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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 sector of operational
control; and (2) any Russian armed forces deployed in Kosova
are operating under NATO unified command and control arrange-
ments.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
PEACE CORPS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Peace
Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $235,000,000, 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: Provided 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, $285,000,000, of which $21,000,000 shall
become available for obligation on September 30, 2000, and remain
available until expended: Provided, That of this amount not less
than $10,000,000 should be made available for Law Enforcement
Training and Demand Reduction: Provided further, That any funds
made available under this heading for anti-crime programs and
activities shall be made available subject to the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
That during fiscal year 2000, the Department of State may also
use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property
from an agency of the United States Government for the purpose
of providing it to a foreign country under chapter 8 of part I
of that Act subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable
the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized by law, a contribu-
tion to the International Committee of the Red Cross, assistance
to refugees, including contributions to the International Organiza-
tion for Migration and the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees, and other activities to meet refugee and migration
needs; salaries and expenses of personnel and dependents as author-
ized 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,
$625,000,000, of which $21,000,000 shall become available for
obligation on September 30, 2000, and remain available until
expended: Provided, That not more than $13,800,000 shall be avail-
able for administrative expenses: Provided further, That not less
than $60,000,000 shall be made available for refugees from the
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former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and other refugees reset-
tling 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)), $12,500,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the funds made available under this
heading are appropriated notwithstanding 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-terrorism and
related programs and activities, $181,600,000, to carry out the
provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 for anti-terrorism assistance, section 504 of the FREEDOM
Support Act for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, sec-
tion 23 of the Arms Export Control Act or the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of unexploded
ordnance, and related activities, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including activities implemented through nongovern-
mental and international organizations, section 301 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 for a voluntary contribution to the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a voluntary contribution
to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
(KEDO), and for a United States contribution to the Comprehensive
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission: Provided, That
the Secretary of State shall inform the Committees on Appropria-
tions at least 20 days prior to the obligation of funds for the
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission:
Provided further, 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 multilateral activi-
ties relating to nonproliferation and disarmament: Provided further,
That such funds may also be used for such countries other than
the 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 Committees
on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading 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 further,
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $35,000,000
should be made available for demining, clearance of unexploded
ordnance, 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to international
affairs technical assistance activities), $1,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, which shall be available nowithstanding any
other provision of law.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees, as
the President may determine, for which funds have been appro-
priated or otherwise made available for programs within the Inter-
national Affairs Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling,
reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as a
result of concessional loans made to eligible countries, pursuant
to parts IV and V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (including
up to $1,000,000 for necessary expenses for the administration
of activities carried out under these parts), and of modifying
concessional credit agreements with least developed countries, 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 under section 572 of the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989
(Public Law 100–461), $33,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, 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 pre-
viously appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That
the authority provided by section 572 of Public Law 100–461 may
be exercised only with respect to countries that are eligible to
borrow from the International Development Association, but not
from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
commonly referred to as ‘‘IDA-only’’ countries.
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
up to $1,000,000 may remain available until expended: 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 participation would
contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian control of
the military, or respect for human rights: Provided further, That
funds appropriated under this heading for grant financed military
education and training for Indonesia and Guatemala may only
be available for expanded international military education and
training and funds made available for Guatemala may only be
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provided through the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading may be made available to support
grant financed military education and training at the School of
the Americas unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that the
instruction and training provided by the School of the Americas
is fully consistent with training and doctrine, particularly with
respect to the observance of human rights, provided by the Depart-
ment of Defense to United States military students at Department
of Defense institutions whose primary purpose is to train United
States military personnel: Provided further, That the Secretary
of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, no
later than January 15, 2000, a report detailing the training activi-
ties of the School of the Americas and a general assessment
regarding the performance of its graduates during 1997 and 1998.
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for grants to enable the President to
carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export Control
Act, $3,420,000,000: 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 dis-
bursed within 30 days of the 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 26.3 percent
shall be available for the procurement in Israel of defense articles
and defense services, including research and development: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, not
less than $75,000,000 should be available for assistance for Jordan:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated by this paragraph,
not less than $7,000,000 shall be made available for assistance
for Tunisia: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2000, the
President is authorized to, and 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 edu-
cation and training of an aggregate value of not less than $4,000,000
under the authority of this proviso for Tunisia for the purposes
of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and any amount
so directed shall count toward meeting the earmark in the preceding
proviso: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated by this
paragraph up to $1,000,000 should be made available for assistance
for Ecuador and shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That
funds appropriated by this paragraph shall be nonrepayable not-
withstanding any requirement in section 23 of the Arms Export
Control Act: Provided further, That funds made available under
this paragraph shall be obligated upon apportionment in accordance
with paragraph (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 articles, defense
services, or design and construction services that are not sold by