(b) PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES.—Section 38(c) of
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22
U.S.C. 2710(c)) is amended in the first sentence by insert-
ing ‘‘personal and’’ before ‘‘other support services’’.
SEC. 1207. SURCHARGE FOR PROCESSING CERTAIN MA-
CHINE READABLE VISAS.
Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–
236) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘providing con-
sular services.’’ and inserting ‘‘the Department of
State’s border security program, including the costs
of installation and operation of the machine readable
visa and automated name-check process, improving
the quality and security of the United States pass-
port, passport and visa fraud investigations, and the
technological infrastructure to support the programs
referred to in this sentence.’’;
(2) by striking the first sentence of paragraph
(3) and inserting ‘‘For fiscal years 1998 and 1999,
fees deposited under the authority of paragraph (2)
may not exceed $140,000,000 in each fiscal year
and, notwithstanding paragraph (2), such fees shall
be available only to the extent provided in advance
in appropriations Acts.’’; and
(3) by striking paragraph (5).
SEC. 1208. RETENTION OF ADDITIONAL DEFENSE TRADE
CONTROLS REGISTRATION FEES.
Section 45(a) of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2717(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$700,000 of the’’ and inserting
‘‘all’’;
(2) at the end of paragraph (1) by striking
‘‘and’’;
(3) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘functions’’ and inserting
‘‘functions, including compliance and enforce-
ment activities,’’; and
(B) by striking the period at the end and
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph (3):
‘‘(3) the enhancement of defense trade export
compliance and enforcement activities to include
compliance audits of United States and foreign par-
ties, the conduct of administrative proceedings, end-
use monitoring of direct commercial arms sales and
transfer, and cooperation in criminal proceedings re-
lated to defense trade export controls.’’.
SEC. 1209. TRAINING.
(a) INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING.—Section 701 of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4021) is amend-
ed—
(1) by redesignating subsection (d)(4) as sub-
section (g); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) of sub-
section (d) the following new subsections:
‘‘(e)(1) The Secretary of State may, in the discretion
of the Secretary, provide appropriate training and related
services through the institution to employees of United
States companies engaged in business abroad, and to the
families of such employees.
‘‘(2) In the case of any company under contract to
provide services to the Department of State, the Secretary
of State is authorized to provide job-related training and
related services to any company employee who is perform-
ing such services.
‘‘(3) Training under this subsection shall be on a re-
imbursable or advance-of-funds basis. Such reimburse-
ments or advances shall be credited to the currently avail-
able applicable appropriation account.
‘‘(4) Training and related services under this sub-
section is authorized only to the extent that it will not
interfere with the institution’s primary mission of training
employees of the Department and of other agencies in the
field of foreign relations.
‘‘(f)(1) The Secretary of State is authorized to pro-
vide on a reimbursable basis training programs to Mem-
bers of Congress or the judiciary.
‘‘(2) Congressional staff members and employees of
the judiciary may participate on a reimbursable, space-
available basis in training programs offered by the institu-
tion.
‘‘(3) Reimbursements collected under this subsection
shall be credited to the currently available applicable ap-
propriation account.
‘‘(4) Training under this subsection is authorized
only to the extent that it will not interfere with the institu-
tion’s primary mission of training employees of the De-
partment of State and of other agencies in the field of
foreign relations.’’.
(b) FEES FOR USE OF NATIONAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS
TRAINING CENTER.—The State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2669 et seq.) is amended
by adding after section 52 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 53. FEES FOR USE OF THE NATIONAL FOREIGN AF-
FAIRS TRAINING CENTER.
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to charge a fee for use
of the National Foreign Affairs Training Center Facility
of the Department of State. Funds collected under the au-
thority of this section, including reimbursements, sur-
charges, and fees, shall be deposited as an offsetting col-
lection to any Department of State appropriation to re-
cover the costs of such use and shall remain available for
obligation until expended.’’.
SEC. 1210. FEE FOR USE OF DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION
ROOMS.
The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
(22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended by adding after sec-
tion 53 (as added by section 1210(b)) the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 54. FEE FOR USE OF DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION
ROOMS.
‘‘The Secretary of State is authorized to charge a fee
for use of the diplomatic reception rooms of the Depart-
ment of State. Amounts collected under the authority of
this section (including any reimbursements and sur-
charges) shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to
any Department of State appropriation to recover the
costs of such use and shall remain available for obligation
until expended.’’.
SEC. 1211. FEES FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICES.
Section 52 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2724) is amended in subsection
(b) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Funds deposited
under this subsection shall remain available for obligation
until expended.’’.
SEC. 1212. BUDGET PRESENTATION DOCUMENTS.
The Secretary of State shall include in the annual
Congressional Presentation Document and the Budget in
Brief, a detailed accounting of the total collections re-
ceived by the Department of State from all sources, in-
cluding fee collections. Reporting on total collections shall
also include the previous year’s collection and the pro-
jected expenditures from all collections accounts.
SEC. 1213. GRANTS TO OVERSEAS EDUCATIONAL FACILI-
TIES.
Section 29 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2701) is amended by adding at
the end the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, where the children of United States citizen
employees of an agency of the United States Government
who are stationed outside the United States attend edu-
cational facilities assisted by the Department of State
under this section, such agency is authorized to make
grants to, or otherwise to reimburse or credit with advance
payment, the Department of State for funds used in pro-
viding assistance to such educational facilities.’’.
SEC. 1214. GRANTS TO REMEDY INTERNATIONAL CHILD AB-
DUCTIONS.
(a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—Section 7 of the Inter-
national Child Abduction Remedies Act (42 U.S.C. 11606;
Public Law 100–300) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) 
GRANT
AUTHORITY.—The 
United 
States
Central Authority is authorized to make grants to, or
enter into contracts or agreements with, any individual,
corporation, other Federal, State, or local agency, or pri-
vate entity or organization in the United States for pur-
poses of accomplishing its responsibilities under the con-
vention and this Act.’’.
SEC. 1215. NOTIFICATION OF CRIMES COMMITTED BY DIP-
LOMATS.
Title II of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.; commonly referred
to as the ‘‘Foreign Missions Act’’) is amended by inserting
after section 204A the following:
‘‘SEC. 204B. CRIMES COMMITTED BY DIPLOMATS.
‘‘(a) RECORDS.—(1) The Secretary of State shall de-
velop and maintain records on each incident in which an
individual with immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of
the United States under the Vienna Convention who the
Secretary reasonably believes has committed a serious
criminal offense within the United States which was not
subject to the criminal jurisdiction of the United States.
Each such record shall include—
‘‘(A) the identity of such individual;
‘‘(B) the nature of the offense committed by
such individual, including whether against property
or persons;
‘‘(C) whether such offense involved reckless
driving or driving while intoxicated; and
‘‘(D) the number and nature of all other crimi-
nal offenses committed in the United States by such
individual.
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall submit an annual report to
the Congress on the incidents occurring during the preced-
ing year. The report shall include the information main-
tained under paragraph (1) together with information
under section 1706(a).
‘‘(b) EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT INDIVIDUALS.—The Secretary shall
take such steps as may be necessary—
‘‘(1) to educate local law enforcement officials
on the extent of the immunity from criminal juris-
diction provided to members of a foreign mission,
and family members of such members, under the Vi-
enna Convention; and
‘‘(2) to encourage local law enforcement offi-
cials to fully investigate, charge, and prosecute, to
the extent consistent with immunity from criminal
jurisdiction under the Vienna Convention, any mem-
ber of a foreign mission, and any family member of
such a member, who commits a serious criminal of-
fense within the United States.
‘‘(c) INTERFERENCE WITH LOCAL PROSECUTIONS.—
No officer or employee of the Department of State may
interfere with any investigation, charge, or prosecution by
a State or local government of—
‘‘(1) an alien who is a member of a foreign mis-
sion,
‘‘(2) a family member of an alien described in
subparagraph (A), or
‘‘(3) any other alien,
not covered by immunity from the criminal jurisdic-
tion of the United States under the Vienna Conven-
tion.
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF DIPLOMATIC CORPS.—The
Secretary shall notify the members of each foreign mission
of United States policies relating to criminal offenses (par-
ticularly crimes of violence) committed by such members,
and the family members of such members, including the
policy of obtaining criminal indictments, requiring such
members to leave the country, and declaring such mem-
bers persona non grata.
‘‘(e) VIENNA CONVENTION.—For the purposes of this
section, the term ‘Vienna Convention’ means the Vienna
Convention on Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 1961
(TIAS numbered 7502; 23 UST 3227), entered into force
with respect to the United States on December 13,
1972.’’.
SEC. 1216. REPORT ON OVERSEAS SURPLUS PROPERTIES.
(a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than March
1 of each year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the
Congress a report listing overseas United States surplus
properties for sale.
(b) USE OF FUNDS RECEIVED FROM SALE OF OVER-
SEAS SURPLUS PROPERTIES.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, amounts received by the United States
from the sale of any overseas United States surplus prop-
erty shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United
States to be used to reduce the deficit.
CHAPTER 2—CONSULAR AUTHORITIES OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
SEC. 1241. USE OF CERTAIN PASSPORT PROCESSING FEES
FOR ENHANCED PASSPORT SERVICES.
For each of the fiscal years 1998 and 1999, of the
fees collected for expedited passport processing and depos-
ited to an offsetting collection pursuant to the Department
of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fis-
cal Year 1995 (Public Law 103–317; 22 U.S.C. 214), 30
percent shall be available only for enhancing passport
services for United States citizens, improving the integrity
and efficiency of the passport issuance process, improving
the secure nature of the United States passport, inves-
tigating passport fraud, and deterring entry into the Unit-
ed States by terrorists, drug traffickers, or other crimi-
nals.
SEC. 1242. CONSULAR OFFICERS.
(a) PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE REPORTS OF
BIRTHS ABROAD.—Section 33 of the State Department
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2705) is amend-
ed in paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘For purposes of this paragraph, a consular officer shall
include any United States citizen employee of the Depart-
ment of State designated by the Secretary of State to ad-
judicate nationality abroad pursuant to such regulations
as he may prescribe.’’.
(b) PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONSULAR OFFI-
CERS.—Section 1689 of the Revised Statutes of the Unit-
ed States (22 U.S.C. 4191), is amended by inserting ‘‘and
to such other United States citizen employees of the De-
partment of State as may be designated by the Secretary
of State pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary
may prescribe’’ after ‘‘such officers’’.
(c) PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO AUTHENTICATE FOR-
EIGN DOCUMENTS.—Section 3492(c) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing: ‘‘For purposes of this section and sections 3493
through 3496 of this title, a consular officer shall include
any United States citizen employee of the Department of
State designated to perform notarial functions pursuant
to section 24 of the Act of August 18, 1856 (Rev. Stat.
1750, 22 U.S.C. 4221).’’.
(d) 
PERSONS
AUTHORIZED
TO
ADMINISTER
OATHS.—Section 115 of title 35, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For pur-
poses of this section a consular officer shall include any
United States citizen employee of the Department of State
designated to perform notarial functions pursuant to sec-
tion 24 of the Act of August 18, 1856 (Rev. Stat. 1750,
22 U.S.C. 4221).’’.
(e) DEFINITION OF CONSULAR OFFICER.—Section
101(a)(9) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(9)) is amended by—
(1) inserting ‘‘or employee’’ after ‘‘officer’’; and
(2) inserting before the period at the end of the
sentence ‘‘or, when used in title III, for the purpose
of adjudicating nationality’’.
(f) TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES PERFORMING CON-
SULAR FUNCTIONS.—Section 704 of the Foreign Service
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4024) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) Prior to designation by the Secretary of State
pursuant to regulation to perform a consular function
abroad, a United States citizen employee (other than a
diplomatic or consular officer of the United States) shall
be required to complete successfully a program of training
essentially equivalent to the training that a consular offi-
cer who is a member of the Foreign Service would receive
for purposes of performing such function and shall be cer-
tified by an appropriate official of the Department of
State to be qualified by knowledge and experience to per-
form such function. As used in this subsection, the term
‘consular function’ includes the issuance of visas, the per-
formance of notarial and other legalization functions, the
adjudication of passport applications, the adjudication of
nationality, and the issuance of citizenship documenta-
tion.’’.
SEC. 1243. REPEAL OF OUTDATED CONSULAR RECEIPT RE-
QUIREMENTS.
Sections 1726, 1727, and 1728 of the Revised Stat-
utes of the United States (22 U.S.C. 4212, 4213, and
4214) (concerning accounting for consular fees) are re-
pealed.
SEC. 1244. ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATE PUBLICATION RE-
QUIREMENTS.
(a) FEDERAL REGISTER PUBLICATION OF TRAVEL
ADVISORIES.—Section 44908(a) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (2); and
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2).
(b) PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER OF
TRAVEL ADVISORIES CONCERNING SECURITY AT FOR-
EIGN PORTS.—Section 908(a) of the International Mari-
time and Port Security Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–399;
100 Stat. 891; 46 U.S.C. App. 1804(a)) is amended by
striking the second sentence.
CHAPTER 3—REFUGEES AND MIGRATION
SEC. 1261. REPORT TO CONGRESS CONCERNING CUBAN
EMIGRATION POLICIES.
Beginning 3 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act and every subsequent 6 months, the Secretary
of State shall include in the monthly report to Congress
entitled ‘‘Update on Monitoring of Cuban Migrant Return-
ees’’ additional information concerning the methods em-
ployed by the Government of Cuba to enforce the United
States-Cuba agreement of September 1994 to restrict the
emigration of the Cuban people from Cuba to the United
States and the treatment by the Government of Cuba of
persons who have returned to Cuba pursuant to the Unit-
ed States-Cuba agreement of May 1995.
SEC. 1262. REPROGRAMMING OF MIGRATION AND REFU-
GEE ASSISTANCE FUNDS.
Section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) EMERGENCY WAIVER
OF NOTIFICATION RE-
QUIREMENT.—The Secretary of State may waive the noti-
fication requirement of subsection (a), if the Secretary de-
termines that failure to do so would pose a substantial
risk to human health or welfare. In the case of any waiver
under this subsection, notification to the appropriate con-
gressional committees shall be provided as soon as prac-
ticable, but not later than 3 days after taking the action
to which the notification requirement was applicable, and
shall contain an explanation of the emergency cir-
cumstances.’’.
TITLE XIII—ORGANIZATION OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE;
DEPARTMENT OF STATE PER-
SONNEL; THE FOREIGN SERV-
ICE
CHAPTER 1—ORGANIZATION OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
SEC. 1301. COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 1(e) of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2651a(e)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘In’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) In’’; and
(2) by inserting at the end the following:
‘‘(2) COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM.—
‘‘(A) There shall be within the office of the Sec-
retary of State a Coordinator for Counterterrorism
(hereafter in this paragraph referred to as the ‘Coor-
dinator’) who shall be appointed by the President, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
‘‘(B)(i) The Coordinator shall perform such du-
ties and exercise such power as the Secretary of
State shall prescribe.
‘‘(ii) The principal duty of the Coordinator shall
be the overall supervision (including policy oversight
of resources) of international counterterrorism ac-
tivities. The Coordinator shall be the principal ad-
viser to the Secretary of State on international
counterterrorism matters. The Coordinator shall be
the principal counterterrorism official within the
senior management of the Department of State and
shall report directly to the Secretary of State.
‘‘(C) The Coordinator shall have the rank and
status of Ambassador-at-Large. The Coordinator
shall be compensated at the annual rate of basic pay
in effect for a position at level IV of the Executive
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United
States Code, or, if the Coordinator is appointed from
the Foreign Service, the annual rate of pay which
the individual last received under the Foreign Serv-
ice Schedule, whichever is greater.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
Section 161 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act,
Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236) is
amended by striking subsection (e).
(c) TRANSITION PROVISION.—The individual serving
as Coordinator for Counterterrorism of the Department
of State on the day before the effective date of this division
may continue to serve in that position.
SEC. 1302. ELIMINATION OF STATUTORY ESTABLISHMENT
OF CERTAIN POSITIONS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF STATE.
(a) ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH
ASIAN AFFAIRS.—Section 122 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22
U.S.C. 2652b) is repealed.
(b) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR
BURDENSHARING.—Section 161 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22
U.S.C. 2651a note) is amended by striking subsection (f).
(c) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTER-
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS.—
Section 9 of the Department of State Appropriations Au-
thorization Act of 1973 (22 U.S.C. 2655a) is repealed.
SEC. 1303. PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.
The official with primary responsibility for matters
relating to personnel in the Department of State, or that
person’s principal deputy, shall have substantial profes-
sional qualifications in the field of human resource policy
and management.
SEC. 1304. DIPLOMATIC SECURITY.
Any Assistant Secretary with primary responsibility
for diplomatic security, or that person’s principal deputy,
shall have substantial professional qualifications in the
fields of (1) management, and (2) Federal law enforce-
ment, intelligence, or security.
SEC. 1305. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR TIBET.
(a) UNITED STATES SPECIAL ENVOY FOR TIBET.—
The President should appoint within the Department of
State a United States Special Envoy for Tibet, who shall
hold office at the pleasure of the President.
(b) RANK.—A United States Special Envoy for Tibet
appointed under subsection (a) shall have the personal
rank of ambassador and shall be appointed by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
(c) SPECIAL FUNCTIONS.—The United States Special
Envoy for Tibet should be authorized and encouraged—
(1) to promote substantive negotiations between
the Dalai Lama or his representatives and senior
members of the Government of the People’s Republic
of China;
(2) to promote good relations between the Dalai
Lama and his representatives and the United States
Government, including meeting with members or
representatives of the Tibetan government-in-exile;
and
(3) to travel regularly throughout Tibet and Ti-
betan refugee settlements.
(d) DUTIES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—The United
States Special Envoy for Tibet should—
(1) consult with the Congress on policies rel-
evant to Tibet and the future and welfare of all Ti-
betan people;
(2) coordinate United States Government poli-
cies, programs, and projects concerning Tibet; and
(3) report to the Secretary of State regarding
the matters described in section 536(a)(2) of the
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years
1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236).
CHAPTER 2—PERSONNEL OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF STATE; THE FOREIGN
SERVICE
SEC. 1321. AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF THE FOREIGN SERV-
ICE.
(a) END FISCAL YEAR 1998 LEVELS.—The number
of members of the Foreign Service authorized to be em-
ployed as of September 30, 1998—
(1) for the Department of State, shall not ex-
ceed 8,700, of whom not more than 750 shall be
members of the Senior Foreign Service;
(2) for the United States Information Agency,
shall not exceed 1,000, of whom not more than 140
shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service; and
(3) for the Agency for International Develop-
ment, not to exceed 1,210, of whom not more than
150 shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service.
(b) END FISCAL YEAR 1999 LEVELS.—The number
of members of the Foreign Service authorized to be em-
ployed as of September 30, 1999—
(1) for the Department of State, shall not ex-
ceed 8,800, of whom not more than 750 shall be
members of the Senior Foreign Service;
(2) for the United States Information Agency,
not to exceed 1,000, of whom not more than 140
shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service; and
(3) for the Agency for International Develop-
ment, not to exceed 1,182, of whom not more than
147 shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service.
(c) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section,
the term ‘‘members of the Foreign Service’’ is used within
the meaning of such term under section 103 of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C 3903), except that
such term does not include—
(1) members of the Service under paragraphs
(6) and (7) of such section;
(2) members of the Service serving under tem-
porary resident appointments abroad;
(3) members of the Service employed on less
than a full-time basis;
(4) members of the Service subject to involun-
tary separation in cases in which such separation
has been suspended pursuant to section 1106(8) of
the Foreign Service Act of 1980; and
(5) members of the Service serving under non-
career limited appointments.
(d) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—(1) Subject to paragraph
(2), the President may waive any limitation under sub-
section (a) or (b) to the extent that such waiver is nec-
essary to carry on the foreign affairs functions of the
United States.
(2) Not less than 15 days before the President exer-
cises a waiver under paragraph (1), such agency head
shall notify the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate and the Chairman of the Commit-
tee on International Relations of the House of Representa-
tives. Such notice shall include an explanation of the cir-
cumstances and necessity for such waiver.
SEC. 1322. NONOVERTIME DIFFERENTIAL PAY.
Title 5 of the United States Code is amended—
(1) in section 5544(a), by inserting after the
fourth sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘For
employees serving outside the United States in areas
where Sunday is a routine workday and another day
of the week is officially recognized as the day of rest
and worship, the Secretary of State may designate
the officially recognized day of rest and worship as
the day with respect to which the preceding sentence
shall apply instead of Sunday.’’; and
(2) at the end of section 5546(a), by adding the
following new sentence: ‘‘For employees serving out-
side the United States in areas where Sunday is a
routine workday and another day of the week is offi-
cially recognized as the day of rest and worship, the
Secretary of State may designate the officially recog-
nized day of rest and worship as the day with re-
spect to which the preceding sentence shall apply in-
stead of Sunday.’’.
SEC. 1323. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY TO SEPARATE CON-
VICTED FELONS FROM SERVICE.
Section 610(a)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 4010(a)(2)) is amended in the first sentence
by striking ‘‘A member’’ and inserting ‘‘Except in the case
of an individual who has been convicted of a crime for
which a sentence of imprisonment of more than 1 year
may be imposed, a member’’.
SEC. 1324. CAREER COUNSELING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 706(a) of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4026(a)) is amended by
adding at the end the following sentence: ‘‘Career counsel-
ing and related services provided pursuant to this Act shall
not be construed to permit an assignment to training or
to another assignment that consists primarily of paid time
to conduct a job search and without other substantive du-
ties, except that career members of the Service who upon
their separation are not eligible to receive an immediate
annuity and have not been assigned to a post in the Unit-
ed States during the 12 months prior to their separation
from the Service may be permitted up to 2 months of paid
time to conduct a job search.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall be effective 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1325. REPORT CONCERNING MINORITIES AND THE
FOREIGN SERVICE.
The Secretary of State shall annually submit a report
to the Congress concerning minorities and the Foreign
Service officer corps. In addition to such other information
as is relevant to this issue, the report shall include the
following data (reported in terms of real numbers and per-
centages and not as ratios):
(1) The numbers and percentages of all minori-
ties taking the written foreign service examination.
(2) The numbers and percentages of all minori-
ties successfully completing and passing the written
foreign service examination.
(3) The numbers and percentages of all minori-
ties successfully completing and passing the oral for-
eign service examination.
(4) The numbers and percentages of all minori-
ties entering the junior officers class of the Foreign
Service.
(5) The numbers and percentages of all minori-
ties in the Foreign Service officer corps.
(6) The numbers and percentages of all minor-
ity Foreign Service officers at each grade, particu-
larly at the senior levels in policy directive positions.
(7) The numbers of and percentages of minori-
ties promoted at each grade of the Foreign Service
officer corps.
SEC. 1326. RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR INVOLUNTARY SEP-
ARATION.
(a) BENEFITS.—Section 609 of the Foreign Service
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4009) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A) by inserting ‘‘or any
other applicable provision of chapter 84 of title 5,
United States Code,’’ after ‘‘section 811,’’;
(2) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘or section
855, as appropriate’’ after ‘‘section 806’’; and
(3) in subsection (b)(2)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A) for those partici-
pants in the Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability System,’’ before ‘‘a refund’’; and
(B) by inserting before the period at the
end ‘‘; and (B) for those participants in the
Foreign Service Pension System, benefits as
provided in section 851’’.
(4) in subsection (b) in the matter following
paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘(for participants in the
Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System)
or age 62 (for participants in the Foreign Service
Pension System)’’ after ‘‘age 60’’.
(b) ENTITLEMENT TO ANNUITY.—Section 855(b) of
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071d(b)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘611,’’ after
‘‘608,’’;
(2) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘and for par-
ticipants in the Foreign Service Pension System’’
after ‘‘for participants in the Foreign Service Retire-
ment and Disability System’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘or 610’’ and
inserting ‘‘610, or 611’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made by this section shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) The amendments made by paragraphs (2)
and (3) of subsection (a) and paragraphs (1) and
(3) of subsection (b) shall apply with respect to any
actions taken under section 611 of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 after January 1, 1996.
SEC. 1327. AVAILABILITY PAY FOR CERTAIN CRIMINAL IN-
VESTIGATORS WITHIN THE DIPLOMATIC SE-
CURITY SERVICE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5545a of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(k)(1) For purposes of this section, the term ‘crimi-
nal investigator’ includes an officer occupying a position
under title II of Public Law 99–399 if—
‘‘(A) subject to subparagraph (C), such officer
meets the definition of such term under paragraph
(2) of subsection (a) (applied disregarding the par-
enthetical matter before subparagraph (A) thereof);
‘‘(B) the primary duties of the position held by
such officer consist of performing—
‘‘(i) protective functions; or
‘‘(ii) criminal investigations; and
‘‘(C) such officer satisfies the requirements of
subsection (d) without taking into account any hours
described in paragraph (2)(B) thereof.
‘‘(2) In applying subsection (h) with respect to an
officer under this subsection—
‘‘(A) any reference in such subsection to ‘basic
pay’ shall be considered to include amounts des-
ignated as ‘salary’;
‘‘(B) paragraph (2)(A) of such subsection shall
be considered to include (in addition to the provi-
sions of law specified therein) sections 609(b)(1),
805, 806, and 856 of the Foreign Service Act of
1980; and
‘‘(C) paragraph (2)(B) of such subsection shall
be applied by substituting for ‘Office of Personnel
Management’ the following: ‘Office of Personnel
Management or the Secretary of State (to the extent
that matters exclusively within the jurisdiction of the
Secretary are concerned)’.’’.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than the date on
which the amendments made by this section take effect,
each special agent of the Diplomatic Security Service who
satisfies the requirements of subsection (k)(1) of section
5545a of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this
section, and the appropriate supervisory officer, to be des-
ignated by the Secretary of State, shall make an initial
certification to the Secretary of State that the special
agent is expected to meet the requirements of subsection
(d) of such section 5545a. The Secretary of State may
prescribe procedures necessary to administer this sub-
section.
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Paragraph (2) of section 5545a(a) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended (in the matter before subpara-
graph (A)) by striking ‘‘Public Law 99–399)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Public Law 99–399, subject to subsection (k))’’.
(2) Section 5542(e) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘title 18, United States Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘title
18 or section 37(a)(3) of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956,’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the first day of the first
applicable pay period—
(1) which begins on or after the 90th day fol-
lowing the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) on which date all regulations necessary to
carry out such amendments are (in the judgment of
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management
and the Secretary of State) in effect.
SEC. 1328. LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.
Section 1017(e)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of
1980 (22 U.S.C. 4117(e)(2)) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(A)(ii) and
paragraph (1)(B), the term ‘management official’ does not
include chiefs of mission, principal officers or their depu-
ties, administrative and personnel officers abroad, or indi-
viduals described in section 1002(12)(B), (C), and (D)
who are not involved in the administration of this chapter
or in the formulation of the personnel policies and pro-
grams of the Department.’’.
TITLE 
XIV—UNITED 
STATES
PUBLIC 
DIPLOMACY: 
AU-
THORITIES AND ACTIVITIES
FOR UNITED STATES INFOR-
MATIONAL, 
EDUCATIONAL,
AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS
SEC. 1401. EXTENSION OF AU PAIR PROGRAMS.
Section 1(b) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to extend
au pair programs.’’ (Public Law 104–72; 109 Stat.
1065(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘, through fiscal year
1997’’.
SEC. 1402. RETENTION OF INTEREST.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with the
approval of the National Endowment for Democracy,
grant funds made available by the National Endowment
for Democracy may be deposited in interest-bearing ac-
counts pending disbursement and any interest which ac-
crues may be retained by the grantee without returning
such interest to the Treasury of the United States and
interest earned by be obligated and expended for the pur-
poses for which the grant was made without further ap-
propriation.
SEC. 1403. CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTER-
CHANGE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH.
Section 208(e) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2075(e))
is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$4,000,000’’.
SEC. 1404. USE OF SELECTED PROGRAM FEES.
Section 810 of the United States Information and
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1475e) is
amended by inserting ‘‘educational advising and counsel-
ing, exchange visitor program services, advertising sold by
the Voice of America, receipts from cooperating inter-
national organizations and from the privatization of VOA
Europe,’’ after ‘‘library services,’’.
SEC. 1405. MUSKIE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.
(a) GUIDELINES .—Section 227(c)(5) of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993
(22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘journal-
ism and communications, education administration,
public policy, library and information science,’’ after
‘‘business administration,’’; and
(2) in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘jour-
nalism and communications, education administra-
tion, public policy, library and information science,’’
after ‘‘business administration,’’.
(b) REDESIGNATION
OF SOVIET UNION.—Section
227 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal
Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking ‘‘Soviet Union’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Independent States of the
Former Soviet Union’’; and
(2) in the section heading by inserting ‘‘INDE-
PENDENT
STATES
OF
THE
FORMER’’ after
‘‘FROM THE’’.
SEC. 1406. WORKING GROUP ON UNITED STATES GOVERN-
MENT 
SPONSORED 
INTERNATIONAL 
EX-
CHANGES AND TRAINING.
Section 112 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural
Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2460) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) WORKING GROUP ON UNITED STATES GOVERN-
MENT SPONSORED INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES
AND
TRAINING.—(1) In order to carry out the purposes of sub-
section (f) and to improve the coordination, efficiency, and
effectiveness of United States Government sponsored
international exchanges and training, there is established
within the United States Information Agency a senior-
level interagency working group to be known as the Work-
ing Group on United States Government Sponsored Inter-
national Exchanges and Training (hereinafter in this sec-
tion referred to as ‘the Working Group’).
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘Gov-
ernment sponsored international exchanges and training’
means the movement of people between countries to pro-
mote the sharing of ideas, to develop skills, and to foster
mutual understanding and cooperation, financed wholly or
in part, directly or indirectly, with United States Govern-
ment funds.
‘‘(3) The Working Group shall be composed as fol-
lows:
‘‘(A) The Associate Director for Educational
and Cultural Affairs of the United States Informa-
tion Agency, who shall act as Chair.
‘‘(B) A senior representative designated by the
Secretary of State.
‘‘(C) A senior representative designated by the
Secretary of Defense.
‘‘(D) A senior representative designated by the
Secretary of Education.
‘‘(E) A senior representative designated by the
Attorney General.
‘‘(F) A senior representative designated by the
Administrator of the Agency for International Devel-
opment.
‘‘(G) Senior representatives of other depart-
ments and agencies as the Chair determines to be
appropriate.
‘‘(4) Representatives of the National Security Adviser
and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
may participate in the Working Group at the discretion
of the adviser and the director, respectively.
‘‘(5) The Working Group shall be supported by an
interagency staff office established in the Bureau of Edu-
cational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Infor-
mation Agency.
‘‘(6) The Working Group shall have the following
purposes and responsibilities:
‘‘(A) To collect, analyze, and report data pro-
vided by all United States Government departments
and agencies conducting international exchanges and
training programs.
‘‘(B) To promote greater understanding and co-
operation among concerned United States Govern-
ment departments and agencies of common issues
and challenges in conducting international exchanges
and training programs, including through the estab-
lishment of a clearinghouse for information on inter-
national exchange and training activities in the gov-
ernmental and nongovernmental sectors.
‘‘(C) In order to achieve the most efficient and
cost-effective use of Federal resources, to identify
administrative and programmatic duplication and
overlap of activities by the various United States
Government departments and agencies involved in
Government sponsored international exchange and
training programs, to identify how each Government
sponsored international exchange and training pro-
gram promotes United States foreign policy, and to
report thereon.
‘‘(D) Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, to develop and
thereafter assess, annually, a coordinated and cost-
effective strategy for all United States Government
sponsored international exchange and training pro-
grams, and to issue a report on such strategy. This
strategy will include an action plan for consolidating
United States Government sponsored international
exchange and training programs with the objective
of achieving a minimum 10 percent cost saving
through consolidation or the elimination of duplica-
tion.
‘‘(E) Not later than 2 years after the date of
the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, to develop
recommendations on common performance measures
for all United States Government sponsored inter-
national exchange and training programs, and to
issue a report.
‘‘(F) To conduct a survey of private sector
international exchange activities and develop strate-
gies for expanding public and private partnerships
in, and leveraging private sector support for, United
States Government sponsored international exchange
and training activities.
‘‘(G) Not later than 6 months after the date of
the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, to report on
the feasibility of transferring funds and program
management for the ATLAS and/or the Mandela
Fellows programs in South Africa from the Agency
for International Development to the United States
Information Agency. The report shall include an as-
sessment of the capabilities of the South African
Fulbright Commission to manage such programs
and the cost advantages of consolidating such pro-
grams under one entity.
‘‘(7) All reports prepared by the Working Group shall
be submitted to the President, through the Director of the
United States Information Agency.
‘‘(8) The Working Group shall meet at least on a
quarterly basis.
‘‘(9) All decisions of the Working Group shall be by
majority vote of the members present and voting.
‘‘(10) The members of the Working Group shall serve
without additional compensation for their service on the
Working Group. Any expenses incurred by a member of
the Working Group in connection with service on the
Working Group shall be compensated by that member’s
department or agency.
‘‘(11) With respect to any report promulgated pursu-
ant to paragraph (6), a member may submit dissenting
views to be submitted as part of the report of the Working
Group.’’.
SEC. 1407. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BUR-
MESE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AND CUL-
TURAL EXCHANGE FOR TIBETANS.—The Director of the
United States Information Agency shall establish pro-
grams of educational and cultural exchange between the
United States and the people of Tibet. Such programs
shall include opportunities for training and, as the Direc-
tor considers appropriate, may include the assignment of
personnel and resources abroad.
(b) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BURMESE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each of the fiscal years
1998 and 1999, at least 30 scholarships shall be
made available to Tibetan students and professionals
who are outside Tibet, and at least 15 scholarships
shall be made available to Burmese students and
professionals who are outside Burma.
(2) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to
the extent that the Director of the United States In-
formation Agency determines that there are not
enough qualified students to fulfill such allocation
requirement.
(3) SCHOLARSHIP DEFINED.—For the purposes
of this section, the term ‘‘scholarship’’ means an
amount to be used for full or partial support of tui-
tion and fees to attend an educational institution,
and may include fees, books, and supplies, equip-
ment required for courses at an educational institu-
tion, living expenses at a United States educational
institution, and travel expenses to and from, and
within, the United States.
SEC. 1408. UNITED STATES-JAPAN COMMISSION.
(a) RELIEF FROM RESTRICTION OF INTERCHANGE-
ABILITY OF FUNDS.—
(1) Section 6(4) of the Japan-United States
Friendship Act (22 U.S.C. 2905(4)) is amended by
striking ‘‘needed, except’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘United States’’ and inserting ‘‘needed’’.
(2) The second sentence of section 7(b) of the
Japan-United States Friendship Act (22 U.S.C.
2906(b)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘Such in-
vestment may be made only in interest-bearing obli-
gations of the United States, in obligations guaran-
teed as to both principal and interest by the United
States, in interest-bearing obligations of Japan, or
in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and
interest by Japan.’’.
(b) REVISION OF NAME OF COMMISSION.—
(1) After the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Japan-United States Friendship Commission
shall be designated as the ‘‘United States-Japan
Commission’’. Any reference in any provision of law,
Executive order, regulation, delegation of authority,
or other document to the Japan-United States
Friendship Commission shall be considered to be a
reference to the United States-Japan Commission.
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(2) The heading of section 4 of the Japan-Unit-
ed States Friendship Act (22 U.S.C. 2903) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘UNITED STATES-JAPAN COMMISSION’’.
(3) The Japan-United States Friendship Act is
amended by striking ‘‘Japan-United States Friend-
ship Commission’’ each place such term appears and
inserting ‘‘United States-Japan Commission’’.
(c) REVISION OF NAME OF TRUST FUND.—
(1) After the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Japan-United States Friendship Trust Fund
shall be designated as the ‘‘United States-Japan
Trust Fund’’. Any reference in any provision of law,
Executive order, regulation, delegation of authority,
or other document to the Japan-United States
Friendship Trust Fund shall be considered to be a
reference to the United States-Japan Trust Fund.
(2) Section 3(a) of the Japan-United States
Friendship Act (22 U.S.C. 2902(a)) is amended by
striking ‘‘Japan-United States Friendship Trust
Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘United States-Japan Trust
Fund’’.
SEC. 1409. SURROGATE BROADCASTING STUDIES.
(a) RADIO FREE AFRICA.—Not later than 6 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the United
States Information Agency and the Board of Broadcasting
101
Governors should conduct and complete a study of the ap-
propriateness, feasibility, and projected costs of providing
surrogate broadcasting service to Africa and transmit the
results of the study to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees.
(b) RADIO FREE IRAN.—Not later than 6 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the United
States Information Agency and the Board of Broadcasting
Governors should conduct and complete a study of the ap-
propriateness, feasibility, and projected costs of a Radio
Free Europe/Radio Liberty broadcasting service to Iran
and transmit the results of the study to the appropriate
congressional committees.
SEC. 1410. AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER SUMMER TRAVEL/
WORK PROGRAMS.
The Director of the United States Information Agen-
cy is authorized to administer summer travel/work pro-
grams without regard to preplacement requirements.
SEC. 1411. PERMANENT ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES
REGARDING APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 701(f) of the United States Information and
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1476(f))
is amended by striking paragraph (4).
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SEC. 1412. AUTHORITIES OF THE BROADCASTING BOARD
OF GOVERNORS.
(a) AUTHORITIES.—Section 305(a)(1) of the United
States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C.
6204(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘direct and’’.
(b) DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU.—The first sentence
of section 307(b)(1) of the United States International
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6206(b)(1)) is
amended to read as follows: ‘‘The Director of the Bureau
shall be appointed by the Board with the concurrence of
the Director of the United States Information Agency.’’.
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR.—Section
307 of the United States International Broadcasting Act
of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6206) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
THE DIRECTOR.—The
Director shall organize and chair a coordinating commit-
tee to examine long-term strategies for the future of inter-
national broadcasting, including the use of new tech-
nologies, further consolidation of broadcast services, and
consolidation of currently existing public affairs and legis-
lative relations functions in the various international
broadcasting entities. The coordinating committee shall
include representatives of RFA, RFE/RL, the Broadcast-
ing Board of Governors, and, as appropriate, from the Of-
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fice of Cuba Broadcasting, the Voice of America, and
WorldNet.’’.
(d) RADIO BROADCASTING TO CUBA.—Section 4 of
the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465b)
is amended by striking ‘‘of the Voice of America’’ and in-
serting ‘‘of the International Broadcasting Bureau’’.
(e) TELEVISION BROADCASTING TO CUBA.—Section
244(a) of the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22
U.S.C. 1465cc(a)) is amended in the third sentence by
striking ‘‘of the Voice of America’’ and inserting ‘‘of the
International Broadcasting Bureau’’.
TITLE XV—INTERNATIONAL OR-
GANIZATIONS; 
UNITED 
NA-
TIONS AND RELATED AGEN-
CIES
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 1501. SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3582(b) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking all after the first sen-
tence and inserting the following: ‘‘On reemployment, he
is entitled to the rate of basic pay to which he would have
been entitled had he remained in the civil service. On re-
employment, the agency shall restore his sick leave ac-
count, by credit or charge, to its status at the time of
transfer. The period of separation caused by his employ-
104
ment with the international organization and the period
necessary to effect reemployment are deemed creditable
service for all appropriate civil service employment pur-
poses. This subsection does not apply to a congressional
employee.’’.
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect transfers which take
effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1502. ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.
Taking into consideration the long-term commitment
by the United States to the affairs of this hemisphere and
the need to build further upon the linkages between the
United States and its neighbors, it is the sense of the Con-
gress that the Secretary of State should make every effort
to pay the United States assessed funding levels for the
Organization of American States, which is uniquely de-
pendent on United States contributions and is continuing
fundamental reforms in its structure and its agenda.
CHAPTER 2—UNITED NATIONS AND
RELATED AGENCIES
SEC. 1521. REFORM IN BUDGET DECISIONMAKING PROCE-
DURES OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES.
(a) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS.—Of amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Assessed Contributions
105
to International Organizations’’ by this Act, the President
may withhold 20 percent of the funds appropriated for the
United States assessed contribution to the United Nations
or to any of its specialized agencies for any calendar year
if the Secretary of State determines that the United Na-
tions or any such agency has failed to implement or to
continue to implement consensus-based decisionmaking
procedures on budgetary matters which assure that suffi-
cient attention is paid to the views of the United States
and other member states that are the major financial con-
tributors to such assessed budgets.
(b) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The President shall no-
tify the Congress when a decision is made to withhold any
share of the United States assessed contribution to the
United Nations or its specialized agencies pursuant to
subsection (a) and shall notify the Congress when the deci-
sion is made to pay any previously withheld assessed con-
tribution. A notification under this subsection shall include
appropriate consultation between the President (or the
President’s representative) and the Committee on Inter-
national Relations of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(c) CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PRIOR YEARS.—Subject to
the availability of appropriations, payment of assessed
contributions for prior years may be made to the United
106
Nations or any of its specialized agencies notwithstanding
subsection (a) if such payment would further United
States interests in that organization.
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Feb-
ruary 1 of each year, the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report concerning
the amount of United States assessed contributions paid
to the United Nations and each of its specialized agencies
during the preceding calendar year.
SEC. 1522. REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO PROMOTE FULL
EQUALITY AT THE UNITED NATIONS FOR IS-
RAEL.
(a) CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT.—It is the sense of
the Congress that the United States must help promote
an end to the persistent inequity experienced by Israel in
the United Nations whereby Israel is the only longstand-
ing member of the organization to be denied acceptance
into any of the United Nation’s regional blocs.
(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act and on a quar-
terly basis thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a report
which includes the following information (in classified or
unclassified form as appropriate):
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(1) Actions taken by representatives of the
United States to encourage the nations of the West-
ern Europe and Others Group (WEOG) to accept Is-
rael into their regional bloc.
(2) Efforts undertaken by the Secretary Gen-
eral of the United Nations to secure Israel’s full and
equal participation in that body.
(3) Specific responses received by the Secretary
of State from each of the nations of the Western
Europe and Others Group (WEOG) on their position
concerning Israel’s acceptance into their organiza-
tion.
(4) Other measures being undertaken, and
which will be undertaken, to ensure and promote Is-
rael’s full and equal participation in the United Na-
tions.
SEC. 1523. UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND.
(a) LIMITATION.—Subject to subsections (b), (c), and
(d)(2), of the amounts made available for each of the fiscal
years 1998 and 1999 to carry out part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, not more than $25,000,000 shall
be available for each such fiscal year for the United Na-
tions Population Fund.
(b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—
None of the funds made available under this section shall
108
be made available for a country program in the People’s
Republic of China.
(c) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—
(1) Not more than one-half of the amount made
available to the United Nations Population Fund
under this section may be provided to the Fund be-
fore March 1 of the fiscal year for which funds are
made available.
(2) Amounts made available for each of the fis-
cal years 1998 and 1999 under part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 for the United Nations Pop-
ulation Fund may not be made available to the
Fund unless—
(A) the Fund maintains amounts made
available to the Fund under this section in an
account separate from accounts of the Fund for
other funds; and
(B) the Fund does not commingle amounts
made available to the Fund under this section
with other funds.
(d) REPORTS.—
(1) Not later than February 15, 1998, and
February 15, 1999, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit a report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees indicating the amount of funds that the
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United Nations Population Fund is budgeting for
the year in which the report is submitted for a coun-
try program in the People’s Republic of China.
(2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates
that the United Nations Population Fund plans to
spend China country program funds in the People’s
Republic of China in the year covered by the report,
then the amount of such funds that the Fund plans
to spend in the People’s Republic of China shall be
deducted from the funds made available to the Fund
after March 1 for obligation for the remainder of the
fiscal year in which the report is submitted.
SEC. 1524. CONTINUED EXTENSION OF PRIVILEGES, EXEMP-
TIONS, AND IMMUNITIES OF THE INTER-
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IMMUNITIES ACT
TO UNIDO.
Section 12 of the International Organizations Immu-
nities Act (22 U.S.C. 288f–2) is amended by inserting
‘‘and the United Nations Industrial Development Organi-
zation’’ after ‘‘International Labor Organization’’.
SEC. 1525. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR UNESCO WORLD
HERITAGE AND MAN AND BIOSPHERE PRO-
GRAMS.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by
this Act may be made available to the Man and Biosphere
110
(MAB) Program or the World Heritage Program adminis-
tered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
TITLE XVI—ARMS CONTROL AND
DISARMAMENT AGENCY
SEC. 1601. COMPREHENSIVE COMPILATION OF ARMS CON-
TROL AND DISARMAMENT STUDIES.
Section 39 of the Arms Control and Disarmament
Act (22 U.S.C. 2579) is repealed.
SEC. 1602. USE OF FUNDS.
Section 48 of the Arms Control and Disarmament
Act (22 U.S.C. 2588) is amended by striking ‘‘section 11
of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U.S.C. 111)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘any other Act’’.
TITLE XVII—FOREIGN POLICY
PROVISIONS
SEC. 1701. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE INVOL-
UNTARY RETURN OF REFUGEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—No funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this division shall be available to effect the in-
voluntary return by the United States of any person to
a country in which the person has a well founded fear of
persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, mem-
bership in a particular social group, or political opinion,
except on grounds recognized as precluding protection as
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a refugee under the United Nations Convention Relating
to the Status of Refugees of July 28, 1951, and the Proto-
col Relating to the Status of Refugees of January 31,
1967.
(b) MIGRATION
AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.—No
funds authorized to be appropriated by section 1104 of
this Act or by section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee
Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)) shall be avail-
able to effect the involuntary return of any person to any
country unless the Secretary of State first notifies the ap-
propriate congressional committees, except that in the
case of an emergency involving a threat to human life the
Secretary of State shall notify the appropriate congres-
sional committees as soon as practicable.
(c) INVOLUNTARY RETURN DEFINED.—As used in
this section, the term ‘‘to effect the involuntary return’’
means to require, by means of physical force or cir-
cumstances amounting to a threat thereof, a person to re-
turn to a country against the person’s will, regardless of
whether the person is physically present in the United
States and regardless of whether the United States acts
directly or through an agent.
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SEC. 1702. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO THE
INVOLUNTARY RETURN OF PERSONS IN DAN-
GER OF SUBJECTION TO TORTURE.
(a) POLICY.—It shall be the policy of the United
States that the United States shall not expel, extradite,
or otherwise effect the involuntary return of any person
to a country in which there are substantial grounds for
believing that the person would be in danger of being sub-
jected to torture, regardless of whether the person is phys-
ically present in the United States.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Except as otherwise provided,
terms used in this section have the meanings assigned
under the United Nations Convention Against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment, subject to any reservations, understandings,
declarations and provisos contained in the United States
resolution of advice and consent to ratification of such
Convention.
(c) PROCEDURES.—Procedures shall be established to
ensure compliance with subsection (a) in the cases of
aliens who are arriving in the United States or who are
physically present in the United States and who are sub-
ject to removal.
(d) REVIEW AND CONSTRUCTION.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, no court shall have jurisdiction
to review the procedures adopted to implement this sec-
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tion, and nothing in this section shall be construed as pro-
viding any court jurisdiction to review claims raised under
the Convention or this section, or any other determination
made with respect to the application of the policy set forth
in subsection (a), except as part of the review of a final
order of removal pursuant to section 242 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act, as amended.
SEC. 1703. REPORTS ON CLAIMS BY UNITED STATES FIRMS
AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF SAUDI ARA-
BIA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Within 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act and every 120 days thereafter,
the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary
of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce, shall report
to the appropriate congressional committees on specific ac-
tions taken by the Department of State, the Department
of Defense, and the Department of Commerce toward
progress in resolving the commercial disputes between
United States firms and the Government of Saudi Arabia
that are described in the June 30, 1993, report by the
Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 9140(c) of the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public
Law 102–396), including the additional claims noticed by
the Department of Commerce on page 2 of that report.
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(b) TERMINATION.—Subsection (a) shall cease to
have effect when the Secretary of State, in coordination
with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Com-
merce, certifies in writing to the appropriate congressional
committees that the commercial disputes referred to in
subsection (a) have been resolved satisfactorily.
SEC. 1704. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS.
Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2151n) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘January 31’’ and inserting
‘‘February 25’’;
(2) redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5)
as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing new paragraph (3):
‘‘(3) the status of child labor practices in each
country, including—
‘‘(A) whether such country has adopted
policies to protect children from exploitation in
the workplace, including a prohibition of forced
and bonded labor and policies regarding accept-
able working conditions; and
‘‘(B) the extent to which each country en-
forces such policies, including the adequacy of
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resources and oversight dedicated to such poli-
cies;’’.
SEC. 1705. REPORTS ON DETERMINATIONS UNDER TITLE IV
OF THE LIBERTAD ACT.
Section 401 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic
Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6091)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) REPORTS
TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of
State shall, not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this subsection and every 3 months there-
after, submit to the Committee on International Relations
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the implemen-
tation of this section. Each report shall include—
‘‘(1) an unclassified list, by economic sector, of
the number of entities then under review pursuant
to this section;
‘‘(2) an unclassified list of all entities and a
classified list of all individuals that the Secretary of
State has determined to be subject to this section;
‘‘(3) an unclassified list of all entities and a
classified list of all individuals that the Secretary of
State has determined are no longer subject to this
section;
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‘‘(4) an explanation of the status of the review
under way for the cases referred to in paragraph
(1); and
‘‘(5) an unclassified explanation of each deter-
mination of the Secretary of State under subsection
(a) and each finding of the Secretary under sub-
section (c)—
‘‘(A) since the date of the enactment of
this Act, in the case of the first report under
this subsection; and
‘‘(B) in the preceding 3-month period, in
the case of each subsequent report.’’.
SEC. 1706. REPORTS AND POLICY CONCERNING DIPLO-
MATIC IMMUNITY.
(a) ANNUAL REPORT CONCERNING DIPLOMATIC IM-
MUNITY.—
(1) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of
State shall prepare and submit to the Congress, an-
nually, a report concerning diplomatic immunity en-
titled ‘‘Report on Cases Involving Diplomatic Immu-
nity’’.
(2) CONTENT OF REPORT.—In addition to such
other information as the Secretary of State may con-
sider appropriate, the report under paragraph (1)
shall include the following:
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(A) The number of persons residing in the
United States who enjoy full immunity from the
criminal jurisdiction of the United States under
laws extending diplomatic privileges and immu-
nities.
(B) Each case involving an alien described
in subparagraph (A) in which the appropriate
authorities of a State, a political subdivision of
a State, or the United States reported to the
Department of State that the authority had
reasonable cause to believe the alien committed
a serious criminal offense within the United
States.
(C) Each case in which the United States
has certified that a person enjoys full immunity
from the criminal jurisdiction of the United
States under laws extending diplomatic privi-
leges and immunities.
(D) The number of United States citizens
who are residing in a receiving state and who
enjoy full immunity from the criminal jurisdic-
tion of such state under laws extending diplo-
matic privileges and immunities.
(E) Each case involving a United States
citizen under subparagraph (D) in which the
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United States has been requested by the gov-
ernment of a receiving state to waive the immu-
nity from criminal jurisdiction of the United
States citizen.
(3) SERIOUS CRIMINAL OFFENSE DEFINED.—
The term ‘‘serious criminal offense’’ means—
(A) any felony under Federal, State, or
local law;
(B) any Federal, State, or local offense
punishable by a term of imprisonment of more
than 1 year;
(C) any crime of violence as defined for
purposes of section 16 of title 18, United States
Code; or
(D) driving under the influence of alcohol
or drugs or driving while intoxicated if the case
involves personal injury to another individual.
(b) UNITED STATES POLICY CONCERNING REFORM
OF DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that the Secretary of State should explore, in appro-
priate fora, whether states should enter into agreements
and adopt legislation—
(1) to provide jurisdiction in the sending state
to prosecute crimes committed in the receiving state
by persons entitled to immunity from criminal juris-
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diction under laws extending diplomatic privileges
and immunities; and
(2) to provide that where there is probable
cause to believe that an individual who is entitled to
immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the re-
ceiving state under laws extending diplomatic privi-
leges and immunities committed a serious crime, the
sending state will waive such immunity or the send-
ing state will prosecute such individual.
SEC. 1707. CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT CONCERNING
RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY.
It is the sense of the Congress that Radio Free Eu-
rope/Radio Liberty should continue surrogate broadcast-
ing beyond the year 2000 to countries whose people do
not yet fully enjoy freedom of expression. Recent events
in Serbia, Belarus, and Slovakia, among other nations,
demonstrate that even after the end of communist rule
in such nations, tyranny under other names still threatens
the freedom of their peoples, and hence the stability of
Europe and the national security interest of the United
States. The Broadcasting Board of Governors should
therefore continue to allocate sufficient funds to Radio
Free Europe/Radio Liberty to continue broadcasting at
current levels to target countries and to increase these lev-
els in response to renewed threats to freedom.
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SEC. 1708. PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS OF THE INTER-
NATIONAL 
ATOMIC 
ENERGY 
AGENCY 
IN
CUBA.
(a) WITHHOLDING
OF UNITED STATES PROPOR-
TIONAL SHARE OF ASSISTANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 307(c) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(c)) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘The limitations’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the limi-
tations’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
with respect to funds authorized to be appropriated by this
chapter and available for the International Atomic Energy
Agency, the limitations of subsection (a) shall apply to
programs or projects of such Agency in Cuba.
‘‘(B)(i) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with re-
spect to programs or projects of the International Atomic
Energy Agency that provide for the discontinuation, dis-
mantling, or safety inspection of nuclear facilities or relat-
ed materials, or for inspections and similar activities de-
signed to prevent the development of nuclear weapons by
a country described in subsection (a).
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‘‘(ii) Clause (i) shall not apply with respect to the
Juragua Nuclear Power Plant near Cienfuegos, Cuba, or
the Pedro Pi Nuclear Research Center unless Cuba—
‘‘(I) ratifies the Treaty on the Non-Prolifera-
tion of Nuclear Weapons (21 UST 483) or the Trea-
ty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin
America (commonly known as the Treaty of
Tlatelolco);
‘‘(II) negotiates full-scope safeguards of the
International Atomic Energy Agency not later than
two years after ratification by Cuba of such Treaty;
and
‘‘(III) incorporates internationally accepted nu-
clear safety standards.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1,
1997, or the date of the enactment of this Act,
whichever occurs later.
(b) 
OPPOSITION
TO
CERTAIN
PROGRAMS
OR
PROJECTS.—The Secretary of State shall direct the Unit-
ed States representative to the International Atomic En-
ergy Agency to oppose the following:
(1) Technical assistance programs or projects of
the Agency at the Juragua Nuclear Power Plant
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near Cienfuegos, Cuba, and at the Pedro Pi Nuclear
Research Center.
(2) Any other program or project of the Agency
in Cuba that is, or could become, a threat to the se-
curity of the United States.
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) REQUEST FOR IAEA REPORTS.—The Sec-
retary of State shall direct the United States rep-
resentative to the International Atomic Energy
Agency to request the Director-General of the Agen-
cy to submit to the United States all reports pre-
pared with respect to all programs or projects of the
Agency that are of concern to the United States, in-
cluding the programs or projects described in sub-
section (b).
(2) ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS.—Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, and on an annual basis thereafter, the
Secretary of State, in consultation with the United
States representative to the International Atomic
Energy Agency, shall prepare and submit to the
Congress a report containing a description of all
programs or projects of the Agency in each country
described in section 307(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(a)).
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SEC. 1709. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO JE-
RUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated by section 1101(4) for ‘‘Acquisition and
Maintenance of Buildings Abroad’’ $25,000,000 for the
fiscal year 1998 and $75,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999
is authorized to be appropriated for the construction of
a United States Embassy in Jerusalem, Israel.
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CONSULATE
IN JERUSALEM.—None of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this division may be expended for the oper-
ation of a United States consulate or diplomatic facility
in Jerusalem unless such consulate or diplomatic facility
is under the supervision of the United States Ambassador
to Israel.
(c) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PUBLICA-
TIONS.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated
by this division may be available for the publication of any
official government document which lists countries and
their capital cities unless the publication identifies Jerusa-
lem as the capital of Israel.
(d) RECORD OF PLACE OF BIRTH.—For purposes of
the registration of birth, certification of nationality, or is-
suance of a passport of a United States citizen born in
the city of Jerusalem, upon request, the Secretary of State
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shall permit the place of birth to be recorded as Jerusa-
lem, Israel.
SEC. 1710. REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE HAGUE
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CHILD AB-
DUCTION.
Beginning 6 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act and every 12 months thereafter during the fis-
cal years 1998 and 1999, the Secretary shall provide to
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the
compliance with the provisions of The Hague Convention
on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction by
the signatories to such convention. Each such report shall
include the following information:
(1) The number of applications for the return
of children submitted by United States citizens to
the Central Authority for the United States that re-
main unresolved more than 18 months after the date
of filing.
(2) A list of the countries to which children in
unresolved applications described in paragraph (1)
are alleged to have been abducted.
(3) A list of the countries that have dem-
onstrated a pattern of noncompliance with the obli-
gations of such convention with respect to applica-
tions for the return of children submitted by United
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States citizens to the Central Authority for the Unit-
ed States.
(4) Detailed information on each unresolved
case described in paragraph (1) and on actions
taken by the Department of State to resolve each
such case.
SEC. 1711. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS RELATING TO REC-
OGNITION OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH-
ATE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY.
It is the sense of the Congress that the United States
should use its influence with the Turkish Government and
as a permanent member of the United Nations Security
Council to suggest that the Turkish Government—
(1) recognize the Ecumenical Patriarchate and
its nonpolitical, religious mission;
(2) ensure the continued maintenance of the in-
stitution’s physical security needs, as provided for
under Turkish and international law, including but
not limited to, the Treaty of Lausanne, the 1968
Protocol, the Helsinki Final Act (1975), and the
Charter of Paris;
(3) provide for the proper protection and safety
of the Ecumenical Patriarch and Patriarchate per-
sonnel; and
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(4) reopen the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Halki
Patriarchal School of Theology.
SEC. 1712. RETURN OF HONG KONG TO PEOPLE’S REPUB-
LIC OF CHINA.
It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the return of Hong Kong to the People’s
Republic of China should be carried out in a peace-
ful manner, with respect for the rule of law and re-
spect for human rights, freedom of speech, freedom
of the press, freedom of association, freedom of
movement; and
(2) these basic freedoms are not incompatible
with the rich culture and history of the People’s Re-
public of China.
SEC. 1713. DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY IN THE REPUB-
LIC OF SERBIA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States stands as a beacon of de-
mocracy and freedom in the world.
(2) A stable and democratic Republic of Serbia
is important to the interests of the United States,
the international community, and to peace in the
Balkans.
(3) Democratic forces in the Republic of Serbia
are beginning to emerge, notwithstanding the efforts
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of Europe’s longest-standing communist dictator,
Slobodan Milosevic.
(4) The Republic of Serbia completed municipal
elections on November 17, 1996.
(5) In 14 of Serbia’s 18 largest cities, and in
a total of 42 major municipalities, candidates rep-
resenting parties in opposition to the Socialist Party
of President Milosevic and the Yugoslav United Left
Party of his wife Mirjana Markovic won a majority
of the votes cast.
(6) Socialist Party-controlled election commis-
sions and government authorities thwarted the peo-
ple’s will by annulling free elections in the cities of
Belgrade, Nis, Smederevska Palanka, and several
other cities where opposition party candidates won
fair elections.
(7) Countries belonging to the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on
January 3, 1997, called upon President Milosevic
and all the political forces in the Republic of Serbia
to honor the people’s will and honor the election re-
sults.
(8) Hundreds of thousands of Serbs marched in
the streets of Belgrade on a daily basis from Novem-
ber 20, 1996, through February 1997, demanding
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the implementation of the election results and great-
er democracy in the country.
(9) The partial reinstatement of opposition
party victories in January 1997 and the subsequent
enactment by the Serbian legislature of a special law
implementing the results of all the 1996 municipal
elections does not atone for the Milosevic regime’s
trampling of rule of law, orderly succession of power,
and freedom of speech and of assembly.
(10) The Serbian authorities have sought to
continue to hinder the growth of a free and inde-
pendent news media in the Republic of Serbia, in
particular the broadcast news media, and harassed
journalists performing their professional duties.
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
the Congress that—
(1) the United States, the Organization for Se-
curity and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the
international community should continue to press
the Government of the Republic of Serbia to ensure
the implementation of free, fair, and honest presi-
dential and parliamentary elections in 1997, and to
fully abide by their outcome;
(2) the United States, the OSCE, the inter-
national community, nongovernmental organizations,
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and the private sector should continue to promote
the building of democratic institutions and civic soci-
ety in the Republic of Serbia, help strengthen the
independent news media, and press for the Govern-
ment of the Republic of Serbia to respect the rule
of law; and
(3) the normalization of relations between the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the United
States requires, among other things, that President
Milosevic and the leadership of Serbia—
(A) ensure the implementation of free, fair,
and honest presidential and parliamentary elec-
tions in 1997;
(B) abide by the outcome of such elections;
and
(C) promote the building of democratic in-
stitutions, including strengthening the inde-
pendent news media and respecting the rule of
law.
SEC. 1714. RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that—
(1) the development of a cooperative bilateral
relationship between the United States and the So-
cialist Republic of Vietnam should facilitate maxi-
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mum progress toward resolving outstanding POW/
MIA issues, promote the protection of human rights
including universally recognized religious, political,
and other freedoms, contribute to regional stability,
and encourage continued development of mutually
beneficial economic relations;
(2) the satisfactory resolution of United States
concerns with respect to outstanding POW/MIA,
human rights, and refugee issues is essential to the
full normalization of relations between the United
States and Vietnam;
(3) the United States should upgrade the prior-
ity afforded to the ongoing bilateral human rights
dialog between the United States and Vietnam by
requiring the Department of State to schedule the
next dialog with Vietnam, and all subsequent dia-
logs, at a level no lower than that of Assistant Sec-
retary of State;
(4) during any future negotiations regarding
the provision of Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration insurance to American companies investing
in Vietnam and the granting of Generalized System
of Preference status for Vietnam, the United States
Government should strictly hold the Government of
Vietnam to internationally recognized worker rights
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standards, including the right of association, the
right to organize and bargain collectively, and the
prohibition on the use of any forced or compulsory
labor; and
(5) the Department of State should consult
with other governments to develop a coordinated
multilateral strategy to encourage Vietnam to invite
the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Religious
Intolerance to visit Vietnam to carry out inquiries
and make recommendations.
(b) REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—In order to provide
Congress with the necessary information by which to
evaluate the relationship between the United States and
Vietnam, the Secretary shall report to the appropriate
congressional committees, not later than 90 days after the
enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter dur-
ing fiscal years 1998 and 1999, on the extent to which—
(1) the Government of the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam is cooperating with the United States in
providing the fullest possible accounting of all unre-
solved POW/MIA cases through the provision of
records and the unilateral and joint recovery and re-
patriation of American remains;
(2) the Government of the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam has made progress toward the release of all
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political and religious prisoners, including but not
limited to Catholic, Protestant, and Buddhist clergy;
(3) the Government of the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam is cooperating with requests by the United
States to obtain full and free access to persons of
humanitarian interest to the United States for inter-
views under the Orderly Departure (ODP) and Re-
settlement Opportunities for Vietnamese Refugees
(ROVR) programs, and in providing exit visas for
such persons;
(4) the Government of the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam has taken vigorous action to end extortion,
bribery, and other corrupt practices in connection
with such exit visas; and
(5) the Government of the United States is
making vigorous efforts to interview and resettle
former reeducation camp victims, their immediate
families including, but not limited to, unmarried
sons and daughters, former United States Govern-
ment employees, and other persons eligible for the
ODP program, and to give such persons the full
benefit of all applicable United States laws includ-
ing, but not limited to, sections 599D and 599E of
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Re-
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lated Programs Appropriations Act of 1990 (Public
Law 101–167).
SEC. 1715. STATEMENT CONCERNING RETURN OF OR COM-
PENSATION FOR WRONGLY CONFISCATED
FOREIGN PROPERTIES.
The Congress—
(1) welcomes the efforts of many post-Com-
munist countries to address the complex and dif-
ficult question of the status of plundered properties;
(2) urges countries which have not already done
so to return plundered properties to their rightful
owners or, as an alternative, pay compensation, in
accordance with principles of justice and in a man-
ner that is just, transparent, and fair;
(3) calls for the urgent return of property for-
merly belonging to Jewish communities as a means
of redressing the particularly compelling problems of
aging and destitute survivors of the Holocaust;
(4) calls on the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithua-
nia, Romania, Slovakia, and any other country with
restrictions which require those whose properties
have been wrongly plundered by Nazi or Communist
regimes to reside in or have the citizenship of the
country from which they now seek restitution or
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compensation to remove such restrictions from their
restitution or compensation laws;
(5) calls upon foreign financial institutions, and
the states having legal authority over their oper-
ation, that possess wrongfully and illegally obtained
property confiscated from Holocaust victims, from
residents of former Warsaw Pact states who were
forbidden by Communist law from obtaining restitu-
tion of such property, and from states that were oc-
cupied by Nazi, Fascist, or Communist forces, to as-
sist and to cooperate fully with efforts to restore this
property to its rightful owners; and
(6) urges post-Communist countries to pass and
effectively implement laws that provide for restitu-
tion of, or compensation for, plundered property.
SEC. 1716. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING UNITED
STATES CITIZENS HELD IN PRISONS IN PERU.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Government of Peru has made substan-
tial progress in the effort to restrict the flow of illicit
drugs from Peru to the United States.
(2) The Government of Peru has cooperated
greatly with the United States Government to stop
individuals and organizations seeking to transport il-
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licit drugs from Peru to the United States and to
jail such drug exporters.
(3) Any individual engaging in such exporting
of illicit drugs and convicted in a court of law should
face stiff penalties.
(4) Any such individual should also have a right
to timely legal procedures.
(5) Two United States citizens, Jennifer Davis
and Krista Barnes, were arrested in Peru on Sep-
tember 25, 1996, for attempting to transport illicit
drugs from Peru to the United States.
(6) Ms. Davis and Ms. Barnes have admitted
their guilt upon arrest and to an investigative judge.
(7) Ms. Davis and Ms. Barnes have volunteered
to cooperate fully with Peruvian judicial authorities
in naming individuals responsible for drug traffick-
ing and several have been arrested.
(8) More than seven months after their arrest,
Ms. Davis and Ms. Barnes have not yet been for-
mally charged with a crime.
(9) Peruvian domestic law mandates that for-
mal charges be brought within four to six months
after arrest.
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
the Congress that the Government of Peru should respect
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the rights of prisoners to timely legal procedures, includ-
ing the rights of all United States citizens held in prisons
in Peru.
SEC. 1717. ASSISTANCE FOR ETHIOPIA.
The Department of State should closely monitor and
take into account human rights progress in Ethiopia as
it obligates fiscal year 1998 and 1999 funds for Ethiopia
authorized to be appropriated by this Act.
SEC. 1718. SPECIAL ENVOYS FOR MUTUAL DISARMAMENT.
The President shall instruct the United States Am-
bassador to the United Nations to support in the Security
Council, the General Assembly, and other United Nations
bodies, resolutions and other efforts to—
(1) appoint special envoys for conflict preven-
tion to organize and conduct, in cooperation with ap-
propriate multilateral institutions, mutual disar-
mament talks in every region of the world in which
all nations would participate, and to report to inter-
national financial institutions on the degree of co-
operation of governments with these talks;
(2) commit each member state to agree to meet
with its regional special envoy within 3 months of
appointment to deliver and discuss its proposal for
regional (and, where appropriate, international) con-
fidence-building measures, including mutual reduc-
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tions in the size, proximity, and technological sophis-
tication of its and other nations’ armed forces, that
would lead to significant cuts in threat levels and
military spending; and
(3) commit each member state to agree to con-
tinue meeting with the special envoy and such re-
gional bodies and states as the special envoy shall
suggest to complete negotiations on such confidence-
building measures, with the goal of making signifi-
cant cuts in military spending by the year 2000.
SEC. 1719. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS RELATING TO THE
TRANSFER OF NUCLER WASTE FROM TAIWAN
TO NORTH KOREA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) The Republic of China on Taiwan (Taiwan)
is considering transferring low-level nuclear waste to
the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North
Korea) and paying North Korea an amount in ex-
cess of $220,000,000 to accept the nuclear waste.
(2) The transfer of nuclear waste across inter-
national boundaries creates worldwide environmental
safety concerns.
(3) North Korea rejected the request of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to in-
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spect 2 nuclear facilities at Yongbyon in March
1993, in violation of Article III of the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, to which
North Korea is a signatory.
(4) North Korea has historically been unwilling
to allow any third party investigators to inspect its
nuclear waste storage facilities.
(5) The failure of North Korea to store nuclear
waste safely raises environmental concerns on the
Korean peninsula.
(6) The United States has in excess of 37,000
military personnel, plus their families, on the Korean
peninsula.
(7) The current North Korean regime has been
linked to numerous terrorist activities, including the
bombing in 1987 of a Korean Airline aircraft, and
the bombing in 1983 in Rangoon, Burma, which
killed 4 South Korean Government and 13 diplo-
matic officials.
(8) North Korea continues to be listed by the
United States Department of State as a state sup-
porting international terrorism.
(9) The several hundred million dollars of hard
currency generated by this transaction could be used
by the militarist regime in North Korea to continue
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their reign of terror over their own people and the
sovereign nations of the Pacific Rim.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that the Government of Taiwan should refrain
from issuing an export license for the transfer of nuclear
waste to North Korea until all parties on the Korean pe-
ninsula can be assured that—
(1) North Korea can safely handle this nuclear
waste;
(2) North Korea will submit to independent
third party inspection of their nuclear storage facili-
ties; and
(3) North Korea indicates a willingness to com-
ply with the commitments it made in the ‘‘Agreed
Framework’’, entered into in 1994 between North
Korea, South Korea, Japan, and the United States,
relating to nuclear materials and facilities in North
Korea, and meet International Atomic Energy Agen-
cy safeguards with respect to North Korea’s nuclear
program.
SEC. 
1720. 
CONGRESSIONAL 
STATEMENT 
REGARDING
PRIME MINISTER GUJRAL OF INDIA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
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(1) Prime Minister Gujral of India has recently
received a vote of confidence from the Indian par-
liament.
(2) Prime Minister Gujral is committed to
strengthening ties between the United States and
India through the continuation of free market re-
forms and initiatives.
(3) The Gujral government is on the verge of
passing a budget package that will carry forward
economic reforms initiated in 1991 that have opened
India to foreign investment and trade.
(4) Prime Minister Gujral has made it a prior-
ity to improve relations with Pakistan and has re-
cently met with the Prime Minister of Pakistan,
Nawaz Sharif, to better relations between the two
countries.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that the Clinton Administration should support
and work closely with Indian Prime Minister Gujral in
strengthening relations between the United States and
India and improving relations in the South Asia region.
SEC. 1721. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE SOV-
EREIGNTY OF BELARUS.
It is the sense of the Congress that the President
should strongly urge the Government of President Alek-
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sandr Lukashenka of the Republic of Belarus to defend
the sovereignty of Belarus, maintain its independence
from the Russian Federation, abide by the provisions of
the Helsinki Accords and guarantee freedom of the press,
allow for the flowering of the Belarusan language and cul-
ture, and enforce the separation of powers.
SEC. 1722. CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE
ACCESSION OF TAIWAN TO THE WORLD
TRADE ORGANIZATION.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) The people of the United States and the
people of the Republic of China on Taiwan have long
enjoyed extensive ties.
(2) Taiwan is currently the 8th largest trading
partner of the United States, and exports from the
United 
States 
to 
Taiwan 
total 
more 
than
$18,000,000 annually, substantially more than the
United States exports to the People’s Republic of
China.
(3) The executive branch has committed pub-
licly to support Taiwan’s bid to join the World
Trade Organization and has declared that the Unit-
ed States will not oppose this bid solely on the
grounds that the People’s Republic of China, which
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also seeks membership in the World Trade Organi-
zation, is not yet eligible because of its unacceptable
trade practices.
(4) The United States and Taiwan have con-
cluded discussions on a variety of outstanding trade
isues that remain unresolved with the People’s Re-
public of China and that are necessary for the Unit-
ed States to support Taiwan’s membership in the
World Trade Organization.
(5) The reversion of control over Hong Kong—
a member of the World Trade Organization—to the
People’s Republic of China, scheduled by treaty to
occur on July 1, 1997, will, in many respects, afford
to the People’s Republic of China the practical bene-
fit of membership in the World Trade Organization
for the substantial portion of its trade in goods—de-
spite the fact that the trade practices of the People’s
Republic of China currently fall far short of what
the United States expects for membership in the
World Trade Organization.
(6) The executive branch has announced its in-
terest in the admission of the People’s Republic of
China to the World Trade Organization; the fun-
damental sense of fairness of the people of the Unit-
ed States warrants the United States Government’s
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support for Taiwan’s relatively more meritorious ap-
plication for membership in the World Trade Orga-
nization.
(7) It is in the economic interest of United
States consumers and exporters for Taiwan to com-
plete the requirements for accession to the World
Trade Organization at the earliest possible moment.
(b) CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT.—The Congress fa-
vors public support by officials of the Department of State
for the accession of Taiwan to the World Trade Organiza-
tion.
SEC. 1723. REPORTS AND POLICY CONCERNING HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN LAOS.
Within 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Sate shall report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees on the allegations of persecution and
abuse of the Hmong and Laotian refugees who have re-
turned to Laos. The report shall include:
(1) A full investigation, including full docu-
mentation of individual cases of persecution, of the
Lao Government’s treatment of Hmong and Laotian
refugees who have returned to Laos.
(2) The steps the State Department will take to
continue to monitor any systematic human rights
violations by the Government of Laos.
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(3) The actions which the State Department
will take to ensure the cessation of human rights
violations.
SEC. 1724. REPORT ON BORDER CLOSURES OR ECONOMIC
OR COMMERCIAL BLOCKADES AFFECTING IN
THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER
SOVIET UNION.
(a) REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act the President
shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a report
on any border closure or use of an economic or com-
mercial blockade by or against any independent state
of the former Soviet Union against any other coun-
try.
(2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Such report shall
contain a description of the extent to which such a
closure or blockade restricts, directly or indirectly,
the transport or delivery of United States humani-
tarian assistance, and whether such closure or block-
ade is considered to restrict, directly or indirectly,
the transport or delivery of such assistance for pur-
poses of section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2379).
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(b) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘independent states of
the former Soviet Union’’ has the meaning given such
term in section 3 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging
Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of
1992 (22 U.S.C. 5801).
SEC. 1725. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING THE
NAGORNO-KARABAGH CONFLICT.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that—
(1) the United States shouls take a greater
leadership role in working for a negotiated settle-
ment of the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict;
(2) the Secretary of State should consider the
participation of the United States as a co-chair of
the OSCE’s Minsk Group a priority of the Depart-
ment of State; and
(3) the United States reaffirms its neutrality in
the conflict.
(b) CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT.—The Congress
urges the President of the United States and the Sec-
retary of State to encourage direct talks between the par-
ties to the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict.
SEC. 1726. CRISIS IN ALBANIA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
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(1) During March 1997 United States Armed
Forces personnel evacuated approximately 500
Americans from Albania.
(2) No Americans were injured in the evacu-
ation.
(3) The military operation was at times risky
and dangerous, with helicopters of the United States
Armed Forces occasionally receiving fire.
(4) Several United States diplomats, including
Ambassador Marissa Lino, remained in Tirana dur-
ing these unsettled and perilous times.
(5) The evacuation is the result of a rebellion
in Albania which followed the collapse of several pyr-
amid investment schemes.
(6) Hundreds of thousands of Albanian citizens
lost large portions of their life savings in the pyra-
mid investment schemes.
(7) Hundreds of Albanians have been killed
since the crisis began.
(8) The almost complete collapse of central gov-
ernmental authority left Albania in a state of near-
anarchy.
(9) Many weapons depots were raided by the
general population of Albania and many small arms
were taken by the citizenry.
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(10) The proliferation of weapons in Albania
has made the situation very dangerous.
(11) On March 9, 1997, Albania’s political par-
ties agreed to a nine-point agreement on political
reconciliation.
(12) Under the nine-point agreement, President
Sali Berisha, a member of the ruling Democratic
Party, appointed a broadly based unity government,
led by an opposition socialist, former mayor of
Gjirokaster Bashkim Fino.
(13) Under the nine-point agreement, President
Berisha and opposition parties have agreed to hold
general elections by June 1997.
(14) More than 5,500 multinational troops, led
by Italy, have entered Albania in order to stabilize
the nation and to create a safe security environment
for the distribution of humanitarian assistance.
(b) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—The Congress de-
clares the following:
(1) United States Armed Forces personnel are
to be commended for the evacuation operations in
Albania.
(2) United States diplomats are to be com-
mended for their service in Albania during these
dangerous times.
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(3) The nine-point agreement of March 9,
1997, among all Albanian political parties represents
a key step toward lifting Albania out of the current
crisis.
(4) Albania’s new multiparty leadership is
strongly urged to implement in good faith the terms
of the nine-point agreement of March 9, 1997, and
to do all possible to reinspire the trust of the Alba-
nian people.
(5) The Albanian people are strongly urged to
afford their new government an opportunity to gov-
ern by laying down weapons and making any
changes to the government through peaceful means,
particularly the upcoming elections.
(6) The United States should support the new
Albanian Government as it attempts to reestablish
calm and achieve political reconciliation and should
urge the new government to guarantee human
rights, free and fair elections, and freedom of ex-
pression.
(7) The United States must remain closely en-
gaged in the diplomatic efforts to ease Albania’s cri-
sis and should strongly support similar efforts by
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
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Europe and the multinational force, led by Italy,
seeking to stabilize Albania.
(8) The United States and the international
community should work with the new Albanian Gov-
ernment to ensure that upcoming elections will be
free and fair by supplying political inducement, tech-
nical advice, and large numbers of observers.
(9) The United States should support the con-
vening of a multinational conference, possibly in
Rome, Italy, to consider options for assisting Alba-
nia recover from the political and economic crisis.
(10) The United States should oppose any chal-
lenge to Albania’s international borders or territorial
integrity offered as a potential solution to the con-
flict.
SEC. 1727. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS CONCERNING ASSIST-
ANCE FOR UKRAINE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of the Congress
that—
(1) the Government and nation of Ukraine are
to be commended for their decision to relinquish the
nuclear weapons in the possession of Ukraine after
the demise of the former Soviet Union;
(2) the Government of Ukraine is to be com-
mended for its recent announcement that Ukrainian
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enterprises will not participate in the construction of
nuclear reactors in Iran;
(3) the Government of Ukraine is to be com-
mended for taking a positive and cooperative posi-
tion with regard to the admission into the NATO al-
liance of new member-states in Central and Eastern
Europe, particularly Ukraine’s willingness to nego-
tiate a bilateral charter with that alliance;
(4) the Government of Ukraine is to be com-
mended for its efforts to ensure that the Russian-
dominated Commonwealth of Independent States or-
ganization does not serve as a means to reintegrate
the independent states of the former Soviet Union
into a new political entity under Russian leadership
and occupying the territory that comprised the
former Soviet Union;
(5) the Government of Ukraine should imme-
diately move to ensure that United States investors
who have been subjected to extortion, fraud, or other
criminal activity, or to inappropriate, corrupt activi-
ties carried out by officials or representatives of the
Ukrainian Government, are provided with full res-
titution or compensation for their losses;
(6) the nation and Government of Ukraine are
to be commended for the adoption of a democratic
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constitution, the conduct of free and fair elections,
and the peaceful transfer of executive power since
Ukraine gained its independence in 1991; and
(7) the President should respond positively to
any request made by the government of Ukraine for
United States government agencies assistance and
involvement in the implementation of additional pro-
grams to fight corruption in Ukraine and to ensure
that American investors in that country are not sub-
jected to unfair, inappropriate, or criminal practices
on the part of officials of the Government of
Ukraine or any citizens of Ukraine.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS FOR UKRAINE.—It
is further the sense of the Congress that the President
should ensure that Ukraine receives assistance for fiscal
years 1998 and 1999 for political and economic reforms
at a level equal to that allocated to Ukraine for fiscal year
1997.
SEC. 1728. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING COMPLI-
ANCE WITH CHILD AND SPOUSAL SUPPORT
OBLIGATIONS BY UNITED NATIONS PERSON-
NEL.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that—
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(1) all United Nations staff, including dip-
lomats, should comply with binding United States
Federal, State, and local court orders regarding
child and spousal support obligations;
(2) the internal regulations of the United Na-
tions allows—
(A) the United Nations to release staff sal-
ary information to the courts in spousal and
child support cases;
(B) the Secretary General to authorize de-
duction of dependency related allowances from
staff salary;
(C) the United Nations to cooperate with
appropriate authorities to facilitate proper legal
or judicial resolution of the family’s claim.
(b) CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT.—The Secretary of
State should urge the United Nations to fully comply with
regulations regarding compliance with child and spousal
support obligations by United Nations personnel, in a
timely manner and to the fullest extent possible.
(c) LIMITATION ON PAYMENT OF ARREARAGES TO
THE UNITED NATIONS.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this Act, of funds appropriated for the payment
of United States arrearages to the United Nations out of
funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act,
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$10,000,000 shall not be available until the Secretary of
State certifies that—
(1) the United Nations is actively enforcing
child and spousal support payments in compliance
with Federal, State, and local court orders; and
(2) the United Nations is actively reforming its
pension policy, making the United Nations pension
fund subject to Federal, State, or local court orders
of spousal or child support.
SEC. 1729. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING DEVEL-
OPMENT OF AZERBAIJAN’S CASPIAN SEA PE-
TROLEUM RESERVES.
It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the President should seek cooperation from
the governments of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Tur-
key, as well as private companies with an interest in
developing Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea petroleum re-
serves, to encourage the construction of a pipeline
route from Azerbaijan through Armenia that could
reach Turkey and Mediterranean sea ports; and
(2) such a route for a pipeline should in no way
prejudice other trans-Caucasus pipeline routes, but
would help to promote stability and economic growth
in the Caucasus region, improving relations between
neighboring countries and the United States.
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SEC. 1730. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS CONCERNING THE
RIGHTS OF PRISONERS IN ANDEAN COUN-
TRIES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) Several American prisoners have spent years in
Ecuadorian prisons on drug-related offenses without hav-
ing received a trial.
(2) The prisoners include James Williams, a
United States citizen who has been held for 9
months without any findings, and Sandra Chase,
who has been held for more than 18 months and has
never seen a judge.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that the Governments of the Andean countries
of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Columbia, and Venezuela,
should respect the rights of prisoners, including United
States citizens, to timely legal procedures and abide by
international standards of due process.
SEC. 1731. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO AS-
SISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 481(e)(4) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(4)) is amend-
ed—
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(1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), inserting ‘‘or under
chapter 5 of part II’’ after ‘‘(including chapter 4 of
part II)’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting before
the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, other than
sales or financing provided for narcotics-related pur-
poses following notification in accordance with proce-
dures applicable to reprogramming notifications
under section 634A of this Act.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to assistance pro-
vided on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1732. SCHOLARSHIPS TO TIBETAN AND BURMESE STU-
DENTS.
Notwithstanding section 1407(b)(1) of this Act, for
each of the fiscal years 1998 and 1999 at least 30 scholar-
ships shall be made available to Tibetan students and pro-
fessionals who are outside of Tibet (if practicable, includ-
ing individuals active in the preservation of Tibet’s unique
culture, religion, and language), and at least 15 scholar-
ships shall be made available to Burmese students and
professionals who are outside of Burma.
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SEC. 1733. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING RELIGIOUS
PERSECUTION AND SUPPORT OF TERRORISM
BY SUDAN.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) Continued disregard of the freedom of reli-
gion by Sudan is unacceptable.
(2) Continued support of terrorist activities by
Sudan is of deepest concern and shall not be toler-
ated.
(b) FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS WITH TERRORISTS.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the exception
with respect to Sudan under section 2332(a) of title 18,
United States Code (provided in regulations issued in Au-
gust 1996 by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the
Department of the Treasury) shall cease to be effective
on the date of the enactment of this Act. No such excep-
tion under this section may be issued with respect to
Sudan until the President certifies to the Congress that
Sudan is no longer sponsoring or supporting terrorism.
This restriction shall not be interpreted to restrict human-
itarian assistance or transactions relating to normal diplo-
matic activities.
SEC. 1734. SANCTIONS AGAINST SYRIA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
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(1) Syria remains in a state of war with Israel
and maintains large numbers of heavily armed forces
near the border with Israel.
(2) Syria occupies Lebanon with almost 40,000
troops and maintains undue influence on all aspects
of the Lebanese Government and society.
(3) Syria continues to provide safe haven and
support for several groups that engage in terrorism,
according to the Department of State’s ‘‘Patterns of
Global Terrorism’’ report for 1996.
(4) Syria was listed by the Department of State
as a country that does not cooperate in the war on
drugs.
(5) Syria has not signed the Chemical Weapons
Convention, and numerous reports indicate that
Syria has increased the production and level of so-
phistication of chemical weapons. Reports also indi-
cate that such unconventional warheads have been
loaded on SCUD-type ballistic missiles with the
range to reach numerous targets in friendly nations,
such as Israel, Turkey, and Jordan.
(6) Syria routinely commits a wide array of se-
rious human rights violations, and according to a re-
cent Human Rights Watch report, is engaging in the
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abduction of Lebanese citizens and Palestinian refu-
gees in Lebanon.
(7) Several reports indicate that Syria know-
ingly allowed the explosives used in the June 1996
Dharan bombing, which killed 19 United States
service personnel, to pass through Syria from Leb-
anon to Saudi Arabia.
(8) More than 20 trips by former Secretary of
State Christopher to Damascus, a meeting between
President Clinton and Syrian President Hafez
Assad, and a Department of State-sponsored inten-
sive negotiation session at Wye Plantation were all
unsuccessful in convincing Syria to make peace with
Israel. At the same time, most reports indicated that
Israel was prepared to make substantial concessions
of land in exchange for peace.
(9) According to the Central Intelligence Agen-
cy World Fact Book of 1995, petroleum comprises
53 percent of Syrian exports.
(10) By imposing sanctions against the Syrian
petroleum industry, the United States can apply ad-
ditional pressure against Syria to press the Assad
regime to change its dangerous and destabilizing
policies.
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(b) POLICY.—It is the sense of the Congress that the
United States should consider applying to Syria sanctions
which are currently enforced against Iran and Libya under
the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 if the Govern-
ment of Syria does not eliminate its dangerous and desta-
bilizing policies.
SEC. 1735. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS RELATING TO THE AB-
DUCTION AND DETAINMENT OF DONALD
HUTCHINGS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) Al-Faran, a militant organization that seeks
to merge Kashmir with Pakistan, has waged a war
against the Government of India.
(2) During the week of July 2, 1995, Al-Faran
abducted Donald Hutchings of the State of Wash-
ington, another American John Childs, and 4 West-
ern Europeans in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
John Childs has since escaped.
(3) Al-Faran has executed one hostage and
threatened to kill Donald Hutchings and the remain-
ing Western European hostages unless the Govern-
ment of India agrees to release suspected guerrillas
from its jails.
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(4) Several militants have been captured by the
Indian Government and have given conflicting and
unconfirmed reports about the hostages.
(5) Donald Hutchings and the 3 remaining
Western European hostages have been held against
their will by Al-Faran for nearly 2 years.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that—
(1) the militant organization Al-Faran should
release, immediately, Donald Hutchings and 3 West-
ern Europeans from captivity;
(2) Al-Faran and their supporters should cease
and desist from all acts of hostage-taking and other
violent acts within the State of Jammu and Kash-
mir.
(3) the State Department Rewards Program
should be used to the greatest extent possible to so-
licit new information pertaining to hostages; and
(4) the governments of the United States, the
United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, India, and
Pakistan should share and investigate all informa-
tion relating to these hostages as quickly as possible.
SEC. 1736. CUBAN CIGARS.
It is the sense of Congress that the United States
should not prohibit the importation into the United States,
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or the sale or distribution in the United States, of cigars
that are the product of Cuba at such time as the Govern-
ment of Cuba has—
(1) freed all political prisoners;
(2) legalized all political activity; and
(3) agreed to hold free and fair elections.
SEC. 1737. INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘MacBride Principles of Economic Justice Act of 1997’’.
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) PURPOSES.—Section 2(b) of the Anglo-Irish
Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–
415; 100 Stat. 947) is amended by adding at the
end the following new sentences: ‘‘United States con-
tributions shall be used in a manner that effectively
increases employment opportunities in communities
with rates of unemployment significantly higher than
the local or urban average of unemployment in
Northern Ireland. In addition, such contributions
shall be used to benefit individuals residing in such
communities.’’.
(2) CONDITIONS AND UNDERSTANDINGS.—Sec-
tion 5(a) of such Act is amended—
(A) in the first sentence—
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(i) by striking ‘‘The United States’’
and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘in this Act may be
used’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘in this
Act—
‘‘(A) may be used’’;
(iii) by striking the period and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and
(iv) by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(B) may be provided to an individual or
entity in Northern Ireland only if such individ-
ual or entity is in compliance with the prin-
ciples of economic justice.’’; and
(B) in the second sentence, by striking
‘‘The restrictions’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.—The re-
strictions’’.
(3) PRIOR CERTIFICATIONS.—Section 5(c)(2) of
such Act is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
‘‘principle of equality’’ and all that follows and
inserting ‘‘principles of economic justice; and’’;
and
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(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting be-
fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘and
will create employment opportunities in regions
and communities of Northern Ireland suffering
the highest rates of unemployment’’.
(4) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 6 of such Act
is amended—
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(4) each individual or entity receiving assist-
ance from United States contributions to the Inter-
national Fund has agreed in writing to comply with
the principles of economic justice.’’.
(5) REQUIREMENTS
RELATING
TO
FUNDS.—
Section 7 of such Act is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION.—Nothing included herein shall
require quotas or reverse discrimination or mandate their
use.’’.
(6) DEFINITIONS.—Section 8 of such Act is
amended—
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(3) the term ‘Northern Ireland’ includes the
counties of Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Tyrone,
and Fermanagh; and
‘‘(4) the term ‘principles of economic justice’
means the following principles:
‘‘(A) Increasing the representation of indi-
viduals from underrepresented religious groups
in the workforce, including managerial, super-
visory, administrative, clerical, and technical
jobs.
‘‘(B) Providing adequate security for the
protection of minority employees at the work-
place.
‘‘(C) Banning provocative sectarian or po-
litical emblems from the workplace.
‘‘(D) Providing that all job openings be ad-
vertised publicly and providing that special re-
cruitment efforts be made to attract applicants
from underrepresented religious groups.
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‘‘(E) Providing that layoff, recall, and ter-
mination procedures do not favor a particular
religious group.
‘‘(F) Abolishing job reservations, appren-
ticeship restrictions, and differential employ-
ment criteria which discriminate on the basis of
religion.
‘‘(G) Providing for the development of
training programs that will prepare substantial
numbers of minority employees for skilled jobs,
including the expansion of existing programs
and the creation of new programs to train, up-
grade, and improve the skills of minority em-
ployees.
‘‘(H) Establishing procedures to assess,
identify, and actively recruit minority employees
with the potential for further advancement.
‘‘(I) Providing for the appointment of a
senior management staff member to be respon-
sible for the employment efforts of the entity
and, within a reasonable period of time, the im-
plementation of the principles described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (H).’’.
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(7) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall take effect 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1738. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING ASSIST-
ANCE TO LITHUANIA AND LATVIA.
It is the sense of the United States House of Rep-
resentatives that—
(1) adequate assistance should be provided to
Lithuania and Latvia in fiscal year 1998;
(2) assistance to Lithuania should be continued
beyond fiscal year 1998 as it continues to build
democratic and free market institutions; and
(3) the President should consider continuing as-
sistance to Latvia beyond fiscal year 1998, as appro-
priate, to build democratic and free market institu-
tions.
SEC. 1739. STATEMENT CONCERNING CONFLICT IN EAST
TIMOR.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975 and
has since systematically oppressed the people of East
Timor.
(2) Since 1975 one-third of the population of
East Timor is estimated to have perished of starva-
tion, war, and terror.
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(3) Indonesia’s invasion was condemned by the
United Nations, as was its subsequent occupation of
East Timor.
(4) On November 12, 1991, Indonesian troops
opened fire on thousands of peaceful mourners and
demonstrators at the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili,
the capital of East Timor, killing hundreds and
wounding hundreds.
(5) Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo has
been the preeminent representative of the people of
East Timor, and has at great risk to his own life
fought for the human and civil rights of the people
of East Timor, while also being a steadfast advocate
for nonviolence and dialogue between the people of
East Timor and the Indonesian authorities.
(b) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—The Congress af-
firms its support for a just and peaceful solution to the
conflict in East Timor.
SEC. 1740. DESIGNATION OF ROMANIA AS ELIGIBLE FOR
ASSISTANCE UNDER THE NATO PARTICIPA-
TION ACT OF 1994.
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that—
(1) Romania has made tremendous progress to-
ward meeting the criteria for accession into the
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) by es-
tablishing a mature and functioning democracy, a
free market economy, civilian control of the armed
forces, respect for the rule of law, respect for human
rights and civil liberties, and by implementing a
strong economic reform;
(2) Romania has further exhibited its strong
commitment to contribute to the stability, reconcili-
ation, and cooperation among the nations of the re-
gion by the very significant signing of the basic po-
litical bilateral Treaty with Hungary and recent ini-
tialing of a similar document with Ukraine;
(3) Romania has already demonstrated its will-
ingness and ability to contribute as a future NATO
ally to strengthening the military capabilities and
strategic cohesiveness of the Alliance by joining, first
among Central and Eastern European countries, the
Partnership for Peace Program and by actively par-
ticipating alongside NATO allies in Bosnia, Angola,
Somalia, and Albania;
(4) due to its size, geo-strategic location, eco-
nomic and military potential, and huge popular sup-
port for NATO integration, Romania is of immense
and key strategic importance to European stability;
and
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(5) Romania qualifies under section 203 of the
NATO Participation Act of 1994 to receive assist-
ance in making the transition to a full NATO mem-
bership and should be invited to start accession ne-
gotiations at the earliest stage.
(b) DESIGNATION.—Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall,
pursuant to section 203(d)(2) of the NATO Participation
Act of 1994, designate Romania as eligible to receive as-
sistance under the program established under section
203(a) of such Act.
TITLE XVIII—WITHHOLDING OF
ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES
THAT 
PROVIDE 
NUCLEAR
FUEL TO CUBA
SEC. 1801. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 620 OF THE FOREIGN
ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 620 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370), as amended by this
Act, is further amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(y)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
President shall withhold from amounts made available
under this Act or any other Act and allocated for a coun-
try for a fiscal year an amount equal to the aggregate
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value of nuclear fuel and related assistance and credits
provided by that country, or any entity of that country,
to Cuba during the preceding fiscal year.
‘‘(2) The requirement to withhold assistance for a
country for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) shall not
apply if Cuba—
‘‘(A) has ratified the Treaty on the Non-Pro-
liferation of Nuclear Weapons (21 UST 483) or the
Treaty of Tlatelelco, and Cuba is in compliance with
the requirements of either such Treaty;
‘‘(B) has negotiated and is in compliance with
full-scope safeguards of the International Atomic
Energy Agency not later than two years after ratifi-
cation by Cuba of such Treaty; and
‘‘(C) incorporates and is in compliance with
internationally accepted nuclear safety standards.
‘‘(3) The Secretary of State shall prepare and submit
to the Congress each year a report containing a descrip-
tion of the amount of nuclear fuel and related assistance
and credits provided by any country, or any entity of a
country, to Cuba during the preceding year, including the
terms of each transfer of such fuel, assistance, or cred-
its.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 620(y) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by subsection (a),
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licensed or approved for export under section 38 of
that Act.
DIVISION I—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
TITLE XXXI—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 3101. ASSISTANCE FOR THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
None of the funds made available to carry out chap-
ter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2295 et seq.) for fiscal years 1998 and 1999
may be made available for the Russian Federation if the
Russian Federation, on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act, transfers an SS-N-22 missile system to the
People’s Republic of China.
DIVISION J—EUROPEAN
SECURITY ACT OF 1997
TITLE XXXII—NORTH ATLANTIC
TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO)
SEC. 3201. SHORT TITLE.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘European Security
Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 3202. STATEMENTS OF POLICY.
The Congress declares the following to be the policy
of the United States: