H. R. 1646
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two
An Act
To authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 2003, to
authorize appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 for security assistance for fiscal year 2003, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Year 2003’’.
SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into two divisions as
follows:
(1) DIVISION A.—Department of State Authorization Act,
Fiscal Year 2003.
(2) DIVISION B.—Security Assistance Act of 2002.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act
is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEAR
2003
Sec. 101. Short title.
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS
Subtitle A—Department of State
Sec. 111. Administration of foreign affairs.
Sec. 112. United States educational, cultural, and public diplomacy programs.
Sec. 113. Contributions to international organizations.
Sec. 114. International Commissions.
Sec. 115. Migration and refugee assistance.
Sec. 116. Grants to The Asia Foundation.
Subtitle B—United States International Broadcasting Activities
Sec. 121. Authorizations of appropriations.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES
Subtitle A—Basic Authorities and Activities
Sec. 201. Emergency evacuation services.
Sec. 202. Special agent authorities.
Sec. 203. International Litigation Fund.
Sec. 204. State Department records of overseas deaths of United States citizens
from nonnatural causes.
Sec. 205. Foreign Relations Historical Series.
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Sec. 206. Expansion of eligibility for award of certain construction contracts.
Sec. 207. International Chancery Center.
Sec. 208. Travel to Great Lakes fisheries meetings.
Sec. 209. Correction of Fishermen’s Protective Act of 1967.
Sec. 210. Use of funds received by the International Boundary and Water Commis-
sion.
Sec. 211. Fee collections relating to intercountry adoptions and affidavits of sup-
port.
Sec. 212. Annual reports on compliance with The Hague Convention on the Civil
Aspects of International Child Abduction.
Sec. 213. Repeal of provision regarding housing for Foreign Agricultural Attaches.
Sec. 214. United States policy with respect to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Sec. 215. Report concerning efforts to promote Israel’s diplomatic relations with
other countries.
Sec. 216. Continuation of reporting requirements.
Subtitle B—Educational, Cultural, and Public Diplomacy Authorities
Sec. 221. Fulbright-Hays Act authorities.
Sec. 222. Extension of requirement for scholarships for Tibetans and Burmese.
Sec. 223. Plan for achievement of public diplomacy objectives.
Sec. 224. Advisory Committee on Cultural Diplomacy.
Sec. 225. Allocation of funds for ‘‘American Corners’’ in the Russian Federation.
Sec. 226. Report relating to Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Sec. 227. Amendments to the Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000.
Sec. 228. Ethical issues in international health research.
Sec. 229. Conforming amendments.
Subtitle C—Consular Authorities
Sec. 231. Report on visa issuance to inadmissible aliens.
Sec. 232. Denial of entry into United States of Chinese and other nationals engaged
in coerced organ or bodily tissue transplantation.
Sec. 233. Processing of visa applications.
Sec. 234. Machine readable visas.
Subtitle D—Migration and Refugees
Sec. 241. Prohibition on funding the involuntary return of refugees.
Sec. 242. United States membership in the International Organization for Migra-
tion.
Sec. 243. Report on overseas refugee processing.
TITLE III—ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
STATE
Subtitle A—Organizational Matters
Sec. 301. Comprehensive workforce plan.
Sec. 302. ‘‘Rightsizing’’ overseas posts.
Sec. 303. Qualifications of certain officers of the Department of State.
Subtitle B—Personnel Matters
Sec. 311. Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service.
Sec. 312. Presidential rank awards.
Sec. 313. Foreign Service National Savings Fund.
Sec. 314. Clarification of separation for cause.
Sec. 315. Dependents on family visitation travel.
Sec. 316. Health education and disease prevention programs.
Sec. 317. Correction of time limitation for grievance filing.
Sec. 318. Training authorities.
Sec. 319. Unaccompanied air baggage.
Sec. 320. Emergency medical advance payments.
Sec. 321. Retirement credit for certain Government service performed abroad.
Sec. 322. Computation of Foreign Service retirement annuities as if Washington,
D.C., locality-based comparability payments were made to overseas-sta-
tioned Foreign Service members.
Sec. 323. Plan for improving recruitment of veterans into the Foreign Service.
Sec. 324. Report concerning minority employment.
Sec. 325. Use of funds authorized for minority recruitment.
Sec. 326. Assignments and details of personnel to the American Institute in Tai-
wan.
Sec. 327. Annual reports on foreign language competence.
Sec. 328. Travel of children of members of the Foreign Service assigned abroad.
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TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Sec. 401. Payment of third installment of arrearages.
Sec. 402. Limitation on the United States share of assessments for United Nations
peacekeeping operations in calendar years 2001 through 2004.
Sec. 403. Limitation on the United States share of assessments for United Nations
regular budget.
Sec. 404. Promotion of sound financial practices by the United Nations.
Sec. 405. Reports to Congress on United Nations activities.
Sec. 406. Use of secret ballots within the United Nations.
Sec. 407. Sense of Congress relating to membership of the United States in
UNESCO.
Sec. 408. United States membership on the United Nations Commission on Human
Rights and International Narcotics Control Board.
Sec. 409. Plan for enhanced Department of State efforts to place United States citi-
zens in positions of employment in the United Nations and its special-
ized agencies.
TITLE V—UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACTIVITIES
Sec. 501. Modification of limitation on grant amounts to RFE/RL, Incorporated.
Sec. 502. Pay parity for senior executives of RFE/RL, Incorporated.
Sec. 503. Authority to contract for local broadcasting services outside the United
States.
Sec. 504. Personal services contracting pilot program.
Sec. 505. Travel by Voice of America correspondents.
Sec. 506. Report on broadcasting personnel.
Sec. 507. Conforming amendments.
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Middle East Peace Commitments Act of 2002
Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Findings.
Sec. 603. Reports.
Sec. 604. Imposition of sanctions.
Subtitle B—Tibet Policy
Sec. 611. Short title.
Sec. 612. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 613. Tibet negotiations.
Sec. 614. Reporting on Tibet.
Sec. 615. Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 616. Economic development in Tibet.
Sec. 617. Release of prisoners and access to prisons.
Sec. 618. Establishment of a United States branch office in Lhasa, Tibet.
Sec. 619. Requirement for Tibetan language training.
Sec. 620. Religious persecution in Tibet.
Sec. 621. United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues.
Subtitle C—East Timor Transition to Independence Act of 2002
Sec. 631. Short title.
Sec. 632. Bilateral assistance.
Sec. 633. Multilateral assistance.
Sec. 634. Trade and investment assistance.
Sec. 635. Generalized System of Preferences.
Sec. 636. Authority for radio broadcasting.
Sec. 637. Security assistance for East Timor.
Sec. 638. Reporting requirement.
Subtitle D—Clean Water for the Americas Partnership
Sec. 641. Short title.
Sec. 642. Definitions.
Sec. 643. Establishment of program.
Sec. 644. Environmental assessment.
Sec. 645. Establishment of Technology America Centers.
Sec. 646. Promotion of water quality, water treatment systems, and energy effi-
ciency.
Sec. 647. Grants for prefeasibility studies within a designated subregion.
Sec. 648. Clean Water Technical Support Committee.
Sec. 649. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 650. Report.