such programs to human rights and democracy leaders of
such countries.
SEC. 106. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BUR-
MESE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AND CUL-
TURAL EXCHANGE FOR TIBETANS.—The Director of the
United States Information Agency shall establish pro-
grams of educational and cultural exchange between the
United States and the people of Tibet. Such programs
shall include opportunities for training and, as the Direc-
tor considers appropriate, may include the assignment of
personnel and resources abroad.
(b) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BURMESE.—
(1) Subject to the availability of appropriations,
for fiscal year 1997 at least 30 scholarships shall be
made available to Tibetan students and professionals
who are outside Tibet, and at least 15 scholarships
shall be made available to Burmese students and
professionals who are outside Burma.
(2) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to
the extent that the Director of the United States In-
formation Agency determines that there are not
enough qualified students to fulfill such allocation
requirement.
(3) SCHOLARSHIP DEFINED.—For the purposes
of this section, the term ‘‘scholarship’’ means an
amount to be used for full or partial support of tui-
tion and fees to attend an educational institution,
and may include fees, books, and supplies, equip-
ment required for courses at an educational institu-
tion, living expenses at a United States educational
institution, and travel expenses to and from, and
within, the United States.
SEC. 107. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COM-
MISSION.
The Act of May 13, 1924 (49 Stat. 660, 22 U.S.C.
277–277f), is amended in section 3 (22 U.S.C. 277b) by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) Pursuant to the authority of subsection (a) and
in order to facilitate further compliance with the terms
of the Convention for Equitable Distribution of the Waters
of the Rio Grande, May 21, 1906, United States-Mexico,
the Secretary of State, acting through the United States
Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water
Commission, may make improvements to the Rio Grande
Canalization Project, originally authorized by the Act of
August 29, 1935 (49 Stat. 961). Such improvements may
include all such works as may be needed to stabilize the
Rio Grande in the reach between the Percha Diversion
Dam in New Mexico and the American Diversion Dam in
El Paso.’’.
TITLE II—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS.
(a) SECTION 116 REPORT.—Section 116(d) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (5); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing new paragraphs:
‘‘(3) the votes of each member of the United
Nations Commission on Human Rights on all coun-
try-specific and thematic resolutions voted on at the
Commission’s annual session during the period cov-
ered during the preceding year;
‘‘(4) the extent to which each country has ex-
tended protection to refugees, including the provision
of first asylum and resettlement; and’’.
(b) SECTION 502B REPORT.—Section 502B(b) of
such Act (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)) is amended by adding after
the second sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘Each re-
port under this section shall list the votes of each member
of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on
all country-specific and thematic resolutions voted on at
the Commission’s annual session during the period covered
during the preceding year.’’.
SEC. 202. ASSISTANCE FOR MAURITANIA.
(a) PROHIBITION.—The President should not provide
economic assistance, military assistance or arms transfers
to the Government of Mauritania unless the President cer-
tifies to the Congress that such Government has taken ap-
propriate action to eliminate chattel slavery in Mauritania,
including—
(1) the enactment of anti-slavery laws that pro-
vide appropriate punishment for violators of such
laws; and
(2) the rigorous enforcement of such laws.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the
following definitions apply:
(1) ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘eco-
nomic assistance’’ means any assistance under part
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2151 et seq.), except that such term does not in-
clude humanitarian assistance.
(2) MILITARY
ASSISTANCE
OR
ARMS
TRANS-
FERS.—The term ‘‘military assistance or arms
transfers’’ means—
(A) assistance under chapter 2 of part II
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2311 et seq.; relating to military assist-
ance), including the transfer of excess defense
articles under sections 516 through 519 of that
Act (22 U.S.C. 2321j through 2321m);
(B) assistance under chapter 5 of part II
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2347 et seq.; relating to international
military education and training);
(C) assistance under the ‘‘Foreign Military
Financing Program’’ under section 23 of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763); or
(D) the transfer of defense articles, de-
fense services, or design and construction serv-
ices under the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), including defense articles
and defense services licensed or approved for