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an explanation of how the assistance furthers United States
national interests.
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES AND
REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES
SEC. 6043. (a) Subject to subsection (c), of the funds
appropriated by this Act that are made available for assist-
ance for a foreign country, an amount equal to 110 percent
of the total amount of the unpaid fully adjudicated parking
fines and penalties and unpaid property taxes owed by the
central government of such country shall be withheld from
obligation for assistance for the central government of such
country until the Secretary of State submits a certification
to the appropriate congressional committees stating that
such parking fines and penalties and unpaid property taxes
are fully paid.
(b) Funds withheld from obligation pursuant to sub-
section (a) may be made available for other programs or
activities funded by this Act, after consultation with and
subject to the regular notification procedures of the appro-
priate congressional committees, provided that no such
funds shall be made available for assistance for the central
government of a foreign country that has not paid the total
amount of the fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties
and unpaid property taxes owed by such country.
(c) Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that have
been withheld under any other provision of law.
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(d)(1) The Secretary of State may waive the require-
ments set forth in subsection (a) with respect to parking
fines and penalties no sooner than 60 days from the date
of enactment of this Act, or at any time with respect to
a particular country, if the Secretary determines that it
is in the national interests of the United States to do so.
(2) The Secretary of State may waive the requirements
set forth in subsection (a) with respect to the unpaid prop-
erty taxes if the Secretary of State determines that it is
in the national interests of the United States to do so.
(e) Not later than 6 months after the initial exercise
of the waiver authority in subsection (d), the Secretary of
State, after consultations with the City of New York, shall
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations de-
scribing a strategy, including a timetable and steps cur-
rently being taken, to collect the parking fines and penalties
and unpaid property taxes and interest owed by nations
receiving foreign assistance under this Act.
(f) In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives.
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(2) The term ‘‘fully adjudicated’’ includes cir-
cumstances in which the person to whom the vehicle
is registered—
(A)(i) has not responded to the parking vio-
lation summons; or
(ii) has not followed the appropriate adju-
dication procedure to challenge the summons;
and
(B) the period of time for payment of or
challenge to the summons has lapsed.
(3) The term ‘‘parking fines and penalties’’
means parking fines and penalties—
(A) owed to—
(i) the District of Columbia; or
(ii) New York, New York; and
(B) incurred during the period April 1,
1997, through September 30, 2005.
(4) The term ‘‘unpaid property taxes’’ means the
amount of unpaid taxes and interest determined to be
owed by a foreign country on real property in the
District of Columbia or New York, New York in a
court order or judgment entered against such country
by a court of the United States or any State or sub-
division thereof.
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LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PLO FOR THE WEST
BANK AND GAZA
SEC. 6044. 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 Presi-
dent has exercised the authority under section 604(a) of the
Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of Pub-
lic Law 104–107) 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 certification under section
604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995
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.
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS DRAWDOWN
SEC. 6045. If the President determines that doing so
will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding
genocide or other violations of international humanitarian
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to
$30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Na-
tions 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
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establish or authorize 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): Provided further, That the
drawdown made under this section for any tribunal shall
not be construed as an endorsement or precedent for the es-
tablishment of any standing or permanent international
criminal tribunal or court: Provided further, That funds
made available for tribunals other than Yugoslavia, Rwan-
da, or the Special Court for Sierra Leone shall be made
available subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations.
LANDMINES
SEC. 6046. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, demining equipment available to the United States
Agency for International Development and the Department
of State and used in support of the clearance of landmines
and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may
be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, subject
to such terms and conditions as the President may pre-
scribe.
RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
SEC. 6047. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended to create in any part of Jeru-
salem a new office of any department or agency of the
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United States Government for the purpose of conducting of-
ficial United States Government business with the Pales-
tinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor
Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO
Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this restriction
shall not apply to the acquisition of additional space for
the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem: Provided fur-
ther, That meetings between officers and employees of the
United States and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or
any successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in
the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose
of conducting official United States Government business
with such authority should continue to take place in loca-
tions other than Jerusalem. As has been true in the past,
officers and employees of the United States Government
may continue to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with
Palestinians (including those who now occupy positions in
the Palestinian Authority), have social contacts, and have
incidental discussions.
PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES
SEC. 6048. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign
Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program
activities or under the headings ‘‘Child Survival and
Health Programs Fund’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and