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rape, and arbitrary detention, particularly in 
areas of communal and separatist conflict; and 
(C) the Government of Indonesia largely 
fails to hold soldiers and police accountable for 
extrajudicial killings and other serious human 
rights abuses, both past and present, including 
atrocities committed in East Timor prior to its 
independence from Indonesia; 
(6) condemns the intimidation and harassment 
of human rights and civil society organizations by 
members of the Indonesian security forces and mili-
tary-backed militia groups, and urges a complete in-
vestigation of the fatal poisoning of prominent 
human rights activist Munir in September 2004; and 
(7) urges the Government of Indonesia and the 
Indonesian military to continue to provide full, ac-
tive, and unfettered cooperation to the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation of the Department of Justice 
in its investigation of the August 31, 2002, attack 
near Timika, Papua, which killed three people (in-
cluding two Americans, Rick Spier and Ted Burgon) 
and injured 12 others, and to pursue the indictment, 
apprehension, and prosecution of all parties respon-
sible for that attack.
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(b) FINDINGS RELATING TO PAPUA.—Congress finds 
the following: 
(1) Papua, a resource-rich province whose in-
digenous inhabitants are predominantly Melanesian, 
was formerly a colony of the Netherlands. 
(2) While Indonesia has claimed Papua as part 
of its territory since its independence in the late 
1940s, Papua remained under Dutch administrative 
control until 1962. 
(3) On August 15, 1962, Indonesia and the 
Netherlands signed an agreement at the United Na-
tions in New York (commonly referred to as the 
‘‘New York Agreement’’) which transferred adminis-
tration of Papua first to a United Nations Tem-
porary Executive Authority (UNTEA), and then to 
Indonesia in 1963, pending an ‘‘act of free choice 
. . . to permit the inhabitants to decide whether 
they wish to remain with Indonesia’’. 
(4) In the New York Agreement, Indonesia for-
mally recognized ‘‘the eligibility of all adults [in 
Papua] . . . to participate in [an] act of self-deter-
mination to be carried out in accordance with inter-
national practice’’, and pledged ‘‘to give the people 
of the territory the opportunity to exercise freedom 
of choice . . . before the end of 1969’’.
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(5) In July and August 1969, Indonesia con-
ducted an ‘‘Act of Free Choice’’, in which 1,025 se-
lected Papuan elders voted unanimously to join In-
donesia, in circumstances that were subject to both 
overt and covert forms of manipulation. 
(6) In the intervening years, indigenous 
Papuans have suffered extensive human rights 
abuses, natural resource exploitation, environmental 
degradation, and commercial dominance by immi-
grant communities, and some individuals and groups 
estimate that more than 100,000 Papuans have been 
killed during Indonesian rule, primarily during the 
Sukarno and Suharto administrations. 
(7) While the United States supports the terri-
torial integrity of Indonesia, Indonesia’s historical 
reliance on force for the maintenance of control has 
been counterproductive, and long-standing abuses by 
security forces have galvanized independence senti-
ments among many Papuans. 
(8) While the Indonesian parliament passed a 
Special Autonomy Law for Papua in October 2001 
that was intended to allocate greater revenue and 
decision making authority to the Papuan provincial 
government, the promise of special autonomy has 
not been effectively realized and has been under-
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mined in its implementation, such as by conflicting 
legal directives further subdividing the province in 
apparent contravention of the law and without the 
consent of appropriate provincial authorities. 
(9) Rather than demilitarizing its approach, In-
donesia has reportedly sent thousands of additional 
troops to Papua, and military operations in the cen-
tral highlands since the fall of 2004 have displaced 
thousands of civilians into very vulnerable cir-
cumstances, contributing further to mistrust of the 
central government by many indigenous Papuans. 
(10) According to the 2004 Annual Country 
Report on Human Rights Practices of the Depart-
ment of State, in Indonesia ‘‘security force members 
murdered, tortured, raped, beat, and arbitrarily de-
tained civilians and members of separatist move-
ments’’ and ‘‘police frequently and arbitrarily de-
tained persons without warrants, charges, or court 
proceedings’’ in Papua. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) REPORT
ON
SPECIAL
AUTONOMY.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and one year thereafter, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report detailing implementation of spe-
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cial autonomy for Papua and Aceh. Such reports 
shall include— 
(A) an assessment of the extent to which 
each province has enjoyed an increase in rev-
enue allocations and decision making authority; 
(B) a description of access by international 
press and non-governmental organizations to 
each province; 
(C) an assessment of the role played by 
local civil society in governance and decision 
making; 
(D) a description of force levels and con-
duct of Indonesian security forces in each prov-
ince; and 
(E) a description of United States efforts 
to promote respect for human rights in each 
province. 
(2) REPORT
ON
THE
1969
ACT
OF
FREE 
CHOICE.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report analyzing the 1969 Act of Free 
Choice.
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SEC. 1116. MURDERS OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS JOHN 
BRANCHIZIO, 
MARK 
PARSON, 
AND 
JOHN 
MARIN LINDE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) On October 15, 2003, a convoy of clearly 
identified United States diplomatic vehicles was at-
tacked by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza resulting in 
the death of United States citizens John Branchizio, 
Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde, and the injury 
of a fourth United States citizen. 
(2) John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John 
Marin Linde were contract employees providing se-
curity to United States diplomatic personnel who 
were visiting Gaza in order to identify potential Pal-
estinian candidates for Fulbright Scholarships. 
(3) A senior official of the Palestinian Author-
ity was reported to have stated on September 22, 
2004, that ‘‘Palestinian security forces know who 
was behind the killing’’ of John Branchizio, Mark 
Parson, and John Marin Linde. 
(4) Following her visit to Israel and the West 
Bank on February 7, 2005, Secretary of State 
Condoleezza Rice announced that she had been ‘‘as-
sured by President Abbas of the Palestinian 
Authority’s intention to bring justice to those who
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murdered three American personnel in the Gaza in 
2003’’. 
(5) Since the attack on October 15, 2003, 
United States Government personnel have been pro-
hibited from all travel in Gaza. 
(6) The United States Rewards for Justice pro-
gram is offering a reward of up to $5,000,000 for 
information leading to the arrest or conviction of 
any persons involved in the murder of John 
Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the continued inability or unwillingness of 
the Palestinian Authority to actively and aggres-
sively pursue the murderers of United States citizens 
John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin 
Linde and bring them to justice calls into question 
the Palestinian Authority’s viability as a partner for 
the United States in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli 
conflict; 
(2) future United States assistance to the Pal-
estinian Authority may be affected, and the contin-
ued operation of the PLO Representative Office in 
Washington may be jeopardized, if the Palestinian 
Authority does not fully and effectively cooperate in
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bringing 
to 
justice 
the 
murderers 
of 
John 
Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde; 
and 
(3) it is in the vital national security interest of 
the United States to safeguard, to the greatest ex-
tent possible consistent with their mission, United 
States diplomats and all embassy and consulate per-
sonnel, and to use the full power of the United 
States to bring to justice any individual or entity 
that threatens, jeopardizes, or harms them. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and every 120 days there-
after, the Secretary of State shall submit a report, on a 
classified basis if necessary, to the appropriate congres-
sional committees describing— 
(1) efforts by the United States to bring to jus-
tice the murderers of United States citizens John 
Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde; 
(2) a detailed assessment of efforts by the Pal-
estinian Authority to bring to justice the murderers 
of John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin 
Linde, including— 
(A) the number of arrests, interrogations, 
and interviews by Palestinian Authority officials 
related to the case;
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(B) the number of Palestinian security 
personnel and man-hours assigned to the case; 
(C) the extent of personal supervision or 
involvement by the President and Ministers of 
the Palestinian Authority; and 
(D) the degree of cooperation between the 
United States and the Palestinian Authority in 
regards to this case; 
(3) a specific assessment by the Secretary of 
whether the Palestinian efforts described in para-
graph (2) constitute the best possible effort by the 
Palestinian Authority; and 
(4) any additional steps or initiatives requested 
or recommended by the United States that were not 
pursued by the Palestinian Authority. 
(d) CERTIFICATION.—The requirement to submit a 
report under subsection (c) shall no longer apply if the 
Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that the murderers of United States 
citizens John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin 
Linde have been identified, arrested, and brought to jus-
tice. 
(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means—
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(1) the Committee on International Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
SEC. 1117. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Israel is a friend and ally of the United 
States whose security is vital to regional stability 
and United States interests. 
(2) Israel currently maintains diplomatic rela-
tions with 160 countries, 33 countries do not have 
any diplomatic relations with Israel, and one country 
has partial relations with Israel. 
(3) The Government of Israel has been actively 
seeking to establish formal relations with a number 
of countries. 
(4) After 57 years of existence, Israel deserves 
to be treated as an equal country by its neighbors 
and the world community. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States should assist Israel in its ef-
forts to establish diplomatic relations.
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report that includes the following in-
formation (in classified or unclassified form, as appro-
priate): 
(1) Actions taken by representatives of the 
United States to encourage other countries to estab-
lish full diplomatic relations with Israel. 
(2) Specific responses solicited and received by 
the Secretary from countries that do not maintain 
full diplomatic relations with Israel with respect to 
their attitudes toward and plans for entering into 
diplomatic relations with Israel. 
(3) Other measures being undertaken, and 
measures that will be undertaken, by the United 
States to ensure and promote Israel’s full participa-
tion in the world diplomatic community. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on International Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
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SEC. 1118. TAX ENFORCEMENT IN COLOMBIA. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
the Committee on International Relations of the House 
of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate a report detailing challenges to tax 
code enforcement in Colombia. This report shall include, 
as a percentage of Colombia’s gross domestic product, an 
estimate of current tax revenue, an estimate of potential 
additional tax revenue if Colombia’s existing tax laws were 
fully enforced, and a discussion of how such additional rev-
enue could be used to achieve the objectives of Plan Co-
lombia, including supporting and expanding Colombia’s 
security forces and increasing the availability of alter-
native livelihoods for illicit crop growers and former com-
batants. 
SEC. 1119. PROVISION OF CONSULAR AND VISA SERVICES 
IN PRISTINA, KOSOVA. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port describing the possibility of providing consular and 
visa services at the United States Office Pristina, Kosovo 
(USOP) to residents of Kosova.