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(5) Mr. Choephel was detained in August 1995
by the Chinese authorities and held incommunicado
for over a year before the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China admitted to holding him, and
finally charged him with espionage in October 1996.
(6) There is no evidence that Mr. Choephel’s
activities in Tibet involved anything other than pure-
ly academic research.
(7) The Government of the People’s Republic of
China denies Tibetans their fundamental human
rights, as reported in the State Department’s Coun-
try Reports on Human Rights Practices, and by
human rights organizations, including Amnesty
International and Human Rights Watch, Asia.
(8) The Government of the People’s Republic of
China is responsible for the destruction of much of
Tibetan civilization since its invasion of Tibet in
1949.
(9) The arrest of a Tibetan scholar such as Mr.
Choephel, who worked to preserve Tibetan culture,
reflects the systematic attempt by the Government
of the People’s Republic of China to repress cultural
expression in Tibet.
(10) The Government of the People’s Republic
of China, through direct and indirect incentives, has
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established discriminatory development programs
which have resulted in an overwhelming flow of Chi-
nese immigrants into Tibet, including those areas in-
corporated into the Chinese provinces of Sichuan,
Yunnan, Gansu, and Quinghai, and have excluded
Tibetans from participation in important policy deci-
sions, which further threatens traditional Tibetan
life.
(11) The Government of the People’s Republic
of China withholds meaningful participation in the
governance of Tibet from Tibetans and has failed to
abide by its own constitutional guarantee of auton-
omy for Tibetans.
(12) The Dalai Lama of Tibet has stated his
willingness to enter into negotiations with the Chi-
nese and has repeatedly accepted the framework
Deng Xiaoping proposed for such negotiations in
1979.
(13) The Chinese have displayed provocative
disregard for the concerns of the United States by
arresting and sentencing prominent dissidents in
close proximity to visits to China by senior United
States Government officials.
(14) The United States Government policy
seeks to foster negotiations between the Government
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of the People’s Republic of China and the Dalai
Lama, and presses China to respect Tibet’s unique
religious, linguistic, and cultural traditions.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that—
(1) Ngawang Choephel and other prisoners of
conscience in Tibet, as well as in China, should be
released immediately and unconditionally;
(2) to underscore the gravity of this matter, in
all appropriate official meetings with representatives
of the Government of the People’s Republic of
China, United States officials should request Mr.
Choephel’s immediate and unconditional release;
(3) the United States Government should spon-
sor and promote a resolution at future meetings of
the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
and other appropriate international fora regarding
China and Tibet which specifically addresses politi-
cal prisoners and negotiations with the Dalai Lama,
until those situations in China and Tibet improve
substantially;
(4) the United States Department of State
should advise American citizens that Tibet is not
currently a safe destination for American travelers;
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(5) an exchange program should be established
in honor of Ngawang Choephel, involving students of
the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts and appro-
priate educational institutions in the United States;
and
(6) the United States Government should seek
access for internationally recognized human rights
groups to monitor human rights in Tibet.
DIVISION C—BUY-AMERICAN
REQUIREMENTS
TITLE XXV—COMPLIANCE WITH
BUY-AMERICAN ACT
SEC. 2501. BUY-AMERICAN REQUIREMENTS.
(a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.—None
of the funds made available in this Act may be expended
by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending
the funds the entity will, consistent with international
trade agreements implemented in U.S. law, comply with
the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c).
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
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available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen-
cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in paragraph
(1) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
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DIVISION D—FOREIGN AID RE-
PORTING REFORM ACT OF
1997
TITLE XXVI—FOREIGN AID
REPORTING REFORM
SEC. 2601. SHORT TITLE.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Aid Re-
porting Reform Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2602. ANNUAL FOREIGN ASSISTANCE JUSTIFICATION
REPORT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In conjunction with the submis-
sion of the annual requests for enactment of authoriza-
tions and appropriations for foreign assistance programs
for each fiscal year, the President shall submit to the Con-
gress a single report containing—
(1) an integrated justification for all foreign as-
sistance programs proposed by the President for the
coming fiscal year; and
(2) an assessment of when the objectives of
those programs will be achieved so that the assist-
ance can be terminated.
(b) SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.—
Each such report shall include the following:
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(1) INFORMATION REGARDING A FOREIGN AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAM GENERALLY.—For each foreign
assistance program taken as a whole—
(A) the total amount of assistance pro-
posed to be provided under that program;
(B) the justification for that amount;
(C) the objectives that assistance under
that program is intended to achieve;
(D) an explanation of the relationship of
assistance under that program to assistance
under other foreign assistance programs; and
(E) the President’s estimation of the date
by which the objectives of that program will be
achieved and the program terminated.
(2) INFORMATION REGARDING SPECIFIC ASSIST-
ANCE RECIPIENTS.—For each country or organiza-
tion which is a proposed recipient of assistance
under any foreign assistance program—
(A) the amount of each type of assistance
proposed;
(B) the justification for providing each
such type of assistance;
(C) the objectives that each such type of
assistance is intended to achieve;
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(D) an explanation of the relationship of
each type of assistance proposed to other types
of assistance proposed for that recipient; and
(E) the President’s estimation of the date
by which the objectives of assistance for such
recipient under each foreign assistance program
will be achieved and assistance under that pro-
gram to that recipient terminated.
The information required by subparagraphs (A)
through (E) shall be provided on a recipient-by-re-
cipient basis.
(3) INFORMATION
REGARDING
CENTRALLY-
FUNDED
PROGRAMS.—For each centrally-funded
program under a foreign assistance program—
(A) the amount proposed for such pro-
gram;
(B) the justification for such program;
(C) the objectives each such program is in-
tended to achieve;
(D) an explanation of the relationship of
such program to other types of assistance pro-
posed under that foreign assistance program
and under other foreign assistance programs;
and
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(E) the President’s estimation of the date
by which the objectives of such program will be
achieved and such program terminated.
SEC. 2603. REQUIREMENT FOR CONGRESSIONAL EXPLA-
NATION OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE
PRESIDENT’S FOREIGN ASSISTANCE BUDGET.
Any committee of the House of Representatives or
any committee of the Senate reporting legislation author-
izing the enactment of new budget authority for, or provid-
ing new budget authority for, foreign assistance programs
shall, to the maximum extent feasible, include in the re-
port accompanying that legislation an explanation for any
change proposed by that committee—
(1) in the total amount of new budget authority
authorized or provided (as the case may be) for any
foreign assistance program as compared to the
amount proposed by the President; or
(2) in the amount of assistance for any specific
recipient of assistance, or for any centrally-funded
program, under any foreign assistance program as
compared to the amount proposed by the President.
SEC. 2604. DEFINITION OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAMS.
As used in this chapter, the term ‘‘foreign assistance
program’’ includes—
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(1) any program of assistance authorized by the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (such as the devel-
opment assistance program, the economic support
fund program, and the international military edu-
cation and training program) or authorized by the
African Development Foundation Act, section 401 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 (relating to the
Inter-American Development Foundation), or any
other foreign assistance legislation;
(2) any program of grant, credit, or guaranty
assistance under the Arms Export Control Act;
(3) assistance under the Migration and Refugee
Assistance Act of 1962;
(4) assistance under any title of the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of
1954;
(5) contributions to the International Monetary
Fund;
(6) contributions to the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, the International
Development Association, or any other institution
within the World Bank group; and
(7) contributions to any regional multilateral
development bank.
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DIVISION E—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
TITLE 
XXVII—FUNDS 
MADE
AVAILABLE UNDER SECTIONS
103 THROUGH 106 OF THE
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF
1961
SEC. 2701. ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS IN LATIN AMERICA
AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION AND THE ASIA
AND THE PACIFIC REGION.
Of the amount made available for assistance for a
fiscal year under sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151a through 2151d),
including assistance under section 104(c) of such Act (22
U.S.C. 2151b(c)), the amount made available for activities
and programs in Latin America and the Caribbean region
and the Asia and the Pacific region should be in at least
the same proportion to the total amount of such assistance
made available as the amount identified in the congres-
sional presentation documents for development assistance
for the fiscal year for each such region is to the total
amount requested for development assistance for the fiscal
year.