[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 1211 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1211

  To authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related 
    agencies for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 1999

 Mr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself and Ms. McKinney) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International 
                               Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related 
    agencies for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
               TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

                     Chapter 1--Department of State

Sec. 101. Administration of foreign affairs.
Sec. 102. International organizations.
Sec. 103. International commissions.
Sec. 104. Migration and refugee assistance.
Sec. 105. Public diplomacy programs.
Sec. 106. Voluntary contributions to international organizations.
Sec. 107. Grants to the Asia Foundation.
               Chapter 2--Broadcasting Board of Governors

Sec. 121. International broadcasting.
        TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

                 Chapter 1--Authorities and Activities

Sec. 201. Authority to lease aircraft to respond to a terrorist attack 
                            abroad.
Sec. 202. Report on Cuban drug trafficking.
Sec. 203. Report on compliance with the Hague Convention on 
                            International Child Abduction.
Sec. 204. Elimination of obsolete reports.
Sec. 205. Continuation of reporting requirements.
Sec. 206. Repeal of outdated provision on passport fees.
Sec. 207. International arms sales code of conduct.
Sec. 208. Human rights and democracy fellowships.
Sec. 209. Joint funds under agreements for cooperation in 
                            environmental, scientific, cultural, and 
                            related areas.
               Chapter 2--Consular And Related Activities

Sec. 251. Deaths and estates of United States citizens abroad.
Sec. 252. Duties of consular officers.
                          Chapter 3--Refugees

Sec. 271. United States policy regarding the involuntary return of 
                            refugees.
Sec. 272. Human rights reports.
Sec. 273. Guidelines for refugee-processing posts.
Sec. 274. Vietnamese refugees.
 TITLE III--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; PERSONNEL OF THE 
                  DEPARTMENT OF STATE; FOREIGN SERVICE

           Chapter 1--Organization of the Department of State

Sec. 301. Establishment of Bureau for International Information 
                            Programs and Bureau for Educational and 
                            Cultural Exchange Programs.
Sec. 302. Correction of designation of Inspector General of the 
                            Department of State.
            Chapter 2--Personnel of the Department of State

Sec. 321. Establishment of Foreign Service Star.
Sec. 322. United States citizens hired abroad.
Sec. 323. Border equalization adjustment.
Sec. 324. Treatment of grievance records.
Sec. 325. Report concerning financial disadvantages for administrative 
                            and technical personnel.
Sec. 326. Extension of overseas hiring authority.
Sec. 327. Medical emergency assistance.
Sec. 328. Families of deceased foreign service personnel.
   TITLE IV--UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL 
                                PROGRAMS

Sec. 401. Educational and cultural exchanges and scholarships for 
                            Tibetans and Burmese.
Sec. 402. Conduct of certain educational and cultural exchange 
                            programs.
Sec. 403. Notification to Congress of grants and contracts.
Sec. 404. National security measures.
Sec. 405. Designation of North/South Center as the Dante B. Fascell 
                            North-South Center.
Sec. 406. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
Sec. 407. International expositions.
                  TITLE V--INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING

Sec. 501. Permanent authorization for Radio Free Asia.
Sec. 502. Preservation of RFE/RL (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty).
Sec. 503. Immunity from civil liability for Broadcasting Board of 
                            Governors.
         TITLE VI--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS

Sec. 601. Interparliamentary groups.
Sec. 602. Authority to assist States and local governments.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
        International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of 
        the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
        Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
          (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
        State.

               TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

                     CHAPTER 1--DEPARTMENT OF STATE

SEC. 101. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

    The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of State under ``Administration of Foreign Affairs'' to 
carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in 
the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States and for other 
purposes authorized by law, including the diplomatic security program:
            (1) Diplomatic and consular programs.--
                    (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For 
                ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'', of the Department 
                of State $2,524,772,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and 
                $2,524,772,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
                    (B) Limitations.--
                            (i) Worldwide security upgrades.--Of the 
                        amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
                        subparagraph (A), $254,000,000 for fiscal year 
                        2000 and $254,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 
                        are authorized to be appropriated only for 
worldwide security upgrades.
                            (ii) Bureau of democracy, human rights, and 
                        labor.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
                        appropriated by subparagraph (A), $15,000,000 
                        for fiscal year 2000 and $15,000,000 for the 
                        fiscal year 2001 are authorized to be 
                        appropriated only for salaries and expenses of 
                        the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
                        Labor.
                            (iii) Recruitment of minority groups.--Of 
                        the amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
                        subparagraph (A), $1,000,000 for fiscal year 
                        2000 and $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 
                        are authorized to be appropriated only for the 
                        recruitment of members of minority groups for 
                        careers in the Foreign Service and 
                        international affairs.
            (2) Capital investment fund.--For ``Capital Investment 
        Fund'' of the Department of State, $90,000,000 for the fiscal 
        year 2000 and $90,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
            (3) Security and maintenance of united states missions.--
                    (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For 
                ``Security and Maintenance of United States Missions'', 
                $1,084,066,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and 
                $1,084,066,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
                    (B) Security upgrades for united states missions.--
                Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
                subparagraph (A), $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
                $650,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 are authorized to 
                be appropriated only for security upgrades to United 
                States missions abroad, including construction and 
                relocation costs.
            (4) Representation allowances.--For ``Representation 
        Allowances'', $4,450,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and 
        $4,450,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
            (5) Emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service.--
        For ``Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service'', 
        $17,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $17,000,000 for the 
        fiscal year 2001.
            (6) Office of the inspector general.--For ``Office of the 
        Inspector General'', $30,054,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and 
        $30,054,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
            (7) Payment to the american institute in taiwan.--For 
        ``Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan'', $15,760,000 
        for the fiscal year 2000 and $15,760,000 for the fiscal year 
        2001.
            (8) Protection of foreign missions and officials.--
                    (A) For ``Protection of Foreign Missions and 
                Officials'', $9,490,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and 
                $9,490,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
                    (B) Each amount appropriated pursuant to this 
                paragraph is authorized to remain available through 
                September 30 of the fiscal year following the fiscal 
                year for which the amount appropriated was made.
            (9) Repatriation loans.--For ``Repatriation Loans'', 
        $1,200,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $1,200,000 for the 
        fiscal year 2001, for administrative expenses.

SEC. 102. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Assessed Contributions to International Organizations.--There 
are authorized to be appropriated for ``Contributions to International 
Organizations'', $963,308,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $963,308,000 
for the fiscal year 2001 for the Department of State to carry out the 
authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of 
the foreign affairs of the United States with respect to international 
organizations and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with 
such purposes.
    (b) Assessed Contributions for International Peacekeeping 
Activities.--There are authorized to be appropriated for 
``Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities'', 
$235,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $235,000,000 for the fiscal 
year 2001 for the Department of State to carry out the authorities, 
functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign 
affairs of the United States with respect to international peacekeeping 
activities and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with 
such purposes.

SEC. 103. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS.

    The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated under 
``International Commissions'' for the Department of State to carry out 
the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct 
of the foreign affairs of the United States and for other purposes 
authorized by law:
            (1) International boundary and water commission, united 
        states and mexico.--For ``International Boundary and Water 
        Commission, United States and Mexico''--
                    (A) for ``Salaries and Expenses'' $20,413,000 for 
                the fiscal year 2000 and $20,413,000 for the fiscal 
                year 2001; and
                    (B) for ``Construction'' $8,435,000 for the fiscal 
                year 2000 and $8,435,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
            (2) International boundary commission, united states and 
        canada.--For ``International Boundary Commission, United States 
        and Canada'', $859,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $859,000 
        for the fiscal year 2001.
            (3) International joint commission.--For ``International 
        Joint Commission'', $3,819,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and 
        $3,819,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
            (4) International fisheries commissions.--For 
        ``International Fisheries Commissions'', $16,702,000 for the 
        fiscal year 2000 and $16,702,000 for the fiscal year 2001.

SEC. 104. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.

          (a) Migration and Refugee Assistance.--
            (1) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
        to be appropriated for ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'' for 
        authorized activities, $750,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 
        and $750,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
            (2) Limitations.--
                    (A) Tibetan refugees in india and nepal.--Of the 
                amounts authorized to be appropriated in paragraph (1), 
                not more than $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and 
                $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 are authorized to 
                be available only for humanitarian assistance, 
                including food, medicine, clothing, and medical and 
                vocational training, to Tibetan refugees in India and 
                Nepal who have fled Chinese-occupied Tibet.
                    (B) Refugees resettling in israel.--Of the amounts 
                authorized to be appropriated in paragraph (1), 
                $60,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $60,000,000 
                for the fiscal year 2001 are authorized to be available 
                only for assistance for refugees resettling in Israel 
                from other countries.
                    (C) Humanitarian assistance for displaced 
                burmese.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
                in paragraph (1), $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 
                and $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 for 
                humanitarian assistance are authorized to be available 
                only for assistance (including food, medicine, 
                clothing, and medical and vocational training) to 
                persons displaced as a result of civil conflict in 
                Burma, including persons still within Burma.
                    (D) Assistance for displaced sierra leoneans.--Of 
                the amounts authorized to be appropriated in paragraph 
                (1), $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $2,000,000 
                for the fiscal year 2001 for humanitarian assistance 
                are authorized to be available only for assistance 
                (including food, medicine, clothing, and medical and 
                vocational training) and resettlement of persons who 
                have been severely mutilated as a result of civil 
                conflict in Sierra Leone, including persons still 
                within Sierra Leone.
          (b) Availability of Funds.--Funds appropriated pursuant to 
this section are authorized to remain available until expended.

SEC. 105. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAMS.

    The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of State to carry out international information activities 
and educational and cultural exchange programs under the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Reorganization Plan 
Number 2 of 1977, the Dante B. Fascell North-South Center Act of 1991, 
and the National Endowment for Democracy Act, and to carry out other 
authorities in law consistent with such purposes:
            (1) International information programs.--For 
        ``International Information Programs'', $313,000,000 for the 
        fiscal year 2000 and $313,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
            (2) Educational and cultural exchange programs.--
                    (A) Fulbright academic exchange programs.--There 
                are authorized to be appropriated for the ``Fulbright 
                Academic Exchange Programs'' (other than programs 
                described in subparagraph (B)), $112,000,000 for the 
                fiscal year 2000 and $112,000,000 for the fiscal year 
                2001.
                    (B) Other educational and cultural exchange 
                programs.--
                            (i) In general.--There are authorized to be 
                        appropriated for other educational and cultural 
                        exchange programs authorized by law, including 
                        the Claude and Mildred Pepper Scholarship 
                        Program of the Washington Workshops Foundation, 
                        $98,329,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and 
                        $98,329,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
                            (ii) South pacific exchanges.--Of the 
                        amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
                        clause (i), $750,000 for the fiscal year 2000 
                        and $750,000 for the fiscal year 2001 are 
                        authorized to be available for ``South Pacific 
                        Exchanges''.
                            (iii) East timorese scholarships.--Of the 
                        amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
                        clause (i), $500,000 for the fiscal year 2000 
                        and $500,000 for the fiscal year 2001 are 
                        authorized to be available for ``East Timorese 
                        Scholarships''.
                            (iv) Tibetan exchanges.--Of the amounts 
                        authorized to be appropriated under clause (i), 
                        $500,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $500,000 
                        for the fiscal year 2001 are authorized to be 
                        available for ``Ngawang Choephel Exchange 
                        Programs'' (formerly known as educational and 
                        cultural exchanges with Tibet) under section 
                        103(a) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other 
                        Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 
                        (Public Law 104-319).
                            (v) African exchanges.--Of the amounts 
                        authorized to be appropriated under clause (i), 
                        $500,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $500,000 
                        for the fiscal year 2001 are authorized to be 
                        available only for ``Educational and Cultural 
                        Exchanges with Sub-Saharan Africa''.
            (3) Center for cultural and technical interchange between 
        east and west.--For the ``Center for Cultural and Technical 
        Interchange between East and West'', $17,500,000 for the fiscal 
        year 2000 and $17,500,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
            (4) National endowment for democracy.--
                    (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For the 
                ``National Endowment for Democracy'', $34,000,000 for 
                the fiscal year 2000 and $34,000,000 for the fiscal 
                year 2001.
                    (B) Limitation.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
                appropriated by subparagraph (A), $2,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2000 and 2001 are authorized to be appropriated 
only for a fellowship program, to be known as the ``Reagan-Fascell 
Democracy Fellows'', for democracy activists and scholars from around 
the world at the International Forum for Democratic Studies in 
Washington, D.C., to study, write, and exchange views with other 
activists and scholars and with Americans.
            (5) Dante b. fascell north-south center.--For ``Dante B. 
        Fascell North-South Center'' $2,500,000 for the fiscal year 
        2000 and $2,500,000 for the fiscal year 2001.

SEC. 106. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated for ``Voluntary Contributions to International 
Organizations'', $293,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $293,000,000 
for the fiscal year 2001.
    (b) Limitations on Authorizations of Appropriations.--
            (1) World food program.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
        appropriated under subsection (a), $5,000,000 for the fiscal 
        year 2000 and $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 are 
        authorized to be appropriated only for a United States 
        contribution to the World Food Program.
            (2) United nations voluntary fund for victims of torture.--
        Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection 
        (a), $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and $5,000,000 for the 
        fiscal year 2001 are authorized to be appropriated only for a 
        United States contribution to the United Nations Voluntary Fund 
        for Victims of Torture.
            (3) International program on the elimination of child 
        labor.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
        subsection (a), $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2000 and 
        $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001 are authorized to be 
        appropriated only for a United States contribution to the 
        International Labor Organization for the activities of the 
        International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor.
            (4) Organization of american states.--Of the amounts 
        authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), $240,000 
        for the fiscal year 2000 and $240,000 for the fiscal year 2001 
        are authorized to be appropriated only for a United States 
        contribution to the Organization of American States for the 
        Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression in 
        the Western Hemisphere to conduct investigations, including 
        field visits, to establish a network of nongovernmental 
        organizations, and to hold hemispheric conferences, of which 
        $6,000 for each fiscal year is authorized to be appropriated 
        only for the investigation and dissemination of information on 
        violations of freedom of expression by the Government of Cuba.
    (c) Restrictions on United States Voluntary Contributions to United 
Nations Development Program.--
            (1) Limitation.--Of the amounts made available under 
        subsection (a) for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for United States 
        voluntary contributions to the United Nations Development 
        Program an amount equal to the amount the United Nations 
        Development Program will spend in Burma during each fiscal year 
        shall be withheld unless during such fiscal year the President 
        submits to the appropriate congressional committees the 
        certification described in paragraph (2).
            (2) Certification.--The certification referred to in 
        paragraph (1) is a certification by the President that all 
        programs and activities of the United Nations Development 
        Program (including United Nations Development Program--
        Administered Funds) in Burma--
                    (A) are focused on eliminating human suffering and 
                addressing the needs of the poor;
                    (B) are undertaken only through international or 
                private voluntary organizations that have been deemed 
                independent of the State Peace and Development Council 
                (SPDC) (formerly known as the State Law and Order 
                Restoration Council (SLORC), after consultation with 
                the leadership of the National League for Democracy and 
                the leadership of the National Coalition Government of 
                the Union of Burma;
                    (C) provide no financial, political, or military 
                benefit to the SPDC; and
                    (D) are carried out only after consultation with 
                the leadership of the National League for Democracy and 
                the leadership of the National Coalition Government of 
                the Union of Burma.
    (d) Contributions to United Nations Population Fund.--
            (1) Limitation.--Of the amounts made available under 
        subsection (a) for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for United States 
        voluntary contributions no funds may be made available to the 
        United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) unless for each such 
        fiscal year the President submits to the appropriate 
        congressional committees the certification described in 
        paragraph (2).
            (2) Certification.--The certification referred to in 
        paragraph (1) is a certification by the President that--
                    (A) the UNFPA has terminated all activities in the 
                People's Republic of China, and the United States has 
                received assurances that UNFPA will conduct no such 
                activities during the fiscal year for which the funds 
                are to be made available; or
                    (B) during the 12 months preceding such 
                certification there have been no abortions as the 
                result of coercion associated with the family planning 
                policies of the national government or other 
                governmental entities within the People's Republic of 
                China.
                    (C) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the 
                term ``coercion'' includes physical duress or abuse, 
                destruction or confiscation of property, loss of means 
                of livelihood, and severe psychological pressure.
    (e) Availability of Funds.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (a) are authorized to remain available until expended.

SEC. 107. GRANTS TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION.

    Section 404 of The Asia Foundation Act (title IV of Public Law 98-
164) is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 404. There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of State $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000 and 
2001 for grants to The Asia Foundation pursuant to this title.''.

               CHAPTER 2--BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

SEC. 121. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.

    The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors to carry out certain international 
broadcasting activities under the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and the 
Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act, and for other purposes authorized 
by law:
            (1) International broadcasting operations.--
                    (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For 
                ``International Broadcasting Operations'', $385,900,000 
                for the fiscal year 2000 and $385,900,000 for the 
                fiscal year 2001.
                    (B) Allocation.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
                appropriated under subparagraph (A), the Broadcasting 
                Board of Governors shall seek to ensure that the 
                amounts made available for broadcasting to nations 
                whose people do not fully enjoy freedom of expression 
                do not decline in proportion to the amounts made 
                available for broadcasting to other nations.
            (2) Broadcasting capital improvements.--For ``Broadcasting 
        Capital Improvements'', $20,868,000 for the fiscal year 2000 
        and $20,868,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
            (3) Radio free asia.--For ``Radio Free Asia'', $30,000,000 
        for the fiscal year 2000 and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year 
        2001.
            (4) Broadcasting to cuba.--
                    (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For 
                ``Broadcasting to Cuba'', $22,743,000 for the fiscal 
                year 2000 and $22,743,000 for the fiscal year 2001.
                    (B) Limitation.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
                appropriated under subparagraph (A), $712,000 for the 
                fiscal year 2000 is authorized to be appropriated only 
                for the Office of Cuba Broadcasting to develop and 
                implement new technology and enhance current methods to 
                strengthen and improve the transmission capabilities of 
                Radio Marti and TV Marti.

        TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

                 CHAPTER 1--AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

SEC. 201. AUTHORITY TO LEASE AIRCRAFT TO RESPOND TO A TERRORIST ATTACK 
              ABROAD.

    In the event of an emergency which involves a terrorist attack 
abroad, the Secretary of State and the Director of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation of the Department of Justice are authorized to lease 
commercial aircraft to transport equipment and personnel in response to 
such attack if there have been reasonable efforts to obtain appropriate 
Department of Defense aircraft and such aircraft are unavailable. The 
leasing authority under this section shall include authority to provide 
indemnification insurance or guarantees, if necessary and appropriate.

SEC. 202. REPORT ON CUBAN DRUG TRAFFICKING.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and every 180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees an unclassified report on the 
extent of international narcotic trafficking from or through Cuba. The 
report shall include information concerning the extent to which the 
Cuban government or any official, employee, or entity of the Government 
of Cuba has engaged in, facilitated, or condoned such trafficking, and 
the extent to which the appropriate agencies of the United States 
Government have investigated and prosecuted such activities of the 
Cuban government or any official, employee, or entity of the Government 
of Cuba.

SEC. 203. REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON 
              INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) There are thousands of United States citizens who are 
        denied their parental rights because their children have been 
        abducted or are wrongfully retained in another country.
            (2) The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
        International Child Abduction is intended primarily to ensure 
        that custody laws and orders of one party are respected by the 
        other parties.
            (3) Many parties to the Convention do not fully apply its 
        provisions.
            (4) United States Courts in deciding custody cases are 
        often unaware of the laws and practices of other countries, the 
        Convention notwithstanding, that can have deleterious effects 
        upon the rights of one parent, and of the child, if the other 
        parent removes the child to another country.
    (b) Annual Report to Congress.--Beginning 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and every 12 months thereafter, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on compliance with the provisions of the Hague 
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction by the 
parties to such Convention. Each such report shall include the 
following information:
            (1) The number of applications for the return of children 
        submitted by United States citizens to the Central Authority 
        for the United States, or of which the Central Authority is 
        aware, that remain unresolved more than 6 months after the date 
        of filing.
            (2) A list of the countries to which children in unresolved 
        applications described in paragraph (1) are alleged to have 
        been abducted, or in which they are being retained in violation 
        of United States civil or criminal law or United States court 
        orders.
            (3) A list of the countries that have failed to comply with 
        any of their obligations under such Convention with respect to 
        applications for the return of or access to children submitted 
        by United States citizens.
            (4) Detailed information on each unresolved case described 
        in paragraph (1) and on actions taken by the Department of 
        State to resolve each such case.
            (5) A list of the countries that have legal systems without 
        any method of prompt and effective enforcement of civil court 
        orders, such contempt of court or Convention return orders.
            (6) A list of the countries that pay some or all of the 
        legal fees of their citizens in Convention and/or regular child 
        custody proceedings in their own courts, the United States, or 
        anywhere else in the world.
            (7) A list of countries with criminal laws that protect 
        parents who abduct or wrongfully retain their children and 
        punish parents who attempt to exercise their sole or joint 
        custody rights.
            (8) A list of countries with legal systems that do not 
        apply a doctrine of comity that would permit them to comply 
        with the object and purpose of the Convention stated in Article 
        1: to ensure that custody laws and orders of one party are 
        respected by the other parties.
            (9) A list of the countries that pay child support to their 
        citizens who allegedly abduct or wrongfully retain children and 
        then demand reimbursement from the parents whose custody or 
        access rights have been violated.

SEC. 204. ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE REPORTS.

    (a) Post Language Competence.--Section 304(c) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3944(c)) is repealed.
    (b) Use of Foreign Service Personnel by Federal Agencies.--Section 
601(c)(4) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4001(c)(4)) is 
repealed.
    (c) Sustainable Economic Growth.--Section 574 of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
1996 (Public Law 104-107) is repealed.
    (d) Redundant Reports on Certain Weapons.--
            (1) Section 308 of the Chemical and Biological Weapons and 
        Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-182) is 
        repealed.
            (2) Section 585 of the Foreign Operations, Export 
        Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 
        (Public Law 104-208), is repealed.

SEC. 205. CONTINUATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Reports on Claims by United States Firms Against the Government 
of Saudi Arabia.--Section 2801(b) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted by division D of the Omnibus 
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; 
Public Law 105-277) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``the earlier of--'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (1); and
            (3) by striking the designation for paragraph (2) and 
        adjusting the tabulation.
    (b) Reports on Determinations Under Title IV of the Libertad Act.--
Section 2802(a) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 
1998 (as enacted by division D of the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105-277) is 
amended by striking ``during the period ending September 30, 1999,'' 
and inserting a comma.
    (c) Relations With Vietnam.--Section 2805 of the Foreign Affairs 
Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted by division D of the 
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1999; Public Law 105-277) is amended by striking ``during the period 
ending September 30, 1999,''.
    (d) Reports on Ballistic Missile Cooperation With Russia.--Section 
2705(c) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as 
enacted by division D of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105-277) is amended 
by striking ``and January 1, 2000,'' and inserting ``, January 1, 2000, 
January 1, 2001, and January 1, 2002,''.

SEC. 206. REPEAL OF OUTDATED PROVISION ON PASSPORT FEES.

    Section 4 of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 216, 41 
Stat. 751) is repealed.

SEC. 207. INTERNATIONAL ARMS SALES CODE OF CONDUCT.

    (a) Negotiations.--The President shall attempt to achieve the 
foreign policy goal of an international arms sales code of conduct with 
all Wassenaar Arrangement countries. The President shall take the 
necessary steps to begin negotiations with all Wassenaar Arrangement 
countries within 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
The purpose of such negotiations shall be to conclude an agreement on 
restricting or prohibiting arms transfers to countries that do not meet 
the criteria under subsection (b).
    (b) Criteria.--The criteria referred to in subsection (a) are as 
follows:
            (1) Promoting democracy.--Such government--
                    (A) was chosen by and permits free and fair 
                elections;
                    (B) promotes civilian control of the military and 
                security forces and has civilian institutions 
                controlling the policy, operation, and spending of all 
                law enforcement and security institutions, as well as 
                the armed forces;
                    (C) promotes the rule of law, equality before the 
                law, and respect for individual and minority rights, 
                including freedom to speak, publish, associate, and 
                organize; and
                    (D) promotes the strengthening of political, 
                legislative, and civil institutions of democracy, as 
                well as autonomous institutions to monitor the conduct 
                of public officials and to combat corruption.
            (2) Respects human rights.--Such government--
                    (A) does not engage in gross violations of 
                internationally recognized human rights, including--
                            (i) extrajudicial or arbitrary executions;
                            (ii) disappearances;
                            (iii) torture or severe mistreatment;
                            (iv) prolonged arbitrary imprisonment;
                            (v) systematic official discrimination on 
                        the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, 
                        national origin, or political affiliation; and
                            (vi) grave breaches of international laws 
                        of war or equivalent violations of the laws of 
                        war in internal conflicts;
                    (B) vigorously investigates, disciplines, and 
                prosecutes those responsible for gross violations of 
                internationally recognized human rights;
                    (C) permits access on a regular basis to political 
                prisoners by international humanitarian organizations 
                such as the International Committee of the Red Cross;
                    (D) promotes the independence of the judiciary and 
                other official bodies that oversee the protection of 
                human rights;
                    (E) does not impede the free functioning of 
                domestic and international human rights organizations; 
                and
                    (F) provides access on a regular basis to 
                humanitarian organizations in situations of conflict or 
                famine.
            (3) Not engaged in certain acts of armed aggression.--Such 
        government is not currently engaged in acts of armed aggression 
        in violation of international law.
            (4) Full participation in united nations register of 
        conventional arms.--Such government is fully participating in 
        the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.
    (c) Reports.--
            (1) Congressional report.--Prior to the beginning of each 
        fiscal year, the Subcommittee on International Operations and 
        Human Rights of the Committee on International Relations of the 
        House of Representatives should compile and submit a report to 
        the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House and the 
        chairperson and ranking member of the International Relations 
Committee of the House of Representatives listing the countries that do 
not meet the criteria of subsection (b).
            (2) Report of the president.--Not later than 6 months after 
        the commencement of negotiations under subsection (a), and not 
        later than the end of every 6-month period thereafter until an 
        agreement described in subsection (a) is concluded, the 
        President shall report to the appropriate congressional 
        committees on the progress of such negotiations.
    (d) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``Wassenaar 
Arrangement countries'' means those participating in the Wassenaar 
Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual Use Goods 
and Technologies, done at Vienna on July 11-12, 1996.

SEC. 208. HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FELLOWSHIPS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department of State 
a program which shall be known as the ``Human Rights and Democracy 
Fellowship Program''. The program shall be administered by the 
Secretary with the assistance of the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor. The program shall provide for the employment 
of not less than 6 and not more than 12 fellows in the Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Fellowships shall be for an initial 
1 year period which may be extended for a total of not more than 3 
years. Fellowships shall be available to individuals who have expertise 
in human rights policy, human rights law, or related subjects and who 
are not permanent employees of the United States Government.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriation.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated for the Human Rights and Democracy Fellowship Program 
under subsection (a) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $1,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2001.

SEC. 209. JOINT FUNDS UNDER AGREEMENTS FOR COOPERATION IN 
              ENVIRONMENTAL, SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL AND RELATED AREAS.

    Amounts made available to the Department of State for participation 
in joint funds under agreements for cooperation in environmental, 
scientific, cultural and related areas prior to fiscal year 1996 which, 
pursuant to express terms of such international agreements, were 
deposited in interest-bearing accounts prior to disbursement may earn 
interest, and interest accrued to such accounts may be used and 
retained without return to the Treasury of the United States and 
without further appropriation by Congress. The Department of State 
shall take action to ensure the complete and timely disbursement of 
appropriations and associated interest within joint funds covered by 
this section and final disposition of such agreements.

               CHAPTER 2--CONSULAR AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

SEC. 251. DEATHS AND ESTATES OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS ABROAD.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 1709 of the Revised Statutes (22 U.S.C. 4195) 
is repealed.
    (b) Amendment to State Department Basic Authorities Act.--The State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended by inserting after 
section 43 the following new sections:

``SEC. 43A. NOTIFICATION OF NEXT OF KIN; REPORTS OF DEATH.

    ``Pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary of State may 
prescribe--
            ``(1) When a United States citizen or national dies abroad, 
        a consular officer shall endeavor to notify, or assist the 
        Secretary of State in notifying, the next of kin or legal 
        guardian as soon as possible; provided, that in the case of 
        death of Peace Corps Volunteers, members of the Armed Forces, 
        their dependents, or Department of Defense civilian employees, 
        the consular officer shall assist the Peace Corps or the 
        appropriate military authorities in making such notifications.
            ``(2) The consular officer may, for any United States 
        citizen who dies abroad, (A) in the case of a finding by 
        appropriate local authorities, issue a report of death or of 
        presumptive death, or (B) in the absence of a finding by 
        appropriate local authorities, issue a report of presumptive 
        death.

``SEC. 43B. CONSERVATION AND DISPOSITION OF ESTATES.

    ``(a) Conservation of Estates Abroad.--
            ``(1) Authority to act as conservator.--Pursuant to such 
        regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, when a 
        United States citizen or national dies abroad, a consular 
        officer shall act as the provisional conservator of the 
        decedent's estate and, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), 
        shall--
                    ``(A) take possession of the personal effects 
                within his jurisdiction;
                    ``(B) inventory and appraise the personal effects, 
                sign the inventory, and annex thereto a certificate as 
                to the accuracy of the inventory and appraised value of 
                each article;
                    ``(C) when appropriate, collect the debts due to 
                the decedent in the officer's jurisdiction and pay from 
                the estate the obligations owed there by the decedent;
                    ``(D) sell or dispose of, as appropriate, all 
                perishable items of property;
                    ``(E) sell, after reasonable public notice and 
                notice to such next of kin as can be ascertained with 
                reasonable diligence, such additional items of property 
                as necessary to provide funds sufficient to pay the 
                decedent's debts and property taxes in the country of 
                death, funeral expenses, and other expenses incident to 
                the disposition of the estate;
                    ``(F) at the end of one year from the date of death 
                (or after such additional period as may be required for 
                final settlement of the estate), if no claimant shall 
                have appeared, sell or dispose of the residue of the 
                personal estate, except as provided in subparagraph (G) 
                below, in the same manner as United States Government-
                owned foreign excess property;
                    ``(G) transmit to the United States, to the 
                Secretary of State, the proceeds of any sales along 
                with any financial instruments (including bonds, shares 
                of stock, and notes of indebtedness), jewelry, 
                heirlooms, and other articles of obvious sentimental 
value, to be held in trust for the legal claimant; and
                    ``(H) in the event that the decedent's estate 
                includes an interest in real property located within 
                the jurisdiction of the officer and such interest does 
                not devolve by the applicable laws of intestate 
                succession or otherwise, provide for title to the 
                property to be conveyed to the Government of the United 
                States unless the Secretary declines to accept such 
                conveyance.
            ``(2) Authority to act as administrator.--The Secretary of 
        State may expressly authorize the officer to act as 
        administrator of the estate in exceptional circumstances, 
        pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. 
        The officer shall not otherwise act in such capacity.
            ``(3) Exceptions.--
                    ``(A) The function provided for in this section 
                shall not be performed to the extent that the decedent 
                has left or there is otherwise appointed, in the 
                country where the death occurred or where the decedent 
                was domiciled, a legal representative, partner in 
                trade, or trustee appointed to take care of his 
                personal estate. If the decedent's legal representative 
                shall appear at any time prior to transmission of the 
                estate to the Secretary and demand the proceeds and 
                effects being held by the officer, the officer shall 
                deliver them to the representative after having 
                collected any prescribed fee for the services rendered 
                pursuant to this section.
                    ``(B) Nothing in this section shall affect the 
                authority of military commanders under title 10 of the 
                United States Code with respect to persons or property 
                under military command or jurisdiction or the authority 
                of the Peace Corps with respect to Peace Corps 
                Volunteers or their property.
            ``(4) Conditions.-- The functions provided for in this 
        section shall be performed only when authorized by treaty 
        provisions or permitted by the laws or authorities of the 
        country wherein the death occurs, or the decedent is domiciled, 
        or if such functions are permitted by established usage.
    ``(b) Disposition of Estates by the Secretary of State.--
            ``(1) Personal effects.--
                    ``(A) After receipt of personal estates pursuant to 
                subsection (a), the Secretary, pursuant to such 
                regulations as the Secretary may prescribe for the 
                conservation of such estates, may seek payment of all 
                outstanding debts to the estate as they become due, may 
                receive any balances due on such estates, may endorse 
                all checks, bills of exchange, promissory notes, and 
                other instruments of indebtedness payable to the estate 
                for the benefit thereof, and may take such other action 
                as is reasonably necessary for the conservation of the 
                estate.
                    ``(B) If by the end of the fifth full fiscal year 
                after receipt of the personal estate pursuant to 
                subsection (a), no legal claimant for such estate has 
                appeared, title to the estate shall pass to the 
                Secretary who shall dispose of the estate in the same 
                manner as surplus United States Government-owned 
                property or by such means as may be appropriate in 
                light of the nature and value of the property involved. 
                The expenses of sales shall be paid from the estate, 
                and any lawful claim received thereafter shall be 
                payable to the extent of the value of the net proceeds 
                of the estate as a refund from the appropriate Treasury 
                account.
                    ``(C) The net cash estate after disposition as 
                provided in subparagraph (B) shall be remitted to the 
                Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
            ``(2) Real property.--Pursuant to such regulations as the 
        Secretary may prescribe--
                    ``(A) in the event that real property is conveyed 
                to the Government of the United States pursuant to 
                subsection (a)(1)(H) and is not needed by the 
                Department of State, such property shall be considered 
                foreign excess property under title IV of the Federal 
                Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 
                U.S.C. 511 et seq.); and
                    ``(B) in the event that the Department needs such 
                property, the Secretary shall treat such property as if 
                it were an unconditional gift accepted on behalf of the 
                Department of State pursuant to section 25 of this Act 
                and section 9(a)(3) of the Foreign Service Buildings 
                Act of 1926, as amended.
    ``(c) Losses in Connection With the Conservation of Estates.--
            ``(1) Authority.--Pursuant to such regulations as the 
        Secretary of State may prescribe, the Secretary is authorized 
        to compensate the estate of any United States citizen, who has 
        died overseas, for property, the conservation of which has been 
        undertaken under either section 43 or subsection (a) of this 
        section, and that has been lost, stolen, or destroyed while in 
        the custody of officers or employees of the Department of 
        State. Any such compensation shall be in lieu of personal 
        liability of officers or employees of the Department of State. 
        Officers and employees of the Department of State may be liable 
        in appropriate cases to the Department of State to the extent 
        of any compensation provided pursuant to this subsection.
            ``(2) Liability.--The liability of officers or employees of 
        the Department of State to the Department for payments made 
        pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section shall be determined 
        pursuant to the Department's procedures for determining 
        accountability for United States Government property.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect 6 months after enactment of this Act or upon the effective date 
of any regulations promulgated hereunder, whichever is sooner.

SEC. 252. DUTIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS.

    Section 43 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, 
as amended (22 U.S.C. 2715) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) Authority.--'' before ``In'';
            (2) by striking ``disposition of personal effects.'' in the 
        last sentence and inserting ``disposition of personal effects 
        pursuant to section 43B of this Act.''; and
            (3) by adding the following new subsection at the end:
    ``(b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section and sections 43A 
and 43B of this Act, the term `consular officer' includes any United 
States citizen employee of the Department of State who is designated by 
the Secretary of State to perform consular services pursuant to such 
regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.''.

                          CHAPTER 3--REFUGEES

SEC. 271. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE INVOLUNTARY RETURN OF 
              REFUGEES.

    (a) In General.--None of the funds made available by this Act or by 
section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 
U.S.C. 2601(c)) shall be available to effect the involuntary return by 
the United States of any person to a country in which the person has a 
well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, 
nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political 
opinion, except on grounds recognized as precluding protection as a 
refugee under the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of 
Refugees of July 28, 1951, and the Protocol Relating to the Status of 
Refugees of January 31, 1967, subject to the reservations contained in 
the United States Senate Resolution of Ratification.
    (b) Migration and Refugee Assistance.--None of the funds made 
available by this Act or by section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee 
Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)) shall be available to effect 
the involuntary return of any person to any country unless the 
Secretary of State first notifies the appropriate congressional 
committees, except that in the case of an emergency involving a threat 
to human life the Secretary of State shall notify the appropriate 
congressional committees as soon as practicable.
    (c) Involuntary Return Defined.--As used in this section, the term 
``to effect the involuntary return'' means to require, by means of 
physical force or circumstances amounting to a threat thereof, a person 
to return to a country against the person's will, regardless of whether 
the person is physically present in the United States and regardless of 
whether the United States acts directly or through an agent.

SEC. 272. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS.

    Section 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2304(b)) is amended by inserting after the fourth sentence the 
following: ``Each report under this section shall describe the extent 
to which each country has extended protection to refugees, including 
the provision of first asylum and resettlement.''.

SEC. 273. GUIDELINES FOR REFUGEE-PROCESSING POSTS.

    (a) Guidelines for Addressing Hostile Biases.--Section 602(c) of 
the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-292; 
112 Stat. 2812) is amended by inserting ``and of the Department of 
State'' after ``Service''.
    (b) Guidelines for Overseas Refugee-Processing.--Section 602(c) of 
such Act if further amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(3) Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
        enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
        Years 2000 and 2001, the Secretary of State (after consultation 
        with the Attorney General) shall issue regulations to ensure 
        that persons with potential biases against any refugee 
        applicant, including persons employed by, or otherwise subject 
        to influence by, governments known to be involved in 
        persecution on account of religion, race, nationality, 
        membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, 
        shall not in any way be used in processing determinations of 
        refugee status, including interpretation of conversations or 
        examination of documents presented by such applicants.''.

SEC. 274. VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

    No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be made 
available to support a larger number of personnel assigned to United 
States diplomatic or consular posts in the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam than the number assigned to such posts on March 22, 1999, 
unless not less than 60 days prior to any obligation or expenditure of 
such funds the President submits a certification to the appropriate 
congressional committees that--
            (1) all United States refugee programs in Vietnam, as well 
        as programs to provide visas for Amerasians and for immediate 
        relatives of refugees and asylees, are supervised by a Refugee 
        Counselor or Refugee Coordinator who has a proven record of 
        sensitivity to the problems of refugees and other victims of 
        human rights violations and who reports directly to the 
        Ambassador or the Consul General at the United States Consulate 
        in Saigon and receives policy guidance from the Assistant 
        Secretary of State for the bureau with principal responsibility 
        for refugees;
            (2) a program has been established in which all former 
        United States Government employees who were adjudicated through 
        a Vietnamese government interpreter and whose applications for 
        refugee status were denied will be re-interviewed by 
        Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Asylum Officers 
        reporting directly to INS headquarters in Washington, D.C., and 
        receiving specialized training and written guidance from the 
        INS Asylum Division and Office of General Counsel;
            (3) members of the Montagnard ethnic minority groups who 
        fought alongside United States forces prior to 1975, and who 
        later served three years or more in prisons or re-education 
        camps, will not be disqualified from eligibility for 
        resettlement in the United States as refugees on the sole 
        ground that they continued to fight the Communists after 1975 
        and therefore did not begin their prison or re-education 
        sentences until several years later;
            (4) allied combat veterans whose three-year re-education or 
        prison sentences began before April 30, 1975, because they were 
        serving in parts of the country that fell to the Communists 
        before Saigon, and who are otherwise eligible for resettlement 
        as refugees in the United States, are not disqualified on the 
        sole ground of the date their re-education or prison sentences 
        began;
            (5) persons who were eligible for the Orderly Departure 
        Program (ODP), but who missed the application deadline 
        announced and imposed in 1994 because they were still in 
        detention, in internal exile in a remote and inaccessible 
        location, unable to afford bribes demanded by corrupt local 
        officials for documentation and permission to attend refugee 
        interviews, or for other reasons beyond their control, will be 
        considered for interviews on a case-by-case basis, and that 
        such case-by-case consideration is subject to clear written 
        guidance and administrative review to ensure that persons who 
        missed the deadline for reasons beyond their control will not 
        be denied consideration on the merits;
            (6) widows of allied combat veterans who died in re-
        education camps, including those who did not apply before the 
        1994 deadline solely because they lacked documentary evidence 
        from the Communist authorities to prove the death and/or 
        marriage, and who are otherwise eligible for ODP will have 
        their cases considered on the merits;
            (7) unmarried sons and daughters of persons eligible for 
        United States programs, including persons described in section 
        2244 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 
        1998 (enacted as Division G of the Omnibus Consolidated 
        Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999, 
        Public Law 105-277) will not be disqualified from accompanying 
        or following to join their parents on the sole ground that they 
        have not been continuously listed on the household registration 
        issued to their parents by the government of the Socialist 
        Republic of Vietnam;
            (8) returnees from refugee camps outside Vietnam who met 
        the criteria for the Resettlement Opportunities for Vietnamese 
        Returnees (ROVR) program, in that they either signed up for 
        repatriation or were actually repatriated between October 1, 
        1995, and June 30, 1996, but did not fill out a ROVR 
        application before their repatriation, will be given the 
        opportunity to fill out an application in Vietnam and will have 
        their cases considered on the merits;
            (9) returnees whose special circumstances denied them any 
        meaningful opportunity to apply for ROVR in the camps, such as 
        those who were not offered applications because they were in 
        hospitals or were being held in detention centers within 
        certain camps, or who were erroneously told by camp 
        administrators or Vietnamese government officials that they 
        were ineligible for the program, will be given an opportunity 
        to apply in Vietnam and will have their cases considered on the 
        merits, even if their repatriation took place after June 30, 
        1996;
            (10) a program has been established to identify, interview, 
        and resettle persons who have experienced recent persecution or 
        credible threats of persecution because of political, 
        religious, or human rights activities in Vietnam, subject to 
        clear written standards to ensure that such persons will have 
        access to the program whether or not they are included in a 
        ROVR or ODP interview category and whether or not their cases 
        are referred by an international organization;
            (11) written guidance with respect to applications for 
        reconsideration has been issued by the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service Office of General Counsel to ensure that 
        applicants whose cases were denied on grounds described in 
        paragraphs (2) through (10), because they were unwilling or 
        unable to describe mistreatment by the Vietnamese government in 
        the presence of a Vietnamese government interpreter, or for 
        other reasons contrary to the interest of justice, will be re-
        interviewed; and
            (12) all applicants described in paragraphs (2) through 
        (11) will have the assistance of a Joint Voluntary Agency (JVA) 
        in preparing their cases.

 TITLE III--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; PERSONNEL OF THE 
                  DEPARTMENT OF STATE; FOREIGN SERVICE

           CHAPTER 1--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF BUREAU FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION 
              PROGRAMS AND BUREAU FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE 
              PROGRAMS.

    Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2651a) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(i) Establishment of Certain Bureaus, Offices, and Other 
Organizational Entities Within the Department of State.--
            ``(1) Bureau for international information programs.--There 
        is established within the Department of State the Bureau for 
        International Information Programs which shall assist the 
        Secretary of State in carrying out international information 
        activities formerly carried out by the United States 
        Information Agency.
            ``(2) Bureau for educational and cultural exchange 
        programs.--There is established within the Department of State 
        a Bureau for Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs which 
        shall assist the Secretary of State in carrying out educational 
        and cultural exchange programs.''.

SEC. 302. CORRECTION OF DESIGNATION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

    (a) Amendments to Foreign Service Act of 1980.--The Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 is amended--
            (1) in section 105(a)(2)(B) by striking ``State and the 
        Foreign Service)'' and inserting ``State)'';
            (2) in section 209(a)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``State and the Foreign Service,'' 
                and inserting ``State,''; and
                    (B) by striking the second sentence;
            (3) in section 603(a) by striking ``State and the Foreign 
        Service,'' and inserting ``State,''; and
            (4) in section 1002(12)(E) by striking ``and the Foreign 
        Service''.
    (b) Amendments to the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act 
of 1998.--The Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as 
enacted in Division G of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
1999 Public Law 105-277) is amended--
            (1) in section 2208(c) by striking ``and the Foreign 
        Service''; and
            (2) in section 1314(e) by striking ``and the Foreign 
        Service''.
    (c) Amendments to Public Law 103-236.--Effective October 2, 1999, 
subsections (i) and (j) of section 308 of the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6207 (i) and (j)) are 
amended by striking ``Inspector General of the Department of State and 
the Foreign Service'' each place it appears and inserting ``Inspector 
General of the Department of State''.
    (d) Amendments to United States International Broadcasting Act of 
1994.--Section 304(a)(3)(A) of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6203(a)(3)(A)) is amended by 
striking ``and the Foreign Service''.

            CHAPTER 2--PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

SEC. 321. ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN SERVICE STAR.

    The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended by 
inserting after section 36 the following new section:

``SEC. 36A. THE FOREIGN SERVICE STAR.

    ``(a) Authority.--The President may award a decoration called the 
`Foreign Service Star' to an individual--
            ``(1) who is killed or injured after August 1, 1998,
            ``(2) whose death or injury occurs while the individual is 
        a member of the Foreign Service or a civilian employee of the 
        Government of the United States--
            ``(3) whose death or injury occurs while the individual--
                    ``(A) is employed at, or assigned permanently or 
                temporarily to, an official mission overseas, or
                    ``(B) was traveling abroad on official business, 
                and
            ``(4) whose death or injury occurs while performing 
        official duties, while on the premises of a United States 
        mission abroad, or due to such individual's status as an 
        employee of the United States Government, and results from any 
        form of assault including terrorist or military action, civil 
        unrest, or criminal activities directed at facilities of the 
        Government of the United States.
    ``(b) Selection.--The Secretary shall submit recommendations for 
the Foreign Service Star to the President. The Secretary shall 
establish criteria and procedures for nominations for the Foreign 
Service Star pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary may 
prescribe for awards under this section.
    ``(c) Funding.--Any expenses incident to an award under this 
section may be paid out of the applicable current account of the agency 
with which the individual was or is employed.
    ``(d) Posthumous Award.--A Foreign Service Star award to an 
individual who is deceased shall be presented to the individual's next 
of kin or representative, as designated by the President.''.

SEC. 322. UNITED STATES CITIZENS HIRED ABROAD.

    Section 408(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3968(a)(1)) is amended in the last sentence by striking ``(A)'' and all 
that follows through ``(B)''.

SEC. 323. BORDER EQUALIZATION ADJUSTMENT.

    Chapter 4 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3901 et seq.) is amended by adding the following new section at the 
end:

``SEC. 414. BORDER EQUALIZATION ADJUSTMENT.

    ``(a) In General.--An employee who regularly commutes from his or 
her place of residence in the continental United States to an official 
duty station in Canada or Mexico shall receive a border equalization 
adjustment equal to the amount of comparability payments under section 
5304 of title 5, United States Code, that he or she would receive if 
assigned to an official duty station within the United States locality 
pay area closest to the employee's official duty station.
    ``(b) Definition of Employee.--For purposes of this section, the 
term `employee' shall mean a person who--
            ``(1) is an `employee' as defined under section 2105 of 
        title 5, United States Code; and
            ``(2) is employed by the United States Department of State, 
        the United States Agency for International Development, or the 
        International Joint Commission, except that the term shall not 
        include members of the Foreign Service as defined by section 
        103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465), 
        section 3903 of title 22 of the United States Code.
    ``(c) Treatment as Basic Pay.--An equalization adjustment payable 
under this section shall be considered basic pay for the same purposes 
as are comparability payments under section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, and its implementing regulations.
    ``(d) Regulations.--The agencies referenced in subsection (b)(2) 
are authorized to promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes of 
this section.''.

SEC. 324. TREATMENT OF GRIEVANCE RECORDS.

    Section 1103(d)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4133(d)(1)) is amended by adding the following new sentence at the end: 
``Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a grievant from placing a 
rebuttal to accompany a record of disciplinary action in such 
grievant's personnel records nor prevent the Department from including 
a response to such rebuttal, including documenting those cases in which 
the Board has reviewed and upheld the discipline.''.

SEC. 325. REPORT CONCERNING FINANCIAL DISADVANTAGES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE 
              AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that administrative and technical 
personnel posted to United States missions abroad who do not have 
diplomatic status suffer financial disadvantages from their lack of 
such status.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees concerning the extent to which 
administrative and technical personnel posted to United States missions 
abroad who do not have diplomatic status suffer financial disadvantages 
from their lack of such status, including proposals to alleviate such 
disadvantages.

SEC. 326. EXTENSION OF OVERSEAS HIRING AUTHORITY.

    Section 202(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3922(a)) is amended by inserting at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(4) When and to the extent the Secretary of State deems 
        it in the best interests of the United States Government, the 
        Secretary of State may authorize the head of any agency or 
        other Government establishment (including any establishment in 
        the legislative or judicial branch), to appoint pursuant to 
        section 303 individuals hired abroad as members of the Service 
        and to utilize the Foreign Service personnel system under such 
        regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, provided 
        that appointments of United States citizens under this 
        subsection shall be limited to appointments authorized by 
        section 311(a).''.

SEC. 327. MEDICAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.

    Section 5927 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Up''; and
            (2) by inserting the following new subsection at the end:
    ``(b)(1) Up to 3 months pay may be paid in advance to--
            ``(A) a United States citizen employee of an agency, other 
        than United States citizens hired at post under section 311(a) 
        of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3951(a)),--
                    ``(i) who is assigned or is located outside of the 
                United States pursuant to Government authorization, and
                    ``(ii) who must, or who has a family member who 
                must, undergo medical treatment outside of the United 
                States of the nature specified in regulations to be 
                promulgated by the Secretary of State; and
            ``(B) each foreign national employee appointed under 
        section 303 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3943) 
        or nonfamily member United States citizen hired at post under 
        section 311(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
        3951(a))--
                    ``(i) who is located pursuant to United States 
                Government authorization outside of the country of 
                employment, and
                    ``(ii) who must undergo medical treatment of the 
                nature specified in regulations to be promulgated by 
                the Secretary of State outside the country of 
                employment.
    ``(2)(A) Subject to adjustment of the account of an employee under 
subsection (b)(2)(B) and other applicable statutes, the advance of pay 
is at the rate of pay currently authorized with respect to the employee 
on the date the advance payment is made under agency procedures 
governing other advance payments permitted under title 5.
    ``(B) The head of each agency shall provide for--
            ``(i) the review of the account of each employee of the 
        agency in receipt of any payment under section; and
            ``(ii) the recovery of the amount of pay or waiver thereof.
    ``(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term `country of 
employment'' means the country outside the United States where that 
employee was appointed or employed by the United States Government.''.

SEC. 328. FAMILIES OF DECEASED FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL.

    Section 5922(d) of title 5, United States Code is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``When'';
            (2) by striking ``death.'' and inserting ``death; and''; 
        and
            (3) by inserting the following new paragraph at the end:
            ``(2) Upon the death of an employee, a transfer allowance 
        under section 5924(2)(B) may be furnished to any spouse and 
        dependents of such employee for the purpose of returning such 
        spouse and dependents to the United States.''.

   TITLE IV--UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL 
                                PROGRAMS

SEC. 401. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 
              TIBETANS AND BURMESE.

    (a) Designation of Ngawang Choephel Exchange Programs.--Section 
103(a) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations 
Provisions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-319) is amended by inserting 
after the first sentence the following: ``Exchange programs under this 
subsection shall be known as the `Ngawang Choephel Exchange 
Programs.'''.
    (b) Scholarships for Tibetans and Burmese.--Section 103(b)(1) of 
the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act 
of 1996 (Public Law 104-319; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended by 
striking ``for the fiscal year 1999'' and inserting ``for each of the 
fiscal years 2000 and 2001''.

SEC. 402. CONDUCT OF CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE 
              PROGRAMS.

    Section 102 of the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign 
Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``take appropriate steps to'';
            (2) by inserting ``(a) Involvement of Human Rights and 
        Democracy Leaders.--'' immediately before ``In''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following subsections:
    ``(b) Limitation.--No program described in subsection (a) shall be 
conducted through a contractor or grantee that is affiliated or closely 
associated with any government that denies democracy or violates the 
right to freedom of expression or other internationally recognized 
human rights or with any entity that engages in activities on behalf of 
such a government.
    ``(c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`activities on behalf of a government' means any activity with the 
purpose or effect of encouraging the granting to such government of any 
concession, benefit, or advantage (including political, economic, or 
military relations with the United States) or discouraging the 
imposition of any disability on such government.''.

SEC. 403. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS OF GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.

    Section 705(b) of the United States Information and Educational 
Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1477c(b)) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(b) For fiscal year 2000 and each subsequent fiscal year, the 
Secretary of State may not award any grant or contract to carry out the 
purposes of this Act until 45 days after written notice has been 
provided to the Committee on International Relations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of 
the intent to award such grant or contract. In determining whether to 
award a grant or contract the Secretary shall consider any objections 
or modifications raised in the course of consultations with such 
committees.''.

SEC. 404. NATIONAL SECURITY MEASURES.

    The United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 
is amended by adding after section 1011 the following new section:

                      ``national security measures

    ``Sec. 1012. The Secretary of State shall take all appropriate 
steps to ensure that no foreign espionage agent is a participant in any 
program of educational and cultural exchange under this Act.''.

SEC. 405. DESIGNATION OF NORTH/SOUTH CENTER AS THE DANTE B. FASCELL 
              NORTH-SOUTH CENTER.

    (a) Designation.--Section 208 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2075) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Dante B. 
Fascell North-South Center Act of 1991'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by amending the section heading to read as 
                follows: ``Dante B. Fascell North-South Center.--''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``known as the North/South 
                Center,'' and inserting which shall be known and 
                designated as the Dante B. Fascell North-South 
                Center,''; and
            (3) in subsection (d) by striking ``North/South Center'' 
        and inserting ``Dante B. Fascell North-South Center''.
    (b) References.--
            (1) Center.--Any reference in any other provision of law to 
        the educational institution in Florida known as the North/South 
        Center shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Dante B. 
        Fascell North-South Center''.
            (2) Short title.--Any reference in any other provision of 
        law to the North/South Center Act of 1991 shall be deemed to be 
        a reference to the ``Dante B. Fascell North/South Center Act of 
        1991''.

SEC. 406. ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.

    Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 
1998 (enacted as Division G of the Omnibus Consolidated Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999; Public Law 105-
277) is repealed.

 SEC. 407. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS.

    (a) Limitation.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of State may 
not obligate or expend any funds for a United States Government funded 
pavilion or other major exhibit at any international exposition or 
world's fair registered by the Bureau of International Expositions in 
excess of amounts expressly authorized and appropriated for such 
purpose.
    (b) Exceptions.--
            (1) The Department of State is authorized to utilize its 
        personnel and resources to carry out its responsibilities--
                    (A) under section 102(a)(3) of the Mutual 
                Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 
                U.S.C. 2542(a)(3), to provide for United States 
                participation in international fairs and expositions 
                abroad;
                    (B) under section 105(f) of such Act with respect 
                to encouraging foreign governments, international 
                organizations, and private individuals, firms, 
                associations, agencies and other groups to participate 
                in international fairs and expositions and to make 
                contributions to be utilized for United States 
                participation in international fairs and expositions; 
                and
                    (C) to encourage private support to the United 
                States Commissioner General for participation in 
                international fairs and expositions.
            (2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as 
        authorizing the use of funds appropriated to the Department of 
        State to make payments for--
                    (A) contracts, grants, or other agreements with any 
                other party to carry out the activities described in 
                this subsection; or
                    (B) any legal judgment or the costs of litigation 
                brought against the Department of State arising from 
                activities described in this subsection.
    (c) Repeal.--Section 230 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is repealed.

                  TITLE V--INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING

SEC. 501. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION FOR RADIO FREE ASIA.

    (a) Repeal of Sunset Provision.--Section 309 of the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (g); and
            (2) in subsection (d)(2) by striking ``Government,'' and 
        all that follows through the period and inserting 
        ``Government.''.
    (b) Repeal of Funding Limitations.--Section 309 of the United 
States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 is further amended --
            (1) in subsection (d) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) 
        and by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (4); and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ``the funding'' 
                and all that follows through the semicolon and 
                inserting ``any funding limitations under subsection 
                (d);''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ``the funding'' 
                and all that follows through the period and inserting 
                ``any funding limitations under subsection (d).''.

SEC. 502. PRESERVATION OF RFE/RL (RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY).

    (a) Repeal of Privatization Policy Statement.--Section 312 of the 
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6211) 
is repealed.
    (b) Increase in Limitation on Grant Amounts.--Section 308 of the 
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6207) 
is amended by striking ``$75,000,000'' and inserting ``$80,000,000''.

SEC. 503. IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR BROADCASTING BOARD OF 
              GOVERNORS.

    Section 304 of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 
1994 (22 U.S.C. 6203) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(g) Immunity From Civil Liability.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 shall apply to 
the members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors when acting in their 
capacities as members of the boards of directors of RFE/RL, 
Incorporated and Radio Free Asia.''.

         TITLE VI--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS

SEC. 601. INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUPS.

    (a) American Delegations to Conferences.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, whenever either the House of Representatives or the 
Senate does not appoint its allotment of members as part the American 
delegation or group to a conference or assembly of the British-American 
Interparliamentary Group, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in 
Europe (CSCE), the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group, the 
North Atlantic Assembly, or any similar interparliamentary group of 
which the United States is a member or participates and so notifies the 
other body of Congress, the other body may make appointments to 
complete the membership of the American delegation. Any appointment 
pursuant to this section shall be for the period of such conference or 
assembly and the body of Congress making such an appointment shall be 
responsible for the expenses of any member so appointed. Any such 
appointment shall be made in same manner in which other appointments to 
the delegation by such body of Congress are made.
    (b) Transatlantic Legislative Dialogue.--Section 109(c) of the 
Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (22 
U.S.C. 276 note) is amended by striking ``United States-European 
Community Interparliamentary Group'' and inserting ``Transatlantic 
Legislative Dialogue''.

SEC. 602. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

    (a) Authority.--The Commissioner of the U.S. Section of the 
International Boundary and Water Commission may provide technical 
tests, evaluations, information, surveys, or others similar services to 
State or local governments upon the request of such State or local 
government on a reimbursable basis.
    (b) Reimbursements.--Reimbursements shall be paid in advance of the 
goods or services ordered and shall be for the estimated or actual cost 
as determined by the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and 
Water Commission. Proper adjustment of amounts paid in advance shall be 
made as agreed to by the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and 
Water Commission on the basis of the actual cost of goods or services 
provided. Reimbursements received by the U.S. Section of the 
International Boundary and Water Commission for providing services 
under this section shall be credited to the appropriation from which 
the cost of providing the services will be charged.
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