[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. 1568 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 288
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1568

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 8, 1999

  Mr. Feingold (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Wellstone, Mrs. 
Boxer, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
     Haskin, Mr. Helms, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Wyden, and Mrs. Feinstein) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

                           September 27, 1999

                Reported by Mr. Helms, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Multilateral Economic Assistance.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Prohibition on Military-to-Military Cooperation and 
Support.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) The Foreign Military Financing Program 
                under section 23 of the Arms Export Control 
                Act.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign 
                Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to military 
                assistance).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) Chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign 
                Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to international 
                military education and training assistance).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2 . EXCEPTION.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>SEC. 3. CONDITIONS FOR THE TERMINATION OF MEASURES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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 International Relations and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</DELETED>

<DELETED> SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

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 any provision 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 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.




                                                       Calendar No. 288

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1568

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 27, 1999

                       Reported with an amendment