[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2838 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2838

 To impose an immediate suspension of assistance to the Government of 
Indonesia until the results of the August 30, 1999, vote in East Timor 
             have been implemented, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 9, 1999

 Mr. Weygand (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. McGovern, 
 and Mr. Frank of Massachusetts) introduced the following bill; which 
   was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in 
  addition to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To impose an immediate suspension of assistance to the Government of 
Indonesia until the results of the August 30, 1999, vote in East Timor 
             have been implemented, 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. SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Multilateral Economic Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
        instruct the United States executive directors to the 
        international financial institutions to oppose, and vote 
        against, any extension by those institutions of any financial 
        assistance (including any technical assistance or grant) of any 
        kind to the Government of Indonesia.
            (2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
        the international financial institutions should withhold the 
        balance of any undisbursed approved loans or other assistance 
        to the Government of Indonesia.
            (3) International financial institutions defined.--In this 
        section, the term ``international financial institution'' 
        includes the International Monetary Fund, the International 
        Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International 
        Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, 
        the Multilateral Investment Guaranty Agency, and the Asian 
        Development Bank.
    (b) Restriction on Bilateral Economic Assistance.--None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out chapter 1 
of part I (relating to development assistance) or chapter 4 of part II 
(relating to economic support fund assistance) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 may be available for Indonesia, except subject 
to the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under 
section 634A of that Act.
    (c) Prohibition on Military-to-Military Cooperation and Support.--
            (1) Assistance.--None of the funds appropriated or 
        otherwise made available under the following provisions of law 
        (including unobligated balances of prior year appropriations) 
        may be available for Indonesia:
                    (A) The Foreign Military Financing Program under 
                section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act.
                    (B) Chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
                Act of 1961 (relating to military assistance).
                    (C) Chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
                Act of 1961 (relating to international military 
                education and training assistance).
            (2) Licensing.--None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
        made available under the following provisions of law (including 
        unobligated balances of prior year appropriations) may be 
        available for licensing exports of defense articles or defense 
        services to Indonesia under section 38 of the Arms Export 
        Control Act.
    (d) Multilateral Efforts.--The President should coordinate with 
other countries, particularly member states of the Asia-Pacific 
Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, to develop a comprehensive, 
multilateral strategy to further the purposes of this Act, including 
urging other countries to take measures similar to those described in 
this Act.

SEC. 2 . EXCEPTION.

    Section 1 shall not apply to the provision of food or medical 
assistance to Indonesia or East Timor for humanitarian purposes.

SEC. 3. CONDITIONS FOR THE TERMINATION OF MEASURES.

    (a) In General.--The measures described in section 1 shall apply 
with respect to the Government of Indonesia until the President 
determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
that--
            (1) a safe and secure environment exists in East Timor, 
        that Timorese who were forced to flee the militia-led violence 
        are able to safely return to East Timor, and that there is 
        freedom of movement within East Timor;
            (2) the United Nations Assistance Mission in East Timor 
        (UNAMET) can resume its mandate pursuant to the June 11, 1999, 
        authorization by the United Nations Security Council without 
        threat or intimidation of its personnel;
            (3) steps have been taken to implement the results of the 
        August 30, 1999, vote on East Timor's political status, which 
        expressed the will of a majority of the Timorese people; and
            (4) the Armed Forces of the Republic of Indonesia is 
        conducting itself in a manner consistent with its 
        responsibilities to its citizens and its international 
        commitments.
    (b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Banking and Financial Services and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that the United States should strongly 
support the authorization of an international peacekeeping force for 
East Timor and support such a force in an appropriate manner.
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