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UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Republic of
China shall be deducted from the funds made avail-
able to the UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for
the remainder of the fiscal year in which the report
is submitted.
LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS
THAT PERFORM OR PROMOTE ABORTION
SEC. 585. (a) Section 104 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(h) RESTRICTION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN OR-
GANIZATIONS THAT PERFORM OR ACTIVELY PROMOTE
ABORTIONS.—
‘‘(1) PERFORMANCE OF ABORTIONS.—(A) Not-
withstanding section 614 of this Act or any other
provision of law, no funds appropriated for popu-
lation planning activities or other population assist-
ance may be made available for any foreign private,
nongovernmental, or multilateral organization until
the organization certifies that it will not, during the
period for which the funds are made available, per-
form abortions in any foreign country, except where
the life of the mother would be endangered if the
pregnancy were carried to term or in cases of forc-
ible rape or incest.
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‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) may not be construed
to apply to the treatment of injuries or illnesses
caused by legal or illegal abortions or to assistance
provided directly to the government of a country.
‘‘(2) LOBBYING
ACTIVITIES.—(A) Notwith-
standing section 614 of this Act or any other provi-
sion of law, no funds appropriated for population
planning activities or other population assistance
may be made available for any foreign private, non-
governmental, or multilateral organization until the
organization certifies that it will not, during the pe-
riod for which the funds are made available, violate
the laws of any foreign country concerning the cir-
cumstances under which abortion is permitted, regu-
lated, or prohibited, or engage in any activity or ef-
fort to alter the laws or governmental policies of any
foreign country concerning the circumstances under
which abortion is permitted, regulated, or prohibited.
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to ac-
tivities in opposition to coercive abortion or involun-
tary sterilization.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION
TO
FOREIGN
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—The prohibitions of this subsection apply to
funds made available to a foreign organization either
directly or as a subcontractor or subgrantee, and the
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certifications required by paragraphs (1) and (2)
apply to activities in which the organization engages
either directly or through a subcontractor or sub-
grantee.’’.
(b) The President may waive the provisions of section
104(h)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating
to population assistance to foreign organizations that per-
form abortions in foreign countries), as added by sub-
section (a), for any fiscal year.
RESTRICTION ON POPULATION PLANNING ACTIVITIES OR
OTHER POPULATION ASSISTANCE
SEC. 586. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available for population planning activities or
other population assistance under title II of this Act may
be made available to a foreign nongovernmental organiza-
tion unless the organization certifies that—
(1) it will not use such funds to promote abor-
tion as a method of family planning or to lobby for
or against abortion;
(2) it will use such funds that are made avail-
able for family planning services to reduce the inci-
dence of abortion as a method of family planning;
(3) it will not violate the laws or policies of the
foreign government relating to the circumstances
under which abortion is permitted, regulated, or pro-
hibited; and
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(4) it will not engage in any activity or effort
in violation of applicable laws or policies of the for-
eign government to alter the laws or policies of such
foreign government relating to the circumstances
under which abortion is permitted, regulated, or pro-
hibited, except with respect to activities in opposition
to coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.
(b) The limitation on availability of funds to a foreign
nongovernmental organization under subsection (a) shall
apply—
(1) to funds made available to an organization
either directly or indirectly as a subcontractor or
subgrantee; and
(2) to activities in which the organization en-
gages either directly or indirectly through a subcon-
tractor or subgrantee.
SEC. 587. Of the funds appropriated in title II of this
Act under the heading ‘‘ASSISTANCE
FOR
THE
INDE-
PENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION’’, not
more than $172,000,000 shall be available for the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation.
LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PURCHASE OF
PRODUCTS NOT MADE IN AMERICA
SEC. 588. None of the funds appropriated in title I,
II, or III of this Act may be made available to the govern-
ment of any foreign country if the funds are to be used
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to purchase any equipment or product made in a country
other than such foreign country or the United States of
America.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL OF THE
AMERICAS
SEC. 589. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for programs
at the United States Army School of the Americas located
at Fort Benning, Georgia.
SEC. 590. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be provided for the
United Nations Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Program
or the United Nations World Heritage Fund.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
Act, 2000’’.
Passed the House of Representatives August 3,
1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
By MARTHA C. MORRISON,
Deputy Clerk.