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WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES OWED BY FOREIGN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 564. (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made available for
a foreign country under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, an amount equivalent to 110 percent of the total unpaid
fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties owed to the District
of Columbia by such country as of the date of enactment of this
Act shall be withheld from obligation for such country until the
Secretary of State certifies and reports in writing to the appropriate
congressional committees that such fines and penalties are fully
paid to the government of the District of Columbia.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means the Committee on Foreign
Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and
the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST BANK AND
GAZA
SEC. 565. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization
for the West Bank and Gaza unless the President has exercised
the authority under section 583(a) of the Middle East Peace Facilita-
tion Act of 1994 (part E of title V of Public Law 103–236) or
any other legislation to suspend or make inapplicable section 307
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and that suspension is still
in effect: Provided, That if the President fails to make the certifi-
cation under section 583(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation
Act or to suspend the prohibition under other legislation, funds
appropriated by this Act may not be obligated for assistance for
the Palestine Liberation Organization for the West Bank and Gaza.
FACILITATE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
SEC. 565A. ADDITIONAL CONGRESSIONAL EXPECTATION.—Section
583(b)(5) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (C);
(2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D)
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(E) amending its National Covenant to eliminate all
references calling for the destruction of Israel.’’.
PROCUREMENT REDUCTION
SEC. 566. (a) Of the budgetary resources available to the Agency
for International Development during fiscal year 1995, $1,598,000
are permanently canceled.
(b) The Administrator of the Agency for International Develop-
ment shall allocate the amount of budgetary resources canceled
among the Agency’s accounts available for procurement and procure-
ment-related expenses. Amounts available for procurement and
procurement-related expenses in each such account shall be reduced
by the amount allocated to such account.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the definition of ‘‘procure-
ment’’ includes all stages of the process of acquiring property or
services, beginning with the process of determining a need for
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a product or services and ending with contract completion and
closeout, as specified in section 403(a)(2) of title 41, United States
Code.
IMPLEMENTATION OF WORLD BANK RECOMMENDATIONS
SEC. 567. (a) Funds appropriated by title I of this Act under
the headings ‘‘Contribution to the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development’’ and ‘‘Contribution to the Inter-
national Development Association’’ shall be available for payment
to such institutions as follows:
(1) Fifty percent of the funds appropriated under each
such heading shall be made available prior to April 1, 1995.
Fifty percent of the funds appropriated under each such heading
shall be made available on April 1, 1995, or thereafter, only
if the Secretary of the Treasury makes the determinations
(and so reports to the Committees on Appropriations) described
in paragraph (2) of this subsection at any time on or after
that date.
(2) The determinations referred to in paragraph (1) are
determinations that the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development is—
(A) implementing the recommendations contained in
‘‘Next Steps’’, the follow-up to the Wapenhans Report;
(B) implementing the action plan contained in chapter
8 of its April 8, 1994, resettlement review entitled ‘‘Resettle-
ment and Development’’; and
(C) implementing the Bank’s procedures on Disclosure
of Operational Information issued in September 1993.
(b) Funds appropriated by title I of this Act under the heading
‘‘Contribution to the International Finance Corporation’’ shall be
available for payment to such institution as follows:
(1) Fifty percent of the funds appropriated under such
heading shall be made available prior to April 1, 1995. Fifty
percent of the funds appropriated under such heading shall
be made available on or after April 1, 1995, only if the Secretary
of the Treasury makes the determination (and so reports to
the Committees on Appropriations) described in paragraph (2)
of this subsection.
(2) The determination referred to in paragraph (1) is a
determination that the International Finance Corporation is
pursuing reforms comparable to those adopted by the Inter-
national Bank for Reconstruction and Development regarding
the environment, information disclosure, and resettlement.
PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS
SEC. 568. (a) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment
and products purchased with funds made available in this Act
should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial assistance
to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds
made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency shall
provide, to the greatest extent practicable, to such entity notice
consistent with subsection (a) and section 604(a) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961.
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WEST BANK AND GAZA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND
SEC. 569. Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $20,000,000 should
be made available to support the creation and expansion of small
and medium-sized businesses, including agricultural enterprises,
in the West Bank and Gaza. All or any part of such funds may
be used for the subsidy cost of direct loans and loan guarantees
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Funds made available under this heading shall be subject to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
AGRICULTURAL AID TO THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE
FORMER SOVIET UNION
SEC. 570. Of the funds appropriated by title II of this Act
under the heading ‘‘Assistance for the New Independent States
of the Former Soviet Union’’ up to $50,000,000 should be made
available only for provision of United States agricultural commod-
ities to address the food and nutrition needs of the people of
the new independent states of the former Soviet Union: Provided,
That in providing assistance under this section, primary emphasis
shall be given to meeting the food and nutrition needs of children
and pregnant and post-partum women: Provided further, That funds
made available for the purposes of this section may be used for
transportation of United States agricultural commodities provided
under this section: Provided further, That the President may enter
into agreements with the governments of the new independent
states and nongovernmental organizations to provide for the sale
of any part of the United States agricultural commodities in the
new independent states for local currencies: Provided further, That
any such local currencies shall be used in the new independent
states to process, transport, store, distribute or otherwise enhance
the effectiveness of the use of United States agricultural commod-
ities provided under this section, and to support agricultural and
rural development activities.
EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES
SEC. 571. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation other
than for administrative expenses made available for fiscal year
1995 for programs under title IV of this Act may be transferred
between such appropriations for use for any of the purposes, pro-
grams and activities for which the funds in such receiving account
may be used, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifi-
cally provided, shall be increased by more than 25 percent by
any such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such authority
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That $12,000,000
shall be immediately transferred from funds available to the Export-
Import Bank for fiscal year 1994 to the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation, and $1,000,000 shall be immediately transferred from
funds available to the Export-Import Bank for fiscal year 1994
to the Trade and Development Agency: Provided further, That the
provisions of the previous proviso shall be effective on the date
of enactment of this Act.
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INCAE
SEC. 572. The Government of Nicaragua may assume the obliga-
tion of the Central American Institute of Business Administration
(INCAE) to make payment to the United States under a loan
made to INCAE pursuant to an Alliance for Progress Loan Agree-
ment dated April 25, 1972: Provided, That such payment shall
be for the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, of such obligation and shall relieve INCAE
of any further liability to the United States for payment of interest
and principal under such loan notwithstanding section 620(r) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
MONGOLIA
SEC. 573. Section 620(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
is amended by striking ‘‘Mongolian People’s Republic.’’ from the
list contained therein.
REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH COMMITMENTS
SEC. 574. Section 804(b) of title VIII of Public Law 101–246
(PLO Commitments Compliance Act of 1989) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘;’’;
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (10)
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding the following new paragraph:
‘‘(11) measures taken by the PLO to prevent acts of terror-
ism, crime and hostilities and to legally punish offenders, as
called for in the Gaza-Jericho agreement of May 4, 1994.’’.
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS
SEC. 575. If the President determines that doing so will contrib-
ute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide or other
violations of international humanitarian law, the authority of sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended,
may be used to provide up to $25,000,000 of commodities and
services to the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal established
with regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security
Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the Council
may establish to deal with such violations, without regard to the
ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That
the determination required under this section shall be in lieu of
any determinations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro-
vided further, That 60 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations describing
the steps the United States Government is taking to collect informa-
tion regarding allegations of genocide or other violations of
international law in the former Yugoslavia and to furnish that
information to the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia.