[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 2415 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2415

 To enhance security of United States missions and personnel overseas, 
to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 
                     2000, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 1, 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 enhance security of United States missions and personnel overseas, 
to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 
                     2000, 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 ``American Embassy Security Act of 
1999''.

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. International arms sales code of conduct.
Sec. 207. Human rights and democracy fellowships.
Sec. 208. Joint funds under agreements for cooperation in 
                            environmental, scientific, cultural, and 
                            related areas.
Sec. 209. Report on international extradition.
Sec. 210. Effective regulation of satellite export activities.
               Chapter 2--Consular And Related Activities

Sec. 251. Deaths and estates of United States citizens abroad.
Sec. 252. Duties of consular officers.
Sec. 253. Machine readable visas.
Sec. 254. Processing of visa applications.
Sec. 255. Repeal of outdated provision on passport fees.
Sec. 256. Fees relating to affidavits of support.
                          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 AND 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.
Sec. 329. Parental choice in education.
Sec. 330. Workforce planning for foreign service personnel by federal 
                            agencies.
Sec. 331. Compensation for survivors of terrorist attacks overseas.
   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.
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.
Sec. 408. Royal Ulster Constabulary.
                  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 State and local governments.
Sec. 603. International Boundary and Water Commission.
Sec. 604. Concerning United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/
                            6.
                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 701. Sense of the Congress concerning support for democracy and 
                            human rights activists in Cuba.
Sec. 702. Relating to Cyprus.

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, such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal 
                year 2000.
                    (B) Limitations.--
                            (i) Worldwide security upgrades.--Of the 
                        amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
                        subparagraph (A), $254,000,000 for fiscal year 
                        2000 is 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 is 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), $2,000,000 for fiscal year 
                        2000 is 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, such sums as may be 
        necessary for the fiscal year 2000.
            (3) Security and maintenance of united states missions.--
                    (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For 
                ``Security and Maintenance of United States Missions'', 
                $1,580,066,000 for the fiscal year 2000.
                    (B) Security upgrades for united states missions.--
                Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
                subparagraph (A), $1,146,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 
                is authorized to be appropriated only for security 
                upgrades to United States missions abroad, including 
                construction and relocation costs.
            (4) Representation allowances.--For ``Representation 
        Allowances'', such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 
        2000.
            (5) Emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service.--
        For ``Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service'', 
        such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 2000.
            (6) Office of the inspector general.--For ``Office of the 
        Inspector General'', such sums as may be necessary for the 
        fiscal year 2000.
            (7) Payment to the american institute in taiwan.--For 
        ``Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan'', such sums as 
        may be necessary for the fiscal year 2000.
            (8) Protection of foreign missions and officials.--
                    (A) For ``Protection of Foreign Missions and 
                Officials'', such sums as may be necessary for the 
                fiscal year 2000.
                    (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'', such 
        sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 2000, for 
        administrative expenses.

SEC. 102. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Assessed Contributions to International Organizations.--There 
are authorized to be appropriated for ``Contributions to International 
Organizations'', such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 2000 
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'', such sums 
as may be necessary for the fiscal year 2000 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'' such sums as may 
                be necessary for the fiscal year 2000; and
                    (B) for ``Construction'' such sums as may be 
                necessary for the fiscal year 2000.
            (2) International boundary commission, united states and 
        canada.--For ``International Boundary Commission, United States 
        and Canada'', such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 
        2000.
            (3) International joint commission.--For ``International 
        Joint Commission'', such sums as may be necessary for the 
        fiscal year 2000.
            (4) International fisheries commissions.--For 
        ``International Fisheries Commissions'', such sums as may be 
        necessary for the fiscal year 2000.

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.
            (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 is 
                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 is 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 
                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 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.
                    (E) Assistance for kosovar refugees.--
                            (i) Of the amounts authorized to be 
                        appropriated in paragraph (1), $50,000,000 for 
                        the fiscal year 2000 are authorized to be 
                        appropriated only for the Front Line States 
                        Initiative defined in clause (ii).
                            (ii) For the purposes of this subparagraph, 
                        the term ``Front Line States Initiative'' means 
                        assistance for the relief of refugees fleeing 
                        from the conflict in Kosovo provided through 
                        nongovernmental organizations in the form of 
                        food, housing, clothing, transportation, and 
                        other material, with priority assistance for 
                        the relief of refugees in the front line states 
                        of Albania and Macedonia.
          (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'', such sums as may be 
        necessary for the fiscal year 2000.
            (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)), such sums as may be 
                necessary for the fiscal year 2000.
                    (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 
                        and the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program, such 
                        sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 
                        2000.
                            (ii) South pacific exchanges.--Of the 
                        amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
                        clause (i), $750,000 for the fiscal year 2000 
                        is 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 
                        is 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 is 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 is 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.
            (4) National endowment for democracy.--
                    (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For the 
                ``National Endowment for Democracy'', $34,000,000 for 
                the fiscal year 2000.
                    (B) Limitation.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
                appropriated by subparagraph (A), $2,000,000 for the 
                fiscal year 2000 is 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'' such sums as may be necessary for 
        the fiscal year 2000.

SEC. 106. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated for ``Voluntary Contributions to International 
Organizations'', such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 
2000.
    (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 is 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 is 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 is 
        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 is 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 the fiscal year 2000 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 Secretary 
        of State 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 Secretary of State 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) Limitations on amount of contribution.--Of the amounts 
        made available under subsection (a), not more than $25,000,000 
        for fiscal year 2000 shall be available for the United Nations 
        Population Fund (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as 
        the ``UNFPA'').
            (2) Prohibition on use of funds in china.--None of the 
        funds made available under subsection (a) may be made available 
        for the UNFPA for a country program in the People's Republic of 
        China.
            (3) Conditions on availability of funds.--Amounts made 
        available under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2000 for the 
        UNFPA may not be made available to UNFPA unless--
                    (A) the UNFPA maintains amounts made available to 
                the UNFPA under this section in an account separate 
                from other accounts of the UNFPA;
                    (B) the UNFPA does not commingle amounts made 
                available to the UNFPA under this section with other 
                sums; and
                    (C) the UNFPA does not fund abortions.
            (4) Withholding of funds subject to certification.--
                    (A) Of the amounts made available for fiscal year 
                2000 for United States voluntary contributions to the 
                UNFPA an amount equal to the amount that UNFPA will 
                spend on a country program in the People's Republic of 
                China during each fiscal year shall be withheld unless 
                during such fiscal year, the Secretary of State submits 
                to the appropriate congressional committees the 
                certification described in subparagraph (B).
                    (B) The certification referred to in subparagraph 
                (A) is a certification by the Secretary of State that 
                the country program of the UNFPA in the People's 
                Republic of China--
                            (i) focuses on improving the delivery of 
                        voluntary family planning information and 
                        services;
                            (ii) is designed in conformity with the 
                        human rights principles affirmed at the 
                        International Conference on Population and 
                        Development with the support of 180 nations 
                        including the United States;
                            (iii) is implemented only in counties in 
                        the People's Republic of China where all quotas 
                        and targets for the recruitment of program 
                        participants have been abolished and the use of 
                        coercive measures has been eliminated;
                            (iv) is carried out in consultation with, 
                        and under the oversight and approval of, the 
                        UNFPA executive board, including the United 
                        States representative;
                            (v) is subject to regular independent 
                        monitoring to ensure compliance with the 
                        principles of informed consent and voluntary 
                        participation; and
                            (vi) suspends operations in project 
                        counties found to be in violation of program 
                        guidelines.
    (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 such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 
2000 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'', such sums as 
                may be necessary for the fiscal year 2000.
                    (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'', such sums as may be necessary for the 
        fiscal year 2000.
            (3) Radio free asia.--For ``Radio Free Asia'', $30,000,000 
        for the fiscal year 2000.
            (4) Broadcasting to cuba.--
                    (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For 
                ``Broadcasting to Cuba'', such sums as may be necessary 
                for the fiscal year 2000.
                    (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.

    Subject to the availability of appropriations, in the event of an 
emergency which involves a terrorist attack abroad, the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice is 
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 Secretary of State shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees an unclassified report (with a 
classified annex) on the extent of international drug trafficking from, 
through, or over Cuba. Each report shall include the following:
            (1) 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.
            (2) 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.
            (3) A determination of whether the Government of Cuba 
        should be included in the list of nations considered to be 
        major drug trafficking countries.

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

    Section 2803(a) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act 
of 1998 (as enacted by division G of the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105-277) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``1999,'' and inserting ``2000,'';
            (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``abducted.'' and 
        inserting ``abducted, are being wrongfully retained in 
        violation of United States court orders, or which have failed 
        to comply with any of their obligations under such convention 
        with respect to applications for the return of children, access 
        to children, or both, submitted by United States citizens or 
        lawful residents.'';
            (3) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking ``children'' and inserting 
                ``children, access to children, or both,''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or lawful residents'' after 
                ``citizens''; and
            (4) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(6) A list of the countries which are Parties to the 
        Convention, but in which due to the absence of a prompt and 
        effective method for enforcement of civil court orders, the 
        absence of a doctrine of comity, or other factors, there is a 
        substantial possibility that an order of return or access under 
        a Hague Convention proceeding, or a United States custody, 
        access, or visitation order, will not be promptly enforced.''.

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) Sustainable Economic Growth.--Section 574 of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
1996 (Public Law 104-107) is repealed.
    (c) 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.
    (d) Situation in Iraq.--Section 3 of Public Law 102-1 is amended by 
striking ``60 days'' and inserting ``six months''.

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 G 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 G 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 G 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(d) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as 
enacted by division G 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. INTERNATIONAL ARMS SALES CODE OF CONDUCT.

    (a) Negotiations.--The Secretary of State shall attempt to achieve 
the foreign policy goal of an international arms sales code of conduct 
with all Wassenaar Arrangement countries. The Secretary of State 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) Report of the secretary of state.--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 Secretary of State shall report to the 
        appropriate congressional committees on the progress of such 
        negotiations.
            (2) Human rights report.--In the report required by 
        sections 116(d) and 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
        the Secretary of State shall describe the extent to which the 
        practices of each country evaluated meet the criteria of 
        subsection (b).
    (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. 207. 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.

SEC. 208. 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.

SEC. 209. REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL EXTRADITION.

    Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall prepare and submit to the Congress a 
report concerning international extradition. The report shall review 
all extradition treaties and agreements to which the United States is 
signatory; identify those countries that have become ``safe havens'' 
for individuals fleeing the American justice system; identify the 
factors which contribute to the international extradition problem, 
particularly laws in foreign countries which prohibit the extradition 
to another country of certain classes of persons; and propose 
appropriate legislative and diplomatic solutions to such problem, 
including, where appropriate, the renegotiation of extradition 
treaties.

SEC. 210. EFFECTIVE REGULATION OF SATELLITE EXPORT ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Licensing Regime.--The Secretary of State shall establish a 
regulatory regime for the licensing for export of satellites, satellite 
technologies, components, and systems which shall include preferential 
treatment and expedited approval, as appropriate, of the licensing for 
export by United States companies of satellites, satellite 
technologies, components, and systems to NATO allies, major non-NATO 
allies, and other friendly countries.
    (b) Financial and Personnel Resources.--The Secretary of State, 
pursuant to the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999, shall obligate expeditiously $2,000,000 of 
amounts appropriated under that Act, above levels made available to the 
Office of Defense Trade Controls for fiscal year 1998, to enable that 
office to carry out its responsibilities.

               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 of 1956.--
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 estates.--
                    ``(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 
(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 estates 
        pursuant to section 43B of this Act.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(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.''.

SEC. 253. MACHINE READABLE VISAS.

    Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 1994 and 1995 (8 U.S.C. 1351 note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3) by amending the first sentence to read 
        as follows: ``For each of the fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 
        2002, any amount collected under paragraph (1) that exceeds 
        $316,715,000 for fiscal year 2000, $338,885,000 for fiscal year 
        2001, and $362,607,000 for fiscal year 2002 may be made 
        available only if a notification is submitted to Congress in 
        accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming 
        notifications under section 34 of the State Department Basic 
        Authorities Act of 1956.''; and
            (2) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5).

SEC. 254. PROCESSING OF VISA APPLICATIONS.

    (a) Policy.--It shall be the policy of the Department of State to 
process immigrant visa applications of immediate relatives of United 
States citizens and nonimmigrant k-1 visa applications of fiances of 
United States citizens within 30 days of the receipt of all necessary 
documents from the applicant and the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service. In the case of a visa application where the sponsor of such 
applicant is a relative other than an immediate relative, it should be 
the policy of the Department of State to process such an application 
within 60 days of the receipt of all necessary documents from the 
applicant and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
    (b) Reports.--For each of the fiscal years 2000 and 2001, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees an annual report on the extent to which the Department of 
State is meeting the policy standards under subsection (a). Each report 
shall be based on a survey of the 22 consular posts which account for 
approximately 72 percent of immigrant visas issued and, in addition, 
the consular posts in Guatemala City, Nicosia, Caracas, Naples, and 
Jakarta. Each report should include data on the average time for 
processing each category of visa application under subsection (a), a 
list of the embassies and consular posts which do not meet the policy 
standards under subsection (a), the amount of funds collected for 
processing of visa applications, the costs of processing such visa 
applications, and the steps being taken by the Department of State to 
achieve such policy standards.
    (c) Task Force.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with other 
Federal agencies, shall establish a joint task force with the goal of 
reducing the overall processing time for visa applications.

SEC. 255. 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. 256. FEES RELATING TO AFFIDAVITS OF SUPPORT.

    (a) Authority for Fee For Preparation Assistance.--Subject to 
subsection (b), the Secretary of State is authorized to charge a fee 
for services provided by the Department of State to an individual for 
assistance in the preparation and filing of an affidavit of support 
pursuant to section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1183A) to ensure that the affidavit is properly completed before 
consideration of the affidavit and an immigrant visa application by a 
consular officer.
    (b) Limitation.--An individual may be charged a fee under this 
section only once, regardless of the number of separate affidavits of 
support and visa applications for which services are provided.
    (c) Treatment of Fees.--Fees collected under the authority of 
subsection (a) shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to any 
Department of State appropriation, to recover the costs of providing 
affidavit preparation services under subsection (a). Such fees shall 
remain available for obligation until expended. Fees collected shall be 
available only to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in 
advance in an appropriation act.

                          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 is 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 
        Year 2000, the Secretary of State (after consultation with the 
        Attorney General) shall issue guidelines 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 Secretary of State 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(b)(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 and Emergency 
Supplemental 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 to read as 
follows:
``Sec. 5927. Advances of pay
    ``(a) Up to three months' pay may be paid in advance--
            ``(1) to an employee upon the assignment of the employee to 
        a post in a foreign area;
            ``(2) to an employee, other than an employee appointed 
        under section 303 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (and 
        employed under section 311 of such Act), who--
                    ``(A) is a citizen of the United States;
                    ``(B) is officially stationed or located outside 
                the United States pursuant to Government authorization; 
                and
                    ``(C) requires (or has a family member who 
                requires) medical treatment outside the United States, 
                in circumstances specified by the President in 
                regulations; and
            ``(3) to a foreign national employee appointed under 
        section 303 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, or a nonfamily 
        member United States citizen appointed under such section 303 
        (and employed under section 311 of such Act) for service at 
        such nonfamily member's post of residence, who--
                    ``(A) is located outside the country of employment 
                of such foreign national employee or nonfamily member 
                (as the case may be) pursuant to Government 
                authorization; and
                    ``(B) requires medical treatment outside the 
                country of employment of such foreign national employee 
                or nonfamily member (as the case may be), in 
                circumstances specified by the President in 
                regulations.
    ``(b) For the purpose of this section, the term `country of 
employment', as used with respect to an individual under subsection 
(a)(3), means the country (or other area) outside the United States 
where such individual is appointed (as described in subsection (a)(3)) 
by the Government.''.

SEC. 328. FAMILIES OF DECEASED FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL.

    Section 5922 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(f)(1) If an employee dies at post in a foreign area, a transfer 
allowance under section 5924(2)(B) may be granted to the spouse or 
dependents of such employee (or both) for the purpose of providing for 
their return to the United States.
    ``(2) A transfer allowance under this subsection may not be granted 
with respect to the spouse or a dependent of the employee unless, at 
the time of death, such spouse or dependent was residing--
            ``(A) at the employee's post of assignment; or
            ``(B) at a place, outside the United States, for which a 
        separate maintenance allowance was being furnished under 
        section 5924(3).
    ``(3) The President may prescribe any regulations necessary to 
carry out this subsection.''.

SEC. 329. PARENTAL CHOICE IN EDUCATION.

    Section 5924(4) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``between that post and 
        the nearest locality where adequate schools are available,'' 
        and inserting ``between that post and the school chosen by the 
        employee, not to exceed the total cost to the Government of the 
        dependent attending an adequate school in the nearest locality 
        where an adequate school is available,''; and
            (2) by adding after subparagraph (B) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(C) In those cases in which an adequate school is 
                available at the post of the employee, if the employee 
                chooses to educate the dependent at a school away from 
                post, the education allowance which includes board and 
                room, and periodic travel between the post and the 
                school chosen, shall not exceed the total cost to the 
                Government of the dependent attending an adequate 
                school at the post of the employee.''.

SEC. 330. WORKFORCE PLANNING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL BY FEDERAL 
              AGENCIES.

    Section 601(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4001(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(4) Not later than March 1, 2001, and every four years 
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate which shall include the following:
            ``(A) A description of the steps taken and planned in 
        furtherance of--
                    ``(i) maximum compatibility among agencies 
                utilizing the Foreign Service personnel system, as 
                provided for in section 203, and
                    ``(ii) the development of uniform policies and 
                procedures and consolidated personnel functions, as 
                provided for in section 204.
            ``(B) A workforce plan for the subsequent five years, 
        including projected personnel needs, by grade and by skill. 
        Each such plan shall include for each category the needs for 
        foreign language proficiency, geographic and functional 
        expertise, and specialist technical skills. Each workforce plan 
        shall specifically account for the training needs of Foreign 
        Service personnel and shall delineate an intake program of 
        generalist and specialist Foreign Service personnel to meet 
        projected future requirements.
    ``(5) If there are substantial modifications to any workforce plan 
under paragraph (4)(B) during any year in which a report under 
paragraph (4) is not required, a supplemental annual notification shall 
be submitted in the same manner as is required under paragraph (4).''.

SEC. 331. COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVORS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS OVERSEAS.

    The Secretary of State shall examine the current benefit structure 
for survivors of United States Government employees who are killed 
while serving at United States diplomatic facilities abroad as a result 
of terrorist acts. Such a review shall include an examination of 
whether such benefits are adequate, whether they are fair and equitably 
distributed without regard to category of employment, and how they 
compare to benefits available to survivors of other United States 
Government employees serving overseas, including noncivilian employees.

   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 the fiscal 
year 2000''.

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 by 
striking ``Director'' and all that follows through the period and 
inserting the following: ``Secretary of State, with the assistance of 
the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, shall--
            ``(1) include, as a substantial proportion of the 
        participants in such programs, nationals of such countries who 
        have demonstrated a commitment to freedom and democracy;
            ``(2) consult with human rights and democracy advocates 
        from such countries on the selection of participants and 
        grantees for such programs; and
            ``(3) select grantees for such programs only after a 
        competitive process in which proposals are solicited from 
        multiple applicants and in which important factors in the 
        selection of a grantee include the relative likelihood that 
        each of the competing applicants would be willing and able:
                    ``(A) to identify and recruit as participants in 
                the program persons described in paragraph (1); and
                    ``(B) in selecting participants who are associated 
                with governments or other institutions wielding power 
                in countries described in this section, to identify and 
                recruit those most likely to be open to freedom and 
                democracy and to avoid selecting those who are so 
                firmly committed to the suppression of freedom and 
                democracy that their inclusion could create an 
                appearance that the United States condones such 
                suppression.''.

SEC. 403. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS OF GRANTS.

    Section 705 of the United States Information and Educational 
Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1477c(b)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' after ``705.''; and
            (2) by inserting at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) For fiscal year 2000 and each subsequent fiscal year, the 
Secretary of State may not award any grant 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. In determining whether to award a grant 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 sections:

                      ``national security measures

    ``Sec. 1012. In coordination with other appropriate executive 
branch officals, the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate 
steps to prevent foreign espionage agents from participating in 
educational and cultural exchange programs under this Act.

             ``proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

    ``Sec. 1013. The Secretary of State shall take all appropriate 
steps to ensure that no individual, who is employed by or attached to 
an office or department involved with the research, development, or 
production of missiles or weapons of mass destruction, from a country 
identified by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of 
Defense, the National Security Agency, or the Department of Energy, as 
a country involved in the proliferation of missiles or weapons of mass 
destruction is a participant in any program of educational or cultural 
exchange under this Act. Appropriate steps under this section shall 
include prior consultation with the Federal agencies designated in the 
first sentence with respect to all prospective participants in such 
programs with respect to whom there is a reasonable basis to believe 
that such prospective participant may be employed by or attached to an 
office or department identified under the first sentence.''.

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 and 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. 2452(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.

SEC. 408. ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY.

    The Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to ensure 
that members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) are not 
participants in any program of educational or cultural exchange or 
training through the National Academy Program at Quantico, Virginia, 
under the auspices of the Department of State or the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation of the Department of Justice unless the President 
certifies that complete, independent, credible and transparent 
investigations of the murders of defense attorneys Rosemary Nelson and 
Patrick Finucane have been initiated by the Government of the United 
Kingdom and that the Government has taken appropriate steps to protect 
defense attorneys against RUC harassment in Northern Ireland, in which 
case the President may permit any program, exchange, or training set 
forth herein.

                  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(c) of the 
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 
6207(c)) 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 of 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 (United States-European Union Interparliamentary 
Group)''.

SEC. 602. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST STATE 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.

SEC. 603. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION.

    (a) Expanded Authority to Receive Payments.--Section 2(b) of the 
American-Mexican Chamizal Convention Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-300; 22 
U.S.C. 277d-18(b)) is amended by inserting ``operations, maintenance, 
and'' after ``cost of''.

SEC. 604. CONCERNING UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ES-10/
              6.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) In an Emergency Special Session, the United Nations 
        General Assembly voted on February 9, 1999, to pass Resolution 
        ES-10/6, Illegal Israeli Actions In Occupied East Jerusalem And 
        The Rest Of The Occupied Palestinian Territory, to convene for 
        the first time in 50 years the parties of the Fourth Geneva 
        Convention for the Protection of Civilians in Time of War.
            (2) Such resolution unfairly places full blame for the 
        deterioration of the Middle East Peace Process on Israel and 
        dangerously politicizes the Geneva Convention, which was 
        established to deal with critical humanitarian crises.
            (3) Such vote is intended to prejudge direct negotiations, 
        put added and undue pressure on Israel to influence the results 
        of those negotiations, and single out Israel for unprecedented 
        enforcement proceedings which have never been invoked against 
        governments with records of massive violations of the Geneva 
        Convention.
    (b) Congressional Statement of Policy.--The Congress--
            (1) commends the Department of State for the vote of the 
        United States against United Nations General Assembly 
        Resolution ES-10/6 affirming that the text of such resolution 
        politicizes the Fourth Geneva Convention which was primarily 
        humanitarian in nature; and
            (2) urges the Department of State to continue its efforts 
        against convening the conference.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 701. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS CONCERNING SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY AND 
              HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN CUBA.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the United States should increase its support to 
        democracy and human rights activists in Cuba, providing 
        assistance with the same intensity and decisiveness with which 
        it supported the pro-democracy movements in Eastern Europe 
        during the Cold War; and
            (2) the United States should substantially increase funding 
        for programs and activities under section 109 of the Cuban 
        Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6021 
        et seq.) designed to support democracy and human rights 
        activists and others in Cuba who are committed to peaceful and 
        democratic change on the island.

SEC. 702. RELATING TO CYPRUS.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) At the urging of the United States Government, the 
        Republic of Cyprus refrained from exercising that country's 
        sovereign right to self-defense, a right fully recognized by 
        the United States Government and by Article 51 of the Charter 
        of the United Nations, and canceled the deployment on Cyprus of 
        defensive antiaircraft missiles.
            (2) In close cooperation with the United States Government 
        and the Government of Greece, Cyprus rerouted the missiles to 
        the Greek island of Crete.
            (3) This extraordinarily conciliatory and courageous action 
        was taken in the interest of peace.
            (4) With this action, the Republic of Cyprus displayed its 
        full compliance with the recently adopted United Nations 
        Security Council Resolutions 1217 and 1218 which address the 
        Cyprus issue, demonstrated its support for President Bill 
        Clinton's December 22, 1998, commitment to ``take all necessary 
        steps to support a sustained effort to implement United Nations 
        Security Council Resolution 1218'', and continued its efforts 
        of the last 25 years to take substantive steps to reduce 
        tensions and move toward a Cyprus settlement.
            (5) The Republic of Cyprus has no navy, air force, or army 
        and faces one of the world's largest and most sophisticated 
        military forces, just minutes away, in Turkey, as well as an 
        area described by the United Nations Secretary General as, 
        ``one of the most densely militarized areas in the world'' in 
        the Turkish-occupied area of northern Cyprus.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) in light of this and other similar extraordinary 
        actions taken by the Republic of Cyprus, as well as the 
        importance of a Cyprus settlement to American security and 
        other interests, the United States should do all that is 
        possible to bring about commensurate actions by Turkey;
            (2) the time has come for the United States to expect from 
        Turkey actions on the Cyprus issue in the interest of peace, 
        including steps in conformity with United States proposals 
        concerning Cyprus and in compliance with provisions contained 
        in United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1217 and 1218; 
        and
            (3) such an effort would also be in the best interest of 
        the people of Turkey, as well as in the interest of all others 
        involved.
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