Assistance Act of 1961 to the Chief Executive
Officer of the Corporation for National and
Community Service (referred to in this section
as the ‘‘Corporation’’).
(2) PROGRAMS
AND
PROJECTS.—Such pro-
grams and projects may include—
(A) educational programs designed to en-
rich the knowledge and interest of elementary
school and secondary school students in the ge-
ography and cultures of other countries where
the volunteers have served;
(B) projects that involve partnerships with
local libraries to enhance community knowledge
about other peoples and countries; and
(C) audio-visual projects that utilize mate-
rials collected by the volunteers during their
service that would be of educational value to
communities.
(3) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—To be eligible
to compete for grants under this section, a nonprofit
corporation shall have a board of directors composed
of returned Peace Corps volunteers and former
Peace Corps staff with a background in community
service, education, or health. If the grants are made
by the Corporation, the nonprofit corporation shall
meet all appropriate Corporation management re-
quirements, as determined by the Corporation.
(c) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—Such grants shall be
made pursuant to a grant agreement between the Peace
Corps or the Corporation and the nonprofit corporation
that requires that—
(1) the grant funds will only be used to support
programs and projects described in subsection (a)
pursuant to proposals submitted by returned Peace
Corps volunteers (either individually or cooperatively
with other returned volunteers);
(2) the nonprofit corporation will give consider-
ation to funding individual programs or projects by
returned Peace Corps volunteers, in amounts of not
more than $50,000, under this section;
(3) not more than 20 percent of the grant
funds made available to the nonprofit corporation
will be used for the salaries, overhead, or other ad-
ministrative expenses of the nonprofit corporation;
(4) the nonprofit corporation will not receive
grant funds for programs or projects under this sec-
tion for a third or subsequent year unless the non-
profit corporation makes available, to carry out the
programs or projects during that year, non-Federal
contributions—
(A) in an amount not less than $2 for
every $3 of Federal funds provided through the
grant; and
(B) provided directly or through donations
from private entities, in cash or in kind, fairly
evaluated, including plant, equipment, or serv-
ices; and
(5) the nonprofit corporation shall manage,
monitor, and submit reports to the Peace Corps or
the Corporation, as the case may be, on each pro-
gram or project for which the nonprofit corporation
receives a grant under this section.
(d) STATUS OF THE FUND.—Nothing in this section
shall be construed to make any nonprofit corporation sup-
ported under this section an agency or establishment of
the Federal Government or to make the members of the
board of directors or any officer or employee of such non-
profit corporation an officer or employee of the United
States.
(e) FACTORS
IN AWARDING GRANTS.—In deter-
mining the number of nonprofit corporations to receive
grants under this section for any fiscal year, the Peace
Corps or the Corporation—
(1) shall take into consideration the need to
minimize overhead costs that direct resources from
the funding of programs and projects; and
(2) shall seek to ensure a broad geographical
distribution of grants for programs and projects
under this section.
(f) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—Grant recipients
under this section shall be subject to the appropriate over-
sight procedures of Congress.
(g) FUNDING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section up to
$10,000,000. Such sum shall be in addition to funds
made available to the Peace Corps under this divi-
sion.
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pur-
suant to paragraph (1) are authorized to remain
available until expended.
(h) CRISIS CORPS.—
(1) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress states
that the Crisis Corps has been an effective tool in
harnessing the skills and talents of returned Peace
Corps volunteers.
(2) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF CRISIS CORPS AS-
SIGNMENTS.—The Director, in consultation with the
governments of host countries and appropriate non-
governmental organizations, shall increase the num-
ber of available Crisis Corps assignments for re-
turned Peace Corps volunteers to at least 120 as-
signments in fiscal year 2004, 140 assignments in
fiscal year 2005, 160 assignments in fiscal year
2006, and 165 assignments in fiscal year 2007.
SEC. 1108. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
Congress declares its support for the goal announced
by President Bush of doubling the number of Peace Corps
volunteers to 14,000 by 2007 and supports the funding
levels necessary to accomplish this growth.
SEC. 1109. PEACE CORPS IN SIERRA LEONE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings:
(1) Peace Corps service to Sierra Leone was
suspended in 1994 due to a brutal civil war between
the government and the Revolutionary United Front
(RUF).
(2) Backed by British military intervention and
a United Nations peacekeeping operation, govern-
ment authority has been reestablished throughout
the country and ‘‘free and fair’’ national elections
took place in May 2002.
(3) Sierra Leone is a majority Muslim country.
(4) The Peace Corps has given the safety and
security of its volunteers high priority.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Peace Corps should return its program to
Sierra Leone as soon as security conditions are consistent
with the safety and security of its volunteers.
SEC. 1110. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 3(b)(1) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C.
2502(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘and $365,000,000
fiscal year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘$365,000,000 for fiscal
year 
2003, 
$366,868,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2004,
$411,800,000 for fiscal year 2005, $455,930,000 for fis-
cal year 2006, and $499,400,000 for fiscal year 2007’’.
DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF
STATE AUTHORIZATION ACT,
FISCAL YEARS 2004 AND 2005
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of
State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005’’.
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF
APPROPRIATIONS
Subtitle A—Department of State
SEC. 111. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following amounts are au-
thorized to be appropriated for the Department under
‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’’ to carry out the au-
thorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the con-
duct of the foreign affairs of the United States, and for
other purposes authorized by law, including public diplo-
macy activities and the diplomatic security program:
(1) DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS.—
(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’, $4,187,544,000 for the fiscal year
2004 and $4,438,796,000 for the fiscal year
2005.
(B) PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated by subpara-
graph (A), $320,930,000 for the fiscal
year 2004 and $329,838,000 for the fiscal
year 2005 is authorized to be appropriated
for public diplomacy.
(ii) IMPROVEMENTS IN PUBLIC DIPLO-
MACY PROGRAMS.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under clause (i)
$20,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and
$20,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is au-
thorized to be available for improvements
and modernization of public diplomacy pro-
grams and activities of the Department of
State.
(iii) TRANSLATION SERVICES.—Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated
under clause (i), $4,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2004 and $4,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2005 is authorized to be available for
translation services available to public af-
fairs officers in overseas posts.
(C) WORLDWIDE SECURITY UPGRADES.—
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated
by subparagraph (A), $646,701,000 for the fis-
cal year 2004 and $679,036,000 for the fiscal
year 2005 is authorized to be appropriated for
worldwide security upgrades.
(D) BUREAU
OF
DEMOCRACY, 
HUMAN
RIGHTS, AND LABOR.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated by subparagraph (A),
$20,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and
$20,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is author-
ized to be appropriated for salaries and ex-
penses of the Bureau of Democracy, Human
Rights, and Labor.
(E) 
RECRUITMENT
OF
MINORITY
GROUPS.—Of the amount authorized to be ap-
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propriated by subparagraph (A), $2,000,000 for
the fiscal year 2004 and $2,000,000 for the fis-
cal year 2005 is authorized to be appropriated
for the recruitment of members of minority
groups for careers in the Foreign Service and
international affairs.
(2) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.—For ‘‘Cap-
ital Investment Fund’’, $157,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2004 and $161,710,000 for the fiscal year
2005.
(3) EMBASSY
SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION
AND
MAINTENANCE.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—For ‘‘Embassy Secu-
rity, 
Construction 
and 
Maintenance’’,
$653,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and
$784,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005, in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated for such purpose by section 604 of
the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Dono-
van Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal
Years 2000 and 2001 (as enacted into law by
section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113 and
contained in appendix G of that Act; 113 Stat.
1501A–470).
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(B) AMENDMENT
OF
THE
NANCE-DONO-
VAN
FOREIGN
RELATIONS
AUTHORIZATION
ACT.—Section 604(a) of the Admiral James W.
Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001
(113 Stat. 1501A–453) is amended—
(i) at the end of paragraph (4) by
striking ‘‘and’’;
(ii) in paragraph (5) by striking
‘‘$900,000,000.’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$1,000,000,000; and’’; and
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (5)
the following:
‘‘(6) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2005,
$1,000,000,000.’’.
(4) 
REPRESENTATION
ALLOWANCES.—For
‘‘Representation Allowances’’, $9,000,000 for the
fiscal year 2004 and $9,000,000 for the fiscal year
2005.
(5) PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND
OFFICIALS.—
(A) For ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions
and Officials’’, $25,000,000 for the fiscal year
2004 and $25,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005.
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(B) In addition to amounts authorized to
be appropriated by subparagraph (A), there is
authorized to be appropriated $30,600,000 for
‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials’’
only to reimburse the City of New York for nec-
essary expenses incurred since 1999 for the
protection of foreign missions and officials.
(C) Notwithstanding section 34 of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), the Secretary is au-
thorized 
to 
reprogram 
not 
more 
than
$5,000,000 of funds otherwise authorized to be
appropriated by this section for the purposes of
this paragraph.
(6) EMERGENCIES
IN
THE
DIPLOMATIC
AND
CONSULAR SERVICE.—For ‘‘Emergencies in the Dip-
lomatic and Consular Service’’, $1,000,000 for the
fiscal year 2004 and such sums as may be necessary
for the fiscal year 2005.
(7) REPATRIATION LOANS.—For ‘‘Repatriation
Loans’’, $1,219,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and
$1,219,000 for the fiscal year 2005.
(8) PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN
TAIWAN.—For ‘‘Payment to the American Institute
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in Taiwan’’, $19,773,000 for the fiscal year 2004
and $20,761,000 for the fiscal year 2005.
(9) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—
For ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, $31,703,000
for the fiscal year 2004 and $32,654,000 for the fis-
cal year 2005.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR PROTECTION OF
FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS.—The amount appro-
priated pursuant to subsection (a)(5) is authorized to re-
main available through September 30, 2006.
SEC. 112. UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in this section are au-
thorized to be appropriated for the Department of State
to carry out educational and cultural programs of the De-
partment of State under the United States Information
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Reorganiza-
tion Plan Number 2 of 1977, the Foreign Affairs Reform
and Restructuring Act of 1998, the Center for Cultural
and Technical Interchange Between East and West Act
of 1960, the Dante B. Fascell North-South Center Act
of 1991, and the National Endowment for Democracy Act,
and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with
such purposes.
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(b) EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PRO-
GRAMS.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For
‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs’’,
$393,000,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
2004 
and
$405,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005.
(2) PROGRAMS
IN
EASTERN
EUROPE
AND
FORMER SOVIET UNION.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under paragraph (1),
$150,000,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
2004 
and
$150,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is authorized
to be available for programs in Eastern Europe and
countries of the former Soviet Union.
(3) ACADEMIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under paragraph (1),
$142,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and
$142,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is au-
thorized to be available for the ‘‘Academic Ex-
change Programs’’ (other than programs de-
scribed in paragraph (4)).
(B) 
HIV/AIDS
INITIATIVE.—Of 
the
amounts authorized to be available under sub-
paragraph (A), $1,000,000 for the fiscal year
2004 and $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005
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is authorized to be available for HIV/AIDS re-
search and mitigation strategies.
(C) FULBRIGHT
ENGLISH
TEACHING
AS-
SISTANT PROGRAM IN KOREA.—Of the amounts
authorized to be available by subparagraph (A),
$750,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and
$750,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is authorized
to be available for the Fulbright English Teach-
ing Assistant Program in Korea, which sends
United States citizen students to serve as
English language teaching assistants at Korean
colleges and high schools.
(D) DANTE
B. FASCELL
NORTH-SOUTH
CENTER.—Of the amounts authorized to be
available by subparagraph (A), $1,025,000 for
the fiscal year 2004 and $1,025,000 for the fis-
cal year 2005 is authorized to be available for
the ‘‘Dante B. Fascell North-South Center’’.
(E) GEORGE J. MITCHELL SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM.—Of the amounts authorized to be
available under subparagraph (A), $500,000 for
the fiscal year 2004 and $500,000 for the fiscal
year 2005 is authorized to be available for the
‘‘George J. Mitchell Scholarship Program’’
which provides for one year of postgraduate
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study for American scholars at institutions of
higher education in Ireland and Northern Ire-
land.
(4) OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EX-
CHANGE PROGRAMS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under paragraph (1),
$110,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and
$110,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is au-
thorized to be available for other educational
and cultural exchange programs authorized by
law.
(B) INITIATIVES
FOR
PREDOMINANTLY
MUSLIM COUNTRIES.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be available under subparagraph (A),
$35,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and
$35,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is author-
ized to be available for initiatives for predomi-
nantly Muslim countries established under sec-
tion 251.
(C) 
TIBETAN
EXCHANGES.—Of 
the
amounts authorized to be available under sub-
paragraph (A), $500,000 for the fiscal year
2004 and $500,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is
authorized to be available for ‘‘Ngawang
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Choephel 
Exchange 
Programs’’ 
(formerly
known as ‘‘programs of educational and cul-
tural exchange between the United States and
the people of Tibet’’) under section 103(a) of
the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign
Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (Public Law
104–319).
(D) EAST TIMORESE SCHOLARSHIPS.—Of
the amounts authorized to be available under
subparagraph (A), $1,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2004 and $1,000,000 for the fiscal year
2005 is authorized to be available for ‘‘East
Timorese Scholarships’’.
(E) SOUTH PACIFIC EXCHANGES.—Of the
amounts authorized to be available under sub-
paragraph (A), $750,000 for the fiscal year
2004 and $750,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is
authorized to be available for ‘‘South Pacific
Exchanges’’.
(F) SUDANESE
SCHOLARSHIPS.—Of the
amounts authorized to be available under sub-
paragraph (A), $500,000 for the fiscal year
2004 and $500,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is
authorized to be available for scholarships for
students from southern Sudan for secondary or
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postsecondary education in the United States,
to be known as ‘‘Sudanese Scholarships’’.
(G) SUMMER
INSTITUTES
FOR
KOREAN
STUDENTS.—Of the amounts authorized to be
available under subparagraph (A), $750,000 for
the fiscal year 2004 and $750,000 for the fiscal
year 2005 is authorized to be available for sum-
mer academic study programs in the United
States (focusing on United States political sys-
tems, government institutions, society, and
democratic culture) for college and university
students from the Republic of Korea, to be
known as the ‘‘United States Summer Insti-
tutes for Korean Student Leaders’’.
(H) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INDIGENOUS PEO-
PLES OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH
AMERICA.—Of the amounts authorized to be
available under subparagraph (A), $400,000 for
the fiscal year 2004 and $400,000 for the fiscal
year 2005 is authorized to be available for
scholarships for postsecondary education in the
United States for students from Mexico and the
countries of Central and South America who
are from the indigenous peoples of the region.
(c) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—For the ‘‘National Endow-
ment for Democracy’’, $45,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2004 and $47,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005.
(2) INITIATIVES FOR PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM
COUNTRIES.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated under paragraph (1), $3,000,000 for the
fiscal year 2004 and $3,000,000 for the fiscal year
2005 is authorized to be available for the National
Endowment for Democracy to fund programs that
promote democracy, good governance, the rule of
law, independent media, religious tolerance, the
rights of women, and strengthening of civil society
in countries of predominantly Muslim population
within the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Near East-
ern Affairs of the Department of State.
(d) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTER-
CHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.—For the ‘‘Center
for Cultural and Technical Interchange between East and
West’’, $14,280,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and
$14,280,000 for the fiscal year 2005.
(e) REAGAN-FASCELL DEMOCRACY FELLOWS.—For
the ‘‘Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows’’, for fellowships
for democracy activists and scholars from around the
world at the International Forum for Democratic Studies
in Washington, D.C., to study, write, and exchange views
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with other activists and scholars and with Americans,
$1,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and $1,000,000 for
the fiscal year 2005.
(f) BENJAMIN GILMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAR-
SHIP PROGRAM.—Section 305 of the Microenterprise for
Self-Reliance and International Anti-Corruption Act of
2000 (22 U.S.C. 2462 note) is amended by striking
‘‘$1,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500,000’’.
SEC. 113. CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS.
(a) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated
under the heading ‘‘Contributions to International Organi-
zations’’ $1,010,463,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and
$1,040,776,000 for the fiscal year 2005 for the Depart-
ment to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and
responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the
United States with respect to international organizations
and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with
such purposes.
(b) CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE-
KEEPING ACTIVITIES.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Contributions for Inter-
national Peacekeeping Activities’’ $550,200,000 for the
fiscal year 2004 and such sums as may be necessary for
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the fiscal year 2005 for the Department to carry out the
authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the
conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States with
respect to international peacekeeping activities and to
carry out other authorities in law consistent with such
purposes.
(c) FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In
addition to the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by subsection (a), there is authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the
fiscal years 2004 and 2005 to offset adverse fluctua-
tions in foreign currency exchange rates.
(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro-
priated under this subsection may be available for
obligation and expenditure only to the extent that
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et determines and certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that such amounts are nec-
essary due to such fluctuations.
(d) REFUND
OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS.—The
United States shall continue to insist that the United Na-
tions and its specialized and affiliated agencies shall credit
or refund to each member of the organization or agency
concerned its proportionate share of the amount by which
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the total contributions to the organization or agency ex-
ceed the expenditures of the regular assessed budget of
the organization or agency.
SEC. 114. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS.
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated under ‘‘International Commissions’’ for the De-
partment to carry out the authorities, functions, duties,
and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs
of the United States with respect to international commis-
sions, and for other purposes authorized by law:
(1) INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY
AND
WATER
COMMISSION, UNITED
STATES
AND
MEXICO.—For
‘‘International Boundary and Water Commission,
United States and Mexico’’—
(A) 
for 
‘‘Salaries 
and 
Expenses’’,
$31,562,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and
$31,562,000 for the fiscal year 2005; and
(B) for ‘‘Construction’’, $8,901,000 for the
fiscal year 2004 and $8,901,000 for the fiscal
year 2005.
(2) INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY
COMMISSION,
UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—For ‘‘International
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada’’,
$1,261,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and $1,261,000
for the fiscal year 2005.
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(3) INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION.—For
‘‘International Joint Commission’’, $7,810,000 for
the fiscal year 2004 and $7,810,000 for the fiscal
year 2005.
(4) 
INTERNATIONAL
FISHERIES
COMMIS-
SIONS.—For ‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’,
$20,043,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
2004 
and
$20,043,000 for the fiscal year 2005.
SEC. 115. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department for ‘‘Migration and Refugee
Assistance’’ for authorized activities, $927,000,000 for the
fiscal year 2004 and $957,000,000 for the fiscal year
2005.
(b) REFUGEES RESETTLING
IN ISRAEL.—Of the
amount authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a),
$50,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and $50,000,000 for
the fiscal year 2005 is authorized to be available for the
resettlement of refugees in Israel.
(c) TIBETAN REFUGEES IN INDIA AND NEPAL.—Of
the amount authorized to be appropriated by subsection
(a), $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and $2,000,000
for the fiscal year 2005 is authorized to be available for
humanitarian assistance, including food, medicine, cloth-
ing, and medical and vocational training, to Tibetan refu-
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gees in India and Nepal who have fled Chinese-occupied
Tibet.
(d) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
FOR DISPLACED
BURMESE.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated
by subsection (a), $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and
$2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is authorized to be
available for humanitarian assistance (including food,
medicine, clothing, and medical and vocational training)
to persons displaced as a result of civil conflict in Burma,
including persons still within Burma.
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated
pursuant to this section are authorized to remain available
until expended.
SEC. 
116. 
VOLUNTARY 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
TO 
INTER-
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State
for ‘‘Voluntary Contributions to International Organiza-
tions’’, $342,555,000 (reduced by $25,000,000) for the
fiscal year 2004 and $345,000,000 (reduced by
$25,000,000) for the fiscal year 2005.
(b) UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTARY FUND FOR VIC-
TIMS OF TORTURE.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated under subsection (a), $6,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2004 and $7,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 is au-
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thorized to be available for a United States voluntary con-
tribution to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Vic-
tims of Torture.
(c) ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.—Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection
(a) $2,000,000 for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 is author-
ized to be available for a United States voluntary contribu-
tion to the Organization of American States for the Inter-
American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE) to iden-
tify and develop a port in the Latin American and Carib-
bean region into a model of best security practices and
appropriate technologies for improving port security in the
Western Hemisphere. Amounts authorized to be available
by the preceding sentence are authorized to remain avail-
able until expended and are in addition to amounts other-
wise available to carry out section 301 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2221).
(d) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBU-
TIONS TO UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—
(1) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts made avail-
able under subsection (a) for each of the fiscal years
2004 and 2005 for United States contributions to
the United Nations Development Program an
amount equal to the amount the United Nations De-
velopment Program will spend in Burma during each
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fiscal year shall be withheld unless during such fiscal
year the Secretary of State submits to the appro-
priate congressional committees the certification de-
scribed in paragraph (2).
(2) CERTIFICATION.—The certification referred
to in paragraph (1) is a certification by the Sec-
retary of State that all programs and activities of
the United Nations Development Program (including
United Nations Development Program—Adminis-
tered Funds) in Burma—
(A) are focused on eliminating human suf-
fering and addressing the needs of the poor;
(B) are undertaken only through inter-
national or private voluntary organizations that
have been deemed independent of the State
Peace and Development Council (SPDC) (for-
merly known as the State Law and Order Res-
toration Council (SLORC)), after consultation
with the leadership of the National League for
Democracy and the leadership of the National
Coalition Government of the Union of Burma;
(C) provide no financial, political, or mili-
tary benefit to the SPDC; and
(D) are carried out only after consultation
with the leadership of the National League for
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Democracy and the leadership of the National
Coalition Government of the Union of Burma.
SEC. 
117. 
VOLUNTARY 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
FOR 
INTER-
NATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State
for ‘‘Voluntary Contributions for International Peace-
keeping’’, $110,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and
$110,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005.
(b) PEACEKEEPING IN AFRICA.—Of the amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated under subsection (a),
$40,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 and such sums as
may be necessary for the fiscal year 2005 is authorized
to be appropriated for peacekeeping activities in Africa.
SEC. 118. GRANTS TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION.
Section 404 of The Asia Foundation Act (title IV of
Public Law 98–164; 22 U.S.C. 4403) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 404. There is authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary of State $18,000,000 for the fiscal year
2004 and $18,000,000 for the fiscal year 2005 for grants
to The Asia Foundation pursuant to this title.’’.
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Subtitle B—United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Activities
SEC. 121. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out United States Government broad-
casting activities under the United States Information and
Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the United States
International Broadcasting Act of 1994, the Radio Broad-
casting to Cuba Act, the Television Broadcasting to Cuba
Act, and the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring
Act of 1998, and to carry out other authorities in law con-
sistent with such purposes:
(1) 
INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING
OPER-
ATIONS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—For ‘‘International
Broadcasting Operations’’, $600,354,000 for
the fiscal year 2004 and $612,146,000 for the
fiscal year 2005.
(B) ALLOCATION
OF
FUNDS.—Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated by sub-
paragraph (A), there is authorized to be avail-
able for Radio Free Asia $30,000,000 for the
fiscal year 2004 and $30,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2005.
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(C) OFFICE OF GLOBAL INTERNET FREE-
DOM.—Of the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by subparagraph (A), there is author-
ized to be available for the Broadcasting Board
of Governors for the establishment and oper-
ations of the Office of Global Internet Freedom
under section 524(a) $8,000,000 for the fiscal
year 2004 and $8,000,000 for the fiscal year
2005.
(2) BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.—
For 
‘‘Broadcasting 
Capital 
Improvements’’,
$29,895,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
2004 
and
$11,395,000 for the fiscal year 2005.
(3) BROADCASTING
TO
CUBA.—For ‘‘Broad-
casting to Cuba’’, $26,901,000 for the fiscal year
2004 and $27,439,000 for the fiscal year 2005.
TITLE 
II—DEPARTMENT 
OF
STATE AUTHORITIES AND AC-
TIVITIES
Subtitle A—United States Public
Diplomacy
SEC. 201. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
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(1) The United States possesses strong and
deep connections with the peoples of the world sepa-
rate from its relations with their governments. These
connections can be a major asset in the promotion
of United States interests and foreign policy.
(2) Misinformation and hostile propaganda in
these countries regarding the United States and its
foreign policy endanger the interests of the United
States. Existing efforts to counter such misinforma-
tion and propaganda are inadequate and must be
greatly enhanced in both scope and substance.
(3) United States foreign policy has been ham-
pered by an insufficient consideration of the impor-
tance of public diplomacy in the formulation and im-
plementation of that policy and by the underuse of
modern communication techniques.
(4) The United States should have an oper-
ational strategy and a coordinated effort regarding
the utilization of its public diplomacy resources.
(5) The development of an operational strategy
and a coordinated effort by United States agencies
regarding public diplomacy would greatly enhance
United States foreign policy.
(6) The Secretary of State has undertaken ef-
forts to ensure that of the new positions established
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at the Department of State after September 30,
2002, a significant proportion are for public diplo-
macy.
(b) PURPOSES.—It is the purpose of this subtitle to
enhance in scope and substance, redirect, redefine, and re-
organize United States public diplomacy.
SEC. 202. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 265 et seq.) is amended
by inserting after section 58 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 59. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall
make public diplomacy an integral component in the plan-
ning and execution of United States foreign policy. The
Department of State, in coordination with the United
States International Broadcasting Agency, shall develop a
comprehensive strategy for the use of public diplomacy re-
sources and assume a prominent role in coordinating the
efforts of all Federal agencies involved in public diplo-
macy. Public diplomacy efforts shall be addressed to devel-
oped and developing countries, to select and general audi-
ences, and shall utilize all available media to ensure that
the foreign policy of the United States is properly ex-
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plained and understood not only by the governments of
countries but also by their peoples, with the objective of
enhancing support for United States foreign policy. The
Secretary shall ensure that the public diplomacy strategy
of the United States is cohesive and coherent and shall
aggressively and through the most effective mechanisms
counter misinformation and propaganda concerning the
United States. The Secretary shall endeavor to articulate
the importance in American foreign policy of the guiding
principles and doctrines of the United States, particularly
freedom and democracy. The Secretary, in coordination
with the Board of Governors of the United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency, shall develop and articulate
long-term measurable objectives for United States public
diplomacy. The Secretary is authorized to produce and
distribute public diplomacy programming for distribution
abroad in order to achieve public diplomacy objectives, in-
cluding through satellite communication, the Internet, and
other established and emerging communications tech-
nologies.
‘‘(b) INFORMATION CONCERNING UNITED STATES
ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION OF ASSISTANCE.—In co-
operation with the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development (USAID) and other public
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and private assistance organizations and agencies,
the Secretary shall ensure that information con-
cerning foreign assistance provided by the United
States Government, United States nongovernmental
organizations and private entities, and the American
people is disseminated widely and prominently, par-
ticularly, to the extent practicable, within countries
and regions that receive such assistance. The Sec-
retary shall ensure that, to the extent practicable,
projects funded by the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) that do not in-
volve commodities, including projects implemented
by private voluntary organizations, are identified as
being supported by the United States of America, as
American Aid or provided by the American people.
‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than
120 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall submit a report to the Committee on
International Relations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate on efforts to disseminate information con-
cerning assistance described in paragraph (1) during
the preceding fiscal year. Each such report shall in-
clude specific information concerning all instances in
which the United States Agency for International
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Development has not identified projects in the man-
ner prescribed in paragraph (1) because such identi-
fication was not practicable. Any such report shall
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include
a classified appendix.
‘‘(c) AUTHORITY.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, the Secretary may contract with and com-
pensate government and private agencies or persons for
property and services to carry out this section.’’.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RE-
SERVE CORPS.—
(1) The Secretary of State shall establish a
public diplomacy reserve corps to augment the public
diplomacy capacity and capabilities of the Depart-
ment in emergency and critical circumstances world-
wide. The Secretary shall develop a contingency plan
for the use of the corps to bolster public diplomacy
resources and expertise. To the extent necessary and
appropriate, the Secretary may recruit experts in
public diplomacy and related fields from the private
sector.
(2) While actively serving with the reserve
corps, individuals are prohibited from engaging in
activities directly or indirectly intended to influence
public opinion within the United States to the same
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degree that employees of the Department engaged in
public diplomacy are so prohibited.
(c) FUNCTIONS OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.—
(1) Section 1(b)(3) of the State Department
Basic 
Authorities 
Act 
of 
1956 
(22 
U.S.C.
2651a(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘formation’’
and all that follows through the period at the end
and inserting ‘‘formation, supervision, and imple-
mentation of United States public diplomacy poli-
cies, programs, and activities, including the provision
of guidance to Department personnel in the United
States and overseas who conduct or implement such
policies, programs, and activities. The Under Sec-
retary for Public Diplomacy shall assist the United
States Agency for International Broadcasting in pre-
senting the policies of the United States clearly and
effectively, shall submit statements of United States
policy and editorial material to the Agency for
broadcast consideration in addition to material pre-
pared by the Agency, and shall ensure that editorial
material created by the Agency for broadcast is re-
viewed expeditiously by the Department.’’.
(2) The Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy,
in carrying out the functions under the last sentence
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of section 1(b)(3) of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (as added by paragraph (1),
shall consult with public diplomacy officers operating
at United States overseas posts and in the regional
bureaus of the Department of State.
SEC. 203. ANNUAL PLAN ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STRAT-
EGY.
The Secretary of State, in coordination with all ap-
propriate Federal agencies, shall prepare an annual review
and analysis of the impact of public diplomacy efforts on
target audiences. Each review shall assess the United
States public diplomacy strategy worldwide and by region,
including the allocation of resources and an evaluation and
assessment of the progress in, and barriers to, achieving
the goals set forth under previous plans submitted under
this section. On the basis of such review, the Secretary
of State, in coordination with all appropriate Federal
agencies shall develop and submit, as part of the annual
budget submission, a public diplomacy strategy which
specifies goals, agency responsibilities, and necessary re-
sources and mechanisms for achieving such goals during
the next fiscal year. The plan may be submitted in classi-
fied form.
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SEC. 204. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY TRAINING.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) The Foreign Service should recruit individ-
uals with expertise and professional experience in
public diplomacy.
(2) Ambassadors should have a prominent role
in the formulation of public diplomacy strategies for
the countries and regions to which they are assigned
and be accountable for the operation and success of
public diplomacy efforts at their posts.
(3) Initial and subsequent training of Foreign
Service officers should be enhanced to include infor-
mation and training on public diplomacy and the
tools and technology of mass communication.
(b) PERSONNEL.—
(1) In the recruitment, training, and assign-
ment of members of the Foreign Service, the Sec-
retary shall emphasize the importance of public di-
plomacy and of applicable skills and techniques. The
Secretary shall consider the priority recruitment into
the Foreign Service, at middle-level entry, of individ-
uals with expertise and professional experience in
public diplomacy, mass communications, or jour-
nalism, especially individuals with language facility
and experience in particular countries and regions.
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(2) The Secretary of State shall seek to in-
crease the number of Foreign Service officers pro-
ficient in languages spoken in predominantly Muslim
countries. Such increase shall be accomplished
through the recruitment of new officers and incen-
tives for officers in service.
SEC. 205. UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUB-
LIC DIPLOMACY.
(a) STUDY AND REPORT BY UNITED STATES ADVI-
SORY
COMMISSION
ON
PUBLIC
DIPLOMACY.—Section
604(c)(2) of the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469(c)(2)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2)(A) Not less often than every two years, the Com-
mission shall undertake an in-depth review of United
States public diplomacy programs, policies, and activities.
Each study shall assess the effectiveness of the various
mechanisms of United States public diplomacy, in light
of factors including public and media attitudes around the
world toward the United States, Americans, United States
foreign policy, and the role of the American private-sector
community abroad, and make appropriate recommenda-
tions.
‘‘(B) A comprehensive report of each study under
subparagraph (A) shall be submitted to the Secretary of
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State and the appropriate congressional committees. At
the discretion of the Commission, any report under this
subsection may be submitted in classified or unclassified
form, as appropriate.’’.
(b) INFORMATION
AND
SUPPORT
FROM
OTHER
AGENCIES.—Upon request of the United States Advisory
Commission on Public Diplomacy, the Secretary of State,
the Director of the United States International Broad-
casting Agency, and the head of any other Federal agency
that conducts public diplomacy programs and activities
shall provide information to the Advisory Commission to
assist in carrying out the responsibilities under section
604(c)(2) of the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948 (as amended by subsection
(a)).
(c) ENHANCING THE EXPERTISE OF UNITED STATES
ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.—
(1) QUALIFICATIONS
OF
MEMBERS.—Section
604(a)(2) of the United States Information and
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C.
1469(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the
following: ‘‘At least 4 members shall have substan-
tial experience in the conduct of public diplomacy or
comparable activities in the private sector. At least
1 member shall be an American residing abroad. No
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member may be an officer or employee of the United
States.’’.
(2) 
APPLICATION
OF
AMENDMENT.—The
amendments made by paragraph (1) shall not apply
to individuals who are members of the United States
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 206. LIBRARY PROGRAM.
The Secretary of State shall develop and implement
a demonstration program to assist foreign governments to
establish or upgrade their public library systems to im-
prove literacy and support public education. The program
should provide training in the library sciences. The pur-
pose of the program shall be to advance American values
and society, particularly the importance of freedom and
democracy.
SEC. 207. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING PUBLIC DI-
PLOMACY EFFORTS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRI-
CA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) A significant number of sub-Saharan Afri-
can countries have predominantly Muslim popu-
lations, including such key countries as Nigeria,
Senegal, Djibouti, Mauritania, and Guinea.
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(2) In several of these countries, groups with
links to militant religious organizations are active
among the youth, primarily young men, promoting a
philosophy and practice of intolerance and radical
clerics are effectively mobilizing public sentiment
against the United States.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that the Secretary should include countries in
sub-Saharan Africa with predominantly Muslim popu-
lations in the public diplomacy activities authorized by this
Act and the amendments made by this Act.
Subtitle B—Basic Authorities and
Activities
SEC. 221. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO JERU-
SALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.
(a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CONSULATE
IN JERUSALEM.—None of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act may be expended for the operation
of a United States consulate or diplomatic facility in Jeru-
salem unless such consulate or diplomatic facility is under
the supervision of the United States Ambassador to Israel.
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PUBLICA-
TIONS.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated
by this Act may be available for the publication of any
official government document which lists countries and
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their capital cities unless the publication identifies Jeru-
salem as the capital of Israel.
(c) RECORD OF PLACE OF BIRTH AS ISRAEL FOR
PASSPORT PURPOSES.—The first section of ‘‘An Act to
regulate the issue and validity of passports, and for other
purposes’’, approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a; 44
Stat. 887) is amended by inserting after the first sentence
the following: ‘‘For purposes of the issuance of a passport
of a United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem,
the Secretary shall, upon the request of the citizen or the
citizen’s legal guardian, record the place of birth as
Israel.’’.
SEC. 222. MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) REPEAL.—Section 805 of the Admiral James W.
Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (section 805(a) of divi-
sion A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section
1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106-113; appendix G; 113 Stat.
1501A-470) (relating to reports on terrorist activity in
which United States citizens were killed and related mat-
ters) is hereby repealed.
(b) ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM.—
Section 140(b)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204;
22 U.S.C. 2656f(b)(2)) is amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(F) for the reports due through May 1,
2005, information concerning terrorist attacks
in Israel, territory administered by Israel, and
territory administered by the Palestinian Au-
thority, including—
‘‘(i) a list of all citizens of the United
States killed or injured in such attacks
during the previous year;
‘‘(ii) the date of each attack and the
total number of people killed or injured in
each attack;
‘‘(iii) the person or group claiming re-
sponsibility for the attack and where such
person or group has found refuge or sup-
port;
‘‘(iv) to the extent possible, a list of
suspects implicated in each attack and the
nationality of each suspect, including infor-
mation on their whereabouts (or suspected
whereabouts);
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‘‘(v) a list of any terrorist suspects in
these cases who are members of Pales-
tinian police or security forces, the Pal-
estine Liberation Organization, or any Pal-
estinian governing body;
‘‘(vi) the status of each case pending
against a suspect, including information on
whether the suspect has been arrested, de-
tained, indicted, prosecuted, or convicted
by the Palestinian Authority or Israel, and
if detained and then released, the date of
such release, and whether any released
suspect was implicated in subsequent acts
of terrorism;
‘‘(vii) available information on convic-
tions, releases or changes in the situation
of suspects involved in attacks committed
prior to December 31, 2003, and not cov-
ered in previous reports submitted under
section 805(a) of the Admiral James W.
Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000
and 2001; and
‘‘(viii) the policy of the Department of
State with respect to offering rewards for
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information on terrorist suspects, including
any information on whether a reward has
been posted for suspects involved in ter-
rorist attacks listed in the report.’’.
(c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State shall, in
preparing the portion of the annual country reports on ter-
rorism required by subparagraph (F) of section 140(b)(2)
of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years
1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100–204; 22 U.S.C.
2656f(b)(2)), as added by subsection (b), consult and co-
ordinate with all other Government officials who have in-
formation necessary to complete that portion of the report.
Nothing contained in this subsection shall require the dis-
closure, on a classified or unclassified basis, of information
that would jeopardize sensitive sources and methods or
other vital national security interests or jeopardize ongo-
ing criminal investigations or proceedings.
SEC. 223. REPORT CONCERNING EFFORTS TO PROMOTE
ISRAEL’S 
DIPLOMATIC 
RELATIONS 
WITH
OTHER COUNTRIES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) Israel is a friend and ally of the United
States whose security is vital to regional stability
and United States interests.
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(2) Israel currently maintains diplomatic rela-
tions with approximately 160 countries. Approxi-
mately 30 countries do not have any diplomatic rela-
tions with Israel.
(3) The State of Israel has been actively seek-
ing to establish formal relations with a number of
countries.
(4) The United States should assist its ally,
Israel, in its efforts to establish diplomatic relations.
(5) After more than 50 years of existence,
Israel deserves to be treated as an equal nation by
its neighbors and the world community.
(b) REPORT CONCERNING UNITED STATES EFFORTS
TO PROMOTE ISRAEL’S DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH
OTHER COUNTRIES.—Not later than 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-
mit a report to the appropriate congressional committees
that includes the following information (in classified or un-
classified form, as appropriate):
(1) Actions taken by the United States to en-
courage other countries to establish 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
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the status of negotiations to enter 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.
SEC. 224. REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR CERTAIN AIRLIFT
SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF 
DEFENSE 
TO 
THE 
DEPARTMENT 
OF
STATE.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of section 2642 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘provided by a component of the
Department of Defense to the’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
vided by a component of the Department of Defense
as follows:
‘‘(1) To the’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) To the Department of State for the trans-
portation of armored motor vehicles to a foreign
country to meet unfulfilled requirements of the De-
partment of State for armored motor vehicles in that
foreign country.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The heading for such section is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘§ 2642. Airlift services provided to Central Intel-
ligence Agency and Department of State:
reimbursement rate’’.
(2) The item relating to such section in the table of
sections at the beginning of chapter 157 of such title is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘2642. Airlift services provided to Central Intelligence Agency and Department
of State: reimbursement rate.’’.
SEC. 225. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ADDITIONAL
UNITED STATES CONSULAR POSTS.
It is the sense of the Congress that to help advance
United States economic, political, and public diplomacy in-
terests, the Secretary of State should make best efforts
to establish consulates or other appropriate diplomatic
presence in: Pusan, South Korea; Medan, Indonesia; and
Hat Yai, Thailand.
SEC. 226. VALIDITY OF UNITED STATES PASSPORTS FOR
TRAVEL TO COUNTRIES RECEIVING UNITED
STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.
The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to regu-
late the issue and validity of passports, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘travelers.’’ and inserting ‘‘travelers, and
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no such restriction may apply to a country in which the
United States is providing assistance authorized by the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.’’.
SEC. 227. SECURITY CAPITAL COST SHARING.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The first section of the For-
eign Service Buildings Act, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292) is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(c) 
SECURITY
CAPITAL
COST-SHARING
PRO-
GRAM.—(1) The Secretary of State, as the single manager
of all buildings and grounds acquired under this Act or
otherwise acquired or authorized for the use of the diplo-
matic and consular establishments in foreign countries, is
authorized to establish and implement a Security Capital
Cost-Sharing Program to collect funds from each agency
on the basis of its total overseas presence in a manner
that encourages rightsizing of its overseas presence, and
expend those funds to accelerate the provision of safe, se-
cure, functional buildings for United States Government
personnel overseas.
‘‘(2) The Secretary is authorized to determine annu-
ally and charge each Federal agency the amount to be col-
lected under paragraph (1) from the agency. To determine
such amount, the Secretary may prescribe and use a for-
mula that takes into account the number of authorized
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positions of each agency, including contractors and locally
hired personnel, who are assigned to United States diplo-
matic facilities and are under the authority of a chief of
mission pursuant to section 207 of the Foreign Service
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927).
‘‘(3) The head of an agency charged a fee under this
section shall remit the amount of the fee to the Secretary
of State through the Intra-Governmental Payment and
Collection System or other appropriate means.
‘‘(4) There shall be established on the books of the
Treasury an account to be known as the ‘Security Capital
Cost-Sharing Program Fund’, which shall be administered
by the Secretary. There shall be deposited into the account
all amounts collected by the Secretary pursuant to the au-
thority under paragraph (1), and such funds shall remain
available until expended. Such funds shall be used solely
for the provision of new safe, secure, functional diplomatic
facilities that comply with all applicable legal standards,
including those standards established under the authority
of 
the 
Secure 
Embassy 
Construction 
and
Counterterrorism Act of 1999. The Secretary shall include
in the Department of State’s Congressional Presentation
Document an accounting of the sources and uses of the
amounts deposited into the account.
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‘‘(5) The Secretary shall not collect a fee for an au-
thorized position of an agency of the Federal Government
that has been or would be granted a waiver pursuant to
section 606(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Secure Embassy Construc-
tion and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C.
4865(a)(2)(B)(i)).
‘‘(6) In this subsection—
‘‘(A) 
the 
term 
‘agency 
of 
the 
Federal
Government’—
‘‘(i) includes the Interagency Cooperative
Administrative Support Service; and
‘‘(ii) does not include the Marine Security
Guard; and
‘‘(B) the term ‘United States diplomatic facil-
ity’ has the meaning given that term in section 603
of 
the 
Secure 
Embassy 
Construction 
and
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865
note).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2004.
SEC. 228. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE ADMINISTRATIVE SUB-
POENAS.
Section 37 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2709) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
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‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENAS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary determines
that there is an imminent threat against a person,
foreign mission, or international organization pro-
tected under the authority of subsection (a)(3), the
Secretary may issue in writing, and cause to be
served, a subpoena requiring—
‘‘(A) the production of any records or
other items relevant to the threat; and
‘‘(B) testimony by the custodian of the
items required to be produced concerning the
production and authenticity of those items.
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(A) RETURN DATE.—A subpoena under
this subsection shall describe the items required
to be produced and shall specify a return date
within a reasonable period of time within which
the requested items may be assembled and
made available. The return date specified may
not be less than 24 hours after service of the
subpoena.
‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION
TO
ATTORNEY
GEN-
ERAL.—As soon as practicable following the
issuance of a subpoena under this subsection,
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the Secretary shall notify the Attorney General
of its issuance.
‘‘(C) OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.—The fol-
lowing provisions of section 3486 of title 18,
United States Code, shall apply to the exercise
of the authority of paragraph (1):
‘‘(i) Paragraphs (4) through (8) of
subsection (a).
‘‘(ii) Subsections (b), (c), and (d).
‘‘(3) DELEGATION
OF
AUTHORITY.—The au-
thority under this subsection may be delegated only
to the Deputy Secretary of State.
‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than Feb-
ruary 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
and the Committee on International Relations of the
House of Representatives a report regarding the ex-
ercise of the authority under this subsection during
the previous calendar year.’’.
SEC. 229. ENHANCING REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AND
MAINTAINING THE UNITED STATES COMMIT-
MENT TO REFUGEES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
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(1) The United States has a longstanding tradi-
tion of providing refugee assistance and relief
through the Department of State’s migration and
refugee assistance account for refugees throughout
the world who have been subjected to religious and
other forms of persecution.
(2) A strong refugee resettlement and assist-
ance program is a critical component of the United
States’ strong commitment to freedom.
(3) The United States refugee admissions pro-
gram has been in decline for much of the last five
years, resulting in a chronic inability of the United
States to meet the ceiling on refugee admissions that
has been set by the President each year.
(4) Refugee applicants have always undergone
rigorous security screenings. The September 11,
2001, terrorist attacks on the United States has
rightfully increased the awareness of the need to en-
sure that all aliens seeking admission to the United
States would not endanger the United States.
(5) Private voluntary organizations and non-
governmental organizations (NGOs) have and con-
tinue to provide valuable information to State De-
partment officials for refugee processing, and along
with Embassy personnel, can be utilized to assist in
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the preliminary screening of refugees so that State
Department officials can focus to a greater extent on
security.
(6) Currently there are 15 million refugees
worldwide. In order to meet the ceiling set by the
Administration, which has been 70,000 in recent
years, a broader cross-section could be considered
for resettlement in the United States if the Depart-
ment of State were to expand existing refugee proc-
essing priority categories in a reasonable and re-
sponsible manner. Expansion of refugee selection
should include the expanded use of both the existing
category reserved for refugees of special interest to
the United States as well as the existing categories
reserved for family reunification.
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to
provide the Department of State with tools to enable it
to carry out its responsibilities with greater efficiency with
respect to the identification and processing of refugee ap-
plicants.
(c) ENHANCEMENT OF REFUGEE IDENTIFICATION
AND PROCESSING.—
(1) In addition to traditional agencies currently
used in the processing of refugees for admission to
the United States, where applicable, the Secretary
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shall develop and utilize partnerships with voluntary
resettlement organizations that permit such organi-
zations to assist in the identification and referral of
refugees.
(2) In addition to traditional agencies currently
used in the processing of refugees for admission to
the United States, where applicable, the Secretary
shall utilize private voluntary organizations with ties
to domestic constituencies in the overseas processing
of refugees.
(3) In addition to traditional agencies currently
used in the processing of refugees for admission to
the United States, where applicable, the Secretary
shall establish refugee response teams.
(A) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
REFUGEE
RE-
SPONSE TEAMS.—In order to make the proc-
essing of refugees more efficient and effective,
enhance the quality of refugee resettlement pro-
grams, and to augment the capacity of the
United States government to identify, process,
assist, and counsel individuals for eventual ad-
judication by the Department of Homeland Se-
curity as refugees, where applicable, the Sec-
retary shall establish and utilize the services of
Refugee Response Teams, (in this section re-
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ferred to as ‘‘RRTs’’). RRTs shall be coordi-
nated by the Assistant Secretary of State for
Population, Refugees, and Migration, or the As-
sistant Secretary’s designee.
(B) COMPOSITION OF THE RRTS.—RRTs
shall be comprised of representatives of non-
governmental organizations and private vol-
untary organizations that have experience in
refugee law, policy and programs.
(C) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
THE
RRTS.—
RRTs shall be responsible for—
(i) monitoring refugee situations, with
a view toward identifying those refugees
whose best durable solution is third coun-
try resettlement;
(ii) preparing profiles and documenta-
tion for resettlement consideration by the
United States Government;
(iii) augmenting or establishing an
overseas operation, especially in response
to urgent developments requiring quick re-
sponses or more staff resources than are
available in the existing processing entities;
(iv) assisting with training and tech-
nical assistance to existing international
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organizations and other processing entities;
and
(v) such other responsibilities as may
be determined by the Secretary of State.
(D) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary shall establish appro-
priate training seminars for RRT personnel and
make use of RRTs in situations where existing
mechanisms are unable to identify and process
refugees in a timely manner.
(d) PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS.—In consultation
with private voluntary organizations and NGOs, the Sec-
retary shall establish performance standards to ensure ac-
countability and effectiveness in the tasks carried out in
subsection (c).
(e) CONSIDERATION OF VARIOUS GROUPS.—To en-
sure that there is adequate planning across fiscal years
and that both the Department of State’s planning and
processing operations result in adequate numbers of trav-
el-ready refugees to fulfill the admissions goals set forth
in the determinations on refugee admissions required by
sections 207(a) and 207(b) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(a) and (b)), the Secretary
of State shall work to ensure that—
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(1) those refugees in special need, including
long-stayers in first countries of asylum, unaccom-
panied refugee minors, urban refugees, and refugees
in women-headed households be given special atten-
tion for resettlement processing;
(2) attempts are made to expand processing of
those refugees of all nationalities who have close
family ties to citizens and residents in the United
States, including spouses, unmarried children, or
parents of persons lawfully admitted to the United
States, regardless of their country of nationality,
country of habitual residence, or first country of asy-
lum, as well as grandparents, grandchildren, married
sons or daughters, or siblings of United States citi-
zens or other persons lawfully admitted to the
United States;
(3) attempts are made to expand the number of
refugees considered who are of special concern to the
United States; and
(4) expanded access is provided to broader cat-
egories of refugees seeking admission to the United
States, thus reducing instances of relationship-based
misrepresentation by persons who are bona fide ref-
ugees but who resort to such misrepresentation
merely as a way to be interviewed for refugee status.
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(f) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
submit a report to Congress that includes information con-
cerning the following:
(1) Efforts of the Secretary to utilize NGO’s in
refugee identification, utilize private voluntary orga-
nizations in processing refugees, establish and utilize
RRTs, and an explanation of the rationale for not
using such organizations and agencies in situations
where the Secretary has made such a determination,
as described in subsection (c).
(2) Efforts of the Secretary to implement per-
formance standards and measures as described in
subsection (d) and the success of NGO’s and private
voluntary organizations in meeting such standards.
(3) Efforts of the Secretary to expand consider-
ation of various groups for refugee processing as de-
scribed in subsection (e).
(4) Efforts to ensure that there is planning
across fiscal years so as to fulfill the refugee admis-
sions goals set forth by the President in his annual
presidential determinations on refugee admissions.
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SEC. 230. THE COLIN POWELL CENTER FOR AMERICAN DI-
PLOMACY.
Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act
of 1956 is amended by adding after section 59 (22 U.S.C.
2730) the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 60. COLIN POWELL CENTER FOR AMERICAN DIPLO-
MACY.
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—The diplomacy center of the
Department of State, located in the Harry S Truman
building, is hereby designated as the ‘Colin Powell Center
for American Diplomacy’ (hereinafter in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘Center’).
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) SUPPORT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of
State is authorized to provide by contract, grant, or
otherwise, for the performance of appropriate mu-
seum visitor and educational outreach services, in-
cluding organizing conference activities, museum
shop services, and food services, in the public exhibit
and related space utilized by the Center.
‘‘(2) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.—The Secretary
may pay all reasonable expenses of conference activi-
ties conducted by the Center, including refreshments
and reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by
participants.
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‘‘(3) RECOVERY OF COSTS.—Any revenues gen-
erated under the authority of paragraph (1) for vis-
itor services may be retained, as a recovery of the
costs of operating the Center, and credited to any
Department of State appropriation.
‘‘(c) DISPOSITION OF CENTER ARTIFACTS AND MA-
TERIALS.—
‘‘(1) PROPERTY
OF
SECRETARY.—All historic
documents, artifacts, or other articles permanently
acquired by the Department of State and deter-
mined by the Secretary to be suitable for display in
the Center shall be considered to be the property of
the Secretary in the Secretary’s official capacity and
shall be subject to disposition solely in accordance
with this subsection.
‘‘(2) SALE OR TRADE.—Whenever the Secretary
makes the determination under paragraph (3) with
respect to an item, the Secretary may sell at fair
market value, trade, or transfer the item, without re-
gard to the requirements of subtitle I of title 40,
United States Code. The proceeds of any such sale
may be used solely for the advancement of the Cen-
ter’s mission and may not be used for any purpose
other than the acquisition and direct care of collec-
tions.
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‘‘(3) DETERMINATIONS
PRIOR
TO
SALE
OR
TRADE.—The determination referred to in para-
graph (2), with respect to an item, is a determina-
tion that—
‘‘(A) the item no longer serves to further
the purposes of the Center established in the
collections management policy of the Center; or
‘‘(B) in order to maintain the standards of
the collections of the Center, the sale or ex-
change of the item would be a better use of the
item.
‘‘(4) LOANS.—The Secretary may also lend
items covered by paragraph (1), when not needed for
use or display in the Center, to the Smithsonian In-
stitution or a similar institution for repair, study, or
exhibition.’’.
SEC. 231. INTERFERENCE WITH PROTECTIVE FUNCTIONS.
(a) OFFENSE.—Chapter 7 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 117. Interference with certain protective functions
‘‘Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists,
or interferes with a Federal law enforcement agent en-
gaged, within the United States or the special maritime
territorial jurisdiction of the United States, in the per-
formance of the protective functions authorized by section
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37 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
(22 U.S.C. 2709) or section 103 of the Diplomatic Secu-
rity Act (22 U.S.C. 4802) shall be fined under this title
or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:
‘‘117. Interference with certain protective functions.’’.
SEC. 232. ISSUANCE OF CONSULAR IDENTIFICATION CARDS
BY FOREIGN MISSIONS.
(a) 
ISSUANCE
OF
CONSULAR
IDENTIFICATION
CARDS.—The Congress finds that foreign governments
have been issuing consular identification cards to foreign
nationals in the United States for purposes other than
those intended by the Vienna Convention on Consular Re-
lations (done at Vienna on 24 April 1963).
(b) 
ISSUANCE
OF
CONSULAR
IDENTIFICATION
CARDS.—The issuance by foreign missions of consular
identification cards shall be considered a benefit to a for-
eign mission under section 203(2) of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 and shall be regulated
by the Secretary in accordance with this section and sec-
tion 204 of that Act.
(c) AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REGULATIONS.—Not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of State shall issue regulations consistent
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with this section with respect to the issuance by foreign
missions in the United States of consular identification
cards to foreign nationals residing in the United States.
(d) CONTENT
OF REGULATIONS.—Regulations re-
ferred to in subsection (c) shall include the following re-
strictions and requirements:
(1) NOTIFICATION
TO
THE
UNITED
STATES
GOVERNMENT.—A foreign mission shall notify the
Secretary of State of each consular identification
card issued within the United States, including the
name and current address within the United States
of the recipient of a card.
(2) ISSUANCE TO BONA FIDE CITIZENS OF THE
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.—A foreign mission may issue
a consular identification card only to a national of
the country represented by the foreign mission. For-
eign missions shall establish procedures to verify the
nationality of card recipients through either national
birth registry systems or voter registration identi-
fication systems, and bona fide documents such as
a passport issued by the country of origin.
(3) MAINTENANCE
OF
ACCURATE
AND
COM-
PLETE RECORDS.—A foreign mission shall maintain
at the mission complete and accurate records of all
consular identification cards issued and shall main-
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tain an automated record system that contains such
records in a manner that can be rapidly accessed to
prevent duplicate or fraudulent issuance of such
cards.
(4) ADDRESS CHANGE NOTIFICATION REQUIRE-
MENT.—A foreign mission shall require card recipi-
ents to notify the foreign mission of any change of
address within 30 days after such address change.
(5) ACCESS TO AUDIT RECORDS.—At the re-
quest of the Secretary of State, a foreign mission
shall make available for audit and review, by the
Secretary or the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of State, the records of all consular identifica-
tion cards issued.
(e) FAILURE TO ADHERE TO REGULATIONS.—
(1) If the Secretary of State determines that a
foreign mission has issued consular identification
cards in violation of the requirements of regulations
related to the issuance of such cards by foreign mis-
sions and such violation potentially threatens the se-
curity of the United States or facilitates fraudulent
or criminal acts, the Secretary of State shall notify
the government of the country represented by the
foreign mission that the foreign mission must sus-
pend the issuance of consular identification cards
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until compliance with applicable regulations is estab-
lished.
(2) If the foreign mission of a country fails to
suspend issuance of consular identification cards in
accordance with a notification under paragraph (1),
the Secretary of State shall direct consular officials
in that country to cease the issuance of immigrant
or nonimmigrant visas, or both, to nationals of that
country until such time as the Secretary of State de-
termines that the foreign mission of that country is
in compliance with the requirements of regulations
related to the issuance of such cards by foreign mis-
sions.
Subtitle C—Educational and
Cultural Authorities
SEC. 251. ESTABLISHMENT OF INITIATIVES FOR PREDOMI-
NANTLY MUSLIM COUNTRIES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) Surveys indicate that, in countries of pre-
dominantly Muslim population, opinions of the
United States and American foreign policy among
the general public and select audiences are signifi-
cantly distorted by highly negative and hostile beliefs
and images and that many of these beliefs and im-
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ages are the result of misinformation and propa-
ganda by individuals and organizations hostile to the
United States.
(2) These negative opinions and images are
highly prejudicial to the interests of the United
States and to its foreign policy.
(3) As part of a broad and long-term effort to
enhance a positive image of the United States in the
Muslim world, a key element should be the establish-
ment of programs to promote a greater familiarity
with American society and values among the general
public and select audiences in countries of predomi-
nantly Muslim population.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF INITIATIVES.—The Sec-
retary of State shall establish the following programs with
countries with predominantly Muslim populations as part
of the educational and cultural exchange programs of the
Department of State for the fiscal years 2004 and 2005:
(1) JOURNALISM
PROGRAM.—A program for
foreign journalists, editors, media managers, and
postsecondary students of journalism which, in co-
operation with private sector sponsors to include
universities, shall sponsor workshops and profes-
sional training in techniques, standards, and prac-
tices in the field of journalism to assist the partici-
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pants to achieve the highest standards of profes-
sionalism.
(2) ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING.—The Sec-
retary shall provide grants to United States citizens
to work in middle and secondary schools as English
language teaching assistants for not less than an
academic year. If feasible, the host government or
local educational agency shall share the salary costs
of the assistants.
(3) SISTER
CITY
PARTNERSHIPS.—The Sec-
retary shall expand and enhance sister-city partner-
ships between United States and international mu-
nicipalities in an effort to increase global cooperation
at the community level. Such partnerships shall en-
courage economic development, municipal coopera-
tion, health care initiatives, youth and educational
programs, disability advocacy, emergency prepared-
ness, and humanitarian assistance.
(4) CIVICS
EDUCATION.—The Secretary shall
establish a civics education program which shall de-
velop civics education teaching curricula and mate-
rials, provide training for teachers of civics, and pro-
vide English language teaching materials that are
designed to promote civics education. Civics edu-
cation programs under this paragraph shall place
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particular emphasis on the on-site training of edu-
cators and the function of the mass media within
that society.
(5) YOUTH
AMBASSADORS.—The Secretary
shall establish a program for visits by middle school
students (to the extent feasible) and secondary
school students to the United States during school
holidays in their home country for periods not to ex-
ceed 4 weeks and a program for academic year study
in the United States for secondary school students.
Participating students shall reflect the economic, ge-
ographic, and ethnic diversity of their countries. Ac-
tivities shall include cultural and educational activi-
ties designed to familiarize participating students
with American society and values. To the extent
practicable, the program involving school holiday vis-
its shall be coordinated with middle and secondary
schools in the United States to provide for school-
based activities and interactions. The Secretary shall
encourage the establishment of direct school-to-
school linkages under the programs.
(6) FULBRIGHT
EXCHANGE
PROGRAM.—The
Secretary shall seek to substantially increase the
number of awards under the J. William Fulbright
Educational Exchange Program to graduate stu-
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dents, scholars, professionals, teachers, and adminis-
trators from the United States who are applying for
such awards to study, teach, conduct research, or
pursue scholarship in predominantly Muslim coun-
tries. Part of such increase shall include awards for
scholars and teachers who plan to teach subjects re-
lating to American studies.
(7) HUBERT
H. HUMPHREY
FELLOWSHIPS.—
The Secretary shall seek to substantially increase
the number of Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowships
awarded to candidates from predominantly Muslim
countries.
(8) LIBRARY TRAINING EXCHANGE PROGRAM.—
The Secretary shall develop an exchange program
for postgradute students seeking additional training
in the library sciences and related fields.
(c) GENERAL
PROVISION.—Programs established
under this section shall be carried out under the provisions
of the United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948 and the Mutual Educational and Cul-
tural Exchange Act of 1961.
SEC. 252. DATABASE OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PARTICI-
PANTS IN EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.
To the extent practicable, the Secretary of State, in
coordination with the heads of other agencies that conduct
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international exchange and training programs, shall estab-
lish and maintain a database listing all American and for-
eign alumni of such programs in order to encourage net-
working, interaction, and communication with alumni.
SEC. 253. REPORT ON INCLUSION OF FREEDOM AND DE-
MOCRACY ADVOCATES IN EDUCATIONAL AND
CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to
the Congress a report concerning the implementation of
section 102 of the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other
Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996. The report shall
include information concerning the number of grants to
conduct exchange programs to countries described in such
section that have been submitted for competitive bidding,
what measures have been taken to ensure that willingness
to include supporters of freedom and democracy in such
programs is given appropriate weight in the selection of
grantees, and an evaluation of whether United States ex-
change programs in the countries described in such section
are fully open to supporters of freedom and democracy,
and, if not, what obstacles remain and what measures are
being taken to implement such policy.
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SEC. 254. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS CONCERNING EDU-
CATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PRO-
GRAM FOR FOREIGN JOURNALISTS.
It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of
State should work toward the establishment of a program
for foreign journalists from regions of conflict that will
provide professional training in techniques, standards, and
practices in the field of journalism.
SEC. 255. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING KOREAN FUL-
BRIGHT PROGRAMS.
It is the sense of the Congress that Fulbright pro-
gram activities for Korea should—
(1) include participation by students from
throughout South Korea, including proportional rep-
resentation from areas outside of Seoul;
(2) attempt to include Korean students from a
broad range of educational institutions, including
schools other than elite universities;
(3) broaden the Korean student emphasis be-
yond degree-seeking graduate students, to include
opportunities for one-year nondegree study at
United States campuses by pre-doctoral Korean stu-
dents; and
(4) include a significant number of Korean stu-
dents planning to move into areas other than ad-
vanced research and university teaching, such as
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those heading towards careers in government service,
media, law, and business.
SEC. 256. AUTHORIZING EAST TIMORESE SCHOLARSHIPS
FOR GRADUATE STUDY.
Section 237 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236)
is amended by inserting ‘‘graduate or’’ after ‘‘at the’’.
SEC. 257. PUBLIC SAFETY AWARENESS IN STUDY ABROAD
PROGRAMS.
With respect to the Department of State’s support
for study abroad programs, Congress—
(1) encourages the Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs to support public safety awareness
activities as part of such programs; and
(2) encourages the Bureau to continue sup-
porting such activities and urges special attention to
public safety issues, including road safety.
Subtitle D—Consular Authorities
SEC. 271. MACHINE READABLE VISAS.
Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (8 U.S.C. 1351
note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) For each of the fiscal years 2004 and
2005, any amount that exceeds $700,000,000 may
be made available only if a notification is submitted
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to Congress in accordance with the procedures appli-
cable to reprogramming notifications under section
34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956.’’.
SEC. 272. PROCESSING OF VISA APPLICATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the policy of the De-
partment of State to process each visa application from
an alien classified as an immediate relative or as a K–
1 nonimmigrant within 30 days of the receipt of all nec-
essary documents from the applicant and the Department
of Homeland Security. In the case of an immigrant visa
application where the petitioner is a relative other than
an immediate relative, it should be the policy of the De-
partment to process such an application within 60 days
of the receipt of all necessary documents from the appli-
cant and the Department of Homeland Security.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) IMMEDIATE RELATIVE.—The term ‘‘imme-
diate relative’’ has the meaning given the term in
section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)(A)(i)).
(2) K–1 NONIMMIGRANT.—The term ‘‘K–1 non-
immigrant’’ means a nonimmigrant alien described
in section 101(a)(15)(K)(i) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(K)(i)).
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SEC. 273. STAFFING AT DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS.
At least once every five years and pursuant to a proc-
ess determined by the President for staffing at diplomatic
missions and overseas constituent posts, the Secretary of
State shall require each chief of mission to review every
staff element under chief of mission authority, including
staff from other executive agencies, and recommend ap-
proval or disapproval of each staff element. The Secretary
of State shall submit an annual report concerning such
reviews together with the Secretary’s recommendations to
the heads of all affected agencies and the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of State.
SEC. 274. ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES FOR EMBASSIES
AND CONSULATES.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that the Secretary of State should provide such re-
sources, personnel, and training at each United States
Embassy and consulate as are adequate to carry out the
duties and responsibilities of such posts and to meet the
needs of those seeking services at such posts. In par-
ticular, given Public Notice 4393 (Federal Register, July
7, 2003) which restricts the number of waivers that can
be granted for interviews of nonimmigrant visas, the Sec-
retary of State should provide sufficient resources, par-
ticularly in countries that are allies of the United States,
to ensure that staff can process visa applications, includ-
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ing conducting personal interviews, in a manner that is
timely, while complying with all the application require-
ments, including security concerns.
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of State shall submit a report concerning the allocation
of resources for embassies and consulates to the appro-
priate congressional committees.
SEC. 275. NOTICE TO UNITED STATES EMBASSIES ABROAD
REGARDING CHILDREN WHO ARE THE SUB-
JECT OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION
AND GUIDELINES RELATING TO SANCTUARY
FOR SUCH CHILDREN.
(a) NOTICE
OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUC-
TION.—The Secretary of State shall establish procedures
to ensure that appropriate United States Embassies
abroad are notified of the possible presence in that country
of any child who has been the subject of international child
abduction in violation of the order of a court in the United
States.
(b) GUIDELINES FOR SANCTUARY.—The Secretary of
State shall promulgate guidelines for the personnel of
United States Embassies abroad concerning procedures
relating to sanctuary at such facilities for children who
are the subject of international child abduction.
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SEC. 276. INADMISSIBILITY OF ALIENS SUPPORTING INTER-
NATIONAL 
CHILD 
ABDUCTORS 
AND 
REL-
ATIVES OF SUCH ABDUCTORS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 212(a)(10)(C)(ii) of the
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1182(a)(10)(C)(ii)) is amended—
(1) in subclause (I), by striking the comma at
the end and inserting a semicolon;
(2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘, or’’ at the
end and inserting a semicolon;
(3) by amending subclause (III) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(III) is a spouse (other than the
spouse who is the parent of the ab-
ducted child), child (other than the
abducted child), parent, sibling, cous-
in, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, or
grandparent of an alien described in
clause (i), is an agent of such an
alien, or is a principal employing such
an alien as an agent, if such person
has been designated by the Secretary
of State at the Secretary’s sole and
unreviewable discretion; or’’ and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(IV) is a spouse of the abducted
child described in clause (i), if such
person has been designated by the
Secretary of State at the Secretary’s
sole and unreviewable discretion,
is inadmissible until such child is surren-
dered to the person granted custody by the
order described in that clause, and such
custodian and child are permitted to return
to the United States or such custodian’s
place of residence.’’.
(b) IDENTIFICATION OF ALIENS SUPPORTING AB-
DUCTORS AND RELATIVES OF ABDUCTORS; NOTICE TO
CUSTODIAL PARENTS AND GUARDIANS; ANNUAL REPORT;
DEFINITIONS.—Section 212(a)(10)(C) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)(C)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iv) IDENTIFICATION
OF
ALIENS
SUPPORTING ABDUCTORS AND RELATIVES
OF ABDUCTORS.—In all instances in which
an alien commits an act described in clause
(i), the Secretary of State shall take appro-
priate action to identify the individuals
who are inadmissible under clause (ii).
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‘‘(v) NOTICE TO CUSTODIAL PARENTS
AND
GUARDIANS.—In all instances in
which an alien commits an act described in
clause (i), the Secretary of State shall,
upon request of the person granted custody
of the child concerned, inform the person
of whether, and when, any individual who
is inadmissible under clause (ii) by reason
of such act has been issued a visa or other-
wise authorized to enter the United States.
‘‘(vi) ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Sec-
retary of State annually shall submit to
the Committee on International Relations,
the Committee on Government Reform,
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the
United States House of Representatives,
and the Committee on Foreign Relations,
the Committee on Governmental Affairs,
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the
United States Senate, a report that pro-
vides, with respect to the preceding year,
an accounting of the number of cases
known 
to 
the 
Secretary 
of 
State,
disaggregated according to the nationality
of the alien concerned—
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‘‘(I) in which an authority under
this subparagraph was exercised (and
with respect to each such case, the
specific ground for inadmissibility
shall be specified); and
‘‘(II) in which an authority under
this subparagraph has not been exer-
cised but in which an alien, after
entry of an order by a court in the
United States granting custody to a
person of a United States citizen
child, detained or retained the child,
or withheld custody of the child, out-
side the United States from the per-
son granted custody by that order.
‘‘(vii) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of
this subparagraph—
‘‘(I) the term ‘child’ means an in-
dividual who was a child at the time
the individual was detained or re-
tained, or at the time custody of the
individual was withheld, as described
in clause (i), regardless of the age or
marital status of the individual after
such time; and
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‘‘(II) the term ‘sibling’ includes a
step-sibling or half-sibling.’’.
SEC. 277. ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY OF UNITED STATES
EMBASSIES, CONSULATES, AND OTHER DIP-
LOMATIC BUILDINGS.
It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest
extent possible, in the construction and renovation of
United States embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic
buildings, the Secretary of State shall consider and seek
to preserve the architectural integrity and cohesiveness of
the neighborhood and environs and minimize any disrup-
tion due to the presence of the embassy, consulate, or
other diplomatic building.
TITLE III—ORGANIZATION AND
PERSONNEL OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF STATE
SEC. 301. FELLOWSHIP OF HOPE PROGRAM.
The Secretary of State is authorized to establish in
the Department of State an exchange program to be des-
ignated the ‘‘Fellowship of Hope Program’’. The program
shall provide for the exchange and assignment of govern-
ment employees of designated countries to fellowship posi-
tions at the Department of State and reciprocal assign-
ment of civil service and foreign service employees of the
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Department as fellows within the governments of foreign
countries.
SEC. 302. CLAIMS FOR LOST PAY.
Section 2 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2669) is amended—
(1) at the end of subsection (n) by striking the
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (o) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(o) make administrative corrections or adjustments
to an employee’s pay, allowances, or differentials, resulting
from mistakes or retroactive personnel actions, and to pro-
vide back pay and other categories of payments under the
Back Pay Act as part of the settlement of administrative
claims or grievances filed against the Department.’’.
SEC. 303. OMBUDSMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the
Office of the Secretary of State the position of Ombuds-
man. The position of Ombudsman shall be a career posi-
tion within the Senior Executive Service. The Ombudsman
shall report directly to the Secretary of State.
(b) DUTIES.—At the discretion of the Secretary of
State, the Ombudsman shall participate in meetings re-
garding the management of the Department in order to
assure that all employees may contribute to the achieve-
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ment of the Department’s responsibilities and to promote
the career interests of all employees.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 172 of the
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988
and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2664a) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (c); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c).
SEC. 304. REPEAL OF RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT
FOR SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE.
Section 305 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22
U.S.C. 3945) is amended by striking subsection (d).
SEC. 305. REPORT CONCERNING STATUS OF EMPLOYEES
OF STATE DEPARTMENT.
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall prepare and
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port that analyzes and evaluates the merits of the conver-
sion of employees of the Department of State to excepted
service under chapter 21 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 306. HOME LEAVE.
(a) REST
AND RECUPERATION TRAVEL.—Section
901(6) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.
4081(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘unbroken by home
leave’’ both places it appears.
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(b) REQUIRED LEAVE IN THE UNITED STATES.—
Section 903(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22
U.S.C. 4083(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘18 months’’ and
inserting ‘‘12 months’’.
SEC. 307. INCREASED LIMITS APPLICABLE TO POST DIF-
FERENTIALS 
AND 
DANGER 
PAY 
ALLOW-
ANCES.
(a) POST DIFFERENTIALS.—Section 5925(a) of title
5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘25 per-
cent’’ in the third sentence and inserting ‘‘35 percent’’.
(b) DANGER PAY ALLOWANCES.—Section 5928 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘25
percent’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘35 per-
cent’’.
(c) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall inform the ap-
propriate congressional committees of the criteria to be
used in determinations of appropriate adjustments in post
differentials under section 5925 of title 5, United States
Code, and danger pay allowances under section 5928 of
title 5, United States Code.
(d) STUDY AND REPORT.—Two years after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
conduct a study assessing the effect of the increases in
post differentials and danger pay allowances made by the
amendments in subsections (a) and (b) in filling ‘‘hard-
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to-fill’’ positions. The Secretary shall submit a report of
such study to the appropriate congressional committees.
SEC. 308. REGULATIONS REGARDING RETIREMENT CREDIT
FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE PERFORMED
ABROAD.
Section 321(f) of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (5 U.S.C. 8411 note; Public Law
107–228) is amended by striking ‘‘regulations’’ and in-
serting ‘‘regulations, not later than 60 days after the date
of the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005,’’.
SEC. 309. MINORITY RECRUITMENT.
(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 324 of the
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003
(Public Law 107–228) is amended by striking ‘‘and April
1, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2004, and April 1,
2005’’.
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The provisions of section 325
of such Act shall apply to funds authorized by section
111(a)(1)(E) of this Act.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 325(c) of
such Act is amended in the second sentence by striking
‘‘two’’ and inserting ‘‘three’’.
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SEC. 310. MERITORIOUS STEP INCREASES.
Section 406(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 3966(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘receiving an
increase in salary under subsection (a),’’.
SEC. 311. TREATMENT OF TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS
AS 
PART 
OF 
THE 
GEOGRAPHIC 
UNITED
STATES FOR PURPOSES OF TRANSFER AL-
LOWANCES.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pur-
poses of transfer allowances for employees of the Depart-
ment of State under section 5924(2)(B) of title 5, United
States Code, the territories and possessions of the United
States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, shall be con-
sidered part of the geographic United States.
TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Subtitle A—Basic Authorities and
Activities
SEC. 401. RAISING THE CAP ON PEACEKEEPING CONTRIBU-
TIONS.
Section 404(b)(2)(B) of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 is amended
by inserting after clause (iv) the following:
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‘‘(v) For assessments made during
calendar year 2005 and calendar year
2006, 27.10 percent.’’.
SEC. 402. REGARDING THE REENTRY OF THE UNITED
STATES IN UNESCO.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—As the United States re-
sumes membership in the United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the
President should—
(1) appoint a United States Representative to
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and De-
velopment (OECD) who shall also serve as the
United States Representative to UNESCO;
(2) take steps to ensure that more Americans
are employed by UNESCO, particularly for senior
level positions;
(3) request that the Secretary General of
UNESCO create a Deputy Director General position
for Management or a comparable position with high
level managerial and administrative responsibilities
to be filled by an American;
(4) insist that any increases in UNESCO’s
budget beyond the level of zero nominal growth for
the 2004–2005 biennium focus primarily on the
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adoption of management and administrative reforms;
and
(5) request that the Secretary General of
UNESCO spend the United States contribution to
UNESCO for the last quarter of calendar year 2003
on key education and science priorities of the organi-
zation that will directly benefit United States na-
tional interests.
(b) ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR UNITED STATES PAR-
TICIPATION IN UNESCO.—Of the amounts authorized to
be appropriated by section 113(a), such sums as may be
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2004 and 2005 are
authorized to be available for the annual assessment for
United States contributions to the regular budget of the
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Or-
ganization.
SEC. 403. UNESCO NATIONAL COMMISSION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Act of July 30,
1946, ‘‘Providing for membership and participation by the
United States in the United Nations Educational, Sci-
entific, and Cultural Organization, and authorizing an ap-
propriation therefor.’’ (22 U.S.C. 287o) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 3. (a) In fulfillment of article VII of the con-
stitution of the Organization, the Secretary of State shall
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establish a National Commission on Educational, Sci-
entific, and Cultural Cooperation.
‘‘(b) The National Commission shall be composed of
not more than 35 members appointed by the Secretary
of State in consultation with the National Academy of
Sciences, the National Science Foundation, the Secretary
of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, and the Secretary of the Interior. Members of the
National Commission shall be representatives of non-
governmental organizations, academic institutions, and as-
sociations interested in education, scientific, and cultural
matters. Periodically, the Secretary shall review and revise
the entities represented on the National Commission in
order to achieve a desirable rotation in representation. Ex-
cept as otherwise provided, each member of the National
Commission shall be appointed to a term of 3 years. As
designated by the Secretary of State at the time of ap-
pointment, of the members first appointed one-third shall
be appointed for a term of 1 year, one-third shall be ap-
pointed for a term of 2 years, and one-third shall be ap-
pointed for a term of 3 years. Any member appointed to
fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term
for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall
be appointed only for the remainder of that term. A mem-
ber may serve after the expiration of that member’s term
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until a successor has taken office. No member may serve
more than 2 consecutive terms. The Secretary of State
shall designate a chair of the National Commission.
‘‘(c) Members of the National Commission shall serve
without pay. For attendance at the annual meeting, each
member shall receive travel expenses in accordance with
section 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(d) The National Commission shall meet at the call
of the chair at least annually and such meetings may be
through video conferencing or other electronic means. The
National Commission shall designate an executive com-
mittee from among the members of the commission and
may designate such other committees as may be necessary
to carry out its duties under this Act.
‘‘(e) Upon request of the National Commission, the
Secretary of State may detail any of the personnel of the
Department of State to the National Commission to assist
it in carrying out its duties under this Act.’’.
(b) CONFORMING CHANGES.—Section 2 of the Act of
July 30, 1946, ‘‘Providing for membership and participa-
tion by the United States in the United Nations Edu-
cational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, and au-
thorizing an appropriation therefor.’’ (22 U.S.C. 287o) is
amended by striking ‘‘One of the representatives’’ and all
that follows through the end of such section.
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SEC. 404. ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS)
EMERGENCY FUND.
Section 109(b)(3) of Public Law 104–114 (22 U.S.C.
6039(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘should provide not
less than $5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘shall provide for
each of the fiscal years 2004 and 2005 not less than
$500,000’’.
SEC. 405. UNITED STATES EFFORTS REGARDING THE STA-
TUS OF ISRAEL IN THE WESTERN EUROPEAN
AND OTHERS GROUP AT THE UNITED NA-
TIONS.
(a) UNITED STATES EFFORTS.—The Secretary of
State and other appropriate officials of the United States
Government should pursue an aggressive diplomatic effort
and should take all necessary steps to ensure the extension
and upgrade of Israel’s membership in the Western Euro-
pean and Others Group at the United Nations.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act and semiannually thereafter
through September 30, 2005, the Secretary of State shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on the steps taken by the United States pursuant
to subsection (a) and progress in achieving the objectives
of subsection (a).
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Subtitle B—United States
International Leadership
SEC. 431. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘United States
International Leadership Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 432. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) International organizations and other multi-
lateral institutions play a key role in United States
foreign policy and serve key United States foreign
policy objectives, such as obligating all countries to
freeze assets of terrorist groups, preventing the pro-
liferation of chemical, biological, and nuclear weap-
ons, and spearheading the fight to combat the rav-
ages of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases.
(2) Decisions at many international organiza-
tions, including membership and key positions, re-
main subject to determinations made by regional
groups where democratic states are often in the mi-
nority and where there is intensive cooperation
among repressive regimes. As a result, the United
States has often been blocked in its attempts to take
action in these institutions to advance its goals and
objectives, including at the United Nations Human
Rights Commission (where a representative of Libya
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was elected as chairman and the United States tem-
porarily lost a seat).
(3) In order to address these shortcomings, the
United States must actively work to improve the
workings of international organizations and multilat-
eral institutions, particularly by creating a caucus of
democratic countries that will advance United States
interests. In the Second Ministerial Conference of
the Community of Democracies in Seoul, Korea, on
November 10–20, 2002, numerous countries rec-
ommended working together as a democracy caucus
in international organizations such as the United
Nations and ensuring that international and regional
institutions develop and apply democratic standards
for member states.
(4) In addition, the United States has short-
changed its ability to influence these organizations
by failing to obtain enough support for positions
that are congruent to or consistent with United
States objectives and has not done enough to build
expertise in the United States Government in the
area of multilateral diplomacy.
SEC. 433. ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEMOCRACY CAUCUS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President of the United
States, acting through the Secretary of State and the rel-
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evant United States chiefs of mission, shall seek to estab-
lish a democracy caucus at the United Nations, the United
Nations Human Rights Commission, the United Nations
Conference on Disarmament, and at other broad-based
international organizations.
(b) PURPOSES OF THE CAUCUS.—A democracy cau-
cus at an international organization should—
(1) forge common positions, including, as ap-
propriate, at the ministerial level, on matters of con-
cern before the organization and work within and
across regional lines to promote agreed positions;
(2) work to revise an increasingly outmoded
system of regional voting and decision making; and
(3) set up a rotational leadership scheme to
provide member states an opportunity, for a set pe-
riod of time, to serve as the designated president of
the caucus, responsible for serving as its voice in
each organization.
SEC. 434. ANNUAL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS ON MULTILAT-
ERAL ISSUES.
The Secretary of State, acting through the principal
officers responsible for advising the Secretary on inter-
national organizations, shall ensure that a high-level dele-
gation from the United States Government, on an annual
basis, is sent to consult with key foreign governments in
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every region in order to promote the United States agenda
at key international fora, such as the United Nations Gen-
eral Assembly, United Nations Human Rights Commis-
sion, the United Nations Education, Science, and Cultural
Organization, and the International Whaling Commission.
SEC. 435. LEADERSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP OF INTER-
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) UNITED STATES POLICY.—The President, acting
through the Secretary of State and the relevant United
States chiefs of mission, shall use the voice, vote, and in-
fluence of the United States to—
(1) where appropriate, reform the criteria for
leadership and, in appropriate cases for membership,
at all United Nations bodies and at other inter-
national organizations and multilateral institutions
to which the United States is a member so as to ex-
clude nations that violate the principles of the spe-
cific organization;
(2) make it a policy of the United Nations and
other international organizations and multilateral in-
stitutions, of which the United States is a member,
that a member state may not stand in nomination
or be in rotation for a leadership position in such
bodies if the member state is subject to sanctions
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imposed by the United Nations Security Council;
and
(3) work to ensure that no member state stand
in nomination or be in rotation for a leadership posi-
tion in such organizations, or for membership of the
United Nations Security Council, if the member
state is subject to a determination under section
620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section
40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or section 6(j)
of the Export Administration Act.
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 15 days
after a country subject to to a determination under section
620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40
of the Arms Export Control Act, or section 6(j) of the
Export Administration Act is selected for a leadership post
in an international organization of which the United
States is a member or a membership of the United Na-
tions Security Council, the Secretary of State shall submit
a report to the appropriate congressional committees on
any steps taken pursuant to subsection (a)(3).
SEC. 436. INCREASED TRAINING IN MULTILATERAL DIPLO-
MACY.
(a) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Section 708 of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028) is amended
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by adding after subsection (b) the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(c) TRAINING IN MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a series of training courses for officers of the
Service, including appropriate chiefs of mission, on
the conduct of diplomacy at international organiza-
tions and other multilateral institutions and at
broad-based 
multilateral 
negotiations 
of 
inter-
national instruments.
‘‘(2) PARTICULAR PROGRAMS.—The Secretary
shall ensure that the training described in paragraph
(1) is provided at various stages of the career of
members of the Service. In particular, the Secretary
shall ensure that after January 1, 2004—
‘‘(A) officers of the Service receive training
on the conduct of diplomacy at international or-
ganizations and other multilateral institutions
and at broad-based multilateral negotiations of
international instruments as part of their train-
ing upon entry of the Service; and
‘‘(B) officers of the Service, including
chiefs of mission, who are assigned to United
States missions representing the United States
to international organizations and other multi-
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lateral institutions or who are assigned in
Washington, D.C. to positions that have as
their primary responsibility formulation of pol-
icy towards such organizations and institutions
or towards participation in broad-based multi-
lateral negotiations of international instruments
receive specialized training in the areas de-
scribed in paragraph (1) prior to beginning of
service for such assignment or, if receiving such
training at that time is not practical, within the
first year of beginning such assignment.’’.
(b) TRAINING FOR CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES.—
The Secretary shall ensure that employees of the Depart-
ment of State that are members of the civil service and
that are assigned to positions described in section 708(c)
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as amended by this
subtitle) have training described in such section.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 708 of
such Act is further amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘(a) The’’ and
inserting ‘‘(a) TRAINING
ON HUMAN RIGHTS.—
The’’; and
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘(b) The’’ and
inserting ‘‘(b) TRAINING
ON REFUGEE LAW
AND
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.—The’’.
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SEC. 437. PROMOTING ASSIGNMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) PROMOTIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 603(b) of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4003) is
amended by striking the period at the end and in-
serting: ‘‘, and shall consider whether the member of
the Service has served in a position whose primary
responsibility is to formulate policy towards or rep-
resent the United States at an international organi-
zation, a multilateral institution, or a broad-based
multilateral negotiation of an international instru-
ment.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by paragraph (1) shall take effect January 1, 2010.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF A MULTILATERAL DIPLO-
MACY CONE IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE.—
(1) FINDINGS.—
(A) The Department of State maintains a
number of United States missions both within
the United States and abroad that are dedi-
cated to representing the United States to
international organizations and multilateral in-
stitutions, including missions in New York,
Brussels, Geneva, Rome, Montreal, Nairobi, Vi-
enna, and Paris, which will soon be responsible
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for United States representation to UNESCO
and OECD.
(B) In offices at the Harry S. Truman
Building, the Department maintains a signifi-
cant number of positions in bureaus that are ei-
ther dedicated, or whose primary responsibility
is, to represent the United States to such orga-
nizations and institutions or at multilateral ne-
gotiations.
(C) Given the large number of positions in
the United States and abroad that are dedi-
cated to multilateral diplomacy, the Department
of State may be well served in developing per-
sons with specialized skills necessary to become
experts in this unique form of diplomacy.
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report—
(A) evaluating whether a new cone should
be established for the Foreign Service that con-
centrates on members of the Service that serve
at international organizations and multilateral
institutions or are primarily responsible for par-
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ticipation in broad-based multilateral negotia-
tions of international instruments; and
(B) provides alternative mechanisms for
achieving the objective of developing a core
group of United States diplomats and other
government employees who have expertise and
broad experience in conducting multilateral di-
plomacy.
SEC. 438. IMPLEMENTATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF OF-
FICE ON MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—The Secretary of
State is authorized to establish, within the Bureau of
International Organizational Affairs, an Office on Multi-
lateral Negotiations to be headed by a Special Representa-
tive for Multilateral Negotiations (in this section referred
to as the ‘‘special representative’’).
(b) APPOINTMENT.—The special representative shall
be appointed by the President with the advice and consent
of the Senate and shall have the rank of Ambassador-at-
Large. At the discretion of the President another official
at the Department may serve as the special representative.
The President may direct that the special representative
report to the Assistant Secretary for International Organi-
zations.
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(c) STAFFING.—The special representative shall have
a staff of foreign service and civil service officers skilled
in multilateral diplomacy.
(d) DUTIES.—The special representative shall have
the following responsibilities:
(1) IN GENERAL.—The primary responsibility
of the special representative shall be to assist in the
organization of, and preparation for, United States
participation in multilateral negotiations, including
the advocacy efforts undertaken by the Department
of State and other United States agencies.
(2) ADVISORY ROLE.—The special representa-
tive shall advise the President and the Secretary of
State, as appropriate, regarding advocacy at inter-
national organizations and multilateral institutions
and negotiations and, in coordination with the As-
sistant Secretary of State for International Organi-
zational 
Affairs, 
shall 
make 
recommendations
regarding—
(A) effective strategies (and tactics) to
achieve United States policy objectives at multi-
lateral negotiations;
(B) the need for and timing of high level
intervention by the President, the Secretary of
State, the Deputy Secretary of State, and other
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United States officials to secure support from
key foreign government officials for the United
States position at such organizations, institu-
tions, and negotiations;
(C) the composition of United States dele-
gations to multilateral negotiations; and
(D) liaison with Congress, international or-
ganizations, 
nongovernmental 
organizations,
and the private sector on matters affecting mul-
tilateral negotiations.
(3) DEMOCRACY
CAUCUS.—The special rep-
resentative, in coordination with the Assistant Sec-
retary for International Organizational Affairs, shall
ensure the establishment of a democracy caucus.
(4) ANNUAL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS OF MULTI-
LATERAL ISSUES.—The special representative, in co-
ordination with the Assistant Secretary for Inter-
national Organizational Affairs, shall organize an-
nual consultations between the principal officers re-
sponsible for advising the Secretary of State on
international organizations and foreign governments
to promote the United States agenda at the United
Nations General Assembly and other key inter-
national fora (such as the United Nations Human
Rights Commission).
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(5) LEADERSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP OF INTER-
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.—The special representa-
tive, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of
International Organizational Affairs, shall direct the
efforts of the United States Government to reform
the criteria for leadership and membership of inter-
national organizations as described in section 435.
(6) PARTICIPATION
IN
MULTILATERAL
NEGO-
TIATIONS.—The special representative, or members
of the special representative’s staff, may, as required
by the President or the Secretary of State, serve on
a United States delegation to any multilateral nego-
tiation.
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
submit a plan to establish a democracy caucus to the ap-
propriate congressional committees. The report required
by section 437(c) may be submitted together with the re-
port under this subsection.
SEC. 439. SYNCHRONIZATION OF UNITED STATES CON-
TRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall submit a plan to the
appropriate congressional committees on the implementa-
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tion of section 404 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act of 2003 (Public Law 107–228), (relating to a resump-
tion by the United State of the payment of its full con-
tribution to certain international organizations at the be-
ginning of each calendar year).
TITLE 
V—UNITED 
STATES
INTERNATIONAL 
BROAD-
CASTING ACTIVITIES
Subtitle A—Basic Authorities and
Activities
SEC. 501. MIDEAST RADIO AND TELEVISION NETWORK, INC.
(a) The United States International Broadcasting
Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing after section 309 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 310. MIDEAST RADIO AND TELEVISION NETWORK,
INC.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Grants authorized under section
305 shall be available to make annual grants to Mideast
Radio and Television Network, Inc. (hereinafter in this
title also referred to as ‘Mideast Network’) for the purpose
of carrying out radio and television broadcasting to the
Middle East region.
‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—Mideast Network shall provide
radio and television programming to the Middle East re-
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gion consistent with the broadcasting standards and
broadcasting principles set forth in section 303 of this Act.
‘‘(c) GRANT AGREEMENT.—Any grant agreement or
grants under this section shall be subject to the following
limitations and restrictions:
‘‘(1) The Board may not make any grant to the
nonprofit corporation, Mideast Network unless its
certificate of incorporation provides that—
‘‘(A) the Board of Directors of Mideast
Radio and Television Network, Inc. (hereinafter
referred to as ‘the Board’) shall consist of the
members of the Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors established under section 304 and of no
other members; and
‘‘(B) the Board shall make all major policy
determinations governing the operation of Mid-
east Network and shall appoint and fix the
compensation of such managerial officers and
employees of Mideast Network as it considers
necessary to carry out the purposes of the grant
provided under this title, except that no officer
or employee may be paid a salary or other com-
pensation in excess of the rate of pay payable
for Level IV of the Executive Schedule under
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
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‘‘(2) Any grant agreement under this section
shall require that any contract entered into by Mid-
east Network shall specify that obligations are as-
sumed by Mideast Network and not the United
States Government.
‘‘(3) Any grant agreement shall require that
any lease agreement entered into by Mideast Net-
work shall be, to the maximum extent possible, as-
signable to the United States Government.
‘‘(4) Grants awarded under this section shall be
made pursuant to a grant agreement which requires
that grant funds be used only for activities con-
sistent with this section, and that failure to comply
with such requirements shall permit the grant to be
terminated without fiscal obligation to the United
States.
‘‘(5) Duplication of language services and tech-
nical operations between the Mideast Radio and Tel-
evision Network, Inc., (including Radio Sawa), RFE/
RL, and the International Broadcasting Bureau will
be reduced to the extent appropriate, as determined
by the Board.
‘‘(d) NOT
A FEDERAL AGENCY
OR INSTRUMEN-
TALITY.—Nothing in this title may be construed to estab-
lish Mideast Network as a Federal agency or instrumen-
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tality, nor shall the officers or employees of Mideast Net-
work be considered to be officers or employees of the
United States Government.
‘‘(e) AUDIT AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) Such financial transactions of Mideast
Network, as relate to functions carried out under
this section may be audited by the General Account-
ing Office in accordance with such principles and
procedures and under such rules and regulations as
may be prescribed by the Comptroller General of the
United States. Any such audit shall be conducted at
the place or places where accounts of Mideast Net-
work are normally kept.
‘‘(2) Representatives of the General Accounting
Office shall have access to all books, accounts,
records, reports, files, papers, and property belong-
ing to or in use by Mideast Network pertaining to
such financial transactions as necessary to facilitate
an audit. Such representatives shall be afforded full
facilities for verifying transactions with any assets
held by depositories, fiscal agents, and custodians.
All such books, accounts, records, reports, files, pa-
pers, and property of Mideast Network shall remain
in the custody of Mideast Network.
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‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the Inspector General of the Department of
State is authorized to exercise the authorities of the
Inspector General Act with respect to the Mideast
Network.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 305 of the United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6204)
is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(5) by striking ‘‘308
and 309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 310’’;
(B) in subsection (a)(6) by striking ‘‘308
and 309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 310’’;
and
(C) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘308 and
309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 310’’.
(2) Section 307 of the United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6206)
is amended—
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘308 and
309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 310’’; and
(B) in subsection (c) by adding ‘‘Mideast
Radio and Television Network, Inc.,’’ after
‘‘Asia’’.
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(3) Section 304(g) of the United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C.
6203(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘and Radio Free
Asia’’ and inserting ‘‘, Radio Free Asia, and Mideast
Radio and Television Network, Inc.’’.
(4) Section 8332(b)(11) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding ‘‘Mideast Radio
and Television Network, Inc.;’’ after ‘‘the Asia
Foundation;’’.
SEC. 502. IMPROVING SIGNAL DELIVERY TO CUBA.
Section 3 of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22
U.S.C. 1465a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c) by striking the second sen-
tence and inserting ‘‘The Board is authorized to si-
multaneously utilize other broadcasting transmission
facilities, and other frequencies, including the Ampli-
tude Modulation (AM) Band (535 kHz to 1705
kHz), the Frequency Modulation (FM) Band, and
the Shortwave (SW) Band.’’;
(2) in subsection (c) in the third sentence by
striking ‘‘Provided, That’’ and all that follows before
the period at the end;
(3) in subsection (d) by striking the last sen-
tence;
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(4) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(e) Any program of United States Government radio
broadcasts to Cuba authorized by this section shall be des-
ignated ‘Radio Marti program’.’’; and
(5) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘Voice of
America’’.
SEC. 503. REPORT CONCERNING EFFORTS TO COUNTER
JAMMING OF BROADCASTS OF RADIO MARTI
AND TV MARTI.
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report pro-
viding the following information:
(1) Specific steps taken to increase the capabili-
ties of Radio Marti and TV Marti to ensure that
broadcasts overcome jamming by the Government of
Cuba.
(2) An evaluation and analysis of not less than
10 alternate methods to counter jamming of radio
and television broadcasts including the following:
(A) Methods used to broadcast into Iraq
involving a C–130.
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(B) Methods previously used to transmit
into the former Soviet Union and other Soviet
bloc countries.
(C) Successful methods employed by non-
United States Government entities, such as
those used by the Falun Gong to overcome Chi-
nese Government jamming and those recently
used by a Cuban exile group to transmit tele-
vision broadcasts into Cuba.
SEC. 504. PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE PROMOTION OF TRAV-
EL AND TOURISM IN THE UNITED STATES
THROUGH UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING.
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Broadcasting Board of
Governors, in consultation with the Department of Com-
merce and other appropriate Federal, State, and local
agencies, shall conduct a pilot program for the promotion
of travel and tourism in the United States through United
States international broadcasting, particularly to regional
economies that have been affected by the decrease in tour-
ism following the events of September 11, 2001.
(b) PROGRAMMING.—The pilot program shall devote
regular programming to broadcasting information on lo-
calities of the United States with the purpose of promoting
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travel and tourism to regional economies heavily reliant
on such tourism.
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Broad-
casting Board of Governors shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report detailing the ac-
tions taken by the Board in carrying out this section.
SEC. 505. RADIO FREE ASIA BROADCASTS INTO NORTH
KOREA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) North Korea’s development of nuclear weap-
ons and missile delivery systems poses one of the
gravest security threats to the United States in the
world.
(2) The Kim Jong Il regime in North Korea
has one of the worst human rights records in the
world. On April 16, 2003, the United Nations Com-
mission on Human Rights passed a resolution, ‘‘ex-
pressing its deep concern about reports of systemic,
widespread and grave violations of human rights’’ in
North Korea.
(3) In order to ensure its survival, the Kim
Jong Il regime makes extensive efforts to control the
flow of information in North Korea.
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(4) In 2002, a survey found that five of twelve
‘‘elite’’ defectors from North Korea had listened to
Radio Free Asia.
(5) Radio Free Asia broadcasts only 4 hours
each day into North Korea.
(6) Many North Korean citizens lack radios ca-
pable of receiving Radio Free Asia broadcasts.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that the Broadcasting Board of Governors
should ensure that Radio Free Asia increases its broad-
casting with respect to North Korea to 24 hours each day.
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of State, after consulting with other agencies of the United
States Government, shall submit a report, in classified
form, on specific measures currently being undertaken and
measures necessary, including the provision of adequate
radios, to maximize North Korean citizen access to Radio
Free Asia and other foreign broadcasts to the Committee
on International Relations and the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
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SEC. 506. PROHIBITION ON ELIMINATION OF INTER-
NATIONAL BROADCASTING IN EASTERN EU-
ROPE.
During the 2 year period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors may not eliminate foreign language broadcasting
in any of the following languages: Bulgarian, Czech, Esto-
nian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Georgian, Polish,
Slovene, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, Armenian, and
Ukrainian.
SEC. 507. CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that the over-
riding national security aspects of the international pro-
grams of the International Broadcasting Bureau require
the assurance of uninterrupted logistic support under all
circumstances for the programs. Therefore, it is in the
best interests of the United States to provide a preference
for United States contractors bidding on these projects.
(b) PREFERENCE FOR UNITED STATES CONTRAC-
TORS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
any case where there are two or more qualified bidders
on projects of the International Broadcasting Bureau, in-
cluding design and construction projects and projects with
respect to transmitters, antennas, spare parts, and other
technical equipment, all the responsive bids of United
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States persons and qualified United States joint venture
persons shall be considered to be reduced by 10 percent.
(c) EXCEPTION.—
(1) Subsection (b) shall not apply with respect
to any project of the International Broadcasting Bu-
reau when—
(A) precluded by the terms of an inter-
national agreement with the host foreign coun-
try;
(B) a foreign bidder can establish that the
foreign bidder is a national of a country whose
government permits United States contractors
and suppliers the opportunity to bid on a com-
petitive and nondiscriminatory basis with its
national contractors and suppliers, on procure-
ment and projects related to the construction,
modernization, upgrading, or expansion of—
(i) its national public radio and tele-
vision sector,
(ii) its private radio and television sec-
tor, to the extent that such procurement or
project is, in whole or in part, funded or
otherwise under the control of a govern-
ment agency or authority,
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(C) the Secretary of Commerce certifies (in
advance of the award of the contract for that
project) to the Board of the International
Broadcasting Bureau that the foreign bidder is
not receiving any direct subsidy from any gov-
ernment, the effect of which would be to dis-
advantage the competitive position of United
States persons who also bid on the project, or
(D) the statutes of a host foreign country
prohibit the use of United States contractors on
such projects within that country.
(2) An exception under paragraph (1)(D) shall
only become effective with respect to a foreign coun-
try 30 days after the Secretary of State certifies to
the Committee on International Relations and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate what specific actions the Secretary has taken
to urge the foreign country to permit the use of
United States contractors on such projects.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ‘‘United States person’’ means a
person that—
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(A) is incorporated or otherwise legally or-
ganized under the laws of the United States, in-
cluding any State (and any political subdivision
thereof) and the District of Columbia;
(B) has its principal place of business in
the United States;
(C) has been incorporated or otherwise le-
gally organized in the United States for more
than 5 years before the issuance date of the In-
vitation For Bids or the Request For Proposals
with respect to a project under subsection (b);
(D) has proven, as indicated by prior con-
tracting experience, to possess the technical,
managerial, and financial capability to success-
fully complete a project similar in nature and
technical complexity to that being contracted
for;
(E)(i) employs United States citizens in at
least 80 percent of its principal management
positions in the United States;
(ii) employs United States citizens in more
than half of its permanent, full-time positions
in the United States; and
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Subtitle B—Global Internet
Freedom
SEC. 521. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Global Internet
Freedom Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 522. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Freedom of speech, freedom of the press,
and freedom of association are fundamental charac-
teristics of a free society. The first amendment to
the Constitution of the United States guarantees
that ‘‘Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the
freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of
the people peaceably to assemble.’’ These constitu-
tional provisions guarantee the rights of Americans
to communicate and associate with one another
without restriction, including unfettered communica-
tion and association via the Internet. Article 19 of
the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of
Human Rights explicitly guarantees the freedom to
‘‘receive and impart information and ideas through
any media and regardless of frontiers’’.
(2) All people have the right to communicate
freely with others, and to have unrestricted access to
news and information, on the Internet.
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(3) With nearly 10 percent of the world’s popu-
lation now online, and more gaining access each day,
the Internet stands to become the most powerful en-
gine for democratization and the free exchange of
ideas ever invented.
(4) The governments of Burma, Cuba, Laos,
North Korea, the People’s Republic of China, Saudi
Arabia, Syria, and Vietnam, among others, are tak-
ing active measures to keep their citizens from freely
accessing the Internet and obtaining international
political, religious, and economic news and informa-
tion.
(5) The Voice of America and Radio Free Asia,
as well as hundreds of news sources with an Internet
presence, are routinely being jammed by repressive
governments.
(6) Since the 1940s, the United States has de-
ployed anti-jamming technologies to make Voice of
America and other United States Government spon-
sored broadcasting available to people in nations
with governments that seek to block news and infor-
mation.
(7) The United States Government has thus far
commenced only modest steps to fund and deploy
technologies to defeat Internet censorship.
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(8) The success of United States policy in sup-
port of freedom of speech, press, and association re-
quires continued efforts to defeat totalitarian and
authoritarian controls on news and information over
the Internet.
SEC. 523. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this subtitle are—
(1) to adopt an effective and robust global
Internet freedom policy;
(2) to establish an office within the Broad-
casting Board of Governors with the sole mission of
countering Internet jamming and blocking by uti-
lizing available anti-jamming technology;
(3) to expedite the development and deployment
of technology to protect Internet freedom around the
world; and
(4) to bring to bear the pressure of the free
world on repressive governments guilty of Internet
censorship and the intimidation and persecution of
their citizens who use the Internet.
SEC. 524. DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF TECH-
NOLOGIES TO DEFEAT INTERNET JAMMING
AND CENSORSHIP.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF GLOBAL INTER-
NET FREEDOM.—The Broadcasting Board of Governors
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shall establish an Office of Global Internet Freedom (here-
inafter in this subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Office’’). The
Office shall develop and implement a comprehensive global
strategy to combat state-sponsored and state-directed
Internet jamming and persecution of those who use the
Internet.
(b) COOPERATION
OF OTHER FEDERAL DEPART-
MENTS AND AGENCIES.—Each department and agency of
the United States Government shall cooperate fully with,
and assist in the implementation of, the strategy developed
by the Office and shall make such resources and informa-
tion available to the Office as is necessary to the achieve-
ment of the purposes of this subtitle.
(c) COOPERATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—
The Office shall assist the Secretary of State in preparing
portions of the country reports on human rights practices
that address Internet accessibility.
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Nine months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Broadcasting Board
of Governors shall submit to the Congress a report on the
status of foreign government interference with Internet
use and of efforts by the United States to counter such
interference. The report shall list the countries that pur-
sue policies of Internet censorship, blocking, and other
abuses; provide information concerning the government
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agencies or quasi-governmental organizations that imple-
ment Internet censorship; and describe with the greatest
particularity practicable the technological means by which
such blocking and other abuses are accomplished. In the
discretion of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, such
report may be submitted in both a classified and nonclassi-
fied version. One year after the date of submission of such
report, the Office shall submit a second report.
(e) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this
subtitle shall be interpreted to authorize any action by the
United States to interfere with foreign national censorship
in furtherance of legitimate law enforcement aims con-
sistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Subtitle 
C—Reorganization 
of
United 
States 
International
Broadcasting
SEC. 531. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES INTER-
NATIONAL BROADCASTING AGENCY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304 of the United States
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6203)
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 304. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES INTER-
NATIONAL BROADCASTING AGENCY.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established as an
independent agency in the executive branch the United
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States International Broadcasting Agency (hereinafter in
this Act referred to as the ‘Agency’).
‘‘(b) BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE AGENCY.—
‘‘(1) HEAD OF AGENCY.—The Agency shall be
headed by the Board of Governors of the United
States International Broadcasting Agency (herein-
after in this Act referred to as the ‘Board of Gov-
ernors’).
‘‘(2) 
AUTHORITIES
AND
FUNCTIONS.—The
Board of Goverors shall—
‘‘(A) carry out the authorities and func-
tions of the Agency under section 305; and
‘‘(B) be responsible for the exercise of all
authorities and powers and the discharge of all
duties and functions of the Agency.
‘‘(3) COMPOSITION
OF
THE
BOARD
OF
GOV-
ERNORS.—
‘‘(A) The Board of Governors shall consist
of 9 members, as follows:
‘‘(i) Eight voting members who shall
be appointed by the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
‘‘(ii) The Secretary of State who shall
also be a voting member.
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‘‘(B) The President shall appoint one
member (other than the Secretary of State) as
Chair of the Board of Governors, subject to the
advice and consent of the Senate.
‘‘(C) Exclusive of the Secretary of State,
not more than 4 of the members of the Board
of Governors appointed by the President shall
be of the same political party.
‘‘(4) TERM OF OFFICE.—The term of office of
each member of the Board of Governors shall be
three years, except that the Secretary of State shall
remain a member of the Board of Governors during
the Secretary’s term of service. The President shall
appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, board members to fill vacancies occurring
prior to the expiration of a term, in which case the
members so appointed shall serve for the remainder
of such term. Any member whose term has expired
may serve until a successor has been appointed and
qualified. When there is no Secretary of State, the
Acting Secretary of State shall serve as a member
of the board until a Secretary is appointed.
‘‘(5) SELECTION OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS.—
Members of the Board of Governors appointed by
the President shall be citizens of the United States
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who are not regular full-time employees of the
United States Government. Such members shall be
selected by the President from among Americans
distinguished in the fields of mass communications,
print, broadcast media, or foreign affairs.
‘‘(6) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Board
of Governors, while attending meetings of the board
or while engaged in duties relating to such meetings
or in other activities of the board pursuant to this
section (including travel time) shall be entitled to re-
ceive compensation equal to the daily equivalent of
the compensation prescribed for level IV of the Ex-
ecutive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5,
United States Code. While away from their homes or
regular places of business, members of the board
may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem
in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for per-
sons in the Government service employed intermit-
tently. The Secretary of State shall not be entitled
to any compensation under this title, but may be al-
lowed travel expenses as provided under this sub-
section.
‘‘(7) DECISIONS.—Decisions of the Board of
Governors shall be made by majority vote, a quorum
being present. A quorum shall consist of 5 members.
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‘‘(8) IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, any and all
limitations on liability that apply to the members of
the Board of Governors also shall apply to such
members when acting in their capacities as members
of the boards of directors of RFE/RL, Incorporated
and Radio Free Asia.
‘‘(c) DIRECTOR.—
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Board of Governors
shall appoint a Director of the Agency. The Director
shall receive basic pay at the rate payable for level
III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of
title 5, United States Code. The Director may be re-
moved through a majority vote of the Board.
‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES.—The Director
shall have the following functions and duties:
‘‘(A) To exercise the authorities delegated
by the Board of Governors pursuant to section
305(b).
‘‘(B) To carry out all broadcasting activi-
ties conducted pursuant to this title, the Radio
Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and the Television
Broadcasting to Cuba Act.
‘‘(C) To examine and make recommenda-
tions to the Board of Governors on long-term
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strategies for the future of international broad-
casting, including the use of new technologies.
‘‘(D) To review engineering activities to
ensure that all broadcasting elements receive
the highest quality and cost-effective delivery
services.
‘‘(E) To procure supplies, services, and
other personal property to carry out the func-
tions of the Agency.
‘‘(F) To obligate and expend, for official
reception and representation expenses, such
amounts as may be made available through ap-
propriations.
‘‘(G) To provide for the use of United
States Government transmitter capacity for
relay of broadcasting by grantees.
‘‘(H) To procure temporary and intermit-
tent personal services to the same extent as is
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, at rates not to exceed the daily
equivalent of the rate provided for positions
classified above grade GS–15 of the General
Schedule under section 5108 of title 5, United
States Code.
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‘‘(I) To procure for the Agency, pursuant
to section 1535 of title 31, United States Code
goods and services from other departments or
agencies.
‘‘(J) To the extent funds are available, to
lease space and acquire personal property for
the Agency.
‘‘(d) INSPECTOR GENERAL AUTHORITIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General of
the Department of State shall exercise the same au-
thorities with respect to the Agency as the Inspector
General exercises under the Inspector General Act of
1978 and section 209 of the Foreign Service Act of
1980 with respect to the Department of State.
‘‘(2) RESPECT FOR JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY
OF BROADCASTERS.—The Inspector General of the
Department of State and the Foreign Service shall
respect the journalistic integrity of all the broad-
casters covered by this title and may not evaluate
the philosophical or political perspectives reflected in
the content of broadcasts.’’.
(b) RETENTION OF EXISTING BOARD MEMBERS.—
The members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors ap-
pointed by the President pursuant to section 304 of the
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 on
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the day before the effective date of this title and holding
office as of that date may serve the remainder of their
terms of office as members of the Board of Governors es-
tablished under section 304(b) of the United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Act of 1994, as amended by sub-
section (a) of this section, without reappointment, or if
their term has expired may serve until a successor is ap-
pointed and qualified.
SEC. 532. AUTHORITIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE AGENCY.
Section 305 of the United States International
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6204) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 305. AUTHORITIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE AGENCY.
‘‘(a) The Agency shall have the following authorities
and functions:
‘‘(1) To supervise all broadcasting activities
conducted pursuant to this title, the Radio Broad-
casting to Cuba Act, and the Television Broad-
casting to Cuba Act.
‘‘(2) To review and evaluate the mission and
operation of, and to assess the quality, effectiveness,
and professional integrity of, all such activities with-
in the context of the broad foreign policy objectives
of the United States and the guiding principles and
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doctrines of the United States, particularly freedom
and democracy.
‘‘(3) To develop strategic goals after reviewing
human rights reporting and other reliable assess-
ments to assist in determining programming and re-
source allocation.
‘‘(4) To ensure that United States international
broadcasting is conducted in accordance with the
standards and principles contained in section 303.
‘‘(5) To review, evaluate, and determine, at
least annually, after consultation with the Secretary
of State, the addition or deletion of language serv-
ices.
‘‘(6) To make and supervise grants for broad-
casting and related activities in accordance with sec-
tions 308 and 309.
‘‘(7) To allocate funds appropriated for inter-
national broadcasting activities among the various
elements of the Agency and grantees, subject to the
limitations in sections 308 and 309 and subject to
reprogramming notification requirements in law for
the reallocation of funds.
‘‘(8) To undertake such studies as may be nec-
essary to identify areas in which broadcasting activi-
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ties under its authority could be made more efficient
and economical.
‘‘(9) To submit to the President and the Con-
gress an annual report which summarizes and evalu-
ates activities under this title, the Radio Broad-
casting to Cuba Act, and the Television Broad-
casting to Cuba Act, placing special emphasis on the
assessment described in paragraph (2).
‘‘(10) To make available in the annual report
required by paragraph (9) information on funds ex-
pended on administrative and managerial services by
the Agency and by grantees and the steps the Agen-
cy has taken to reduce unnecessary overhead costs
for each of the broadcasting services.
‘‘(11) To utilize the provisions of titles III, IV,
V, VII, VIII, IX, and X of the United States Infor-
mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, and
section 6 of Reorganization Plan Number 2 of 1977,
as in effect on the day before the effective date of
title XIII of the Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolida-
tion Act of 1998, to the extent the Director con-
siders necessary in carrying out the provisions and
purposes of this title.
‘‘(12) To utilize the authorities of any other
statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, regula-
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tion, agreement, determination, or other official doc-
ument or proceeding that had been available to the
Director of the United States Information Agency,
the Bureau, or the Board before the effective date
of title XIII of the Foreign Affairs Consolidation Act
of 1998 for carrying out the broadcasting activities
covered by this title.
‘‘(b) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—The Board of
Governors may delegate to the Director of the Agency, or
any other officer or employee of the United States, the
authorities provided in this section, except those authori-
ties provided in paragraph (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), or
(9) of subsection (a).
‘‘(c) BROADCASTING BUDGETS.—The Director and
the grantees identified in sections 308 and 309 shall sub-
mit proposed budgets to the Board. The Board shall for-
ward its recommendations concerning the proposed budget
for the Board and broadcasting activities under this title,
the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and the Television
Broadcasting to Cuba Act to the Office of Management
and Budget.’’.
SEC. 533. ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
Section 306 of the United States International
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6205) is amended
to read as follows:
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‘‘SEC. 306. ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
‘‘To assist the Agency in carrying out its functions,
the Secretary of State shall provide such information and
guidance on foreign policy and public diplomacy issues to
the Agency as the Secretary considers appropriate.’’.
SEC. 534. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
The United States International Broadcasting Act of
1994 is amended by striking section 307 and inserting the
following new section:
‘‘SEC. 307. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
‘‘(a) OFFICERS
AND EMPLOYEES.—The Board of
Governors may appoint and fix the compensation of such
officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out
the functions of the Agency. Except as otherwise provided
by law, such officers and employees shall be appointed in
accordance with the civil service laws and their compensa-
tion shall be fixed in accordance with title 5, United States
Code.
‘‘(b) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Board of
Governors, as may be provided in appropriation Acts, may
obtain the services of experts and consultants in accord-
ance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and
may compensate such experts and consultants at rates not
to exceed the daily rate prescribed for level IV of the Exec-
utive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States
Code.
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‘‘(c) ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section
1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Board of
Governors may accept, subject to regulations issued
by the Office of Personnel Management, voluntary
services if such services—
‘‘(A) are to be uncompensated; and
‘‘(B) are not used to displace any em-
ployee.
‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—Any individual who pro-
vides voluntary services under this section shall not
be considered a Federal employee for any purpose
other than for purposes of chapter 81 of title 5,
United States Code (relating to compensation for in-
jury) and sections 2671 through 2680 of title 28,
United States Code (relating to tort claims).
‘‘(d) DELEGATION.—Except as otherwise provided in
this Act, the Board of Governors may delegate any func-
tion to the Director and such other officers and employees
of the Agency as the Board of Governors may designate,
and may authorize such successive redelegations of such
functions within the Agency as may be necessary or appro-
priate.
‘‘(e) CONTRACTS.—
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
and other applicable Federal law, the Board of Gov-
ernors may make, enter into, and perform such con-
tracts, grants, leases, cooperative agreements, and
other similar transactions with Federal or other pub-
lic agencies (including State and local governments)
and private organizations and persons, and to make
such payments, by way of advance or reimburse-
ment, as the Board of Governors may determine
necessary or appropriate to carry out functions of
the Board of Governors or the Agency.
‘‘(2) APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY REQUIRED.—
No authority to enter into contracts or to make pay-
ments under this title shall be effective except to
such extent or in such amounts as are provided in
advance under appropriation Acts.
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Director may prescribe
such rules and regulations as the Board of Governors con-
siders necessary or appropriate to administer and manage
the functions of the Agency, in accordance with chapter
5 of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(g) SEAL.—The Director shall cause a seal of office
to be made for the Agency of such design as the Board
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of Governors shall approve. Judicial notice shall be taken
of such seal.’’.
SEC. 535. BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU.
The Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Inter-
national Broadcasting Bureau are abolished.
SEC. 536. TRANSITION.
(a) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—Except as otherwise
provided in this subtitle or an amendment made by this
subtitle, all functions that on the day before the effective
date specified in section 540 are authorized to be per-
formed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the
International Broadcasting Bureau and any officer, em-
ployee, or component of such entities, under any statute,
reorganization plan, Executive order, or other provision of
law, are transferred to the Agency established under this
title effective on that date.
(b) DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS.—If
necessary, the Office of Management and Budget shall
make any determination of the functions that are trans-
ferred under this title.
(c) TRANSITION PROVISIONS.—
(1) EXERCISE
OF
AUTHORITIES.—Except as
otherwise provided by law, the Board of Governors
may, for purposes of performing a function that is
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transferred to the Agency by this title, exercise all
authorities under any other provision of law that
were available with respect to the performance of
that function to the official responsible for the per-
formance of that function on the day before the ef-
fective date specified in section 540.
(2) AUTHORITIES TO WIND UP AFFAIRS.—
(A) The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget may take such actions as the
Director of the Office of Management and
Budget considers necessary to wind up any out-
standing affairs of the Broadcasting Board of
Governors and the International Broadcasting
Bureau associated with the functions that are
transferred pursuant to subsection (a).
(B) The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget may take such actions as the
Director of the Office of Management and
Budget considers necessary to wind up any out-
standing affairs of the Broadcasting Board of
Governors and the International Broadcasting
Bureau associated with the functions that are
transferred pursuant to subsection (a).
(3) TRANSFER
OF
ASSETS.—Any property,
records, unexpended balances of appropriations, allo-
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cations, and other funds employed, used, held, avail-
able, or to be made available in connection with a
function transferred to the Agency by this Act are
transferred on the effective date specified in section
540.
SEC. 537. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) 
UNITED
STATES
INTERNATIONAL
BROAD-
CASTING ACT OF 1994.—The United States International
Broadcasting Act of 1994 is amended as follows:
(1) Section 308 (22 U.S.C. 6207) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) by striking ‘‘The Board’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The Agency’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (1) by striking
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and
inserting ‘‘Board Governors of the Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’;
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking paragraph (2);
(ii) by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and
(iii) by striking ‘‘Board’’ both places
it appears and inserting ‘‘Agency’’;
(C) in subsections (c), (d), (g), (h), and (i)
by striking ‘‘Board’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘Agency’’;
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(D) in subsection (g)(4) by striking ‘‘Inter-
national Broadcasting Bureau’’ and inserting
‘‘Agency’’; and
(E) in subsections (i) and (j) by striking
‘‘and the Foreign Service’’ each place it ap-
pears.
(2) Section 309 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended—
(A) in subsection (c)(1) by striking
‘‘Board’’ both places it appears and inserting
‘‘Agency’’;
(B) by striking subsection (e);
(C) in subsections (f) and (g) by striking
‘‘Board’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘Agency’’; and
(D) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘Chair-
man of the Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Agency’’.
(3) By striking section 311 (22 U.S.C. 6210).
(4) In section 313 (22 U.S.C. 6212) by striking
‘‘Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Agency’’.
(5) In section 314 (22 U.S.C. 6213) by striking
paragraph (2).
(6) By striking section 315.
(b) CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY
(LIBERTAD) ACT OF 1996.—Section 107 of the Cuban
Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of
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1996 (22 U.S.C. 6037) is amended in subsections (a) and
(b) by striking ‘‘International Broadcasting Bureau’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’.
(c) RADIO BROADCASTING
TO CUBA ACT.—The
Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465 et seq.)
is amended as follows:
(1) In section 3 (22 U.S.C. 1465a) as follows:
(A) In the section heading by striking
‘‘BROADCASTING 
BOARD 
OF 
GOV-
ERNORS’’ and inserting ‘‘UNITED STATES
INTERNATIONAL 
BROADCASTING
AGENCY’’.
(B) In subsection (a) by striking ‘‘the
‘Board’)’’ and inserting ‘‘the ‘Agency’)’’.
(C) In subsections (a), (d), and (f) by
striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’
and inserting ‘‘United States International
Broadcasting Agency’’.
(2) In section 4 (22 U.S.C. 1465b) as follows:
(A) In the first sentence by striking ‘‘The’’
and all that follows through ‘‘Bureau’’ and in-
serting: ‘‘The Board of Governors of the United
States International Broadcasting Agency shall
establish within the Agency’’.
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(B) In the third sentence by striking
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Board of Governors of the United States
International Broadcasting Agency’’.
(C) In the fourth sentence by striking
‘‘Board of the International Broadcasting Bu-
reau’’ and inserting ‘‘Board of Governors of the
United States International Broadcasting Agen-
cy’’.
(3) In section 5 (22 U.S.C. 1465c) as follows:
(A) In subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Broad-
casting Board of Governors’’ and inserting
‘‘Board of Governors of the United States
International Broadcasting Agency’’.
(B) By striking ‘‘Board’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Advisory Board’’.
(4) In section 6 (22 U.S.C. 1465d) as follows:
(A) In subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Broad-
casting Board of Governors’’ and inserting
‘‘United 
States 
International 
Broadcasting
Agency’’ and by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting
‘‘Board of Directors of the United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’.
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(B) In subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Board’’
and inserting ‘‘United States International
Broadcasting Agency’’.
(5) In section 7 (22 U.S.C. 1465e) by striking
‘‘Board’’ in subsections (b) and (d) and inserting
‘‘United States International Broadcasting Agency’’.
(6) In section 8(a) (22 U.S.C. 1465f(a)), by
striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and in-
serting ‘‘United States International Broadcasting
Agency’’.
(d) TELEVISION BROADCASTING TO CUBA ACT.—
The Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C.
1465aa note) is amended as follows:
(1) Section 243(a) (22 U.S.C. 1465bb) is
amended by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States International
Broadcasting Agency’’.
(2) Section 244 (22 U.S.C. 1465cc) is amended
as follows:
(A) In subsection (a) by amending the
third sentence to read as follows: ‘‘The Board
of Governors of the United States International
Broadcasting Agency shall appoint a head of
the Service who shall report directly to the
Board of Governors.’’.
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(B) In subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Board’’
and inserting ‘‘United States International
Broadcasting Agency’’.
(C) In subsection (c) by striking ‘‘The
Board’’ and inserting ‘‘The Agency’’ and by
striking ‘‘Board determines’’ and inserting
‘‘Board of Governors of the United States
International 
Broadcasting 
Agency 
deter-
mines’’.
(3) In section 246 (22 U.S.C. 1465dd) by strik-
ing ‘‘United States Information Agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘United States International Broadcasting
Agency’’ and by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting
‘‘Board of Governors of the United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’.
(e) UNITED
STATES
INFORMATION
AND
EDU-
CATIONAL EXCHANGE ACT OF 1948.—The United States
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22
U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 505 (22 U.S.C. 1464a), by strik-
ing ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; and
(2) in section 506(c) (22 U.S.C. 1464b(c))—
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(A) by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of
Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Board’’ and inserting
‘‘Agency’’.
(f) FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1980.—The Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) is
amended—
(1) 
in 
section 
202(a)(1) 
(22 
U.S.C.
3922(a)(1)), by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of
Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’;
(2) in section 210 (22 U.S.C. 3930), by striking
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and inserting
‘‘United States International Broadcasting Agency’’;
(3) in section 1003(a) (22 U.S.C. 4103(a)), by
striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and in-
serting ‘‘United States International Broadcasting
Agency’’; and
(4) in section 1101(c) (22 U.S.C. 4131(c)), by
striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the United States International Broad-
casting Agency,’’.
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(g) STATE DEPARTMENT BASIC AUTHORITIES ACT
OF 1956.—The State Department Basic Authorities Act
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 23(a) (22 U.S.C. 2695(a)), by
striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘United States International Broadcasting
Agency,’’;
(2) in section 25(f) (22 U.S.C. 2697(f))—
(A) by striking ‘‘Broadcasting Board of
Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘the Board and the Agen-
cy’’ and inserting ‘‘their respective agencies’’;
(3) in section 26(b) (22 U.S.C. 2698(b))—
(A) by striking ‘Broadcasting Board of
Governors,’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Inter-
national Broadcasting Agency’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘the Board and the Agen-
cy’’ and inserting ‘‘their respective agencies’’;
and
(4) in section 32 (22 U.S.C. 2704), by striking
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ and inserting
‘‘United States International Broadcasting Agency’’.
(h) TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.—
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(1) Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Di-
rector, United States International Broadcasting
Agency.’’.
(2) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Inter-
national Broadcasting Bureau.’’.
SEC. 538. REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle or an
amendment made by this subtitle, any reference in any
statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, regulation,
agreement, determination, or other official document or
proceeding to the Broadcasting Board of Governors and
the International Broadcasting Bureau or any other offi-
cer or employee of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
or the International Broadcasting Bureau shall be deemed
to refer to the United States International Broadcasting
Agency or the Board of Governors of the United States
International Broadcasting Agency established under this
subtitle.
SEC. 539. BROADCASTING STANDARDS.
Section 303(a) of the United States International
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202(a)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘and’’;
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(2) in paragraph (8) by striking the period and
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding after paragraph (8) the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(9) seek to ensure that resources are allocated
to broadcasts directed at people whose governments
deny freedom of expression or who are otherwise in
special need of honest and professional broadcasting,
commensurate with the need for such broadcasts.’’.
SEC. 540. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided, this subtitle and the
amendments made by this subtitle shall take effect on the
last day of the 6-month period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act.
TITLE VI—INTERNATIONAL
FREE MEDIA ACT OF 2003
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘International Free
Media Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 602. DEFINITIONS.
In this title, the term ‘‘free media’’ means individuals
or organizations engaged in the gathering and distribution
of news and information free of direct or indirect govern-
mental control.
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SEC. 603. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Freedom of speech and freedom of the press
are fundamental human rights enshrined in inter-
national law.
(2) The United States has a national interest in
promoting these freedoms by supporting free media
abroad, which is essential to the development of free
and democratic societies consistent with our own.
(3) Free media is undermined, endangered, or
nonexistent in many repressive and transitional soci-
eties around the world, including in Eurasia, Africa,
and the Middle East.
(4) Free media is suppressed by foreign govern-
ments by a variety of means, including state censor-
ship, legal restriction, financial pressure, and phys-
ical intimidation.
(5) Unprofessional and unethical media that
violate widely accepted standards of professional
journalism and editorial practice compromises the
ability of a free media to contribute to open, fair,
and constructive democratic debate.
(6) Unprofessional and unethical media in-
cludes media that violate the standards set in the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
which includes article 20, section 2 of the Covenant
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which states that ‘‘Any advocacy of national, racial,
or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to dis-
crimination, hostility, or violence shall be prohibited
by law.’’.
(7) Individuals lacking access to a plurality of
free media are vulnerable to misinformation and
propaganda and are potentially more likely to adopt
anti-American views.
(8) Foreign governments have a responsibility
to actively and publicly discourage and rebut unpro-
fessional and unethical media while respecting jour-
nalistic integrity and editorial independence.
(9) Past and continuing United States Govern-
ment efforts to promote free media through training
and technical support have advanced United States
national interests by contributing to the promotion
of human rights and democracy worldwide.
(10) Support for free media must be an integral
part of United States foreign policy, including public
diplomacy and United States international broad-
casting, and should be coordinated across govern-
ment agencies and with international, bilateral, and
private donor organizations toward achieving the
shared goal of developing professional, ethical, diver-
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sified, sustainable, independent, indigenous media
worldwide.
SEC. 604. STATEMENTS OF POLICY.
It shall be the policy of the United States, acting
through the Secretary of State, to—
(1) make the promotion of press freedoms and
free media worldwide a priority of United States for-
eign policy and an integral component of United
States public diplomacy;
(2) respect the journalistic integrity and edi-
torial independence of free media worldwide;
(3) use widely accepted standards for profes-
sional and ethical journalistic and editorial practices
in assessing international media; and
(4) discourage incitement to discrimination,
hostility, or violence, based on nationality, race, or
religion, as described in article 20, section 2, of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
and develop a strategy to respond to it.
SEC. 
605. 
COORDINATOR 
FOR 
INTERNATIONAL 
FREE
MEDIA.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within
the Department of State a Coordinator for International
Free Media (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Coordi-
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nator’’). At the discretion of the President another official
at the Department of State may serve as the Coordinator.
(b) APPOINTMENT OF COORDINATOR.—The Coordi-
nator shall be appointed by the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
(c) DUTIES.—The principal duties of the Coordinator
shall be the promotion of international press freedoms and
free media by—
(1) coordinating United States government poli-
cies, programs, and projects concerning international
press freedoms and free media;
(2) in consultation with appropriate agencies of
the United States Government and national and
international organizations, monitoring and assess-
ing the status of free media and government con-
trolled sources of information, including for incite-
ment of national, racial, or religious hatred that con-
stitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility, or vi-
olence, as described in article 20 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
(3) promoting widely accepted standards of pro-
fessional and ethical journalism and editorial prac-
tices;
(4) discouraging media and government con-
trolled sources of information from advocating na-
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tional, racial, or religious hatred that constitutes in-
citement to discrimination, hostility, or violence con-
sistent with article 20, section 2 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
(5) reporting foreign media that advocates na-
tional, racial, or religious hatred that constitutes in-
citement to discrimination, hostility, or violence con-
sistent with article 20, section 2, of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and making
available to the public and to the United States
Agency for International Broadcasting translations
of such media to the extent practicable;
(6) promoting the journalistic integrity and edi-
torial independence of free media worldwide;
(7) advising the President and the Secretary of
State regarding matters of international press free-
doms and free media;
(8) representing the United States in matters
and cases relevant to international press freedoms
and free media;
(9) assisting the Secretary of State in preparing
the portions of the Department of State country re-
ports on human rights that relate to international
press freedoms and free media and incitement to
acts of discrimination;
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(10) consulting with the Broadcasting Board of
Governors and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development for the purpose of promoting
free media through training of international journal-
ists, producers, editors, and media managers; and
(11) administering the International Free
Media Fund (established in section 607) in consulta-
tion with the United States Advisory Commission on
Public Diplomacy and International Media.
(d) ASSESSMENT FACTORS.—In making an assess-
ment of media within individual countries pursuant to sub-
section (c)(2), the Coordinator shall take into account—
(1) the number and diversity of media;
(2) access to and consumption of media by pop-
ulations;
(3) the extent of direct or indirect government
ownership, control, or censorship of media outlets;
(4) the financial viability and profitability of
free media;
(5) the extent to which journalists, editors, and
media managers adhere to widely accepted standards
for professional and ethical journalism;
(6) domestic laws addressing press freedoms;
(7) instances in which the media and govern-
ment-controlled sources of information have incited
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discrimination, hostility, or violence consistent with
article 20, section 2 of the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights;
(8) physical threats, intimidation or inappro-
priate pressure by government on free media;
(9) the number of journalists, editors, pro-
ducers, and media managers receiving training from
programs of the Department of State, the Broad-
casting Board of Governors, grantees of the United
States Agency for International Development, or
other organizations qualified to provide such train-
ing; and
(10) the activity of local and international non-
governmental organizations promoting press free-
doms and free media and obstacles to their activity.
(e) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—The Coordi-
nator shall consult with United States public affairs offi-
cers and other United States foreign mission personnel di-
rectly engaged in interacting with indigenous media in car-
rying out the duties specified in subsection (c).
(f) DETERMINATION.—The Coordinator shall deter-
mine, and annually report to the appropriate congressional
committees, whether there is a pattern of government-con-
trolled information that constitutes incitement (as de-
scribed in article 20 of the International Covenant on Civil
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and Political Rights) and that endangers United States
citizens or nationals, impairs relations between the United
States and the foreign government, or constitutes incite-
ment to national, racial, or religious discrimination, hos-
tility, or violence. The Coordinator shall specify the gov-
ernments engaged in such practices and examples of such
incitement and propaganda.
(g) FUNDING.—The Secretary of State shall ensure
that the Coordinator has adequate staff and funding for
the conduct of investigations, the administration of the
International Free Media Fund, necessary travel, and
other activities necessary to carry out the provisions of
this section.
SEC. 606. UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUB-
LIC 
DIPLOMACY 
AND 
INTERNATIONAL
MEDIA.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 604(a)(1) of the
United States Information and Educational Exchange Act
of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) There is established an advisory commis-
sion to be known as the United States Advisory
Commission on Public Diplomacy and International
Media.’’.
(b) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section 604(c)
of the United States Information and Exchange Act of
249
1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(5) The Commission shall—
‘‘(A) advise the Coordinator for Inter-
national Free Media on issues relating to the
promotion of international press freedoms and
free media;
‘‘(B) assist the Coordinator for Inter-
national Free Media in monitoring and assess-
ing the status of free media worldwide;
‘‘(C) consult with the Coordinator on the
administration of the International Free Media
Fund; and
‘‘(D) make policy recommendations to the
President, the Secretary of State, and Congress
with respect to matters involving international
press freedoms and free media.’’.
(c) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise provided in
this section or an amendment made by this section, any
reference in any statute, reorganization plan, Executive
order, regulation, agreement, determination, or other offi-
cial document or proceeding to the United States Advisory
Commission on Public Diplomacy or any other officer or
employee of the United States Advisory Commission on
Public Diplomacy shall be deemed to refer to the United
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States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy and
International Media established under this section.
SEC. 607. INTERNATIONAL FREE MEDIA FUND.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an Inter-
national Free Media Fund (in this section referred to as
the ‘‘Fund’’) at the Department of State.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Fund shall
be—
(1) to promote the development of free and
independent media worldwide which adhere to widely
accepted standards of professional and ethical jour-
nalism and editorial practice; and
(2) to complement current efforts by the De-
partment of State, the United States Agency for
International Development, the Broadcasting Board
of Governors, and other agencies of the United
States Government to support free and independent
media worldwide.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated
to carry out the purposes specified in subsection (b), there
is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $15,000,000
for fiscal year 2004. Such amounts are authorized to re-
main available until expended.
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(d) NONAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated
pursuant to subsection (c) may be used for the purposes
of this section.
(e) ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) The Fund shall be administered by the Co-
ordinator in consultation with the Commission.
(2) Activities and assistance financed through
the Fund may be carried out through grants, con-
tracts, technical assistance, and material support.
(f) ELIGIBLE
ORGANIZATIONS, PROGRAMS, AND
PROJECTS.—Amounts in the Fund may be used to carry
out activities and provide assistance only for organiza-
tions, programs, and projects consistent with the purposes
set forth in subsection (b).
(g) PROHIBITIONS.—Amounts in the Fund shall not
be used to carry out activities or provide assistance to or-
ganizations, programs, or projects which advocate na-
tional, racial, or religious hatred that incites discrimina-
tion, hostility, or violence consistent with article 20, sec-
tion 2 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights.
(h) ASSISTANCE CRITERIA.—In administering the
Fund, the Coordinator shall take into account—
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(1) the importance of providing assistance to
organizations, programs, and projects based on their
proven or potential contribution to the development
of a free media environment worldwide;
(2) the importance of enabling free media to be-
come commercially viable and financially inde-
pendent in the long term; and
(3) the importance of providing media per-
sonnel whose organizations, programs, or projects
receive assistance under this section for training in
professional and ethical journalism, editorial prac-
tices, and media management by the Department of
State, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, United
States Agency for International Development grant-
ees, or other organizations qualified to provide such
training.
(i) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than January 31,
of 2005 and in each subsequent year, the Coordinator
shall publish an annual report on the activities of the
Fund, which shall include a comprehensive and detailed
description of the operations, activities, financial condi-
tion, and accomplishments under this section for the pre-
ceding fiscal year. The reports shall also include an assess-
ment of whether the Fund should also provide loans and
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guarantees as an additional means to carry out the pur-
poses of this title.
(j) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) The Coordinator shall consult with the
State Department official primarily responsible for
developing and implementing United States policy
with respect to a country prior to carrying out ac-
tivities or providing assistance for such country
through the Fund.
(2) Amounts in the Fund shall be used to carry
out activities or provide assistance on the basis of
consultations among all relevant United States Gov-
ernment agencies operating in the country and with
the approval of the chief of mission.
SEC. 608. FREE MEDIA PROMOTION ACTIVITY OF THE
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors shall make support for indigenous free media an
integral part of its mission.
(b) AFFILIATES.—The Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees on the prospects and strategy for culti-
vating affiliate relationships with free media in countries
targeted for United States international broadcasting.
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(c) TRAINING.—The Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors shall enhance foreign journalist training programs
in coordination with existing training programs adminis-
tered by the Department of State and the United States
Agency for International Development.
(d) AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad-
dition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated,
there is authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for the
fiscal year 2004 and $2,500,000 for the fiscal year 2005
to support free media in countries in which the Broad-
casting Board of Governors is decreasing or discontinuing
United States international broadcasting activity.
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Reporting
Requirements
SEC. 702. REPORTS TO COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the
fiscal years 2004 and 2005, any report required by law
or otherwise requested to be submitted by the Secretary
of State or the Department of State to any committee of
the Congress shall be submitted also to the Committee on
International Relations of the House of Representatives.
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SEC. 702. REPORTS CONCERNING THE CAPTURE AND PROS-
ECUTION OF PARAMILITARY AND OTHER
TERRORIST LEADERS IN COLOMBIA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) As reported in the Department of State re-
port Patterns of Global Terrorism 2001, the United
Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (also referred to as
‘‘AUC’’ or ‘‘paramilitaries’’) have been designated as
a foreign terrorist organization by the United States
primarily because of their increasing reliance on ter-
rorist methods, such as the use of massacres, to pur-
posefully displace segments of the population as re-
taliation for allegedly supporting the AUC’s rival or-
ganizations, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Co-
lombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army
(ELN) of Colombia. According to the report, the
paramilitaries also use terrorist tactics to compete
for narcotics-trafficking corridors and prime coca-
growing terrain.
(2) The Department of State concluded in the
2001 Country Report on Human Rights Practices
that despite increased efforts by the Government of
Colombia to combat and capture members of para-
military groups, security forces sometimes illegally
collaborate with paramilitaries forces and often fail
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to take action to prevent paramilitary attacks which
lead to serious abuses of human rights.
(3) In September 2002, Amnesty International,
Human Rights Watch, and the Washington Office
on Latin America released a report which argued
that the Colombian Government had not made sub-
stantial progress toward suspending officers impli-
cated in human rights abuses, conducting effective
judicial investigations of such abuses, or breaking
the persistent links between some units of the Co-
lombian military and paramilitary groups.
(4) In February 2003, the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia re-
ported that some units of the Colombian Security
Forces continued to collude openly with illegal para-
military groups in operations which resulted in viola-
tions of human rights.
(5) The Consolidated Appropriations Resolu-
tion, 2003 (Public Law 108–7) made available not
less than $5,000,000 to support a Colombian Armed
Forces unit which is dedicated to apprehending lead-
ers of Colombian paramilitary organizations.
(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 180
days thereafter, the Secretary of State, after consulting
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with internationally recognized human rights organiza-
tions pursuant to the procedures required in section
564(b) of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution,
2003, shall submit a report, in unclassified form (with a
classified annex if necessary), on the specific measures
that the Colombian authorities are taking to apprehend
effectively and prosecute aggressively leaders of para-
military organizations, to the Committee on International
Relations of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(c) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—Each report submitted
pursuant to subsection (b) shall—
(1) identify which Colombian Armed Forces
units are receiving assistance to apprehend leaders
of Colombian paramilitary organizations;
(2) describe the amount and purposes of such
assistance;
(3) describe operations by Colombian security
forces to apprehend and arrest leaders of Colombian
paramilitary organizations;
(4) list the number of detentions, captures, and
arrests of leaders of Colombian paramilitary organi-
zations, disaggregating the number according to
those detentions, captures, and arrests which were
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carried out by Colombian security forces identified
under paragraph (1);
(5) briefly describe the status of investigations
and prosecutions of cases by the Colombian Attorney
General’s office involving the arrests of leaders of
Colombian paramilitary organizations; and
(6) estimate the number of hours of use by the
Colombian military of helicopters provided by the
United States under Plan Colombia and successor
programs to apprehend the leaders of Colombian
paramilitary organizations, as well as leaders of the
FARC and ELN, including those individuals who
have United States indictments pending against
them.
SEC. 703. REPORTS RELATING TO MAGEN DAVID ADOM SO-
CIETY.
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 690(a) of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law
107–228) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) Since the founding of the Magen David
Adom in 1930, the American Red Cross has re-
garded it as a sister national society forging close
working ties between the two societies and has con-
sistently advocated recognition and membership of
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the Magen David Adom in the International Red
Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
‘‘(6) The American Red Cross and Magen
David Adom signed an important memorandum of
understanding in November 2002, outlining areas
for strategic collaboration, and the American Red
Cross will encourage other societies to establish simi-
lar agreements with Magen David Adom.’’.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Section 690(b) of such
Act is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3) after the semicolon by
striking ‘‘and’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(4) the High Contracting Parties to the Gene-
va Conventions of August 12, 1949, should adopt
the October 12, 2000, draft additional protocol
which would accord international recognition to an
additional distinctive emblem; and’’.
(c) REPORT.—Section 690 of such Act is further
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date
of the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization
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Act, Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005 and annually thereafter,
the Secretary of State shall submit a report, on a classified
basis if necessary, to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees describing—
‘‘(1) efforts by the United States to obtain full
membership for the Magen David Adom in the
International Red Cross Movement;
‘‘(2) efforts by the International Committee of
the Red Cross to obtain full membership for the
Magen David Adom in the International Red Cross
Movement;
‘‘(3) efforts of the High Contracting Parties to
the Geneva Convention of 1949 to adopt the October
12, 2000, draft additional protocol; and
‘‘(4) the extent to which the Magen David
Adom of Israel is participating in the activities of
the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Move-
ment.’’.
SEC. 704. REPORT CONCERNING THE RETURN OF POR-
TRAITS OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS TO THE
ARTIST DINA BABBITT.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) Dina Babbitt (formerly known as Dinah
Gottliebova), a United States citizen, has requested
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the return of watercolor portraits she painted while
suffering a one and one-half year long internment at
the Auschwitz death camp during World War II,
where she was ordered to paint portraits by the infa-
mous war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele.
(2) Congress has previously considered the
issue, under the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228), and
urged the Administration to facilitate the return of
the paintings to Dina Babbitt.
(3) The Administration has not yet reported
any progress in furthering this goal, nor has the
Secretary reported on the status of any negotiations
held with the intent of furthering this goal.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Congress—
(1) continues to recognize the moral right of
Dina Babbitt to obtain the artwork she created, and
recognizes her courage in the face of the evils per-
petrated by the Nazi command of the Auschwitz-
Birkenau death camp, including the atrocities com-
mitted by Dr. Josef Mengele;
(2) urges the President of the United States to
make all necessary efforts to retrieve the 7 water-
color portraits painted by Dina Babbitt, during her
internment at the Auschwitz death camp; and
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(3) urges the Secretary of State to make imme-
diate diplomatic efforts to facilitate the transfer of
the 7 original watercolors painted by Dina Babbitt
from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum to Dina
Babbitt, their rightful owner.
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate
congressional committees, describing all diplomatic efforts
the United States has taken to facilitate the return of the
paintings referred to in this section to Dina Babbitt.
SEC. 705. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON USE OF VESTED AS-
SETS.
Section 203(a) of the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(a)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, subject
to paragraph (4),’’ after ‘‘such interest or property
shall’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) The authority under paragraph (1)(C) to use
property that has been vested or to use assets that have
been liquidated may not be exercised until 15 days after
the President has notified the Committee on International
Relations of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the purpose
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for which such vested property or liquidated assets will
be so used.’’.
SEC. 706. REPORT CONCERNING THE CONFLICT IN UGAN-
DA.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that the United States should—
(1) exhaust all diplomatic means and pressures,
including the creation of a United States role in ne-
gotiating humanitarian access to hitherto inacces-
sible populations which would offer an opportunity
to bring the warring parties together to build con-
fidence, to support an immediate peaceful resolution
to the 16-year old conflict in Northern Uganda that
has—
(A) killed an estimated 23,000 people, in-
cluding 12,000 civilians,
(B) resulted in the forced abduction, sex-
ual servitude, and armed recruitment of be-
tween 16,000 to 26,000 Ugandan children by
the Lord’s Resistance Army, a renegade army
that has in the past sought refuge in southern
Sudan and raided villages in northern Uganda,
(C) displaced over 800,000 Ugandan citi-
zens and Sudanese refugees,
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(D) resulted in the death and abduction of
humanitarian aid workers, and
(E) gravely inhibited the delivery of emer-
gency assistance and food aid to nearly 1 mil-
lion northern Ugandan civilians dependent on
such assistance for survival;
(2) urge rebel forces to stop the abduction of
children, urge all forces to stop the use of child sol-
diers, and seek the release of all forcibly-held chil-
dren;
(3) make available technical assistance re-
sources to seek, track, and stop funding for the
Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) from all sources and
condemn all governments and organizations who do
assist the LRA;
(4) monitor and support negotiations conducted
by third-party institutions for an immediate cease-
fire between the LRA and the Ugandan Govern-
ment, and to explore the possibility of facilitating
the creation of mechanisms for an international
monitoring team to enforce this cease-fire as the
first step in the process toward a permanent peace;
(5) continue supporting the Sudan Peace Proc-
ess and Danforth Initiative, which includes peace
talks, donor coordination, regional support, civilian
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protection and monitoring, and cease-fire verification
and consider modeling aspects of this process in
northern Uganda;
(6) make available sufficient resources to meet
the immediate relief of the towns and cities sup-
porting large displaced populations, including food,
clean water, medicine, shelter, and clothing;
(7) make available increased resources for as-
sistance to released and returned abducted children
and child soldiers and ensure that amnesty is pro-
vided when appropriate;
(8) work with other donors and the Ugandan
Government to increase resources and technical sup-
port to the Uganda Amnesty Commission for the in-
creased demobilization of rebel combatants;
(9) examine ways in which development assist-
ance can help those living in protective villages in
northern Uganda return to and cultivate farmland;
and
(10) condition military assistance to Uganda on
its international compliance with sustained troop
withdrawals from the Democratic Republic of Congo
where the presence of Ugandan armies has contrib-
uted to the violence and instability in the region.
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(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not
later than April 1 of each subsequent year, the Secretary
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees
a report on the comprehensive actions of the United States
in seeking a peaceful and immediate solution to conflict
in northern Uganda as well as humanitarian assistance
efforts to the region, including efforts to advance each
area addressed in subsection (a).
SEC. 707. REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT ON UNITED STATES
POLICY TOWARD HAITI.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings:
(1) The United States has a political and eco-
nomic interest and a humanitarian and moral re-
sponsibility in assisting the Government and people
of Haiti in resolving the country’s problems and
challenges.
(2) The situation in Haiti is increasingly cause
for alarm and concern, and a sustained, coherent,
and active approach by the United States Govern-
ment is needed to make progress toward resolving
Haiti’s political and economic crises.
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than 60
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury,
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees
a report that describes United States policy toward Haiti.
The report shall include the following:
(1) A description of the activities carried out by
the United States Government to resolve Haiti’s po-
litical crisis and to promote the holding of free and
fair elections in Haiti at the earliest possible date.
(2) A description of the activities that the
United States Government anticipates initiating to
resolve the political crisis and promote free and fair
elections in Haiti.
(3) An assessment of whether Resolution 822
issued by the Permanent Council of the Organiza-
tion of American States on September 4, 2002, is an
appropriate framework for a multilateral approach
to resolving the political and economic crises in
Haiti.
(4) A description of the status of efforts to re-
lease the approximately $146,000,000 in loan funds
that have been approved by the Inter-American De-
velopment Bank to Haiti for the purposes of reha-
bilitating rural roads, reorganizing the health sector,
improving potable water supply and sanitation, and
providing basic education, a description of any ob-
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stacles that are delaying the release of the loan
funds, and recommendations for overcoming such
obstacles, including whether any of the following
would facilitate the release of such funds:
(A) Establishing an International Mone-
tary Fund staff monitoring program in Haiti.
(B) Obtaining bridge loans or other
sources of funding to pay the cost of any ar-
rears owed by the Government of Haiti to the
Inter-American Development Bank.
(C) Providing technical assistance to the
Government of Haiti to permit the Government
to meet international financial transparency
and other requirements.
SEC. 708. REPORT ON THE EFFECTS OF PLAN COLOMBIA
ON ECUADOR.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) Section 695 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–
228) required the Secretary of State to submit a re-
port to Congress on the impact of Plan Colombia on
Ecuador and the other adjacent countries to Colom-
bia within 150 days after the date of the enactment
of that Act.
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(2) The 150 day time period for the submission
of such report has lapsed without a report being
submitted to the Congress.
(3) There continues to be growing alarm con-
cerning the spillover effect of Plan Colombia on Ec-
uador, a frontline state, especially in the northern
region of Ecuador which includes the Sucumbios
province.
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees which sets forth—
(A) a statement of policy and comprehen-
sive strategy for United States activities in Co-
lombia related to the impact of Plan Colombia
on Ecuador and the other adjacent countries to
Colombia; and
(B) the reasons for the failure of the De-
partment of State to submit the report required
by section 695 of Public Law 107–228 within
the time period mandated by law.
SEC. 709. REPORT ON ACTIONS TAKEN BY PAKISTAN.
For each of fiscal years 2004 and 2005, the President
shall prepare and transmit to the appropriate congres-
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sional committees a report that contains a description of
the extent to which the Government of Pakistan—
(1) has closed all known terrorist training
camps operating in Pakistan and Pakistani-held
Kashmir;
(2) has established serious and identifiable
measures to prohibit the infiltration of Islamic ex-
tremists across the ‘‘Line of Control’’ (LoC) into
India; and
(3) has ceased the transfer of weapons of mass
destruction, including any associated technologies, to
any third country or terrorist organization.
SEC. 710. REPORT ON DEMOCRACY IN THE WESTERN HEMI-
SPHERE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
(1) Although 34 out of 35 countries in the
Western Hemisphere have held elections for civilian
leaders of national, regional, and local governments,
many of these countries have failed to successfully
develop independent democratic institutions, trans-
parent and accountable governance, and effective
means of guaranteeing the rule of law, which are key
components of a fully functioning democracy.
(2) The rule of law, independent democratic in-
stitutions, and transparent, accountable governance
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are essential for guaranteeing human rights, espe-
cially civil, political, and labor rights.
(3) The rule of law, independent democratic in-
stitutions, and transparent accountable governance
are also necessary for promoting successful economic
development and reliable trading and investment
mechanisms.
(4) In part because of the lack of these three
factors, progress on human rights and economic de-
velopment has lagged or been uneven in much of the
Western Hemisphere, leading some to question the
benefits of democracy itself as a path for improving
the lives of individuals in the hemisphere.
(5) For democracy to continue in many of these
countries, for human rights to improve, and for re-
gional economic integration to be successful, the rule
of law, independent democratic institutions, and
transparent 
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be
strengthened.
(6) As a strong supporter of democracy and
human rights and as an advocate of regional eco-
nomic integration, it is in the interests of the United
States to enhance its efforts to promote a deepening
of democracy in the Western Hemisphere, particu-
larly through strengthening the rule of law, inde-