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(b) by striking out ‘‘Appropriations Act, 1993’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘Appropriations Act, 1994’’.
CASH FLOW FINANCING
SEC. 544. For each country that has been approved for cash
flow financing (as defined in section 25(d) of the Arms Export
Control Act, as added by section 112(b) of Public Law 99–83) under
the Foreign Military Financing Program, any Letter of Offer and
Acceptance or other purchase agreement, or any amendment there-
to, for a procurement in excess of $100,000,000 that is to be financed
in whole or in part with funds made available under this Act
shall be submitted through the regular notification procedures to
the Committees on Appropriations.
RESCISSIONS
SEC. 545. (a) Of the unexpended balances of funds (including
earmarked funds) made available for fiscal years 1987 through
1993 to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $203,000,000 are rescinded.
(b) Of the unexpended balances of funds (including earmarked
funds) appropriated for fiscal year 1993 and prior fiscal years to
carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, $5,100,000 are rescinded.
AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, THE INTER-AMERICAN
FOUNDATION AND THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
SEC. 546. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, provisions
of this or any other Act, including provisions contained in prior
Acts authorizing or making appropriations for foreign operations,
export financing, and related programs, shall not be construed
to prohibit activities authorized by or conducted under the Peace
Corps Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African Devel-
opment Foundation Act. The appropriate agency shall promptly
report to the Committees on Appropriations whenever it is conduct-
ing activities or is proposing to conduct activities in a country
for which assistance is prohibited.
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES
SEC. 547. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be obligated or expended to provide—
(a) any financial incentive to a business enterprise cur-
rently located in the United States for the purpose of inducing
such an enterprise to relocate outside the United States if
such incentive or inducement is likely to reduce the number
of employees of such business enterprise in the United States
because United States production is being replaced by such
enterprise outside the United States;
(b) assistance for the purpose of establishing or developing
in a foreign country any export processing zone or designated
area in which the tax, tariff, labor, environment, and safety
laws of that country do not apply, in part or in whole, to
activities carried out within that zone or area, unless the Presi-
dent determines and certifies that such assistance is not likely
to cause a loss of jobs within the United States; or
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(c) assistance for any project or activity that contributes
to the violation of internationally recognized workers rights,
as defined in section 502(a)(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of
workers in the recipient country, including any designated zone
or area in that country: Provided, That in recognition that
the application of this subsection should be commensurate with
the level of development of the recipient country and sector,
the provisions of this subsection shall not preclude assistance
for the informal sector in such country, micro and small-scale
enterprise, and smallholder agriculture.
AUTHORITY TO ASSIST BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA
SEC. 548. (a) Congress finds as follows:
(1) the United Nations has imposed an embargo on the
transfer of arms to any country on the territory of the former
Yugoslavia;
(2) the federated states of Serbia and Montenegro have
a large supply of military equipment and ammunition and
the Serbian forces fighting the government of Bosnia-
Hercegovina have more than one thousand battle tanks,
armored vehicles, and artillery pieces; and
(3) because the United Nations arms embargo is serving
to sustain the military advantage of the aggressor, the United
Nations should exempt the government of Bosnia-Hercegovina
from its embargo.
(b) Pursuant to a lifting of the United Nations arms embargo
against Bosnia-Hercegovina, the President is authorized to transfer
to the government of that nation, without reimbursement, defense
articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense of an aggre-
gate value not to exceed $50,000,000 in fiscal year 1994: Provided,
That the President certifies in a timely fashion to the Congress
that—
(1) the transfer of such articles would assist that nation
in self-defense and thereby promote the security and stability
of the region; and
(2) United States allies are prepared to join in such a
military assistance effort.
(c) Within 60 days of any transfer under the authority provided
in subsection (b), and every 60 days thereafter, the President shall
report in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives
and the President pro tempore of the Senate concerning the articles
transferred and the disposition thereof.
(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to the President
such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the applicable appro-
priation, fund, or account for defense articles provided under this
section.
(e) If the President determines that doing so will contribute
to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide or other violations
of international law in the former Yugoslavia, the authority of
section 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended,
may be used to provide up to $25,000,000 of commodities and
services to the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal, without regard
to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) thereof: Pro-
vided, That the determination required under this subsection shall
be in lieu of any determinations otherwise required under section
552(c).
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SPECIAL AUTHORITIES
SEC. 549. (a) Funds appropriated in title II of this Act that
are made available for Haiti, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Cambodia,
and for victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese,
humanitarian assistance for Romania, and humanitarian assistance
for the peoples of Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, and Kosova, may
be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law:
Provided, That any such funds that are made available for Cam-
bodia shall be subject to the provisions of section 531(e) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 906 of the International
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985: Provided fur-
ther, That the President shall terminate assistance to any Cam-
bodian organization that he determines is cooperating, tactically
or strategically, with the Khmer Rouge in their military operations.
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions
of sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the
purpose of supporting tropical forestry and energy programs aimed
at reducing emissions of greenhouse gases with regard to the key
countries in which deforestation and energy policy would make
a significant contribution to global warming: Provided, That such
assistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(c) During fiscal year 1994, the President may use up to
$50,000,000 under the authority of section 451 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, notwithstanding the funding ceiling contained
in subsection (a) of that section.
POLICY ON TERMINATING THE ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL
SEC. 550. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) since 1948 the Arab countries have maintained a pri-
mary boycott against Israel, refusing to do business with Israel;
(2) since the early 1950s the Arab League has maintained
a secondary and tertiary boycott against American and other
companies that have commercial ties with Israel;
(3) the boycott seeks to coerce American firms by blacklist-
ing those that do business with Israel and harm America’s
competitiveness;
(4) the United States has a longstanding policy opposing
the Arab League boycott and United States law prohibits Amer-
ican firms from providing information to Arab countries to
demonstrate compliance with the boycott;
(5) with real progress being made in the Middle East
peace process and the serious confidence-building measures
taken by the State of Israel an end to the Arab boycott of
Israel and of American companies that have commercial ties
with Israel is long overdue and would represent a significant
confidence-building measure; and
(6) in the interest of Middle East peace and free commerce,
the President must take more concrete steps to press the Arab
states to end their practice of blacklisting and boycotting Amer-
ican companies that have trade ties with Israel.
(b) POLICY.—It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the Arab League countries should immediately and
publicly renounce the primary boycott of Israel and the second-
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ary and tertiary boycott of American firms that have commer-
cial ties with Israel and
(2) the President should—
(A) take more concrete steps to encourage vigorously
Arab League countries to renounce publicly the primary
boycotts of Israel and the secondary and tertiary boycotts
of American firms that have commercial relations with
Israel as a confidence-building measure;
(B) take into consideration the participation of any
recipient country in the primary boycott of Israel and the
secondary and tertiary boycotts of American firms that
have commercial relations with Israel when determining
whether to sell weapons to said country;
(C) report to Congress on the specific steps being taken
by the President to bring about a public renunciation of
the Arab primary boycott of Israel and the secondary and
tertiary boycotts of American firms that have commercial
relations with Israel; and
(D) encourage the allies and trading partners of the
United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses from
complying with the boycott and penalizing businesses that
do comply.
ANTI-NARCOTICS ACTIVITIES
SEC. 551. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, assistance may be provided
as follows:
(1) To strengthen the administration of justice in countries
in Latin America and the Caribbean in accordance with the
provisions of section 534 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
except that programs to enhance protection of participants in
judicial cases may be conducted notwithstanding section 660
of that Act.
(2) Notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, up to $6,000,000 may be made available for tech-
nical assistance, training, and commodities with the objective
of creating a professional civilian police force for Panama, and
for programs to improve penal institutions and the rehabilita-
tion of offenders in Panama (which programs may be conducted
other than through multilateral or regional institutions), except
that such technical assistance shall not include more than
$3,000,000 for the procurement of equipment for law enforce-
ment purposes, and shall not include lethal equipment.
(b) Funds made available pursuant to this section may be
made available notwithstanding the third sentence of section 534(e)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Funds made available pursu-
ant to subsection (a)(1) for Bolivia, Colombia and Peru and sub-
section (a)(2) may be made available notwithstanding section 534(c)
and the second sentence of section 534(e) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961.
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE
SEC. 552. (a) ASSISTANCE
THROUGH
NONGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this or any other Act
with respect to assistance for a country shall not be construed
to restrict assistance in support of programs of nongovernmental
organizations from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out