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OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $460,000,000: Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated by this Act for programs administered
by the Agency for International Development may be used
to finance printing costs of any report or study (except
feasibility, design, or evaluation reports or studies) in ex-
cess of $25,000 without the approval of the Administrator
of the Agency or the Administrator’s designee.
OPERATING
EXPENSES
OF
THE
AGENCY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
OFFICE
OF
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 667, $31,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2000, which sum shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Inspector General of the Agency for Inter-
national Development.
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 4 of part II, $2,326,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2000: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed
$1,080,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which
sum shall be available on a grant basis as a cash transfer
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and shall be disbursed within 30 days of enactment of this
Act or by October 31, 1998, whichever is later: Provided
further, That not to exceed $775,000,000 shall be avail-
able only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a
grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance
may be provided, with the understanding that Egypt will
undertake significant economic reforms which are addi-
tional to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal
years: Provided further, That in exercising the authority
to provide cash transfer assistance for Israel, the Presi-
dent shall ensure that the level of such assistance does
not cause an adverse impact on the total level of non-
military exports from the United States to such country.
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, $19,600,000, which shall be available for the United
States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland
and shall be made available in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986
(Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make time-
ly payment for projects and activities: Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading shall re-
main available until September 30, 2000.
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ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC
STATES
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support
for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989,
$450,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2000, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for economic assistance and for related
programs for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States.
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available
the administrative authorities contained in that Act for
the use of economic assistance.
(c) None of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing may be made available for new housing construction
or repair or reconstruction of existing housing in Bosnia
and Herzegovina unless directly related to the efforts of
United States troops to promote peace in said country.
(d) With regard to funds appropriated under this
heading for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia
and Herzegovina, and local currencies generated by such
funds (including the conversion of funds appropriated
under this heading into currency used by Bosnia and
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Herzegovina as local currency and local currency returned
or repaid under such program)—
(1) the Administrator of the Agency for Inter-
national Development shall provide written approval
for grants and loans prior to the obligation and ex-
penditure of funds for such purposes, and prior to
the use of funds that have been returned or repaid
to any lending facility or grantee; and
(2) the provisions of section 532 of this Act
shall apply.
(e) The President is authorized to withhold funds ap-
propriated under this heading made available for economic
revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he
determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has
not complied with article III of annex 1–A of the General
Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and
Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces,
and that intelligence cooperation on training, investiga-
tions, and related activities between Iranian officials and
Bosnian officials has not been terminated.
(f) Not to exceed $225,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for Bos-
nia and Herzegovina.
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(g) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior
appropriations Acts that are or have been made available
for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund
in interest-bearing accounts prior to the Fund’s disburse-
ment of such funds for program purposes. The Fund may
retain for such program purposes any interest earned on
such deposits without returning such interest to the Treas-
ury of the United States and without further appropria-
tion by the Congress. Funds made available for Enterprise
Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary
to make timely payment for projects and activities.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES OF
THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for
the new independent states of the former Soviet Union
and for related programs, $590,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2000: Provided, That the provi-
sions of such chapter shall apply to funds appropriated
by this paragraph.
(b) Funds appropriated under title II of this Act, in-
cluding funds appropriated under this heading, should be
made available for assistance for Mongolia at a level which
is at least equivalent to the level provided in fiscal year
1998: Provided, That funds made available for assistance
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for Mongolia may be made available in accordance with
the purposes and utilizing the authorities provided in
chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961.
(c)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading
that are allocated for assistance for the Government of
Russia, 50 percent shall be withheld from obligation until
the President determines and certifies in writing to the
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of
Russia has terminated implementation of arrangements to
provide Iran with technical expertise, training, technology,
or equipment necessary to develop a nuclear reactor, relat-
ed nuclear research facilities or programs, or ballistic mis-
sile capability.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) assistance may be
provided for the Government of Russia if the President
determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that making such funds available: (A) is vital to the
national security interest of the United States; and (B)
that the Government of Russia is taking meaningful steps
to limit major supply contracts and to curtail the transfer
of technology and technological expertise related to activi-
ties referred to in paragraph (1).
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(d) Not more than 25 percent of the funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for as-
sistance for any country in the region.
(e) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than 33 percent shall be made available for assistance
for the Southern Caucasus region: Provided, That of the
funds made available for the Southern Caucasus region,
40 percent should be used for reconstruction and other
activities relating to the peaceful resolution of conflicts
within the region, especially those in the vicinity of
Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabakh: Provided further, That
funds made available to parties participating in the Minsk
Process under the first proviso of this subsection shall be
provided only to those parties which agree to participate
in direct or proximity negotiations without preconditions
to resolve conflicts in the region: Provided further, That
if the Secretary of State after May 30, 1999, determines
and reports to the relevant committees of Congress that
the full amount of funds that may be made available under
the first proviso cannot be effectively utilized, the amount
provided under the previous proviso may be used for other
purposes under this heading.
(f) Funds provided under the previous subsection
shall be made available for humanitarian assistance for
refugees, displaced persons, and needy civilians affected
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by the conflicts in the Southern Caucasus region, includ-
ing those in Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabakh, notwith-
standing any other provision of this or any other Act.
(g) section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall
not apply to—
(1) activities to support democracy or assist-
ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act
and section 1424 of Public Law 104–201;
(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and
Development Agency under section 661 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421); and
(3) any activity carried out by a member of the
United States and Foreign Commercial Service while
acting within his or her official capacity.
(h) Funds appropriated under this heading or in
prior appropriations Acts that are or have been made
available for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by
such Fund in interest-bearing accounts prior to the
Fund’s disbursement of such funds for program purposes.
The Fund may retain for such program purposes any in-
terest earned on such deposits without returning such in-
terest to the Treasury of the United States and without
further appropriation by the Congress. Funds made avail-
able for Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the mini-
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mum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects
and activities.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of
the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the
provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1969, and to make commitments without regard to fis-
cal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104(b)(3),
$20,680,000.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
For expenses necessary to carry out title V of the
International Security and Development Cooperation Act
of 1980, Public Law 96–533, and to make commitments
without regard to fiscal year limitations (31 U.S.C.
9104(b)(3)), $13,160,000: Provided, That funds made
available to grantees may be invested pending expenditure
for project purposes when authorized by the President of
the Foundation: Provided further, That interest earned
shall be used only for the purposes for which the grant
was made: Provided further, That this authority applies
to interest earned both prior to and following enactment
of this provision: Provided further, That notwithstanding
section 505(a)(2) of the African Development Foundation
Act, in exceptional circumstances the board of directors
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of the Foundation may waive the $250,000 limitation con-
tained in that section with respect to a project: Provided
further, That the Foundation shall provide a report to the
Committees on Appropriations after each time such waiver
authority is exercised.
PEACE CORPS
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $230,000,000, in-
cluding the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor
vehicles for administrative purposes for use outside of the
United States: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be used to pay for abor-
tions: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading shall remain available until September 30,
2000.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $275,000,000: Pro-
vided, That during fiscal year 1999, the Department of
State may also use the authority of section 608 of the
Act, without regard to its restrictions, to receive excess
property from an agency of the United States Government
for the purpose of providing it to a foreign country under
chapter 8 of part I of that Act subject to the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary
to enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized
by law, a contribution to the International Committee of
the Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contribu-
tions to the International Organization for Migration and
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and
other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; sala-
ries and expenses of personnel and dependents as author-
ized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as
authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5,
United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor
vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title
5, United States Code, $640,000,000: Provided, That not
more than $12,000,000 shall be available for administra-
tive expenses.
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION
ASSISTANCE FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance
Act 
of 
1962, 
as 
amended 
(22 
U.S.C. 
260(c)),
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the funds made available under this heading
are appropriated notwithstanding the provisions contained
in section 2(c)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance
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Act of 1962 which would limit the amount of funds which
could be appropriated for this purpose.
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND
RELATED PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism and related programs and activities, $152,000,000,
to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assist-
ance, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act for the
Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, section 23 of
the Arms Export Control Act or the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 for demining, the clearance of unexploded
ordnance, and related activities, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, including activities implemented
through nongovernmental and international organizations,
section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a
voluntary contribution to the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA), and for a United States contribution to
the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory
Commission: Provided, That of this amount not to exceed
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be
made available for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament
Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to pro-
mote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to non-
proliferation and disarmament: Provided further, That
such funds may also be used for such countries other than