[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3157 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3157

    To prohibit all United States assistance to Indonesia until the 
 President certifies to the Congress that the Government of Indonesia 
 has provided full compensation for the material damage in East Timor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 27, 1999

Mr. Lantos (for himself, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Morella, 
Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Rothman, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Pombo, Mr. 
 Abercrombie, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. 
Brown of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, and in addition to the 
 Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently 
   detemined 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 prohibit all United States assistance to Indonesia until the 
 President certifies to the Congress that the Government of Indonesia 
 has provided full compensation for the material damage in East Timor.

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

SECTION. 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) On August 30, 1999, 98.5 percent of registered voters 
        of East Timor participated in a popular consultation under the 
        terms of an agreement between the Governments of Indonesia and 
        Portugal and the United Nations to resolve the status of East 
        Timor, and in that referendum over 78 percent of those 
        participating voted for independence.
            (2) After the voting was completed, East Timor militias 
        carried out intensified violence against the civilian 
        population and engaged in the wholesale destruction of 
        property, and they conducted a systematic campaign of political 
        assassinations against religious, student, and political 
        leaders and international officials in the territory.
            (3)(A) The Government of Indonesia declared martial law in 
        East Timor and sent additional regular military forces to the 
        island, but failed to reestablish order.
            (B) Observers reported that Indonesian military forces in 
        fact participated in the violence and looting.
            (C) The United States and the international community 
        called upon the Government of Indonesia either to take 
        immediate and concrete steps to end the violence in East Timor 
        or to allow a United Nations Security Council-endorsed 
        multinational force to enter East Timor and restore order.
            (D) The Government of Indonesia initially rejected these 
        requests by the international community and only agreed after 
        violence and destruction in East Timor continued to spiral out 
        of control.
            (4) The Indonesian armed forces and the Government of 
        Indonesia bear primary responsibility for the loss of life and 
        the destruction of property in East Timor.

SEC. 2. OPPOSITION TO ASSISTANCE FOR INDONESIA BY UNITED STATES 
              REPRESENTATIVES TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

    The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the United States 
Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund, the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Asian 
Development Bank, the International Development Association, the 
International Finance Corporation, and the Multilateral Investment 
Guarantee Agency to use the voice and vote of the United States at each 
institution to oppose the provision of assistance in any form for any 
project in Indonesia until the President transmits to the Congress the 
report described in section 5.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
United States assistance may not be provided for the Government of 
Indonesia or for projects in Indonesia until the President transmits to 
the Congress the report described in section 5.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``United States 
assistance'' means assistance of any kind which is provided by grant, 
sale, loan, lease, credit, guaranty, or insurance, or by any other 
means, by any agency or instrumentality of the United States 
Government.

SEC. 4. WAIVER FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.

    The requirement to vote against any project for Indonesia under 
section 2 or the prohibition on United States assistance for Indonesia 
under section 3 may be waived by the President with respect to the 
provision humanitarian assistance for the Indonesian people. A waiver 
under the preceding sentence shall be effective only if the President 
first transmits to the Congress a notification with respect to the 
waiver.

SEC. 5. REPORT.

    The report described in this section is a report that contains the 
following:
            (1) A determination by the President of a best estimate of 
        the amount of material damage done to public and private 
        property in East Timor by militia forces and the Indonesian 
        armed forces.
            (2) A certification by the President that the Indonesian 
        Government has contributed to the rebuilding and reconstruction 
        of East Timor in an amount equal to the total estimated 
        material damages in East Timor.
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