progress in making the judicial branch in Haiti inde-
pendent from the executive branch.
(c) EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Not more
than 17 percent of the funds appropriated by this Act to
carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106 and
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
that are made available for Latin America and the Carib-
bean region may be made available, through bilateral and
Latin America and the Caribbean regional programs, to
provide assistance for any country in such region.
REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN AID IN
REPORT OF SECRETARY OF STATE
SEC. 560. (a) FOREIGN AID REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT.—In addition to the voting practices of a foreign
country, the report required to be submitted to Congress
under section 406(a) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, fiscal years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a),
shall include a side-by-side comparison of individual coun-
tries’ overall support for the United States at the United
Nations and the amount of United States assistance pro-
vided to such country in fiscal year 1999.
(b) UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—For purposes of
this section, the term ‘‘United States assistance’’ has the
meaning given the term in section 481(e)(4) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(4)).
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RESTRICTIONS ON VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO
UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES
SEC. 561. (a) PROHIBITION ON VOLUNTARY CON-
TRIBUTIONS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS.—None of the
funds appropriated by this Act may be made available to
pay any voluntary contribution of the United States to the
United Nations (including the United Nations Develop-
ment Program) if the United Nations implements or im-
poses any taxation on any United States persons.
(b) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR DISBURSEMENT
OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be made available to pay any voluntary contribution
of the United States to the United Nations (including the
United Nations Development Program) unless the Presi-
dent certifies to the Congress 15 days in advance of such
payment that the United Nations is not engaged in any
effort to implement or impose any taxation on United
States persons in order to raise revenue for the United
Nations or any of its specialized agencies.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section the term
‘‘United States person’’ refers to—
(1) a natural person who is a citizen or national
of the United States; or
(2) a corporation, partnership, or other legal
entity organized under the United States or any
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State, territory, possession, or district of the United
States.
HAITI
SEC. 562. The Government of Haiti shall be eligible
to purchase defense articles and services under the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the civil-
ian-led Haitian National Police and Coast Guard: Pro-
vided, That the authority provided by this section shall
be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY
SEC. 563. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the
funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions
of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 may be obligated or expended with respect to pro-
viding funds to the Palestinian Authority.
(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection
(a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President pro tempore of the Senate that waiving such
prohibition is important to the national security interests
of the United States.
(c) PERIOD
OF APPLICATION
OF WAIVER.—Any
waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no
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more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not
apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO SECURITY FORCES
SEC. 564. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be provided to any unit of the security forces
of a foreign country if the Secretary of State has credible
evidence that such unit has committed gross violations of
human rights, unless the Secretary determines and reports
to the Committees on Appropriations that the government
of such country is taking effective measures to bring the
responsible members of the security forces unit to justice:
Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed
to withhold funds made available by this Act from any
unit of the security forces of a foreign country not credibly
alleged to be involved in gross violations of human rights:
Provided further, That in the event that funds are withheld
from any unit pursuant to this section, the Secretary of
State shall promptly inform the foreign government of the
basis for such action and shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, assist the foreign government in taking effec-
tive measures to bring the responsible members of the se-
curity forces to justice.
LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFER OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO
EAST TIMOR
SEC. 565. In any agreement for the sale, transfer,
or licensing of any lethal equipment or helicopter for Indo-
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nesia entered into by the United States pursuant to the
authority of this Act or any other Act, the agreement shall
state that the items will not be used in East Timor.
RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES PROVIDING
SANCTUARY TO INDICTED WAR CRIMINALS
SEC. 566. (a) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—None of the
funds made available by this or any prior Act making ap-
propriations for foreign operations, export financing and
related programs, may be provided for any country, entity
or municipality described in subsection (e).
(b) MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—
(1) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall instruct the United States executive direc-
tors of the international financial institutions to
work in opposition to, and vote against, any exten-
sion by such institutions of any financial or technical
assistance or grants of any kind to any country or
entity described in subsection (e).
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not less than 15 days be-
fore any vote in an international financial institution
regarding the extension of financial or technical as-
sistance or grants to any country or entity described
in subsection (e), the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall pro-
vide to the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and
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the Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Banking and Financial Services of the
House of Representatives a written justification for
the proposed assistance, including an explanation of
the United States position regarding any such vote,
as well as a description of the location of the pro-
posed assistance by municipality, its purpose, and its
intended beneficiaries.
(3) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘international fi-
nancial institution’’ includes the International Mone-
tary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development, the International Develop-
ment Association, the International Finance Cor-
poration, the Multilateral Investment Guaranty
Agency, and the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development.
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to the provi-
sion of—
(A) humanitarian assistance;
(B) democratization assistance;
(C) assistance for cross border physical in-
frastructure projects involving activities in both
a sanctioned country, entity, or municipality
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(H) assistance to the International Police
Task Force for the training of a civilian police
force.
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Every 60 days the Sec-
retary of State, in consultation with the Adminis-
trator of the Agency for International Development,
shall publish in the Federal Register and/or in a
comparable publicly accessible document or Internet
site, a listing and justification of any assistance that
is obligated within that period of time for any coun-
try, entity, or municipality described in subsection
(e), including a description of the purpose of the as-
sistance, project and its location, by municipality.
(d) FURTHER LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding sub-
section (c)—
(1) no assistance may be made available by this
Act, or any prior Act making appropriations for for-
eign operations, export financing and related pro-
grams, in any country, entity, or municipality de-
scribed in subsection (e), for a program, project, or
activity in which a publicly indicted war criminal is
known to have any financial or material interest;
and
(2) no assistance (other than emergency foods
or medical assistance or demining assistance) may
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be made available by this Act, or any prior Act mak-
ing appropriations for foreign operations, export fi-
nancing and related programs for any program,
project, or activity in a community within any coun-
try, entity or municipality described in subsection (e)
if competent authorities within that community are
not complying with the provisions of Article IX and
Annex 4, Article II, paragraph 8 of the Dayton
Agreement relating to war crimes and the Tribunal.
(e) SANCTIONED COUNTRY, ENTITY, OR MUNICI-
PALITY.—A sanctioned country, entity, or municipality de-
scribed in this section is one whose competent authorities
have failed, as determined by the Secretary of State, to
take necessary and significant steps to apprehend and
transfer to the Tribunal all persons who have been publicly
indicted by the Tribunal.
(f ) SPECIAL RULE.—Subject to subsection (d), sub-
sections (a) and (b) shall not apply to the provision of
assistance to an entity that is not a sanctioned entity, not-
withstanding that such entity may be within a sanctioned
country, if the Secretary of State determines and so re-
ports to the appropriate congressional committees that
providing assistance to that entity would promote peace
and internationally recognized human rights by encour-
aging that entity to cooperate fully with the Tribunal.
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(g) CURRENT RECORD
OF WAR CRIMINALS
AND
SANCTIONED COUNTRIES, ENTITIES, AND MUNICIPALI-
TIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall
establish and maintain a current record of the loca-
tion, including the municipality, if known, of publicly
indicted war criminals and a current record of sanc-
tioned countries, entities, and municipalities.
(2) INFORMATION OF THE DCI AND THE SEC-
RETARY OF DEFENSE.—The Director of Central In-
telligence and the Secretary of Defense should col-
lect and provide to the Secretary of State informa-
tion concerning the location, including the munici-
pality, of publicly indicted war criminals.
(3) INFORMATION
OF
THE
TRIBUNAL.—The
Secretary of State shall request that the Tribunal
and other international organizations and govern-
ments provide the Secretary of State information
concerning the location, including the municipality,
of publicly indicted war criminals and concerning
country, entity and municipality authorities known
to have obstructed the work of the Tribunal.
(4) REPORT.—Beginning 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and not later than Sep-
tember 1 each year thereafter, the Secretary of
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State shall submit a report in classified and unclas-
sified form to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees on the location, including the municipality, if
known, of publicly indicted war criminals, on coun-
try, entity and municipality authorities known to
have obstructed the work of the Tribunal, and on
sanctioned countries, entities, and municipalities.
(5) INFORMATION TO CONGRESS.—Upon the re-
quest of the chairman or ranking minority member
of any of the appropriate congressional committees,
the Secretary of State shall make available to that
committee the information recorded under para-
graph (1) in a report submitted to the committee in
classified and unclassified form.
(h) WAIVER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State may
waive the application of subsection (a) or subsection
(b) with respect to specified bilateral programs or
international financial institution projects or pro-
grams in a sanctioned country, entity, or munici-
pality upon providing a written determination to the
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee
on Appropriations and the Committee on Inter-
national Relations of the House of Representatives
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that such assistance directly supports the implemen-
tation of the Dayton Agreement and its Annexes,
which include the obligation to apprehend and trans-
fer indicted war criminals to the Tribunal.
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 15 days after the
date of any written determination under paragraph
(1) the Secretary of State shall submit a report to
the Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
International Relations of the House of Representa-
tives regarding the status of efforts to secure the
voluntary surrender or apprehension and transfer of
persons indicted by the Tribunal, in accordance with
the Dayton Agreement, and outlining obstacles to
achieving this goal.
(3) ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS AF-
FECTED.—Any waiver made pursuant to this sub-
section shall be effective only with respect to a speci-
fied bilateral program or multilateral assistance
project or program identified in the determination of
the Secretary of State to Congress.
(i) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The sanctions im-
posed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) with respect to
a country or entity shall cease to apply only if the Sec-
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retary of State determines and certifies to Congress that
the authorities of that country, entity, or municipality
have apprehended and transferred to the Tribunal all per-
sons who have been publicly indicted by the Tribunal.
( j) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
(1) COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘country’’ means
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia.
(2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ refers to the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosova,
Montenegro, and the Republika Srpska.
(3) DAYTON AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Dayton
Agreement’’ means the General Framework Agree-
ment for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together
with annexes relating thereto, done at Dayton, No-
vember 10 through 16, 1995.
(4) TRIBUNAL.—The term ‘‘Tribunal’’ means
the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia.
(k) ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.—In carrying out this section,
the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the Agency
for International Development, and the executive directors
of the international financial institutions shall consult with
representatives of human rights organizations and all gov-
ernment agencies with relevant information to help pre-
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vent publicly indicted war criminals from benefiting from
any financial or technical assistance or grants provided to
any country or entity described in subsection (e).
TO
PROHIBIT
FOREIGN
ASSISTANCE
TO
THE
GOVERN-
MENT
OF
THE
RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
SHOULD
IT
ENACT LAWS WHICH WOULD DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
MINORITY RELIGIOUS FAITHS IN THE RUSSIAN FED-
ERATION
SEC. 567. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act may be made available for the Government of the Rus-
sian Federation, after 180 days from the date of the en-
actment of this Act, unless the President determines and
certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
that the Government of the Russian Federation has imple-
mented no statute, executive order, regulation or similar
government action that would discriminate, or would have
as its principal effect discrimination, against religious
groups or religious communities in the Russian Federation
in violation of accepted international agreements on
human rights and religious freedoms to which the Russian
Federation is a party.
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
SEC. 568. (a) Funds made available in this Act to
support programs or activities the primary purpose of
which is promoting or assisting country participation in
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the Kyoto Protocol to the Framework Convention on Cli-
mate Change (FCCC) shall only be made available subject
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees
on Appropriations.
(b) The President shall provide a detailed account of
all Federal agency obligations and expenditures for cli-
mate change programs and activities, domestic and inter-
national obligations for such activities in fiscal year 2000,
and any plan for programs thereafter related to the imple-
mentation or the furtherance of protocols pursuant to, or
related to negotiations to amend the FCCC in conjunction
with the President’s submission of the Budget of the
United States Government for Fiscal Year 2001: Pro-
vided, That such report shall include an accounting of ex-
penditures by agency with each agency identifying climate
change activities and associated costs by line item as pre-
sented in the President’s Budget Appendix: Provided fur-
ther, That such report shall identify with regard to the
Agency for International Development, obligations and ex-
penditures by country or central program and activity.
EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CERTAIN EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 569. Section 105 of Public Law 104–164 (110
Stat. 1427) is amended by striking ‘‘1996 and 1997’’ and
inserting ‘‘1999 and 2000’’.
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AID TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CONGO
SEC. 570. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be provided to the
Central Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
ASSISTANCE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST
SEC. 571. Of the funds appropriated in titles II and
III of this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support
Fund’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’, ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’, for refugees resettling in Israel
under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’,
and for assistance for Israel to carry out provisions of
chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
under the heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism,
Demining and Related Programs’’, not more than a total
of $5,321,150,000 may be made available for Israel,
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, the
Israel-Lebanon Monitoring Group, the Multinational
Force and Observers, the Middle East Regional Democ-
racy Fund, Middle East Regional Cooperation, and Middle
East Multilateral Working Groups: Provided, That any
funds that were appropriated under such headings in prior
fiscal years and that were at the time of the enactment
of this Act obligated or allocated for other recipients may
not during fiscal year 2000 be made available for activities
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that, if funded under this Act, would be required to count
against this ceiling: Provided further, That funds may be
made available notwithstanding the requirements of this
section if the President determines and certifies to the
Committees on Appropriations that it is important to the
national security interest of the United States to do so
and any such additional funds shall only be provided
through the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
ENTERPRISE FUND RESTRICTIONS
SEC. 572. Prior to the distribution of any assets re-
sulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up
of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in ac-
cordance with the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations, a plan for the distribution
of the assets of the Enterprise Fund.
CAMBODIA
SEC. 573. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should
instruct the United States executive directors of the inter-
national financial institutions to use the voice and vote
of the United States to oppose loans to the Central Gov-
ernment of Cambodia, except loans to support basic
human needs.
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(b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be made available for assistance for the Central Govern-
ment of Cambodia.
CUSTOMS ASSISTANCE
SEC. 574. Section 660(b) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 is amended by—
(1) striking the period at the end of paragraph
(6) and inserting a semicolon; and
(2) adding the following new paragraph:
‘‘(7) with respect to assistance provided to
customs authorities and personnel, including
training, technical assistance and equipment,
for customs law enforcement and the improve-
ment of customs laws, systems and proce-
dures.’’.
FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT
SEC. 575. (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Sec-
retary of State shall jointly provide to the Congress by
March 1, 2000, a report on all military training provided
to foreign military personnel (excluding sales, and exclud-
ing training provided to the military personnel of countries
belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
under programs administered by the Department of De-
fense and the Department of State during fiscal years
1999 and 2000, including those proposed for fiscal year
2000. This report shall include, for each such military
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training activity, the foreign policy justification and pur-
pose for the training activity, the cost of the training activ-
ity, the number of foreign students trained and their units
of operation, and the location of the training. In addition,
this report shall also include, with respect to United States
personnel, the operational benefits to United States forces
derived from each such training activity and the United
States military units involved in each such training activ-
ity. This report may include a classified annex if deemed
necessary and appropriate.
(b) For purposes of this section a report to Congress
shall be deemed to mean a report to the Appropriations
and Foreign Relations Committees of the Senate and the
Appropriations and International Relations Committees of
the House of Representatives.
KOREAN PENINSULA ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATION
SEC. 576. (a) Of the funds made available under the
heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and
Related Programs’’, not to exceed $35,000,000 may be
made available for the Korean Peninsula Energy Develop-
ment Organization (hereafter referred to in this section
as ‘‘KEDO’’), notwithstanding any other provision of law,
only for the administrative expenses and heavy fuel oil
costs associated with the Agreed Framework.
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(b) Of the funds made available for KEDO, up to
$15,000,000 may be made available prior to June 1, 2000,
if, 30 days prior to such obligation of funds, the President
certifies and so reports to Congress that—
(1) the parties to the Agreed Framework have
taken and continue to take demonstrable steps to
implement 
the 
Joint 
Declaration 
on
Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in which
the Government of North Korea has committed not
to test, manufacture, produce, receive, possess, store,
deploy, or use nuclear weapons, and not to possess
nuclear reprocessing or uranium enrichment facili-
ties;
(2) the parties to the Agreed Framework have
taken and continue to take demonstrable steps to
pursue the North-South dialogue;
(3) North Korea is complying with all provi-
sions of the Agreed Framework;
(4) North Korea has not diverted assistance
provided by the United States for purposes for
which it was not intended; and
(5) North Korea is not seeking to develop or ac-
quire the capability to enrich uranium, or any addi-
tional capability to reprocess spent nuclear fuel.
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(c) Of the funds made available for KEDO, up to
$20,000,000 may be made available on or after June 1,
2000, if, 30 days prior to such obligation of funds, the
President certifies and so reports to Congress that—
(1) the effort to can and safely store all spent
fuel from North Korea’s graphite-moderated nuclear
reactors has been successfully concluded;
(2) North Korea is complying with its obliga-
tions under the agreement regarding access to sus-
pect underground construction;
(3) North Korea has terminated its nuclear
weapons program, including all efforts to acquire,
develop, test, produce, or deploy such weapons; and
(4) the United States has made and is con-
tinuing to make significant progress on eliminating
the North Korean ballistic missile threat, including
further missile tests and its ballistic missile exports.
(d) The President may waive the certification require-
ments of subsections (b) and (c) if the President deter-
mines that it is vital to the national security interests of
the United States and provides written policy justifica-
tions to the appropriate congressional committees prior to
his exercise of such waiver. No funds may be obligated
for KEDO until 30 days after submission to Congress of
such waiver.
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(e) The Secretary of State shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report (to be submitted
with the annual presentation for appropriations) providing
a full and detailed accounting of the fiscal year 2001 re-
quest for the United States contribution to KEDO, the
expected operating budget of the KEDO, to include un-
paid debt, proposed annual costs associated with heavy
fuel oil purchases, and the amount of funds pledged by
other donor nations and organizations to support KEDO
activities on a per country basis, and other related activi-
ties.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
SEC. 577. Funds made available to grantees of the
African Development Foundation may be invested pending
expenditure for project purposes when authorized by the
President of the Foundation: Provided, That interest
earned shall be used only for the purposes for which the
grant was made: Provided further, That this authority ap-
plies to interest earned both prior to and following the en-
actment of this provision: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 505(a)(2) of the African Development
Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the board
of directors of the Foundation may waive the $250,000
limitation contained in that section with respect to a
project: Provided further, That the Foundation shall pro-
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vide a report to the Committees on Appropriations in ad-
vance of exercising such waiver authority.
PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN
BROADCASTING CORPORATION
SEC. 578. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to provide
equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any
other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting
Corporation.
VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVES FOR EMPLOYEES
OF
THE
UNITED
STATES
AGENCY
FOR
INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 579. (a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of
this section—
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means the United States
Agency for International Development;
(2) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator, United States Agency for International
Development; and
(3) the term ‘‘employee’’ means an employee
(as defined by section 2105 of title 5, United States
Code) who is employed by the agency, is serving
under an appointment without time limitation, and
has been currently employed for a continuous period
of at least 3 years, but does not include—
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(A) a reemployed annuitant under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title
5, United States Code, or another retirement
system for employees of the agency;
(B) an employee having a disability on the
basis of which such employee is or would be eli-
gible for disability retirement under the applica-
ble retirement system referred to in subpara-
graph (A);
(C) an employee who is to be separated in-
voluntarily for misconduct or unacceptable per-
formance, and to whom specific notice has been
given with respect to that separation;
(D) an employee who has previously re-
ceived any voluntary separation incentive pay-
ment by the Government of the United States
under this section or any other authority and
has not repaid such payment;
(E) an employee covered by statutory re-
employment rights who is on transfer to an-
other organization; or
(F) any employee who, during the 24-
month period preceding the date of separation,
received a recruitment or relocation bonus
under section 5753 of title 5, United States
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Code, or who, within the 12-month period pre-
ceding the date of separation, received a reten-
tion allowance under section 5754 of such title
5, United States Code.
(b) AGENCY STRATEGIC PLAN.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator, before
obligating any resources for voluntary separation in-
centive payments under this section, shall submit to
the Committees on Appropriations and the Office of
Management and Budget a strategic plan outlining
the intended use of such incentive payments and a
proposed organizational chart for the agency once
such incentive payments have been completed.
(2) 
CONTENTS.—The 
agency’s 
plan 
shall
include—
(A) the positions and functions to be re-
duced or eliminated, identified by organizational
unit, geographic location, occupational category
and grade level;
(B) the number and amounts of voluntary
separation incentive payments to be offered;
(C) a description of how the agency will
operate without the eliminated positions and
functions; and
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(D) the time period during which incen-
tives may be paid.
(3) APPROVAL.—The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall review the agency’s
plan and approve or disapprove the plan and may
make appropriate modifications in the plan with re-
spect to the coverage of incentives as described
under paragraph (2)(A), and with respect to the
matters described in paragraphs (2)(B) through (D).
(c) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARA-
TION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A voluntary separation in-
centive payment under this section may be paid by
the agency to employees of such agency and only to
the extent necessary to eliminate the positions and
functions identified by the strategic plan.
(2) AMOUNT AND TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—
A voluntary separation incentive payment under this
section—
(A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the
employee’s separation;
(B) shall be paid from appropriations or
funds available for the payment of the basic pay
of the employees;
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of—
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(i) an amount equal to the amount
the employee would be entitled to receive
under section 5595(c) of title 5, United
States Code, if the employee were entitled
to payment under such section; or
(ii) an amount determined by the
agency head not to exceed $25,000;
(D) may not be made except in the case of
any employee who voluntarily separates (wheth-
er by retirement or resignation) on or before
December 31, 2000;
(E) shall not be a basis for payment, and
shall not be included in the computation, of any
other type of Government benefit; and
(F) shall not be taken into account in de-
termining the amount of any severance pay to
which the employee may be entitled under sec-
tion 5595 of title 5, United States Code, based
on any other separation.
(d) ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
RETIREMENT FUND.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to any other
payments which it is required to make under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5,
United States Code, the agency shall remit to the
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Office of Personnel Management for deposit in the
Treasury of the United States to the credit of the
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an
amount equal to 15 percent of the final basic pay of
each employee of the agency who is covered under
subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title
5, United States Code, to whom a voluntary separa-
tion incentive has been paid under this section.
(2) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of para-
graph (1), the term ‘‘final basic pay’’, with respect
to an employee, means the total amount of basic pay
which would be payable for a year of service by such
employee, computed using the employee’s final rate
of basic pay, and, if last serving on other than a
full-time basis, with appropriate adjustment there-
for.
(e) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH
THE GOVERNMENT.—
(1) An individual who has received a voluntary
separation incentive payment under this section and
accepts any employment for compensation with the
Government of the United States, or who works for
any agency of the Government of the United States
through a personal services contract, within 5 years
after the date of the separation on which the pay-
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ment is based shall be required to pay, prior to the
individual’s first day of employment, the entire
amount of the incentive payment to the agency that
paid the incentive payment.
(2) If the employment under paragraph (1) is
with an Executive agency (as defined by section 105
of title 5, United States Code), the United States
Postal Service, or the Postal Rate Commission, the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management
may, at the request of the head of the agency, waive
the repayment if the individual involved possesses
unique abilities and is the only qualified applicant
available for the position.
(3) If the employment under paragraph (1) is
with an entity in the legislative branch, the head of
the entity or the appointing official may waive the
repayment if the individual involved possesses
unique abilities and is the only qualified applicant
available for the position.
(4) If the employment under paragraph (1) is
with the judicial branch, the Director of the Admin-
istrative Office of the United States Courts may
waive the repayment if the individual involved pos-
sesses unique abilities and is the only qualified appli-
cant for the position.
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(f ) REDUCTION
OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEV-
ELS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The total number of funded
employee positions in the agency shall be reduced by
one position for each vacancy created by the separa-
tion of any employee who has received, or is due to
receive, a voluntary separation incentive payment
under this section. For the purposes of this sub-
section, positions shall be counted on a full-time-
equivalent basis.
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The President, through
the Office of Management and Budget, shall monitor
the agency and take any action necessary to ensure
that the requirements of this subsection are met.
(g) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Man-
agement may prescribe such regulations as may be nec-
essary to implement this section.
IRAQ OPPOSITION
SEC. 580. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, $10,000,000 shall be made avail-
able to support efforts to bring about political transition
in Iraq, of which not less than $8,000,000 shall be made
available only to Iraqi opposition groups designated under
the Iraq Liberation Act (Public Law 105–338) for polit-
ical, economic, humanitarian, and other activities of such
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groups, and not more than $2,000,000 may be made avail-
able for groups and activities seeking the prosecution of
Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi government officials for
war crimes.
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET
SUBMISSION
SEC. 581. Beginning with the fiscal year 2001 budg-
et, the Agency for International Development shall submit
to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed budget for
each fiscal year. The Agency shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations a proposed budget format no later
than October 31, 1999, or 30 days after the enactment
of this Act, whichever occurs later. The proposed format
shall include how the Agency’s budget submission will ad-
dress: (1) estimated levels of obligations for the current
fiscal year and actual levels for the two previous fiscal
years; (2) the President’s request for new budget authority
and estimated carryover obligational authority for the
budget year; (3) the disaggregation of budget data by pro-
gram and activity for each bureau, field mission, and cen-
tral office; and (4) staff levels identified by program.
AMERICAN CHURCHWOMEN IN EL SALVADOR
SEC. 582. (a) Information relevant to the December
2, 1980 murders of four American churchwomen in El
Salvador shall be made public to the fullest extent pos-
sible.
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(b) The Secretary of State and the Department of
State are to be commended for fully releasing information
regarding the murders.
(c) The President shall order all Federal agencies and
departments that possess relevant information to make
every effort to declassify and release to the victims’ fami-
lies relevant information as expeditiously as possible.
(d) In making determinations concerning the declas-
sification and release of relevant information, the Federal
agencies and departments shall presume in favor of releas-
ing, rather than of withholding, such information.
(e) Not later than 45 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall provide a re-
port to the Committees on Appropriations describing in
detail the circumstances under which individuals involved
in the murders or the cover-up of the murders obtained
residence in the United States.
KYOTO PROTOCOL
SEC. 583. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de-
crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in
preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol,
which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,
Japan, at the Third Conference of the Parties to the
United States Framework Convention on Climate Change,
which has not been submitted to the Senate for advice and
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consent to ratification pursuant to article II, section 2,
clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and which has
not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the Pro-
tocol.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO STOCKPILING
OF DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES
SEC. 584. (a) VALUE
OF ADDITIONS
TO STOCK-
PILES.—Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by
striking ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996
and 1997, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and’’ and in-
serting before the period at the end, the following: ‘‘and
$60,000,000 for fiscal year 2000’’.
(b) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE REPUBLIC OF
KOREA AND THAILAND.—Section 514(b)(2)(B) of such
Act (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking
‘‘Of the amount specified in subparagraph (A) for each
of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997, not more than
$40,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles in the
Republic of Korea and not more than $10,000,000 may
be made available for stockpiles in Thailand. Of the
amount specified in subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 1998,
not more than $40,000,000 may be made available for
stockpiles in the Republic of Korea and not more than
$20,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles in Thai-
land.’’; and at the end inserting the following sentence:
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‘‘Of the amount specified in subparagraph (A) for fiscal
year 2000, not more than $40,000,000 may be made avail-
able for stockpiles in the Republic of Korea and not more
than $20,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles in
Thailand.’’.
RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
SEC. 585. Section 3011 of the 1999 Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106–31; 113
Stat. 93) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1999’’ in sub-
sections (a)(1), (b)(4)(B), (d)(3), and (h)(1)(A) and
inserting ‘‘fiscal years 1999 and 2000’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘2000’’ in subsection (a)(2),
(e)(1), and (h)(1)(B) and inserting ‘‘2001’’.
ABOLITION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION
SEC. 586. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et.
(2) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’
means the Inter-American Foundation.
(3) FUNCTION.—The term ‘‘function’’ means
any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility,
right, privilege, activity, or program.
(b) ABOLITION
OF
INTER-AMERICAN
FOUNDA-
TION.—During fiscal year 2000, the President is author-
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ized to abolish the Inter-American Foundation. The provi-
sions of this section shall only be effective upon the effec-
tive date of the abolition of the Inter-American Founda-
tion.
(c) TERMINATION OF FUNCTIONS.—
(1) Except as provided in subsection (d)(2),
there are terminated upon the abolition of the Foun-
dation all functions vested in, or exercised by, the
Foundation or any official thereof, under any stat-
ute, reorganization plan, Executive order, or other
provisions of law, as of the day before the effective
date of this section.
(2) REPEAL.—Section 401 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1969 (22 U.S.C. 6290f) is repealed
upon the effective date specified in subsection ( j).
(3) FINAL DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.—Upon the
date of transmittal to Congress of the certification
described in subsection (d)(4), all unexpended bal-
ances of appropriations of the Foundation shall be
deposited in the miscellaneous receipts account of
the Treasury of the United States.
(d) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall be responsible for—
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(A) the administration and wind-up of any
outstanding obligation of the Federal Govern-
ment under any contract or agreement entered
into by the Foundation before the date of the
enactment of the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2000, except that the authority of
this subparagraph does not include the renewal
or extension of any such contract or agreement;
and
(B) taking such other actions as may be
necessary to wind-up any outstanding affairs of
the Foundation.
(2) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO THE DIREC-
TOR.—There are transferred to the Director such
functions of the Foundation under any statute, reor-
ganization plan, Executive order, or other provision
of law, as of the day before the date of the enact-
ment of this section, as may be necessary to carry
out the responsibilities of the Director under para-
graph (1).
(3) AUTHORITIES
OF
THE
DIRECTOR.—For
purposes of performing the functions of the Director
under paragraph (1) and subject to the availability
of appropriations, the Director may—
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(A) enter into contracts;
(B) employ experts and consultants in ac-
cordance with section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, at rates for individuals not to ex-
ceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for
level IV of the Executive Schedule; and
(C) utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the
services, facilities, and personnel of other Fed-
eral agencies.
(4) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Whenever the
Director determines that the responsibilities de-
scribed in paragraph (1) have been fully discharged,
the Director shall so certify to the appropriate con-
gressional committees.
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a detailed report in writ-
ing regarding all matters relating to the abolition and ter-
mination of the Foundation. The report shall be submitted
not later than 90 days after the termination of the Foun-
dation.
(f ) TRANSFER
AND ALLOCATION
OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
assets, liabilities (including contingent liabilities arising
from suits continued with a substitution or addition of
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parties under subsection (g)(3)), contracts, property,
records, and unexpended balance of appropriations, au-
thorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, held,
used, arising from, available to, or to be made available
in connection with the functions, terminated by subsection
(c)(1) or transferred by subsection (d)(2) shall be trans-
ferred to the Director for purposes of carrying out the re-
sponsibilities described in subsection (d)(1).
(g) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—
(1) CONTINUING LEGAL FORCE AND EFFECT.—
All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, per-
mits, agreements, grants, contracts, certificates, li-
censes, registrations, privileges, and other adminis-
trative actions—
(A) that have been issued, made, granted,
or allowed to become effective by the Founda-
tion in the performance of functions that are
terminated or transferred under this section;
and
(B) that are in effect as of the date of the
abolition of the Foundation, or were final before
such date and are to become effective on or
after such date,
shall continue in effect according to their terms until
modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or re-
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voked in accordance with law by the President, the
Director, or other authorized official, a court of com-
petent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
(2) NO EFFECT ON JUDICIAL OR ADMINISTRA-
TIVE PROCEEDINGS.—Except as otherwise provided
in this section—
(A) the provisions of this section shall not
affect suits commenced prior to the date of the
abolition of the Foundation; and
(B) in all such suits, proceedings shall be
had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in
the same manner and effect as if this section
had not been enacted.
(3) NONABATEMENT
OF
PROCEEDINGS.—No
suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by or
against any officer in the official capacity of such in-
dividual as an officer of the Foundation shall abate
by reason of the enactment of this section. No cause
of action by or against the Foundation, or by or
against any officer thereof in the official capacity of
such officer, shall abate by reason of the enactment
of this section.
(4) CONTINUATION OF PROCEEDING WITH SUB-
STITUTION OF PARTIES.—If, before the date of the
abolition of the Foundation, the Foundation, or offi-
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cer thereof in the official capacity of such officer, is
a party to a suit, then effective on such date such
suit shall be continued with the Director substituted
or added as a party.
(5) REVIEWABILITY OF ORDERS AND ACTIONS
UNDER TRANSFERRED FUNCTIONS.—Orders and ac-
tions of the Director in the exercise of functions ter-
minated or transferred under this section shall be
subject to judicial review to the same extent and in
the same manner as if such orders and actions had
been taken by the Foundation immediately preceding
their termination or transfer. Any statutory require-
ments relating to notice, hearings, action upon the
record, or administrative review that apply to any
function transferred by this section shall apply to
the exercise of such function by the Director.
(h) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT
FOUNDATION.—
Section 502 of the International Security and Devel-
opment Cooperation Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 290h)
is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2);
(B) by striking the semicolon at the end of
paragraph (3) and inserting a period; and
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(C) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5).
(2) SOCIAL
PROGRESS
TRUST
FUND
AGREE-
MENT.—Section 36 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1973 is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) by striking ‘‘provide for’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘(2) utilization’’ and
inserting ‘‘provide for the utilization’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘member countries;’’
and all that follows through ‘‘paragraph
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘member countries.’’;
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘transfer
or’’;
(C) by striking subsection (c);
(D) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c); and
(E) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated),
by striking ‘‘transfer or’’.
(3) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.—Sec-
tion 222A(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2182a(d)) is repealed.
(i) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means the Committee on
Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and
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the Committee on International Relations of the House
of Representatives.
( j) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The repeal made by sub-
section (c)(2) and the amendments made by subsection (h)
shall take effect upon the date of transmittal to Congress
of the certification described in subsection (d)(4).
WEST BANK AND GAZA PROGRAM
SEC. 587. For fiscal year 2000, 30 days prior to the
initial obligation of funds for the bilateral West Bank and
Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall certify to the
appropriate committees of Congress that procedures have
been established to assure the Comptroller General of the
United States will have access to appropriate United
States financial information in order to review the uses
of United States assistance for the Program funded under
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the West Bank
and Gaza.
HUMAN RIGHTS ASSISTANCE
SEC. 588. Of the funds made available under the
heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, not less than $500,000 should be provided to
the Colombia Attorney General’s Human Rights Unit, not
less than $500,000 should be made available to support
the activities of Colombian nongovernmental organizations
involved in human rights monitoring, not less than
$250,000 should be provided to the United Nations High
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Commissioner for Human Rights to assist the Government
of Colombia in strengthening its human rights policies and
programs, not less than $1,000,000 should be made avail-
able for personnel and other resources to enhance United
States Embassy monitoring of assistance to the Colombian
security forces and responding to reports of human rights
violations, and not less than $5,000,000 should be made
available for administration of justice programs including
support for the Colombia Attorney General’s Technical In-
vestigations Unit.
INDONESIA
SEC. 589. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act under
the headings ‘‘International Military Education and
Training’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’
may be made available for Indonesia if the President de-
termines and submits a report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that the Indonesian government and the
Indonesian armed forces are—
(1) taking effective measures to bring to justice
members of the armed forces and militia groups
against whom there is credible evidence of human
rights violations;
(2) taking effective measures to bring to justice
members of the armed forces against whom there is
credible evidence of aiding or abetting militia
groups;
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(3) allowing displaced persons and refugees to
return home to East Timor, including providing safe
passage for refugees returning from West Timor;
(4) not impeding the activities of the Inter-
national Force in East Timor (INTERFET) or its
successor, the United Nations Transitional Author-
ity in East Timor (UNTAET);
(5) demonstrating a commitment to preventing
incursions into East Timor by members of militia
groups in West Timor; and
(6) demonstrating a commitment to account-
ability by cooperating with investigations and pros-
ecutions of members of the Indonesian armed forces
and militia groups responsible for human rights vio-
lations in Indonesia and East Timor.
MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE
SEC. 590. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be provided for the
United Nations Man and the Biosphere Program or the
United Nations World Heritage Fund for programs in the
United States.
IMMUNITY OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA
SEC. 591. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia shall be deemed to be a state spon-
sor of terrorism for the purposes of 28 U.S.C. 1605(a)(7).
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(b) This section shall not apply to Montenegro or
Kosova.
(c) This section shall become null and void when the
President certifies in writing to the Congress that the Fed-
eral Republic of Yugoslavia (other than Montenegro and
Kosova) has completed a democratic reform process that
results in a newly elected government that respects the
rights of ethnic minorities, is committed to the rule of law
and respects the sovereignty of its neighbor states.
(d) The certification provided for in subsection (c)
shall not affect the continuation of litigation commenced
against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia prior to its ful-
fillment of the conditions in subsection (c).
UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE POLICY FOR OPPOSITION-
CONTROLLED AREAS OF SUDAN
SEC. 592. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the President, acting through appropriate Federal
agencies, may provide food assistance to groups engaged
in the protection of civilian populations from attacks by
regular government of Sudan forces, associated militias,
or other paramilitary groups supported by the Government
of Sudan. Such assistance may only be provided in a way
that: (1) does not endanger, compromise or otherwise re-
duce the United States’ support for unilateral, multilateral
or private humanitarian operations or the beneficiaries of
those operations; or (2) compromise any ongoing or future
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people-to-people reconciliation efforts. Any such assistance
shall be provided separate from and not in proximity to
current humanitarian efforts, both within Operation Life-
line Sudan or outside of Operation Lifeline Sudan, or any
other current or future humanitarian operations which
serve noncombatants. In considering eligibility of potential
recipients, the President shall determine that the group
respects human rights, democratic principles, and the in-
tegrity of ongoing humanitarian operations, and cease
such assistance if the determination can no longer be
made.
(b) Not later than February 1, 2000, the President
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report
on United States bilateral assistance to opposition-con-
trolled areas of Sudan. Such report shall include—
(1) an accounting of United States bilateral as-
sistance to opposition-controlled areas of Sudan, pro-
vided in fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, and proposed
for fiscal year 2000, and the goals and objectives of
such assistance;
(2) the policy implications and costs, including
logistics and administrative costs, associated with
providing humanitarian assistance, including food,
directly to National Democratic Alliance participants
and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement op-
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erating outside of the United Nations’ Operation
Lifeline Sudan structure, and the United States
agencies best suited to administer these activities;
and
(3) the policy implications of increasing sub-
stantially the amount of development assistance for
democracy promotion, civil administration, judiciary,
and infrastructure support in opposition-controlled
areas of Sudan and the obstacles to administering a
development assistance program in this region.
CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN
SEC. 593. Consistent with the intent of Congress ex-
pressed in the enactment of section 3(b) of the Taiwan
Relations Act, the Secretary of State shall consult with
the appropriate committees and leadership of Congress to
devise a mechanism to provide for congressional input
prior to making any determination on the nature or quan-
tity of defense articles and services to be made available
to Taiwan.
AUTHORIZATIONS
SEC. 594. The Secretary of the Treasury may, to ful-
fill commitments of the United States: (1) effect the
United States participation in the fifth general capital in-
crease of the African Development Bank, the first general
capital increase of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee
Agency, and the first general capital increase of the Inter-
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American Investment Corporation; and (2) contribute on
behalf of the United States to the eighth replenishment
of the resources of the African Development Fund and the
twelfth replenishment of the International Development
Association. The following amounts are authorized to be
appropriated without fiscal year limitation for payment by
the Secretary of the Treasury: $40,847,011 for paid-in
capital, and $639,932,485 for callable capital, of the Afri-
can Development Bank; $29,870,087 for paid-in capital,
and $139,365,533 for callable capital, of the Multilateral
Investment Guarantee Agency; $125,180,000 for paid-in
capital of the Inter-American Investment Corporation;
$300,000,000 for the African Development Fund; and
$2,410,000,000 for the International Development Asso-
ciation.
ASSISTANCE FOR COSTA RICA
SEC. 595. Of the funds appropriated by Public Law
106–31, under the heading ‘‘Central America and the Car-
ibbean Emergency Disaster Recovery Fund’’, $8,000,000
shall be made available only for Costa Rica.
SILK ROAD STRATEGY ACT OF 1999
SEC. 596. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be
cited as the ‘‘Silk Road Strategy Act of 1999’’.
(b) AMENDMENT TO THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT
OF 1961.—Part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
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(22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following new chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 12—SUPPORT FOR THE ECO-
NOMIC AND POLITICAL INDEPEND-
ENCE OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE
SOUTH CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA
‘‘SEC. 499. UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE REC-
ONCILIATION 
AND 
RECOVERY 
FROM 
RE-
GIONAL CONFLICTS.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE OF ASSISTANCE.—The purposes of as-
sistance under this section include—
‘‘(1) the creation of the basis for reconciliation
between belligerents;
‘‘(2) the promotion of economic development in
areas of the countries of the South Caucasus and
Central Asia impacted by civil conflict and war; and
‘‘(3) the encouragement of broad regional co-
operation among countries of the South Caucasus
and Central Asia that have been destabilized by in-
ternal conflicts.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out the purposes
of subsection (a), the President is authorized to pro-
vide humanitarian assistance and economic recon-
struction assistance for the countries of the South
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Caucasus and Central Asia to support the activities
described in subsection (c).
‘‘(2) DEFINITION
OF
HUMANITARIAN
ASSIST-
ANCE.—In this subsection, the term ‘humanitarian
assistance’ means assistance to meet humanitarian
needs, including needs for food, medicine, medical
supplies and equipment, education, and clothing.
‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Activities that may
be supported by assistance under subsection (b) include—
‘‘(1) providing for the humanitarian needs of
victims of the conflicts;
‘‘(2) facilitating the return of refugees and in-
ternally displaced persons to their homes; and
‘‘(3) assisting in the reconstruction of residen-
tial and economic infrastructure destroyed by war.
‘‘SEC. 499A. ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE OF ASSISTANCE.—The purpose of as-
sistance under this section is to foster economic growth
and development, including the conditions necessary for
regional economic cooperation, in the South Caucasus and
Central Asia.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR ASSISTANCE.—To carry
out the purpose of subsection (a), the President is author-
ized to provide assistance for the countries of the South
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Caucasus and Central Asia to support the activities de-
scribed in subsection (c).
‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—In addition to the ac-
tivities described in section 498, activities supported by
assistance under subsection (b) should support the devel-
opment of the structures and means necessary for the
growth of private sector economies based upon market
principles.
‘‘SEC. 499B. DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE OF PROGRAMS.—The purposes of pro-
grams under this section include—
‘‘(1) to develop the physical infrastructure nec-
essary for regional cooperation among the countries
of the South Caucasus and Central Asia; and
‘‘(2) to encourage closer economic relations and
to facilitate the removal of impediments to cross-bor-
der commerce among those countries and the United
States and other developed nations.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR PROGRAMS.—To carry out
the purposes of subsection (a), the following types of pro-
grams for the countries of the South Caucasus and Cen-
tral Asia may be used to support the activities described
in subsection (c):
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‘‘(1) Activities by the Export-Import Bank to
complete the review process for eligibility for financ-
ing under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945.
‘‘(2) The provision of insurance, reinsurance, fi-
nancing, or other assistance by the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation.
‘‘(3) Assistance under section 661 of this Act
(relating to the Trade and Development Agency).
‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Activities that may
be supported by programs under subsection (b) include
promoting actively the participation of United States com-
panies and investors in the planning, financing, and con-
struction of infrastructure for communications, transpor-
tation, including air transportation, and energy and trade
including highways, railroads, port facilities, shipping,
banking, insurance, telecommunications networks, and gas
and oil pipelines.
‘‘SEC. 499C. BORDER CONTROL ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE OF ASSISTANCE.—The purpose of as-
sistance under this section includes the assistance of the
countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia to se-
cure their borders and implement effective controls nec-
essary to prevent the trafficking of illegal narcotics and
the proliferation of technology and materials related to
weapons of mass destruction (as defined in section
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2332a(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code), and to con-
tain and inhibit transnational organized criminal activi-
ties.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR ASSISTANCE.—To carry
out the purpose of subsection (a), the President is author-
ized to provide assistance to the countries of the South
Caucasus and Central Asia to support the activities de-
scribed in subsection (c).
‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Activities that may
be supported by assistance under subsection (b) include
assisting those countries of the South Caucasus and Cen-
tral Asia in developing capabilities to maintain national
border guards, coast guard, and customs controls.
‘‘SEC. 499D. STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY, TOLERANCE,
AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE OF ASSISTANCE.—The purpose of as-
sistance under this section is to promote institutions of
democratic government and to create the conditions for
the growth of pluralistic societies, including religious toler-
ance and respect for internationally recognized human
rights.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR ASSISTANCE.—To carry
out the purpose of subsection (a), the President is author-
ized to provide the following types of assistance to the
countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia:
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‘‘(1) Assistance for democracy building, includ-
ing programs to strengthen parliamentary institu-
tions and practices.
‘‘(2) Assistance for the development of non-
governmental organizations.
‘‘(3) Assistance for development of independent
media.
‘‘(4) Assistance for the development of the rule
of law, a strong independent judiciary, and trans-
parency in political practice and commercial trans-
actions.
‘‘(5) International exchanges and advanced pro-
fessional training programs in skill areas central to
the development of civil society.
‘‘(6) Assistance to promote increased adherence
to civil and political rights under section 116(e) of
this Act.
‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Activities that may
be supported by assistance under subsection (b) include
activities that are designed to advance progress toward the
development of democracy.
‘‘SEC. 499E. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES.
‘‘(a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH GOVERNMENTS
AND
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Assistance under