative pur-
chasing and marketing associations in Central
America and the Caribbean;
(2) to strengthen the capacity of farmers in
Central America and the Caribbean to participate in
national and international private markets and to
promote rural development in the region;
(3) to encourage the efforts of farmers in Cen-
tral America and the Caribbean to increase their
productivity and income through improved access to
farm supplies, seasonal credit, technical expertise;
and
(4) to support small businesses in Central
America and the Caribbean as such businesses grow
beyond microenterprises.
(b) SUPPORT FOR PRODUCER-OWNED COOPERATIVE
MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS.—
(1) ACTIVITIES.—The Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development
is authorized to utilize relevant foreign assistance
programs and initiatives for the Central America
and the Caribbean region to support private pro-
ducer-owned cooperative marketing associations in
the region, including rural business associations that
are owned and controlled by farmer shareholders.
(2) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—In addition to carry-
ing out paragraph (1), the Administrator is
encouraged—
(A) to cooperate with governments of for-
eign countries, including governments of politi-
cal subdivisions of such countries, their agricul-
tural research universities, and particularly with
United States nongovernmental organizations
and United States land-grant universities, that
have demonstrated expertise in the development
and promotion of successful private producer-
owned cooperative marketing associations; and
(B) to facilitate partnerships between
United States and Central America and the
Caribbean cooperatives and private businesses
to enhance the capacity and technical and mar-
keting expertise of business associations in the
Central America and the Caribbean region.
SEC. 204. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION AC-
TIVITIES.
(a) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—The Administrator of
the United States Agency for International Development,
in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and ap-
propriate other officials in the Department of Agriculture,
especially the head of the Cooperative State, Research,
Education and Extension Service (CSREES), shall de-
velop a comprehensive plan to coordinate and build on the
research and extension activities of United States land-
grant universities, international agricultural research cen-
ters, and national agricultural research and extension cen-
ters in Central America and the Caribbean.
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The plan de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall seek to ensure that—
(1) research and extension activities respond to
the needs of the agriculture sectors devastated by
Hurricane Georges and Hurricane Mitch while devel-
oping the potential and skills of researchers, exten-
sion agents, farmers, and agribusiness persons in
the region; and
(2) sustainable agricultural methods of farming
will be considered together with new technologies in
rehabilitating agricultural production in the region.
SEC. 205. NONEMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In providing nonemergency assist-
ance under title II of the Agricultural Trade Development
and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), the
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall ensure that—
(1) in planning, decisionmaking, and providing
assistance, the Administrator takes into consider-
ation local input and participation directly and
through United States and indigenous private and
voluntary organizations;
(2) each of the nonemergency activities de-
scribed in paragraphs (2) through (6) of section 201
of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1721), including programs
that provide assistance to people of any age group
who are otherwise unable to meet their basic food
needs (including feeding programs for the disabled,
orphaned, elderly, sick and dying), are carried out;
and
(3) greater flexibility is provided for program
and evaluation plans so that such assistance may be
developed to meet local needs, as provided for in sec-
tion 202(f) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1722(f)).
(b) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—In providing assist-
ance under the Agriculture Trade Development and As-
sistance Act of 1954, the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Administrator shall ensure that commodities are provided
in a manner that is consistent with subsections (a) and
(b) of section 403 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1733(a) and (b)).
Subtitle B—Overseas Private
Investment Corporation
SEC. 211. PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES OF
OPIC.
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to com-
mend OPIC for its recent initiative to provide financing
and insurance to an investment facility in partnership with
Citibank and to encourage OPIC to continue to work with
United States businesses and other United States entities
to invest in the affected areas of Central America and the
Caribbean, particularly in ways that will help promote sus-
tainable development.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that OPIC should, in accordance with its man-
date to foster private investment and enhance the ability
of private enterprise to make its full contribution to the
development process, exercise the authorities it has to fur-
ther increase efforts to promote and support United States
sponsored private investment in the affected areas of Cen-
tral America and the Caribbean, including—
(1) issuing loans, guaranties, and insurance, to
support infrastructure, agriculture, small business,
tourism, and other projects as appropriate; and
(2) 
undertaking 
a 
special 
initiative 
that
includes—
(A) sending a needs assessment team to
the affected areas of Central America and the
Caribbean to determine ways in which OPIC
can best support the essential investment re-
quired to restore infrastructure and other criti-
cal services in those affected areas;
(B) engaging in an exhaustive outreach
program to involve United States companies in
the recovery process and exploring potential
new projects which will assist those affected
areas;
(C) consulting and coordinating with host
country governments to promote private invest-
ment in priority sectors; and
(b) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Of the amount appropriated
under subsection (a), the President shall reserve the fol-
lowing amounts for the following purposes:
(1) AGRICULTURE
AND
RURAL
RECONSTRUC-
TION.—$283,000,000 for the construction and re-
pair of rural roads, the provision of micro-enterprise
loans, the provision of tools, seed, and fertilizer, and
for assistance for rural farmers to adopt sustainable
production techniques.
(2) DISEASE
CONTROL, SURVEILLANCE, AND
PREVENTION.—$136,000,000 for the reconstruction
and rehabilitation of health posts and clinics, the
provision of water and sanitation services, and dis-
ease control, surveillance, and prevention.
(3) EDUCATION
AND
HOUSING.—$55,000,000
for construction, repair, and re-equipment of edu-
cational facilities, including the provision of school
supplies, and the re-equipment of new housing units.
(4) ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND DISAS-
TER
MITIGATION.—$64,000,000 for environmental
management and disaster mitigation, including land
use planning and resources management.
(5) 
ANTI-CORRUPTION
ACTIVITIES.—
$22,000,000 for the efficient management of local
reconstruction assistance, including anti-corruption
training for municipal governments, nongovern-
mental organizations, and law enforcement.
(6) ASSISTANCE FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUB-
LIC AND OTHER CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES AFFECTED
BY HURRICANE GEORGES.—$42,000,000 for recon-
struction assistance related to health, economic revi-
talization, and housing for the Dominican Republic
and other Caribbean countries affected by Hurricane
Georges.
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Of the amount
authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), the
President shall reserve $6,000,000 for the operating ex-
penses of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment incurred in connection with assistance provided
under this Act.
SEC. 222. REIMBURSEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DISASTER
ACCOUNT.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Presi-
dent for fiscal year 1999 $25,000,000 to reimburse the
international disaster assistance account for expenses in-
curred with respect to international disaster assistance
provided for affected areas of Central America and the
Caribbean under chapter 9 of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292 et seq.) for recovery
from Hurricane Georges and Hurricane Mitch.
SEC. 223. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION; AVAILABILITY OF
AMOUNTS.
(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Amounts authorized
to be appropriated under this subtitle are in addition to
amounts otherwise available for the purposes described in
the section of this subtitle involved.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under this subtitle are authorized
to remain available until expended.
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE
SEC. 301. REPLACEMENT OF FUNDS USED FOR DISASTER
RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION.
In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated
under any other law for the Department of Defense for
fiscal year 1999, funds are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated for the use of the Armed Forces and other activi-
ties and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and
maintenance, in amounts as follows:
(1) For replenishment of Department of De-
fense accounts used in providing disaster relief and
reconstruction to affected areas of Central America
and the Caribbean, $135,200,000, of which—
(A) $75,000,000 may be used for replen-
ishment of operation and maintenance and mili-
tary personal accounts;
(B) $37,500,000 may be used for replen-
ishment of the Overseas Humanitarian Disaster
and Civic Aid account (including demining ini-
tiatives); and
(C) $20,000,000 may be used for replen-
ishment of the Commanders in Chief (CINC)
Initiative Fund.
(2) 
For 
the 
New 
Horizons 
Program,
$56,000,000 for expanded National Guard and Re-
serve exercises in Central American countries and
the Dominican Republic.
TITLE IV—IMMIGRATION AND
NATURALIZATION SERVICE
SEC. 401. DETENTION FACILITIES.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Presi-
dent $80,000,000 to be used for Enforcement and Border
Affairs within the Immigration and Naturalization Service
(INS) to support increased detention requirements for
Central American criminal aliens held in detention by the
Immigration and Naturalization Service and to address an
expected influx of illegal immigrants from Central Amer-
ica.
TITLE V—DEBT RESCHEDULING
AND REDUCTION FOR HON-
DURAS 
AND 
NICARAGUA;
FUNDING FOR THE CENTRAL
AMERICAN 
EMERGENCY
TRUST FUND OF THE INTER-
NATIONAL BANK FOR RECON-
STRUCTION 
AND 
DEVELOP-
MENT
Subtitle A—Debt Rescheduling and
Reduction for Honduras and
Nicaragua
SEC. 501. RESCHEDULING OF INTEREST PAYMENTS OWED
BY HONDURAS AND NICARAGUA.
The President is authorized to reschedule the repay-
ment of interest owed to the United States (or any agency
of the United States) in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 by
the Governments of Honduras and Nicaragua on debt
owed by such Governments to the United States that is
outstanding as of October 1, 1998.
SEC. 502. REDUCTION OF DEBT OWED BY HONDURAS.
(a) AUTHORITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall reduce
the amount owed to the United States (or any agen-
cy of the United States) by the Government of Hon-
duras that is outstanding as of October 1, 1998, as
a result of concessional loans made to Honduras by
the United States under part I or chapter 4 of part
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or prede-
cessor foreign economic assistance legislation.
(2) APPROPRIATIONS REQUIREMENT.—The au-
thority provided by this section may be exercised
only in such amounts or to such extent as is pro-
vided in advance by appropriations Acts.
(3) CERTAIN
PROHIBITIONS
INAPPLICABLE.—
(A) A reduction of debt pursuant to this section
shall not be considered assistance for purposes of
any provision of law limiting assistance to a country.
(B) The authority of this section may be exer-
cised notwithstanding section 620(r) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 or section 321 of the Inter-
national Development and Food Assistance Act of
1975.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF DEBT REDUCTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The debt reduction pursuant
to subsection (a) shall be accomplished by the ex-
change of a new obligation for obligations outstand-
ing as of the date specified in subsection (a)(1).
(2) EXCHANGE OF OBLIGATIONS.—The Presi-
dent shall notify the agency primarily responsible for
administering part I of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 of the agreement with Honduras to ex-
change a new obligation for outstanding obligations
pursuant to this subsection. At the direction of the
President, the old obligations shall be canceled and
a new debt obligation for the country shall be estab-
lished, and such agency shall make an adjustment in
its accounts to reflect the debt reduction.
(c) CURRENCY OF PAYMENT.—The principal amount
of each new obligation issued pursuant to subsection (b)
shall be repaid in United States dollars.
(d) DEPOSIT OF PAYMENTS.—Principal repayments
of new obligations shall be deposited in the United States
Government account established for principal repayments
of the obligations for which those obligations were ex-
changed.
(e) RATE OF INTEREST.—New obligations issued by
a beneficiary country pursuant to subsection (b) shall bear
interest at concessional rates.
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2000 $16,000,000 to
carry out this section.
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts authorized to be
appropriated under paragraph (1) are authorized to
remain available until expended.
Subtitle B—Authorization of Fund-
ing for the Central American
Emergency Trust Fund of the
International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development
SEC. 511. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING.
The Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 286–
286nn) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 62. SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR THE CENTRAL
AMERICAN EMERGENCY TRUST FUND OF THE
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUC-
TION AND DEVELOPMENT.
‘‘(a) CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The United States Gov-
ernor of the Bank may, on behalf of the United
States, contribute $25,000,000 to the Central Amer-
ican Emergency Trust Fund of the Bank.
‘‘(2) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—The au-
thority provided by paragraph (1) shall be effective
only to such extent or in such amounts as are pro-
vided in advance in appropriations Acts.
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the contribution pro-
vided for in subsection (a), there are authorized to
be appropriated not more than $25,000,000 for fis-
cal year 1999, for payment by the President of the
United States.
‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The authority
provided by paragraph (1) is in addition to any ap-
propriations authority otherwise provided by law.
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under
subsection (b) are authorized to remain available until ex-
pended.’’.
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