Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1992, and for other purposes.
PL 102-266 (H.J.Res.456), enacted 04/01/1992

106 STAT. 92 
PUBLIC LAW 102-266—APR. 1, 1992 
Public Law 102-266 
102d C!ongress 
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Joint Resolution 
Apr. 1, 1992 
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1992, and for other 
[H.J. Res. 456] 
purposes. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public 
Law 102-145, as amended by Public Law 102-163, is further 
amended as follows: 
105 Stat. 970. 
SEC. 101. In section 106(c), strike "March 31, 1992" and insert 
in lieu thereof "September 30,1992". 
SEC. 102. Insert the following new sections: 
"DEFINITION OF CURRENT RATE 
"SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint reso-
lution, any rate for operations for any project or activity funded 
by this joint resolution for foreign operations, export financing, 
and related programs that is based on the current rate for oper-
ations shall be defined to be the amounts appropriated in fiscal 
year 1991. 
"TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS 
"SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint reso-
lution: the rate for operations for Ta3naient to ttie Foreign Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund','Operating Expenses of the Agency 
for International Development', 'Operating Expenses of the Agency 
for International Development Office of Inspector General', 'Peace 
Corps' and 'Migration and Refugee Assistance' shall be the amount 
included for each in the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1992 (H.R. 2621) as 
passed by the House of Representatives on June 19, 1991: Provided, 
That no funds are provided by this joint resolution for 'Contribution 
to the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility of the International 
Monetary Fund': Provided further. That for the cost as defined 
in section 13201 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, of direct 
and guaranteed loans authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, the rate for operations shall be $9,080,000, 
and for administrative expenses of that program the rate for oper-
ations shall be $8,250,000: Provided fiirther. That for the costs 
as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 
1990, of guaranteed loans authorized by section 108 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, the rate of operations shall be $2,668,000; 
and for administrative expenses to carry out such guaranteed loan 
program, the rate of operations shall be $1,367,000: Provided fur-
ther. That the rate for operations for 'Administrative Expenses' 
of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, shall be 
$38,613,000, including administrative expenses incurred in connec-
tion with contracting for the issuance and servicing of insurance 
and reinsurance or in lieu of contracting for the performguice of 
such services by the Export-Import Bank: Provided further. That 
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106 STAT. 93 
the rate for operations for the 'Multilateral Assistance Initiative' 
for the Philippines shall he $100,000,000. 
"ELIMINATION OF EARMARKS 
"SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint reso-
lution, the following earmarks, transfers and ceilings included in 
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-513), shall not be 
applicable to funds appropriated by this joint resolution for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs: the earmarks 
for Hie Caribbean Law Institute, and the Center for the Cultural 
and Technical Interchange Between North and South under the 
headii^ 'Education and Human Resources Development, Develop-
ment Assistance'; the ceiling for disadvantaged private enterprise 
in South Afidca under the heading 'Sub-Saharan Africa, Develop-
ment Assistance'; the earmark under the heading 'Appropriate Tech-
nology*; ceiling and earmarks for El Salvador's Special Investigative 
Unit, Jordan, Morocco, El Salvador's University of Centrsd America, 
and the Antarctic Protection Act under the heading 'Economic Sup-
port Fund'; the transfer under the heading 'Multilateral Assistance 
Initiative for the Philippines'; the earmark for Morocco under the 
heading Toreign Military Financing Program'; tiie earmarks in 
section 533 for neotropiciEd migratory bird conservation in Latin 
America and the Cariobean, Ftoject Noah, the National Science 
Foundation's International Biological Diversity Program, and the 
earmark in subsection (e) of that section; and the earmark in 
section 583: Provided, That of the funds appropriated by this joint 
resolution for foreign operations, export financing, and related pro-
grams for programs imder the heading 'Agency for International 
Development', not less than $250,000,000 shall be made available 
for child survival activities: Provided further, That the authority 
and conditions appUcable to 'Migration and Refugee Assistance' 
shall be only those contained in the Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1992 (H.R. 
2621), as passed by the House on Jime 19,1991. 
'^ELIMINATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL EARMARKS 
"SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint reso-
lution, earmarks, transfers, ceilings, or any terms and conditions 
contained in Public Law 102-27, PubUc Law 102-55, or Public 
Law 102-229 applicable to funds appropriated for foreign oper-
ations, export fmandng, and related programs shall not be 
appUcable to funds appropriated by this joint resolution for foreign 
operations, export 
financing, 
and related programs. 
"UPDATE OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS 
"SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint reso-
lution, the authority and conditions provided in sections 531 (except 
for subsection (fX3)), 538, and 549 of^the Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public 
Law 101-513) shall not be appUcaole to funds appropriated by 
this joint resolution for foreign operations, export financing, and 
related programs: Provided, That the authority and conditions pro- 22 use 2375, 
vided in sections 545, 552, 560, 571, 572, 583, 585, and under 2764 note, 2796. 
the heading 'Foreign Militsuy Sales Debt Reform', of the Foreign 
106 STAT. 94 
PUBLIC LAW 102-266—APR. 1, 1992 
Operations, Export Finaiicing, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 1992 (H.R. 2621) as passed by the House on June 19, 
1991, shall be applicable to funds appropriated by this joint resolu-
tion (and are hereby enacted) in lieu of the authority and conditions 
provided in sections 546, 553, 562A, 573, 574, 596(d), 599B, and 
under the heading Toreign Mihtary Sales Debt Reform', respec-
tively, in the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 1991 (PubHc Law 101-513): Provided 
further. That the authority and conditions applicable to fimds appro-
priated by this joint resolution to the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States shall be those contained under the heading 'Export-
Import Bank of the United States' of the Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1992 (H.R. 
2621) as passed by the House on June 19, 1991, except for the 
program ceiling in the first proviso, and the fourth proviso, under 
the 'Subsidy Appropriation' subheading: Provided further. That 
assistance under the heading International MiUtary Education and 
Training' may be made avsdlable for Malaysia: Provided further, 
That when appl3dng section 512 and section 545 of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-513) to funds appropriated by 
this joint resolution, the coimtries of Angola and Cambodia shall 
be construed to not be on the list of countries included in these 
sections: Provided further, That for purposes of satisfying the 
requirements of section 484 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
funds appropriated by this joint resolution for the 'Foreign Military 
Financing IVogram' may be used to finance the leasing of aircraft 
under chapter 6 of the Arms Export Control Act in accordance 
with the provisions of section 3(g) of the International Narcotics 
Control Act of 1990 (PubHc Law 101-623): Provided further. That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, section 
812 of the International Security and Development Cooperation 
99 Stat. 264. 
Act of 1985, is repealed: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
date""***°° 
any other provision of this joint resolution, the period of availability 
of funds appropriated for foreign operations, export fin£incing, and 
related programs shall be, for each appropriation item, the period 
of availability included in tiie Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1992 (H.R. 2621) as 
passed by the House on June 19, 1991, except that for Development 
Assistance and for the Peace Corps funds shall remain available 
until September 30,1993. 
*1JPDATE OF IFI PROVISIONS 
"SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint reso-
lution, the authority and conditions applicable to funds appropriated 
by this joint resolution for foreign operations, export financing, 
and related programs under the headings 'Contribution to the 
International Development Association', 'Contribution to the Inter-
national Finance Corporation', 'Contribution to the Asian Develop-
ment Bank', and 'Contribution to the Asian Development Fund' 
shall be those included in the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1992 (H.R. 2621) as 
passed by the House on Jime 19,1991. 
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106 STAT. 95 
"UPDATE OF lOP PROVISIONS 
"SEC. 120. Notwithstgmding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, the following earmarks shall be appUcable to fhnds 
appropriated by this joint resolution for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for 'International Organizations 
and Programs' in lieu of the earmarks for the same programs, 
funds or agencies included under that heading in the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-513): $85,000,000 for the United Nations 
Children's Fund, $27,500,000 for the International Atomic Energy 
Agency, $18,193,000 for the United Nations Environment Program, 
$2,000,000 for the United Nations Afghanistan Emergency Trust 
Fund, and $18,362,000 for the International Fund for Agricultural 
Development. 
"ASSISTANCE TO FORMER SOVIET UNION 
"(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
"SEC. 121. In order to avoid the prospect that instability or 
resurgent totalitarianism in the former Soviet Union would threaten 
United States national security, £ind in view of the substantial 
savings in defense made possible by changes in the former Soviet 
Union and in view of the need to secure these changes in order 
to achieve continued savings, of the funds appropriated by this 
joint resolution for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs, funds appropriated under the heading 'Economic Support 
Fund' may be made available for support for the economic and 
democratic development of the former Soviet RepubUcs: Provided, 
That of the funds made available by this section, $50,000,000 may 
be made available to provide agricultural conmiodities for the people 
of the former Soviet Republics, with special emphasis on children 
and pre- and post-natal women: Provided further. That fimds made 
available by this section may be used for a^ninistrative costs 
of the Agency for International Development in carrying out this 
program in accordance with the regulsir notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further. That none 
of the funds made available by this joint resolution for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs that are provided 
for assistance for the former Soviet Republics shall be made avedl-
able except through the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further. That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of this joint resolution, the Export-Import Bank 
Act of 1945, is amended (1) in section 7, by repealing subsection 12 USC 635e. 
(b), and (2) in section 2, by deleting in subsection 2(bX3) '(ii) 12 USC 635. 
in an amount which equals or exceeds $25,000,000 for the export 
of goods or services involving resesirch, exploration, or production 
of fossil fuel energy resources in the Union of Soviet SociaUst 
Republics,' and (3) in subsection 2(bX3) by redesignating '(iii)' as 
'(ii)'; and section 613 of the Trade Act of 1974 is repealed: Provided 
19 USC 2487. 
further. That funds made available by this joint resolution for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for assist-
ance in furtherance of the purposes of this section may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
106 STAT. 96 
PUBLIC LAW 102-266—APR. 1, 1992 
'^L SALVADOR 
"SEC. 122. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this joint resolution 
for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for 
the Toreign MiUtary Financing Program', not more than the amount 
allocated pursuant to Public Law 102-145, $21,250,000, may be 
made available for military assistance for El Salvador; and such 
assistance shall be used only for non-lethal items for maintenance, 
sustainment, restructuring, and reduction and only in strict accord-
ance with tiie newly defhied mission of the Salvadoran Armed 
Forces as embodied within the Salvadoran Peace Accords. 
"(b) Of the fimds appropriated for the Toreign Militaiy Financing 
Program' by this joint resolution, not less than $63,750,000 shall 
be transferred to the Demobilization and Transition Fund estab-
Ushed by section 531(f) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
1991, and not-
withstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, shall 
remain available until expended. 
"(c) Funds transferred to the Demobilization and Transition Fund 
(in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such assist-
ance) may be used for the following: 
"(1) assistance described in section 531(fX3) of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1991; 
"(2) assistance for law enforcement in accordance with sub-
section (e) of this section; and 
"(3) assistance for reconstruction which directly supports the 
implementation of the Peace Accords, including implementation 
of the National Reconstruction Plan of the Government of El 
Sedvador. 
"(d) None of the funds transferred to the Demobilization and 
Transition Fund shall be made available for obligation from the 
Fund except through the regular reprogramming procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations, the Conunittee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives, and the Conmiittee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate. 
"(e) Funds transferred to the DemobiUzation and Transition Fund 
may be used for assistance for law enforcement in a manner consist-
ent with the Salvadoran Peace Accords and the 
National 
Reconstruction Plan of the Government of El Salvador, and may 
be made available notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961. 
"(f) Of the funds appropriated by this joint resolution under 
the heading 'Economic Support Fund', not less than $1,000,000 
shall be made available to support El Salvador's Truth Commission 
and its investigations and pubUcization through reports of its find-
ings and recommendations of unsolved human rights cases, includ-
ing those specifically referred to in section 538 of Public Law 
101-513, with a view to making recommendations on legal, political 
or administrative steps by the Government of El Salvador, including 
to bring to trial and verdict persons found responsible for such 
Reports. 
acts and to prevent recurrence of such acts. The Secretary of State 
will transmit reports of the Truth Commission to the appropriate 
Committees of Congress in a timely manner. 
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106 STAT. 97 
"PROGRAM LIMITATION 
"SEC. 123. Commitments to guarantee loans for foreign oper-
ations, export financing, and related programs luider the llousing 
Guarantee Program Account' may be entered into notwithstanding 
the second sentence of section 222(a) and, with regard to programs 
for Eastern Europe, section 223(j) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961. 
"ANTI-NARCOTICS UPDATE 
"SEC. 124. The program authorized by section 534 of the Foreign 22 use 2346c 
Assistance Act of 1961 may continue from fimds appropriated by ^°*®-
this joint resolution for foreign operations, export &iancing, and 
related programs, notwithstanding the last sentence of section 
534(e) of that Act: Provided, That such programs may include 
the protection of participants in judicial cases, notwithstanding 
section 660 of that Act: Provided further. That, notwithstanding 
sections 534(c) and 660 of that Act, (1) up to $10,000,000 to provide 
support for a professional civiHan poUce force for Panama, except 
that such assistance shall not include more than $5,000,000 for 
the procurement of equipment for law enforcement purposes, and 
shall not include lethal equipment, and (2) up to $16,000,000 for 
Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru. 
"INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
"SEC. 
125. 
(a) 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE 
CORPORATION.—^Not-
withstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, the Inter-
national Finance Corporation Act is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
" 'SEC. 14. CAPITAL STOCK INCREASE. 
22 USC 282/. 
" *(a) SUBSCRIPTION AUTHORIZED.— 
"'(1) IN GENERAL.—^The United States Governor of the Cor-
poration may— 
"'(A) vote for an increase of 1,000,000 shares in the 
authorized capital stock of the Corporation; £uid 
"'(B) subscribe on behalf of the United States to 250,000 
additional shares of the capital stock of the Corporation. 
"'(2) 
PRIOR 
APPROPRIATION 
REQUIRED.—The 
subscription 
authority provided in paragraph (1) shall be effective only to 
such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance 
in appropriations Acts. 
"'(b) 
LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
order to pay for the subscription authorized in subsection (a), there 
are authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year hmitation, 
$50,000,000 for pa3anent by the Secretary of the Treasury.'. 
"(b) ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this joint resolution, the Asian Development Bank Act 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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106 STAT. 98 
PUBLIC LAW 102-266—APR. 1, 1992 
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«'SEC. 30. CAPITAL INCREASE. 
"'(a) SUBSCRIPTION AUTHORIZED.—(1) The United States Governor 
of the Bank may subscribe on behalf of the United States to 35,230 
additional shares of the capital stock of the Bank. (2) Any subscrip-
tion by the United States to the capital stock of the Bank shedl 
be effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided 
in advance in appropriations Acts. 
"'(b) 
LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
order to pay for the increase in the United States subscription 
to the Bank provided for in subsection (a), there are authorized 
to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, $213,000,000 
for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.'. 
"(c) AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this joint resolution, the African Development Fund 
Act is amended by adding at the end the following: 
22 u s e 290g-15. «'SEC. 216. SIXTH REPLENISHMENT. 
"Xa) CONTRIBUTION AUTHORIZED.—The United States Grovemor 
of the Fund is authorized to contribute $405,000,000 to the sixth 
replenishment of the resources of the Fund, except that such author-
ity shall be effective only to such extent or in such amounts as 
are provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 
"'(b) 
LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
order to pay for the United States contribution provided for in 
this section, there are authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal 
year limitation, $135,000,000 for payment by the Secretary of the 
Treasury.'. 
"REDUCTION IN APPROPRIATIONS 
"SEC 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint reso-
lution, each discretionary appropriation provided in this joint resolu-
tion for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs 
except those funds made available by section 127, is hereby reduced 
by 1.4781 per centum. 
"SEC. 127. Notwithstanding ziny other provision of this joint reso-
lution, the following appropriation is made: 
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106 STAT. 99 
•DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
"INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES 
"CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVmES 
"For an additional amount for 'Contributions for International 
Peacekeeping Activities', in addition to amounts otherwise available 
for such purposes, $270,000,000, to remain available imtil expended, 
notwithstanding section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956. 
"SEC 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint reso-
lution, the following appropriation is made: 
"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
"DISASTER 
LOANS 
PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
"For an additional amount for the cost of direct loans, 
$82,025,000, to remain available imtil expended: Provided, That 
these funds are available to subsidize additional gross obligations 
for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $241,748,000. 
"In addition, for administrative expenses to cany out the disaster 
loan program, an additional $25,000,000, which may be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for 'Salaries and expenses'. 
"Congress hereby designates these amounts as emergency require-
ments pursuant to section 251(bX2XD) of the Budget Enforcement 
Act of 1990.". 
Approved April 1, 1992. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 456: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 138 (1992): 
Mar. 31, considered and passed House. 
Apr. 1, considered and passed Senate, amended. House concurred in Senate 
amendments. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 28 (1992): 
Apr. 1, Presidential statement.