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Council is in the national interest of the United 
States; or 
(2) the United States is a member of the 
Human Rights Council. 
ATTENDANCE AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES 
SEC. 7053. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees of agencies or depart-
ments of the United States Government who are stationed 
in the United States, at any single international con-
ference occurring outside the United States, unless the 
Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that such attendance is in the national interest: 
Provided, That for purposes of this section the term 
‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a conference at-
tended by representatives of the United States Govern-
ment and of foreign governments, international organiza-
tions, or nongovernmental organizations. 
RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGATIONS 
SEC. 7054. None of the funds made available under 
title I of this Act may be used to pay expenses for any 
United States delegation to any specialized agency, body, 
or commission of the United Nations if such commission 
is chaired or presided over by a country, the government 
of which the Secretary of State has determined, for pur-
poses of section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act 
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of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)), supports inter-
national terrorism. 
PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
SEC. 7055. (a) Subject to subsection (c), of the funds 
appropriated under titles III through VI by this Act that 
are made available for assistance for a foreign country, 
an amount equal to 110 percent of the total amount of 
the unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties 
and unpaid property taxes owed by the central government 
of such country shall be withheld from obligation for as-
sistance for the central government of such country until 
the Secretary of State submits a certification to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations stating that such parking fines 
and penalties and unpaid property taxes are fully paid. 
(b) Funds withheld from obligation pursuant to sub-
section (a) may be made available for other programs or 
activities funded by this Act, after consultation with and 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, provided that no such funds 
shall be made available for assistance for the central gov-
ernment of a foreign country that has not paid the total 
amount of the fully adjudicated parking fines and pen-
alties and unpaid property taxes owed by such country. 
(c) Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that 
have been withheld under any other provision of law. 
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(d)(1) The Secretary of State may waive the require-
ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to parking 
fines and penalties no sooner than 60 days from the date 
of enactment of this Act, or at any time with respect to 
a particular country, if the Secretary determines that it 
is in the national interests of the United States to do so. 
(2) The Secretary of State may waive the require-
ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to the un-
paid property taxes if the Secretary of State determines 
that it is in the national interests of the United States 
to do so. 
(e) Not later than 6 months after the initial exercise 
of the waiver authority in subsection (d), the Secretary 
of State, after consultations with the City of New York, 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
describing a strategy, including a timetable and steps cur-
rently being taken, to collect the parking fines and pen-
alties and unpaid property taxes and interest owed by na-
tions receiving foreign assistance under this Act. 
(f) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘fully adjudicated’’ includes cir-
cumstances in which the person to whom the vehicle 
is registered— 
(A)(i) has not responded to the parking 
violation summons; or 
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