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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3157
To prohibit all United States assistance to Indonesia until the President
certifies to the Congress that the Government of Indonesia has provided
full compensation for the material damage in East Timor.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 27, 1999
Mr. LANTOS (for himself, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs.
MORELLA, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms.
BALDWIN, Mr. POMBO, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. HINCHEY,
Mr. NADLER, Ms. ESHOO, and Mr. BROWN of Ohio) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Finan-
cial Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Rela-
tions, for a period to be subsequently detemined by the Speaker, in each
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
the committee concerned
A BILL
To prohibit all United States assistance to Indonesia until
the President certifies to the Congress that the Govern-
ment of Indonesia has provided full compensation for
the material damage in East Timor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) On August 30, 1999, 98.5 percent of reg-
istered voters of East Timor participated in a pop-
ular consultation under the terms of an agreement
between the Governments of Indonesia and Portugal
and the United Nations to resolve the status of East
Timor, and in that referendum over 78 percent of
those participating voted for independence.
(2) After the voting was completed, East Timor
militias carried out intensified violence against the
civilian population and engaged in the wholesale de-
struction of property, and they conducted a system-
atic campaign of political assassinations against reli-
gious, student, and political leaders and inter-
national officials in the territory.
(3)(A) The Government of Indonesia declared
martial law in East Timor and sent additional reg-
ular military forces to the island, but failed to rees-
tablish order.
(B) Observers reported that Indonesian military
forces in fact participated in the violence and
looting.
(C) The United States and the international
community called upon the Government of Indonesia
either to take immediate and concrete steps to end
the violence in East Timor or to allow a United Na-
tions Security Council-endorsed multinational force
to enter East Timor and restore order.
(D) The Government of Indonesia initially re-
jected these requests by the international community
and only agreed after violence and destruction in
East Timor continued to spiral out of control.
(4) The Indonesian armed forces and the Gov-
ernment of Indonesia bear primary responsibility for
the loss of life and the destruction of property in
East Timor.
SEC. 2. OPPOSITION TO ASSISTANCE FOR INDONESIA BY
UNITED 
STATES 
REPRESENTATIVES 
TO
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the United
States Executive Director at the International Monetary
Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and De-
velopment, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-
national Development Association, the International Fi-
nance Corporation, and the Multilateral Investment Guar-
antee Agency to use the voice and vote of the United
States at each institution to oppose the provision of assist-
ance in any form for any project in Indonesia until the
President transmits to the Congress the report described
in section 5.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.
(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, United States assistance may not be provided
for the Government of Indonesia or for projects in Indo-
nesia until the President transmits to the Congress the
report described in section 5.
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘United
States assistance’’ means assistance of any kind which is
provided by grant, sale, loan, lease, credit, guaranty, or
insurance, or by any other means, by any agency or instru-
mentality of the United States Government.
SEC. 4. WAIVER FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.
The requirement to vote against any project for Indo-
nesia under section 2 or the prohibition on United States
assistance for Indonesia under section 3 may be waived
by the President with respect to the provision humani-
tarian assistance for the Indonesian people. A waiver
under the preceding sentence shall be effective only if the
President first transmits to the Congress a notification
with respect to the waiver.
SEC. 5. REPORT.
The report described in this section is a report that
contains the following:
(1) A determination by the President of a best
estimate of the amount of material damage done to
public and private property in East Timor by militia
forces and the Indonesian armed forces.
(2) A certification by the President that the In-
donesian Government has contributed to the rebuild-
ing and reconstruction of East Timor in an amount
equal to the total estimated material damages in
East Timor.
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