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provided after the President determines and certifies to
Congress that—
(1) Cuba has appropriate procedures in place to
protect against innocent loss of life in the air and on
the ground in connection with interdiction of illegal
drugs; and
(2) that there is no evidence of the involvement
of the Government of Cuba in drug trafficking.
EMERGENCY FUNDING TO ASSIST COMMUNITIES AFFECTED
BY HURRICANE FLOYD, HURRICANE DENNIS, OR HUR-
RICANE IRENE
SEC. 599G. (a) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSIST-
ANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is appropriated, out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for fiscal year 2000, for an additional
amount for ‘‘Economic Development Assistance Pro-
grams’’, $125,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for planning assistance, public works grants,
and revolving loan funds to assist communities af-
fected by Hurricane Floyd, Hurricane Dennis, or
Hurricane Irene.
(2) 
EMERGENCY
DESIGNATION.—The
$125,000,000—
(A) shall be available only to the extent that
the President submits to Congress an official
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budget request for a specific dollar amount that
includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement for the pur-
poses of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et
seq.); and
(B) is designated by Congress as an emer-
gency requirement under section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
(b) COMMUNITY FACILITIES GRANTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is appropriated, out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for fiscal year 2000, for an additional
amount for the rural community advancement pro-
gram under subtitle E of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009 et seq.),
$125,000,000, to remain available until expended, to
provide grants under the community facilities grant
program under section 306(a)(19) of that Act (7
U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)) with respect to areas subject to a
declaration of a major disaster under the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) as a result of Hurricane
Floyd, Hurricane Dennis, or Hurricane Irene.
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(2) 
EMERGENCY
DESIGNATION.—The
$125,000,000 is designated by Congress as an emer-
gency requirement under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING ADDITIONAL
ASSISTANCE FOR MOZAMBIQUE AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
SEC. 599H. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that:
(1) In February and March of 2000, cyclones
Gloria, Eline, and Hudah caused extensive flooding
in Southern Africa, severely affecting the Republic of
Mozambique.
(2) The floods claimed at least 640 lives and left
nearly 500,000 people displaced or trapped in flood-
isolated areas.
(3) The floods contaminated water supplies, de-
stroyed hundreds of miles of roads, and washed away
homes, schools, and health clinics.
(4) This heavy flooding and the displacement it
caused created conditions in which infectious disease
has flourished.
(5) The Southern African floods of 2000 washed
previously identified and marked landmines to new,
unmarked locations.
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(6) Prior to the flooding, Mozambique had been
making progress toward climbing out of poverty, en-
joying economic growth rates of 10 percent per year.
(7) The World Bank estimates that the costs of
reconstruction 
in 
Mozambique 
alone 
will 
be
$430,000,000, with an additional $215,000,000 in
economic costs.
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that an additional $168,000,000 should be made
available for disaster assistance in Mozambique and South-
ern Africa.
SENSE OF SENATE ON DEBT RELIEF FOR WORLD’S
POOREST COUNTRIES
SEC. 599I. It is the sense of the Senate that—
(1) the relevant committees of the Senate should
report to the full Senate legislation authorizing com-
prehensive debt relief aimed at assisting citizens of
the poor countries under the enhanced Heavily In-
debted Poor Countries Initiative;
(2) these authorizations of bilateral and multi-
lateral debt relief should be designed to strengthen and
expand the private sector, encourage increased trade
and investment, support the development of free mar-
kets, and promote broad-scale economic growth in
beneficiary countries;
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(3) these authorizations should also support the
adoption of policies to alleviate poverty and to ensure
that benefits are shared widely among the population,
such as through initiatives to advance education, im-
prove health, combat AIDS, and promote clean water
and environmental protection;
(4) these authorizations should promote debt re-
lief agreements that are designed and implemented in
a transparent manner so as to ensure productive allo-
cation of future resources and prevention of waste;
(5) these authorizations should promote debt re-
lief agreements that have the broad participation of
the citizenry of the debtor country and should ensure
that country’s circumstances are adequately taken
into account;
(6) these authorizations should ensure that no
country should receive the benefits of debt relief if that
country does not cooperate with the United States on
terrorism or narcotics enforcement, is a gross violator
of the human rights of its citizens, or is engaged in
military or civil conflict that undermines poverty al-
leviation efforts or spends excessively on its military;
and
(7) if the conditions set forth in paragraphs (1)
through (6) are met in the authorization legislation
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approved by Congress, Congress should fully fund bi-
lateral and multilateral debt relief.
RUSSIAN MISSILE SALES TO CHINA
SEC. 599J. It is the sense of the Senate that the Sec-
retary of the Treasury should direct the executive directors
to all international financial institutions to use the voice
and vote of the United States to oppose loans, credits, or
guarantees to the Russian Federation, except for basic
human needs, if the Russian Federation delivers any addi-
tional SS–N–22 missiles or components to the People’s Re-
public of China.
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES
SEC. 599K. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated in this Act, $40,000,000 shall be available for nec-
essary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapters 1
and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
for global health and related activities: Provided, That of
the funds appropriated under this section, not less than
$30,000,000 shall be made available for programs to combat
HIV/AIDS: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this section, not less than $10,000,000 shall
be made available for the prevention, treatment, and control
of tuberculosis: Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able under this section are hereby designated by the Con-
gress to be emergency requirements pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
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icit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such
amounts shall be made available only after submission to
the Congress of a formal budget request by the President
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request
as an emergency requirement as defined in such Act.
TITLE VI—PLAN COLOMBIA
The following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
CHAPTER 1
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTERNARCOTICS ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support Central and
South America and Caribbean counternarcotics activities,
$934,100,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
not less than $120,000,000 shall be made available for as-
sistance for Bolivia, of which not less than $100,000,000
shall be made available for alternative development and
other economic activities: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than
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$25,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for Ecua-
dor, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for alternative development and other economic activi-
ties: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under
this heading, up to $42,000,000 shall be made available for
assistance for Peru: Provided further, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, not less than $18,000,000
shall be made available for assistance for other countries
in South and Central America and the Caribbean which
are cooperating with United States counternarcotics objec-
tives: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading not less than $110,000,000 shall be made
available for the procurement, refurbishing, and support for
UH–1H Huey II helicopters: Provided further, That of the
amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall
be available to the Secretary of State for transfer to the
Department of Labor for the administration of the demobi-
lization and rehabilitation of child soldiers in Colombia,
of which amount $2,500,000 shall be transferred not later
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and
the remaining $2,500,000 shall be transferred not later than
October 30, 2000: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able under this heading shall be in addition to amounts
otherwise available for such purposes: Provided further,
That section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
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shall not apply to funds appropriated under this heading:
Provided further, That the Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator
of the U.S. Agency for International Development, shall
provide to the Committees on Appropriations not later than
30 days after the date of enactment of this Act and prior
to the initial obligation of any funds appropriated under
this heading, a report on the proposed uses of all funds
under this heading on a country-by-country basis for each
proposed program, project or activity: Provided further,
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be subject
to notification: Provided further, That the entire amount
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount provided shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER
SEC. 6101. CONDITIONS ON ASSISTANCE FOR COLOM-
BIA. (a) CONDITIONS.—
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(1) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Assistance pro-
vided under this heading may be made available for
Colombia in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 only if the
Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate congres-
sional committees prior to the initial obligation of
such assistance in each such fiscal year, that—
(A)(i) the President of Colombia has di-
rected in writing that Colombian Armed Forces
personnel who are credibly alleged to have com-
mitted gross violations of human rights will be
brought to justice in Colombia’s civilian courts,
in accordance with the 1997 ruling of Colombia’s
Constitutional court regarding civilian court ju-
risdiction in human rights cases; and
(ii) the Commander General of the Colom-
bian Armed Forces is promptly suspending from
duty any Colombian Armed Forces personnel
who are credibly alleged to have committed gross
violations of human rights or to have aided or
abetted paramilitary groups; and
(iii) the Colombian Armed Forces and its
Commander General are fully complying with
(A)(i) and (ii); and
(B) the Colombian Armed Forces are co-
operating fully with civilian authorities in in-
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vestigating, prosecuting, and punishing in the
civilian courts Colombian Armed Forces per-
sonnel who are credibly alleged to have com-
mitted gross violations of human rights; and
(C) the Government of Colombia is vigor-
ously prosecuting in the civilian courts the lead-
ers and members of paramilitary groups and Co-
lombian Armed Forces personnel who are aiding
or abetting these groups.
(2) CONSULTATIVE PROCESS.—The Secretary of
State shall consult with internationally recognized
human rights organizations regarding the Govern-
ment of Colombia’s progress in meeting the conditions
contained in paragraph (1), prior to issuing the cer-
tification required under paragraph (1).
(3) APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAWS.—The same
restrictions contained in section 564 of the Foreign
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–113) and
section 8098 of the Department of Defense Appropria-
tions Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–79) shall apply to
the availability of funds under this heading.
(b) REPORT.—Beginning 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for the
duration of the provision of resources administered under
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this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to
the appropriate congressional committees containing the
following:
(1) A description of the extent to which the Co-
lombian Armed Forces have suspended from duty Co-
lombian Armed Forces personnel who are credibly al-
leged to have committed gross violations of human
rights, and the extent to which such personnel have
been brought to justice in Colombia’s civilian courts,
including a description of the charges brought and the
disposition of such cases.
(2) An assessment of efforts made by the Colom-
bian Armed Forces, National Police, and Attorney
General to disband paramilitary groups, including
the names of Colombian Armed Forces personnel
brought to justice for aiding or abetting paramilitary
groups and the names of paramilitary leaders and
members who were indicted, arrested and prosecuted.
(3) A description of the extent to which the Co-
lombian Armed Forces cooperate with civilian au-
thorities in investigating and prosecuting gross viola-
tions of human rights allegedly committed by its per-
sonnel, including the number of such personnel being
investigated for gross violations of human rights who
are suspended from duty.
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(4) A description of the extent to which attacks
against human rights defenders, government prosecu-
tors and investigators, and officials of the civilian ju-
dicial system in Colombia, are being investigated and
the alleged perpetrators brought to justice.
(5) An estimate of the number of Colombian ci-
vilians displaced as a result of the ‘‘push into south-
ern Colombia’’, and actions taken to address the so-
cial and economic needs of these people.
(6) A description of actions taken by the United
States and the Government of Colombia to promote
and support a negotiated settlement of the conflict in
Colombia
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) AIDING OR ABETTING.—The term ‘‘aiding or
abetting’’ means direct and indirect support to para-
military groups, including conspiracy to allow, facili-
tate, or promote the activities of paramilitary groups.
(2) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
International Relations of the House of Representa-
tives.
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(5) How the strategy with respect to Colombia
relates to and affects the United States’ strategy in
the neighboring countries.
(6) How the strategy with respect to Colombia
relates to and affects the United States’ strategy for
fulfilling global counternarcotics goals.
(7) A strategy and schedule for providing mate-
rial, technical, and logistical support to Colombia
and neighboring countries in order to defend the rule
of law and to more effectively impede the cultivation,
production, transit, and sale of illicit narcotics.
(8) A schedule for making Forward Operating
Locations (FOL) fully operational, including cost es-
timates and a description of the potential capabilities
for each proposed location and an explanation of how
the FOL architecture fits into the overall the Strat-
egy.
SEC. 6103. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON COUNTER
NARCOTICS MEASURES. It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the Government of Colombia should commit
itself immediately to the urgent development and ap-
plication of naturally occurring and ecologically
sound methods for eradicating illicit crops, which
could reduce significantly the loss of life in Colombia
and the United States;
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(2) the effectiveness of United States counter nar-
cotics assistance to Colombia depends on the ability
of law enforcement officials of that country having
unimpeded access to all areas of the national territory
of Colombia for the purposes of carrying out the
interdiction of illegal narcotics and the eradication of
illicit crops; and
(3) the governments of countries receiving sup-
port under this title should take effective steps to pre-
vent the creation of a safe haven for narcotics traf-
fickers by ensuring that narcotics traffickers indicted
in the United States are promptly arrested, pros-
ecuted, and sentenced to the maximum extent of the
law and, upon the request of the United States Gov-
ernment, extradited to the United States for trial for
their egregious offenses against the security and well-
being of the people of the United States.
SEC. 6104. REPORT ON EXTRADITION OF NARCOTICS
TRAFFICKERS. (a) Not later than six months after the date
of the enactment of this title, and every six months there-
after, during the period Plan Colombia resources are made
available, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judici-
ary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate
and the Committee on International Relations, the Com-
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mittee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives a report setting
forth—
(1) a list of the persons whose extradition has
been requested from any country receiving counter
narcotics assistance from the United States, indi-
cating those persons who—
(A) have been surrendered to the custody of
United States authorities;
(B) have been detained by the authorities
and who are being processed for extradition;
(C) have been detained by the authorities
and who are not yet being processed for extra-
dition; or
(D) are at large;
(2) a determination whether authorities of each
country receiving counternarcotics assistance from the
United States are making good faith efforts to ensure
the prompt extradition of each of the persons sought
by United States authorities; and
(3) an analysis of—
(A) any legal obstacles in the laws of each
country receiving counternarcotics assistance
from the United States regarding prompt extra-
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dition of persons sought by United States au-
thorities; and
(B) the steps taken by authorities of the
United States and the authorities of each coun-
try receiving counternarcotics assistance from
the United States to overcome such obstacles.
SEC. 6105. HERBICIDE SAFETY. None of the funds ap-
propriated under this title may be used to support the use
of any herbicide, unless the Director of the National Center
for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention determines and reports to the appro-
priate congressional committees that such herbicide is safe
and nontoxic to human health, and the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency determines and re-
ports to the appropriate congressional committees that such
herbicide does not contaminate ground or surface water.
SEC. 6106. LIMITATIONS ON SUPPORT FOR PLAN CO-
LOMBIA AND ON THE ASSIGNMENT OF UNITED STATES
PERSONNEL IN COLOMBIA. (a) LIMITATION ON SUPPORT
FOR PLAN COLOMBIA.—
(1) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by any Act shall be available for
support of Plan Colombia unless and until—
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(A) the President submits a report to Con-
gress requesting the availability of such funds;
and
(B) Congress enacts a joint resolution ap-
proving the request of the President under sub-
paragraph (A).
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation in paragraph
(1) does not apply to—
(A) appropriations made by this Act, the
Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2001,
or the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2001, for the purpose of support of Plan Co-
lombia; or
(B) the unobligated balances from any other
program used for their originally appropriated
purpose to combat drug production and traf-
ficking, foster peace, increase the rule of law, im-
prove human rights, expand economic develop-
ment, and institute justice reform in the coun-
tries covered by Plan Colombia.
(b) LIMITATION ON ASSIGNMENT OF UNITED STATES
PERSONNEL IN COLOMBIA.—
(1) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act (includ-
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ing unobligated balances of prior appropriations)
may be available for—
(A) the assignment of any United States
military personnel for temporary or permanent
duty in Colombia in connection with support of
Plan Colombia if that assignment would cause
the number of United States military personnel
so assigned in Colombia to exceed 500; or
(B) the employment of any United States
individual civilian retained as a contractor in
Colombia if that employment would cause the
total number of United States individual civil-
ian contractors employed in Colombia in sup-
port of Plan Colombia who are funded by Fed-
eral funds to exceed 300.
(2) EXCEPTION.—The limitation contained in
paragraph (1) shall not apply if—
(A) the President submits a report to Con-
gress requesting that the limitation not apply;
and
(B) Congress enacts a joint resolution ap-
proving the request of the President under sub-
paragraph (A).
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the limitation
in subsection (b)(1) for a single period of up to 90 days
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in the event that the Armed Forces of the United States
are involved in hostilities or that imminent involvement by
the Armed Forces of the United States in hostilities is clear-
ly indicated by the circumstances.
(d) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to affect the authority of the Presi-
dent to carry out any emergency evacuation of United
States citizens or any search or rescue operation for United
States military personnel or other United States citizens.
(e) REPORT ON SUPPORT FOR PLAN COLOMBIA.—Not
later than June 1, 2001, and not later than June 1 and
December 1 of each of the succeeding four fiscal years, the
President shall submit a report to Congress setting forth
any costs (including incremental costs incurred by the De-
partment of Defense) incurred by any department, agency,
or other entity of the Executive branch of Government dur-
ing the two previous fiscal quarters in support of Plan Co-
lombia. Each such report shall provide an itemization of
expenditures by each such department, agency, or entity.
(f) BIMONTHLY REPORTS.—Beginning within 90 days
of the date of enactment of this joint resolution, and every
60 days thereafter, the President shall submit a report to
Congress that shall include the aggregate number, locations,
activities, and lengths of assignment for all temporary and
permanent United States military personnel and United
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States individual civilians retained as contractors involved
in the antinarcotics campaign in Colombia.
(g) CONGRESSIONAL PRIORITY PROCEDURES.—
(1) JOINT RESOLUTIONS DEFINED.—
(A) For purposes of subsection (a)(1)(B),
the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a joint
resolution introduced not later than 10 days of
the date on which the report of the President
under subsection (a)(1)(A) is received by Con-
gress, the matter after the resolving clause of
which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress approves the
request of the President for additional funds for
Plan Colombia contained in the report submitted
by the President under section 6106(a)(1) of the
2000 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
Act.’’.
(B) For purposes of subsection (b)(2)(B),
the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a joint
resolution introduced not later than 10 days of
the date on which the report of the President
under subsection (a)(1)(A) is received by Con-
gress, the matter after the resolving clause of
which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress approves the
request of the President for exemption from the
limitation applicable to the assignment of per-
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sonnel in Colombia contained in the report sub-
mitted 
by 
the 
President 
under 
section
6106(b)(2)(B) of the 2000 Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act.’’.
(2) PROCEDURES.—Except as provided in sub-
paragraph (B), a joint resolution described in para-
graph (1)(A) or (1)(B) shall be considered in a House
of Congress in accordance with the procedures appli-
cable to joint resolutions under paragraphs (3)
through (8) of section 8066(c) of the Department of
Defense Appropriations Act, 1985 (as contained in
Public Law 98–473; 98 Stat. 1936).
(h) PLAN COLOMBIA DEFINED.—In this section, the
term ‘‘Plan Colombia’’ means the plan of the Government
of Colombia instituted by the administration of President
Pastrana to combat drug production and trafficking, foster
peace, increase the rule of law, improve human rights, ex-
pand economic development, and institute justice reform.
(i) NATIONAL SECURITY EXEMPTION.—The limitation
contained in subsection (b)(1) shall not apply with respect
to any activity subject to reporting under title V of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.).
SEC. 6107. DECLARATION OF SUPPORT. (a) CERTIFI-
CATION REQUIRED.—Assistance may be made available for
Colombia in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 only if the Sec-
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retary of State certifies to the appropriate congressional
committees, before the initial obligation of such assistance
in each such fiscal year, that the United States Government
publicly supports the military and political efforts of the
Government of Colombia, consistent with human rights con-
ditions in section 6101, necessary to effectively resolve the
conflicts with the guerrillas and paramilitaries that threat-
en the territorial integrity, economic prosperity, and rule
of law in Colombia.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—
The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’
means the following:
(A) The Committees on Appropriations and
Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(B) The Committees on Appropriations and
International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
(2) ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘assistance’’ means
assistance appropriated under this heading for fiscal
years 2000 and 2001, and provided under the fol-
lowing provisions of law:
(A) Section 1004 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public
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Law 101–510; relating to counter-drug assist-
ance).
(B) Section 1033 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public
Law 105–85; relating to counter-drug assistance
to Colombia and Peru).
(C) Section 23 of the Arms Export Control
Act (Public Law 90–629; relating to credit
sales).
(D) Section 481 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–195; relating to
international narcotics control).
(E) Section 506 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–195; relating to
emergency drawdown authority).
SEC. 6108. SENSE
OF
THE SENATE
ON UNITED
STATES CITIZENS HELD HOSTAGE IN COLOMBIA. (a) The
Senate finds that—
(1) illegal paramilitary groups in Colombia pose
a serious obstacle to United States and Colombian
counter-narcotics efforts;
(2) abduction of innocent civilians is often used
by such groups to gain influence and recognition;
(3) three United States citizens, David Mankins,
Mark Rich, and Rick Tenenoff, who were engaged in