I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1923
To balance the budget of the United States Government by restructuring
Government, reducing Federal spending, eliminating the deficit, limiting
bureaucracy, and restoring federalism.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 22, 1995
Mr. SOLOMON (for himself, Mr. GOSS, Mr. HANCOCK, Mr. UPTON, Mr.
ZELIFF, Mr. NEUMANN, and Mr. ZIMMER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Over-
sight, and in addition to the Committees on National Security, Banking
and Financial Services, International Relations, Science, Commerce, Re-
sources, Rules, Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Small
Business, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Economic and Educational
Opportunities, the Budget, Veterans’ Affairs, House Oversight, and Intel-
ligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To balance the budget of the United States Government
by restructuring Government, reducing Federal spending,
eliminating the deficit, limiting bureaucracy, and restor-
ing federalism.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Restructuring a Limited Government Act’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
Sec. 2. Effective date.
TITLE I—NATIONAL DEFENSE
Subtitle A—Restore Defense Spending
Sec. 1001. Conformance with bottom up review.
Subtitle B—Rescission of Funding for Programs Not Requested by the
Department of Defense
Sec. 1111. Rescission of funds for general purpose bomb program.
Sec. 1112. Rescission of funds for C–12F aircraft program.
Sec. 1113. Rescission of funds for P–3 upgrade program.
Subtitle C—Limitations on Funding for Certain Programs for Fiscal Year
1996
Sec. 1211. Environmental defense fund.
Sec. 1212. Former Soviet Union threat reduction.
Subtitle D—Department of Defense Administrative Reforms
Sec. 1311. Military severance pay.
Sec. 1312. Restriction on eligibility for aviation career incentive pay.
Sec. 1313. Cancellation of learning resource center program.
Subtitle E—Department of Defense Program Reforms
Sec. 1411. Intelligence community reorganization and personnel reduction.
Sec. 1412. Limitation on procurement of Seawolf submarine program.
Sec. 1413. Required disposal of excess and obsolete materials in National De-
fense Stockpile.
TITLE II—INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Subtitle A—Reduce Multilateral Development Bank Credit Assistance
Sec. 2001. Reduction of credit assistance by the Export-Import Bank of the
United States.
Sec. 2002. Termination of capital contributions to certain multilateral develop-
ment institutions.
Sec. 2003. Deobligation of certain unexpended foreign economic assistance
funds.
Sec. 2004. Reduction in contribution to International Development Association.
Sec. 2005. Reduction of Economic Support Fund assistance.
Sec. 2006. Reduction of bilateral development assistance.
Sec. 2007. Limitation on United States contributions to the United Nations.
Subtitle B—Reduce Foreign Aid Direct Assistance
Sec. 2101. Reduction in assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States.
Sec. 2102. Prohibition on foreign assistance to Russia.
Subtitle C—Reduce Humanitarian Assistance Programs
Sec. 2201. Authorization of appropriations for educational and cultural ex-
change programs.
Sec. 2202. Peace Corps funding.
Sec. 2203. Assistance for the Middle East.
Sec. 2204. Elimination of Public Law 480 title I and title III programs.
Sec. 2205. Abolition of Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.
Subtitle D—Department Reforms
Sec. 2301. Reduction in overhead expenses of Export-Import Bank.
Sec. 2302. Transfers from exchange stabilization fund to the general fund of
the Treasury.
Subtitle E—State Department Reforms
CHAPTER 1—UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY
Sec. 2401. Abolition of the ACDA; references in part.
Sec. 2402. Repeal of positions and offices.
Sec. 2403. Authorities of the Secretary of State.
Sec. 2404. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2405. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 2406. References in law.
Sec. 2407. Effective date.
CHAPTER 2—UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
Sec. 2431. Abolition.
Sec. 2432. References in law.
Sec. 2433. Amendments to title 5.
Sec. 2434. Amendments to United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948.
Sec. 2435. Amendments to the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act
of 1961 (Fulbright-Hays act).
Sec. 2436. International broadcasting activities.
Sec. 2437. Television broadcasting to Cuba.
Sec. 2438. Radio broadcasting to Cuba.
Sec. 2439. National Endowment for Democracy.
Sec. 2430. United States scholarship program for developing countries.
Sec. 2431. National Security Education Board.
Sec. 2432. Center for cultural and technical interchange between North and
South.
Sec. 2433. Center for cultural and technical interchange between East and
West.
Sec. 2434. Mission of the Department of State.
Sec. 2435. Consolidation of administrative services.
Sec. 2436. Grants.
Sec. 2437. Ban on domestic activities.
Sec. 2438. Conforming repeal to the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.
Sec. 2439. Repeal relating to procurement of legal services.
Sec. 2440. Repeal relating to payment of subsistence expenses.
Sec. 2441. Conforming amendment to the Seed Act.
Sec. 2442. International Cultural and Trade Center Commission.
Sec. 2443. Other laws referenced in Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977.
Sec. 2444. Exchange program with countries in transition from totalitarianism
to democracy.
Sec. 2445. Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship Program.
Sec. 2446. Implementation of convention on cultural property.
Sec. 2447. Repeal.
Sec. 2448. United States Advisory Committee for public diplomacy.
Sec. 2449. Effective date.
CHAPTER 3—AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 2451. Effective date.
Sec. 2452. References in this chapter.
SUBCHAPTER B—ABOLITION OF THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Sec. 2455. Abolition of agency for international development and the inter-
national development cooperation agency.
Sec. 2456. Transfer of functions to Secretary of State.
SUBCHAPTER C—REORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO
FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED UNDER THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 2461. Reorganization plan.
Sec. 2462. Principal officers.
SUBCHAPTER D—CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
Sec. 2465. References.
Sec. 2466. Abolition of office of Inspector General of the agency for inter-
national development and transfer of functions to Office of In-
spector General of the Department of State.
Sec. 2467. Abolition of Chief Financial Officer of the Agency for International
Development and transfer of functions to Chief Financial Offi-
cer Department of State.
Sec. 2468. Amendments to title 5, United States Code.
Sec. 2469. Public Law 480 program.
CHAPTER 4—ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND FOREIGN
SERVICE
Sec. 2471. Office of the Secretary of State.
Sec. 2472. Under Secretaries.
Sec. 2473. Assistant Secretaries of State.
Sec. 2474. Other State Department positions.
Sec. 2475. Inspector General for Foreign Affairs.
Sec. 2476. Rates of pay.
Sec. 2477. Repeal of previously created State Department positions.
Sec. 2478. Limitation on personnel strength of the Department of State.
Sec. 2479. Consolidation of United States diplomatic missions and consular
posts.
Sec. 2480. Detail of other agency personnel to State Department.
Sec. 5402. Disposal of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fleet.
Sec. 5403. Rescission of funds available for national oceanic and atmospheric
administration procurement and modernization.
Sec. 5404. Rescission of funds available for National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Construction.
Subtitle F—Corps of Engineers Reform
Sec. 5501. Reorganization of Corps of Engineers.
Sec. 5502. Obligation limitation for Corps of Engineers construction.
Sec. 5503. Obligation limitation for Corps of Engineers operation and mainte-
nance.
Sec. 5504. Obligation limitation for Corps of Engineers general investigations.
TITLE VI—AGRICULTURE
Subtitle A—Agriculture Research and Extension
Sec. 6001. Consolidation of Agricultural Research Service, Cooperative State
Research Service, and Extension Service.
Sec. 6002. Termination of Cooperative Agricultural Extension work in District
of Columbia.
Sec. 6003. Rural technology grants.
Sec. 6004. Cap on authorization of appropriations for agricultural telecommuni-
cations program.
Sec. 6005. Cap on authorization of appropriations for renewable resources ex-
tension program.
Subtitle B—Agricultural Trade
Sec. 6101. Reduction of spending for export marketing and international activi-
ties.
Sec. 6102. Elimination of export enhancement program.
Sec. 6103. Reduction of loan guarantee program.
Sec. 6104. Elimination of market promotion program.
Subtitle C—Department of Agriculture Overhead Reduction
Sec. 6201. Reduction in overhead expenses of Department of Agriculture.
Subtitle D—Loan Reform
Sec. 6301. Termination of grant program to assist State mediation programs.
Subtitle F—Crop Commodity Reform
Sec. 6401. Elimination of price support programs for agricultural commodities
and related marketing quotas.
Sec. 6402. Eliminating Federal support for honey.
TITLE VII—COMMERCE AND HOUSING CREDIT
Subtitle A—Small Business Adminstration Reform
CHAPTER 1—REORGANIZATION OF SMALL BUSINESS FUNCTIONS
Sec. 7001. Termination of Small Business Administration.
Sec. 7002. Establishment of Office of Small Business Advocacy in Executive
Office of the President.
Sec. 7003. Conforming amendments to title 5, United States Code.
CHAPTER 2—REPEALS
Sec. 7010. Repeal of Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act
of 1958.
Sec. 7011. Continued effectiveness of certain functions.
Sec. 7012. Continued applicability of certain provisions.
CHAPTER 3—TRANSFERS
Sec. 7020. Size standards for small business concerns; government procurement
programs.
Sec. 7021. Maintenance of national small business economic indices.
Sec. 7022. Transfer of financial obligations owned by Small Business Adminis-
tration.
CHAPTER 4—GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 7030. Transfer of authorities.
Sec. 7031. Organizational entities and offices.
Sec. 7032. Delegation of functions.
Sec. 7033. Rules and regulations.
Sec. 7034. Transfer of fund accounts.
CHAPTER 5—TRANSITIONAL, SAVINGS, AND CONFORMING PROVISIONS
Sec. 7040. Transfers.
Sec. 7041. Director of Office of Management and Budget.
Sec. 7042. Savings provisions.
Sec. 7043. Coordination of transfer activities.
Sec. 7044. References.
Sec. 7045. Transitional period.
Sec. 7046. Effective date.
Subtitle B—Housing Credit Reform
Sec. 7101. Elimination of FMHA direct loans for single family homes.
Sec. 7102. Increased fees for FMHA single family housing loan guarantees.
Sec. 7103. Delegation of single family mortgage insuring authority to mortga-
gees and secondary market entities.
Subtitle C—Abolition of Department of Commerce and Disposition of
Particular Programs, Functions, and Agencies
CHAPTER 1—ABOLITION OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Sec. 7201. Reestablishment of Department as Commerce Programs Resolution
Agency.
Sec. 7202. Functions.
Sec. 7203. Deputy Administrator.
Sec. 7204. Continuation of service of department officers.
Sec. 7205. Reorganization.
Sec. 7206. Abolishment of Commerce Programs Resolution Agency.
Sec. 7207. GAO report.
Sec. 7208. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 7209. Effective date.
CHAPTER 2—DISPOSITION OF PARTICULAR PROGRAMS, FUNCTIONS, AND
AGENCIES OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Sec. 7231. Economic development.
Sec. 7232. Export control functions.
Sec. 7233. National security functions.
Sec. 7234. International trade functions.
Sec. 7235. Patent and Trademark Office.
Sec. 7236. Technology Administration.
Sec. 7237. Reorganization of the Bureau of the Census.
Sec. 7238. Reorganization of the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Sec. 7239. Terminated functions of NTIA.
Sec. 7240. Transfer of Spectrum Management functions.
Sec. 7241. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Sec. 7242. Miscellaneous abolishments.
Sec. 7243. Effective date.
Sec. 7244. Sense of Congress regarding user fees.
CHAPTER 3—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 7251. References.
Sec. 7252. Exercise of authorities.
Sec. 7253. Savings provisions.
Sec. 7254. Transfer of assets.
Sec. 7255. Delegation and assignment.
Sec. 7256. Authority of Administrator with respect to functions transferred.
Sec. 7257. Proposed changes in law.
Sec. 7258. Certain vesting of functions considered transfers.
Sec. 7259. Definitions.
Sec. 7260. Limitation on annual expenditures for continued functions.
Subtitle D—Banking and Insurance Reforms
CHAPTER 1—BANKING EXAMINATION FEES
Sec. 7301. Bank examination fees.
SUBCHAPTER A—FEDERAL BANKING AGENCY
Sec. 7311. Establishment.
Sec. 7312. Management.
Sec. 7313. Powers and duties.
Sec. 7314. Technical and conforming amendments relating to transfers of func-
tions.
SUBCHAPTER B—ABOLITION OF FEDERAL BANKING AGENCIES
Sec. 7321. Office of comptroller of the currency and position of comptroller of
the currency abolished.
Sec. 7322. Office of Thrift Supervision and position of Director of the Office
of Thrift Supervision abolished.
Sec. 7323. Savings provisions.
Sec. 7324. References in Federal law to Federal Banking Agencies.
SUBCHAPTER C—SECTION 235 MORTGAGE REFINANCING
Sec. 7325. Section 235 mortgage refinancing.
Sec. 7326. Penalty for early redemption of savings bonds.
Sec. 7327. One dollar coins.
Sec. 7328. Ceasing issuance of one dollar notes.
Subtitle E—Specific Commerce and Housing Program Reforms
Sec. 7401. Obligation limitation for Minority Business Development Agency.
Sec. 7402. United States travel and tourism administration.
Sec. 7403. Export Administration.
Sec. 7404. Assistance for public telecommunications facilities and telecommuni-
cations demonstrations.
Sec. 7405. Abolishment of advanced technology program.
Sec. 7406. Fees for Federal and federally sponsored enterprises.
Sec. 7407. Extension of spectrum auction authority of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission.
Sec. 7408. Bureau of Census.
Sec. 7409. Copyright Office.
TITLE VIII—TRANSPORTATION
Subtitle A—Air Transportation Program Reform
Sec. 8001. Air Traffic Control Corporation.
Sec. 8002. Obligation limitation for airport improvement program.
Sec. 8003. Termination of essential air service program.
Sec. 8004. Obligation limitation for FAA operations.
Sec. 8005. Repeal of authorizations for the airway science program, collegiate
training initiative, and air carrier maintenance technician
training facility grant program.
Sec. 8006. Fees for use of slots at high density airports.
Subtitle B—Highway Transportation Program Reform
Sec. 8101. Termination of Interstate Commerce Commission.
Sec. 8102. Customs tonnage fees.
Sec. 8103. Fees for operation of foreign repair stations.
Sec. 8104. Elimination of funding for highway demonstration projects.
Subtitle C—Rail Transportation Program Reform
Sec. 8201. Amtrak.
Sec. 8202. Elimination of funding for maglev prototype development program.
Sec. 8203. Local rail freight assistance.
Sec. 8204. Reduction and modification of boating safety grants.
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Transportation Program Reform
Sec. 8301. Federal aid for mass transit.
Subtitle E—Administrative Reform
Sec. 8401. Reduction in overhead expenses of Department of Transportation.
TITLE IX—COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Subtitle A—Housing Program Reforms
Sec. 9001. Termination of expansion of rural rental housing program.
Subtitle B—Community and Regional Development Program Reforms
Sec. 9101. Elimination of funding for environmental research programs of Ten-
nessee Valley Authority.
Sec. 9102. Elimination of CDBG program.
Sec. 9103. Termination of Economic Development Administration.
Sec. 9104. Termination of Appalachian Regional Commission.
Sec. 9105. Elimination of rural development loan and grant programs.
Subtitle C—Administrative Reforms
Sec. 9201. Operation of Indian programs.
Sec. 9202. Bureau of Indian affairs construction.
TITLE X—EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Subtitle A—Job Training Reform
Sec. 10001. Short title.
CHAPTER 1—BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES
Sec. 10011. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 10012. Authorization.
Sec. 10013. Allocation.
Sec. 10014. Application.
Sec. 10015. Use of amounts.
Sec. 10016. Reports.
Sec. 10017. Reduction or termination of payments under grant.
Sec. 10018. Definitions.
Sec. 10019. Transfer of funds.
Sec. 10020. Authorization of appropriations.
CHAPTER 2—CONSOLIDATION AND REPEAL OF CERTAIN FEDERAL
EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
PART 1—CONSOLIDATION OF PROGRAMS
Sec. 10031. Certain community-based projects regarding health care for the
homeless; conforming amendment regarding Public Law 102–
321.
Sec. 10032. Certain employment-related programs under Rehabilitation Act of
1973.
PART 2—REPEAL OF PROGRAMS
Sec. 10041. Higher education for students from migrant and seasonal farm-
worker families.
Sec. 10042. Certain veterans programs.
Sec. 10043. Foster grandparent and senior companion programs and programs
under Older Americans Act of 1965.
Sec. 10044. Job Training Partnership Act.
Sec. 10045. Appalachian vocational and other education facilities and oper-
ations program.
Sec. 10046. Targeted jobs credit.
Sec. 10047. Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act of
1992.
Sec. 10048. Adult education programs.
Sec. 10049. Vocational education programs.
Sec. 10050. National literacy programs.
Sec. 10051. Indian employment, training and related services demonstration
program.
Sec. 10052. Special provisions relating to Indian tribes.
Sec. 10053. Literacy corps.
Sec. 10054. Miscellaneous repealers.
Subtitle B—Department Reform
CHAPTER 1—SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS; AND PURPOSE
Sec. 10101. Short title.
Sec. 10102. Findings.
Sec. 10103. Purposes.
CHAPTER 2—ABOLITION OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER A—TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO OFFICE IN DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Sec. 10111. Abolition of Department.
Sec. 10112. Establishment and sunset of office of economic opportunities in the
Department of Health and Human Services, and transfer of
functions.
Sec. 10113. Principal officers.
Sec. 10114. Continuation of service of Department officer.
Sec. 10115. Reorganization.
Sec. 10116. Plan for winding up affairs.
Sec. 10117. GAO report.
Sec. 10118. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 10119. Effective date.
Sec. 10120. Limitation on expenditures.
CHAPTER 3—EDUCATION PROGRAMS
SUBCHAPTER A—ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
PART 1—ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION BLOCK GRANT
PROGRAM
Sec. 10131. Goals of elementary and secondary education block grant program.
Sec. 10132. Program authorized.
Sec. 10133. State eligibility.
Sec. 10134. General State requirements.
Sec. 10135. Amount of State allotment.
Sec. 10136. Local fiscal accountability.
Sec. 10137. Participation of children enrolled in private schools.
Sec. 10138. Definitions.
Sec. 10139. Authorization of appropriations.
PART 2—OTHER ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Sec. 10141. Amendments and repeals of certain education provisions.
SUBCHAPTER II—CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIVIDUALS WITH
DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT
Sec. 10142. Amendments to provisions referencing Secretary of Education and
Department of Education.
Sec. 10143. Amendments to definitions.
Sec. 10144. Transfer of administering authority to Office of Economic Oppor-
tunities.
Sec. 10145. Outreach services for certain institutions of higher education.
SUBCHAPTER III—HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS
PART 1—ELIMINATION AND REDUCTION OF PROGRAMS
Sec. 10151. Repeal of higher education laws.
Sec. 10152. Amendment to the Federal Credit Reform Act.
Sec. 10153. Sale of FDSL loan portfolios.
Sec. 10154. Student loan program; statement of policy.
Sec. 10155. Elimination of in-school interest subsidies.
PART 2—HIGHER EDUCATION BLOCK GRANT
Sec. 10161. Purpose.
Sec. 10162. Distribution of funds.
Sec. 10163. State assurances.
Sec. 10164. Use of funds.
Sec. 10165. Public disclosure.
Sec. 10166. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 10167. Definitions.
SUBCHAPTER IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 10171. Construction.
Sec. 10172. Regulations.
Sec. 10173. Consolidated application.
Sec. 10174. Appropriations.
Sec. 10175. Federal civil rights.
CHAPTER 4—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 10181. References.
Sec. 10182. Exercise of authorities.
Sec. 10183. Savings provisions.
Sec. 10184. Transfer of assets.
Sec. 10185. Delegation and assignment.
Sec. 10186. Authority of Office of Management and Budget with respect to
functions transferred.
Sec. 10187. Proposed changes in law.
Sec. 10188. Definition of transfer.
Sec. 10189. Definitions.
CHAPTER 5—STATEMENTS OF POLICY
Sec. 10191. Statement of policy regarding Federal education funding.
Sec. 10192. Statement of policy regarding job training programs.
Sec. 10193. Statement of policy regarding Indian education.
Subtitle C—Elementary and Secondary Education Reforms
Sec. 10201. Elimination of impact aid.
Sec. 10202. Eisenhower Regional Mathematics and Science Education Consor-
tia.
Sec. 10203. Limitation on authorizations of appropriations for the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act.
Sec. 10204. Education improvement.
Sec. 10205. Innovative education program strategies.
Sec. 10206. Safe and drug-free schools and communities.
Sec. 10207. Education infrastructure.
Sec. 10208. Inexpensive book distribution.
Sec. 10209. Arts in education.
Sec. 10210. Christa McAuliffe scholarships.
Sec. 10211. Magnet schools assistance.
Sec. 10212. Education for homeless children and youth.
Sec. 10213. Women’s educational equity.
Sec. 10214. Training and advisory services.
Sec. 10215. Dropout demonstrations.
Sec. 10216. Training in early childhood education and violence counseling.
Sec. 10217. Charter schools.
Sec. 10218. Authorized activities.
Sec. 10219. Professional development demonstration project.
Sec. 10220. Immigrant education.
Sec. 10221. Education for native Hawaiians.
Sec. 10222. Programs of national significance.
Sec. 10223. Law-related education.
Sec. 10224. Public library construction.
Sec. 10225. National assessment of educational progress.
Subtitle D—Community Program Reforms
Sec. 10301. Repeal of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Human-
ities Act of 1965.
Sec. 10302. Repeal of National and Community Service Act of 1990, Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973, and related provisions.
Sec. 10303. Repeal of the Museum Services Act.
Sec. 10304. Terminate Federal funding for the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts.
Sec. 10305. Repeal of the Older Americans Community Service Employment
Act.
Sec. 10306. Consolidation of certain social service programs.
Sec. 10307. Amendments to the Older Americans Act of 1965.
Sec. 10308. Termination of funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcast-
ing
Subtitle E—Employment Program Reform
Sec. 10401. Termination of general trade adjustment assistance.
Sec. 10402. Extension to all States of rule providing for reduction of social se-
curity disability insurance benefits upon receipt of workers’
compensation benefits.
Sec. 10403. Service Contract Act of 1965.
Sec. 10404. Reduction in overhead expenses of Department of Labor.
TITLE XI—HEALTH
Subtitle A—Administrative Reform
Sec. 11001. Reduction in overhead expenses of Department of Health and
Human Services.
Subtitle B—University Research Regarding Health and Other Matters
Sec. 11101. Federally-supported University research; reduction in rates for in-
direct costs of research.
Sec. 11102. Reduction in budget of National Institutes of Health.
Sec. 11103. Reduction in health professions budget of health resources and
services administration.
Sec. 11104. Closure of Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
Subtitle C—Medicaid Reforms
Sec. 11201. Reduction in Federal payments for disproportionate share hos-
pitals.
Sec. 11202. Imposition of State limits on approved nursing facility beds.
Sec. 11203. Reducing to 50 percent the matching rate for administrative costs
under the medicaid program.
Subtitle D—Reforms in Health Care Block Grants
Sec. 11301. Consolidation of certain block grants.
Sec. 11302. Reduction in budget for immunization programs; prohibition re-
garding warehousing of vaccines.
Subtitle E—Health Care Program Reforms
Sec. 11401. Reduction in budget of agency for health care policy and research.
Sec. 11402. Reduction in budget for programs to treat substance abuse.
Sec. 11403. Abolition of office of the Surgeon General of the Public Health
Service
Subtitle F—Federal Employee Health Care Reform
Sec. 11501. Government contribution to the Federal employees health benefits
program.
TITLE XII—MEDICARE
Subtitle A—Copayment Reform
Sec. 12001. Imposition of 20 percent coinsurance on home health services.
Sec. 12002. Imposition of 20 percent coinsurance on clinical laboratory serv-
ices.
Subtitle B—Part B Premium
Sec. 12101. Relating medicare part B premium to income for certain high in-
come individuals.
Sec. 12102. Setting the part B premium at 25 percent of program expenditures
permanently.
Subtitle C—Part A Deductible
Sec. 12201. Increase in medicare hospital insurance deductible for certain high-
income individuals.
Subtitle D—Medicare Payments to Hospitals
Sec. 12301. Elimination of payments to hospitals for enrollees’ bad debts.
Sec. 12302. Reduction in payments for indirect costs of medical education.
Subtitle E—Selected Presidential Medicare Reforms
Sec. 12401. Expansion of centers of excellence.
Sec. 12402. Application of competitive acquisition process for part B items and
services.
Sec. 12403. Application of competitive acquisition procedures for laboratory
services.
Sec. 12404. Medicare secondary payer changes.
Sec. 12405. Limitations on payment for physicians’ services furnished by high-
cost hospital medical staffs.
Sec. 12406. Reduction in update for inpatient hospital services.
Sec. 12407. Establishment of cumulative expenditure goals for physician serv-
ices.
Sec. 12408. Extension of freeze on updates to routine service costs of skilled
nursing facilities.
Sec. 12409. Reduction in routine cost limits for home health services.
Sec. 12410. Elimination of formula-driven overpayments for certain outpatient
hospital services.
TITLE XIII—INCOME SECURITY
Subtitle A—Administrative Reform
Sec. 13001. Elimination of Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Subtitle B—Housing Program Reforms
Sec. 13101. Elimination of operating subsidies for vacant public housing.
Sec. 13102. Increase of tenant contributions.
Sec. 13103. Reduction of PHA administrative fees for section 8 rental assist-
ance program.
Subtitle C—Supplemental Security Income Reforms
Sec. 13201. More timely reporting of admissions of SSI recipients to nursing
homes; $30 limit on SSI benefits for recipients in nursing
homes if medicaid pays most of their care costs.
Sec. 13202. Reduced unearned income exclusion under the supplemental secu-
rity income program.
Sec. 13203. Recovery of SSI overpayments from social security benefits.
Subtitle D—Civil Service Reforms
Sec. 13301. Increase in retirement age under FERS to 65.
Sec. 13302. Deferral until age 62 of cost-of-living adjustments for military re-
tirees who first entered military service on or after January 1,
1996.
Sec. 13303. Provision relating to government contributions to the Thrift Sav-
ings Plan.
Subtitle E—Assistance Program Reforms
Sec. 13401. Low-income home energy assistance.
Sec. 13402. Additional requirements for unemployment benefits.
Sec. 13403. Denial of unemployment benefits to individuals who voluntarily
leave military service.
Sec. 13404. Increase in variable rate premium charged by the pension benefit
guaranty corporation to single-employer plans.
TITLE XIV—PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FAMILY
PRESERVATION
Sec. 14001. Short title.
Sec. 14002. Table of contents.
Subtitle A—Block Grants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Sec. 14100. Sense of the Congress.
Sec. 14101. Block grants to States.
Sec. 14102. Report on data processing.
Sec. 14103. Transfers.
Sec. 14104. Conforming amendments to the Social Security Act.
Sec. 14105. Conforming amendments to other laws.
Sec. 14106. Continued application of current standards under medicaid pro-
gram.
Sec. 14107. Effective date.
Subtitle B—Child Protection Block Grant Program
Sec. 14201. Establishment of program.
Sec. 14202. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 14203. Continued application of current standards under medicaid pro-
gram.
Sec. 14204. Effective date.
Sec. 14205. Sense of the Congress regarding timely adoption of children.
Subtitle C—Block Grants for Child Care and for Nutrition Assistance
CHAPTER 1—CHILD CARE BLOCK GRANTS
Sec. 14301. Amendments to the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act
of 1990.
Sec. 14302. Repeal of child care assistance authorized by Acts other than the
Social Security Act.
CHAPTER 2—FAMILY AND SCHOOL-BASED NUTRITION BLOCK GRANTS
SUBCHAPTER A—FAMILY NUTRITION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
Sec. 14321. Amendment to Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
SUBCHAPTER B—SCHOOL-BASED NUTRITION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
Sec. 14341. Amendment to National School Lunch Act.
SUBCHAPTER C—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 14361. Repealers.
CHAPTER 3—OTHER REPEALERS AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
Sec. 14371. Amendments to laws relating to child protection block grant.
CHAPTER 4—RELATED PROVISIONS
Sec. 14381. Requirement that data relating to the incidence of poverty in the
United States be published at least every 2 years.
Sec. 14382. Data on program participation and outcomes.
CHAPTER 5—GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE; PRESERVATION OF ACTIONS,
OBLIGATIONS, AND RIGHTS
Sec. 14391. Effective date.
Sec. 14392. Application of amendments and repealers.
Subtitle D—Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens
Sec. 14400. Statements of national policy concerning welfare and immigration.
CHAPTER 1—ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL BENEFITS PROGRAMS
Sec. 14401. Ineligibility of illegal aliens for certain public benefits programs.
Sec. 14402. Ineligibility of nonimmigrants for certain public benefits programs.
Sec. 14403. Limited eligibility of immigrants for 5 specified Federal public ben-
efits programs.
Sec. 14404. Notification.
CHAPTER 2—ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC BENEFITS
PROGRAMS
Sec. 14411. Ineligibility of illegal aliens for State and local public benefits pro-
grams.
Sec. 14412. Ineligibility of nonimmigrants for State and local public benefits
programs.
Sec. 14413. State authority to limit eligibility of immigrants for State and local
means-tested public benefits programs.
CHAPTER 3—ATTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND AFFIDAVITS OF SUPPORT
Sec. 14421. Attribution of sponsor’s income and resources to family-sponsored
immigrants.
Sec. 14422. Requirements for sponsor’s affidavit of support.
CHAPTER 4—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 14431. Definitions.
Sec. 14432. Construction.
CHAPTER 5—CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
Sec. 14441. Conforming amendments relating to assisted housing.
Subtitle E—Food Stamp Reform and Commodity Distribution
Sec. 14501. Short title.
CHAPTER 1—COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION PROVISIONS
Sec. 14511. Short title.
Sec. 14512. Availability of commodities.
Sec. 14513. State, local and private supplementation of commodities.
Sec. 14514. State plan.
Sec. 14515. Allocation of commodities to States.
Sec. 14516. Priority system for State distribution of commodities.
Sec. 14517. Initial processing costs.
Sec. 14518. Assurances; anticipated use.
Sec. 14519. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 14520. Commodity supplemental food program.
Sec. 14521. Commodities not income.
Sec. 14522. Prohibition against certain State charges.
Sec. 14523. Definitions.
Sec. 14524. Regulations.
Sec. 14525. Finality of determinations.
Sec. 14526. Sale of commodities prohibited.
Sec. 14527. Settlement and adjustment of claims.
Sec. 14528. Repealers; amendments.
CHAPTER 2—CONSOLIDATING FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Sec. 14541. Food stamp block grant program.
Sec. 14542. Availability of Federal coupon system to States.
Sec. 14543. Definitions.
Sec. 14544. Repealer.
CHAPTER 3—EFFECTIVE DATES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 14591. Effective date; application of repealer.
Sec. 14592. Sense of the Congress.
Sec. 14593. Deficit reduction.
Subtitle F—Supplemental Security Income
Sec. 14601. Denial of supplemental security income benefits by reason of dis-
ability to drug addicts and alcoholics.
Sec. 14602. Supplemental security income benefits for disabled children.
Sec. 14603. Examination of mental listings used to determine eligibility of chil-
dren for SSI benefits by reason of disability.
Sec. 14604. Limitation on payments to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and
Guam under programs of aid to the aged, blind, or disabled.
Sec. 14605. Repeal of maintenance of effort requirements applicable to optional
State programs for supplementation of SSI benefits.
Sec. 14606. Denial of SSI benefits for 10 years to individuals found to have
fraudulently misrepresented residence in order to obtain bene-
fits simultaneously in 2 or more States.
Sec. 14607. Denial of SSI benefits for fugitive felons and probation and parole
violators.
Sec. 14608. Reapplication requirements for adults receiving SSI benefits by
reason of disability.
Sec. 14609. Striking of restrictions regarding determination of ineligibility.
Sec. 14610. Narrowing of SSI eligibility on basis of mental impairments.
Subtitle G—Child Support
Sec. 14700. References.
CHAPTER 1—ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES; DISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS
Sec. 14701. State obligation to provide child support enforcement services.
Sec. 14702. Distribution of child support collections.
Sec. 14703. Privacy safeguards.
CHAPTER 2—LOCATE AND CASE TRACKING
Sec. 14711. State case registry.
Sec. 14712. Collection and disbursement of support payments.
Sec. 14713. State directory of new hires.
Sec. 14714. Amendments concerning income withholding.
Sec. 14715. Locator information from interstate networks.
Sec. 14716. Expansion of the Federal parent locator service.
Sec. 14717. Collection and use of social security numbers for use in child sup-
port enforcement.
CHAPTER 3—STREAMLINING AND UNIFORMITY OF PROCEDURES
Sec. 14721. Adoption of uniform State laws.
Sec. 14722. Improvements to full faith and credit for child support orders.
Sec. 14723. Administrative enforcement in interstate cases.
Sec. 14724. Use of forms in interstate enforcement.
Sec. 14725. State laws providing expedited procedures.
CHAPTER 4—PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT
Sec. 14731. State laws concerning paternity establishment.
Sec. 14732. Outreach for voluntary paternity establishment.
Sec. 14733. Cooperation by applicants for and recipients of temporary family
assistance.
CHAPTER 5—PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AND FUNDING
Sec. 14741. Federal matching payments.
Sec. 14742. Performance-based incentives and penalties.
Sec. 14743. Federal and State reviews and audits.
Sec. 14744. Required reporting procedures.
Sec. 14745. Automated data processing requirements.
Sec. 14746. Technical assistance.
Sec. 14747. Reports and data collection by the Secretary.
CHAPTER 6—ESTABLISHMENT AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDERS
Sec. 14751. Simplified process for review and adjustment of child support or-
ders.
Sec. 14752. Furnishing consumer reports for certain purposes relating to child
support.
CHAPTER 7—ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDERS
Sec. 14761. Federal income tax refund offset.
Sec. 14762. Authority to collect support from Federal employees.
Sec. 14763. Enforcement of child support obligations of members of the Armed
Forces.
Sec. 14764. Voiding of fraudulent transfers.
Sec. 14765. Sense of the Congress that States should suspend drivers’, busi-
ness, and occupational licenses of persons owing past-due child
support.
Sec. 14766. Work requirement for persons owing past-due child support.
Sec. 14767. Definition of support order.
Sec. 14768. Liens.
Sec. 14769. State law authorizing suspension of licenses.
CHAPTER 8—MEDICAL SUPPORT
Sec. 14771. Technical correction to ERISA definition of medical child support
order.
CHAPTER 9—ENHANCING RESPONSIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR NON-
RESIDENTIAL PARENTS
Sec. 14781. Grants to States for access and visitation programs.
CHAPTER 10—EFFECT OF ENACTMENT
Sec. 14791. Effective dates.
CHAPTER 11—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 14801. Scoring.
Sec. 14802. Provisions to encourage electronic benefit transfer systems.
TITLE XV—VETERANS’ BENEFITS AND SERVICES
Subtitle A—Administrative Reforms
Sec. 15001. Reduction in overhead expenses of Department of Veterans Affairs.
Subtitle B—Extension of Certain Veterans Programs
Sec. 15011. Permanent extension of authority for copayment charge for medi-
cations.
Sec. 15012. Permanent extension of authority for medical care cost recovery.
Sec. 15013. Permanent extension of authority for income verification proce-
dures.
Sec. 15014. Permanent extension of authority for procedures applicable to liq-
uidation sales on defaulted home loans.
Subtitle C—Home Loan Guarantee Program Reforms
Sec. 15021. Restriction on use of multiple VA housing loan guaranty benefits.
Sec. 15022. Extensions of certain authorities relating to housing loans.
Subtitle D—Medical Program Reforms
Sec. 15031. More efficient management and delivery of veterans health care.
Sec. 15032. Closure and conversion of inefficient or underused facilities in vet-
erans’ hospitals.
Sec. 15033. Reduction in expenditures for major construction.
Subtitle E—Other Veterans Programs Reforms
Sec. 15041. Elimination of certain sunset dates.
Sec. 15042. Third-party reimbursement.
TITLE XVI—ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
CHAPTER 1—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Sec. 16001. Authorization of appropriations for the Department of Justice.
Sec. 16002. Reduction in overhead expenses of Department of Justice.
CHAPTER 2—OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES
Sec. 16011. Authorization of appropriations for the United States Customs
Service.
Sec. 16012. Authorization of appropriations for the United States Secret Serv-
ice.
Sec. 16013. Authorization of appropriations for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms.
Sec. 16014. Authorization of appropriations for defender services.
CHAPTER 3—ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
Sec. 16021. Improvement of U.S. Marshals Service.
Subtitle B—Prison Reforms
Sec. 16201. Privatization of correctional institutions.
Sec. 16202. Payment of public safety officers.
Subtitle C—Justice Assistance Program Reforms
Sec. 16301. Legal Services Corporation.
Sec. 16302. Surcharge on debts collected by the United States.
Sec. 16303. Terminate Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Sec. 16304. Terminate State Justice Institute.
Subtitle D—Federal Bureau of Investigation Reforms
Sec. 16401. Rescission of funds for FBI fingerprint laboratory in West Vir-
ginia.
Subtitle E—Other Justice Program Reforms
Sec. 16501. Authorization of appropriations for the Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Commission.
Sec. 16502. Harbor maintenance fees.
TITLE XVII—GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Subtitle A—Administrave Reforms
Sec. 17001. Reduction in overhead expenses of certain foreign operations activi-
ties.
Sec. 17002. Reduction in overhead expenses of Department of the Treasury.
Sec. 17003. Reduction in overhead expenses of Office of Personnel Manage-
ment.
Sec. 17004. Reduction in overhead expenses of other independent agencies.
Sec. 17005. Termination of Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Rela-
tions.
Sec. 17006. Administrative Conference of the United States.
Sec. 17007. Termination of miscellaneous advisory committees.
Sec. 17008. Termination of Federal information centers.
Subtitle B—Legislative Branch Reductions
Sec. 17101. Reduction in overhead expenses of Executive Office of the Presi-
dent.
Sec. 17102. Formula for determining official mail allowance.
Sec. 17103. Transfer of certain funds prohibited.
Sec. 17104. Temporary suspension of automatic pay adjustments for Members
of Congress.
Subtitle C—Executive Branch Reductions
Sec. 17201. Reduction in overhead expenses of Executive Office of the Presi-
dent.
Sec. 17202. SES annual leave accumulation.
Sec. 17203. Limitation relating to political appointees.
Subtitle D—Specific Program Reforms
Sec. 17301. Decrease in Presidential Election Campaign Fund check-off.
Sec. 17302. Moratorium on construction and acquisition of new Federal build-
ings.
Sec. 17303. Termination of annual direct assistance to Northern Mariana Is-
lands.
Sec. 17304. Government information dissemination and printing improvement.
Sec. 17305. Repeal of transitional appropriations authorization for the post of-
fice.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided, this Act, and the
amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on Octo-
ber 1, 1995.
TITLE I—NATIONAL DEFENSE
Subtitle A—Restore Defense
Spending
SEC. 1001. CONFORMANCE WITH BOTTOM UP REVIEW.
It is the intent of Congress that funding within the
national defense budget function for military readiness
programs, quality-of-life programs, and force moderniza-
tion programs be increased over the level proposed in the
most recent future-years defense plan of the Department
of Defense by $60,000,000,000, of which—
(1) $37,000,000,000 shall be derived by in-
creasing the total amount for the national defense
budget function for fiscal years 1996 through 2000
($25,000,000,000 of which has already been pro-
posed by the President in defense budget adjust-
ments announced in November 1995); and
(2) $23,000,000,000 shall be derived as an off-
set from the reductions in defense programs pro-
vided in the other provisions of this title.
Subtitle B—Rescission of Funding
for Programs Not Requested by
the Department of Defense
SEC. 1111. RESCISSION OF FUNDS FOR GENERAL PURPOSE
BOMB PROGRAM.
Of the funds made available to the Department of
Defense in appropriation Acts for fiscal year 1995 and
prior fiscal years, the unobligated balance on the date of
the enactment of this Act of the funds provided for the
general purpose bomb program is rescinded.
SEC. 1112. RESCISSION OF FUNDS FOR C–12F AIRCRAFT
PROGRAM.
Of the funds made available to the Department of
Defense in appropriation Acts for fiscal year 1995 and
prior fiscal years, the unobligated balance on the date of
the enactment of this Act of the funds provided for the
C–12F aircraft program is rescinded.
SEC. 1113. RESCISSION OF FUNDS FOR P–3 UPGRADE PRO-
GRAM.
Of the funds made available to the Department of
Defense in appropriation Acts for fiscal year 1995 and
prior fiscal years, the unobligated balance on the date of
the enactment of this Act of the funds provided for the
P–3 upgrade program is rescinded.
Subtitle C—Limitations on Fund-
ing for Certain Programs for
Fiscal Year 1996
SEC. 1211. ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND.
The amount appropriated for fiscal year 1996 for en-
vironmental defense programs for the Department of De-
fense may not exceed 50 percent of the amount appro-
priated for such programs for fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 1212. FORMER SOVIET UNION THREAT REDUCTION.
The amount appropriated for fiscal year 1996 for the
Department of Defense for cooperative threat reduction
programs with states of the former Soviet Union may not
exceed 50 percent of the amount appropriated for such
programs for fiscal year 1995.
Subtitle D—Department of Defense
Administrative Reforms
SEC. 1311. MILITARY SEVERANCE PAY.
(a) CHANGE IN PAYMENT FORMULA.—Paragraph (1)
of section 1174 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking out paragraph (1) of subsection
(d) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(1) the product of (A) the member’s years of
active service, and (B) the amount equal to 12 times
the member’s basic military compensation at the
time of the member’s discharge or release from ac-
tive duty, divided by 52; or’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(j) BASIC MILITARY COMPENSATION.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘basic military compensation’ means the
sum of the following elements of compensation for a mem-
ber of the uniformed services:
‘‘(1) Monthly basic pay payable to the member
based upon the member’s pay grade and years of
service.
‘‘(2) Monthly basic allowance for quarters appli-
cable to the member’s pay grade and dependent
status.
‘‘(3) Monthly basic allowance for subsistence
applicable to the member’s pay grade and dependent
status.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to persons who be-
come entitled to separation pay under section 1174 of title
10, United States Code, on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 1312. RESTRICTION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR AVIATION
CAREER INCENTIVE PAY.
(a) ELIMINATION OF CONTINUOUS MONTHLY INCEN-
TIVE PAY.—Section 301a of title 37, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking paragraphs (3), (4), and
(5); and
(B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as
paragraph (3); and
(2) by striking subsection (f).
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by this section shall apply beginning with the
first day of the first month after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 1313. CANCELLATION OF LEARNING RESOURCE CEN-
TER PROGRAM.
Effective October 1, 1995, the Secretary of Defense
shall cancel the learning resource center program of the
Department of Defense relating to federally funded train-
ing for military personnel and civilian employees of the
Department.
Subtitle E—Department of Defense
Program Reforms
SEC. 1411. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REORGANIZATION
AND PERSONNEL REDUCTION.
(a) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REORGANIZATION.—
The President shall reorganize the United States Intel-
ligence Community to reduce redundancy and overlapping
jurisdiction of intelligence components and to centralize
(to the extent determined appropriate by the President)
responsibility and authority for intelligence activities.
(b) PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS.—(1) In implementing
the reorganization required by subsection (a), the Presi-
dent shall, for each of fiscal years 1996 through 2000,
reduce the total number of military and civilian personnel
employed by, or assigned or detailed to, elements of the
Intelligence Community by not less than 4 percent of the
baseline number specified in paragraph (2). The President
shall direct how such reductions are to be allocated among
the elements of the Intelligence Community.
SEC. 1412. LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OF SEAWOLF
SUBMARINE PROGRAM.
The Secretary of the Navy may not procure more
than one Seawolf (SSN–21) attack submarine. Any funds
appropriated before the date of the enactment of this Act
and available for procurement of a second or third Seawolf
submarine shall be available only for required contract ter-
mination costs (if any).
SEC. 1413. REQUIRED DISPOSAL OF EXCESS AND OBSOLETE
MATERIALS IN NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCK-
PILE.
(a) DISPOSAL REQUIRED.—Except as provided in
subsection (b), in order to reduce the quantities of mate-
rials in the National Defense Stockpile that are obsolete
for military purposes or in excess supply in the stockpile,
the President shall dispose of materials in the stockpile
in the quantities set forth in the following table:
Required Stockpile Disposals
Obsolete or excess material for disposal
Unit
Quantity
Aluminum Metal ....................................................
ST ........................
2,082
Aluminum Oxide, Abrasive Grain ..........................
ST ........................
50,904
Aluminum Oxide, Abrasive Grain, NSG ................
ST ........................
118
Aluminum Oxide, Fused Crude .............................
ST ........................
249,867
Analgesics ...............................................................
ama LB ................
68,703
Antimony ................................................................
ST ........................
36,011
Antimony, NSG ......................................................
ST ........................
Asbestos, Amosite ..................................................
ST ........................
34,005
Asbestos, Amosite, NSG ........................................
ST ........................
Asbestos, Chrysotile ...............................................
ST ........................
9,787
Asbestos, Chrysotile, NSG .....................................
ST ........................
916
Bauxite, Metal Grade, Jamaica & Surinam ..........
LDT .....................
17,757,337
Bauxite, Refractory ................................................
LCT .....................
207,067
Beryl Ore ...............................................................
ST ........................
17,729
Beryllium Copper Master Alloy .............................
ST ........................
7,387
Bismuth .................................................................
LB ........................
1,825,955
Cadmium ................................................................
LB ........................
6,328,570
Chromite, Chemical & Met. Grade Ore ..................
SDT .....................
1,551,262
Chromite, Chem. & Met. Grade Ore, NSG ............
SDT .....................
217,441
Required Stockpile Disposals—Continued
Obsolete or excess material for disposal
Unit
Quantity
Chromite, Refractory Grade Ore ...........................
SDT .....................
232,414
Chromium, Ferro ...................................................
ST ........................
475,526
Chromium, Ferro, NSG .........................................
ST ........................
18,990
Cobalt .....................................................................
LBCO ..................
12,741,489
Columbium Group, NSG ........................................
LB Cb ..................
1,201,725
Copper ....................................................................
ST ........................
29,047
Copper, NSG ..........................................................
ST ........................
604
Diamonds, Industrial, Dies, Small ........................
KT ........................
12,737
Fluorspar, Acid Grade ...........................................
SDT .....................
892,856
Fluorspar, Acid Grade, NSG .................................
SDT .....................
899
Fluorspar, Metallurgical Grade, NSG ...................
SDT .....................
100,822
Germanium ............................................................
KG .......................
715
Graphite, Natural, Ceylon, Amorphous Lump,
NSG.
ST ........................
Graphite, Natural, Malagasy, Crystalline ..............
ST ........................
17,217
Graphite, Natural, Malagasy, Crystalline, NSG ....
ST ........................
Graphite, Natural, Other than Ceylon & Malagasy
ST ........................
1,933
Graphite, Natural, Other, NSG .............................
ST ........................
870
Industrial Diamond Bort .......................................
KT ........................
14,020,961
Industrial Diamond Stones ....................................
KT ........................
4,777,225
Iodine .....................................................................
LB ........................
6,054,564
Iodine, NSG ...........................................................
LB ........................
1,342
Jewel bearings, NSG .............................................
PC ........................
51,778,337
Lead .......................................................................
ST ........................
601,043
Lead, NSG .............................................................
ST ........................
Manganese Ore, Chem. & Met. Grades .................
SDT .....................
1,853,453
Manganese Ore, Chem. & Met. Grades, NSG .......
SDT .....................
882,969
Manganese, Battery Grade, Natural Ore ..............
SDT .....................
169,511
Manganese, Battery Grade, Natural Ore, NSG ....
SDT .....................
19,425
Manganese, Battery Grade, Synthetic Dioxide ......
SDT .....................
3,011
Manganese, Ferro ..................................................
ST ........................
786,228
Manganese, Metal, Electrolytic ..............................
ST ........................
14,172
Mercury ..................................................................
FL ........................
156,853
Mercury, NSG ........................................................
FL ........................
Mica, Muscovite Film, 1st & 2nd Qualities ...........
LB ........................
1,155,698
Mica, Muscovite Film, 1st & 2nd Qualities, NSG .
LB ........................
640
Mica, Muscovite Splittings .....................................
LB ........................
14,355,260
Mica, Muscovite, Block, Stained & Better .............
LB ........................
4,699,701
Mica, Muscovite, Block, Stained & Better, NSG ...
LB ........................
206,730
Mica, Phlogopite Block, NSG ................................
LB ........................
114,027
Mica, Phlogopite Splittings ....................................
LB ........................
1,486,596
Nickel .....................................................................
ST ........................
37,214
Platinum Group Metals, Iridium ...........................
Tr Oz ...................
15,136
Platinum Group Metals, Palladium .......................
Tr Oz ...................
1,262,387
Platinum Group Metals, Palladium, NSG .............
Tr Oz ...................
2,214
Platinum Group Metals, Platinum ........................
Tr Oz ...................
199,247
Platinum Group Metals, Platinum, NSG ..............
Tr Oz ...................
13,043
Quinidine ................................................................
Av Oz ...................
2,471,359
Quinidine, NSG ......................................................
Av Oz ...................
1,691
Quinine ...................................................................
Av Oz ...................
2,770,115
Quinine, NSG .........................................................
Av Oz ...................
475,950
Rutile .....................................................................
ST ........................
39,130
Rutile, NSG ...........................................................
ST ........................
Sapphire & Ruby ....................................................
KT ........................
16,305,502
Sebacic Acid ...........................................................
LB ........................
5,009,697
Silicon Carbide .......................................................
ST ........................
45,080
Silver ......................................................................
Tr Oz ...................
83,951,492
Talc ........................................................................
ST ........................
1,081
Tantalum Group, NSG ..........................................
LB Ta ..................
1,152,259
Thorium Nitrate ....................................................
LB ........................
7,097,687
Tin .........................................................................
MT .......................
165,780
Titanium Sponge, NSG .........................................
ST ........................
10,866
Tungsten Group .....................................................
LB W ...................
27,530,759
Required Stockpile Disposals—Continued
Obsolete or excess material for disposal
Unit
Quantity
Tungsten Group, NSG ...........................................
LB W ...................
23,805,427
Vanadium Group ....................................................
STV ......................
721
Vegetable Tannin, Chestnut ..................................
LT ........................
11,692
Vegetable Tannin, Quebracho ................................
LT ........................
121,642
Vegetable Tannin, Wattle ......................................
LT ........................
14,997
Vegetable Tannin, Wattle, NSG ............................
LT ........................
Zinc ........................................................................
ST ........................
378,768
(b) EXCEPTION
TO DISPOSAL REQUIREMENTS.—
Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the disposal
of a material set forth in the table in that subsection if
the President determines after the date of the enactment
of this Act that the material is once again needed for the
stockpile.
(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR SILVER.—The disposal of sil-
ver under subsection (a) may only occur in the form of
coins.
(d) TEN-YEAR PERIOD FOR DISPOSAL.—The Presi-
dent shall complete the disposals of materials required by
subsection (a) not later than September 30, 2005.
(e) EXISTING DISPOSAL PROCEDURES.—The dis-
posal of materials under subsection (a) shall be carried
out in the manner provided in section 6 of the Strategic
and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C.
98e(b)), including the requirement to avoid undue disrup-
tion of the usual markets of producers, processors, and
consumers of such materials.
(f) USE OF BARTER AUTHORIZED.—The President
is authorized to enter into barter arrangements to dispose
of materials required to be disposed of under subsection
(a) in order to acquire strategic and critical materials re-
quired for the stockpile or to upgrade other strategic and
critical materials in the stockpile.
(g) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS FROM SALES.—All mon-
eys received from the sale of materials required to be dis-
posed of under subsection (a) shall be deposited in the
general fund of the Treasury for the purpose of reducing
the Federal budget deficit.
(h) EFFECT
ON PREVIOUS DISPOSAL AUTHORI-
TIES.—All authorities of the President or the National
Defense Stockpile Manager in effect on the day before the
date of the enactment of this Act regarding the disposal
of specific quantities of materials in the stockpile are here-
by terminated. The following provisions of law are hereby
repealed:
(1) Section 3301(a) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law
103–160; 50 U.S.C. 98d note).
(2) Section 3302(a) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law
102–484; 50 U.S.C. 98d note).
(3) Section 3301 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993
(Public Law 102-190; 50 U.S.C. 98d note).
(i) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) The terms ‘‘National Defense Stockpile’’
and ‘‘stockpile’’ mean the stockpile provided for in
section 4 of the Strategic and Critical Materials
Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98c).
(2) The term ‘‘NSG’’, with regard to a material
specified in the table in subsection (a), means non-
specification grade material.
TITLE II—INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS
Subtitle 
A—Reduce 
Multilateral
Development Bank Credit As-
sistance
SEC. 2001. REDUCTION OF CREDIT ASSISTANCE BY THE EX-
PORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
Section 6 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945
(12 U.S.C. 635e) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—For all costs authorized to be incurred under
this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated not to
exceed $415,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1996 through
2000.’’.
SEC. 2002. TERMINATION OF CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO
CERTAIN MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT IN-
STITUTIONS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds of
the United States shall not be provided, directly or indi-
rectly, to the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, the Asian Development Bank, the African
Development Bank, the International Finance Corpora-
tion, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Develop-
ment, the Inter-American Development Bank, or the Afri-
can Development Fund.
SEC. 2003. DEOBLIGATION OF CERTAIN UNEXPENDED FOR-
EIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FUNDS.
(a) REQUIREMENT TO DEOBLIGATE.—Except as
provided in subsection (b) and in the second and third sen-
tences of section 617 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2367), at the beginning of each fiscal
year the President shall deobligate, and return to the
Treasury, any foreign economic assistance funds that, as
of the end of the preceding fiscal year, have been obligated
for a period of more than 3 years but have not been ex-
pended.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The President, on a case-by-case
basis, may waive the requirement of subsection (a) if the
President determines, and reports to the appropriate con-
gressional committees, that—
(1) the funds are being used for a construction
project that requires more than 3 years to complete;
or
(2) the funds have not been expended because
of 
unforeseen 
circumstances, 
and 
those 
cir-
cumstances could not have been reasonably foreseen.
(c) COMMENTS BY AID INSPECTOR GENERAL ON
WAIVERS.—As soon as possible after submission of a re-
port pursuant to subsection (b), the Inspector General of
the United States Agency for International Development
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees
such comments as the Inspector General considers appro-
priate with regard to the determination described in that
report.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the
following definitions apply:
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign
Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate.
(2) ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘eco-
nomic assistance’’ means—
(A) assistance under chapter 1 of part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to
development assistance) (22 U.S.C. 2151 et
seq.), chapter 10 of part I of that Act (relating
to the Development Fund for Africa) (22
U.S.C. 2293 et seq.), chapter 11 of part I of
that Act (relating to assistance for the inde-
pendent states of the former Soviet Union) (22
U.S.C. 2295 et seq.), or chapter 4 of part II of
that Act (relating to the economic support
fund) (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.);
(B) assistance under the ‘‘Multilateral As-
sistance Initiative for the Philippines’’; and
(C) assistance under the Support for East
European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22
U.S.C. 5401 et seq.).
SEC. 2004. REDUCTION IN CONTRIBUTION TO INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION.
For each of the fiscal years 1996 through 2000, out-
lays under the ‘‘International Development Association’’
account under the International Development Association
Act (22 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) for United States contribu-
tions to the International Development Association may
not exceed $975,000,000.
SEC. 2005. REDUCTION OF ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND AS-
SISTANCE.
For fiscal years 1996 through 2000, outlays under
the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ account under chapter 4
of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may not
exceed the following amounts:
(1) FISCAL YEAR 1996.—For fiscal year 1996,
outlays shall be at least 10 percent less than outlays
for fiscal year 1995.
(2) FISCAL YEAR 1997.—For fiscal year 1997,
outlays shall be at least 20 percent less than outlays
for fiscal year 1995.
(3) FISCAL YEAR 1998.—For fiscal year 1998,
outlays shall be at least 30 percent less than outlays
for fiscal year 1995.
(4) FISCAL YEAR 1999.—For fiscal year 1999,
outlays shall be at least 40 percent less than outlays
for fiscal year 1995.
(5) FISCAL YEAR 2000.—For fiscal year 2000,
outlays shall be at least 50 percent less than outlays
for fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 2006. REDUCTION OF BILATERAL DEVELOPMENT AS-
SISTANCE.
For each of the fiscal years 1996 through 2000, out-
lays under the following provisions of law may not exceed
the following amounts:
(1) DEVELOPMENT
ASSISTANCE
FUND.—Out-
lays under sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign
Assistance 
Act 
of 
1961 
may 
not 
exceed
$426,000,000.
(2) 
POPULATION, 
DEVELOPMENT
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Outlays under section 104(b) of such Act
may not exceed $225,000,000.
(3) DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR AFRICA.—Out-
lays under chapter 10 of part I of such Act may not
exceed $401,000,000.
SEC. 2007. LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBU-
TIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the ag-
gregate amount of assessed and voluntary contributions
by the United States to the United Nations and its affili-
ated agencies for any calendar year after 1996 shall not
exceed an amount which bears the same ratio to the total
budget of the United Nations and its affiliated agencies
as the total population of the United States bears to the
total population of all the member states of the United
Nations.
Subtitle B—Reduce Foreign Aid
Direct Assistance
SEC. 2101. REDUCTION IN ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EU-
ROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES.
For each of the fiscal years 1996 through 2000, out-
lays under the ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the
Baltic States’’ account under the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) and the Support for East
European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C.
5401 et seq.) for economic assistance and related pro-
grams for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States may not
exceed $359,000,000.
SEC. 2102. PROHIBITION ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO RUS-
SIA.
(a) PROHIBITION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Foreign assistance may not
be obligated or expended for Russia for any fiscal
year unless the President certifies to the Congress
for such fiscal year the following:
(A) The President has received satisfactory
assurances from the Government of Russia,
which have been confirmed by the Director of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the
intelligence activities of Russia in the United
States are confined to what is considered rou-
tine, non-adversarial information gathering
activities.
(B) Russia has begun, and is making con-
tinual progress toward, the unconditional imple-
mentation of the Russian-Moldovan troop with-
drawal agreement, signed by the prime min-
isters of Russia and Moldova on October 21,
1994.
(C) Russia is not providing military assist-
ance to any military forces in the Transdniestra
region of Moldova.
(D) Russian troops in the Kaliningrad re-
gion of Russia are respecting the sovereign ter-
ritory of Lithuania and other neighboring coun-
tries and such troops are not offensively pos-
tured against any other country.
(E) The activities of Russia in the other
independent states of the former Soviet Union
do not represent an attempt by Russia to vio-
late or otherwise diminish the sovereignty and
independence of such states.
(F) Russia is not providing military assist-
ance to any Bosnian Serb military units or
combatants or to the Government of the Fed-
eral Republic of Yugoslavia.
(G) The Government of Russia has ceased
the unilateral demarcation of the border be-
tween Russia and Estonia begun in 1994, is en-
gaged in dialogue with the Government of Esto-
nia to resolve this border dispute, and has dem-
onstrated a willingness to submit this issue to
international arbitration.
(H) Russia is not providing any intel-
ligence information to Cuba and is not provid-
ing any assistance to Cuba with respect to the
signal intelligence facility at Lourdes.
(I)(i) Russia is not providing to the coun-
tries described in clause (ii) goods or tech-
nology, including conventional weapons, which
could materially contribute to the acquisition by
these countries of chemical, biological, nuclear,
or destabilizing numbers and types of advanced
conventional weapons.
(ii) The countries described in this sub-
paragraph are Iran, Iraq, Syria, or any country,
the government of which the Secretary of State
has determined, for purposes of section 6(j)(1)
of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50
U.S.C. app. 2405(6)(j)(1)), has repeatedly pro-
vided support for acts of international terror-
ism.
(J) Russia is in compliance with the Con-
vention on the Prohibition of the Development,
Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological
(Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their
Destruction, signed at Washington, London,
and Moscow on April 10, 1972 (TIAS 8062).
(K) Russia is in compliance with the 1989
Wyoming Memorandum of Understanding relat-
ing to the restriction of chemical weapons.
(L) The Government of Russia is commit-
ted to reforming the Russian economy along
free-market lines, and is taking concrete steps
in this direction.
(2) CERTIFICATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1995
AND
1996.—In addition to the requirements con-
tained in paragraph (1), with respect to each of the
fiscal years 1995 and 1996, foreign assistance may
not be obligated or expended for Russia unless the
President certifies to the Congress for each such fis-
cal year that the Government of Russia—
(A) has ceased its military offensive in
Chechnya and is committed to resolving the
problem of the status of Chechnya through ne-
gotiations; and
(B) has provided the President with a full
and accurate accounting of the espionage activi-
ties relating to the case of Aldrich Hazen Ames
of the Central Intelligence Agency and has re-
imbursed the United States Government for all
amounts paid by Russia to Rosario Ames since
her arrest in 1994.
(3) REPORT.—The President shall submit to
the Congress for each fiscal year a report containing
the certifications required by paragraph (1), and
with respect to each of the fiscal years 1995 and
1996, paragraphs (1) and (2). Such report shall be
submitted in unclassified and classified versions.
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—At the beginning of each fis-
cal year, the President and the Comptroller General of the
United States shall each submit to the Congress a report
containing the following:
(1) The amount of foreign assistance provided
to Russia for the preceding fiscal year, including—
(A) the name of each organization or en-
tity to which such assistance was provided;
(B) the purpose of such assistance; and
(C) an assessment of the effectiveness of
such assistance.
(2) A detailed accounting of the amount of for-
eign assistance appropriated for Russia which has
not been expended and the status of such assistance.
(3) An estimate of the total amount of capital
exported from Russia during the previous fiscal year
and an analysis of the reasons for the export of such
capital.
(c) REQUIREMENT TO OPPOSE ASSISTANCE TO RUS-
SIA FROM INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—
The President shall instruct the United States executive
director of each international financial institution to use
the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any as-
sistance from that financial institution to Russia unless
Russia is in compliance with the requirements contained
in subsection (a).
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘foreign
assistance’’ means assistance under the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) or the
Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democ-
racies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 (22
U.S.C. 5801 et seq.), except that such term does not
include—
(A) humanitarian assistance;
(B) educational and cultural exchanges be-
tween the United States and Russia;
(C) assistance provided by the National
Endowment for Democracy; and
(D) assistance for the purpose of destroy-
ing nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and
other weapons, and related assistance.
(2) 
GOODS
OR
TECHNOLOGY.—The 
term
‘‘goods or technology’’ has the meaning given such
term in section 1608(3) of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-
Proliferation Act of 1992 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
(3) 
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITU-
TION.—The term ‘‘international financial institu-
tion’’ means the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development, the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the International Devel-
opment Association, the International Financial Cor-
poration, or the International Monetary Fund.
(4) OTHER
INDEPENDENT
STATES
OF
THE
FORMER
SOVIET
UNION.—The term ‘‘other inde-
pendent states of the former Soviet Union’’ means
the following: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Esto-
nia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lith-
uania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
and Uzbekistan.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), this section shall apply only with respect
to fiscal years beginning on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—In the case of the fiscal year
in which this Act is enacted—
(A) the prohibition contained in para-
graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall apply
with respect to the obligation or expenditure of
foreign assistance on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act (including foreign assist-
ance which has been obligated but not expended
before the date of the enactment of this Act);
and
(B) the requirement contained in sub-
section (c) shall apply with respect to the provi-
sion of assistance by an international financial
institution on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
Subtitle C—Reduce Humanitarian
Assistance Programs
SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR EDU-
CATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PRO-
GRAMS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there are
authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘International Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Programs’’ $202,166,000
for fiscal year 1996 and $158,363,000 for each of the fis-
cal years 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.
SEC. 2202. PEACE CORPS FUNDING.
Not more than $219,745,000 may be made available
to carry out the Peace Corps Act for each of fiscal years
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.
SEC. 2203. ASSISTANCE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST.
(a) ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL.—
(1) 
ECONOMIC
SUPPORT
FUND.—Of 
the
amounts made available for each of the fiscal years
1996 through 2000 for assistance under chapter 4
of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2346 et seq.) (relating to the economic sup-
port fund), not less than $1,200,000,000 shall be
available only for Israel.
(2) FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING.—Of the
amounts made available for each of the fiscal years
1996 through 2000 for assistance under the ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’ account under
section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2763), not less than $1,800,000,000 shall be
available only for Israel.
(b) ASSISTANCE FOR EGYPT.—
(1) 
ECONOMIC
SUPPORT
FUND.—Of 
the
amounts made available for each of the fiscal years
1996 through 2000 for assistance under chapter 4
of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2346 et seq.) (relating to the economic sup-
port fund), not less than $817,000,000 shall be
available only for Egypt.
(2) FOREIGN
MILITARY
FINANCING.—Of the
amounts made available for each of the fiscal years
1996 through 2000 for assistance under the ‘‘For-
eign Military Financing Program’’ account under
section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2763), not less than $1,300,000,000 shall be
available only for Egypt.
SEC. 2204. ELIMINATION OF PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I AND
TITLE III PROGRAMS.
(a) CONGRESSIONAL SALES PROGRAM.—Title I of
the Agricultural Trade Development Assistance Act of
1954 (7 U.S.C. 1701–1705) is repealed.
(b) FOOD FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—Title III
of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1727–1727e) is repealed.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—That Act is fur-
ther amended as follows:
(1) In section 2 by striking paragraphs (3) and
(4), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (2),
and by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph
(3).
(2) In section 401—
(A) in subsection (e)(2) by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 303 or’’; and
(B) by repealing subsection (f).
(3) In section 403—
(A) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary or the Administrator, as appropriate,’’
and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’;
(B) in subsection (c)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Secretary or the Ad-
ministrator, as appropriate,’’ and inserting
‘‘Administrator’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘or purchased’’;
(C) in subsection (d) by striking all that
follows ‘‘recipient countries’’ and inserting a pe-
riod;
(D) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘sales
or’’;
(E) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary or the Administrator, as appropriate,’’
and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’;
(F) in subsection (h) by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary or’’;
(G) in subsection (i) by striking ‘‘Secretary
or the Administrator, as appropriate,’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’;
and
(H) in subsection (j)(1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Secretary or the Ad-
ministrator, as appropriate,’’ and inserting
‘‘Administrator’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘, or to finance the
sale of agricultural commodities,’’.
(4) In section 404—
(A) by repealing subsection (a) and redes-
ignating subsections (b) through (d) as sub-
sections (a) through (c), respectively;
(B) in subsection (a), as so redesignated,
by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and redesig-
nating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs
(2) and (3), respectively;
(C) by striking ‘‘Secretary or the’’ each
place it appears; and
(D) by striking ‘‘, as appropriate,’’ each
place it appears.
(5) By repealing section 405.
(6) In section 407—
(A) by repealing subsection (a);
(B) by repealing subsection (b);
(C) in subsection (c)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(c) AGENTS.—’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘INTEREST.—’’ in
paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘(a) AVOID-
ANCE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—’’, and
moving the remaining text 2 ems to the
left; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘this paragraph’’ and
inserting ‘‘this subsection’’;
(D) in subsection (d)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(d) TITLE II AND III’’
and inserting ‘‘(b) TITLE II’’;
(ii) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and
title III’’; and
(iii) in paragraphs (2) and (3) by
striking ‘‘titles II and III’’ and inserting
‘‘title II’’;
(E) in subsection (e)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(e)’’ and inserting
‘‘(c)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘Secretary or the Ad-
ministrator, as appropriate,’’ and inserting
‘‘Administrator’’; and
(F) by repealing subsection (f) and redes-
ignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections
(d) and (e), respectively;
(7) In section 408 by striking ‘‘finance sales or
to provide other’’ and inserting ‘‘provide’’.
(8) By repealing section 410.
(9) In section 411 by repealing subsection (d)
and redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).
(10) In section 412—
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘out—’’
and all that follows through ‘‘including’’ and in-
serting ‘‘out the emergency and private assist-
ance program under title II, including’’; and
(B) by repealing subsections (b) and (c)
and by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as
subsections (b) and (c), respectively.
(d) TRANSITION RULE.—Provisions of law repealed
by this subsection shall continue to apply with respect to
agreements entered into under title I or III of the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 be-
fore the effective date of this section.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on
October 1, 1995.
SEC. 2205. ABOLITION OF FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
COMMISSION.
(a) ABOLITION.—The Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission of the United States is abolished.
(b) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—All functions of the
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission are transferred to
the Secretary of State.
(c) OTHER TRANSFERS.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, the assets, liabilities, contracts, prop-
erty, and records employed, held, used, arising from, avail-
able to, or to be made available in connection with the
functions transferred by this section, shall be transferred
to the Secretary of State for appropriate allocation. Any
unexpended balance of appropriations or other funds avail-
able to the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission before
the effective date of this section shall be deposited into
the Treasury.
(d) TERMINATION OF POSITIONS.—Each position in
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission shall termi-
nate.
(e) INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.—The Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall provide for the
termination of the affairs of the Foreign Claims Settle-
ment Commission and for such further measures and dis-
positions as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes
of this section.
(f) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—
(1) CONTINUITY
OF
LEGAL
FORCE
AND
EF-
FECT.—All orders, determinations, rules, regula-
tions, permits, grants, contracts, certificates, li-
censes, and privileges—
(A) which have been issued, made, grant-
ed, or allowed to become effective by the For-
eign Claims Settlement Commission or official
thereof, or by a court of competent jurisdiction,
in the performance of functions which are
transferred under this section to the Secretary
of State, and
(B) which are in effect at the time this
section takes effect,
shall continue in effect according to their terms until
modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or re-
voked by the Secretary of State, or other authorized
official, a court of competent jurisdiction, or by op-
eration of law.
(2) PENDING
PROCEEDINGS.—(A) The provi-
sions of this section shall not affect any proceedings,
including notices of proposed rulemaking, pending
on the effective date of this section before the For-
eign Claims Settlement Commission. Such proceed-
ings shall be continued.
(B) Orders shall be issued in such proceedings,
appeals shall be taken therefrom, and payments
shall be made pursuant to such orders, as if this sec-
tion had not been enacted. Orders issued in any
such proceedings shall continue in effect until modi-
fied, terminated, superseded, or revoked by the Sec-
retary of State, by a court of competent jurisdiction,
or by operation of law.
(C) Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed
to prohibit the discontinuance or modification of any
such proceeding under the same terms and condi-
tions and to the same extent that such proceeding
could have been discontinued or modified if this sec-
tion had not been enacted.
(D) The Secretary of State is authorized to pro-
mulgate regulations providing for the orderly trans-
fer to the Department of State of proceedings con-
tinued under this paragraph.
(3) NO EFFECT ON JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.—
Except as provided in paragraph (5)—
(A) the provisions of this section shall not
affect suits commenced before the effective date
of this section, and
(B) in all such suits, proceedings shall be
had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in
the same manner and effect as if this section
had not been enacted.
(4) NONABATEMENT
OF
PROCEEDINGS.—No
suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by or
against any officer in the official capacity of such in-
dividual as an officer of the Foreign Claims Settle-
ment Commission shall abate by reason of the enact-
ment of this section. No cause of action by or
against the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
or by or against any officer thereof in the official ca-
pacity of such officer shall abate by reason of the
enactment of this section.
(5) CONTINUATION OF PROCEEDING WITH SUB-
STITUTION
OF
PARTIES.—If, before the date on
which this section takes effect, the Foreign Claims
Settlement Commission, or officer thereof in the offi-
cial capacity of such officer, is a party to a suit,
then such suit shall be continued with the Secretary
of State or other appropriate official of the Depart-
ment of State substituted or added as a party.
(6) REVIEWABILITY OF ORDERS AND ACTIONS
UNDER TRANSFERRED FUNCTIONS.—Orders and ac-
tions of the Secretary of State in the exercise of
functions transferred under this section shall be sub-
ject to judicial review to the same extent and in the
same manner as if such orders and actions had been
by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission exer-
cising such functions immediately preceding their
transfer. Any statutory requirements relating to no-
tice, hearings, action upon the record, or administra-
tive review that apply to any function of the Foreign
Claims Settlement Commission shall apply to the ex-
ercise of such function by the Secretary of State.
(g) REFERENCE.—
(1) FUNCTIONS.—With respect to any function
of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission that
is transferred by this section and exercised on or
after the effective date of this section, reference in
any other Federal law to the Foreign Claims Settle-
ment Commission or any officer or employee thereof
shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary of State.
(2) OTHER
REFERENCES.—Any reference to
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, or any
other official of the Foreign Claims Settlement Com-
mission, in any law, rule, regulation, certificate, di-
rective, instruction, or other official paper in force
on the effective date of this section shall be deemed
to refer and apply to the Secretary of State.
(h) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5316 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking:
‘‘Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Com-
mission of the United States, Department of Jus-
tice.’’.
(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ment made by this section takes effect on October 1, 1995.
Subtitle D—Department Reforms
SEC. 2301. REDUCTION IN OVERHEAD EXPENSES OF EX-
PORT-IMPORT BANK.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amount obligated by the Ex-
port-Import Bank during fiscal year 1996 for overhead ex-
penses shall not exceed an amount sufficient to reduce
outlays for such expenses during such fiscal year (as com-
pared to such outlays during fiscal year 1995) by
$1,000,000.
(b) OVERHEAD EXPENSES.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘overhead expenses’’ means expenses
within the following object classifications established by
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget:
(1) 21.0 (travel and transportation of persons).
(2) 22.0 (transportation of things).
(3) 23.1 (rental payments to GSA).
(4) 23.3 (communications, utilities, and mis-
cellaneous charges).
(5) 24.0 (printing and reproduction).
(6) 25.1 (consulting services).
(7) 25.2 (other services).
(8) 25.5 (research and development contracts).
(9) 26.0 (supplies and materials).
(10) 31 (equipment).
SEC. 2302. TRANSFERS FROM EXCHANGE STABILIZATION
FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE
TREASURY.
(a) REPAYMENT OF AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED TO
THE EXCHANGE STABILIZATION FUND.—Effective Octo-
ber 1, 1996, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer
from the stabilization fund described in section 5302 of
title 31, United States Code, to the general fund of the
Treasury the $2,000,000,000 appropriated to such fund
under subsection (b) of section 10 of the Gold Reserve
Act of 1934 (minus any amounts previously covered into
the Treasury pursuant to subsection (c) of such section
10 (as amended by section 7(a) of the Bretton Woods
Agreements Act)).
(b) TRANSFER OF NET EARNINGS OF THE FUND TO
THE GENERAL FUND.—During fiscal years 1994 through
ll, the net earnings of the stabilization fund described
in section 5302 of title 31, United States Code, shall be
transferred by the Secretary of the Treasury from such
fund to the general fund of the Treasury.
Subtitle E—State Department
Reforms
CHAPTER 1—UNITED STATES ARMS
CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY
SEC. 2401. ABOLITION OF THE ACDA; REFERENCES IN
PART.
(a) ABOLITION.—The United States Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency is abolished on the effective
date of this chapter.
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 21 of the Arms
Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2561) is re-
pealed.
(c) REFERENCES IN CHAPTER.—Except as specifi-
cally provided in this chapter, whenever in this chapter
an amendment or repeal is expressed as an amendment
to or repeal of a provision, the reference shall be deemed
to be made to the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.
SEC. 2402. REPEAL OF POSITIONS AND OFFICES.
The following sections are repealed:
(1) Section 22 (22 U.S.C. 2562; relating to the
Director).
(2) Section 23 (22 U.S.C. 2563; relating to the
Deputy Director).
(3) Section 24 (22 U.S.C. 2564; relating to As-
sistant Directors).
(4) Section 25 (22 U.S.C. 2565; relating to bu-
reaus, offices, and divisions).
SEC. 2403. AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22
U.S.C. 2551 et seq.) is amended by striking ‘‘Agency’’ and
‘‘Director’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Depart-
ment’’ and ‘‘Secretary’’, respectively.
(2) No amendment shall be made under paragraph
(1) to references to the On-Site Inspection Agency or to
the Director of Central Intelligence.
(b) PURPOSE.—Section 2 (22 U.S.C. 2551) is
amended—
(1) by striking the second, fourth, fifth, and
sixth sentences; and
(2) in the seventh sentence, by striking ‘‘It’’
and all that follows through ‘‘State,’’ and inserting
‘‘The Department of State shall have the authority’’.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 (22 U.S.C. 2552) is
amended by striking paragraph (c) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(c) The term ‘Department’ means the Depart-
ment of State.
‘‘(d) The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary
of State.’’.
(d) SCIENTIFIC
AND POLICY ADVISORY COMMIT-
TEE.—Section 26(b) (22 U.S.C. 2566(b)) is amended by
striking ‘‘, the Secretary of State, and the Director’’ and
inserting ‘‘and the Secretary of State’’.
(e) PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES.—
Section 27 (22 U.S.C. 2567) is amended by striking ‘‘,
acting through the Director’’.
(f) PROGRAM FOR VISITING SCHOLARS.—Section 28
(22 U.S.C. 2568) is amended—
(1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Agen-
cy’s activities’’ and inserting ‘‘Department’s arms
control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activi-
ties’’; and
(2) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘, and all
former Directors of the Agency’’.
(g) POLICY
FORMULATION.—Section 33(a) (22
U.S.C. 2573(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘shall prepare for
the President, the Secretary of State,’’ and inserting
‘‘shall prepare for the President’’.
(h) NEGOTIATION MANAGEMENT.—Section 34 (22
U.S.C. 2574) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the President
and the Secretary of State’’ and inserting ‘‘the
President’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (b).
(i) VERIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE.—Section 37(d)
(22 U.S.C. 2577(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘Director’s
designee’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’s designee’’.
(j) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 41 (22 U.S.C.
2581) is repealed.
(k) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 48 (22 U.S.C. 2588)
is repealed.
(l) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 51(a) (22 U.S.C.
2593a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Secretary of
State,’’.
(m) REQUIREMENT FOR AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—Section 53 (22 U.S.C. 2593c) is repealed.
(n) ON-SITE INSPECTION AGENCY.—Section 61 (22
U.S.C. 2595) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘United
States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency is’’
and inserting ‘‘Department of State and the Depart-
ment of Defense are respectively’’; and
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘the United
States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
and’’.
SEC. 2404. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 106 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236)
is amended—
(1) by amending the section heading to read as
follows:
‘‘SEC. 106. DEPARTMENT OF STATE ARMS CONTROL AND
DISARMAMENT ACTIVITIES.’’;
and
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘to the Sec-
retary of State’’ after ‘‘appropriated’’.
SEC. 2405. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) The Arms Export Control Act is amended—
(1) 
in 
section 
36(b)(1)(D) 
(22 
U.S.C.
2776(b)(1)(D)), by striking ‘‘Director of the Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency in consultation
with the Secretary of State and’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of State in consultation with’’;
(2) 
in 
section 
38(a)(2) 
(22 
U.S.C.
2778(a)(2))—
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Di-
rector of the United States Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency, taking into account the
Director’s’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State,
taking into account the Secretary’s’’; and
(B) in the second sentence, by striking
‘‘The Director of the Arms Control and Disar-
mament Agency is authorized, whenever the Di-
rector’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of State is
authorized, whenever the Secretary’’;
(3) in section 42(a) (22 U.S.C. 2791(a))—
(A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘Di-
rector of the United States Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary
of State’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in the first sentence, by striking
‘‘Director of the United States Arms Con-
trol and Disarmament Agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Secretary of State’’; and
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking
‘‘Director of the Arms Control and Disar-
mament Agency is authorized, whenever
the Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of
State is authorized, whenever the Sec-
retary’’;
(4) in section 71(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2797(a)), by striking ‘‘, the Director of the Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency,’’ and inserting
‘‘Secretary of State’’;
(5) in section 71(b)(1) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2797(b)(1)), by striking ‘‘Director of the United
States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency’’ and
inserting ‘‘Secretary of State;
(6) in section 71(b)(2) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2797(b)(2))—
(A) by striking ‘‘Director of the United
States Arms Control and Disarmament Agen-
cy’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘or the Director’’;
(7) in section 71(c) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2797(c)), by striking ‘‘Director of the United States
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Secretary of State’’; and
(8) in section 73(d) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2797b(d)), by striking ‘‘, the Secretary of Com-
merce, and the Director of the United States Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency’’ and inserting
‘‘and the Secretary of Commerce’’.
(b) Section 1706(b) of the United States Institute of
Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4605(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking out paragraph (3);
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and
(3) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2)), by striking ‘‘Eleven’’ and inserting
‘‘Twelve’’.
(c) The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended—
(1) in section 57 b. (42 U.S.C. 2077(b))—
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency,’’, and
(B) in the second sentence, by striking
‘‘the Director of the Arms Control and Disar-
mament Agency,’’, and
(2) in section 123 (42 U.S.C. 2153)—
(A) in subsection a. (in the text below
paragraph (9)—
(i) by striking ‘‘and in consultation
with the Director of the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency (‘the Director’)’’,
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘and the Director’’
and inserting ‘‘and the Secretary of De-
fense’’,
(B) in subsection d., in the first proviso, by
striking ‘‘Director of the Arms Control and Dis-
armament Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of
Defense’’, and
(C) in the first undesignated paragraph
following subsection d., by striking ‘‘the Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency,’’.
(d) The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 is
amended—
(1) in section 4, by striking paragraph (2);
(2) in section 102, by striking ‘‘the Secretary of
State, and the Director of the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘and the Sec-
retary of State’’; and
(3) in section 602(c), by striking ‘‘the Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency,’’.
(e) Title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 5313, by striking ‘‘Director of the
United States Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency.’’,
(2) in section 5314, by striking ‘‘Deputy Direc-
tor of the United States Arms Control and Disar-
mament Agency.’’,
(3) in section 5315—
(A) by striking ‘‘Assistant Directors,
United States Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency (4).’’, and
(B) by striking ‘‘Special Representatives of
the President for arms control, nonproliferation,
and disarmament matters, United States Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency’’, and insert-
ing ‘‘Special Representatives of the President
for arms control, nonproliferation, and disar-
mament matters, Department of State’’, and
(4) in section 5316, by striking ‘‘General Coun-
sel of the United States Arms Control and Disar-
mament Agency.’’.
SEC. 2406. REFERENCES IN LAW.
Any reference in any statute, reorganization plan,
Executive order, regulation, agreement, determination, or
other official document or proceeding to the United States
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency or the Director
or other official of the United States Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency shall be deemed to refer respectively
to the Department of State or the Secretary of State or
other official of the Department of State.
SEC. 2407. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This chapter and the amendments made by this chap-
ter shall take effect on March 1, 1997.
CHAPTER 2—UNITED STATES
INFORMATION AGENCY
SEC. 2431. ABOLITION.
The United States Information Agency is abolished
upon the effective date of this chapter.
SEC. 2432. REFERENCES IN LAW.
Any reference in any statute, reorganization plan,
Executive order, regulation, agreement, determination, or
other official document or proceeding to—
(1) the Director of the United States Informa-
tion Agency or the Director of the International
Communication Agency shall be deemed to refer to
the Secretary of State; and
(2) the United States Information Agency,
USIA, or the International Communication Agency
shall be deemed to refer to the Department of State.
SEC. 2433. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5.
Title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 5313, by striking ‘‘Director of the
United States Information Agency.’’;
(2) in section 5315, by striking ‘‘Deputy Direc-
tor of the United States Information Agency.’’; and
(3) in section 5316, by striking ‘‘Deputy Direc-
tor, Policy and Plans, United States Information
Agency.’’ and striking ‘‘Associate Director (Policy
and Plans), United States Information Agency.’’.
SEC. 2434. AMENDMENTS TO UNITED STATES INFORMA-
TION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE ACT OF
1948.
(a) REFERENCES IN SECTION.—Except as specifi-
cally provided in this section, whenever in this section an
amendment or repeal is expressed as an amendment or
repeal of a provision, the reference shall be deemed to be
made to the United States Information and Educational
Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.).
(b) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in
this section, the Act (other than section 604 and sub-
sections (a) and (c) of section 701) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘United States Information
Agency’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘De-
partment of State’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘Director of the United States
Information Agency’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Secretary of State’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’;
(4) by striking ‘‘USIA’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘Department of State; and
(5) by striking ‘‘Agency’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘Department of State.
(c) SATELLITE
AND TELEVISION BROADCASTS.—
Section 505 (22 U.S.C. 1464a) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Director of the United States
Information Agency’’ each of the three places it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘To be effec-
tive, the United States Information Agency’’ and in-
serting ‘‘To be effective in carrying out this sub-
section, the Department of State’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘USIA–TV’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF STATE–
TV’’; and
(4) by striking subsection (e).
(d) NONDISCRETIONARY PERSONNEL COSTS
AND
CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS.—Section 704 (22 U.S.C.
1477b) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘au-
thorized by law’’ the following: ‘‘in connection with
carrying out the informational and educational ex-
change functions of the Department’’; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘United States
Information Agency’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Department of State in carrying out the in-
formational and educational exchange functions of
the Department’’.
(e) REPROGRAMMING NOTIFICATIONS.—Section 705
(22 U.S.C. 1477c) is amended by striking ‘‘United States
Information Agency’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘Department of State in carrying out its informational
and educational exchange functions’’.
(f) AUTHORITIES
OF
THE
SECRETARY.—Section
801(3) (22 U.S.C. 1471(3)) is amended by striking all ‘‘if
the sufficiency’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘if the
Secretary determines that title to such real property or
interests is sufficient;’’.
(g) REPEAL OF THE USIA SEAL.—Section 807 (22
U.S.C. 1475b) is repealed.
(h) ACTING ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS.—Section 808
(22 U.S.C. 1475c) is repealed.
(i) DEBT COLLECTION.—Section 811 (22 U.S.C.
1475f) is amended by inserting ‘‘informational and edu-
cational exchange’’ before ‘‘activities’’ each place it ap-
pears.
(j) OVERSEAS
POSTS.—Section 812 (22 U.S.C.
1475g) is amended by striking ‘‘United States Informa-
tion Agency post’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘in-
formational and educational exchange post of the Depart-
ment of State’’.
(k) DEFINITION.—Section 4 (22 U.S.C. 1433) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) ‘informational and educational exchange
functions’, with respect to the Department of State,
refers to functions exercised by the United States
Information Agency before the effective date of title
XIII of the Foreign Affairs Reinvention Act of
1995.’’.
SEC. 2435. AMENDMENTS TO THE MUTUAL EDUCATIONAL
AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE ACT OF 1961
(FULBRIGHT-HAYS ACT).
(a) REFERENCES IN SECTION.—Except as specifi-
cally provided in this section, whenever in this section an
amendment or repeal is expressed as an amendment or
repeal of a provision, the reference shall be deemed to be
made to the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.).
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Act (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.)
is amended by striking ‘‘Director of the International
Communication Agency’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
(c) PROGRAM AUTHORITIES.—(1) Section 102(a) (22
U.S.C. 2452(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘President’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
(2) Section 102(b) (22 U.S.C. 2452(b)) is amended
by striking ‘‘President’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State
(except, in the case of paragraphs (6) and (10), the Presi-
dent)’’.
(d) INTERNATIONAL
AGREEMENTS.—Section 103
(22 U.S.C. 2453) is amended by striking ‘‘President’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
(e) PERSONNEL BENEFITS.—Section 104(d) (22
U.S.C. 2454(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘President’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
(f) 
FOREIGN
STUDENT
COUNSELING.—Section
104(e)(3) (22 U.S.C. 2454(e)(3)) is amended by striking
‘‘President’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
(g) PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION OVERSEAS.—Sec-
tion 104(e)(4) (22 U.S.C. 2454(e)(4)) is amended by
striking ‘‘President’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
(h) USE
OF FUNDS.—Section 105(e) (22 U.S.C.
2455(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘President’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
(i) REPEAL OF AUTHORITY FOR ABOLISHED ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE.—Section 106(c) of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2456(c)) is repealed.
(j) BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AF-
FAIRS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 112(a) (22 U.S.C.
2460(a)) is amended by striking the first sentence
and inserting the following: ‘‘In order to carry out
the purposes of this Act, there is established in the
Department of State a Bureau for International Ex-
change Activities (in this section referred to as the
‘‘Bureau’’).
(2) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS.—Section
112(c) (22 U.S.C. 2460(c)) is amended by striking
‘‘President’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘Secretary of State’’.
SEC. 2436. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Except as otherwise provided
in paragraph (2), title III of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law
103–236) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Director of the United States
Information Agency’’ or ‘‘Director’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary of State for
Public Diplomacy’’;
(B) by striking all references to ‘‘United States
Information Agency’’ that were not stricken in sub-
paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘Department of State’’;
(C) in section 305(a)(1), by inserting ‘‘(includ-
ing activities of the Voice of America previously car-
ried out by the United States Information Agency)’’
after ‘‘this title’’;
(D) in section 305(b), by striking ‘‘Agency’s’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Department’s’’;
and
(E) by striking ‘‘Bureau’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘Office’’.
(2) Title III of such Act is amended—
(A) in section 304(c)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Director’s’’ and inserting
‘‘Under Secretary’s’’; and
(ii) in the fifth sentence, by striking ‘‘Di-
rector of the United States Information Agency,
the acting Director of the agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Under Secretary of State for Public Diplo-
macy, the acting Under Secretary’’;
(B) in sections 305(b) and 307(b)(1), by strik-
ing ‘‘Director of the Bureau’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office’’;
(C) in subsections (i) and (j) of section 308, by
striking ‘‘Inspector General of the United States In-
formation Agency’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘Inspector General for Foreign Affairs’’; and
(D) in section 310(d), by striking ‘‘Director on
the date of enactment of this Act, to the extent that
the Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary on the
effective date of title XIII of the Foreign Affairs
Reinvention Act of 1995, to the extent that the
Under Secretary’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TITLE 5.—Sec-
tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘Director of the International Broadcasting Bu-
reau, the United States Information Agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Director of the International Broadcasting Office,
the Department of State’’.
SEC. 2437. TELEVISION BROADCASTING TO CUBA.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Section 243(a) of the Television
Broadcasting to Cuba Act (as contained in part D of title
II of Public Law 101–246) (22 U.S.C. 1465bb(a)) is
amended by striking ‘‘United States Information Agency
(hereafter in this part referred to as the ‘Agency’)’’ and
inserting ‘‘Department of State (hereafter in this chapter
referred to as the ‘Department’)’’.
(b) TELEVISION MARTI SERVICE.—Section 244 of
such Act (22 U.S.C. 1465cc) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by amending the first sentence to read
as follows: ‘‘The Secretary of State shall admin-
ister within the Voice of America the Television
Marti Service.’’, and
(B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Di-
rector of the United States Information Agen-
cy’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking
‘‘USIA’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of State’’,
(B) by striking ‘‘Agency facilities’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Department facilities’’, and
(C) by striking ‘‘United States Information
Agency Television Service’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
partment of State Television Service’’; and
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) by striking ‘‘USIA AUTHORITY.—The
Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘SECRETARY OF STATE
AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of State’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Agency’’ the second place
it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
(c) ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT AGEN-
CIES.—Section 246 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 1465dd) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘United States Information
Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of State’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘the Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘the
Department’’.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
247(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 1465ee(a)) is repealed.
SEC. 2438. RADIO BROADCASTING TO CUBA.
(a) FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—
Section 3 of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22
U.S.C. 1465a) is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘United
States Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Depart-
ment of State’’;
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘United
States Information Agency (hereafter in this Act re-
ferred to as the ‘Agency’)’’ and inserting ‘‘Depart-
ment of State (hereafter in this Act referred to as
the ‘Department’)’’;
(3) by striking subsection (d); and
(4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘Director of
the United States Information Agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
(b) CUBA SERVICE.—Section 4 of such Act (22
U.S.C. 1465b) is amended—
(1) by amending the first sentence to read as
follows: ‘‘The Secretary of State shall administer
within the Voice of America the Cuba Service (here-
after in this section referred to as the ‘Service’).’’;
and
(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Director
of the United States Information Agency’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
(c) ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT AGEN-
CIES.—Section 6 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 1465d) is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘United States Information
Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of State’’;
and
(B) by striking ‘‘the Agency’’ and inserting
‘‘the Department’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘The Agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The Department’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘the Agency’’ and inserting
‘‘the Secretary of State’’.
(d) FACILITY COMPENSATION.—Section 7 of such
Act (22 U.S.C. 1465e) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Agency’’
and inserting ‘‘the Department’’; and
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Agency’’ and
inserting ‘‘Department’’.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
8 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 1465f) is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(a) The amount obligated by the Department of
State each fiscal year to carry out this Act shall be suffi-
cient to maintain broadcasts to Cuba under this Act at
rates no less than the fiscal year 1985 level of obligations
by the former United States Information Agency for such
broadcasts.’’; and
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b).
SEC. 2439. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.
(a) GRANTS.—Section 503 of Public Law 98–164, as
amended (22 U.S.C. 4412) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Director of the United
States Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of State’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘the Agency’’ and inserting
‘‘the Department of State’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Secretary of State’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘United
States Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Depart-
ment of State’’.
(b) AUDITS.—Section 504(g) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
4413(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘United States Informa-
tion Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of State’’.
(c) FREEDOM
OF INFORMATION.—Section 506 of
such Act (22 U.S.C. 4415) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each of the
three places it appears and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘of the United States In-
formation Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘of State’’;
and
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in the subsection heading by striking
‘‘USIA’’ and inserting ‘‘DEPARTMENT
OF
STATE’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each of the
three places it appears and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘of the United States In-
formation Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘of State’’;
and
(D) by striking ‘‘United States Informa-
tion Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of
State’’.
SEC. 2430. UNITED STATES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—Section 603 of the For-
eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and
1987 (22 U.S.C. 4703) is amended by striking ‘‘United
States Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Department
of State’’.
(b) GUIDELINES.—Section 604(11) of such Act (22
U.S.C. 4704(11)) is amended by striking ‘‘United States
Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of
State’’.
(c) POLICY REGARDING OTHER INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.—Section 606(b) of such Act
(22 U.S.C. 4706(b)) is amended—
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking
‘‘USIA’’ and inserting ‘‘STATE DEPARTMENT’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘Director of the United States
Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of
State’’.
(d) GENERAL AUTHORITIES.—Section 609(e) of such
Act (22 U.S.C. 4709(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘United
States Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Department
of State’’.
SEC. 2431. NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION BOARD.
Section 803 of the Intelligence Authorization Act,
Fiscal Year 1992 (50 U.S.C. 1903(b)) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking paragraph (6); and
(B) by redesignating paragraph (7) as
paragraph (6); and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection
(b)(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(6)’’.
SEC. 2432. CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTER-
CHANGE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH.
Section 208 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2075) is
amended by striking ‘‘Director of the United States Infor-
mation Agency’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of State’’.
SEC. 2433. CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTER-
CHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.
(a) DUTIES.—Section 703 of the Mutual Security Act
of 1960 (22 U.S.C. 2055) is amended—
(1) in the text above paragraph (1), by striking
‘‘Director of the United States Information Agency’’
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘Director’)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Secretary of State (hereinafter referred to
as the ‘Secretary’); and
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘establishment
and’’.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 704 of such Act (22
U.S.C. 2056) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Director of the United States
Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of
State’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’.
SEC. 2434. MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
Section 202 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 1461–1) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘mission of
the United States Information Agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘mission of the Department of State in carrying
out its information, educational, and cultural func-
tions’’;
(2) in the second sentence, in the text above
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘United States Informa-
tion Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of State’’;
(3) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘Agency’’
and inserting ‘‘Department’’; and
(4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘mission of
the Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘mission described in this
section’’.
SEC. 2435. CONSOLIDATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERV-
ICES.
Section 23 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2695(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(including’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘Agency)’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘other such agencies’’ and in-
serting ‘‘other Federal agencies’’.
SEC. 2436. GRANTS.
Section 212 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 1475h) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘United
States Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Depart-
ment of State, in carrying out its international infor-
mation, educational, and cultural functions,’’;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘United
States Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Depart-
ment of State’’;
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘United
States Information Agency shall substantially
comply with United States Information Agen-
cy’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of State, in car-
rying out its international information, edu-
cational, and cultural functions, shall substan-
tially comply with Department of State’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘United
States Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
partment of State’’; and
(C) in paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking
‘‘Agency’’ each of the two places it appears and
inserting ‘‘Department’’; and
(4) by striking subsection (d).
SEC. 2437. BAN ON DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES.
Section 208 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 1461–1a)
is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘United States Information
Agency’’ each of the two places it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Department of State’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘in carrying out international
information, educational, and cultural activities com-
parable to those previously administered by the
United States Information Agency’’ before ‘‘shall be
distributed’’.
SEC. 2438. CONFORMING REPEAL TO THE ARMS CONTROL
AND DISARMAMENT ACT.
Section 34(b) of the Arms Control and Disarmament
Act (22 U.S.C. 2574(b)) is repealed.
SEC. 2439. REPEAL RELATING TO PROCUREMENT OF
LEGAL SERVICES.
Section 26(b) of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2698(b)) is repealed.
SEC. 2440. REPEAL RELATING TO PAYMENT OF SUBSIST-
ENCE EXPENSES.
Section 32 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2704) is amended by striking the
second sentence.
SEC. 2441. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO THE SEED ACT.
Section 2(c) of the Support for East European De-
mocracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5401(c)) is
amended in paragraph (17) by striking ‘‘United States In-
formation Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of State’’.
SEC. 2442. INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL AND TRADE CEN-
TER COMMISSION.
Section 7(c)(1) of the Federal Triangle Development
Act (40 U.S.C. 1106(c)(1)) is amended—
(1) in the text above subparagraph (A), by
striking ‘‘15 members’’ and inserting ‘‘14 mem-
bers’’;
(2) by striking subparagraph (F); and
(3) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(G)
through (J) as subparagraphs (F) through (I), re-
spectively.
SEC. 2443. OTHER LAWS REFERENCED IN REORGANIZA-
TION PLAN NO. 2 OF 1977.
(a) IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.—(1) Sec-
tion 101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J)) is amended by striking
‘‘Director of the United States Information Agency’’ and
inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
(2) Section 212(e) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(e))
is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Director of the United States
Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of
State’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’.
(b) ARTS AND ARTIFACTS INDEMNITY ACT.—Section
3(a) of the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act (20 U.S.C.
972(a)) is amended by striking out ‘‘Director of the Unit-
ed States Information Agency’’ and inserting in lieu there-
of ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
(c) NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
HUMANITIES ACT OF 1965.—Section 9(b) of the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 958(b)) is amended by striking out ‘‘a member
designated by the Director of the United States Informa-
tion Agency,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘a member des-
ignated by the Secretary of State,’’.
(d) WOODROW WILSON MEMORIAL ACT OF 1968.—
Section 3(b) of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968
(20 U.S.C. 80f(b)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking out ‘‘19 members’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘18 members’’;
(2) by striking out paragraph (7); and
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), and
(10) as paragraphs (7), (8), and (9), respectively.
(e) PUBLIC LAW 95–86.—Title V of the Departments
of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1978 (Public Law 95–
86) is amended in the third proviso of the paragraph
‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ under the heading ‘‘UNITED
STATES INFORMATION AGENCY’’ (22 U.S.C. 1461b) by
striking out ‘‘the United States Information Agency is au-
thorized,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the Secretary of
State may,’’.
(f) ACT OF JULY 9, 1949.—The Act of July 9, 1949
(63 Stat. 408; chapter 301; 22 U.S.C. 2681 et seq.) is
repealed.
SEC. 2444. EXCHANGE PROGRAM WITH COUNTRIES IN
TRANSITION FROM TOTALITARIANISM TO DE-
MOCRACY.
Section 602 of the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 (22 U.S.C. 2452a) is amended—
(1) in the second sentence of subsection (a), by
striking ‘‘United States Information Agency’’ and
inserting ‘‘Department of State’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘appropriations account of
the United States Information Agency’’ and in-
serting ‘‘appropriate appropriations account of
the Department of State’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘and the United States In-
formation Agency’’.
SEC. 2445. EDMUND S. MUSKIE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.
Section 227 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘United
States Information Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Depart-
ment of State’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (d).
SEC. 2446. IMPLEMENTATION OF CONVENTION ON CUL-
TURAL PROPERTY.
Title III of the Convention on Cultural Property Im-
plementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is amended by
striking ‘‘Director of the United States Information Agen-
cy’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of
State’’.
SEC. 2447. REPEAL.
Section 252(a) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6101(a))
is repealed.
SEC. 2448. UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.
Section 604 of the United States Information and
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘the Director of the United
States Information Agency,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Director or the Agency,
and shall appraise the effectiveness of policies
and programs of the Agency’’ and inserting
‘‘Secretary of State or the Department of State,
and shall appraise the effectiveness of the infor-
mation, educational, and cultural policies and
programs of the Department’’;
(2) in subsection (c)(2), in the first sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘the Secretary of State,
and the Director of the United States Informa-
tion Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘, and the Secretary
of State’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘Agency’’ the first place it
appears and inserting ‘‘Department of State’’;
and
(C) by striking ‘‘Director for effectuating
the purposes of the Agency’’ and inserting
‘‘Secretary for effectuating the information,
educational, and cultural functions of the De-
partment’’;
(3) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘programs
conducted by the Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘informa-
tion, educational, and cultural programs conducted
by the Department of State’’; and
(4) in subsection (c)(4), by striking ‘‘Director
of the United States Information Agency’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
SEC. 2449. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This chapter, and the amendments made by this
chapter, shall take effect on March 1, 1997.
CHAPTER 3—AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Subchapter A—General Provisions
SEC. 2451. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), this chapter, and the amendments made by this chap-
ter, shall take effect—
(1) on March 1, 1997; or
(2) on such earlier date as the President shall
determine to be appropriate and announce by notice
published in the Federal Register, which date may
be not earlier than 60 calendar days (excluding any
day on which either House of Congress is not in ses-
sion because of an adjournment sine die) after the
President has submitted a reorganization plan to the
appropriate congressional committees pursuant to
section 421.
(b) REORGANIZATION PLAN.—Section 421 shall take
effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 2452. REFERENCES IN THIS CHAPTER.
Except as specifically provided in this chapter, when-
ever in this chapter an amendment or repeal is expressed
in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision,
the reference shall be considered to be made to a provision
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Subchapter B—Abolition of the Agency for
International Development and Transfer
of Functions to the Secretary of State
SEC. 2455. ABOLITION OF AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AND THE INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY.
The Agency for International Development and the
International Development Cooperation Agency are abol-
ished.
SEC. 2456. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO SECRETARY OF
STATE.
There are transferred to the Secretary of State all
functions of the Administrator of the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Director of the Inter-
national Development Cooperation Agency and all func-
tions of the Agency for International Development and the
International Development Cooperation Agency and any
officer or component of such agencies under any statute,
reorganization plan, Executive order, or other provision of
law before the effective date of this chapter, except as oth-
erwise provided in this chapter.
Subchapter C—Reorganization of Depart-
ment of State Relating to Functions
Transferred Under This Chapter
SEC. 2461. REORGANIZATION PLAN.
(a) SUBMISSION OF PLAN.—Not later than March 1,
1996, the President, in consultation with the Secretary
and the Administrator of the Agency for International De-
velopment, shall transmit to the appropriate congressional
committees a reorganization plan providing for—
(1) the abolition of the Agency for International
Development in accordance with this chapter;
(2) the transfer to the Department of State of
the functions and personnel of the Agency for Inter-
national Development consistent with the provisions
of this chapter; and
(3) the consolidation, reorganization, and
streamlining of the Department upon the transfer of
functions under this chapter in order to carry out
such functions.
(b) PLAN ELEMENTS.—The plan under subsection
(a) shall—
(1) identify the functions of the Agency for
International Development that will be transferred
to the Department under the plan;
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(2) identify the personnel and positions of the
Agency (including civil service personnel, Foreign
Service personnel, and detailees) that will be trans-
ferred to the Department, separated from service
with the Agency, or be eliminated under the plan,
and set forth a schedule for such transfers, separa-
tions, and terminations;
(3) identify the personnel and positions of the
Department (including civil service personnel, For-
eign Service personnel, and detailees) that will be
transferred within the Department, separated from
service with the Department, or eliminated under
the plan, and set forth a schedule for such transfers,
separations, and terminations;
(4) specify the consolidations and reorganiza-
tion of functions of the Department that will be re-
quired under the plan in order to permit the Depart-
ment to carry out the functions transferred to the
Department under the plan;
(5) specify the funds available to the Agency for
International Development that will be transferred
to the Department under this chapter as a result of
the transfer of functions of the Agency to the De-
partment;
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(6) specify the proposed allocations within the
Department of unexpended funds transferred in con-
nection with the transfer of functions under the
plan; and
(7) specify the proposed disposition of the prop-
erty, facilities, contracts, records, and other assets
and liabilities of the Agency in connection with the
transfer of the functions of the Agency to the De-
partment.
(c) ASSISTANT SECRETARY POSITIONS.—The plan
under subsection (a) shall provide for an appropriate num-
ber of Assistant Secretaries of State to carry out the func-
tions transferred to the Department under this chapter.
SEC. 2462. PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.
(a) UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEVELOP-
MENT AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 1(b) of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22
U.S.C. 2651a(b)) is amended by adding after para-
graph (2) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) UNDER
SECRETARY
FOR
DEVELOPMENT
AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS.—There shall be in the De-
partment of State an Under Secretary for Develop-
ment and Economic Affairs who shall assist the Sec-
retary and the Deputy Secretary in the formation
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and implementation of United States policies and ac-
tivities concerning international development and
economic affairs.’’.
(b) TRANSITION PROVISION.—The President may ap-
point the individual serving as Administrator of the Agen-
cy for International Development on the day before the
effective date of this chapter, or such other official ap-
pointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate
and serving within the Department of State or the Agency
for International Development as the President considers
appropriate, to serve as the acting Under Secretary for
Development and Economic Affairs until an individual is
appointed to that office in accordance with section 1(b)(1)
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956,
as amended by this Act.
Subchapter D—Conforming Amendments
SEC. 2465. REFERENCES.
Any reference in any statute, reorganization plan,
Executive order, regulation, agreement, determination, or
other official document or proceeding to—
(1) the Administrator of the Agency for Inter-
national Development, or any other officer or em-
ployee of the Agency for International Development
shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary of State;
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(2) the Director or any other officer or em-
ployee of the International Development Cooperation
Agency (IDCA) shall be deemed to refer to the Sec-
retary of State; or
(3) the Agency for International Development,
AID, the agency primarily responsible for admin-
istering part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, or the International Development Cooperation
Agency (IDCA) shall be deemed to refer to the De-
partment of State.
SEC. 2466. ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
OF THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DE-
VELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
TO OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
(a) ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
OF THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—
The Office of Inspector General of the Agency for Inter-
national Development is abolished.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT
OF 1978.—The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
App.) is amended as follows:
(1) Section 8A is repealed.
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(2) Section 11(1) is amended by striking ‘‘the
Administrator of the Agency for International Devel-
opment,’’.
(3) Section 11(2) is amended by striking ‘‘the
Agency for International Development,’’.
(c) AMENDMENTS
TO TITLE 5, UNITED STATES
CODE.—Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking the following: ‘‘Inspector General,
Agency for International Development.’’.
(d) FUNCTIONS OF OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
OF THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
TRANSFERRED TO OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—There are transferred to
the Office of Inspector General of the Department of State
the functions that the Office of Inspector General of the
Agency for International Development exercised before the
effective date of this chapter (including all related func-
tions of the Inspector General of the Agency for Inter-
national Development).
(e) TRANSFER AND ALLOCATIONS OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS AND PERSONNEL.—The Inspector General of the
Department of State, is authorized to make such inciden-
tal dispositions of personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, con-
tracts, property, records, and unexpended balances of ap-
propriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds
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held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made avail-
able in connection with such functions, as may be nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of this section.
SEC. 2467. ABOLITION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF
THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOP-
MENT AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER DEPARTMENT OF
STATE.
(a) ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OF-
FICER OF THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOP-
MENT.—The Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Agen-
cy for International Development is abolished.
(b) AMENDMENT
TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES
CODE.—Section 901(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by striking subparagraph (A).
(c) FUNCTIONS OF OFFICE OF CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER OF THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVEL-
OPMENT TRANSFERRED TO OFFICE OF CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—There are
transferred to the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the
Department of State the functions that the Office of Chief
Financial Officer of the Agency for International Develop-
ment exercised before the effective date of this chapter (in-
cluding all related functions of the Chief Financial Officer
of the Agency for International Development).
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(d) TRANSFER AND ALLOCATIONS OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS AND PERSONNEL.—The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, is authorized to make such incidental dis-
positions of personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts,
property, records, and unexpended balances of appropria-
tions, authorizations, allocations, and other funds held,
used, arising from, available to, or to be made available
in connection with such functions, as may be necessary
to carry out the provisions of this section.
SEC. 2468. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5, UNITED STATES
CODE.
Title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 5313, by striking ‘‘Administrator,
Agency for International Development.’’;
(2) in section 5314, by striking ‘‘Deputy Ad-
ministrator, Agency for International Develop-
ment.’’;
(3) in section 5315—
(A) by striking ‘‘Assistant Administrators,
Agency for International Development (6).’’;
and
(B) by striking ‘‘Regional Assistant Ad-
ministrators, Agency for International Develop-
ment (4).’’; and
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(4) in section 5316 by striking ‘‘General Coun-
sel of the Agency for International Development.’’.
SEC. 2469. PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM.
The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance
Act of 1954 (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.)
is amended by striking ‘‘Administrator’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary of State for Devel-
opment and Economic Affairs’’.
CHAPTER 4—ORGANIZATION OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF STATE AND FOREIGN
SERVICE
SEC. 2471. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(a) SECRETARY OF STATE.—Section 1 of the State
Department Basic Authorities of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a)
is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall serve as the principal
foreign policy adviser to the President and shall,
under the direction of the President, be responsible
for the overall direction, coordination, and super-
vision of United States foreign relations and for the
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interdepartmental activities of the United States
Government abroad.’’.
(b) DEPUTY SECRETARY.—Section 1(b) of the State
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2651a(b)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) DEPUTY SECRETARY.—(1) There shall be within
the Department of State a Deputy Secretary of State, who
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate.
‘‘(2) The Deputy Secretary shall have primary re-
sponsibility, which may not be delegated, to assure ade-
quate foreign policy coordination with respect to the inter-
national activities of other agencies and development enti-
ties.
‘‘(3) The Deputy Secretary shall act for, and exercise
the powers of, the Secretary during his absence or disabil-
ity or during a vacancy in the office of the Secretary.’’.
(c) AMERICA DESK.—Section 1(c) of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2651a(c)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) AMERICA DESK.—(1)(A) The Secretary shall es-
tablish and maintain staff within the office of the Sec-
retary that shall be responsible for ensuring that adequate
consideration is afforded to United States commercial and
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business interests in the formulation of United States for-
eign policy.
‘‘(B) The staff established under subparagraph (A)
may be referred to as the ‘America Desk’.
‘‘(2) The America Desk shall also serve as an om-
budsman and as a point of liaison to United States com-
mercial and economic interests and to provide policy-
makers with input that will help keep policy responsive
to the needs of United States citizens.
‘‘(3) In addition, in the event of certain foreign emer-
gencies or crises affecting United States citizens, the
America Desk shall help energize the Department’s re-
sources in a coordinated response.’’.
(d) RESOURCES, POLICY, AND PLANNING STAFF.—
Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (e);
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and
(3) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(d) RESOURCES, POLICY, AND PLANNING STAFF.—
(1) The Secretary shall establish and maintain a Re-
sources, Policy, and Planning Staff within the office of
the Secretary to provide the Secretary, the Deputy Sec-
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retary of State, and the Under Secretaries of State precise
information on and recommendations concerning the re-
source implications of foreign policy proposals.
‘‘(2) The staff shall be responsible to ensure that the
Secretary of State has an independent assessment of the
budgetary impact of foreign policy proposals.’’.
(e) ASSUMPTION OF DUTIES BY INCUMBENT AP-
POINTEES.—An individual holding an office immediately
prior to the date of enactment of this Act—
(1) who was appointed to the office by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate; and
(2) who performs duties substantially similar to
the duties of an office created or proposed to be cre-
ated under the amendments of this section,
may, in the discretion of the Secretary of State, assume
the duties of such new office, and shall not be required
to be reappointed by reason of the enactment of this
section.
SEC. 2472. UNDER SECRETARIES.
(a) AMENDMENT
TO
THE
STATE
DEPARTMENT
BASIC AUTHORITIES ACT.—The State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is
amended by inserting after section 1 the following new
section:
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‘‘SEC. 1A. UNDER SECRETARIES OF STATE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) There shall be in the Depart-
ment of State not more than the following five Under Sec-
retaries of State, who shall be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate:
‘‘(A) The Under Secretary of State for Policy.
‘‘(B) The Under Secretary of State for Export,
Trade, Economics, and Business.
‘‘(C) The Under Secretary of State for Inter-
national Security.
‘‘(D) The Under Secretary of State for Public
Diplomacy.
‘‘(E) The Under Secretary of State for Manage-
ment.
‘‘(2) The responsibilities of the Under Secretaries of
State include, but are not limited to, the responsibilities
provided for in this section.
‘‘(b) UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR POLICY.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—There is an Under Sec-
retary of State for Policy.
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Under Secretary
of State for Policy shall be responsible to the Sec-
retary of State and the Deputy Secretary of State
for the following:
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‘‘(A) Assisting in the development, imple-
mentation, and conduct of foreign policy and
foreign assistance policy.
‘‘(B) Determining the policy goals and
functions of United States diplomatic missions
and ensuring that overall mission staffing re-
flects policy priorities.
‘‘(C) Ensuring policy coordination of all
international programs carried out by the de-
partments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment in the areas within the responsibilities of
the Under Secretary.
‘‘(3) OFFICE
OF
THE
UNDER
SECRETARY.—
There shall be within the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Policy the Office of Enterprise Fund Co-
ordination which shall ensure that programs of en-
terprise funds support regional policy goals, are well
managed and audited, and are sufficiently capital-
ized.
‘‘(c) UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXPORT,
TRADE, ECONOMICS, AND BUSINESS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—There is an Under Sec-
retary of State for Export, Trade, Economics, and
Business.
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‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—(A) The Under Sec-
retary of State for Export, Trade, Economics, and
Business shall be responsible to the Secretary of
State and the Deputy Secretary of State for the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(i) Assisting in the development, imple-
mentation, and conduct of foreign policy and
foreign assistance policy with respect to export
promotion, trade, economics, and business and
with respect to science and environmental mat-
ters and the oceans.
‘‘(ii) Overseeing international programs
with respect to the matters referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) that are carried out by the de-
partments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment other than the Department of State.
‘‘(B) The Under Secretary shall be the rep-
resentative of the Department of State on the Trade
Promotion 
Coordinating 
Committee 
established
under section 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act
of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4724).
‘‘(d) UNDER SECRETARY
OF STATE
FOR INTER-
NATIONAL SECURITY.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—There is an Under Sec-
retary of State for International Security.
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‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Under Secretary
of State for International Security shall be respon-
sible to the Secretary of State and the Deputy Sec-
retary of State for the following:
‘‘(A) Assisting in the development of policy
relating to matters of international security, in-
cluding arms control and nonproliferation,
international narcotics and crime control, refu-
gee and migration affairs, emergency humani-
tarian issues, and foreign assistance issues re-
lated thereto.
‘‘(B) Advising on matters of arms control
and disarmament, arms sales, and nonprolifera-
tion of weapons of mass destruction.
‘‘(3) OFFICE
OF
THE
UNDER
SECRETARY.—
There shall be within the Office of the Under Sec-
retary of State for International Security—
‘‘(A) the Coordinator for Economic Sup-
port Funds-Foreign Military Financing, who
shall seek to assure that programs under chap-
ter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 and under section 23 of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act reflect United States foreign
policy objectives; and
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‘‘(B) the Coordinator for Counter-Terror-
ism, who shall develop, coordinate, and oversee
the implementation of, the policy of the Depart-
ment of State to counter acts of international
terrorism.
‘‘(e) UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR PUBLIC DI-
PLOMACY.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—There is an Under Sec-
retary of State for Public Diplomacy.
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Under Secretary
of State for Public Diplomacy shall be responsible to
the Secretary of State and the Deputy Secretary of
State for the following:
‘‘(A) Assisting in the development, imple-
mentation, and conduct of United States policy
on public diplomacy, including international ex-
change programs and international broadcast-
ing.
‘‘(B) Coordinating international exchange
programs that are carried out by departments
and agencies of the Federal Government other
than the Department of State.
‘‘(C) Disseminating information, including
the use and maintenance of electronic informa-
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tion capabilities, such as the wireless file, and
library and overseas resource centers.
‘‘(i) providing information to the pub-
lic outside the United States on United
States foreign policy and assistance policy;
and
‘‘(ii) providing to the Secretary of
State information on public reaction, for-
eign attitudes and media reaction to Unit-
ed States foreign policy.
‘‘(3) OFFICE
OF
THE
UNDER
SECRETARY.—
There shall be within the office of the Under Sec-
retary of State of Public Diplomacy the Press Office
and Spokesperson which shall carry out domestic li-
aison activities, including authority over the current
foreign press centers in the United States.
‘‘(f) UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR MANAGE-
MENT.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—There is an Under Sec-
retary of State for Management.
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Under Secretary
of State for Management shall be responsible to the
Secretary of State and the Deputy Secretary of
State for the following:
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‘‘(A) Assisting in the development, imple-
mentation, and conduct of policy for the man-
agement of the Department of State, including
the management of United States diplomatic
missions and consular posts abroad.
‘‘(B) Assuring adequate management sup-
port for the conduct of United States foreign
policy and foreign assistance policy, including
personnel staffing levels adequate to support
the overall foreign policy objectives.
‘‘(C) Developing and implementing policy
on consular programs.’’.
(b) ASSUMPTION OF DUTIES BY INCUMBENT AP-
POINTEES.—An individual holding an office immediately
prior to the date of enactment of this Act—
(1) who was appointed to the office by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate; and
(2) who performs duties substantially similar to
the duties of an office created or proposed to be cre-
ated under section 1A of the State Department
Basic Authorities Act of 1956,
may, in the discretion of the Secretary of State, assume
the duties of such new office, and shall not be required
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to be reappointed by reason of the enactment of that
section.
SEC. 2473. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF STATE.
(a) AMENDMENT
TO
THE
STATE
DEPARTMENT
BASIC AUTHORITIES ACT.—The State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is
amended by inserting after section 1A, as added by section
1102, the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 1B. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF STATE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) There shall be in the Depart-
ment of State not more than 20 Assistant Secretaries of
State, who shall be appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate. The responsibil-
ities of the Assistant Secretaries of State include, but are
not limited to, the responsibilities provided for in this sec-
tion.
‘‘(2) Under each Assistant Secretary of State having
regional responsibilities described in paragraphs (1)
through (6) of subsection (b), there should be a Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Trade, and Development
Assistance.
‘‘(b) ASSISTANT SECRETARIES REPORTING TO THE
UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR POLICY.—The follow-
ing Assistant Secretaries of State should be subject to the
supervision and policy guidance of the Under Secretary
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of State for Policy and should have the following respon-
sibilities:
‘‘(1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTER-AMER-
ICAN AFFAIRS.—There should be an Assistant Sec-
retary of State for Inter-American Affairs who
should assist in the development and implementation
of United States foreign policy and foreign assist-
ance policy with respect to the Western Hemisphere.
‘‘(2) ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR
WESTERN
AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.—There should
be an Assistant Secretary of State for Western and
Central European Affairs who should assist in the
development and implementation of United States
foreign policy and foreign assistance policy with re-
spect to Western and Central Europe.
‘‘(3) ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR
ASIAN
AND
PACIFIC
AFFAIRS.—There should be an Assistant
Secretary of State for Asian and Pacific Affairs who
should assist in the development and implementation
of United States foreign policy and foreign assist-
ance policy with respect to Asia and the Pacific.
‘‘(4) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN AF-
FAIRS.—There should be an Assistant Secretary of
State for African Affairs who should assist in the
development and implementation of United States
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foreign policy and foreign assistance policy with re-
spect to Africa.
‘‘(5) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEAR EAST-
ERN AFFAIRS.—There should be an Assistant Sec-
retary of State for Near Eastern Affairs who should
assist in the development and implementation of
United States foreign policy and foreign assistance
policy with respect to the Near East.
‘‘(6) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EASTERN EU-
ROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA AFFAIRS.—There should
be an Assistant Secretary of State for Eastern Eu-
rope and Central Asia Affairs who should assist in
the development and implementation of United
States foreign policy and foreign assistance policy
with respect to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Kazakstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, 
Russia, 
Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
‘‘(7) 
ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.—There should be an As-
sistant Secretary for International Organizations
who should have the rank and status of Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and who—
‘‘(A) should serve as the Permanent Rep-
resentative of the United States to the United
Nations;
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‘‘(B) may serve ex officio as representative
of the United States in any organ, commission,
or other body of any international organization
other than a specialized agency of the United
Nations;
‘‘(C) should develop, coordinate, and imple-
ment United States policy in the United Na-
tions, specialized agencies, and other inter-
national organizations, including United States
policy on issues relating to United Nations
peacekeeping activities;
‘‘(D) should ensure that the United States
participates in international organizations in a
consistent fashion; and
‘‘(E) should manage United States partici-
pation in multilateral conferences, including ac-
crediting and instructing United States delega-
tions to such conferences and providing rep-
resentational and logistical support to such
delegations.
‘‘(8) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY
AND HUMAN RIGHTS.—There should be an Assistant
Secretary of State for Democracy and Human
Rights, who should—
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‘‘(A) develop, coordinate, and implement
United States policy and programs for the pro-
motion of freedom, democracy, respect for
human rights, and similar matters around the
world;
‘‘(B) support and provide advice to the re-
gional Assistant Secretaries of State referred to
in paragraphs (1) through (6) in the promotion
of the matters referred to in subparagraph (A);
‘‘(C) serve as liaison with nongovernmental
organizations that are active in the promotion
of such matters;
‘‘(D) prepare the annual report of the De-
partment of State on human rights practices;
and
‘‘(E) advise the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service on applications by foreign na-
tionals for political asylum in the United States.
‘‘(c) ASSISTANT SECRETARIES REPORTING TO THE
UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXPORT, TRADE, EC-
ONOMICS, AND BUSINESS.—The following Assistant Sec-
retaries of State should be subject to the supervision and
policy guidance of the Under Secretary of State for Ex-
port, Trade, Economics, and Business and should have the
following responsibilities:
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‘‘(1) ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR
ECONOMICS
AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There should be an
Assistant Secretary of State for Economics and
Business Affairs who should—
‘‘(i) develop, coordinate, and imple-
ment United States international economic
policy, including resource and food policy,
energy policy, trade policy, policy with re-
spect to economic sanctions, and policy for
the promotion of a stable and open inter-
national financial system;
‘‘(ii) ensure that United States eco-
nomic and commercial interests are given
appropriate weight in the development and
implementation of United States foreign
policy;
‘‘(iii) negotiate agreements for the
purposes of promoting United States busi-
ness abroad, improving the economic com-
petitiveness of United States business
abroad, and facilitating United States
business activities abroad; and
‘‘(iv) advise other bureaus and ele-
ments of the Department of State on eco-
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nomic policy issues relating to the matters
set forth in clauses (i) through (iii).
‘‘(B) OFFICE
OF
THE
ASSISTANT
SEC-
RETARY.—There should be within the Office of
the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic
and Business Affairs the Office of Tele-
communications 
and 
Aviation. 
The 
office
should—
‘‘(i) develop, coordinate, and imple-
ment policy on issues relating to inter-
national telecommunications, international
information utilization and exchange, and
international aviation and maritime mat-
ters;
‘‘(ii) consult with and coordinate the
activities of the other departments and
agencies of the Federal Government with
respect to the policy referred to in clause
(i); and
‘‘(iii) conduct negotiations with for-
eign governments and international organi-
zations with respect to such policy.
‘‘(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
AND
SCIENCE
AFFAIRS.—There
should be an Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans
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and Environmental and Science Affairs who should
develop, coordinate, and implement policy on the sci-
entific and technological facets of the relations of the
United States with foreign governments and inter-
national organizations and on matters relating to the
environment, the oceans, fishing, and space.
‘‘(d) ASSISTANT SECRETARIES REPORTING TO THE
UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INTERNATIONAL SE-
CURITY.—The following Assistant Secretaries of State
should be subject to the supervision and policy guidance
of the Under Secretary of State for International Security
and should have the following responsibilities:
‘‘(1) ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR
ARMS
CON-
TROL
AND
NON-PROLIFERATION
AFFAIRS.—(A)
There shall be an Assistant Secretary of State for
Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Affairs who
shall—
‘‘(i) develop and coordinate policy on non-
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
(including nuclear, chemical, and biological
weapons and missile technology) and nuclear
and conventional arms control; and
‘‘(ii) prepare for and operate United States
participation in international control systems
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that may result from United States arms con-
trol activities.
‘‘(B) DEPUTY
ASSISTANT
SECRETARIES.—(i)
There shall be four Deputy Assistant Secretaries of
State who shall report to the Assistant Secretary of
State for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Af-
fairs for the following matters, respectively:
‘‘(I) Verification of compliance with arms
control agreements (including memoranda of
understanding).
‘‘(II) Conventional arms control.
‘‘(III) Nuclear nonproliferation.
‘‘(IV) Control of weapons of mass destruc-
tion.
‘‘(ii) One such Deputy Assistant Secretary shall
serve as the principal Deputy to the Assistant Sec-
retary.
‘‘(2) 
ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AF-
FAIRS.—There should be an Assistant Secretary of
State for International Narcotics and Law Enforce-
ment Affairs who should—
‘‘(A) develop, coordinate, and implement
international narcotics assistance activities dele-
gated to the Secretary of State under chapter
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8 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.);
‘‘(B) serve as principal point of contact
and provide advice on international narcotics
control matters for the Office of Management
and Budget, the National Security Council, and
the Executive Office of the President to ensure
implementation of United States policy in nar-
cotics matters; and
‘‘(C) carry out international law enforce-
ment activities of the Department of State
under the International Narcotics Control Cor-
rection Act of 1994, including—
‘‘(i) promoting law enforcement and
policy initiatives bilaterally or multilater-
ally which are of high priority to the na-
tional interest of the United States;
‘‘(ii) promoting improved coordination
among United States policy and law en-
forcement agencies for their activities out-
side the United States; and
‘‘(iii) 
developing 
law 
enforcement
training programs to strengthen and sta-
bilize democracies throughout the world.
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‘‘(3) ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR
POLITICAL-
MILITARY AFFAIRS.—There should be an Assistant
Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs who
should—
‘‘(A) serve as the Department’s primary li-
aison with the Department of Defense;
‘‘(B) seek to further United States na-
tional security objectives by—
‘‘(i) stabilizing regional military bal-
ances through negotiations and security as-
sistance;
‘‘(ii) maintaining global access for
United States military forces;
‘‘(iii) inhibiting the access by adver-
saries to militarily significant technologies;
and
‘‘(iv) promoting responsible United
States defense trade; and
‘‘(C) coordinate with the Department of
Defense on issues involving United States par-
ticipation in United Nations peacekeeping ac-
tivities.
‘‘(4) ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR
HUMANI-
TARIAN
ASSISTANCE, REFUGEES, AND
MIGRATION
AFFAIRS.—There should be an Assistant Secretary
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of State for Humanitarian Assistance, Refugees, and
Migration Affairs who should—
‘‘(A) recommend and implement policy on
humanitarian assistance and refugee and mi-
gration affairs;
‘‘(B) operate United States refugee pro-
grams abroad, carried out in cooperation with
other governments, private and international or-
ganizations, and other United States govern-
ment agencies;
‘‘(C) carry out programs relating to the re-
lief and repatriation of refugees, and the selec-
tion and processing of refugees to be admitted
to the United States;
‘‘(D) implement abroad United States pro-
grams for disaster preparedness, relief, and re-
habilitation, incorporating activities previously
carried out by the Office of Foreign Disaster
Assistance of the Agency for International De-
velopment; and
‘‘(E) function as primary coordination
point for United States’ international humani-
tarian emergency response efforts.
‘‘(e) ASSISTANT SECRETARIES REPORTING TO THE
UNDER SECRETARY
OF STATE
FOR PUBLIC DIPLO-
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MACY.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the follow-
ing Assistant Secretary of State and officials of the De-
partment of State should be subject to the supervision and
policy guidance of the Under Secretary of State for Public
Diplomacy and should have the following responsibilities:
‘‘(1) 
ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL EXCHANGES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be an As-
sistant Secretary of State for International Ex-
changes who shall—
‘‘(i) administer programs carried out
under the Mutual Educational and Cul-
tural Exchange Act of 1961 (Public Law
87–256) so as to ensure that such pro-
grams support United States interests
abroad and reflect the values of the people
of the United States;
‘‘(ii) develop and implement policy for,
and provide professional guidance, mate-
rials, and other program support to, the li-
braries and binational centers of the De-
partment of State abroad;
‘‘(iii) administer fine arts programs
and performing arts programs abroad, in-
cluding arranging for tours abroad of
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United States performing arts groups and
fine arts exhibitions; and
‘‘(iv) develop and implement other
programs in support of United States in-
terests abroad, including programs for the
identification and recruitment of individ-
uals to speak of such interests abroad and
for establishing links between United
States and foreign cultural institutions.
‘‘(B) OFFICE
OF
THE
ASSISTANT
SEC-
RETARY.—There shall be within the Office of
the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-
national Exchanges the Office of Program Co-
ordination. The Secretary of State, acting
through the Office, shall be responsible for
tracking identification and coordination of all
United States Government sponsored non-
military international exchange programs. The
Office shall be charged to identify and make
recommendations to the President on programs
that are duplicative and, therefore, should be
eliminated.
‘‘(2) CHAIRMAN OF THE BROADCASTING BOARD
OF GOVERNORS AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE INTER-
NATIONAL BROADCASTING OFFICE.—The Chairman
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of the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Di-
rector of the International Broadcasting Office shall
have the responsibilities set forth for those positions
in title III of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.
‘‘(f) ASSISTANT SECRETARIES REPORTING TO THE
UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR MANAGEMENT.—The
following Assistant Secretaries of State should be subject
to the supervision and policy guidance of the Under Sec-
retary of State for Management and should have the fol-
lowing responsibilities:
‘‘(1) ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR
CONSULAR
AFFAIRS.—There should be an Assistant Secretary
of State for Consular Affairs who should develop, co-
ordinate, and implement policy relating to the pro-
tection and welfare of United States citizens and in-
terests abroad, the issuance of passports and visas,
and the provision of other consular services.
‘‘(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRA-
TION.—There should be an Assistant Secretary of
State for Administration who should—
‘‘(A) develop, coordinate, and implement
policy, programs, and activities for the provision
of administrative support for the Department of
State, including support for building operations
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of the Department in the United States and
abroad, support for information management,
support for telecommunications, support for the
Diplomatic Contingency Program of the De-
partment, support for travel abroad by the
President and the Vice President, and support
for schools for dependents of Department per-
sonnel abroad;
‘‘(B) manage acquisition activities of the
Department in the United States;
‘‘(C) oversee acquisition activities of the
Department abroad;
‘‘(D) ensure the provision of supply and
transportation services to the Department; and
‘‘(E) ensure the provision of language serv-
ices for the Secretary of State, the Executive
Office of the President, and other officials of
the Federal Government.
‘‘(3) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DIPLOMATIC
SECURITY.—There should be an Assistant Secretary
of State for Diplomatic Security who should—
‘‘(A) develop, coordinate, and implement
policy for the purpose of ensuring the security
of personnel who conduct United States diplo-
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macy and promote United States interests
abroad;
‘‘(B) assign security personnel to posts
abroad for the purpose referred to in subpara-
graph (A);
‘‘(C) carry out the duties set forth in the
Omnibus Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 (22
U.S.C. 4801 et seq.); and
‘‘(D) administer through the Office of For-
eign Missions, the authorities relating to the
regulation of foreign missions under title II of
this Act.
‘‘(g) POSITIONS REPORTING TO THE SECRETARY OF
STATE.—There should be in the Department of State, the
following officials who should be appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
and who should report to the Secretary of State and who
should have the following responsibilities:
‘‘(1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR IN-
TELLIGENCE AND STRATEGIC PLANS.—There should
be an Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence
and Strategic Plans, who should—
‘‘(A) provide the Secretary, the Deputy
Secretary, and Department principals with in-
telligence information, briefings, analysis, and
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coordination necessary to carry out the Presi-
dent’s foreign policy;
‘‘(B) serve as primary adviser to the Sec-
retary of State and intelligence briefer for sen-
ior Department policymakers;
‘‘(C) undertake strategic (medium- and
long-term) policy studies and analyses, and
keep policymakers aware of strategic trends in
areas of current or potential policy interest’’;
and
‘‘(D) provide the intelligence community
guidance as necessary to help ensure products
are focused adequately to support policymakers.
‘‘(2) ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
OF
STATE
FOR
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.—There should be an Assist-
ant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, who
should—
‘‘(A) supervise and coordinate all foreign
affairs-related legislative activities within the
Department of State and among the Depart-
ment, Congress, and other agencies;
‘‘(B) supervise and coordinate all personnel
of the Department who are designated or as-
signed legislative responsibilities and who
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should report to the Assistant Secretary of
State for Legislative Affairs;
‘‘(C) ensure that congressional perspectives
are considered in the foreign policymaking proc-
ess, that the administration’s views are accu-
rately presented to Congress, and that a coordi-
nated legislative strategy is implemented by ex-
ecutive branch agencies; and
‘‘(D) be responsible for rating and review-
ing all employees of any bureau whose duties
comprise primarily of legislative matters.’’.
(b) ASSUMPTION OF DUTIES BY INCUMBENT AP-
POINTEES.—An individual holding an office immediately
prior to the date of enactment of this Act—
(1) who was appointed to the office by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate; and
(2) who performs duties substantially similar to
the duties of an office created or proposed to be cre-
ated under section 1B of the State Department
Basic Authorities Act of 1956,
may, in the discretion of the Secretary of State, assume
the duties of such new office, and shall not be required
to be reappointed by reason of the enactment of that sec-
tion.
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SEC. 2474. OTHER STATE DEPARTMENT POSITIONS.
(a) AMENDMENT TO STATE DEPARTMENT BASIC AU-
THORITIES ACT.—Section 1B of the State Department
Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as added by this Act, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 1C. OTHER STATE DEPARTMENT POSITIONS.
‘‘(a) GENERAL COUNSEL.—
‘‘(1) There should be a General Counsel, who
should be appointed by the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, who should be
paid at the rate provided for positions at level IV of
the Executive Schedule, and who should—
‘‘(A) serve as principal adviser to the Sec-
retary and, through the Secretary, to the Presi-
dent on all matters of international law arising
in the conduct of United States foreign rela-
tions; and
‘‘(B) provide general legal advice and serv-
ices to the Secretary and other officials of the
Department on matters with which the Depart-
ment and overseas posts are concerned.
‘‘(2) The General Counsel should assume the
functions previously exercised by the Legal Adviser.
‘‘(b) POSITIONS REPORTING TO THE UNDER SEC-
RETARY OF STATE FOR MANAGEMENT.—The following of-
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ficials within the Department of State should report di-
rectly to the Under Secretary of State for Management:
‘‘(1) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.—There is in
the Department of State a Chief Financial Officer
who is appointed and paid in accordance with sec-
tion 901 of title 31, United States Code, and who
shall—
‘‘(A) serve as the Department’s Budget
Officer and shall manage the financial affairs of
the Department, consistent with section 902 of
title 31, United States Code;
‘‘(B) ensure adequate systems within the
Department for the production of reliable and
timely financial and related programmatic in-
formation;
‘‘(C) develop financial analysis and per-
formance reports regarding the activities of the
Department; and
‘‘(D) integrate functions of the Depart-
ment related to budget execution and financial
accounting.
‘‘(2) DIRECTOR
GENERAL
OF
THE
FOREIGN
SERVICE.—There should be a Director General of
the Foreign Service who should be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the
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Senate, and who should be paid at the rate of pay
provided for positions at level IV of the Executive
Schedule. The Director General should—
‘‘(A) act as principal advisor to the Sec-
retary of State on all matters relating to the
Foreign Service, including matters relating to
recruitment, training, professional development,
assignment, and utilization of Foreign Service
personnel;
‘‘(B) provide joint training for all such
personnel and ensure the assignment of such
personnel to positions that require and provide
experience in a variety of disciplines; and
‘‘(C) perform such functions in connection
with the administration of the Foreign Service
as the Secretary of State may prescribe.
‘‘(3) DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL.—There should
be within the Department of State a Director of
Personnel who should be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
and who should be paid at the rate of pay provided
for positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule.
The Director of Personnel should—
‘‘(A) implement policies and programs for
personnel of the Department of State, including
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personnel under the Civil Service system, per-
sonnel under the Foreign Service System (in
consultation with the Director General for the
Foreign Service), and personnel who are For-
eign Service National employees; and
‘‘(B) oversee activities of the National Cen-
ter for Humanities, Education, Languages, and
Management Studies.’’.
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 208 of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3928), relating to
the Director General of the Foreign Service, is repealed.
(c) ASSUMPTION OF DUTIES BY INCUMBENT AP-
POINTEES.—An individual holding an office immediately
prior to the date of enactment of this Act—
(1) who was appointed to the office by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate; and
(2) who performs duties substantially similar to
the duties of an office created or proposed to be cre-
ated under section 1C of the State Department
Basic Authorities Act of 1956,
may, at the discretion of the Secretary of State, assume
the duties of such new office, and shall not be required
to be reappointed by reason of the enactment of that
section.
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SEC. 2475. INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
(a) TERM OF SERVICE; LIMITATION ON APPOINT-
MENT.—Section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of
1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Inspector
General of the Department of State and the Foreign
Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Inspector General for For-
eign Affairs’’; and
(2) by inserting after the first sentence the fol-
lowing new sentences: ‘‘The Inspector General shall
serve a term of six years. The Inspector General
may be reappointed by the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, for an addi-
tional term or terms of six years each. No career
member of the Foreign Service, as defined in section
103, may be appointed Inspector General.’’.
(b) REDESIGNATION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AS INSPECTOR GENERAL
FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.—(1) The Inspector General Act
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3) is amended—
(A) by redesignating section 8G (as added by
section 104(a) of Public Law 100–504) and section
8G (as added by section 105 of Public Law 100–
504) as sections 8H and 8I, respectively; and
(B) by inserting after section 8F the following:
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‘‘SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
‘‘SEC. 8G. In addition to the other duties and respon-
sibilities specified in this Act, the Inspector General of the
Department of State (also known as the ‘Inspector Gen-
eral for Foreign Affairs’) shall exercise the authorities of
section 209 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (including
authorities with respect to the Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors).’’.
(2) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘Inspector General, Department of
State’’ and inserting ‘‘Inspector General for Foreign
Affairs, Department of State’’.
(3) Section 413 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security
and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4861) is re-
pealed.
(c) REPEAL RELATING TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISAR-
MAMENT AGENCY.—Section 50 of the Arms Control and
Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2593a), relating to the
ACDA Inspector General, is repealed.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES INFORMA-
TION AGENCY.—(1) Section 11 of the Inspector General
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3) is amended—
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or the
United States Information Agency’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the United
States Information Agency,’’.
(2) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘Inspector General, United States
Information Agency.’’
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND REPEAL RE-
LATING TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE AGENCY
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—(1) Section 11 of
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3) is
amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Agency for
International Development,’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Agency
for International Development,’’.
(2) Section 239(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2199(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘Inspec-
tor General of the Agency for International Development’’
and inserting ‘‘Inspector General for Foreign Affairs’’.
(3) Section 8A of the Inspector General Act of 1978
(5 U.S.C. App. 3) is repealed.
(4) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘Inspector General, Agency for Inter-
national Development.’’.
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(f) ASSUMPTION
OF DUTIES
BY INCUMBENT AP-
POINTEE.—An individual holding the office of Inspector
General of the Department of State immediately prior to
the effective date contained in subsection (g)(4)—
(1) who was appointed to the office by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate; and
(2) who performs duties substantially similar to
the duties of an office created under the amend-
ments made by subsections (a) and (b),
may, in the discretion of the Secretary of State, assume
the duties of such new office, and shall not be required
to be reappointed by reason of the enactment of this
section.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The following shall be the
effective dates for amendments and repeals made by this
section:
(1) The repeal made by subsection (c), on the
effective date of title XII.
(2) The amendments made by subsection (d),
on the effective date of title XIII.
(3) The amendments and repeal made by sub-
section (e), on the effective date of title XIV.
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(4) The amendments and repeal made by sub-
sections (a) and (b), on the effective date of title
XII, title XIII, or title XIV, whichever occurs first.
SEC. 2476. RATES OF PAY.
(a) UNDER SECRETARIES OF STATE.—Section 5314
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘Under Secretaries of State (5).’’ and inserting the follow-
ing:
‘‘Under Secretary of State for Policy.
‘‘Under Secretary of State for Export, Trade,
Economics, and Business.
‘‘Under Secretary of State for International
Security.
‘‘Under Secretary of State for Public Diplo-
macy.
‘‘Under Secretary of State for Management.’’.
(b) ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
OF STATE.—Section
5315 of such title is amended by striking out ‘‘20 Assist-
ant Secretaries of State and 4 other State Department
officials to be appointed by the President by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate.’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘In addition to other positions of the Depart-
ment of State specifically referenced in this section,
18 Assistant Secretaries of State and 4 other State
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Department officials who are appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate.
‘‘Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control
and Non-Proliferation Affairs.
‘‘Assistant Secretary of State for International
Exchanges.’’.
SEC. 2477. REPEAL OF PREVIOUSLY CREATED STATE DE-
PARTMENT POSITIONS.
(a) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTER-
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS.—
Section 9(a) of the Department of State Appropriations
Authorization Act of 1973 (22 U.S.C. 2655a(a)) is re-
pealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE
ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR
DEMOCRACY, 
HUMAN
RIGHTS, AND LABOR.—The Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 is amended—
(1) in section 116(c) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(c)), by
striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary of State for Democ-
racy, Human Rights, and Labor’’ and inserting
‘‘Secretary’’;
(2) in sections 502B(b) (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)),
502B(c)(1) (22 U.S.C. 2304(c)), and 505(g)(4)(A)
(22 U.S.C. 2314(g)(4)(A)), by striking ‘‘, prepared
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with the assistance of the Assistant Secretary of
State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor,’’
each place it appears; and
(3) in section 573(c) (22 U.S.C. 2349aa–2(c)),
by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary of State for Democ-
racy, Human Rights, and Labor’’ and inserting
‘‘Secretary of State’’.
(c) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH ASIAN AF-
FAIRS.—Subsections (a), (b), and (e) of section 122 of the
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992
and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2652b) are repealed.
(d) 
DEPUTY
ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR
BURDENSHARING.—Section 161(f) of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22
U.S.C. 2651a note) is repealed.
SEC. 2478. LIMITATION ON PERSONNEL STRENGTH OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
(a) END FISCAL YEAR 1996 LEVELS.—The number
of employees of the Department of State (including mem-
bers of the Foreign Service) who are authorized to be em-
ployed as of February 28, 1997, shall not exceed a number
which is 9 percent less than the number of such employees
who are so employed immediately prior to the date of en-
actment of this Act.
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(b) END FISCAL YEAR 1997 LEVELS.—The number
of employees of the Department of State (including mem-
bers of the Foreign Service) who are authorized to be em-
ployed as of September 30, 1997, shall not exceed a num-
ber which is 3 percent less than the number of such em-
ployees who are authorized to be so employed as of Feb-
ruary 28, 1997.
(c) END FISCAL YEAR 1998 LEVELS.—The number
of employees of the Department of State (including mem-
bers of the Foreign Service) who are authorized to be em-
ployed as of September 30, 1998, shall not exceed a num-
ber which is 2 percent less than the number of such em-
ployees who are authorized to be so employed as of Sep-
tember 30, 1997.
SEC. 2479. CONSOLIDATION OF UNITED STATES DIPLO-
MATIC MISSIONS AND CONSULAR POSTS.
(a) CONSOLIDATION PLAN.—The Secretary of State
shall develop a worldwide plan for the consolidation, wher-
ever practicable, on a regional or areawide basis, of United
States missions and consular posts abroad in order to
carry out this section.
(b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan shall—
(1) identify the specific United States diplo-
matic missions and consular posts for consolidation;
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(2) identify those missions and posts at which
the resident ambassador would also be accredited to
other specified states in which the United States ei-
ther maintained no resident official presence or
maintained such a presence only at staff level; and
(3) provide an estimate of—
(A) the amount by which expenditures
would be reduced through the reduction in the
number of United States Government personnel
assigned abroad;
(B) the amount by which expenditures
would be reduced through a reduction in the
costs of maintaining United States properties
abroad; and
(C) the amount of revenues generated to
the United States through the sale or other dis-
position of United States properties associated
with the posts to be consolidated abroad.
(c) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State
shall transmit a copy of the plan to the appropriate con-
gressional committees.
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 60 days after
transmittal of the plan under subsection (c), the Secretary
of State shall take steps to implement the plan unless the
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Congress before such date enacts legislation disapproving
the plan.
(e) CONGRESSIONAL PRIORITY PROCEDURES.—(1) A
joint resolution described in paragraph (2) which is intro-
duced in a House of Congress after the date on which a
plan developed under subsection (a) is received by Con-
gress, shall be considered in accordance with the proce-
dures set forth in paragraphs (3) through (7) of section
8066(c) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act,
1985 (as contained in Public Law 98–473 (98 Stat.
1936)), except that—
(A) references to the ‘‘report described in para-
graph (1)’’ shall be deemed to be references to the
joint resolution; and
(B) references to the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and to the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate shall be
deemed to be references to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate.
(2) A joint resolution under this paragraph is a joint
resolution the matter after the resolving clause of which
is as follows: ‘‘That the Congress disapproves the plan
submitted by the President on llllll pursuant to
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section 2409 of the Restructuring a Limited Government
Act.’’.
(f) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Effective 180 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, if the plan was
not timely transmitted pursuant to subsection (c), then
five percent of the funds made available for the Depart-
ment of State for each of the fiscal years 1996, 1997,
1998, and 1999 under the account ‘‘Diplomatic and Con-
sular Programs’’ (‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’’)
shall be withheld from obligation and expenditure until 60
days after the President transmits to Congress a revised
plan developed under subsection (a).
(g) RESUBMISSION OF PLAN.—If, within 60 days of
transmittal of a plan under subsection (c), Congress en-
acts legislation disapproving the plan, the President shall
transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
vised plan developed under subsection (a).
(h) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this
section requires the termination of United States diplo-
matic or consular relations with any foreign country.
(i) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on International Re-
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lations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(2) PLAN.—The term ‘‘plan’’ means the plan
developed under subsection (a).
SEC. 2480. DETAIL OF OTHER AGENCY PERSONNEL TO
STATE DEPARTMENT.
Any employee of any agency other than the Depart-
ment of State who is assigned to an overseas post located
within any United States mission except for those assigned
to a military command shall be detailed to the Department
of State for the duration of such assignment, and shall
be fully under the authority of the Chief of Mission. The
Chief of Protocol, at the sole discretion of the Secretary
of State, shall accord diplomatic titles, privileges, and im-
munities to any such employees as the Secretary of State
deems appropriate.
SEC. 2481. REPORT ON UNIFICATION OF UNITED STATES
AND FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE WITHIN
THE FOREIGN SERVICE.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall,
in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Secretary
of Commerce, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall joint-
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ly transmit to Congress the report described in subsection
(b).
(b) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the extent of the coordi-
nation and cooperation in international activities of
the Department of State, the Department of Com-
merce, and the Department of Agriculture.
(2) An assessment of the advisability and desir-
ability of establishing in the Foreign Service of the
Department of State a core discipline relating to the
commercial, trade development, and export pro-
motion activities of the United States.
(3) If such a core discipline is desirable—
(A) a discussion of the options for estab-
lishing the core discipline, including—
(i) the integration of the United
States and Foreign Commercial Service
and the Foreign Agricultural Service into
the Foreign Service; and
(ii) the continuation of the United
States and Foreign Commercial Service
and the Foreign Agricultural Service as
separate services; and
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(B) an assessment of the advantages and
disadvantages (including the costs and savings)
of each such option.
(4) If such a core discipline is not desirable, an
assessment of the advisability and desirability of the
continuing application of the Foreign Service Act of
1980 to the United States and Foreign Commercial
Service and the Foreign Agricultural Service.
TITLE III—SCIENCE, SPACE, AND
TECHNOLOGY
Subtitle A—Administrative and
Research Savings
SEC. 3001. NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Energy for carrying out the Department’s nu-
clear energy research and development activities—
(1) $331,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
(2) $331,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;
(3) $331,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
(4) $331,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
(5) $331,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
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SEC. 3002. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT APPLI-
CATION FEE.
The National Science Foundation shall require that
any application for a grant submitted to it be accompanied
by a $50 application fee, which shall be deposited in the
general fund of the Treasury.
SEC. 3003. HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING PROGRAM.
The total amount which may be appropriated for all
activities under the High Performance Computing Act of
1991 shall not exceed $865,500,000 for each of the fiscal
years 1996 through 2000.
Subtitle B—Specific Program
Reforms
SEC. 3011. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Science Foundation for all activities of the National
Science Foundation—
(1) $337,620,000 for fiscal year 1996;
(2) $344,372,400 for fiscal year 1997;
(3) $351,259,848 for fiscal year 1998;
(4) $358,285,044 for fiscal year 1999; and
(5) $365,450,754 for fiscal year 2000.
SEC. 3012. SPACE STATION.
The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration may not enter into any contract in
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furtherance of a space station program. This section shall
cease to be effective after September 30, 1999.
SEC. 3013. CANCELLATION OF NATIONAL AEROSPACE
PLANE.
The Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall
cancel the National Aerospace Plane program. No amount
may be obligated for that program after the date of the
enactment of this Act, except for required contract termi-
nation costs.
TITLE IV—ENERGY
Subtitle A—Abolishment of
Department of Energy
SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Department of En-
ergy Abolishment Act’’.
CHAPTER 1—ABOLISHMENT OF
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
SEC. 4011. REESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT AS EN-
ERGY PROGRAMS RESOLUTION AGENCY.
(a) REESTABLISHMENT.—The Department of En-
ergy is hereby redesignated as the Energy Programs Reso-
lution Agency, which shall be an independent agency in
the executive branch of the Government.
(b) ADMINISTRATOR.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be at the head
of the Agency an Administrator of the Agency, who
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate. The Agency shall
be administered under the supervision and direction
of the Administrator. The Administrator shall re-
ceive compensation at the rate prescribed for level II
of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title
5, United States Code.
(2) 
INITIAL
APPOINTMENT
OF
ADMINIS-
TRATOR.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
this subtitle or any other law, the President may, at
any time after the date of the enactment of this Act,
appoint an individual to serve as Administrator of
the Energy Programs Resolution Agency (who may
be the Secretary of Energy), as such position is es-
tablished under paragraph (1). An appointment
under this paragraph may not be construed to affect
the position of Secretary of Energy or the authority
of the Secretary before the effective date specified in
section 4019(a).
(c) DUTIES.—The Administrator shall be responsible
for—
(1) the administration and wind-up, during the
wind-up period, of all functions of the Administrator
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pursuant to section 4012 and the other provisions of
this subtitle;
(2) the administration and wind-up, during the
wind-up period, of any outstanding obligations of the
Federal Government under any programs terminated
or repealed by this subtitle; and
(3) taking such other actions as may be nec-
essary, before the termination date, to wind up any
outstanding affairs of the Department of Energy.
SEC. 4012. FUNCTIONS.
Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the Ad-
ministrator shall perform all functions that, immediately
before the effective date of this section, were functions of
the Department of Energy (or any office of the Depart-
ment) or were performed by the Secretary of Energy or
any other officer or employee of the Department in the
capacity as such officer or employee.
SEC. 4013. DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR.
The Agency shall have a Deputy Administrator, who
shall—
(1) be appointed by and report to the Adminis-
trator; and
(2) shall perform such functions as may be del-
egated by the Administrator.
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SEC. 4014. CONTINUATION OF SERVICE OF DEPARTMENT
OFFICERS.
(a) CONTINUATION OF SERVICE OF SECRETARY.—
The individual serving on the effective date specified in
section 4019(a) as the Secretary of Energy may serve and
act as Administrator until the date an individual is ap-
pointed under this chapter to the position of Adminis-
trator, or until the end of the 120-day period provided for
in section 3348 of title 5, United States Code (relating
to limitations on the period of time a vacancy may be filled
temporarily), whichever is earlier.
(b) CONTINUATION OF SERVICE OF OTHER OFFI-
CERS.—An individual serving on the effective date speci-
fied in section 4019(a) as an officer of the Department
of Energy other than the Secretary of Energy may con-
tinue to serve and act in an equivalent capacity in the
Agency until the date an individual is appointed under this
chapter to the position of Administrator, or until the end
of the 120-day period provided for in section 3348 of title
5, United States Code (relating to limitations on the pe-
riod of time a vacancy may be filled temporarily) with re-
spect to that appointment, whichever is earlier.
(c) COMPENSATION FOR CONTINUED SERVICE.—Any
person—
(1) who acts as the Administrator under sub-
section (a), or
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(2) who serves under subsection (b),
after the effective date specified in section 4019(a) and
before the first appointment of a person as Administrator
shall continue to be compensated for so serving at the rate
at which such person was compensated before such effec-
tive date.
SEC. 4015. REORGANIZATION.
The Administrator may allocate or reallocate any
function of the Agency pursuant to this subtitle among
the officers of the Agency, and may establish, consolidate,
alter, or discontinue in the Energy Programs Resolution
Agency any organizational entities that were entities of
the Department of Energy, as the Administrator considers
necessary or appropriate.
SEC. 4016. ABOLISHMENT OF ENERGY PROGRAMS RESOLU-
TION AGENCY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the termination date
under subsection (d), the Energy Programs Resolution
Agency is abolished.
(b) ABOLITION OF FUNCTIONS.—Except for func-
tions transferred or otherwise continued by this subtitle,
all functions that, immediately before the termination
date, were functions of the Energy Programs Resolution
Agency are abolished effective on the termination date.
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(c) PLAN FOR WINDING UP AFFAIRS.—Not later
than the effective date specified in section 4019(a), the
President shall submit to the Congress a plan for winding
up the affairs of the Agency in accordance with this sub-
title and not by later than the termination date under sub-
section (d).
(d) TERMINATION DATE.—The termination date
under this subsection is the date that is 3 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4017. GAO REPORT.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States
shall submit to the Congress a report which shall include
recommendations for the most efficient means of achiev-
ing, in accordance with this subtitle—
(1) the complete abolishment of the Depart-
ment of Energy; and
(2) the termination or transfer or other con-
tinuation of the functions of the Department of
Energy.
SEC. 4018. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION.—Section 19(d)(1)
of title 3, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘Secretary of Energy,’’.
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(b) EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.—Section 101 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by striking the follow-
ing item:
‘‘The Department of Energy.’’.
(c) SECRETARY’S COMPENSATION.—Section 5312 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the
following item:
‘‘Secretary of Energy.’’.
(d) DEPUTY SECRETARY’S COMPENSATION.—Section
5313 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing the following item:
‘‘Deputy Secretary of Energy.’’.
(e) UNDER SECRETARY’S COMPENSATION.—Section
5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing the following item:
‘‘Under Secretary, Department of Energy.’’.
(f) MISCELLANEOUS OFFICERS’ COMPENSATION.—
Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking the following items:
‘‘Assistant Secretaries of Energy (8).
‘‘General Counsel of the Department of Energy.
‘‘Administrator, Economic Regulatory Adminis-
tration, Department of Energy.
‘‘Administrator, Energy Information Adminis-
tration, Department of Energy.
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‘‘Inspector General, Department of Energy.
‘‘Director, Office of Energy Research, Depart-
ment of Energy.’’; and
(2) by striking the following item:
‘‘Chief Financial Officer, Department of En-
ergy.’’.
(g) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.—The In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amend-
ed—
(1) in section 9(a)(1), by striking subparagraph
(E);
(2) in section 11(1), by striking ‘‘Energy,’’; and
(3) in section 11(2), by striking ‘‘Energy,’’;
(h) DEPARTMENT
OF
ENERGY
ORGANIZATION
ACT.—Effective on the termination date, the following
provisions of the Department of Energy Organization Act
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) are repealed:
(1) Section 4001.
(2) Chapters 1, 2, and 3.
SEC. 4019. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), this chapter shall take effect on the date that is 6
months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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(b) PROVISIONS EFFECTIVE ON DATE OF ENACT-
MENT.—The following provisions of this chapter shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act:
(1) Section 4011(b).
(2) Section 4016(c).
(3) Section 4017.
CHAPTER 2—ENERGY LABORATORY
FACILITIES
SEC. 4021. ENERGY LABORATORY FACILITIES COMMISSION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an inde-
pendent commission to be known as the ‘‘Energy Labora-
tory Facilities Commission’’, for the purpose of reducing
the number of energy laboratories and programs at those
laboratories, through reconfiguration, privatization, and
closure, while preserving the traditional role the energy
laboratories have contributed to the national defense.
(b) DUTIES.—The Commission shall carry out the
duties specified for the Commission in this chapter.
(c) APPOINTMENT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission shall be
composed of 7 members appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
The President shall transmit to the Senate the
nominations for appointment to the Commission not
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later than 3 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(2) CONSULTATION.—In selecting individuals
for nominations for appointments to the Commis-
sion, the President should consult with—
(A) the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives concerning the appointment of 2
members; and
(B) the majority leader of the Senate con-
cerning the appointment of 2 members.
(3) CHAIRPERSON.—At the time the President
nominates individuals for appointment to the Com-
mission, the President shall designate one such indi-
vidual who shall serve as Chairperson of the Com-
mission.
(d) TERMS.—The term of each member of the Com-
mission shall expire on the termination of the Commission
under subsection (l).
(e) MEETINGS.—Each meeting of the Commission,
other than meetings in which classified information is to
be discussed, shall be open to the public.
(f) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission shall
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
(g) PAY AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.—
(1) BASIC PAY.—
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(A) PAY
OF
MEMBERS.—Each member,
other than the Chairperson, shall be paid at a
rate equal to the daily equivalent of the mini-
mum annual rate of basic pay payable for level
IV of the Executive Schedule under section
5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each
day (including travel time) during which the
member is engaged in the actual performance of
duties vested in the Commission.
(B) PAY
OF
CHAIRPERSON.—The Chair-
person shall be paid for each day referred to in
subparagraph (A) at a rate equal to the daily
equivalent of the minimum annual rate of basic
pay payable for level III of the Executive
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United
States Code.
(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members shall receive
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsist-
ence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of
title 5, United States Code.
(h) DIRECTOR.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall, with-
out regard to section 5311(b) of title 5, United
States Code, appoint a Director who—
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and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relat-
ing to classification and General Schedule pay rates,
except that an individual so appointed may not re-
ceive pay in excess of the annual rate of basic pay
payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
(3) LIMITATIONS.—Not more than one-third of
the personnel employed by or detailed to the Com-
mission shall be individuals employed by the Depart-
ment of Energy on the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act. No employee of an energy
laboratory, or of a contractor who operates an en-
ergy laboratory, may be detailed to the Commission.
(4) SUPPORT FROM OTHER AGENCIES.—Upon
request of the Director, the head of a Federal agen-
cy may detail any of the personnel of that agency to
the Commission to assist the Commission in carry-
ing out its duties under this chapter.
(5) SUPPORT FROM COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—
The Comptroller General of the United States shall
provide assistance, including the detailing of employ-
ees, to the Commission in accordance with an agree-
ment entered into with the Commission.
(j) OTHER AUTHORITY.—
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(1) TEMPORARY
AND
INTERMITTENT
SERV-
ICES.—The Commission may procure by contract, to
the extent funds are available, the temporary or
intermittent services of experts or consultants pursu-
ant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code.
(2) AUTHORITY TO LEASE SPACE AND ACQUIRE
CERTAIN
PROPERTY.—The Commission may lease
space and acquire personal property to the extent
funds are available. To the extent practicable, the
Commission shall use suitable real property available
under the most recent inventory of real property as-
sets published by the Resolution Trust Corporation
under section 21A(b)(11)(F) of the Federal Home
Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1441a(b)(12)(F)).
(k) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Commission such funds as are necessary
to carry out its duties under this chapter. Such funds shall
remain available until expended.
(l) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate
not later than 30 days after the date on which it transmits
its final recommendations under section 4022(f)(4).
SEC. 4022. PROCEDURE FOR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR LABORATORY FACILITIES.
(a) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In making recommenda-
tions for the reconfiguration, privatization, and closure of
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energy laboratories and termination of programs at such
laboratories under this section, the Secretary or the Ad-
ministrator, as appropriate, and the Commission shall—
(1) give strong consideration to the closure or
reconfiguration of energy laboratories;
(2) eliminate duplication of effort by energy
laboratories and reduce overhead costs as a propor-
tion of program benefits distributed through an en-
ergy laboratory;
(3) seek to achieve cost savings for the overall
budget for such laboratories;
(4) define appropriate missions for each energy
laboratory, and ensure that the activities of each
such laboratory are focused on its mission or mis-
sions;
(5) consider the program costs and program
distributions on a State and county basis, including
real and personal property costs associated with
each energy laboratory considered;
(6) consider the number of participants in pro-
grams conducted through an energy laboratory and
staff resources involved;
(7) estimate the cost savings and increases that
would accrue through the reconfiguration of energy
laboratories;