H. R. 1868
One Hundred Fourth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five
An Act
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1996, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized
to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing
authority available to such corporation, and in accordance with
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard
to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying
out the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation:
Provided, That none of the funds available during the current
fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, contracts, or commit-
ments for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology
to any country other than a nuclear-weapon State as defined in
Article IX of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weap-
ons eligible to receive economic or military assistance under this
Act that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, and
tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Export-Import
Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $786,551,000 to remain available
until September 30, 1997: Provided, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further,
That such sums shall remain available until 2010 for the disburse-
ment of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants
obligated in fiscal years 1996 and 1997: Provided further, That
up to $100,000,000 of funds appropriated by this paragraph shall
remain available until expended and may be used for tied-aid
grant purposes: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated by this paragraph may be used for tied-aid credits or grants
except through the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
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tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated
by this paragraph are made available notwithstanding section
2(b)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, in connection with
the purchase or lease of any product by any East European country,
any Baltic State, or any agency or national thereof.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaran-
teed loan and insurance programs (to be computed on an accrual
basis), including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $20,000 for official
reception and representation expenses for members of the Board
of Directors, $45,614,000: Provided, That necessary expenses
(including special services performed on a contract or fee basis,
but not including other personal services) in connection with the
collection of moneys owed the Export-Import Bank, repossession
or sale of pledged collateral or other assets acquired by the Export-
Import Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the Export-Import
Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any property, or the
evaluation of the legal or technical aspects of any transaction for
which an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment
has been made, shall be considered nonadministrative expenses
for the purposes of this heading: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing subsection (b) of section 117 of the Export Enhancement
Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall remain in effect until
October 1, 1996.
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized
to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided
by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and commitments within
the limits of funds available to it and in accordance with law
as may be necessary: Provided, That the amount available for
administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance pro-
grams (including an amount for official reception and representation
expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed
$26,000,000: Provided further, That project-specific transaction
costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred in claims settle-
ments, and other direct costs associated with services provided
to specific investors or potential investors pursuant to section 234
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered
administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading.
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, $72,000,000, as
authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961:
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974: Provided further, That such sums shall be available
for direct loan obligations and loan guaranty commitments incurred
or made during fiscal years 1996 and 1997: Provided further, That
such sums shall remain available through fiscal year 2003 for
the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal
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year 1996, and through fiscal year 2004 for the disbursement of
direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year 1997. In addi-
tion, such sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses
to carry out the credit program may be derived from amounts
available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit and
insurance programs in the Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion Noncredit Account and merged with said account.
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $40,000,000: Provided,
That the Trade and Development Agency may receive reimburse-
ments from corporations and other entities for the costs of grants
for feasibility studies and other project planning services, to be
deposited as an offsetting collection to this account and to be avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 1997, for necessary expenses
under this paragraph: Provided further, That such reimbursements
shall not cover, or be allocated against, direct or indirect administra-
tive costs of the agency.
TITLE II—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out
the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other
purposes, to remain available until September 30, 1996, unless
otherwise specified herein, as follows:
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CHILD SURVIVAL AND DISEASE PROGRAMS
Of the funds appropriated in title II of this Act, and under
the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ in title
IV of this Act, not less than $484,000,000 shall be made available
for programs for child survival, assistance to combat tropical and
other diseases, and related activities: Provided, That this amount
shall be made available for such activities as (1) immunization
programs, (2) oral rehydration programs, (3) health and nutrition
programs, and related education programs, which address the needs
of mothers and children, (4) water and sanitation programs, (5)
assistance for displaced and orphaned children, (6) programs for
the prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, tuber-
culosis, HIV/AIDS, polio, malaria and other diseases, and (7) a
contribution on a grant basis to the United Nations Children’s
Fund (UNICEF).
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections
103 through 106 and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, title V of the International Security and Development
Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–533) and the provisions
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of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, $1,675,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That of
the amount appropriated under this heading, up to $20,000,000
may be made available for the Inter-American Foundation and
shall be apportioned directly to that agency: Provided further, That
of the amount appropriated under this heading, up to $11,500,000
may be made available for the African Development Foundation
and shall be apportioned directly to that agency: Provided further,
That of the funds appropriated under title II of this Act that
are administered by the Agency for International Development and
made available for family planning assistance, not less than 65
percent shall be made available directly to the agency’s central
Office of Population and shall be programmed by that office for
family planning activities: Provided further, That the President
shall seek to ensure that funds made available under this heading
for sub-Saharan Africa are in substantially the same proportion
to the total amount appropriated and made available by this Act
for development assistance as the proportion of funds made avail-
able for development assistance for sub-Saharan Africa was to
the total amount appropriated for development assistance in Public
Law 103–306: Provided further, That up to $25,000,000 of the
funds appropriated under this heading may be made available
for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667
of the Foreign Assistance Act: Provided further, That the President
shall seek to ensure that the percentage of funds made available
under this heading for the activities of private and voluntary
organizations and cooperatives is at least equal to the percentage
of funds made available pursuant to corresponding authorities in
law for the activities of private and voluntary organizations and
cooperatives in fiscal year 1995: Provided further That none of
the funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated balances
from prior appropriations may be made available to any organiza-
tion or program which, as determined by the President of the
United States, supports or participates in the management of a
program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided
further, That none of the funds made available under this heading
may be used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method
of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice
abortions; and that in order to reduce reliance on abortion in
developing nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family
planning projects which offer, either directly or through referral
to, or information about access to, a broad range of family planning
methods and services: Provided further, That in awarding grants
for natural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against because
of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commitment to offer
only natural family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants
shall comply with the requirements of the previous proviso: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing
or appropriating funds for foreign operations, export financing, and
related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family plan-
ning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the provision,
consistent with local law, of information or counseling about all
pregnancy options: Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions
against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 109 of
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the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of the funds appropriated under
this heading not to exceed a total of $30,000,000 may be transferred
to ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ for a contribution
to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),
and that any such transfer of funds shall be subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $650,000 of the funds made
available under this heading should be made available for support
of the United States Telecommunications Training Institute.
CYPRUS
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Development
Assistance’’ 
and 
‘‘Economic 
Support 
Fund’’, 
not 
less 
than
$15,000,000 shall be made available for Cyprus to be used only
for scholarships, administrative support of the scholarship program,
bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at reunification of the
island and designed to reduce tensions and promote peace and
cooperation between the two communities on Cyprus.
BURMA
Of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions
of chapter 8 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $2,380,000 shall be made
available to support activities in Burma, along the Burma-Thailand
border, and for activities of Burmese student groups and other
organizations located outside Burma, for the purposes of fostering
democracy in Burma, supporting the provision of medical supplies
and other humanitarian assistance to Burmese located in Burma
or displaced Burmese along the borders, and for other purposes:
Provided, That of this amount, not less than $200,000 shall be
made available to support newspapers, publications, and other
media activities promoting democracy inside Burma: Provided fur-
ther, That of this amount, not less than $380,000 shall be made
available for crop substitution activities in cooperation with the
Kachin people of Burma: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able under this heading may be made available notwithstanding
any other provision of law: Provided further, That provision of
such funds shall be made available subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
by this Act for development assistance may be made available
to any United States private and voluntary organization, except
any cooperative development organization, which obtains less than
20 per centum of its total annual funding for international activities
from sources other than the United States Government: Provided,
That the requirements of the provisions of section 123(g) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the provisions on private and
voluntary organizations in title II of the ‘‘Foreign Assistance and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1985’’ (as enacted in Public
Law 98–473) shall be superseded by the provisions of this section,
except that the authority contained in the last sentence of section
123(g) may be exercised by the Administrator with regard to the
requirements of this paragraph.
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Funds appropriated or otherwise made available under title
II of this Act should be made available to private and voluntary
organizations at a level which is equivalent to the level provided
in fiscal year 1995. Such private and voluntary organizations shall
include those which operate on a not-for-profit basis, receive con-
tributions from private sources, receive voluntary support from
the public and are deemed to be among the most cost-effective
and successful providers of development assistance.
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for international disaster relief,
rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section
491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended,
$181,000,000, to remain available until expended.
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
Of the funds appropriated in title II of this Act, $40,000,000
should be available only for emergency humanitarian assistance
to the former Yugoslavia, of which amount not less than $6,000,000
shall be available only for humanitarian assistance to Kosova.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans and loan guarantees,
as the President may determine, for which funds have been appro-
priated or otherwise made available for programs within the Inter-
national Affairs Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling,
reducing, or canceling amounts, through debt buybacks and swaps,
owed to the United States as a result of concessional loans made
to eligible Latin American and Caribbean countries, pursuant to
part IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $10,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the subsidy cost of direct loans and loan guarantees,
$1,500,000, as authorized by section 108 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as amended: Provided, That such costs shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That guarantees of loans made under this heading
in support of microenterprise activities may guarantee up to 70
percent of the principal amount of any such loans notwithstanding
section 108 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. In addition,
for administrative expenses to carry out programs under this head-
ing, $500,000, all of which may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the Agency for
International Development: Provided further, That funds made
available under this heading shall remain available until September
30, 1997.
HOUSING GUARANTY PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, of guaranteed loans authorized by sections
221 and 222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $4,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That these
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funds are available to subsidize loan principal, 100 percent of which
shall be guaranteed, pursuant to the authority of such sections.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed
loan programs, $7,000,000, all of which may be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the
Agency for International Development: Provided further, That
commitments to guarantee loans under this heading may be entered
into notwithstanding the second and third sentences of section
222(a) and, with regard to programs for Eastern Europe and pro-
grams for the benefit of South Africans disadvantaged by apartheid,
section 223(j) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall
be obligated except through the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations.
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY
FUND
For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and Disability
Fund’’, as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980,
$43,914,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
667, $465,750,000: Provided, That of this amount not more than
$1,475,000 may be made available to pay for printing costs: Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act for pro-
grams administered by the Agency for International Development
(AID) may be used to finance printing costs of any report or study
(except feasibility, design, or evaluation reports or studies) in excess
of $25,000 without the approval of the Administrator of the Agency
or the Administrator’s designee: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available
for expenses necessary to relocate the Agency for International
Development, or any part of that agency, to the building at the
Federal Triangle in Washington, District of Columbia.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
667, $30,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 1997,
which sum shall be available for the Office of the Inspector General
of the Agency for International Development.
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter
4 of part II, $2,340,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 1997: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, not less than $1,200,000,000 shall be available only for
Israel, which sum shall be available on a grant basis as a cash
transfer and shall be disbursed within thirty days of enactment
of this Act or by October 31, 1995, whichever is later: Provided
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further, That not less than $815,000,000 shall be available 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 additional to those which were undertaken in
previous fiscal years, and of which not less than $200,000,000
shall be provided as Commodity Import Program assistance: Pro-
vided further, That the Egyptian pound equivalent of $85,000,000
generated from funds made available by this paragraph or gen-
erated from funds appropriated under this heading in prior appro-
priations Acts, may be made available to the United States pursuant
to the United States-Egypt Economic, Technical and Related Assist-
ance Agreements of 1978, for the following activities under such
Agreements: the Egyptian pound equivalent of $50,000,000 may
be made available to replenish the existing endowment for the
American University in Cairo, and the Egyptian pound equivalent
of $35,000,000 may be made available for projects and programs,
including establishment of an endowment, which promote the
preservation and restoration of Egyptian antiquities: Provided fur-
ther, That in exercising the authority to provide cash transfer
assistance for Israel and Egypt, the President 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 each such country: Provided further, That it is the sense of
the Congress that the recommended levels of assistance for Egypt
and Israel are based in great measure upon their continued partici-
pation in the Camp David Accords and upon the Egyptian-Israeli
peace treaty: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be made available for Zaire.
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of part
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $19,600,000, which
shall be available for the United States contribution to the Inter-
national Fund for Ireland and shall be made available in accordance
with the provisions 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 timely payment
for projects and activities: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able under this heading shall remain available until September
30, 1997.
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, $324,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1997, 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 or in prior appro-
priations Acts that are or have been made available for an Enter-
prise 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
interest earned on such deposits without returning such interest
to the Treasury of the United States and without further appropria-
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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.
(c) 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 authori-
ties contained in that Act for the use of economic assistance.
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 FREE-
DOM Support Act, for assistance for the new independent states
of the former Soviet Union and for related programs, $641,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That the
provisions of 498B(j) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall
apply to funds appropriated by this paragraph.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under this heading shall
be transferred to the Government of Russia—
(1) unless that Government is making progress in
implementing comprehensive economic reforms based on mar-
ket principles, private ownership, negotiating repayment of
commercial debt, respect for commercial contracts, and equi-
table treatment of foreign private investment; and
(2) if that Government applies or transfers United States
assistance to any entity for the purpose of expropriating or
seizing ownership or control of assets, investments, or ventures.
(c) Funds may be furnished without regard to subsection (b)
if the President determines that to do so is in the national interest.
(d) None of the funds appropriated under this heading shall
be made available to any government of the new independent
states of the former Soviet Union if that government directs any
action in violation of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty
of any other new independent state, such as those violations
included in the Helsinki Final Act: Provided, That such funds
may be made available without regard to the restriction in this
subsection if the President determines that to do so is in the
national security interest of the United States: Provided further,
That the restriction of this subsection shall not apply to the use
of such funds for the provision of assistance for purposes of humani-
tarian, disaster and refugee relief.
(e) None of the funds appropriated under this heading for
the new independent states of the former Soviet Union shall be
made available for any state to enhance its military capability:
Provided, That this restriction does not apply to demilitarization
or nonproliferation programs.
(f) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be subject
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations.
(g) Funds made available in this Act for assistance to the
new independent states of the former Soviet Union shall be subject
to the provisions of section 117 (relating to environment and natural
resources) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(h) Funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail-
able for assistance for Mongolia.
(i) Funds made available in this Act for assistance to the
new independent states of the former Soviet Union shall be provided
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to the maximum extent feasible through the private sector, includ-
ing small- and medium-size businesses, entrepreneurs, and others
with indigenous private enterprises in the region, intermediary
development organizations committed to private enterprise, and
private voluntary organizations: Provided, That grantees and con-
tractors should, to the maximum extent possible, place in key
staff positions specialists with prior on the ground expertise in
the region of activity and fluency in one of the local languages.
(j) In issuing new task orders, entering into contracts, or mak-
ing grants, with funds appropriated under this heading or in prior
appropriations Acts, for projects or activities that have as one
of their primary purposes the fostering of private sector develop-
ment, the Coordinator for United States Assistance to the New
Independent States and the implementing agency shall encourage
the participation of and give significant weight to contractors and
grantees who propose investing a significant amount of their own
resources (including volunteer services and in-kind contributions)
in such projects and activities.
(k) Of the funds made available under this heading, not less
than $225,000,000 shall be made available for Ukraine, with the
understanding that Ukraine will undertake significant economic
reforms which are additional to those which were undertaken in
previous fiscal years, and of which not less than $50,000,000 (from
this or any other Act) shall be made available to improve energy
self-sufficiency and improve safety at nuclear reactors, and of which
$2,000,000 should be made available to conduct or implement an
assessment of the energy distribution grid that provides rec-
ommendations leading to increased access to power by industrial,
commercial and residential users, and of which not less than
$22,000,000 shall be made available to support the development
of small and medium enterprises, including independent broadcast
and print media.
(l) Of the funds made available under this heading, $5,000,000
should be made available for a project to screen, diagnose, and
treat victims of breast cancer associated with the 1985 incident
at the Chernobyl reactor in Ukraine.
(m) Of the funds made available by this Act, not less than
$85,000,000 shall be made available for Armenia.
(n) Of the funds made available by this or any other Act,
$30,000,000 should be made available for Georgia.
(o)(1) Effective ninety days after the date of enactment of this
Act, none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be
made available for Russia unless the President determines and
certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the
Government of Russia has terminated implementation of arrange-
ments to provide Iran with technical expertise, training, technology,
or equipment necessary to develop a nuclear reactor or related
nuclear research facilities or programs.
(2) Subparagraph (1) shall not apply if the President determines
that making such funds available is important to the national
security interest of the United States. Any such determination
shall cease to be effective six months after being made unless
the President determines that its continuation is important to the
national security interest of the United States.
(p) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, $20,000,000
should be provided for hospital partnership programs, medical
assistance to directly reduce the incidence of infectious diseases
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such as diphtheria or tuberculosis, and a program to reduce the
adverse impact of contaminated drinking water.
(q) Of the funds appropriated under this heading and under
the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’,
not less than $12,600,000 shall be made available for law enforce-
ment training and exchanges, and investigative and technical assist-
ance activities related to international criminal activities.
(r) Support should be provided from funds appropriated under
this heading for a ballot security project to promote public review
by Russian citizens over the conduct of parliamentary and presi-
dential elections in Russia: Provided, That the Secretary of State
may waive this provision with regard to any election upon notifica-
tion to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government
of Russia has blocked implementation of a ballot security project.
(s) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less
than $50,000,000 should be provided to the Western NIS and
Central Asian Enterprise Funds: Provided, That obligation of these
funds shall be consistent with sound business practices.
(t) The President shall establish a Trans-Caucasus Enterprise
Fund to encourage regional peace through economic cooperation:
Provided, That the President shall seek other bilateral and multilat-
eral investors in the Fund: Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this heading, not less than $15,000,000 shall
be made available for a United States investment in the Trans-
Caucasus Enterprise Fund.
(u) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior appro-
priations Acts that are or have been made available for an Enter-
prise Fund may be deposited by such Fund in interest-bearing
accounts prior to the disbursement of such funds by the Fund
for program purposes. The Fund may retain for such program
proposes any interest earned on such deposits without returning
such interest to the Treasury of the United States and without
further appropriation 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.
(v) Section 5421(d)(3)(B) of title 22, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: ‘‘: Provided,
That, as to Enterprise Funds established with respect to more
than one host country, such Enterprise Fund may, in lieu of the
appointment of citizens of the host countries to its Board of Direc-
tors, establish an advisory council for the host region comprised
of citizens of each of the host countries or establish separate
advisory councils for each of the host countries (hereinafter in
this section referred to as the ‘Advisory Councils’), with which
the Enterprise Fund’s policies and proposed activities and such
host country citizens shall satisfy the experience and expertise
requirements of this clause.’’.
(w) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, assistance
may be provided for the Government of Azerbaijan for humanitarian
purposes, if the President determines that humanitarian assistance
provided in Azerbaijan through nongovernmental organizations is
not adequately addressing the suffering of refugees and internally
displaced persons.
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INDEPENDENT AGENCY
PEACE CORPS
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Peace
Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $205,000,000, including 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 appropriated under this heading shall be used to
pay for abortions: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading shall remain available until September 30, 1997.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $115,000,000: Provided,
That during fiscal year 1996, the Department of State may also
use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive non-lethal
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 notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations.
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable
the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized by law, a contribu-
tion to the International Committee of the Red Cross, assistance
to refugees, including contributions to the International Organiza-
tion for Migration and the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees, and other activities to meet refugee and migration
needs; salaries 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,
$671,000,000: Provided, That not more than $12,000,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses: Provided further, That not
less than $80,000,000 shall be made available for refugees from
the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and other refugees
resettling in Israel.
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for the targeted assistance program
authorized by title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act
and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980
and administered by the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the
Department of Health and Human Services, in addition to amounts
otherwise available for such purposes, $5,000,000.
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
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amended (22 U.S.C. 260(c)), $50,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, 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 Act
of 1962 which would limit the amount of funds which could be
appropriated for this purpose.
ANTI-TERRORISM ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter
8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $16,000,000.
NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT FUND
For necessary expenses for a ‘‘Nonproliferation and Disar-
mament Fund’’, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended,
to promote bilateral and multilateral activities: Provided, That such
funds may be used pursuant to the authorities contained in section
504 of the FREEDOM Support Act: Provided further, That such
funds may also be used for such countries other than the new
independent states of the former Soviet Union and international
organizations when it is in the national security interest of the
United States to do so: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this heading may be made available notwithstanding any
other provision of law: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this heading shall be subject to the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
TITLE III—MILITARY ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $39,000,000: Provided,
That up to $100,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
may be made available for grant financed military education and
training for any high income country on the condition that that
country agrees to fund from its own resources the transportation
cost and living allowances of its students: Provided further, That
the civilian personnel for whom military education and training
may be provided under this heading may also include members
of national legislatures who are responsible for the oversight and
management of the military, and may also include individuals
who are not members of a government: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
for Zaire and Guatemala: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this heading for grant financed military education and train-
ing for Indonesia may only be available for expanded military
education and training.
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for grants to enable the President to
carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export Control
Act, $3,208,390,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated by
this paragraph not less than $1,800,000,000 shall be available for
grants only for Israel, and not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be
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available for grants only for Egypt: Provided further, That the
funds appropriated by this paragraph for Israel shall be disbursed
within thirty days of enactment of this Act or by October 31,
1995, whichever is later: Provided further, That to the extent that
the Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such
purposes, grants made available for Israel by this paragraph shall,
as agreed by Israel and the United States, be available for advanced
weapons systems, of which not less than $475,000,000 shall be
available for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and
defense services, including research and development: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this paragraph shall be
nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in section 23 of
the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That, for the pur-
pose only of providing support for the Warsaw Initiative Program,
of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Assist-
ance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’ and ‘‘Assistance
for the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’’, up
to a total of $20,000,000 may be transferred, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, to the funds appropriated under this para-
graph: Provided further, That none of the funds made available
under this heading shall be available for any non-NATO country
participating in the Partnership for Peace Program except through
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans authorized by section 23 of
the Arms Export Control Act as follows: cost of direct loans,
$64,400,000: Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans of not
to exceed $544,000,000: Provided further, That the rate of interest
charged on such loans shall be not less than the current average
market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United
States of comparable maturities: Provided further, That funds
appropriated under this heading shall be made available for Greece
and Turkey only on a loan basis, and the principal amount of
direct loans for each country shall not exceed the following:
$224,000,000 only for Greece and $320,000,000 only for Turkey.
None of the funds made available under this heading shall
be available to finance the procurement of defense articles, defense
services, or design and construction services that are not sold by
the United States Government under the Arms Export Control
Act unless the foreign country proposing to make such procurements
has first signed an agreement with the United States Government
specifying the conditions under which such procurements may be
financed with such funds: Provided, That all country and funding
level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the regular
notification procedures of section 515 of this Act: Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading shall be obligated
upon apportionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of title
31, United States Code, section 1501(a): Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
for Zaire, Sudan, Peru, Liberia, and Guatemala: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
for use under this heading may be made available for Colombia
or Bolivia until the Secretary of State certifies that such funds
will be used by such country primarily for counternarcotics activi-
ties: Provided further, That funds made available under this head-
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ing may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
demining activities, and may include activities implemented
through nongovernmental and international organizations: Provided
further, That not more than $100,000,000 of the funds made avail-
able under this heading shall be available for use in financing
the procurement of defense articles, defense services, or design
and construction services that are not sold by the United States
Government under the Arms Export Control Act to countries other
than Israel and Egypt: Provided further, That only those countries
for which assistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales
Financing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presen-
tation for security assistance programs may utilize funds made
available under this heading for procurement of defense articles,
defense services or design and construction services that are not
sold by the United States Government under the Arms Export
Control Act: Provided further, That, subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds made
available under this heading for the cost of direct loans may also
be used to supplement the funds available under this heading
for grants, and funds made available under this heading for grants
may also be used to supplement the funds available under this
heading for the cost of direct loans: Provided further, That funds
appropriated under this heading shall be expended at the minimum
rate necessary to make timely payment for defense articles and
services: Provided further, That the Department of Defense shall
conduct during the current fiscal year nonreimbursable audits of
private firms whose contracts are made directly with foreign govern-
ments and are financed with funds made available under this
heading (as well as subcontractors thereunder) as requested by
the Defense Security Assistance Agency: Provided further, That
not more than $23,250,000 of the funds appropriated under this
heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the
purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only for use
outside of the United States, for the general costs of administering
military assistance and sales: Provided further, That not more
than $355,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A)
of the Arms Export Control Act may be obligated for expenses
incurred by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 1996
pursuant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except
that this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $70,000,000: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall
be obligated or expended except as provided through the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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TITLE IV—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION
AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United
States share of the paid-in share portion of the increases in capital
stock for the General Capital Increase, $28,189,963, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That not more than twenty-
one days prior to the obligation of each such sum, the Secretary
shall submit a certification to the Committees on Appropriations
that the Bank has not approved any loans to Iran since October
1, 1994, or the President of the United States certifies that withhold-
ing of these funds is contrary to the national interest of the United
States.
For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United
States contribution to the Global Environment Facility (GEF),
$35,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1997.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fiscal year
limitation to the callable capital portion of the United States share
of increases in capital stock in an amount not to exceed
$911,475,013.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
For payment to the International Development Association by
the Secretary of the Treasury, $700,000,000, for the United States
contribution to the tenth replenishment, to remain available until
expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION
For payment to the International Finance Corporation by the
Secretary of the Treasury, $60,900,000, for the United States share
of the increase in subscriptions to capital stock, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under
this heading not more than $5,269,000 may be expended for the
purchase of such stock in fiscal year 1996.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the Inter-American Development Bank by the
Secretary
of
the Treasury, for the United States share of the
paid-in share portion of the increase in capital stock, $25,952,110,
and for the United States share of the increase in the resources
of the Fund for Special Operations, $10,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
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LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Inter-American Development
Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable
capital portion of the United States share of such capital stock
in an amount not to exceed $1,523,767,142.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS
MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND
For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral
Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United
States contribution to the Fund to be administered by the Inter-
American Development Bank, $53,750,000 to remain available until
expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the Secretary
of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in portion
of the increase in capital stock, $13,221,596, to remain available
until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Asian Development Bank
may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital
portion of the United States share of such capital stock in an
amount not to exceed $647,858,204.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the
Treasury to the increases in resources of the Asian Development
Fund, as authorized by the Asian Development Bank Act, as
amended (Public Law 89–369), $100,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $70,000,000, for
the United States share of the paid-in share portion of the initial
capital subscription, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the amount appropriated under this heading not more
than $54,600,000 may be expended for the purchase of such stock
in fiscal year 1996.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fiscal year
limitation to the callable capital portion of the United States share
of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $163,333,333.
NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the North American Development Bank by
the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United States share of the
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paid-in portion of the capital stock, $56,250,000, to remain available
until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the North American Develop-
ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the
callable capital portion of the United States share of the capital
stock of the North American Development Bank in an amount
not to exceed $318,750,000.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of section 2 of
the United Nations Environment Program Participation Act of 1973,
$285,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under
this heading shall be made available for the United Nations Fund
for Science and Technology: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated under this heading may be made available for the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency only if the Secretary of State deter-
mines (and so reports to the Congress) that Israel is not being
denied its right to participate in the activities of that Agency:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this
heading that are made available to the United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA) shall be made available for activities in the People’s
Republic of China: Provided further, That not more than
$30,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may
be made available to the UNFPA: Provided further, That not more
than one-half of this amount may be provided to UNFPA before
March 1, 1996, and that no later than February 15, 1996, the
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on
Appropriations indicating the amount UNFPA is budgeting for the
People’s Republic of China in 1996: Provided further, That any
amount UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Republic of China
in 1996 above $7,000,000, shall be deducted from the amount of
funds provided to UNFPA after March 1, 1996 pursuant to the
previous provisos: Provided further, That with respect to any funds
appropriated under this heading that are made available to UNFPA,
UNFPA shall be required to maintain such funds in a separate
account and not commingle them with any other funds: Provided
further, That funds may be made available to the Korean Peninsula
Energy Development Organization (KEDO) for administrative
expenses and heavy fuel oil costs associated with the Agreed Frame-
work: Provided further, That no funds may be provided for KEDO
for funding for administrative expenses and heavy fuel oil costs
beyond the total amount included for KEDO in the fiscal year
1996 congressional presentation: Provided further, That no funds
may be made available under this Act to KEDO unless the President
determines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that (a) in accordance with section 1 of the Agreed Framework,
KEDO has designated a Republic of Korea company, corporation
or entity for the purpose of negotiating a prime contract to carry
out construction of the light water reactors provided for in the
Agreed Framework; and (b) the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea is maintaining the freeze on its nuclear facilities as required
in the Agreed Framework; and (c) the United States is taking
steps to assure that progress is made on (1) the North-South dia-
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logue, including efforts to reduce barriers to trade and investment,
such as removing restrictions on travel, telecommunications services
and financial transactions; and (2) implementation of the January
1, 1992, Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean
Peninsula: Provided further, That a report on the specific efforts
with regard to subsections (a), (b) and (c) of the preceding proviso
shall be submitted by the President to the Committees on Appro-
priations six months after the date of enactment of this Act, and
every six months thereafter.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
OBLIGATIONS DURING LAST MONTH OF AVAILABILITY
SEC. 501. Except for the appropriations entitled ‘‘International
Disaster Assistance’’, and ‘‘United States Emergency Refugee and
Migration Assistance Fund’’, not more than 15 per centum of any
appropriation item made available by this Act shall be obligated
during the last month of availability.
PROHIBITION OF BILATERAL FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 502. None of the funds contained in title II of this Act
may be used to carry out the provisions of section 209(d) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES
SEC. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant
to this Act, not to exceed $126,500 shall be for official residence
expenses of the Agency for International Development during the
current fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken
to assure that, to the maximum extent possible, United States-
owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.
LIMITATION ON EXPENSES
SEC. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant
to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be for entertainment expenses
of the Agency for International Development during the current
fiscal year.
LIMITATION ON REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES
SEC. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant
to this Act, not to exceed $95,000 shall be available for representa-
tion allowances for the Agency for International Development dur-
ing the current fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate steps shall
be taken to assure that, to the maximum extent possible, United
States-owned foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available by this Act for
general costs of administering military assistance and sales under
the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not to exceed
$2,000 shall be available for entertainment expenses and not to
exceed $50,000 shall be available for representation allowances:
Provided further, That of the funds made available by this Act
under the heading ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’,
not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for entertainment allow-
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ances: Provided further, That of the funds made available by this
Act for the Inter-American Foundation, not to exceed $2,000 shall
be available for entertainment and representation allowances: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available by this Act for
the Peace Corps, not to exceed a total of $4,000 shall be available
for entertainment expenses: Provided further, That of the funds
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Trade and Develop-
ment Agency’’, not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for representa-
tion and entertainment allowances.
PROHIBITION ON FINANCING NUCLEAR GOODS
SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated or made available
(other than funds for ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’)
pursuant to this Act, for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, may be used, except for purposes of nuclear safety, to
finance the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology.
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to
finance directly any assistance or reparations to Cuba, Iraq, Libya,
North Korea, Iran, Serbia, Sudan, or Syria: Provided, That for
purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or expendi-
tures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance and guarantees
of the Export-Import Bank or its agents.
MILITARY COUPS
SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to
finance directly any assistance to any country whose duly elected
Head of Government is deposed by military coup or decree: Pro-
vided, That assistance may be resumed to such country if the
President determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that subsequent to the termination of assistance a democrat-
ically elected government has taken office.
TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be obligated under an appropriation account to which they were
not appropriated, except for transfers specifically provided for in
this Act, unless the President, prior to the exercise of any authority
contained in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds,
consults with and provides a written policy justification to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Senate: Provided, That the exercise of such authority shall
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees
on Appropriations, except for transfers specifically referred to in
this Act.
DEOBLIGATION/REOBLIGATION AUTHORITY
SEC. 510. (a) Amounts certified pursuant to section 1311 of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1955, as having been obli-
gated against appropriations heretofore made under the authority
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the same general purpose
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as any of the headings under title II of this Act are, if deobligated,
hereby continued available for the same period as the respective
appropriations under such headings or until September 30, 1996,
whichever is later, and for the same general purpose, and for
countries within the same region as originally obligated: Provided,
That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of the Congress
are notified fifteen days in advance of the deobligation and
reobligation of such funds in accordance with regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
(b) Obligated balances of funds appropriated to carry out section
23 of the Arms Export Control Act as of the end of the fiscal
year immediately preceding the current fiscal year are, if
deobligated, hereby continued available during the current fiscal
year for the same purpose under any authority applicable to such
appropriations under this Act: Provided, That the authority of this
subsection may not be used in fiscal year 1996.
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall remain available for obligation after the expiration of the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided in this Act: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated for the purposes of chapters 1,
8 and 11 of part I, section 667, and chapter 4 of part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and funds provided
under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic
States’’, shall remain available until expended if such funds are
initially obligated before the expiration of their respective periods
of availability contained in this Act: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act, any funds made available
for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or
obligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance of
payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That the report required
by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall des-
ignate for each country, to the extent known at the time of submis-
sion of such report, those funds allocated for cash disbursement
for balance of payment and economic policy reform purposes.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT
SEC. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall be used to furnish assistance to any country which is in
default during a period in excess of one calendar year in payment
to the United States of principal or interest on any loan made
to such country by the United States pursuant to a program for
which funds are appropriated under this Act: Provided, That this
section and section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
shall not apply to funds made available in this Act or during
the current fiscal year for Nicaragua, and for any narcotics-related
assistance for Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru authorized by the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act.
COMMERCE AND TRADE
SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act for direct assistance and none of the funds