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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—FOREIGN RELATIONS PROVISIONS
Sec. 101. Fees for machine readable visas.
Sec. 102. Report to Congress concerning Cuban emigration policies.
Sec. 103. Extension of certain adjudication provisions.
Sec. 104. Persecution for resistance to coercive population control methods.
Sec. 105. Conduct of certain educational and cultural exchange programs.
Sec. 106. Educational and cultural exchanges and scholarships for Tibetans
and Burmese.
Sec. 107. International Boundary and Water Commission.
TITLE II—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS
Sec. 201. Human rights reports.
Sec. 202. Assistance for Mauritania.
TITLE I—FOREIGN RELATIONS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. FEES FOR MACHINE READABLE VISAS.
Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–
236) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(2) For fiscal years 1996 and 1997, not more
than $150,000,000 in fees collected under the au-
thority of paragraph (1) for each fiscal year shall be
deposited as an offsetting collection to any Depart-
ment of State appropriation to recover the costs of
the Department of State’s border security program,
including the costs of—
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‘‘(A) installation and operation of the ma-
chine readable visa and automated name-check
process;
‘‘(B) improving the quality and security of
the United States passport;
‘‘(C) passport and visa fraud investiga-
tions; and
‘‘(D) the technological infrastructure to
support and operate the programs referred to in
subparagraphs (A) through (C).
Such fees shall remain available for obligation until
expended.
‘‘(3) For any fiscal year, fees collected under
the authority of paragraph (1) in excess of the
amount specified for such fiscal year under para-
graph (2) shall be deposited in the general fund of
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.’’; and
(2) by striking paragraph (5).
SEC. 102. REPORT TO CONGRESS CONCERNING CUBAN EMI-
GRATION POLICIES.
Beginning 3 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act and every subsequent 6 months, the Secretary
of State shall include in the monthly report to Congress
entitled ‘‘Update on Monitoring of Cuban Migrant Return-
ees’’ additional information concerning the methods em-
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(b) NUMERICAL LIMITATION.—Section 207(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(a)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(5) For any fiscal year, not more than a total of
1,000 refugees may be admitted under this subsection or
granted asylum under section 208 pursuant to a deter-
mination under the third sentence of section 101(a)(42)
(relating to persecution for resistance to coercive popu-
lation control methods).’’.
(c) CONTINGENT REPEALER.—Subsections (a) and
(b) of this section and the amendments made by such sub-
sections shall not take effect and this section and such
amendments are repealed whenever the Illegal Immigra-
tion Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
is enacted into law (whether before, on, or after the date
of the enactment of this Act).
SEC. 105. CONDUCT OF CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL AND CUL-
TURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.
In carrying out programs of educational and cultural
exchange in countries whose people do not fully enjoy free-
dom and democracy (including but not limited to China,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Tibet, and Burma), the Director of
the United States Information Agency shall take appro-
priate steps to provide opportunities for participation in
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such programs to human rights and democracy leaders of
such countries.
SEC. 106. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BUR-
MESE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AND CUL-
TURAL EXCHANGE FOR TIBETANS.—The Director of the
United States Information Agency shall establish pro-
grams of educational and cultural exchange between the
United States and the people of Tibet. Such programs
shall include opportunities for training and, as the Direc-
tor considers appropriate, may include the assignment of
personnel and resources abroad.
(b) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BURMESE.—
(1) Subject to the availability of appropriations,
for fiscal year 1997 at least 30 scholarships shall be
made available to Tibetan students and professionals
who are outside Tibet, and at least 15 scholarships
shall be made available to Burmese students and
professionals who are outside Burma.
(2) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to
the extent that the Director of the United States In-
formation Agency determines that there are not
enough qualified students to fulfill such allocation
requirement.
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(3) SCHOLARSHIP DEFINED.—For the purposes
of this section, the term ‘‘scholarship’’ means an
amount to be used for full or partial support of tui-
tion and fees to attend an educational institution,
and may include fees, books, and supplies, equip-
ment required for courses at an educational institu-
tion, living expenses at a United States educational
institution, and travel expenses to and from, and
within, the United States.
SEC. 107. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COM-
MISSION.
The Act of May 13, 1924 (49 Stat. 660, 22 U.S.C.
277–277f), is amended in section 3 (22 U.S.C. 277b) by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) Pursuant to the authority of subsection (a) and
in order to facilitate further compliance with the terms
of the Convention for Equitable Distribution of the Waters
of the Rio Grande, May 21, 1906, United States-Mexico,
the Secretary of State, acting through the United States
Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water
Commission, may make improvements to the Rio Grande
Canalization Project, originally authorized by the Act of
August 29, 1935 (49 Stat. 961). Such improvements may
include all such works as may be needed to stabilize the
Rio Grande in the reach between the Percha Diversion
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Dam in New Mexico and the American Diversion Dam in
El Paso.’’.
TITLE II—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS.
(a) SECTION 116 REPORT.—Section 116(d) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (5); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing new paragraphs:
‘‘(3) the votes of each member of the United
Nations Commission on Human Rights on all coun-
try-specific and thematic resolutions voted on at the
Commission’s annual session during the period cov-
ered during the preceding year;
‘‘(4) the extent to which each country has ex-
tended protection to refugees, including the provision
of first asylum and resettlement; and’’.
(b) SECTION 502B REPORT.—Section 502B(b) of
such Act (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)) is amended by adding after
the second sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘Each re-
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port under this section shall list the votes of each member
of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on
all country-specific and thematic resolutions voted on at
the Commission’s annual session during the period covered
during the preceding year.’’.
SEC. 202. ASSISTANCE FOR MAURITANIA.
(a) PROHIBITION.—The President should not provide
economic assistance, military assistance or arms transfers
to the Government of Mauritania unless the President cer-
tifies to the Congress that such Government has taken ap-
propriate action to eliminate chattel slavery in Mauritania,
including—
(1) the enactment of anti-slavery laws that pro-
vide appropriate punishment for violators of such
laws; and
(2) the rigorous enforcement of such laws.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the
following definitions apply:
(1) ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘eco-
nomic assistance’’ means any assistance under part
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2151 et seq.), except that such term does not in-
clude humanitarian assistance.