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of which $2,000,000 shall be available only to the extent
an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to Congress: Pro-
vided further, That all of the above amounts are designated
by Congress as emergency requirements pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
following shall be the law with respect to the Commodity
Credit Corporation.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Commodity Credit
Corporation Fund’’ to cover 1993 crop losses resulting from
damaging weather or related floods associated with the con-
ditions (as defined in section 2251 of Public Law 101–624),
in 1993, $1,050,000,000, and in addition $300,000,000,
which shall be available only to the extent an official budget
request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmit-
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ted by the President to Congress, the total to remain avail-
able until June 30, 1994: Provided, That from funds pre-
viously made available in Public Law 102–368 by Presi-
dential declaration, $100,000,000 to remain available until
June 30, 1994, shall be for 1993 crop losses only: Provided
further, That if prior to April 1, 1994, the President deter-
mines that extraordinary circumstances exist that warrant
further assistance, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use
such funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation as are nec-
essary to make payments in an amount equal to 100 per-
cent of each eligible claim as determined under title XXII
of Public Law 101–624: Provided further, That all addi-
tional amounts made available herein are subject to the
terms and conditions in Public Law 101–624: Provided fur-
ther, That Congress hereby designates the entire amount
provided herein as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any provision of Public Law
103–50, funds provided by such Act shall not be expended
for 1993 crop losses resulting from 1993 natural disasters,
and claims for assistance from funds provided by that Act
by producers with 1990, 1991, and 1992 crop losses shall
be paid only to the extent such claims are filed by Septem-
ber 17, 1993.
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(a) The Senate finds that:
(1) Numerous atrocities have been reported on
the conflict in the former Yugoslavia;
(2) Such atrocities against innocent civilians
and prisoners would violate universally accepted law
as embodied in the Geneva Conventions of August 12,
1949 for the Protection of War Victims; the Hague
Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of
War on Land and the Regulations annexed thereto of
October 18, 1907; the Convention on the Prevention
and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of Decem-
ber 9, 1948; and the Charter of the International
Military Tribunal of August 8, 1945;
(3) In October 1992 the United Nations Security
Council adopted Resolution 780 establishing a Com-
mission of Experts to gather and evaluate evidence of
such war crimes;
(4) The Commission of Experts submitted an in-
terim report dated January 26, 1993 which concluded
that grave breaches and other violations of inter-
national humanitarian law had been committed in
the territory of the former Yugoslavia, including wil-
ful killing, ‘‘ethnic cleansing,’’ mass killings, torture,
rape, pillage, and destruction of civilian property, de-
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struction of cultural and religious property and arbi-
trary arrests;
(5) The Commission of Experts has been hin-
dered in carrying out fully its legal charge because of
insufficient resources;
(6) On February 22, 1993, the United Nations
Security Council adopted Resolution 808 establishing
an international tribunal to try individuals accused
of the commission of war crimes in the former Yugo-
slavia;
(7) On May 3, 1993, the Secretary General of the
United Nations issued his report which established the
procedures for an international war crimes tribunal;
(8) The United Nations is presently in the proc-
ess of selecting judges and prosecutors for the inter-
national war crimes tribunal;
(9) According to reports, the atrocities in the
former Yugoslavia continue unabated; and
(10) There is a dire need to establish promptly
the tribunal and commence prosecution of alleged war
criminals: Now, therefore.
(b) The Senate hereby commends the United Nations
for its recognition of the importance and necessity of the
rule of law as evidenced by its establishment of an inter-