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ment by the United States to make payments to the HIPC
Trust Fund for the benefit of any country other than Bo-
livia and Mozambique, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
submit a reprogramming request under the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That prior to the payment of any amount
to the HIPC Trust Fund to fund debt reduction by an
international financial institution, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-
tions, Banking and Financial Services, and International
Relations of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, Banking, Housing and Urban
Affairs, and Foreign Relations of the Senate—
(1) a written commitment by the institution
that it will make no new market-rate loans to the
HIPC member country beneficiary for a period of 30
months and no new concessional loans to the HIPC
member country for a period of 9 months; and
(2) full documentation of any commitment by
the HIPC member country to redirect its domestic
budgetary resources from international debt repay-
ments to private or public programs to alleviate pov-
erty and promote economic growth that are addi-
tional to those previously available for such purposes
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prior to participation in the enhanced HIPC Initia-
tive:
Provided further, That any limitation of subsection (e) of
section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954 shall not apply to funds appro-
priated under this heading: Provided further, That the au-
thority provided by section 572 of Public Law 100–461
may be exercised only with respect to countries that are
eligible to borrow from the International Development As-
sociation, but not from the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, commonly referred to as
‘‘IDA-only’’ countries.
TITLE III—MILITARY ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$52,500,000 (reduced by $5,250,000), of which up to
$1,000,000 may remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the civilian personnel for whom military edu-
cation and training may be provided under this heading
may include civilians who are not members of a govern-
ment whose participation would contribute to improved
civil-military relations, civilian control of the military, or
respect for human rights: Provided further, That funds ap-
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propriated under this heading for grant financed military
education and training for Indonesia and Guatemala may
only be available for expanded international military edu-
cation and training and funds made available for Indo-
nesia may only be provided through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under
this heading may be made available to support grant fi-
nanced military education and training at the School of
the Americas unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that
the instruction and training provided by the School of the
Americas is fully consistent with training and doctrine,
particularly with respect to the observance of human
rights, provided by the Department of Defense to United
States military students at Department of Defense institu-
tions whose primary purpose is to train United States
military personnel: Provided further, That the Secretary
of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions, no later than January 15, 2001, a report detailing
the training activities of the School of the Americas and
a general assessment regarding the performance of its
graduates during 1998 and 1999: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading may
be made available to support grant financed military edu-
cation and training at the School of the Americas unless
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the Secretary of State, without delegation, certifies that
the instruction and training provided by the School of the
Americas is consistent with United States foreign policy
objectives and helps support the observance of human
rights in Latin America.
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for grants to enable the
President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the
Arms Export Control Act, $3,510,000,000 (reduced by
$200,000,000) (reduced by $42,000,000): Provided, That
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to ex-
ceed $1,980,000,000 shall be available for grants only for
Israel, and not to exceed $1,300,000,000 shall be made
available for grants only for Egypt: Provided further, That
the funds appropriated by this paragraph for Israel shall
be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this Act
or by October 31, 2000, whichever is later: Provided fur-
ther, That it is the sense of the Congress that it is very
disturbed by reports that Israel is preparing to provide
China with an airborne radar system that could threaten
both the forces of democratic Taiwan and the United
States in the region surrounding the Taiwan Strait. The
Congress urges Israel to terminate the existing contract
to sell an airborne radar system to the People’s Republic
of China: Provided further, That to the extent that the
Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such
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purposes, grants made available for Israel by this para-
graph shall, as agreed by Israel and the United States,
be available for advanced weapons systems, of which not
less than $520,000,000 should be available for the pro-
curement in Israel of defense articles and defense services,
including research and development: Provided further,
That Foreign Military Financing Program funds esti-
mated to be outlayed for Egypt during fiscal year 2001
shall be disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this
Act or by October 31, 2000, whichever is later: Provided
further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph shall
be nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in sec-
tion 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further,
That funds made available under this paragraph shall be
obligated upon apportionment in accordance with para-
graph (5)(C) of title 31, United States Code, section
1501(a).
None of the funds made available under this heading
shall be available to finance the procurement of defense
articles, defense services, or design and construction serv-
ices that are not sold by the United States Government
under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign
country proposing to make such procurements has first
signed an agreement with the United States Government
specifying the conditions under which such procurements
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may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun-
try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub-
mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec-
tion 515 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
for assistance for Sudan and Liberia: Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading may be
used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and re-
lated activities, and may include activities implemented
through nongovernmental and international organizations:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be available for assistance for
Guatemala: Provided further, That only those countries for
which assistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military
Sales Financing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 con-
gressional presentation for security assistance programs
may utilize funds made available under this heading for
procurement of defense articles, defense services or design
and construction services that are not sold by the United
States Government under the Arms Export Control Act:
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this
heading shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary
to make timely payment for defense articles and services:
Provided further, That not more than $30,495,000 of the