In the Senate of the United States,
August 4, 1999.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2606) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur-
poses.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I—EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
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tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government Cor-
poration Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying out
the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation:
Provided, That none of the funds available during the cur-
rent fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, con-
tracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment,
fuel, or technology to any country other than a nuclear-
weapon State as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive
economic or military assistance under this Act that has det-
onated a nuclear explosive after the date of enactment of
this Act.
SUBSIDY APPROPRIATION
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance,
and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Ex-
port-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $785,000,000
to remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided,
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans,
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974: Provided further, That such sums shall re-
main available until 2018 for the disbursement of direct
loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obli-
gated in fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003: Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act
or any prior Act appropriating funds for foreign oper-
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ations, export financing, or related programs for tied-aid
credits or grants may be used for any other purpose except
through the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated by this paragraph are made available notwith-
standing section 2(b)(2) of the Export Import Bank Act of
1945, in connection with the purchase or lease of any prod-
uct by any East European country, any Baltic State or
any agency or national thereof.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs (to be com-
puted on an accrual basis), including hire of passenger
motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
and not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses for members of the Board of Directors,
$55,000,000: Provided, That necessary expenses (including
special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but
not including other personal services) in connection with
the collection of moneys owed the Export-Import Bank, re-
possession or sale of pledged collateral or other assets ac-
quired by the Export-Import Bank in satisfaction of mon-
eys owed the Export-Import Bank, or the investigation or
appraisal of any property, or the evaluation of the legal
or technical aspects of any transaction for which an appli-
cation for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has
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been made, shall be considered nonadministrative expenses
for the purposes of this heading: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 117 of the Export
Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection (a) thereof shall re-
main in effect until October 1, 2000.
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations,
as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and com-
mitments within the limits of funds available to it and in
accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided, That
the amount available for administrative expenses to carry
out the credit and insurance programs (including an
amount for official reception and representation expenses
which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed
$31,500,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans-
action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred
in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with
services provided to specific investors or potential investors
pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, shall not be considered administrative expenses for
the purposes of this heading.
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans,
$24,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign
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Assistance Act of 1961 to be derived by transfer from the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation noncredit ac-
count: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
such sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and
loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal
years 2000 and 2001: Provided further, That such sums
shall remain available through fiscal year 2008 for the dis-
bursement of direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal
year 2000, and through fiscal year 2009 for the disburse-
ment of direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal year
2001: Provided further, That in addition, such sums as may
be necessary for administrative expenses to carry out the
credit program may be derived from amounts available for
administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insur-
ance programs in the Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion Noncredit Account and merged with said account.
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$43,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001:
Provided, That the Trade and Development Agency may re-
ceive reimbursements from corporations and other entities
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for the costs of grants for feasibility studies and other
project planning services, to be deposited as an offsetting
collection to this account and to be available for obligation
until September 30, 2001, for necessary expenses under this
paragraph: Provided further, That such reimbursements
shall not cover, or be allocated against, direct or indirect
administrative costs of the agency.
TITLE II—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry
out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
and for other purposes, to remain available until September
30, 1999, unless otherwise specified herein, as follows:
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
sections 103 through 106, section 301, and chapter 10 of
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, title V of the
International Security and Development Cooperation Act
of 1980 (Public Law 96–533) and the provisions of section
401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, $1,928,500,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided,
That of the amount appropriated under this heading, funds
may be made available for the Inter-American Foundation
(IAF): Provided further, That funds made available for the
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IAF shall be subject to the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
That of the amount appropriated under this heading, up
to $12,500,000 may be made available for the African De-
velopment Foundation and shall be apportioned directly to
that agency: Provided further, That funds made available
to grantees may be invested pending expenditure for project
purposes when authorized by the President of the Founda-
tion: Provided further, That interest earned shall be used
only for the purposes for which the grant was made: Pro-
vided further, That this authority applies to interest earned
both prior to and following enactment of this provision:
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 505(a)(2)
of the African Development Foundation Act, in exceptional
circumstances the board of directors of the Foundation may
waive the $250,000 limitation contained in that section
with respect to a project: Provided further, That the Foun-
dation shall provide a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations before each time such waiver authority is exer-
cised: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading, not less than $225,000,000 shall be
made available for programs for the prevention, treatment,
and control of, and research on, infectious diseases in devel-
oping 
countries, 
of 
which 
amount 
not 
less 
than
$150,000,000 shall be made available for such programs for
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HIV/AIDS including not less than $5,000,000 which shall
be made available to support a United States Government
strategy to develop microbicides as a means for combating
HIV/AIDS and including up to $5,500,000 which may be
made available to establish an International Health Center
at Morehouse School of Medicine: Provided further, That of
the funds made available under this heading, not less than
$50,000,000 should be made available for activities address-
ing the health and nutrition needs of pregnant women and
mothers: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading, not less than $105,000,000 shall be
made available for the United Nations Children’s Fund:
Provided further, That not less than $425,000,000 of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail-
able to carry out the provisions of section 104(b) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated
balances from prior appropriations may be made available
to any organization or program which, as determined by
the President of the United States, supports or participates
in the management of a program of coercive abortion or
involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That none of the
funds made available under this heading may be used to
pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family
planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice
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abortions; and that in order to reduce reliance on abortion
in developing nations, funds shall be available only to vol-
untary family planning projects which offer, either directly
or through referral to, or information about access to, a
broad range of family planning methods and services: Pro-
vided further, That in awarding grants for natural family
planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against because
of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commitment
to offer only natural family planning; and, additionally,
all such applicants shall comply with the requirements of
the previous proviso: Provided further, That for purposes
of this or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds
for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family planning
assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the provision,
consistent with local law, of information or counseling
about all pregnancy options: Provided further, That noth-
ing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter any exist-
ing statutory prohibitions against abortion under section
104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding section 109 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, of the funds appropriated under this heading
in this Act, and of the unobligated balances of funds pre-
viously appropriated under this heading, $2,500,000 shall
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be transferred to ‘‘International Organizations and Pro-
grams’’ for a contribution to the International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD): Provided further, That
of the aggregate amount of the funds appropriated by this
Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 and the Support for Eastern European Democracy
Act of 1989, $305,000,000 should be made available for ag-
riculture and rural development programs including inter-
national agriculture research programs: Provided further,
That the proportion of funds appropriated under this head-
ing that are made available for biodiversity activities
should be at least the same as the proportion of funds that
were made available for such activities from funds appro-
priated by the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1995 (P.L. 103–
306) to carry out sections 103 through 106 and chapter 10
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading
that are made available for assistance programs for dis-
placed and orphaned children and victims of war, not to
exceed $25,000, in addition to funds otherwise available for
such purposes, may be used to monitor and provide over-
sight of such programs: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading not less than $250,000
shall be available for the International Law Institute: Pro-
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vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available
for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading not less than $500,000 shall be made available for
support of the United States Telecommunications Training
Institute: Provided further, That, of the funds appropriated
under this heading and ‘‘New Independent States of the
former Soviet Union’’, not less than $7,000,000 shall be
made available for Carelift International to collect and pro-
vide medical supplies, equipment and training: Provided
further, That, of the funds appropriated by this Act for the
Microenterprise Initiative (including any local currencies
made available for the purposes of the Initiative), not less
than one-half shall be made available for programs pro-
viding loans of less than $300 to very poor people, particu-
larly women, or for institutional support of organizations
primarily engaged in making such loans.
CYPRUS
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Devel-
opment Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not
less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for Cyprus
to be used only for scholarships, administrative support of
the scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and meas-
ures aimed at reunification of the island and designed to
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reduce tensions and promote peace and cooperation between
the two communities on Cyprus.
LEBANON
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Devel-
opment Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not
less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for Lebanon
to be used, among other programs, for scholarships and di-
rect support of the American educational institutions in
Lebanon.
BURMA
Of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not
less than $6,500,000 shall be made available to support de-
mocracy activities in Burma, democracy and humani-
tarian activities along the Burma-Thailand border, and for
Burmese student groups and other organizations located
outside Burma: Provided, That of the funds made available
under this heading, not less than $800,000 shall be made
available for newspapers, media, publications and related
training to promote democracy in and related to Burma:
Provided further, That the funds made available under this
heading shall be provided subject to consultation and guide-
lines provided by the leadership of the Burmese government
elected in 1990: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able for Burma-related activities under this heading may
be made available notwithstanding any other provision of
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law: Provided further, That the provision of such funds
shall be made available subject to the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
CAMBODIA
None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
made available for activities or programs for the Central
Government of Cambodia until the Secretary of State deter-
mines and reports to the Committee on Appropriations and
the Committee on Foreign Relations that the Government
of Cambodia has established a tribunal consistent with the
requirements of international law and justice and including
the participation of international jurists and prosecutors
for the trial of those who committed genocide or crimes
against humanity and that the Government of Cambodia
is making significant progress in establishing an inde-
pendent and accountable judicial system, a professional
military subordinate to civilian control, and a neutral and
accountable police force: Provided, That the restriction on
funds made available under this paragraph shall not apply
to demining or other humanitarian programs.
INDONESIA
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not
less than $70,000,000 shall be made available for assistance
for Indonesia.
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CONSERVATION FUND
Of the funds made available under the headings ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not
less than $500,000 shall be made available for the Charles
Darwin Research Station and the Charles Darwin Founda-
tion to support research, conservation, training and other
activities necessary to protect the Province of the Galapagos
Islands, Ecuador.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Devel-
opment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘As-
sistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’,
$1,000,000 shall be made available to support conflict reso-
lution programs involving teenagers of different ethnic, reli-
gious, and political backgrounds from the Middle East and
other regions of conflict.
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for international disaster relief,
rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant to
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
ed, $175,000,000, to remain available until expended.
MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees,
$1,500,000, as authorized by section 108 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, as amended: Provided, That such costs
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shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974: Provided further, That section 108(i)(2)(C)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended to read
as follows: ‘‘(C) No guarantee of any loan may guarantee
more than 50 percent of the principal amount of any such
loan, except guarantees of loans in support of microenter-
prise activites may guarantee up to 70 percent of the prin-
cipal amount of any such loan.’’. In addition, for adminis-
trative expenses to carry out programs under this heading,
$500,000, all of which may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the Agen-
cy for International Development: Provided further, That
funds made available under this heading shall remain
available until September 30, 2001.
URBAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIT PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of guaranteed loans authorized
by sections 221 and 222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, $1,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That these funds are available to subsidize loan prin-
cipal, 100 per centum of which shall be guaranteed, pursu-
ant to the authority of such sections. In addition, for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out guaranteed loan pro-
grams, $4,000,000, all of which may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of
the Agency for International Development.
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PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act for development assistance may be
made available to any United States private and voluntary
organization, except any cooperative development organiza-
tion, which obtains less than 20 per centum of its total an-
nual funding for international activities from sources other
than the United States Government: Provided, That the Ad-
ministrator of the Agency for International Development
may, on a case-by-case basis, waive the restriction con-
tained in this paragraph, after taking into account the ef-
fectiveness of the overseas development activities of the orga-
nization, its level of volunteer support, its financial viabil-
ity and stability, and the degree of its dependence for its
financial support on the agency.
Funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under title II of this Act should be made available to private
and voluntary organizations at a level which is at least
equivalent to the level provided in fiscal year 1995. Such
private and voluntary organizations shall include those
which operate on a not-for-profit basis, receive contribu-
tions from private sources, receive voluntary support from
the public and are deemed to be among the most cost-effec-
tive and successful providers of development assistance.
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PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY FUND
For payment to the ‘‘Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability Fund’’, as authorized by the Foreign Service Act
of 1980, $43,837,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 667, $495,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001: Provided, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this heading, $1,500,000 shall be made avail-
able to Habitat for Humanity International for the pur-
chase of 14 acres of land on behalf of Tibetan refugees living
in northern India, and the construction of a multi-unit de-
velopment.
OPERATING
EXPENSES
OF
THE
AGENCY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 667, $25,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001, which sum shall be available for the Office
of the Inspector General of the Agency for International De-
velopment.
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OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
chapter 4 of part II, $2,195,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, not less than $960,000,000
shall be available only for Israel, which sum shall be avail-
able on a grant basis as a cash transfer and shall be dis-
bursed within thirty days of enactment of this Act or by
October 31, 1999, whichever is later: Provided further, That
not less than $735,000,000 shall be available only for
Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant basis, and
of which sum cash transfer assistance shall be provided with
the understanding that Egypt will undertake significant
economic reforms which are additional to those which were
undertaken in previous fiscal years, and of which not less
than $200,000,000 shall be provided as Commodity Import
Program assistance: Provided further, That in exercising
the authority to provide cash transfer assistance for Israel,
the President shall ensure that the level of such assistance
does not cause an adverse impact on the total level of non-
military exports from the United States to such country:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, not less than $150,000,000 shall be made available
for assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That notwith-
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standing any other provision of law, not to exceed
$11,000,000 may be used to support victims of and pro-
grams related to the Holocaust: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made
available for political, economic, humanitarian, and associ-
ated support activities for Iraqi opposition groups des-
ignated under the Iraqi Liberation Act (Public Law 105–
338): Provided further, That not less than 15 days prior
to the obligation of these funds, the Secretary shall inform
the Committees on Appropriations of the purpose and
amount of the proposed obligation of funds under this pro-
vision: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able under this heading may be made available to the Ko-
rean Peninsula Energy Development Organization.
ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC
STATES
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for
East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989,
$535,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2001, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for assistance and for related programs
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: Provided, That
of the funds appropriated under this heading: not less than
$150,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for
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Kosova of which $20,000,000 shall be available for training
and equipping a Kosova security force; not less than
$85,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for Alba-
nia; not less than $60,000,000 shall be made available for
assistance for Romania; not less than $55,000,000 shall be
made available for assistance for Macedonia; not less than
$45,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for Bul-
garia; not less than $35,000,000 shall be available for assist-
ance for Montenegro: Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this heading and the headings ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Economic
Support Fund’’, not to exceed $130,000,000 shall be made
available for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior
appropriations Acts that are or have been made available
for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund
in interest-bearing accounts prior to the Fund’s disburse-
ment of such funds for program purposes. The Fund may
retain for such program purposes any interest earned on
such deposits without returning such interest to the Treas-
ury of the United States and without further appropriation
by the Congress. Funds made available for Enterprise
Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary
to make timely payment for projects and activities.
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(c) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the
administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use
of economic assistance.
(d) With regard to funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this heading for the economic revital-
ization program in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and local cur-
rencies generated by such funds (including the conversion
of funds appropriated under this heading into currency
used by Bosnia and Herzegovina as local currency and local
currency returned or repaid under such program)—
(1) the Administrator of the Agency for Inter-
national Development shall provide written approval
for grants and loans prior to the obligation and ex-
penditure of funds for such purposes, and prior to the
use of funds that have been returned or repaid to any
lending facility or grantee; and
(2) the provisions of section 533 of this Act shall
apply.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE
FORMER SOVIET UNION
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for the New
Independent States of the former Soviet Union and for re-
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lated programs, $780,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2001: Provided, That the provisions of such
chapter shall apply to funds appropriated by this para-
graph: Provided further, That such sums as may be nec-
essary may be transferred to the Export-Import Bank of
the United States for the cost of any financing under the
Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 for activities for the New
Independent States: Provided further, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $200,000
shall be available only for the REAP International School
Linkage Program: Provided further, That of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading, not to exceed $2,000,000
shall be available for grants to nongovernmental organiza-
tions that work with orphans who are transitioning out of
institutions to teach life skills and job skills: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount available under the heading ‘‘As-
sistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’ for Ro-
mania, $4,400,000 shall be provided solely to the Romanian
Department of Child Protection for activities of such De-
partment to provide emergency aid for the child victims of
the present economic crisis in Romania, including activities
relating to supplemental food support and maintenance,
support for in-home foster care, and supplemental support
for special needs residential care.
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(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than $210,000,000 shall be made available for assist-
ance for Ukraine: Provided, That 50 percent of the amount
made available in this subsection, exclusive of funds made
available for nuclear safety, law enforcement reforms or the
business incubator program, shall be withheld from obliga-
tion and expenditure until the Secretary of State reports
to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government
of Ukraine has undertaken significant economic reforms ad-
ditional to those achieved in fiscal year 1999, including tak-
ing effective measures to end corruption by government offi-
cials: Provided further, That the report in the previous pro-
viso shall be provided 120 days after the date of enactment
of this Act: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able for Ukraine, not less than $25,000,000 shall be made
available for nuclear reactor safety programs: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available for Ukraine, not less
than $5,000,000 shall be made available to support the ex-
pansion of the technology business incubator program to in-
clude new cities: Provided further, That of the funds made
available for Ukraine, $3,500,000 shall be made available
for the destruction of stockpiles of anti-personnel landmines
in Ukraine.
(c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than $95,000,000 shall be made available for assistance
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for Georgia: Provided, That of the funds made available
under this subsection, not less than $8,000,000 shall be
made available for judicial reform and law enforcement
training.
(d) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than $90,000,000 shall be made available for assistance
for Armenia: Provided, That of the funds made available
for Armenia, $15,000,000 shall be available for earthquake
rehabilitation and reconstruction.
(e) Funds made available under this Act or any other
Act may not be provided for assistance to the Government
of Azerbaijan until the President determines, and so reports
to the Congress, that the Government of Azerbaijan is taking
demonstrable steps to cease all blockades and other offensive
uses of force against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh: Pro-
vided, That the restriction of this subsection and section 907
of the FREEDOM Support Act shall not apply to—
(1) activities to support democracy or assistance
under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and sec-
tion 1424 of the ‘‘National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1997’’;
(2) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or
other assistance provided by the Overseas Private In-
vestment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 of
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part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2191 et seq.);
(3) any assistance provided by the Trade and
Development Agency under section 661 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);
(4) any financing provided under the Export-
Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635 et seq.);
(5) any activity carried out by a member of the
Foreign Commercial Service while acting within his
or her official capacity; or
(6) humanitarian assistance.
(f) Of the funds made available under this heading for
nuclear safety activities, not to exceed 9 percent of the funds
provided for any single project may be used to pay for man-
agement costs incurred by a United States national lab in
administering said project.
(g) Of the funds appropriated under title II of this
Act, including funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than $12,000,000 shall be made available for assistance
for Mongolia: Provided, That funds made available for as-
sistance for Mongolia may be made available in accordance
with the purposes and utilizing the authorities provided in
chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(h) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that
are allocated for assistance for the Central Government of
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Russia, 50 percent shall be withheld from obligation until
the President determines and certifies in writing to the
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Rus-
sia has terminated implementation of arrangements to pro-
vide Iran with technical expertise, training, technology, or
equipment necessary to develop a nuclear reactor, related
nuclear research facilities or programs, or ballistic missile
capability.
(i) None of the funds appropriated under this heading
may be made available for the Government of Russia, until
the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appro-
priations that: (1) Russian armed and peacekeeping forces
deployed in Kosova have not established a separate zone of
operational control; and (2) any Russian armed and peace-
keeping forces deployed in Kosova are fully integrated
under NATO unified command and control arrangements.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
PEACE CORPS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $220,000,000, including
the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles
for administrative purposes for use outside of the United
States: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Pro-
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vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading
shall remain available until September 30, 2001.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $215,000,000: Provided,
That of this amount not less than $10,000,000 shall be made
available for Law Enforcement Training and Demand Re-
duction: Provided further, That of the funds made available
under this heading, in addition to any funds previously ap-
propriated for the International Law Enforcement Acad-
emy for the Western Hemisphere, not less than $5,000,000
shall be made available to establish and operate the Inter-
national Law Enforcement Academy for the Western Hemi-
sphere at the deBremmond Training Center in Roswell,
New Mexico: Provided further, That of the funds made
available under this heading, not less than $10,000,000
shall be made available to continue mycoherbicide counter
drug research and development.
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to
enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized by
law, a contribution to the International Committee of the
Red Cross, assistance to refugees, including contributions
to the International Organization for Migration and the
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and other
activities to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and
expenses of personnel and dependents as authorized by the
Foreign Service Act of 1980; allowances as authorized by
sections 5921 through 5925 of title 5, United States Code;
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,
$610,000,000: Provided, That not more than $13,500,000
shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That not less than $60,000,000 shall be made available
for refugees from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Eu-
rope and other refugees resettling in Israel.
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION
ASSISTANCE FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act
of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 260(c)), $20,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the funds
made available under this heading are appropriated not-
withstanding the provisions contained in section 2(c)(2) of
the Act which would limit the amount of funds which could
be appropriated for this purpose.
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND
RELATED PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism and related programs and activities, $175,000,000,
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to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assist-
ance, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act for the
Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, section 23 of the
Arms Export Control Act or the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 for demining activities, clearance of unexploded ord-
nance, and related activities notwithstanding any other
provision of law, including activities implemented through
nongovernmental and international organizations, section
301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a voluntary
contribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) and a voluntary contribution to the Korean Penin-
sula Energy Development Organization (KEDO): Provided,
That of this amount not to exceed $15,000,000, to remain
available until expended, may be made available for the
Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, to promote bilateral and multi-
lateral activities relating to nonproliferation and disar-
mament: Provided further, That such funds may also be
used for countries other than the New Independent States
of the former Soviet Union and international organizations
when it is in the national security interest of the United
States to do so: Provided further, That such funds shall be
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds
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appropriated under this heading, $35,000,000 should be
made available for demining, clearance of unexploded ord-
nance, and related activities: Provided further, That of the
funds made available for demining and related activities,
not to exceed $500,000, in addition to funds otherwise
available for such purposes, may be used for administrative
expenses related to the operation and management of the
demining program: Provided further, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading up to $40,000,000 may be
made available for the International Atomic Energy Agency
only if the Secretary of State determines (and so reports
to the Congress) that Israel is not being denied its right
to participate in the activities of that Agency: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not
to exceed $40,000,000 may be made available to the Korean
Peninsula Energy Development Organization only for the
administrative expenses and heavy fuel oil costs associated
with the Agreed Framework: Provided further, That such
funds may be obligated to KEDO only if, thirty days prior
to such obligation of funds, the President certifies and so
reports to Congress that: (1)(A) the parties to the Agreed
Framework are taking steps to assure that progress is made
on the implementation of the January 1, 1992, Joint Dec-
laration on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
and the implementation of the North-South dialogue, and
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(B) North Korea is complying with all provisions of the
Agreed Framework between North Korea and the United
States and with the Confidential Minute; (2) North Korea
is cooperating fully in the canning and safe storage of all
spent fuel from its graphite-moderated nuclear reactors; (3)
North Korea has not significantly diverted assistance pro-
vided by the United States for purposes for which it was
not intended; (4) North Korea is not actively pursuing the
acquisition or development of a nuclear capability (other
than the light-water reactors provided for by the 1994
Agreed Framework Between the United States and North
Korea); and (5) North Korea is not providing ballistic mis-
siles or ballistic missile technology to a country the govern-
ment of which the Secretary of State has determined is a
terrorist government for the purposes of section 40(d) of the
Arms Export Control Act or any other comparable provi-
sion of law: Provided further, That the President may waive
the certification requirements of the preceding proviso if the
President determines that it is vital to the national security
interests of the United States: Provided further, That no
funds may be obligated for KEDO until 30 days after sub-
mission to Congress of the waiver permitted under the pre-
ceding proviso: Provided further, That the obligation of any
funds for KEDO shall be subject to the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
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further, That the Secretary of State shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees an annual report (to be
submitted with the annual presentation for appropriations)
providing a full and detailed accounting of the fiscal year
request for the United States contribution to KEDO, the
expected operating budget of the Korean Peninsula Energy
Development Organization, to include unpaid debt, pro-
posed annual costs associated with heavy fuel oil purchases,
and the amount of funds pledged by other donor nations
and organizations to support KEDO activities on a per
country basis, and other related activities: Provided further,
That the Director of Central Intelligence will provide for
review and consideration by the House Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence, House International Relations
Committee, House National Security Committee, Senate
Appropriations Committee, Senate Select Committee on In-
telligence, Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate
Armed Services Committee all relevant intelligence bearing
on North Korea’s compliance with the provisions of this
proviso: Provided further, That such provision shall occur
not less than 45 days prior to the President’s certification
as provided for under this heading: Provided further, That
for the purposes of this heading, the term intelligence in-
cludes National Intelligence Estimates, Intelligence Memo-
randa, Findings and other intelligence reports based on
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multiple sources or including the assessment of more than
one member of the Intelligence Community.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses to carry out section 129 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, relating to the Department
of the Treasury technical assistance program, $1,500,000,
to remain available until expended, which shall be available
notwithstanding any other provision of law.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct or indirect
loans and loan guarantees, as the President may determine,
for which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made
available for programs within the International Affairs
Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling, reduc-
ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as a
result of concessional loans made to eligible countries, pur-
suant to parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, including necessary expenses for the administration
of activities carried out under these parts, and of modifying
concessional credit agreements with least developed coun-
tries, as authorized under section 411 of the Agricultural
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 as amended
and concessional loans, guarantees and credit agreements
with any country in sub-Saharan Africa, as authorized
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under section 572 of the Foreign Operations, Export Fi-
nancing and Related Programs Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–
461); $43,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any limitation of subsection (e) of section 411
of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act
of 1954 to the extent that limitation applies to sub-Saharan
African countries shall not apply to funds appropriated
hereunder or previously appropriated.
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,
$50,000,000, of which no less than $1,000,000 shall be
available for the Defense Institute of International Studies
to enhance its mission, functioning and performance by
providing for its fixed costs of operation: Provided, That
the civilian personnel for whom military education and
training may be provided under this heading may include
civilians who are not members of a government whose par-
ticipation would contribute to improved civil-military rela-
tions, civilian control of the military, or respect for human
rights: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading for grant financed military education and
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training for Guatemala may only be available for expanded
international military education and training.
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for grants to enable the Presi-
dent to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms
Export Control Act, $3,410,000,000: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than
$1,920,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel,
and not less than $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 thirty days of enactment of this Act or by October
31, 1999, whichever is later: Provided further, That to the
extent that the Government of Israel requests that funds be
used for such purposes, grants made available for Israel by
this paragraph shall, as agreed by Israel and the United
States, be available for advanced weapons systems, of which
not less than 26.5 percent shall be available for the procure-
ment in Israel of defense articles and defense services, in-
cluding research and development: Provided further, That
of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, not less than
$75,000,000 shall be available for assistance for Jordan:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated by this
paragraph, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for assistance for Tunisia: Provided further, That dur-
ing fiscal year 2000, the President is authorized to, and
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shall, direct the draw-downs of defense articles from the
stocks of the Department of Defense, defense services of the
Department of Defense, and military education and train-
ing of an aggregate value of not less than $6,000,000 under
the authority of this proviso for Tunisia for the purposes
of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: 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 arti-
cles, defense services, or design and construction services
that are not sold by the United States Government under
the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign country pro-
posing to make such procurements has first signed an agree-
ment with the United States Government specifying the
conditions under which such procurements may be financed
with such funds: Provided, That all country and funding
level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the
regular notification procedures of section 515 of this Act:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated
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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 related activities, and may in-
clude activities implemented through nongovernmental and
international organizations: Provided further, That none of
the funds under this heading shall be available for assist-
ance 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
congressional 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, subject to the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds
made available under this heading for the cost of direct
loans may also be used to supplement the funds available
under this heading for grants, and funds made available
under this heading for grants may also be used to supple-
ment the funds available under this heading for the cost
of direct loans: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this heading shall be expended at the minimum rate
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necessary to make timely payment for defense articles and
services: Provided further, That not more than $30,000,000
of the funds appropriated under this heading may be obli-
gated for necessary expenses, including the purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only for use outside
of the United States, for the general costs of administering
military assistance and sales: Provided further, That not
more than $330,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to sec-
tion 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be
obligated for expenses incurred by the Department of De-
fense during fiscal year 2000 pursuant to section 43(b) of
the Arms Export Control Act, except that this limitation
may be exceeded only through the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount appropriated under this heading,
$5,000,000 shall be available only for the Philippines.
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$80,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be obligated or expended except as
provided through the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
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TITLE IV—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $776,600,000, to
remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, for the United States contribution to the Global Envi-
ronment Facility, $25,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, for contributions previously due.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT
GUARANTEE AGENCY
For payment to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee
Agency by the Secretary of the Treasury, $10,000,000 for
the United States paid-in share of the increase in capital
stock, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL
The United States Governor of the Multilateral Invest-
ment Guarantee Agency may subscribe without fiscal year
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limitation for the callable capital portion of the United
States share of such capital stock in an amount not to ex-
ceed $50,000,000.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK
For payment to the Inter-American Development Bank
by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United States share
of the paid-in share portion of the increase in capital stock,
$25,610,667.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Inter-American De-
velopment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limita-
tion to the callable capital portion of the United States
share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed
$1,503,718,910.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the
Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of
the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock,
$13,728,263, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Asian Development
Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the
callable capital portion of the United States share of such
capital stock in an amount not to exceed $672,745,205.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For the United States contribution by the Secretary
of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the Asian
Development Fund, as authorized by the Asia Development
Bank Act, as amended, $50,000,000, to remain available
until expended, for contributions previously due.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the African Development Bank by the
Secretary of the Treasury, $5,100,000 for the United States
paid in share of the increase in capital stock, to remain
available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury,
$35,778,717, for the United States share of the paid-in por-
tion of the increase in capital stock, to remain available
until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fis-
cal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the
United States share of such capital stock in an amount not
to exceed $123,237,803.
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of
section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program Par-
ticipation Act of 1973, $170,000,000: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made
available for the United Nations Fund for Science and
Technology: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $25,000,000 shall
be made available for the United Nations Fund for Popu-
lation Activities (UNFPA): Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated under this heading that are made
available to UNFPA shall be made available for activities
in the People’s Republic of China: Provided further, That
with respect to any funds appropriated under this heading
that are made available to UNFPA, UNFPA shall be re-
quired to maintain such funds in a separate account and
not commingle them with any other funds: Provided further,
That not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available to
the World Food Program: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated under this heading may be made
available to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Or-
ganization (KEDO) or the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA).
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TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
OBLIGATIONS OF FUNDS
SEC. 501. Except for the appropriations entitled
‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, and ‘‘United States
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, not
more than 15 percent of any appropriation item made
available by this Act shall be obligated during the last
month of availability.
PROHIBITION OF BILATERAL FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 502. Notwithstanding section 614 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, none of the funds contained in title
II of this Act may be used to carry out the provisions of
section 209(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES
SEC. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $126,500 shall be for
official residence expenses of the Agency for International
Development during the current fiscal year: Provided, That
appropriate steps shall be taken to assure that, to the max-
imum extent possible, United States-owned foreign cur-
rencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.
LIMITATION ON EXPENSES
SEC. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be for enter-
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Act under the heading ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’,
not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for representation
and entertainment allowances.
PROHIBITION ON FINANCING NUCLEAR GOODS
SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated or made
available 
(other 
than 
funds 
for 
‘‘Nonproliferation,
Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’) pursu-
ant to this Act, for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, may be used, except for purposes of nuclear safety,
to finance the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or tech-
nology.
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 507. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or
expended to finance directly any assistance or reparations
to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or Syria:
Provided, That for purposes of this section, the prohibition
on obligations or expenditures shall include direct loans,
credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Import
Bank or its agents.
MILITARY COUPS
SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or
expended to finance directly any assistance to any country
whose duly elected Head of Government is deposed by mili-
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tary coup or decree: Provided, That assistance may be re-
sumed to such country if the President determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that subsequent
to the termination of assistance a democratically elected
government has taken office.
TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated under an appropriation account to
which they were not appropriated, except for transfers spe-
cifically provided for in this Act, unless the President, prior
to the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and
provides a written policy justification to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate: Provided, That the exercise of such authority shall
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
DEOBLIGATION/REOBLIGATION AUTHORITY
SEC. 510. (a) Amounts certified pursuant to section
1311 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1955, as
having been obligated against appropriations heretofore
made under the authority of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 for the same general purpose as any of the headings
under title II of this Act are, if deobligated, hereby contin-
ued available for the same period as the respective appro-
priations under such headings or until September 30, 2000,
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whichever is later, and for the same general purpose, and
for countries within the same region as originally obligated:
Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both
Houses of the Congress are notified fifteen days in advance
of the reobligation of such funds in accordance with regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
(b) Obligated balances of funds appropriated to carry
out section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act as of the
end of the fiscal year immediately preceding the current
fiscal year are, if deobligated, hereby continued available
during the current fiscal year for the same purpose under
any authority applicable to such appropriations under this
Act: Provided, That the authority of this subsection may
not be used in fiscal year 2000.
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation after the expi-
ration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided
in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for the pur-
poses of chapters 1, 8, and 11 of part I, section 667, and
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as amended, and funds provided under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, shall re-
main available until expended if such funds are initially
obligated before the expiration of their respective periods of
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availability contained in this Act: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any funds
made available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements in
order to address balance of payments or economic policy
reform objectives, shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That the report required by section 653(a)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall designate for
each country, to the extent known at the time of submission
of such report, those funds allocated for cash disbursement
for balance of payment and economic policy reform pur-
poses.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT
SEC. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used to furnish assistance to any country
which is in default during a period in excess of one calendar
year in payment to the United States of principal or inter-
est on any loan made to such country by the United States
pursuant to a program for which funds are appropriated
under this Act: Provided, That this section and section
620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply
to funds made available for any narcotics-related assistance
for Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru authorized by the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act.
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COMMERCE AND TRADE
SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance and
none of the funds otherwise made available pursuant to this
Act to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation shall be obligated or expended to
finance any loan, any assistance or any other financial
commitments for establishing or expanding production of
any commodity for export by any country other than the
United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus
on world markets at the time the resulting productive ca-
pacity is expected to become operative and if the assistance
will cause substantial injury to United States producers of
the same, similar, or competing commodity: Provided, That
such prohibition shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank
if in the judgment of its Board of Directors the benefits to
industry and employment in the United States are likely
to outweigh the injury to United States producers of the
same, similar or competing commodity, and the Chairman
of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropriations.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other
Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breed-
ing feasibility study, variety improvement or introduction,
consultancy, publication, conference, or training in connec-
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tion with the growth or production in a foreign country
of an agricultural commodity for export which would com-
pete with a similar commodity grown or produced in the
United States: Provided, That this subsection shall not
prohibit—
(1) activities designed to increase food security
in developing countries where such activities will not
have a significant impact in the export of agricul-
tural commodities of the United States; or
(2) research activities intended primarily to ben-
efit American producers.
SURPLUS COMMODITIES
SEC. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct
the United States Executive Directors of the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-
national Development Association, the International Fi-
nance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank,
the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development
Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the
North American Development Bank, the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, the African Development
Bank, and the African Development Fund to use the voice
and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by
these institutions, using funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to this Act, for the production or extraction
of any commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus
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on world markets and if the assistance will cause substan-
tial injury to United States producers of the same, similar,
or competing commodity.
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 515. For the purpose of providing the Executive
Branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none
of the funds made available under this Act for ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’, ‘‘Debt restructuring’’, ‘‘International or-
ganizations and programs’’, ‘‘Trade and Development
Agency’’, ‘‘International narcotics control and law enforce-
ment’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic
States’’, ‘‘Assistance for the New Independent States of the
Former Soviet Union’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Peace-
keeping operations’’, ‘‘Operating expenses of the Agency for
International Development’’, ‘‘Operating expenses of the
Agency for International Development Office of Inspector
General’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and
related programs’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’, ‘‘International military education and training’’,
the Inter-American Foundation, the African Development
Foundation, ‘‘Peace Corps’’, ‘‘Migration and refugee assist-
ance’’, shall be available for obligation for activities, pro-
grams, projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or
other operations not justified or in excess of the amount
justified to the Appropriations Committees for obligation
under any of these specific headings unless the Appropria-
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tions Committees of both Houses of Congress are previously
notified fifteen days in advance: Provided, That the Presi-
dent shall not enter into any commitment of funds appro-
priated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export
Control Act for the provision of major defense equipment,
other than conventional ammunition, or other major defense
items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehi-
cles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 per centum
in excess of the quantities justified to Congress unless the
Committees on Appropriations are notified fifteen days in
advance of such commitment: Provided further, That this
section shall not apply to any reprogramming for an activ-
ity, program, or project under chapter 1 of part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of less than 10 per centum
of the amount previously justified to the Congress for obliga-
tion for such activity, program, or project for the current
fiscal year: Provided further, That the requirements of this
section or any similar provision of this Act or any other
Act, including any prior Act requiring notification in ac-
cordance with the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations, may be waived if failure
to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health or
welfare: Provided further, That in case of any such waiver,
notification to the Congress, or the appropriate congres-
sional committees, shall be provided as early as practicable,
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but in no event later than three days after taking the action
to which such notification requirement was applicable, in
the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver:
Provided further, That any notification provided pursuant
to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emer-
gency circumstances.
Drawdowns made pursuant to section 506(a)(2) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations.
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
SEC. 516. Subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro-
priated under this Act or any previously enacted Act mak-
ing appropriations for foreign operations, export financing,
and related programs, which are returned or not made
available for organizations and programs because of the im-
plementation of section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, shall remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2001.
STINGERS IN THE PERSIAN GULF REGION
SEC. 517. Except as provided in section 581 of the For-
eign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 1990, the United States may not sell
or otherwise make available any Stingers to any country
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bordering the Persian Gulf under the Arms Export Control
Act or chapter 2 of Part II of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961.
PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND
INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available to carry
out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
ed, may be used to pay for the performance of abortions
as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce
any person to practice abortions. None of the funds made
available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the perform-
ance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family
planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive
to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any bio-
medical research which relates in whole or in part, to meth-
ods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary steri-
lization as a means of family planning. None of the funds
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended for
any country or organization if the President certifies that
the use of these funds by any such country or organization
would violate any of the above provisions related to abor-
tions and involuntary sterilizations: Provided, That none
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of the funds made available under this Act may be used
to lobby for or against abortion.
FUNDING FOR FAMILY PLANNING
SEC. 519. In determining eligibility for assistance
from funds appropriated to carry out section 104 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, non-governmental and mul-
tilateral organizations shall not be subjected to requirements
more restrictive than the requirements applicable to foreign
governments for such assistance.
EL SALVADOR REPORT
SEC. 520. Not later than 45 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Attorney General shall provide a
report to the Committees on Appropriations describing in
detail the circumstances under which individuals involved
in the December 2, 1980 murders or cover-up of the murders
of four American churchwomen in El Salvador obtained
residence in the United States.
SPECIAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 521. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall be obligated or expended for Colombia, India, Haiti,
Liberia, Pakistan, Serbia, Sudan, or the Democratic Re-
public of Congo except as provided through the regular noti-
fication procedures of the Committee on Appropriations.
DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY
SEC. 522. For the purpose of this Act, ‘‘program,
project, and activity’’ shall be defined at the Appropriations
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Act account level and shall include all Appropriations and
Authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limitations
with the exception that for the following accounts: Economic
Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing Program,
‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be considered
to include country, regional, and central program level
funding within each such account; for the development as-
sistance accounts of the Agency for International Develop-
ment ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be consid-
ered to include central program level funding, either as (1)
justified to the Congress, or (2) allocated by the executive
branch in accordance with a report, to be provided to the
Committees on Appropriations within thirty days of enact-
ment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961.
CHILD SURVIVAL, AIDS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
SEC. 523. Up to $10,000,000 of the funds made avail-
able by this Act for assistance for family planning, health,
child survival, environment, basic education and AIDS,
may be used to reimburse United States Government agen-
cies, agencies of State governments, institutions of higher
learning, and private and voluntary organizations for the
full cost of individuals (including for the personal services
of such individuals) detailed or assigned to, or contracted
by, as the case may be, the Agency for International Devel-
opment for the purpose of carrying out family planning
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activities, child survival, environment, and basic education
and health activities, including activities relating to re-
search on, and the prevention, treatment and control of ac-
quired immune deficiency syndrome or other diseases in de-
veloping countries: Provided, That funds appropriated by
this Act that are made available for child survival activities
or disease programs including activities relating to research
on, and the treatment and control of, acquired immune defi-
ciency syndrome may be made available notwithstanding
any provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign
countries: Provided further, That funds appropriated by
this Act that are made available for family planning activi-
ties may be made available notwithstanding section 512 of
this Act and section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961.
PROHIBITION AGAINST INDIRECT FUNDING TO CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 524. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated to
finance indirectly any assistance or reparations to Cuba,
Iraq, Libya, Iran, Syria, North Korea, or the People’s Re-
public of China, unless the President of the United States
certifies that the withholding of these funds is contrary to
the national interest of the United States.
DESIGNATION OF SERBIA AS A TERRORIST STATE
SEC. 525. (a) HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.—
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(1) CONGRESSIONAL DETERMINATION.—Congress
determines that the Government of the Federal Repub-
lic of Yugoslavia is engaged in a consistent pattern
of gross violations of internationally recognized
human rights.
(2) FULL
ENFORCEMENT
OF
SANCTIONS.—All
provisions of law that impose sanctions against a
country whose government is engaged in a consistent
pattern of gross violations of internationally recog-
nized human rights shall be fully enforced against the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (other than Monte-
negro and Kosova).
(b) SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
(A) 
CONGRESSIONAL
DETERMINATION.—
Congress determines that the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (other than Montenegro and Kosova)
is a country which has repeatedly engaged in
acts of terrorism, a country which grants sanc-
tuary from prosecution to individuals or groups
which have committed an act of terrorism, and
a country which otherwise supports terrorism.
(B) FULL ENFORCEMENT OF SANCTIONS.—
The provisions of law specified in paragraph (2)
and all other provisions of law that impose sanc-
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tions against a country which has repeatedly
provided support for acts of terrorists, which
grants sanctuary from prosecution to an indi-
vidual or group which grants sanctuary from
prosecution to an individual or group which has
committed an act of terrorism, or which other-
wise supports terrorism shall be fully enforced
against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(other than Montenegro and Kosova).
(2) SANCTION LAWS SPECIFIED.—The provisions
of law referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(A) section 40 of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2780);
(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371);
(C) section 528 of this Act (and the cor-
responding sections of predecessor foreign oper-
ations appropriations Acts);
(D) section 555 of the International Secu-
rity and Development Cooperation Act of 1985;
and
(E) section 6(j) of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. app. 2405(j)).
(c) MULTILATERAL COOPERATION.—Congress calls on
the President to seek multilateral cooperation—
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(1) to deny dangerous technologies to the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (other than Montenegro and
Kosova);
(2) to induce the Government of the Federal Re-
public of Yugoslavia to respect internationally recog-
nized human rights (other than Montenegro and
Kosova); and
(3) to induce the Government of the Federal Re-
public of Yugoslavia to allow appropriate inter-
national humanitarian and human rights organiza-
tions to have access to the Federal Republic of Yugo-
slavia (other than Montenegro and Kosova).
(d) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA DEFINED.—
The term ‘‘Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’’ does not include
Montenegro and Kosova.
(e) This section would become null and void should the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (other than Montenegro and
Kosova) complete a democratic reform process that brings
about a newly elected government that respects the rights
of ethnic minorities, is committed to the rule of law and
respects the sovereignty of its neighbor states.
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT
SEC. 526. Prior to providing excess Department of De-
fense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall
notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same extent
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and under the same conditions as are other committees pur-
suant to subsection (c) of that section: Provided, That before
issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles under
the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of Defense
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in accord-
ance with the regular notification procedures of such Com-
mittees: Provided further, That such Committees shall also
be informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense
articles.
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT
SEC. 527. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obli-
gated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public
Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956.
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST
COUNTRIES
SEC. 528. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds appropriated for bilateral assistance under any
heading of this Act and funds appropriated under any such
heading in a provision of law enacted prior to enactment
of this Act, shall not be made available to any country
which the President determines—
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any in-
dividual or group which has committed an act of
international terrorism, or
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism.
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(b) The President may waive the application of sub-
section (a) to a country if the President determines that
national security or humanitarian reasons justify such
waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the Fed-
eral Register and, at least fifteen days before the waiver
takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropriations
of the waiver (including the justification for the waiver)
in accordance with the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations.
COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES
SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations, the authority of section
23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used to pro-
vide financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and major non-
NATO allies for the procurement by leasing (including leas-
ing with an option to purchase) of defense articles from
United States commercial suppliers, not including Major
Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and other types
of aircraft having possible civilian application), if the
President determines that there are compelling foreign pol-
icy or national security reasons for those defense articles
being provided by commercial lease rather than by govern-
ment-to-government sale under such Act.
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COMPETITIVE INSURANCE
SEC. 530. All Agency for International Development
contracts and solicitations, and subcontracts entered into
under such contracts, shall include a clause requiring that
United States insurance companies have a fair opportunity
to bid for insurance when such insurance is necessary or
appropriate.
DISTINGUISHED DEVELOPMENT SERVICE AWARD
SEC. 531. (a) AUTHORITY TO AWARD.—The Chairman
of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Op-
erations, Export Financing, and Related Programs, in con-
sultation with the Ranking Minority Member of the Sub-
committee and the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development, may authorize the
payment of a cash award to, and incur necessary expense
for the honorary recognition of, a career or non-career em-
ployee of the Agency who through extraordinary efforts
makes a significant contribution to assisting developing
countries to meet the basic needs of their people.
(b) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Chairman of the Sen-
ate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs, in consultation
with the Ranking Minority Member of the Subcommittee
and the Administrator, shall prescribe the procedures for
identifying and considering persons eligible for the Distin-
guished Development Service Award, and for selecting the
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recipient of the award, consistent with the provisions of this
section. Individuals who are non-career members of the Sen-
ior Executive Service or the Senior Foreign Service, or who
are appointed under the authority of section 624 of this
Act, are not eligible for the award authorized by this sec-
tion.
(c) NATURE OF CASH AWARD.—A cash award under
this section—
(1) shall be in the amount of $10,000, and
(2) shall be in addition to the pay and allow-
ances of the recipient.
(d) AWARD IN THE EVENT OF DEATH.—If a person
selected for an award under this section dies before being
presented the award, the award may be made to the person’s
family or to the person’s representative, as designated by
the Administrator.
(e) FUNDING.—Awards to, and expenses for the hon-
orary recognition of, employees of the Agency under this
section may be paid from funds administered by the Agency
that are made available to carry out the provisions of this
Act.
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 532. In order to enhance the continued participa-
tion of nongovernmental organizations in economic assist-
ance activities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
including endowments, debt-for-development and debt-for-
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nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization which
is a grantee or contractor of the Agency for International
Development may place in interest bearing accounts funds
made available under this Act or prior Acts or local cur-
rencies which accrue to that organization as a result of eco-
nomic assistance provided under title II of this Act and
any interest earned on such investment shall be used for
the purpose for which the assistance was provided to that
organization.
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
SEC. 533. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CUR-
RENCIES.—(1) If assistance is furnished to the government
of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part I or
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
under agreements which result in the generation of local
currencies of that country, the Administrator of the Agency
for International Development shall—
(A) require that local currencies be deposited in
a separate account established by that government;
(B) enter into an agreement with that govern-
ment which sets forth—
(i) the amount of the local currencies to be
generated, and
(ii) the terms and conditions under which
the currencies so deposited may be utilized, con-
sistent with this section; and
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(C) establish by agreement with that government
the responsibilities of the Agency for International
Development and that government to monitor and ac-
count for deposits into and disbursements from the
separate account.
(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be agreed
upon with the foreign government, local currencies depos-
ited in a separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or
an equivalent amount of local currencies, shall be used
only—
(A) to carry out chapters 1 or 10 of part I or
chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), for such
purposes as—
(i) project and sector assistance activities,
or
(ii) debt and deficit financing, or
(B) for the administrative requirements of the
United States Government.
(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—The Agency for
International Development shall take all necessary steps to
ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies disbursed
pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the
purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
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(4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—Upon
termination of assistance to a country under chapters 1 or
10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be),
any unencumbered balances of funds which remain in a
separate account established pursuant to subsection (a)
shall be disposed of for such purposes as may be agreed to
by the government of that country and the United States
Government.
(5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator
of the Agency for International Development shall report
on an annual basis as part of the justification documents
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations on the use
of local currencies for the administrative requirements of
the United States Government as authorized in subsection
(a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount of local
currency (and United States dollar equivalent) used and/
or to be used for such purpose in each applicable country.
(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.—(1)
If assistance is made available to the government of a for-
eign country, under chapters 1 or 10 of part I or chapter
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash
transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that
country shall be required to maintain such funds in a sepa-
rate account and not commingle them with any other funds.
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(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.—
Such funds may be obligated and expended notwithstanding
provisions of law which are inconsistent with the nature
of this assistance including provisions which are referenced
in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of
Conference accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (H.
Report No. 98–1159).
(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least fifteen days prior to obli-
gating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assist-
ance, the President shall submit a notification through the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations, which shall include a detailed description of how
the funds proposed to be made available will be used, with
a discussion of the United States interests that will be
served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, a de-
scription of the economic policy reforms that will be pro-
moted by such assistance).
(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance funds
may be exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1)
only through the notification procedures of the Committees
on Appropriations.
COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE
DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SEC. 534. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act may
be made as payment to any international financial institu-
tion while the United States Executive Director to such in-
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stitution is compensated by the institution at a rate which,
together with whatever compensation such Director receives
from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided
for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United
States Code, or while any alternate United States Director
to such institution is compensated by the institution at a
rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occu-
pying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under
section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.
(b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘international finan-
cial institutions’’ are: the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, the Inter-American Develop-
ment Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Devel-
opment Fund, the African Development Bank, the African
Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund, the
North American Development Bank, and the European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS AGAINST
IRAQ
SEC. 535. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available pursuant to this Act to carry out the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (including title IV of chapter
2 of part I, relating to the Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration) or the Arms Export Control Act may be used to
provide assistance to any country that is not in compliance
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with the United Nations Security Council sanctions against
Iraq unless the President determines and so certifies to the
Congress that—
(1) such assistance is in the national interest of
the United States;
(2) such assistance will directly benefit the needy
people in that country; or
(3) the assistance to be provided will be humani-
tarian assistance for foreign nationals who have fled
Iraq and Kuwait.
COMPETITIVE PRICING FOR SALES OF DEFENSE ARTICLES
SEC. 536. Direct costs associated with meeting a for-
eign customer’s additional or unique requirements will con-
tinue to be allowable under contracts under section 22(d)
of the Arms Export Control Act. Loadings applicable to
such direct costs shall be permitted at the same rates appli-
cable to procurement of like items purchased by the Depart-
ment of Defense for its own use.
AUTHORITIES
FOR
THE
PEACE
CORPS, INTERNATIONAL
FUND
FOR
AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT, INTER-
AMERICAN FOUNDATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
FOUNDATION
SEC. 537. (a) Unless expressly provided to the con-
trary, provisions of this or any other Act, including provi-
sions contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appro-
priations for foreign operations, export financing, and re-
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lated 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 Develop-
ment Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly report to
the Committees on Appropriations whenever it is con-
ducting activities or is proposing to conduct activities in
a country for which assistance is prohibited.
(b) Unless expressly provided to the contrary, limita-
tions on the availability of funds for ‘‘International Orga-
nizations and Programs’’ in this or any other Act, includ-
ing prior appropriations Acts, shall not be construed to be
applicable to the International Fund for Agricultural De-
velopment.
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES
SEC. 538. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended to provide—
(a) any financial incentive to a business enter-
prise currently located in the United States for the
purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate
outside the United States if such incentive or induce-
ment 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
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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 President deter-
mines and certifies that such assistance is not likely
to cause a loss of jobs within the United States; or
(c) assistance for any project or activity that
contributes to the violation of internationally recog-
nized 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.
OPIC MARITIME FUND
SEC. 539. (a) Section 6001 of Public Law 106–31 is
repealed.
(b) The Overseas Private Investment Corporation shall
establish a $200,000,000 Maritime Fund within six months
from the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That the
Maritime Fund shall leverage United States commercial
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maritime expertise to support international maritime
projects.
SPECIAL AUTHORITIES
SEC. 540. (a) Funds appropriated in title II of this
Act that are made available for Afghanistan, Lebanon, and
for victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese,
humanitarian assistance for Romania, and humanitarian
assistance for the peoples of Kosova, may be made available
notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided, That
any such funds that are made available for Cambodia 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.
(b) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the
provisions of sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for the purpose of supporting tropical for-
estry and biodiversity conservation activities and, subject
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations, energy programs aimed at reducing green-
house gas emissions: Provided, That such assistance shall
be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961.
(c) The Agency for International Development may
employ personal services contractors, notwithstanding any
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of Israel and the secondary and tertiary boycotts
of American firms that have commercial rela-
tions with Israel; and
(D) encourage the allies and trading part-
ners of the United States to enact laws prohib-
iting businesses from complying with the boycott
and penalizing businesses that do comply.
ANTI-NARCOTICS ACTIVITIES
SEC. 542. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act for ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, assist-
ance may be provided to strengthen the administration of
justice in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean
and in other regions consistent with the provisions of sec-
tion 534(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, except
that programs to enhance protection of participants in ju-
dicial cases may be conducted notwithstanding section 660
of that Act. Funds made available pursuant to this section
may be made available notwithstanding section 534(c) and
the second and third sentences of section 534(e) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961.
ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE
SEC. 543. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL 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 ap-
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propriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chap-
ters 1, 10, and 11 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and from funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe
and the Baltic States’’: Provided, That the President shall
take into consideration, in any case in which a restriction
on assistance would be applicable but for this subsection,
whether assistance in support of programs of nongovern-
mental organizations is in the national interest of the
United States: Provided further, That before using the au-
thority of this subsection to furnish assistance in support
of programs of nongovernmental organizations, the Presi-
dent shall notify the Committees on Appropriations under
the regular notification procedures of those committees, in-
cluding a description of the program to be assisted, the as-
sistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing such
assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed to alter any existing statutory
prohibitions against abortion or involuntary sterilizations
contained in this or any other Act.
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2000, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict
assistance under the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none of the funds
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appropriated to carry out title I of such Act and made
available pursuant to this subsection may be obligated or
expended except as provided through the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply—
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign
Assistance Act or any comparable provision of law
prohibiting assistance to countries that support inter-
national terrorism; or
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of
law prohibiting assistance to the government of a
country 
that 
violate 
internationally 
recognized
human rights.
EARMARKS
SEC. 544. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which
are earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs
within the same account notwithstanding the earmark if
compliance with the earmark is made impossible by oper-
ation of any provision of this or any other Act or, with
respect to a country with which the United States has an
agreement providing the United States with base rights or
base access in that country, if the President determines that
the recipient for which funds are earmarked has signifi-
cantly reduced its military or economic cooperation with
the United States since enactment of the Foreign Oper-
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ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1991; however, before exercising the authority
of this subsection with regard to a base rights or base access
country which has significantly reduced its military or eco-
nomic cooperation with the United States, the President
shall consult with, and shall provide a written policy jus-
tification to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided,
That any such reprogramming shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That assistance that is repro-
grammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made avail-
able under the same terms and conditions as originally pro-
vided.
(b) In addition to the authority contained in sub-
section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap-
propriated by this Act and administered by the Agency for
International Development that are earmarked for par-
ticular programs or activities by this or any other Act shall
be extended for an additional fiscal year if the Adminis-
trator of such agency determines and reports promptly to
the Committees on Appropriations that the termination of
assistance to a country or a significant change in cir-
cumstances makes it unlikely that such earmarked funds
can be obligated during the original period of availability:
Provided, That such earmarked funds that are continued
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available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated
only for the purpose of such earmark.
CEILINGS AND EARMARKS
SEC. 545. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this Act
shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appropriated
or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless
such Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or minimum
funding requirements contained in any other Act shall not
be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act.
PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA
SEC. 546. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes
within the United States not authorized before the date of
enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided, That not
to exceed $750,000 may be made available to carry out the
provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96–533.
PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND
PRODUCTS
SEC. 547. (a) To the maximum extent possible, assist-
ance provided under this Act should make full use of Amer-
ican resources, including commodities, products, and serv-
ices.
(b) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest
extent practicable, all agriculture commodities, equipment
and products purchased with funds made available in this
Act should be American-made.
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(c) In providing financial assistance to, or entering
into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail-
able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the
greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a
notice describing the statement made in subsection (b) by
the Congress.
(d) The Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Con-
gress annually on the efforts of the heads of each Federal
agency and the United States directors of international fi-
nancial institutions (as referenced in section 514) in com-
plying with this sense of Congress.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS
SEC. 548. None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or
in part any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member
of the United Nations.
CONSULTING SERVICES
SEC. 549. The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement
contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing
law, or under existing Executive order pursuant to existing
law.
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PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS—DOCUMENTATION
SEC. 550. None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a private
voluntary organization which fails to provide upon timely
request any document, file, or record necessary to the audit-
ing requirements of the Agency for International Develop-
ment.
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
THAT
EXPORT
LETHAL
MILITARY
EQUIPMENT
TO
COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
SEC. 551. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be available to any
foreign government which provides lethal military equip-
ment to a country the government of which the Secretary
of State has determined is a terrorist government for pur-
poses of section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act. The
prohibition under this section with respect to a foreign gov-
ernment shall terminate 12 months after that government
ceases to provide such military equipment. This section ap-
plies with respect to lethal military equipment provided
under a contract entered into after October 1, 1997.
(b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any other
similar provision of law, may be furnished if the President
determines that furnishing such assistance is important to
the national interests of the United States.
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(c) Whenever the waiver of subsection (b) is exercised,
the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report with respect to the furnishing of such
assistance. Any such report shall include a detailed expla-
nation of the assistance to be provided, including the esti-
mated dollar amount of such assistance, and an expla-
nation of how the assistance furthers United States national
interests.
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES OWED
BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES
SEC. 552. (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made avail-
able for a foreign country under part I of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, an amount equivalent to 110 per cen-
tum of the total unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and
penalties owed to the District of Columbia by such country
as of the date of enactment of this Act shall be withheld
from obligation for such country until the Secretary of State
certifies and reports in writing to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that such fines and penalties are fully
paid to the government of the District of Columbia.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the Committee on Inter-
national Relations and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives.
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LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST
BANK AND GAZA
SEC. 553. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation
Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the Presi-
dent has exercised the authority under section 604(a) of the
Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of Pub-
lic Law 104–107) or any other legislation to suspend or
make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect: Provided, That
if the President fails to make the certification under section
604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995
or to suspend the prohibition under other legislation, funds
appropriated by this Act may not be obligated for assistance
for the Palestine Liberation Organization for the West Bank
and Gaza.
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN
SEC. 554. If the President determines that doing so
will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding
genocide or other violations of international humanitarian
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend-
ed, of up to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for
the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with
regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Se-
curity Council or such other tribunals or commissions as
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the Council may establish to deal with such violations,
without regard to the ceiling limitation contained in para-
graph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determination re-
quired under this section shall be in lieu of any determina-
tions otherwise required under section 552(c): Provided fur-
ther, That sixty days after the date of enactment of this
Act, and every one hundred eighty days thereafter, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on
Appropriations describing the steps the United States Gov-
ernment is taking to collect information regarding allega-
tions of genocide or other violations of international law
in the former Yugoslavia and to furnish that information
to the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia: Provided further, That the drawdown made
under this section for any tribunal shall not be construed
as an endorsement or precedent for the establishment of any
standing or permanent international criminal tribunal or
court: Provided further, That funds made available for tri-
bunals other than Yugoslavia or Rwanda shall be made
available subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations.
LANDMINES
SEC. 555. DEMINING EQUIPMENT.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, demining equipment available
to the Agency for International Development and the De-
partment of State and used in support of the clearance of
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landmines and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian pur-
poses may be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign coun-
tries, subject to such terms and conditions as the President
may prescribe.
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
SEC. 556. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Jeru-
salem a new office of any department or agency of the
United States Government for the purpose of conducting of-
ficial United States Government business with the Pales-
tinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor
Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO
Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this restriction
shall not apply to the acquisition of additional space for
the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem: Provided fur-
ther, That meetings between officers and employees of the
United States and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or
any successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in
the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose
of conducting official United States Government business
with such authority should continue to take place in loca-
tions other than Jerusalem. As has been true in the past,
officers and employees of the United States Government
may continue to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with
Palestinians (including those who now occupy positions in
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the Palestinian Authority), have social contacts, and have
incidental discussions.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES
SEC. 557. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign
Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program
activities may be obligated or expended to pay for—
(1) alcoholic beverages;
(2) food (other than food provided at a military
installation) not provided in conjunction with Infor-
mational Program trips where students do not stay at
a military installation; or
(3) entertainment expenses for activities that are
substantially of a recreational character, including
entrance fees at sporting events and amusement
parks.
SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR THE POOREST
SEC. 558. (a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—The
President may reduce amounts owed to the United States
(or any agency of the United States) by an eligible country
as a result of—
(1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 222
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under
the Arms Export Control Act; or
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(3) any obligation or portion of such obligation
for a Latin American country, to pay for purchases
of United States agricultural commodities guaranteed
by the Commodity Credit Corporation under export
credit guarantee programs authorized pursuant to
section 5(f) of the Commodity Credit Corporation
Charter Act of June 29, 1948, as amended, section
4(b) of the Food for Peace Act of 1966, as amended
(Public Law 89–808), or section 202 of the Agricul-
tural Trade Act of 1978, as amended (Public Law
95–501).
(b) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only to implement multilateral offi-
cial debt relief ad referendum agreements, commonly
referred to as ‘‘Paris Club Agreed Minutes’’.
(2) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only in such amounts or to such ex-
tent as is provided in advance by appropriations
Acts.
(3) The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only with respect to countries with
heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from
the International Development Association, but not
from the International Bank for Reconstruction and
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Development, commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’
countries.
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) may be exercised only with respect to a country
whose government—
(1) does not have an excessive level of military
expenditures;
(2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts
of international terrorism;
(3) is not failing to cooperate on international
narcotics control matters;
(4) (including its military or other security
forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of gross
violations of internationally recognized human rights;
and
(5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the
application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, fiscal years 1994 and 1995.
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority provided
by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt restruc-
turing’’.
(e) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—A reduc-
tion of debt pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be consid-
ered assistance for purposes of any provision of law lim-
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iting assistance to a country. The authority provided by
subsection (a) may be exercised notwithstanding section
620(r) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES
SEC. 559. (a) LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR SALE, REDUC-
TION, OR CANCELLATION.—
(1) AUTHORITY TO SELL, REDUCE, OR CANCEL
CERTAIN LOANS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may, in accordance with
this section, sell to any eligible purchaser any
concessional loan or portion thereof made before Jan-
uary 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, to the government of any eligible country as
defined in section 702(6) of that Act or on receipt of
payment from an eligible purchaser, reduce or cancel
such loan or portion thereof, only for the purpose of
facilitating—
(A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-develop-
ment swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or
(B) a debt buyback by an eligible country
of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible
country uses an additional amount of the local
currency of the eligible country, equal to not less
than 40 per centum of the price paid for such
debt by such eligible country, or the difference be-
tween the price paid for such debt and the face
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value of such debt, to support activities that link
conservation and sustainable use of natural re-
sources with local community development, and
child survival and other child development, in a
manner consistent with sections 707 through 710
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, if the sale,
reduction, or cancellation would not contravene
any term or condition of any prior agreement
relating to such loan.
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the President shall, in ac-
cordance with this section, establish the terms and
conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced, or
canceled pursuant to this section.
(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility, as defined
in section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, shall notify the administrator of the agency
primarily responsible for administering part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that the
President has determined to be eligible, and shall di-
rect such agency to carry out the sale, reduction, or
cancellation of a loan pursuant to this section. Such
agency shall make an adjustment in its accounts to
reflect the sale, reduction, or cancellation.
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(4) LIMITATION.—The authorities of this sub-
section shall be available only to the extent that ap-
propriations for the cost of the modification, as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, are made in advance.
(b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The proceeds from the
sale, reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced,
or canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in
the United States Government account or accounts estab-
lished for the repayment of such loan.
(c) ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS.—A loan may be sold pur-
suant to subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who pre-
sents plans satisfactory to the President for using the loan
for the purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, debt-
for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
(d) DEBTOR CONSULTATIONS.—Before the sale to any
eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation pursu-
ant to this section, of any loan made to an eligible country,
the President should consult with the country concerning
the amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or canceled and
their uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development
swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The authority provided
by subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds
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appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Debt restruc-
turing’’.
ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
SEC. 560. (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense
of Congress that, in providing assistance to Haiti, the
President should place a priority on the following areas:
(1) aggressive action to support the institution of
the Haitian National Police, including support for ef-
forts by the leadership and the Inspector General to
purge corrupt and politicized elements from the Hai-
tian National Police;
(2) steps to ensure that any elections undertaken
in Haiti with United States assistance are full, free,
fair, transparent, and democratic;
(3) a program designed to develop the indigenous
human rights monitoring capacity;
(4) steps to facilitate the continued privatization
of state-owned enterprises; and
(5) a sustained agricultural development pro-
gram.
(b) REPORT.—Beginning six months after the date of
enactment of this Act, and six months thereafter, the Presi-
dent shall submit a report to the Committee on Appropria-
tions and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee
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on International Relations of the House of Representatives
with regard to—
(1) the status of each of the governmental insti-
tutions envisioned in the 1987 Haitian Constitution,
including an assessment of whether or not these insti-
tutions and officials hold positions on the basis of a
regular, constitutional process;
(2) the status of the privatization (or placement
under long-term private management or concession)
of the major public entities, including a detailed as-
sessment of whether or not the Government of Haiti
has completed all required incorporating documents,
the transfer of assets, and the eviction of unauthorized
occupants of the land or facility;
(3) the status of efforts to re-sign and implement
the lapsed bilateral Repatriation Agreement and an
assessment of whether or not the Government of Haiti
has been cooperating with the United States in halt-
ing illegal emigration from Haiti;
(4) the status of the Government of Haiti’s efforts
to conduct thorough investigations of extrajudicial
and political killings and—
(A) an assessment of whether or not sub-
stantial progress has been made in bringing to
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justice 
the 
persons 
responsible 
for 
these
extrajudicial or political killings in Haiti, and
(B) an assessment of whether or not the
Government of Haiti is cooperating with United
States authorities and with United States-funded
technical advisors to the Haitian National Police
in such investigations;
(5) an assessment of whether or not the Govern-
ment of Haiti has taken action to remove and main-
tain the separation from the Haitian National Police,
national palace and residential guard, ministerial
guard, and any other public security entity or unit
of Haiti those individuals who are credibly alleged to
have engaged in or conspired to conceal gross viola-
tions of internationally recognized human rights;
(6) the status of steps being taken to secure the
ratification of the maritime counter-narcotics agree-
ments signed in October 1997;
(7) an assessment of the degree to which domestic
capacity to conduct free, fair, democratic, and admin-
istratively sound elections has been developed in
Haiti; and
(8) an assessment of whether or not Haiti’s Min-
ister of Justice has demonstrated a commitment to the
professionalism of judicial personnel by consistently
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placing students graduated by the Judicial School in
appropriate judicial positions and has made a com-
mitment to share program costs associated with the
Judicial School, and is achieving progress in making
the judicial branch in Haiti independent from the ex-
ecutive branch.
REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN AID IN
REPORT OF SECRETARY OF STATE
SEC. 561. (a) FOREIGN AID REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT.—In addition to the voting practices of a foreign
country, the report required to be submitted to Congress
under section 406(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act fiscal years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a), shall
include a side-by-side comparison of individual countries’
overall support for the United States at the United Nations
and the amount of United States assistance provided to
such country in fiscal year 1998.
(b) UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—For purposes of
this section, the term ‘‘United States assistance’’ has the
meaning given the term in section 481(e)(4) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(4)).
HAITI
SEC. 562. The Government of Haiti shall be eligible
to purchase defense articles and services under the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the civil-
ian-led Haitian National Police and Coast Guard: Pro-
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vided, That the authority provided by this section shall be
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES
SEC. 563. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be provided to any unit of the security forces of
a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible evi-
dence to believe such unit has committed gross violations
of human rights, unless the Secretary determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that the govern-
ment of such country is taking effective measures to bring
the responsible members of the security forces unit to justice:
Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed
to withhold funds made available by this Act from any unit
of the security forces of a foreign country not credibly al-
leged to be involved in gross violations of human rights:
Provided further, That in the event that funds are withheld
from any unit pursuant to this section, the Secretary of
State shall promptly inform the foreign government of the
basis for such action and shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, assist the foreign government in taking effective
measures to bring the responsible members of the security
forces to justice.
CAMBODIA
SEC. 564. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct
the United States Executive Directors of the international
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financial institutions to use the voice and vote of the United
States to oppose loans to the Government of Cambodia, ex-
cept loans to support basic human needs, unless the Sec-
retary of State has determined and reported to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate, and the Committee on International Rela-
tions of the House, that Cambodia has held free and fair
elections in which all political candidates were permitted
freedom of speech, assembly and equal access to the media
and the Central Election Commission was comprised of rep-
resentatives from all parties; and the Government has estab-
lished a panel and begun the prosecution of Khmer Rouge
leaders including Ta Mok, Khieu Sampan, Nuon Chea, Ieng
Sary, Ke Pauk, and Duch.
LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFER OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO
EAST TIMOR
SEC. 565. In any agreement for the sale, transfer, or
licensing of any lethal equipment or helicopter for Indo-
nesia entered into by the United States pursuant to the au-
thority of this Act or any other Act, the agreement shall
state that the items will not be used in East Timor.
RESTRICTIONS ON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED
NATIONS AGENCIES
SEC. 566. (a) PROHIBITION
ON VOLUNTARY CON-
TRIBUTIONS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS.—None of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may
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be made available to pay any voluntary contribution of the
United States to the United Nations (including the United
Nations Development Program) if the United Nations im-
plements or imposes any taxation on any United States
persons.
(b) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR DISBURSEMENT OF
FUNDS.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act may be made available to pay any
voluntary contribution of the United States to the United
Nations (including the United Nations Development Pro-
gram) unless the President certifies to the Congress 15 days
in advance of such payment that the United Nations is not
engaged in any effort to implement or impose any taxation
on United States persons in order to raise revenue for the
United Nations or any of its specialized agencies.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section the term
‘‘United States person’’ refers to—
(1) a natural person who is a citizen or national
of the United States; or
(2) a corporation, partnership, or other legal en-
tity organized under the United States or any State,
territory, possession, or district of the United States.
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RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES, ENTITIES,
AND COMMUNITIES IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA PRO-
VIDING
SANCTUARY
TO
PUBLICLY
INDICTED
WAR
CRIMINALS
SEC. 567. (a) POLICY.—It shall be the policy of the
United States to use bilateral and multilateral assistance
to promote peace and respect for internationally recognized
human rights by encouraging countries, entities, and com-
munities in the territory of the former Yugoslavia to cooper-
ate fully with the International Criminal Tribunal for the
Former Yugoslavia—
(1) by apprehending publicly indicted war
criminals and transferring custody of those individ-
uals to the Tribunal to stand trial; and
(2) by assisting the Tribunal in the investigation
and prosecution of crimes subject to its jurisdiction.
(b) SANCTIONED COUNTRY, ENTITY, OR COMMUNITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A sanctioned country, entity,
or community described in this section is one in
which there is present a publicly indicted war crimi-
nal or in which the Tribunal has been hindered in ef-
forts to investigate crimes subject to its jurisdiction.
(2) SPECIAL
RULE.—Subject to subsection (f),
subsections (c) and (d) shall not apply to the provi-
sion of assistance to an entity that is not a sanc-
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tioned entity within a sanctioned country, or to a
community that is not a sanctioned community with-
in a sanctioned country or sanctioned entity, if the
Secretary of State determines and so reports to the
appropriate congressional committees that providing
such assistance would further the policy of subsection
(a).
(c) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds made
available by this or any prior Act making appropria-
tions for foreign operations, export financing and re-
lated programs may be provided for any country, en-
tity, or community described in subsection (b).
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not less than 15 days before
any assistance described in this subsection is dis-
bursed to any country, entity, or community de-
scribed in subsection (b), the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Administrator of the Agency for
International Development, shall publish in the Fed-
eral Register a written justification for the proposed
assistance, including a description of the location of
the proposed assistance program or project by mu-
nicipality, its purpose, and the intended recipient of
the assistance, including the names of individuals,
companies and their boards of directors, and share-
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holders with controlling or substantial financial in-
terest in the program or project.
(d) MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—
(1) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
tors of the international financial institutions to work
in opposition to, and vote against, any extension by
such institutions of any financial or technical assist-
ance or grants of any kind to any country or entity
described in subsection (b).
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not less than 15 days before
any vote in an international financial institution re-
garding the extension of financial or technical assist-
ance or grants to any country or community de-
scribed in subsection (b), the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall
provide to the appropriate Congressional committees
a written justification for the proposed assistance, in-
cluding an explanation of the United States position
regarding any such vote, as well as a description of
the location of the proposed assistance by munici-
pality, its purpose, and its intended beneficiaries, in-
cluding the names of individuals with a controlling
or substantial financial interest in the project.
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(e) EXCEPTIONS.—Subject to subsection (f), subsections
(c) and (d) shall not apply to the provision of—
(1) humanitarian assistance;
(2) assistance to nongovernmental organizations
that promote democracy and respect for human
rights; and
(3) assistance for cross border physical infra-
structure projects involving activities in both a sanc-
tioned country, entity, or community and a nonsanc-
tioned contiguous country, entity, or community, if
the project is primarily located in and primarily ben-
efits the nonsanctioned country, entity, or community
and if the portion of the project located in the sanc-
tioned country, entity, or community is necessary
only to complete the project.
(f) FURTHER LIMITATIONS.—
(1) PROHIBITION
ON
DIRECT
ASSISTANCE
TO
PUBLICLY INDICTED WAR CRIMINALS AND OTHER PER-
SONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (e) or subsection
(g), no assistance may be made available by this Act,
or any prior Act making appropriations for foreign
operations, export financing and related programs, in
any country, entity, or community described in sub-
section (b), for any financial or technical assistance,
grant, or loan that would directly benefit a publicly
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indicted war criminal, any person who aids or abets
a publicly indicted war criminal to evade apprehen-
sion, or any person who otherwise obstructs the work
of the Tribunal.
(2) CERTIFICATION.—At the end of each fiscal
year, the President shall certify to the appropriate
congressional committees that no assistance described
in paragraph (1) directly benefited any person de-
scribed in that paragraph during the preceding 12-
month period.
(g) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the
application of subsection (c) with respect to specified
United States projects, or subsection (d) with respect to
specified international financial institution programs or
projects, in a sanctioned country or entity upon providing
a written determination to the appropriate congressional
committees that the government of the country or entity is
doing everything within its power and authority to appre-
hend or aid in the apprehension of publicly indicted war
criminals and is fully cooperating in the investigation and
prosecution of war crimes.
(h) CURRENT RECORD OF WAR CRIMINALS AND SANC-
TIONED COUNTRIES, ENTITIES, AND COMMUNITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, acting
through the Ambassador at Large for War Crimes
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Issues, and after consultation with the Director of
Central Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense,
shall establish and maintain a current record of the
location, including the community, if known, of pub-
licly indicted war criminals and of sanctioned coun-
tries, entities, and communities.
(2) REPORT.—Beginning 30 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, and not later than Sep-
tember 1 each year thereafter, the Secretary of State
shall submit a report in classified and unclassified
form to the appropriate congressional committees on
the location, including the community, if known, of
publicly indicted war criminals and the identity of
countries, entities, and communities that are failing
to cooperate fully with the Tribunal.
(3) INFORMATION TO CONGRESS.—Upon the re-
quest of the chairman or ranking minority member of
any of the appropriate congressional committees, the
Secretary of State shall make available to that com-
mittee the information recorded under paragraph (1)
in a report submitted to the committee in classified
and unclassified form.
(j) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
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tees’’ means the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
International Relations of the House of Representa-
tives.
(2) CANTON.—The term ‘‘canton’’ means the ad-
ministrative units in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(3) COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘community’’ means
any canton, district, opstina, city, town, or village.
(4) COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘country’’ means Bos-
nia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia (Serbia-Montenegro), the Former Yugo-
slav Republic of Macedonia, and Slovenia.
(5) DAYTON
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Dayton
Agreement’’ means the General Framework Agreement
for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with
annexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, November
10 through 16, 1995.
(6) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ refers to the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republika
Srpska, Brcko in Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, and
Kosova.
(7) INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION.—
The term ‘‘international financial institution’’ in-
cludes the International Monetary Fund, the Inter-
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national Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
the International Development Association, the Inter-
national Finance Corporation, the Multilateral In-
vestment Guaranty Agency, and the European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development.
(8) PUBLICLY INDICTED WAR CRIMINALS.—The
term ‘‘publicly indicted war criminals’’ means per-
sons indicted by the Tribunal for crimes subject to the
jurisdiction of the Tribunal.
(9) TRIBUNAL OR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRI-
BUNAL
FOR
THE
FORMER
YUGOSLAVIA.—The term
‘‘Tribunal’’ or the term ‘‘International Criminal Tri-
bunal for the Former Yugoslavia’’ means the Inter-
national Tribunal for the prosecution of persons re-
sponsible for serious violations of international hu-
manitarian law committed in the Territory of the
Former Yugoslavia since 1991, as established by
United Nations Security Council Resolution 827 of
May 25, 1993.
EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CERTAIN EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 568. Section 105 of Public Law 104–164 (110
Stat. 1427) is amended by striking ‘‘1996 and 1997’’ and
inserting ‘‘1999 and 2000’’.
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ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO STOCKPILING
OF DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES
SEC. 569. (a) VALUE
OF ADDITIONS
TO STOCK-
PILES.—Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking
the following: ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996
and 1997, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof before the period at the end, the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2000’’.
(b) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE REPUBLIC OF
KOREA AND THAILAND.—Section 514(b)(2)(B) of such Act
(22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Of the amount specified in subparagraph (A) for
each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997, not more than
$40,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles in the Re-
public of Korea and not more than $10,000,000 may be
made available for stockpiles in Thailand. Of the amount
specified in subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 1998, not more
than $40,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles in
the Republic of Korea and not more than $20,000,000 may
be made available for stockpiles in Thailand.’’; and at the
end inserting the following sentence: ‘‘Of the amount speci-
fied in subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2000, not more
than $40,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles in
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the Republic of Korea and not more than $20,000,000 may
be made available for stockpiles in Thailand.’’.
TO PROHIBIT FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT
OF RUSSIA SHOULD IT ENACT LAWS WHICH WOULD
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST MINORITY RELIGIOUS FAITHS
IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
SEC. 570. (a) None of the funds appropriated under
this Act may be made available for the Government of Rus-
sian Federation, after 180 days from the date of enactment
of this Act, unless the President determines and certifies in
writing to the Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation has implemented no statute,
executive order, regulation or similar government action
that would discriminate, or would have as its principal ef-
fect discrimination, against religious groups or religious
communities in the Russian Federation in violation of ac-
cepted international agreements on human rights and reli-
gious freedoms to which the Russian Federation is a party.
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
SEC. 571. (a) Funds made available in this Act to sup-
port programs or activities promoting or assisting country
participation in the Kyoto Protocol to the Framework Con-
vention on Climate Change (FCCC) shall only be made
available subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations.
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(b) The President shall provide a detailed account of
all Federal agency obligations and expenditures for climate
change programs and activities, domestic and international
obligations for such activities in fiscal year 2000, and any
plan for programs thereafter related to the implementation
or the furtherance of protocols pursuant to, or related to
negotiations to amend the FCCC in conjunction with the
President’s submission of the Budget of the United States
Government for Fiscal Year 2001: Provided, That such re-
port shall include an accounting of expenditures by agency
with each agency identifying climate change activities and
associated costs by line item as presented in the President’s
Budget Appendix.
AID TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF CONGO
SEC. 572. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be provided to the Central
Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES
SEC. 573. Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appro-
priation other than for administrative expenses made avail-
able for fiscal year 2000 for programs under title I of this
Act may be transferred between such appropriations for use
for any of the purposes, programs and activities for which
the funds in such receiving account may be used, but no
such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro-
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vided, shall be increased by more than 25 per centum by
any such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such au-
thority shall be subject to the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations.
NEW INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET
UNION
SEC. 574. (a) None of the funds appropriated under
the heading ‘‘Assistance for the New Independent States of
the Former Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for as-
sistance for a Government of the New Independent States
of the former Soviet Union—
(1) unless that Government is making progress
in implementing comprehensive economic reforms
based on market principles, private ownership, re-
spect for commercial contracts, and equitable treat-
ment of foreign private investment; and
(2) if that Government applies or transfers
United States assistance to any entity for the purpose
of expropriating or seizing ownership or control of as-
sets, investments, or ventures.
Assistance may be furnished without regard to this sub-
section if the President determines that to do so is in the
national interest.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading
‘‘Assistance for the New Independent States of the Former
Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for assistance for
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a Government of the New Independent States of the former
Soviet Union if that government directs any action in vio-
lation of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of
any other new independent state, such as those violations
included in the Helsinki Final Act: Provided, That such
funds may be made available without regard to the restric-
tion in this subsection if the President determines that to
do so is in the national security interest of the United
States.
(c) None of the funds appropriated under the heading
‘‘Assistance for the New Independent States of the Former
Soviet Union’’ shall be made available for any state to en-
hance its military capability: Provided, That this restric-
tion does not apply to demilitarization, demining or non-
proliferation programs.
(d) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance
for the New Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union’’ shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations.
(e) Funds made available in this Act for assistance to
the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union
shall be subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating
to environment and natural resources) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961.
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(f) Funds appropriated in this or prior appropriations
Acts that are or have been made available for an Enterprise
Fund in the New Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union may be deposited by such Fund in interest-bearing
accounts prior to the disbursement of such funds by the
Fund for program purposes. The Fund may retain for such
program purposes any interest earned on such deposits
without returning such interest to the Treasury of the
United States and without further appropriation by the
Congress. Funds made available for Enterprise Funds shall
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely
payment for projects and activities.
(g) In issuing new task orders, entering into contracts,
or making grants, with funds appropriated in this Act or
prior appropriations Acts under the heading ‘‘Assistance
for the New Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union’’ for projects or activities that have as one of their
primary purposes the fostering of private sector develop-
ment, the Coordinator for United States Assistance to the
New Independent States and the implementing agency shall
encourage the participation of and give significant weight
to contractors and grantees who propose investing a signifi-
cant amount of their own resources (including volunteer
services and in-kind contributions) in such projects and ac-
tivities.
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CUSTOMS ASSISTANCE
SEC. 575. Section 660(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 is amended by—
(1) striking the period at the end of paragraph
(6) and in lieu thereof inserting a semicolon; and
(2) adding the following new paragraph:
‘‘(7) with respect to assistance provided to
customs authorities and personnel, including
training, technical assistance and equipment, for
customs law enforcement and the improvement of
customs laws, systems and procedures.’’.
VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVES FOR EMPLOYEES OF
THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 576. (a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this
section—
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means the United States
Agency for International Development;
(2) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Admin-
istrator, United States Agency for International De-
velopment; and
(3) the term ‘‘employee’’ means an employee (as
defined by section 2105 of title 5, United States Code)
who is employed by the agency, is serving under an
appointment without time limitation, and has been
currently employed for a continuous period of at least
3 years, but does not include—
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(A) a reemployed annuitant under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title
5, United States Code, or another retirement sys-
tem for employees of the agency;
(B) an employee having a disability on the
basis of which such employee is or would be eli-
gible for disability retirement under the applica-
ble retirement system referred to in subpara-
graph (A);
(C) an employee who is to be separated in-
voluntarily for misconduct or unacceptable per-
formance, and to whom specific notice has been
given with respect to that separation;
(D) an employee who has previously re-
ceived any voluntary separation incentive pay-
ment by the Government of the United States
under this section or any other authority and
has not repaid such payment;
(E) an employee covered by statutory reem-
ployment rights who is on transfer to another or-
ganization; or
(F) any employee who, during the 24-month
period preceding the date of separation, received
a recruitment or relocation bonus under section
5753 of title 5, United States Code, or who, with-
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in the 12-month period preceding the date of sep-
aration, received a retention allowance under
section 5754 of such title 5.
(b) AGENCY STRATEGIC PLAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, before ob-
ligating any resources for voluntary separation incen-
tive payments under this section, shall submit to the
Office of Management and Budget a strategic plan
outlining the intended use of such incentive payments
and a proposed organizational chart for the agency
once such incentive payments have been completed.
(2) 
CONTENTS.—The 
agency’s 
plan 
shall
include—
(A) the positions and functions to be re-
duced or eliminated, identified by organizational
unit, geographic location, occupational category
and grade level;
(B) the number and amounts of voluntary
separation incentive payments to be offered;
(C) a description of how the agency will op-
erate without the eliminated positions and func-
tions; and
(D) the time period during which incentives
may be paid.
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(3) APPROVAL.—The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall review the agency’s
plan and approve or disapprove the plan and may
make appropriate modifications in the plan with re-
spect to the coverage of incentives as described under
paragraph (2)(A), and with respect to the matters de-
scribed in paragraphs (2) (B) through (D).
(c) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARATION
INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A voluntary separation incen-
tive payment under this section may be paid by the
agency to employees of such agency and only to the
extent necessary to eliminate the positions and func-
tions identified by the strategic plan.
(2) AMOUNT AND TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—A
voluntary separation incentive payment under this
section—
(A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the
employee’s separation;
(B) shall be paid from appropriations or
funds available for the payment of the basic pay
of the employees;
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of—
(i) an amount equal to the amount the
employee would be entitled to receive under
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section 5595(c) of title 5, United States
Code, if the employee were entitled to pay-
ment under such section; or
(ii) an amount determined by the
agency head not to exceed $25,000;
(D) may not be made except in the case of
any employee who voluntarily separates (whether
by retirement or resignation) on or before De-
cember 31, 2000;
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and
shall not be included in the computation, of any
other type of Government benefit; and
(F) shall not be taken into account in deter-
mining the amount of any severance pay to
which the employee may be entitled under section
5595 of title 5, United States Code, based on any
other separation.
(d) ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RE-
TIREMENT FUND.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other pay-
ments which it is required to make under subchapter
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
States Code, the agency shall remit to the Office of
Personnel Management for deposit in the Treasury of
the United States to the credit of the Civil Service Re-
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tirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15
percent of the final basic pay of each employee of the
agency who is covered under subchapter III of chapter
83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to
whom a voluntary separation incentive has been paid
under this section.
(2) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of paragraph
(1), the term ‘‘final basic pay’’, with respect to an
employee, means the total amount of basic pay which
would be payable for a year of service by such em-
ployee, computed using the employee’s final rate of
basic pay, and, if last serving on other than a full-
time basis, with appropriate adjustment therefor.
(e) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH THE
GOVERNMENT.—
(1) An individual who has received a voluntary
separation incentive payment under this section and
accepts any employment for compensation with the
Government of the United States, or who works for
any agency of the Government of the United States
through a personal services contract, within 5 years
after the date of the separation on which the payment
is based shall be required to pay, prior to the individ-
ual’s first day of employment, the entire amount of
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the incentive payment to the agency that paid the in-
centive payment.
(2) If the employment under paragraph (1) is
with an Executive agency (as defined by section 105
of title 5, United States Code), the United States
Postal Service, or the Postal Rate Commission, the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management may,
at the request of the head of the agency, waive the re-
payment if the individual involved possesses unique
abilities and is the only qualified applicant available
for the position.
(3) If the employment under paragraph (1) is
with an entity in the legislative branch, the head of
the entity or the appointing official may waive the
repayment if the individual involved possesses unique
abilities and is the only qualified applicant available
for the position.
(4) If the employment under paragraph (1) is
with the judicial branch, the Director of the Adminis-
trative Office of the United States Courts may waive
the repayment if the individual involved possesses
unique abilities and is the only qualified applicant
for the position.
(f) REDUCTION OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEVELS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The total number of funded
employee positions in the agency shall be reduced by
one position for each vacancy created by the separa-
tion of any employee who has received, or is due to
receive, a voluntary separation incentive payment
under this section. For the purposes of this subsection,
positions shall be counted on a full-time-equivalent
basis.
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The President, through the
Office of Management and Budget, shall monitor the
agency and take any action necessary to ensure that
the requirements of this subsection are met.
(g) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Manage-
ment may prescribe such regulations as may be necessary
to implement this section.
UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY
SEC. 577. (a) GAO CERTIFICATION.—Not more than
30 days prior to the obligation of funds made available by
this Act for assistance for the Palestinian Authority, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall certify that
the Palestinian Authority—
(1) has adopted an acceptable accounting system
to ensure that such funds will be used for their in-
tended assistance purposes; and
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(2) has cooperated with the Comptroller General
in the certification process under this paragraph.
(b) GAO AUDITS.—Six months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct an audit to determine the extent to
which the Palestinian Authority is implementing an ac-
ceptable accounting system in tracking the use of funds
made available by this Act for assistance for the Palestinian
Authority.
SANCTIONS AGAINST SERBIA
SEC. 578. (a) CONTINUATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH
SANCTIONS.—The sanctions listed in subsection (b) shall re-
main in effect until January 1, 2001, unless the President
submits to the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign
Relations in the Senate and the Committees on Appropria-
tions and International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives a certification described in subsection (c).
(b) APPLICABLE SANCTIONS.—
(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct
the United States executive directors of the inter-
national financial institutions to work in opposition
to, and vote against, any extension by such institu-
tions of any financial or technical assistance or
grants of any kind to the government of Serbia-Mon-
tenegro.
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(2) The Secretary of State should instruct the
United States Ambassador to the Organization for Se-
curity and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to block
any consensus to allow the participation of Serbia-
Montenegro in the OSCE or any organization affili-
ated with the OSCE.
(3) The Secretary of State should instruct the
United States Representative to the United Nations to
vote against any resolution in the United Nations Se-
curity Council to admit Serbia-Montenegro to the
United Nations or any organization affiliated with
the United Nations, to veto any resolution to allow
Serbia-Montenegro to assume the United Nations’
membership of the former Socialist Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia, and to take action to prevent Serbia-
Montenegro from assuming the seat formerly occupied
by the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
(4) The Secretary of State should instruct the
United States Permanent Representative on the Coun-
cil of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to op-
pose the extension of the Partnership for Peace pro-
gram or any other organization affiliated with NATO
to Serbia-Montenegro.
(5) The Secretary of State should instruct the
United States Representatives to the Southeast Euro-
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pean Cooperative Initiative (SECI) to oppose and to
work to prevent the extension of SECI membership to
Serbia-Montenegro.
(c) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this
subsection is a certification that—
(1) the representatives of the successor states to
the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia have suc-
cessfully negotiated the division of assets and liabil-
ities and all other succession issues following the dis-
solution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugo-
slavia;
(2) the government of Serbia-Montenegro is fully
complying with its obligations as a signatory to the
General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia
and Herzegovina;
(3) the government of Serbia-Montenegro is fully
cooperating with and providing unrestricted access to
the International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia, including surrendering persons indicted
for war crimes who are within the jurisdiction of the
territory of Serbia-Montenegro, and with the inves-
tigations concerning the commission of war crimes
and crimes against humanity in Kosova;
(4) the government of Serbia-Montenegro is im-
plementing internal democratic reforms; and
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(5) Serbian, Serbian-Montenegrin federal govern-
mental officials, and representatives of the ethnic Al-
banian community in Kosova have agreed on, signed,
and begun implementation of a negotiated settlement
on the future status of Kosova.
(d) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that the United States should not restore full diplo-
matic relations with Serbia-Montenegro until the President
submits to the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign
Relations in the Senate and the Committees on Appropria-
tions and International Relations in the House of Rep-
resentatives the certification described in subsection (c).
(e) EXEMPTION OF MONTENEGRO.—The sanctions de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1) should not apply to the govern-
ment of Montenegro or Kosova.
(f) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘international financial
institution’’ includes the International Monetary Fund, the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
the International Development Association, the Inter-
national Finance Corporation, the Multilateral Investment
Guaranty Agency, and the European Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development.
(g) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—
(1) The President may waive the application in
whole or in part, of any sanction described in sub-
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section (b) if the President certifies to the Congress
that the President has determined that the waiver is
necessary to meet emergency humanitarian needs or
to achieve a negotiated settlement of the conflict in
Kosova that is acceptable to the parties.
(2) Such a wavier may only be effective upon
certification by the President to Congress that the
United States has transferred and will continue to
transfer (subject to adequate protection of intelligence
sources and methods) to the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia all information it
has collected in support of an indictment and trial of
President Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes, crimes
against humanity, or genocide.
(3) In the event of a waiver, within seven days
the President must report the basis upon which the
waiver was made to the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence and the Committee on Foreign Relations in
the Senate, and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence and the Committee on International Re-
lations in the House of Representatives.
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
SEC. 579. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as fol-
lows:
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(1) The United States is the world leader in the
development of environmental technologies, particu-
larly clean coal technology.
(2) Severe pollution problems affecting people in
developing countries, and the serious health problems
that result from such pollution, can be effectively ad-
dressed through the application of United States tech-
nology.
(3) During the next century, developing coun-
tries, particularly countries in Asia such as China
and India, will dramatically increase their consump-
tion of electricity, and low quality coal will be a
major source of fuel for power generation.
(4) Without the use of modern clean coal tech-
nology, the resultant pollution will cause enormous
health and environmental problems leading to dimin-
ished economic growth in developing countries and,
thus, diminished United States exports to those grow-
ing markets.
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the
United States to promote the export of United States clean
coal technology. In furtherance of that policy, the Secretary
of State, the Secretary of the Treasury (acting through the
United States executive directors to international financial
institutions), the Secretary of Energy, and the Adminis-
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trator of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment (USAID) should, as appropriate, vigorously pro-
mote the use of United States clean coal technology in envi-
ronmental and energy infrastructure programs, projects
and activities. Programs, projects and activities for which
the use of such technology should be considered include re-
construction assistance for the Balkans, activities carried
out by the Global Environmental Facility, and activities
funded from USAID’s Development Credit Authority.
SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MANAGEMENT OF UNITED STATES
INTERESTS IN UKRAINE
SEC. 580. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the fol-
lowing findings:
(1) Ukraine is a major European nation as it
has the second largest territory and sixth largest pop-
ulation of all the States of Europe.
(2) Ukraine has important geopolitical and eco-
nomic roles to play within Central and Eastern Eu-
rope.
(3) A strong, stable, and secure Ukraine serves
the interests of peace and stability in all of Europe,
which are important national security interests of the
United States.
(4) Ukraine is a member State of the Council of
Europe, the Organization on Security and Coopera-
tion in Europe, the Central European Initiative, and
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the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Conference, is a par-
ticipant in the Partnership for Peace program of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and has entered
into a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with
the European Union.
(5) The Government of Ukraine has clearly ar-
ticulated its country’s aspirations to become fully in-
tegrated into European and transatlantic institu-
tions, and, in pursuit of the attainment of that aspi-
ration, the government of Ukraine has requested asso-
ciate membership in the European Union with the in-
tent of eventually becoming a full member of the Eu-
ropean Union.
(6) It is the policy of the United States to sup-
port the aspiration of Ukraine to assume its rightful
place among the European and transatlantic commu-
nity of democratic States and in European and
transatlantic institutions.
(7) In the United States Government, the respon-
sibility for management of United States interests in
Ukraine would be most effectively performed by the
officials who perform the responsibility for manage-
ment of United States interests in Europe, and a des-
ignation of those officials to do so would strongly un-
derscore and most effectively support attainment of
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the United States objective to build a Europe whole
and free.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress
that the Secretary of State should designate the Assistant
Secretary of State for European Affairs to perform, through
the Bureau of European Affairs of the Department of State,
the responsibilities of the Department of State for the man-
agement of United States interests in Ukraine.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO
ACQUISITION OF USAID FACILITIES
SEC. 581. (a) Funds appropriated under the heading
‘‘OPERATING
EXPENSES
OF
THE
AGENCY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT’’ may be made available for ac-
quisition of office space exceeding $5,000,000 of the United
States Agency for International Development only if the ap-
propriate congressional committees are notified at least 15
days in advance in accordance with the procedures applica-
ble to reprogramming notifications under section 634A of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1).
(b) As used in this section, the term ‘‘acquisition’’ shall
have the same meaning as in the Foreign Service Building
Act of 1926.
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RESTRICTION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE FOR CER-
TAIN
RECONSTRUCTION
EFFORTS
IN
THE
BALKANS
REGION.
SEC. 582. (a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in
subsection (b), none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act for United States assistance for
reconstruction efforts in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
or any contiguous country may be used for the procurement
of, any article produced outside the United States, the re-
cipient country, or least developed countries, or any service
provided by a foreign person.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if—
(1) the provision of such assistance requires arti-
cles of a type that are produced in and services that
are available for purchase in the United States, the
recipient country, or least developed countries, or if
the cost of articles and services produced in or avail-
able from the United States and such other countries
is significantly more expensive, including the cost of
transportation, than the cost from other sources; or
(2) the President determines that the application
of subsection (a) will impair the ability of the United
States to maximize the use of United States articles
and services in such reconstruction efforts of other
donor countries, or if the President otherwise deter-
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mines that subsection (a) will impair United States
foreign assistance objectives.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘article’’ means any
agricultural commodity, steel, communications equip-
ment, farm machinery, or petrochemical refinery
equipment.
(2) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA.—The
term ‘‘Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’’ means the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Monte-
negro) and includes Kosova.
(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means any foreign national, exclusive of any na-
tional of the recipient country or least developed
countries, including any foreign corporation, partner-
ship, other legal entity, organization, or association
that is beneficially owned by foreign persons or con-
trolled in fact by foreign persons.
(4) PRODUCED.—The term ‘‘produced’’, with re-
spect to an item, includes any item mined, manufac-
tured, made, assembled, grown, or extracted.
(5) SERVICE.—The term ‘‘service’’ means any
engineering, construction or telecommunications.
(6) STEEL.—The term ‘‘steel’’ includes the fol-
lowing categories of steel products: semifinished,
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plates, sheets and strips, wire rods, wire and wire
products, rail type products, bars, structural shapes
and units, pipes and tubes, iron ore, and coke prod-
ucts.
ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THE IRAQ FOUNDATION.
SEC. 583. Of the funds made available by this Act for
activities of Iraqi opposition groups designated under the
Iraqi Liberation Act (Public Law 105–338), $250,000 shall
be made available for the Iraq Foundation.
SELF-DETERMINATION IN EAST TIMOR
SEC. 584. (a) The President, the Secretary of State,
the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of the Treasury
(acting through United States executive directors to inter-
national financial institutions) should immediately inten-
sify their efforts to prevail upon the Indonesian Government
and military to—
(1) disarm and disband anti-independence mili-
tias in East Timor;
(2) grant full access to East Timor by inter-
national human rights monitors, humanitarian orga-
nizations, and the press;
(3) allow Timorese who have been living in exile
to return to East Timor to campaign for and partici-
pate in the ballot; and
(4) release all political prisoners.
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(b) The President shall submit a report to Congress
not later than 15 days after passage of this Act, containing
a description of the Administration’s efforts and his assess-
ment of efforts made by the Indonesian Government and
military to fulfill the steps described in paragraph (a).
(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the
United States executive directors to international financial
institutions to take into account the extent of efforts made
by the Indonesian Government and military to fulfill the
steps described in paragraph (a), in determining their vote
on any loan or financial assistance to Indonesia.
SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE CITIZENS DEMOCRACY
CORPS
SEC. 585. It is the sense of the Senate that with regard
to promoting economic development and open, democratic
countries in the former Soviet Union and Central Eastern
Europe, the Committee commends the work of the Citizens
Democracy Corps (CDC), which utilizes senior-level United
States business volunteers to assist enterprises, institutions,
and local governments abroad. Their work demonstrates the
significant impact that United States Agency for Inter-
national Development (USAID) support of a United States
nongovernmental organization (NGO) program can have on
the key United States foreign policy priorities of promoting
broad-based, stable economic growth and open, market-ori-
ented economies in transitioning economies. By drawing
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upon the skills and voluntary spirit of United States busi-
nessmen and women to introduce companies, CDC furthers
the goals of the Freedom of Support Act (NIS) and Support
for Eastern European Democracy (SEED), forging posi-
tive, lasting connections between the United States and
these countries. The Committee endorses CDC’s very cost-
effective programs and believes they should be supported
and expanded not only in the former Soviet Union and
Eastern Europe, but in transitioning and developing econo-
mies throughout the world.
ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY
IN YUGOSLAVIA.
SEC. 586. (a) ASSISTANCE.—
(1) PURPOSE OF ASSISTANCE.—The purpose of
assistance under this subsection is to promote and
strengthen institutions of democratic government and
the growth of an independent civil society in Yugo-
slavia, including ethnic tolerance and respect for
internationally recognized human rights.
(2) AUTHORIZATION
FOR
ASSISTANCE.—The
President is authorized to furnish assistance and
other support for individuals and independent non-
governmental organizations to carry out the purpose
of paragraph (1) through support for the activities de-
scribed in paragraph (3).
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(3) ACTIVITIES
SUPPORTED.—Activities that
may be supported by assistance under paragraph (2)
include the following:
(A) Democracy building.
(B) The development of nongovernmental
organizations.
(C) The development of independent media.
(D) The development of the rule of law, a
strong, independent judiciary, and transparency
in political practices.
(E) International exchanges and advanced
professional training programs in skill areas
central to the development of civil society and a
market economy.
(F) The development of all elements of the
democratic process, including political parties
and the ability to administer free and fair elec-
tions.
(G) The development of local governance.
(H) The development of a free-market econ-
omy.
(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be
appropriated to the President $100,000,000 for
the period beginning October 1, 1999, and end-
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ing September 30, 2001, to carry out this sub-
section.
(B) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Amounts
appropriated pursuant to subparagraph (a) are
authorized to remain available until expended.
(b) PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENT OF
SERBIA.—In carrying out subsection (a), the President
shall take all necessary steps to ensure that no funds or
other assistance is provided to the Government of Yugo-
slavia or to the Government of Serbia.
(c) ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENT OF MONTENEGRO.—
In carrying out subsection (a), the President is authorized
to provide assistance to the Government of Montenegro, if
the President determines, and so reports to the Speaker of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate, that the Government of Montenegro
is committed to, and is taking steps to promote, democratic
principles, the rule of law, and respect for internationally
recognized human rights.
FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT
SEC. 587. (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Sec-
retary of State shall jointly provide to the Congress by Jan-
uary 31, 2000 a report on all military training provided
to foreign military personnel (excluding sales) administered
by the Department of Defense and the Department of State
during fiscal years 1999 and 2000, including those pro-
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posed for fiscal year 2000. This report shall include, for
each such military training activity, the foreign policy jus-
tification and purpose for the training activity, the cost of
the training activity, the number of foreign students trained
and their units of operation, and the location of the train-
ing. In addition, this report shall also include, with respect
to United States personnel, the operational benefits to
United States forces derived from each such training activ-
ity and the United States military units involved in each
such training activity. This report may include a classified
annex if deemed necessary and appropriate.
(b) For purposes of this section a report to Congress
shall be deemed to mean a report to the Appropriations and
Foreign Relations Committees of the Senate and the Appro-
priations and International Relations Committees of the
House of Representatives.
CONTROL AND ELIMINATE THE INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM
OF TUBERCULOSIS
SEC. 588. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that:
(1) Since the development of antibiotics in the
1950’s, tuberculosis has been largely controlled in the
United States and the Western World.
(2) Due to societal factors, including growing
urban decay, inadequate health care systems, per-
sistent poverty, overcrowding, and malnutrition, as
well as medical factors, including the HIV/AIDS epi-
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demic and the emergence of multi-drug resistant
strains of tuberculosis, tuberculosis has again become
a leading and growing cause of adult deaths in the
developing world.
(3) 
According 
to 
the 
World 
Health
Organization—
(A) in 1998, about 1,860,000 people world-
wide died of tuberculosis-related illnesses;
(B) one-third of the world’s total population
is infected with tuberculosis; and
(C) tuberculosis is the world’s leading killer
of women between 15 and 44 years old and is a
leading cause of children becoming orphans.
(4) Because of the ease of transmission of tuber-
culosis, its international persistence and growth pose
a direct public health threat to those nations that had
previously largely controlled the disease. This is com-
plicated in the United States by the growth of the
homeless population, the rate of incarceration, inter-
national travel, immigration, and HIV/AIDS.
(5) With nearly 40 percent of the tuberculosis
cases in the United States attributable to foreign-born
persons, tuberculosis will never be eliminated in the
United States until it is controlled abroad.
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(6) The means exist to control tuberculosis
through screening, diagnosis, treatment, patient com-
pliance, monitoring, and ongoing review of outcomes.
(7) Efforts to control tuberculosis are com-
plicated by several barriers, including—
(A) the labor intensive and lengthy process
involved in screening, detecting, and treating the
disease;
(B) a lack of funding, trained personnel,
and medicine in virtually every nation with a
high rate of the disease; and
(C) the unique circumstances in each coun-
try, which requires the development and imple-
mentation of country-specific programs.
(8) Eliminating the barriers to the international
control of tuberculosis through a well-structured, com-
prehensive, and coordinated worldwide effort would be
a significant step in dealing with the increasing pub-
lic health problem posed by the disease.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that if the total allocation for this Act is higher than
the level passed by the Senate, a top priority for the addi-
tional funds should be to increase the funding to combat
infectious diseases, especially tuberculosis.
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TO PROMOTE AN INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRANSFERS
REGIME
SEC. 589. (a) EFFORTS.—The President shall continue
and expand efforts through the United Nations and other
international fora, including the Wassenaar Arrangement,
to limit arms transfers worldwide. The President shall take
the necessary steps to begin multilateral negotiations within
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, for
the purpose of establishing a permanent multilateral regime
to govern the transfer of conventional arms, particularly
transfers to countries—
(1) that engage in persistent violations of human
rights, engage in acts of armed aggression in viola-
tion of international law, and do not fully participate
in the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms;
and
(2) in regions in which arms transfers would ex-
acerbate regional arms races or international tensions
that present a danger to international peace and sta-
bility.
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 months
after the commencement of the negotiations under subsection
(a), and not later than the end of every 6-month period
thereafter until an agreement described in subsection (a) is
concluded, the President shall report to the appropriate
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committees of the Congress on the progress made during
these negotiations.
EXPANDED THREAT REDUCTION INITIATIVE
SEC. 590. It is the sense of the Senate that the pro-
grams contained in the Expanded Threat Reduction Initia-
tive are vital to the national security of the United States
and that funding for those programs should be restored in
conference to the levels requested in the President’s budget.
SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING UNITED STATES COM-
MITMENTS UNDER THE UNITED STATES-NORTH KO-
REAN AGREED FRAMEWORK
SEC. 591. It is the sense of the Senate that, as long
as North Korea meets its obligations under the United
States-North Korean Nuclear Agreed Framework of 1994,
the United States should meet its commitments under the
Agreed Framework, including required deliveries of heavy
fuel oil to North Korea and support of the Korean Penin-
sula Energy Development Organization (KEDO).
EXPANDED THREAT REDUCTION INITIATIVE
SEC. 592. The Senate finds that:
(1) The proposed programs under the Expanded
Threat Reduction Initiative (ETRI) are critical and
essential to preserving United States national secu-
rity.
(2) The Department of State programs under the
ETRI be funded at or near the full request of
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$250,000,000 in the Foreign Operations Appropria-
tions Act for Fiscal Year 2000 prior to final passage.
SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING AN INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON THE BALKANS.
SEC. 593. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the fol-
lowing findings:
(1) The United States and its allies in the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) conducted
large-scale military operations against the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia.
(2) At the conclusion of 78 days of these hos-
tilities, the United States and its NATO allies sus-
pended military operations against the Federal Re-
public of Yugoslavia based upon credible assurances
by the latter that it would fulfill the following condi-
tions as laid down by the so called Group of Eight
(G–8):
(A) An immediate and verifiable end of vio-
lence and repression in Kosova.
(B) Staged withdrawal of all Yugoslav mili-
tary, police, and paramilitary forces from
Kosova.
(C) Deployment in Kosova of effective inter-
national and security presences, endorsed and
adopted by the United Nations Security Council,
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and capable of guaranteeing the achievement of
the agreed objectives.
(D) Establishment of an interim adminis-
tration for Kosova, to be decided by the United
Nations Security Council which will seek to en-
sure conditions for a peaceful and normal life for
all inhabitants in Kosova.
(E) Provision for the safe and free return of
all refugees and displaced persons from Kosova
and an unimpeded access to Kosova by humani-
tarian aid organizations.
(3) These objectives appear to have been fulfilled,
or to be in the process of being fulfilled, which has led
the United States and its NATO allies to terminate
military operations against the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia.
(4) The G–8 also called for a comprehensive ap-
proach to the economic development and stabilization
of the crisis region, and the European Union has an-
nounced plans for $1,500,000,000 over the next 3
years for the reconstruction of Kosova, for the con-
vening in July of an international donors’ conference
for Kosova aid, and for subsequent provision of recon-
struction aid to the other countries in the region af-
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fected by the recent hostilities followed by reconstruc-
tion aid directed at the Balkans region as a whole.
(5) The United States and some of its NATO al-
lies oppose the provision of any aid, other than lim-
ited humanitarian assistance, to Serbia until Yugo-
slav President Slobodan Milosevic is out of office.
(6) The policy of providing reconstruction aid to
Kosova and other countries in the region affected by
the recent hostilities while withholding such aid for
Serbia presents a number of practical problems, in-
cluding the absence in Kosova of financial and other
institutions independent of Yugoslavia, the difficulty
in drawing clear and enforceable distinctions between
humanitarian and reconstruction assistance, and the
difficulty in reconstructing Montenegro in the absence
of similar efforts in Serbia.
(7) In any case, the achievement of effective and
durable economic reconstruction and revitalization in
the countries of the Balkans is unlikely until a polit-
ical settlement is reached as to the final status of
Kosova and Yugoslavia.
(8) The G–8 proposed a political process towards
the establishment of an interim political framework
agreement for a substantial self-government for
Kosova, taking into full account the final Interim
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Agreement for Peace and Self-Government in Kosova,
also known as the Rambouillet Accords, and the prin-
ciples of sovereignty and territorial integrity of the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the other coun-
tries of the region, and the demilitarization of the
UCK (Kosova Liberation Army).
(9) The G–8 proposal contains no guidance as to
a final political settlement for Kosova and Yugo-
slavia, while the original position of the United
States and the other participants in the so-called
Contact Group on this matter, as reflected in the
Rambouillet Accords, called for the convening of an
international conference, after 3 years, to determine a
mechanism for a final settlement of Kosova status
based on the will of the people, opinions of relevant
authorities, each Party’s efforts regarding the imple-
mentation of the agreement and the provisions of the
Helsinki Final Act.
(10) The current position of the United States
and its NATO allies as to the final status of Kosova
and Yugoslavia calls for an autonomous, multiethnic,
democratic Kosova which would remain as part of
Serbia, and such an outcome is not supported by any
of the Parties directly involved, including the govern-
ments of Yugoslavia and Serbia, representatives of the
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Kosovar Albanians, and the people of Yugoslavia, Ser-
bia and Kosova.
(11) There has been no final political settlement
in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where the Armed Forces of the
United States, its NATO allies, and other non-Balkan
nations have been enforcing an uneasy peace since
1996, at a cost to the United States alone of over
$10,000,000,000, with no clear end in sight to such
enforcement.
(12) The trend throughout the Balkans since
1990 has been in the direction of ethnically based
particularism, as exemplified by the 1991 declara-
tions of independence from Yugoslavia by Slovenia
and Croatia, and the country in the Balkans which
currently comes the closest to the goal of a democratic
government which respects the human rights of its
citizens is the nation of Slovenia, which was the first
portion of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
to secede and is also the nation in the region with the
greatest ethnic homogeneity, with a population which
is 91 percent Slovene.
(13) The boundaries of the various national and
sub-national divisions in the Balkans have been al-
tered repeatedly throughout history, and international
conferences have frequently played the decisive role in
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fixing such boundaries in the modern era, including
the Berlin Congress of 1878, the London Conference of
1913, and the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.
(14) The development of an effective exit strategy
for the withdrawal from the Balkans of foreign mili-
tary forces, including the armed forces of the United
States, its NATO allies, Russia, and any other nation
from outside the Balkans which has such forces in the
Balkans is in the best interests of all such nations.
(15) The ultimate withdrawal of foreign military
forces, accompanied by the establishment of durable
and peaceful relations among all of the nations and
peoples of the Balkans is in the best interests of those
nations and peoples.
(16) An effective exit strategy for the withdrawal
from the Balkans of foreign military forces is contin-
gent upon the achievement of a lasting political settle-
ment for the region, and that only such a settlement,
acceptable to all parties involved, can ensure the fun-
damental goals of the United States of peace, sta-
bility, and human rights in the Balkans;
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
(1) the United States should call immediately for
the convening of an international conference on the
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Balkans, under the auspices of the United Nations,
and based upon the principles of the Rambouillet Ac-
cords for a final settlement of Kosova status, namely
that such a settlement should be based on the will of
the people, opinions of relevant authorities, each Par-
ty’s efforts regarding the implementation of the agree-
ment and the provisions of the Helsinki Final Act;
(2) the international conference on the Balkans
should also be empowered to seek a final settlement for
Bosnia-Herzegovina based on the same principles as
specified for Kosova in the Rambouillet Accords; and
(3) in order to produce a lasting political settle-
ment in the Balkans acceptable to all parties, which
can lead to the departure from the Balkans in timely
fashion of all foreign military forces, including those
of the United States, the international conference
should have the authority to consider any and all of
the following: political boundaries; humanitarian and
reconstruction assistance for all nations in the Bal-
kans; stationing of United Nations peacekeeping
forces along international boundaries; security ar-
rangements and guarantees for all of the nations of
the Balkans; and tangible, enforceable and verifiable
human rights guarantees for the individuals and peo-
ples of the Balkans.
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INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR OPPOSITION-
CONTROLLED AREAS OF SUDAN
SEC. 594. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of the funds made available under chapter 9 of part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to inter-
national disaster assistance) for fiscal year 2000, up to
$4,000,000 should be made available for rehabilitation and
economic recovery in opposition-controlled areas of Sudan.
Such funds are to be used to improve economic governance,
primary education, agriculture, and other locally-deter-
mined priorities. Such funds are to be programmed and
implemented jointly by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Department of Agriculture,
and may be utilized for activities which can be implemented
for a period of up to two years.
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR SUDANESE INDIGENOUS
GROUPS
SEC. 595. The President, acting through the appro-
priate Federal agencies, is authorized to provide humani-
tarian assistance, including food, directly to the National
Democratic Alliance participants and the Sudanese Peo-
ple’s Liberation Movement operating outside of the Oper-
ation Lifeline Sudan structure.
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DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FOR OPPOSITION-CONTROLLED
AREAS OF SUDAN
SEC. 596. (a) INCREASE IN DEVELOPMENT ASSIST-
ANCE.—The President, acting through the United States
Agency for International Development, is authorized to in-
crease substantially the amount of development assistance
for capacity building, democracy promotion, civil adminis-
tration, judiciary, and infrastructure support in opposi-
tion-controlled areas of Sudan.
(b) QUARTERLY REPORT.—The President shall submit
a report on a quarterly basis to the Congress on progress
made in carrying out subsection (a).
SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING COLOMBIA
SEC. 597. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the fol-
lowing findings:
(1) Colombia is a democratic country fighting
multiple wars—
(A) a war against the Colombian Revolu-
tionary Armed Forces (FARC);
(B) a war against the National Liberation
Army (ELN);
(C) a war against paramilitary organiza-
tions; and
(D) a war against drug lords who traffic in
deadly cocaine and heroin.
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(2) Colombia is the world’s third most dangerous
country in terms of political violence with 34 percent
of world terrorist acts committed there.
(3) Colombia is the world’s kidnaping capital of
the world with 2,609 kidnapings reported in 1998
and 513 reported in the first three months of 1999.
(4) In 1998 alone, 308,000 Colombians were in-
ternally displaced in Colombia. Over the last decade,
35,000 Colombians have been killed.
(5) The FARC and ELN are the two main guer-
rilla groups which have waged the longest-running
antigovernment insurgency in Latin America.
(6) The Colombian rebels have a combined
strength of 10,000 to 20,000 full-time guerrillas; they
have initiated armed action in nearly 700 of the
country’s 1073 municipalities, and control or influ-
ence roughly 60 percent of rural Colombia including
a demilitarized zone using their armed stranglehold
to abuse Colombian citizens.
(7) Although the Colombian Army has 122,000
soldiers, there are roughly only 20,000 soldiers avail-
able for offensive combat operations.
(8) Colombia faces the threat of the armed
paramilitaries, 5,000 strong, who are constantly driv-
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ing a wedge in the peace process by their insistence
in participating in the peace talks.
(9) More than 75 percent of the world’s cocaine
HCL and 75 percent of the heroin seized in the north-
east United States is of Colombian origin.
(10) The conflicts in Colombia are creating
spillovers to the border countries of Venezuela, Pan-
ama and Ecuador: Venezuela has sent 30,000 troops
to its border and Ecuador is sending 10,000 troops to
its border.
(11) Venezuela is our number one supplier of oil.
(12) By the end of 1999, all United States mili-
tary troops will have departed from Panama, leaving
the Panama Canal unprotected.
(13) In 1998, two-way trade between the United
States and Colombia was more than $11,000,000,000,
making the United States Colombia’s number one
trading partner and Colombia the fifth largest market
for United States exports in the region.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
(1) the United States should recognize the crisis
in Colombia and play a more proactive role in its
resolution;
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(2) the United States should mobilize the inter-
national community to proactively engage in resolv-
ing Colombian wars; and
(3) the United States should pledge our political
support to help Colombia with the peace process.
ACCOUNTABILITY OF SADDAM HUSSEIN
SEC. 598. It is the sense of the Senate that the Presi-
dent and the Secretary of State should—
(1) raise the need for accountability of Saddam
Hussein and several key members of his regime at the
International Criminal Court Preparatory Commis-
sion, which will meet in New York on July 26, 1999,
through August 13, 1999;
(2) continue to push for the creation of a com-
mission under the auspices of the United Nations to
establish an international record of the criminal cul-
pability of Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials;
(3) continue to push for the United Nations to
form an international criminal tribunal for the pur-
pose of indicting, prosecuting, and imprisoning Sad-
dam Hussein and any other Iraqi officials who may
be found responsible for crimes against humanity,
genocide, and other violations of international hu-
manitarian law; and
(4) upon the creation of a commission and inter-
national criminal tribunal, take steps necessary, in-
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cluding the reprogramming of funds, to ensure United
States support for efforts to bring Saddam Hussein
and other Iraqi officials to justice.
SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING ASSISTANCE PROVIDED
TO LITHUANIA, LATVIA, AND ESTONIA
SEC. 599. It is the sense of the Senate that nothing
in this Act, or Senate Report Number 106–81, relating to
assistance provided to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
under the Foreign Military Financing Program, should be
interpreted as expressing the will of the Senate to accelerate
membership of those nations into the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO).
CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN
SEC. 599A. Consistent with the intent of Congress ex-
pressed in the enactment of section 3(b) of the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act, the Secretary of State shall consult with the ap-
propriate committees and leadership of Congress to devise
a mechanism to provide for congressional input prior to
making any determination on the nature or quantity of de-
fense articles and services to be made available to Taiwan.
SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING ASSISTANCE UNDER
THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS.
SEC. 599B. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the fol-
lowing findings:
(1) Egypt and Israel together negotiated the
Camp David Accords, an historic breakthrough in be-
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ginning the process of bringing peace to the Middle
East.
(2) As part of the Camp David Accords, a con-
cept was reached regarding the ratio of United States
foreign assistance between Egypt and Israel, a for-
mula which has been followed since the signing of the
Accords.
(3) The United States is reducing economic as-
sistance to Egypt and Israel, with the agreement of
those nations.
(4) The United States is committed to maintain-
ing proportionality between Egypt and Israel in
United States foreign assistance programs.
(5) Egypt has consistently fulfilled an historic
role of peacemaker in the context of the Arab-Israeli
disputes.
(6) The recent elections in Israel offer fresh hope
of resolving the remaining issues of dispute in the re-
gion.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the United States should provide Egypt access to
an interest bearing account as part of the United States
foreign assistance program pursuant to the principles of
proportionality which underlie the Camp David Accords.
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AUTHORIZATIONS
SEC. 599C. The Secretary of the Treasury may, to ful-
fill commitments of the United States, (1) effect the United
States participation in the fifth general capital increase of
the African Development Bank, the first general capital in-
crease of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency,
and the first general capital increase of the Inter-American
Investment Corporation; (2) contribute on behalf of the
United States to the eighth replenishment of the resources
of the African Development Fund and the twelfth replenish-
ment of the International Development Association. The fol-
lowing amounts are authorized to be appropriated without
fiscal year limitation for payment by the Secretary of the
Treasury: 
$40,847,011 
for 
paid-in 
capital, 
and
$639,932,485 for callable capital, of the African Develop-
ment Bank; $29,870,087 for paid-in capital, and
$139,365,533 for callable capital, of the Multilateral Invest-
ment Guarantee Agency; $125,180,000 for paid-in capital
of 
the 
Inter-American 
Investment 
Corporation;
$300,000,000 for the African Development Fund; and
$2,410,000,000 for the International Development Associa-
tion.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
SEC. 599D. Section 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2395) is amended by adding a new sub-
section (l) as follows:
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‘‘(l)(1) There is hereby established a working capital
fund for the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment which shall be available without fiscal year limita-
tion for the expenses of personal and nonpersonal services,
equipment and supplies for: (A) International Cooperative
Administrative Support Services; (B) central information
technology, library, audiovisual and administrative sup-
port services; (C) medical and health care of participants
and others; and (D) such other functions which the Admin-
istrator of such agency, with the approval of the Office of
Management and Budget, determines may be provided more
advantageously and economically as central services.
‘‘(2) The Capital of the fund shall consist of the fair
and reasonable value of such supplies, equipment and other
assets pertaining to the functions of the fund as the Admin-
istrator determines and any appropriations made available
for the purpose of providing capital, less related liabilities.
‘‘(3) The fund shall be reimbursed or credited with ad-
vance payments for services, equipment or supplies pro-
vided from the fund from applicable appropriations and
funds of the agency, other Federal agencies and other
sources authorized by section 607 of this Act at rates that
will recover total expenses of operation, including accrual
of annual leave and depreciation. Receipts from the dis-
posal of, or payments for the loss or damage to, property
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held in the fund, rebates, reimbursements, refunds and other
credits applicable to the operation of the fund may be depos-
ited in the fund.
‘‘(4) The agency shall transfer to the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts as of the close of the fiscal year such
amounts which the Administrator determines to be in excess
of the needs of the fund.
‘‘(5) The fund may be charged with the current value
of supplies and equipment returned to the working capital
of the fund by a post, activity or agency and the proceeds
shall be credited to current applicable appropriations.’’.
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY PROGRAM ACCOUNT
SEC. 599E. For the cost of direct loans and loan guar-
antees, up to $7,500,000 to be derived by transfer from
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading, ‘‘ASSISTANCE FOR
EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES’’, to remain
available until expended, as authorized by section 635 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That such
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974: Provided further, That for administrative expenses
to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, up
to $500,000 of this amount may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Operating Expenses of