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or any successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in the
Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this restriction
shall not apply to the acquisition of additional space for the existing
Consulate General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meetings
between officers and employees of the United States and officials
of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing
entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles,
for the purpose of conducting official United States Government
business with such authority should continue to take place in loca-
tions other than Jerusalem. As has been true in the past, officers
and employees of the United States Government may continue
to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with Palestinians (including
those who now occupy positions in the Palestinian Authority), have
social contacts, and have incidental discussions.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES
SEC. 561. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘INTERNATIONAL MILITARY
EDUCATION AND TRAINING’’ or ‘‘FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO-
GRAM’’ for Informational Program activities may be obligated or
expended to pay for—
(1) alcoholic beverages;
(2) food (other than food provided at a military installation)
not provided in conjunction with Informational Program trips
where students do not stay at a military installation; or
(3) entertainment expenses for activities that are substan-
tially of a recreational character, including entrance fees at
sporting events and amusement parks.
SEC. 562. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds made available
in this Act may be used for assistance in support of any country
when it is made known to the President that the government
of such country prohibits or otherwise restricts, directly or
indirectly, the transport or delivery of United States humanitarian
assistance.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Funds may be made available with regard
to the restriction in subsection (a) if the President determines
that to do so is in the national security interest of the United
States.
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES SUPPORTING NUCLEAR
PLANT IN CUBA
SEC. 563. (a) WITHHOLDING.—The President shall withhold from
assistance made available with funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act an amount equal to the sum of assistance
and credits, if any, provided on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act by that country, or any entity in that country, in
support of the completion of the Cuban nuclear facility at Juragua,
near Cienfuegos, Cuba.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The requirement of subsection (a) to withhold
assistance shall not apply with respect to—
(1) assistance to meet urgent humanitarian needs including
disaster and refugee relief;
(2) democratic political reform and rule of law activities;
(3) the creation of private sector and nongovernmental
organizations that are independent of government control;
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(4) the development of a free market economic system;
and
(5) assistance for the purposes described in the Cooperative
Threat Reduction Act of 1993 (title XII of Public Law 103–
160).
LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR HAITI
SEC. 564. Effective March 1, 1996, none of the funds appro-
priated in this Act may be made available to the Government
of Haiti when it is made known to the President that such Govern-
ment is controlled by a regime holding power through means other
than the democratic elections scheduled for calendar year 1995
and held in substantial compliance with the requirements of the
1987 Constitution of Haiti.
PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS
SEC. 565. (a) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment
and products purchased with funds made available in this Act
should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial assistance
to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds
made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to
the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice
describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO TURKEY
SEC. 566. Not more than $33,500,000 of the funds appropriated
in this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be
made available to the Government of Turkey.
LIMITATION OF FUNDS FOR NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
SEC. 566A. None of the funds appropriated in this Act under
the heading ‘‘North American Development Bank’’ and made avail-
able for the Community Adjustment and Investment Program shall
be used for purposes other than those set out in the binational
agreement establishing the Bank.
LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR BURMA
SEC. 567. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used for International Narcotics Control or Crop Substitution
Assistance for the Government of Burma.
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
SEC. 568. The Secretary of the Treasury may, to fulfill commit-
ments of the United States, subscribe to and make payments for
shares of the Asian Development Bank in connection with the
fourth general capital increase of the Bank. The amount authorized
to be appropriated for paid-in shares of the Bank is limited to
$66,614,647; the amount authorized to be appropriated for payment
for callable shares of the Bank is limited to $3,264,178,021. The
amount to be paid in respect of each subscription is authorized
to be appropriated without fiscal year limitation. Any subscription
by the United States to the capital stock of the Bank shall be
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effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided
in advance in appropriations Acts.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
SEC. 569. In order to pay for the United States contribution
to the tenth replenishment of the resources of the International
Development Association authorized in section 526 of Public Law
103–87, there is authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year
limitation, $700,000,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury.
SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST
SEC. 570. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The President
may reduce amounts owed to the United States (or any agency
of the United States) by an eligible country as a result of—
(1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 222 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; or
(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under the Arms
Export Control Act.
(b) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be exer-
cised only to implement multilateral official debt relief and
referendum agreements, commonly referred to as ‘‘Paris Club
Agreed Minutes’’.
(2) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be exer-
cised only in such amounts or to such extent as is provided
in advance by appropriations Acts.
(3) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be exer-
cised only with respect to countries with heavy debt burdens
that are eligible to borrow from the International Development
Association, 
but 
not 
from 
the 
International 
Bank 
for
Reconstruction and Development, commonly referred to as
‘‘IDA-only’’ countries.
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by subsection (a) may
be exercised only with respect to a country whose government—
(1) does not have an excessive level of military expendi-
tures;
(2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts of inter-
national terrorism;
(3) is not failing to cooperate on international narcotics
control matters;
(4) (including its military or other security forces) does
not engage in a consistent pattern of gross violations of inter-
nationally recognized human rights; and
(5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the application
of section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, fiscal
years 1994 and 1995.
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be used only with regard to funds appropriated
by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt Restructuring’’.
(e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A reduction of debt
pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be considered assistance for
purposes of any provision of law limiting assistance to a country.
The authority provided by subsection (a) may be exercised notwith-
standing section 620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES
SEC. 571. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUCTION, OR CAN-
CELLATION.—
(1) AUTHORITY
TO
SELL, REDUCE, OR
CANCEL
CERTAIN
LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Presi-
dent may, in accordance with this section, sell to any eligible
purchaser any concessional loan or portion thereof made before
January 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, to the government of any eligible country as defined
in section 702(6) of that Act or on receipt of payment from
an eligible purchaser, reduce or cancel such loan or portion
thereof, only for the purpose of facilitating—
(A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development swaps,
or debt-for-nature swaps; or
(B) a debt buyback by an eligible country of its own
qualified debt, only if the eligible country uses an additional
amount of the local currency of the eligible country, equal
to not less than 40 percent of the price paid or such
debt by such eligible country, or the difference between
the price paid for such debt and the face value of such
debt, to support activities that link conservation and
sustainable use of natural resources with local community
development, and child survival and other child develop-
ment, in a manner consistent with section 707 through
710 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, if the sale,
reduction, or cancellation would not contravene any term
or condition of any prior agreement relating to such loan.
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the President shall, in accordance with this
section, establish the terms and conditions under which loans
may be sold, reduced, or canceled pursuant to this section.
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined in section
702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall notify the
administrator of the agency primarily responsible for admin-
istering part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of pur-
chasers that the President has determined to be eligible, and
shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, reduction, or
cancellation of a loan pursuant to this section. Such agency
shall make an adjustment in its accounts to reflect the sale,
reduction, or cancellation.
(4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this subsection shall
be available only to the extent that appropriations for the
cost of the modification, as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, are made in advance.
(b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the sale, reduc-
tion, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, or canceled pursuant
to this section shall be deposited in the United States Government
account or accounts established for the repayment of such loan.
(c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold pursuant to
subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who presents plans satisfac-
tory to the President for using the loan for the purpose of engaging
in debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-
nature swaps.
(d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to any eligible
purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation pursuant to this section,
of any loan made to an eligible country, the President shall consult