[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2895 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2895

 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 21, 1999

  Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island (for himself, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Brown of 
 Ohio, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Farr of California, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. McGovern, 
 Mr. Faleomavaega, Ms. Pelosi, and Mr. Smith of New Jersey) 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``East Timor Self-Determination Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. FINDING; PURPOSE.

    (a) Congressional Finding.--Congress recognizes that the Government 
of Indonesia took a positive and constructive step by agreeing on 
September 12, 1999, to the deployment of an international peacekeeping 
force to East Timor.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to encourage the 
Government of Indonesia to take such additional steps as are necessary 
to create a peaceful environment in which the United Nations Assistance 
Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) can fulfill its mandate and implement 
the results of the August 30, 1999, vote on East Timor's political 
status.

SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Multilateral Economic Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in subsection (c), 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 
        subsection, 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.--Except as 
provided in subsection (c), 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) Exception.--Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to the 
provision of humanitarian assistance (such as food or medical 
assistance) to Indonesia or East Timor.
    (d) Conditions for Termination.--The measures described in 
subsections (a) and (b) shall apply until the President determines and 
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the 
Government of Indonesia is cooperating with efforts by the 
international community to establish a safe and secure environment in 
East Timor and is taking significant steps to--
            (1) end the violence perpetrated by units of the Indonesian 
        armed forces and by armed militias opposed to the independence 
        of East Timor;
            (2) enable displaced persons and refugees to return home;
            (3) ensure freedom of movement within East Timor, including 
        access by humanitarian organizations to all areas of East 
        Timor; and
            (4) enable UNAMET to resume its mandate, without threat or 
        intimidation to its personnel.

SEC. 4. SUSPENSION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Prohibitions on Cooperation and Support.--
            (1) Assistance.--None of the funds appropriated or 
        otherwise made available under the following provisions of law 
        (including unexpended 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 
        unexpended 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.
            (3) Deliveries.--No defense article or defense service may 
        be exported or delivered to Indonesia or East Timor by any 
        United States person (as defined in section 16 of the Export 
        Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. app. 2415) or any other 
        person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States except 
        as may be necessary to support the operations of an 
        international peacekeeping force in East Timor or in connection 
        with the provision of humanitarian assistance.
    (b) Conditions for Termination.--The measures described in 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the Government of Indonesia 
until the President determines and certifies to the appropriate 
congressional committees that--
            (1) a generally safe and secure environment exists in East 
        Timor, including--
                    (A) an end to the violence perpetrated by units of 
                the Indonesian armed forces and by armed militias 
                opposed to the independence of East Timor;
                    (B) the ability of displaced persons and refugees 
                to return home;
                    (C) freedom of movement within East Timor, 
                including access by humanitarian organizations to all 
                areas of East Timor; and
                    (D) the ability of UNAMET to resume its mandate, 
                without threat or intimidation to its personnel;
            (2) the armed forces of Indonesia clearly--
                    (A) have ceased engaging in violence in East Timor;
                    (B) have ceased their support and training of armed 
                militias opposed to the independence of East Timor; and
                    (C) are withdrawing their forces from East Timor in 
                cooperation with a United Nations-supervised process of 
                transferring sovereignty from Indonesia to an 
                independent East Timor; and
            (3) significant 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.

SEC. 5. MULTILATERAL EFFORTS.

    The President should continue to 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. 6. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on International 
Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives.
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