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The prohibition under this section with respect to a for-
eign government shall terminate 12 months after that gov-
ernment ceases to provide such military equipment. This
section applies with respect to lethal military equipment
provided under a contract entered into after the date of
enactment of this Act.
(b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any
other similar provision of law, may be furnished if the
President determines that furnishing such assistance is
important to the national interests of the United States.
(c) Whenever the waiver of subsection (b) is exer-
cised, the President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report with respect to the furnish-
ing of such assistance. Any such report shall include a de-
tailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, includ-
ing the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, and
an explanation of how the assistance furthers United
States national interests.
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES
OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES
SEC. 564. (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made
available for a foreign country under part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, an amount equivalent to 110 per-
cent of the total unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines
and penalties owed to the District of Columbia by such
country as of the date of enactment of this Act shall be
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withheld from obligation for such country until the Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports in writing to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that such fines and
penalties are fully paid to the government of the District
of Columbia.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on For-
eign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE
WEST BANK AND GAZA
SEC. 565. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the
President has exercised the authority under section 583(a)
of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1994 (part
E of title V of Public Law 103–236) or any other legisla-
tion to suspend or make inapplicable section 307 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and that suspension is
still in effect: Provided, That if the President fails to make
the certification under section 583(b)(2) of the Middle
East Peace Facilitation Act or to suspend the prohibition
under other legislation, funds appropriated by this Act
may not be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Lib-
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eration Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless
the President determines that it is in the national interest
to do so and so reports to the Congress.
PROCUREMENT REDUCTION
SEC. 566. (a) Of the budgetary resources available
to the Agency for International Development during fiscal
year 1995, $1,598,000 are permanently canceled.
(b) The Administrator of the Agency for Inter-
national Development shall allocate the amount of budg-
etary resources canceled among the Agency’s accounts
available for procurement and procurement-related ex-
penses. Amounts available for procurement and procure-
ment-related expenses in each such account shall be re-
duced by the amount allocated to such account.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the definition
of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the process of ac-
quiring property or services, beginning with the process
of determining a need for a product or services and ending
with contract completion and closeout, as specified in sec-
tion 403(a)(2) of title 41, United States Code.
IMPLEMENTATION OF WAPENHANS REPORT
RECOMMENDATIONS
SEC. 567. Funds appropriated by title I of this Act
under the headings ‘‘Contribution to the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development’’, ‘‘Contribu-
tion to the International Development Association’’, and
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‘‘Contribution to the International Finance Corporation’’
shall not be available for payment to any such institution
unless the Secretary of the Treasury (1) determines that
the recommendations contained in the report entitled Re-
port of the Portfolio Management Task Force (commonly
referred to as the ‘‘Wapenhans Report’’) continue to be
implemented, and (2) reports that determination to the
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
IMPLEMENTATION OF WORLD BANK RECOMMENDATIONS
SEC. 567. (a) Funds appropriated by title I of this
Act under the headings ‘‘Contribution to the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development’’ and ‘‘Contribu-
tion to the International Development Association’’ shall be
available for payment to such institutions as follows:
(1) 50 percent of the funds appropriated under
each such heading shall be made available prior to
April 1, 1995, only if the Secretary of the Treasury
makes the determination (and so reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations) described in paragraph
(3) of this subsection at any time prior to that date.
(2) 50 percent of the funds appropriated under
each such heading shall be made available on April
1, 1995, or thereafter, only if the Secretary of the
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Treasury makes the determination (and so reports to
the Committees on Appropriations) described in para-
graph (3) of this subsection at any time on or after
that date.
(3) The determinations referred to in paragraphs
(1) and (2) are determinations that the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development is—
(A) implementing the recommendations con-
tained in ‘‘Next Steps’’, the follow-up to the
Wapenhans Report;
(B) implementing the action plan contained
in chapter 8 of its April 8, 1994, resettlement re-
view entitled ‘‘Resettlement and Development’’;
(C) implementing the Bank’s procedures on
Disclosure of Operational Information issued in
September 1993; and
(D) actively encouraging borrowing govern-
ments to publicly disclose information on struc-
tural adjustment programs.
(b) Funds appropriated by title I of this Act under
the heading ‘‘Contribution to the International Finance
Corporation’’ shall be available for payment to such institu-
tion as follows:
(1) 50 percent of the funds appropriated under
such heading shall be made available prior to April
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1, 1995, only if the Secretary of the Treasury makes
the determination (and so reports to the Committees
on Appropriations) described in paragraph (3) of this
subsection.
(2) 50 percent of the funds appropriated under
such heading shall be made available on or after
April 1, 1995, only if the Secretary of the Treasury
makes the determination (and so reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations) described in paragraph
(3) of this subsection.
(3) The determinations referred to in paragraphs
(1) and (2) are determinations that the International
Finance Corporation is pursuing reforms comparable
to those adopted by the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development regarding the environ-
ment, information disclosure, and resettlement.
RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO RUSSIA
SEC. 568. (a) RESTRICTION.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may
be obligated for assistance for the Government of Russia
after December 31, 1994, unless it has been made known
to the President that all armed forces of Russia and the
Commonwealth of Independent States have been removed
from all Baltic countries or that the status of those armed
forces have been otherwise resolved by mutual agreement
of the parties.
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(b) EXEMPTION.—Subsection (a) does not apply to
assistance that involves the provision of student exchange
programs, food, clothing, medicine, or other humanitarian
assistance or to housing assistance for officers of the
armed forces of Russia or the Commonwealth of Independ-
ent States who are removed from the territory of Estonia,
Latvia, and Lithuania Lithuania, or countries other than
Russia.
(c) WAIVER.—Subsection (a) does not apply if after
December 31, 1994, the President determines that the
provision of funds to the Government of Russia is in the
national interest.
ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON FUNDS TO ENSURE IMPLE-
MENTATION OF WAPENHANS REPORT RECOMMENDA-
TIONS
SEC. 569. (a) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS AVAILABLE
BEFORE APRIL 1, 1995.—If amounts appropriated by
title I become available pursuant to section 567—
(1) not more than $30,000,000 shall be avail-
able for obligation before April 1, 1995, for ‘‘Con-
tribution to the International Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development’’ for payment for contribution
to the Global Environment Facility;
(2) not more than $1,024,332,000 shall be
available for obligation before April 1, 1995, for
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‘‘Contribution to the International Development As-
sociation’’; and
(3) not more than $35,761,500 shall be avail-
able for obligation before April 1, 1995, for ‘‘Con-
tribution to the International Finance Corporation’’.
(b) REQUIREMENTS
FOR AVAILABILITY
OF ADDI-
TIONAL AMOUNTS.—No amount in excess of any sum
specified in subsection (a) with respect to an account or
activity shall become available on or after April 1, 1995,
unless the Secretary of the Treasury—
(1) determines that the recommendations con-
tained in the report entitled Report of the Portfolio
Management Task Force (commonly referred to as
the ‘‘Wapenhans Report’’) continue to be imple-
mented as of such date;
(2) reports such determination to the Commit-
tee on Appropriations and the Committee on Bank-
ing, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Appropria-
tions and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate; and
(3) complies with the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committee on Appropriations.
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MILITARY EXPENDITURES BY RECIPIENTS OF
MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE
SEC. 569. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct
the United States Executive Director of each international
financial institution to vote against any loan or any exten-
sion of assistance to any country which fails to make avail-
able to such institution the most recent accurate and com-
plete data on annual expenditures for its armed forces, un-
less such assistance is directed specifically to programs
which serve the basic human needs of the citizens of such
country.
PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND
PRODUCTS
SEC. 570. (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense
of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable,
all equipment and products purchased with funds made
available in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any en-
tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of
each Federal agency shall provide, to the greatest extent
practicable, to such entity a notice describing the state-
ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress notice con-
sistent with subsection (a) and section 604(a) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961.
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WEST BANK AND GAZA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND
SEC. 571. Of the funds appropriated by this Act under
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than
$20,000,000 should be made available to support the cre-
ation and expansion of small and medium-sized businesses,
including agricultural enterprises, in the West Bank and
Gaza. All or any part of such funds may be used for the
subsidy cost of direct loans and loan guarantees as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Funds made available under this heading shall be subject
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
AGRICULTURAL AID TO THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES OF
THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
SEC. 572. Of the funds appropriated by title II of this
Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance for the New Independent
States of the Former Soviet Union’’ up to $50,000,000
should be made available only for provision of United
States agricultural commodities to address the food and nu-
trition needs of the people of the new independent states
of the former Soviet Union: Provided, That in providing
assistance under this section, primary emphasis shall be
given to meeting the food and nutrition needs of children
and pregnant and post-partum women: Provided further,
That funds made available for the purposes of this section
may be used for transportation of United States agricul-
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tural commodities provided under this section: Provided
further, That the President may enter into agreements with
the governments of the new independent states and non-
governmental organizations to provide for the sale of any
part of the United States agricultural commodities in the
new independent states for local currencies: Provided fur-
ther, That any such local currencies shall be used in the
new independent states to process, transport, store, distrib-
ute or otherwise enhance the effectiveness of the use of
United States agricultural commodities provided under this
section, and to support agricultural and rural development
activities.
EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES
SEC. 573. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
other than for administrative expenses made available for
the current fiscal year for programs under title IV of this
Act may be transferred between such appropriations for use
for any of the purposes, programs and activities for which
the funds in such receiving account may be used, but no
such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro-
vided, shall be increased by more than 25 percent by any
such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such authority
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That
$12,000,000 shall be immediately transferred from funds
available to the Export-Import Bank for fiscal year 1994
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to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and
$1,000,000 shall be immediately transferred from funds
available to the Export-Import Bank for fiscal year 1994
to the Trade and Development Agency: Provided further,
That the provisions of the previous proviso shall be effective
on the date of enactment of this Act.
INCAE
SEC. 574. The Government of Nicaragua may assume
the obligation of the Central American Institute of Business
Administration (INCAE) to make payment to the United
States under a loan made to INCAE pursuant to an Alli-
ance for Progress Loan Agreement dated April 25, 1972:
Provided, That such payment shall be for the cost, as de-
fined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforcement Act of
1990, of such obligation and shall relieve INCAE of any
further liability to the United States for payment of interest
and principal under such loan notwithstanding section
620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
MONGOLIA
SEC. 575. Section 620(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 is amended by striking ‘‘Mongolian People’s Repub-
lic.’’ from the list contained therein.
REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH COMMITMENTS
SEC. 576. Section 804(b) of title VIII of Public Law
101–246 (PLO Commitments Compliance Act of 1989) is
amended—