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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-
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.
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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
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
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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
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.
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(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):
(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
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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
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